ribttue . ^d^^^^ V"M.IH.IV0-17,181. NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893.-TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CEIVTS. LASHED TO THE RIGGING. VBENCHED BY HEAVY SEAS. tx POCR-MASTED SCHOONER ASHORE NEAR BEI.L1-OUT, L. I. LI FES A TEES EG IVEHEESS TO AID TnECREW BU'' CAPTAIN'S WUK ANO CIIII.I) TAKF. KF.FURE WITH THE MF.N IN THK YXM__L1 BtOOXTSO -A MK MUTT STE A ME li SF.NT HOWS ? >i:viEH ( i'.i.ws AT WOKE. Tho *? nooner Louis H. nundall is ashore on Fmlt!i's f nt. six miles east of Heliport, Lt, I., ami her (-ptain and crew, with the captain'* wife and eight -a;-od son. are lashed to thc rigging. The vessel ls i.i .idly going to pieces, and the heavy sin-, which ire rollins upon the beach, are break? ing over th. submerged hull of the schooner. The crews of m sa life-saving stations are working to rsaSM th. - Imperilled on the wreck, tait after lift., n nour* of hard work have accomplished noth The schooner 1* a four-master. She went ashore Ihortly before 5 o'clock yesterday mornlnsr. and luring daylight those in the rigging wera In plain flew from th- heach. The seas breaking upon the ihoal throw foam nnd spray ulmost to the top? mast of the schooner, and the men. woman and child are continually drenched The wind last night was cold and cutting, and the sufferings of those on bosrd must have hen Intense. The schooner was seen shortly before 5 o'clock by one of th. beach patrol. She was then hard and fast on the i .'ar bar, and the crew were all In the rigging. How l?M she had been on the beach will not he learn.-', until communication ls had with the wreck. trvint, to uuca Tin: wrucj. As soon as the patrolman sighted the wreck he summoned his crew, with the beach carriage and life lines, although he could not tell whether any one wai* aboard or not. The Smith's Point life r-iving cr. w went at once to the point on the beach nearest the wreck. The wind was blowing a gale from the southward. As soon as it was defin? itely known there were human beings on board the schooner, preparations were made to throw the line. The first shot fell short, and by hard work the line was again reeled up. The mortar was again used with no better suec ss. All through the morn? ing the life-savers continued to throw the pro? jectile at thc vessel. Several times it fell within a few yards of the wreck, but the strongest charge would not carry the line into the rigging. MOS! WELT simmoxed. Experienced surfmen did not attempt to launch the boat as lt would have no chance of reaching the wreck. Word was sent up and down the beach and by 2 o'clock in the afternoon there were seven life-saving crews at work, and during the afternoon the wreck was bombarded with lines. One pro-. Jectlle of those fired reached the schooner, but Struck a wire stay and the line was cut off about fifty feet from the projectile. STILL IN THF. HGGUK- WHEN* PAKKNFSS COIF. Karly In the day word was telegraphed to the Merritt Wrecking Organization of New*York that one of their wreckers might be able to take oft" those in the rigging, and word was received that the I. J. Merritt was on her way eastward, but at 6:30 o'clock she had not arrived. At that hour, when darkness hld the wreck from sight, those In the rigging were all lashed fast, and the chances were that they would have to remain there all night. Nothing further could be don- from the shore until daylight, unless the wind should die out and the sea fall sufficiently to allow the launching of surf boats. The -Randall is owned by Gardner P. Reynolds. of Newport. R. I. She left Philadelphia on No vfmber for Boston. She was carrying a cargo Of coal. She registered 1,502 gross tonn. She I* a eomparatlvely new boat, having been built In Bos? ton about a year ago. She measures HW feet over all, is ll feet beam, and 21 feet from deck to keel? son. The beach on which the schooner ls stranded ls about four miles from Heliport, across Heliport Bay. It ls aboul thirty-seven miles long and ls separated from the mainland by Great Routh. Heliport, Moriches and -"hlnneooek bays. At one point only doe** lt connect with the mainland. That ls near yuogue, about eighteen miles from the wreck. At a late hour last night the observer at Fire Island reported the schooner Louis ,11. Randall breaking up rapidly. Th<- Merritt Wrecking Company's tug was alongside thc wrecked vessel at 9 o'clock, and, lt is hoped, succeeded in rescu? ing the captain, his wife and the crew. LIVES IN DANGO. <I*>T>. A 1VC, FOr.rF.n ny THF. QA1M TO CIT LOOSE TWOW PART OF HEX TOW. Stamford, Conn.. Nov. 28.?Captain ... D. Pot? ter, of the tug Mary A. Beveridge, bound for St. Johnland. L. I., with a tow of three coal barges, put into this port early this morning, and re? ports that at about 3:30 a. m. he was oblig-d for safet; to cut loose from two of them, be? cause of the gale and heavy sea. Nothing has been heard from the barges, on which were several people. RE PUBLIC A XS WIN IX j PRO VIDEXCE. THE BEBB REDEEMED FiiOM DEMOCRATIC BOOLE -CONSTITITIOXW, AMENDMENT C -KIUED. Providence, Nov. 28 'Special).?The Repub? licans have won a splendid victory In this city, electing Colonel Frank F. Cliney Mayor by a el-.ar majority of 300 over Edwin I). Mcguinness, Demo? crat, and Alanson I). Frost. Prohibitionist. As the Democrats have carried tho city at every elec? tion for three years, the victory ls particularly notable and gratifying. Returns are slow about coming In. but it ls probable that the entire re? publican city ticket is elected, except Oily Treas? urer. Both branches of the city Council are strongly Republican. The amendment to the Con? stitution, substituting a plurality system for the majority system which has been In force here from the beginning of the Oovernment, has evi? dently been carried, the sentiment of all parties being In favor of its passage. The vote In this city wss heavy, much feeling having been engendered on religious questions. OoKK.shalt. Republican, was elected Senator from Bristol to nil a vacancy. This ls important, as the Legislature is about a tie. -YO Cit AME IB COAL PRICES. Philadelphia, Nov. 28.