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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24, 1852. WHEELING, W. VA., TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 189G. VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 18a
El KINS' BILL
lootiiifi to the Revival ot Our
American SliipplnR
is EXCITING GREAT INTEREST.
THr?cn?for ! Much Knrouraged by the
EfldoiMmrnl of the Idea In the .Haiu*
chnirtta Republican Platform ? The
Janilty Civil Appropriation mil In the
UMM-9tB?toir Ptffrr to t*??h ltU Ho ml
Imrttifiillnn llraolntlon In the Senate.
Special Pl.?patch to the Intelligence,
n- ^niXuTOX, D. C.,March 30.?The
bill introduced by Senator Elklns to
rirlve American shipping by Imposing
,ut of ten per cent ail valorem In nildltlon
to the duties prescribed by law
.11 roods coming Into the country
Si brought by American ships, has exSttd
Interest throushout tho country.
There ire ? great many expressions
i'i N,t? coasts r.ad the interior favorf-r
thp bill Thr most nUmiflcont entoseimnt
the bill has hart, and the oho
o-v gives the most encouragment to
Nestor J. Is that contained In
is. nlatf-rm of the ltepubllcan party
.'..j Friday In Its convention at
J ' ' . .. >,i.-v. rn i.l > u fAllnWR'
v.?t,n. ar.u .mil
We hav# always given protection to
oi' ?hlpbulld?rB. In late ypar* we have
ae'gl'i t*\l to protect our ship owners.
We believe the time has come to return
to the I'Mlcy of Washington and Hamilton
which by discriminating duties in
fivo'r of American bottoms securing
nir. tv r<r cent of our carrying tradto
Kmerh'an ships, and which. If now
r+f- r-' >uM agaJn revive >iur shlpPlnp
sr. J cause American freights to bo
pa j American*.
j- r Elkins propose* shortly to
Stkc an exhaustive speech on thf subHf
remarked to-day that what he
tr\ntfd first to brine about was ? <!. termination
to revive our shipping.th?n
uv r'jvi adopt tb? be*! metVi<?d. H<>
f?vth- discriminating duti*-* set
f -.. in bin MM b*cnu?e of th'- failure
.' ill ah-r plans for fifty or sixty years
j. v;vv our shipping laws when w
Hi ! - rlmlnatlng duties which were
a!. a:tl by Washington, Madison
tr.J Hamilton. It Is believed that many
of israt<*< will follow the example of
3!i.-1. h js??:ts in endorsing thl* bill.
s-n*;r?r F.lkins has al*o introduced
iroth-T bill providing for a tax of ten
dollars per head on all Immigrant* comiaf
to this country In ships not belonging
to citizen* of the ITnlted States.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Thr Smulrjr Civil Appropriation mil.
PcflVr Bond Iir*ol?tlon lu (he Sei??l*.
Washington. March so?The
i-us* to-day took up the consideration
of th* sundry civil appropriation bill
tr.1 disposed of fifteen of the 100 png? s?
before adjournment. During the gen*nl
debate Mr. Cannon, the present
t'ad >-f the appropriation committee,
and his predecessor, Mr. Sayn\ of
Texas. Interchange opinion* a* to the
and past appropriations.
Mr Cannon in the course of hlc recvk*
expressed the opinion that the
tppropriRtlons for this f^wlon could not
> r 'O.OOO.OOe. The action of the
I d appr >pr itlng for c >n
trar* work only until March. 1S1>7. was
ttUcktd, hut Mr. Cannon justified It >n
UM p~.;;rid that the same thins had
foa !nne Inst year in the cast of the
fortifications hill. But few axn?*ndtwet*
*.vere added to the hill to-day.
K ?ht amendments to increase the salaries
f lighthouse superintendents
: t > t" $1,800 were adopted.
' H :t. the chairman of the foreign
??i *s lornmittee, gave notice that he
1 ill up the conference report on
resolutions ns soon as the
Ivil hlil was out of the way.
" thy not take up the report now?"
* ?/ ?.} .?< me one.
led to a.nk for Its conto-day."
replied Mr. Hltt.
r'u: ! y!old*d owing to the greQt ImPfl::
of thl.i appropriation bill."
At" ' j p. m., tho house adjourned.
fu Ilir foliate.
Th -- nat" la to hnv#? a revival of
fir-i: ii and bond discussion as a rr'
* f a:: animated debate shortly W[
the session closed to-day. Mr.
. ion for th appdlntm< nt
in! committee of five persons
to Investigate recent bond Issues had
! ' - i-cnted t" th'* calendar owing to
,, vitlon of Mr. Hill, but It was
1 : ?i the regular order to-day.
ili'J ji'i'jglit t the r. s.?'"it
y . but he was met by enorr.
only from Mr. Peff<r,
J ni Mr. Woleott and Mr. Teli*r
Th? latter gave ndtlce that further
v..iild riot b<* resisted and Mr.
J" ' il>f.i> 'l with notice fhit h
"* i m to-morrow t<? proceed with
>'' I Inquiry resolution as soon ns
Mr ... . l.l? ffWi'h OH thf
nt Ciist. Thl* pronlldl to l>rlnj;
4 t . uj |.-h?i dilatory tactics postpone
th- r - w?.
m: th?? blllH pa#n.?J to-day tvero
' -;c'.atlnx 12.000.000 fr.r a \w\ at
Indluiipoliit Ind? wid
i.?u* (.ending account* U'
tJ United State* and Arkansas
I wa * puBs-ii directing the *n<
r ' war t > wpnrc a roll ??f t*l?'|
r r s Who ! ?Tvt-(l ri"t U M
: . < in the military teleirniph
luring ih'? war ?*f the
It ut to each, a certificate of ban....
