Show AT HOME AND ABROAD t hington march 9 am the committee on appropriations alla mm I 1 ac to the house bill 4 WIL SO for national defense it reported when the senate meets sh aa effort made to pass it without if possible a an m senator hale reported the al defense bill to the senate and fikso its immediate consideration senate passed the bill without bbate te 1 1606 og a 9 m the yeas and nays were t taken on the passage of the bill there not EL a dissenting vote all pairs art broken and these present voted in the seventy six senators voted for the na march 9 the united states montgomery arrived here at iphy a m soxia SS xia cruiser which left key west ti jay evening was in sight of moro vs this morning ton march 9 the indications at the united states government w t for the arrival here of blander der willard H brownson in leo purchase wax warships ships definite baice baive e already been made tor for ship here with the view of fore spain lain who is supposed to be ue 9 for the same vessels M march 9 representative met in the council chamber onee use to an invitation extended mayor to discuss plans for rals nd to be used in erecting a seat t in washington or annapolis Y seamen and marines who were the maine disaster tot was authorized by th the e r to appoint an executive com coin W twenty five to devise plans ix the funds read a set of resola hns ng e expression to the sentia the best monument to the e the maine would be to free e nv of the caused jhuge william printiss sec e motion to adopt the reso was a moment of hesitancy afa n ex judge lorin C colllns collins as in the chair ruled A motion a I 1 takes precedence of one tp all who are in favor of re the abe resolution say aye were halt half a dozen ayes and noes the majority of those refraining from voting and n collins declared axed the resola to the othe committee to be d by the mayor ution is as follows ved that while we agree with r of the city who has called thee ng and with other leading alf fr our country that a fitting bitting to commemorate the names tc death of our countrymen e their lives as a sacrifice to op the in ill fated maine ought t to 0 1 at the national capital it tin sentiment of this active I 1 body of american citi ident dent in chicago that the only and enduring mer memorial norial in it sense which can be erected r of these brave men not att t also in just commemoration n and unparalleled teach arh torture and to death of sands of other ifcher liberty loving 0 have sought to do for cuba ave 6 land what washington boes woes roof odthe of the revolt revolution did and will forever be a fre i chieh sanu b bo az upon the eternal tru truth tle of of independence that are created equal that they 4 iv are endowed by their creator with certain and inalienable rights that among these are those of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure these rights governments are in ini i among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed such a memorial the american people are in our judgment called upon by every consideration of national honor to assist in establishing the mayor expects to appoint the executive committee tomorrow the plan of giving a series of monster benefit performances at the auditorium seem to 6 be generally favored by those in charge of the project honolulu march 1 via san francisco cal march 9 the hawaiian legislature has adopted a joint resolution extending its deep and earnest sympathy to the united states in the great loss of life sustained by the destruction st of the cruiser maine in the harbor of havana on february last and at the suggestion of senator mccandless the flag over the executive building was placed at half mast as a mark of sympathy T H davies guardian of princess Kaiu kaiulani lant has addressed an open letter Haw Hawa tans in which he proposes to abandon all f urther further hope of a monarchy for the islands and maintain a republic conditionally upon the cessation of all further work for annexation on the part of american residents of the islands this proposition however does not meet with approval of either the natives or americans 4 washington march 9 the administration has definite information from a source which to is regarded as beyond question to the effect that spain has not purchased the two brazilian cruts cruisers barbaso and amazonas amazons vancouver B C march 9 Orien oriental tat advices advises say that the liao tong province Is in great alarm and many rumors axe are afloat of a russian invasion and capture by russian troops of a vast territory in china the stories arose over the fact that chinese are fleeing from this province leaving their homes unprotected owing to lie advance of russian troops through the territory while the chinese troops left to guard that thai section of t the country can scarcely be kept from throwing down their arms the russians who has crossed cross edthe the border axe are divided into three corps col one corps con containing siberian outlaws who axe are given a chance to leave the mines and serve in the army without pay the latest dispatch states that the russians are at juho china near the amur river where it Is said fabulously ri rich ch gold mines are being worked an arid d gold Is stored it Is feared that some of the troops are to seize the mines and gold in