TARIFF'S HARD ROAD
Hill Brings the Subject Up
in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—A preliminary I
but highly instructive discussion on the
subject of the tariff bill, U( ' l '° 'D 9
iu reporting it, was precipi'atvd in the
senate by a question ot privilege, that
first, in order of time came a resolution
offered by Mr. Hill (dein., N. \.) with a
preamble asserting that by treasury
statement there was a deficit of $78,000,-
000 for the current fiscal year, and that
in addition to such deficit the Wilson
tariff bill discarded $70,000,000 of revenue,
and instructing the finance committee to
frame amendments to the bill that would
omit the internal and direct taxes and
provide a sufficient revenue by placing a
tariff on other foreign imports and other
wise revising the tariff without creating
a deficiency. The resolution was, at Mr.
Mills' request, laid on the table for tho
present, to bo called up by him probably
very soon. Senator Berry, of Arkansas,
complained of uu article in a New York
newspaper, which mentioned him and j
other democratic senators as interposing j
delays to the reporting of the tariff bill.
This be denied very indignantly, and said j
that he had urged the finance committee
to report the Wilson bill promptly and to j
"defy the men who had been delaying it, J
In order to protect local interests."
Equally indignant denials of the article !
were made by Senators McLaurin, of j
Mississippi (his maiden speech in tho
senate) and Mr. Call, of Florida.
Mr. Faulkner was not so positive iu his j
denials, but declared, nevertheless, that
if the bill WHS reported as a party meas
ure it would receive his earnest and cor
dial support, fceuator Morgan, of Ala
bama, remarked that Mr. Faulkner was j
not guilty as charged, and that neither j
was he guilty. A republican member '
of the finance committee, Senator Alli
son, of lowa, protested against that com
niitte being "gibbetted on the cross roads
of public opinion" for its delay, and de
clared his intention to have the bill con
sidered in committee iu every paragraph
and every item, adding that it was not to j
be railroaded either through the commit
tee or through the senate. The seignior
age bill, which was nominally before the
senate (luring the whole of this discus
sion, went over till to-day, when it will
again be presented for its second rcudiug.
RECOVERED HKItNUKSIXG BAIIE
The Father Forced By the Courts to
Temporarily Surrender It.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 7.—There
Was a pathetic scene in the common plena
court before Judge Hotchkiss yesterday. I
JohuE. lluckley, an Ausoula letter car
rier, was compelled to bring in hjs 11-
months-old baby on a writ of habeas cor
pus to show why the child, which is still
nursing, should not be given to its
mother Mrs. Buckley, who is u hand
some refined young woman, was in court
also. She had beeu compelled to leave
her husband because of his alleged brutal
treatment, lie took the baby and re
fused to allow the mother to see it until
compelled to by the court. Buckley is
said to be of intemperate habits. As soon
as the child saw its mother it stretched '
out its arms and begun wailing. This
brought tears to the eyes of several of the
court attaches and Judge llotchkiss im
mediately ordered Buckley to deliver the
baby to its mother pending the hearing.
The judge continued the hearing until
Monday, the mother being given the cus
tody of the child till that time.
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION.
Bo Announces Senator Chandler, of
New Hampshire, in an Open Latter.
CONCORD, N. H., March 7.—The follow
ing letter is printed here:
"To the liepublicans of New Hamp
shire:
"As other candidates for the office of
United States senator in my place have
begun to solicit commitals from republi
cans who may become members of the
next legislature, I take occasion, after
consultation with friends, to announce
that 1 am a candidate for a second full
term. Whether the interests of the state
and of the party will be best promoted
by my election, the republicans of the state
must consider and decide. I request
them to compiunicate with me t'reely on
the subject. ' WILLIAM E. CHANDLER."
Another Bank Also Victimized.
PROVIDENCE, R. I , March 7.—The check
raiser who secured SI,BOO on a check raised
from $lB from the Merchants' National
bank, Feb. 10, It Is now learned visited
the Second National bank on the same
day and there got cashed for SI,BOO a
check raised from $lB, by precisely the
same methods employed iu the case first
mentioned. The second check was drawn
by the First National bank of liopkinton,
It. 1., S. It. Richmond cashier, upon the
Second National bank of this city, and
like the first, was dated Feb. 1. It was
drawn in the same style as the other.
