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"mUME XLY?NUMBER 144. WHEELING, W. YA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. PRICE TWO CKXTS.-U^kT^
'dolly dialogues '
I institute J by tlic New York Leg;?.
lative Investigation .
INTO THE MATTER OF TRUSTS,
With the Most Sincere Apologies
to Anthony Hope.
CONVERSATIONAL TEA PARTY
lliklbr (lie Committee Yesterday
Orrr th* AHVtlhi of the American Mugar
Krflnliitf CoittMttf Develop* Nothing
Jlor* Startling Than a I'irauut Interchange
of l.rmllutr (titration* Mini Home
jlain*rkitbln Cuitfeulou* of Ignorance
on the (tart of One of th? llnvemeyer*.
Ailn'.c-ioU?i HI* runny Tnrn.
NKW YORK. Feb. 4.-Wheu ChAlr?
...... itillml thn 1n!iit Ifulsla
nuiu i.wuH ?? ??
tlve committee on trusts to order today
there wero present upon subpoenas
to tcftlfy II. O. and Theodore
A. Havemeyer, betides u number of
men prominent In mercantile pursuit*
nnd severaj -lawyers whose clients Jnic&ts
U tvas supposed, might be affected
by the Investigation. A letter
was received from C. B. Richards &
Company, steamship agents of this
city, calling attention to the alleged
exlstrnce of a pool by the trans-atlantlc
.-teamshlp companies and requesting
an Investigation into its methods.
Thi-odorf A. Havemeyer, vice president
of the American Sugar Retlnery
Company, was then sworn. Having explained
that prior to 1891 he was connected
with the eight sugar retlnlug
companies, now operating as the American.
Mr. HavemeyefKaid that he had
nothing to do with the commercial or
! side of tht- business. He could
not give the capitalization of the various
companies that were absorbed In
JIM without a reference to the books;
tha: was a matter upon which Mr.
dearie* would probably be able to Infirm
th?* committee. The question was
then put to the witness: "Do you
(meaning the American Sugar KetinIng
Company), transact any business
save ."Ujmr refining?"
I think not." replied Mr. HoVemey?r.
~ *
" Have you not recently b*?ea:led Int.}
the manufacture of coffee?" ZZ
Yes .ir; I am connected wNh a cotfe<*
company In .Ohio "
"What was the object of your consolidation
In 1881?"
To rellne sugar."
"Was not your company organized.
Mr Uawpniiu-iir. to control t!? reflnlnu:
and sale of sugar In the United
tfutes?"
"I :!i!nk not. sir."
"Do you not control the sugar markets
or the United States'.'"
No. air." ^ ^,
Of Conr?e Xoc.
"Waa your company not organized
for the purpose of preventing illegal
combinations of labor?"
"No, sir."
"Have you not Increased the capital
s: <k of the company since 1S91?"
"Yes. sir."
'To what extent?"
"I should say I2S.000.000."
"How many sugar companies outuhle
of yours arc there in the United
Ssatc*?"
"I should say about eight."
The witness then enumerated the
names of the companies. In reply to .
another question. Mr. Havemeyer nald
that the American sugar refineries
company produced from seventy-threw
to feventy-flve per cent of the sugar
manufactured In the United States.
"Why was the stock Increased?"
"To purchase other companies."
"What are these companies?"
The Franklin, the Knight, the
Fpr*ckles and the Delaware sugar reUnlnK
companies of Philadelphia."
"1? not It a fact that the price of sup.ir
Increase, owing to the acquisition
of these four companies?"
I think not; the price of sugar Is
loivi-r now than it was then."
"Who fixes the prices at the board
meetings?"
"My brother," responded the witness.
lu IIip Volte* Triiat.
Reverting to the recent advent of
the sugar company In the coffee trade,
the chairman of the committee asked:
"Why did you go Into the coffee business?"
"I thought It was n pretty good business."
"Are yon willing to swear that the
officers of the coffee company are not
organized for the purpose of shutting
"ut competition against the American
Husnr Refineries Company?"
"They are not, sir." the witness aald.
'l-iwly. Witness said that part of I he
cry about competition In the ?ugar
marlcoi was no?v.?pjper talk, but adtnltte
1 defending a suit In Ohio
brought about through the activity of
competition there."
"When .ill you purchase the Wool?o;-.
*tock in Ohio?"
11 haw? to refer you to my brothit."
replied the wltnean.
The preferred stock of the company
?v?.? ?.T7.000,000 and the common stock
W'.Vto.OOO. A dividend of 7 per cent
V..IM declared last year on the preferred
n? -I rj per cent on the common. In
fl'Mltlon there may have been an accumulated
surplus.
"I would not go Into business." Mr.
