W K' V A DREAM OF n Germany's Iron Chancellor Aiming to Abolish Anstria. HIS EMPIEE TO ABSOEB IT. The Prince Still Inflexible in Determination His TO PASS THE AXTI-SOCIALISTBILL Prince Bismarck is credited with the in--tention of wiping out Austria. This natu rally causes great anxiety in that country. The triple alliance is looked upon as inse cure. Silesian miners claim that imported laborers are forcing tliem to the verge of starvation. COPYRIGHT, 1SS0, BTTIIEN-ZWTOES: ASSOCIATED rcEss.3 Berlin, January 4. The State Council is convened for Wednesday next. Prince Bismarck, though still suffering from a re currence of his neuralgia attack, is certain to be present The assembling of the Reichstag for the last eventful days before dissolution, and the reopening of the Xiandtag compels this general minis terial meeting. The leading questions be fore the Reichstag will be the increase of the military credits and the Socialist bill. The Xational Zeilung reminds the Cartel party that the time is opportune for a grand rally around the Chancellor, and urges them not to fail to appear in their places on the first day. Prince Bismarck's long-expected declara tion on the foreign policy oTthe Government will probably be made during the debate on the military credits. The attitude of the Government on the Socialist bill is inflex ible. NO COMPROMISE PBOBABLE. The National Liberals have been hopeful that Prince Bismarck would, upon the eve of the second reading, accent such modifica tions as would enable them to vote with the Government without violating their scruples touching the arbitrary aspects ot the meas ure, but hitherto the semi-official organs have merely advised all members of the Government groups to stand together for a solid vote. Some topics involving delicate phases of government service and likely to be excit ing, will come before the Landtag. One of these will be a consideration of the disposi tion of the sums confiscated during the Kulturkampf and diverted into the. secret service fund. Within recent years the "reptile fund" has been so little used that the name of it sounds almost ancient. But few papers are subsidized and fewer agents are maintained. LOTTERY PROJECTS NOT FAVORED. The ventilation of the subject in the landtag is likely to curtail, in an even greater degree, the executive misuse of those moneys. It is also thought that the Land tag will disapprove the lottery project in regard to the monument of Emperor "Will iam. The purchase and demolition of cer tain houses in order to mike a site for the monument are necessary, and the project of raising the money for the pur pose by lottery, while it is no doubt one form of making a popular subscription, Is a form cot much approved by public opinion. It is believed the Landtag will favor the plan of a direct purchase, the money to be voted by the State. The year opens with a universal peace chorus, the Xational Zeiluntj declaring that external tranquility is guaranteed, while internal tranquilitydepends entirely on the character of the next Beichstag, so that the nation can vote for peace by voting into office a Chamber so subservient to THE "WILL OF THE CHANCELLOR that it shall never cause any irritation by differing with him, and yet despite this lovely prospect of peace abroad and at home, upon defined conditions, the foreign Office itself was never so pervaded by a sense of the insecurity of the continuance of the triple alliance. Prince Bismarck's refusal to support Austria's policy in Bulgaria is a great source of irritation and suspicion, and Signor Crispi's persistent intriguing for the cession ot Trentino is another. Crispi is thought to be a little disappoint ed just now. He had counted upon another conference at Friearichsruhe at the close of the year, but his scheme was upset by Prince Bismarck, who holds those favors at a high rate, and who advised Crispi that the interview would not be timely in view of the acute jealousies of Austria. The Diretto has since urged the direct settlement 01 the Trentino affair with Austria, and abandon ing the attitude of complete reliance upon Prince Bismarck's mediation. ANXIETY IN AUSTRIA. The progress of the Decollations for the meeting of Emperor "William and the Czar on the Polish frontier in April intensifies the official anxiety and watchfulness in Austria. In diplomatic circles there is a lively disenssion of the prospect of a re newal of the German entente with Russia. As Prince Bismarck continues to find the want of homogeneity in the Austrian Em pire, and the growing discord between its various nationalities an obstacle of good politics, and sees bow greatly these reduce the value of an Aus'dan alliance, it is said that be already contemplates a very radical change of base in his policv. and speculates upon a large appil'.tion of the idea of races that was the basis of so many schemes and projects at the period when Alsace and Lorraine were annexed to Germany. A MAGNIFICENT PROJECT. His new application of the theory of bringing all German-speaking people under the German flag would be at the expense of Austria and at theexpense of itussia, but for Bnssia there would be compensations. The policy, in fact, would wipe ont Austria as that empire now stands, for Germany would take the Aust re-Germ an duchies; and, while Germany would also get the German Baltic provinces now held by Bnssia, Bussia would get an equivalent in Galicia and Bnkowina, and would be given a free hand in Ron mania and the Balkan countries. The Austrian Government knows that this is not merely a diplomatic dream, but is one of the present possibilities of the Chancellor's policy, and may become a probability if the race feuds now pervading me .empire, conjoined with hostility to Ger many, buaii lorce the alliances elsewhere. Pll.nn.llA. .-v.innt VUUl.t...V W fJllJlV AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM. The German Czech Conference opened in Vienna to-day. It is watched here as haV- Ing an indirect, yet important,bearing upon the international relations. Count Taaffe, who presides, is not personally hopeful ot success in reconcilingthedifferences between the German and Czech parties in Bohemia. Besides the German delegates, headed by Pleur, and theCzechs, headed by Riegerand Prince Lobkowitz, there were present Min ister Von Gautsc Schoenborn, Baron, Prazak and Prince Schoenborg. The absence of any representatives of the young Czechs will weaken whatever agreement may be reached. Count Taaffe has secretly induced the old Czechs to accept a compromise. Plenr wants nothing less than the full de mands of the German party, as presented already in the Bohemian Diet before their withdrawal. "Unless these are conceded, and there is given some guarantee against a coalition of the two Czech parties, the Ger mans will not re-enter the Diet. The Czechs are impotent through their quarrels. If left alone they would coalesce. It is im probable that Count Taaffe can conduct the case to a solution that will be the basis of permanent peace between these factions. MINERS PETITION FOE BELIEF. The Silesian Miners' Society has peti tioned the Emperor to appoint a commission of inquiry into their condition. They de- clare it is hopeless; that their miseries can be in no way alleviated unless he intervenes. Thev. charge that the employers, in working mines with Italian and Polish laborers, are forcing wages constantly nearer the starvation point. The Emperor has remitted the me morial to Waybach, directing