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Judge Wing- began a line of questioning to shew that witness had-sent a man named Smith to the ex-detective and that it was for this man that Coug-hlin hired. Dinan's white horse on the night cf May 4. As sistant State's Attorney Tottiun objected, and the Jury waa taken from the room while the attorneys argued the point. After a long and heated argument Judge Tuthlil ruled the evidence was admissible. When the jury returned to the court room lawyer Whitney was called to the stand, and Judge Wins read a letter from him in which he said that Mrs. Hoertel. an important witness, was "the most in famous liar in the city." On cross-examination it was shown that Mr. Whitney and Mrs. Iloertcl had ben involved in a law suit oxzr tho payment of a small amount cf money. Thomas Couerhlln then returned to the stand. lie told of giving a m?.n a note of introduction to Daniel Coughlin in April. 1SSI. The man had rented a horse for the witness, who is a livery man in Har.ccc Mich., and hearing that the latter had a" brother In Chicago secured a note of in troduction, which was written on the back of a business card. The witness had de scribed the man as clean shaven, cross eyed and welshing about V0 rounds. This deocription tallied with that Riven by tha defendant. On cross-examination Mr. Coughlin said he is a member of the Clan-na-Gael, but denied any aciualntanca with Martin tturke. At the conclusion of the witness's testi mony Ju lq-e Winjar announced that he de sire! to introduce in evidence the verdict of tho former trial. Then rising, he said: lour honor, we rest our cas?." A mur mur of disappointment ran through the court room ad a number of spectators, not withstanding th nnnouncenicnts to' con trary", had expected to -hear the defendant testify. Several days will be occupied by th Stat? on rebuttal. The tinal decision not to have the defend ant take rhe witness stand.-. It is slated, was decided on at a conferenc Let wee n the counsel and thoir client at.the' jail yester day. Judce Win.r h.-.d prepared a riumlior of questions ho Intendl puttimr to Coushlin :houl i he testify, and it was found that the prisoner could not remember one-half the events alout which ho would bo interro gated by his own lawyers. In such circum stances. It was conclude! It woul-1 bt. fL,. ish to sr-nd Cous:hMn to the ordeal of the witness stand. LYNCHERS THWAItTED. Neck of a Little GiiTs Allegred Assailant Saved by Constables. WlLKESnARRE, Ta., Feb. 9.-There cam,? near beinff a lynching at Port Blanc-hard last nisht. Cyrus Flannajran was seen to enter the depot, accompankl by a thli-teen-ycar-old gdrl namcl Susie Leslie. The girl was seen to Le very sick, and later it was discovered that she had been assaulted. Suspicion was at once attracted to Flannajm. and he was placol undr ar rest. In the meantime a lare crowd of men collected outside of the depot. They had a rope, nnd were bent on lvnchin? Flann.iK;in. "Urintr him out until wo Ptrini; him ui," they cried, but the constables ex ecuted a Hank movement nnd took their prisoner into tho cellar ml lras;el him out of a coal hole unseen. He was taken through the lields to the next station and put aboard a trriln for rittston. where he was lockol up. 1'hyslcians are of the opin ion that the girl will not recover. A THOUSAND CHAMELEONS Escape from a Lox and Give the Custom Officials a Wearisome Chase. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 9. Owlnp: to the efforts of the Humane Society, the sale of chameleons in this city has be-n stopped, but every day consignments cf these? reptiles pass through here for other towns. Ten thousand of them were shipped to Montreal a few days ai?o. During the loni? ride in the heated baae car the little reptllts pot very lively, and a num ber escaped from the Ik:c. The trainmen were kei t busy chasing thpm around the car, and firty or fifty eluded them. At the custom house at Montreal t'.e customs ollleer opened the cae. The reptiles made a ruh. and before the startle, examiner realized the situation every one pot out. For six hour.; the attendants were cn tfaced in a charrn-k-on round-up, but Over a thousand escaped. Hubert Marler Handed. PIXKVILU-:. Ky.. IVb. 9,-Kobert Mar ler. v ho kl!lel Mary iSowden on Auc -S. l.lo, was handed lure to-.'.ay. He talke-l ten miautert on the scaffold, but did not confess. llillouMiie. Ve nre a bilious race. Half of us aro lorn bilious, witii a predisositi.:n to dys pepjsi;. The l-st known remedy for bilious-io-s iind indigestion Is iilmmond Llvc-r llcg ulator. Try iU BLAND'S SILVER BILL It May Pass the House Next Tues day After Being Amended, Explained Yesterday by Its Author,. Who Wants All the Bullion in the Treasury Coined. DENOUNCED BY MR. STONE Who Contended There Was No Seigniorage in Existence, And Likened the Proposition to Em bezzlement and "Watering Treas urjT Notes Speech by 3Ir. Harter. WASHINGTON, Feb. O.