It is This Way;A newspaper with throe times the cir¬culation of another is clearly entitled tocharge three times its rate. Experien¬ced advertisers know this, und advertisein impers of largo circulation, paying,double, mayhe. The novice takes thecheap rale, hut niter awhile he, tou, he-

comes exprlncedi

1Cos'ly Experimenting.The Inexperienced advertiser lo-ea a.great deal while learning. tf0 has loat' ;

the custom of the-large number that he Vfailed to reach In his medium of smallcirculation, and ho has paid more tier Vcapita for those ho did reach. He hasloss, but knows mjre.

PRICE 2 CENTS

The Indiana Siiwslli Basineü,But 01 Encrmous Expense.

$100,000 WILL HARDLY FOOT THE BILL

Since Her Arrival at PortRoyal Has Cost $15,000.

WHICH WAS PRACTICALLY THROWN AWAY

Tlin r Urine Sil r.<|iilpmeiil ol Wurk-mt'ii und Tools ill (Ik- 1'orl HoyiilMillion Tlioy lind to bu FurnishedFrom tii<- Norfolk K«vjr»Ynrd-Material for Needed Reptilr«to Hncbliiery, With ibo SkilledHnebinistN »im,i AIM to be !»»*.piilchctl From .Some Distunl Point.Xnvnl UHlCCrN Severely Criticise«Ii« I'uri Koynl Dock Wltlcb, Theynecliiro, t'mi (Inly He llcncbca by n

Torturous Chnmiel.Fuels furo-fully CoilCCnlcd During the Pen«deucy or the Nnviti Hill in CongrcsrA Costly Expert in cut.

Washington, l>. t'.. March 27..NewsOf the successful docking of the Indianatit Port Hoya I to-day was a keen re¬lief to tin- naval administration, whichhud been so scandalized I'd- the pastti-n days over the spectacle of the lltieslship in the navy lying helplessly at themouth of a new dock unable to get tosea in an emergency and to all practicalpurposes worthless for naval uses. Hows, lions the affair really was has beenear, fully concealed during tile pendencyof the n'aval bill in Congress, whichmakes appropriations for four addition¬al vessels ol the battleship typ,;, butm>w that the danger lias been luckilyaverted, tin- facts are apt to graduallycome to the surface.The only oflici'.tl mention of the In¬

diana's eosi Is that made in the lastannual report of tin- Navy Department,$3,020,000, wilit'll WBH the contrail pricefor hull and mnchlnory. Her armorCOSI about $l,äO0.0O0: her guns one-thirdof that union lit, and the total expendi¬ture of ilie Government in making herready for seti was over $ä,500,000. Hermaintenance in commission, neglectingall other expenses than pay of otllcersand men, and coal burned is put atsomething over $1,000 a dajf. On ibis tie-count alone from her arrival nt tin-dock entrance at 8:30 a. in., March 14th,until this morning, tin- expense incurredwas $15,000, whicll was practicallythrown away. *

There being no equipment of work¬men and tools at the I'orl Royal sta¬tion, they had to be furnished fromNoifolk. Vn. Material lor nny neededrepairs to machinery, with the skilledmachinists had also to be dispatchedfrom some distant point and altogetherit is conservatively estimated thai thepresent docking Of the big vessel is go-Jlug io cost $100,000. This question of]do,-king our battleships Is a serious oneI'd- consideration. The only dock onthe rnclflc coast which n battleship mayenter has been located nt i'orl Orchard,Pttgei Sound, und will !<e opened If eondltions are f.tvornblc, by the Montereyin a few days. No shop tools or work¬men nie nearer i's site than Mare is¬land. 700 miles nwny, Not until'the bigdock tit Brooklyn is completed, possi¬bly a year hence, will it be possible torepair and care for ihc big battleshipson the EiiHlerii siniloh.Naval oftlcers criticise the Port Roy¬

al dry dock, which Hey declare canonly be reached by n tortuous channel,having a hurt! phosphate rock bottomcalculated to ruin a heavy war vesselwhich might tom b It.Such a channel with sand bottom,they declare, would nr>| !.¦ so dangerous.

Grave doubts are als i expressed til Hieaccuracy of measurements as to the. lock's entrance. The contract calledfor a depth over the entrance sill oftwenty-six feet tit menu high water.Suspicion has now been directed againstthe fundamental marks und data uponwhich tin- mean high tide was calcula¬ted, nml doubt is expressed whether aseries of observations may not disclosen mcun depth nt high tide, summer andwinter, of not over iwehty-flve feet.All the battleships, while having a meandesigned draft of twenty-four feet, havean extreme draft astern of twenty-livefeet with -ten tons of coal aboard, undtherefore COllld only get Into the dockOnly under exceptlonably favorable cir¬cumstances.

TIIF. 1MMKIXO.