him to en deavor to get the consent of the masters to arbitration in some form. The National Zeitung, commenting on Piesident Carnot's speech, says: "Prance is the only great power that the Emperor has not visited. His reception in Paris would, of course, be absoluteIy impossible, but President Carnot might visit Berlin, and he could be assured of a sympathetic welcome there as a sincere friend ot Euro pean peace." EXGLISIl CONQUESTS IN AFRICA. Conanl Johnston Report the Acquisition of Territory by Treaty. London, January 4. The Government has received intelligence of the safety of Mr. Johnston, British Consul at Mozam bique, who is traveling in the interior of Africa and who is charged by Portuguese papers as having intrigued with the natives against the Portuguese iuthe territory along the Shire river. Mr. Johnston has pacified the Karangos and subsidized Kotakota, and has by treaty secured "Western Nyassa to the British. The Portuguese reached Katungas, where the remaining Kololos, trusting to British protection, refused to surrender the British flags that had been presented to them when .called upon to do so by the Portuguese com mander. The Portuguese again searched the steamers and compelled them to lower their ensigns. Fighting in Africa is be lieved to be certain. A GUTTING AFFRAY. An Afternoon Frncns in Which Tom Qnlnn Receives Severe Wounds The Police on the Trail of Iho AsuallanJ. Loud cries of "Murder" and a noise of a general scuffle apprised the residents of the court off "Washington street, in the rearoi Alderman Richie's office, that an old-fashioned row was in progress about 5 p. m. yes terday. A descent by the police found Thomas Quinn, a carrier, who lives on Bos ton street, suffering from a flow of blood and of language that threatened to exhaust each. The wounded man was removed to Br. Snively's office, on Wylie avenue, where it was found that his left hand had two bad gashes, one of which nearly severed the thumb from the hand, and the other cut the palmal artery. The victim was very much under the influence of liquor, and gave a rambling story of the cause of the affray. He said that Thomas Latlmore, an ex policeman, had done some work for him in either moving goods or making sail cloth horse covers, as he made both statements. Quinn had paid Latimore $1 for the work, he said, and the latter immediately pro ceeded to get drunk, being unable to stand prosperitv. After imbibing refreshments only limited by the means at his disposal, he demanded more money, which Quinn re fused, and the fight commenced, during which Latimore drew a knife and slashed Quinn in the manner described. Immediate steps were taken by Inspector McAleese to secure the arrest of the fighters, whom, however, Quinn seemed to wish to shield in his earlier statement. The first captured was a woman named Mrs. Sulli van of considerable physical developments. Her clothing was torn off in the fight. She will be held as a witness, although not in a very good condition to take or give testi mony. A man named Danny Sullivan was the other arrest made in the house. Danny is a celebrity in his way, being "wanted" for stealing two $100 bills a short time ago. The third arrest was that of Mrs. Lati more. wife of the man who did the cntting, about three squares from the scene. She was summoned to the Central station, while the others were taken to the Eleventh ward, on Center avenue. Mrs. Latimore was released from the Cen tral station last night by Inspector Mc Aleese upon relating her story. She said that Qninn had come into their house on Anderson court while she was washing the dishes last evening, and getting into an al tercation with her husband about some money matters they, began to throw beer J glasses at each other 'and fight, when she ran, screaming lor help. When Qninn was being removed to his home on Boston street, Soho, he said that the weapon used whs a sailmaker's knife, and he could remember no cause lor the as sault. Assistant Superintendent Boger O'Mara gives Latimore a very poor record while on the police force in the early portion of the McCallin administration, saying that he drank and neglected both his duty and his home, having had to be dropped "for cause. Be this as it may, the ex-policeman shows a knowledge of the police modus operandi ot keeping out ot sight when most wanted, as he had not been captured up to midnight- The snggestion was made that as be did not know the extent ot the injuries he had inflicted, in his drunken condition he may have committed suicide. TDE L1BRAKY ELECTION. The Iinrcest Tote Recorded for Tears Was Cast Testcrdar. At the annual meeting of the Mercantile Library Hall Company, held yesterday afternoon, the future policy of the company was fully and pleasantly discussed, the ut most harmony characterizing the delibera tions, and great unanimity marking the selection of officers for the ensuing term. Mr. Charles J. Clarke, President, and Hon. Pelix K. Brunot, Vice President, having positively declined renominatiou, the following ticket was agreed upon as en tirely satisfactory to all parties. President, Joseph Albree: Vice President, J. "W. Cbalfant; Secretary. W. B, Thompson: Treasurer. A. Halsey Williams; Directors. Joseph O. Brown. Geo. L Whitney, Henry Holdshlp, T. F. Hudson and W. N. Freer. About 4,300 votes were cast, the largest representation of stockholders recorded" for manv vears. A resolution expressing regret at Mr. CJarke's retirement as President was offered by Mr. C. C. Mellor. With the resolution, which was carried unanimously, was incor porated a vote of thanks for the valuable services which he had performed in sustain ing the finances of the corporation during the long term in which he had acted as President and his success in keeping the company on s solvent basis when the work was one of difficulty and discouragement. A resolution regretting the retirement of Hon. Felix B. Brunot and for his long and faithful work in behalf of the company and the Library Association was also offered and passed. The company may well felici tate itself upon Its selection of officers; they are all men ot probity and executive ability, and under their guidance success is as sured. FOLEY rilAISLS JDDUE BAILEY. Ho Assigns n. New Reason for tho Low Price of the Property. ' Patrick Foley said yesterday, after the meeting of the Democratic County Commit tee, that his choice, as of all consistent Democrats, for the Mayoralty was Judge Bailey. He said there was no better or stronger man available. As for the Bennett, of Graff, Bennett & Co., attack upon the Judge, he simply laughed at it, as to im pugn the integrity of Judge Bailey-was be yond the power of any man. The Jndge was now fully recovered from his late ill ness, and would, no doubt, meet such accu sations with the contempt, as well as dis proof, they deserved. "People who talked about the appreci ated value o' the Graff-Bennett plant after it bad passed out of the hands of the credi tors, forget that at the time of the failnre pig iron was worth virtually nothing, but that it steadily rose shortlvafterand 'paying prices ruled. This account for the rise in values after the property -was purchased from the men who lacked' either the capital or the courage to hold on for a rise." THE couldft pay out. The Whitely Harvester Company, of Spring field. Forced to the Wall General Keller Appointed Receiver Preclpltnted by a Pittsbnrs: Firm. tSFBCXU. TZLSGRAU TO THE DISPATCH.: Springfield, O., January 