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' ' 'V'r ^Itc^IwKng il?i| Higettcrr. AOLITML XLVI --NUMBER 103. WHEELING, W. YA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897. rRIcYT\V() ( ENTS. WHAT DO.WE GET?' ]j tlie Buriii:n of Complaint of linglisli Newspapers about recent operations OfGcriminv ??J Russia lu China, NVant u Sllcc. THE other european powers preparing to firnb tiomi-ilitiig of the (It 1 it fkr Kmiilie-Ouly Waiting on Kitglnutl lu Mikn llm RJrxt .Hove?Tlic Washington Kntf of U?? Situation U ilrcumlna |iilnr?tli?S~Tlir C'lilurio lUlnlater Aiu< Ion* I list Anierlcnii Interest* Shall lie 2iiruiJ?<J J? lint no | Dulyvitou UuwRlt. BERLIN, Dec. 20.-?-The Paris corresrondent of the Cologne Uazctte tele-; graphs that paper that he learns on re- I liable authoritft' that the linssian occupation of Port Arthur was connected with the vlHlt there of the British warship Daphine a week ago, wAen, in spite of the protests of the Chinese, tho I Daphne entered the inner harbor, al- I legedly to ascertain whether there were j Hub si an ships there. China complained ! of the Incident to the representatives ill (III; j'o?t-ia at i uniu. The British far eastern squadron is raid to be at Talicmoan and according to the correspondent quoted, is shortly exported at Port Arthur. The Cologne Gazette regards the occupation ns merely a continuance of th > co-operation of Germany with Russia ' in eastern Asia. LONDON, Dec. 20.?An unconfirmed | report is current here thut port of the British far eastern squadron will he stationed at Wol-Hal-Wel this winter. If true, this Indicates that Great Brltnln is working in harmony with Japan. The latter power still occupies Wei- , Hal-Wei pending payment of the Chinese ?var Indemnity. The evening newspapers are much disturbed over the situation. "What do we get?" is the burden of their complaint, and they all insist upon the necessity for immediate action. The Globe says: Russia and Germany now have the two most important strap?tical position in Northern rhina and Great Britain whose commercial interests there are ten times gicater.must be content with the crumbs from the at. Petersburg and Berlin tables." The Fall Mall Gazette echoes the Standard's Inquiry as to America's uttitude and says: "Of course the partition of the coast which is bound to come will not be conlltied to Russia and Germany. Every naval utate in the world Is actively concerned In the disturbance of the equilibrium In the far east. Great Britain, Franco and Japan especially. But the United Stater, cannot be treated as a quantity to be Ignored. The tame acquiescence with these sell urea Is not worthy of our past, and Is fatal to ou;* future We may remark that we shall not be without sympathizers, as the Japanese will most joyfully back any scheme to redress the bitter humiliation they have suffered at the hands of Russia. Advices received here from Paris, show that France is awaiting Great Britain's notion. Tf Great Britain follows the lead of Germany and Russia and occupies a seaport, France will forthwith follow null. The official* of the Chinese embassy here do not conceal the belief that the powers are intending to seize Chinese ports. They discredit the reports that i?r*at Britain ha? been requested to mmfiime n protectorate over tin Yang Tec valley and the west river. THE WASlxro"IEND or Ihr Mlnnllnn ?The OccnpntIon of Port rihlie lir HumIh?Germany liui \o l)r?|Kn? on llntvnll. washington. d. c., Dec. co.-Mlnlstr?r wu ling Fang, the diplomatIc i ^presenlntlve of China Iii thin country, expr?eied the belief that the reported ' cup.iney of Port Arthur by a kushIiiu squadron would prove to he hut a temporary convenience to the cr.ar'h fleet i; ranted by thi' Pekln government. ho al l the ftunslnn rqundron In Asiatic v at\v;u' granted permlMon last it to winter ut Klaou-Chou and the ituhhi.in whips remained there during he winter, hut an soon a;< warm weather ct in they resumed tholr manocuvrea In the Pacific ocean. tor t>1 *: convenience of (he TIUMslait officers, th" dilute government. eent Interpreter! to klati'Chou .mi?1 mad-' very effort to tnake them romtortnijJ.'