Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 40, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 February 1894 — Page 2

$br 90ifec fonty flftnorrat M McC. 8T00PS, I Alitor and ProprietorPETERSBU KG. » - INDIANA. ^ A report issued by the Midland Railway Ca of England shows that during the last six months of 1898 the receipts from carrying of grains fell off £583,886. Secretary Carlisle is opposed to the coinage of silver seigniorage at this time, and has so in formed members of congress who sought his views on the subject On the 7th the Iowa house of representatives passed Niccolls’ bill prohibiting the sale or giv ing away of cigars, cigarettes or tobacco, in any form, to minors under 16. It is said that ? retired French na- * val officer has invented a rifle that is * capable of firing t ivo kinds of explosive bullets. These bullets have immense power of penetration and 100 of them weigh only 1,800 grammes. President Pkixoto’s decree for a general election in Brasil, March 1, when a president, vice-president and i members of congress will be elected. ! is looked upon in Riio Janeiro, as show- j Ittg his own confidence in the situation. The Russian press expresses great satisfaction with Emperor William's speech in the reichstag regarding the Russb-German commercial treaty. The Paris papers, on the other hand, accuse the czar of trea chery to his French ally. The steamship Louisiana which arrived at San Francisco, on the 6th, from New York, reports having encountered along the fortieth parallel, a dozen monster ice-bergs, which Capt Oliver estimated were 800 or 900 feet in height. Ex-President Harrison will leave Indianapolis on the 13th, accompanied by his private secretary, Mrs. McKee and his grand-child ren, for California, where he will deliver a course ot lectures on constitutional law at the Stanford university.

The London board of trade returns lor the month of January show that the imports increased £5,330,000. as compared with those of the corresponding month last year, and that the exports increased £130,006, as compared with those of January, ll^W. In the commercial treaty concluded between Russia and Germany Russia has conceded reductions in the duties oh machines, agricultural implements, dynamos, cables, drugs, chemicals and woolen and leather goods imported into that country from Germany. The state department, on the 5th, received from United States Minister to Nicaragua Raker a copy of a decree issued by the governmentof Nicaragua, recognizing the provisional government of Honduras, establ ished by Policarpo Bonilla, and agreeing to act as the latter’s ally. . ' . On the Sth the suptreme court of Kansas decided that the governor can not remove Mrs. Mary E . Lease as a member of the state board of charities, of which she, therefore, remains president. The court was unanimous; the populist member concurring with?the two republicans. The carnival season at Civita Lavigna, eighteen miles southeast of Rome, was brought to an abrupt close, early on the morning of the 6th, by the cowardly assassination of Signor Ciampanella, one of the prominent residents ofrthe place, whowasto have been married on the dayof his foal taking off. Gen. Mercier, French minister of war, has decided that all canned goods for the use of the army shall, in the future, be exclusively of home manufacture. Hitherto thei» goods have been furnished by Americans, who held a monopoly of the business. The change will increase the cast of the goods to the government 130 per cent.

The old corvette Kearsarge, which won historic fame by sinking the rebel cruiser Alabama off,Cherbourg, France, on Sunday, June 19, 1864, was wrecked on Roncador reef, off the Mosquite coast of Central America, on the 2d, while enroute from Port an Prince, Hayti, to Bluefields, Nicaragua. The officers and crew were saved. The observance of Abrogation day in Honolulu passed off with perfect good qrder. The American league raised a new American flag 60x30 feet; there was a military parade and salute, with a public reception in the council room. The day closed with illnminations and fireworks of great brilliancy sand an enthusiastic mass meeting. The inhabitants of the town of Ra> konitz, thirty miles west of Prague, have been terrorized by the work of dynamiters. Some weeks ago an atr tempt was made to blow up a hotel in the town, but was unsuccessful. On •the night of the 5th another explosion occurred at the hotel, greatly damaging the walls of the building. Geobsk W. IhblTK, representative in congress from tie Third district of. Ohio, dropped dead at 4:80 o'clock, on : the afternoon of tfcs 9th, while visiting iriends at 1627 Connecticut avenue, in Washington city, .fudge Honk was born in Cumberland county, Pa., September 15, 1825, and was consequently 69 years old. He had resided in Dayton, O., sixty-seven years. The coroner’s ' jury, whksh had been t investigating the Hackensivck Meadows (N. J.) wreck on the Lackawanna road. January 8, returned a * verdict, on the 9th, fixing the responsibility for the accident upon RearBrakeman D. P. Wheaton of the Dover express. They also accused the railroad company of not having * proper system of signals on the road.