Senate Executive Session.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—The executive
session of the senate yesterday was con
fined to routine business entirely. Among
the nominations confirmed, but from
which the injunction of secrecy was not
removed, was that of Winslow. to be col
lector of the port at Boston, and S. A.
Mulholland, to be pension agent at Phil
adelphia. The following Philadelphia ;
nominations, it is understood, have been |
favorably reported: John It. Head, collec
tor of customs; P. Gray Meek, surveyor
of port; J. Marshall Wright, uaval officer.
Coke Ovens to IB Fired.
GREENBBURG, Pa., March 7.—lnforma
tion from a prominent official of the H.
C. Frick Coke company is to the effect
that within two weeks nearly every coke
oven in the Connellsville region will bo
fired up. The move will cover at least 90
per cent, of all the ovens, more than have
been in operation at any time for
years past. At the lowest estimate 6,Q00
idle men will be given employment.
Death of Hamilton Littlefleld.
TOMS RIVER, N. J., March 7.—Hamilton j
Littlefleld, of Oswego, N. Y., is dead at ;
the residence of his son, Captain 11 B.
Littlefleld, at Silverton, aged 88 years.
He was a prominent figure in Xnv York
state btisiness aud politics many years
ago, and was one of the founders of the
republican party in that state.
Republicans Swoop Glovorsvillo
GLOV£RBVILLK, N. Y., March *. I. the
city election here the entire republican
ticket was elected by over a thousand i
plurality—the jargest ever given her;*.
GENERAL NEWS.
j DYNAMITK CONSPIRACY.
I Criminal Scheme ot Strikers in West
Virginia.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 7.—The
I conspiracy just unearthed in the
j mining region was more dastardly
thau at first supposed The strikers took
to Acme twenty-seven large dynamite
cartridges to blow up the store the other
night. At their meetings on Saturday
and Sunday the arrangement was made
to arrest Wyant, bring him to Montgotn
ery and turn him over to a mob of
strikers. Then it was that the cartridges
already distributed among the strikers
were to be thrown among the troops
who cams with the sheriff's posse. Gov.
MacCorkle has one of the bombs iu his
possession. The plan was next to kiil
Wyant and then go down the river to all
the works, burning, killing and destroy
ing. The plan was frustrated by Wyant
being taken to Fayettville, thus saving
Wyant's fife and the lives of the soldiers.
It is understood that the entire plot
disclosed by a striker who could not bear
the weight of it on his mind. It is known
how Adkins was killed, who fired the
shot, and every thing. A man whose
name is not known now and of whom no
mention has yet been made in the press,
lies buried on the ridge above the tipple,
shot to death by tho sheriff's posse in tho
tipple. A tremendous excitement is
raging among the strikers to know who
"peached" on them and an attempt will
j be made to catch him. If found his life
1 won't bo worth a penny.
Formidable Appeal to All Govern*
intuits of the World.
NEW YORK, March 5.—-For the Inst seven
years the World's Women's Chris la i
Temperance union uas been preparing a
monster polyglot petition against the
traffic in alcohol, opium and against !
legalized vice, to be presented to all the
governments of the world. Lady lleury
Somerset and Miss Willard have been ap
pointed as tlie deputation to convey this
petition to the different governments.
The crusade will commence at the annual
I convention of the World's Women's Chris
tian Temperance union to be held in the
United States next October. The Ameri
, can delegation will then proceed to
Washingt n, where tho polyglot petition
Will be presented to the government.
Leaving New York on October 24, tho
American contingent will join the Brit
ish contingent in the great demonstration 1
at Exeter hall on November 1 and 2. The j
crusaders' steamer will leave London on I
Saturday, Nov. 8, arriving at Naples on j
Monday, Nov. 12. A visit will then Vie I
paid to Home, where it is hoped t at His |
Holiness, the pope, and the king of Italy, {
will receive the delegation. The next
capital to he visited will bo Athens,
where the king Greece will be presented [
with the petition. Jerusalem will be the 1
next point on the programme, and the 1
petition is to be presented to the patri
arch of Jerusalem, alter which the Khe
dive will he visited at Cairo. It is in
tended to reach India in time for the
national congress, and a six weeks' tour
will be made through ludia in a special
train, visiting all the principal towns of
India, and holding great mass meetings
in each of them. From Calcutta the
, steamer will proceed to Ceylou, and
thence to Siam, with the object of pre
senting the petition to the King of Siam,
Each Australian colony will then wel-
come the delegation, after which the
course of the pilgrimage will be directed j
northward to China, where it is hoped
that the viceroy will receive the delega
tion. Japan will also bo visited,
ami the petition will be presented to the
mikado. After this the eastern circuit of
the world will be completed by a journey
across the Pacific. It is Intended at a
I later date to present the petition to the
I northern and central governments of
Europe.