. in view of the German occupancy of kl.io-Chou It w.ih lmpoefllblft to permit t Kusslun nhlpi lo return to that por* ".tid i.ic minister therefore believes the Ilusilan admiral tok'.l and rec'flvod p'-nnlislou to n lnte:- his shlpN at Port Arthiit. It Is Impossible for Kupslan ' '< in to anchor at Vladlvostock dur' : the winter owing to the Ice. J'he trilnlster al < ntnted that It wus opinion that the (Jet mam* would eventually withdraw from Klao-Uhou. far an known In wn?hlneton there i' no intention on the part of the Ohl? ' venutient to seek the ox'tclne of 11 * * ifood office* of thin government. wli i view t'? hi curing the withdrawal of 'I'irnuny Minister Wu Is extremely 0 n.xioii 111 it t Amor lean Interests iji:i ii 1,1 ok tended In t'hlnp. Two or threo A.norkan ayndlGltca uro now no'iklne rfiotin In llicf eolcfetltl Kingdom,hut i" 'i '.roue t!iat mute shall reach out ' Chinese trade and thus promote inmfit'htl leldtttitM hotivccn tin; pcuui 1 i Washington government*. The rnliM Htfllen, he par hnv no ulterior ii'itivfs with refereine to the empire, it '" "l Hafit Chili territory and the I v?dopment of Hn interest* In the >' 1 oil Idiot t.i n votild naturally In" ami Htf'Mtfthen the (otieern of ii 'verimn ut In Hi" welfare ?>f Its N' 1111?* 11 letlflf. It h under"Itnoil Hint I minister iw ronildeiing the udvliM'ity of suggeaflng to his government ii the fiii'-! p tu !?< naked to fiUtlmi *'i' employment ?y the Chinese />f " Ji mill iiiii/y ollloeie of (ha l-nltcd ' i 11 a lit the army and navy of present Knglhh officers are cinII -K'd for the navy and Gormen ofll? cers for the army, but the governments which these gentlemen represent are both grasping tor Chinese territory. The report that Germany proposes to seise Hawaii and Samoa Is regarded a# ridiculous t>y administration officials. Germany has little interest art compared to other nations in the Hawaiian islands. It is admitted that her interest in Samoa la large. The last administration wa? willing to denounce tiie treaty of June 14,18SH. between the United States, Great Britain and Germany, Mr. Olney Informing the Herman ambassador here that "the treaty is unsatisfactory to the United States and is one which its Interest requires to be essentially modllled or altogether abrogated. President McKlnley propose# that the United States shall retain It* K*'lP oa Samoa and will agree to no proposition which contemplates the turning over of the phare of this government in Samoa to either Germuny or Great Britain. Inpnit iVnkta ti|?. i ?'iUMirtsifl, ucc, ii.?iUMii.fc uua notjfleA Japan of the temporary occupation of Port Arthur ami a lf\rge JapunI we equadrou has left Nagasaki. A ffi-.ltrut? In (.'atoll Kuiikcrfi. | WASHINGTON, I). C., Dec. JlO.-InI terlor department ofllelals are watching I the operations of the land boomers,who, It Is alleged, are malting arrangements to nnter the lands of the Wichita, Kiowa, Apache and Comanche Indian reservations In Oklahoma. A treaty for the opening of the latter Is now pending before Congress. Some of the literature of the persons who aro working up the boom has been received at the department In which commissions of membership ate offered for sale at tho rate of f.ri each. They have been scattered broadcast throughout tho country. The agentn ero said to receive f- for each member enrolled. Tho opinion Is expressed at the dupartment that the persons behind the scheme have no Idea of toeing permitted to occupy the binds, but they will after Interesting: large numbers of persons In It, cease t|ielr operations Writ Vlralllla P? i onnl*, Special Dlspitrh to tho Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 20.-Govemor Atkinson was hero to-dny and called on Senator Elklns and the house delegation. lie left for Charleston tonight. Representative Miller left for West Virginia this evening, and will not reI turn until Congress re-assembled. W. W. Soott, special attorney under the department of juatice came In today from the valley of Virginia, where he had been to attend to some official business. He left for Fairmont thin evening. Cniifrrrtiic WltH llif VmliUlll, WASHINGTON, L>. C., Dec. 20 - Representative llroslus, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the house civil service committee, had an extended conference with the President to-day about tho operation of the civil service law. The President Is availing himself of the opportunity to talk freely with senators and representative concerning the law and the effort, that is now being made to secur*? Its modification. He Is being urged to, accept aomo positions that arc tiow In the classified service, hut at the white house it is said that he has not yet seriously considered the question of modifying the law. 