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THE CAUSE OF IT ALL A Full Statomont of tho Evonta Whloll Lod Up to tlio p^EUT STRAINED RELATIONS IMwecn tlio United State* and Chile. jlriti.h IJesldents Have; Done Much t,. Create the reeling Against Ainer jo ms?Ailmlrnl Drown Did N'ot fcinnd I" With llulitiucedu ns Charged. r , ?? lti'frnee to the A**ociai?l JYrw.J Vai.KAKAifO, Chili:, Sept. 150.?During tl. month which has clapsod since tho : throw of President lialinaccda and ;!,i e-lablishiueut of a provisional gov ?itt by the revolutionists, the ccn-Tt .'.-ional party nfFair.1 in Chile haw lu'i i! remarkably quiei. Tho prin cipal ? 'cciteiuent which has occurred in Chile m the last few weeks was caused liv :i.e suicide of the late President ]'.;i!:n:u'eila. Tho feeling against tho I'ro.-ident was bitter in the extreme nti'l :!icre can be no doubt as to what :ato would have been if he had been captured by the opposition party. Ilia place had linally become known to thi' opnositiou leaders, and at the thai ho shot himself negotiations v.< !v pending f??r his surrender. The suicide of l'alnuxla served to attract public attention but for a few liay.-. There is something else which is the chief subject of interest in Val* j.:.rai>oat the present time, and it has rallcl iorth more comment than even the 'loath of the lato president of allairs relating to the construction of aflalrs. HOSTILITY TO AMERICANS.' This is the hostile attitude displayed toward the United States government, find particularly against the otllcial rep r<nitative of the country here, by the revolutionary party which is now in I i?rr. and also by tho foreign residents of Chile, who were strong supporters of the revolutionists during tho recent trouble. There is no doubt that there i- a strong feeling in Chile against America. Numerous criticisms have 1 een passed upon the conduct of Amer i?.:a civil and naval representatives litre, but in a majority of cases the charges are apparently without founda tion and arise "principally from the fact ttot the American officials in Chile did r.-'t irive moral and physical support to t:;c revolutionists during the progress c; the war. There is hardly a foreign r.-.-ident to be found at any port along the entire coast of Chile who did not sympathize to a greater or loss extent ?villi the came of the revolutionists. This feeling extended to American resi dents as well as to those from European countries. One of tho chief claims of tin-revolutionists is that tho United Sta'ni 'government was not acquainted with tin.-true state of affairs in Chile, ?vveral incidents occurred during the v.r in which the American representa tives wore obliged to take decided ac and as this action was against the interests oi the revolutionists, the latter ugarili d it in the light of a hostile feel ii:_' fur their cause. The seizure of the f'.i-.uiier Itata was the lirst incident v.!:ich aroused the ill-feeling of the re volutionists. The next thing, which occurred to in ru-a ? the ill-feeling against America, v.a- the cutting of tlie cable line of the Central and South American Company t.ear Iquique. The work was done un : tho supervision oi Capt. Schley, of tile Baltimore. ATTACK ON* ADMIRAL DROWN. Consequently during the last clays of ho war the revolutionists had come to America, particularly the naval ?present atives hero, as allies oi Balma c?!:i, they were prepared to believe inv report which might seem to sub t nitiato their views. The most violent ittacks. however, which the revolution --ts have made were upon Admiral !!rown. On the day that the rcvolu u 'liarv forces landed at Quintero, n miles north of Valparaiso, to n;i!u- the final attack upon Balmaceda, which afterwards resulted in his de feat and overthrow, Admiral Brown ieu Valparaiso harbor with thoflagship ^ a Francisco and went to (Quintero to watch the landing of the troops, and tin.1!! returned to Valparaiso. As soon a- slu; anchored here an ollicor of Ad miral brown's staff went ashore with a dispatch to bo sent to tho navy depart ment at Washington. "Within an liour or two aftcrthisoccurrcnco Halmaceda's truop:--, which had been in readiness wvie moving toward Quentero and th- v were newspaper "extras" on the s;iy-;-ts of Valparaiso, in which it was published that the San Francisco had j??i arrived with tho news that a half dozen men-of-war and a number of transports were at Quentero and that the revolutionists were landing there. Ti.e .'