cm- II IW VOL. XV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAKCII 18, 1898. NO. 13. hp win JL jljljlU VjTT JEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS ComprehenalTo Ilevlew of the Import. not Happenings of th Cur. . rnt Woefc. Charles Catten, night agsnt of the Adam Expras Company at Orrvllle, O., disappeared with $10,000 pack age, The United Stntra supreme court has affirmed tin deoision of Judge Bellin ger, of tli circuit court, upholding tbe mortgage tax law of Oregon, paused October 88, J 808. Joseph Hoye, a Chicago pi inn bar, who committed suicide by shooting himself, ii the third of three brother to meet such a (ate. It feemt to be cats of family mania for aelf-destruc-tion. The Pacific eable bill haa been greed to in the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. It provide for the oomtruotion of a cable from Kan Francisco to the Huwaiian inland. ltepresentativa Tongue, of Oregon, ia trying to arrange to have the veteran of the Indian war taken at soldier' home under the same regula tion a are the veteran of the Mexi can and the late war. Advice from tha Orient) brought by the atoamihip Empress of India, which ha arrived in Vancouver, B. C, tell of the almost complete destruction of Manila, Philippine ialands, by Ore. Five million dollars' worth of property wa destroyed. There has been a heavy fall In stock ol all kinds in London in consequence of rumor from China, west Africa Spain and America, with rumbling thunder all around the iky. There are sign of alarm in every section of the stock list, American aecuritie showing tha greatest weeklies. Nothing short of a mlraole can preserve the peace of tha world, it is believed among British statesman and politicians, wire the New York World's London correspond ent. Not slnoe the Napoleonic wars ha danger threatened from so many quarters. In case of war between Spain ami the United States, England, it is said, will at least lend na her moral support. The Washington post say Mary Elen Lease, of Kansas, will speak in Oregon during the coming state elec tion. A London dispatch to a New York paper ay that in an emergency Paris would supply Spain with money to t carry on a war with the United States. The navy department will send the dispatch boat Kern to Cuba with pro visions for the starving people. It was at first intended to send the cruiser Montgomery. A dispatch to the London Mail from Hong Kong say that a fresh rebellion ba broken in the Philippines, and that 68 ripaiiiali soldier have been killed. No further details are known at Hong Kong. Tha Royal .Canadian dragoons of Winnipeg have beer, ordered to prepare to move to the Yukon. They will form a part of the military expedition which tha federal government contera plate sending to that part of the do minion. Recent heavy contract for Lot An gele petroleum made by producer at Los Angeles with San Francisco have encouraged the development of the oil field there. Several well have been put down aince the first of the month and others are being anuk. A Teheran dispatch says: The gov rnor of the province of Herman routed the insurgent at several points In Persian Heluohistsn. There were seri ous riot at Hamtnailan, February 33, due to a quarrel between partisan of rival priests, during which 87 priest were killed. New was brought In to Salt Lake from Brown's Park, on the ColoiadO' Wyoming boundary lino, that three members of tha "Robbers' Roost" band of outlaws, who last week murdered Stockman Kerr, bad been oaptnred and lynched by a posse of Ilerr' friends, nd some of Sheriff Edgar deputies. The British sealer Anoka and San tiago, from Victoria, bound sooth, put into Monterey, Cal., to avoid a storm at tea. While Ave miles off Point Sur light on Saturday the A toka lost two boat, containing four m m, in a dense fog, and turned north tc find them. Both boats landed safely near Point Sur. An nnknown man wa shot in tin leg by a mob near Princeton, Idaho. He fell, and, when cilled upon to sur render, fired a bullet into hi left breast, missing the heart, and then, placing tha revolver to the right side of hi head, just above the ear, Idew his brain out. He was suspected ol 'being implicated in the murder of Dan Calland, a Tekoa rancher, and waa be ing followed by a mob of men churning to be deputy sheriffs fioin Whitman county. Three Italian laborer were killed by dirt cart which fell upon them while they were at work in the new East river bridge. .' The Russian demand upon Chin jhave oaused the greatest excitement at the Japanese legation in Pekin, and the Japanese minister has had several in terviews with officials of the Chinese loroign office, urging the rejeotion of 'the Russian demands. In addition, it ia reported that Japan ha threatened to take vigorou action if the demands f Russia are ooooeded. BOWERY MISSION FIRE. Man War Burned to Death I the Flantro. New York, March IB. Eleven men lost their live In the fire which swept the Bowery mleslon lodging-house tbi morning and loft It a blackened shell Their bodies are so charred that most of them may never be recognized. The dead are (opposed to be: Ellas Cuddy, 29 year old, address not