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IH BRTEP. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Is the senate. om the 5th. house bill to repeal the federal elections law was debated during most of the session. The anti-option bill was brought up by a motion to refer to the Judiciary committee the bill introduced some weeks ago by Mr. George, but no action was taken on the motion..In the house a me- j mortal by the Massachusetts legislature, pro- | testing againss the passage of the Wilson tariff bill, was presented. The Hawaiian resolution was then taken up, and Its discussion occupied the remainder of the day and all of an evening session. In the senate, on the 6th. immediately on the conclusion of routine morning business, consideration of tl)e house bill to repeal the federal elections law was resumed, the time for the general debate being extended until 3 o’clock on the 7th.In the bouse, after the reading of the Journal and the reference of some unimportant bills, the resolution of the foreign affairs committee censuring ex-Min-lster Ste vens was taken up. At the close of the discussion the various substitutes and amendments were voted down, bat the passage of the bill itself was prevented by filibusterIn the senate, on the 7th, a number of petitions and memorials against the Wilson bill were presented, and an amendment putting that measure in foreo in January, 1806. instead of August. 1801, offered by Mr. Cameron, was referred to the finance committee. The senate then took up the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws, which, after the rejection of a number of amendments, was passed: Yeas. 39: nays. 28.In the house, after routine business, the special order, the consideration of the Hawaiian resolutions, was taken up. The vote on the question developed no quorum; but on a second roll-call the resolution was agreed to: Yeas. 177: nays. 75. Mr. Boutelle's privileged resolution was defeated, 91 to t61. In the senate, on the 8th, the chief discussion was upon the resolution previously offered by Mr. Stewart, declaring that the secretary of the treasury has no authority to issue bonds except under the resumption act, and that there is no present necessity for the sale of bonds for the purpose specified in that act, which went over..In the house, after an attempt by Mr. Reed to have the journal corrected, Mr. Bland moved to go into committee of the whole to consider his seigniorage coining bill, and after most of the session had been lost by filibustering against the motion, it prevailed and Mr. Bland opened the debate upon the bill. Tux senate was not in session on the 9th. In the house, in committee of the whole, the Bland seigniorage bill was taken up, and Mr. Bland concluded his remarks. The other speakers were Mr. Stone (rep.. Pa.), against the bill: Mr. McKeighan (in<L, Neb.), in its favor: Mr. Harter idem., CX), In opposition and Mr. Kilgore {dem.. Tex.), In advocacy of it.

'■PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thk Hawaiian Annual, now in its twentieth year, contains a valuable history of that much talked-bf country, a picture of its industries and population, and a vast amount of statistical information, between whose lines the reader can discern the movement and bustle of a vigorous and progressive little commonwealth. [%. The United States consul at Birmingham, England, estimates the increase in the hmount of flour received from the United States in four years at 79*1 per cent. He says: “Nothing seems more completely established than the dependence of Great Britain upon the United States fora considerable amount of breadstuffs, and this dependence is far more likely to increase than'hliminish.” The bill repealing the federal elections law has received the signature of the president, and henceforth upon the local authorities will devolve the entire duty of preserving the sanctity of the ballot box which, even with the federal, law and Australian ballot system to boot, has come to be one of the most infamously abused institutions of the country. The once gay capital of Alabama, Cahaba, has been wiped off the map. The old town site was sold recently to an ex-slave for & mere pittance, and where once stood the elegant homes of an opulent people, the cotton plant will in future flourish. Gkx. A. W. GAeely, the distinguished Aretie explorer, has accepted the invitation of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution, to speak at their annual banquet, to be held at the Duquesne club, Pittsburgh, Pa,on Washington’s birthday. The second annual convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs opened in San Francisco on the 6th. Delegates representing the district from British Columbia to Texas were in attendance. Friday, the 9th, was the association day at the iMid-winter fair.