'i.ivrmeyer saiu, "ii i aia noi inane jo,
H "i W per c*>nt in If."
flrnntor Lexow quoted fomp figures
from n financial paper which showed
that in 1SM-G-0, the Surplus of stock In!
from $9,000,000 to sin.ooo.ooo.
"Are theiie figures correct," ilskeU
B'nator Lexow.
"I ?n't any. If you wot them from
Mr. Searlcs, they nre correct."
"AaJ'ar M II** Kuowi,"
"Do you know any business not In
the nature of ft monopoly (hot pays 1.1
or j (j per cent?"
"Plenty.of them"
"Toll i)k one of them."
"(V>ff*p. for instant-.'
"And that Is the reason you Went Into
It?"
itia of tin* reasons," smiled Mr.
Ilnvemeyer.
"Arc you willing to nwenr thnt there
I* agreem*rtt, verbal <>r ivi itt? n. be;
v"ii your company and any other
' -z.mllng the flxinjc or molntulnlng of
pi i . -?"
i nrn willing to swear that, os far a?
1 lenoxv, there In no such agreement."
iialrman Lexotv wiwa t.? take up rn
xamlnatlon of Mr. F^arl***. Meerotary
iri'l tr<-a?turrr of th?* American Htjffnr
Company, bcfutvj callliiir If. o. Havemryer
to th" tt'ltnoOT ??halr. but walvnl
h'? prftferenoa upon belnn Infnrmed th if
Mr ftoarlr 4 enuld r?: conveniently api
.ir in-! r ? the "ri">nny mull tnmor
Henry o. ll?nemeyer, prealdenf of
1 Arrvrlrnn Kim u Ilofliicry, friol tvr.f.
?|r * nx previously irtvcn) wan mvorn
?:i,l dp^erlboo tuu organization of tin*
war trust In 1W<7. The .iMdJ, real and
^iflonal property of fifteen companies,
were purchased by the American refineries
company at the lime of the amalgamation.
The American Sugar Refining Company,
of Now Jersey, Mr. Ilavomoycr
said, took place in 18l?l. of the former ?ocnlied
trust. It was <log? through purchase.
The new company acquired ull
the property before held by the trust,
and no more, and was capitalized first at
ISO,000,000, afterward increased at $75.000,000.
The greater purl of the $25,000,000
Increase went In purchase of the Philadelphia
property. Air. Havemeycr denied
that this utock was put in at fifty
cents on the dollar on a valuation of the
Philadelphia property made by himself,
and associates, saying It was put in at
par.
Denial and AdmlMlon*
In answer to direct questions, Mr.
Havemeycr, denied categorically that
his company controlled the sugar market
In the United States; fixed the price
nf aiipnfii mntrnllml -?h?? nroduct
of sugar or that it had an agreement
with the Mullonhituer concern, the National.
or the St. Louis.
"You really do control the product and
price of rellned sugar In the United
Stat**, du you not?" asked the senator.
"We undoubtedly do," replied Mr.
Havemeyer emphatically. "Wo turn out
between 75 and 80 per cent of the whole
output of the country. And I want to
say," Mr. Havemeyer went on, raising
his voice, "that when we controlled 95
per cent of the output the supreme court
said It was perfectly legal to do so."
Senator Lexow wanted to know about
Arbuekle Bros, relations with the American
Sugar Refining Company, and spoke
of the Urm competing with the sugar
company.
"They never competed with us." said
Mr. Havemeyer. "They are wholesale
grocers and handled cur products."
"Why did you organise a coffee company
within a day or two. Do you
think the coffee business as alluring art
the sugar business?"
"Yes. I propose to carry on the coffee
business Just as we have the sugar business
and that is?I state it here In open
court without fr?ar of contradiction?to
the advantage of the consumer. My going
into the coffee business has nothing
to do with Arbuekle taking his sugar
trade froin us. That's pure nonsense."
Mr. Havemeyer denied trtost emphatically
that the reason the company was
going into the manufacture ef coffee w as
the Arbuckles entering Into competition
with it In the sugar business.
"Arbuekle has never competed with
Us." he said. "He proposed to do so,
and Is welcome. We are going Into the
coffee buslnevj because there Is a Held tor
legitimate enterprise there."
Arbncltle'a Turn In lw Fnimy.
Senator Lexow then aroused interest
and surprise by calling John Arbuekle
to the stand. Mr. Arbuekle testified that
after he had determined to build a sugar
refinery a director of the American i
Sugar Keflnlng Company, In speaking
to him about It. satd:
"How would you like us to go Into the
coffee business?"
"I felt." said Mr. Arbuekle, "that It
was an Implied threat."
James N, Jarvis was railed. He said:
"LoVrell M. Palmer, of the American
Sugiir Refineries Company, came to me
until ?if von start refinlmr sugar we 1
will go Into the coffee busings, an"d tHA' M
Havemeyers have more millions than
the Arbuckles.'"
