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Mm>W&xk Vou LVI....N0- ia352, NEW-YORK. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I'i, 1897.-TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE CEOTft GREECE TO AID Tl IE CR ETAN8 THE MOTHER COUNTRY PREPARES Ti PROTECT THE ISLANDERS. ?KAKIM nin.'TSM anOUggsj orr^s-.Tios* at LAST -Till-'. POftTI A.rTatAIal TO Till'. powxng ron ats wm, u>nr> BB r.v i\Tri;vr\'r in BEHALF of Tim PTATfS QCO? Athens, Feb. 11. Thn Qovernmenl bas fortnu< lated ? notlftcntlon to the Powers potting forth that Qreecs cnnnot retrain ? mern spectator of the events which are taking place In Crete, and that the tl s "f mee nnd religion compel ber to lmer\ e. ,. |n behalf ot the oppressed nnd nut raged Christin) * lr lhat Islnnd. in the Chamber ot Deputies last evening; Premier Dnlyam ls declared that the cr-e.-u Gov? ernment had lectded to take nation promptly ar.d decisively. When Crete demanded a union with th?> mother country. h" said, Greece could r. t remain Indifferent. At the conclusion of the remarks nf M Dnlynnnis, the leader of the Opposition assured thc Premier that the Government would have the heartiest support "f th,' <i|>posillrn, which nnturnnce ei >k< I pr longed cheers, T'ne Cretan Committee he*-.- are maklna; preparatlonfl on ? large scale to land men nnd munitions of war lu Crete, and the first ln ptulment of OOO n it embarked nnd sailed last gvei Asslm Rey, the Turkish Minister, to-day visited the 1" ? ? ' mee, and, acting under Instruct I ms fr >m his Government, made ,-\ pro t. st against ti,.- dispatch nf the Grech torpedo ??entitle t. i'r-' \- ni Bey was treated with the utmost courtesy, and was Informed, so fur r.* diplomacy all .wed, of ihe attitude "f Greece cn the Cretan question, iii** protest, however, v.-?*, po far as known, productive of tm result. Tho Or."k G ivernment will not recall ths flo c.'.v, and, furthermore, a second flvuiia will shortly start for Crete. The troubles In tb<- island hnve caused many of the residents to flee to Greece for safety fcinee the ut break i -tran fully 8,000 Cretans have arrive! at the Piragua As In the a ase of the previous ex.-d;i!* fr'rt: Crete, mary of the refugees ar> unuble to care for themselves, and the Government will he compelled to extend aid to th?m. Advice*: received here from Crete say that n fight occurred at Keetelll In the Province- cf Klssai yesterday, In which thirty Christian? and 100 M .si. Crov, I tlnuv to surra ut 1 the palace meer \:.k tba Kli - ?? ? rn n ? i dntl in if li"- Mejesty's ps to Crete. The royal yacht Bpi - thc Greek tor i ? I Bot a to Crete. Constantin .pie, Feb. ll ?Thc Porte has eom munlcnted by telegraph with th? Powers ask? ing their support in the efforts of Turkey to r-store order in Crete, nnd the Ambassadors are ei nferring ur' ?n the question of exerting concerted presnun ui n Grce e to compel th" recall of th-- Greek flotilla from Cretan water* Lond 7. rv ll.?"The Pal Mall Gasette," commenting uy n the Cretan situation, say., tv- ls ? foundation for the belief that the sending of ti;" Greek fl..tilla ta Crete is looked upon by th" British Government as a matter amt l threaten consequences of tl reatesl pa rt. In vii w if the fad that I Grui vas entirely Inde I ? lent, and taken without conveying the slightest ? tentlons tn ih" Powers, ? ?; : . ... ? i Salisbury may here lied u] ni ' - pt and d clslve measures lo nenti slls< t ? fl ? The correspondent at Athens of "The Daily Kews" '? egrai ihe Grecian circular in the p that ll ts Incumbent upon ?- the landing nf Turkish t ents upon the island of Crete, ak and fla; to-day, "n re] - ? ? i fighting between Greece nnd Turkey, and clog d deprt ss, d, Pai - Feb il \ panicky feeling ?orevnlled ng tl rTrmg, but later 1 emeni on the report i to i-r-' vi i:T Greece fi rn intel ? tan trouble Berlin, Feb. 11 Tl i i depressed tnne i,t the pa' li ?-' ? f tl ?? Bm rae here to-day, hut ..'?. ..,..- '. i ?'.-. linc. Vienna. Fol ll The Cretan question caused heavy sales t. v mad al ihe Boerse to-day. T!. et g ? -ak. St Petei Fi 11 H V said that seml OppOSt d ' T-ir h> ;>? from Cret ? - - DISORDER TN* THE ISLAND. ?JTOKI1 txn MASSACBE BT DOTH i, Crete, Fel 11 lt is stated on pfo I nuthoritj ? ' ? vernor f Crete, < ieorge Pasha B, i of resigning his the Tort', has expressed the wish that he should ri main hi re. ilation aboul the elty of Herakllon havi that place, where x'> ? I ged their nh ? Th" l'r< r I Sltla reports 'har 300 Moslems j r, killed in thal irici by Chi tatiana. It is reported thal the Moslems .at Retlmo I | .'. ith dj namlte s nun I - r ? owned '.r occupied by < 'liri.-- tia ns. No n . ? ? -. ; . - ; Ife : int,- caused by 1 ? lt is rep* ?? 11 .... are massacrelng M round Sills .and that Iblrteei "f the -. Maxes ru-.- hui nil i le : i prev< nt lh< departure from the Island. noi only of native Chi bul ' l* is probable thal the foi .- aral - here will Intervene and demand thal ti, .s. who the Island shall be i om lihou! hindrance Confirmation ha cen ri ceil pd of the repi rta < ' ? t ted on v. omen and i hildren In K e HURRAY HILL liol ri. BOBBED. I -.'