known. John Moran, Rtupleton, 8. I. McDermott, 81) year old, addres not known. Jame O'Rourke. James Soden, of Hpottswood, N. J. Six bodies unidentified. No. 105 Bowery is one of the best known lodging-house on that thorough fare. It is called the Bowery mission lodging-house, and ia conducted by the Christian Herald. In on part of the building there ia a cheap restaurant The second floor is used exclusively for mission purposes, gospel meetings be ing held there daily. The two upper floors were fitted up as cheap lodgings. with accommodations for ISO males who paid JO to 85 cents each, accord ing to tha location of the room. Last night almost every bed was was ocoupied. At 1:80 o'clock this morn ing, one of the lodgers discovered flames coining from a washroom on the third floor, but before he bad time to alarm the house, the fire was noticed by per son on the street. By this time the flame had eaten their way to the top of the building, and were bursting through the roof when the a,arm waa given and the inmates aroused. Wil scenes of excitement ensued. Many of the lodger became panic-stricken They rushed into the halls and fell over each other in their efforts to reaoh the streets. Those on the lower floor got to the streets safely by the stair way, while those on the upper floors groped their way through the blunting smoke to the fire escape in front of the building. A majoritv of them laved only portion of their clothing, while everal of tbem were naked. Those who made their way to the street by the fire escape were superficially burned by the excessive heat of the iron ladder, which in many place iiad become rediiot from the flame within The firemen laved many lives, DOLE HOME AGAIN. He Believe That Annexation Will I'HI mately Mueeeed. San Francisco, March IS. - The steamer , China which left Hong Kong February 13 and Honolulu February 24, arrived today, bringing these Ha' waiian advices: President Dole returned to Honolulu the morning of the 4th. After a cabi net meeting hold immediately upon hi arrival he wa interviewed by a pros representative. He spoke very frankly on matter pertaining to hi uiUsiou to Washington. "Yea, I shall be very glad indeed to tell the people anything I may know relative to annexation," said the preai dent. "The Maine disaster absorbed tha attention of the statesmen in Wash ington previou to my departure for Ha' waii. When that has quieted down Interest in Hawaiian annexation will be paramount in congress. When wa in Washington I met many friends of Hawaii. They feel confident that annexation will come. While there wa a donbt whether the treaty would sooure the required political vote in the senate, (till it wa the concensu of opinion that a joint resolution would carry in both house. I place much reliance in what was Raid to me by sen ators and representative who are fight ing for Hawaii, for I know them to be working faithfully and earnestly." "What ia Speaker Reed' attitude?" "When I wa ia the American capi tal I learned that he bae always opposed annexation, although he ha made no demonstration against the treaty. My impression of President McKinley? Weil, I will reply that it ia extremely favorable, I found him to be an unas suming, frank and sterling man. Ha seems to have set his heart and soul on the annexation treaty. "Our reception wa extremely cor dial and hospitable. All along tha line to and from Washington throng of people came to see rne, We shook hands, and in many instances I waa obliged to speak briefly from the car platform. It was from these people that I gathered the impression that the addition of Hawaii was the popular sentiment throughout the land." GAVE UP THE ATTEMPT. Klondike Could Not Get la by the Stlokeen jtouto. Port Townsend, . March 15. The steamer Cottage uity, wnicii arrived from Alaska tonight, brought a num ber of passenger from Fort Wrangel, who have given up the attempt to get into the Yukon oonntry by way of tha Stiokeen route. Among them was A. L. Brown, of Massachusetts, who suc ceeded in getting about 40 miles above Wrangel with hi outfit before tha depth of the mow mopped further progress. Mr. Brown says about 1,000 men with their outfits are snowed is between Wrangel and Glenora. Philadelphia, March 18. Over $8,- 000 was realized for the fund of the wounded survivor and the famine of those killed on the battle-sihp Main by a monster theatrical matinee given at the academy of mimic mare Woman's Bulelde. Pittsburg, Maroh 15. While Insane through illness, and grieving over the death of a favorite niece, Margaret Mo- Adams, wife of (3. W. McAdani. a well-known business man, drowned herself in the Ohio river. The body was found by her 14-year-old son, an only child. Traffic on the railroad betwoen Tlenstiu and Pekin ha increased so mnh that a double track must be laid at onoe. FEEDING THE CUBANS America Doing What Spain Has Failed to Do. WORK OK DISTRIBUTION BEGINS Senator Prootor Hallows That the Maine Kxplonloo Vain from tha Outnlde. Havana, March 15. Everything in dlcatea that tha distribution of relief store sent from the United States will go forward hereafter more speedily and effectively, attaining better