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revolution In Salvador and the overthrow of President Gutierrez led to a meeting' of the three commissioners, who fortned the executive head of the union until a President was elected, and a decision reached to abandon the union, leaving each of the three states forming it—Nicaragua. Salvador and Honduras—to resume its former status ns an independent sovereign nation. When the union was formed on Nov. 1 last. Messrs. Galligos, Mathus and Ugarte were placed In charge until the presidential election was held this month. It is this executive commission which has now determined to abandon the plan of a union. In addition to the foregoing dispatch, the State Department has been advised through Minister Merry and also through one of our consular officers, that the uprising in Salvador has been successful, and that peace was restored after much disorder. Asa result of the collapse of the union. Messrs. Zc-laya, llonilla and Regalado became the executive heads of their several countries. It is understood that this condition is much preferred bv tho government of the United States, which would rather deal directly with Nicaragua and the other countries than with an anomalous union. Leading Central American officials said to-day that on the ruins of this attempt at a union might be built a more substantial union embracing all five of tho States of Central America. The absence of Costa Rica and Guatemala from this last attempt at union operated largely toward its failure. One effect of the change to the old state of Independent nations in Central America fn to restore at once to the exercise of their full functions two of our ministers who have been much cramped in the discharge of their duties. Minister Merry, who was able to announce the break-up of the combination which had kept him from recognition as United States minister to Salvador and Nicaragua, has been residing in Costa Rica, a. country to W’hich ne was also accredited, and will now be in position, without congressional action, it is thought, to present his credentials again to the governments of Nicaragua and Salvador. Minister Hunter, who has been living in Guatemala as minister there, will likewise be able to present himself as minister to Honduras as well, thus restoring the old relations between those countries and tho United States. TREASURY STATEMENT. Rig Increnne in the Public Debt—Receipts and Expenditures. WASHINGTON. Dec. I—The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business yesterday the debt, less cash In the treasury, amounted to sl,327,473,487, which is an increase over last month of $16,506,565. This increase Is accounted for by a decrease of nearly $8,000,000 In the cash on hand, and an issue of about the same amount of bonds which had been paid for in preceding months. The debt is recapitulated as follows:. Interest-bearing debt $1,036,396,630 Debt on whjch interest has oeased 1,241,630 Debt bearing no interest 382,212,017 Total $1,419,850,277 Thisi amount, however, does not include $553,897,833 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand. The cash m the treasury is classified as follows: Gold $276,944,092 Silver 504,290,718 Paper 49,448,270 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, deposits in national banks, etc 95,434,100 Total $926,117,182 Against the above there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $633,740,392, leaving a net cash balance on hand of $292,376 790. The ’monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures show's that during the month ofNovember the receipts aggregated $38,900,915, as compared with $43,363,605 for November last year. In that month, however, is included about $18,000,000 received on account of the Pacific Railroad settlement. Independent of these payments the receipts exceeded those for November, 1897, by about $13,500,000. The receipts from customs last month were slo,335,200, an increase of about $5,500,000; from Internal revenue sources, $21,336,743, an Increase of nearly $8,000,000. The disbursements during the last month amounted to $49,090,980, an increase on account of the war of nearly $11,000,000. Since July the receipts have aggregated $204,557,0%, as compared with $148,113,875 for 1897.

The Naval Militia. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Lieut. W. H. H. Sutherland, In charge of matters pertaining to the naval militia, has made a report to the assistant secretary of the navy on the naval militia during the war. The various States mustered into the service during the war the following: California, 13 officers and 80 men: Connecticut, 15 officers and ISB men; Florida, 2 officers and 58 men, and In the coast signal service, 4 officers and 35 men; Illinois, 19 officers and 709 men; Louisiana, 19 officers and 214 men; Maryland, 24 officers and 425 men; Massachusetts, 37 officers and 384 men; Michigan, 11 officers and 270 men; New Jersey, 34 officers and 373 men; New York, 49 officers and 805 men; North Carolina, 9 officers and 189 men; Pennsylvania, 15 officers and 84 men; Rhode Island, 8 officers and 147 men; South Carolina, 18 officers, 6 mates and. 187 men; Virginia. 2 officers and 62 men. Uniform Caliber for Small Arms. •WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—A board of army and navy officers is to meet in New York city next Tuesday to consider the question of the adoption of a uniform caliber for small arms and machine guns, and of a standard and uniform small-arm cartridge for both branches of the service. The board is to consist of Coi. Alfred Mordeeal and Maj. Stanhope E. Blunt, of the ordnance department of the army; Capt. George S Anderson, of the Sixth Cavalry; Prof. Philip R. Alger, of the navy ordnance bureau, and Capt. George Elliott, of the Marine Corps. There is a difference of about 6-100ths of an inch in the caliber of the two arms of the service, the army Krag-Jorgensen gun having the larger caliber of 30-100ths of an Inch. A Move Against “Highbinders.” WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The Chinese government, through Its minister, Wu Ting Fang, has broached to the authorities here the willingness of China to negotiate an extradition treaty applicable to all criminals, but Intended in particular to reach the “highbinders.” This fraternity has spread terror through the far West. It purports to be organized for fraternal and insurance purposes, but under this guise it Is alleged It carries on a secret system of crime, marking victims for slaughter when they incur the enmity of the organization. There have been many agitations in the West against the fraternity, but it is said that the local officials have been unable to wipe out the vli, Ar Antl-Venomou* Seram. WASHINGTON, Doc. I.—Consul Skinner, at Marseilles, reports that Dr. Calmette, of the Pasteur Institute, at Lille, has discovered an anti-venomous serum, by means of which the poisoning from snake bites can always be checked and death prevented, If the serum be injected within four hours after the person has been bitten. Dr. Calmette, in addition to his scientific discoveries, has provided means for the creation of a costly equipment at the Pasteur’lnetitute at Lille. Gllnonltc Lauda Leased. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Secretary Bliss to-day signed a lease with the Raven Mining Company giving the latter leasehold rights to a large quantity of gilsonite lands in the Uintah Ute Indian reservation in Utah, south of Strawberry river. The company is allowed to prospect over a very large territory, comprising perhaps 250,000 acres, but within a specified time must file a plat showing the deposits they wish to ■work. General Notea. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The State Department Is informed that the exports from Germany to the United States during the quarter ending Sept. 30 amounted to $19,789,007, an increase of $5,110,093 over the exports during tho corresponding quarter of the previous year. Bids for all the star route and screen wagon mail routes in the States of Ohio Indiana. Illinois, Minnesota. Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and lowa were opened at the Postoflice Department to-dav. There ■were about 5,400 contracts to be let. They cover a four-year period, beginning July i next. Hurry A. Garfield, president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Brig. Gen. George A. Garretson, one of Its prominent members, a delegation appointed for that purpose by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, called yesterday on the President to present to him a memorial recently adopted by the chamber, urging a reform of the consular service. The State Department has been advised that the French government will establish a naval attache at Washington in connection with the staff of the embussy. This is taken as another evidence of the attention which the American navy has inspired in the eyes of foreign governments. Secretary Aiger has left the city for a business trip to Canada, and will not return to the city until next Monduy. Assistant Secretary Meikiejohn la acting secreW-

ASK LOWER DUTIES SANTIAGO BUSINESS MEN MEMORIAL. IZE ROBERT P. PORTER, And Point Ont Many Things Which They Believe Should He Reformed in the Interest of Cubans. * TOBACCO PLANTERS PLEASED s PROHIBITIVE DUTY MAY BE PLACED ON LEAF IMPORTS. Evacuation of Havana. Expected by Christmas, When Old Glory W ill Float Over Morro Castle. * SANTIAGO DE CUEA, Dec. 1.-Robert P. Porter, United States special commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico to study the economic conditions in both islands, had a long interview to-day with Gen. Leonard Wood, who afterward gave him offices at the palace. This afternoon a committee of the Chamber of Commerce waited on Mr. Porter and presented a memorial upon a problem of paramount importance imperatively demanding the attention of the government. According to the memorial, the financial situation of the country and its very economic life depend upon a reduction of duties. Sugar production, for instance, has suffered a severe blow during recent years, falling from one million tons in 1894 to four hundred thousand tons In 1897. Meanwhile prices are lower and the difficulty of transportation is greater, while there is a deficiency of apparatus and interest is all the time accumulating on debts. Tho chamber recommends freedom from all taxes for a reasonable number of years, the abolition of duties on machinery and free admission to the markets’ of the United States. Regarding tobacco the chamber desires that the importation of the foreign leaf be absolutely prohibited, in order to avoid the manufacture of the same which is then sold abroad as the product of the island, to the prejudice of the Cuban manufacture and agriculture. The chamber requests, too, an extension of the privileges granted to Spain in the Cuban mining industry for an additional ten years, expiring in 1913, owing to the fact that the warfare during the last three years has seriously injured the mining industry. The chamber considers that many things are greatly overcharged under the existing tariff and others greatly benefited. Among the former are petroleum and other refined mineral oils and the memorial asks a reduction to 5 cents a gallon. The chamber also asks the entire suppression of export duties, with a view to the development of Cuban industries and an abolition of the duty on passengers arriving in the island. The memorialists, pointing out their understanding that American currency is obligatory tender in ail transactions that take place in the territory under American control, characterize this regulation as premature, because the political situation in Cuba is not yet settled and there is a lack of American currency to meet all transactions. These objections are independent of the fact that sucli a regulation mast depreciate the Spanish gold in circulation, this being prejudicial to the public wealth and commercial interests. If, however, this regulation is to be enforced, the Chamber of Commerce requests the United States government to send enough silver fractional currency to pay the army of occupation, thus bringing small coins into circulation. The memorial requests that waste land be granted to natives who desire to cultivate it and that facilities be given for railway construction and other means of transportation and communication. Mr. Porter on receiving the memorial told the committee of the Chamber of Commerce that he was glad to be put in possession of such a comprehensive report of the industrial needs of the island. While not prepared to enter into details, he assured them that a general recommendation had already been made to President McKinley and Mr. Gage, secretary of the treasury, based upon his (Mr. Porter’s) inquiries in four other provinces, along the lines of the memorial just presented. It was gratifying, he said, to be able to add that he was in accord with the chamber in most of its suggestions. Much had already been done which was due in no small degree to the broadminded policy of General Wood, who hud, Mr. Porter asserted, a complete grasp of the economic, social and military problems confronting Cuba and America. Every dollar of revenue was now being honestly applied for the benefit of the people of the province. Cuba was no longer drained by a European power, and under Intelligent civil government like that given by General Wood the complete industrial reconstruction of the island was near at hand. The committee retired much gratified with their reception at the hands of Mr. Porter. General Wood a few days ago proposed a plan to the War Department to mount two companies of each white regiment in the province and to amalgamate them in a regiment of mounted infantry. He has received by cable an approval of his suggestion and the information that a thousand horses, with the necessary accoutrements, will be forwarded immediately. Each company will retain its present officers and remain under the order pf the colonel of its own regiment. Such a force of cavalry is badly needed.