The commit lee adjourned until 11
o'clock to-morrow morning.
THE OLD STORY
Of Mamerri of ClirUtUiti?Hurder anil
PI I luge in Crete.
CANEA, Island of Crete. Feb. 5.?
There was firing in the streets here for
several hours yesterday. Several Turkish
soldiers were wounded. Endeavors
were made to establish military cordons
around the Christian and Mussulman
quarters.
ATHENS, Feb. 5.-Advices received
from the island of Crete are to the effect
thut trouble at Canea originated In the
unfounded report that the Mussulmans
had killed twenty-seven Christian sentinels
at Akrostrl.
When this report was received the Vail
ordered the troops ot proceed to the
defense of the Christian villages. The
troops were attacked, and It is reported
that twenty persons were killed. Several
villages were destroyed by fire. Canea
Itself Is In a state of complete revolt.
The Mussulmans, It is claimed, instituted
the attacks upon the Christians and
commenced the discharge of fire-arms.
A considerable number of persons perished
in Ihe conflict. Finally it was observed
the soldiers themselves fired
from the ramparts on the heads of the
Christians.
The mussulmans set fire to the quarters
occupied by the Christians and the
flames were visible from the war ships
of the powers anchored In the harbor.
The flames appeared to be spreading in
t*??? .Hior-f Inn at the nnlnce ut the urch
bishop and the Greek schools. The commanders
of the Italian an?l French gunbouts
attempted to stop the fighting,
and landed small detachments of soldiers
for the purpose of protecting th?- telegraph
ottlce:?.
The Christians at Hatepa sought refuge
at iho ofllce of the foreign consuls,
and on board the gunboat. The Vail
and the consuls of the powers were near
Halapa when the outbreak commenced,
but they were unable to enter
Caiwa until nightfall. The fighting
ceased, but according to the
latort advlcs the tlr?-s Ktartcd for the
purl on/j <>c destroying the buildings haVtf
not yet been extinguished.
Illooil mill I'lrr.
ATHENS, Feb. 5.?-Three-fourth? of
the Christian quarters In the city of Cnnc?a
have been burbed to th?? ground. The
Christians while trying to escape to the
warships were attacked by the mussul
man population anil many were killed
an?l Injured. The total number of victims
In eat I mated at .'100.
It Li reported that n large number of
women and children have already been
landed on tin* l:dund of MIlo by the Italian
ertilder. The men in most Imuancea
remained at Crete. They barricaded
their house* and made other preparation#
for the approaching atrugffle.
Il> Ip .-rnt fo ?rrtr.
ATIIKNS, Feb. 5.--In the leglnlntlve
chamber to-day the president of the
council, Th. del YiLnnh, announced thnt
the government had ordered two men-ofwar
tn prpcecd ?t once to Crr.te. The
announcement wan followed by a acone
of Interna* excitement and entfhuMusm.
The l.iteet peiva from C.inivi h to the effeet
that fordKii vejeid* arc already engaged
In th" work of trnniiportlng refugees
to th" (Iredan Inland ?>f Mill It In
announced that the foreign consuls were
obliged t?i make their escape from Ilalepa
to Canea by way of th j?ea.
A ( unllilniiin
TOItONTO. ().. Feb. f?. - Tire thh
morning dcxtroyed the livery barn of
.Iw-'-pa I'I-mt and gutted the dwelling
with which It W;; - iv.iiii" ted. The rntitenw
were partially nav?>!. The hor^ca
were Kctvcd, but a dog which >?.' iyed by
hi* pant, wnfl burned, Loan *1,000; Insured.
AGAINST LOBBY.
Fortiflcntloiis ol Both Homes Will
, Be Completed To-day.
THE TROCIIA WILL BE STRONG.
So That Sympathizers With Measures
Cunnot Cross It.
AN ELOQUENT I LEA WAS MADE
Djr Delegate Curtis, of Olilo County, In
Favor of Allowing Veteraue of the Bine
autl CJrajr to Peddle Wtthomt Lleente.
Nfimt* I'ommltlM Rrnnrli Advfritlv
on ths Valued Inanrauce Bill?II IVill
UuiIunIiImIIx be Defeated lit ths (Jpp?r
Chamber?So "Ripper" Legislation by
tbc Present Uody of Law Makers*
Special Dlspatrh to the Intelligencer.
CHARLESTON. W. Vo.. Feb. 5.?
The two houses have the lobbying feelIn*
so strong that they are going to
rati themselven In to keep the talent off
their backs. It I* expected that the fortifications
will be completed by to-morrow.
The children of the desert are
wondering whether (hey are to be allowed
to roost on the rampart*.