It is stated <m high authority in Lisbon that the Rothschilds are furnishing money to Admiral Da Gama, the commander of the Brazilian insurgents at Rio Janeiro. Hubert Howe BAScaorT, the wellknown Pacific coast publisher, has been expeled from the Society of California Pioneers for publishing alleged false statements in his histories regarding prominent members of the society.* Tim schooner-yacht Florence, which a. dispatch from Detroit, (Mich.,) reported wrecked, arrived at New Orleans, on the 6th, in charge of Capt. G. H. Brooks, after a delightful trip, with all welL An earthquake shock, lasting ten seconds, was felt at Keeler, Cal., and at Hawthorne, Nev., at 9 o’clock on the night of the 5th. A Hebrew family named Malanovie, consisting of thirteen persons, was poisoned at Antonopolo, Prussia. Several a.rrests of persons sdspected of the crime have been made. The national convention of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union met in Topeka, Kas., on the 6th. The remains of George W. Childs were deposited In the Drexel mausoleum, Wocdlawn cemetery, Philadelphia, beside those of the friend of his lifetime, on the 6th, after funeral services in St. James Episcopal church, conducted by Bishops Potter, Scarborough and Whitaker, Rev. Dr. Blanchard and Rev. Dr. Boding In addition to the large concourse of people of all conditions, the employes of the Public Ledger attended in a body. The New York anarchists are making a strong effort to secure the release of Alexander Berkman, the would-be assassin of 21. C. Frick, of Pittsburgh, Pa.

A Ti 3 RIBJ.E explosion of natural gas' occur >d at No. MO Madison avenue, Induu ipolis, on the morning of the 7th. She house, a two-story tenement, was b iwn to pieces, the noise being heard mile or more away. Six people or sore were buried in the ruins. Thx international sanitary conference c ened in Paris on the 7th. Jam ** Hshcur, secretary of the WellsFargo Express Co., died in San Francisco on the 6 th. He was a member of the p;-. rty from Commodore Stoat's squad >n which raised the A merican dag at Monterey in *46. The .ondon market for bar silvei appear to be completely demoralised. The ti ne, on the 8th, was fiat, and prices bowed a considerable decline from tf ose of the Tth, when the quotation wi s 29 13-16 pence per ounce. At 2:30 p. i. of the 8th the price had fallen off 7-16 he quotation being 39^ pence. The aris police have removed from Vaillai ,"s grave, in the “turnip field” in Ivr; cemetery, a quantity of palm leaves, . pot of flowers, and a number of pam alets glorifying the dead anarchist and promising that his execution wii l be avenged. Thk executive committee of the National Editorial association met in annual water session at the Southern hotel i St. Louis, on the 8th, President W liter Williams, of the Columbia (Me } Herald, in the chair. The \ ill of George W. Childs was ad» mitted ti) probate on the 8th. The document is very short, and bequeaths his enti re estate to his widow absolutely. The t ext convention of the National Editorial association will meet at Asbu y Park, N. J., July 2 next. ' The Oodey Publishing Co. of New York, publishing Godey’s Magazine and various books and periodicals, assigned oa the 8th. ZiMJU IIwiggixs eluded the officers who west to Chicago from Benton county, Ind., with requisition papers for his a rest and took a train for Fowler, Ind where, on the 9th, he surrenderee ' himself to the sheriff and gave bond for his appearance in court to answer each indictment against him. 1 . Maxim ; uc Camp, the well-known French author, died in Paris on the 9th. He was a member of the French academy ."having been elected in 1880 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of M. Saint-Rene-Taillandier. His