Murder in .Mississippi,
MKMPHIS, Tenn., March s.—The most
sensational tragedy in the history of Mis-
I sissippi has just occurred at Kosciusko,
the county seat of Atalla county. S. A, j
I Jucksou, a member of the state legisla- j
turus and one of the most prominent j
democratic politicians in the state, was j
shot and instantly killed, and Samuel '
Hussell and William Sanders, two inno
cent by-standers. fatally wounded by
j Kov. \V. 1\ HatlilTe, also member of the
j legislature and one of the leaders of the
populist party in Mississippi. The tragedy
I was the culmination of a political feud of
I long standing which was brought to a
climax by a bitter newspaper controversy.
I Hatliil'e published an editorial in his
| paper, the Vindicator, reflecting on Jack
son's vote in the recent contest in the leg
i hit ure over the election of a successor to
I United States Senator Walthall. Jack
son replied in a card in another paper in
■ which he denounced KntliJTiuis a liar.
Fatal Mining Accident.
I SCRANTON, Pa., March 7.—Four men out
of a gang of mine shaft sinkers were
killed in the Richmond shaft, in the
uorthi rn part of the city, at 5 o'clock a.
in. The accident was caused by the fall
of a shelf of rock from the side of the
ahnft, near the bottom, and a consequent
explosion of a blower of gas. The victims
are Thomas Uolwill, chargeman, mar
ried. wife and chii 1, bnrned to death;
Richard Hughes, single, 27 years; James
Nortben, single. 2ft years; Albert Rich
ards, single. 21 years. Hughes, Northeu,
and Richards were crushed to death by
the rock. The two latter had but re
cently come here from the copper mines
of Michigan and were experience.! in
shaft work. Five others of the shift
made their escape, though some suffered
slight bruises in their scramble for safety.
These were quickly hoisted ib the surface.
National Methodist University.
WASHINGTON, March 7. —The secretary
of the National Methodist university was
informed of the first bequest made to the
institution. It was not large, only $250.
hut, coming us it did from California,
was valued as indicating the widespread
I interest in the university. Bishop Hurst
says he feels very much encouraged over
| the prospects of the enterprise. Over
1200,000 have been received within the i
past few months despite the hard times
and n resident of Washington has pledged j
$25,000 on t lie day the coroner stone of the
j first building is laid. That event will
! occur this year, Bishop Hurst says.
Four Killed During a Robbery.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N J.. March ft.—Two
I negroes named Henry Baker and William
Thompson entered the residence of Moore
| Baker at Franklin park, six miles west
of this city, for the purpose of robbery,
j Upon being discovered by Mrs. Baker,
who was up with a sick child, the rob
bers killed both her and the child. Mr.
Baker then sprang from the bed and
shot both negroes dead. Mr. Baker was
reported to have had a large sum of
money In the house.
FOREIGN.
Rosebery Siircocd.s Ola(ltoiif.J
March s—The United Press
correspondent learned from an oflicial
source that the queen had accepted Mr.
Gladstone's resignation and had offered
the premiership to Lord It sebery, who
had consented to take tho office.
LORD ROSEBERY.
This is tho fourth time that Mr. Glad
stone has lnid down the premiership.
The first time ho hold th? office
of premier was in 180S, when he
succeeded Benjamin Disraeli on
cember 9. ilis gov- rnmetit lasted five
years and seventy-four days. He again
succeeded Disr.i -li on April 28, 1880, ami
this term of office lasted five years and
fifty-seven days. H s successor was Lord
Salisbury, whom Mr. Gladstone followed
on February fj, lssfi This thirl term of
oflice was only 178 days. Mr. Gladstone
then remained in opposition for six years.
Ho won in the general election of 1 89:2,
taking office on August IH. Mr % Glad
stone's first prominent appearance in a
cabinet was in 1852 as chancellor of the
exchequer under the earl of Ab'r liua.
He held the same position in tho Palmar*- i
ton administration of ISV>1 S V> and 1859, th
liussell administration of 1805, and in his
own administrations of 18<iS and 1880.