4. General J. "Warren Kejier was appointed receiver to-day for the "William N. "Whitely Com pany, manufacturers of harvesting ma chinery, and claiming lo have shops which are exceeded in size only by the Krupp Gun "Works at Essen, Germany." The shops cover IB acres, almost folidly, and were built eight vears ago, regardless of expense. "William N. Whitely lost about $500,000 in the Harrier wheat deal. The Whitely. Passler, Kelly Company, which preceded the present firm, went into the njnas oi "William N. "Whitely, receiver, JuneS, 1887, A tew months later a compromise was effected by which the indebtedness was scaled at 50 cents on the dollar, and the property nioitgaged to the extent of $1,500, 000, and bonds issued for this amount, with A. S. Bushnell and John Poos as trustees for the creditors. These bonds were to be paid in five install ments on the first day of January each year. One year ago $56,000 of the amount then due was defaulted, and this year the whole amount, $200,000, was allowed to be de faulted. The appointment of a receiver to-day is only remotely connected with the previous failnre The beginning of the end was the attachment by Howe, Brown & Co., of Pittsburg, of a lot of machines which had been shipped to agents in that city. Their claim against the "Whitelv Company amounted to over $10, 000, but the suit was only for $1,000. The bringing of this attachment suit stirred up creditors all over the country, and the major part of them have been in the city, at one time or another, since then. By request of the firm a meeting of the creditors was held yesterday, and General Keifer was unanimously chosen to act as receiver, and he was appointed to-day. The creditors will make arrangements lor con tinning the firm's business. THE MEKCI HOSPITAL. Annual Report of Patients Treated and Donation. Received. The annual report ot the Mercy Hospital for the year 1889 was completed yesterday. It shows that between January 1, 1889, and January 1, 1890, 1,740 patients were admit ted to the hospital. Of these 201 were typhoid fever patients. The largest number of cases of typhoid fever in the hospital at one time was 50. This was in September, during the time of the great amount of ill ness from that disease. The number of cases in the hospital at present is 145, of which 26 are typhoid fever. Eleven cases of various kinds were received yesterday. The following Christmas or annnal dona tions are thankfully acknowledged by the hospital management: A. Garrison, $100; C. L. Magee, S100: F. M. Magee, 8100; A Friend, 8100: John Dunlap, S50; Kev. S. Wall. D. D., 850; Samuel W. Black, $50; Itev. J. C. Farren, 825: J. C. Por terflcld, $20; Mrs. Ryan Parkers, one dozen knitted socks and So; William Barnes, Jr., S3: Homers Bros. & Co., bananas and oranges; Caskey .t Keally, oranges; A. Glamser, soap and brushes; George Eyrich. evergreen wreath ing; Mrs. Dr. Joseph Dixon, turkeys: Mrs. Goldbaub, turkeys: Dr. J. N. Dixon, life-size portrait of the late William Thaw; Dr. B. Burns, a oeantiful landscape painting; Joseph Home, a box of choice cut flowers. The fruit and flower ladies are especially thanked for a generous supply ot the deli cacies oi the season all through the year. KILLED I1IS GRANDCHILDREN. A Frenchman Bents n Boy and a Girl to Death With a Hammer. Havekhill,N. H., January 4. Stephen La Plant, a Frenchman, whose home is in Benton, has been spending a few days with his sons' family, at Center Haverhill. To day his son, accompanied by the mother of the children, went to Warren, leaving La Plant and wife in charge. There were four children. The two eldest were skat ing, leaving the unfortunate vie- tims alone with alone with . the murderer and his wife. There was some dispute in regard to the children, when La Plant left the room, returning with a hammer, with which he dealt the boy an unmerciful and heavy blow on the skull, scattering the blood upon the ceiling and the floor. The girl interrupted, engaged his attention, and drawing a knife he cut her and aiso dealt heavy blows with the hammer until she fell to the floor insensible. At this point a passerby was attracted by the noise, and La Plant wasseized while in the act of murderously assaulting his wife, whose life, doubtless, he would also have takes. Officer Weeden, of this place, was summo -id, and had the murderer in jail here at 8 o'clock. It is thought he was drunk. OFFICERS ELECTED. The Lincoln Republican Club Hold a Tran quil Election. An election of officers for the ensuing year took place at the Lincoln Bepublican Club last night. A big crowd of members gathered at the Lawrenceville rooms to cast a ballot The ballot resulted in the follow ing officers being, elected to steer the club through the next year: President J.S.Seaman; Vice Presidents,Hnsh Fergeson, Simnel W. Hay. Max Leslie; Re cording becretary, D. E. Fergeson; Assistant Recording Secretary, John McLain; Financial Secretary, George Wright, Jr.; Treasurer, John Cameron: Executive Committee, A. H. Leslie, U W. Davidson, D. B. McDonald. All the officers were elected unanimously. The meeting was very harmonious and the new officers took their various portfolios amid great tranquility. A HUNDRED GAMBLERS ARRESTED. Cblcaco Police Give Gnincstera a Froo Ride in the Pntral Wagon. Chicago, January 5: The police to-night continued their new crusade against public gambling in Chicago. Hankins' establish ment on Clark street, one of the largest houses in America, was raided at 12:30 A. m. Over, a hundred gamblers were made prisoners up to 1 o'clock, and loaded into patrol wagons and auickiy carted off to the police station, while the streets were crowded with curious persons, ,who hooted them on their involuntary journey. AMOUNTING TO MANY MILLIONS. Statement of United folates Bond Bonsht and Sold Since August 1SS7. Washington, January 4. The follow ing is a statement of United States bonds purchased from August 3, 1887, to and in cluding January 4, 189U: Amount purchased. 4s, 8108,302.150: 4s. $123, 647.200; total. 8236,949,350. Cost 4s, 81i8.470.060; 4Ks. S13S.8S1.677; total, 1277.332.637. Cost at ma tcntv. is. S1SS,5SL201: g, 115.677,514; total. 334,158,718. Saving, Is, $50,110,314; 4s. $6,695, 837; iqtai, $56,608,081. . A Brick Strike. Charles Thompson, who lives in Poplar alley, made an information before Alder man Bichards yesterday, charging Michael Brennan with assault and battery. It is alleged by Thompson that Brennan struck him on the back with a brick. He was ar rested and gave 5300 bail for a hearing Monday. , Stenmibip Arrivals. Steamship. Arrived at From Fnlda New York Bremen. Oramore Baltimore London. Siberian blassow Boston. Obctani Kotterdam... ...... Mew York. Celtic New Yorlt Liverpool. Hempstead. i Havre New Orleans Klegant Filling; Suit To order $25, and pants fS and upward at jtriicurn s, tut y cop , R5. PITTSBURG DISPATCH, FORCED TO COMBINE. At Least One Trust for Which the Mills Bill is Responsible. THE BAGGIKG MEN IN A C0BNEB. Interesting Testimony Brought Out at the Tariff Hearing; AN IMPERATITE CALL FOE FfiEE TAX. A Ktntucky Hemp Grower Who Wants the Duties on Jots Advanced. A new point developed in the tariff hear ing yesterday. A St. Louis bagging manu facturer testified that the fear of the Mills bill becoming a law had led to the formation of the Bagging Trust. Other important tes- "timonv was adduced. Washington, January 4. The hearing before the Committee on "Ways and Means was opened this morning with an argument by Mr. Edmund