-The Eas'ern and Western sales agentr* of the anthracite coal roads met here to-day. These meetings have hitherto been held In New-York. After adjournment. General Sales Agent Richards saldr "Practically all that was done was to consider the coal situation generally. There will be no chan-*- In the price this month. The pro ductlon will be limited by stopping work a couple of day* In the week." "Was any time ,I. voted (a the discussion of the bearing of the Lehigh Valley's strike on the coal output?" "None at all. The collieries are In satisfactory condition." CHARGES ARBORS A SARTRE IR CRAMCBRT. Denver. Nov. 2S.-A petition was filed In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, asking for the removal of S. C. Mined..!.. Master In Chan? cery, charge* of bribery and corruption being made. The petition asserts that in the accounting which was held to determine the amount of money coming to the Woods heirs from the Aspen Mining Company, Mi. Hinsdale und the two export ac? countants hired by him w?-re guilty of receiving bribes at the hands of scents of the Aspen Com? pany; that Hinsdale allowed false books to be used BB evidence, and that the true accounts were never ttaed la evidence. UTE IRBtBASCR ABBBCtARIOR dissolve,). Chicago. N,ov. 28.?I'pon the application of Attor? ney-Oeneral Moloney to-day Judge Horton entered ? decree dissolving the Total Abstinence Life A*_o ciation of America, against which an. Information Iud been tiled some time ago. The matter was also referred to Master-ln-Chanccry Mahoney to isae proofs of the mortuary claims outstanding Bv the action of the court the policies which may fall jue hereafter will be worthless, aa the association ____.r_ow,n2 *ef**1 existence. Its assets consiat prin? cipally of bonds of thc Sa*. Tennessee Land <_o__ FOR A NEW CITY TAJli:. LAND BBCUSED AT THE SOUTH E>D OF M Y('.?Ii;S DAM BI-IDGK. CONDEMNATION T HOC KEPI NOS FINALLY COM? PLETED-AN ATTIiVCTIVE FEATURE OF THE VITE Ii PART OT THE (ITV- IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION*. One of the most important transactions In real estate that has taken place in the northern part of Manhattan Island for many days his been the confirmation of the award by the Supreme Court of Ut* twenty-five lots of ground near Macomh's I'am Bridge, with a view of turning it into a park. The prop? erty has beer, in course of condemnation for some time and tho confirmation of the award by the Supreme Court is tho last step in adding one of the most attractive features to the city north of One-hundred-and-tenth-st. The property, which consists of about twenty five city lots, has been sold for $1*-.0.000, or 17,200 a lot. which makes it one of the most expensive pieces of property in this part of the island. The money will be paid over in the course of the week. The lots were the property of Aaron Raymond and others and it is bounded on the south by One-hundred-and-flfty-third-st.. on the east by Seventh-ave., on the west by Mac-mb's Dun Road, and thus forms a triangle, ihe bas- of which rests on One-hundred-anl-fl'ty-thlrd-st. and runs north two blocks to One-hundred-und flfty-fifth-st. Mr. Raymond, who ls the head of the well-known clothing, firm of A. Raymond & Co., doing business at Nassau and Fulton st*-., for thirty years and more, bought ihe property some thirty years ago at auction frr-m the Devlin estate. Mr. Raymond owns the tr .ingle Conned by Macomh's Dam Road, the ll arl* tn River and One-hundred-and-Ilfty-flrst-st. Th. I:-x of the triangle, which he has just sold fo MMM, will be transformed into a public park OT nubile ap? proach to the Seventh Avenue B id *e and the great viaduct leading to Washing on Heights. PRESENT CONDITION OF THE (.ROUND. At present the triangle that ls ' J be formed into a park is covered with plDs of natural rock, which will be razed to the ground and converted into a beautiful park For many years a two-stor>' house, known as I ie Romantic Hotel, has ston.l on thin property, and will be removed to make room for the contrmplntcd Im? provements. This hotel has been wll known to New-York.rs for fifty yeara back. It has bee i a favorite stopping place for pe*' pie driving through Central Park and pl mg Seventh-are. lt was first conducted by "Billy'* Florence, who sold out his interest t<> John D. Harry, some twenty-eight years ago, and Hairy har* conducted it ever since. The old sheds al the back <*" the house are a well-known feature Of the scenery in this part of the town. The act Under which this property hat" been condemned was passed by the Legislating aboul eighteen months ago. There has been m. li delay, however, In the matter of agreeing up'.n the price at which th- land was to be sold. Th-* erection Of the viaduct connecting thi* point with Washington Heights has greatly in- re;.