Tin- : - a I>r?'Vl
;? not to ix? count ru^d toward
. a pcnxlon, boanty auid Ilko
* " < nt.
k* . o'clock the jM-natc wont Int i
#1 . v*t.>n and then adjourned.
U'mI Virgin In I'riMlnilh
Mpfwifch to Ihi Intelllnmcer.
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i. ..ird ranitidine (decinir;
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} iM n Notify H. Baton, Clark*
Fn d"rick Am. Lylton:
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'-rhind; JjhIIuh Thon>|?
tit. KIroqiI,
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Inwf r;rovr; Snniii 1-M'ly. On
..f Georftp W. Bandu, Hon
Mo irlt : nr'tinr.. I.ricj:; Fnrnl
rlnln, Wfll?buric: H.nnh Mr
' M .r; t nn. Janmitte S. I*ayi>"
iMien i M. Irrf?w, Wfv'llnr:;
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."nnni'1 I'. Mntort, Ird'
!' r r Tttrhwll, Albright ?
. m? *;t! -OJIvcr WnRRonT. Jirr
'f < r: niul r<|pnu??--John Ouii>
1 '!> Maiden.
'I I" Colli Itmrrtr.
IIXOTON'. It. CV. Mnrcli
' .', iry In-li tv h>*l $207,000 !'
Mini sifi.DOU in i#nrr. v. m:
t\- tni-'nmotint ??f the i- - .
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*ii|wrtnfMl?*lMl|>|il (dim'.
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! . :.i t'< 'iuy r nt I" tin
' trvpurt f<t ih<- *urv<*y f??r .
onflMtlnir lAkfl Superior with th<
A Ippl rlvr. Thn f ont of Hurli t
the report >ay?, will range fron
f7.0a0.000 to 920.000,000, according to the
different routes and tho size proponed.
The route cumins the least Is decided to
bo the most feasible.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Sfw KntrrprUrs Incorporated In Bonlh*
rrn Male* During (ho First Uuartcr of
the Year. ,
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March 30.?
The Tradesman has Issued Its report of
new industries Incorporated In the
southern states for the first quarter of
IS96. The report shows a total of 497
new Industries as against 67G. In tho
same period of lSWi, and G17 In the first
quarter of 1SSH. The report shows that
92 now cotton mills were organized or
I'ninmiiiiiL'u in iuc txsuiuciii rititrn uuiing
the first three months of the present
year, und that IOC were reported during
the name period of 1895. The great Increase
in cotton mill building in the
south is shown in the report l?y the
statement that while !>2 mills wnro reported
for the llrst quarter of is96, and
106 for the lirst quarter of 1S95. in the
llrst three months of 1SW, 29 were reported.
and 75 in the name months of
1S!?3. The present report shows that
during the first quarter of 1S96 cotton
mills were < rganized In nil the southern
states. Arkansas. Florida and I?oulsiuna.
excepted. Twenty-seven new mills
are credited to Georgia, South Carolina
lms 24. North Carolina has J9, and the
remainder are credited to the other
states In numbers varylnKJfrom S to 1.
Wood working plants. iS is to be expected.
head the list as to the number
of new plants. In the first quarter of
1SS6 the report Shows 119. whereas 140
were reported In the same period of the
proceeding year. Every southern state
J.i represented. Arkansas nus ?*.
Georgia IT. Alabama 14. on?I the numbers
reported from the other state? vary
from lu to 4. Th- report also shows
that 29 electrical plants, Z* founrle* ami
machine shops. 27 mining and quarryIns
companies. an?l 19 Hour and grist
mills were organised or established during
the past three months. Sixteen
water works plants, 1.1 Tee factories. 1btfrk
ami tile works. 11 canning factorUs
and 11 barrel factories are Included
In the report. Bight compresses and
pins. 5 shoe factories. & development
companies. 4 natural gas and oil companies
and 3 furnaces are mentioned.
The p-port also refers to 71 miscellaneous
new Industries, as against 74 In the
same period in 1*!?5. and also every
branch of mechanical Industry is represented
in this total.
BIO CAE WORKS
To be tlun on the Co-op? ratlrc Plan In
St. l.ouu.
ST. LOT"18, Mo., March 30.-It i? announced
that a large car factory' to be
known as the Union car works, and to
'be run on the co-operative plan, will
be put Into operation In North flt.
Louis during the corning summer.
Sixteen acre* of ground were purchased
in !laden between the Burlington
and Wabash tracks and the work
of building the .shops will be punh*>d
as rapidly as poslble. H. W. Rocklage.
a practical builder and contractor.
Is the president of the company.
The capital stock of $50,000 has all been
paid up. but as soon as the works are
under way S50.000 more In stock will
be issued and Hold to employes on the
time payment plan, thus making them
stockholders and sharers in the profits.
The plan# ror me DUiiainR i?now n wi?.
cost 1300,000. one hundred men will
l?o given employment.
IUcht lo Confer Dfgrwi.
HARRISBURO, Pa. March 30.?The
?tat* unlvemlty and college council m?*t
h??re to-day and authorised the divinity
school of the Protestant Episcopal
i hurch in Philadelphia to confer dopr?-Attorney
General McCormlck
;uv?' th?* council an opinion In which he
h"lds that these institutions have the
right to confer degrees:
Juniata college .uf Huntingdon: Oenevii
college, of Beaver county; Bryn
%< - ... Trtmnl.. cnllAirtt l'hliailel
phla: (?rove City college. Mcrcer county:
Pennsylvania college for women.