Glides Gracefully in A in id Hie Cheer*D «>r 11 itndreds.

Port Royal. S. C March 27..At Just7:30 this morning, on a tide which hadbeen ebbing for n good hour. Hie bat¬tleship Indiana steamed gallantlythrough the caisson of the Goyernmenidry dock on Paris islund, with fullyfXfleeOi Inches to spare between herkeel and the blocks, it was a glad dayfor the people of Port Royal and thesatisfaction depleted upon Hie Inces ofthe officers nt the navnl spat ion was asulflclcnl testimonial of the gratificationwhich they experienced In the vindica¬tion of Hu1 work upon which they havelabored mo lung ami so faithfully, und

MOCK BEiER! BOCK BEER! CHR.

upon which of late some people have at¬tempted to east 'aspersions. The dock¬ing this morning was u. triumph forthe harbor of Port Royal und for ev-|ery friend 61 the Purls Island station.The battleship wuh put on the blocksnot only with perfect ease and success,but when the Ilde had been runningout for at least an hour.The docking might Just as well have

been done yesterday or the day be¬fore. On the 25th. tiie unotllclal reckon¬ing of the water showed 27 feel inthe dork and yesterday evening therewas us much more. The Indiana draws24 feet and on either of the tides men¬tioned It Ik cl'dlntctl that she could havegone in with an abundance of water tospare. The ofllcorM In Charge, however,doubtless know best. They have at allevents docked the Indianu most suc¬cessfully; and thul has always been thegreUt consideration.The tide this morning was at its heightabout 0:110 and It had been designed to

run the vessel Into the caisson at thathour. Put when the morning came, theWhole hnbor was enveloped in u denseshroud of mist und fog. The battle¬ship was steered, cautiously for thedock in the leading strings of four tugs.Home delay was occasioned by the fogutol until after 7 o'clock thai she clearedthe caisson and Moated in the water oftho dock. According to official liguresliiere were then 25 feet und S Inches ofWnter. This was four inches below thenormal, but it gave the battleship itRood II ftecu Inches to spare above theblocks. The pumps wer«! turned on assoon as everything was pronounced tobe snug.At fust the pumping was purposely

done very slowly, to give tile men atwork on the ship's side a better chanceto work. Three hours after work hadstarted, there were still ten feet of waterin the «lock. During the forenoon, manyexcursion parties came down to the Is¬land from Beaufort and Port Royal,and the successful docking of the ves¬sel was made the subject of many con¬gratulations and much merrymaking,it was not until late in the afternoonllv.it the last bit of water was pumpedout. At G o'clock she stood high anddry on the blocks. She rested straighton her keel and she was by actual meas¬urement Just live feet, ten Inches abovethe floor of the dock.The othcers and the gentlemen Official¬

ly connected with the station or the shipare. as usual, very reticent. Ion theirsatisfaction with tho result is expressedin many ways. No one call say. ofcourse, what the report will be, bill itis believed her.- that it will express"that the dock is In splendid conditionand that it is callable id' holding anyship in the navy." The officers as yet,however, will say nothing fur publica¬tion. It is an Open secret here Hint thedocking could have taken pktce nlmoslany day during the last Week, but itwas thought best to wait foi tin periodof tiie highest spring tides. The officersthought that it was very Important tohave just as much water as possible forthe trial Of the structure.

II 1 I 11 OS I 13 i: <; »!.!.OWN

Washington FOrfclia Iii« Life fer tileHarder mt liiiawell,

Charleston. S. C. -Mai eh 27..A specialto the News und Courler from Abbe¬ville says: Richard Washington, c 1-ored, was hanged here to-day betweenthe bouts of 10 and II o'clock for themurder of Narclssn Bagwell, last N i-vember near Cokesbury. throwing heibody in a barn. Which lie tired, hopingto hide his awful crime, lie tiled ap¬parently without /ear. confessing hisguilt, saying he was rtudv to die. Fath¬er .1. D. Budds was with him t" '.le¬inst. Sheriff Nunse did Iiis work well,all being conducted quietly and orderly.Hr. Noffer pronounced life extinct inabout eleven minutes, his hecU beingbroken.

St 1 l ot A l l I» RY UAH.

Joint J Hill, a YouUK HerirordX.CMerrtimil. Dies in Baltimore.

Baltimore. Md., Match 27...lohn .1.Hill, a young merchant of Ahosk'.e,Hertford county. X. C. died at '.lie Car-rollton Hotel to-day from the effectsof Inhaling Illuminating gas. Mr. Hillevidently! failed to properly shut bitthe How when he retired Wednesdaynight. His room was filled with thevapor and the man was found uhc lu¬scious yesterday morning. Physiciansmade every effort to save his lif-- withoutavail. Mr. Hill was in the city purchaiing goods in- his linn and intended tohave returned South lo-day. C. .1Pnrllock, his partn.fr. arrived to-dayand took charge of the remains.

in . Peters Will Kenilgn.Rellin. M'.irch 27.Dr. Peters* the Af¬

rican explorer, against whom gravecharges have been made regarding idsconduct us an official of the C5< rman Co¬lonial Government, intends to resignfrom the German service no matter howthe judicial Inquiry into his conductends. He will go to Bomaliland, in theservice of a foreign country.