*--1 thc value of property iu ibis vicinity. The indications now are that this will be ono of the desirable residence parts of the city. When the viaduct was built and thc new Iff* enth Avenue Bridge was projected adequate consideration was not given to the matter of approaches, and the present purchase ll tfl remedy this defect. The ma-Til of rook OH 'Ms triangle rise over thirty feel above the level af Reventh-ave. and effectually slop the vie-w of the approach to the bridge from Seventh-eve. and a view of Seventh-ave. from thv bridles. Furthermore One-hundr-d-and-flfly-lhlrd-s;. ls only sixty feet wide, while the roadway ls <>nl> twenty feet wide, and vehicles crossing th-r bridge, to or from Beventh-ave., would, if lt ls left In Its present condition, And 'he br.) d, open roadway, which ls eighty feel wide In (Tenth ave. and sixty feet wide In the Macon ?'? Dam Road, choked at this point down to a .vllth .>f only thirty feet, and hemmed In between walls of Jagged rock. The turn from Seventh-a-e. and Ono-hundrcd-and-flfty-third-st. ls at a right angle and from Onc-hundri-d-and-flfty-third-st. into Macomh's Dam Road ls at an acute angle. if left in this condition th.- approaches w-.ui.i not only be unsightly and out - the must dr ngernus point on the public drives in or around ihe city. ll could not fall tO be productive of wi- ks and accidents of a serious character to horses and drivers alike. LIKF.EV TO STIMFLATE HOI'SK HEH.DINO. A well-known real estate man said to a Trib? une reporter: "The construction of the new bridge and the establishment of i park at its south entrance will give a pleasant communi? cation with the business part of the city and Washington Heights, and wll! undoubtedly cause a large area of attractive residences to be built there The -J. M. Horton Mock, be? tween One-hundred-and-flfty-thlrd-et and Ono hundred-and-llfty-f.iurth-st. and Elghlh-*ve. and the -Jacomb*! Dam Road, comprising thirty eight lots, win front directly ..ti the plasa ap? proach to the bridge on the on- side and on the elevated railroad station on the other, making lt one of the most desirable blocks thereabouts for business. This property embraces over taro acres of ground, and has a stre-i frontage of nearly MM feet The Raymond property will face directly the plaza and the bridge appian, li on the south, lt is undoubtedly true, as many Will declare, that until rapid transit facilities between this region and the bush.-ss purl of the city have been greatly Improved, the !>Ik dis? trict north <>f One-bun.Ir-.l-nnd-foitv-firtli-Ht. and west <>f the New-York Central Road will not receive its rightful share of the benefits from the constant Increase In the population (if the city. People Will hot sett I- In I li- Inti. OOSSlbU paris of th? city, bul while this ls Inu? it is also true that a rapid transit system is In process of evolution under conditions favorable to its completion within the next two years." HITS OF SEWS uv TELEGRAPH. Madison, Wis.. Nov. ML?Governor Peck sent the following telegram thi*. morning t<> w J. thurn way, chairman of the Relief Committee at Hurley: "It is rumored here that starving miners st Iron? wood. Mich., are eating dogs. Hsve Dr. McLeod Investigate, and If reports sre found true, lend them Ul barrels of Hour and som- meat until relief ar? rives from Michigan for them." Newark, ohio, Nov. J's.Mrs Qeorge Bucking? ham, of llanover, left her thr.- Utile children al 'li? lli a closed room on Sunday While she made B cali upon neighbors. Returning, she found Bertha ev.i-A five, burned to death and the other two lying semi? conscious on the floor, ha vin.; been overcome bv th smoke. The children had played with the grate lire. Denver. Col.. Nov. 28.-C. P. Brawn, I, MaeOflfb and James II. Mullln. officers of the Denver Investment and Bond Company, yesterday entered pleas ol guilty of violating the laws relative to lotteries, and were fined $100 and costs each. Fall River, Mass.. Nov. ML?'Richard Wanton, Jere? miah Sullivan, Thomas K. Walker snd Jeremiah Holland, all residents of Ward Five, are under ar rest for alleged false registration and voting at th. State election. Bidder.rd. Mc. Nov. 28.?The call to the presi? dency of M'-ndota College, at ltendota, III. hus been accepted by the Rev. A. W. Sibley, who was recently pustor of the Advent Church at Biddeford. Jerseyville. 111., Nov. 28.-David R Ames .lied here yesterday, ag-d 102 years. His bodv will be taken to Holland Patent, Oneida County N Y., where he was born. Hla father also lived to lie 102 years old. Duluth. Minn. Nov 28-The city Council last night voted lo Issue $800.?00 of water bonds The proceeds will be used tn parallel the system'of Ihe present ku* and water company. It l* th. Int_-t-*tlot? to expend -MlCM of the money this winter and lt is expected that work can be furnished 'in this way to al! married men In the city who are In need of employment. Providence, Nov. 28?The trial of the Hav J f tho Reichetag. Colonel El.iinyer, the aid of Chancellor von Caprivl, who dis...