.-tails given above are thoso re hued by the revolutionists themselves and also bv foreign residents in Valpa raiso, including several persons who J'l'iv^ent large American interests tho re. This version of Admiral Brown's visit ? > Quintero lias been freely circulated hi? very part of Chile and there is no doubt that it is tho chief cause of the Hvaer.t ill feeling toward Americans. ijkown's denial. >) much comment was made upon th incident of tho trip to Quintero, that Admiral Brown wroto a letter to uiited .States Minister Egan in which ho??-rted at the time he left here for ^aimero it was generally known that '!: ? troops Were landing there, that ho v.'or.t simply to obtain information tor ? United States government and that -c conveyed no information to any one m Valparaiso. nn.' of the results of the feeling in ( 'ule against Americans is shown in tho ' "r'?ient of tho oificcrs oi the United ^!. :es cruiser Baltimore in Valparaiso. A '.narked discrimination against them ^ s-hown in mattera of social entertain ment on shore. Tlir. ENGLISH STAUTF.P IT. There is little doubt that the primary c.a: i the revolution was tho fact that '? ?n j .sh interests in the nitrate propor ' ; in the north of Chile wore thrcaten ' 1 ">'Ualmaccda. Numerous instances v.-,'re developed duringtho war in which ' ?i.'.iaole assistance was given tlm revo ?'}}/'uists by Knglish representatives in 1 ? ilv>. und it is ia also a fact that the English residents of Chile aro now tho strongest in their denunciation of the Americana and the misrepresentations ot the conduct of American otliciala hero. There is no doubt, howovcr, that tho feehng against America ia not con lined to the English residents of Chile. Hotween 4,000 and 5.000 persona who were supporters of Balmaceda are now in prison awaiting trial. There is no indication, however, that tho prosecu tions will ho conducted very vigorously in many eases. There in no doubt that many of the defeated soldiers of llalmaccda were slaughtered 011 the field at IMacimasa aiter tliov had been disabled by wounds. There \voro a low executions iniine <1 lately after the close of the war but it is not believed that any have occurred recently. Information has been re ceived hero that three American war vessels have left Now York for the west coast of fc'outh America. it is not be lieved that they will arrive in Valpa raiso before the latter part of November. Among the Americans in Chile, or at least among those who receive tho rc Hpcet of the community 111 which they live, there is not to be found who ex presses any sympathy with the charges which have been made against Mr. Egan. A J.ATlilt LETTKit. Valparaiso, Oct. 3. ? Tho steamer which leaves here for the north to-day will take-important mail advices to the state department at Washington, giving the full details of the attempts which have been made recently by the pro visional government of Chile to force the United States representatives in Santiago to surrender the refugees who sought asylum in the American legation, and who are still being protected there. Minister Egan has received bis instruc tions by cable from Washington, and is now preparing to carry them out. There is authority for tho statement that these instructions are positive and that they are to the etfect that the United States will continue to give asylum to tho men who have sought roinge at the legation until guaranty ia issued by the Chilean authorities for their removal in safety to some neutral territory beyond the limits of Chile, and further, that the United States will not permit its minister to bo harrassed and annoyed on account of the presence oi these refugees in the legation. At this time there is 110 apparent indi cation that the ill feeling in Chile against America is subsiding. Chilean Cabinet Kcsijjns. London, Nov. 12.?A dispatch from Santiago do Chile says the cabinet ap pointed by the Junta have tendered their resignations. This action of the ministers is due to the fact that the lib eral deputies have failed to elect coun cilors of state in accordance with an agreement that they had previously en tered upon with the ministry. A mixed cabinet will be formed to carry out a noii political programme. the im.\y?;M.