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llc.u\l bv the House Wuys mul .Mctins Committee. THE CONFLICTING INTERIiSTS or Ihe Prmliirrra, If,finer. nml lin|iorl<? tlruaglit Out In Mmrp <'oulr??-l>ni. ifiu-rr* 11 nuc If lliher Dim.. tit tile Jli. Kiuto- ll.miiijf-i:iU(Ml Mm', coma | Naiv hp I'roillirliig nil III. Siij,,. ..mini llmlllir JlcKlnlry !.??? 3?, n?? llrptalttl. WASHINGTON*. Deo. 30.-The third "?lay of the tariff hearing* given by the w jy.s and mean5 committee was devoted to the sugar schedule, Four Interest* \vr?re represented, the importers, cant* growers, beet raisers and refiners. The Importers were heard first, Mr. John Fair, of New York, opening the argument. Their recommendations us presented by Mr. Farr wore: First, on all sugar testing 73 degrees or less a duty of 1 cent a pound, adding ,03 cent per dvgree to loO degrees. Second, an additional duty of about M of a cent difference on nil sugars above 3* Dutch .standard In color, to prevent refiners from entering: roilned sugars at ihe luunu duty as raw sugars of the same teat. Third, an additional discriminating duty on all sugars from bounty paying countries'with authority to the 1 "resi dent to raL'e lower duties on goods from these countries U3 the bounties were I raised or lowered. This scheme, the i importers estimated, would yield the I 'government u revenue of $30,000,000 per year, the amount of sugar paying duly "being about one and a half million tons; the average polariscope test being 1?- de crees. In reply to question? from Chairman Dlngley, Mr. Farr declared there was no undervaluation of sugars imi?orted now. but owing to the strict Interpretation of the law by tho customs otlltfals the ten- I dency was to pay more duty than thei law called for. Appraisals were made on the basis of the estimated values In Trinidad and other countries where there were no market values. "What would you say," nskM Mr. Dlnglcy, "to the statement furnished the committer by Henry A. Brown, of Mas sachusetts, that the lnx*olced value of all eugar imported In 1S93 w?u an average of 3-10 cents a pound under tho London valuation?" Mr. Farr considered the statement un truthful and entirely theoretical. Lon don valuations were not representative, as Germany had absorbed the business. London prices on cane were merely nom inal The Saj;nr Trmt. Mr. Farr was questioned by Mr. Payne, of New York, on the effects oi the operations of the American sugar re fining company on the business. Th?* importer asserted that only In occasional bargalr.3 could the American refining company buy Its goods cheaper thnn other firms*. Its influence had been to reduce the price of sugar throughout the world., Under the present differen tial rate of 3-10 of a c*nt the Importa tions of the lost year had been 63,000.000 tons larger than ever before. A differ ential of hi cent a pound would enable the soft white sugars to compete with the centrifugal refined. Mr.' Solen Humphreys, of New York, chairman of the committee appointed by the sugar trade, explained the difficul ties of an ad valorem tariff on s?ugar and made a plea, for a specific system. The change, he said was unanimously de-' manded by the trade. Ad valorem valua tions were unjust and Impractical on account of fluctuations in price*. ? The fiupar schedule had given the treasury department more trouble than any other -feature of the tariff act now in force. It had been estimated by the de partment that it would yl.dd a revenue of 513,000,000. but for the past year the revenue had be';" 1?>m than S'W.OOO.tKlO nnd under existing conditions it ivonld no: exceed $21,000,000 for the current year. Higher prices for raw sugar undoubt edly would be the result of th i schedule naked. Mr. Humphreys continued, but th<* Advance would be so rmall it would not be felt by the average family. A duty beginning nt -li of a cent at 73 de grees would yield $13,600,000 revenue. Production of sugar was now regulated by consumption and no reduction in prices could be expected for several years. Speaking of bounties. Mr. Humphreys declared they were a disorganizing fac tor In the *ugar business of the world. The German government recently had raised the bounty to something over U of a cent a pound, which enabled Ger many to dispose of all her surplus pro duct The svstem was working ruin to all tho British Island* ?o that they must resort to the same scheme or go out of the business. Instead of 1-10 of a cent on bounty sugar Imported Into this coun try the additional duty should equal the bounties. ? , , p. J. Smith, another New ^ ork Im T-orter. made n brief argument against ui valorem duties. 