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iT-f'-y- r VOL. XXVI. SU11 FE IS WINNER EEOEIVEBSHIP CASE DECIDED AT OSKAL00SA. AS MYERS VIEWS IT PLAIKTIFP IH THE CASE HAS KO CAUSE OF ACTION. ALIEN LAND LAW NOT APPLYING EITHER IN LETTER OR SPIRIT, TO INCLUDE RAILROADS. fleMOK of the Law Argued at Length and Its Application, to Prevent "Lmud. lordism," Shown, Oskaloosa, Kan., Dec. 28. In the Jef Terson county court here this afternoon Judge Louis .Myers handed down a de cision in the famous Santa Fe railway re ceivership case, holding in favor of the railway company. He declares that the alien land la.w, under -which he had ap pointed a receiver for the property, does not apply to railroads. The decision is a complete victory for the Santa Fe com pany. The other questions of law raised by the attorneys on both sides were not passed upon, Judge Myers holding that this point alone was sufficient to end the litigation. The attorneys for the plaintiff will take steps in order to carry the case to the Kansas supreme court on an appeal. When court convened there was a nota ble array of officials, bothcourt and rail way, present. Attorneys Hite and Henry Keeler represented the state, and At torney A. A. Hurd and ex-Judge Albert H. Horton, the railway company. Among the spectators were the following rail way officials, who had arrived during the day on a speecial train from Chicago: President C. A. Ripley, General Solicitor E. D. Kenna, Third Vice-President Paul Morton and General Manager J. J. Frey. Just before court opened the Santa Fe , attorneys, not knowing when the de cision would be rendered, filed an amend ment to theelr original answer, in which they set forth that the property of the present Santa Fe Railroad company was the same as formerly owned by the Santa Fe Railroad company, and that the act under which the receivership suit was brought was void beecause it was re pugnant to section 8 of article 1, also article 6, of the United States constitu tion. Court convened at 3 o'clock and Judge Myers promptly got down to the busi ness at hand. After a few preliminaries had been disposed of, the readig of the decision, which proved quite lengthy, was begun. JUDGE MYERS' DECISION. "The pivotal point in the. case," says Judge Myers, "turns on" section 3, whether or not the alien land law applies to property necessarily used in operat ing a railroad." "The great weight of judicial author ity, in this country is," continues he, "that the property of a railroad com pany necessary for the operation of its railroad, cannot be seized and sold m parcels under an execution. The courts have also held, invariably, when consid ering the words 'real estate and 'lands that the same should not be taken to mean roadbed or right-of-way of a rail road company, or other property neces sary for it to use in the performance of its chartered obligations. "The real estate held or acquired by a public corporation, iike that held or owned by a railroad company in the ex-ercise-of a delegated right of eminent do main, and necessary for uses in which the public is concerned is not, within the meaning of the law 'real estate.' REASON OF THE LAW. The decision cites several authorities to uphold its stand, and continuing, says: "We know from current history that the mischief primarily sought to be rem edied by the enactment -of Chapter 3, was the prevetion of the ownership of large tracts of land in the state by aliens, and the establishment in this state of the oppressive systetm of landlordism prev alent in England and other countries. The movement of which the statute of 1S91 was the expression and result, was not a crusade against railroads, but was aimed at aliens holding real estate, In the usual and ordinary acceptance of that term; that is, for farming, grazing and other iike purposes. "It may be that there Is reason for prohibiting the investment of foreign capital in the purchase or operation of tailroads in the state, but there seems to have been no decision of such reasons In the legislature, public speeches or newspapers up to the time-of the adop tion of the act of 1S31. "It 1s axiomatic that statutes will be construed in the most beneficial way when their language will permit the pre vention of absurdity, hardship or In justice resulting, and, also, that public convenience and public interest must be considered, if the statute is in any way ambiguous or doubtful. DIDN'T MEAN RAILROADS. "Considering all of the provisions of the Etatute of 1891, m view of the well-known mischief intended to be remedied there by, and especially in view of the express terms of the statute providing how real estate forfeited must be divided into par cels nd sold, I am forced to conclude that the terrn 'real estate employed in Section 2 and other sections of the stat ute, was not intended to embrace a rail read or any essenttial part thereof. The legislature did not intend to make the provisions of the statute applicable to railroads. "The result follows that the plaintiffs' petition in this case does not state a cause of action. The statute fails to provide for a forfeiture of railroads on account of alien ownership of capital fitock In railway corporations, and no petition can ue formulated under the provisions of this statute, which, would be sufficient to forfeit and sell tne prop erty of the defendant corporation used in the operation of its railroad, yin my opinion, neither the letter nor the spirit of the statute includes rail roads." PBEPAR1XG TO POKECXOSE PreaMent and Cublntt Taking Counsel logeiueroa i'ucjuc Jtttilroada. Washington. Dec 2S. The Evening Star today says: The president has had several conferences of late wth me at trnr general, the secretary of th in terior ard the secretary of the treasury with a view to speedy action for ihe speedy a J .tn.ent of the indebtedness ot the Pncliii roads to the government I: is s-'d to be settled that teps u.ll charily be tal.er for the foreclosure cf tee t vf:r en'.'s mortgage on i:im rva-li cnlcr.'