'I'o .HuilIfy < lvII frrrvler WASHINGTON, 1). C., Dec. 20.?The committee appointed at the house civil service conference ten days ago to draff, modifications of the clvjl service law met to-day and went over .he various bills pending neiore me uoiiae. ?mj committee xpeeta to have a measure framed by the time Congress meets next month. It* members ate opposed to the present law .ih Jnclutllng too many oflleea within Its scope. Wimt llclmlrrr Bail I}*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.?Secretary Alger to-day cabled to wiliam A. Kallmann, the chief government reindeer herdsman, who Is now in Alien, Norway, to Inform the war department Immediately how soon flOO rdndeois can l?o shipped to this country. They ore wanted for use us draft animals In getting supplies to thi? minora In the Klondike region. _ A I-'MUHV l-'renk. IMTTSnirUOII, Pa., Dee. lO.-Nlcholas F, Snyder, president of the Snyder (ili Company, a millionaire, living at Shady and Wllklnn avenue, Wast Bnd, whs arrested this evening on ? warrant Issued by his son. W. M. Snyder,charred with abduction. W. M. Snyder charges that his Infant son, Ward Snyder, Jr., oged ten months, was abducted by hi* grandfather mid Is now kept lu hiding. He says to-day while he find his wife worei out whopping the elder Snyder and his wife drove to his residence nr.d carried tho Infant away With them. IJut little ran be learned to-night of the reasons for the nbduot!on( but the Turner and '??r? jnv *uld ( ? hav<? been n! loggorheads for some time past, owing to business complications, t'lumtilriu l'*?taf?ll*litnritl Km it'll. BALTIMORE. Md? December 20.Tho extensive establishment of Crook, Horner & Co., dealers In plumbers, machinist?} and miller*' supplies, nt the cottier of Howard and Saratoga streets, thin city, was partially destroyed by fire to-dnf, entailing a Iohs of about II (10,000 to stock and building. The lite *\ is discovered III the top floor of tho fevfjn story btilldlng snon after 6 o'clock and J' suppoM'd lo ha\ a been sinrieil by n match enn li ly thrown In a lot or mtton waste by an employe of tin? fir nr. On olio of the burned floofs vera ab'Mit $50,000 worth of pattern* Which 0 i 'in.if be i plftM I. BiltdlM thit, tho linn lo about *7.*?.000 on slock, fully covered by insurance. roin'i aivM iiiiitirif lip, OLKVIflLAND, 0? Do?, 20. \ Well die (Hi d young men who seyg lie Is Herman ! '. Sehinldl, son of the superintendent of the T'e.iniylvanl.i company ear s'lops of I'lttshurifh, gttVo hlimelf up it'iMho nullioriiles lo-djf n i a fugitive from Ju'lie |(n sajn h. Is wanlnl in Pittsburgh foe paMlllg n forged Ohflek for tV< on a hotel, and another for the gamo i"in "ii thft London Pants Com* j /in*. ii** ii "i beon Mentlfldd 'i? iiii yonnjl man who war sent fvotn Oleve[ in '<1 t" (' ' Mtlo {<>'ii(i< QtI y for two ye/ii 'i In I 'i for p o lug a forged j i Ii rk f o $'.oo up ,ii sv, ('. Hull, a Jeweler J In payment for |900 Worth of diamonds. ANOTHER STRIKE " \ Of the I'Utsburi;li Coal .Miners Auiouxtlie Possibilities. SEPARATE CONVENTIONS HELD ; lly thr .11iurr? mill O|icrotor? Yritenluy, nuU Ilia Joiut i'ouforeuco will Tnke Place '1 o-tluy?lulforinliy Meu Gel * Coiiceiaiou from (lie Miller?, bat lh? ?|icmlora Coitvritlluu I^uoira II ?New Mining I?mw will not b? Cnualilcrtil. Ktaiilu of Yciiertiny't Mc?tll)K? K"l l'?vorulilo to on Agreement on .Ullilnj; littte UolliK Iteaclicil. PITTSBURQHt Dec. 20.?The eoal operators and miner* held separate conventions to-day preliminary to the Joint convention to be held to-morrow for tlio purpose of lixintr the mining rate for J 189". Both conventions wert largely attended and t'lio Important questions I which aru to come up to-morrow, were 1 thoroughly discussed. Judging by the c results of to-day's work It would appear j that to-morrow's convention will not fix j the rate and another general strike la one of the pojlblllUes. 