To Pay for n Masonic Htilltliug.Washington, March 27. Senator Dan-

lei to-day Introduced a biil to pay t theMasonic Lodge of Keysvtile, Charlottecounty, Va., $2,500 for the destruction pftheir building by Federal troops in 1864.

F.ZI II II a III on ItONplleil.Knoxvllle, Tehn., March 27..Kzra

Hamilton, who was to have been hangedhere to-day, has been respited, his casehaving been appealed to the SupremeCourt, which cannot act upon it untilSeptember next.

The "Vnr.ill}" ItoyM l.oo«e.Charlotlesvllle, Vn., .March 2,..The

third of the series of games between theBostons and the University ol Virginiawas played tills nflerhoon. '.'"n » Vir¬ginians were defeated by a score of Iii to2. Errors.University, 9; Bostons, 2.

HEURICH BREWING CO.'S BOCK

THE ENEMY WILL FUSEBy This Means the Leaders of the Oppo¬

sition Parties Hope to Carry Texas.

MOVEMENT PUT ON FOOT TWO WEEKS AGO'2 he ItcpuhHcniis Arc lu Support I lie

I'0|>iiMsIn Ticket lor All ;Htu«eOHlcers Upon condition Hun IheRepublican r.iccior* Ar« PlacedOil tin- PoflllllMt lillllOtN.

Austin, Tex.. March. 27..There Is talkhere or a political move which, ir suc¬cessful, win probably wheel Texas Intothe Republican 1 'residential list orStates. An effort is to lie made to have,the Republicans and Pouulists fuse, theRepublicans to support t'ne Populistticket for all State oilieos upon condi¬tion thul the Republican electors areplaced on the Populist ballots. TheImportance of such a combination, ifaccomplished, can lie seen from thefoliowitig figures: The vot-> of the statetwo years uro stood: Culb?rson, ilein-ocrnt, 207,107; Nugent, Pouullst, 102,1171;Makcmson,. Itepublican, 54.52'R Schlitz,Lily White Itepublican; 5.026.These llgures show that the oppositi.ui

to Democracy two yoais ago had amajority of over 5.000. The defectionssince then have greatly increased I henumber. The fusion movement was ofnumber. The fusion movement was puton foot at Dallas two w-.»ks ago byEdward tlreen, president of the Midlandrailroad; .Judge w. K. Makcmson, andother prominent Republicans ami Popu¬lists. The Populists' say the fusion willundoubtedly be made.

M ASSA t 11 UM I: ITS KKPUII1,1CASH

Thomas It. it.I l" In ceil in the fieldas Xciv Kit", In nil's t iimUilale.

Boston, Mass.. March "7.- The Repub¬lican State Convention tuet here atI0::i0 o'cl ick this morning, dlspatchi ;i Itsbusiness In a single session, and ad¬journed without the usual formality.The last business previous tu adjourn¬ment was a formal placing in the Heldof New England's candidate f"i thePresidency. Thomas It. Heed. This wasdone by Curtis C'.ulld, Jr. .Ml of thepreceding speeches had eulogised lieed,and his name at all times was receive.1with great enthusiasm.The delegates and alternates at large

to the National Convention were chosenby acclamation.The i! 'gates are Henry Cabot Lodge,

of Nahtlllt; V.'. Murray (.'rape, r Dil¬lon: Iii.". B. s. Draper, <.f HopedAle,and Curl Is Guild, Jr.; of Hosten.Alternates were elected as fellows:

It. II. Houtwcll. of Belmotrl; L. C.Southard, ..! K.i.-i n; p. p. Hawkins, ofSpringfield, and s. E. Courtney, of Bos¬ton;

PEAltl. ItllYAX-N ll'M.ltAI..

The Roily of the .Murdered Girl inHurried Without Hie Head.Greencastle. Ind.. March 27..The re¬

mains nf Pearl Bryan were removedfrom the vault to the Bryan lot. inPorrest Hill Cemetery this afternoon.Brief funeral service.* were conductedby Dr. H. A. Colon and Rev, Mr. Ilol-lingsworlh, at tin gitive. It was In¬tended that tho fuiiei-a! should be aquiet affair, yet a great many sympa¬thizing friends were present. It wasonly aft-r long pleading that the agedand broken hearted father agreed topermit his daughter's body to be hurledwithout a head. "It must be round"was his only reply whenever tiie subjectof burial was mentioned. The body hasbeen lying in the vault for several weeksand hundreds of people have gone to thecemetery but of curiosity to look uponthe stone receptacle which contained it.The remains were not exuosed at thefuneral services.

lilEli i.\ tui.i.vi: mim Ti.s.