. congress c'aU m?? .th?r ;rivisicr for the settlement cf :e ques tion at its present session. Ytt!i ilia amount already rualncfd. Wtiz mare than 513,000 of the principal of the subsidy bonds issued on behalf of the Union Paciflc line and more than $6,000, 000 of similar bonds issued in aid of the Central road will fall due and must be pail on or before the first of January next Without anv referpnw in the an- I plication of the sinking fund now in the treasury, this state of affairs will, in the opinion of the president, be stated in his annual message, "create euch. a default on the part of the companies to the gov ernment, as will give it the right to at once institute proceedings to foreclose its mortgage lien." In addition to the above stated indebt edness, maturing January 1, there will mature thereafter, by January, 1, 1899, the remaining principal of such subsidy bonds, which must also be met by the government These aggregate about $41, 000,000, of which 520,000.000 are on ac count of the Union Paciflc and 521,000,000 on account of the Central Pacific com pany. FORECLOSURE POSTPONED Ohio Southern Sale Not LlU'jly to Take Place at all. Cleveland, O., Dec. 28. A special from Lima, Ohio, says: The foreclosure sale of the Ohio Southern railroad, which was postponed from November 7 to the 31st of this month, has again been postponed, this time indefinitely. It is now said that tite road will not be sold at all, but that the Lima Northern company wants the property and practically has posses sion of it now, having bought in all the trust company claims and other indebt edness of the road, so there is but little outstanding, and what is can be taken care of should there be any likelihood of any trouble cr opposition. REDUCED RATES ON PRATIES Southwestern Traffic Association Sleets California Tariff. St. Louis, Dec. 28. The rate committee of the Southwestern Traffic association convened at the association rooms to day. Attention having been directed to the recent reduction of rates on potatoes from California points to Texas points, resulting from the reduction made from California to Mississippi and Misssouri river crossings, a resolution, was adopted by the rate committee and approved by the board of administration, reducing rates to the following figures: From St Louis, Mo., 33 cents per 100 pounds; Colorado common points, 39 cents; points in seaboard territory, via Gulf routes, 4S cents per hundred pounds the authorized differentials to apply from points in defined territories and to points in Texas taking higher than the Texas common point rate. The question of the restoration of these rates is now a matter of correspondence with the California lines, it being under stood that these reduced rates will con tinue in effect, pending such restoration. HAS TniR I Y-TWO 3III.T TONS Donald aicLoau, Railroad Promoter, has English Gold to Melt. Sioux City, la., Dec. 2S. Donald Mc Lean, projector of the Pacific Short Line which is built from this city to O'Neill, Neb., but which was planned to be built to Ogden, Utah, has returned to Sioux City, fraying that he has absolutely se cured all the capital necessary for the completion of a railway line from Sioux City to San Francisco. McLean says: "I have completed every arrangement for the investment of 532,000,000 of Eng lish capital for the construction of a railroad line from Sioux City, la., to San Francisco. My financial agent is the Continental Trust company of New York. I am here to make arrangements fvor a survey of the road from O'Neill to the west. I have already had negotiations with representative parties from Utah and other states in the west, and the pre liminaries are practically settled. "None of those formerly associated with me are allied now in this new deal. The Manhattan Trust company is left out. Wendell Goodwin and John I. Wa terbury have passed to other fields and F. O. French is dead. "I am convinced that if my life Is spared Sioux City is certain to realize the dreams inspired In the days when we first commenced together. TUNNEL UNDER THE CASCADES Contract Let for a Ills Job on the Great Northern. Seattle. Wash., Dec. 2S. H. C. Henry, th millionaire contractor, has confirm ed the report that he had secured the contracf t build the approaches to the Great Noiihern -auroad tunnel through the Cascade mountains, and that men were nlrfody or. theii way to commence preliminary work. Mr. Henry refused t3 state tin1 rt.noiuit ot tbf contract. The tunnM will bo tvo apd a half miles long and wiil reduce the altitude of the road 1,CC0 ftf t. IN THE ESTATE OF A. J. DAVIS Appeal Taken From the baffollc County Probata Court. Boston, Mass., Dec 2S. An appeal has been taken from the decree of the prs bate court of Suffolk county, which re cently authorized Administrators 'Morse and Wells, of the estate of Andrew J. Davis, the multi-millionaire, of Butte. Mont., to sell 9,000 shares of Butte and Boston mining stock to W. A. Payne, of New York, for S1S0.OOO, and which also authorizeed these administrators to de posit with the re-organization committee, or with the old Colony Trust company, certain first mortgage bonds of the Butte and Boston company, amounting to 5170, 000. The appellants are Elizabeth Bowdoln and Harriet Wood, of Springfield, Erwln Davis of New York, and Calvin T. Davis of California. This brings the case to the supreme court of this commonwealth. MLAKELT TO HE DISINTERRED Insurance Companion are Anxious to Know What Ailed Him. New York, Dec 2S. Several life in surance companies -have asked Coroner TuthiU to make a thorough investiga-tlc-njas to the cause of the death of David Bhtkely, manager of Sousa's band, -who expired