When a ministry resigns it is the fuuc- j
tion of the sovereign to call upon some j
person to form another administration. I
There is no restriction upon the royal
choice, hut tiie statesman usually se- I
lected is the leader of the opposing party j
in one of the two houses. In this case, as ;
it is the premier and not the ministry J
which resigns, the choice falls, of course, 1
upon one of the same party. If the indi
vidual chosen undertakes the task of
forming a ministry he commences by i
nominating his cabinet, taking himself
the principal position, which is variously 1
designated as head of the government
or first minister, < r prime minister or
premier. The odices which invariably :
give the holder cabinet rank are those of
iirst lord of the treasury, lord chancellor,
lord president of the council, the secre
taries of s* ate for the homo department, I
foreign affairs, the colonies, for war and
for India, chancellor of the exchequer
and first lord of the admirably. The
prime minister may be first lord of the 1
treasury and chancellor of the exchequer !
| or first lord of the treasury and lord privy j
j seal.
ilcftises tlio Iml in Secretary sh in hits
orals and Unionists May Kemiite.
j LONDON, March 7.—The United Press
I correspondent has obtained olliclnl eon
i Urination of the report that John Morley
I had refused the India secretaryship be
cause lie did not wish any office which
j was isolated from the cause of Ir.-laud.
Sir Algernon Wist, Mr. Gladstone's inLi
. I mate friend ami companion at Hiarrbz.
has been appointed to the privy council,
j John Cowan, chairman of Mr. Gladstone's
| election committee in the Midlothian dis
f trict, has received a baronetcy. G \\*.
Spencer Lyttleton and G. 11. Murray, pr -
| vate secretaries to Mr. Gladstone us iirst
lord of the treasury, have beerr made com
, panions of the Order of the Path.
The St. Junto's Gazette is authority for
the statement that a reunion of the liber
als ami the liberal uuinnists is probable,
Lord Itosebery having already entered
into corarnunicat.on with the unionist
leaders, Joseph Chamberlin and the Duke
of Devonshire, ou the subject.
The Gorman and Russian Treaty.
BERLIN, March s.—There is a general
feeling of relief at the conclusion of the
debate 011 the llrst ren ling of the Ger
man-Russian commercial treaty in tho
reichstug. When the discussion was not
wearis >me, as it often was, it was merely
interesting and seldom rose to the dignity
of importance. With the sole exception
of the stand taken by Chancellor von
Caprivi and the masterly way in which
ho handled his subject, nt another
speaker for or against the measure suc
ceeded in making the impression lie
sought. The chanrellor's arguments
without doubt helped to strengthen tiio
prospects of the final adoption of the
measure especially iu the encourage
ment he gave to certain supporters of tlie
treaty, who were weak-kneed because
they fenrel that agrarian opposition
would prevail. These deputies have now
been supplied with the courage they need
and no longer fear.
Thirty Died Together -
CAPE TOWN. March .— A trader from
Shatigani River district, who has arrived
at Buluwayo, states that he found within
a radius ol fifty feet at a p Jut wh r • the
party under command of Captain Wilson
is supposed to have made their last stand
before being massacred by the Matabeles,
the bones of thirty-three men. The trader
and his party gathered the bones together
and buried them. Lute advices state
that King Lo Bengula died January 23.
His followers, it is said, nro trooping to
Buluwayo with the intention of laying
down their arms. Great anxiety is ex
pressed by them to know where they are
to live and who is to assume tho burden
of the supp rt of the late king's wives and
children.
Colonnn Wants Cash.
PARIS, March 7. Upon information
given by Prince Colonna, John \V. Mack
ay's son-in-law, Paris officials havesez.-d
all copies of the New Vork World, of Feb.
5, wbich'were offered here for sale. Prince
Colonna declared that an article pub
lished in the World of that date was
libelous. The paragraph to which he ob
jected most strenuously, said that he had
been expelled from the Jock *y club in
Rome for cheating at cards His lawyers
have served a writ upon Joseph Pulitzer,
of the World, claiming 100,000 francs
damages. Maitre Desjardlns, the prince's
chief counsel, says that his client will
divide the amount of damages which ha
expects will be awarded him, among the
public charities of Naples and Paris.
Now York Ntato Elections.
NEW YORK, March 7.—Returns from
local elections throughout the state show
Itrge republican gains.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHARTS Al.fi WIIONO.