-The entire day In the House was consumed in debate on the Bland silver seigniorage bill, tho speak ers being Messrs. liland, C. "NY. Stone, Mc Keiyhan, Harter and Kilgore. The debate will bo interrupted to-morrow at 2 o'clock by the special order setting aside the rest of the day for eulogies upon the late Rep resentative O'Neill, of Pennsylvania. It is expected that a vote on the biU wdll be reached by Tuesday at the furthest, and Mr. liland is confident that it will pas3. This opinion is generally shared by the leaders on both sides, although there prob ably will be some modifications of the bill that will make it more acceptable to the Democrats who are now opposed to it. A tangle growing out of the important roll call by which the House, yesterday, went Into committee of the whole on the bill opened the proceedings this morning. Mr. Iiabcock explained that he had not voted on that roll call and Mr. Trocey and Mr. Heed attempted to make the point that thi3 broke the quorum and the subsequent proceedings of yesterday were, therefore, vitiated. It was discovered, however, that Mr. Marshall and Mr. Shell were recorded as not voting, and as their vote3 would complete the quorum, no further objection to the approval of the journal was made. After some unimportant routine business, on motion of Mr. 131and the House went into committee of tho whole for considera tion of the seigniorage bill. Mr. Fland ex plained in a few words that he had never agreed, as stated in some of tho papers, to striking out the second section of the bill which provides for the coinage of all the bullion in the treasury. Aside from the question of raising revenue he regarded 'the second section as more important than the first. "If we are to deal with the bul lion in the treasury' he said, "let us deal with it as a whole. We have already re pealed tho purchasing clause o. the b it-r-man act. No more bullion will come Into the treasury. Why should we not coin Tvh"t is there? To coin only the seigniorage CJS3 00U.Gn. would bo tantamount to de claring that the rest should remain there as worthless. It should be dodioHted to monetary use. As fi r as I am concerned I never will consent to stop hair way. OITHSSTIONS FIIIKD AT MH. BLAND. "What advantage' askol Mr. Coombs, "would accrue front the coinage of this bullion when no one want3 it?" "The people want every dollar they can get ' " replied Mr. Bland. "The difilculty is that there is not enough money in clrcula- U "is it the intention, after this bill goes Into effect." inquired Mr. Tracer, to re deem the silver certificates in gold . -Do you understand that silver certifi cates are redeemable in gold?" asked Mr. Bland in turn. "Weli," replied Mr. Bland, 'he Secretary cf the Treasury has never so held, ine Secretary has maintained that all that was necessary to keep all classes of our cur rency at par was to keep the greenbacks a T?ir They are gold obligations nnd. therefore. Interconvertible, and while silver certificates have not been redeemed in gold irreonbacks have never been refused for them. This keeps all our currency at par. I am speaking now from the standpoint or a gold monometallism" Proceeding, he de clared that It was only necessary to keep enough gold in the treasury to meet foreign exchanges. Under the Sherman law he in sisted that every dollar of the treasury notes outstanding were redeemable in sil ver. "And if I were Secretary of the Treas ury I should so hold," he added emphatic ally. "I would not upe- my discretion in the interest of the gold gamblers of this ronn trv. This bill, however." he continued, does not go so far a3 the Sherman bill In this re neet. It only provides that having been redeemM (in gold or otherwise) these notes shall not be- reissued, but shall be destroyed and coin shall take their place. In other words, the holders will no longer be able to force thdr redemption again and again in gold." (Applause.) LIKENED TO EMBEZZLEMENT. Mr. C. W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, who is nt the head of the minority of the com mittee on coinage, weights and measures, replied to Mr. Bland. He 'agreed, he said, with Mr. Bland that if the first section of ih bill were to be passed the second sec tion should be. "If we are prepared to agree to the practical embezzlement Oi. a trust fund in the first section we should not uifn. o rr.m'lnritv contained in the second section." He contended that there was no existing sei?miorage; mat it ..,.imT-- n vf t. Seiernioraere. lie sai l, was the profit arising to the govern ment out of the coinage or uunion, out uic bullion not having been coined there was m seigniorage. There might be in time, but there was not now. One might as wel take ont of a tank tf n gallons of cil and 1 the other Is oil or chop off fifty pounds of a bullock and say thi- Is leather and that is beef because in future processes so much, parallne or so much leather could be separated from a tak of oil or a bullock as to claim that there was fo much million ana po muui seitrnlornge before the bunion was coined, nv. nayrnf tn rnln this Imasrlnarv seitrn iorae Mr Stone vill. will be breaking f-dth with holders of the treasun notes Is sued against all the bullion which it has qV....i1,1 held sacreu for their re-lemption. There were in the trens itn. irm nunpp of silver, on which had jecn i'su'e.l $tr.3.0sT.ir treasury notes. It con the government JI-'ms.'j; ana ns eoin- ,ra viin w:m Jisi.SU.Ml and its present market value but $9T.1.V..0T2. To coin this alleged seignioravre would be a virtual em bezzlement of ?;5o.Cct).0u0 worth of the bullion behind the treasury note. His apprehen sion was that this policy would involve the in financial ruin. If $53.000.0 ) of additional tr-xisury notes were issued as required hv the provision of this bill with out a dollar for which certificates were is c.'