'I'hr Cam <irowrr?. Col. J. D. 11111, ot New Orleans, repre r> ntlngthe cane gnawers' association of Jyoulslano, was the first to speak for the producer. He argiled for a restoration of the duty of the act of 18S3. He spoko of the stimulation produced by the boun ty act of 1SOO with the duty Imposed therein on refined sugar, and. frankly said Jf a similar provision could be made In the prospective law and lis perma nence guaranteed the sugar producers would prefer It. J'.ut all things? conald ? !' d, th<\v asked f r a re-enactment or !h< provision in the act of 1*83. He produced figures to chow Ihe reduciion of thr. price of refined sugar under the operation of the act at the time* wh.-n ?h" c;\were being marketed to show ihe benefit1) to the country at lartge from home i impetltlon. ?'ul Hill laid special s!ron ihe dangers arhlng from the disposition "f nil continental eotmtries producing su gar to glv? export bounties. He said that no industry offered so wide nnd ho ,distributive reniills as the KU^W Indus try, and he gave figures to show Ihe. widespread stimulus it gave to other Indus:rlen. In reply ton question l?y Mr. Johnson, of North J>a.l<otn, (*ol. Hill ?'Xpr?rv*?*d the oplnlon'that with the pro ? ? Hon fr.ked the mne nnd beet sug.?,r Indu:?triw? of lh?: L'ulP'd Hlalts coiiM produce enough sugar to supply the coiinumptloji of f)ii^ country. He fur ther declared'that be had not Ute sllght d'.ubl If the l/nimty of lSfi'J had Iven continued during the term of y-ars piv? vid'-rl fr.r, ;h" stigir.growers wou'd have roi|>pMcd theiHuisumptlOu by tin-tlmu the ?'/??uaty period explnrd. The eAMe grow'-rt: asked: Fli it, that speelfic. dutl-.'? dependent on botii polarlHcojtie t?'sc and odor standard be Imposed in licit of rvl val j "in duties. Hecond, that commencing wllh 1.10 '-ni-t tar ?ugnr tailing 73 and under PI hiii'di rtnndsrd the r*.le be proportlon ntely 1 ru'r? iweU, Tiilnl, lln d*.il!-i? equal to export mo Iminili-I I,.-. ImjKi ,11, .,rr. 1 ihoiii'. I 'llirill, /| |,I || J IM !/< ? -f ' " f'/ftli, that the itew law have rffeci ii ui the jn.tfjjfjo ,,f th?* net. ?'ixlii, that reciprocity treaties, if, juHjpUhI, 1??? without Injury to the do nietftlo sugar industry, on linen which recognize tin* oveivhvulowlng Import ance of sugar production In tho United States, ami by such ni?ttn>u? nn Insure a protection equivalent to tli.it suggested. ? , J. II. Slpher, of this city, was called by Chairman l>2ngley ami guve It as his opinion that the cost of lelinhig hy t?.o sugw tm<t was not to exceed one fourth of one cent, while tho cost of iv llnlng In Uiulslanri would perhaps reach three-eighth* of one wilt. Mr Humphrey* was recalled and nak ed the oost of tvtlnlng sugar. Imt hi? said he did not care to sot his opinion against a.'ttral refiner.'. lie thought, however, In su Kfneral way that the cost of retln Ing ?ugar testing W degrees was about ai stated by Mj. Sypher. but sugars of lower grades, with more Impurities would of course, be much more: for In ntance. It would cost one-half of a cent to re tine sugar of sr. degrees. In reply to a question by Mr. McMlllln, Mr. Humphreys said tluit the sugar trust it combination of till the sugar re Jlnnrles existing nt the time USS7) It van organized, but there were now sev eral retlnerles outside the trust mill he hail hi-ard of others In contemplation, which led him to believe that the num ber would by Increased In the next few years. rnvuri n ITonniy. Mr. Oxnard delivered an argument In favor of a bounty and proceeded to quote departmental reports and au thorities to show that this country had soil, climate, energy and capital re quisite lo the production of all Its own sugar. Kvery other nation, even Swe den, which could supply Itself with su gar, had taken every measure to do so. Kven little Bulgaria had liberal du ties and bounties enforced for this pur pose. Cost of labor, uncertainty ns to legis lation. export bounties in other coun trh a and decline In prices were all op erating to keep capital out of Invest ment In beet sugar. Germany now pays 27.32H and SS 3-10 cents per hun dred pounds export bounties, according to the quality of the sugar, and could afford to sell sugar In New York at loVu cents per hundred pounds less than American producers, and occasionally to sell surplus products below the cost. Give American a reasonable bounty guaranteed to continue for a reasonable time and they would work wonders. Th" American was now obliged to com pete with African cheap labor, us Egypt in the last fiscal year had sent }n.2j7.0<Hj worth of sugar to th.