works ur<- very numerous. The post oflice department Is taking energetic measures to prevent the Louisiana lottery from operating in> this country. Special Ageut Thomas says that everything in the power of the department is being done to break up the company. 1 Ex-State Workshop Inspector McDonald, of Ohio, who is under indictment at Columbus on 128 counts for embezzling' state money, had, up to the 9th, been unable to secure bond. His trial is set for this term of court. Wiuliam Zimmerman, aged 44, and his son George, aged 18, were horribly burned by an explosion of gas' in the Nottingham mine of the Dodson Coal Co., at Plymouth, Pa., on the 9th. The British steamer Primrose struck on a rock in the fog off the coast of Cornwall, on the 9th, and was wrecked, tier crew was saved in small b<tats. There as been a recrudescence at cholera a Warsaw, Russia, and many deaths have occurred. The German steamer Adolph Woer* mann, of iS 801 tons burden,which sailed from Hamburg on January 11 for African ports, has been wrecked at Nifu, Liivjria. Everybody on board landed safely* but her cargo is lost. * UiTE NEWS ITEMS!. The senate was not in session on the 10th~.~.. ~n the house, the ^tandford eulogies were postponed"#ana made a special order for the 12th. The death of Mr. H mk was announced by Mr. Outhwail a, a committee to attend the remains l> Ohio was appointed by the speaker, &ad out ©f respect to the deceased the house adjourned. Tests of a new magneto telephone were male between New York and Chicago, >n the 10th, in the presence of represent fcives of Hie Western Telephone Construction Co. and officials of the seve*j&l telegraph and telephone companies. The result is said to have shown a vast snperiorty of the magneto over the Bell system.

i uk 5t,amer Ausiraua arnvt-u at raw Francise <*n the 10th, bringing' late advices fro m Hawaii. It' is said that the attitude 3f the ex-queen in demanding the deca -citation of the leaders of the uprising aad the deportation of their children {rested a violent sensation, and cost t he deposed monarch many of her warmest supporters. Four Mormon missionaries bound for Aust ralia, six for Samoa, two for New Zer and, and two for the Sandwich is! uids, left San Francisco, on the l ttl on the steamer Monowai, to preach the doctrines of the Latter DaySaints s long the islanders of the Pacific and Antarctic oceans. Maj. Bex Buttkkwokth Is collecting and editing all of the speeches that were delivered at all the congresses of the World’s fair. According to the major’s own estimate the printing of this work will cost $250,000, but he expects to have it done at the expense of the government. It is stated that the Russian gorernwill give notice to France that the Franco- Russian commercial treaty will be terminated at the end of 1894 if France drsists in putting into effeet, as against Ressia, the proposed new duties on imported grain. Frax Musser, a young man of Lancaster, a., who a year ago had an arm torn ofl! by a broken cable of the Lancaster T raction Co., was awarded $20,506 dam ,ares by arbitrators on the 10th. The French government has appointee. Counsellor Siemeisser, of Madge irg, a delegate to the silver inquiry cl -omission. The Russo-German commercial treaty -as Anally signed, on the 10th, by rep: isentatives of the tw$ contracting pov jrs. Mori: than 3,000 English Quakers have si ued a protest against the vivisection id animals.

WITHIN OUR BORDERS. Information of Especial Interest to TthHmiIaiih. KfnolTe to Insure Tkcsuctm. Indianapolis, Ind., Fetx 8.—A new mutual insurance company scheme was projected here Wednesday by a number of Indiana manufacturers. The National Manufacturers' association, that holds its convention here next June, is back of the scheme. The association has long1 been grumbling at what it believed to be extortionate rates of insurance on manufacturing property. The following committee was appointed to formulate plans and prepare a constitution and by laws for the new scheme: Otto Stechan, T. B. Laycock, E. H. Dean, Frederick Schmidt, George W. Merritt, Frank Mans and Henry Bauer. "*_ Bliss Davenport Bent to Denver, Elkhart, Ind., Feb. 8. —Mrs. J. R. Beardsley and Miss Florence Davenport, who were in Chicago last Friday assisting their legal advisers and the detectives in catching Miss Frances Davenport, who eloped with A. H. Sackett, returned here Tuesday night. The giH has been sent to Denver., CoL, to her sister, Mrs. W. H. Howland. Hackett will not be prosecuted here, but will be left to the Chicago parties who are after him. He left the woman, whom he introduced here as his wife in South Bend, with a • pet dog as her only assets. Sackett boasted there that he was “prepar ing a surprise for Elkhart people.” Four Young Burglars. Washington, Ind., Feb- A—James Turner, aged 15, was arrested Wednesday charged with breaking into Beeson & Son’s hardware store Monday night, stealing revolvers and knives and robbing the money drawer. He was caught trying to sell the stolen goods. He confessed the crime, implicati ng his twin brother and Clarence Stringfellow and Jim McBride The officers searched young Stringfellow’s home and found about forty knives and several revolvers. McBride and Stringfellow escaped. The boys range from 14 to 15 years in age.)

