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NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1897.?TWELVE PAGEg.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
AX EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEX
PISASTER IN THE WINCHESTER ARMS
COMPANY'S SHOP AT NEW-HAVEN.
? i>OAr>iyr; machine cat-ses the accident?
FORTY FFET OF THE ?G??.???? 1?U)WX ?G?
?VICTIMS FRIGHTFVI.LT MANGLED.
New-Haven. Conn.. July 21.?The woret ex?
plosion since the establishment of the Winches?
ter Repeating Arms Company ln this city took
place at the armory of this concern this morn?
ing:. Six persons were Instantly killed, two were
fatally injured, and at least a dozen more or less
seriously hurt.
THE DEAD.
BOKMAN. Jullu?, single, age ?eventeen year?, powt*?r
boy.
???????. Josephine, orphan. ?*? eighteen year?, ma?
chine operator.
?? G MEISTER. Nellie, marri??*?. aire ?Ixt<-en year?, parents
live In Htwklyn: mach?n? operator.
BJgtOWIf, Ida. ms-rr!???*. age ?htrty year?, parente reside
In l'etrolt, Mich.; machine operator.
CONNEI.LKY. Theresa, ?Initie, aa-? sixteen year?; ma?
chin* operator.
BOA* Waiter, ?ingle, aire flrhteen year?, powder boy.
BJARDOUT, Edward, who wa? taken to the hospital fa?
ti, y injured, died thi? afternoon. He \vn? a machine
operator.
The explosion occurred ln the department
known as the loading-room. Employed in this
room were l.V) hands, about one hundred of
whom were girls and women. Nearly all of the
female hands are employed on what are known
a* the loading machines. These machines are so
constructed as to require three operators. The
receptacle holding the powder has a capacity of
one pound of the explosive, and as fast a* the
powder ls exhausted a powder boy replenishes
the supply.
It was about 0:30 o'clock this morning when
the fearful explosion occurred. The full com?
plement of hands were at work ln the room. Of
a sudden and without warning a deafening ex?
plosion took place. In an Instant the air wa?
filled with shrieks and agonizing cries. Forty
feet of the side of the building was blown out
and hurled In pieces many foot. The air was
filled with flying debris, and fragments of hu?
man bodies were scattered in a sickening man?
ner.
HARROWING SCKNKS AT THE WORKS.
Every employe ln the mammoth plant, as welt
as resi lent? ln that section, were only too famil?
iar with this sort of thing, and operations were
instantly suspended. Enormous crowds flocked
to the scene. A hurry call was sent for all avail?
able physicians, the Fire Department, the polire,
the ambulance and the hospital corps. The work
of caring for the dead and Injured was begun.
Harrowing scenes were enacted as .the vast
throng congregated about the place and the de?
tails of the awful disaster became known.
The news that an explosion of unwonted pro?
portions had taken place at Winchester's caused
thousands to gather at the scene of the disaster.
In the crowd terror-stricken persons were to be
seen flying about, calling frantically for news of
their friends. The constant arrival of the am?
bulances, the large detail of the police, the Fire
Department, and as many of the city's physi?
cians aa could be reached, added to the confu?
sion.
The police Anally were compelled to adopt
stringent methods to hold the crowd ln control.
As soon as the turmoil was quieted In a measure,
a systematic Investigation was begun. Not
Until then was the extent of the fearful tragedy
apparent. The Immediate scene of the explosion
presented a dreadful sight. Machinery, wood,
brick? and other d?hrle BStaS? everywhere, and in
the midst of It all were found pieces, large and
email, recognizable and oth?>rwlse, of quivering
human flesh. It was a sight which caused the
strongest man to falter and draw back. As
rapidly as possible the Injured were cared for.
In two instances the suffering of the wounded
was frightful. One of the victims who had not
been kilb-d ? rtS partly disembowelled. As soon
ns a victim was seen to be alive, the mutilated
being was tenderly cared for, made as comfort?
able as possible, and dispatched with all speed
to his home, if he could give his address or was
recognized by his friends, and to the hospital or
elsewhere If not.
At first the reports had It that four persons
had been killed, but as the investigation pro?
ceeded It was found that it was worse than
that, and the police, the physicians, the firemen
ar.d the medical examiner gathered the n-malns
of six persons. Two of the bodies had been
decapitated. Others had been partially torn
asunder, and still others had lost arms, legs
and other portions of their bodies. At length
the investigation readied a point where Medical
Examiner White informed the newspaper men
vtin were on the scene that six had been In?
stantly killed, two fatally injured, and several
others more or less hurt, and he gave out the
list of dead as given above.
The officials of th" compat??/ used every
effort to assist in the work of relief. They
cav.t-.'d to be rounded up s<> far as was possi?
ble those of their employes who were in the
immediate vicinity of the explosion. Those who
had lost friends could rot be controlled, but
Bt noon It was believed that all of the d?-ad had
been found. The excitement was Intense. Per?
haps the saddest scene was tanactad when John
BautneiattaT learned that his wife was among
the dead. He lived ln Hamden, and had been
only recently married. At the time of the ex
floslon he was at work but a few feet distant
rom his wife. The bodies of the dead were
temporarily removed to the morgue of Lewis
* Maycock. .vher?? Medical Examiner White
?sill complete his investigation.
THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY SMALL.
The explosion did not cause a Are. and the Fire
Department confined Its efforts to aiding ln the
work of relief. An examination of the building
Showed that the damage was not great. The
interior was somewhat badly wrecked, and, as
Stated above, forty feet of one side was carried
away.
The cause of the explosion has not been de?
termined, and perhaps Its cause may never be
known. None of those at work ln the room at
the time say that it was due to the fact that a
cartridge in process of loading had been Improp?
erly placed in the machine. It Is not ev?-n defi?
nitely known ln Just what machine the explosion
occurred. An explosion in any of the main de?
partments at the Winchester works ls an un?
usual thing. Extraordinary precautions are
takm, and the company's oillclals are careful to
an extreme almost ln th?-ir rrffOTtfl to preclude
the possibility of a disaster. Tsually explosions
oeeur In the little mound houses, where by one
mrtn the powder ls prepared for use. No blame
will attach to the company.
Tiie money loss caus-d by the explosion is
estimated to be about f&,000 to the machinery
and $.%.?B*rO to the building. No effort whs made
to resume operations at the armory' to-day. but
the plant will start up a?:aln to-morrow.