case of war breaking out and work the mines with siberian convicts and that the rest are proceeding to other parts of importance hongtong Hong kong march 9 the russian wax warships ships bissol and belonging to the black sea fleet have arrived here the political situation in the far east is causing uneasiness among the population of this port vancouver B C march 8 advises advices from the orient brought by the steamship empress of india tell of the almost complete destruction of manila phiip philippine nine islands by fire five million dollars worth of property was destroyed new york march 8 three italian laborers were killed by a two ton dirt car which fell upon them today while they were at work on the new fast east river bridge the dead men are jost joseph ph drumel dominick Domin lck dottore jos joe rum melo michael was injured Wilkes barre pa march 9 the jury in the case of sheriff martin and his deputies charged with the killing of strikers at lattimer on Ser september 10 last returned a verdict of not guilty long before the time for court to convene there was a big crowd walting waiting to gain admittance to the court room only a limited number were admitted judge woodward took his seat on the bench at 10 the jury came in a few minutes later the clerk asked gentlemen of the jury have you agreed upon a verdict vancouver B C march 9 novices advices f from rom the orient say that a state of anarchy prevails on the island of hainan ber ln bands of outlaws paid to number men have raided all military camps and twenty eight villages murdering and looting in their course it is impossible to describe the triumphant march of murder and lust through peaceful pastoral pastora 4 tows sur runding bunding the city of Klo chow after a week of slaughter the anarchists ts grew weary and thought of at safety they erected barricades in the mountains behind and stored up enough provisions to last them ft a year A greatly superior force of military Is being mobilized for the purpose of clearing them out bombay march 9 serious plague riots have occurred in the native quarter several persons have been witt killed or wounded troops and blue jackets have been denat ched to the scene of the disturbance london march 9 0 special dispatches from bombay say the riot broke out at noon among the low caste and edans against the Puro europeans it had its origin in an attack upon a 86 plague search party two soldiers as these dispatches were sent had already been killed and the police had fired on the mob killing six persons and wounding many others other special dispatches from bombay baksay say that the plague inspector and thirty seven men of the regiment were stoned to death A still later dispatch from bombay says the mob attacked the hospital hospit burned the offices and stores atod savagely assaulted the doctors killing one of them detachments of the police toe of the regiment and artillery were hurried to the scene a volley was fired into the mob and seven persons were killed before this the dispa dispatch toh adds two soldiers of the regiment and one artilleryman were stoned to death the riot to is described as causing a tremendous sensation all the aval available lable troops and artillery have been called out and business suspended new york march 19 10 the cuban junta has received by messenger the official report of 0 gen Lope who commanded the cuban forces at the battle of on february 2124 21 24 the details of the battle show that while the cubans were outnumbered four to one for four days they held their position and caused the spanish troops to retreat leaving dead men upon the field the messenger who brought the boffl i cial news also brought a copy of a spanish paper admitting the return 0 the spanish sodd soldiers lers but asserting th that t the four days fighting resulted I 1 victory for spain I 1 on peb feb 18 gen C casteal left the city of puerto principe H e spanish soldiers in pitt ta three squadrons of cava cavalry Ary the span ish had two small krupp field piram 1 three days previously CoAte costellanos llanos vu wa told that the cuban stronghold in the hills bills of was not well protected and could be taken Is situated on a plateau less than 40 miles from the city of puerto principe it is the cuban base of 0 supplies for puerto principe pro province virlee and is used as a hospital station several attempts have been made to take it in the past owing to its natural advantages 1000 men it is said can hold it against ten times that number the road leading to it is bad and offers ambush and protection in case of attacks chicago march 10 A special dispatch to the chronicle from washington says president mckinley has completed the draft of a special message to congress in which he recommends the recognition of cuban independence it is his intention to send this message to congress within two weeks to support his claim that the time has arrived when the united states should intervene and stop the devastating war in cuba the president will submit the correspondence received from consuls in cuba and minister woodford Vo odford at madrid I 1 chicago march 10 the sourn journia 1 has hai a special form washington i abing aying ay ing intervention by the united states will take the form of recognition of cuban independence judge hirlan harlan