TOBACCO MEN HAPPY, Prohibitive Duty May Be Placed on Import* of Leaf. HAVANA, Dec. I.—A cable message received here yesterday by the principal tobacco and cigar exporting firm in Cuba announces, on the authority of Senor Luis Marx, special commissioner of the Cuban tobacco manufacturers at Washington, that the United States government will place a prohibitive import duty on leaf tobacco imported into the island of §5 per pound and of $4-50 plus 25 per cent on cigars. Export duties are to remain as heretofore, $6.30 per ICO kilos on leaf tobacco and $1.35 per 1,000 on cigars. Although hopes had been entertained that export duties would be abolished entirely, the announcement that prohibitive duties will be placed on tobacco imported into the island has been received with Jubilation by manufacturers and exporters, as guaranteeing the survival and development of the tobacco industry in Cuba, which otherwise would have been threatened with extinction. Last evening the Marquis Esteban, mayor of Havana, had a long conference with Gen. Greene concerning street cleaning. General Greene undertook to clean and disinfect the city forthwith. It was decided tnat the refuse should be loaded in scows, towed out to sea and dumped several miles away. A sufficient number of scows and lighters are to be sent here by the United States government for this purpose. Several of the municipal officials now holding office under the Spanish regime will be retained to assist the Americans with their experience and special knowledge of the city. The Spanish transport Reina Maria Christina, with General Bernandez Velasco’s Finar del Rio division of 2,000 men, sailed for Spain last night. The transport San Ygnaeio, having on board the bodies of the Spanish generals, Santoeilde ar.d Vera del Rey, and the former censor, Carlos Noreno, sails on Dec. 6. In order, to complete the evacuation of Cuba before Christmas the Spanish government has chartered the steamers Habsburg, Acqultania, Marsiglla, Neustria, Carolina, Corrientes, Ciudad de Rome, Anchoria, Devonia, Circassia, California. Venise, Bolivia. Cheribcn and Entrerios, whicu are expected here shortly and will sail for Spain with troops between Dec. 15 and 30. In addition the transports Les Andes. Ciudad de Cadis and Notre Dame are expected here with the same object. General Parrado, president of the Spanish evacuation commission, will probably sail for Spain on Dec, 5. He will be succeeded bv General Castellanos, the captain general of Cuba. A transport arrived here this morning

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from Savannah, Ga.. with horses, mules and forage intended for the United States troops. General Clous this morning paid a confidential visit on behalf of the United States evacuation commissioners to General Parrado, president of the Spanish evacuation commission, who informed him that the towns of Guira de Melena and Vereda with other less important villages would be evacuated in the course of the day. Governor General Castellanos continues his tour of Inspection of the fortresses, barracks and military establishments of the city, paying especial attention to the food furnished the soldiers. Under the departure for Spain next week of the present press censor the post will be filled by Senor Manuel Girauta Perez, the secretary of the Spanish evacuation commission, a man of talent and excellent judgment. The death list of victims of the recent powder explosion on Avenue De la Infanta had reached twenty-two at noon to-day. The United States transport Roumania, w'hich arrived at 10 o’clock this morning, brought quartermasters’ stores and supplies, with forty wagons and 140 mules, which she is discharging at the San Jose warehouses. near whoso piers she is docked. The tugs Edward and Galdiston also arrived to-day and with the Britannia will assist in landing the troops expected to-mor-row, destined for Guanajay, P'inar del Rio and Mariel. It is learned front reliable sources that the United States evacuation commissioners have requested the Spanish commissioners to advise them at least two or three days in advance of the evacuation of cities and towns, so as to enable the American authorities to send delegates to take charge at the evacuated points, with a view to avoiding hereafter such incidents as occurred on the evacuation of the city of Pinar del Rio, when an insurgent lieutenant colonel, with 250 men, assumed control. Asa sanitary precaution Marquis Estaban, the mayor, has Issued an edict forbidding the storing and keeping within the city limits, in the establishments of undertakers, of the hangings and draperies used in accordance with the Roman Catholic ritual in laying out the dead. There is no doubt these hangings are active agents of infection and spread the germs of disease. This morning General Greene reviewed at Marianao the cavalry division of the Cuban forces under General Mario Menocatl- Over eight hundred men fell in line. Mainy had no coats or shirts, but all had good mounts, well shod. While from an aesthetic point General Greene finds the Cuban cavalry wanting, he thinks there could be no doubt of its efficiency in guerilla warfare, judging from the discipline and reckless daring of the men as evidenced in this morning’s evolutions. The Spaniards to-day evacuated the towms of Cecilia de Agua and Alquizar, in all four municipalities. Removal of Bodies Delayed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.--General Wood, commanding at Santiago, has recommended to the officials here that no more bodies of soldiers buried in this district be moved to the United States until February. The dry season then will have been far advanced. General Wood says the removal of bodies causes great alarm at Santiago. There are about seven hundred which may be taken away if the authorities here grant permission. Applications continue to be received at the War Department from parents and relatives asking that removals be authorized, but. in view of General Wood's recommendation, it is probable these will be deferred for some months. Cuhnn* Will See the President. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—General Calixto Garcia, who heads the Cuban delegation selected by the convention of Santa Cruz del Sur, which reached here last night, was indisposed this morning. During the day Senor Quesada, charge d’affaires of the Cuban legation in this city, called at the White House and arranged with the President, through Mr. Cortelyou, for an audience for General Garcia and his associates on the commission. The President will meet the commission to-morrow afternoon, but the meeting will be entirely informal and unofficial in character. This afternoon General Garcia took a drive about the city. Manitoba and Chester Off for Cuba. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Major General Lee, commanding at Savannah, has telegraphed the War Department as follows respecting the departure of the transports Manitoba and Chester to-day with troops aboard for Cuba; “The Manitoba, with General Snyder and the Fourth Tennessee, cleared here at 8:45 this morning. The Chester, with the Fifteenth Infantry, left her anchorage six miles below the city about the same hour and is probably now on top of the sea sailing for Cuba. She might have been at the bottom of it if she had gone out the aay she started. The Panama is still here.”