Purpiigitig Testimony Brought Out nt
I lie Kearsarge Inquiry.
! BROOKLYN. X. Y. f March LJeut,-
! C mmander Pillsbury gave the most sur
j prising testimony of any brought cut at
J the Kearsarge inquiry. Ho has been in
the service about J34 years, and ft.rut
least tive years has been engaged iu the
□bs Tvatioa of currents. Commander
Pillsbury said he had found variable
j currents even in what was known as the j
guif stream. He had found currents
; Slowing in a direction opposite to that of j
; the gulf stream, and had found the stream !
j in places to be only 40 miles wide instead of i
MO. To Admiral Gherardi, the witness said
he did not consider that ho was actually j
in ti:e gulf stream when he encountered j
the reverse currents of which he had j
spoken.
j Tne witness then umde an interesting |
j statement He said that since December j
j last the hydrographic oilier had issued 1
I a new chart of the Caribbean sea which |
j corresponded with the new pilot chart of
that body of water, and which showed
that the charts of the stream up to De-
I cember had been all wrong.
I "Do you mean," asked Admiral Gher- '
: ardi, "that where the currents w re north
west they are now southwest?"
! "I mean that the old pilot charts up
to December lost gave erroueous iuforniu- |
! tion."
1 Tne undercurrents in tho Caribbean i
i s- n, Mr. Pillslniry continued, sometimes .
J played great mischief with the surface '
; currents, if the currents changed about ;
I Koncudor it could not lie detecte I by ;
J those on board ship until within a mile ;
I of the reef.
Klcctioii Murder at Troy,
; TROY, March 7. - Never has Troy
j witnessed a more exciting muni- j
J cipal election. There were scenes
<d disord r at many of the p 'ling !
places, but the Otttrugeous disregard of I
the law reached its height at noon, when
one young republican was murdered ami
another was seriously wounded with a
bullet in his head. Until late into the
night the streets were crowded with ex- |
cited throngs and the excitement U still
at fever heat to-day.
Robert and Will am Ross, tie victims,
were amou< the citizens whoga: itr-1 at
the polls in the th.r-lidistriet. of in - l.'hh ,
ward in the interest of certain can lidates. I
The voting had been spirited at this dis 1
trict, but not until th • appearance of a
gang Of alleged repeaters was there a i
rippio of excitement. A man, who it is
claimed had no right to cast a vote, pre- <
seated himself at the pedis and demanded i
ballots. Tnc republicans who challenged
him were ejected and the ap, ; leant was
aft rward pushed into the street by other
republicans.
Then bullets flew through the air and
bur men were struck. Toe alleged
aggressors, at the head of w .on were
"Rat" Shea, John McG ugh ami
"Jerry" Clear/, drew pistils, anl
so did others in the crowd, liy- ;
stauders say that r Robert KO-H was
knocked down with a club an I while he ;
i was lying with his face down the assassin |
most instant death. Another who fell
was William Ross, the murdered man's
br ither. He was shot in the neck and
his coiulit.on is critical. "Bat" Shea was
sli jhtly w uuded, a bullet having caused
a scalp "Wound. A fourth man, Juhu
MeGough, was also shot. Shea was taken
to a saloon where his injuries were dressed.
Antidote for Morphine,
j NEW VOUK, March 6.—The efficacy of
1 rinangaaate of potash as an antidote
.or morphine poisoning was demons; rated
in the case of George 11. Ackermun of
Passaic, N. J. Ackerman took seven
grains of morphine in m stake for qui
nine, and when lie found what he had
done he called Dr. Edwin Do P. a tin, who
administered sixty grains of sulphute of
zinc as an emetic. It failed to work, ami
[ Acker na:i was almost in astute of coma
' when Dr. I)? Battn thought of the new
I antidote. He told Ackerman to walk
briskly around a table while he dissolved
1 ten grains ' f pormangunat • of potash.
!By the ti Do Baun got L;u k Ackerman
v. as i.li his .a i U and km- ■- on the floor.
Ti.e pupils f his eyes had contracted to
ihe sze . f pinnoles and his he.itb iad al
most ceased to beat. Dr. Da baun made
J him swallow ten grains of tue solution,
j and t' en injected six grains hypodermic-
J ally. Thtu.Acktrman was walk ;l around
! for lSln.urs to keep him awake, an 1 was
' trenail li'Mjuently with eieetriclty. lie
is now r cui orating.