.i l.-r,. .i.Mvlted In the treasury, each certificate would tar on its fare a lie. It vas in effect. watering trie treusury n'otes to the extent of l.''Ki.OOO. when the face value of the-?e notes already cxctHic1"! the market v:Uue or tne oumon Feeunty vAv, tv,tm be over J.V, tO .oo:i. In conclu- n c..,.i:ini' .f the silver ouestion. ilr. Stone "deo'lartxl himself in favor of the larger Ue of silver li an iniernaiion u agreenieni could be reach-M. He referred to the dis turbance in JIngland and Prussia over sil- I'l'iimn ' tii,i ne. is w liKintr ine floor. L-t us pursue the 'Kiblan policy of nonaction, and we can make terms for the u of silver." (ApTnusej m t,-K'..i-"bnn made a free-silver nriru r.nV . irold basis and a hUh tariff, he iaid. wa discriminatlnir against the West in the interest of the East. "If I had the power," sail he. "I would strike down the tariff tnt protects the E.ist an 1 force it into competition with the West, as the East forces us" into co.-npetltion." He went on to Indorse the bill and seigniorage bill as a etep in the right direction. Mi:. HARTEIl'S SPEECH. At the conclusion cf Mr. McKeighan's speech, which consumed an hour and a half, Mr. Harter took the floor in opposition to the bill. There was, he said, little place for sentiment in the discussion of this bill, but an abundant opportunity for the exer cise of common sense. The United States had bid good-bye to the coinage of silver. That question had been settled and. he hoped, wa3 not to be reopened by a Dem ocratic Congress. The question ought to be settled in a business manner. There was a safe and easy way out of the difficulty. There was at pre?ent a deficiency In the revenues and an increase or expenditures. There were three means of relieving1 the treasury, any of which would sulilce. The first was to reduce salaries 25 per cent., including members of Congress. Tho sec ond method proposed by Mr. Harter was a uuty on sugar, wmcn wouiu, provide OOO.uO, a further increase of the whisky tax to J1.L0 a gallon, which would furnish $--.- IwO.ouo, an increase of th? tax on beer to and a duty on teas and coffee. A tax cf one-tenth of a cent per cup on tea and corree, he said, would yield a revenue of J-J.OmOjO. The third method he proposed was by the negotiation or a short time loan. In speaking of the coinage of silver. Mr. Harter called attention to the fact that In twentv-four years the value of the silver in the treasury had fallen $4,000,000. "The papers to-day," said Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, Interrupting Mr. Harter, announced that silver had touched the lowest point in its history, and the same papers showed that wheat was never so lew. Wheat and silver have maintained a parity. The gentlpman from Ohio (Mr. Harter) told the House last summer that the repeal of the Sherman law would be followed by a revival of prosperity and high prices." And to-day we see the result of his prophecy." added Mr. Bland, supplementary to lur. toioieya rcniarK. ihe country was saved disastrous conse quences, at least," replied Mr. Harter, turning to Mr. Bland. It would have been worse If we had taken your advice." iou don't know that," retorted Mr. Bland, "and we do know the result of your prophecy." Mr. iiarter created Fome amusement bv his reference to the manner in which the Democratic party was delineated in the comic papers as a jackass. He thought it was perfectly fair, perhaps, for Republican papers to portray the Democracy as a jack ass, but he did not see why. wh?n a nroito- siuon line tne liland oiil was broucht into . f A 1 11 . . . . . " " the House, Democrats should flap their ears nnd bray to show that thev were Jackasses. Mr. Kilgore, who mad 3 the concluding argument of the afternoon, contended that ir tne government was in need of money it was better to coin the silver selcnloratre than borrow money and pay interest on the loan. Without completing his speech. Mr. Kil gore yielded to a motion that the commlt- tea nse. Mr. Gelssenhalner. from the com mitter on naval affairs, presented the report of that committee on the Holman resolution to investigate the premiums paid to eon- tractors for war vessels. Then, at 5 o'clock. -a . ine nouse adjourned. CONGRESSMAN WILSON ILL. At a Chicago Hotel Yesterdny Suffering: . with a Throat Affection. CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Chalrman Wilson, of the ways and means committee, arrived in Chicago to-day and put up at the Palmer House, suffering wdth a throat affection. A physician was at once summoned The doctor says that his illness is not necessarily of a dangerous character. Con gressman Wilson la accompanied by hta wife and daughter and Congressman J. C. Tarsney, of Missouri. Tho party are on their way to Mexico, whera Mr. Wilson hope3 to recuperate from the trying work of the preparation and passage of his tariff bill. En route to Chicago Mr. Wil son was taken with a chill, nnd nn M ar rival at the hotel was compelled to secure medical attendance. Dr. Evans, the house phvslclan. was summoned. He found Mr. Wilson with a ternierature of 102 and diagnosed the troublo as tonsllltls and advisel him to remain quiet for a day or two. Dr. Evans said: ".Mr. Wilson's illness is not danger ous, though it might be areravated into something serious by neglect to take a needed rest in the mild climate of Mexico. where his trouble will oulcklv vield to the