Ohio county was heard from In the
house to-day through the very graceful
and telling Hpeech of Delegate Curtis, In
behalf of the bill allowing veteran* of
the blue and the gray to peddle without
license. The sou of a distinguished
Union soldier, now gone to his reward,
spoke with great tenderness of the
needy old boys of the two great armies.
After that there was no trouble to pass
the bill. Home doubts are 'xpressed as
to the constitutionality of the measure,
hut nobody doubts the good intent.
The senate Judiciary committee has
resolved unanimously to report adversely
on the valued Insurance policy bill
thaUwent through the house, with a
rush. There was more time to Inform
DtMiutors than there had been to inform
delegate^ and information did the business
in the senate. Some members of the
house who voted for the bill say they
did not understand it. and hop* It may
be defeated in the senate.
i lie mauntn-c vuiii|Muu?b m v jiiuu oiiiiK
against the passage of the bill, but
they are not lobbying against It In the
ordinary sense.
The stories that have gone from here
about the ripper legislation that was to
be put through are flights of fancy.
There Is no such purpose. A better disposed
IttgiNlature ihuu this naVir assembled
In West Virginia. The two bodies
art* doing good honest work and are
eager to do what is brat'for thy mate."
The lumbermen of this region are entertaining
the national association of retail
lumber dealers. To-night a reception
Is being held in honor of the visitors.
C. B. Scott, of Bethany, Is among the
active forces here to present to the legislature
th* claims of Bethany college
on the favorable consideration of the
state, and he Is doing It well. C. B. 11.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The LegUlatlv* Committee of Inspection
Finish Their Duties There.
Bpeclal Dl?patch to tho Intelligencer.
MORCSANTOYVN, W. Va.. Feb. 5.Tfce
committee from the legislature
whlph h(i? li??n h?rw Iwn ilavt. flnl?h*i1
Its inspection to-day and has returned
to Charleston. In addition to the Improvements
decided upon yesterday,
they will recommend the seating of
the arallery in the chapel with opera
chair* at once.
They liave been entertained by Dr.
Goodknlght during their stay here, A
wore thorough Inspection of the different
departments was made to-day
and It has added to their enthusiasm.
Every tine connected with the school
here, is delighted with the favorable
outlook.
BIO LAND DEAL
Xfw York 1'nrttrs lo Parrhiie -10,000
Arret In Itvuriolph <'entity.
Special Dispatch to the lntelllgoneer.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 5.-Shelton L.
Reger. of Kiklns, V.'eM Virginia, arrived
here from BufTalo. X. Y., to-day, stating
that ho had negotiated a deal with a
western Now York syndicate to purchase
40,000 acres of coal ami timber land In
Randolph comity, for $300,000. The land
is the property of a Washington, D. C.,
syndicate.
Mr. Retrar, also stated that he had a
deal on with Pittsburgh capitalists to
sell them .1i>,000 acres of land in Pocahontas
county, at $20 an acre. The Pittsburghers
Intend building a branch railroad
into the territory which contains a
seam of coal from eight to fourteen feet
in thickness. Air. Regar refund to divulge
the name# of the would-be purchasers.
MERIT SUCCEEDS.
Mr. C. K. Howell, Formerly of Wheeling*
lieu n Paring Her Mi.
Special Dispatch to tho 1nt#lllBeneer.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 5.?Mr.
Charlcn S. Howell was to-day nppointed
superintendent of the Went
Perm Hogpllnl to succeed Mr. Hou^e,
who was removed last week.
The appointment was a great mirprlae
t?? even the cloie friends of Mr.
Howell.
rru? now (tuppnni'Mim-iii IS an nin
newiipnper ma si of Wheeling. He come
from thoru to newspaper work in
Plttnburgh. Inter becoming claim nvront
of the Unltltnoro <8- Ohio road. Since
April I. Ia.?t. Mr. Howell hti* been
connected with tin* conHolldatod trnrtlon
conipnny, of I'lltrfhurKh. It Is undorslood
his salary In the new position
will be JII.OOO per yenr.
Krlilriilty oflfmomul HIikI.
Special Dlnpntch to the 1nt'MII(rencer.
KINOWOOD. TV. Vn , Feb. ft.?Charles
Helm* wan brought to Jail here to-da.v
and Hent-noed for on year in default of
bond : ? U'M'p the peace. Ho Is a sln?lt.
middle-aired mnn. and l? char*."! with
attempting t?> kill his wither and other
member* "f ;ii" family. Ho In con ddered j
dnnwroii?, and tin* family wan afraid of
him. I: i.i thotiRht ho will bo ?..nt to the i
asylum, .? hi* mind Hoeinn to J?e nilRound.
1JI? residence I.i near independence.