\N matter. Reports of the Disruption of the Republic Olllelully Dcni.nl. \Vasiiix(;tox, D. C., Nov. 12.?Senor Mendeca, the Brazilian minister here, at a iatc hour last night received the following cablegram: 'Brazilian XitiitUr at ll'athinrjton, via Lisbon: "Continue to deny alarming reports spread through Kuropo in regard to restoration ot monarchy and disturb* anco of public order in Brazil, Rio do Janeiro is perfectly quiet. Business is satisfied and lively with confidence in the government. News received here daily announce perfect quiet, in all the states except Kio IS ramie do Sul, where the government h:is taken measures to put down the conflict arising from the struggle lor supremacy between the two parties; there is no idea of seces sion, which is repugnant to all Brazil ians. No conflict exists outside ot Rio llrando do Sul. Deny London Times telegram and dcclare that there is no general discontent in the country. The government will shortly lix n day for the congressional elections, according to. the electoral law. Restoration of the monarchy opposed almost universally as a matter definitely settled. "Curo Prcto Nabueo and all the old monarchists are enjoying perfect free dom. Exchange is conducted with security and coniidenco in tho govern mentVstability is general; t!ie Bank of tho Republic is not giving artificial 3notations and the English banks aro ealing in exchange with freedom; they declare that the reports to tho contrary are circulated by the enemies of tho republic." [Signed] "Ciiekmont." Minister Mondonca has furnished a copy of the above cablegram to .Secre tary Blaine. this hankers. Tho Silver Oucntlon DmcuhmimI at the Amer ican Atftsoclntioii. New Orleans, Nov. 12.?The Ameri can Bankers' Association resumed its session to-day, and the silver question had the right oi way from the start. Mr. W. T. St. John, of New York, read a paper on the solution of the silver question. In opening he paid his re spects to John Jay Knox, becauso in an interview tho latter said that tho silver question was dead and that Cleveland would lie the nominee of the Demo cratic party. Mr. St. John argued that tho results of tho recent elections were encouraging to l'roo silver, and ho doubted if Mr. Knox, as a Republican, was in the con iidenco of the Democratic party as to its nominee. At tho conclusion of Mr. St., John's paper ho was loudly applauded. Mr. John Jay Knox then took tho floor and said that ho fully agreed with Mr. .St. John in some of his remarks. Mr. John Reed, of Birmingham, made a few remarks, expressing liis satisfac tion 111 regard to Mr. St. John's stand in favor of a fair currency. Ho said it was a race between white metal ami tho colored metal, and he did not want colored metal put ahead of tho whito metal. Ho announced himself in favor of reciprocity and against1 artificial laws which admitted 0110 product and ex cluded another. Will Appoint a Senator. Baltimoiik, Nov. 12.--Thero is a" re port abroad that Governor Jackson will appoint a United States Senator to servo until a successor oi the late Sena tor Wilson is elected by the legislature Mr. Robert Brattou, President of tho. last State Senate, it is understood, will receive the appointment. RAIDED THE REDS. Chicago Pollco Broalc Up an An archist Mooting AFTER INCENDIARY SPEECHES Had Heou Made Within a Stone's Tluow of the Sceuo <>1* the II ay mar ket Slaughter?A Secret Meeting Which Did Not Hoodwink thePolleo Force?Tho Anarchists Act iho Coward^ After Hoastlng "What They Would Do, Although They Were Armed. Chicago, Nov. 12.?Within a stone's throw of the I lay market, armed anarch ists to-night again met tho Chicago police. The result was a most ignomin ous defeat for the men of tho red ling. A mass meeting of the moat radical ele ment was announced to be held this evening in GriefT hall, 14 West Lake street, a place celebrated in the annals of Spies' and Parsons' followers.