Allegheny county, and Susquehanna
university. Selln's Grove.
Th- attorney general takes the position
that Institutions chartered by the !
courts under the act of 1S74 have the
right to confer degrees and that the act
af June 20, 1S95, dues not affect them.
The same ruling holds with respect to i
those incorporated prior to 1&74.
?
Una)' Flntf Jtrltlnlrj* Hrronil.
PfTLKR Pa,, March 30.-The ltepubllcan
county committee assembled
: in convention to-day In the armory.
The gathering was the largest
i nd most enthusiastic In Its history arid
the pirn eedlngs were exceedingly Inter<-3tlng.
rifty-elght delegates attended. The j
committee adopted stirring resolutions I
"heartily endorsing Senator Quay for
President."
A motion was cnrled that the dele
yule* to the utat.- convention ne re
iu? ft'-il to opp?mo the election of J. D.
<\un?ron ? ' to the national
;.v. ntlon at til. Loul*. Major McKJnwas
?'ndor?ed for ?econ<l choice as
I'rcHldent. _____________
For Mt'KInfry.
CHARLOTTKBVILLE. V*.. March 30.
?The county Republican convention
held hop' to-day elected McKlnley d'icit'H
t-? th" Htate convention to l?e
held at Staunton.
ItnrlliiKfoii It.
COIW'IL BM'FKH. f.nvft. March no.
?Clerk Hteadman, of the federal court,
: r In Chancery Ha7.?lton will
l, ' ! ( '..irintlu to-flay : > ^ell the Huii)
i i.ui Hhennndoah railroad at fore
!<. .11:? ! It neein* t-> the gonial
uiuln-itATHlliig that the IttirlitiKton
, j-repnml t?? talo* thin piece of prop;ty,
and at present there are Indication#
tihil tii'-n- ?vIJI lie no other bidder*
8om<f talk has hr?n Indulged
that the JlllnolH Central and Hnltlf?oiv
"hi - want the piece of line,
Mf the ilurlliiKton oltlcer* ar?? !?? Moved
to have agreed that they will
buy.
Kniilfi lAtr III KlTr< I.
NEW YORK. March 30.?-Corporation
' 11 t 1 > -1 "tt to-day Kent to Chief (!onl!n,
of the poli' ?' !< 1 urtinont. an opinion
I t.. tij- proVfofoM of 'h< Raines oxlaw
that arc now In force and may
1 >|Uir?- iifthr. ly tin* po||re.
The corporation coiiniiel holdn tli.it
II tho provision* of ti"* law which arn
r .? [. < |M< ?l !ih going Into ?'ff. 11 at any
, 111 wi n dal<* are In effect note. ('lulm.
h 1 <J.*. ' atiti' ( . '< 11 ll<j??"?' without a
- 1 - - it iin.i lit., rlirht
li jin?i i'uiiv : .
> t, ,ri?k,? mi r?Htx for violation* of the
. f, .!?]< In their prcHcnov All nUht
i i may oontlnu" in fore* "n*11
-m, unl-M th?*y expire before that
date. ' _
XIm v. Jtnnlc l>"?r
'T.KVMLANI.). OhlO, Mnrcli Mlsx
!'. .I ! 111 - fniiy, formcry g?Mi?-ral
it of iNational Koii'I'*r(lwn
< r i . iind u l'!o|y Un ?wn tlmniRh
tip- country na a t<'Hii?*riii"'o work
: /it lu-r homo In thl* city to-.lay.
\llrs Duly had hi'^n alllntr for a ywir
u . i mil i'f a jmrulytlc ulroko
irn* month* :t?i? nhi* *uflfcr?'d an atnrU
of ih?* Krli'P" from which *ni.
v. r r?'< .vpp'.I, Tli" dee#\im-d WUH
i t y-flvc > iin? of ?> '
!*.%- ovrmor Hray IhnilOHUKNHIIUlt'),
Ala.. Much .*!0.--Kx?
j?.v?Tin?r Thomn* Hray. who ha* be*n
i lit hi linmi hi-c- for tu<? wf-k* with
. KiipjM-, died ut 1;jo fi*r4ock i>Jn *fu?ri
noon*
LAW UPHELD
Long and Short Ilitul Clause of
Interstate I.aw
IS DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL
By the Vnltnl 8ltln Supreme Conrt After
a Long Buttle Covering a Period of
Year*?'Tli? History. of (ho Ciue-Tlif
Cltnie the I'amoni CJae of Which KtNetlator
Camden, of thU SUIr, hbi (he
Aathor.
WAatiiAUiUA, aiarcn ?>u.?j\n opinion
was rendered by the supreme court
to-day In the case known as the lonn
and short haul case. Involving the validity
of the provision of the Interstate
commerce net prohibiting a higher
charge for ft short than for a long haul,
appealed from the derision of thr circuit
court of appeals for the fifth clr- j
cult. The appeal was taken by the railroads.
Its title was "The Inter-State |
Commerce Commission vs. the Clneln- J
natl. New Orleans & Texas Pacific Hallroad
Company, the Western <fc Atlantic
Railroad Company and the Georgia rail- j
road." The decision of the court below
wus nftlrtnrd in the main, the opinion i
holding that In eases of shipments from
one state to another on through bills of |
lading, railroad companion could not exempt
parties and give them special
rates. Juutlce Shlras delivered the opinion
of the court.