Great Christian Exposition.
N EW YORK, March 7. - William Morris
Hayes lias a plan for the ce'chratioQ of
I ill.- b ginning of tie twentieth century
| < 1 the Ctirsti n era fry an exposition to
I be hold in t .is c.ty uriug th • year 19.0.
! Mr. 11 y-s has in ourso of jiv; am'ion a
j detail d lan -nib lying ail t c imp rt
sen at •• rn n lis ci yv. Ith a v.ow to
the c- an / .linn of a c mn.ittee to nr
i .. :i ;e tile j r-.-.im i.n -• detn is. Mr Hayes
I i. : had c. : si.ierahio experience i:i exp >•
I -1•. ri work and b ! ves if the right sup
j port is ; i\-e . v >v V rk will have ;;:i c:c-
I p H on iu I. ■ wi.ieh will far sur, ass
■'i■ • lung of to o kind that lias yet b. O.i
c.aic. nel.
' a. bin y >.(' .vs Mm;" Dea l.
D ni fit/, Conn.. Mnr.li 0. Jame*
M i mery Bailey, tli" ' Danbury News
man," - icd suddenly yesterday 111 Tiling.
J! • had ii."eu sick -.bout two w.*i ks wit..
I roncl. to- an ! then* was nothing nlnr n
ing in i is i ( ii lit.on till within 24 hours
ol It death, when pneunn uia developed.
His \. ife survives hiui.
Wiinnoh Counsel,
M( VTIM.AT., March 7. Mr. Greenshields,
the o.linent advoca <\ win not as stated
rclaine i directly by Mr. Wiman to a -i*t
in iii-t defense by General Tracy and Mr.
Boardinn.i. Mr. Greenshields was sug
gested t the latter by u groupof wen ti.y
friends of Mr. Wiman here, who volun
teered to bear all the expenses of addi
tional counsel because of the int' rest in
him, and in recognition of his public ser
vices to his native country and hU
'• untrymen in the United States. Mr.
Greenshields was suggested not only be
cause of his uniform success in criminal
:ns's. but also because he is a specialist
hi partnership law, having closely studied
Hie long line of English precedents on
that subject.
Only tlio American Flag.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.,-March 7.-A delega
tion representing the Ir sli societies
waited upon Mayor Sebieren an I re*
! quested that the Irish flag float from the
•'ty hall on St Patrick's day. Mr.
; Schieren replied that he wastlie mayor of
ill nationalities and would grant special
privileges to none. Jit* refused to consent
to the ting being hoisted on the 17th.
THAT ARROR PLATE
Who Was Responsible for
Its Imperfection?
PITTSBURO, March 7. Theories are
Abundant hut facts are scarce con
cerning the mysterious points in the sup.
posed conspiracy by which the Carnegie
Steel company, limited, was compelled to
pay over 1140,484.91 to the government.
It is quietly intimated to-day that the
real sensation iu connection with the con
spiracy is yet to come and may develop
very soon. A suggestion of its import
ance can be deducted from a statement
made by a man whose business takes him
into the armor plate department at
11 mestea-l from 8 o'clock iu the morning
until .' o'clock in the evening. He states
that it would be impossible for employes
of the company to cause defective armor
plate to ba shipped without the aid of
higher officials either of the company or
the govern meat, He said that the gov
ernment inspectors saw the armor plates
every day ami made a record of them.
These records are filed. When a plate is
finished, its complete record througu
every process is forwarded to the govern
ment at the time it is shipped, lie
claimed th it there would be no way to
deceive the government unless such de
ception was courted. The informant also
states that it is equally impossible for an
unauthorized person to secure or use the
government seal with which each ap
proved plate is stamped.
About the works at Homestead, the
idea of a conspiracy is scouted by those
who know the amount of red tape each
plate must go through during its manu
facture.
One of tho men supposed to have been
in the conspiracy is said to bo sti.l at
work in the armor plate department. Tue
fr: IK'H of the men who luruished infor
mation to the government are exceediugly
wroth ver the imputations of co. spiracy
laid upon theiu in the recent publications.