Kald II<- Was Coli g io Heaven lly theliepeit itonte.

Georgetown, Tost.. March 27..MatMoltrey, colored, was hanged here to¬day in tie- presence of 4.000 people, forthe murder of Andrew Pickt ell, a Bo¬hemian fanner, hist May. Ills confed¬erate, Albert Holly, was executed lastPrlday. Mottrey confessed his crime;but did not seem to think it Justifiedhanging. He caused the people lo laughover his reference to a game of cudswith '.i while man. in which he »ald hishand was stolen. He also laughed him¬self at tie- reminiscence. lb- warnedeverybody against gambling ami horseracing, and said he was going lo Heav¬en. The drop fell at noon and he wasdead In twelve minutes.

Xot lo Be Trilled With.(Prom Cincinnati Gazette.)

Will people never burn that a "cold"Is an accident to be dreaded, and thatwhen It occurs treatment should bepromptly applied? There Is no knowingwhere the trouble will cud; and whilecomplete recovery is tiie rule, the ex¬ceptions are terribly frequent, andthousands upon thousands of fatal Hi¬ntes occur every year ushered in by alittle Injudicious exposure and seeming¬ly trifling symptoms. Beyond this, therearc to-day countless invalids who cantrace their complaints to "colds," whichat the time of occurrence cave no con¬cern, and were therefore neglected..When troubled with a cold use Cham¬berlain's cough Remedy. It is promptand effectual. 25 and 50 cent bodies forsale by nil druggists.

.\orioin mill Western f iiniingn.New York. March 27..The gross earn¬

ings of t!u- Norfolk and Western roadfor the third week In March were $2:14,-710, an Increase of J4I.0Ü4.

BEER ON TAP TO-DAY. EVE.HY

WILL l'HKTHi: HOYCOTT.

I.nbor OrKiiiiiBiillultN Wnul ¦ <> Arbi¬tral o. nnnunio<MrorN itcitise.

Baltimore, March 27..Unless tlio clo¬thing mutiufnoturers of Baltimore com,'¦to terms with Hip 6.000 striking garmeitiworkers, or express their willingness toarbitrate their points of difference byMoutlay morning, a boycott will be de¬clared against Haminore clorhlhn nilover the United states.The garment workers are llrm.Hie Fed¬

eration of Labor la back of thent, andeverything, they assert. Is In readinessfor that powerful organization to playwhat It considers Its trump curd. Here¬tofore tin" boycott was confined to onlytwo Baltimore linns. After Monday allBaltimore made clothing will be active¬ly boycotted, should no agreement be ar¬rived nt.This decision was reached to-day nt

a protracted meeting of the strike lead¬ers. It was nlso decided to Issue a cir¬cular mnklng an appeal to labor organi¬zations throughout the t'lilted Statesfor funds to stipp rt the C.000 Baltimorestrikers. The local labor unions havegiven financial aid to the strikers duringthe four weeks the have been out ofwork, and $1,000 was received to-dayfioin New York; but more money mustbe had s on.General Secretary White. Is In chargeof the sliIke. and Is In favor of arbitra¬

ting the difference between the strikersami the garment workers, but It Is notlikely that he will be given an oppor¬tunity to do so. as the manufacturerssay that there is nothing to arbitrateand they absolutely decline to recognize.the strikers save ns fIndividuals.

IX BEHALF oi T1IK. PILOTS.

Ilitrtl At Work In Wimlilng ton on Hiet ompnlsur.v Hill.

Washington, P. C. March 27..(Spe¬cial).Col. Richard C. Marshall, of Ports¬mouth, was here lo-dav on a Hyingbusiness visit. Finding thnt a commit¬tee <>f th.' Richmond chamber of Com¬merce hud been here yesterday urgingthe passage of tin1 bill abolishing com¬pulsory jdiutage, Col. Marshnll called onSenator Daniel ami nearly till of theVirginia Representatives ami madestrong arguments in opposition to thebill, which will !>¦. stubbornly rought in.the House. The measure Is not likelyto come up for some time, nt least notuntil the sundry civil bill Is disposed ofand In the mcaritltndf vomo effectivework will he done in behalf of the pilots.r.x -1 i: i s 11 > kst ii a irm HINTER dEAll

Estranged From t'littiiliootl TlteyNever .Heel Lurli Oilier Again.