THF. PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT.
T. G. Bennett, president of the company, this
afternoon gave to the Associated Press the fol?
lowing statement:
"It is Impossible to say at this time what
was the cause of the terrible aecldent. and the
exact cause may never be known. The funnel
which contained the powder was exactly like
that on the first ma? nine used, which was tested
with 12'^ pounds of powder. Since the first ma?
chine was made several have exploded without
harming any one, and generally without harm?
ing the machine. We have believed that they
**>re perf?etlv f-afe The heir? who bring In the
??.? 1er bring It In small cans, carrying one
Pound each. The telltale attached to the ma?
chine tells when the powder is nearly exhausted,
^'hen the help see that the powder is exhausted
thtl .lanal for more powder. Another can Is
tkea brought and put Into the machine. At
r'lght all Of the powder is taken out of the ma
thine?, and I am Intu? Mad bf the man In charge
"t the room that ?ill the powder was taken away
from this machine. I beli, ve, however, that
ther.? was more than the required amount of
Powder In the machine We have been running
?Utomatlc loading machines for ??methlng more
than twenty year??, aril thla la ?he "rat time
that any one has been Injured In their use. Since
the adoption of those machines we have had no
accident In the u?e of black gunpowder."
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was
founded by Oliver Fisher Winchester, a native of
Boston. After making a fortune In the shirt-man?
ufacturing business AVlnchester became Interested
In firearms, and In Igfl bought a large share In the
Volcanic Arm? Company, which ?ras formed to
manufacture the repeating rifle Invented t>v Heti
Jamln T. Henry. This was one of the earliest
magazine arms produced in this country, but tin
company was unsuccessful, and In 18S0 \Vlnch*?st??r
bought out the other shareholders anil organised
the New-Haven Arm? Company, of Which he !>??
came president. The company was prosperous
from the start. The Henry rifle was improved
continually, until Its name was changed to th<?
\\ Inchester Repeating Arm. and in UM the com?
pany was reorganized as the Winchester Repeat?
Ing Arms Company.
In 1872 the company began to manufacture metal?
lic cartridges, and now possesses a plant capable
of turning out half a million a dav. The factory
buildings cover an area of several acres. Th?
company sold large quantities of arms to the
French Government during the Franco-Gorman
War, and to Turkey during the war with Russia.
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BLOODSHED IN A BACK WAR
BOTH WHITE MEN AND NEGROES MOB?
TALLY WOUNDED.
A FIERCE FEin STARTED AT RIVKttTON, ALA..
BT THREATS OF LYNCHING A NEOHO?
THE ENTIRE COl'NTRY ROCND
AROCT UP IN ARMS
[BT t??.?pp???? io t? TBIBUSB.T
Chattanooga, Tonn., July 21.? Riverton. Ala..
Just below Florence. Is in the throes of a race
war, one of the most serious in the history of
Alabama. The entire country for one hundred
miles around has armed, and the people are
crowding Into Rlverton to-night. All day th?
feeling has been intense between the blacks and
the whites, and a pitched battle is likely to result
at any minute.
The trouble arose over a negro named Rogers
attempting to assault Mrs. S. L. Vaughan. the
wife of a prominent citizen of that town, yester?
day afternoon. Mrs. Vaughan fought the negro
off, and aroused the neighborhood by h?-r
screams. Searching parties were quickly organ?
ized, and soon several hundred men and boys
were looking for the negro. The entire country
was scoured, and the posses returned to town
several hours later. It was believed that the
negro had been found nnd lynched, but none of
the party would tell anything about It.
Rlverton is the headquarters of th*? Govern
works on Colbert Shoals Canal. The Govern?
ment works on Colbert Shoals Canal. Tho
Government employes on the works became
highly Incensed at the action of the negro.
and armed themselves to run the negroes
out of town. In the surrounding county
at least half the population Is made up of
negroes, who work on the plantations. They
are up in arms and angry. They say they will
protect their brethren at any risk. All day long
crowds of excited negroes have been congregat?
ing on the outskirts of the town, heavily armed
with old-fashioned shotguns. The Sheriff warned
them of the seriousness of the situation, and ad?
vised them to disperse. The messenger was
mocked, and barely escaped with his life.
The white men were determined In the mat?
ter, and late this afternoon about two hundred
and fifty marched out in line to where the ne?
groes were, and ordered them to disperse. This
was followed by a regular fusillade of shots from
both parties. The negroes outnumbered the
whites more than two to one, but wer? poorly
armed, and were forced to retreat ln haste. The
white men followed them for about half a mile
and then returned. Few negroes remain in
town to-night.
Information comes that three negroes were
wounded, one perhaps fatally, and two white
men mortally wounded in the battle. Who the
wounded men are cannot be learned at this hour.
A dispatch from Rlverton says that about two
hundred white men are picketed around the
town prepared for an attack by the negroes,
which ls expected at any time.
A mob of more than one hundred men Is chas?
ing thre? deputy sheriffs, who are said to have
Mrs. Vaughan's assailant ln custody. They
have the officers surrounded In a swamp, n*\ir
the Tennessee River, and will probably lynch
the negro as soon as they can lay hands upon
him. Runners have been sent out to the adjoin?
ing counties to summon the planters and citi?
zens to help the besieged town The situation ls
critical and a bloody encounter ls hourly ex?
pected.
WATSON STILL DENOUNCING BUTLER.
HE AGAIN DEMAND. THAT THE ????.???
NATIONAL rilAlRMAN RESIGN.
Atlanta. Ga.. July 21?In his "People's Party
Paper" of this week, out to-nlRht, Thomas E. Wat
eon calls on Senator Marlon Hutler to resimi the
National chairmanship of the People's Party. He
says: "With liutler at the head of our host the
host ls not going to march. We had enough of
P.utler and I'utlerism. II?? has deceived us and Is
j deceiving us now. He Is ln collusion with our foes,
. Just as Allen Is. We cannot light fusion with, a
'? fusionist in command. There is no senae in trying
It. This party ls entitled to a Chairman who is hi
sympathy with its policy as declared at Nashville.
Populism cannot go to auccess anteas e Populist
heads a leader who puts principles above ti;?? of
? flees, and who realizes the deadly mistake of put
i ting our party Into corrupt bargalr.lnRs .'or office
I with Its foe*.
"Let Mr. Hutler resign. Let us have Was),hum
or Reed for a chairman. Let us nave an official
head in whom the rank and file put confidence."