- Tutted Stales in British bottoms which carried no I return cargoes. With wars In Cuba cind the Philippines cutting off supplies from those Islands. Germany was en deavoring to capture the American market. N , , . The estimated duties remitted hy the United States on Hawaiian sugar ore SGl.OQO.UM. He thought it was unjust to eiicoutago these Importations at the expense of revenue and '?ur home pro ducers. He urg-d th?? abrogation of the agreement. Speaking of the con victing Interests Involved in giving ade 1 quate protection to the sugar growers. | lu? pointed to the sugar retlnera, who | bought ami refined the product, and to | the millers of Hour and others who de sired to use sugar in reciprocity agree ments te obtain concessions for them selves. The refiners wanted the lowest possible duty on raw and the highest vn rcltneii. ,t , . . While owing to the condition of the treasury it might not be feasible to re enact the bounty scheme of 1S90. he thought-rtrr dual syst'-ni proposal by the senate amendments to tin* Mills bill in 1SSS. which Impose a duty and also gave a bounty, were now entirely practicable. J-'or a Dual Policy. Mr. Oxnard took strong grounds against uny reciprocity. He thought a dual policy (both duty and bounty) would be fair to all interests, and Jeop ardize none. Such a policy, he said, would increase the revenue out ??[ which the bounty could be paid and would encourage the sugar industry. The schedule he proposed was a duty of one cent per pound on all sugars testing seventy-Ave degrees or less; three cents per hundred iwunda addi tional for each degree between seventy live and ninety-six degrees and tour rents per one hundred pounds for e\ ?ry additional degree between ninety ??lx and oii?! hundred, with one-fourt.i of a per en', differential on sugars above sixteen Dutch standard. He asked for the M-.Klnley duty on mo as ses and contruvalllng duties against bountv paying countries on both raw and refined sugars. The bounty he pro posed was three-fourths of a cent per pound: one-fourth to ko off at the end of each four years, the whole bounty to cease In twelve years. Mr. Oxnard. In answer to questions from Mr. McMlllln suld that the east ern and western retlnerles had divided thi* American markets between them and agreed not to infringe on each other's territory, the Hawaiian treaty helping that agreement. Herbert Mvrlck, president of the or ange-Judd Company, spoke in the In terests of the farmer. His argument was exhaustive and was largely de v.i(Cil to shnwlnrr the udvontnRe o. I.te production in this country of the sugar con.um-d Hen-. It was an wonomlc crime, lie Bald, to compel American fanners to raUe staple" In competition with the cheap land a'.ul labor coun tries. with wlilch to pay for Imported sugar, besides standing the freight tllld commission both ways. Tliev have found by experience and j scientific test." Hint from the Hudson live? to the l'aeltlc. from the Carolines to the lakes, they can kiw sugar beets OS rich or richer In saccharine contents than those of Kurope. The susnr beet Industry, he said, was on the iikh road to success under the McKlniey law. Its repeal had brought it to 11 standstill. Itrrt Sngnr ItOII?t>*. Senator Perkins, of California, pre sented an argument In favor of Hie Im position nt II speblllc tax of one and nc-hnlt cents a pound on Imported raw sugars, lie showed that the con "ilinplluli uf Imi^.rted sugar >y the 1 'nlted States In about l.iOO.W) tons a vear. all of which. If tho sugar llitcr ?sV Is protected, he said, can lie pro Ubllfthetl, ond by (ho addition to the general prosperity which II makes.fur | nlsln?d. I ho ri'UHoiiH r??r <!??? protection of beet su^ur, by foreign nation*. Tin senator *|uot<'<l from the report of Uni ted Stntcn CouriiI Moth, who ur?ed upon the ITtilted Htutcs tin* necessity of protecting the American mjunr in". | tcrcMs, QUAY'8 TACTICS. One of Wmnuitnkrr'a Mini a una Arretted mi n Cliurge of Itrllirry. HARltlHHtTRG, Pa., Dee. ao.?A urn Ration wan created hero to-night when E. A. Van Valkenburg, one of tin? Wan umnker managers, was arrested on a chanreof bribery. Mr. Van/Vnlkenburg made a statement that ho know of or ilrrn having been Issued to have hlxn ar rested on a charge of bribery. The Information for Van Valkenburg's arrest wu.h made by C. A. Gibson, be fore J. J. Kuebler, a Pottnvillc Justice of the pence, and the Wanamnker mana ger Ih charged with attempting to bribe representative Webster C. WelM, early In December. Mr. Van Valkenburg demanded an Immediate hearing and. guarded by fonr detectives, he wuh taken before Mayor J'at lemon, who decllneil to tuke ball for a hearing before a Juntlce ami turn eed him over to Detective M. Sweeney, of Hcrunton, who will take him to Potts vlljo to-night for a hearing at U