( 'mil HbowllHf for Oil.
Sp?M'lfll Dlnpntrh tp. the Intelligencer.
HTRI'llENVIM/K. o.. FeK f. ThKnox
f>ll and Oaa Company, have drilled
In a well on tin* McClftln farm, at Kivoxvllle,
and have a Rood f.howln* of oil. I
CANTON CONVERSATIONS
WereXot Xnniertme Yeaterdajr* Atttioagh
Them Were ? Mnmber of Vlattora-McKcuim
AckHotvledici IIla Tender anil
Acceptance a* a Member of Hie Cabinet.
CANTON, Ohio, Feb. G.*-Aliout the
usual number of visitor* called at the
McKlnley residence to-day. This
morning people from many parti of the
country wanted to see Mr. McKlnley
for a few minutes and the Presidentelect
met nil pleasantly
Mr. Imuran C. MhrrAv. of TvmlnvNh*
Ky.( raid lie had a very satisfactory
conference with the President-elect this
morning. Mr. Murray returned by appointment
at 2 o'clock for a further
conference. He said ills visit here was
to talk over the situation In Kentucky
In regard to the senate lie said that
Mr. St. John Boyle, the Republican
caucus nominee, had a bright chance
of being the next senator from the
blue grass state, although Mr. Yerkes
ha* a great many friends and udmlrers.
When asked as to the possibility
of Governor Hradley appointing a
successor to Senator Blackburn, Mr.
Murray said that this might occur, but
he did not know how Governor Bradley
stood on the subject. Mr. Murray
leaves ut 4:03 o'clock for his home, by
way of Cleveland.
"I have no object in concealing It. T
have been offered and accepted the position
of private secretary to Prevident
McKlnley."
J. Addison Porter, of Hartford, said
this to the Associated Press representative
in the McKlnley library this
afternoon. *
M'KEWWA 'FEBBEB UP.
II* Will ll? lu lU* Cabinet?Interior Portfolio
Likely to 1? IIU Lot.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.?Judge
McKenna, of the United States circuit
court, last night authorised the statement
that he has been Invited to accept
a position w the caomei 01 rresiuentelect
McKlnley, and also that he has
signified his acceptance, lie did not
care lo give for publication the dispatch
In which the tender of a poult Ion wan
made, nor did he wish to make his re*
sponse known, -.c considered telegram*
confidential and personal. He
has expected the communication from
Canton. He will leave the latter part of
the month for Washington ready to enter
tipon his new duties Immediately after
the Inauguration. Whether Juuge
McKcnnu Is to be attorney general or
secretary of the .terlijr In the new administration
Is now know only to the
President-elect.
STes, he said la?t night, "I have received
a telegram from President-elect
McKlnley proffering me a place In tincabinet.
1 have wired an acceptance."
"As secretary of the Interior?"
"I do not know that. The telegram
did not state. It will be euuer that or
attorney general. I am Inclined to
think, however. It will be the interior,
as that place generally goes to a western
man. and further, an that secretaryship
was the principal topic In the discussion
In my Interview with the Presidentelect."
TWs telegram and statement puts at
rest aJl doubts as to California's representation
in the cabinet. It Is pretty
well known that he would be given a
place. Those who read between the
lines of the dispatches from Canton were
convinced that the question was not
whether MoKenna was to represent the
west in the cabinet, but what position
he would be given.
The latter part Is not yet settled by
official declaration, though Judge Mclvennn
believes that the Interior wi.. be
his portfolio.
McKlnley'* Drrw Mnlf.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Feb. G.-John J.
Kennedy, tailor and Importer, of New
York, was a passenger on the western
express this morning, bound for Canton,
with Major William McKlnley's
new evening dress suit, which was en
closed in a fine new ease, on tne msiue
of which was the President-elect's
name in large gold letters. Mr. Kennedy
said he would not trust any one
but himself to try the suit on the major,
and although lie could hardly spare
the time away from his business, made
the trip on purpose to personally look
after It.
Mr. Kennedy w^nt lo Cleveland two
weeks ago when Mr. McKlnley was a
guest at the home of Myron T. Herrick,
and took the measurements. Thcloth
is a superfine Jet black worsted
of Saxony finish.
What !Vctr York Will (Jet.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 5-Congressman
Sherman, who has be#?n
mentioned for a f>lnce in Mr.
McKlnley'* cabinet, was expected
to stop ofT at Albany to-day.
to see Governor Black, but had not
arrived up to noon time. The best
informed politicians say there is little
reason to suppose any New Yorker
will be In the cabinet. Said one:
"There will be no New York man In
McKlnley's cabinet, but he may throw
ji couple of ambassadorships over to
this state. Dejfew can go to England
If he desires and General Porter to
France."
WOMEN FAVOR BACCHANTE.