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EDUCATIONAL CONFEBENCB AT HAMPTON.
Newport News, Va., July 21.?An Afro-American
educational conference began at Hampton Institute
this morning, and will last until Friday. The most
prominent colored educators of the State ?-.re pr?s?
ent. Reports on home trades, schools, bu-lness
habits, Ian?! and religion were read at the morning
set-Mon. Papers on education wen read by w. <\
Price. J. Hugo Johnson, snd others. A large num?
ber of papera on educational topics will be read
at to-morrow'.1! session.
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ALLEGED TO HAVE DIED OE A BEATING.
Providence, R. I.. July 21 ?Police Constable Alfred
A. Johnson, of Hirer Hook, died at 4 o'clock this
morning from the effects of a healing h*? le talleced
to have received on Sunday morning from Con?
stable Charles Palimi and the ;atter's son, Walter,
Warrant? agnina! the BBssllsnts which bave basa
issued, charging assault with a dangerous weapon?
will be changed to manslaughter. The two Hal
lous, fhthtaf and ?on, came to this city this morn?
ing to obtain ball, with the announce?! Intention of
later delivering themselves up to Deputy-Sheriff
Lynch, of Warwick, at Apponaug, who drove ap
last night to arrest them and fourni tu? in taWay
from home. An autopej will ??>? held to-morrow
morning to determine officially the causa of death.
TOO MUCB BAIN ALONG THE RED RIVER.
Minneapolis, July 21.? Dispatches from Karg.?,
Grand Forks, Crookfton and other Red Hiver Val?
ley points say that the-?? Is too much rain for the
good of the wheat crop. At F.irgo 4.16 Im-he? of
rain In two and one-haif ?lay? has fallen. M ui
fields? of wheat on low places will l?. uncut and the
Joss will be heavy. The rains in South Dakota are
conslilered highly beneficial.
t? ILLUMINATE the royal gorge.
Canyon City. Cl.. July 21.-Th?? official? of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company have d? -
cldwl to illuminate the famous Royal Gorge with
cl? .-trlcity, the lighting fluid l???|ng furnished from
the city. Thl? ls to be dene for the bSOOttt Ol trav?
el!? re whose business make it necessary for tiu-m
to pas? tnrough the gorge in the night.
AM ERIC AX I'lG IROX FOR GERM AX Y.
Chicago. July 21?"The Industrial Worl?l" to?
morrow will say that three thousaml ton? of b?-s?e
mer t>lg iron, the pn .lut of a Milwaukee mill,
have Otatan ?t?ld for export to ??ermany. Many other
foreign inquiries are at hand In thl? market.
Amateur photographers will find every requisite
at RockwooJ's, 1.440? Uro?U*?vay. near 40th.-?AUvt.
THE SEALING CONFERENCE.
EXPERTS TO MEET AND COMPARE NOTE8
A STRGNG RRITISH PATROLLIN?! FLEET.
London, July 21?It Is now seml-offlclally re?
ported that an International conference will be
held at Washington early in October, on the
basis of John W. Foster's suggestion on behalf
of the G???-d States Government that the ex?
perts representing Great Britain and the T'nlted
States should m-et and compare the results of
their investigations, with a view of arriving at
an agre??,] state of facts.
Pending smh an agreement there Is no ques?
tion of extending, the scope of the conference to
Include a revision of the present regulations.
The primary object will be not legal, but r*?-t?n
tiflc.
Viclo'la, R C? July 21.?The Rrltish Govern?
ment is sending to the R-hring Sea sealing fish?
eries a much strong??!? patrolling fune than
usuili. Already two nun-of-war. the Wild Swan,
of 1500 tons and eight guns, and the Pheasant.
of BHO tons and eight guns, have sailed, and they
will tie followed In a fen days by H. M. S. Am?
phlon, a powerful cruiser <?f ,",(MH) tons and ten
guns. Besides these vessels two cruisers have
teen detached from th- ?'hira fleet for the seal
fisheries, one of which is H. M. S. Rainbow, a
powerful modern cruiser <>f 4,000 tons and sight
guns. The Aniphion Is the fastest vessel in
Paci ?'ic waters.
WILL oppose ANNEXATION TO THE END.
JAPAN'S ATTITUDE* TOWARD HAWAII f-TATET? BT
HER rORtaOM MINISTRI'..
Vancouver. R. C., July 21.?Count Okuna, For?
eign Minister of Japan, says regarding the an?
nexation of Hawaii to the l'nlt?'d States:
'The Foreign Office ls not surprised at the
; proposed annexation. We simply protested
against It. The Importance of the islands will
be immensely Increased by the construction of
the Nicaragua or Panama Canal, and It Is ab?
solutely Pi cessar* therefore to leave the country
Independent. In voyaging to the far F.ast
sfamers starting from Europe or Ami-rlca must
call at Hawaii. To have them Incorporated into
the I'nlon would seriously Involve international
Interests In the Pacific Ocean. Another reason
ls this: Annexation would impair the rights ami
privileges m hieb Japan is enjoying In Hawaii.
The protest was, therefore, entered on these
grounds. Leaving aside the attitude of other
Powers, th*? question is. What will Japan do if,
Under ?my circumstances the annexation Is car?
ri? .1 into practice in spite of the protest ?.f
Japan? Japan must oppose it to the utmost.
Annexation must n??t be recognized."
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JAPAN WANTS NO WAR.
London, July 21 -The. Paris correspondent of
"The Dally Mail'* says: ?'The Japanese Minister
her?? denies that the relations between Japan an?l
the United ItattaS are strained, and says: 'We
wish especially to avoid ???? with the United
Suites. If we had wantcil war we would have re?
sisted Rusais when she interfered after our war
with China, hut we decided lh.it it was l?est to
strengthen our army and navy and develop our
I. sr,lir? es.' "
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THE ANNEXATION HILL DISCUSSED.
Washington, July II.-The Senat" Committee on
Foreign Notations to-day briefly dtaCUSSed the bill
Intro.luced by Senator Morgan for th- annexation
of Hawaii, but decided to postpone further eon?
??deration of it while th<? annexation treaty Is
pending. The bill ls Intended to be acted on ln Us
prex-nt shape only in case of the failure of the
Senate to ratify the treaty. The committee expects
to ask the Sonate to t.ik?? up the treaty Immediately
on assembling next Dis-ember, and desires to have
the bill in shape for prompt consideration In case
that should be render??! necessary by the failure
of the treaty.