1! The miners convention was asked by the uniformity committee to allow a differeutlal of ten cents in favor of the * operators who sign the uniformity agree- t ment. The miners by a meagre majority decided to allow tlx* differential, but J when the matter a'us brought before the ? operators convention It was Ignored, t Thus It looks as though uniformity In the J Pittsburgh district la remote. j On the rate question, the miners passed i a resolution which means a complicated light. In spite of the fact that the courts have ruled the new mining law unconstitutional, the resolution demands a rato c of forty-nine cent.s a ton for coal ns it * comes from t'he mines without being \ screened. The operator** decided to 1r- ^ nore the new mining law entirely. Both r conventions to-day favored an attempt to bring about an Inter-state convention of operators and miners to be held at . Columbus, Ohio, some time next month for the purpose of tlxlng the mining rate I for the several states. c With the complication* above men- . tl.tno.l thr? nroanoc!# for declfriVi* Action at to-morrow'e meeting are anything but J bright. t SHROUDED W MVSTliliY. 3 j Dflffllvo /Iricatnl lu I'ltlvlinruli on the Complaint of n Prominent LwUj- of >ti lUltttr)*, 'V. V???Ilo it nUcliargrd from Cii?toi!). j PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Dcc. 20.-C. II. : Hall, a detective of the Perkins agency, i who wan arrested on Saturday on tho charge of being u suspicious person, { waB discharged to-day bocauso no one ^ appeared to prosecute him. Hail was Arrested at the instance of Mrs. Isabella j Cleorge, wife of a banker of Wellsburg, { w. Va , who claimed the man whs j shadowing her and her companion, Mrs. t Ned Ardon Flood. ? A1 I Hall would say concerning th? matter was "i was employed on the ease und was In pursuit of my business t when arrested." The case l? shrouded in mystery. Nlmiloii Mouiiiiiriit Annotation. Bpnclnl Dispatch to tho Intolllgenoer, 8TEUDKNVIL1?E, O.. Dee. 20.?The Stanton monument association Incorporatde to erect n monument to the war secretary in this, the place of his birth, organized to-night.by electing of- i fleers as follows: President. Whltelaw Held, New York; vice presidents, Geii. Slcklos, New York: Col. Alex McClure, Philadelphia; W. H. Reed, Chicago; 11. , (J. Dohrinan. StflUbenvllle; secretary, J. H. Doyle, oieubenvllle; treasurer. U. 1 A. Maxwell.Steubonvlllc: trustees,Sam- i uel McDonald. Washington, D. C., Paul , E. Dana, New York; S. O. Porter. Col- , umbus; (.5. \V. MoCook. J. H. S. Train- ( er, H. It. Qrler, Charles Gallagher, D. ( W, Matlock, BteubenvlUe; John Francy, | Toronto, t \\ r I, Jacob, You're lit Luck. Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencsr. ; HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Dec. 20.? i Jacob Hhultz, of Athalia, Ohio, left for I Bremen, Germany, this afternoon, where ' he expects to receive an estate estimated f a: $14,000,000. Ill* step-grandmother, j Augusta Hhultr.. and her daughter,Clara, were murdered last July, leaving this Immense fortune,to which Jacob and his brother William, of this city, will fall heirs. Jacob In an industrious farmer ,| and merchant, owning a email farm, while Wlllam in a mechnnlo In the Chesapeake A Ohio shop*, li" will sail Wednesday on tho North German Lloyd line str ainer from llaltlmore. 1 limit Mtvtred Kriiin lloiljr. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. MARTINSBUna, W. Vn? I)ec, 20.- 1 William Hfttner, a freight conductor on ' the Cumberland Valley railroad, who 1 lives here, was killed al tfhlremans- } town, near Hnrrlsburg. Pa., to-day. From the meagre reports about the so. J cident. It seems that Mr. Hnmor Jumped from the engine on which ho wan riding during tho fdilftlnn of some cars, nnd slipped, falling back under tho cars. Ills head was severed from IiIh body, . Mr. Rnmer was oued about forlf-flvo . years and leaves a widow and two . ?hlldreu, ( 11 r ft # i i>i mi ? ? Hmy. nUFPALO, N. r? Dee. 20,?1"Dill" Ileffcrmttn, of Johannesburg, South Af- ? rlca, who has boen touted as a second 1 ritr.Hlmntons, made Ilia Initial nppenr- j ntiee In an American ring to-nluht, In , wlmt was to have been a twenty round bout with Tommy ltyan, of Syracuse, j Heffflrmnn was the easiest victim that It van has over met. Heffermsn was slow nnd awkward nnd ltyan played with Mini for three rounds, while the , croud laughed derisively. In the third | round the Houth African was sent to tie lloor by a |i>ft on the < hill and took tli" limit In getting lip. He went down again u moment later from n riRhf bander on lh" Jaw nnd wan Counted out, . 'I'ttflve li.i,,iiri ? Witvlifil. HT. JOHNS, N F, Dee. 20.