sjddenly in his office in this- city in NovemosrJasL The body is to be dis interred in order to determine whether certain sums in a Chicago accident in surance company can be collected. Blake ly having suffered a severe bicycle acci dent some weeks prior to death. TWENTY THOUSAND HANDS IDLE Forty Reading Collieries to be Shot Down for a Week. Shenandoah, Pa., Dec 28. Notice was posted at all the Philadelphia and Read ing Coal and Iron company collieries here and in the vicinity, numbering forty, and also at a number of individ ual collieries, that work would be sus pended for the week, after Tuesday even ing until Monday, January 4. Twenty thousand men and boys will be idle. SHOE WORKERS ON A STRIKE Six Factories of lUverhiI!t Mass., Liable to llecome Involved. Boston, Mass , eDc 2S. A special to the Journal from Haverhill, says: A strike instituted at Georgetown this morning has thrown out of employment 150 men, and promises to embrace the en tire six shoe factories of the town. The Georgetown Boot and Shoe company last week notified their men that a re duction would be made in the lasting and nailing department Belieing this to be but a test a strike was decided upon. New York, Dec 2S. The thermometer marked IS degrees below zero at Kings ton, N. Y., and 14 degerees below zero at Catskill, this morning. Two tramps were frozen to-death at EastDort pdjtfa wichita; Kansas, WILLING TO TREAT 0AN0VAS PDTS HIS HAUGHTY PEIDE IHTO HIS POOKET. Wants It Understood That He Yields Not Because He baa Been Bullied Bat Be cause He Wanted to This Granted, He Offers Almost Anything Uncle Sam Cares to Nama If He'll Help Him Call the Cuban Fight off, and Allow Dim to Keep Cuba "Reforms" Temptingly Pa radedCuban News In General. Washington, Dec. 2S. The Post tomor row will say: "It has been learned from an authoritative source that Olney and Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, have practically terminated the negotiations on the Cuban question, which are to be submitted to congress when it convenes on January 5. The terms of the agreement are based on the recent official communication from Pre mier Canova3, addressed to the secretary of state. "The "premier states clearly the terms which Spain will accord to the insur gents and practically asks the United States to propose these conditions to her rebellious subjects. In return for our offices, Spain assures this government, she sincerely deplores the great commer cial loss which we have sustained on ac count of the disturbance. She assures us that she is now considering a recipric ity treaty which will deal mainly with Cuban products and which will be fram ed on such advantageous terms toward this government, that our losses, both in commerce and in the destruction of American property in Cuba, will be most generously compensated. Premier Canovas says Spain cannot, of course, as a self-respecting and respected na tion, stand before the world as having been coerced into measures by the Unit ed States. She has freely granted all she now offers, and that in the face of a rebellion. But she accepts the good offices of the United States to act as a mediator and to guarantee to the insur gents amnesty and the enforcement of the new refcrm law, which she is about to proclaim in Cuba. The form of government offered is, the Spanish statesman declares, the JJmlt of independence which can be grant ed to a province by any nation without absolutely severing the bonds of union with the mother country- Autonomy, as enjejed by the Canadians, can never be jjrui-ted In Cuba. "What Spain is willing to grant the in surgents. If they lay down their arms, and what she asks the United States to guarantee, is an act which provides for a council of administration, which shall control all matters pertaining to the commerce of the Indies and all estimates upon the general taxation and expendi tures of the island, as well as its gen eral home government." GREAT BRITAIN DENIES IT. London, Dec. 2S. The foreign office informs the Associated Press that no communications to any power regarding Cuba and the United States have been made by Great Britain, and it is added that no representations, directly or in directly, have been made on the subject to the United States by Great Britain. If any other powers have done so, the foreign office Is not aware of the fact London, Dec. 29. The Paris corres pondent of the Times this morning re news his surmises regarding opposition by European powers to intervention by the United States in Cuba. He says: "The Austrian court and the govern ment has long been uneasy over the atti tude of American jingoism towards Spain, and such uneasiness has long been the subject of diplomatic talks. The queen regent of Spain is one of the most beloved princesses of the Austrian house. The love and respect she has won from the Spaniards have strengthened the af fections reserved for her in her own family, and there will be no hesitation in demonstrating that affection whenever it becomes a question of defending the in terests of the country whose honor she protects with unmixed enthusiasm, and which "has become as dear to her as if she had been born on its soil. The Times' Paris dispatch further re ports that the Temps remarks upon the Cuban situation that military successes and the attitude of the United States should facilitate concessions by Spain. "It would be tactless," adds Temps, "to spoil the situation by simply sug gesting to the Madrid cabinet steps ap parently dictated by their own interests and tie glory of the country. It would be more opportune to use towards Wash ington, discreetly, on behalf of the whole of Euiope, language calculated to con firm President Cleveland's and Mr. 01 ney's good intentions and to give valu able hints to Mr. McKinley and his even tual secretary of state." The Chronicle