.l i.v. aim: l-'.i vi. IN TH MEN, WHO AME Mi 1: V - T: 11' ? stelln fr-,rn the Mm - in 'he m< ' ? p ? ?? - Greber and ),- The -,' I: : ? ? -. alias O'Brien, - v ? ? si and j ? - - ... ? 7 mbers-Bi The noll' ?- say thai '' ? two weeks out of the Black sra - Island Pei ll where e served three months to ned Do igherty on t. ? i as , n en (ti k ir ti rooeupted offl'jen soon after lo' lo I ???? - . sfterni or, Ci ?*ey had a gunny gg r. arl - rr: , . ii lf-r In it. nnd was In ths nv I B silver syrup-pltcher wirri tho police] er and ? 'oolej Harries run ava..-i. I | s ij Policeman Kally, ?ho v, h- ac rot th. - ? i tn - A' the elation tr,.- bag was found to .-ontain a eolid silver cake-basket and some lable-ilnen. Tr.e silva .-.?.-? - . he sr ort h abo il J-'", eras marked M ? id Sergeant (*ou*h Irn ona ?! to the Grand ' t ntl ? Poll " i ?!> r., ire ,i representative of Ihe hotel i ? ? doa n to ok st the pi operty, Boih a.ri to i . !.?-?.-. ? sta? tion ta .eked u]j ... ?. r* no ??? ' ? In ihe temporal*) ('hui Hon. tn Ti ' ' ? -' M ii raj Hill Hotel Iden? tified itel's pi ipi rtj ria ss whei it s - si den, snd thal ll had - H..-.,.1 He wsnicd to take it away, bul Sergei ... declined to part wiro lr, .. ii v..., ba produced ai evidence iii the Centre Stree) Poll e Courl thia morning, when the te] representative w||] appear aa complainant against Hie twg prisoners. CASHIER A DEFAULTER. WILLIAM H. BARNES GONFEMEt TO A THEFT ?'F 114,00a UK WAS EM Pim RI I HT THE BHOOKIaTll flUANCH OK1 THI ril.AltY PACXlXtl COMPANY? AHP.I--.STr:> LY Urt'BCI'tVBal AT ins bomb, last Ktonr. William H. Barnes, enabler .and bookkeeper "f th" Hrooklyn h..us., of thc Cu,lain- Parkins Company, the headquarters of which are In Omnhn, wa* arrested Inst night on the strength of his confession of having robbed thc com? pany of 114.000, Harti-s lives with his wife and two children in a three-story brownstone hons,, al Nu. .'.7 Prospect Pince, Brooklyn. Ile moved In fnnhlonable society, and it is thought th*" the Impossibility of keeping nj. with th.* social puce un a salary of 12,000 a year was the cans* of his defalcations. Barnes's shortage was discovered shout two weeks ago by Harry C. Godman, auditor of the company. Barnei was suspended and Godman Informed the National Surety Company, ?>f Xew York, which was Barnes's surety. John H. Mason, an Inspector for the company, went over tho ho.-ks of the company .ind found shortages aggregating .<H.ihh>. extending over a period of thr.-e years. Barnes signed ii confession cover? ing these shortages. When .-ust.>n.' rs of the company made payments t" Barnes on account lr was bia practice .it times t.. pocket Ihe money and fail ta account for Its n i eipi on the i.ks. Messrs, Mason, Godman and Forbes, the latter local mannger for thc company, presented the ra-., to Jnmes Rej nold i, i hl< f of th- Detectl Bureau, last night. On Mr. Reynolds's advice they kv .lustus Voehl, ii butcher al So. s Columbia Place, to swear out a warrant. On February -I ne paid 1100 to Barnes, which the latter ls alleged to hav< stolen Justice Walsh prnnte,i the warrant, and Detectives Welser and Ruddy served lt. They found Barnes nt his h..use. Calling his wife, Barnes said: "I am going, I'm nnd- r ai Mrs. Barnes, wno ls a handsome young woman, broke down .and cried bitterly. The children, two and five years old, were asleep In their cribs upstairs and were noi awakened. Barnes was locked up iii the Adams-st. stat! >n Burnes is twenty-nine years old. He ls dark. weare s Mack mustache and dresses stylishly. Ha is said iq )?, a member of the National Guard, lt is thought that, lr. addition to ex? travagant living, he may have been speculating In stinks. The local branch of the Cudahy company ls at Nos. 168 and 170 Fort Greene Place. e J. D. EOC KEE ELLE IVS OFFER to give t2SO,000 TOWARD PATING BAP TI8T MISSION SOCIETIES' DEBTS. UV COXD1TIO!! IS THAT THE RESIAIXVOl THK MBC.OOO 1 BBT MTM.I. BE RAISED BV .1'' LY 1. |80t At a meeting of prominent Baptists last night at the home of John D Rockefeller, Mr. Rockefel ler promised to contribute S'jr.'i.iHin toward pay? ing off the total Indebtedness of $486,000 resting upon ti... Baptist Foreign and Home Missionary Bo. etles. After the meeting the following statement waa given out: The Baptists are stirring themselves by a heroic effort to pay the two debts which have accumulated on their Home and Foreign Mis? sionary societies within the lasl four years. Th*- gross amount required bj Apr: 1 18197, id $ts.-,.iHMi .c:;im;.ihmi tot the Missionary Union, and I1M.00U for tbe Home ti wion Soc! ty. At the request of the officers ol thc Missionary Union and the H.-.n.o Mission Boclety, .loan Iv Rockefeller opened hts house In New York this evenlriR for s parlor conference in the In? terest of the movement. A large company was present Statements wen made respecting the needs by the secretaries of the two socio tl' between whom tic- closest sympathy exists. The ll"n. Robert O. Fuller and Irving O. Whit? ing, of Boston, representlnK a New-England committee on the enterpi rej rted progress ..n the undei taking. "As the meeting prog*essed, Mr Rockefeller authorized the statei en' lhat Iv woul wish to 1"' put in the attitud? of seeming to r. pl. dge snd ' ondltlonj aa a len upon others to fulfil; nevertheless if. In the judgment of the secretaries of these ties, and of leading i mtrlbutors In our repre? sentative cities, who assume ihe initiative, the , v . ? - requln 1 the pa> menl of thi se debts, ar.d sin." he has been asked to Join In tl fort, he stands ready l ? contribute the sum of .