\ered tho character Of the pati-l sent to the Chancellor 'rom Orleans, has had several intervleara arith the polios authori? ties in reference lo tho matter. ll. rr Foe re ter, a rlflemaker and an export In explosives, whom tho police employed to examine the Infernal ina. hine which the pared contained, is of tho opinion thal the rubber bands, whick wen* s.. arranged ai t.> force the hammer down upon ti;.* cap, were not of sufficient strength to have Caused tb- cap to ? KplodS hal th- bog I" ? li open d. ' rn ANOTHER DUBLIN OVTBAGE. DESTRUCTION "F THE BBOADffTOSE KAIL WAY TERMINUS ATTEMPTED. A CANis-rr.r. LOADED with vxv ? -ivis iOV_fi> undf.h a pxiDoa I'.iin -'in: ncn*tf oi' i>yn MHTi:;r>. Dublin. Nov. _-. Th-* ex.fftemsnt In Ihe city mn* Add*-'- to to dav by UM dis.? blow up I tho structure. It was taken lo the gu?n-M. police station, arbors experts examined it. There ii; evidence to-day at Lower Csstle Vail, tl.'.- Dobtln Metropolitan Police Head? quarter* of much suppressed excitement in the hotels and Other pilbil'- pla., s th- |..p|e of most Interest ls the reports b.ar'ng upon try? work of tb.* alleged dynamiter* Not sines tho explosion ai Dublin Castle eleven months ago have dynamite and dynamiters engrossed so large a share of pul.Ile and police attention. Th.* murder last night n-.w a quay on the Riv.r Liffey of Patrick Reid, win. is gnppoaod to hav.- i.ii connected arith the dynamite con* ?piracy, haa added much to th.- mystery of the case, bul the police h..jK* to be able lo clear np ths wh.ie affair, This morning th.-y ar? rested John M-.ii ns, an unemployed grocer** assistant, on suspicion that he shot and killed r. id. Hearns was teen In Reid's eompany before tb... tragedy. A man was arrested l.-t**i night Immediately after the -hooting*, and tbe police believe thal oi.f the two was the actual murderer and the other his accomplice, lt ls sim thought thal the three men arero concerned in the dynamite plot nnd fearing thal R ld would turn Informer the ..ther taro pul bim out of ih.- way. Tb.- police hav.- ascertained that Mearns lefl Dublin the day after the ex? plosion occurred near the detei live ellice In Ex? change Court and that bs returned only re? cently from America. A coroner's Inquest wa* 'l.-ld to-day on th" body Of Held. A brother of the dad man teatl II.?r th- Knikhti- of Laboi at i o'clock this morning. He Immediately sent the following tele? gram: .,,,._? ,_ l>e* Moines, Nov. 1:S. To John W. Mayes, (..n.-ral Secretary and Treas? urer. Knights of Ijibor. l-hlli-delphl'i Bxpf-ees to members of th,. a*neral Assembly my most sincere thanks ror the high honor con? ferred ui-on me by their Hcii?n. ? f?|*y realise the ?r. at Importance; aad responsibility of the position, and m> limited ahI*,, t() * |v ,?H. ehante the duties Uicumbeni ?,?,., ,,,',. AuT,... but with unltv and fraternity, nure..-,, iM assured To this -nd I promise my best tBortt lu th- upbuild? ing ?f our ?r'ler ..nd the e?u-,r of humanity. Let personal dlfr-ren, ,.-,. |f .4ny bo f ,Vt>n nn,; fl)r. gotten, and let hone*ty to our order and Oddity to its cause be the v.utchword of the future. ??? R. SOVEREIGN. RUBBER MORE VALUABLE. TKE TRQTBLE IS BRAZIL CAUSES PRICES TO RISE HERE. ONE OF Mr.r.t/i'S SHIPS OFF THF. MOt'TH OF THF. AMA-ON-TIIF BMSUttt AllMIUAI, HAS TLF.NTY OF BOBTtA F.S-THF. NIC TIIKIIOV AT ST. THOMAS. .The effects of the rebellion of Admiral Mello aro beginning to be seriously felt In this city. The coffee market ls dull and the price of rubber has beeb going up for the last two days. Nearly all the rubber which comes to New York ls brought from Para, and when the price bogan to go up it occasioned some as? tonishment, as Para is tho most northern part Of Rrazll. nnd ls far removed from the scene Of hostilities. The cause of the Increase in price leaked out yesterday, however, when it was learned from private advices that a ship of Admiral Mello, probably tho Republl. i, was cruising off the mouth of the Amazon, awaiting tho arrival In Rra/llian waters of the cruisers Nictheroy and America. A dispatch from Rrazil was published a day or two a^-o stating that the State of Para had se--.led finm the Brastllaa Republic, and that ga embargo had been placed on vessels In that p.dt. Cipher dispatches from Para wore re? ceived in this city yesterday which denied this, and said that Hhlps wore leaving the port as usual. Tho presence of a rebel man-of-war off the. mouth of the Amazon ls, however, a naroo of much discomfort to tho merchants Of thS city, and vessels ar<> unwilling to go to Para for OOTgoe* Th- Republica. or whatever ship Hello has sent up to look out for the fleet from new-T< rk. looked In at Pernambuco on h'T way up tho coast and OOcastOOSd the goan there Which has already ben reported, and also gave rise to the rumor that the city had b> -n proclaimed In a state of siege. ADMIRAL I'LAKTi; AT 1'I.I1NAMBU<;0. Admiral I marte, who will assume command of the ne J--^ misers upon their arrival In Ilrazil? ian wateis. has arrived nt Pernambuco, whore the fleet will lirst touch. The Admiral's Instruc? tions arc to avoid a light with the rebel fleet if boast bte. The American officers rm the Nictheroy and the America have, however, made up their minds what they will do, and have consulted together on the subject. If one of tho rebel ships fires a shot at the cruisers they .'ire <1? isnulaed t.? try their guns, one <>f the ofllcers said just, before sailing: "Wo will send Duarto to I.ls /-Jilin and t>ll him to stay there until the tight is over.