Tribute to Charles Gould. LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Havana correspondent of the Times testifies to the value of the work accomplished by Charles Gould, special representative of the Department of Justice on the United States evacuation commission, in overthrowing the wall of prejudice between the Americans and Cubans and thus saving his government from a growing daily danger. Christmaa Present Promised. HAVANA, Dec. I.—lt is now believed, judging from the rapidity with which the Spaniards are pushing the evacuation, that the province of Havana will be turned over to the Americans on or before Dec. 25 and that by Christmas day “Old Glory” will be floating over Morro Castle. “FIREBUG" CAUGHT IN ACT. Attempt to Bnrn IVnnnmakcr’* Store W bile It IVa* Crowded. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. I.—The timely discovery by a special officer of a miscreant in the act of starting a lire in the basement of John Wanamaker’s extensive department store, this afternoon, no doubt saved a conflagration and possibly the lives of many persons. The building was, at the time, crowded with thousands of shoppers and employes, about 90 per cent, of whom were women. Flames were seen to suddenly spring from a pile of wicker baskets, and at the same moment an officer seized a man who was stooping over the baskets in the act cf striking a second match. The man who gave his name as Michael Morgan, was locked up in default of $2,000 bail. Two boxes of matches and a bottle of turpentine were found in his pockets. Morgan said he had no home. Theater Destroyed. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 2.—At 1:20 o’clock this morning fire was discovered in the Academy of Music, for many years leased and managed by H. R. Jacobs, and the oldest theater in Rochester. The fire was not under control until nearly 3 o’clock. The theater is in ruins, and the arcade across the street was damaged. Other nearby property also suffered. The melodrama “The Wheel of Fortune” was playing at the Academy. All its effects were lost. The theater was formerly known as Corinthian Hall, and was valued at about $50,000. The loss, Including the theater and damage to adjoining property, will probably reach $100,00). In the play last night there were two explosion scenes, which may have caused the fire. Other Fires. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The seven-storv granite building at Wooster and Third streets was destroyed by fire to-dav, causing an aggregate loss of $185,000. The building was occupied by clothing and cap manufacturing concerns. CANAJOHARIE. N. Y.. Dec. v I.—The candy factory of the Pettit Manufacturing Company was destroyed by fire to-day. It is supposed the fire was caused by an explosion in the chocolate room. The loss is $50,000. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. I.—Fire to-day destroyed the main building of the Lincoln Normal University, three miles from the city. It was a four-story brick and *tone structure. Loss, $160,000; insurance, $25,000. M ages Advanced. HOUGHTON. Mich.. Dec. I.—The Oliver Mining Company to-day gave, its two thousand employes at Ironwood and Bessemer 10 per cert, advance in wages. Similar advances at ether mines are expected Jan. 1. xV new SIOO,OOO smelter of the Quincy Mining Company went into blast to-day. It is expected to refine copper for half the former cost, effecting a saving of fully $30,000 annually. Sharkey Mill Fight Mitchell. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Tom O’Rourke. Tom Sharkey’s manager, . says: "Sharkey will agree to meet Charley Mitchell in a twenty-round bout, the contest to take place before the Lenox Athletic Club in January. The Lenox Cffib will offer a purse of SIO,OOO for the event

WITH COL. GONDER’S MEN LESS FREEDOM GIYEN THE SOLDIERS SOW AT CAMP CONRAD. . Chance for Promotion In Company I, Since Capt. Dyer Ha Quit the Army-Camp Sew. Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ga., in camp with the One-hundred-ond-sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, Nov. 29.—Captain George Dyer, of Company I, has been honorably discharged. It is said that the officers of the company who ate to be advanced by the resignation of Capt. Dyer will be examined before being commissioned. First Lieutenant Robert Van Buskirk will be tested as to his fitness to fill the captain’s place and Second Lieutenant Knee will also go before the board. First Sergeant Barlow is out after the second lieutenant’s straps and as he is an unusually able officer, it is expected that he will make a fine showing. The regiment Is soon to have anew chaplain, and it is thought it will be the Rev. Groh. of the Progressive Brethren Church at Warsaw. He. Is twenty-two years old and is said to be well qualified to take up the spiritual labor waiting for him in the camp of the One-hundred-and-sixtieth. The Rev. Vigus, of Wabash, was an applicant. Company G has a brown spaniel as a mascot. “G” is the dog’s name. On drill or parade the pet races up and down the company, front and rear, like a very earnest and disturbed officer. No matter what the formation, he never goes beyond the flanks of his own command, and he is never known to disturb the ceremony by unseemly barking. When he is satisfied with tho line he takes his post at the front and sits calmly at attention w r hile the troops are at a stand. The new gloves purchased with the regimental fund have been issued to the men. They are well suited to the wants of the soldiers. White gloves for parade are also to come. Soldiers are not given as much freedom under the rule of Provost Marshal Gaines as they were during the early days of Camp Conrad. Monday strict orders were issued and many soldiers without passes were placed under arrest. Before the issuing of the new order only disorderly soldiers were taken in before 11 p. m. within a mile from camp, soldiers may at will between drill hours. The First West Virginia men came in Sunday and atei dinner with the Indiana regiment. Sunday a brigade parade and review was held. The Kentucky and Indiana bands combined and the whole was an imposing spectacle. Many hundreds heard the Sunday afternoon concert by the Hoosier band. Pay rolls are being made out and pay day will probably come for Camp Conrad late next week* It is probable that the provost guard will be considerably increased when the men are paid. .... .. . “Noncom.” school will he held from this on at 1 o’clock p. m. each day. Under Gen. Ludlow’s orders all grades of officers are to be schooled in all duties and inefficient men are to be weeded out of all the regiments of the division. Whisky Cnu*e* a Murder. ATHENS. Ga., Dec. I.— Private Kelley, Company C, Two-hundred-and-second New York, who was shot last night by Quartermaster Sergeant Becker, Company H, same regiment, died to-day of his w'ounds. There was a general fight in Company Cs street, caused by too much whisky, and the friends of Becker say the dead man was merely a spectator. Intense indignation prevails among the men of Kelley’s company over the shooting. Immediately a.fter its occurrence Indignation ran so high with them that they made an attempt to lynch Becker, and were only prevented from executing their design by the hurried arrival of the provisional guard. Troop* from Porto Rico. SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. I.—The transport Michigan arrived to-day from Ponce, bringing 500 regular troops, which have been in Porto Rico with General Brooke’s command. The troops which arrived on the Michigan are light batteries C, o? the Third Artillery, and D, of the Fifth Artillery; F, of the Third, and B, of the Fourth Artillery. Troop H, of the Sixth Cavalry; Troop B, of the Second Cavalry, and Company F, of the Eighth Infantry. The infantry and cavalry left to-night for Huntsville, Ala., where they will go into camp. The light batteries will camp here temporarily, but will probably accompany the Seventh Army Corps to Cuba.