The committee? also decided to Investigate the
stato? of the Clsytor.-Hulwer tr.-aty, and SDMInted
? ...-committee consisting of Henators Morgan,
Lodge and Cullom for this purpose, yhe Senate
will l?e asked to order a computation of all tho
treaties of this country, together with the Bupn me
Court ?lcrlslons bearing on them.
INSURGENTS USE DYNAMITE.
A BRIDGI TV HAVANA PROVINCE BLOWN
UP-SICK SPANISH TROOPS SENT HOME.
Havana, via Key West, Fla., July 21.?The Insur?
gents this morning destroyed with dynamite th*?
She railroad bridge near Madruga, in the Province
of Havana.
Yesterday fifty-six officers ami l.lfl privates who
were Incapacitated for duty by Hlness or wounds
departed for Sraln. Members of the Red Cross
Society distributed money and Clothing among
them.
According to official statements the lnsurgi-nts
ln the last ten days have lost in killed ten ln the
Province of Puerto Priii.-ip??, eighty-six In Santa
?'lara, fifty-one ln Matanzas, seven in Havana and
eighty-two in Pinar ?l?-? Rio Twenty of them have
been taken prisoners In the mum time. In tii??
same period !!?"? ilr?-nrms hav?? been aurrendered to
th?? authorities and l&I armed Insurgents hav?? given
themselves up.
The Spanish lorses ln the same time are two offi?
cer- ano thirty-live privates killed nnd four olVers
wounded.
In a reconnotastance by a detachment of Spanish
troops on the coast near Bahia Honda. In the Prov?
ince of Pinar del Rio, th?? Midlers f.?un?l iXOOO Hau?
ser cartridges and two small cannon of old style.
A FREE FICHT FOLLOWED THE SPEECH.
???'?? it? ?? ? Ni inks ATTACKED BKNOR ??: LOMg
AT A BANQUET IN BARAOOSSA.
Madrid, July 21. -At a banquet given last even?
ing at Saragossa, In honor of Se?or Moret y
Prendergast, t'-??? Liberal leader and former Min?
ister. I'.i'.int Bomanones made a violent attack on
'Spanish Ministers beyond s*as," r?-ferring evi?
dently to Beftor <!?? Lorn.?.
A representative of the Government who was
: pre?, nt Intervened, resenting the Count's remark?,
? anil a free fight ensued. Tne Government's repre?
sentative ?r. ta .? r? -, .?!?. r.
Finally the ontir?? company was ejected from the
hall where tu?? banquet was given, after which
they formed in croupe and paraded th.- ?treeta,
shouting "Ling Live Liberty:"
ANSWHKINO MORET Y PHENDERGAST.
Madrid, .Inly 21.-Se?or Moret y Prend.-rgast's
m.h at Saragossa on th?? Cuban question ;*n?l in
denunciation of the policy of the Oovernment has
mad?? a great sensation.
The "Epoca" says: "The frightful picture of
Cuba palmed by the Liberal leader at Saragossa
can only be compared to the inflammatory utter
ancea f.f the worst enemies of Spain. We believe
that his Insinuations against the thr.me must
permanently k<??;? th?? Liberals out of power, owim*
to the Increased strength which su h utterances
give the Monarchists in the eyes of th.? puhllc."
SPAIN TO INi'REASE HEB NAVY.
Madrid, July 21.- It Is reported that the Oovern?
ment is negotiating for the Onatructlon of four
. urge warships.
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KO SPANISH-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
Madrid, July B.-leSor Canovas dei fastl?lo. the
Premier, pay.?- that the report of an alllanee be?
tween B| Sin and Japan is Incorrici. The most cor?
dial relations eslst between the two lv.wers, but
the understanding does noi extend further. H<
adds: "i: nas never more necessary than now
for the Oovernment m consider what reforms ought
to !??? Introduced in Cuba,
WEYLER RETIRNS TO HAVANA.
Havana, July -i - Captabr-Oeneral Weyier ar
rlved here this afternoon. He traveOed from Cien?
by train to Las Cruces and Bagna La Ornada
From the latter pia??? h?? prOCl Sdtad to th?? coast,
wher*? h?? took the steamer Ad-la to Havana.
The action of S? ? r.-tary Sherman In giving pilli?
li ity to his Instructions In the Kulr. . . ,? t<? Cenerai
Stewart L Woodford, the new United State? Min?
is?? r to Spi.'.11. is freely commented on; It Is re
garded as a breach of diplomatic u*?ag< and a.? on.y
surpass??! by Hie premature |?til> Icatlon of the re?
port of 1 "onsul-i '?? 11??: al !.??*? In the ?ame ??*????
Reports from Matanaai aan nine,, that the "Au?
rora Tumurl" bas been Buarpreased,
LABOR'S v>!<'i: i'\i.*;:n for rrnA.
W.Islington. July 21.--The labor organizations of
tl,,? District I" !?! ? mis -meeting at Typ?graphl??al
Temple : ?-night to 0Ueu**e ih*? Cuban ?piestlon. The
. | was Inrg? and enthusiast:?? Th?- speakers
??er*? Corporal Tanner, Psion el Hinten, smtin-i
1 ?...ni.? 1 -, Preeldeni Bpohn f th* Central I'nlon
and secretary Keep Resolution* wer?? un.inlm rusly
adopted demanding Ihe Immediate recognition of
. (adept n-1.?' and denouncing any scheme to
pay Syaln * hai Indemnity.
PLANNING FOR UNION.
TO CONSOLIDATE NEW-YORK AND
BROOKLYN St'RFACE ROADS.
??>??G:???G??< intO BSTWnM RFFRE8ENTA
TIVE8 OF TBE METROPOLITAN* TRACTION
COMPANY AND THE RROOKLYN BAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY?THE MOVE?
MENT ACROSS THE RIVER.
There I* no longer any doubt that negotiations
are pending kinking t.? a consolidation of the
surface railroads of Prooklyn and the Metropol?
itan Traction Company, of this city. Whether
the negotiations will result In consolidation or
not I* a matter of conjecture, but those who are
engineering the matter ar" hopeful of their fa?
vorable termination.