A. "Whitman, of Boston, in favor of the removal of the duty on flax. -The present rates, he said, had now been in force 19 years, and yet the prodnct ot flax in this country had steadily decreased. It was practically a non-existent industry. Its culture required too much ar duous manual labor and technical skill. The product had fallen off from 27,000,000 pounds in I860, to 5,000,000 pound in 1870, and to-day it was so insignificant that no one could tell what it was. The duty was therefore a burden to the linen manufacturer, without being a compensation to the farmer. The importa tion of linen goods bad increased fourfold since the dutv was Tilaced on flax, the amount' in .value in 1888 being $16,500. Much of this linen might be made in this country but for the duty on flax. He argued, therefore, that the duties should be removed from all grades of flax, dressed and undressed. NO ISEASON FOB TARDJF. In reply to questions, by Mr. Carlisle, the witness said that the only flax goods made in this country were the coarsest kind of towels; that about 510,000,000 of capital was invested in the business here; that it had practically no competition from abroad, and that fine linens were not mads here. There was no reason why the duty on flax should not be removed. The Chairman If yoa had free flax would yourant any protection for the goods that you manufacture? The witness I do not think I would ask any duty on our product. The Chairman You would not adviseany reduction of the present duties? The witness .No, 1 think not. The next statement was made by Mr. An derson, of Maine, a manufacturer of fancy cassimeres, broadcloths, etc. He argned in favor of a restoration ot the duties on such goods to about where they stood prior to the change made in the tariff law of 1883, and in opposition to the removal of the duties on wool. BOTH SIDES OP IT. A petition from flax hacklrrs of Pater sonN. J., in favor of the duties on flax, was presented by the chairman, and one from Philadelphia, signed by a large num ber of persons, asking for free raw ma terials, was presented by Mr. Carlisle. The next statement was made by Mr. J. B. Turner, Jr., of Boston, President of the Plax and Hemp Spinners' Association. He complained that his business had not the same degree of protection as other industries had, and that, consequently, on many lines of goods, competition with foreign countries could not be kept up. He argued in favor of an increase of duties on some crades of linen goods, so that there might be borne production and a home market, and of the retention ot the present duty of $5 a, ton on' flax straw and $20 a ton on dressed flax. Mr. Combs, of Kentucky, a hemp grower, made an argument in favor of the duty on hemp, and against the proposition to put jute, sizal and manilla on the free list. He would like the duties on jute, sizal and ma nilla raised 1 cent a pound, but he would ibe content if the present duties on them were retained. THE HEMP FBODTJCTION. In reply to questions by Mr. Carlisle, the witness stated that the hemp production of this country bas gone up from 2,500 tons in 1869 until it was now about 12,000 tons. It had been at one time 83,000 tons, but its use had been largely diminished by the substi tution of wire and'other materials for ropes and of iron hoop for cotton bagging. He stated the average production of hemp at 800 pounds to the acre, the entire cost of it at $34 60, and the market price $4U, so that the profit per acre is $5 40; and Mr. Carlisle put questions to show that a much better result would be obtained by the farmer in cultivating corn or tobacco. The committee next heard a statement from "William Bright, of Newark, N. J., representing flax dresser operatives of that section allied to the Knights of Labor. He asked that the duty on dressed flax be in creased from $40 to' $90 a ton. In support of this demand he said the industry in this country is languishing because ot insuffi cient protection. Mr. Bright was accom panied by several other flax dressers, among them Abram Bentley, of Bentley& Gerwig, twine spinners of Brighton, Pa., who asked that the present duty be retained on jute, sizal and manilla. CAN BE MADE AT HOME. Mr. Bentley said, in his opinion, the borne demand for binder twine can be wholly met by American hemp. There were 2,000 tons used last year, and that made the price of all binders' twine much cheaper to farmers than if none had been manufactured here. At this point, on motion ot Mr. Bayne, the committee decided to have all manu scripts prepared by witnesses filed without reading, the authors being allowed to make brief oral statements in explanation. Mr. Prank L Babbitt, treasurer of the Chelsea jute mills, New York, described to the committee the jute plant and the jute butt of commerce, and gave statistics of the traae in India, Scotland and the United States, including the wages paid laborers in jute mills. In America the laborers are paid, in roand numbers, more than twice as much as in Scotland, and from five to ten times as much as in India. Mr. Babbitt read a telegram from the Dolphin Manufac turing Company, of Paterson, N. J., em ploying 800 hands, saying that unless this Congress gave them free raw jute, they would be obliged to suspend, being no longer able to meet the competition of Dun dee manufacturers. A MAKEB OP TBDSTS. A warm colloquy ensued between Mr. McMillan and the next witness, Charles E. Pearce, of St. Louis, in the course of which the former asked witness if he justified the organization of the bagging trust corner, a philanthropic institution brought about by the fear of the passage of the Mills bill. "I say." responded Mr. Pearce. "that when you undertake, primarily, to destroy my business, I am justified, secondarily, in protecting myself, and I'll dp it every time." . "But the organization did not release its grip upon the people after the danger of the passage of the Mills bill had passed." "I can say to you, Mr. McMillan, there is not a bagging manufacturer in the country who does not regret the necessity that com pelled the organization you refer to." Mr. Breokenridge Do you know of any manufacturer returning the increased price of bagging? ' "I do not. They did not have it" The Chairman Xjju say you did not put that $2,000,000 of Increased price in your pockets. "Why didn't you? "We did not get it." "Who did get it?" "I don't know. "We did not." , BROUGHT IT TO A HEAD. K To further questions -by Mr.McKialey, SUNDAY. JANUARY Mr. Pearce said the Mills bill, if it had passed, would have destroyed every bagging manufactory in the country, and probably bankrupted seven-eighths of the manufac turers. It would have wiped out from 17,000,000 to $8,500,000 capital, .and the organization that cornered the product of 1888, was due solely to a belief that the Mills bill was hostile legislation to inT.sted capital. To Mr. Breckenridge, Mr. Pearce said that before the introduction of the Mills bill, correspondence was had among bag ging manufacturers to restrict the output of the mills to about the amount demanded by the American market, bnt it could not be made a success until the Mills bill was proposed.