*1 Tli- Nictheroy has arrived safely at St. Th.tnas, and |g replenishing her coal there. The America arlll not st..p al st. Thomas, but will ?-.. ta Barbadoe* There she win coal, ami the tiro ships will proceed down the Ilrazilian . tai together. Mi.l.I.-.'** ii'.iiMis BAT ur. is AMi r.ir.itT. Tho statement th .t Hello is cooped up In tho harbor nt Rio ls denied by his friends in this city. A fi!' i'd of Hello's cause said yesterday: "The a imh ii |g in daily communication with Bania Catarina, where th- MW QoVOrnmenl bas boen established. Fort santa Cnt* al the mouth of tbe bay. ls not entirely unfri. lolly to Hello, and he ri go In and OUt of the harbor at will. Torpedo boats aad steam launched g.. in and OUt Ot tho harbor .very day, and a fl. et of market boats . ime In every morning to bring supplies to the Beet. How do >oti suppose the Admiral could have held OUt all this time If h?* could not get supplies nnd h/vd no ...r.imunl. adi.ni with tha shore ' The entire State ..f Santa Catarina bas .1- lared for Hello's caUO* and he ls abundantly supplied with everything he wants. Some tramp steamers are making money by bringing up cat? tle to him from the River Platte." The Destroyer wm not sail f..r Bras!) un Ul Sat? urday, although sh- will be i- tdy for sea on Frl ? i.iv ii, .ri,lng Chalice lt. Flint was aol in town yesterday, and no contract ha* yet been closed for a tug to tow the Destroyer to Braal!. th:: m.\*ki:i.vm: BBP8ATI OLD ST01UM The I,.amp..: i -Holt sl-anisblp Mask-dyne ar? rived bore yesterday from Brazilian port* but brought -i" information that ls not already old. The Mask- lyn.* was In the harbor of Rio when two mngnalnea >>n shore were blown np and two Rngllsh naval ofllcera were killed. They had gone ash.>r. for gund, and bad taken their guns arid Bogs along, to do B little shooting. Th.y were near one ..f the magazines when it ex? ploded, and w.ie gilled. They were burled at Rb. with liii|**.Hlng ceremonies, all tho ships ..f the vari.ni. nations represented in the harbor ?ending Ofllcera t" attend th.- funeral, and all Ihe ships, even those ..r the rebel Admiral, half masting their Hairs. Moth Hello's people and tb- i e.v.'i um. nt people disclaimed any knowl? edge of how lt ..line about that the two maga? zines were Moa n up. Admiral Stanton's luggage came up on tho Haskelyne. The Admiral himself had Intended to ...m- to New-Torh on th- ship, but changed his plans, ami t .ok passage by way <.f Eng? land. James Letford- a Breman <>n the United States flagship Charleston, wis a passenger on lb- Mask. I> n-. and told over again th- Story of Admiral Blanton's salute io the nag ..f Admiral Mell... IL* also said that Hello and Admiral Stanton bad exchanged calls. 'Mir. HYSTEBIOUS ? BOYNTON.1" Mi I.b.HT UT BRED OM Till: IDENTITY Ol'TUM I'l'IsnM.K OM TUB UlAoUNToV. Newburypi rt, Has*., Nov. St. B. Moody Royn ton, who was Bl Weal Newbury on n flying trip yesterday, ? .-*> ask-.I In regard t<> the "Itoynton" Ineldenl Iii Rio Harbor, and he said: ?ri:- letter of Dr. Charles ES. itoynton which han been published deepens tic* mystery regarding tbe var captain taken prisoner by the uriiish flo-t In the bailor of l'.ra_ll. This man, aceordlni to th"' "dil. lal dispatches to the Secretary of th. Navy, appears to have been committing an net ol war. using the Rngllsh royal standard to caver bis torpedo-boat, which, loaded britt dynamite. ?ought the destruction of Hello's fleet To save his Hf.- end to regals his liberty be appealed as an American dtlsen- and stated thal be was ny rela? tive, i ir. Charles R. Boynton. He was surrendered to the Ani-llcan Navy, and the appeal that ch me io ni- through th- newspapers eras argent, <>n sc* count of what i supposed was in- great dangar <>t n near relative. A few months previous I had heard of the baths of a son nini daughter of my cousin In OregO* and I was led to bell, ve from letters re relred that to cover his grief he had fled to Hra -11. tendered his s.-rvlc-s in th. yellow fever hos pltals iii Ki" and lo prevent the .shelling of the City offered his Hie In this mad attempt, really mu.Ie by u mun impersonating my cousin. I felt ll my duty to ask lb- Sa re la ry of State and thc Seen tary of th- Navy to suv- lils bf- and restore him io Uti.riy. I desire at this tim- to express hiv I-pest obligations b. these ofllciaia This daring impersonator musl have been well scquslnted with Mr. Boynton, and, through him, with me, In order to have made so bold and successful an appeal for liberty In our name* 1 hoi"' soon to learn nure fully the particular! of what ls lo nie more istonlshlng than to the public. "I have no doubt of th., genuineness of the ro ?ent'iy published letter from my cusin, as I hav n.-iv-i a personal letter from him. Ulled with indignation over the false use ..f Ills name, and thanking me and others for efforts In his supposed behalf.* IfENDO-R A DOUBTS THE BEPOKT. PARA- HF. TIIIM-S, ll \N \ T .MINIM ia Tin: Itl'.i'l.l.l.liiN .l!:\/|| I KN M'.'A'S IN " TTI1 TIMI.-'* Washington, Nov. '>. The r. port In "Thc I.on lOB Timi-," this weeping, to the effect that the Stat- nf i'.ir.i had Joined the revolutionary forces In Ilrazll ls not credited at the llr.-zlllan LogatlQB In this city. Bsaor M.nd.mea, the ItrazllUn Min? ister, said to-day that ni dispatch which he had iv salved from his government msde mention of the Iefectloa of Para, and, if such bsd bees th.