*v.Mi.iri*ii toward the S4W1.IHBI needed, provided other friends of tbe societies will subscribe the remaining *-'?'-''-..i by July I. 1807." Prominent Baptists were present from thia city and Its vicinity, and from the N< w-Eng land States, Pennsylvania and other Staten, - ? ? -a A FIFTH IVE. WINDOW WRECKED. A BLIND HORSE Rl'NS AWAY ANT' CRASHES INTO A BIG PLATE-GLASS A I lind horsi Teated ai it excitement hy ri aa ly and craahli g thi .uah a large i low at Flftl ? ? and Fon rveni yest, r-.l.-iy nfl* rr: 01 WU m \ ??- [ht, I' drl ? ? employ of Harry T Stanford, who keeps bakery ar No R90 Sixth av. . 1-rt iii- horse In from of So. I*. Eas! Foi h-st , while he went -i-.- to dell ? !.--. Ile had . r, b 'hi .1 th. Jo ? fl house s hei ? : i.i,.k fri) t,i i tree! and crash. .1 I hr >ug hi French plate-i -,\ xlow ol well. Massa .-. - re, wi Ich ls on th, il weal roi ner of Fifi h-av? and F irt ?t, The hoi ? wrecked the window which was filled with rta-d perfume, Tha .?h.ru.ii dragged th* s ir n part waj Into ti"- win .low, and, excepi foi Ihls encumbrance, would prob ,. hiv li.r r got fur Forl un.itely, there wen I nu t In thi store but th. ? lei k me areal rmed Brli porter, aa . - .... . Ind ?? r clean Ins another window, i. liet-nm* v" frlxhtena'd n K tl..- horse go th) - I ?? class lhal he f. 1 tn the Hoor, hui w.is noi hurt A large ar.d ex< lt. .1 i rowil hud hy ri,I* tin lected The clerks In Hu store, with the assisi .,i.f some i the Hast Fifi r-t. station, unbaro) sst I the hoi la cul ar.d In areal i - I th. anima through the eton and The wagon wai buck. ? I fi im ihe broke) win , .low r..tin- -tr..t Vox ht ? - .- had an am : i ,- calli .1 from the Hod,-i for th. Fri of . 'milt y to Anil . Injured hor ? wu removed ' ? EASTERX TRUST COMPAXIEK MII'Tlh \\ IMWT.WT I'V I-V\ in THE ILLINOIS I or Al PEALS. ' 'hlcago, Feb, 11 Tb Appellate Court ol ll ? State "f Illinois hal affirm) d the deer, e of 1 : Court ol Cook ? ? ? ? ? i? mo' .: thi Farm I. ? nd Tl ? ' from t co-truste. ol tha Lake Street Elevated Ratlroa. r.rsr morlaaae. and In .1.771.' so lt has r f the great?si Impoi ti ncc bot ti i.., irur-; companies and tv irusl companies of bthe States .'..lr.af buslnesi In thia State. Thi dei Islon holdi thal an ?- ital le Irusl eompata paust depoell gJOO.BOO with Ihe Iii Bl le Audlto ii, ihe same manner ai Illinolt ti . I companies ur compelled io 1r>, ar.d lallure ???> do ihnt rn.ikas tiiar liable te remoral The Ra tem irusl compani. ore not likely to comply with this ruling tv . ?'.< .lure thm ir they should depoell tjoo.uuo with ti, State Auditor of illinois half the other States in th I mon would t..,;-:- legislation compelling them t nn.ke similar deposits, and that would Ire impractl cable._ COLLEGE PBE8IDEXCY FOR UP. WILSO* THC }?? '.--I'MASTER GENERAL I.!.'" 117 BT TH TRUSTEES Or u a.-Hiv OT. in am. I.i.i; imtVERi i, I Lexington, Va., Feb ll The Hoard <>f Trustee of \\ i- him lon and Lee I . mi I day and lin elected 1'ostn William I. Will " president of the lt i, .-.nd thai a ? m mlttee from thi Mr Will n soon sftei ihi >? Ignatlon of Pres -i. ni Lee and thal he ex or ci ?ed hims, if ., - w.llinK to ,'? epl Ihe place He will enter upc III, s t.f pr, sid) ' ' "?- Juli I. TIIE YALU HERO A SUICIDE. CAPTAIN' asTOIFPIM BROOTI HIMSELF IN THE POSTGRADUATE HOSPITAL. TAXSI ADTAKTAOB OF THE BRIKT ARSF-N-'E Of HIS ATTENDANT AND IH/iWS oi'T HIS IMtAINS WITH OM: Og TWO RBVOIeVBRg STHICn RB SI .-ni; ri.Y Kr.i-r m-.ar HIM MAI.!', INSANE BT MIR TRB r.ii'i.i: BXPKRIKKCS at THE OHEAT KA? TA!. FIGHT. <"iptain Phllo Norton ftlcOlffln, tho hero of ths hattie of the Yalu, committed SttlcidS early yesterday morning In his room In the Post Graduate l<...-i.itnl. at Becond-avr and Taren tleth-st Taking advantage of a l.rief interval In which h- vt as not watched bj one of hla nurses, he shot himself In ths head with one ot two revolvers which hs h.-t.i kept near him without the knowledge >.f the attendants. Be f..r.- he killed himself he wr.it.. on a leaf lorn from hts notebook the following: Mema. Look alive 'liar the bed la not ael r-rr firs by my shot. My compliments and adleua to all. I lea-ret that mj de tlnatlon musi remain lo you known, bul j mm W tl ip ? ? t to M Phelps f.,r ta, row, ii ls a way thai nil k ins have. Au revolr Pl ?-? give :-.., aoodhj-t :?. Mi >'. ri inl? and mv .'uni: ? Mr. Bennett. Incidental! . I may Bi te tl ..al- ff.