suggests that M. De Blowitz's uniformed statements of Sat urday that the German government had made representations to Washington protesting against Intervention in Cuba, may have originated In one of the peri odical perturbations of the German em peror, concerning the affairs of the world "which," says the Chronicle, "failing a better goverance, he takes under hl3 care. We believe the French foreign office has been sounded in regard to Cu ba, in an anti-American sense, but any thing like concerted action on such a subject is out o fthe question." The Chronicle has a Rome dispatch wn.eh savs: "Spain has questioned England.France and Italy as to their attitudes in tr-e pve'i of war between Spain and the United States. France and England re plied indefinitely that 'everything de pends on the course of events.' Italy of fers to assist in porducing an amicable arrangement, without promising to sup port Spain against the United States. I am informed that negotiations are con tinuing between Spain and the European cabinets. The Vatican absolutely favors the Spanish cause. King Alfonso has written a Christmas autograph letter to the pope, asking for his prayers for the success of the Spanish arms." "OFFICIAL ADVICES." Havana, Dec. 2S. Captain General Weyler, since Saturday last, has been camped two miles from Los Dalac:os, province of Pinar del Rio. The insurgents dynamited and derailed a military train near Esperanza. province of Santa Clara. Then the attacked the train, but were reputed by its escort The report of the death of the Insurgent general. Juan Ruisa, Is confirmed. The military governor of Guanabacoa, near this city, has issued a decree pro hibiting persons from leaving that town except by highways of Regla, Luyaa, Corral Falso and Cojimar. Bearers of provisions, etc.. must declare before leaving- town the quantity in their pos session and its destination. Th.s step was taken to prevetn the smuggling of provisions to the insurgents. Dnrmg the- night of Wednesday Dec.23, a number of insurgents tried to cross the military line of Puerto Principe, between Jucann on the south coast, and Moron, at the extremity of the railroad la the north. The troops made a stubborn re slstence and obliged the enemy to retire The convoy of General Bosch, which left ManzanlEo, province of Santiago de Cuba, on December 13. was still detained at Veguita on December 24. Twnty persons arrested as conspira tors hnve mved "here from Guira Mele na, and have been. Ircorlsoaed la Moro mm Tuesday MOEKiNa, Castle. Two worce nhave also been plac ed in jail. , .. United States Consul General Fitz huga Lee and family and Congressman elect Bobbins find wife paid a visit to the palace today, tvnere Mr. Springer, the vice-consul general. Introduced them to the marquis of Ahumada, the acting captln general. MOVEMENTS OF GOMEZ. New York, Dec 2S. The Cuban junta in this city was officially infrmed today that Ceneral Maximo Gomez last week passed the eastern trocha of Moron, go ing west Other advices from Gomez state that the Spanish acknowledge the concentration of insurgent forces in the province o fSanta Clara near Matanzae. NO TRADING "SIGHT UNSEEN" Venezuela Wants no Rough Draft, But a Complete Treaty. Washington, Dec. 2S. Secretary Olney left the state department at 12 o'clock today and went direct to the British em bassy where he held a long conference, by appointment, with Sir Julian Paunce fote, the British ambassador, relative to the status of the Venezuela settlement and the general treaty of arbitration be tween the United States and Great Bri tain. The Olney call follows the call of Min ister Andrade of Venezuela and Mr. James Storrow, connsel in the Venezue la case, who reached Washington late last evening. The result of the confer ence was guarded with the utmost sec recy which prevails at meetings between the secretary and the ambassador, but there is good reason to believe that it was the occasion for going over several new phases of the Venezuela question. The officials themselves are extremely reticient and will say only in general terms that the prospect ot a settlement by Venezuela 13 good. It is understood, however, that there are important limi tations to the acceptance, which appear to make the case less hopeful of an Im mediate and satisfactory conclusion than has been expected. The plan of an ex tra session of the Venezuela congress to ratify the treaty has been practically abandoned. There appears to be much question as to the nature of Venezuela's acceptance. Piesident Crespo and the government authorities have expressed satisfaction with the general results of the settlement so far as they secured arbitration, yet they have not yet expressed official ap proval of all of the details of the settle ment On the contrary, there seems to be a very earnest desire at Caracas for more exact information on the terms of the treaty between Venezuela and Great Britain. When the settlement was made in Washington a rough draft of the fea tures of the settlement was made. This contemplated the subsequent negotia tion of an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and Venezuela on the gen eral ilnes prescribed by the settlement But the Venezuelan authorities prefer to see the treaty itself, instead of an agree ment for a treaty, and the present indi cations are that Venezuela will give no acceptance until the entire phraseology of the treaty, with al lits terms and qual ifications is completed. This may take considerable time. The general expecta tion was that Venezuela would first ac cept the proposed method of settlement. Then diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela would follow as a matter of course. When these rela tions were re-established the British minister at Caracas could readily take up the negotiations of the proposed arbi tration treaty. At