- A terrible Role swept this l>d ind yesterday nnd did Immense damage to fishing eiiabllshfnenls nnd vr . < |n u( (he coast Met* lleniunls. Twelve nelioolioM wnil i ashore on Green bay and breuine t t;iI wrnelts; / Vffal other; were bndly datu- 1 used In POlllslfi'is, It iii f. Ited 111 i Hip lirei from GloilnUr and the herring lloet now loading In rincetUla bsy hav? been prloimly burr, ted by (ho Itorm. i FRENZIED WITH JOY. iVlHdow (IImi Workers Celebrate Die Itrnuiiiplluu ?>r Work at Arnold, Pa. Oilier Industrial \nn Soles?Cut lu Cotton 3111! Workers Wages. PITTSBURGH. Pa., Dec. 20.?The rimes to-day has tiie following: The Ires in the (en furnaces of (he Cliatn)cni window gla?s plant, ut Arnold, vere lighted Saturday inld-nlght, by >ne of the wildest and molt demonstrate crowds that lmu gathered in the >orough since its organism ion. This vas the result of the settlement of the vago dispute between the win iow glass worxcra ana manu- i aoturers, which hos been wag d for some montlm, ami was one >f the must hotly contested lights had or yeays. Within a few days 1,700 pots >ut of a total of 1,800 In the United Hatus, will h>t need, ho ah to pormlt tho esumptJon of tho factories ivlthln three voakH. Some will be able to atari with ho new year. Over K.,000 men will se:uro employment In tiie factories. The workmen gorged themselves with lappinesa and kept up such a bedlam hat there was ?U)t a aoul within reach if their voices who did not know of the rlad tidings. It meant much to the peo)le of the town, as the company ims ?uid out weekly $12,000 in wages. Some ven kept up the fun and noise until ate yesterday morning. URIDOKTON. N. J., Dec. 20.?Fires vere put under tho furnacea to-day In he Cohanse.v, Cumberland Moonstones window glass factories tioar here, ind It Ih expected that the works will Hurt up in u week or two, probably on fanuary 2. It Ih expected that 2.000 >ersotu now idle will be given employnent. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 20 -An Alexindrla, Ind., special to tho Times-Star lays the three window glass factories >ere will resume operatlona January 8, riving employment to twelve hundred nen. 81TNCOOK, S. H., Dec. 20.-Notlce? lave been posted at the China, Pem>roke and Wobster Cotton mills, makirs of print cloths, announcing a reduc,lon of wages of about 10 per cent on fanuary 1. The cut will affect superintendents and overseers, and all om loyei, Including nearly 1,500 operatives. die monthly pay ion amounui 10 uuoui 127,000. It is probablo that the cut will ie accepted. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.?'The weavers it the Gorman looms in the William Strange company's mills, In Paterson, S\ J., are on strike against a reduction n wages. MANCHESTER, N. H.. Dec. 20.-NOlces or u 10 per cent reduction in wages n January have been posted In the \mory, Stark and Jefferson cotton nil Us n this city. The Amoikeng mills, emdoping n.ooo hands, posted similar noIces Inst week. Tho Aihoryi Htark md Jefferson mills employ 11,000 operitlVOB. PAWTTTCKET, K. I., Dec. 20,-The rouble between the weavers and manigement of the royal Heaving company, which existed aince the 16 per . enl reduction In wages was announced ;o take place, culminated to-day in tho virtual discharge of the weavers bo:ause of a refusal to comply with ?n jrder from Manager Ott, embodying a equest by the company to have several otton weavers taught the business. rh? mills, which employ about 200 muds, will have to close. CoMoii lf'-niploym I'ro|>naltloiii. FALL III VKR,Mass., Doc. 20.?A conference of representatives of the cotton Manufacturers and employes on the ivage question was held to-day. The opre?entatlvcH of (lie labor unions subnltted three propositions and each o? ;hf? delegates mado soma comment hereon. The manufacturers decided to :nl(" the matter under consideration, mil will glvo ii written miniver to-mor ow. These proportions are that the iroppged reduction be postponed until March 1. when another conference of tnployes will be held; that they be ior:nlttefl to work four days u week mtll then and that If neither of these iropotfltionu bo accepted the matter be lubmltted to tho state board of ar^ltraon. iimwlAL Mir father Very Midi I'ImihI with Ilia Han't Rnrsilirf^llll Million! nt file Youthful Opri-wtor'i Coinmittil. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.?Interest 1n the ilgr December wheat deal was greatly inreused to?day by tlie arrival from Washington to Levi Z. Lrtler, the mll^ lonalre ox-merchant of Chicago, und the substantial admission by him that his nlHons were at Iris son's command In his trUftfflO w/tlt olfter Interest*. "My son ma plenty of money to pay for what he iias purchased," said Mr. Loiter, sr. 