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MONEY FOR THE ARMY.
Changes in Appropriation Made by
Senate Committee.

The Senate committee on military affairs
has made a number of changes in the
army appropriation bill, both in increased
appropriations and legislation. The i'm
portant increases are: Pay of line officers
increased 1860, 24O; length of service pay
increased 500 200; travel allowance enlist
ed men on discharge, $3.50 goo; additional
pay for length of service of Philippine
scouts, sl572O: extra expense engineer
school, Washington, $50, 1000
substitute for the provision which abol-
ished the office of assistant chief of the
record and pension office provides that
hereafter vacancies that shall occur in the
office of assistant chief of the record and
pension office shall be filled by appoint
ments from captains of the line of the
army.
Provision is made in the bill for military
commissions as well as courts-marJal.
Military posts cannot hereafter be estab-
ished without the recommendation of the
Secretary of War as well as by act of Con-
gress.
The House provision directing that no
amount appropriated for transportation
shall be paid to any steamship company for
carrying men or supplies to or from the
Philippine Islands is stricken out and a
proviso inserted that no steamship in the
transport service shall be disposed of with
out the consent of Congress.
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Irish Cheer Roosevelt at Dinner.

The annual meeting for the election OF
officers and dinner of the American-lrlsh
Historical Society was held in New York
city last night President Roosevelt. a
member of the society had been expected.
but through his secretary sent his regrets
in letter, adding that he expected to pe
able to attend the dinner of the Friendly
Sons Of ST. Patrick, to be held March II.
Judge Thomas q. Lee of Providence, r. l.,
then offered a toast to Theodore Roose-
velt the best President the United States
ever had" which was drunk standing ard
with cheers.
A demonstration vociferous and pro-
longed, attended the reading by Justice
O'Brien Of the following letter, written by
President Roosevelt to William Montgomery
Sweeney, son of the late Gen. Thomas
w. Sweeney:
Replying to your letter of the 14th instant,
1 would say that my Irish ancestors came
to Pennsylvania early in the seventeenth
century. They included John Potts and his
wife, Elizabeth McVaugh $50 set down in
the records; l do not know what the real
name was) John Barnhill, whose wife was
Sarah Craig, and man named Lukens,
who may have been a German from the
Palatinate. They were all of them humble
people, farmers, mechanics, etc, although
Sarah Craig is put down in the book as
being descended on her mothers side
through the Barnwalls, from various we'll
known Irish families, both of the pale and
outside the pale; the Buffers the FitZger-
this most illustrious descent, fear | can
not give you any specific particulars
Then the guests shouted and sang
''Roosevelt-Bryan Boru.
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BRYAN SPEAKS AT DINNER.
He and Others at Progress and Pow
erty" Anniversary in New York.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the pub
LEGATION of Henry Georges progress and
Poverty" was commemorated last night at
a dinner in New York. The purpose Of the
dinner was to have representative speakers
review the influence of Progress and Pow
erty" and consider the probable future
trend of public thought and action.
Hamlin Garland presided. The speakers
were William ]. Bryan, Louis +. Post,
William Lloyd Garrison and Henry George,
jr. Letters were read from George Bernard
Shaw of London and others.
Among those present were Charles Fred
erick Adams, John Burroughs, Prof. Robert
E. Ely, George Harvey, Ripley Hitchcock.
DR.. Henry NJ Leipziger, Walter s. Logan,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Mack. the Rev.
and Mrs. Thomas r. Slicer, John Brisben
Walker, Ernest Thompson Seton, Richard
F. George and DR.. Albert Shaw. 1t was
announced that telegram had been re-
ceived from Mayor Johnson Of Cleveland,
saying that he was i'll and would not be
present Many tributes were read from
persons unable to be present.
Foreign tributes besides that of Mr..
Shaw were read from William Won PolenZ,
q German writer; Adolf Damaschke, presi-
dent of the German Land Reform League;
George Brandes, the Danish critic, and
Svend Hobsbro, Danish member of parlia-
ment.
Edward M. Shepard wrote that, in his
opinion, Progress and Poverty" should
place Henry George in the first rank OF
contemporan eous literary men.
Gov. Folk of Missouri wrote that he be-
lieyed Henry George had done work OF
inestimable value Folks name was loudly
applauded. ,o,.
Edward Markham read poem on Our
Deathless Dead" Ernest Thompson Seton
u,ac telling some fables when Father Ducey
came in. The priest was warmly greeted
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w. c. T. U. Meeting