It is not denied that F. B. Perry. E iward
Fill, Dennis liiley aud T. E. James, until
recently employes of the Carnegie Steel
company, have received mon y from the
United States government for' their ser
victs in furnishing the information re H
tive to the quality of the aruirr plate
delivered to the naval department Too !
assertion that the persons mentioned wi re ;
in any way responsible for the shipment
of defective plate is. however, emphati
cally denied, and it is pointed out that it
would have keen impossible for them to
have entered into such a conspiracy or
exercised any control over the manufac
ture or shipment of armor plate. As to
the division of the $35,000 reward, James
has tdd some friends that he received
$7,400 as his share and that Perry, Sill
and Riley received similar sums. 11 B.
Williams, an engineer, and a man named
Gr-gg, employed in the heating depart
ment, received $..300 and $2,00) respec
tively. Five others, whose names are
unknown, were also given sums ranging
Irom $l5O to $750.
HAD HIS MOT IIKH BEHEADED.
King Peb A nzlO'H Mntlind of Sending
a Message to libs Dead Father.
PARIS, March 7. A despatch from Da
homey says that King Behanzln, on tho
eve of liis surrender, summoned his wid
owed mother and, after telling her of his
intention to submit to tho French, sai l
; be must first inform his father, and would
therefore have her take him a message.
Behanzin thereupon ordered that his
mother be beheaded, and, smoking a pip?,
calmly looked on while the attendants
! decapitated tier.
Washington Baseball Club.
! WASHINGTON, March 7.—The players
under contract to the Washington Bane
ball club will report hereon Monday for
I in-door training and will uot go south.
There are twenty-six men on the team,
j which is about the largest number to
open the season with any club in recent
, years. Ted Larkiu, the first baseman,
who was reserved from last year, will he
released unconditionally, und he will ac
cept an engagement in one of the minor
leagues. Joe Mulvey of Philadelphia,
has asked to come here, and lie will prob
ably bo given a chance. At a meeting of
the stockholders of the Washington club,
Manager Schuielzs signed a contract for
two years.
FIN ANCIAL AND COM M E ltd Ab.
Money and Stocks
Xrcw YORK. Marcl 7. -Money on call
easy -sit 1 per cent. Prima mercantile
paper 4a41-2 per cent. Sterling exchangs
4.88 1-2. Government bonds steady. Stale
bonds dull. Ruilroad bonds strong.
The excitement in American Sugar was
intense in the morning hut abated after
11a m. The stock naturally continued
feverish iu its course. The price rallied
to 05 3-4, and then receded to 93 3-4. Tho
street is still discussing the phenomenal
changes. Special reasons for the jump
are first that a young and somewhat in
experienced broker was given an order to
buy five thousunJ shares of the stock.
The i rder was too large for him to han
dle, lie lost his bend and bought his la t
hundred at par. In other words, he bid
the stock upon himself. Another story
is that Washington shorts became
alarmed at the strength of the stock and
started in to covei. In corroboration it
may be said that a Broadway h use with
Washington connections bought twenty
thousand shares of the stock inthe morn
ing. A local house which has acquired
the reputation of being bearish all the
year round was caught in the upward
whirl and helped swell the bank accounts
of the bulls. The most enthusiastic of
the latter are now claiming that the Wd
s n bill is doomed, and they are basing
their operations on this theory. The gen
eral list reacted 1-4 to 1-8, the latter in
Chicago Gas, which fell off to 04 7-8.
Produce Market.
NEW YORK. March 7.—Wheat closed
active and firm. May. 08 13-16H64 1-4; July,
CO 1-suOC 1-2; Dec., 71 l-2a7L 5-8.
Com—Firm, dull. Muy, 42 13-10a42 15-
16; July, 44a44 1-10.
Oats—Firm and quiet. State, £9a4l;
western, 88a42; March, 35 1-2; May 84
l-4a34 3-4.
Butter—Moderate demand, easy. State
dairy, new, 16a23; old, 13a17; Western
dairy. 13a16; Elgin. 23 1-2; state cream
ery. 23 1-2; westeru do., 10a23; do ac
tory, Ila 15 1-2; rolls, llalS; imitation
creamery, 14al8; held creamery, IB i IS.
Cheese Firm, good demand. Stat t
large, 9 Mall 3-4; do. fancy, 11 1-2a.1l 3—l
no. small. 10 l-'.'upj 3-4: part skims. 3a IJ
lull skims. 1 1-iaJ 1-2.
&ggs—Moderate demand, steady. Si-ts
P.mn., 10a 16 12; Western. 10; .outhcru,
tit 1-2.416.
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