results than ever before. While much good has been done, no doubt there is more room for improvement. Matter appear to have reached crisis yesterday in Matanzas, where there wa a want of proper preparation on the part of certain relief agents ap pointed from Havana, where, in view of the large dally average of deaths, it was felt that there should have been greater diipKtch in delivering supplies and in arranging to have them properly cooked. , But it 1 staled that the United States consul-genreral and Lewis Klopsch, of President McKinley'i special commission, will not only ex ercise a close business supervision, but will insist that the work of today shall not be put oft until tomorrow. Kveryone ii gratified to learn that a famous Catholic priest, who will not allow hi name to be published, will give all the aid in his power to Consul General Lee and Mr. Klopsch, not only in Havana, where the suffering much alleviated, but outside, where re lief 1 most urgently needed. Tha United State consuls at Matan xas and Sagua and the consular agent in other cities can be relied upon, it i believed, with the help of the local Spanish committees, to push forward the good work with all due speed. The need of relief supplies is practically undiminished, and there is no fear that the contribution already here or to coma will not ba properly used. A correspondent at Matanzas say the governor has appoioutod a distribution committee. They secure hi aignature to order for food, which is then deliv ered by United States Consul Bnce from the warehouse. The local firemen see that food is delivered to the needy. They have been active in relief work hitherto, and have made a careful can vass from house to house. Mr. Brioe has appointed three Anier ioan women with power to give aid in dependently of the governor's signature to those who are called silent suffer' en," the class who have sold or pawned everything, but are too proud to let their want be known. The Fern and Bergen have gone with supplies. Mr. Brioe ia satisfied with the arrangement and ia much en couraged. He says great good will be accomplished in the course of a week. Condensed milk, of which too much has been sent to Havana, i badly needed at Matanza and Sagua. One woman in the Matanxas hospital, on hearing the word milk", went frantic, shrieking "milk" for hours. Mr. Bnce has supervision of the en tire relief work, with full power to give personally in cases he knows to be deserving. Senor de Armas, the gov ernor, ia said to be a humane and good man. Tha Anita, with the congressional party, left today for Sagua. TO MEET THE EMERGENCY. Policy Sold to novo Boon Formulated by the Administration. St. Paul, March 15. The Globe's Washington special says: The presi dent and his cabinet know officially the result of the Maine inquiry. They are prepared to act. They have canvassed the course of event so far as Ihev can foresee them, and have formulated a policy to meet the emergency. Along its line, the administration expeots to move, unless It ia swept off it feet by wave of popular dissatisfaction. The Globe' special correspondent is able to present the forecast of event viewed by tha president and his cabinet. It can be outlined thus: First The board of inquiry will re port that the explosion wa external. Second The president will imme diately, through Minister Woodford, demand from Spain an indemnification of $10,000,000. Third Spain is expected to reply, ex pressing her willingness to pay if she is responsible, but maintaining that her own investigation shows that the ex plosion waa internal and purely acci dental. She will, therefore, suggest reference to an international board of arbitration. . Fourth In such an event, the" ad ministration would be disposed to com ply with the suggestion, unless there i conflict in Havana or au irresistible demand for war aweeps through con gress. ' Fifth If congress acquiesoe in the uggestion, the attempt will be made to adjourn the body and leave the whole matter In the president' bands. Sixth It ia expected that a large majority of congressmen will olatm that auoh a matter of honor cannot be arbi trated. It ia further expected that the leaders of both houses, including Sen ator Davis of Minnesota, ' will favor arbitration. Senator Prootor'a Return. Washington, Maroh 15. Senator Proctor and his companion, Colonel Parker, who have been spending some time in Cuba, returned to Washington tonight. To a Post reporter, Senator Prootor (aid: Concerning the Maine disaster, I feel free to say that such information a I have obtained indicates that the explosion was from tha outside. It does not show that the Spanish govern ment or any of it oflioiuls in Havana were participant in h crime. I TWO NEW WARSHIP8. Governmen Hays Thoee Building Kngland for Brnefl. In Washington, March 14. Hoping for the best and prepared for the worst about reptesents tha situation in tha war and navy department theae day. The officials still profess confidence that there is to be a peaceful outcome of the present threatening differences, but, meanwhile, prepare with serenity to meet their duty, if event shape them selves otherwise. It