St. Louis, March 27..Mrs. E. Marvin,u sister of the late ex-President Hayes.«Im diet! Wednesday at Klrkwood, asuburb, was burled yesterday from theK irk wo d Methodist Church. Bev. Dr.Mays pieslillug, Site was n few yearsthe senior of her distinguished brother.They were separated early In youth.Mrs. Marvin was reared and educatedby an olil Southern family then residingin Southern Illinois. When the civilwiu- broke out Hie brother Joined theUnion army, and the sttong prejudices1' tin- family with Which Mrs. Marvinwas living estranged her from him,and they never met again.

Supreme Court Proceeding*.Richmond. Va.. Match 27.- The follow¬ing aie to-day's proceedings of the Su-

pi eine Com t ..! Appeals:Morotock Insurance Compan> vs.

«'!.- k. N". 7x Argued by B. B. Mun¬fold, tor plaintiff In error, and Judge.lames E. Heath, f r defendant in error,and submitted.Magarlty vs. Shipinan. No. 79. Sub¬mitted.Commercial Hank vs. Bucker. No. SI.Aigued by .1. E. L'dmundgl for appellant

a fid submitted.Bell, commissioner, vs. Wood. No. S2.Put on privilege docket for Novembernext.Demnne & Son vs. Washing;, n South¬ern Railway Company, No. i'j. Con¬tinued.

('buries llitrlttell Nlmrt In His Ac-ruiinta,

Chicago, March 27..Charles o. Hart-well, wh was employed by WilliamHeering & Co., the agricultural Imple¬ment mnnufai lurers of this city, to man¬age the K ehester, N. y.. office, wasartewted on the street to-day, chargedwith being a fugitive from justice, af irger, and an embezzler. He admitshis guilt. Tin- shortage In his accountsamoutrts to $:t,fi00, and lie f irged tip-names of several farmers in his dis-triol to indes, which he forwarded tol ie company t cover his embezzlement.

Lynebbiirg lor McKinley.Lynchbiirg, Va., March 27..The lie-publican City Convention was held hereto-night und delegates were elected totie- District Convention at Roanokeand the State Convention at Staunten.While no resolutions were passed, thesentiment was strong for M;-Kinl?v.Fx-Postmaster McLaighliu beaded tlicdelegation.

A Large Village Fire.Ben I on. Ark., March 27..Nearly adozen residences and three quarters fthe business portion of this village weredestroyed by tire which started shortlyafter midnight, and raged for n arlythree hours. The village has 1.000 luhab-Hants, and has no Fire Department.The total loss Is estimated at $40.000. andIs but partially insured.I'ltc Interstate Compel Ive Drill.

Savannah, Oa.. March 27..The direc¬tum of the inter-State Military Associa¬tion decided to-day to Increase the firstprize for the Interstate competitive drillUi be held during the May military cele¬bration .from $2,oou to $2,r.oo.

BODY SHOULD TRY IT. IF YOU

NOTHING MUCH IS DONESenate and House Consider Questions of

No Great Importance to the Country.A POLITICAL DEBATE WAS THREATENEDTiie House Ki limed in 'IMb it Up Hie

Niiixtny Civil Appropriation Ullimill I'nisr.i nn Tlircc MmMurraWhich Hail it«¦ i-11 itcjiui ioil Kennt«Tallin iiiu li, Accompllftlii-s l.illlc.

Washington, 1). C, Murcli 27..Thelegislative appropriation hill passed theSemite to-day arter occupying kite ikt-tentlun of that body every day duringthe present week, it appropriates Inround numbers twenty-live ami u huhmillions. The debate upon It. uns llrston Mr. Sherman's motion to strike out aprovision changing tho time of meetingof tin- Executive Assembly of Now Mex¬ico; Mr. Sherman's moilon wits defeat¬ed.Yeas. 18: nays, HO. so thai iho hillremains tin thut respect) as it passedtho Mouse.Mr. Hill's motion developed a politicalcontroversy, and notice was given l»yMr. Gorman thut tho discussion couldnot be cut off. but would assume prettylarge dimensions. With the object ofavoiding this threatened political de¬

bute Mr. Cullom (Hep.), of Illinois, whowas In charge of the bill, moved to layMr. Hill's motion on (he table, but Mr,Cnllom's motion wus disagreed to-Yeus, 21; nays, 29. Tho Democratic Sen¬ators were ubled by the votes of thePopulists and of two Republicans Sen¬ators Frye und Wolcott. Thereupon Mr.Cullom withdrew all opposition to Mr.Hill's motion and it was agreed to.That practically ended the consideration[of the bill and It wus passed without adivision.The Senate, at 4:f.o, adjourned till Mon¬day.(House.).Quite unexj.tedly, the