changed condition." The physician strong ly llTfod Ml Wilon t r rorn ntn onft fnw . lew days out he dec-'ard that the ssooner he ir : ;i it - s , Oo tb-y sooner he would recover, and continued on his jour ney to-night. Congressman Tarsney, who accompanies Mr. Wilson, is a memier of the ways and means committee, and. in speaking of the tariff measure prepared by the committee, ho said: "The bill, as passed by the House, wdll be substantially passed by the Senate. I met Mr. Voorhees and Mr. Vest before leaving Washington and they did not fear any radical change in the Kill. It will be reported on favorably by the subcommit tee on Monday next, and that is an evi dence that the committee is not making any changes of consequence. There will be no change in the wool schedule. There may bo some in iron, to conciliate the members from Alabama and Louisiana. A tariff may q put on sugar, but there will be no re turn to the bounty feature of the McKln lev bill. The income tax will be adopted in the Senate. The bill will emerge intact as It pissed the House, with the exceptions of the changes or which l nave spoken." IN A M0UTAIN HUT. Bandits Evans and Morrell Discovered hy Officers, but Not Captured. FRESXO, Cal., Feb. 9. News comes from the mountains in Tulare county of another encounter between Sheriff Scott's men and the bandits, Chris Evans and Ed Morrell. Tuesday evening the sheriff's men discov ered a hidden trail on the mountain side leading into an almost Impenetrable thick et. They could only follow the trail on their hands and knees. After crawding some distance they came suddenly upon a hut hidden beneath the overhanging cliff. There they saw Evans and Morrell, both in their shirt sleeves. So surprised were the bandits that they did not stop to fight. Both grabbed their Winchesters and scur ried up the mountain side. The sheriff's men fired half a dozen shots, but without effect. The hut was then searched. In it was found clothing in plenty, a large quan tity of. provisions and over five hundred rounds of ammunition. It was evident that all the outlaws wants have boen supplied by sympathizers in the neighboring valley. The bandits escapeoj in their shirt sleeves, with only their rifles and the ammunition in their belts. The weather is cold in the mountains, nnd as the sheriffs men -are in hot pursuit it is believed that a decisive encounter wdll take place very' soon. The place, where the ban dits were found is noout nair way between Camp Badger and the Sequoia mills. A FEMALE CRANK Attempts to Slioot Two Clerks in a St. T . IjOuis newspaper vmce. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 9.-The cranks latest diversion In this city took a dangerous form this noon when an attempt was made by a French woman suffering from a sud den acute aggravation of a long-standlns melancholia to shoot two of the counting room force of the. Post-Dispatch. Clerk Adolph Smith, standing at the receiving 'counter, was first attacked by the woman, who attempted to use a pistol on him, but was unable to eet it clear of her skirts to fire. She then, as Smith dodged below the counter, turned on u. 1Z. u inter and snapped her weapon twdce, but the cart ridges failed to explode. Before she could make an attempt Winter leaped over the counter and. wresting the pistol from her, gave her into police custody. At headquar ters she pave her name as Mrs. H. A. Pierrot. Her reasons, when asked, were but incoherent mumblings about insults. She is now under bolt and bar. Her hus band is engaged in the printing business. THE B0ST0NESE SHOCKED. Nude Male Figure Over the Public Li brary Ordered to Be Removed. BOSTON. Feb. 9. The Common Council has passed an order that the Mayor be re quested to direct the -trustees of the public library to cause the Immediate removal of thd objectionable features of the art decor ation in the facade of the new public libra ry directly over the entrance. Tho art decoration referred to is a seal made from a design by the artist Kenyon Cox and ac cepted and turned over to St. Cautions, tho sculptor, whose reproduction of the seal which had been placed over the main en trance of the new building L about four by six feet. The principal features of It are a shield or globe in the center wdth a ier fectly nudo male figure 6n each side hold ing a torch while' over tho figure Is the legend. Uiani Civium." A FRENCH TDIBUCTOO Waterloo on a Small Scale at the Edge of the Great Sahara. Captain Bonnier's Column of French Troops Surprised and Annihilated by Thousands of Fierce Tauregrs. 300 KILLED AND CAPTURED The Historic African City Be sieged by the Arab Victors. Reinforcements Hurrying to the Relief- of tho Foreigners Alleged Plot to Kill Brazil's President. PARIS, Feb. 9. In an interview with Premier Caslmlr-Perier the latter admitted that it was true that the French column had been attacked and destroyed by the natives near Timbuctoo. The Premier added that it was also true that several officers had been killed. The Governor of the Soudan has telegraphed that Colonel Bonnier's column was surprised while asleep when about three days inarch from Timbuctoo. The success of the Tuaregs Is said to have greatly encouraged the other native tribes, and the retreat of the French was most difficult, as they were continu ally harassed In their retreat. Upon reach ing Timbuctoo the commander of the French forces there decided that