Bryan Returning to Hl* Regiment. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. I.—Colonel W. J. Bryan left this evening for Savannah, Ga., to rejoin his regiment. His furlough does not expire until the sth, but his health being fully recovered, he felt it his duty to return. 4. number of prominent political leaders, among them ex-Congressman Towne and Thomas C, Patterson, of Denver, have been in conference with Colonel Bryan during the w T eek. Coach Butterworth 111. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. I.—Through the serious illness of Frank Butterworth, the well-known coach, who is ill in New York with typhoid fever, the proposed trip of a number of the Yale football contingent, including well-known veterans of the gridiron, has been abandoned. 'Mr. Butterworth was the prime mover in the affair, which involved a Southern trip, with two or three exhibition gamt'3 in the larger cities, and winding ur> with a game in New Orleans. The trip was to be made during the Christmas vacation, and was to be as much for pleasure and recreation as anything. Judge D. P. Baldwin Spoke. CHICAGO, Dec. I.—The annual banquet of the Western Alumni Association of Hamilton College was held to-night in the Union League Club. A large number of Eastern graduates of tho institution were also present. Thomas D. Catlin, of '57. of Ottawa, Hi., president of the association, presided and toasts were responded to by Judge D. P. Baldwin, Lcgansport, Ind.; Henry K. Booth, Ottawa, 111.: Judge C. F. Amidon, Fargo. S. D.; Rev. Charles T. Turn by. Hudson, Wis.; Clarence S. Palmer, Kansas City, Mo., and a number of others. About eighty of the alumni were present. Gas Deal Consummated. NEW YORK, Dae. 1 —The big gas deal, whereby all the gas plants in Newark, N. J., pass under control of one corporation, was consummated to-day. The Newark Consolidated Gas Company first met and elected officers. After the organization had been completed and the election of officers, the directors executed a mortgage for $lO.000,0C0 to the Fidelity Trust Company, as trustee, to cover the $10,000,000 5 per cent, fifty-year gold bonds which the company is authorized to issue. Killed Her Alleged Husband. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. l.—C. M. Mantell, said to be a solicitor for the Medical Record, was shot dead this evening at his home, in xVlameda, by a young woman who claims to be his wife. The murderess then turned the revolver upon herself, inflicting a wound which it is thought will not prove fatal. Details as to the cause for the tragedy are lacking. Mrs. Mantell is about twentytwo years old, and has been residing with her mother in this city. A Crazy Mother’* Deed. PEABODY. Mass., Dec. I.—Mrs. Richard Hurley, wife of a gardener, murdered two of her children to-day. She struck her twelve-vear-old daughter, Mary, with a piece of crockerv', beating her over the head until the child was killed. A son. seven years old. was also beaten in the same manner and was found unconscious in his mother's kitchen. Mrs. Hurley has been in the Danvers insane asylum and there is little doubt that she is crazy. A Stenographer Te*tlflea. CLEVELAND. 0., Dec. I—The BurkeDeilenbaugh case was opened long enough to-day for the bar trial committee to take the testimony of i.aura Hopkins, a stenographer. at one time employed in the office of Private Detective David Christian. Her testimony was to the effect that vernon Burke had charge of the Manning divorce case at a time previous to the date named by him In his testimony. Mrs. Cody’* Defense. ALBANY. N. Y.. Dec. I.—The defense opened its case to-day in the trial of Mrs. Margaret E. Cody, for an alleged attempt to blackmail George J. Gould and Helen Gould. Mrs. Cody testified that the effort to establish a marriage between Mrs. Sarah Ann Brown .Vngell and Jay Gould, in 1853. was not the result of a conspiracy. She had first learned of the alleged marriage in Denver, where she resided in 1894. She waa employed as a detective by Mrs. Bierce.

who was the supposed daughter bora of the marriage. The letters written to George J. Gould and Helen M. Gould, in 1896. on which the indictment was based, were not written for blackmailing purposes, the witness testified. PENSIONERS NOT ROBBED. Gen. Wngner Denies the Chnrgei of Soldiers’ Home Inmates. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. I.—ln discussing the petition presented to Governor Hastings yesterday by State Senator Gibson on behalf of the inmates of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Heme, at Erie, Pa., in which the charge is made that a large proportion of their pension money is taken and turned over to the state board of trustees, Gen. Louis Wagner, treasurer of the board, said to-day: “Someone is trying to create a mountain out of a molehill. This is an old story, and, like everything else of the kind, it has two sides. As treasurer of the board I act under its instructions, and it has been the custom for years to take the pension money of each inmate over and above $4 a month and deposit it to the credit of the treasury in banks, receiving 2 per cent, interest thereon. This plan has been approved by the courts of Erie county and also by the Supreme Court of the State. As, however, a petition of alleged grievances has been presented, I intended to suggest to the Governor, who is president of the board, that he shall call a meeting of that body some time next week in this city, and that not only shall the officials of the home, the solicitor of Erie county and Senator Gibson be invited, but that invitations shall also be extended to the newspapers to have their representatives present. We use the money for the purpose of extending relief in cases where inmates have dependent relatives, but there are cases where relatives are not dependent. The State is supporting the veterans, but we can see no reason for turning the money referred to over to the sons who are capable of earning their own living. All the soldiers’ homes in the country are conducted in the same way.” MAY CLOSE FACTORIES. Rumor flint tlie Tin-Plate Trust Will Shut Down Some of It* Plants. CLEVELAND, Dec. I.—lt was stated here to-day that orders have been issued by the newly formed tin-plate combine closing down a large number of tin-plate factories absorbed by the trust. The Consolidated Tin-plate Company is the name of the new organization. D. G. Reid is the president, with headquarters in Chicago, w r here the general officers are located. W. T. Graham is the vice president, with headquarters in Pittsburg. It is understood that all the mills concerned will be transferred to the new organization Dec. 15. Orders will be issued closing down some of the mills before that date. Prices on tin plate have been materially advanced within the past week. PITTSBURG, Dec. I.—No general notice of a shut-down of tin-plate mills during the coming month has yet been sent out by the corporation which now has charge of most of the tin-plate interests in this country, according to the statements of members of companies which are included in the combination. A representative of the Monongahela Tin-plate Company said to-day that all the tin-plate mills will shut down for the usual inventory of stock during the month, but this action is not the result of instructions from the corporation. A FIENDISH MURDER. Don Perier Kills His Former Sweetheart and Mutilates Her Body. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. t Dec. I. Don Perier, a young Frenchman, brutally murdered his former sweetheart, Jennie Andrews, an English girl, here last night. He followed her to a place known as the Green House and was shown to her room. He entered and locked the door. The inmates of the house heard a piercing shriek and attempted to force the door. Perier called from inside: ‘‘l’ve not quite done the job; just a moment.” Then the door was thrown open by the Frenchman, who was covered with blood from head to foot. Waving his hand, in which he held a dripping knife, he invited /the women to enter. Jennie Andrews was lying on the bad literally cut to pieces, the murderer hating deliberately mutilated the girl’s body after life was extinct. It is said that he ttrst met the girl in Australia. She discarded him and crossed the ocean to marry another man, who refused to keep his promise and she drifted into evil ways. Perier is a saiior, but is v/ell educated and is reported to belong to an aristocratic family.