House of Representatives to-day. by uvote of 142 to 77, refused to consider thesundry civil appropriation bill reportedyesterday, adopting the motion of Mr.Hepburn (Rep.), of low.i. to take upbills on the private calendar for the firsttime this session. Tho adoption of this¦notion exhausted an hour, and anotherhour was spent In discussing rt motionby Mr. Plckler (Hop.), of South Dakota;Hint only jjonsloit and private reliefbills reported from the Committee on.Military Affairs be considered. Thiswas finally agreed to.Only three bills wore considered, andthey wer.- reported to the House with

a recommendation that they he passedliefere a vote could be taken on them,Mr. Hepburn (Rep.), of Iowa, movedthut when tho House adjourn lo-nighlit bo until Monday next and despite HieStrenuous opposition of Mr. Cannon(Rep.), of Illinois, chairman of the Com¬mittee on Appropriations, the motionwas agreed to.103 to 2fi.The House, then, i.t f, o'clock, was

declared In recess until 8 o'clock thisevening.The evening session or the House der

veloped Into a family row among theRepublicans regarding pension legisla¬tion. Tho llrst bill on the calendar wasthat discussed last Friday night, a Sen¬ate bill granting a pension of j:to amonth to Chailes R. Jones, tl photo¬grapher, for injury resulting from uwound received while taking a pictureof Longstreel's fortifications lit Suffolk,VS.. General .lohn Peek commanding thedivision to which the photographer regi¬ment belongi tl.Mr. Connolly (Hep), of Illinois, antag¬

onized the bill and in the course of Illsspeech severely criticised the Commit-tee on Invalid Pensions for bringing IIIbills of this class- to pension men whowen- not enlisted men 'at all. while hun¬dreds of cases of bona fide soldiers re-fnuined In the committee room.

Mr. Plckler (Rep.), of South Dakota,chairman or the committee, demandedthai the gentleman's words he taken. low p. hut withdrew the demand and Mr.Cnnoily concluded his rerr.arks.

Ii.- was followed by Mi Plckler. win.bitterly resenlod tho criticisms ol Mr.Connolly, declaring ttnii it was not fair,ami that his assort Ions were a base'slander upon the Invalid Pension Com¬mittee. That committee had reportedbut one other bill this session, lo- said,to pension a civilian shot while in lh*service of the rtovernmenl. The com¬mittee recommended nothing for whichit had not I he precedents of many C-lV-glessen past, After amending tb.- hillso as to give the man a pensionable stat¬us ami leaving lo tho Pension Huren«,the iletorinin-.ilIon of Hp- amount to hepaid him. the hill was laid aside with afa vornhie recommendation.Subsequently, Mr. Mnhon (Hep.), of

Pennsylvania, apparently laboring un¬der suppressed reeling, said thai tlStatement had boon made on the floorWhich he thought ought not to go out

I UllCOlltradlclcd. When the gentlemanfrom Illinois (Connolly) had charged](that u certain gentleman whom lo- nerdnot name, but whom all the Republi¬can fl recognized us their leader (ap¬plause) hud Interfered to suppress- legis¬lation In behalf or tho old soldier, hespoke without foundation. The Speak¬er of iho House. Mr. Mahon assorted,

jhnil always given preference In grantingrecognition to members, to those havingbills for tho old soldier.Tho House had spetu fifty-five hours

this session in considering private pen¬sion bills, and had passed forty, givingnn average of an hour and a half toeach bill. If the members wanted totake up the time in making speeches,Which was their right, Mr. Mahon con¬ceded, they could do so. hut they shouldnot criticise others and charge that can¬didates for the Presidency or theirf: lends were using the old soldiers as afootball.

CANT GET IT AT YOUR FAVORITE

Mr. Ornsvenor followed fn n similarstrain. advising Connolly before be un¬dertook t.i arrtilKn the Hcbuhlioah ma¬jority tn have more detail t» go <>n titanhe had at present. The Pension Commit¬tee was all right, Mr. (irnsverior said,hut the evil was in the system of legisla¬tion and ihi political power that existsin V'ai>. Pension liuernu. As to theHjicuki'i or ihr It misc. Mr. ClrosyenbrHtild he spoke of limit which lie knewwhen he said that the old soldiers ofthe country had no better friend than11.Mr. Connollyj responding, said that

he had made ihi attack upon it he Speak¬er; he had petit most generously treatedby him. What he tind said was that« :ii a great Republican majority Inlb House a Hepuhllenn liuorum failedto appeal a: these Friday'nighl sessions,and Uirii there were too many Candi¬da:, s for the Presidency. and theirfriends in this Congress, engaged inpromoting Hielt Interests, to do Justiceto (he soldiers tn the mutter of pensionlegislation.The committee rose, and lifter having

favorably acted upon four bills, and atIOt.10 o'clock, adjourned until Mondayinxt.

itAi.rnioiti. 11. i:. < o.M'iiui.xn:.