present, however, there is no disposition to await the grad ual maturing of this complete treaty and It is little short of settled that the' treaty will have to be forthcoming and all th Incidental negotiations closed before the desired Venezuelan ratification is secur ed. In official and diplomatic circles there continues to be a satisfactory and hope ful view taken of the situation. It is felt that all obstacles will be cleared away in time, and there is a disposition to minimize obstacles as being under the head of minor details. At the same time, the practical abon donment of the extra session of the Ven ezula congress and the disposition to close all negotiations on the final trea ties before an acceptance Is given, do not increase the prospect of a speedy con clusion of the case. On the question of general arbitration between the United States and Great Britain, Mr. Olney and Sir Julian have made their final draft of the treaty and it is in the hands of Lord Salisbury awaiting his approval. No doubt exists of its approval and it Is expected to come daily. It had not arrived when Mr. Olney conferred with the ambassador today. HIGH TIME FOIt A CALL-DOWN State Department GcM Itself After the too bmiirt Columbians. Washington, Dec 23. The action of the Colombian authorities in detaining the American schooner Whitford nearly three weeks last spring at Colon bay may be made the basis for a correction of many of the petty official annoyances and illegal obstacles that have been thrown in the way of American shipping merchants doing business with the Span ish Main. At least, assurance was given today to persons interested in the Whit ford that the state department would move energetically in that direction. Leopold Schepp, a New York merchant and owner of the Whitford, with his at torney. Alfred F. Seligsberg. called at the department today and laid the facts in the Whitford's case before the officials They told how the schooner was seized at Pcrto Cabello under suspicion of car rying arms an ammunition; h.ow, upon search being made without success for these, the Colombian officials asserted that the manifest of the vessel was wrong, and how they carried her to Co lon and detained her there for eighteen days against the protest of the owners. United States Consul Peacy. who is in Wash'np.ior on leave, corroborated these statements. In addition, Mr. Schepp said that since the departure of the Whitford from Co ion the authorities had trumped up a charge against Captain Hendricks and had him Indicted under obsolete regula tion for failing to stop at Colon on his way to Porto Cabello. He asserted that American trade had been systematically harassed in this fashion and discrimin ated against as it was noticeable that none of the English and German ships were molested. Mr. Schepp therefore claimed the protection of the state de partment for himself and for other Unit ed States merchants engaged la-trade in the south. So far, no claim for indemnity in the case of the Whitford has been lodged, but the state department Is giving the matter earnest attention. PL ATT TALK AS IF HE KNEW Whoever is lo lie senator. It Won't be Choate, Says tie. New York. Dec 23. Thomas C Piatt in an interview today, said: "I am satisfied that Mr. Choate will not be the next senator. Whoever it will be. It will not be 2lr. Choate It is not tnii that I have sought this position or hftve worked for it Any one who kuons me, knows this statement is true." Minneapolis. Ind., Dec 25. The exe cutive committee of the monetary con ference today began sending oat a call to all commercial organizations previous ly written to and not yet heard from, ask ing them to send their lists of deteraies as soon as possible. Names of many delegates were received today. Up to this time, the names of 175 delegates have been received. It is now believed that the number of delegates to attead the 1 convention will be about 5J, December 29. 1896. HEARD FOR TARIFF WATS AHD HEAHS COMMITTEE KE 0E1YE3 PETITIONS. First Day Devoted to Schedalea on Cheml cals aBd Spirits and Wines All Who are Heard Ask an Increase of Datles, and ia the Chemical ZJae Chances From Ad Valorem to Specific Bates are Asked ror-FUIas ot Briefs U Preferred to the Presentation of Oral Armaments Hard Work on the Program. Washington, Dec 2S. The hearings which the ways and means committee of the house will give to the reprsentatives of the various industries interested in the preparation of the new tariff bill be gan in the room of the committee at the capltol today and will continue daily un til January 11. Much interest was mani fested and the room was constantly thronged with delegations and the rep resentatives of various trades. Owing to the brief time allotted for hearings and the desire of the committee, as ex- f pressed by Chairman Dingley, to avoid unnecessary repetitions, many of those who appeared simply filed their briefs and made no oral arguments. Mr. Ding ley expressed the opinion that the pre sentation of condensed briefs would an swer the purpose of the committee better than argument and advised the filing of such briefs where it was possible. He announced that brlef9 would be received until January 11. Only seven of the sev enteen members of the committee were present today: Messrs. Dingley of Maine; Payne of New York, Evans of Kentucky, Dalzell of Pennslyvania and Johnson of North Dakota, Republicans, and Mc Millin of Tennessee and Wheeler of Ala bama, Democrats. The schedules upon which the hearings were accorded today were those relating to chemicals, and spirits and wines. Without exception all who appeared asked for an increase of the duties on the particular industry in which they were interested. Almost all of those who ap peared in behalf of changes in the chem ical schedule urged a change from ad valorem to specific