The monthly business meeting of the
North Capitol Woman's Christian Temper
aEce Union was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. c. Braly. 222 F street north.
east Monday evening. The president, Mrs.
Theodore T. Moore, presided. Mr. c. H.
Hail. an honorary member, conducted the
devotional exercises. Reports from the Sec
retaries, treasurers and various superintend.
epts were received. Mrs. L. F. CREST. SUI.
perintendent of the cradle roll department.
announced a cradle roll reception at head.
quarters, 522 9th street northwest. on Jan.
uary % from 2 to 4.
Delegates to the quarterly meeting to be
held at Douglas M. E. Church, 18th ana
H streets northeast. were appointed as fol.
lows: Mrs. Kate Donnell, Mrs. C. C. King,
Mrs. ]. M. Holland, Mrs. G. B. Tallman,
Mrs. George Carney and Mrs. Irene Payne;
alternates, Mrs. Ebert, Mrs. Wiley. Mrs.
Gussie Bentz. Mrs. Gist, Mrs Kate Nc.
Bride and Mrs. Sitter.
Mrs. c. L. Ebaugh read 1.-THE Predi.
gested Boy" Mrs. Clark read an article
on 1.-THE Anti-Canteen Law and Mr. WIN
Btaly gave violin solo, Sixth Air yarie"
by De Beriot, with plano accompaniment
by Miss Mary Braly. He responded TO an
encore with .Schubert's Serenade.''
Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Woman Died in Berth of Sleeping Car.

A mysterious death occurred in a. Pull
man car attached to a Chicago California
Santa Fe train passing through Albuuuer-
que. n. Nj. The victim was q woman, pos
sibly twenty-five or thirty years of age.
Papers indicate her name to be Mary Nc
kee, No 22J1 San Jose avenue, Alameda
Cal. Her ticket read from Chicago to
Los Angeles. and the Pullman conductor
and porter say that when she entered the
coach she was heavily yelled.
After retiring the first night the woman
did not leave her berth. About two hours
before the train reached here the porter
heard a moaning sound from her berth and
asked II she wanted anything She replied
IN sa me negative. An hour later the porter
found the woman dead In the berth.
Although no poison could be found the
theory or suicide is advanced, because sew
eral pieces of paper were found bearing the
addresses of her own name in care of Mrs.
u: b. Chase of Alameda, and the name of
Chicago.
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to the visor of his forage cap. The pain
had experienced earlier in the day grew
less acute. and at last / also fell asleep.
1t must have been midnight. possibly even
later, when a number of rapid shots fired
outside the tent aroused me, and l heard
many voices shouting, mingled with the
tread of horses feet. The night watch had
already disappeared, and the startled in
mates of the tent were in state of intense
confusion. AS | lifted myself slightly, dazed
by the sudden uproar and eager to learn
its cause, the, tent Zap, which had been
lowered to exclude the cold night air, was
hastily jerked aside, and man stepped
within, casting one rapid glance about that
dim interior. The ffaring lamp overhead re-
vealed to me short, heavy set inquire clad
in a gray unifor--i.
mo one here need feel alarm he said
quietly. We are not making war upon the
wounded. Are there any confederates pres
, ent able to travel?"
a dozen eager voices answered him, and
men began to crawl out of their cots onto
the floor.
He started down the aisle.
I'VE can be burdened with no helpless or
badly wounded men, he said sternly.
Only those able to ride. No, my man, you
are in too bad shape to travel. Very sorry,
my boy, but 1t can't be done. Only your
front there No, lad. 1t would be the death
of you, for we must ride fast and hard
He came to a pause half dozen cots
away from me, and seemed about to re-
trace ms steps. DlHl dS the HSHl WdS,
felt convinced 1 had formerly seen that
short figure and stern face with Its closely
cropped beard.
'Mosby," 1 called out resolved to risk
his remembrance Colonel Mosby, isn't 1t
possible to take me?''
who are you?" he questioned sharply,
turning in the direction of my voice.
Wayne l answered eagerly, Wayne of
the til Virginia.
In an instant he was standing beside my
cot, his eyes filled with anxious interest.
Phil Wayne of Charlottesville? You
here? Not badly hurt, my boy?"
Shot and bruised, colonel but I'd stand
a good deal to get out Of this
And, by the eternal, you shall; that is,
if you can travel in a wagon. Here, Sims,
Thomas; two Of you carry this officer out.
Take bed-clothes and all-easy now
The fellows picked me up tenderly and
bore me slowly down the central aisle.
Mosby walked beside US as far as the outer
opening.
Put him down there by the fire., he Or
dered, until 1 look over the rest of these
chaps and divide the wheat from the chaff.'
Go be continued tomorrow
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Alleged Party to Suicide Pact Held.