- Tho decision unexpectedly displayed^by the authorities last night in compelling tho Turner hall gathering to hoist the stars and stripes had a disconcerting ell'ect, and at the last moment to-night it was decided to make the Grielfs hall gathering secret, and to admit only a low of the most trusted spirits. Accordingly the master of ceremonies, Thomas Grioff, proprietor of the big saloon below the hall, an nounced that his hall had been previ ously engaged, thus dismissing the rabble. Those who could bo depended upon wore told to quietly go to the third floor, where a meeting] would be held. Up the flights of stairs in the place indicated there gathered many of those who were leaders in the ranks before the llaymarket riot. Speeches were made in Knglish and Gorman and the enthusiasm was great. Tho Ameri can tlag was not there. It was thought the police had been completely hood winked. KAlDI'l) IlY T1IK POLICE. A detective had been for several days cultivating the acquaintance of the men who were leaders during the ex citing times of live years ago. lie was admitted to the meeting and kept his superior informed of all that was going on. Soon word came that very intlam matory speeches were being made and that a number of those in the meeting were displaying arms and boasting of tho use they would be put to in case the police interfered. Suddenly at a signal given by the man in the meeting the con certed raid was made. Tho non-uni formed officers guarded the rear oi the building and allowed no one to leave. The blue coats entered the front door and in less than sixty seconds after ward the meeting of tho upper floor was broken up, and those who had been making tho speeches to the crowd in the saloon were under arrest. In spector Lewis and Captain -Mason marched _ at _ the ^ head of the column of police officers from the sta tion and were the first to enter the saloon. The proprietor, Griefl', saw the blue coats as tliey entered, and attempt ed to shut tho door in their faces, liis effort, however, was futile, as one blow from an officer's club shattered the glass and another burst tho door open, and the double stream of otlicers poured into the room. AI.L COWAKDS. The men who shortly before had heen boasting of their intention to hurl de fiance into the teeth of the Chicago noliCe made a rush tor the rear doors, but at the sight of tho gun a there dis played, halted, and with ono or two ex ceptions, showed every symptom of cowardice and fear. In the meantime a squad of police under Lieutenant Wheeler had started to ascend the stairs. They met resistance from GriefV and from an unknown man who drew from Ilia overcoat pocket a lonjs revolver, declaring lie would shoot the iirst oflicer who put a foot on the stairs. These two men were quickly overpowered and two stalwart police rushed up the stairs and broke into the hall in which tho secret meeting was being held. A number of men wort?ar rested here. A large amount of iniiam matorv literature was captured and a number of red flags were torn from the walls and destroyed. Thp only real resistance encountered by tlie police came from three unknown men who in the rush escaped. This trio jumped behind the bar astheoili cers entered, and began throwing glasses and bottles. A number of ollicors were struck, but not seriously hurt. AN MDITOIl's PLEA. Among those arrested was one of the editors of the Arbeiter Zcilimy, a German daily, the successor of .Spies and Par sons rabid sheet, and which, like its pre decessor, publishes a large amount of incendiary matter, and has pronounced anarchistic principles. This man was making a speech in the secret meeting when the ollicers entered. "When he was locked up in the Desplaiues street station he made a plea for his release, claiming that lie was in the meeting in tho capacity of a reporter. His plea wholly failed of its purpose. Among the other prisoners were tho following, each of whom carried revolvers and attempted to resist the ollicers: John Drisscll, Ernest Kupperi, Henry Miller, David Sutler, Charlea Langren, llenry Dneiper and Andrew Weiss. These men are all known to the police. In spector Lewis announced * while the prisoners were being booked that to morrow he would demand tho revoca tion of GriefTs license. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. At the National base ball meeting yesterday it was resolved that in games where over three and less than live in nings are plave.d, the visiting clubs shrill be entitled to the usual per centage. The latest news from Brazil ia to tho cfl'cct that the army and navy forces are preparing to proclaim Fonseca lite dic tator. Citizens are being cmpressed into service. The jury in the WoodrulV caso at Little Lock, Arkansas, failed to come to a verdict yesterday. The Pennsylvania State' Farmers Al liance adopted tho Ocala platform yes terday. ? maim; a iug haul. Train Kobbcra Cut Away With ? Hundred Ihoimand Dollars. Milwaukee. Nov. 12.?Tlio midnight train from Chicago, 011 tho Milwnukeo it St. Paul road, was robbed near West ern Union junction at 1 