it was ad visable to prepare for the worst, and steps were immediately taken to throw up en trenchments in anticipation, of an attack In force upon the part of the natives. The latter were said to be mustering their forces and to be preparing for a combined onslaught upon the French. The following details of the disaster were given out by the French government to night: The Tauregs, Captain Philllppe re- . ports, were armed with lances and knives, which they used with terrible effect against the French native troops. The Tuaregs made their first attack on the leading por tion of the French, column, which seems to have been divided into two divisions. The attack of the Tuarges was so desperate and well sustained that tho first division was apparently cut to pieces. The news of the disaster was brought to the second portion of the column, or roar guard, by Captain Nugette, a French officer, who, though bad ly wounded in the head, managed to escape from the crowds of natives which assailed the advance guard. The second division was encamped a few miles to the rear of the advance guard, which was surprised during the darkness of early morning. The officer In command of the rear guard Im mediately ordered his force under arms, abandoned his encampment and commenced to retreat upon Timbuctoo, leaving the un fortunate vanguard, commanded by Col. Donnier, to Its fate. Peports are conflicting as to the number killed, but the offlcial statement admits that at least nine French officers, including Colonel Bonnier, two European noncom missioned officers and blxty-cight .native soldiers were massacred. The unofficial reports, emanating from the War Depart ment and Colonial Office, say that the loss in killed and captured is at least three hundred. The rear guard, after enduring considerable hardships and being pressed by the enemy, succeeded in regaining Tim buctoo on Dec 17, carrying with them a number of wounded. Several of the men, In addition to those admitted to have been killed when the vanguard was cut to pieces, aro said to have been either killed or left dying along the route during the retreat to Timbuctoo. Tho French officers fought most bravely. Captain Philllppe gathered his whole force together and bean the work of throwing up intrenchments in order to secure his po sition at Timbuctoo, which shortly after wards was seriously threatened by the Tauregs. The Tauregs became so aggres sive and confident in their strength that they pushed up close to the French sol diers at work in the intrenchments and killed and wounded several of them. Capt. Philllppe organized two small parties of picked soldiers who made several spirited sallies on the Tauregs, driving them back ward and killing a number of them. At least once or twice every night they would make an attack of some description uion the French lines, killing or wounding several of tho small garrison. Opposed to an enemy estimated to number from 4,000 to 10,000, the French had only 300 men in the intrenchment at Timbuctoo, and this force was only supported by six small field pieces. "When Captain Philllppe was informed by native messengers that the Joffere column was on its way to relieve him he sent a message to Colonel Joffere in order to warn him that his forces were in danger of attack by the Arabs. Captain Phillippe also sent a request to the Gov ernor of the Soudan that the French flotilla of the Niger should not leave that district until the Joffere column had reached Tim buctoo. Th3 news of the disaster to the Bonnier column near Timbuctoo has caused a de cided eensatlon in Paris, and it Is already announced that several questions on the subject will be asked as soon as possible In tha Chamber of Deputies. The Associ ated Press is informed on good authority that the French government will say, in reply to the questions, that Colonel Pan nier's expedition was undertaken not only upon his own initiative, but against the or ders of the government. It is semi-officially stated that the Governor of the Soudan, who is reported to be at Kayes, has taken extraordinary' measures to relieve the French forces at Timbuctoo, and that in addition all the French outposts have been doubled. The City of Tlmlinetoo. Timbuctoo, which was recently captured by the French, and near where Captain Bonnier's column was surprised and mas sacred by Tauregs, 13 a city of the Sohara, on the southern verge of the desert. Tim buctoo lies on a terrace about eight hun dred feet above tne sea level, facing a chain of marshy hollows, fringed here and there with a few mimosas and palm thick ets amid the Furrounding sandy wastes. It was captured by the Taureg Berbers about the eleventh century and, under the Mandlngo kings of Mali, was a noted mart for gold and salt. In the fourteenth cen turj at the time of tho discovery of Amer ica, it rose to great African, splendor ami became a chief center of Moham- edan culture for tho people of western Soudan. Until the year 1S00 Timbuctoo was the prey of the surrounding unruly iopulatlond Tauregs, Arabs, Fulahs and Toucouleurs, the latter taking it in It ceased to build its dismantled wails, being content to pay tribute to each set of rulers in turn, and sometimes two at a time when pcfsesslon was in dispute. Recently It has enjoyed an interval of peace and its impu tation in 1SSJ, tho last census, was 20.0M. These citizens aro made up Of th? overflow of all of the marauding tribes that had ravished it, including wt u. few. Jewish Pwr.