Arthur Henry Mflligan, alias E. S. Terry
alias Arthur Henry Smith, alias Arthur
Henry Briwn, with whom Florence o.
Groves agreed to commit suicide in hotel
at Milwaukee. Wis, and who disappeared
after she had fulfilled her part of the agree
ment Monday morning. was arrested last
night at Racine,t-Wis by the police, who
arrived just in time to prevent him from
killing himself.
After his arrest Milligan calmly detailed
the story of his life and the circumstances
of Miss Groves death.
He said that the girl took carbolic acid
in his presence at the hotel. after three
unsuccessful attempts to kill herself He
watched her in her death struggle, and
afterWard washed her body and. composed
her limbs and features. He had purchased
the acid and poured out the fatal portion
for her The terrible agony attending the
woman's death caused his nerve to fail
him, and he determined to make one more
attempt to escape. He left the hotel and
went directly to Racine, where he remained
until arrested. Milligan was not married
to Florence Groves. The couple left the
Groves residence at Chicago and eloped
with the intention of marrying, but lack
Of time prevented them. They left surrep-
titiously because another love affair of Miss
Groves stood in the way of their marrying
in that city.
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Moscow Papers Bold Statement.

The liberal paper Russky Viedomosti has
created a sensation at Moscow. Russia,
owing to its comment on the official state
ment of the st. Petersburg shooting. The
paper says:
1.-The official report does not come from
the seat of war; the victims have not fallen
on the battlefields of Manchuria nor in a
fight with a foreign foe, but in bloody
conflict between troops and Russian burgh-
ers Arms and slaughter may avail to put
down peaceful demonstra ton, but force is
not powerful enough to quench the aspira-
tons of the Russian heart ward off the
consequences of Sundays volleys and pre-
vent the movement for liberty and justly
organized government coming to full frui-
ton
The Moscow municipal council yesterday,
by vote of 113 to 10, reelected Prince Ca
litzin mayor of Moscow The prince is
prominent leader in the local reform move
ment, and resigned recently on the issuance
of the governments declaration condemn
ing the reformers' propaganda.
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GoFoN HIDING, BUT ACTIVE.
Strong Letters From Him Circulated at
Secret Meetings

A cablegram from st. Petersburg declares
that Father Gopon is at liberty but is in
hiding. Inactive he is not. Moreover than
three letters of his have been circulated at
secret meetings. The following is an exact
translation of his epistle to the Russian
army:
Against the soldiers and officers who
are Staying their innocent brothers togeth-
er with their wives and children and
against all oppressors Of the people l utter
my pastoral curse. Upon the soldiers who
help the nation to win liberty ! invoke a
blessing and from the military oath Of AL
iegfance which they took to the traitorous
czar, at whose behest the blood of innocent
people was shed, do hereby absolve them,
GEORGE GOPON Priest
A letter addressed to the operatives saws.
Brothers and Northumberland blood
of The people has been spilled. We harbor
within us sentiments of bitterness and VEN
geance against the bestial car and the
Jackals his ministers, and, believe me- the
day is very near when a host of working
men Will rise up more menacing more con.
sclous and like one man Will strike for
their own freedom and the freedom of all
Russia.
Weep not for the slain heroes. Be COM
forted. Beaten we have been, but not con.
quered. Let us tear up all portraits of the
bloodthirsty car and say TO him Be thou
accursed, with all thy most reptile blood.
GEORGE GOPON Priest
The most vehement of the three letters IN
part is as follows:
Brothers and workingmen, whose chalice
has been filled with blood
We intended to go peacefully to the car
with a petition on January % OF this our
intention, We Informed his Mameluke min
listers beforehand. requesting them to with
draw the troops and not to hinder us from
approaching our monarch. To the emperor
himself l forwarded a letter on January 10
requesting him to come forth to his people
with grateful heart and courageous soul.
At the price of our own lives we guaranteed
him inviolability of his person. And what
came of it? Innocent blood was none the
less shed. The miscreant car and his
malicious officials, who are robbers of the
treasury and plunderers of the Russian ma
ton. deliberately resolved to beat and
massacre our unarmed brothers, their wives
troops, which at Narva street killed work.
ingmen who were bearing the emperors
portraits, pierced t ose portraits and killed
our faith in the car. But we shall wreak
vengeance, brothers, % the car, accursed
of the people. on all his imperial reptlian
blood on his ministers and on all pillagers
of the ill-starred Russian land. Death to
them all. call upon all who are seriously
DESTROYS of helping the Woodworking Rus.
sian people to live and breathe freely to
come forward and assist when and how
they can. ] call upon all thinking men,
upon students, upon revolutionary organ
iZations the social democrats and social
revolutionists to lend a hand. He who is
not with the people is against the people,"
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For Stricter Banking Laws.