The case Involved the construction of
the fourth section of the lnter-state commerce
act. known as the long and short
haul section.
The dispute concerning this matter Is
one that has been continually arising In
various parts of the country, and It has
been of gr? at Importance, as well t-? the
Interests or commerce us in u?In
every part of the country, that the
question be put at rest.
There wan also drawn In question in ;
th* case the very Important question of
the power of the Inter-state commerce
commission to tlx maximum rates In
vnnrti properly brought before it. The
three railroad companies are the connecting
roads running from Cincinnati,
Ohio, to Atlanta, Oa. This litigation begnu
through the complaint ??t a seller ??f
buggies at Cincinnati to the inter-state
commerce commission that the rates to
Augusta at the end of the Georgia railroad
ami to Social Circle, which was a
point on the Georgia railroad fifty miles
below Atlanta, were such as to unfairly
discriminate against Social Circle. The
Texas Pacific ami the Atlantic & Western
roads claimed in their answer that
the rate to Social Clrclo could only be
made by consent of the Georgia roadon
which It wm located. The Georgia company
admitted that the rates to Social
I Circle were the rates to Atlanta, plus
the rate from Atlanta to Social Circle,
nnd contended that they were not unn-ason&ble,
the rate to Atlanta being lees
than It should be, because of the competition
with lines from that city to Baltimore,
__
BANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
j Why Secretary |,tmont Oppotra Its
Revival tn Crurntl Mllf?'
WASHINGTON. X). C? March SO.?
j The letter of Secretary THfrfiont to urh|
eral Hawley, chairman of the senate
committee on military affairs, disapproving
the bill to revive the rank of
lieutenant general of the army, was
I made public to-day. The bill was
?. ?? 4ntotMU-<i to confer the rank
on General Miles, now commanding the
array. though hlsfriame Is not mentioned
In the corr#pondence. Accompanying
the letter are extract? from
the military records of Scott. Grant.
Sherman. Sheridan and Schofleld. who
became lieutenant general*; also of
Generals Miles. Ruger and Merrltt
The secretary. after acknowledging
the receipt of the bill, says that In no
Instance has an olHcer attained this
rank until he has miccesurully i?mamleil
the whole or a h.'imnKo army
In buttle and active cantpalpn. I he
arade has been revived always with the
object, of conferring complimentary
rank upon generals who had rendered
eminent and distinguished services, or
those moat distinguished for eourage,
. ... i ..mikl- ,,, iitnp Five besides
HKlll lum .........
Washington were thus honorea.
(trttoii WM Crooked.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 30.?Warren
B. Sexton, general manager of the
defunct Sexion Security Company, has
<JIaawari d. He took with him a largo
sum of money that he had collected for
(JIfT<'r?'nt persona for whom ho acted as
rentnl went. Tlw actual amount of hl?
defalcation Is not known. He failed
last February with $100,000 liabilities
and practically wo a.?weU*. An examination
of his books shows crooked entries
by Sexton t<> '-over up his shortHXi'i
it Is believed Sexton is In California
Ho left a wife. His parents
arc prominent people- of Detroit, Ml' n.
Ual Tlrr-1 of JifBlftl.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.?An
John Martin. driver of a pjtrol wnRon.
was slttlnR In his wagon In front of polire
headquarters at tin1 city nail at
noon to-ilay. his wife emtio up behind
him and shot him three times with a
pistol. One bullet passed thrmicli
Martin's body, and lie will probably tile.
Mrs. Martin'Rave ns a rouiwn for the
?I,online that Martin hiul not been
hum#' for flpvorn! nlKliv ?nd la?t ftlRht
wnx drinking hard. Mho nddod nhe wan
liri-d of hi* neglect and determined l?>
punish him. Mho ahowa no regret for
the shooting.
Fire i?t c lil< mc*.
CHICAC.O, March .10.?Fire this nft<-rii'
>071 completely destroyed the Interior
of the four-story uu?i iMiwmnit brick
imlldliiK ?t Wnlmjh aywvw.
Thn I""* I* estimated <?f about liJ.Ow,
about $l??.00rt Ik on the buildln* lind tin*
rest If ?llvUl??l ImIthe different
tennnt*. The lirnvl-."! be.'* were the
Iwvls Sewing Machine Company,
a in; i m foi <i Merchnn Hjm Ci ni inj.
$10 000; Walker estm*. owner <<( building
I-.as?*lb4J K- F'brooli-r.
stained kIuh.". $1,700 None "f the other
trnnnttt lott over $3,000.
( lil? nu<> < nr|milrji Mrlkr.
CIIK'ACP?. Match M.- What inny lev-lop
Into i strike which will puraly*e
Hi., building industry In Chicago for u
i...... n. rinil wiih be tun t" d;i> Ho far
only about .101) carpenters iuo out, but
fi/'U.' J- J- oxjum t I to ?)?roa<l until
very <im> of tin* l.'I.OOO < urp'Mitnrs In
this oliy will huve work. The
'i Nlblft Is about mi < Ik'!iI M'ttir day
ir,re??mont Ih'Iwcpii Ihisscs and cari
11 tors. ^ ____
Mlrnt'k l?y I.liftifiiliitf.
imiSTOh, T-imi . Mlit oil 30 -Th.Mouth
Alluntl'' and Ohio I in 11 r< ?n?l <1 pot
nt Out" City, Vn.. wis destroyed
by llijhliilun. Two bridi:- ? of tin- i >ftcl.
ciiwiini* f h?* /folsbm rlv I. w-i" iv;i.?h <!
out of 11 ti?? hy the I)Ik tide. Two Women,
niim-n unknown, w r?- druwn??d. Tin*
flood bus done great danm/f to property.