When William C. Whitney entertained a num?
ber of Mends at dinner last Thursday night at
the .Metropolitan Club, it was announced that
he had called a conference of gold Democrats to
discuss th.? local campaign this fall. It is now
known that politics were discusse??! only Inci?
dentally, and that the real topic under discus?
sion was the plan of consolidation ref?Tred to.
One of those who attended th" dinner Is author?
ity for the statenvnt that a long; anil earnest
consultation took place ?oncoming th?? affairs
..f the Hrooklyn roads and Of the Metropolitan
Traction Company. Since that dinner various
conferences have been held. On?? of these confer?
ences was held at the Hoffman House on Tues?
day night, and taste*, until late yesterday morn?
ing, at which the prop??sed consolidation was
again thoroughly dls.'ussod. The names of those
present at the Hoffman House conference were
not given out, but It Is known that various per?
sons Interested In the Metropolitan Traction
Company and officials of the Hrooklyn Rapid
Transit Company were present. One of those
j>r?-r??-nt at this ?'onference said yesterday:
"You may expect big things to loom up one of
these days soon. It is too early to talk about
details, but everything Is running smoothly. Of
emirs?? everything Is more or less undecided aa
yet, and a great deal depends upon th?? bridge
connections thnt can be made. As It ts, the
Metropolitan Traction Company now has excel?
lent routes to the entrance of the proposed East
River bridge. It is als.? likely that satisfactory
arrangements can be mad?? for crossing the pres?
ent briilge. of course, these details are being
discussad, and It may be some time before any?
thing Is actually accomplished; hut a consolida?
tion of th?? surface lines of the two cities now
seams exceedingly probable. So far as the con?
solidation of all Brooklyn lines prior to the
greater consolidation is concerned, it Is said that
everything is working favorably."
The stockholders of the Brooklyn City and
Newtown Railroad and Coney Island and Hrook?
lyn Railroad have recently received circulars
suggesting a plan for the consolidation of the
two mads, and urging that immediate action be
taken to bring about consolidation. Th?? ma?
jority of the stockholders of each road, it Is said,
are in favor of the scheme. The officials of the
road neither affirm nor deny the stories of con?
solidation when talking with reporters, but when
in consultation arlth <>ne another, as they have
?.n several times, th<->- consider the details for
the union, and look forward to the time when
the two roads will be running under one man?
agement.
According to a well-lnform?d business man.
who knows much about the affairs of th?? roads,
the capital Btock of the Hrooklyn City and New
town road is t?-? be Increased from $1,000,000 to
.-.j,i*??.i*si, ami then the stock of th?" C'ney Isl?
and and Hrooklyn road, amounting to $1,000,000,
is to be exchanged for an e?i?ial block of the
Brooklyn City and Newtown stock. The result
Of this arrangement will be that the Coney Isl?
and and Hrooklyn road will become practically
a part of the assets of the Hrooklyn City and
Ne? town.
President Sullivan of the Coney Island and
Brooklyn road admits that the proposition for
the union has been submitted to the stock
h"ld'-rs. but says that the stockholders are yet
to be beard from.
The Hrooklyn <*lty and Newtown road has re?
cently made plans'to extend Its system through
Queens County to North Beach, thus adding
manv miles of new track. Al present the road
has a mileage of only eight and three-?iuarter
miles, while the mil.^>? of the Coney Island and
Hrooklyn road is twelve and one quarter miles.
The securing recently by Henry B. Hyde, presi?
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of
?m Interest in the Hrooklyn city and Newtown
svstem is believed to hav prompted th?? present
scheme Of consolidation in Hrooklyn.
CRIES FOR MERCY AT HEADQUARTERS.
SUSPICIOUS SOW?IWI HI'AI'?" >''''?""?' THE BASEMENT
A1TKK THE RKCAPTURI Of AN
HCAPINQ PRISOmCR
Detectives Retdy end I'-uty. "f the rentrai
Office, arrested a man on the stereotyped charge
of being a "!>ti?]?i''lous person" bist nli'ht at an
uptown picnic- They t???k him to Police Head?
quarters, and lust aa he was on the steps he broke
away and ran to Bleecker-Bt?, Ihen to Elisabeth
st.. and doubled south again to Houstotvet The
detectives BfhlBtled for aid and were joined by three
poli? . men. Th?? ftigttlve ?MU overtaken ?it Hous?
ton ?uni Kliznbeth .sts., and was ll ?1 bach to the
building by th?? live ofheers. When be reached tit.?
Central < >?????>? ??<? was blee.llng from a cut on his
forehead He was hustled into the baaement near
tii?? ?loor, and Immediately afterward loud cries for
help and for merry ?rere heard coming from the
basement, The cries stopped In a minute or two.
The police would not give th?? name of the pris?
oner, and said tha wound he had received was
cnused by a fall.
THIS IS LOGAS DAY IN CHICAGO.
i'hlcago, July 21.?The final preparations have
been made for the dedication of the Logan statue
to-morrow. Already several ??f ?he Governors of
States, accompanied by their stair*, have arrived,
and more ar.? expected to-morrow morning. The
various reglnaentfl of the Regular Army which have
t).?? n detailed to appear in the parade are ali in tbe
city, with the exception of those at Fort Sheridan.
Tb? 4th Infantry will come in on the morning
I train.
Mr:?. Logan and her [?arty arrived to-night, and
the member? of Logan's old regiment, the 31st
Illinois, have arrived to th? number of ir?u.
Toungstown, Ohio, July 21.?Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Logan, jr.. and family, and Mrs. John A. l.ogan.
Ml - ???.-e Miiiiry, of \V:i ihlngton, and Mrs. Colo?
nel Roebllng, of Trenton, N. J... started this morn?
ing ov?r tin? Brie Railroad for Chicago. The party
t?l!l be the sut-sts of Colonel and Mrs. j. |f. Bchoon.
maker, of Pittsburg, and ?'111 be at the Auditorium
Annex during their stay in Chkrago,
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HOBOES STOP TRAINS IN ? ERRA SKA.
< >:..;? i ? a. July 21.- Word was received here to-day
that tramps had stopped a freight and passenger
train on Ihe Omaha roa?! at Tekamah. NVb. The
gang was trying to for?-e Its way over the road.
This afternoon the embargo laid on traillo by the
hoboes atas ralead, an,I trains are running through
Tekamah to-nl?ht without ?topping. A consultation
was h'-ij with the goderai authorities, but they
declined to Interfere further than to send a deputy
marshal to TaJusaaa to traten the hobo??*.