o'clock this morning. Tho robbers aro supposed to have boarded the train at the junction. Ah goon as it was well away from tho station, in tho open pra'rio," they stop ped it and broke into tho express car. It is probablo tho total amount of booty will amount to $100,000, and nossibly more, as the train which was held ui> was the one which generally carried all the money received by Milwaukee banks in the morning. About a halt a mile from the junction, when the lireman, Edwin Avcrill, who was putting some coal into the furnace, was startled to hear a noisebehind him. He turned around and discovered two heavily masked men clambering over tho engine tender. Both levelled their double barrelled muskets at the fire man and the engineer, "Bill" McKay, with the injunction: "Don't move an inch till we tell you, or wo will blow the tops of your d-^?d heads olF." Engineer MacKay was directed to run the train to a j>oitit within about one mile from Western Union junction. Here tho engineer was directed to btop. Both the men were ordered to step out. They were inarched to the express cac under cover, and then the work of blowing open tho express car began. .Several bombs, the tiremen thinks they were, were thrown into the car, and the explosions were terrific and must liavo awakened every passenger on tho train, but nobody appeared on tho scene. ?" The rol)bers undoubtedly were not less than f-ix or seven in number, judg ing from the manner in which they con ducted operations. The trainmen be lieve they had a team close at hand with which to cart away the safes which were taken bodily out of tho car. Fireman Averill's story is the most comprehensive: "They made mo walk ahead of them to the express ear," he said, "and they gave mo a jimmy to pry open the boxes. I had to move till the 'dead matter* olF the boxes and do their dirty work generally, but I was glad to get oil with a whole'skin. They got the messenger's keys, though he was in no hurry to give thent up, and they will have no trouble in getting away with all the money." The train was held for half an hour, and if the plans of the robbers had been lerfcct they would not have been de ayed much. Their entire efforts were centered on the express ear, and not a passenger was molested. The fireman thinks there were half a dozen men guarding the coaches, however. "Less than live minutes out of West ern Union Junction," said Messenger Murphy, "tho train slowed up suddenly. A musket was poked through a top win dow of the car, and a second later a ter rific explosion occurred that knocked both myself and Mr. Cook in a heap, llalf a dozen more explosions followed and both doors Hew oil the bolts. The two men wearing big black masks clam bored quickly into the car and covered us with double barrelled muskets. After glancing hurriedly about the car the robbers fastened their eyes on tho two iron boxes of tho American Ex press Company. The robbers brought the lireman in a little later and went throughtall the boxes. Thev compelled us to hand over the keys. They dumped the boxes out on the road bed. One of tho robbers kept us covered with his musket all the time while the other rob ber superintended operations of the lit e mail. Messenger Murphy stated that ho had secured all the bills oi the money contained in the safe, and that the sum was undoubtedly a very largo one. It is probable that the total amout oi the robbers' booty will amount to ?100,000, and possibly more. Some of the passengers who were asleep did not wake up until the train arrived at Milwaukee, borne passen gers thought there were twenty-live or thirty robbers, others thought they saw only a dozen, while others say there were more robbers than passengers. When the train started up again the passengers saw the safes lying beside the track, but tho robbers had disap peared. When the train arrived at the union depot, at 2:20 o'clock, the ex-j press car presented an appearance that j would indicate it had been attacked by 1 heavy artillery. Every door and win dow had been blown out and tho plat form and walls were shattered in halt a dozen places, while the contents were ! piled in one indiscriminate heap in the centre oi tho car. Messenger F. (J. Mur phy and his assistant, C. 1I.