PILATUS SOLD FOR SIO,OOO. Fast Trotter Purchased by n Syndicate of Louisville Horsemen. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. I.—One of the most important harness horse deals of the year has just been consummated by the purchase of Pilatus, the trotter, by a Louisville syndicate for SIO,OOO. The deal was made at Des Moines, la., by Frank Kenney, secretary of the local trotting association, who negotiated with J. N. McClellan. Mr. Kenney announced the sale to-day. The horse, which haa a record of 2:0914, is at the Louisville trotting track. Low Prices for Thoroughbreds. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. I.—Winter sales of thoroughbreds have closed; C 34 head sold for $124,895, an average of $192. The average was kept down by one hundred condemned brood mares that were bought in by the Breeders’ Protective Association for a song, and will be disposed of for farm horses without pedigrees, thus ridding the breeding ranks of inferior producers. Obituary. CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. I.—Hon. George B. Hollister, aged seventy-eight, a prominent member of the bar of this city, died to-day at his home, on Mount Auburn. He served as senator from Hamilton county in the Ohio General Assembly several years. His son, H. C. Hollister, is one of the Common Pleas judges of Hamilton county. MASSILLON. 0., Dec. I. Rev. James Kuhn, of this place, is dead, the result of an operation performed in a Cleveland hospital. Father Kuhn gained national prominence as an arbitrator of the mining difficulties in 1894. He was a brother of Herman Kuhn, editor of the Paris Le Monde. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Rev. Henry Holmes Loring, for many years a well-known Episcopal clergyman in Kansas, his last charge being in Topeka, died to-day at New Rochelle, N. Y., aged sixty-six. WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. I.—John Taylor Gause, president of the Harlan & Hollingsw'orth Company, died this afternoon of pneumonia. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Arrived; Advance, from Colon; Matanzas, from Havana; Lahn, from Bremen. Sailed: Norge, for Hamburg; Karlsruhe, for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN. Dec. I.—Arrived; Canada, for Boston. Sailed: Pennland, for Philadelphia; Majestic, for New York. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. I.—Arrived: Switzerland, from Antwerp. HAVRE, Dec. I.—Sailed: Moravia, for New York. LIVERPOOL, Dec. I.—Arrived: Germany, from New York. BREMEN, Dec. L—Arrived: Trave, from New York. GENOA. Dec. I.—Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm 11, for New York. BOSTON, Dec. L—Arrived: Cherokee, from Jacksonville. Haven Succeeds Hunt. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—At a meeting of the board of managers of the American Bible Society this afternoon Rev. William Ingram Haven, of Brookline, Boston, Mass., was elected secretary of the board, to take the place of Rev. Albert E. Hunt, who resigned some time ago, after forty years’ service. It was also decided to supplant the machinery and presses which are now used for printing Bibles and tracts with modern machinery. Asks to Be Suspended. ALBANY. N. Y., Dec. 1.-George W. Aldridge, superintendent of public works, today requested Governor Black to suspend him from office, pending an investigation of his department by the courts. Another Victim of Football. ATHENS, 0.. Dee. L—Ralph A. Obleness died to-day from Injuries received In playing football two weeks ago. He was the quarter back on the eleven of the Ohio University.

BARRED FROM FRANCE FRI’ITS AND PLANTS FROM TIIE UNITED STATES SHUT OUT. Emperor Wllltnm Welcomed to Berlin Emperor Francis Joseph Fifty Years on the Throne. ♦ PARIS. Dec. I.—The Journal Offlciel today publishes a decree forbidding the admittance into France of fruit and plants from the United States. A dispatch from Washington on Nov. 2S announced that the French charge d’affaires, M. Thiebaut, called at the State Department that day to advise Secretary Hay that the French government was upon the point of adopting “precautionary measures” against the introduction into France from the United States of the San Jose scale, adding that decrees would bar issued prohibiting the importation of trees, shrubs and plants from the United States and requiring an inspection of all fruits, fresh and dried, at the point of landing in France. M. Thibeaut pointed out that these measures were quite immaterial as affecting the general trade from the United States to France, as the shipment of trees, plants and shrubs last year aggregated only $328, and those of fruit $40,000. ♦- WILHELM AT BERLIN. His Majesty Tells About Hl* Trip to the Holy Land. BERLIN, Dec. I—The Emperor and Empress of Germany arrived here from Potsdam to-day to review the guards corps. Their Majesties were loudly cheered, and on their arrival at the Brandenburger gate they were welcomed by Burgomaster Kirschner in behalf of the city. The burgomaster referred to the works of peace achieved by the Emperor and by the Empress, who, as his Majesty’s faithful companion, had shared all his exertions. The Emperor, in replying, after cordially shaking hantjs with the burgomaster, dwelt on the magnificent impression his visit to the East had left on him. and expressed pleasure at being home again. His Majesty added that everywhere in the East he found the Germans were highly esteemed, and he expressed the hope that his journey would help to open new markets for German enterprise, besides strengthening the international peace. In conclusion Emperor William thanked the burgomaster for the patriotic reception accorded by the capital, to which his Majesty wished a most prosperous future. Francis Joseph’* Clemency. VIENNA. Dec. I.—Emperor Francis Joseph, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his accession to the throne, occurring to-morrow, will grant full amnesty to all lese majesty prisoners and remit the remainder of the sentences of 540 prisoners. The jubilee festivities began this evening with a torchlight procession in the Ringstrasse and a military tattoo. The principal thoroughfares' of the city were gayly illuminated and filled with enthusiastic crowds cheering for the Emperor. Similar fetes took place in other towns. At Trieste the illuminations were exceptionally brilliant and bonfires blazed, on the hills surrounding the city.