- case, he iv.mal certainly have b, en Inf uni. I. Senor Mendonea was asked whether or not ther- was anything In the IHllUh-l condition of aff.'lrs in Paru thal would lend him to believe such a movement In that State probable. He wild, "tin the contrary, the repubilcnn sentiment In Pd"-. aM BUllfeatSd hy the terms of the congratulatory dispatches from the Governor to President Pelxoto at his Inaugura? tion, ls stronger than that of any other 8late In Ilrazll. On that occasion the Governor, Dr. Lauro Sodre, telegraphed to Pelxoto: 'If you fall, I fall with you. I consider you the true representative of republican Interests In Brazil.' " "Dr. I .au io Sodre," continued the Minister, "was the private secretary of one of the members of the first Cabinet of the Republic, and for many years prior thereto had been engaged in the propaga? tion of republican doctrines throughout the coun? try, so that I cannot believe that a movement In favor of the restoration of the monarchy has taken place In that State." "Tho Times," Senor Mendonca said, prior to the establishment of the republic in 1800 had excellent sources of Information In Brazil, and was repre? sented by competent correspondents, but under the present condition of things, with the Government controlling the cables and the telegraph lines as a portion of the postage system, he was Inclined to doubt tho accuracy of the leport which lt published this morning. At present no political information whatever could get out of Brazil by cable, and he was Inclined, therefore, to attribute the source of the report to the correspondent of "The Times" either In Lisbon, whore the monarchical party ls strong, or in Paris, wher? a considerable colony of Brazilian refugees ls located. Minister Mendonca referred to the other state mont published this morning to the effect that Admiral Mello had for his object the restoration of tho monarchy In Brazil. "I don't believe that ls Mello's Intention," said Senor Mendonca. "He ls too smart a man to en? gage In a movement having that object for Its end. He ls working for himself In this matter, and doubtless hoped to profit by the movement which he beljan this fall. On the 27th of Novem? ber, 1831, Admiral Mello started on a similar move? ment, which resulted In the downfall of Fonseea, the (irst President of Brazil, hut In Pelxoto he has found a man of different type. President Pelxoto has kept himself entirely within the constitution and the laws of the Republic, and is supported by the Congress of the Nation: so that Admiral Mello can allege nothing against his official action, which the people centrally will receive with any credence." Senor Mendonca has returned to Washington from New-Vork greatly fatigued from hts labors there In connection with the Utting out of the fleet which has sailed for Brazil to engage Mello's forces. The dynamite vessel Pr strover, he said, would be ready to nail by the last of the week. A BIG LION CHOKES TO DEATH. FATAL END OP " .lArK'S" DINNER IN CEN? TRAL PARK. HIS DF.SPF.IUTF. EfTOMV TO SAVE TUMfiEIiF 6F.F.N* BV A I.A in; K CROWD OP BM AtMITBBBg The Central Park Menagerie suffered a great loss yesterday, and there ls probably not one visitor In a thousand, especially among the chil? dren, who will not fool as if he had lost an old friend, when he hears of tho violent death of tho famous African lion Jack yesterday after? noon. "Poor Jack!" That was the expression heard upon all sides as tho crowds came stream? ing out of the Arsenal and Menagerie buildings after the occurrence. The death was an ex? traordinary one, and as lt took place In the presence of one of tho biggest crowds of visi? tors this season, the excitement was intense. It ls hardly necessary to tell any one where the great lion's cage was In the building Just w.st of tho old Arsenal Building, as nearly everybody has known the celebrated Jack ever simo ho carno to tho Park. That was about ?even foam ago, and ho was a robust specimen of his kind then, and only five years old. Probably tie was the greatest favorite in all tho animal colony in tho park, and r.ot a day passed by after his coming when he had been able to take his dinner without seeing; hundreds of young and old friends gazing at him through tho Iron bars. Ho had, however, become so used to all this that he paid little attention to what was going on while he was feasting, although of late he had heard the word "Jack" so often dinned in his oars that, some of the keepers be? lieve, hi: had become convinced that Jack was his wino, and consequently often turned hla head about to sec a friend who pronounced the name loudly. The animals' dinner was going on yesterday afternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock as usual, and, of course, there was a big crowd of spec? tators. The w.