- In that preliminary negotiation, witness said nothing had been said about prices in regard to the hemp industry. Mr. Pearce said that if it were properly en couraged, he had no doubt that within three years there would be, instead of 12,000 tons, as now, from 49,000 to 50,000 tons ot hemp raised in the United States. A PLEA- FOB BAW JUTE. J. L. Bemis, of Bemis & Co., Boston, with bag factories in St. Louis, Minneapo lis and Omaha, made a plea for adequate rates of duty on manufactures of jute and free raw jute. Crawford Lyons, of Baltimore, appeared before the committee, he said, in behalf of the poor consumer. A protectionist him self by principle, he wanted to see a re vision ot the tariff Blade equitably. There fore, on carpets made from burlap, the present duty of 30 per cent would give manufacturers ample protection. On linoleum and oilcloth, with the change proposed by the Senate bill, the manufact urers can raise the price so as to add half a million dollars annually to their profits. "William Lyall, of New York, a manufact urer of jute products, asked that the duty on these articles be placed on a specific basis instead of an ad valorem basis. Ad-journed-to Monday. DELATED BI THE KECESS. The Reason Given by the Attorney Genera for n Snpleiom Silence. nTECIAL TKLiaRAM TO TOB DISrATCW.1 "Washington, January 4. "When Judge Eoge, District Attorney for the District of Columbia,' was asked by a Dispatch corre spondent what reason he had for his long de lay in bringing suit against the members of the Old Dominion Bepublican Club, who have been violating the law against collect ing campaign fnnds from Government clerKs, he answered that it was simply a de lay in the presentation of the particular form of evidence necessary for his purpose. "The communications turned over to me by the Attorney General," said he, "contained mat ters which, though pertinent in themselves, are not in shape for our use. I should be un willing to go before a grand jury with these cases until they had been so thoroughly worked up as to make an indictment indis pensable. ''It is probable the holiday season has had its effect upon the person assigned to the duty of collecting this testimony for me, I shouldn't be surprised to see him finish his work any day now, and when he does that will be the signal lor pushing the Old Dominion cases along." TWO SICK CONGRESSMEN. Jndce Kelley llsbtly Better and Mr. Ran dnll Nearly Recovered. JVBOM A STJUT COKRKSFONDENT.l "Washington, January 4. "Judge Kelley is slightly better this evening," was the reply of the physician attending the veteran member to an inquiry to-night. "He has been resting easily to-d3y." An in timate friend of the Philadelphia Congress man said to-day: "It is not the cancer which has prostrated Mr. Kelley so much as the intestinal catarrh and the diarrhoea resulting from it. The latter was so severe as to WPaken the Judge so that he could not stand. Then the undoubted development of the cancerous affection of his face pros trated him still more, until he is now in really a serious condition. I have grave fears that he may not rally again." Congressman Randall has so far recovered from his illness that he hopes to be able to go to the Capitol on Monday morning to be sworn in. GETTING INTO SHAPE. President Black Appoints Bin Democratic Clnbn' Committees United Support Fledged to tbo Ticket to bo Named Next Year. v rSrECIAL TELKGBAM TO TBI EISPATCn.l Philadelphia, January 4. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Chauncey F. Black, of York county, President of the Democratic societies of .the State, has, in accordance with instructions received from the State Convention of Clubs, which was held in this city on October 15 and 16 last, ap pointed the following committees: Executive Committe State Senator Henry D. Green, of Beading; George F. Beynolds, of Lan caster; Watson P. Sheppard, of Pottsville; E. B. Houston, of Mechanicsburg; A. V. Dively, of AJtoona; E. H. Ranch, of Mauch Chunk; D. J. Boyle, of Pittsburg, and Adolph Eichholz and Dr. Engene Townsend, of Philadelphia. Finance Com mittee "W. U. Hensel, of Lancaster; James Kerr, of Clearfield; Robert E. "Wright, of Allentown; "William L. Scott, of Erie; James M. Guffey and G."W. E. Eckels, of Pittsburg; "William F. Harnty, John Hug gard and Albert H. Ladner, of Philadel phia. President Black is one of the foremost candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor, and his friends throughout the State are working very energetically in his behalf, but, as the head of the Demo cratic societies of the State,-Chauncey F. Black has publicly declared that whoever is named by the Democratic State Convention as the nominee for Governor should receive the hearty and united support ol the clubs connected with the State organization. It is said to be the intention of the officers of the Democratic societies nt the State, after the candidates for Governor have been named, to have each club in the different counties throughout the State begin at once preparations for an active campaign. They will unite with the officers of the Demo cratic State Committee, in an effort to have the State properly organized, and President Black has notified the newly appointed ex ecutive committee of the Democratic soci eties to meet at Harrisburg at the time of the meeting of the Democratic State Com mittee, which is to be held on January 22, for the purpose of consultation. WILKES BOOTH'S LAST LETTER. First Publication of a Note Written on tbo Day Lincoln WnKlllod. Richmond, January 4. The Dispatch will publish to-morrow a letter written by J. "Wilkes Booth'on the day he assassinated President Lincoln. Its publicationjs said to have been suppressed by the Government in 1865. In his opening he foreshadows that terrible deed which he accomplished, when he says: "Bight or wrong, God is judge, not man; for be my motive good or bad, of one thing I am sure the lasting condemnation of the North. I love peace more than life' He then discusses secession) and singularly enough the race problem which is now confronting the country. He says: "This country was formed for the white man, not for the black." He concludes by signing himself: "A Confederate, doing duty on his own re sponsibility," Colored Men In tbe G. A. It Nrw OET.rAts .Tsnnnrv A Cintiin jiew ukleaks, uanuary . captain Jacob Gray, Department Commander of the G. A. 11. for the State nf T.nnicfunn nnri Mismiuinnr has granted the enlnrerl ot- MlSl. PPn W? ,. ' w soldiers in hirdepartment permission to organize posts of ueCt. A. s, v , J. 5, 1890. TltE SEfiRO PROBLEM, Discussion of Iho Great Southern Question dj Southerners. 4 THE YIEWS OP SOME STUDENTS On the Present Exodus of the Colored Eace From South Carolina. ALL SHADES OP OPINION ARE SHOWN. Three College Presidents, a Congressman and an Editor T.ilk. Correspondents of The Dispatch have interviewed a number of representative Southerners on the subject of the negro ex odus from South Carolina to Mississippi Delta and to Western States. The views expressed vary widely. rSFZCIJU. TELEOIUM TO THI UtSP ATCH.I Charleston, S. C, January 4. The negro question is just now attracting the at tention of the thinking people of the South in a way that it never has before. The in terest in this great question is by no means confined to the South. It is the great ques tion of the whole country and is staring the lawmakers right in the face and demanding some solution. It has been proposed to have the Federal Government assist the Southern negroes to return to the homes of their fathers. This proposal is just now before the people, and soon sev eral bills will be -dsbated in Congress look ing to that end. Just at this time the opin ions of leaders of Southern thought on this matter will be read with great interest. Be low are given the views of