o'clock to-morrow morning. The Penrose manager* declare they knew nothing about the charge, and claim they had no Intimation of the ar rest. FAMOUS SUIT ENDEE. Govtmor-Ktrrl Taomrr'a l.llirl of Ki ?lnyor llnpkliit CHICAGO, Dec. 30,-The libel suit of ex-Mayor Hopkins ngaln.st John R. Tanner, governor-elect, wan dismissed to-day. The milt, which grew out of the state campaign of 1SJM, was dismiss ed by etipulatlon and without costs to either of the parties. A circular was sent out by Tanner as chairman of the Republican state cen tral committee and alleged that money had been extorted by Hopkins, then mayor of Chicago, from the gamblers und other vicious ?dements of Chicago to swell the Democratic campaign fund. Tanner Hied a plea on which were tin* mimes of many gamblers, who It was alleged were assessed, und th?? plea was one of Justification. Judge Adams de cided about a year ago that the plea wcr not sufficient to Justify the declaration made la the circular and since that time nothing has been done In the case until to-day. Ainrrlrmi liar AnnrlntUtn. XEW YORIv. Dec, 30.?To-day\1 set slon of the American Lawyers* Associa tion was almost exclusively confined to the discussion of a national bankrupt law. All th'* speaker* favored a bankrupt law similar to th* Torrey bill, which hu* been before Congress for several ses sions. These Olivers were elected for the ensuing year: President. V. H. Raggett: first vice president. T. A. McCarlln: second vice president, J. A. Cavanaugh: secretary and treasurer, J. C. Franciscus llotrl .Man Full*. GOUVKNEUIt. X. V., Dec. .10.?James Lee, proprietor of t he-Edge \ru< wl in> t?l at Star Lake, in the Adirondack*, und largely interested In eevenal oth-r ventures, made an assignment to-day. The liabilities will bo heavy. Mr. I**e owned property in Denver und RutYalo nnd at Murray Hill Park, the resort on the St. Lawrence. Last winter he en larged the Edgewood so that It became one of the best hotels in the Adrion d&cks. The season was a failure, how ever. and he lost heavily. All of Mrs. Lee'0 property goes with Hut of her husband, fur the benefit of the creditors. .Vol n Financial Dllllcully. rLATTSUURG, X. Y., Dec. 30.? George T. .\IurJ<?ck has Wen appointed receiver for "Wltherbee. Sherman & Co., upon application of interested parties, members of the firm, who desired a par tition and sale of th'? property. The firm is In no llnancinl difficulty and lias no In debtedness. The partnership expired by limitation In September. The property, contesting ??f extensive Iron ore mines and furnaces at Fort Henry, Is valued at from U,000,000 to $3,000,000, Orilrrril to C1iI?hsc> DEXVER. Col.. Dor. 30.?Joseph T.%1 bot. national mnk examiner, iu charge oof the American National, of this city, which Is about to reopen, h is received notice from Comptroller Eckels to pro cee<l to Chicago at the earliest conven ience to take charge of the b?\nks that have recently failed In that city. Mrrrlinnt XEW YORK, Dec. .".O,?Charles C. Ross, surviving partner of Charles G. Ross & Co., dry good* commission mer chant. hn.? assigned to John C*. Hays, without preferences. Th?? amount in volved Is reported to be about $.">0,000. Tim Tnitimniiy Spill. XEW YORK, Dec. 30.?The long con tinued strife between the Tammany fac tions led by county clerk Henry D. Pur roy and John C. Sheehan. chairman of the Tammany executive committee, broke out Into open war fej-duy, when Purroy and his followers announced their bolt from Tammany. Roth Shee han and Purroy gave out statements which were bitter iu their personalities toward each other. Tamiimiiy IhtMiili.Vt Ullvr llrnm-li. XKW YORK, Dec. 30.?Th^ general committee of Tammany Hall met to night nnd adopted a long series of r?*??i billons presented by Thomas !?'. Grady. They denounce trusts, favor cheaper gas and telephone rates and condemn the present city administration, but ex tend no olive branch to the Democrats who bolted Rrynn Inst fall. Colorioto'a I'ioilurtlon. DEXVER, Col.. Dec. 30.-Following statement ??f Million operated on at tin* Denver mini during was furnished to-day by Chief Pucltett: Gi?td. $1,2IH.fiCl; silver $27..17:i; total, juto.i'.u Last ye.'ir'fl total u as $4.'.,'?0..i!CO. The total funilshed by i'.dorado this year Is S:i.y.1S.r,C"?, an increase of over hu?t year. A 11 o i?el? ?? 'I'nilt. XI'.W Y(?RK, Dec. 30.?The Progresn Ive Deniocratk: club to-nl;;hf decblcil !?? work for the uondr.atlon <?f William J. Rryun for President in IflOO, and issued Invlcu:lona to all jiemuerafic o?*at)i/.;i t Ions in the north to attend a convention to be held iu January. Sil'prinlcil M'oilt. '/AN'KSVIM.K. O.. Dec. :i0. -The yu perlnt?