duties. Those who made oral argumentation on the chemical schedule were: T. H. Harrison, of Philadelphia; H. Krebs, San Francisco; James Magulre, New York; W. H. H. Chllds. New York; J. T. Schoellkopf, Buffalo; J. S. Page, New York; H. C. Stewart, Philadelphia; James Hartford, New York; Samuel Merz, Newark, N. J.; Wr. W. Skiddy, New York; J. A. Bean, New York: N. A. Overberg, New York; Dr. Schaeffer, New Haven; Thomas M. Cuthbert, New York; O. H. Jones, Philadelphia, and Alonzo L. Thompson, Boston. , The following- appeared to urge changes in the schedule relating to wines, liquors and other beverages: John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg, Ky.; Edward L. Snyder, New York, and Frederick Jacob!, San Francisco. Washington, Dec 28. The tariff hear ings before the ways and means commit tee began at the capitol promptly at 10 o'clock .according to the published pro gram. There were several large delega tions in attendance and much interest was displayed. The morning was de voted to the chemical schedule and the afternoon to wines and liquors. Chair man Dingley made a prelimlary state ment as to the hearings, which will be held each day from 10 to 4 o'clock, with a recess from 12:30 to 1.30. He said the committee desired to avoid repetition, as far as possible, and would prefer where convenient, to receive condensed briefs, rather than oral arguments. Thomas F. Harrison, of Philadelphia, representing the Manufacturing Chem ists' association of that city, .first made a brief statement to the committee to pave the way for a brief which will be submitted by that association later in the week. In a general way he said the manufacturing chemists would ask for moderation in schedules and, as far as possible, a change from ad valorem to specific duties. He called attention to the fact that 5150,000,000 was Invested in the manufacture of chemicals and that the product annually approximated the same sum. Those whom he represented, he said, asked no favors: they only de sired justice. They were now beintf crushed between the textile manufactur ers and importers and manufacturers. He said that some data would also be submitted relative to the competition they had to meet from China and Japan. Mr. H. Krebs of San Francisco, sub mitted the first formal argument It was for a change of the schedule of the act of 1894, relating -to borates and borax. The present law provides a duty of 2 cents per pound on borne'e acid and 2 cents on refined borax. This duty, he argued, did not fulfill the revenue expec tations of the government or the pro ducers. He argued for a new classifica tion of the compounds of borax to pre vent avoidance and evasion of duty, with slightly higher rates. The schedule he presented was as follows: Borate of soda, 3 cents; borate of lime containing not more that 44 per cent of anhydrous boracic acid. 3 cents; borate of lime containing more than 44 pr cent 1 cents: anhydrous borax, 5 cents; bor acic acid, 5 cents, and anhydrous boracic acid, 6 cents. In answer to a question from McMillin, Mr. Krebs expressed the opinion that the schedule he proposed would produce a3 much revenue as the present schedule, and afford much better protection to the producers. Practically all of the 520, 000,003 of borax and Its compounds used in tills country, he thought could be pro duced here. James Maguirc of New York, askfd that fcydriate a'umina should pay duty only on the alumina contained In the product W. H. Chllds of New York, and J. T. Schoellkopf of Buffalo. N. Y., argued in favor of increasing the duties on coal tar dyes from 25 pr cent to 35 per cent ad valorem with a clearer classification of the schedule, J. S. Page of Nw York, representing color manufacturers, said the present duties wre ample, but if the duties on chemicals were Increased he desired a relative increase on colors. H. a Stewart of Philadelphia, appear ed in behalf of a duty on coppera.", ochre, ochery earths and all oxides of iron used In ine manufacture of paints, which, under the present law. are admitted free. TTa read tetters from srrs! nafnr -.. 1 ufacturers testifying to the depression oi tne maustry owing to zoreign compe tition since the enactment of the pres ent law. James Hartford of New York, on be half of the chemical 5ection of the New York board of trade and transportation, argued in favor of a general change from ad valorem to specific duties on drugs. Samuel Mrse of Newark. N. J., argued for a restoration of the McKinley law on ultramarine and anallne Ayes. W. W. Skiddy of New York, represent ing logwood and other dyewood extracts, tirged a change from ad valorem to pcl fic rates, and a'so some raise In rates. The drag millers of the United States were represented by George HIHer .f New York, who presented a substitute for paragraphs 1$ schedule A of the Wilson law making the duty 2 eeats a pound en powdered drugs, the same rate nn-ar rvili tin rOTPdrpl n!rM. 'Mr-. Wtt- Iler presented comparative statement of cost of sroduciios at hnme and abroad. (Bmk. BULLETIN OF Sljt SBidjUa Imtg .6agfc Wichita, Tuesday, December 29, 1896. Weather for Wichita today: Clearing; cooler; TarlaMe wlads Pan-Rises. 7:i: f1 :,V" i JB.OOD " & INDEXQFTODAY'SiMPQRTANTNEWS PfiSe. 