now seem probable that the Bra silian cruisers which have been several times reported as having been soli to Spain, will become the property of the United States government, negotiation for their purchase having been opened in England. Other than these vessels, the government ha no warships in light for immediate purchase,- accord ing to department officials at Washing' ton. - Tha most important and significant developments of the day were the de cision of the house naval committee to place iu the naval appropriation bill a provision for three new battle-ships, and a conclusion, on the part of the secretary of war, to issue tomorrow morning an order creating a new mili tary department, including within its confines that part of the country which would ba in all likelihood nearest the field of hostilities in case it would come to that. The order will cause a com Diotion in the South. How Military Department. The present department of Texas is abolished, and the headquarters, which have been at San Antonio, Tex., for so many years, are abandoned. In place af the old department is created a new one, the department of the South. Genera! Graham, at present commander of the department of Texas, will com mand the new department. This de partment will include tha states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi and Texas. All of tha states, save the last, are at present attached to the department of the East, under command of General Merritt, of New York. It is said at the department that Oeneral Merritt ia fully compen sated for the strength of the command hich has been taken from turn, by the addition to his forces of the two regi ments of artillery now recruiting. Headquarters of the new department of the South will be at Atlanta, chosen because of its fine strategic value and its excellent railroad connections. At present, the government has no accom modation in Atlanta for the bead quarters of the department, so it will be obliged to hire the most available buildings. General Wilson, chief of engineers, who has been in Florida, is expectej back tomorrow to report to Seoretary Alger on the progress of the fortifica tion work in that section of the country and probably especially as to the de fense of Tortugas. For the first time today the officials of tha war department admitted tiiat they were straining every jierve to im prove that part of tha defense of the country confided to their care. The immediate purchase of a large number of rapid-firing guns for the sea coast defenses haa been authorized by Secretary of War Alger. ISO urgent the necessity for prompt, action in this matter deemed that the allotment of the 150,000,000 carried by the Cannon defense bill will not be awaited before making the purchase. Order have been given to the various arsenals and armories controlled by the government to increase their working forces to thoir fullest extent in order to expedite the completion of existing projects. PROCTOR SAW A SKIRMISH. How tho Spaniards Are Crashing- t KobelllOB. New York, Maroh 14. A Herald dis patch from Key West says: Senator Proctor and Colonel Parker give a most graphic and amusing description of "a skirmish between a company of Span ish cavalry and a handful of insurgents which took place while they were on a train near Matanxas and which wa un doubtedly prepared for their special benefit. Before they reached the station they noticed that the telegraph wire had been out, and some alight obstructions placed upon the track. On a hill in the distance they could see the sil houette of a dozen insurgents outlined against the sky.. In the valley the Spanish cavalry bad started toward them, but they were brought to a sud den halt by the bullet from the enemy. The Spanish halted and formed a hol low square, while the officers found safety behind some convenient trees. Meanwhile the insurgents called for a truce and withdrew into the dense wood and the Spaniards returned to the station in time to meet the train and receive the congratulations of the commander of the dietriot. All this byplay struck Senator Proo tor a moat amusing war taotics. An old Confederate veteran who accom panied the party asked the Spanish officer why ha had not given chase to the insurgent. Hi reply was that there were mora than a thousand be hind the hills. Tha story is told that each member of that cavalry has al ready received a medal in commemora tion of hi bravery in that battle. A Kontuokian say the luckiest man he ever knew was drowned in a vat of whisky. . A Triple Alliance. London. Maroh 19. The New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph ayiu "I have it on tha highest author ity that a triple alliance between ureal Britain, the United State, and Japan ia pending." , Projectile Machine Maker Busy. Cincinnati, March 19. Eastern pro jectile companies today plaoed order With the Uavia J&gau company, oi thia city, to rush work on several large pi ojeoti la machines. HE CALLS IT TREASON Governor Leedy's Denuncia tion of Supreme Court. A STARTLING PUBLIC ADDRESS Special Button of Kansas Legislature Will Bo Called lo Poet An other Koto Law. Topeka, Kan., March 