Hr. A. Poke Smith Muhe», n StrikingAddress licprcwciiilng ihe socrcinryItoanokc, Va.. March 27..The session

of ihe Baltimore Conference to-day wusdevoted entlirly to correctional work.In. A. Coke «nullit represented theSecretary of the Hoard of Educationin a stnlklng address, and Dr. WalterLa inbeHi, Secretary <>r the MissionaryHoard, in presenting the cause of mis¬sions, read a letter from 0 IISUl Jernl-gan stating thnt an edict was Issued InChina Peinunry Cth, expurglng all Öhi-nese laws against the propagation ofChristianity In China. Dr. Flgert, bookeditor, and Dr. Itarbee, publishing houseagent, presented the cause of church lit¬erature.The recommendations of Evan Ellxis

i:dwards, from HalUmore district: Wil¬liam Eustace and Charles Herber I Can-ii in, from Bust Baltimore; Alfred Lewisllorne.-l .1 ger. from Buckingham Dis¬trict; tit >rge w. Richardson, and Wal¬lace 0. Talher;, from Lewlsburg district;Itaysmi 1 >. Kldn r. from Moorefleld Dis¬trict* were presented III due form, andhaving passed examination before theCommittee on bourse of Study, andhaving been recommended, they wereadmitted on tilal.David Dodge Blakcmore. from Wash¬

ington district, was readmitted.IS. V. Register, .lames M. Anderson,Edward If. Dnshlcll, Charles M. Brown,Levl B. Atkins, c. P. Smith, William

Stevens, and Llnwood Hammond, hav¬ing previously passed in examination orcharacter, and also before the Com¬mittee on the Course of Study, were ad¬mitted into full connection.T -morrow morning Blfhop Hargrove

\ .: deliver Ills charge to them, .lohn H.Dills was continued on trial.

;i.oitn it«Ki:iiKRRT npdahn,l.llirral reiteration Heard Spreche»

l'roin t.iilncnt LenilerH.London. March 27..-Al to-day's ses¬

sion of the Liberal Federation ut llud-derslleld, speeches were made by landItosebery, Herbert Gladstone and citherpromlm nt Liberal leaders,

III the course of his speech ex-PrimeMinister Rosebcry denied that the Lib¬eral offlcials had exerted undue Influ¬ence on iir- Federation. He said hewould be Kind if Ihe Federation weremoic guided by ofliclnldotn. He instanc¬ed the Newcastle programme and theLeeds mooting, which he declared wasloo long for practical purposes. Dothoriginated with the Federation andthe leaders of Ihe party hud been com-pellcd to accept the results.Referring to Mr. Chamberlain's speech

at the dinner of the Colonial Club. InLondon, Lord Rosebcry said that theColonial Seen iary'ti plan for a commer¬cial union between Great Britain andher colonies demanded the gravest con¬sideration before It was accepted.Lord itosClicry then touched upon for-

eigh relations. He complained that theCoverninent had not divulged Iis rea¬son-- f(>r im 1- rtaklng the Soudetl expe¬dition and declared that i: seemed thatthe eountty was being fooled. Evenomens abroad, headed warned (JreatBritain to concentrate her energies, ye:(be Govermnenr was locking her re¬sources in a desert.

Till: IH'lii: KESI4HVE» II IS CLAIM.

The I'.iiglUh l'o Sot Inleml In Sendmi I'.x pell 11 ion In Iloiigoln.

London, March 27..In the House ofCommons to-day Mr, A. J. RalfOur,Plrst Lord of the Treasury, read a let¬ter from the Duke of Cambridge re¬signing his claim to the special pensionwhich il had been proposed to granthim, on the ground that he did not wishto subject the ministerial party to anycontroversy over the matter.Mr. George N. Curzon, under secretary

to the foreign orllce. stated that the gov¬ernment did not Intend to send a Brit¬ish expedition to L> ingola next autumn.This statement was made In answerto a question by a member of the oppo¬sition, lie further said that the sanc¬tion of the advance of the Egyptianreserve fund toward the cost of theNile expedition how undeir way didnot rest with the powers, but with the.commission of the Egyptian public debt,who had the right to decide whetherthe advance should be made. By thevote of a majority of the commission hesaid they had so decided.

Ex-<lovcriior Seny'a. Condition.Montgomery, Ala., March 27..A spe¬

cial to The Advertiser from Greens¬boro. Ala., says: Ex-Governor ThomasSeay Is still In a very critical condition.He is unconscious and death Is liableto occur nt any minute. He has beensuffering from grip for some time.