1, Jadse Myers Decides for the Santa F Caaoras has Come to His Seasea First Day of the Tariff Hearlngf Stambouloffs Widow in Court 3. Murder Mystery In Itawllas County Chicaco and Other Kant Fall a res Senator Wolcott Visits McKinley 3. Man Who Was Darned Is Dead statistical Situation In Wheat btock Market Retains Its Dallness 5. Assessor Ca'dwell Tells His Story Wichita Man on Crusoe's Island 6. Railway Horror In the Sonth Powers Close In on Abdul Aealn Darana Newspapers OrowlnsrFnrions showing an advantage of 3 30-100 cents :n favor of the foreign manufacturer. Under the present law the duties are 10 per cent ad valorem, and the manufac turers recommended a change to specific duties wherever possible. Mr. Hilier said these should cover the differences between the cost of grinding or powdering abroad and in the United States but it was developed by questions that the cost of grinding in the United States is 2 cents a pound and in London 2 cents, while the London prices for other drugs ranged as high as 6s cents, the United States being lower. Chairman Dingley suggested the pro hibitation of importations of adultered goods but the drug representatives held that such a law was impossible of en forcement Frederick JacobI of San Francisco, read a statement in behalf of the native winegrowers of the Pacific coast asking the restoration of the McKinley rates of 50 cents a gallon on all dry wines In place of the present rate of 30 cents and of $2.50 a gallon on spirits. He said that it was desirable to create a taste for high-class native wines. There was an existing presumption in behalf of wlnen bearing foreign labels, whereas these were often inferior to native goods. The native growers opposed any reciprocity arrangement, as wines were always n source of revenue wherever produced and were always taxed at high rates, al so because there could be no guarantee that wines imported from any country had been produced in that country. Un der the 50-cent rate American producers would be able to cultivate better varlties wines and to age their good3. Mr. Jacob! was accompanied by Ed ward Frawenfeld of the California Wine association anf P. L. Crovate, man&ger of"the Leland Stanford estate. Mr. J. A. Bean of Now York, a repre sentative of the linseed oil manufactur ers, said thatv those he represented would be satisfied-with-acantJnuance of the present rate of 20 cents a gallon on the oil and 20 cents a bushel on need. While a greater tariff would help than, deemed it unwise to agitate the question and unsettle bus'ness. Mr. N. A. Overbury of Niagara Falls. N. Y., the only manufacturer of chloride ot potash In the United States, appeared to ask for a duty of 5 cents a pound on his product, which is now on the free list, to make up the difference in wages paid here and abroad. The imports this year reachehd 5,000.0000 pounds. With a duty restored he could re-open his iorks, he said. Mr. Schaeffer of New Haven. Conn., a manufacturer of caffeine, who said he was the first to manufacture the product and had been produc'ng it about one year, asked an Increase of duty, which Is now 23 per cent. He employed ten men. His product was used in the manufacture of bromo-caffelne and other medicines of that class. He asked for a specific duty of $2 per pound. Thomas M. Cutchburt of New York, representing the New York Quinine and Chemical works, appeared to ask a restoration of the duty of 20 per cent ad valorem, which existed prior to the act of 1590, or Its equivalent specific duty. Quinine was now on the free list He said the effect ot the tariff reduction had been most disastrous to the American manufacturer, and unless something were soon done, he would have to go out of business. The prices had been re duced since 1873 from 52.75 a pound to 23 1-2 cents pr pound. The manufac turer needed the old duty of 20 per cent ad valorem or its specific equivalent of 5 cents an ounce. Alonzo L. Thompson of Boston ap peared in behalf of a restoration of the duty on sal-soda and .oda ah from one- eighth to one-fourth of a cent per pound He called attention to the fact that the decrease of duty had not stimulated Im ports. He also asked that Epsom falts be made dutlablf at one-fourtn of a cent per pound. He called attention to the fact that Epsom salts was dutiable at one-fifth of a cent per pound and was also on the free list Th appraisers had held that it wa3 on the free list Schedule H., spirit?. wlne5 and other beverages was then taken up. John B. Thompson, Jr., of Harrods burg. Ky , representing the manufactur ers of liquors and spirits generally, was the first to appear. He askrd that thr duty on liquors, now fl SO per gallon, b restored to 12.50, the rat under the act of 1S30. The present law, he said, in creased the tax on domestic goods 20 cits and reduced th tax on imported 70 cents pr gallon. He ai?o urged that there should be fiorn? reciprocal arrange ment between Canada and thi Untd Stafs. Th competition from the Do minion, he said, was keenly felt by the domestic manufacturer. He entered Into the discission of the importation ot adulterated whisky from Canada to show that th country wa3 being Hood ed witn purkns liquors. Ed aid L. Snder of New York, rep resenting th National WTtoJea Liquor vzoiers' association, urs'-d.first, that the sim "outrage" ohoold be allAfrd on do mestic as Is aTiowd on imported liquors. zfrti. such an adjustment of duties on foreign liquors as will yield the largest revenue, but not ive fcnpcrters ucdu advantage; third, no lotrta of th duties on foreign wla?, and, fourth, a penal statute to punish th counterfeit ers of foreign wise aad Bquor brand. This finlshsd the day's hearings. Johonnes'wirg, Dec. 25. Delayed fcj traa5mls?ka. XJd McCoy, tit Ameri cas n,MdJ?ht defeated BSly Dah-r-ty of Australia this evfajr la &e rounds for the mkIdtewRht champioo fchlr. of th wrrkL The fi?ht cu to be twmay fur-ds aad was for S5.f? a ride and a division of the gate rectlpt. I hrty. who recently defeat! Xa?aa for t- cb&mpfeKtfhip of Socta Africa. wi: ou: getting a scratch, was eas9!f;ty ocflasfred ??y MeCoy ta cievra Th rr.ea came together at 323 poead wit ft Australian a favorH te the tottins- McCoy. wbo aalls for KaxUsd aext Saturday, "ha ctuUeapai Ted CWie to make- a match fer J23 a sii fj w. fcr, ojft NO. 37 GOT THE WRONG MEN STAHBOULOPFS WIDOW A1RHG5S COURT AHD G0YEB1KEXT. SUMMONED TO ATTEND SHE S00B5PDLLY TUBHS UP0I JUDGE MD PS03E0UT0Bi HARBORING NO VINDICTIVENESS