LIGHTNING'S PBANXS IN MIDDLETOWN.
Middletown. N. V , July ft.?The heaviest electric
storm of the y;.r passed over this city this after?
noon. The thunder wa* terrific. One brlek
dwelling, In the entre of the city, owned by John
King, wa* struck. The bolt passed through the
wall, knoeklng a hole in the building three f,-?t in
.?lam-ter. It wrecked article* In th?? room and
disappear?! BSyStetloeely In mother part of the
house. 'Ihe moulding was knocked from pl.-turu
frames an?l ihe walls w?r?? s.orch.-,?. Another
bolt struck tin- house of CorneUua Ke? to. It
entered the chimney and went to the ground, after
breaking Into ?very room, wrecking furniture and
firing bedding. Airs K'-^fe wa* stunned and Bad
u narrow escape. Neighbor? extinguished the
fire.
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R. G. DUN'S VILLA RORRED.
Namgaassti Pier, ? ?. July 21?Two thiev.a
broke Into Dimmer?*, the s.immer villa of H. r;,
l'un, of New-York, at an ea.ly hour th:* morning.
Mr*. Dun awoke, ?ind discovering the robb-r*. gavi?
en alarm, but the burglar? got ?taray, takln? wit.,
them some valuable hoim.-nolj good? and a horae
from the Dunmer? ?tables.
MASON C. HATCH RETURNS.
MYSTERY OP THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
THE BOOKKEEPER SOLVED.
HE TELEPHONES THE OFFICE OF* FT.INT. EDDY A
CO.. AND THEN ??ALLS -HE HAD HEEN ILL,
HE SAYS. AND HAD 8PE.NT SEV?
ERAL DAYS AT A HOTEL
IN THIS CITY.
The myitery of the dlsapp??arance on Monday
of Mason C. Hatch, assistant bookkeeper In the
shipping firm of Flint, Eddy & Co., was solved
i yesterday afternoon when he turned up at the '
office, after first sending a telephone message.
Mr. Hatch has been a trusted employe of the
firm of Flint, Eddy & Co. for the last eight
, years, had proved himself extremely methodl
j cal, and was able to boast that he had never
hist a day at his d?>sk on account of sickness.
! He reported at the office dally at M:.1l) o'clock ln
, the morning. On last Friday he complained of
a pain In his head, and by noontime it became
! so severe that he was obliged to return to the
' Hollywood Hotel. Rath Reach, where he and his
wife have been living. He was at his office on
Saturday, saying that h*? felt considerably bet?
ter. Again <m Monday h<? appeared at his desk,
but soon after h?? arrived he said he had an en
gag?ment to meet his cousin, Mr. Vllas, at the
Fifth Avenu.? Hotel. II? then left the office.
Later he telephoned to Flint, Eddy & Co. that
he would be detained until noontime. That was
the last heard from him.
When ho did not return to the hotel at night
his wife was much alarmed. The next morning
when he did not appear ut the office of Flint,
Elily & Co., they also became alarmed. Tele?
phone mos.sag?s were exchanged between that
l company and Mrs. Hatch, with the result that
detectives were at on<o engaged to hunt for the
missing man. Mrs. Hatch became prostrated
from anxiety.
Nothing was learned as to Mr. Hatch's where?
abouts until yesterday afternoon at '* o'clock.
At that hour Thomas A. Ed?ly, of the firm of
Flint, Eddy & Co., was giving The Tribune re?
porter a description Of Mr. Hatch for publica?
tion ln order that the search for him might be
facilitated, when the bell of his desk telephone
rang. Mr. Eddy answered the call, and ln great
surprise, and with evident relief, turned to the
reporter and said: "Here he Is now."
It was Mr. Hatch himself at the telephone of
a Heekman-st. office. He told Mr. Eddy that he
was all right, but hinted at troub'i?? with his
h?'ad, which had obliged him to remain away
from his desk. Mr. Eddy asked him to go lm
medlately to the office. Mr. Hatch suddenly left
tho telephone without saying whether he would
call or not.
Mr. Eddy at once dispatched a clerk to the
Reekman-st. office to learn what he could about
Mr. Hatch, and to find the latter If possible.
He also telephoned to Mrs. Hatch, at Rath
Beach, saying that her husband was alive and
well, and that he would probably be at the
hotel by night.
A little later Mr. Hatch walked Into his offlo?.
It was at once seen that h?? was ill, and the
members Of the firm forehore from questioning
him. They told him to go back to his wife, who
was Buffering severely on account of his ab?
sence. This he consented to do, and a clerk
was sent with him to the Hollywood.
There it was learned that, feeling 111 on Mon?
day, he had gone to the Bancroft House, No.
16 East Twenty-first-st, and had remained there
over Monday and Tuesday nights. He gave no
reasons for not informing his wife or his office
of his intended absence, and he was not ques?
tioned on the subject. Flint, Eddy & Co. have
advised him to remain at home until he feels
entirely well. They do not expect him at the
office for several days.
STORMS AXD FLOODS IS ENGLAND.
BOTI KILLED ?? LIOHTNINO. RAILWAY TRAFFIC
?TOPPED AND MCCH DAMAC.K CAT'SED.
I.ondnn, July 21.?Various sections of England
were visited to-day by terrible thunderstorms. In
the northeastern part of London floods have oc?
curred, stopping railway trafile, and much dam?
age has been done. Tw ) boys were killed by light?
ning at Ipswich. Floods have also occurred ln Es?
sex, Birmingham and Warwickshire. A boy was
kilh'd by lightning at Rhymney, in Monmouthshire,
and many persons wre lnjur?'d there and ln other
places.
MRS. LEASE TOO SHARP FOR THEM.
N'lTIIl.VC, TO LEVY ON WHEN THK SHERIFF
TB1BD TO COLLECT A Jl'DC.MSNT OF $800.
Wichita. Kan., July 21 (Speclal).-The Jarvls
Conhlln Mortgage Company, which ls trying to
collect an $W0 Judgment against Mrs. Mary E.
I.??se, after having taken her home. Instituted
pro teedmgS in aid of execution lier?? to-day to
compel the defendant to pay the judgment or
declare under oath whether or rot she ha? the
money to satisfy It. Should she refuse to pay, and
yet have the r?iuisite amount, the intention was
to have h?-r thrown In Jail.