A Wellealry I'rnftMor Urffnili tlir Mnchettiiril
Mlntnr.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 5.?At the state
federation of woman's clubs' convention,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howo yesterday
made the address of welcome. The principal
address was by Professor Morgan,
of Wellesley college. upon the "Psychology
of the Beautiful." She vigorously
defended tho Bacchante statue In Boston.
saying:
"Through a. fellowship which even a
daughter of tile Puritans may Inherit.
In the rich soul of Plato, I have received
it different Interpretation of the ideal
Bacchus of the (.reeks from that enter*
talned by th?? Writer of editorial articles
In one of the foremost of New York's
literary reviews. I must, confess my
self us holding the bronue mint or uacchus
among the oherlahed treasures In
my Wellesle.v study." Her sentiments
wen- roundly applauded, and Mrs.
Howe Indorsed nil that Professor Morgan
had mild.
TRIED TO LYNCH A NEORO.
KiclttiiK Neriiea *t ? Criminal Hearing n(
<'olnutlil?, I'n.
LANCASTER, Pa.. Pol). B.-Marcun
Hutoher, the negro who assaulted Mr*.
Kltnor Schnor, a week ago. was given a
hearing at Columbia ywterdav. At the
hearing Mrs. Schner Identified Butcher
us her assailant.
Before the hearing concluded n crowd
collected before the door with the Intention
of doing Injury to the prisoner. To
nave Butcher he Wfrt taken out the back
way. hurried Into a carriage, and driven
rapidly t? the waiting trolby car. On
the way to the c.u* the carriage passed
tne \v.i nan's hu?l>u.id, and .Mr. Hchnei*
ili .. ! volver r?n>! ftiiaue nn attempt t-*
rh"i?: Hut her, but was restrained i-y a
detective.
Tii'- i-roivd rac-'d for the car. They
c.ime up to the negro as he was belnn
taken from thu c.<rrlagc. and m vigorous
attack \vai? made on him. lie wan
punched and kicked, but the office ?uecoed.ul
in getting him to Jrull.
THE PROPER QUOTA
Of the United States Senate Established
Yesterday
BY THE UNANIMOUS ACTION
Of The Body in Favor of Kenney'a
Claim ton Sent,
WHO REPRESENTS DELAWARE
On the Certificate of the Governor, Bat
Who IVas Choien toy a Lr|Ulat?re
Fraudulently Klected?While IlepnblU
cant Withdrew Oppoiltlou to llle Ad*
mlailon, lilt Title will be AUaekrd
lleieaflcr?Ills Knlranee loi-the Penate
KJTrrted IVo Hiwnilal Change In Party
Strength?Unpont'e Case Cannot be
lUopened. ^
"WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.?The
senate to-day admitted Itich&rd R. Kenney
to the Delaware seat vacated mauy
months ago by Mr. Higgins, and which
since then has been the subject of continuous
controversy. This augmented
the Democratic membership to 40, and
ship of the senate to Us proper quota of
90. It effected no essential change In
party strength, however, the division
being: Republicans, including independents,
44; Democrats, 40; Populists, 6; total,
90.
All opposition to the seating of Mr.
Kenney was withdrawn, Republican
senators conceding that his credential
from Governor Tunnel certifying that
th?- regular legislature had chosen him
in due form gave him a prima facie right
of admission. Mr. Chandler and Ml-.
Hoar expressed this view, and stated
that Mr. Kenney'# title would be attacked
hereafter on the\round that his credentials
while prima facie correct. cam<?
from a legislature fraudulently elected.
.Mr. Hoar made the further statement
thattheDupont case could not be reopened,
having once been passed upon by the
senate. The fact of this course Is to
leave J. E. Addioks as the contestant for
the seat held by Mr. Kenney.
The Nicaragua canal debate proceeded
without definite conclusion. Mr. Caffrey
(Dem.. La.,) speaking againtrt. the
bill. The pension calendar was cleared
during the day, about fifty pension bills
being passed.
The Republican members of the ways
and means committee devoted their attention
to-day to the schedule of wood
and manufacturers of wood, and decided
to restore the McKiniey rates practically
In full, with the important exception
of white pine. Pine was dutiable
at 12 under the law of 1892, but *'hen the
McKiniey bill was framed the rate was
reduced to II, so that in the new bill it
will pay twice the rates of the McKiniey
act.
The house committee on elections today
decided the hopkins-Kendall electljn
contest from the Tenth Kentucky
district In favor of the sitting membej>,
who Is a Democrat, a minority report
>vlll be made by Royce (Rep., Ind.,) and
Llnney (Rep., N. C.,) In favor of Hopkins.
The committee discussed the WatsonBlack
case from Georgia, but did not
rcach & decision.