- t my exit, I' I th- hegira am lputed by the learned ataff. P. N. M. Gorman and Bennett were hla nurses in the hospital, alisa Phelps is th- n Btron. UNDOUBTEDLY. INSANE, Th<*re Irt no doubt that the brave American naval officer waa h.san-, ll- never had re ray, .rial fiann the effects ?.f his wounds received in the terrible battle In which he commanded the Chinese warship Chen Yuen against the Japanese Navy, ll- waa in bad condition when he returned t.. this country, snd he Insisted mi treating himself, agatnsi the advice ?r ins friends. Hla Bufferings, so long continued, drove him erezy, ami hut arti..ns f..r some time previous tn bia suicide showed that he was In? sane. Ills aoiunlntnnres **, ho recently denied the reportfl ..f his insanity were much at fault He \\.is har,: . months ng", when h? dented the Statements Which he had mad- to B Trll.une reporter In ai, Interview. The fact that a man In ?ui-h a condition was allowed to have two loaded revolvers within bia reach at ail tlmea after ha was taken to the hospital may he the subject of special Inquiry by ths i-..r..n- r. Captain M.'iifr.n was taken to the hospital from hla boarding place In vTeal Thlrty-tblrd Bt nearly a month ago. H< ? ecupled a room " n the second floor of 'he hospital, snd the nure* b wi: gi ed to watch him day sn I night The> took away from him a revolver which he carrie 1 In his pocket, but did n"' ; that th-rr were two other loaded revolvers ii. a tin box, containing private rapers, which he Insisted on keeping mar him at all times. His hoddy hraith Improved so much in the ho that it was the int. ntl-.n of his friends to re? move him to i quiet retreat In the country yes? terday. Bennett was watching captain SlcGlflln on Thin slay night ; aboul 2 a. m. yesterday he l-fi the room quietly for a few mlnui ti at th- path nt was asleep, Captain Med fl had been examining some of the papen in the Un box ut ??-. late hour, and the bos waa un opened at hlB bedside, Bennett had not been gt ne from the room five minutes when h<- heat : the report of a revolver, aral hastened back to find the patient dead. After shooting himself through the head the brave man bad fallen ia, k dead on his pili-.w. one revolver ls on the table and the other had dropped on the flt or nt the . I le of th- be.. CAPTAIN M'QIKFIN'B CAREER. Captain McOWRn v i? thirty-four years He waa graduated from ihe Naval Academy at Ai.nap..Hs In 1vs-. He saw more chance for dls t nctlon In foreign service, and entered Into the employ of the Chinese Government, il- was at once recognized ns a "born fighter," and re? ceived the command of the Chen Yuen, the fines' battle-Bhlp of the Chinese Navy. Al thu Lau'..' of the Yam, ih- most Interesting of i I ern naval flRhl ? ' t nu Mine, ol modem warships, Captain McQlffln made hil n . ..i.i as a dare-devil fighter and a head; mander, Hla ves el was one of the survivors, though sh.- ? is hit ovi r >"" times bj Jai Buns and onl> Jual managed tn reai h port in the fight one of th? Chen Vuen'a biggeal waa sh ii ort hy mistake a little i..o aoon. <'a| ? tain McOlffln stu almost directly in font <,f it with a numtVr of seamen. They tried t i leaj out "f the way, bul not quickly enough t.. ea< cape entirely the shock of the nr- Th- n Hi were killed Mc< .min ? as knocked Benn ll- i.vered shortly afterward and wenl ng, in a few minutes a laddei was struck l shell . I a s| i let hil Mi i tiffin In th. He : illed ll oul with a pail of ph and fought on. n- waa afterward hil li I.-a.! and In a score of places on the hody, bul h- w?,uid nol stop fighting nilli! the close of th< terrific battle Ii is the cut. -rn of th- chin.-a- naval officen when they !.???? a fight t>> commit suicide Mc iiiffln would not fo'low tn- custom, ai I lui., disfavor, ll- came to this countrj wrote man-, magazine articles about th- wai He wenl lo l. and with Mis L. E. Weill, at No 1 Ifl Wi st Thirtj -third st. Ahout t".. months ago, Mrs w. ;n says, ihi Captain bej?an to ai I queerlv al tlm< ? Th. m..man saj I i id tia revolvers, and that h. waa nfl I loctors He would flourish hi revolver and declare that he would shoot anj doctor who came near hun Sometimes hi thcught him If full of microbes, and cut han self i. the a rms lo let I he mli rolx . it ll. to liuh: five gas hui n-i s al tv. i ? a | ? ni hum until the nexi morning The spells became more fr< pi.ai. and n wai thought heat I . ? ''inn tn a hospital, if tha ?\a~ possible. His brother waa sent for, as wai T lt Roberts n, of No I',".'', w ? i Thirtj fourth ? The latter says thal < 'aptaln Mi (llffin'i i - rt ditton ?as directly due tn the wounds he n ? i snd ll excitement he wenl through n in- i attie of the Yalu The hero h th. Post 'ii, luate Hospital on thi pn that he was Roing Vi Inspect the place, an. ,. pt thi ? !? ls said that <? intaln Mci tiffin had fort; wounds ..n hli >ody made hy (punters nnd hui li '? Hi carrh 1 a bullet In h - hi ad and -? ?. -ia! In his body. The wound In hit cnused by tl., hlg splinter ai the battle of th' Vain, gave hh tin* grea.ance ? PROTISIOS I \ PORTERft UNITE. AN ASS, ? | \ -. j i: ; , ,, -. ^ ri 4X TR Al .: Hi -nu 1 v Chicago, Feh '.' Chli ifto packers, exporters an, ;,i.,-. Islon .!?. ? rilled In an at lat lon ,-. i-i,?n .!? ioctl - ' - ; -i trade I,,,.nilly Especially In nermany and .\>i.,; - ? and ntagonlsm to American prod ? - assumed ? bsd lo b dom ak.-, ibout sitty Intetested b isl nrs.i men sae! >sterday lu the arMtratlon-ioom a Ihi Hoard of Trade. E .1. Murrin, of Arti.., ir ( Co., was made chairman, and 1 L Underwood, se< retary Ths Provision Deslen snd Exporters' Association was st once fctmed, Its object heinf -tn* con t-.deration of all matters pertaining tr, rv interest <.f provision .balers and ?