German* Still Wroth. BERLIN, Dec. I.—ln government circles there Is an Intense feeling against the Austrian premier, Count Thun Hohensteln, because of his recent speech in the Austrian Reichsrath, regarding the expulsion of Austrians from Germany, in the course of which he threatened Germany with reprisals if the expulsions were continued. It is understood that after the jubilee festivities Emperor Francis Joseph will be informed from Berlin that Count Thun Hohensteiri’s continuance in office would be detrimental to the intimate relations between the two countries. Contest Over an Estate. PARIS, Dec. I.—At the request of a brother of Mrs. Maxwell Meddler, a Canadian, who recently died suddenly at London, M. Fabre, the Canadian agent general, has sealed up the lady’s fine residence here and her villa at Cannes, owing to a dispute relative to the will. The first will found left Mrs. Heddle’s property to her sister, but a later document was discovered giving her whole fortune, estimated at 10,000,000 francs, to a society which is conducting night shelters in Paris. W. W. A*4or Donate* $25,000. LONDON, Dec. I.—William Waldorf Astor has donated $25,000 towards the fund being raised at the instance of General Lord Kitchener to found the Gordon Memorial College at Khartum for the purpose of educating the inhabitants of the Sudan. Troop* Sent to Swat Valley. BOMBAY, Dec. I.—Two British brigades have been ordered to the Swat valley, owing to the Mad Mullah’s successes over the local tribesmen. I. D. SMEAD BANKRUPT. Hi* Liabilities Amonnt to Nearly a Million, and He Ha* No Asset*. TOLEDO, 0., Dec. I.—lsaac D. Smead, at one time one of the wealthiest men of Toledo and known from ocean to ocean as a manufacturer of ventilating and heating apparatus', filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court to-day. Smead places his liabilities at $900,000, so far as he knows, with no assets. His creditors are banks and commercial houses in every large city in the country and his debts vary from 3G cents to $47,000. Smead was at one time sole proprietor of the Isaac D. Smead Companies of Toledo and Kansas City; half owner of Smead, Wills & Cos., Philadelphia, and two-thirds owner of the Smead Foundry Company of Toledo. Smead’s is the largest petition that has been filed since the bankruptcy act went into effect. Tradesmen's National Rank Reopened NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The Tradesmen’s National Bank, which suspended business on Oct. 4, opened its doors to-day for liquidation. The bank has to its credit $1,600,000. In addition there is $618,000 due depositors who have agreed to wait for months for their money. Fifty per cent, of this Will be paid in January. Depositor to whom SIOO or less is due aro being paid to-day. Hotel Proprietor Assign*. COLUMBUS. 0., Dec. I.—Samuel A. Kinnear, proprietor of the Goodale Hot£l, has made an assignment to Hon. Claude Meeker. former consul at Bradford, England, for the benefit of creditors. The assets are estimated at $02,000 and liabilities at $49,000. Mr. Kinnear made an unsuccessful canvass for the office of county treasurer at the recent election. Receiver for Fraternal Union. CINCINNATI. 0., Dec. 1.-Judge Smith to-day appointed A. A. Ferris receiver for the National Fraternal Union, limiting his duties to the seven-<year certificate. The court intimated that if other classes want to have a receiver they must make separate application. Hnzing Abolished. PRINCETON. N. J., Dec. I.—At a monster mass meeting In Alexandt r Hall to-night the students of Princeton University passed resolutions abolishing hazing. The resolutions had been submitted to each of tho classes at previous meetings and the expression to-night was a ratification. An overwhelming majority prevailed, and tho hazing auestion, it is believed, has been disposed of finally. Children Mangled on n Crossing. WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—A train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, near Ivy City, Mil., struck a carriage In which were four children on their way to school, causing the instant death of Fannie Bell Harris and James Gray, two of the children, and severely injuring a boy named McDonough, who was driving. Sentenced for Killing ills 'Wife. DETROIT. Dec. I.—William Benusky was sentenced to life Imprisonment to-day for tho murder of his young wife, who had left him on account of his dissolute habits. The lingered .several weeks before pbe expired, ~

(NATIONAL . Tube Works Si WroughHron Pipe lor Gas, Steam nod Water, ’ti Boiler Tubes, Cast and Irak Malleable Iren Fitting* i?v\ (black and galvanized), Valvea, Stop Cocks, Knfine Trimming, Steam /m* Gauges, Pip.- Tongs. Pii* T ‘jsSp Cutters. Vises. Screw Ml Plates and Dies Wrenches, isl Steam Traps, Pumps, Kitchen Smks. Hose. Beltirtjl big- Babbit Metal, Solder, jj?fj White and Colored Wiping gl Waste, and ail other up|(J plies used in connection |j§j with Gas, Steam and Water. Natural Gas SupBbjl plies a specialty. Steam fc!*l Heating Apparatus for Bn Public Buildings, Stores' rooms, Mills. Shops, Fac- { ' tories. Laundries, Lumber wfiß Pry Houses, etc. Cut and Iga Thread to order any size '< Wrought-lron Pipe, from \ I Vj inch to 12 inches diamH ' Eight & jillson, Est S. PENNSYLVANIA ST. F.A GRILL, Massage, Swedish Movements, and Hydropathic Treatment, 144 NORTH MERIDIAN ST. (English’s Block.) Ladies, 9 to 12; gentlemen, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 p. m, AFTER A LEAGUE FRANCHISE Vanderlirrk, of Detroit, Offers $45,000 for Louisville's Right*. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. I.—lt Is more than probable that when the National League magnates meet in New York on Dec. 13 the franchise of the Louisville Baseball Club will be held by G. A. Vanderbeck, of Detroit. To-day the officials ot the club received a communication from the Detroit man raising his previous offer of $40,000 to $45,000. The club officials say they will sell if $50,000 is offered, so but ss,ou® now stands between Mr. Vanderbeck and Louisville franchise. Vanderbeck’s first offer was $35,01™, but he has gradually increased it to the sum named, and it is not altogether unlikely that he will finally give the 150,000 asked, as the local magnate* say they will not sell for a cent less.