Di-flnwl I'liConMlllillatiAl,
OTTAWA. Ills., March ?0 The supreino
??ourt to-day declared the lav.*
unconstitutional which was pnnn-d by
the la/it legislature requiring nil con I
' mint* owners shipping coal by mil or
water to Keep a check, trelghman at the
mouth of thu shaft. The court held
that the law forbade contracts between
employers and employes and discriminated
between mines shipping coal by
rail or water and those not so doing.
ARSON STRONG AEBESTED
| ClmrRHl with the Perpetrattan of the
Awful Akron Crime.
AKRON, Ohio, March 30.?AnBon B.
Strong was arrested this aftornoon at
Ilavenna, Portage county, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Alvin N. Stone
I nt Tallmage on Saturday night. The
evidence on which the charge is based
Is largely circumstantial. Thirteen
I years ago Strong was sent to the penitentiary
for horse stealing, IjIh conviction
being secured by the testimony
of stone. Several years later, after his
release from prison, he was arrested
again for the name crime and again
convicted on the testimony of Stone,
lie gained Ills liberty the second time
about three weeks ago, and was at
once suspected of the murder of Stone
and his wife. \Vh?n taken Into custody
to-day Strong said he Was at the home
l.lu L.-Iut ..r* I.. 1/ I'niinti (ill cif RfltlllwluV
night, ami that he hod none to church
Sunday morning. A search of the slst
>r'.i house, however. resulted Jn the
discovery of a suit of.clothes and an
over coat which had been placed by
a stove to dry. There were no blood
stains on the clothing, but Strong's
sister said sbe bad washed the garment*
In an outhouse early this morning.
In one of Strong's pockets was
found a railroad ticket from Ravenna
to Kent, the latter place being within
two miles of the scene of Saturday
night's tragedy. The ticket was purchased
last Saturday.
Strong was brought here at C o'clock
this evening and placed In Jail. The
t\owt of the arrest soon spread and a
big crowd assembled. There was no
disorder, but Mayor Ilarp< r decided to
prevent an outhrmk by ordering hsta
nf tiw? iu.hr -irflllkrv to assemble
ut its armory and await developments.
THE BILLIABD MATCH.
Schacfrr and Karnfrr Opm (lie Tonrnaniriit
at UndiMtii Sqitarr (innlrn.
NEW YOItK, March 30.?Prominent
billiard players from nil over the country
gathered at Madison Square Oarden
concert hall to-night to witness the
opening the tournament in which
Frank Ives, Jake Schaefer and Albert
Cornier are to contest for a purse of
$5,000 offered by Maurice Daly. The
championship game for the i>nft five
years has been at fourteen Inches, but
as Ives become so strong at this style.
1 )aly decided to equalize matters this
year by making the game an elghteeninch
balk line. This beintf a new style
to the players, the experts contesting
are all on the same level. The prac
tlce scores of the men nave neen so
even that at the start of the tournament
none of the "sharp#" present
ventured to pick the winner.
This Js the first of a sorl?*s of tournaments
tvhlch will be played here, In
Boston and Chicago. Each of the players
will play the others two pimo*.
and that will make the tournament la*t
six nights nt Madison Square concert
hall. Only the old-time handlers of tincue
remember Gamier, for It is twenty
years since the Belgian bllllardlst
crossed th<* Atlantic, lie was a trifle
nervous to-night and Schaefer, who in
called "the wizard." was the flrst to
.maJie tt good run. scoring.^
The score: Schaefer, COO; highest
run,76; average, 20.
Gamier, lf>7; highest run, 35; average,
6 23-25.
FIRST DAY
Of the Iicinlilant Jockey Spring
Mrrlluu nt Xrir Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. March 30.-Flrst
day New Louisiana Jockey Club'i
: prlng meeting. Weather line; track
fast. Summaries:
First, purse $250, for four-year-olds
and upward*, selling, six furlongs?Miss
v....no- iv,m nanUv bv two lencths: Sir
John second; Helen Wren third. Time,
IdStt.
Sec ond. purse $230, for three-year-old?
and upwards, seven furlo'nirs? Plug won
drlvliiK t?y a head; Longbrook second;
Imp Blmboo third. Time, 1:27%.
Third, purse $250. for Ihreo-yuar-oldi
and upwards, seven furlongs?Old Saucus
won easily by three lengths; Little
Tom second; Sun Up third. Time,
1:28*4.
Fourth, purse $300. handicap, fot
three-year-olds and uptrards.seven and
one-half furlongs?Begue won easily by
two lengths; Prince Imperial second;
Molll* B. third. Time. 133%.
Fifth, purse $200. for four-year-old*
and up. selling, seven and one-half furlongs?Fakir
won by a head In a flerre
drive; Frankie D. second; Ada M. third,
Time. 1:36*.
Sixth, purse $200. for four-year-old*
and up, selling, seven and one-half furlongs?Hotspur
won driving by a head;
Sweetheart second;Bill Arp third. Time,
1:36%.
AGAINST FREE SILVER.
Phlfndrlphl* Mmitifnrturrra T?ke V*rj
MrniiR Ornmuti.