several of the most conservative men of the outb. Tbey represent all shades of opinion and different sections of the South. CONGRESSMAN PHELAN. The Hon. James Pnelan, member of Con gress from the Memphis, Tenn., district, says: I do not regard the removal of the negroes from the South as even a remotely possible solu tion of the social and nolltical nroblem witb wblcbwe bave to deal. Even admitting his political disfranchisement. It would bo impos sible. I have always regarded the discussion of these miraculous methods as not only trifling witn a gravo question, but as ma measure insidious. It injures ur. by belit tling the serious -problem with which we have to deal. It causes us to imitate the example of the young soldier who was dreaming be was cointr to overwhelm his enemies by his sacrifices to Jove, whilst they were surrounding his camp. I regard as an essential element ot the so-called negro question the most explicit recognition of these facts, that the negro will live, propagate ana increase in oar section of the country, and as a citizen. As to whether he will always retain the franchise I think debatable. As to whether he ought to retain it or not depends npon the standpoint from which It is viewed. From the standpoint of intelligence and appreciatiou of the responsibilities of Citizenship, I think every observant Southerner will say he is not wc-rtby as a race, or, if you prefer the distinction, as a class, to have the franchise. Bnt depriving him of the right to vote is only a temporary relief. In fact it is only a partial re lief. The real gravity of the question, in my eyes, lies in anotber field. This is the race question. It is true the exercise of the right to vote brings home to ns In its most offensive form thefundamuntal race difference. Bnt the two great questions in my eyes are: How are we to brine abont a status which will remove the friction of coexistence during the present period of the negro's brutal Ignorance? and how are we to raise the negro to the level of in telligent and moral citizenship without increas ing the race frictionr PBESIDENT CANDLES. The Eev. W. A. Candler, D. D., Presi dent of Emory College, Oxford, Ga., says: I look upon the proposed removal of the necroes to Africa or elsewhere as chimerical. First Because, if they were willing to go, they cannot be hauled off as fast as they are born. Moving several millions of people is a bigger job than theorizers suppose. Second The negroes are citizens. How can we compel a citizen to move If he doesn't want to go? Third It is best for the negroes and best for tbe white people that they remain where they are. With all their fanlt3 tbey are the best peasantry of which I bave any knowledge. They never turn out dynamiters nor suicides. The negro is at bis worst when he cuts Bome other negro "wid his razor." There may be some sort of chance for a con siderable emigration of negroes in tho South west to Mexico. But they would not be well received by the laboring classes there, and this fact would soon check any tide which might set in thitherward. Prayer, patience and Providence will settle any negro qnestion we may have, and we will nbt bave a negro qnestion if we will not be con stantly characterizing every little local dis turbance as "a race war," and otherwise inflam ing tbe passions of both races. If any negro or negroes attempt to move let it be so. May joy go with them, and many negroes will stay behind them. For one I like tbo negroes. Next to white folks. Hike tnem better than anybody. Iliko them in this world, and if I get to heaven I ex pect to look about until I And some dear old negroes I loved long ago, and who have been with God these years. I know thev are there. and if they are, heaven's mnsic is none tbe worse for their presence. Tbey were good singers before tbey loft for that good country. EDITOR BEIUNE, OFTIEOINLf. Colonel Richard F. Beirne, editor of the Richmond, Va,, Stale, and a leading Demo cratic politician says; Thomas Jefferson, tbe wisest and most far seeing statesman this country has ever pro duced, said that no tno races couldpeacefully live in equality on the same soli. He advised tbe emancipation and deportation of the ne gro. If his counsel had been accepted tbe South would bave bad to-day no question so momentous that beside it every economic is sue on which parties shonld properly divide sinks into insignificance. It would be bet ter for the Sontb, as it is better for all countries, to bave a homogeneous popula tion composed of tbe peoples of the Caucasian race, native and foreign born. Tho Westerner chafes under the presence of the Indian, and cries ont against the coming of the Chines?. He cannot justly blame tbe Southerner, therefore, lor shrinking from nodal and political contact with the negro! A homogeneous population in the South, mingling freely together in religion, commerce, manufactures and politics, and conceding un grudgingly to each and every one of tbeir num ber all the rights of citizenship, would promote as nothing else could the peace' and prosperity of the Southern people. The substitution for the negro of whites, who taka a pride in learn ing and in living well, and whose ambition to rise to greater heights is not a hopeless ono because of race antagonisms and natural inferiority, wonld quicken com merce, improve our markets and greatly en large the distribution of products ot all kinds, only a few ot which the negro cares to use. The white man wishes to buy books and newspa- I pers, to uress wen, io eat goou iooo. w natever y hi3 own department of prodnction may be be enlarges tbe marKet lor other producers in other departments. In all these things the force of the white man is large; the force of tbe negro is small. But so long as tho negro Insists on remaining in the South, so long will those whites who would take bis place if be left refuse to come and attempt to compete with him. U the negro population were greatly diminished by emigra tion from the South, even if a portion of it re mained, this force, sa deterrent now to white immigration to the South, wonld be greatly lessened. It does not seem possible for many years to come, if indeed it will ever be possible, to se cure Federal legislation providing for the com pulsory emigration of the negro. Whether a Govemmentubsidy, the gift of lands and an appeal to his desire , for restricted civil and political rights would induce him to leave in numbers large enough to relieve the present political pressure on the South, Is a qnestion that can be answered only by carefully and thoroughly devised experiment. GENERAL S. DwXEE, OF MISSISSIPPI. General S. O. Lee, President of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College of Missis sippi, says: lam fully aware of tbe impracticability of returning tbe negro to Africa. My observation In all the shifting of negroes is that they nearly always move In a southwest direction. In Texas they are now arranging for an exodus into Mexico, and tbe Mexican Government is favoring the settlement of as largo a colony as is proposed.! rom North Carolina to Mississippi In one of tbe Vera Cruz districts. The negroes from east of the Mississippi river cross over into Arkansas. Louisiana aud Texas. They move from North Carolina. South Carolina. and Georgia into Mississippi, and across the Mississippi river. Thero was a spasmodic ...,.,. .. i,Mr..,,, t,ti..iii not be repeated. ' Tho negroes can. at little expense, move North into any Northern State. Why