-u<liinl of llle |>^|||more (dlln railroad shops at this place, has received orders ti? close down the shops until fur ther notice. Four hundred mm ore ?tnrovvn out <>( employmeiit. No rca.'on Is glvetri,-ir the order. U'lntlotv to?? sUi-ii Atxrrr. CIIIGAGO, l.'ec. 30.?Th- meethiB *?f wludiw glai?H n::il;eiM and Jobb. rn trr mlnat?Al to-day. The rebate nirreement reaehed yesterday \va*? formally ratified and It was, definitely announced that there would be no Increase In prices. TO KEEP A PLEDGE. Hill I ruined to Confer on .Major .McKlnlcy Power TO AI'I'OINT I!. S. DELEGATES To mi lutrritnllniinl ("oiifetniM-o oil III uirlnlllmi, n? Advocated lu (lir itrpubll caii I'lulfiirm?lie wIM lluvr Ku-ltialrn Itl^lit lu .N'miie 111 r l)rlr|;ntr? mill Mm .Viiiiilirr?Kruiitur Woltoll'M Coufrt ritre wlll? (li? 1'rriltlfiil>Kirr(?All Members of Committer lint Onn Prrirul, WAS11INOTON, D. C., Dec. 30.?The Republican caucus committee appoint ed to ?lraft a measure providing for an International conference to secure the re-establishment of bimetallism was In sesrlon for two hours today an J when It adjourned had agreed upon a Mil to be presented to the Republican caucus which will ho hold anon after the as sembling of Congress next Tuesday. The 111 agreed upon Is brief und merely confers upon the President the right to appoint delegates "to uny con ference which may l?c called which has for lis object the re-establishment of bi-metallism." It does not distribute the selection of delegates, as did the legislation of the Fifty-third Congress, between the President und the two houses i?f Congress, and moreover leaves the number to be selected en tirely to the discretion of the Presi dent. Senator Wolootl nave the committee n full account of his conference with President-elect MeKlnley. from which he hail but Just returned, re-assuring them of .Mr. McKlnley's hearty Inter est In the committee's proceedings and his earnest desire to do all In his pow er to carry into execution the promise of the St. Louis convention to sccure International bimetallism, if possible. It was announced after the close of the conference to-day that the commit tee would press for early consideration of its Mil with the hope of securlnn all the legislation needed at this session? so that Mr. MeKlnley could take what ever steps In; might deem proper to carry it into effect Immediately upon entering upon his duties as President, it was intimated that he was nnxloua to have a conference next spring, and have It under way by the time the tar iff bill should be up for consideration, it was also stated by members of the committee that they were very hopeful of securing n conference, and also that they were "by no means hopeless as to th? result" of such n conference when once secured. All members of the committee were present at the conference except Sen ator lioar. IVORY'S COUNSEL Srnili n <lnrrr l.ctCrr lo tllclrWh National l'"?U"?' I'mlclruf. NEW YORK, Dec. "0.?William I.y inan, president of the Irish National Al liance, has received a long letter, pur portlng to come from Charles Russell, of "the flr:n of Sussell and Day, solicitors f?>r Ivory, the alleged dynamiter. The letter I'i'ts forth that in the opinion ??f the counsel, Carson and Taylor. :ind In their opinion also, it would be better for the accused to plead guilty, us he un doubtedly would be convicted, and his sentence would be heavier. It was stated that Ivory would act only on .Lyman's advice or consent. M r. Lyman says he cannot understand why such a communication should have been sent to him: that he knows very little about I\?..?>*, and Is anxious to aid him only because he believes him to be abso lutely Innocent of the charge brought against him, and. as a true Irishman, he would not undertake to advise a man about something of which he had no knowledge. Lyman further, states that counsel anil witnesses from thin side would be on hand for the trial. I'ccullnr Catr. NEW YORK. Dec. 20.?An autopsy upon the body of David Blake!y, man aging editor of the St. Paul Globe, once city editor of the St. Paul Pio neer Press, and late manager of Sou sa's.Bnnd, was held to-dav In the pres ence of representatives of Mrs. Blakely and the Insurance companies who had Issued policies to Mr. Blakely. Mr. Blakely died on November 7. and the dispute which led to the autopsy Is over the question whether death was the result of an accident sustained some time before, or was due to nat ural causes. Coroner Tuthlll said sifter the autopsy that the body was so bad ly decomposed that it would lie at least six weeks before the exact cause of Mr. Hlnkoly's de. >h could be definitely de termined. l'niiill)- A*p)ivilutcil. NHW