State Senator Davis is about TO introduce
at Albany, N. Y, three bills designed to Sc
cure greater publicity in bank affairs, With
view of preventing such disasters as that
of the German Bank of Buffalo. They pro-
vide for the publication in each report of
the state superintendent of banks of a
statement of all preferred deposits, also
that when any stock of bank is trans
ferred statement of the transaction must
be filed with the state superintendent of
banks and the local assessors. The third
bill provides that when the president of a
bank receives a communication from the
state superintendent of banks which should
be considered by the directors he shall call
a meeting of directors, present the COM
munication for their consideration and file
a certified copy Of the minutes of the meet
ing with the superintendent of banks.
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Tucker Adjudged Guilty of Murder.

Guilty of murdertin the first degree was
the verdict returned at Cambridge, Mass,
last night against Charles L. Tucker of
who has been on trial since
January 1 for stabbing Miss Mabel Page
to death in her fathers home, at Weston,
March 81. Death in the electric chair in
the state prison in Charleston is the pen
atty.
Tucker collapsed utterly when the fore
man read the verdict. He was led from
the court room across the street to the
jail in an exhausted condition. and when
once more locked in his cell revived some
what under stimulants administered by
physician.
Mrs Albert J. Tucker. the mother of
the prisoner was spared the anguish of
listening to her sons fate from the lips
OF Foreman Knight At the suggestion OF
one of the counselors for the defense she
left the court room before the jury returned
for the last time. On learning the news
she was overwhelmed
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Rogers, Locomotive Works Sold.

The Rogers locomotive works, in Pater-
son, N. j., have been sold to the American
Locomotive Company, which now controls
all the locomotive manufacturing plants in
the United States, excepting the Baldwin
works of Philadelphia. Several previous
attempts have been made in the last four
years by the American Locomotive Com
pany to acquire possession Of the Rogers
works, but without success. These efforts
have been in the direction of securing
controlling interest in the stock, but in the
present transaction the American Loco
motive Company has purchased the entire
outstanding capital stock. consisting OF
81 OOO, 600 6 per cent cumulative preferred
stock and 1891 900 common. The Rogers
works employ 1900 men when in full OPP
Grafton, and at present LOO are employed.
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rope. She is a daughter of the Grand Duke
OF o., Hesse a4dktkG Princess Alice of Eng
land, the faEorite-among all of Queen Vic
toria's children. according to the under
standing of her friends, Alix was govern
ed by mixture Of motives--a conscientious
erandmo,hs auty sne aS.ng ear anH hes
with an ambitiotpto sit upon the highest
throne in Christendom.
Nicholas and his czarina have proved to
be well mated, They have been SYM
pathetic, congenial, and, according to the
general understanding, are very fond of
each other. She has been ambitious to have
his reign marked by great progress; she has
stimulated him in4earrying out his benevo-
lent plans for the improvement and educa-
ton Of the PEASANTS; and whenever she
could have her way he has done we'll She
is much the stronger character. and 1t is
unfortunate that he is SO infirm of purpose
and so susceptible to other influences.
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Ex-Gov. Francis Calls.