-xp,>rt.rs In relation IO d' ni'*-rl - and for-Irn eommeree" The members! ... | wa ?!.'? Idi .1. '.,,.,;,I et nalal ot mi mm rs ol Qi ? datives of corporations snd titra* .-. ilvel engaged a.* , rt eaters or exportei ?.ina. 'i he annual - Ul be hi ld on tl 'I i. da) ??? Mai ? arhei in pori of ti., i.,. .-;. i ..limn-- p must bi .. Then ? ? I lea tl of thi mi ? i- ? after in. n ? ? ting, that the a iodation will ,, ? . .-? ( ri- led It ii ictlvltj i ?. ? a di iii ra that thia dh crli il s n tr m i lltth squabble rn <;? rm alleged trici ? ? ? .. . . ? American pn li ? of ? xi on lt la tin ' a | ? .1, ?? a we ? >., . : ?,, -t, n || ' STILL SLASHING PRICES. Tin: CARNEGIE COMPANY HAKKA AN OTRER BIG CUT IN' RAILS. THE PRICI HEDI .'111. TO |14 3B \ TOW IN riTTS nVRO A BITTER STAR POR SVPREMACT AHEAD :n. il sam s . .r MKS PUT AT Wi n:K Pittsburg, Pen, ll.-Th" situation In the gteel mil business this morning shows that the cut* ting of prices hus resolved Itself Into a bitter wnr for supremacy. lt is learned lhal the Cur? tie* Steel Company ls= t 1 ? ??ti11ti nil competition of the I iii hoi-' Bteel ''.un pa ny, and has Inutructed Its n presentntlves in Chicago to soil steel rails at ?47 In Chicago or Ml ?.'.". in Pittsburg, a lower figure than has been quoted In any reports print* .1. When the j.1 went to pieces In the Pitta; bun: i. on Monday au agreement is said to have been made between the two big con* ? P arntli g weal of Ihe mountains to main? tain prices, which were then Axed at .*??.''? in Pit! burg nnd $21 at Chicago, but each firm lo go al i .in-,- business thar it could ob? tain. Presld ni Oates, of the illinois Steel Con pa ny, it ls alleged, wenl direct to Chicago, and within two hours the wins were burdened with messages to all the railroad-; of the West quoting rails at sis. Ths Carnegis company at once Issu. d ord) rs tn their agents to meet all cuts thal ni7:>!' be made, and. as a result, to? day ll Cai |ian) il < Ihicago is selling si $1 1 '-'?"' per ti n, which, with the freight from Pittsburg added, makes a rate of fl7, and i!'. lt la said, ls to be waged to the bit? ter end Andrew Carnegie arrived In Pittsburg 'nsf evening snd held a conference with th*- officials of hia company this morning. Mr. Carnegie was riot sccesslble to newspaper reporters to? day, but ll la 'ir. I. rstood h.- la personalty dlrpct ing the policy of thc c >mpany In thp war now on. Furnace "< >," of th?? Carnegie plant at Brad dock, wan lighted to day. It tiru, been out of blasi since last Arni lt nil! furnish employ? ment for 200 men. My the end of this sreng eight of the i Ine furnaces composing the plant will i" making Iron, giving employment to aboul 1 ROO men, Including thong who work in thc ? arda i'll rago, Fi h. ll All the mil's of the Ullnolg Bteel Company's works a: South Chicago starl i al fu'l blast yesterday for the first time in r any months. Nearly ?">" ? 0 men returned t , i rk. Wages all along the I -.- were cut : |0 to 1." per i en! T Bl lg< | art Works, w hlch en ; ' f si >ul 2,.Vnj men, are expected to i n, with a r- lu cd wage scale similar ? . ?' t of the 8 >uth -i plant Th ? v .'ir of the mts did not under? go ai In thia markei to day, so far as I, hut the hostile lines i .?- strongly u h other as fad that the nt nee. ? is ra ilroads in the I line hav< been satisfied In a large meas? ure by the big contracts made In the last few iii., farm gie .it ri Illinois -.1 com for a stop In the price ?< it ting. Tl , cai e for steel rails anywhere to-day $17 a ton. At this tempting figure, the follow, placed: Twenty fl,,. thous i- i I ? ' the i go, Milwaukee and sr. paul Railn ad; 20,000 ? ? ? to the Atchl Bon, . | : Santa Fe, and 1.400 tons to the ? i nd ..nd Westi rn. p. : ? ? i tes of ti-.- Illinois st. el Com pa left here l day for Pittsburg. The object pf t a seciet 1 other offii ers of the ci here, but considerable significance la attai hed to his departure by Iron and il j. nee Bei nnd vice-President pa mei lld to fl representative of the United \ |ati r] Pn "The l Inols Steel Corn pa, . . > ? ia i i-daj it $1S pei ? n. We un ?? the Ea sta rn milla have offered II market for fl" " "Do you mk for I iti n of the iron oro i.i as a result of the rall and billet pools "Il ? iy, speaking genei ally, that there is no Buch thing to-day as a i ol In tv. iron I and ? uslm ia. We have nothing to do "ith tv Although ?''?Is was the p ? ? '. illy given by ihe i lin i ? ompany for to-day. the inside opin? ion tia' whal ralla were sold to-day by th" \V rn ? neem were at the Carnegie price of 817. Tl for placing ord. rs with the l . ? lld only be given by West ? -i i. n the price was i ut to 'ii" Carne i .1 i-n, Penn., Feb ll "You may say," Ba '. '.-'?? .I Manager Charles I'.. Price, of the Can ria Iron C a I'nlted Associated Pn reporter to-day, "that the Cambria Iron lake all the si ???; rail orders it can ? it $17 a ton If the price ..