YORK. Dec. 30.?A family of four persons were asphyxiated ?t their home in the northern portion of this city to-day. .lohn Llehtonberg, a cabinetmaker, his wife Lizzie, und their two children, Willis, twenty-two months old, and .la cob twelve weeks old. enmprised the family. When Llchtenherg wan missed to-day a messenger was sent to his rooms. There the two children were found dead and the parents unconscious. The physicians who were culled decid ed that asphyxiation was the cause and thst Mrs, Llchtenberg probably would die. The origin of the noxious gas. how ever, has not been discovered. There Is nothing t\> Indicate that Anything but an accident caused the mlschlof. Krtiilt of('arilr??nr?*. PITTSBURGH. Dec. 30.?A shifter and two cars jumped the trestle In the Baltimore Ohio yards at Tenth street a,ml Second tivenue to-night. George Smith, a brakeman, supposed to be front llogansburg. N. Y.. was horribly mash ed and was taken from the wreck dead. J lines l'resh, another brakeman. hvl bin back broken and will die. The acci dent wa.? the result of a misplaced or Citrel.-. -ly coiuiucted switch. ?lr?. Pr. Kllcli Until special Dispatch to the Intelllcencor. IWIH.MONT. W. Va.. Dec. 30.?Mrs. Halile L. Pitch, wife of Dr. Horsey P. Filch, of this place, died this morning, after ;? lingering illness. of consump tion. She was the daughter of M. W. linytnoiid, of this place. She was about Ihlflv-'twn years of age and left (wo interesting children,n son und a daugh ler. The funeral services will be held .in Frldae morning. Pnlfiifa l<? U'r*l Vlrgliilniia* Spcclnl Di.'patch to the IntelllBencor. WASHINGTON. D. C? Dec. .10.?Pat ents granted: Ituyuiond and A. L. Duller, Wheeling, rotary engine; Ora A. Map?'l. Stoth-rs Itun. pur.zle; .lohn W. Woodruff. Wise. non-re-IIIIable bo? lle. .N'rw oilier. Special Dispatch to llio Intulllgoncer. WASHINGTON. I>. C.. Dec. SO.?A In?-jt.ijllce Inn been established at Mul vane. Fayette county, and Jamco J. Wood appointed postmaster. DASTARDLY DEED. Train WrrrUfM in Hutitlk 4'aro I Inn Com mit n llorrlhlf ('rime, llALKIGir, N\ 0., Dec. HO.?A wreck | occurred on the ltalelgh & Augusta di vision of the Seaboard Air Line, one nnd I a half inlle^ west of ltalelj?h nt 1-iUO o'clock this morning. A displaced rill | which hud. without question. been re moved lint a few minutes before by pro feMlonal iruln wreckew preclplluted ? freight tr.itu Into 11 deep rut. totally wrecking ten loaded cum and the loco motive, killing the llremnn. Alexander | Overhy, nnd seriously wounding the en. glnccr. John Kobertson. ?me evident Intention of the wrecker* was to watch the Seaboard Air Line At- I lanta Hp?*clal. which was due about tlut I time, but being one hour and twenty I minute* lite the extra freight was run ning on the Atlanta's upeclul time, ll.nl this train been on time the lon.? of life probably would haw been horrible. The wreckers left u crow bar and other tool* with which they drew the spines and displaced the rail. Bloodhounds we being used to locate | the wrecker*. POLICEMEN SHOT While Trying to <l?ull a ltlot Atnmik ] Italian*. WILLlAMSl'OKT. 1M.. Dec. 20.-A I desperate riot occurred at Johnsonburg early this morning, which resulted In the fatal shaming of William Herglti. and the serious Injury of J:wnes Mc Mlnn. Churls* (Hover. Charley Writ ha 11 and several other**, member* of the po lice force. The trouble was begun by a gang of | Italians. Who became Involved In a light, u.diig knives, revolvers and clubs. The police were pent for, but the rioters. I beaded by Torn Marone. met them anil a tierce battle followed. Marone shot ut | Chief of I Slice Walsh, but th*> bull struck ISorgin In the head. The police I closed In a.nd the Italian thrust the weapon ogulnst Walsh's breast and 11 red. A defective cartridge saved the policeman's life, and M orotic was knock down and secured. The ether police men'o injuries were inlllcted by knives and their clothing cut to pieces. Ma- | rane carried u pistol and three knives.. FIREMEN INJURED At a Mate In the Wliolriale DUtrlct III j l')illailel|ihln. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. SI.