PHILADELPHIA. Marcn w.?mc
Manufacturers' Club of thin city hold c
special meeting lo-nliSfht nt whirl
strong resolution* were adopted opposJxju
the free anil unlimited coinage ol
silver.
Tl>e mooting was perhaps the large*!
In point of attendanco that the club hat
ever had.
Rudolph Rlankenburg, In n most impassioned
speech. presented resolutions
which d??noun<t as falge the statement
made by the friends of free sllvei
and echoed ?>y those of free trade, (Shi
our Phlladi Iphlu manufacturer* ?r<
willing to barter with th<* silver nena
i hange f'tr iMlrtltlnnfil protection, nnd
.1. Iarln? thnt the r|iio*tl?m of M-metnr
limn can h? permanently nptil?>?l onlj
through nn International agreement
ii tut Hint the Manufacturers' ?lub ?le?
lan-s It* unalterable opposition to th<
fr?M* coinage of silver l>y the United
States ulone
An Indian Cnmn Trouble.
I'EItKY. <?. T.. Mareh 30.?At Horst
Blioc ft?'iul school house, on the Arkatt
mis river. ji (Irtinken Osage Imllar
ro?lr his horse Into the luilhllng clur
lute ;? <Uuu<\ Sov-i U young i ull?;
fanteil an J were birlly hurt In th?
Ktiiinped'- which followoil. An till
roiinu npni orrurron. wni-n u ikih uoxor
young " nttomptod to ojoot tho Inillan.
who ?nt on his horno in tho <vntr<
of fh- room. Carl Urudley. Will Mop
por. Hill r^ritfml, Ludlow Mltrhol) am
Nottlo ivmhn I and Lour
Kinchor wore hurt In tho nflfrny. Th?
Indian was klokcd and btattn Into in
rciiMlbllt.v. Ono young Indy wnw fa
(ally hurt by tho how running ovo
her.
'I'mtit KlaOmi IMr.
1.O0K JIAVRN*. Pa. Mnrolt 30.?Dftn
|.?I ?; 11 mi. nurd .'l yonrn. who?o home l
In Nova Mrotlii. commit tod Milcldi* to
lav l?y drowning hlnwlf In 11 ?'ro?k
Hl< I tody bits not yot boon roonvoroil
Tbi-r" xvhh nn known n.vwon for th?? art
a* be t"M?mod in good lion It It nnd wn
known to havo *1:1 about him nnd hov
tal hundred In bank.
Tho PnrU All night.
NKW VnitK. March 30 -Tho utoam
k f 111 Paris. which has bon n?horo of
u?...iv* ifn.iU- ttnntoil nt hInh tide. t,.m?
I tug iii ai ?niarautlne nt 9:10,
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.
Olatnrblnff It a mora in Uic Alr-CJoverx?mrut
IIar?l Prrutd for nontf.
(Copyright, IfclKJ, by the Ausocluted Press,)
MANAGUA, Nlearagua,March 30., via
Galveston?The police commission consis
ting of Dr. Prudento Alfarlo, vice
president of tho Salvador; General Comans.
of Salvador, and Scnor Ramlerct,
the Nicaragua!! minister for foreign
affairs, has returned here from La Paz.
where the conference with the representatives
of the Insurgent Leonlsts
has lxh>n held. The terms offered by
President Zclaya are understood to
have the absolute surrender of all arms,
the payment of ull war oxpenses and
the surrender for trial by court-martial
of the leaders of the Insurrection. The
liiKurgftits not only refused to accept
these term.?, but they demanded that
President Zclaya turn over to them the
government ??C Nicaragua, consequently,
all hope of peace is sotui ana
tin* war will he continued with renewed
bitterness on both sides.
There are disturbing rumors In the
air. The government is said to be hard
pressed for funds as well an for ammunition
which farts arc not unknown to
the Leonlsis, who are understood to be
receiving secret support from Guatemala
and from other sources which
may r?*stilt in complications llkejy to
cause a general war throughout Central
America.
AN EARLY EASTEB.
Arrive* on th*- Pmelflc Cnntt ? Week
A limit nf Sclirilnlnl Time.
SAN FRANCISCO. March SO.?A special
from Tacoma, Wash., says: It was
Easter Sunday yesterday on the Pacific
const, although probably not more
than half a dozen people knew 1L Those
wh?? did know It are ambitious as mathematicians.
They And that the flrst full
moon Jitter th- spring equinox put In an '
appearance on this coast shortly after
lit o'clock Saturday night and It 1s a
fart that the first Sunday after the
first full moon uft^r the spring erjulnox
Is Eastor Sunday the world over.
I*111 in tniS IWTUIIHl raw, n?iu w ?rr:
th" flfst instance of the kind since tho
1"-sinning t?f the Christian cm. only |
this part of the Pacific slope lias its 1
Easter Sunday a week in advance of
the rest <?f the world. When the moon
filled Saturday night, reckoning by Pacific
const time, it wtut already Sunday
in New York and Ixindon. Consequently
for the oast and the remainder
of the world.exeeptlnff the Pacific coast,
the first Sunday after the flrnt full moon
aft^r the rpring equinox will not arrive
unlit next Sunday.
SAD NEWS RECEIVED
Ily llootli-Tnrkrr- Her ( hllil Dies la
Loiiiioii.