do they not do soT u they MO. this In any numbers the fearot negro supremacy, even in localities would beat ofictremoTed. The truth, k tee white laborers in every line of work at the North will not permit tbe negro to work along side of them. This fs shown In New York, where, on September 30, 400 men were thrown out of work because three colored teamsters were employed by Feck, Martin & Co. The strike was ordered by the Bricklayers' Union. Nearly all oar trouble at the South is caused by educated negroes, who control tbe Ignorant, dissatisfied element and precipitate issues. I was not aware that there was any portion of the eastern shores of the Sooth American con tinent available to the United States, on which a colony could be established. If such an arrangement ran hA effected It wonld bo wise in our Government to facilitate tbe removal of a large part of the negroes; those who want to experiment in a change. This wonld locate the negroes in a section most suitable to them and corresponding in soil and climate to Africa, and at the same time near enough to establish trade relations to tbe benefit of the United States. The Temoval or one-third of tbe negroes from the South would temporarily adjust matters. As proof I refer to Kentucky, Tennessee. Missouri and West Virginia, where you never hear of race troubles, and where at least there is little race antagon ism of sufficient importance to attract atten tion. The negroes who want to get to them selves could be put readily, and with reason able expense. In some South American locality, and in a section, too, where they alone can stand the climate. I have for years believed they would find a final resting place near tbe equator on the American continent, and tbe tendency to movo in a southwest direction" is fast crystallizing into a permanent movement. This could be facilitated by Government aid across and through tbe Gulf of Mexico. PRESIDENT CROTYELL. The Eev. John F. Crowell, D. D Presi dent of Trinity, College, North Carolina, says: I am not in favor of negro colonization as a means of settling the conflicts centering around the race problem in the South. 1. I believe it to be economically impractica ble. 2. It wonld be a disastrous disregard of his torical obligations to enforce colonization. Governmental encouragement of voluntary colonization would bo very little better. Third 1 here are serious constitutional ob jections to either course. The negro is not an Indian. His status U vastly different, and that requires recognition if the nation means to keep It3 faith with tbe negro. Fourth Nowhere will tbe negro be more efficient than in the places where his own economic advantages will lead him to. Some thing U to be gained by the negro's learning independence of tba Government's apron strings. This industrial depression of the negro race, now going on rapidly, will disintegrate the political solidity which still keeps the white HOuth on tbe defensive for tbo sake of its civil institutions. There are not tbe slightest Iements of a general race war in tbe Sontb. for which colonization is needed as a remedy or prevention. There 1 no social war, there is onlv discontent, which is the best sign of progress toward a better state. And that dis content is largely Industrial, only incidentally political. Fifth The necrohas a snnerinr endowment of physical energy. That has its value in the labor market of the South. There is no substi tute to equal him in mining. In railway build ing, and In iron manufacturing except one that is tbe Chinaman. This is the testimony of several contractors whom I have personally interviewed. We would rather keep the negro than to call in tbe Chinaman to do our work than to call in tbe Old World to redress the wrongs of tbe New. BEDBESS IS ASKED. A British Snblect Appeals to Sir Julian Faancefort He Claim Slnsked DIen Alaltrcaled Ills Wife and Him self Becanse lie Taught Negroes. "Washington, January 4. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, has re ceived a petitiou from Ilev. T. M. Joiner, of Holly Springs, N. C, for redress for in jaries received by himself and wife at tbe hands of a mob at Holly Springs last month. He states that he is a British sub ject; that he and his wife were giving religious and other instructions to the negroes at Holly Springs, which fact he says, so incensed some of his neighbors that they broke into his house, assaulted and maltreated both himself and his wife. The crowd was masked, and manof their number were armed with guns and pistols. He says he bad been previously warned to leave the place, but had refused to do so. "When the mob appeared at the house they discharged a volley of bullets into the room where he and his wife were sitting, wound ing him in the left arm above the elbow and also in the left hand. Mrs. Joiner received three flesh wounds in the scalp, and was knocked down by one of tbe men with his fist. Mr. Joiner says he appealed for redress, first to tbe local authorities, and next to the State authorities, but received no satisfac tion. He then came to "Washington with his wi'e to lay the matter before the British Minister. The latter is now investigating the case, and expects (o bring it to the at tention of the Secretary of State as soon as he has received the proper evidence. Mr. Joiner has been preaching in North Caro lina since 1869. TWO HEK FArALLI SHOT. A Quarrel Between Whites and Negroes Causes a Doable Crime! Springfield, Mo., January i. A street fight occurred here to-day in which two men were shot and fatally wounded. John Hays, a letter carrier, was walking with his cousin, Mike Hays, when they met two negroes named Bobbins and Anderson. The Hays boys brushed past roughly and the negroes retaliated by pushing them off the sidewalk. Mike Hays then drew his revolver and tired three times at tbe negroes. Two of the balls took effect, one passing through the body of tbe negro Bobbins, and the other penetrating the left side of John Hays. Both men were fatally wounded. Mike Hays was drunk at the time of tbe shooting. He was arrested. POOfi CROPS AND K0 HONEY The Causes Why Many Nesroes Are Pat ronlzlog; tbe Railroads. SPECIAL TXLXOnjLK TO THE DISPATCH.! Columbia, S. C, January 4. Fonr more carloads of negro emigrants from up per South Carolina and North Carolina passed through here this morning, all bound for the. Southwest The negroes give as their reasons for leaving their Carolina homes, the poor crops that have been made for the last few years, and the scarcity of money. They hope to make plenty of money and grow fat in the country "out "West," about which many wonderful stories bave been told. This emigration of the negroes is profit able chiefly to the railroads. Labor on the large cotton plantations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas is very scarce. Reward for Arrest of Negro Slayers. Austin, Tex.. January 4. Governor Boss has offered a reward of $250 each for -the arrest and conviction of the parties en gaged ja the killing of two'negroes in An gelina county December 26. CLAN-NA-GABh BOOKS WANTED. Camp 20 Demands That Ibe State's Attor ney Give Dock Its Records. Chicago, January 4. John P. O'Con nor, Becording Secretary of Camp No. 20, of the Clan-na-Gael, called ou State's At torney Longenecker to-day, and made formal demand, on behalf of the camp, for its records, which are still in the State's Attorney's hands. Mr Longenecker would notgive up the books, except on an order from Judge McConnell, and