#Cook, were found gathering up fragments of way bills and looking over tho remnants left by the robbers. The lirst news of the robbery was brought to the Western Union Junction by a flagman. The Mil waukee and Racine police were tele graphed for immediately and Detective Hansen was provided with a special train, on which he left at 2:10 o'clock. LATER?ONLY ?4,000 STOI.KN". The most experienced detective in tho employ of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, assisted by tho shcritl' of Racine county and a large posse of men, tip to a late hour to-night were unable to track tho robbers, who stole about $4,000 from an American Express Company's car near Western Union junction last night. A HOLD ROBUEltY. A Now YorUor. NciUlv Uunkocil by " Yorilout" "WoMtcrners, Dclutii, Minx., Nov. 12.?There was an exciting episode just this side of Old Superior, on the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic train that arrived here this morning. A New Yorker, who docs not want his name to get out, had been playing cards with a couple of sharpers when ono of them insinu ated that the New Yorker did not havo any money. Tho latter drew out ${>00 in bills to'give his accuser tho lie, and the latter grabbed the roll. Thereupon the third man', a pal of the thief, seized the latter and told the victim to . call tho conductor and have him arrested. The Now Yorker bit and while ho was gone the thieves stopped the train and jumped otr. Conductor Situs and a dozen others gave chase and after the conductor had it rod two shots in tho I air, the pal of the thief threw up his .hands. Tho confederate escaped and took the money with him. Tricliluuc round in Our Forte. Loxdox, Nov. 12.?The Chronicle this morning announces that trichinae has been found in American pork at Solin gen, u. town of llhchiah l*rusaia. A LARGE SHORTAGE In tho Accounts of tho Ex-Trons uror of tho Knights of Labor. $14,000 ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR Accordinjj to tho Report of the Inves tigating CoinmUtcc?Tho Ex-TroaR itrer Refused to Appear Heforetlie Committee or to Give Up tho llank i Deposit llooks?Tho Only Sensation of Yesterday's Session. i ToLr.no, 0., Nov. 12.?Tho sensation of the Knights of Labor convention to-day was tho report of a committee appoint ed at tho last session at tho request of General Secretary Ilayes to investigate tho treasurer's books which ho found" in an unsatisfactory shape. Tho com mittee reported that ex-Treusuror Tur ner refused to appear before them or give up tho bank deposit books, cancell ed chucks and other documents in his possession. They made tho best inves tigation possible in tho absence of these documents and lind there is over SH,000 unaccounted for, even crediting Turner with $17,000 which his statement shows to have been expended, but winch the books of tho order do not show, leaves a balance of over $14,000 yet entirely unaccounted tor. Tho report was order ed printed. In discussing a complaint from the bakers union of Rochester, N. Y., dele gates from all parts of tho country com plained bitterly of unfair treatment by the American Federation of Labor toward the Knights. Tho -remainder of tho session was devoted to minor matters. WHEELING &1j.\KE EIIIB STRIKE. Switchmen Surprised by n Xotico from tl?o L\ S. Court. Toi.kdo, O., Nov. 12.?The switchmen emploved in the yards of the Wheeling &. J.akc Erie Kail way Company here struck Tuesday afternoon, tho men de manding tho reinstatement of a dis charged employe and a slight advance in wages. Manager Woodward being absent, nothing was done. He re turned last night and issued a notice to the strikers to return to work this morning or consider themselves dis charged. Meanwhile tho company ap plied to the United States Court at Cleveland lor an injunction against the strikers interfering with tho operations of the road. The papers were served on the strikers to-day to their surprise. The road will have new men heroin the morning and it remains to be soon whether the strikers will brave tho authority or the United States by at tempting interference. Soo Switchmen Strike. ^ Minneapolis, Minn*., Nov. 12.?TheSoo switchmen here have struck for the scale, as they received less than that. Three arrests have been made for inter fering with the company's business and more will probably lollow. 