The attorneys for the company soon discovered
that they had been cleverly outwitted, for when
Ihe Sheriff went ?lown to the Lease home to levy
on the household goods, he found nothing on Which
to levy, unless, as Ik- remarked, "I might levy on
Mr. Lease and .???!! him." Mrs. Lease herself Is in
Iowa delivering lectures? arni out of the Jurisdiction
of 'he court.
About three weeks ago the mortgage company
began proceedings of the same character, but Mrs.
Lease looked ov? r the papers and discovered them
to be full Of flaws, and had ho ? re rule in getting
the suit dismissed. Th?? company's atttorneys were
thrown entirely off th.-ir guard by Mrs. Lease, as
?h had declared repeatedly that she would con?
tinue lur residence in the city. She had been
quietly selling he?* furniture for we*ks, and noth?
ing but two cheap bedsteads remain. Stie will
hereafter occupy furnished apartments. Mrs.
Lease ls undoubtedly fighting the cuse as a mat?
ter of principie,
INJURED BY A MIMIC VOLCANO.
IT EXPLODED REFORE THE THIRD ACT OF "CAP?
TAIN COOK'' AND Rt-RNED THE
STAGE ?CARPENTER.
Frank Lennan, twenty seven years o'.d, of No. 501
Eighth-ave., a stage carpenter at Madison Square
?larden, In assisting In the pro?luctlon of "Captain
Cook" was badly Injured last night by the prema?
ture explosion of the "volcano" used In the opera.
The explosion occurred behind the scenes, and the
andiente was not aware of It, or there mlRht have
been a panie. The explosion occurred at l'i:4.'?
o'clock. In preparing for the third act. Lennan's
eves were closed when he was picked up, 'and the
Burgeons Si the New-York Hospital, where he was
taken, fear he may lose blfl Bight.
CAUGHT IS A TENDERLOIN RESORT.
AN EXPRESS CLERK ARRESTED FOR FORC.ERY
DESPITE AN APOLOGETIC LETTER.
H. J. Mulvllle, formerly a clerk In the employ of
the rnlt'-il State? Express Company, at nroadwa>
and Eorty-ninth-st., was arrested last nicht by
Detectives Hunt and Walter, of the West Thlr
ti>'th-et. station, on the complaint of William R.
Urans? also aa employe in the office of the com?
pany, who charge? th?u Mulvllle obtained $50 from
him on a fraudulent 'refund order." Before the
fraud was discovered Mulvllle disappeared. II,?
wrote a letter to Ryans apolegizir.,? for the trouhle
he lia?! created an?l the Inconvenience hie action
had caused. Rvana ga\e the letter to the police.
They hav?? bevn waiting for Mulvllle to return to
the city, and la?t night found him in a Tenderloin
resort.
.4 Y EXAMINATION for "FITS ess."
Albany, July 21 ?The Examining Committee of
the State Hoard of Charities will give examinations
for fltnes* on Au.-ust i at No. 31 Nassau-st., New
York Cltv: Senate Chamber. Albany, and at No t*2
8tate-st., RoclV'iter, to candidateti on the Civil Ser?
vice merit list for positions a? Inspector? to the
Board of Charities There are some thirty candi?
dat.?? to examine, anil the Hoard has four or flv??
appointments of ibis sort to make. The positions
pav from HOD to ?1.200 a year.
HIKERS DBUa STl'RE HAS REMOVED,
And ls now open for business In new building at
southwest corner of Sixth ?venue and TWENTT
TIUItD 8treet.-Advt
OBSTRUCTION WEAKENING.
THE FIOHT AGAINST THE TARIFF RE?
PORT LESS BITTER
A PROBABILITY THAT THE VOTK WILL BE TAKBM
ON FRIDAY?MR. JONES. OK ARKANSAS. OVER?
Rl.'LED I.Y VICE-PRKS-IDKNT HOIIART.
(BT ?G?.?????? TO ??? TBIBIN'S.)
Washington, July 21.?Much of the edge and
keenness of yesterday's fight In the Senate
against concurrence In the conference agree?
ment on the Tariff Mil seemed to have worn off
to-day. when the report was again taken up
for consideration, and the afternoon's debate
was sluggish and spiritless in comparison with
the violent onslaught .made yesterday on the
work of the conferree?. Mr. Teller, of Colo?
rado, who attacked the conference agreement
with KYoat bitterness and vehemence when It
was first submitted, softened enough this af?
ternoon to Joke with Mr. Aillson over the two
year clause of the new reciprocity section, and
Mr. White, of California, also took a hand In
mildly bantering the onferrees over some of
their legislative handiwork.
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, came to th* front
With a contention that in certain paragraphs of
the report the conferrees had ex?-cc<le?1 the pow?
ers granted to them, and Introduced B**rW legis?
lation; and a point of order was formally raised
against receiving the report on this ground by
Mr. Jone??, of Arkansas, the leader of the Derno
j cratic-Populist-Sllverite opposition. The V :>????
! President properly ruled, however, that the Sen?
1 ate alone was competent to pass oa the r? gular
| lty or Irregularity of the work of the Conference
I Committee, and that Ita Judgment could be ade
?4uately expressed In the vote to accept or re
! Ject the report. Neither Mr. Jones nor Mr. Mor
| gan cared to challenge the soundness of the rul?
ing by taking an appeal.
The text <?f the report was again taken up
; paragraph !?y paragraph, and with ?., mlonal
criticisms from the Democratic pide and occa?
sional explanations from Mr. Allison the debate
; ran on until the last of the numbered amend
; menta was read and c.?mmente?l on. An ad
i Journment was then tak? ? till to-morrow, with
! no further approach to an agreem?-nt on a time
! for taking a vote. Some definite understanding
\ will probably be sought to-morrow by the Re?
publican managers, and tlie present attitude of
the spokesmen for the opposition encourage the
belief that the end will be allowed to come eome
1 time before adjournm. nt on Friday.
THE PROCnEDINOf IN DETAIL.
READING OF THE OONFBRBNCI rOMMITTEg??
REPORT FINISHED
Washington, July 21.-The tariff conference re?
port was taken up In the Senate to-day after
routine basfness was disposed of. and the formal
reading of the report proceeded. In the aar?I hours
the discussion was purely formal, most of the time
being given to Identifying the numbered amend?
ments with the text of 'he Senate bill.