NEW YORK. March 30.?At Salvation
Army headquarters to-day a cablegram
was received from London an.niih.inn
*tm H.m?k (if tho Infant child
of the Boolh-Tuckers. The child, which
won but six weeks old, wan token 111
after the embarkation of Its parents
on hoard the pfflmer St. I^ouls at
Southampton, and a telegram to that
effect caused the* father to return to
London. Mry. liooth-Tucker, however,
was too 111 to be taken off the steamer
and came on to America, arriving at
this port on Saturday. Commissioner
1 Booth-Tucker, believing that the child
' was out of danger, sailed on the Majestic
insf week.
Immediately after receipt of the news
of the Booth-Tucker child's death,
there came to Salvation Army headquarters
word thst the daughter of
Mrs. Booth-Helberg, In charge of the
Indian provinces, had died yesterday.
. Mr. ntid Mrs. Booth-Helberg have been
the Pun Jab, where the child expired.
ROMANCE AND POLITICS
lit Trrlnnri < rratra > Ilrffxc-Kothe'i
KlrrtInn la Pnrllmwmt.
LONDON. March 30.?There Is much
! excitement In Irish circles over the
election of Hon. Jnrtien Rurke Roche,
brother of l,ord Fermoy. to parliament
i ns the Home Utile candidate for Klli
larney. In Raat Kerry. The successful
candidate was married to a daughter
of Mr. Frank Work, of New York, and
' she secured a divorce from him some
years ago. The husband, however.
subsequently secured a decree from the
British courts, declaring tho American
divorce to be Invalid on the ground
that marriage to a British citizen
I makes a foreign wife subject alone to
British laws. A number of allegations
have been printed concerning tho divorce.
t The Independent, for example, repro
duces copious extracts on the subject
' from a New York newspaper. Tho
Freeman says that tho convention
which selected Mr. Roche as a candli
date was In absolute Ignorance of the
Charge* against ins cnoruner mm uun?ith
the necessity of a searching investigation.
The Independent to-day nays: "It
was mainly on Mr. Healy's recommendation
that Mr. Roche was accepted.
It Is tlje worst ease of foisting
r ever known In Ireland."
The Timet* Hnnin^c Mull.
1 LONDON. March SO.?The suit of the
1 Times against the Centra) News Company,a
concern which supplies a certain
agency In the United States, was opened
In the quern's bench division of the
high court of Justice to-day. Sir Frank
Iyockwood. Q. C? who was solicitor general
In the late government. led for the
Times and Sir Edward Carson, Q. c..
led for Ihe Central News. The TJm?'s
charges that the dispatches regarding
the Japanese war which was supplied
by the Central News were In some cases
entirely fabricated, and In other cases
largely altered and expanded, and that
ly publishing them the Times suffered
in reputation.
; - T<ON'DON. March 30.?Replying In tho
bouse of I'oniiiicni to??iny to Sir
Charles Pllke, member of the Forest of
Ponn division of Gloucester. Mr. Ueorac
N*. ('urr< n. tho under socr-'tary of Htwte
fop foreign affairs, said tho Question
whether the government would endeavor
to take friendly Joint netfUn with the
iTuited Stat n roKnrdlng tho threatened
action of France In Madagascar, was
of great Importanco; but the government
was not prepared to ndd anything
to the statement made on thl9 sut?Joct
on Friday last.
Hum ll??vr Our Content.
SAN FRANCISCO. Manh 30?Consul
General Wilder to-day stated to the
Associated Prers representative that,
under the treaty between llnunll and
the United State:*, the Hawaiian gny
erntnent can ttrant no contention; cede
nny foMcrvr t<? la ml a cnblft without
the pormlaalon ??f tin1 Pnlted Stato*.
Any eablf rompan.v pouring pormlnHlon
from iho United States would hnw
aim in n.M-uro perm I talon from tho Hawaiian
K^vcrnmont.
llnmnimttl Oof nit tinII.
T.ONDON. March 30.?The Times will
pnMiili h tllflpatrh from Pretoria ?<>morrow
whloh rnytt that John Hny?
Hammond. th?? American under trlni
there, ha* obtained P'nve to j?<? to (\ipe
T<>* i) on nermint of Ida health, but >>ls
lull ! is been lncreniH?d to U20.iK?f)
r (Sioo.ooo). A dl.ipiitdi from Cape Town
- alpo stat"* (hat Mr. llunuuond has
arrived there.
TEN YEARS' WAR
In Cuba Rccallcd by tho Fate of
the Leader A1 email.
WHEN REBELS ARE CAPTURED
Thff Are Treated a? Bandits and Summarily
Dlajioied of Afler a Drumhead
Court 31 artful ?The General Situation as
Gleaned From Mpaulth Sources-Duke of
Veraicna tilvei II la View* of Uie Cuban
Unutlon l? the United States Congress.
HAVANA, March SO.?Col. Moncads,
reconnoitreing in the vicinity of S/guanea,
province of Santa Clnra, has been
engaged with the insurgents, who left
eight killed and 13 wounded. The troopi
also captured 150 line horses.
The insurgents recently attacked the
i village and part of Sumldero, in the pro[
vince of J'liutr del Hlo, hut were repulf"
i "*uk - '? " ?r nriH rutln.d
with their wounded.
! The Insurants have made another attempt
to pass through the military lino
i drawn across the province of Plnar del
Rio. Thla tlmo they tried to get through
I in the southern part. but wore repulsed.
, The Insurgent leader, Aguirre. after
I burning Pepe Antonio, wiia engaged
near Uulnao by General Meiqulzo. The
latter's cavalry charged the insurgents
and killed twenty-flve of them. The
troops had two office and five soldiers
wounded.