15 UT ONE 1'IjAG Should Wnvu Over thla Keunlted Country. Tlie Council of the ii. A. It. Wabiiixgtox, D. C'., Nov. 12.?Tho National Council of Administration of the Grand Army of the Republic is in session here. Fixing the date of the encampment is one of the first, things to be done. Asked*about, his Confederate Hag or der, General John Palmer, commander in-chiof, said: "To me it is inexplain ablo that the rebel Hag should have been displayed at the unveiling of the Grady monument. Grady was a broad minded man; 0110 who would never have countenanced such foolishness. 01 course we understand that southern conditions differ very materially from those in the north and we made allow ances for those differences. Union vet erans 111 the south very properly fra ternize and affiliate with those who were once their deadly enemies. Wo realize that tho war came to a conclusion thirty years ago and have tho kindliest feeling for the men of tho south who have accept ed the result of tiie conflict. Wo have always had the highest regard for the men'who fought for their flag. A hero is always a hero. 110 matter what he is, so long as lie believes in it. Those of the south who fought were firm in the belief that they were struggling for tho right, but. J have yet to lind a brainy southerner who to-dav regrets the de feat of rebellion.. The war settled for ever the question of which Hag was to wave in this country and the southern men who were most immediately in terested accepted tho ultimatum. This latter sentiment is the work of thouglit less boys and foolish women, assisted by a few men who, though old enough to know better, are rebels yet. "The rebellion is over. Let us hear no more of two ilaS3 in one country." Soptcinhcr 20, 1802, was the date fixed upon tor tho next annual meeting in Washington of the grand encamp ment. ? r.iom: ox Tin: list. Posbih'io Intension or tho Reciprocity Sys tem to tho llrltish "West Indies. Washington, D. C., Nov. 12.?The-list of reciprocity agreements which began with Brazil several months ago, and whieh\includes Spain, San Domingo, Costa Rica and other countries, may possibly be extended to the British West Indies, although tho negotiations which arc about to be commenced with the latter country present a new and in teresting phase. t .Sir >*evill Lubbock, who will repre sent in the negotiations British Guiana and all the islands in the British West Indies, except Barbadocs and Jamaica, has alreadv arrived in Washington. Within a week or two commissioners will reach herefrom the islands named, and then the trio of republics will hold formal conferences'with the .State De partment, although in the meantime the preliminaries,will bo arranged. "The reciprocity section of the Mc Kinley bill, said .Sir Xevill, to a repor ter, "gives the President power to reitn poso the duties 011 sugar, coffee, hides, etc.. when imported from any country which exacts from the United States upon imports of agricultureal or other I products, duties that fie may deem tobe '?reciprocally unequal and unreasona ble. My mission in Washington is to endeavor to show the President and tho pecrotaryof statu that tho British Indies do not i in pop o on imports from tho United States duties that aro unequal or unreasonable, when compared tilth the tariff imposed upon imports from other countries. In other words, wo will givo to articles imported by us from tho United States, the saino privi leges and advantages that wo afford to goods oven imported from Great Britain. "What will happen if rio agreement is reached and tho duties hero aro im posed ?" "Wo will send all our sugar to tho United Kingdom, where wo will iind a market for it. At present wo send all of it to tho United States excopt tho Demnrara sugar, which is a fancy grade, and which goes to Kngland. I nave no hesitation in saying that wo would liko to continue our trado with this country." DON PIATT DEAD. The rnmouti Journalist Diet nt Ills Ele gant Olilo lloine. Cleveland, 0., Nov. 12.?-Colonel Don Piatt diod at his home, Mac-O-Cheo, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Since Colonol Piatt's retirement from activo journal istic work ho has residod quiotlv at hia elegant country homo in Logan county. IIo was called from this retirement ill 1SS8 at the urgont request of Mr. Clove land to found Deltord's free trado monthly magazine in Now York. Colo nol Piatt was born in Cincinnati Juno 10,1810. SENATOR NICHOLS A CANDIDATE For President pro Tom of tho Ohio Stato Sonnto. Special DirpcJch to the hitclllvcnccr. Columuus, 0., Nov. 12.?