BAR 'PHONE 428. AKD HAVE A

IN CIRCLES OF TRADEThe Unpleasant Feature Is the Lack of Im¬

provement in Mercantile Collections.REPORTS OF LARGE CROPSIN THE SOUTHHtnvy Citii iii'i'N llnve Temporary

: lie. ( on Trnilo nnd IIiin CannedCloser Scrutiny of Credits.Kl«polls From Now York Show nit In*oreuaeUver l.nsl Year Mix Percent

New York. March 27..Bradstreet'nto-morrow will say:The week lias brought more favorable

weather, which tends to create u. betterreeling, ltut trade, except at Baltimore,Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago, andto a moderate degree at other pointsremains dull and unsatisfactory. Themost encouraging feature Is the advanceIn prices of wheat, corn und bessemer '

pig Iron, the latter being based on thehigher value placed on lake ores. Thecheck in demand for gr cerles and pro¬visions at the South is due to Southern'planters having raised larger food cropstills year. Heavy receipts of vegetablesat Southern markets are followed by re¬ports of large crops there In slsht.'One "t the most unpleasant Textures isHie lack of Improvement in mercantilecollections.Total bank clearings continue the re¬cent downward movement and furnish¦Hie Etna Ilest total for some weeks,$807,000,000, or 8 per cent, less than laslweek, and only I per cent, larger thanIn tho fourth week of March, 189").VY ol In some instances has been shad¬ed In price. Trade In wool Is almost ata standstill, aside from a few sales madefor export. Foreign dress wooflens arehigher, the only improvement In the out¬look for American fabrics. Additionalwoollen mills have closed for luck oforders.Baw cotton is lower, presumably onreports Of a pr speotlve large crop. Tiieheavy movement of ginghams appearsto bo the outcome or drives and auction-sale?. Iho efl'eot of which on other fabrics ,Is depressing. Large accumulations ofwhjte cott.n nre reported, and theProvidence bankers state that' cottonmanufacturers have sought their aid tohelp them lb carry the accumulatedstocks.Heavy mercantile failures have atemporary effect on trade and in in¬stances have caused n closer scrutiny ofcredits and a check on stiles and distri¬bution:-;. Only LVii business failures arereported in the United Stntes. cora-ptueil with .10U last week, but an unus-ally large proportion oT them are of com- 5pnratively heavy capitalized concerns.U. a. DUN ,<i CO.'S OPINION.

The n-turns or failures are somewhatdisappointing. Several of magnitudew. re mentioned a wick ago. and they !have swelled the aggregate Of defaultedliabilities for three weeks of March to$12,383.014, against $11,271.121 last yar. Aheavy failure in Texas will also swellthe 'aggregate of returns for the pustweek, which Includes 259 in the UnitedStates, against '.'ill last year, and 39 inCanada, against 42 last year.No Important change has occurred Intin- general condition of business dur¬ing the week, and If business in somerespects looks worse, In other respectsthey look better.Foreign trade is a little more satis¬factory. Exports from New York forthree weeks showing an increase overlast year of six per cent., while Im¬

ports have shown nearly the same rateOf decrease. In general the course ofdomestic price's lend to favor the mar¬keting of stubles abroad.Cotton had a lively rise with the cov¬

ering of short sellers, but began to de¬cline again n week ago and has beenlagging ever since. The receipts fromplantations continue quite "as large usIn the same weeks of the last shortcrop year and stocks In sight with thequantities known to be held by Ku-ropcun and American mills make up anample supply for the rest of the cropyea r.

In the goods market the latest Indica¬tions do not warrant expectations thalt ,.the mills will continue full production,throughout the season. The demand forwomen's dress goods Is the beat feature ,of the woolens market. The sales' ofwool have fallen to less than half anordinary week's .full consumption,'amounting last week to only 2.92fi,750pounds at the chief markets. A strikingfefVlure this week has been a sale of350,000 pounds of American wool for;shipmi nt to England.The iron and steel markets have Ola-'

closed a similar feature, for a little Ala-,batna pig 'lias been sold for export bythe Sloss Company, thougn few Imagine;.Ibat much business of that sort Is pos¬sible. The combination of lake ore pro-,ducers him at last announced Its prices'ror the coming season: $4 for flrsö-clafisBessemer, $3.40 lo $3.70 ror 'Mesabl and

for non-Bessemer ores, and It 1»calculated thfit with coke at $2 per.ton Bissemer piff can be produced "ataleuit $12.25 at I'lttsburg, which is nowthe current price there. But the slowmarketing of Mulshed products 13 sttll/ithe main trohnle. There has been a'little more activity this week, and'tnejCarnegie works have sold $10,000 steel,rails to Japan, thus scoring a nol.e-';worthy success, hut In the main thifimarket 13 about as Inactive and lnaulu?':dent as It has been.

1'rauK Sweeny Dead.Chinese. Match 27..Frank Swnany,-

ex-graml master of Ute SwitchinehVj!Mutual Benelit Association, now the Na-'tlonul Switchmen's Union, died at hishome to-day. after suffering a long timarrom consumption. For several nionih»j he has not been able to attend" to «*»)?;.business-

CASE SENT HOME.