CoJ. SeguJra has he*n engaged with an
Insurgent band at Villas. The enemy
left seven killed and retired with numerous
wounded.
The insurgent leader. Knnque Aieinaii.
n brother of tho celebrated Insurant
leader of the same name, was shot
this morning In the fortress of Cabanas.
Ramon Serpa, the Insurgent leader,
has been killed In an engagement with
the troopp mar Santi Splritus, province
of Santa Clara.
Tho insurgent leafier Pertbclo GuJnones
has surrendered at Gulra Melena.
The insurgent loaders. Vicente Nunez
and Eduardo (iarcln. with n force estimated
to number about 1.500 men. are
encamped at tho plantation of Magdalena,
district of Santa Ana. province at
Matanzas. They burned fourteen houses
belonging to the little colony of Estrella.
near Palrnlllas, province of Matanzas,
and have destroyed a number of
plantations.
ALEMAN'S DEATH.
Wryler'* I'ollrr Ib-lng Tarried Out?In?
Urgent* TrMlfd a* Unittllu,
NEW YORK. March 30.?A representative
of the Associated Preis took the
news of the execution of Aleman to the
Cuban headquarters here. The greatest
gloom Immediately spread over the assemblage
there and Senor Joaquin Castillo.
who acted as spokesman, said:
"It Is Jutst as we expected. Poor Enrique
Aleman! poor Cuba! Another patriot
gone, but the cause la safe and we
will win eventually.
"General Woyler has adopted the same
tactics that prevailed during the ten
years' war. when Cuban patriots, after
being made prisoners, were considered
bandits and inrendlariwi, which charge
meant death the moment they were
brought before a drum-head court martial."
DUKE OF VEBAGUA,
Descendant of Colnmbn*, 11m Some
Vlrwi ?n the Cnbaii Qnr?tlou.
NEW TORK. March 30.?A special to
the Herald from Madrid says: The duks
of Veragua. the lineal descendant of ColumhiiM
whn vlnltcd the United States
during the Columbian celebration. In an
Interview says that It Is hfs earnest hope
that the trouble between the United
States and Spain over Cuba will die a
nntural death. "Spain." he said. "has
had great provocation for the expression
of resentment against the United States.
I am grieved io nay that the action aC
Con press poems to have been the insult ,
of the century. 1 cannot understand /
how It happened. The only explanation J
I can find Is that the American people/
and senate misunderstand the motives
and conduct of the war In Cuba.
"Whatever the outcome. I trust that
the Idea of Justice to Spain will prevail.
Kven though war should come between
Spain and tho United States, and even
were It possible that, as a result, the
Spanish nation should b?? wiped off the
face of the earth, still the name of
Spain would never bo forgotten, but
would go down through history revered
and respected, as long as there wer*
such a place as America, with the benign
shadow of Columbus upon it. I do ,
not believe that oven the American senators
have forgotten In ne excitement of
the moment what their nation owes to
Spain.
"If the war were soon-and with dignity
brought to an ena in cuda, or ir inerw
had been no war, Cuba would have a
homo rule government that would bo
entirely satisfactory to the majority of
Cuban*. Of course a home rule government
cnnnot bo granted to a. mob of insurgents.
"Spain will never allow interference
In her domestic affairs. Even should
not other countries which have interests
clow to those of Spain, come into this
quarrel, Spain would still resist any interference
to the lout drop of the blood
of her subjects and to the last centime of
her money."
Waiiti an Alllanc*.
MADRID March 30. - El Liberal
to-tiny prints an article ascnorti to o?*u
Senor Vnlera, formerly Spanish minislor
to Washington. urging. In view of
the attitude of the United State*, which
he nays apparently acts at Imposing
upon Spain a heavy and shameful yoke,
that Spain should enter Into alliance
with Prance, Groat Rrltaln and Holland
respecting colonial affairs. He argues
that these powers would willingly
conclude treaties with Spain on the subject.
t'ntnl Hlrerf Car 4'oIIUIou.
CHICAGO, March 30.?By a collision
between a car on the Kvansvlllo
elrctrlc line and a heavy express wagon
this evening. near Iloman avenue, one
man was Instantly killed and Ave persons
Injured. The dead: James E.
Gender.
Injured: James F. Michaels, face cut
an?l nrrn wrcnciieu: .miss ucrum
Man h. faco bruised and cut by broken
Klaus; A. Prltchard. inolorman. rl*ht
arm wrrnched ami (ncr out; George
SIi'rvI. plight brul,i s; Horace Marlow,
slight bruise*.
Sirnui*lil|i Movrniriili,
BOSTON-? Perm-inn. Glasgow.
Ni:\v YOKK -l.a Hp-: ague, Havre,
l'atrla. Ilamburj..
GIMUAl/rAR? FuliM. N>w York, tot
Xaplc*.
For Wont Vlrr.lnin and Western
Pennsylvania, fair; variable
u'lndn becoming southeasterly.
K??r <)hto, fair, by increasinfl
cloudlne** night. 11k <: variable
\vln?lt>, becoming woutlieastrrly.
I.iit i*l Trloprrnt m<.
The trnip?'rnturr yesterday a* observed
by (' Bchnopr. drux*in'. corner Pour*
fernlti <uid Market streets, wa* an ioliowji;
7 a. m ft)|3 p. in ?
9 #. m r.l v i>. tA U
12 in ?5jWeather-Fulr.