-athcr was so pleasant that there were more people In attendance than there hnd boon for a long time, and the centre of at tra. tion was tho popular pet Hon Jack. He was always a fine-looking king of his kind, but he never looked grander than ho was yesterday, and his keepers said that he had never been In better health. Jack, when ho got his first chunk of meat, was evidently hungry, for ho seized it with avidity, and at unco started to make a quiet meal ..f it, knowing from custom that what is al!.! tho "extra" chunk would follow the small one, and that lt was an attract? ively big piece compared with the other. Tho moment he got his small piece he lay doam upon the tloor with the meat between his paws and munched e.way ut lt greedily. Oc? casionally, he growl "1 a bit and stopped gnaw? ing at the meat to get a view of his friends outside of tho bars, and then he would resume operations. Tho Hon had done quick work with the meat. and be had just risen to his foot and made a si ride toward the bars, apparently expecting tho extra big piece to be niven him as usual, when li- suddenly mad" a Jump, shook his hoad Vio? lently, and then applied his forepaws to his mouth, as if trying to gat rid .d' something be? tween his jaws or In his throat. Ho whirled around once or twice as he pawed at tho jaws and then, apparently growing weak, ho stag? gered as If h.* had hard work to koop on his fe 't. The great animal was evidently in an agony of pain, and, as bis .*yos fairly bulged out ..f his head and he tottered toward the front of th- cage with an almost beseeching look In them, the crowd became aware that Jack was choking to de uh. Th.- keepers saw lt, ton. and there then ensued ri s. -ne .d' tremendous excitement. Homo women and children began to .ty, and, fearing con? fusion, tho cautious keepers quietly, but quickly, had the crowd move out of tho room. The doors Were then locked. But. Jack's fate had been settled. Tho keefK'rs COUld give tho groat Hon no help, and before one half the crowd had been hustled out he had rolled over on his side and, writhing In pain, breathed his last. Policeman McCormick ind tho keepers wore utterly dumfounded. Tho whole thing had happened s.. suddenly and so quickly that even ha.l they had tho best appliances known to saw an animal from suffocation tiny would have boen of no avail. When Jack's body was taken from tho cage and carri..! to a "West House," north of tho aviary, it hal to be forced through a big crowd which lind come down from Chico's quarters, as well as the hundreds who had beard the nows near by. Everybody felt sor? rowful and ninny a friendly word was dropped by the children about tho old friend they ad? mired so much. Jack was tho only Hon in the Park, hut there aro two lionesses. Strange to say, when tho lion's body was dissected, about an hour after lils death, the meat that was supposed to have stuck in his throat and choked him was not found In the throat; lt lind passed to the stomach. The throat wns found to bo black and .swollen In? side, and tho man that did the surgery work said that tho strain made by the animal to force the moat down had caused the swellln-j Which suffocated him to death. TEAIB'WBBCBBBS CAUSE A fatal accidest. New-Orleans, Nov. 28.?A cross-tie placed across the track of the Mississippi Valley Ballroad two miles below Butcher caused the wreck of a gravel train. Fireman ro?arty, of Vicksburg, was killed Instantly, and Engineer t'asey was fatally Injured A negro brakeman and two other members of the train crew wer. Injured. The Sheriff ls hunting for the miscreant who placed the tie on the truck. l HARVARD ISSTRCCTOR ATTEMPTS SCll'inE. Boston, SAv. 28.?Harmon *W. Haley, a popular fOUag Instructor In dentistry at Harvard, attempted niictde this morning by cutting his throat nn.i s In a critical condition. He lias b**en in d?. nealth for some time, and this ls probably the rJ.n_? )f the act. ills home ls In Blddef.rd. Me DE. GRAVES'S WILL PRORATED Providence. R. I.. Nov. 28-The will of Dr T ?"hatcher Graves made hy him ^Veel Campton; L&^-^rflt&r SK&&-SS". il, property to his wld.w. Emmi jj 1,! of She was appointed administratrix of the opt***Ves' BREAKERS AHEAD ALREADY. NEW TARIFF BILL TROUBLES. LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS WANT TO KNOW WHY RICE IS TAXED AND SUGAR NOT. MAXY OTHERS ASK EQUALLY EMBARRASSINf QUESTIONS-A TARIFF THAT WILL KO* RAISE REVENUE-THE METAL SCHEDULES ANALYZED. mr T-U-BATH TO THR TRIBCXS.l Washington, Nov. 28.~-Whether or not lt ha true, as reported, that Bourke Cockran, ia some comments upon the Tariff bill made pub? lic yesterday, said that "a spirit of communism seems to run through the entire bill," there is no doubt whatever that some of the proposi? tions of that extraordinary production are such as he does not and cannot approve. What la true of Mr. Cockran ls also true of Mr. Whiting, Mr. Stevens and perhaps one other member of the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Stevens was a member of the sub-committee that framed the tariff schedules, and he may, therefore, feel bound to support and defend every provision therein contained, but Messrs. Cockran and Whiting are not in the same position, and it la believed that the latter, at least, will kick over the party traces in the House and work and vote against a number of the recommendations of tho majority of the committee. Among Democratic members of the House of Representatives there is a strong undercurrent of opposition to various provisions which, if it could be united and consolidated, might amount to something. There are, probably, at least fifty Democratic Representatives each one of whom is strongly opposed to one or more feat* u'res of the measure, and a considerable propor? tion of that number are opposed to substantially the same provisions?free coal, iron ore and lumber. The Louisiana Democrats are at war with the sugar schedule, and declare that they