- ? ? we will meei the figures. The Cambria l ? noi quit the fi- ld. lt ls in I sta] in it to the ? nd." 1 ming t ? Mr. Price expi ll his ? onvictlon that from n w ia production of rails ? Tl I ???? ;il mi sn," he sal I, "that rj other direction " ou make ate, i alis for **17 al a profit?" Mr I': "No; but l i t matter to the i 'ambrla li'i. C VV,* will simply i.bilged to pul ? .Urei 'ions to ina ii nh* the end of Iii i $17?" "i .1 i 1 Itor for rh-- Camhrls I' ??-. pal ? hi tm that c.le and I! ? ? . ?..-! rai| mar li he i Itoi-kef, lier corn Mr. I ? ? i i f ? i li Idea In t this ls a i pry, \ ery ? M? i.' !? ? t the drop lld e on the messed that ? ? mpany would i- the old i I Bl ? ? ? ; the 1 i Cen . '. ? -. ? . , - ? -. . ? ' ? ? by the it a I-.i ? ?.. ? i , - ? ? ? buj J)?.? toi - ? ? il na Hon hs* m tal ... e In maln - irtlon to ? ? - ni iterle ? ; used ir. tut ? nm ifacture Formerly, and for several rears te* gather the railroad could a-ii a toi hm1 a third .I Iron i s for the i isl I ? lo.i sf new steel - ri.il- I-i-t yaat the prices in Chicago war.- ipi ?????* ? .' ' I :..,. e ton Of new mi!.-. If t - e orders for em jgh rall* to r. f their entire mlle ?< this year, I ,. . reseed setlvlty ir ...'ry branch ot early day." e [Ri in . -iv: I'..' il a kv.. TED. ?iv: LABU ? ? ? r mun vi ihUshss tho ? - , ? a*, nVi ha* ' Lathe f* tends al t ... track , . ? ... rerj com nd eel trana fer ?cnan;e ol ; r \ r-Csrnegfe i mMnn*tBgnj wi ll do In tfce Ore Po.d will heroine minlf.st within a fortnight The first announcement will he In the shn|io nf larj*f> p-iIps of ore for delivery iliirlntr the coming seas(,n >f navigation without regard ts ths pool. Even more Important than the collaps? of the St-ei n.iii p00] whl.-h was seattered to the winds on Monda., will ho the termination of th? Ors Pool, it priu glean a terrific war on prices by ah ths iron minina; companies of Northern Michigan nn.l Ittnneaol i Towns now prosperous in those regions will he affected. Ulm * which have pr rduced mountains nnd mad,, millionaires msy be green over to rotting timberi snd rusty pumps, Th- population of ih.- iron mining reg ni of ths North will bs shift-.] m ths migration of miners to new Heida ti..- stories ol privation and suffering which ths iron districts of the North have several times given to ihe wort l sin.- iii- panic of four years ?il-, may be retold In ths working out of the changes whi.-h must come with fires competition between th- ur..it mining companies. While the end of the Bteel Rall Pool bringa e re. Auction of wagej it also bringa mora work, h-it In tha min-s new fields of labor ara far away, snd in the development of the Meei a Range far i-s? m. n are required to produce the ore than In th? eil, l min.-... whl.-h have furnl hed the largest ern* ployment 'o miners in the past. There li a serious question if the Iron Ore P has net already iran -. In previous winters the production of everj Important mino In ths Lake Superior region hat been allotted and prices Used long before tai< time in Pebruary, a* yet no allot? ment haa been ma,lr- and no pricei have been Axed for the '.mini; season. Meetings have l>--r. held at Cleveland, bul they have i>-?;-. fruitiest In rt lng an agre ment The larger eompanlea, believing a gigantic war i ini il kn avert. I, appi ir to !.? in? different over the results of thi ie sessions, < .a ill dd. ? entlmcnt was general yesterday - ire Pool --I .1 not !?? - iv sd, and Incident? ally tl ' thi tame Influences which have wn -k. .1 ? ? - Iron and steel cot ? ? - beginning of the ??? ir adi! prevent I ii iron-mining companies tran reaching in agreement, In ? ii n ir thi two great companies will bo th Mlnnrsota Iron Companj wi tl ia rt era In this ? :?? l ke Blip, rior f'onsolM ited Mini -. control:. I hy Joh 11 lt rki feller, Both opel i the Mes ', Range, ibo Duluth, In Minnesota, al? though the Minnesota fomnan) has heavy Int. in the ,'erml loi Range alao Their ra. ri i". ? ? tame region, and some of their pr [wr? ites adjoin ea h other Furl er to the westward lt the Mahonlng Mine, owned by Pennsj-b tula lr ri n ? ? . ? ? WI ? inge In the I.ak- S ipi ri r region B fleeted b; tl f hostilities, the battleground win be the M--.il t Range, where tba 1- ..lers meet. D M Bacon, pr. std^nt nt tiie ICtanesets Iron (.'omi ii'., lld ye.tterdsj that hi knew of no agree, ment covering thi output ,,f the mans <>r prices for IW7, He expected a larger dem.ii I f r lee! and pa an export trade T ia lld certain il! un th'- mines f.>r more ..ro. All Mr Bacon would say regarding th*, im;.. ? Una str'irK'.M in -he or- trade wns. "There are lOO.OOfl.noV loni ' nm tn sticht In the Mrs,i?,. Range Thi Ro.-k'fe||i r holdlnns, either In fe., or and. r lesSe, tn eluding the fee of the Mountain Iron Mine, which h.i-^ been recently leased to - ..???? Bteel Com i j..my. no douin approxlmat. toni Th. rest ls held by people who have no connection witt Mr Rockefeller'! Inten I - Asked retrnrdlnc his idea of the break-up of th' Steel Pool, Mr Bacon said thal the tendenej in try ta to *???? the cost of product) lon ? ?? ?. r cou tries, ? I BIO HEAL ESTATE DEAL THE SYNDICATE BUILDING I.IK BLY Ti CHANGE HANDS AGAIN. T1IP5 METBOPOLtTAJf l.'