$i- ceeded in reaching mis on l ; i Hirce iwi Tvi-iflnr relations nave ueen opened with the French on the upper Nlcr. From the ruins, covering extensne ir.uw on the north and west sides, it is evident that Timbuctoo was once a rnucn larger and more populous city. Tne great mosque now near the outskirts. once stooj in the center or tne town. ne aggregate of mean hovels, or mud houses, of which the place consists, is only re-. lleved hy a few structures oi ine class. As in former times, a great staple of trade Is salt, obtained from other parts or the Sahara, and exchanged here with gold dust for kola nuts fnm the south and some Kuropean wares, which, with te.x, are im ported from Morocco or penetrate from the British territories along the lower Mger. The local Industries are mainly confined to some fancy and other leather work pre pared by the Tuaureg women. The local ad ministration haa been in the hands of an hereditary "kahla," a kind of mayor, descended from one of the Htima families. The "ka hla" is himself more or less under the control of a neighboring Taureg chief and of the powerful Bakhal family, who, as "sheriffs" and marabouts, are revered throughout the western Sahara- Timbuctoo, which possesses some valuable Arabic man uscripts, and is still a center of Moslem teaching, is a converging point of the chief west Soudanese and Saharan races Arabs, or Arablzed Berbers, to the wot: SonrhaU in the immediate vicinity and thence south eastward along the Nijrer; Iregbenaten. or mixed Tauregs, southward across the Mger as far as the Homborl hill3 and In the fertile Ilbbako plains beyend them; Fulahs Mandingoes and Pambaras in and abnit the citv, and Imohag. or Imosharh Tauregs. belonging to the Awellimiden confederation, mainly to the north and east. MKUCII.KSS Ill'S SI AXS. Horrible Cruelty on the Island of 5n Kbnllen Cnaosi f Cnni:IlnIIni. LONDON. Feb. 10. A dispatch to the Standard from St. Petersburg says: The government commission appointed to in vestigate the alleged scandals In the con vict prison at Onor, on the Island cf Sa ghallen, has issued a report which unfolas a terrible tale of suffering and crime. It shows that In the prison there have been Instances without number of merciless cafes of beatings, lopping off of fingers and arms by sabre strokes, while cannibal ism, tinder stress of famine, has been of common occurrence. Murder, followed by cannibalism, has been frequent, wdth the sole object of ending a miserable existence. It is related that there have even been cases where several convicts have dis puted to be convicted of murder, when, In fact, they vere not guilty of any buch crime. During the whole of the year 1S02 there was an almost continuous string of convicts carrying the corpses of convicts from Onor to Itikovskay, the residence of the authorities. In nearly every case the bodies were so mutilated that they presented a pitiful spetaele, nnd moved the persons who looked upon them to tears and words of indignation. The bodies were Interred with out the slightest inquiry on the part of the authorities as to how the wounds were In flicted. The neglect of the prisoners nt Onor Is said to have been most shameful and criminal. No doctor ever visited the Insti tution, and convicts who failed to perform their work on account of sickness were placed on half diet in a place called a hos pital, and when it became apparent they would be unable to perform further duty they were dispatched like animals by re volver by the Inspector, and were regis tered on prison books as having died from a disease. The principal author of the atrocities, it is asserted, Is a former con vict of the name of Shakoff, who was a favorite of the district commandant and was promoted to be Inspcctbr. . ri.OTTWlS PUNISHED. Conspirator AKrainnt President Pels- oto Promptly Shot. BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 9. Most sensa tional news has been received here from Rio Da Janeiro. It is said that the deci sion of President Pelxoto to issue a decree calling for a presidential election, as well as for nn election for members of Con gress, on March 1, was only reached after the President had been badly frightened by the discovery of a plot to murder him. "When the conspiracy was discovered the police were instructed to arrest the ring leaders, which was promptly done. Their trial is said to have followed cloeely upon their arrest, and there being, in the opin ion of the court-martial, no doubt that they were guilty, they were sentenced to death. The next morning, according to the dispatches, the persons convicted of having plotted to take the life of Presi dent Telxoto were taken to an unfrequent ed spot outside the line of fortifications and were shot while kneeling at the foot of the freshly dug graves, which were pre pared to receive their bodies. After the fatal volley tne bodies of the conspirators were hastily placed in the graves by the soldiers, tne eartn snoveiea upon them nr.d the sol'llers cautioneu not to say a word about the affair under threat of being shot ir they ctia so. The discovery of the plot against Presi dent Pelxoto's life, the arrest of the con spirators, the court-martial and secret exe cution all se?m to have been kept from the ear or the general public, but their ef fect uion President Pelxoto is