Ex-Governor Francis of Missouri. presi-
dent OF the st. Louis exposition, paid his
respects to the President He Is here wind
ing up some exposition business with the
government and reminding some members
OF Congress of their hints that the exposi-
ton would not repay to the government the
S4,Coo,oo loaned to the concern from the
treasury. Every dollar of the loan has
been repaid said Mr.. Francis The beauti-
full exposition buildings are being torn down
as last as possible. The work is being done
by wrecklng company. which will dispose
of the lumber and other material In a few
months the exposition grounds will be turn
ed back to the city part of the munich
PAL park from which it was temporarily
taken 1T makes sad to see those fine
buildings wrecked said Mr.. Francis.
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RATES ON CATTLE.
Texas Man Before House Interstate
Committee.


S. H. Cowan of Fort Worth, Texas rep
resenting the Cattle Raisers' Association Of
Texas, was heard yesterday by the House
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce on the bills to give further power to
the Interstate commerce commission. He
said the cattle men believed they had been
injured by advanced rates and had made
complaint to the interstate commerce COM
mission.
He said there is no basis for making
rate, but believed that railroads made rates
with a view to making the most money.
Whether the shipper should pay more than
he did in 1885, said Mr.. Cowan. should not
be left to the railroads for determination,
but to some one else. Throughout the en-
tire southwest, he said, it was the univef-
sal opinion of cattle men that freight rates
on cattle are too high. The railroads, he
added. have said in defense of advanced
rates that they should be permitted to
share in the general prosperity of the coun-
try, but he said, if there was anything IN
that theory they should also share in adj
VeISity.
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Two Children Burned to Death

dispatch from Onawa Mich. saws: Two
little children of Mrs. John Lonpwortbv
were burned to death in their home here
and the shock has made their mother a
maniac Mrs. Longworthy locked her three
children, aged five years, two years and
ten months, in the house " lille she went to
a neighbours on an Grand
flre broke out in Ter absence. and spread
so fast that it was impossible to rescue the
younger children. The older one made his
way out of the burning house. but is nm
aDie TO tell how the fire started Mrs.
Longworthys mind is wrecked
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Former Representative Dead.

Edwin Einstein, who was for many years
a prominent local leader of the republican
party in New York city and who ran for
mayor against Thomas f. Gilroy in 1882,
died suddenly in that city last night of
heart disease.
He was member of the Forty-sixth
Congress from the old seventh district and
while in Congress made a speech on the
river and harbor bill which gained him much
praise. He was appointed dock commits
sioner by Mayor Strong in 1895. He was
often asked to run for Congress, but de-
clined. He had no children.
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Civil Governor of Samoa.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
IoIulLA, Samoa, January 10, via San
francisco, January 24.-Capt. Moore, U. S..
N, arrived on January to succeed Capt.
Underwood as commandment and civil gov
ernor of the islands. He Will assume duties
on the 3oth of January. when Capt. Under
WOOD expects to leave for the states. At a
meeting OF the whole of the western dis
trict of Tutuila the Samoans exnressed
thelr thanks to Capt. Underwood and the
cnited States for his efforts in creating a
friendly spirit amongst the people and i'm
proving their conditions of living
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Carnegie Offers oberlin a Library.

A dispatch from Oberlin, Ohio, says that
President King of Oberln College has an
nounced that he has received a letter from
Andrew Carnegie offering to give to Ober-
lin College $125,O0o for a library, conditional
upon the raising by the institution of $780,
GEO to maintain the same The college Off
Gals will at once go to work with a view to
securing the required fund. The Offering
from Mr.. Carnegie was in response to an
appeal to him from President King in April
of last year.
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Three Fatally Shot in a Quarrel.

\ dispatch says: Three persons were
ia tally shot at Whiting, Ind, yesterday
by John Szolay. a workman employed by
the Standard Oil Company. Szolay then
attempted to commit suicide The vic
tins are Michael Silahy and his wife and
a boarder at the Silahy home
The shooting was the result of quar-
rel between Silahy and Szolay The others
attempted to interfere.
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Memorial on Congo Question.

Senator Cullom today presented in the
Senate a memorial from the Belgian Pro-
tective Association of America In regard
to the Congo question The memorial de-
clares that there is nothing In the condi-
ton of affairs in the Congo to justify the
representations made by missionaries to
that country. and protests against any in
terference by the United States.