'About Iris wheat operations he lias Informed ino fully. 1 have been a merchant the groater part of my llf-? and am illicit pleaced that my eon ha-> broadened nit In'.i a llrst class merchant. WhMtt is a first claws commodity or universal iio. Tho quality of whea t which too ban purchased Is of the holiest, and I nin mire will be In drmiliiO lit n higher price than h- lias paid for It. I am wll pleased with the situation," Oeorgo B, French, who It Is wild, 1ms engineered tho tremendous deal In December for tho loiter clique, mated today that lli>' bull combination will have at leant (J,000,000 bushels of wheat to take are of. Thr tactics of Armour In rushInn inUllons of buaheia to the t'hlcnno market, he said, have caused rh? I^lirr following to change some of their plans very matorlally. "The Impression that wo are going ?ut of Hie market hm noon jim we concludo tills month's trading, lu hardly (rue." llo continued: "Wo propone to remain In the field. 1 nin not prepared to say I we will ship all our wheat abroad, but I ive will aell It to the beat advantage w?? I can, Prliotiri Sliol |||( nini atiMl. WllNCM'ON, Ind? Dec. 20,?A colornd boy mtttind Donlter, tried to pn.m a foiged che<lt for $UJ Wl on Ihe Furtnets' lisnti, to day, signed by Charles Howard, irusten of While 111vi*r township. While the liauk officials wore making | Inquiry lie mads Ills on ape Mmnhal M'lfpliv, *r Pa I oka, pursued hlrn and ' Ihe boy nhof him, mortally wotiudlim lllftt. if Decker Is caught third may b? ii lynching io?nlf|ht. TRAGEDY AT SEA. S pe ?????? in] Trial of John Andersen, Cook of tin (he Olive l'ccker, ['!' an TOR THE MURDER OF THE MATE. He la Alio I nilrr Iiidlrtmnit fof Kilting "v the Captain unit for lIuiiitiiKthe Hrhoun- ( er-Oite of the Most Draninllo mill He- t uiarkalile TragcdUs of Minimi Tluic*. < 'J'ivo of Hi* Hltlji'a i'mv Ili|M?l Ilia Story inj of Ilia Crime on llie tViturii HIruiI-Ui- Stl feus* Claims (hut ilto Murders Wero d?> (?o m in 11 led In lielf-Uefeiiir. CJI NOiU"UL<K, va., ltec. :u?me xrjai ot John Anersen, for the murder of Mate ^ Olive Pecker, for thd murder of Mate l'c William Wallace Saunders, on the high ^ seas, in August la.ft, was begun In the ^ federal court to-day. Andet'seji Is a Ho upder Indictment for ihe murder of Cap- rQ| tain Whitman and for burning the du schooner, but the prosecution elected to *1 bring: the first trial for the murder of the *h' mate. Rapid progress was made to-day and it Js probable that the case may he bei concluded to-morrow. tin Attorney Mcintosh, for the accused, In outlining the defense, stated that he JjjJ would show that Andersen had been sub- pei jected to unheard of cruelties and t'hat of the murders were committed In self-de- on . col '??>? US, Martin Barrftad, a Norwegian, a mem- i?. ber of the schooner's crew, was called to m< the stand as the lint eye-witness to the terrible tragedy, which will go down as one of the most dramatic end remarka- tl< ble of modern times. ne; tht Barstadt testified that he was at the wheel during Ihe whole affair. He saw Andersen throw water on the captain's pri dog on the morning of August 6. the day of the crime, then heard the captain I curse Andersen, after wtolch there fol- Kti lowed a noise an of some one falling. He foi supposed the captain had struck Ander- op een, who came up and asked the mate to la# protect him. The mate said: "Go to ca h?1; you've got to die anyway." ret Shortly after 'this Andersen came out by of the captain's cabin and called the m< mate down out of the rigging ami shot pr him four times. Me then summoned all bn hands and made them throw the body l>a overboard. Then he made them go down tJo into the cabin and Ret (he body of the ne captain and throw that overboard, after a which he took the crow down into the |jf captain's cabin and gave them some whisky. Barstad's story of the burning: of the thi "vessel under Andersen's direction and en the voyage to land in the small boats varied little from the published account*. j ? ra, John Lind told the same story aa Bar- Jo? stad, except that lie did not see Andersen 0hoot the mate. Andersen same up j to him and told him that he 'had killed u.. the captain, and that the mate <had to go too. The witness then went to call the m{ watch and while he was doing this he t heard three or four