14. ThePopU' list administration of the state of Kan sas gave out a startling public address today, one bristling with severe critl oism of the recent decision of the United States supreme court in the Ne braska maximum freight case. The ad dree i significant in that Governor Leedy has already taken steps prelim inary to calling the state legislature in special session, with the especial pur pose of enacting a maximum freight rata law. While the address i given out over the signature of Governor Leedy, it had first been approved by Chief Justice Bosler, of the state tu preme court and other prominent Pop' tilists. In giving the address to the reporters. Governor Leedy said: "How long do you suppose a man can write treason like this without getting into jaii? You may put my signature to it and make it a signed statement, so that if anybody goes to jaii it will be me." The governor begins hisaddress with the statement that for a year the press dispatches have said that the opinion in the Nebraska case would be adverse to tha state. Then he says: "The opinion has been banded down, and the Associated Press dispatches cay that it is a olean victory for the rail roads. On the contrary, it is an un clean victory in every respect of the case, showing that no matter how care fully the robes of justice are folded about the personnel of the supreme court, the robes can no longer conceal tha cloven hoof of official malfeasance and usurpation. As thia decision was due a rear ago, and as tner was no known reason for the delay, and as the decision aa rendered confirms the state ments made in the Associated Press dispatches from time to time, strong color is given to the suspicion that tha press dispatches emanated from some person in touch with the court, and were for the purpose of feeling the pulse of the public and preparing it for the decision which goes rouob fur ther iu the direction of usurping power than any that has been made." lbs governor declares that the con stitution of Nebraska gives the legis lature power to establish maximum charges for transportation, and de clared that the supreme court has tried to abrogate it. He challenges Justice Harlan's declaration that a corporation is a person under the 14th amendment to the federal constitution, and says "I deny it, and so will every bod v but a corporation lawyer or a subserv ient judicial tool of corporate inter eats."' Governor Leedy then quotes the 14th amendment, and ays; "How, in the name of God, can this apply to corporations! Corporations are not born; they are created made by law. They cannot be naturalized; they can take no oath of allegiance; only human being can do that. After more in the same strain, the governor, still referring to the 14th amendment, says: "Who are the person who shall not, according to the provision, bedemrived of life, liberty or property, nor be de nied equal legal protection? Every body outside the asylum and off the judicial bench knows them to be and to only be natural persona. They are those who, beside the capacity to hold property and -enjoy legal protec tion, also have life and can enjoy lib erty, and that means human beings. Continuing, tha governor quotes "Hare on American Constitutional Law," and a decision by Justice Woods, of the United State cironit court, afterward supreme court justice, to prove that the 14th amendment does not refer to corporations, and declares that the Woods decision had been fol lowed in California, Rhode Island and ether states from 1870 to 1883, "when Justice Field and another federal jus tice of the peaoe named Sawyer decided the other way, and since then, when ever a corporation starts out to commit highway robbery, pick a man's pocket, or loot a publio treasury, it diguisee it self as a 'person and goes out on its mission of plunder. Nobody but a slave or a knave will yield assent to the hideous distortion of meaning which Judge Harlan gives to the word 'per son,' as used in the 14th amendment, and upon which he bottom hi infa mous decision, and which shows to what depths of iniquity the supreme court of the United States has de scended." - "I desire," the governor said, "to quote some of the decisions of the su preme court of the United State before it went into partnership with Morgan, Vandorbilt, Gould & Co., in opposi tion to the opinion they hold in the Nebraska case." (Long decisions by Marshall in I860 are quoted). In conclusion, Governor Leedy states that hi maximum rate bill will be presented to the Kansas legislature, in auoh shape that to decide against it the court must reverse its decision in the Nebraska case, and ha states that "it the court still pursues the oorrupt and rotten practice that it ba heretofore, by changing its decisions to suit the shifting interests of the railroad corpor ations," the remedy will be with the people in their dealings with the counts or in building railroad of their own. In 1860 tha manufactured product of St. Louis only amounted to $27,000, 000. Last vear tha output was about 800,000,000. SPURIOUS COINS IN PRISON. Two Convlete at foliom Are Conght la tho Act of Counterfeiting. Folaom, Cal., March 14. A coun terfeiting