will never submit to lt. In conversation to? day one of them said: "Why did they not think to provide that the duty on rice should be reduced at the rate of 12V4 per cent a year while they were cutting down the protection on sugar at that rate? Can it be because a good deal of rice ls pro? duced in Georgia, as well as in Louisiana, while no cane sugar is produced in the former State, which has a representative in the Waye and Means Committee? The duty on rice, upon the production of which infinitely less labor and skill are expended than In the pro? duction of sugar, is reduced only 25 per cent, being Axed at 1**_ cents a pound, which ls equivalent to an ad valorem duty of more than 70 per cent. N'o, slr, tho bill will never pasa the Senate in Its present obnoxious form, what? ever the House may do with it." SPECIFIC AND AD VALOREM Dl'TIES. "How will you defend the general substitu? tion of ad valorem for specific rates of duty in the face of Secretary Manning's report to Congress In 1886?" asked a Tribune correspond? ent of a Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee to-day. "Oh, don't you think the country has already had too much of the Manning report and is nauseated with lt?" was the Irrelevant reply. The report of Secretary Manning in favor of specific and against ad valorem rates of duty was supported by a **aat array af testimony from customs officials, Consuls and importers, as well as from manufacturers. Irrespective of party. Out of 162 replies to Secretary Man? ning's inquiry on this subject, no less than 128, or about 80 per cent, were in favor of spe? cific as op-iosed to ad valorem rates, and the reasons submitted in support of them were so cogent and convincing that President Cleve? land's first Secretary of the Treasury in his report to the House of Representatives wrote: "One advantage, and perhaps the chief advan? tage, of a specific over an ad valorem system ia in the fact that, under thc* former, duties aro levied by a positive test which can be applied by our officers while the merchandise ls in the pos? session of the Oovernment and according to a standard which is altogether National and do? mestic. That would be partially true of an ad valorem system levied upon 'home value," but there arc constitutional Impediments In the way of such a system which appear to be in? superable. But under an ad valorem system tho facts to which the ad valorem rate ls to be ap? plied must be gathered in places many thousand miles away, and under circumstances most un? favorable to the administration of Justice. Ono hears it often said that If our ad valorem rates did not exceed 25 or 30 per cent, undervaluation and temptation to undervaluation would disap? pear, but the records of this department for tho years 1M7, UM and 1857 do not uphold that con? clusion. Of course I am very far from advocat liiK the universal application of specific rates, but I do believe lt to be possible for the more ex? perienced and conscientious of our appraising or examining officer-. In different parts of the coun? try and for the experts in this department to prepare a plan for the prudent enlargement of specific ratings which will greatly promote the welfare of the Government and of the country, and as a matter of administration, not work In? justice to any class in the community." SECKKTAitY MANNING'S REASONS. The number of different rates of duty at that time under the Tariff Act of 1883 was 1.379, of which 703 were ad valorem, 590 specific and eighty-six compound rates. These proportions were reversed in the Tariff Act of 1890. The majority of the Ways and Means Committee now proposes to swell the number of ad va? lorem rates to proportions that have not been seen in the last thirty years. Secretary Manning gave, as an additional reason why specific rates of duty should bo adopted whenever practicable, the growing practice of shipping gooda by foreign manu? facturers to the United States and the taking in this country of orders on samples for gooda to be delivered at New-York at duty-paid prlcea arranged in United States currency. In this relation, he wrote: "Just as manufacturers In other States ot our own Union send their merchandise on con? signment to their own agents to sell In New York, so do and so will European manufactur? ers. The ledgers of commerce and trade will more and more be written and kept In that city, and laws of taxation. State or National, immediately probable, are not likely greatly to impede or change the current. As buyers la New-York do not go to New-England to buy her staple manufactures, but find all the ele? ments of buying in New-York, so lt will nat? urally be with European productions. If that is to be the case, I do not think our existing ad valorem rate, can In future be honestly or satisfactorily worked under the existing con? ditions of our invoice law, our appraising law and the force of consular and appraising offl cera that we now have." According to the Chi.ago platform, lt ls "t\ fundamental principle of thc Democratic party that the Federal Government has no conatlU*, Monal power to Impose and collect tariff duties except for tho purpose of revenue only." NOT A REVENUE MEASURE. The bill framed by the Democratic majority of the Ways and Means Committee ls in flat contradiction to this cherished "fundamental principle" in many respects. During tAw iBRt