ehoti on the other t}l aide of the vessel. (jl Witness helped throw the bodies overboard and Andersen cursed the dead itn body of the male. He could not state coi w'hat language he used. Speaking of the chi whisky Anderson gave the crew, Lind int said it was only half a bottle nnd no one of ' .in/I in.iln wiiro I aII waa UlUJin. Amv Ml/mm ?..? .... dead when thrown overboard. Andersen an fired three shots when the small boat left th; the burning schooner, though why he did sp It, the witness could not say. Lind told how the crew drew lots to see wh<? should go together and his lot fell ( with that of Andersen. He said Andersen shot tfre dog which came ashore In 51. the boat and on th* way to IJelmont sold y| the captain's watch. * Upon cross-examination Ulnd said he had heard Andersen prior to th^killing aA aek the mate to protect him from the foi captain and had heard the male tell An- ed dersen to "go to h?1, you will be killed by anyway." na Other testimony did not differ mater- an tally from the foregoing and when testl- ni< inony was concluded t*he court adjourn- ar ed until 10 o'clock to-morrow. ud m sti SIMILAR TO RACK CASE. Woman Cotifiuii That llrr Lovrr Mnr- ] <lerr<l Anotlirr Woman. av NORR1STOWN, Pa.. Dee. 50.-LI?xle i)p Do Knlb, wiio In to havo a hearing with ji, James A. Clommor to-morrow, on the vIj charge of complicity in the murder of eel Mrs. Kinma 1'. Kaiser, for which jjjj Charles O. Kaiser, husband of the vie- PV (Im. Is under death sentence, has made III a confosslon to her counsel. She sapn alJ that for three years Clemmer has wield- w ed a hypnotic Influence .over her. 8he met him In November, 1804, and nl- j ! though she knew him to be n married man. his influence was such that he in- c,t I duced her to 11 vo with him, and they mi | took ft house In Philadelphia under tho wl name of Mr. and Mrs. Moore. On Octo- To | her 2R, 1RH0. Clemmer persuaded her <u o I go driving with him. When they reach- w< I ed a certain pglnt on tho rood when* tits crime was cununltted he left her for a Ww ffllnutei, She heaM two ihots fired and presently Clemmer ioturn<'l. . Hit hands and olothlflff WIW bloody. Thev Willi tOfflthir (0 Philadelphia. ** where he told her he had shot Mrs. Kal- th itf and (feVo her ?n tie- detllli of bis bt meeting with Km liter nnd his wife lu Hi another earrlane by previous arrange in en 1 with tin- husband, Clemmer, the confession oanllntirs, j rluted lhat he approached the buggy \i, from the left *|d<>. This brought h I in directly to where Mrs. Kaiser silt. Play- ,>tl ing the folf of n highwayman, he jiN* to sen ted revolver at the unfortunate wo- mi man' < head tttid demanded her motley. lie Kaiier hid (old hlln fhat lift Wife a I* ways carried money, which she had gutten from Home and the agreement waa that ii-' And Keller wire to divide h UMtimer,stepping between (he wheels of tii- butry, preind the revolver v, AgglnM hli victim's head and pulled the trigger. Mrs. Keller's blond spurted from Hi" WOUhil and roddontid Clem- i iner'a bauds itml eitlTs v? fie llteh seined Mrs. Kflhrr's watch lr{ and < )min, uhlcli Ml?s I?. Kalb took to |,? Pettsvllle n?\( day nnd concnilcd. | lilllril IllnurU \\ llli ii i>? 1 . |,y' CHTCAOO, IV',v 20. .fnhit llogan, ? ?u Pllleifl nt the Cook edUliiy Insane ney- /, lum at Duniilg, and u brother of the iu dely known sporting- man MalacM Hon, commuted aulcld* last night la a culiar manner. He eluded the vlffiice of the guurds and going to the th room picked up a dutft pap and f?w the raffed edge of It acroae hi* roat, compltely Bevering the wlifdplpe d velna of hie throat. UNJUST DISCRIMINATION tUllroaita Ajjatmt ClivoUml Frodnc* Irnlcrii'liilmtkl-Avtlon ?o ??? IsMtltat*! lefoi-e iliu litin SiuU Comiiirrc* Com- ; IllillOlli CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 20?Proceed5? will soon be inatltuted bv H. M. rauss & Company, and other produce oilers of Cleveland, against the jveland car service association, which islsts of the following rallroada: T; >?nnui'l?'nnln .umrtnnu' I^i'Ia mill rind. lie Shore ? Michigan Southern, Riff mr. Nickel Plate, Cleveland, Akron Columbus, Cleveland Terminal and illey, Pittsburgh & Western, Baltl)re ?& Ohio. Lake 12rle & Weatorn lieellnn & Lake Erie, Cleveland. Loin .v.