-Not a few dis tinguished membors of tho Legislature have been stopping hero during tho past fow days. Among tho recent ar rivals was Senator J. M. Nichols, of tho Belmont county district, accompanied by W.1I. Hunt, ex-editor of the Chronicle. In the lobby of tho Neil -house they were nipt by the Intelligencer, and covcrsed fully upon tho campaign. Mr. Nichols is announced as a candidate for president pro tem of the senate, and stands about as good a show as any ono of getting it. llo is a strong Sherman advocate, and has tho implicit faith of his Kepublican friends in his contest for presidential honors. THE "WASHINGTON PRESBYTERY. Interesting Session nt Wollaburg ? Criti cism of the Itovislon or Fnith. The winter meeting of tho Presbytery of Washington, which woa held at Wellsburg on Tuesday and Wednesday, was chiefly interesting on account of the manner in which tho report of the General Assembly's committco on tho revision of the faith was received. About thirty-six ministers and ciders were present. At tho last meeting of tho Presbytery a strong minority was opposed to any revision of faith, but tho opposition has disappeared. The report of the committee of tho General Assembly was sent to each of the 210 assemblies for criticism. At the meeting of tho Washington Presby tery tho changes were gone over seriatim and discussed. The opponents of a re vision of faith had feared that some radical changes would bo proposed by tho committeo, and wore agreeably sur prised at what appeared to bo very moderate action. The changes consist chielly of the brushing away of sen tences liable to mislead, and strength ening beyond misconception of the long i established articles of Presbyterian faith. So innovations have been intro duced. The report of the committee on revision will be sent back to tho gen j eral committco with only a few altera tions 111 phraseology and tho construc tion of sentences. Four sessions were held during tho two days the presbytery sat at Wells burg, each one being opened with de votional exercises. He v. C. M. Alford, of the Third Presbyterian church, of this city, acted as moderator. Tho crit icism oi' tho revision of faith occupied the afternoon session on Tuesday. In the evening a sermon was preached by Kev. J. II. Snowden, from John xvi, 7, 8. Presbytery routino business was transacted Wednesday morning. In tho afternoon Dr. Cooke delivered an address on "Evangelization, how best conducted," and the discussion follow ing was taken part in by I)r. Lester and Dr. Shields. In the afternoon Dr. Les ter addressed the meeting, his subject being, "The Missionary Spirit in Our Churches; Benefits,Cultivation." Elder John Aiken, of Washington, Pa., spoko interestingly on the "work of the lay element in reaching the masses." In tho evening tho Sabbath school question was discussed, and Elder G. L. Cranmer spoke on the legal aspect of the Christian Sabbath. A resolution of thanks to tiio citizens of Wellsburg for the handsome way in which they had entertained tho members of the Presby tery was passed. Elder John Aiken, of the Washington church, on behalf of the session of that church, invited tho Presbytery to at tend the services connected with tho fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of the pastor, He v. J. I. Bronson, D. D. The Presbytery accepted with thanks and congratulations to Dr. Bronson. Tho services will occur onThanksgiving day. The doctor will preach a sermou in tho morning, and in'.the afternoon addresses will be delivered by Dr. W. II. Lester, Dr. ^Jpflatt and Dr. Georgo Iliil, president of the board of directors of tho Western Theological Seminary. In the evening Dr. Bronson >vill re ccivo his friends in tho chapel of tho church. _ . Farmers' National Conjures*. Shdama, Mo., Nov. 12.?The delegates to tho Farmers' National Congress wero shown nbout the city this morning, and it was after 1 o'clock before they got to gether for the third day's session. A telegram was received from the Illinois Confederation of Labor, convoying greeting. The telegram wa3 appro priately answered. A paper on trans portation of farm products was read by lion. T. M. Stahl, of Illinois. Weather Forecast for To-day. For Western Pennsylvania. Wen Virginia and Ohio, westerly winds, cuncrully fair 1 rhlay ex cept ilurrifi oi snow nlotitf tho lake shore; colder and fair Saturday and probably Snndny. ti'ji rniuTiT.c v j,srni:i?A y, m furnished by C. Scuxnir, druujlit, Opsri llonac corncr; " a. m ,45 I n p. m.... 48 ?u. m- - 4H 7 jut w 1? I \\ eaUicr?F*??a