Senator McMillan Introduced to-day,
by request, a b..l declaring that the Star
Spangled B-xnner be the national song- of
the Unftted States.
INVALID DIVORCER
OkUlioinn'i^rittnt Will r?nu Inunmcr bt?
Domrallr Trouble*.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The supreme
court of the United State* may untlmately
be called upon to declare concerning
the validity of the divorces that have
been ground out by the Judicial mills in
the Dakotas nnd Oklahoma, and should
that augu*c tribunal decide -that the divorces
heretofore Issued from the mills
in question are invalid and of no legal
effect, there will be such an aggregation
of domestic shaking-up as probably no
country in the world ha* ever witnessed.
Womeo who now regard themselves a*
wives will realise that they have been
living for a greater on* lesser period under
conditions not sanctioned by the law;
husbands will find themselves in the
same predicament, while the number of
children who will thus be branded with
the fltamp of lllegimacy cannot be estimated.
The decisions of Justice Russell,
of the t'nlted States supreme eourt. In
the n?nv famous McGow.tri case, In which
he holds -that neither the wife nor husband
can acquire temporary residence
In a foreign state for the purpose of securing
a divorce, has. in the opinion of
eminent lawyers, laid the groundwork
for the overthrow of the entire fake dl
vorce system.
The case Is now pending in the New
York court of appeals, but whatever may
be the decision here, it has been definitely
arranged that the matter shall be carried
up to the United States supreme
court for a definite and final adjudication
of the questions Involved. T<> thin
end it is stated that five husbands who
have been victims of Dakota decrees*
have subscribed $10,000 each to a fund
for takinic the appeal to the supreme
court. Of the syndicate two reside in
New York, one in Boston, one in Philadelphia
and one in Chicago.
CAT GIVES ALARM OF FIRE.
Atrolte Tenant In n Vint Houte by
Srratthlni; on the Door,
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.?Fire in the flveulory
fiat house at One Hundred and
Sixteenth Street and Park Avenue yes
terday morning did 515,000 damage and
endangered the lives of some* twenty
people. There nre twenty-seven sets of
apartments In th building, and about 160
tenants. A stray cn.t was noticed in the
hallway by \V. R Davenport, who cume
home ut about fullO. .Mr. Davenport did
not molest the animal, and shortly after
going to bed was aroused by a
scratching and mewing at his door.
When he opened u he found the hall
full of smoke. This timely nlurm saved
the lives of many people and prevented
further damage. The tire started In the
storeroom In tho basement. The cause in
not known. The building is owned by
the Mutual Life Insurance t'olnpnny.
and was damaged to the extent of $10,000
ilml the losses to the tenants amount to
about $5,000.
The flat of the Davenport family Is
the last one opening from the long lmll
on .the tlrsl Moor, which runs past tho
elevator shaft. When the smoko poured
into this hall the cat was driven to thy
end. iinil lis lustlnei led it to >cratch :?
the only door at hand. Mr. Pnv< nport's
family sought In vain yesterday for the
rat. but It could not bo found. If they
find It they propose 1 ? give It a good
berth for the rest of its life.
A NARROW ESCAPE
A. Cleveland Man Unite a 111k Illftk with
tlie Mpaularde? He Kiti Up a Pal* to
Oomex Under the Kjt? of Ills Captors.
KEW YORK, Feb. 5.?A copyright
cablegram from Havana to the Evening
World, say a: The arrest of Henry K.
Sheridan, of 1204 Euclid cvenuo, Cleveland,
by the military authorities of
Quanabacoa, is a strange affair. He vrajt
treated 6o well .and discharged W
promptly that no Inquiry baa been made
into the matter.
Why ho was seized and detained is
still a mystery to young Sheridan. He
made no complaint to General Lee, and
no explanation hay been asked at tho
palace.
On tho day Sheridan, who Is an
verrturous, but tactful tourist, was arrested,
he came to the room of tho correspondent
at the hotel Inglaterra, and .
said: "I hear that Oojlmar, a watering
place beyond Guanabacoa, haw been
burned by the rebels. I'm going out
there to see Jt. 1 can't speak Spanish, >
but J want to go alone Just for the fuif of
the thing."
An the country between here and Cojimar
Is full of troops on the alert watch*
ing for rebels who also abound, an effort
was made to persuade the young man
not to go.
"Oh, I'll get some fun out of it." he
said, and started fully convinced that
could "Jolly" any Spaniard on earth.
That night there was a fearful storm of
wind and rain. Sheridan did not return.
It was thought that the $oung man
might have sought shelter, but his
friends were worried and were about reporting
his absence to General Lee, when
Into the hotel he came.
"I have been arrested," he explained.