advised this course so as to put on spain the responsibility of declaring W war washington march 10 senator chandler has introduced a bill providing for omission of duties on war materials that may be imported madrid march ii 11 the anxiety as to the relations between spain and the united states which has pervaded fi and commercial circles tor for several days culminated thursday in a heavy fall of funds all securities of the exterior and interior debts declining one per cent treasury bonds declined 1 to 2 per cent cuban bonds going down 3 per cent bank of spain shares dropped from to and tobacco snares shares dropped from to foreign exchanges have risen in an unprecedented degree the prices on paris being at 35 36 premium and on london at 39 89 premium all the newspapers nes papers call upon the government to stop the panic by a prompt and clear statement as to the real conditions existing in cuba and also denning defining the international relations the newspapers re echo the profound sensation and displeasure caused by the united states sending the montgomery to havana and by the appropriation pria tion of for the national defense on the other hand it is said in cw circles and aid it is announced by the PILI papers perm that while hile nothing fresh has occurred in cuba or in the relations between spain and the united states to justify alarm senor castillo Castl llo and the spanish ambassador at paris h has a brought favorable impressions of the disposition of the european press and governments towards spain washington D C march 11 by a vote of 7 to 2 the house committee on public lands today agreed to report favorably the bill for the cession of all arid lands to the states in which they are located under ader the carey act one million acres have bee been n ceded to the respective states but none but wyoming have taken advantage of the act the committee also agreed eed on a bill allowing the territory of new mexico to belee pelee leet t at once about one half of the tor for schools penitentiaries axles aries and like olies 10 ees that would accrue to it on its 11 i 0 assion as a state this is a com Js so report to the territory which ought bought to secure all of such land the beet past part of which it claims is being constantly aly culled while its ita claims to admission are being ignored los angeles cal march 11 gen W S rosecrans died this morning at 7 at his home near redondo the old warriors death was peaceful in the extreme for several days he has been between life and death at times unconscious and again in a comatose state his splendid vitality has kept him alive for days when it was known the end was near all the watchers at the bedside were ready at any time to see the last at the bedside when the end came were a son and daughter of the general carl and anna rosecrans and a number of immediate friends of the family besides the attending physician dr haynes of this city saginaw mich march 11 all the street car lines in the city are tied up today and the people are walking in a pouring rain the ninety conductors and motormen struck by order of a committee of the local branch of the amalgamated association of street railway employed emp loyes the men demand boj sed aed A ed pus puia i they have been working fourteen to sixteen hours dally daily the receivers of the road last night declined to accede to their request the public seem to sympathize with the employed emp loyes london march 12 the daily news publishes this morning a suggestive interview on the chinese question with dr markoff the russian expert dr markoff repudiates the idea that russia intends to annex manchuria although he thought there was no doubt this would come about a century hence dussias Rus sias present alms he said are merely to obtain an ice free port to serve as the terminus of her railway system to isolate japan and to develop the vast commercial wealth of china it is absolutely feces necessary sary to aurb japans ambit ambition lon it ih 16 a question of predominance between the white and yellow races it if japan is allowed to join forces with china the white races are doomed russians regard war with japan as inevitable kansas city mo march 12 the star devotes five columns of its front page to an appeal for aid in the shape of clothing food or money for the starving thousands in cuba singling out the town of matanzas as the especial point of pressing need the appeal written by a returned staff correspondent of the paper asks in strong terms for aid ot df whatever description for immediate shipment to matanzas the star ottering oftering ott oft ering to transport the charity A central point where offerings will be received in kansas city for shipment has been designated the star correspondent places the number of starving in matanzas as new York March 12 captain sampson last night sent a dispatch in cipher to the navy department says the havana correspondent of the heralds it Is stated by one who is in a position to to know that the dispatch was of considerable importance and will result in developments in the near future asked whether it meant that the report will be made next week my informant replied that it was impossible to say more than he had he did add however that several sevell important though not sensational developments would be made |