-During a J lire at No. 9 Strawberry Court, In Hie heart of the wholesale section about 1 I o'clock this morning, four tlremen were injured by the breaking of a ladder. One ..f them. John Dover, will probably die. The damage to the building was small. A Fir ml lileuttfteil. CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 30.?'Three I I weeks ago lust Sunday night Eddie Grace, ten years old. wus killed by eat I ing poisoned candy given to him by a I I man while he and his sisters were play I Ing on the street. To-night David While, a prisoner In Jail for writing | improper letters to sundry people, was ! positively identified by Mr. and Mrs. Amzl Miller as the man whom they saw glv- the little victim the fatal | randy. They are positive of the Iden j tity of I he man. The I.eonanl Conntrrfrllerv NEW YOItK, Dec. SO.?Three other I persons who have been in custody *>lnce December l'.?, are said to haw been members of the Leonard counterfeit ing gang. They are: William Warren, alias James Morton, lilt wife. Maggie I ! Warren and Stephen Hudson. It Is alleged that thvse latter were engaged principally In passing the bogm coins j upon peddler** anil small sh?>p-keet>ers i of the east side. Mrs. Warren is said to I have given the officer lnforinatlon I which helped to fix the counterfeiting | upon Leonard. Mnriler nml MiU tile. I 1IOLDKEDGE. Nob.. Dec. ."A?Mrs. | D. N. Conrad, a teacher In the public school here was shot by her husbaml I this morning. After shooting his wlf* j twice Conrad turned the revolver *>n his own h-r.vJ. The trouble arose over their little boy. whom Mrs. Conrad wished to take to Fremont on a visit and Conrad wanted to keep h!m here. Conrad's wounds are n->: considered fatal, hui.1 Mrs. Conrad is not expect**., to live, hav ing a bullet near the arteries of the j neck. Slirrwil Swiiuller Arretted. NEW YOItK. Dec. 30.?Alonzo W. Thornton, accused of swindling by j means of drafts on banks in which he had no deposits,Is under arrest here. It H alleged that his operations were | based upon connections which he claim ed to have with the advertising de- I partinents of n number of newspapers. I The prisoner. It is charged, represent- I ed to one of his victims that he was 1 I Interested with vice president-elect j I tiarret A. llobart. In an advertising venture. Itlf; KunW ltohhrre. DES MOINES. Iowa, Dec. 30.?At | I Sully. Iowa, a small town near New ton. robbers looted the state bank last I j night. The bank was Incorporated In 1 SHI with Jo.000 capital. The deposits j were about $17,000. A. Smith is presi dent and L. A. Sherman cashier. De tails of the robbery are hard to obtain I because the town has no telegraph con- J nections. It Is reported the robbers en | torn! the bank, blew open the sufe and | carried away an amount of cash es timated nt from 53.000 to 520.000. OlTirriV Terrible ?Il?lnkr. LOUISVILLE, K.V., Doc. 30.?Officers | Sexton and Urown. of this city, were to day Indicted at Salem, lnd., on the I charge of wilful murder, in the killing yesterday of young John ltlppey, whom they mistook for a criminal named Brooks, on whose trail they were. The officer* were refused ball, and owing to the intense excitement at Salem were) taken to New Albany for safe keeping. I'Mrent DrAmicr. DEFIANCE. O.. Dec. 30.?The dry I roods store of C. W. Shoemaker was de- | Htroyod by lire to-night. The lire start oil on the third floor of the building and the cause U unknown. Loss on stock la estimated at $15,000: insurance. $32,000. The loss on the building Is about $20,000; Insurance $u,U0d. The building belonged to M. Werthelmer. Two Women Killed. HEADING. rn.. Dec. SO.?Two wo men were killed by an explosl of dvnamltc in the house of Ellas liveli er. ev-sheriff of this county, nt Tuck erton to-night. They were his wife, aged llfty-fonr years, and her step daughter. Mrs. William Seldel. aged thirty. Both wore terribly mangled. C.iptnln Parker Demi. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.?Captain William II: l'arker. of Blchmond, Va., died here to-day of apoplexy. Captain l'arker was formerly president of the Marvlaml Agricultural College, and be fore'the war he was professor of astron omy at AntiapolW. An Olil Timer Prml. BOSTON, l)co. SO.?David S. Blrdsall, an old-time professional ball player, aner lifty-slx years, died here to-day from results of an operation performed a year ago. He-port that lie litis Kcceivcd a WaniliiR I'rnm Madrid. MUST DO SOMETHING OR QUIT In IlUijinw-liiilrml of Clrniiluff b*p 1,10 JMnar del Ulu Sfclton, a? Ki|?eel??l? He l? nl l''cri?* Kvrr l'roin Aeroni|?ll?lilng Ik I iiiiitln in Secure Tilling* ot Hirer*# Th?t'a?r of I lie l>n?ntlet? CaniM Jubil ation nl the llr?il?