.VK INSURANCE CDJ4PAS41 [fl TOT PROSPECTIVE- BCTEB, IT TO OTVg IN EXCHANGE SEVERAL PARCEUi IN TH'S CITT AM> BROOKLYN ABOUT BS 000.000 [NV. ILVED. The farts In connection with th- biggest r<-a es,ate deal pr Jected In this elty f-r month leah l ait yesterday. The transaction Involve the sale, by the New Fork Realty Compan; (Flake A Dowling), i f the Syndicate Building, a the Bouthwest corner of Liberty and Naasai sts, al **'_'...im?i?'"|. t.. the Metropolitan Life In aurance Com] ny, in exchange for which th ?lk- several properties in this city sn< Brooklyn, which Include practl. ill - all the prop erty nf iii- li irai.mpanj-, with the >x ceptlon of the properties In the bloc! on whi-! the large Metropolitan Life Building stardi at the roth, ast corner ? f Madlson-ave. bi i Tv ' ".-thit'd-st Tw.i of the i ?? pertioa given In exchange b; the Insurance company are known f,, i,,, th ent-houu >, a nlne-stoi > tl ? proof structure, 100x100, at the northeast cortie of West End . and Elghty-flrst-st., and th Earlscnurt apartment laois.-, at the northwes corni r nf Ma I son-ave and Thlrty-flrst-st , ai eight-story building, ."??'x,.?.% feet. Th. valuattoi j.nt upi n all the propertlea given In i xchange b: the Inaurance company la nnd. rs-.l to I. about f2,225,O0O, the balance to I ? paid li rash. :? 'j also reported that, by the terms nf th Meti ir ni I. ?'?? Insurance ?'impan ls to lend to the Mew-York Realty Ci n he forn er <? impany bi of mom ? i"i! ' the mortgages on th -.- Building, which may mean that th Realty Compan; will pay ..ff all encumbrance on that building, and transfer lt free and des to the puri hasi r; I- is a so reported thar th- New York Realt Company leal i Ihe Syndicate Building fror its proposed new ownera for a long term ? ? yeara at a fall rental, on the valuation at whi? tit- building ls put ? While ll la known that the fon going ls tl prim ? ?' part of th.approved b; .? lon, lt could not b learned last night thal th.ntracts had beei signed bi yet John R. Hegeman, president o the Metropolitan Life Insuranc. Corni inj ' dined to see a Tribune reporter who called a his la,na- last pvenlnp, and Mr Dowling, c. Flak ,- : i ha Just left this city fo P Thi Sj ii.ii. ai- !? fi ? ts !"? f? In N .'''?? I.lix vi-, -st . i,-t ] i .. ii ,i continual .ans, nf worry to ti,.,s- Inter I estell in lt ? ?? M as eiei ted It ?a ?ht '..?. the \ ? 'i irk Realty Company ?> .1. .a ? ll t in forei - ure pr.ding f fSXteVJIll, this being *H.iBNl over the morl and accrued Interest on the property, The ground on which Ihe building stands wa i purchased I I-'laki & Dowling In Decemhei l*'.;t ami in Mar. ive. the plot was sold hy thei to IyHin .\ lt I repi entlng a synd $1,2.'.A ?rk was then begun ..ti th en Hon nf a fifteen stoi j hand ?? at. ne bu hut, owing to a series of strlki In 'ta- pr. cess i cnnstrui lion, ih - ? ady In tim for the renting season lasi sp lng, and In cons* quern ? ' ? ir's in. omi The Interest and operating expenses had accum ulated ond the propertj wa* sold under a fourt ? ir to $900,001), whli li wa given i" secun balances du. rs, ma il men nnd architects This left a first morl M " '.al "? :.ei . . ? ? due Juiv lim' a s* tl ige ? ' ?*"_'..'' i??? i due Julv iv v , 6 pet ent, ai ' a third mortgage of $250,000, iu B pteml r, i"?'?'-* ai 0 per cent e PARU [Ml . /' in n.ni\<; damaged. COgTLT BLAZE KT OTTAWA POOR wop.te ip th :-!-.-? DEPARTMENT Otta i i. Ont., Feb. 11 \ i sastroua fire stat? ed at ." I" ..'< I.- k tin.1- afternoon In the patchina room of the Put.ii. Works Department, in th upper story of the western block of the Parlli m?nt buildings. Owing to Ineffectual \\.rk .. the part of the firemen for la. i< ..f water pn asur t? ?? flames spread ovi r ali ? ? ? entire roo and si 1" o'clock were still In jt igreaa The "' fsr burned were for clerk Borne old recorda were burned, bul un.si of th table papet ? m ... d The stationer office ind I ' li ''? ry ? f th Public Wort w< re in the | thi building burned Thei The loss is estimated t tllSIISHI LIBERTY CTCLE1 it Q'd Central Tal.ica LIBERTY C\ 'LES Feb Cth te tv.h LIBKRTY CTC1 ES Spaces 117 to -lil. (Advt V I I TREATY'S FRIENDS WORRIED INEFFECTUAL EFFORT! TO FIX A TIME FOR A VOTE. Mi:. BHBRUMN TtUH in' vain TO WTXxtM Alf .V'tiUF-MKNT Mit TCRPIg COM KS 001 W PAVon <~if Tm- rn?ATt bj origi KAUaT NV OTI lal BB Uti H.F" PI.Y TO MP.. HOROAS*. WashlnKt.n. Fel ll BenntOf **T orman, who ls in cnnrge of the Ren-nil treaty "f arbitration with Oreat Britain now under (."-ret disrusslon in the sonata*, ls beginning to show some un easlneea. Just before ina* aojourrment thlg nftornoon h" Inforni-l th'* S*r.ato that lt wan time an aiiroomont wm reuched when the final vote should bs taken, Mr. Bbsrinna asked lt unanlmoua consent '"'iii no* b** had for some day neat Breen; Mr. Morgun, th" most persist ent opponent of tho treaty, demurred. A col loquy followed beta en thens two s-nators. with ..thors occnstonally putting in a word. In which it was apparent that Mr Bh 'tuan would be un? able to s'Tiiro any k'.i.d of an nct'omont. and ho, therefore, gave up tho offort. l>pTlnntng with n**xt week, Mr Sherman will repent his re? quest from day ta day, and insist lhat action t?' taken before that week ls ovor. only two speeches were sande on the treaty to-day. Mr. TurpV, --t Indiana, whose position has hitherto not been kn-.wn b) his associates, came out strongly for th., onventlon as nosotl ated ail Lok th.