THE TARIFF LAW. It I* Not a Failure, and Should Not lie Tampered With. New York Financier. ** k® 3 been urged that, since the monthly leceipts arc falling below expenditures, the Dingley bill is a failure. There are two ways of looking at this. From a purely revnue standpoint, a law which does not perform the functions for which it is designed cannot be pronounced a success. On the other hand, if a law fails of operation because it has brought about a condition of ?,v, aJrs J . whe .^ e a community has gained, in other directions traceable to its enactment, then the question of failure must be ineasured by a different standard. That is exactly tne position which the present tariff law occupies to-day. Perhaps it would be nearer the truth to say that the law is relatively a success, because it represents a pol“T, which It is oniy the exponent, and which has been enforced with but few interruptions for many years. No revenue f*! 1 be ca]ltd perfect, but legislation which forces a community to be independent rather than dependent on the outside world comes nearer that standard than any ?.. Considered i n this light the Dingley r i a -n? its predecessors have been successful. They have made this a wonderful manufacturing Nation—so great, in fact, that it is a serious question whether imports can much longer be depended upon as the basis of revenue production. A review of the policy of protection for a number of years past shows beyond question that the gradual result has been to subuJ:e home manufactures at the expense of the foreign producer. Iron is an illusiration which proves the trutli of the theory. Whether the heavy tariff did or did not encourage the development of this industry, is no :onger a question open to argument. W e know that American industrial skill, fostered in ihe beginning by a protective policy, has now reached a plane of perfection where it not only holds the home market, but competes in the world’s markets as well. Manifestly, a tariff on iron i* superfluous, so lar as its necessity for protecting tne home market is concerned. So in other directions the heavy duties have encouraged home production and competition until the country finds that it is in reality an industrial giant, the peer, in point of excellence and cheapness, of any rival in the world. Many honest believers in an opposite policy assert that this condition could have oeeu reached through an adherence to other principles. Assuming for the moment that this is true, the main fact to bo considered is that we could not have done better in any case, and that as long as revenues were needed to conduct the government, it matters little in the end how they are collected, since the incidence of taxation in ail cases seeks one source—the consumer. And, more to the point, taxation is less burdensome when it falls on a prosperous people. The Idea that by lessening import duties taxation is made iess burdensome was exploded several years since, when the proceeds of bond issues were diverted toward meeting deficiencies in revenue. We did not escape taxation—the ultimate payment was merely postponed. The money needed lor government exjjenses must be raised in soma manner, and absolute free trade no more means that this burden of taxation is lessened, than a man’s rent ceuses when his employment fails. But the country has now reached a point where it can manufacture many of the things once imported; in fact, it not only products of these things all that It needs, but it is able to sell to the world. That explains why, aside from the cereal exports, our imports are decreasing and our exports of manufactures are increasing. Can it be said in the face of such a condition that a revenue bill, or a series of revenue bills, which have led to such results, are failures, or that wo would gain by going back to a point where wo imported everything and manufactured nothing, in order to raise revenue? To do so now would bo impossible, for tho simple reason that the industrial advancement of tho country precludes it, but, granting that such a proposition is feasible, would not history repeat itself and reveal the fact that the revenues failed because a country whose citizens are deprived of labor is unable to buy Imported goods, no matter how cheap, relatively, they may b3? All partisan bias aside, the tariff has become a business, rather than a political, issue. To threaten the settled position of our industrial fabric in order that revenues may be raised from one source is absurd. Better direct taxation that can be paid without effort, than experiments which cost millions more than the tangible totals, ca shown in treasury schedules. As long as present conditions prevail, we can see no reason why the Dingley bill can be called a failure, as far as import duties and their ultimate effect aro concerned, even though revenue from this source continue to fall heavily. It may be necessary to change the basis of taxation. The result is the same. Mr. C'aine and the NVnr. Chicago Mall. The Tribune’s facsimile of Mr. Caine’s handwriting not only very creditable chirography, but gives us the benefit of a most fraternal sentiment. "War is a hideous thing.” says Mr. Caine (deprecatingly), “but” (with kineding enthusiasm) "if it can link the hearts of the people of Chicago to the hearts of the people of lxndon” (with vehemence) “who shall say that God does not work out his own ends in spite of all?”, (with reverence.) This has never occurred to us up to this time, but we can see the appropriateness of the conclusion. The w’ays of Providence, usually so inscrutable, are now as clear as the light of day. The late difficulty with Spain was ingeniously contrived by the Deity in order to promote goad feeling between Chicago and London, and we have indeed returned to the God of the old testament, who was never so happy as when directing military operations on a large scale. Tills W’ould appear to be a satisfactory answer io the question. “Are you an orthodox Christian?” Now we know just where we stand. Os course, war is always more or less hideous and grievous, but tne horrors of any war are mitigated if not entirely removed by the reflection that we have the cordial good will of the people of dear old Ixindon—and thi* Is cheap at any price. As Mr. Caine travels over tho country we trust that he will he equally active In establishing fraternal relations between London and other American cities ns the felicitous result of the late struggle for humanity. CrnlNcr Chlengo In Commission. NEW YORK. Dec. I—The cruiser Chicago. reconstructed and capable of much greater speed than when she was taken out of commission over two years ago. was placed in commission at the navy yard today. Hint for Mr. Csrnegle. Cincinnati Enqu rer. If business gets bad with Mr. Andrew Carnegie it appears probable that he could eke out a living writing syndicate article* for the newspapers.