|??itrltr? of tlie Jnnta. KEY WK8T. Fin., Doc. CO.?ttopoj"ti from Artemlm ore thnt Weyler has fount] It necessary to Intrench some of his advanced positions and to build one or two block houses to keep the com mand of tlif military road from Arte tnlsa to Km Chrlstobel. The Inaur gents have driven back two of his do tuchment* from the foothills. WVyler In unable to secure tidings of th? movements of General Rivera, and It l? reported that he Is somewhat wor ried over the situation. Instead of cleaning the lMnar tlel Rio section In one month, he la as f-*r from accom plishing It as when he first arrived In Axteinlfta. Several communications have come to the palace at Havana from Madrid and it Is reported that Weylor Is told In plain language that he must d'i romethlng very -toon or be recalled. Information received lake to-night la to the effect thnt the steamer Three Friends tvs obliged to leave the Cu ban const as It was petting ready to land Us cargo. The steamer headed tor the Florida coast nn.l hnvlnK.buf a few ton* ni coal on board ll landed the men on n key near to Key 'Rest. at p-ward pottInff In al that port, where it was seized. . The Dauntles* ha? now pone to take the men and munitions of war off tho key and will make an efTort to land them In Cube Before the return of tho Dauntless It will also endeavor to land another expedition. PRESIDENT PALKA. TlilnU?thr I>?in?il?? I'ateFundihM an Important Precedent. ^ NKW YORK, Dec. SO.?'Tomaso Es trada Palrna, president of the Cuban junta, said to-day after reading the or der of the secretary of the treasury rela tive to the Dauntless clearance; ??This is a victory for us so far as it allows the I),Ml to I '.ive iwrt. We hay? forced the authorities at " give us clearance papers. aKhough some Mm- auo thev declared that ?uch boat, a, the Dauntless could not get^heni.ex cept under stringent restrictions. This is a step forward. , . . ??It .i vessel clears for a certain port .he has to give a reasonable excuse If she ; does not deliver her cargo at tha-polnt. Itut ?tre?=a oi weather. >ou know, or Jome' Other accident ^t compel her to throw her cargo overboard or deliver " ??uvTn New^rk know nothing of the Dauntless case. We hope It will result : in a proper construction of tho law which , - row vague and difficult to understand. Even the authorities at Washington are : all at sea regarding it. and It w 1 be a ? good thing that we have got a ruling. SENATOR OALIISOER ^ar. Ihr 1'rc.l.lml CU..1J >" ImpMcbMl If II. lt.rn.e to Oliry Co1lKrc... F.OSTON, Dec. SO.?A. special to the Journal from Concord. N". H.. says: ^.mator Galllnger said, to-day he. had S ti." ^na,or. "ar.J the President wo?ld mbJMth'mtell to "impeachtnMlL Aiiirht be ?onie questions whether d'n""vouU1 be liable to Impeachment-In S'sin?mr aSmnRer was equally confl denuhat a tarllf bill would be passed at the extra session. . K?ellug ABnlin?tAVeyler. I ON-DON. Dec. 31 .-The Madrid cor ..t of the Standard says: ri"There Is much animation In political and military circles where tide Is.sel ling against Captain General ^ ?>ler who H Is expected, will be speedily re called unless he gain, striking success < S"itr Kir-al was shot at Manilla *e- ? i?r In the presence of an immense - j. day >n , p0jnvloJa absented ? B MRnhmk , .",ii,' i,r; In a elvll marriage with ,1s Canadian mistress before he dted. ,!'k ..Plniest. however, was refused, as well 'is the petition of his felatlvcs to "lto.ved to take charge of his body,-; lost the funeral should be made a px\. text for a demonstration. <;rit. llotrU'n Expedition. HAVANA. Dec. 30.?Dispatches ro n-ived to-day from General Boich. dnt Cll December 23. w that he arrived sifely "a that date at Itaj-imo, prnvlnen ^untlago do Cuba, with a convoy of provisions, etc., loaded on one hundred . ,r-? an.l one hundred mules. Afi.-r leaving Vegulta the convoy ex. Jricnceit stormy weather on tlic rout and had sever,U sldrmlohes w th the In-. Burgi'nts. who. however, would not ac cept any r.:ai engagement with the i Spanish twopp. | similar <\*?r to Dnnntlf**. WASHINGTON. V>. C? Dcc. 30.-t.ato this afternoon the collector of customs a Jacksonville wired the secretary of th,' treasury that the ateamer Commo dore had applied for clearance upon I.raetleally the name otatemeiit ot facts ?m'iii the case of the Dauntless. In re- ,? suonse the secretary wired permission :| '.' issue papers to the Commodore In a substantially the same term* an wero j nnmed In the former case. LP to tho j hour ot closing department no In formation had been received as to tho aovenients ot eliher vessel or whether the conditions Imposed had been ac ivpted. -| Wn.ttirr I'nrfc.tl f.trTo-iU). Par WlvI Virginia partly cloudy (j weather ThMfsdiy; slight changes in temp ?ratntv; variable winds. g l-' ir \? estent Pennsylvania and Ohio, s irenerallv cloudy, probably local show- :p ,.rs in norlhern portion: colder la north ,.m portion: tf'sh =.ad brlslc westerly, winds, shifting to southerly In Ohio. l.m al 'I'rni jirrutnrc. The temperature yesterday ns observed ??v <*. Selmepr. drugL'lxt, corner 1-our t/entb nmi Markut streets, was as follows: 7 n. ni -?S|3 P. m Bl ?i ? ni 41 j: p. in W ?* -r.^Noathcr?Cloudy