plant ha been discovered within the walls of the state prison here. The work wa done in tha engine-room by Conviots L. H. Coyne and Jame Brown, and so far a known only nickel were coined, presumably be cause no precious metals could be ob tained. Tha men were discovered in the act Of making bogus coins by guard, who had been told of what wa going on. When the officer rushed in Coyne and Brown leaped through a window and threw their dies and crucible into canal leading to the American river. A large number of well-executed 5- cent pieces were found. They were made ot Babbitt metal, taken from tha engines which run through the prison grounds to haul rock from the quarries. It is thought the dies were not made by the men wbo coined the money, but by some of the expert counterfeiters in the prison. Tiie impression prevails among the officers that it wa the intention of the convicts to coin a great quantity of nickeleand ship them out on the freight cars, where their friend on the out side could receive them in exchange for opium. Several of the bogus coin have been found in circulation in the town of Folsom. A Yukon Conl Mine. Seattle, March 14. Coal in paying Quantities baa been found on the Yu kon river about 1,000 miles above St Michaels, and a company is about .to be formed of Oregon and California capi' talists to oper.ite the mine. This dis covery will be of vast importance to tbe river interests, as coal depot will bo established st various points along the river so that steamers can depend on getting a supply of fuel at intervals of 800 or 400 miles. The promoters (I the scheme .ir they can mine and transport coal to St. Miohaels and in termediate points to sell at t8 a ton, which they say will reduce present fuel bills over 300 per cent. The mine is close to the river bank, o that coal can be dumped direct into barges on the river. -. ' :. A Terrible Fatality. St Louis, March 14. Mrs. Helen Schwann was burned to death yester day while lighting a gasoline stove. She spilled some of the liquid on her dress while filling the tank, linen she struck a match to light tbe stove her drees ignited. Her screams at tracted her three small children, who ran to her and attempted to pull the burning clothes oft their mother. The woman was burned almost to a crisp and died in terrible agony. The three ohildren were all badly burned about tbe hand and face. Favorable Roport ltr4erel. Washington, March 14. The house committee on publio lands agreed to report favorably the Shafroth bill for the cession of all arid lands to the states in which they are located. Un der tbe Carey act. 1,000,000 acres have already been ceded to tha respective states, but none but Wyoming have taken advantage of the act. Roeecrana Dead. Loa Angeles, March 14. General William Stark Roeecrana, the last great captain of the Union army, died at 7 o'clock this morning at hia home near Redondo. His deatb was not unexpect ed, it having been realized several day ago that hia illness could not have other than a fatal termination. Union PaelSa Bu Met tho Cut. Omaha, Match 14. The Burling ton and Union Pacific announce a rate from Omaha to Portland and Seattle, meeting the latest out made by the Northern route. The fare from here is $20 for first-class and $10 for second- class tickets. Lomax, of the Union Pacific, and Francis, of the Burlington, "are both op posed to the war and are doing all they can to get the rates restored. Kansas City, March 14. Effective today, the Bock Island announced a rate of $30 second-class on all passenger business from Kansas City to either Seattle or Taooma. Mr. Bryan! Opinion of It. Atlanta, Ga., Maroh 14. Hon. W. J. Bryan spent a few hours at Atlanta last night on his way to Macon. When asked his opinion as regards tbe action of congress in plaoing $50,000,000 at the president disposal for the national defense, Mr. Bryan said: 1 am glad the bouse acted promptly and uunanimously. In fact, it might have been better to have made it a hun dred millions to show tbe world that congress and American people, without regard to political differences, are ready to support the administration in any action necessary for the protection of the honor and welfare of the nation." "Does this appropriation mean war?" "Not necessarily," replied Mr. Bryan. 'Instead of leading to war, a prompt liberality at this time may lessen tha probability of war, and in the end prove a wise economy." Shot and Shell for Fort Warren. Boston, March 14. A consignment of ammunition, consisting of 24 tons of shot and shell, came in today, and is being transferred by lighter to Fort Warren and the fortification at Long Island head. Bulgarian Kdltor Amautnnted. Constantinople, March 14. Yester day a Bulgarian visited M. Make donsky, first minister of the Bulgarian farchete, and editor of the Bulgarian newspaper Novinou. and shot him. Makedoneky died today. The assail ant, who esoaped, had demanded tbe reason for the non-publication of a cer tain paragraph. Detectives detailed to look after pro fessional shoplifters always look to see if their suspect are wearing glove. WORK IN NAVY YARDS Arming and Manning of the Merchant Marines. MANY