- Wheeling. und Columbus, Sanaky & Hocking. The action will be inatituted before . Inter-atato Commerce Commission, (1 the charge la that the produce met. ?1 other consignees In Cleveland have i\n discriminated ugainst in favor o.' ' Standard Oil Company und the tveland Rolling Mill Company. Poi ;ht years, It Is charged, email coninees have been charged one dollar r day for every day or fraction therethut cars are left standing, unloaded aide tracks, whereas, the two big r> pan lea nuined have been allowed to } the cara for storage purposes, gratThe principal witness la A. R Slnv )na, who was until recently the maner of tho car service association and w claims that he was discharged be,18e he tried to enforce the rules of association on all alike. The attorys for the produce men declare that ?y will puah tho case to the end. OPPOSITION TO AUTONOMY Bctlenlly t'nniiliiioui lu Iht (nlun Army?Nothing bnt Inricpemtrncc. *E\V YORK, Dec. 20.-Coples of a itement signed by the officers of the jrth army corps of the Cuban army, crating- In the department of Las Vlli, renewing allegiance 'to. the Cuban use and forswearing autonomy, was elved In this city to-day. This action the officers of the Las Villas departmt inakea the opposition to autonomy actlcally unanimous among the Cun officers. The statement says in rt: We are convinced that the promulgan of reform# nn evidence Of weak ss on the part of Spain, and In In Itself triumph for our arms. Our flfrhtinjc tltude will continue jurft a* It in toy. until our unfortunate country ! ide fre.?. 'We will accept no other ?ettlement an that basql upon nbsolute independce, which must be agreed to with our vornment, and the assembly of repreitatives.** \mong the signers ar- Juan Maso Par, brigadier general of the First dlvlai and Gallxto Garcia, adjutant. Zrrtnclm'a Treachery Hr\rnrileil. 1AVANA, Dec. 20 ?Dr. Zertucha.whfl is the physician of the late General itonlo Maceo, has been appointed tyor of Berjucal, this province. Zereha has belonged in his day. to All r political parties In Cuba. At one ne ho was a bandit In the Vuelta njo and IiIh record was very dlscred ble. At the time the famous Cuban minander was killed, Zertucha wan arged with leading: him and his party o the fatal ambush. After the klMIng Maceo, the dishonored physician was owed to so free by the Spaniards, d It was said, and generally believed. hi iiis pocKeu wero wen miuu nuu anlsh cold. f.tirlgtrl's Koto Forjfrri. ?HICAno, Dec. JO.?Four notes for 000 each, held by Judge William A. ncent, formerly counsel for Adolpt? Luetgert, and given by the big sau? manufacturer to Judge Vincent, r legal services, are said to bear forgendorsement*. The notes are signed Luetgert and endorsed with tha rae of Paul II. Jaeschke, a plumber d real estate owner. Jneechke de?* emphatically that the endorsements p his. .lodge Vincent Is said to havo vanced Luetgert $l,()00 In cash on tho cnfth of the four notes. Hm%r lite P?pr. S'RW YORK, Dec. 20.?Bishop Emd, of Valley Field, province of Quec, who arrived hare on La Norman), from Havre, to-day, delcrlbed his ilt to I'opo Leo. "The pope Is in exllent health," he said. "I had an nu nce of an hour and ten minutes with tn and hi* vivacity was a* great as er. He aiked questions incessantly, is holiness seems to know everybody d follows the events of the worlJ th avidity." The Knock Out Itrroril. LiYNN, Mass . Dec. 20.?What Is limed to be tho record In the knock in. was made to-night nt the club len Mike Hlgglns, of this city, put in Koran, of Maiden, out In live and half second* Th* previous record is six seconds. Cool IVrntlmr In Canada. TORONTO, Out., Dec. 20.?From nil rts of the province come reports of vere weather. At Willie liver tho iir mo mo tor rrghtered twenty degrees low aero, and at Mnttu It was fifteen, re It went to four below. Crsird ti) l lfturfHf Siuo< .ur. nrtACUHi:, S. Y., Dec SO.-I'eler B. . Malion, of Albany, orased by cigarle smoking, committed suicide her# day. McMahnn stood In front of ? Irfur ami nred a bullot through Ills art, He wan about twenty year* old, Mnvfim iili of Sf?Ailitlil|i?. N13NV YORK?La Norm An die, from iivte. IIAMDUItO ivnnsvlv.inla, New Uk, _ H'milirr Porn-nit for To-dnf, ^or West VliT.lnls and wesiorn I'ennsyl* iiln, r??in, followed by fair TUMday nf* nuon, lliilil I'Mt lo iioiiliw'ist wind*, 'or oliirt, Hearing surly Tuesday momti uk lit northwesterly wind*. i.tuni niiiie* I'lio temperature v**l*rd*y os olmerved < Hehticiif, <lrmuml?i. earner Fourteenth d Mutksi sUttu*. was us to.'lQWIi a in ill I it H n. ro to ! 7 p. m 41 in M J Weather Riltu