AGAINST THE "MISERABLE PEOPLED WHO DBEW THEDAGGEE. She Boldly Cuts the Crime Upon "the Real AsMMiott the Tresent GoTernBaeBt A Thrlllins Court Sceue. (Copyrighted 1S55 by the Associated Press.) Sofia, Dec. 23. As cabled exclusively to the Associated Press last night Mme. Stambouloff, widow of tin murdered ex premler of Bulgaria, whose alleged as sassins are on trial here, made a short but impassioned speech yesterday be fore the mixed tribunal, which Is hear ing the case. Mme. Stambouloff. when the trial wa begun, declined to attend, but in .re sponse to repeated requestea she attend ed the sitting of the court yesterday, heavily veiled. When her name was call ed a deep silence fell upon the assem blage. The widow rose with great dig nity and, speaking in a. .voice ehakln? with emotion, she said: "You have insisted upon my presenca and I am here. I have nothing to say because I do not see arraigned before 'your honorable court those who ar known to be the real assassins of my la to husband. You know them, Mr. Presi dent, and you to. Mr. Procurator-general. Is it not so? You know them as well as the world does. Where are they? I do not see them." Then, with a gesture full of fire an indignation, she exclaimed, pointing to the alleged murderers of her husband: "Acquit these miserable people. Sum mon before you the rcaaly guilty men. who are at present the government I have nothing to add, and I will not with draw." This accusation from the widow of tha great Bulgarian statesman, known as tho Bismarck of Bulgaria, made a deep Im pression upon the audience, which wan composed of people belonging to tha higher ranks of society. The prwldlwc Judge and procurator-general (public prosecutor, or counsel for the defense) were made so unnerved by the terrlblo earnestness of the woman, who thua forcibly denounced the methods employ ed In the trial of the alleged murderers of her husband, that they were unabla. to put a single question to her, and rha left the court room, a picture of grief, demanding vengeance from a tribunal ofi which ahe knew so well that but little or nothing would bo expected. The address of Mme. Stambouloff 15 a matter of general comment Jn the govern ment newspapers today, but the keynote of their remarks, taken from, the leading organ of tho ministry of Prince Ferdi nand, is that the wife and friends of M, Stambouloff ought to have taken mea sures for the protection of the man, who. the government newspaper say, elthen labored under mental derangement oc was "so convinced of his own mlsdcedd that he sought death In the street" AM EH I CAN F.CO.N03IISTS In Session Till Tliunday at Johns Ilopktnt Unlvernlly, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23. The ninth an nua! meeting of the American Economlo association w.i3 began thSi evening at Johns Hopkins university and will con tinue until next week. The programe in at ranged so as to provide for a mort general discussion than usual. This evening the members of the asso ciation heard an address of welcome by Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, president of Johrui Hfpklns unlvrslty. Professor Henry C. Adam of th Uni versity of Michigan, president of the as sociation, responded and delivered hli annual address, the topic being: "The Relation of Economics to Jurlsprudnoe.'" Professor Adams, In the course of hlfl adore, said: "Convinced ax I am that much of thfl confusion in economic theory, and of thi dlfccrd In industrial life are alike dui to Inadoquat' exprelon of formal law, of fundamental industrial rights, I de Fire to point out, as well as I may, "thn character of the confu'rion and discord and to suggest the line alon? which vo lution In jurisprudence mut proced In order that harmony In economic theory, and practice In the busmer world may; b Ftab'ihed " Professor Adam then wnt on to say that in the present discussion he accept the Ciceronian definition of the woral Jurisprudence thM the study of lavsr .must be drird from the depths of phll cophy, and that by on extermination of the human mind and human society principle may be discovered, in compar ison with which the rules of positive Jaw are of but rlvial Importance that thi Implied reasoning touch right and du tls that are fundamental that it Is at once a philosophy of scnlc aad art A reception followed. Amonjf tbs who will take part In the Kwstem are: Professor BalJey. of Cornell: Oonr T. PowH. director of agricultural insti tute of Pennsylvania: U G Pawn, of the Minnesota bureau of iabor utltlo: Sero-tary J. Strlinjr Morton and As sistant Seriary Charles DabT of thts dpartmnt of agriculture; Professors JioUn P. Faulkner, VnlvTity of Penn sylvania; David K. KtniT, University of Illinois; W. A. PcotU UnivrrMty ol Wisconsin; ex-Secretary ot th Treasury Charles & FalrchHd. Prof'sor Jcmwpvj Krach Jobowra and lTof3r Artfcaa T Hadley of Yai and Profswr Char Je C. Plena, of California State Ualrcr sty. Henry C Adarrr. the pr"2Jdnt, Is tha statlatictan of tb Interstate Cotamerot eommiion ad one of th- bst knowr eoonomisw in the country. Th other v rlera of th atel.t!on are RX'Ptsxt datt Franeis A. Walfc-r. LL. D ; Cb$i F. Dunbar. LL. D : John P CUrk. Piu D; VJee PrenJdeaU Franklin II. Gid d.n. JL A.; Earl ouW. Ph. D '. Itoland P Faulkner. Ph. D Spfcary JenrmJaij W. Jesk. Pa. D., Ithaca, N. Y. Tat IAt I be ltapUU. Jacjcwn. Tesa. Dec 2?u Ss:ly 1.01 po?I witnessed the jpiroe cf football fcere today btwc the Tale team and, that of the Southwestern Itap4st TJajU veryliy. The ssor e tl to . la favor of Yai. Clnciosatl. " . D-e. 2X Frank Duhnva tad llrrama Dahra. Jr.. trading te Jcx efry aad ttverwar a Th Dobnx- cm-' piny, za. fJfteC Tlve oeacern hza . .! jctocfe re Its or&n4zatk thrw yxy &t aaKtattez U?X Tbt at rts assd fcaMtttfe are cat ksja ss Use erapaayi affair are 4id to A iiiiy Javelivr.'v Ji -e ;-!. -4 '"""""""g