"They seized me at Guanabacoa, kept
me a prisoner all night and then let me
go. I C- >uld not understand what they
said about it, but I made stich a stiff
kick that from being rough they changed
to being polite. 1 had my American
passport and had done nothing, so I put
on a buld front. I found on arriving at
Guanabacoa that I would have to get a
pass to go to Cojimar. I applied at the
office of tho commandant and he asked
fur my papers. As soon as he saw my
name he compared it with one on a
card he had and smiled with glee. He
called two soldiers with guns, and they
stood by tho door while he went out. I.
waited. Another ofllcer came in. He
was <n good looking that I asked him by
signs to take a drlnlc.
"i!?. nodded. I thought, and I put my.
arm in his and walked him to the door.
He whistled, seized mo by the arm*, and
the two soldiers levelled their guns at
me. 1 then saw I was arrested. The
high cockalorum came back had a rocking
chair brought In and 1 sat down. It
was then 3 o'clock. At 0 o'clock a lot of
ofTlCers came in. They invited me to
their table to dinner and always passed
thing* to me first. They were very polite
I went back to my chair and sl??pt
under guard until 3 o'clock in the morning.
when the commandant woke me up,
gave me my passport, opened the door,
mo-Honed that I could go, ami bowed
very low.
"I saw I was the aggrieved party and
I refused to go. It was dark and raining.
1 shook my head, made signs that
I wanted a bed and sat down. The ofll- .
cer had a cot brought in, a servant made
a bed and I turned in. At 8 they brought
me coffee and rolls, I dressed and left,
the officers bowing and evidently apologising
for my detention."
"Were you not afraid, at first?" Sheridan
was asked.
"There was only one thing T was afraid
of." he replied. "I was afraid they
might search m*."
"What if they had. you had nothing
dangerous about you."
"So. only a pass to dome?;, signed by
Estrada. Palma. belonging to a friend. I
ate it up while I sat In that chair."
Cnban Kailwny Accident.
HAVANA. Feb. 5.?A passenger train
from Matanzas was accidentally derailed
yesterday, between Colon and Garrelera?.
An iron-clnd guard car, a bug- '
gage car.and a third-class passenger
car were capsized, the commander of
the escort and four soldiers were wound-t
ed. one soldier was mutilated, and the
engineer, fireman and all tho crew of .
the train and a man selling papers, were i
viti.-j iinnni* iho im??(%nirr'rs. manv
were wounded. Colonel Arjano telegraphs
that the troops under hln command
have killed the Insurgent Colonel
Rem i go Lopez and the Insurgent lieutenant
Juan Diaz in a skirmish.
A Papnl DrrUlon.
DETROIT. Feb. 6.-The Evening News
learns -that Mgr. Martinelli, the papal
ablegate at Washington, ha? received
and transmitted to Bishop Foley, of this
diocese, am) to Rev. Shristlan Dpirnissen,
rector of St Charles church. Detroit,
copies of the decision of Pope Leo and the
cardinals of the propaganda, in thecele-.
brated "church farm" case, and that Fr.
Deimissen wins every i>oint for which he
contended. The question at Issue was
whether the title to the so called "church
farm," located In the eastern suburbs of
Detroit. Is vested in Bishop Foley, or In
St. Charles church. The cardinals of the
propaganda, flit a meeting In Rome, Jan-,
uary 11, decided that the rigrht to the
property was not vested 1n the bishop of
Dctrait f'tr the benefit of the diocese, but
belongrsto Dr. Dennlssen, as rector of St..
Charles, and was to be administered for
the benefit of parishioners In the territory
formerly known as "Le Cote du
Nord-Kst."
Itntm to tlir 111k Fight.
CinCAOO, Fob. 5.?The roads of the
Western Passenger Assoolation have
been voling for the last few days upon
two propositions to make reduceu rates
to the scene of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
tlKht In Nevada, The first proposition
provides for a rate of fiO from the Missouri
river for the round trip, which
means a. rate of $G2 fin from Chicago.
The other plan is to mak^ a round trip
rate of twenty dollars less than the regular
round trip between Chlca/ro and Reno.
Nevad.i*, which would mean a rate of
$90 from Chicago. The vote will not b??
completed until to-morrow, and the
chance-- are very strong that the first
proposition will Ije carried.
Won nun Fun I.
FREMONT. O.. Feb. 5.-Paul TVnnle. *
of Toledo, and Wade Watts, of Kansas
City, met in a glove contort last night.
It was to have been a twelve riund bout,
but Watts, who had outfought himself,
reported to such foul tactics that In the
second round. Referee Stahr declared In
Demile's favor.
Slmnt?hi|> JJovmir-iit*.
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etr.
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Soltli'tium, AmKtmlnm.
CtKNOA?Arrived, Olympln. New
York.
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York, for Liverpool.
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