Mr.. O'Connor will make application to the Judge as soon as His Honor returns from vacation. Gilp Broke. At 10:30 o'clock last night the grip of car No. 121, Citizens' Traction line, broke at the vault of the power house on Penn avenue. No one was hurt by tbe accident, but travel along the line was delayed for half an hour. Tho Strike Ftill On. EVAN9TILLE, January 4. President Mackey held a conlerence with the striking railroaders to-night, but refused to accede to tneir uemsaas ana t&e snnauoa reBuuu un- ChABftd,1 'O ' - A DEEP MISTER! TEL. The Terrible Murder of the We of Dr. Eniffin, of Trenton, N. T EESDEE3THE POLICE POWEBLESS. All Their Suspicions Fastened Upon tiff Fair Typewriter, Who is ? MDER GDAED AT HER CODSIX'S HOXEj iao unrziir ineory uaazaea, a reuiDis iioliie rorv us trims is mono. A terrible suspicion now rests oa pretty Miss Purcell, of Trenton, N. J. It is thought she murdered her cousin, tig; wife of Dr. KniffiB. A story is now current that she was not nnconscious when found witb the dead woman. The whole affair ia yet a mystery, and the police are powerless. Tbenton, N. J., January 4. Tbe bold; burglars who, Miss Emma Purcell bays, in vaded the home of Dentist Arthur S.Kniffia during his absence yesterday, chloroform ing and killing Mrs. Myra Kniffin, and ' giving Miss Purcell only enougb of the narcotic to render her unconscious, have not been captured. The police don't believe the murder was committed by burglars, or that any burglars entered tho house. Miss Emma Purcell, the pretty young typewriter, is practically a prisoner in tho apartments of Dr. Kniffin. She has not been told she is a prisoner, nor has she been for mally put under arrest, but the con stant presence of the officials means tho same thing. One or two of the highest officials in town look npon the mystery as solved, although, they may find it a very different matter when It comes lo proving anything. Miss Purcell tells a good, straight story, and sticks to it in every particular. On the subject of her arrest, Chief McChesney was non-committal. He will not allow any ops to visit the house, nor will he permit Miss Purcell to be interviewed. MISS PURCZLL HAS HYSTERICS. "With the prosecutor of Pleas, Mr. Bayard, Stockton, it was different. He said tba burglar theary had been dropped altogether. Miss Purcell told him the straightest kind of a story, but it looked as if she knew more than she wanted to telL He was waiting for a clew that might settle every thing. Shortly after 12 o'clock Miss Purcell wa informed by a member of the family of tho grave suspicions which rested upon her. She began shrieking and crying and went off into hysterics. She rave'd wildly for a while, but calmed down alter an opiateu. had been given ber by Dr. Shepard, who. was in attendance. "It cannot be." sha said, "that anyone could think I did such a thing. Oh, no, it cannot be." Then sha becam.e hysterical again. It was exceed ingly unfortunate to have the subject brought up, after the cross-examining the! woman bas been subjected to. Tbe police seem to be overcome by tha fact that a terrible crime bas been committed, and are as helpless a lot as is possible for men clothed with authority to be. THE CHIET GOING AWAX. They know nothing positively, and Chief s Charles H. McChesney talks calmly ofT taking a much needed trip to Harrisburg. which he is sorry he "pnt off so long.' I' guess I will go to-morrow," he said. "I, ought to have gone yesterday." That is a fair sample of the interest ha takes in this case. ' ' The situation, as far as the crime itself is! concerned, is almost the same as when Dr. Shannon first made the discovery. It had leaked out through a physician that Miss Purcell, the pretty typewriter, was not un concious when she was found. She was almost in tbe full possession of her senses, and it required very little doctoring to restore her to a talkative mood. There is considerable gossip, a hundred wild rumors floating abont, and the towns people, who are talking the most, are direct ing their suspicions toward Miss Purcell. The body of the dead woman lies in an ica box in the operating room, and MissParceHj is in one of the apartments upstairs. A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR MURDER. As the case now stands there can be only one conclusion, and that is that Mrs. Knif( fin's death was caused by a powerful " anaesthetic, administered in a heavy dose, and not by strangulation. Nothing further can be truthfully said. Miss Purcell is" under suspicion, and she will have a hard time to prove she is innocent, as she claims., But the motive is lacking, except it is found in the rumor that there existed between Miss Purcell "and her cousin's husband, Dr. Kniffin, a relationship. which was at least unlawful. Xbe death, ot Mrs. Kniffin would release ibe husband. tTnder tbe pillow on tbe bed in which tha woman slept was a loaded revolver, placed there by the murdered woman to use in just, such an emergency as Miss Purcell claims; arose. It was found nndisturbed when they body was moved. THE HOUSE CLOSELY GUARDED. The interior of the house is as far removed from the iaspection of the reporters asr though it was out of existence. Policemen guard the entrances, and no one but officers or members of the family are admitted. To-' night it was announced that Dr. Kniffin and Miss Purcell had engaged counsel to repre sent their interests, particularly at Monday's, inquest. A post mortem examination of Mrs. Kniffin's remains was held this after noon, and resulted in a decision that death was caused by chloroform. To obtain all tbe light possible on the subject, the atom-( ach was sent to Prof. Cornwall, of Prince ton College, for chemical analysis. It Is understood that it will be returned on Mon day. Dr. Kniffin and Miss Pnrcell remained at, the Kniffin residence all day, except that Dr. Kniffin, accompanied by relatives, took' a drive during the time that the post mors tern examination was going on. . PAEHEES WANT PE0TJ5CTI0N. Agriculturists Ask for an Advance of thtt TnrifTon Barley. rSPICLlL TZLZOBAJC TO THE DISPATCH. f Erie, January 4. The farmers in tuff northern part of Pennsylvania and the bar ley-growing sections of Ohio and New York . are organizing for protection. The farmers, in Erie county have forwarded a memorial! to Congressman Culbertson setting forth." that they are suffering from Canadian com petition in barley at the present rate of im port duty on grain. They ask Congress to advance the duty on barley to 25 cents per nu'shel and the duty on malt at a propoc tionate rate. The malsters say that the de pression of the barley growing is due to tha fact that corDi rice and aloes are being sub stituted for malt and hops in beer making, BDEIED IN THE SNOW. Seven Persons Perish .Beneath an Avnlsnei la California. Sierra City, January 4. A snow slida at this place, yesterday, buried six women, and a boy and wrecked the Catholic church. A number of men at once started to dig out the unfortunates, and took out the bodies of Mrs. "Bleb, her two daughters and a son Miss Ryan, of Downieville, and Mrs. I. T. Mooney, with her daughter. Miss Ethel Longton. The search for others is still going on. and it is feared that more than now known may have been killed in tho avalanche. DIED. MAODIRE On Sunday. January & at I.-43 a. n., iuajii jiiATii, who oi xiozer waguiro. .potico oi losers! ia.atonday : Jtn, - il -A SP. 3& i ijtJ, '.': SA'' - ?j ?- jj T ,.-.'
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