- ground 'h.it the amendments of tho eommltl ?? were whollj unne -s^ary and tended to <-?->nfu>.* th- public and onrumh-r the Instrument itself. A* the outset Mr Turple produced a recent .-tit. m. tit in a New-York n rwspnper hy ex-Senator Edmunds The pre? sentation ??!* th- .7.-- by Judge Kdmnnds waa ..,, concise, ??> convln lng, and t ? unnnsusrnnsg, Mr. Turple said thal he could do no latter than .. I ipi it as his "-ah. Ko language 'ha' he might ,; .. could prei ? ihe case from hts point of view before the Bel tte "1 a stronger light Mr. Titi:.- rend tins article paragraph by paras-mph. and spent possibly half an hour <ornni.-nt.nc up. 11 lt He .iiVg-tiod Jude;,* Ed? munds as on- ..f ?h*' most brilliant non in the United Srat.-.s wi ns srere ontttVd to pr-it weight and whose reputation as a law \.r vors. d in International questions was sec? ond to none Judge Kdmnnds had pointed out th- H':-..np p..mrs in riv treat! snd if only re? mained f.r him, Mr Turple said, to add there ?.. ,1 little "f his own pera. 7 ii .pinion. NO THAI* IN Tl!!'. TREATY. Tho ir..'.lana Senator then pr-.ooeded to pay his respects I 1 Senator Morgan, snd to reply to tho si.Vi thal H nal 1 made on Tuosday, wli'n i;.- advocated the ii r gatton of tne Clay ton-Bulwer treaty. He ridiculed the idea that ? iror.t Britain had sei s trap for tho I'nlted States, .1 Mr, M ? intended, and de? ni..! that this countrj was about to enter into an) trap li- hs f any se. ret pitfalls In th:- tn it) serted thal lt was a plain, straightforward efforl on the part of two croat ns ipeaklns tha - tong ie, to enter int.. an agreement to settle their disputes wlth .ait recourse 1 1 The Nlcaragus Canal would not come within this treaty, and would therefore cause no Ms* tit n. Even if ll did, Mr Turple contended that - nate et uki deal v, |th it as an In I lion. It wouli not do for thi T n7--l States -''?nato to amend . m ol thia ?? 1} nor ? lUld the Knited States refuse 1 1 part tos f-noral ai vi.it;-. 11 .--.ii- eal} before the Sen tatlon made by this Government I ther Powers to enter i7t-. ?uch ar. arrangemenl ard Engtnnd aluna had accepted thal Invitation. The Knited - could not afford to be charged with ln ich less more serious oharges thai might be mad ti ow tn rt pudlate the d< ? trine of - itlon, said Mr. is -;ii,pl a nv ms for the 1 eacefus pettl?*meni rnatlonal disputes. It did not pr.-\ ent ? . decreeing : h. . han. es of '?' ai BK" '111.TAI*.'. li. the . nurse of hil to the whole treaty a pi 0dilation, and ? uloglzi d Secrets foi the -fill he had displayed ai tractors ol tho Instrument. The rn that n.id 1.n aimed at Arri, le I V of th) tn sty and the follow \r.tc ftrtl Vi.-- d iii t ? un, - as Ur, Tm plc said, !.vi:v PRAISED. ?. h Mr Turple retorts] !'- :. and Mr Turple pr.led tn how that in n*i way 1 mild it be con* 1 thal .7. ? ctlng the National 1 ' tract lng parties were ti under thi-: s-a-noral mlttee had added nothing to the convention by its amendm nts, and Mr Turple urged the Senate to repudiate them and a-cept the treat* ia Iginally fran ? I Mt ie went Morgan replied to Mr Turple, but when v ned he had noi finished. Ile ? ? ... ....-1 ii-., 11111.-> 11 i'm. I nev iuch of ground that he I ad pro ai ! again ? mphaalged the ne li clai ulon in his treaty of ths ah rogation of the Clayton-Bulwer convention. Mr. Turple' ; - ' n on l he ti at) under discussion appeared to show him to 1 1 rn tn of pa ace, hut ?'??? '? eni attltud ? of the Indians Senator tug Cuban quest lop did not, Mr Morgan said, bear oul th ? ? I for I lay Mr. M rgan gave notice. ?f an amendm ni whlt*h he would off*r ? eff, ct that a nt, nded to be submitted for arbitration under this treaty shall i"- sn; milted afb ? the manner row re? quired by the C for the ratifl -atlonj .. treaties. Thia means thal ever) anea the i'r. sldent tn the Sonate for Its appro*, ii before Its submission to the tribunal of ai Mr. Teller asked that all the correspondeucsj bearing on thia tn il n 1 le public, but no v- 1 snd the matter s III probably ?pom .1 of al ihe cl - aston Theta ls nothing new in rbis rorr ss lt has ali ady been published In these dispatches, POWFR OP Ol v UV TIOXISTS, An ' 1 Benat< r of high reputation and long . xpei lem ?, dis, usslng tl.hences .,f me ratlfl catlon of the general arbitration trsnty, said to day; Th,, p toes not I te the diHtultn ? ?- natorial oppose* .l m,d frlei ? roaty have not onl] ... furnl -.!????? ? t. ? to ita r.irf 10 bring ths dav I roi light over the San * --.ri..- had nreat ertsln ru ii ti whole power ' A >n into ihe . >nte*;. And. what was ol . treaty ? fids aa. r.. ictltu i< a great as his ? I'roat. knowlni tie .lld earl u..- s..r .,11 ?uc -t 1,. a; if to th, ' Itmesl lo aa, in I ?' tl.lpaied tn K\ - wi re all at the WW House foi ? r? .,.. then once. 11 -*.?,?. rted at tl gradually Increased In 1 - to ., standstill that ? re ttcatnst ? III we w-re brough! t" * standstill A rom rn isa lon waa aD Ban Di ml go ;a nd rej : ,,, <?,.,,_ ''?" ppiwattion ??- ntinued ' ! wo won 1 ,.,lr strength v .. r. ; ? ? treat j ?eemedf sa