said to have be?n so great that be signed the decree calling for the election of March 1. In addition to the conspirators executed, the dispatches also ssy that a number of other Implicated persons were sentenced to long terms of impnsonment, aim those who had property were notified that it had brtn con- tiseated for the use of the government. Others, still, of the suspects sought refuge in Ilight, and are now on their way to England ana tne Lmtea states. Torpedo Itont Disabled. RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. D. It is an nounced In this city that some disaster has befallen the fleet of torpedo boats which left Pernambuco for the south. De tails as to the disaster do not seem to be obtainable, and all Information on the sub ieer 1k refuse! bv the cuvernment- In suite of the reticence of the olhclals, it is as serted that' at l"ast one of the torpwlo bo.-i.ts has been baulv damaged, ar- the whole tleet has put back to Pernam buco for reasons which are not explained In the dispatches received here. N'o Hope for I)ti (innm. ROME, Feb. 9. The Italian minister it Rio de Janeiro has cabled to the Italian government, saying that Italy, the United States and fireat Pritain, through 'their representatives at Rio de Janeiro, have re fused to recomize the Insurgents of Erazil as belligerents. Cultle Xoten. . Mr. Gladstone and his party started from Biarritz for Eondon yesterday. Forty foreign correspondents tendered a banquet at Paris Thursday night to M. Jules Simon, the noted French statesman, on the occasion of his elghtletn birthday. Emperor "William of Germany yesterday celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his entry Into the Foot Guards. After re viewing the guards the Emperor dined with the olllcers. The Hon. Wayne MacVeagh. the newly apioInted United States embassador to Italy, and secretary, arrived in London and visited that United Statr3 embassy ytster day. Mr. MacVeagh will nut take UP his duties at Rome until about March 1. An othcer of the general staff of the Austrian army has been arrestel charged with the grave crime of forging checks to the amount of 20,J) florins. The oillcer be long to a high family, but he w.s a in sistent garc.bler. and is also alleged to have had a liaison with an actress. The I'arlj I'claire says that Iord Rose berry. British Foreign Minister, twlco re cently offered to resign. It adds that his resignation Is held in abeyanct? onlv until Mr. Gladstone's return to England. Ac cording to Eelaire Ird RoseUrry differs with Mr. Gladstone on the British forelcn illcy and on the agitation against tho House of Ecrds. "Mill" lnn World' Fair Dulldlti. CHICAGO. Feb. 9 George K-ssbr. of Butte, Mont., and Mike Roach, of Chicago, two seml-professlo!al pugilists, are re torted to have fought a Iive-itiund battle in one cf th world's fair buildings last night, in which tlu man from Montana was an easy winner. About one hundred luca ure, sgl U have, wltnsse tt.o nOIi, A S PA ATF.MFMInR - -- AAjkj- iii.iu wam Income Tax Scheme Mar Be Di vorced from the Tariff BilL Senator Are Planning to Kaisc EnoucL Be venue by Levying Dnties and In creasing the Whisky Tax. A DEMOCRATS ADMISSIONS Many Explanations Will Be Nec essary Next Campaign. People Will Want to Know About thl Inconsistencies in the Tariff Mar till as a Pcusion "Cuckoo," Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 9.-it is generally believed that the income tax echeme will be reported separate and apart from thd Wilson or Senate tariff bill when that measure comes from the finance committer to the Senate next week. The detcrmlna tion to levy a duty of 1 cent ier pound on sugar of all grades and make coal and Iron ore pay a duty, and to Increase the whisky tax, makes unnecessary as a revenue propo sition the income tax schema. If Ineoma taxes are taken out of the Wilson bill by the finance committee it will not necessarily indicate that the Senate will refuse to pas them, as it is now held that income taxes are stronger In the Senate than In thi House; but it will place the proposition 03 its individual merits and give cither brandy of Congress an unhampered opportunity to reject income taxes. A Democratic member of tho Senate com mutes on finance acknowledged to your cor respondent to-day that those who wer resiKjnsible" for the present revision of th tariff law would encounter a great deal of embarrassment and trouble In many sec tions of the country during" the next cam paign In explaining apparent if not actual Inconsistencies in tho Wilson bill as It U to become law. Why wool and eggs pa J farm produce of tho most Important char acter to our agrictdturists should b placed on the free list when the rr.w ma terials taken "out of the ground, and which the Democratic leaders of the country have been howling for during the past quarter o a century, should be protected by a duty is one of the things the Senator acknowl edged to be difficult of explanation. Why duty for revenue only is to be placed oa some of the necessities of life which are not yet produced in this country In half sufficient quantities to meet the domestla demand, and articles which are made lr superabundance in this country are placed1 on the free list is another nut which th Democrats Fay they must crack on tho ros trum next fall. , When the Democrats in the IIouse rut coal on the free list they explained tiu-if action to the owners and operators of do mestic coul fields that free conl would not Injure the coo.1 Interests In this count ry ; that it would only lower the prl.