Tlie first contest arose over amendm.-nt No. fi.V>. re?
lating to printing paper. The conference reported
a retaliatory proviso ?is follows: "That If any coun?
try or dependency shad Impose an export duty
upon pulp wood exported to the l'nlted Stat?-s
there shall he impo-n-d upon printing paper when
imported from such country or dependency an ad?
ditional duty of one-tenth of one osai |>er pound for
each dollar of export duty per cord so imposed
and proportionately for fractions of a dollar of
su.-h export duty."
Senators Vest. Jones of Arkansas, BBS. Teller
vigorously protested against this amendment, say?
ing It was ?? new provision, not Bated on by th?
Senate or the House, and beyond the power of
the Conference Committee. Mr. Teller* character?
ized such conference as an outrage, aa the com?
mittee acted arbitrarily and eaSSS before the
Senate saying iti ?f?ect. "What are you going to
do about It?"
MR. JONH RAIKI A POINT OF ORDKR.
Mr. Jones finally made a direct issue against the
Conference Committee, making a point of order
ugainst the retaliatory clause, on th?? ground of
Its being new matter. He said he would ask for
a ruling from the Chair on the regularity of the
Conference Committees action.
-Mr Chandler referred to the broad latitude
given to conference committees In the practice of
both houses of Congre???. H. ratead a laugh by
telilng Mr. Jones that he hid "swallowed two
tribes of Indians" on a conf?-r?-n?-c report on one
of the Indian Appropriation bills.
Mr. Al.irlch, one of the cot.:, rr?????, defended the
retaliatory clause, saying It was strictly within th?
rights of the conferrces. as tin- gBBBrai subject was
In contest b?-tweei? the Senate and the House. Th?
conferenoe report must be accepted or reject? d a?
? whole, ht said, and the main question could not
be diverted by appeals for a ruling from the Chair.
Mr. White referred to the Beeret sessions of tlie
Republican conferree* and ironically read Mr.
Chandler*? ressarks on the Wilson bill, wherein tn?
Xeu-Hampshir. benator declared thai the bill had
been brought forth In the dark ami should be
! blasted by legislative lightning.
Mr. Chandler good-nutur. dly answer???! that, while
his unathema on the Wilson bill had not brought
a lightning blast against It, yet It had doubt!? ?? In
part Inapllw a Democratic President to denomini
that measure as one of ' perfidy and dishonor.**
dancing across thf aisle, Whet? Mr. Morgan had
a Stack of books on hi.* ?:? .??. .Mr. ('handler raid
he observed that the Alabama Senator was ready
to make "a ahort speech" on this point of order.
M?t. MORGAN* ATTACK! IPBAJCBB IlKKD.
A long discussion followed on tlie powere of a
conference committee. Mr. Morgan argued that
the committee had exceeded its powers, and that
it could not arrogate to itself th.- r??-ht to originate
new amendments. He branched off to the parti?
sanship of the bill. The man who would lift the
tariff out of politics, he said, would be another
Thomas Jefferson as a benefactor to his country.
The present bill was framed on purely partirai?
lines, and wus designe-? to give b?-nttlts to par'jr
fa\orltfs. Mr. Morgan reviewed in detail the I ?
lion of the Republican member? of the Ways and
Means Committee, of the l'Inane?? Committee, ami
??' the conference committee, in excluding D? in >
era tic members.
He became Involved ?n several sharp coiio<?uiee
? ?rith Mr. ?i?-ar, of tows, who pointed oui thai tue
' Wilson bill had teen considered In the sam? way.
Mr. .Morgan referred to the reports "thai the
splendid, ponderous Speaker" of the House of Rep.
' resentatlves hod secured a victory for the House
on the sugar schedule. He thought there rau>: be
sum?, mlst.ke about the Speaker's success, "for
notwithstanding- his ponderosity, the h.iri-r be -'s
down on a thing the higher It r!.-,s; notwlths'.and?
Ing hi* sit tine ?Town on t!ie sugar sch.'dule. up go
the prices. If he can't work tin? s..f.?-y \ i'\, bet*
t.-r than that, he had better retire froni politics."
MR. JONKS'S OliJKtTIoN (?Vhl'.Kt'LLl?.
Vice-president Hobart then announced hi* ?le?
clslon oa the point of or.Ur, holding that It was
not well taken. It was no?., he sat.l, for the ?'hair
to determine whether the matter In S conference
report wa* new or wa? relevant. All such ?aue??
tlons w.-re for the Senate Its.'lf on the que.-tlon of
accepting or rejecting the report.
The reading of the report then proceeded. When
th?? amendment relating to hide* was re?!??<!, Mr.
Al!.-a asked why the confetTSSS had provided a
drawback ef duty on exported bather mad?? from
Imp ?rte.l hides.
Mr Al.lrt.-h explained that the House had ln
sl?ted on the proviso and he felt that the draw?
hi.-k ?ra? paya?*? un.1er the law without re?erence
to this proYi-'loii. H? thought about from V?**,'?? to
fr*."'"-*? ot revenue would be obtained not?? the
??ty on hide*, and probably about half of thl?
would be paid in drawbacks.
Mr Allen spok* ngalnst the bill a* a whole, snd
In. Mentally referred to the present <?,,..I Strike, i-??n
tritstliig ;t with the promise? of pr??p.-r!t>. The
strike would be arbitrated, he said, and arbitrated
In one way only, namely. In favor of the coal baron
an?! against ?he miner, and If the miner protected
he would be met with the baton of th?* policeman or
the buvonet of th?' un sold.er.
Mr Teller and Mr Vest criticised the hide amend?
ment ih? form?? Bavins t'??*t the drawback riatta*?
waa in the irte est of Ka* ter ? tann?*r?, as the West?
ern tanner, who did not export leather, would get
no drawback. _ .... ?
Mr \ldrlch answered that the hast and West
stood on ?he aame basis ao far a* thl* leglslstlot.
was ??oncerne.l. It was Impossible to build a batt.e
shlp at Omaha, but ?hat was due to the geography
of the country and not to any legislativ.? discrimina?
tion against Omaha and the Wf-at. He said that
three out of the live Senate eonferreea were from
the West, snd he hotly repudiated th? Maternent
that New-Knsland and the Ea*t hud been unduijr
The conference amendment omitting from the
free list acientWc books and periodi? ?ils brought
out a aareastlc eneeeh from Mr. Vest The derided
Democrae-y had In the Wllaon bill, he aald. placed
painting?, statuary and allentine book? on lh? fro?