UNAUTHENTIC RUMORS Tho United States Hot Baying Any Caet OftT Warohlps Large Number of OflTars Have Been Made. Washington, March 12. The United State government has not acquired a single additional ship for the navy. This is true, not because of a lack of offer of warships from abroad, but simply for the reason that the navy de partment is proceeding with all the circumspection consistent with the needs of tbe case in looking to tiie prices and qualities of the craft There is a strong disposition to refrain from being drawn into bad bargains and to insist en getting good vessel!! at prices not extortionate. Secretary Long was in receipt of a large number of cable messages today, almost all relating to offers of ships. Lieutenant Niblock, United States na val attache at Berlin, St. Petersburg and Vienna, is paitioularly active in quest of vessels. There was a good deal of talk during tha day about the assignment of offi cers to the command of auxiliary crui sers, the St. Paul and St Louis being especially mentioned, "but Secretary Long set these stories at rest by the statement that be bad not made any such assignments, and had only pro gressed to the point of informing him self of tha possibility of getting tha ships officered and manned quickly. While looking after new ships, the officials of tbe navy department are not neglecting tbe other vessels, and ar rangements have been made to make short repairs on several ships that in the ordinary coarse would sot be treated in tbat fashion, but would re quire an entire overhauling. Thus, in tbe case of the Philadelphia, which has had five years bard work.and has never yet been gone over, aa is tha custom, orders have gone to Mare island to put ber in shape for sea within 40 days. Tha Yorktown, at the same yards, ia not to be touched at present, not only because tbe is in fair condition, but also because she is not so formidable a craft as to make it desirable to divert to her repair the attention required elsewhere. At Norfolk the Newark is set down for 80 days' repairs, and as a good deal of work has already been dons on her, she will be almost a new ship when she comes out of the yards. The big monitor Puritan has practi cally completed her repairs. Tha monitor Comanche at Mare island has been examined and found in tolerable condition. At League island the Mon itor Miantonomoh and the ram Katah din went into commission today, al though they have not yet received their orders. They will probably remain in tbe Delaware river or drop down into the bay. The torpedo boat Dupont sailed today from Mobile to attach her self again to the flotilla at Key West. Again it waa said at the navy depart ment tbat nothing bad been beard from the court, of inquiry at Havana, nor from Admiral Sicard at Key West The presence in the city of persons connected with steamship lines and steel works led to the circulation of number of sensational stories during the day, but perhaps none of these had the persistency of one, which met sum mary denial at the hands of Assistant Secretary Day, to the effect that Minis ter Woodford had notified the SpaniRh government that the president intended sending to congress a message announc ing his recognition of Cuban independ ence. A conference was held at 8 o'clock in the office of Assistant Secretary Roose velt, to map out plans for arming and equipping merchant vessels as auxiliary cruisers. This work, it is said, could. ba accomplished readily within two weeks' time, as all materials, except the guns, are on hand. The bureau of ordnance could not supply all the guns required within that short time, al though soma 70 or more are now avail able. The supply would be adequate, however, for the most effective auxil iary cruisers and the complete arma ment of tha merchant ships could pro ceed a rapidly as possible thereafter. Aa to the question of manning the auxiliary fleet, the navy department feels that the most effective step would be to enlist in the United State naval service the present merchant crews of the several ships. These crews are thoroughly familiar with the vessels, and could handle them with far greater effect than green crews of bluejackets. The ships would be officered from the line of tbe navy. In the case of enlist ing a merchant crew, the pay and allow ance would be about equivalent to the rate paid ordinary sailors, and tha time of enlistment would doubtless be , limited to short periods. . In tho Intereet of Mile. Washington, March 12. Tha senate coinmitttee on military affairs today decided to recommend the passage of a bill authorising the revival of the grade of lieutenant-general of the army. The bill authorize the president to nomi nate any officer to this grade. The bill is in tha interest of General Miles. Bosnia Wants New Wanhlp. St Petersburg, March 13. Tho im perial ukase juBt issued orders the dis bursement of 90,000,000 rubles as na extraordinary expenditure for the con traction of warships. It isadded that no loan will be raised to provide tiie money.. " Berlin, March 13. The news of tiifl Eussian naval credit was received heva with eqanimity as justifying the (r. man naval bill. v