-es at tL seiboard. When the bill went to the Seri ate it was found that the Senators from Maryland, the Virginias and Alabama threatened to vote ng.Unst the bill if coal was not made dutiable. So they were told that their coal interests would be protected. The Democratic Senators acknowledged that If tho price of coal at the seulKKird was lowered by free competition from imiorta tlons the prices for coal in the interior pr tions of the country must of courte d cline. There appeared to le no one in Dem ocratic States to demand protection for wool, and so no thought was given about that important product of the farm, al though it was demonstrate! that the wool Interest of this country is more important than tho coal interests, and that while our 6heep are most largely grown by small farmers and persons in ordinary financial circumstances the ccal Interests ire nearly all owned and every one controlled by capitalists. The same was true of iron ore, and lead and other minerals. A Democratic member of the ways nnl moans committee frankly acknowledged that there Is real politics in placing wool on the free list; that it is intended to give Eastern manufacturers raw material at tho lowest possible prioes. lie Bays that, after all, the East?rn Suites, like New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and CVmnectieut, control the politics of the country. nd that these States manufacture nearly all of the wxxden goods produced in this country. These States are to be made or kept Demo cratic in politics by a Democratic v-ncour-agement of certain Industries and the de struction of certain other interests. Ha says the States producing wool are either s strongly Democratic as not to V; affected by this act or are so nearly irredeemably Re publican as to have no consideration at Democratic hands. THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT WORK. An Associated Press reporter says: Th Democratic subcommittee engaged in shap ing tho tariff bill continued its work from early morning until late to-night. While there is a great deal yet to be done, the subcommittee has progressed so far that Senator Voorhees said to-day to the re porter that he was hopeful that the LIU might be completed by the latter part of next week. In providing the necessary reve nues the committee is endeavoring to touch as few Interests as possible in making the changes. All the definite reports still hover alxmt the duty on sugar, coal and Iron ore and the tax on whisky and tho incomo Lax. If the income tax is left In the bill it will not be so necessary to put duties on these imports, and the members of the subcom mittee, including Senator Voorhees are without exception fv.vorat.le to the incon tax, but there is some dllTertnce of opinion as to the expediency of coupling It with the tariff bill. On? of the leading members of the committee, in reply to a question, said to-day that an Ineom tax would be voted by the present Contrress. lut added that it was not as yet decided whether tho tax would bo included in the tariff bill as rn.nrtt-,1 te the K.-na.te or in a Heixirate bill. The preiond-rance of opinion about tha Senate, however, seems favorable to thj retention of the tax on the tariff bill. The whisky tax is one of the important ques tions not yet derided, and efforts are mak ing to secure an extension of the bonded period, as well as an Increase of the tax. With respect to sugar. Senators est and Mills advocate a duty of about a cent. Senator Jones is against any duty what ever on sugar unless made necessary by the requirements of the condition of the treasury. This question, like the whisky tax. still remains an on ono about whleii there is much speculation. Senator Pettlgrew, of South Dakota, says he is going to test the Senate on one feat ure of the tarifT bill which he believes will carry, lie intends first to move tor a duty on wool, and if this is not carried lie will offer an amendment placing all woolt-rn and manufacturer of wool on the fn-e Jit. He thinks the latter proi-ltlon will carry Idealise It will probably receive the suj port of all the Northwestern men in the Republican party. well as nil of the Populists and iiany Democrats enough at least to carry the amendment throurh. The South Dakota Senator sdi he would like to secure protection for wool, barl.y. lUx aril some other agricultural product of his State, but he does iPt nntkij-Ke that the amendment he proiocs to offer will receive anv consiJeratl-n. The wooi men, who are -till alwut the capital in force, have not by ai:y means given up the lU:ht. notwithstanding the very little encouragement they have re ceived at the hands of the Senate commit tee on finance. They are organizing their forces against the free-wool schedule and have some h of N lng able to secure a change in the bill after it l. reported to the Senate, if not before. Th-y have found the l'opull.'t memlxrs of th. S-nte much more inclined to favor them than they were at first ltd to Klieve would le the case, and are of ti e opinion that if they can Ket some supTort from the lVn;xrats thry e.i: force nt least a slight change In their inter est. Many Democratic Senators say that It will be contrary to all recent declara tions or ti w.c?iWratt,j u iwiif