Stole the Pension Drafts. South Bend, Inti., Feb. 8.—The 9:40 p. m. west-bound fast mail train transferred a large pouch of eastern mail for Michigan points Tuesday night. This was taken to the Grand Trunk depot in this city and placed upon a truck on the platform to await the midnight east-bound Grand Trunk mail train. While lying there unguarded it was stolen, cut open and the contents rifled and many letters destroyed. In this mail were about 16,000 in pension drafts for Detroit, Cold water and many Michigan points. The amount of money realized cannot be estimated. Students Suspended for Drinking. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 8 —Principal Hufford, of the Indianapolis high school, announced the suspension of four students Wednesday, all members of leading families in the city. An investigation impending into the charge that the boys were in the habit of attending class recitations while under the influence of liquor. Fifteen students are included in the chaise, and it is ex: pec ted a whole batch of suspensions will be announced before the end of the week. _ Admit the Robbery. Huntington, Ind., Feb & —John Teusch, one of the four young men who were arrested for stealing $350 in gold, which Mrs. John Reust, a widow, kept in a piece of gas pipe hidden under a potato bin in the cellar, made a confession at his preliminary hearing Wednesday. He implicated his brother Charles, Jacob Petrie and Harmon Boorman. All except Charles Petrie are under arrest. Contest John Dill's Will. La. Pobte, Ind., Feb. 8.—Mrs. William Cochrane and Miss Grace Woodward, of Joliet, 111., filed papers Wednesday contesting the will of the late John Hill, the defendants being the executors and the other legatees. j The grounds are unsoundness of mind and undue influence. Mr. Hill was a wholesale ice dealer and an importer of horses. He left an estate of about $500,000.

County Officer*’ Meeting Falls. Indianapolis, Ind., Feh. 8.—The county officers’ meeting to test the constitutionality of the fee and salary law was not as well attended as expected and it is now believed that they will not bring- suit, but will arrange a campaign in each county to compel nominees for the legislature to pledge themselves to vote for the substantial changes of the law. la Parts'** Bond Issue lUepU. La Porte, Ind., Feb. 8.—It developed Wednesday that tbe recent issue of bonds to tbe amount of $80,000 by the commissioners of La Porie county for the completion of the new $300,000 courthouse, now nearly ready for occupancy, is probably illegal. Are Mow Postmasters. Washington, D. C., Feb. 8.—The senate yesterday confirmed the following nominations of postmasters in Indiana: J. W. McCarty, Washington; W. , S. Meredith, Bushville; A. F. Wilson,, Worthington; Samuel Arnold, Newcastle; John Welfley, Decatur. Suffering Too Great to Bear. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 8.—Gustave Gomion, aged 55, a French hat-cleaner, depressed by ill health and loss of work, strangled himself Wednesday. He left a note saying: “1 can stand this suffering no longer.” Strangled Himself. Terre Haute, Ind., Feh 8.—Gustav Gormion strangled himself at a cheap lodging house in this city. He tied a rope around his neck and twisted it with a clothes brush. Dynamite In n Stove. Huntington, Ind., Feb. 8.—Some one put a dynamite cartridge in a kitchen stove here and it exploded, wrecking the kitchen and injuring Mrs. Bi&hoffi

THE CAUSES OF IT. ( Senator Peff< rt Investigation Into the 1 Alleged D>pnulon In the Orato and Cattle Indo (tries—The Concentration of Baying and Shipping Facilities and the Great Pael tag industries Thoseht to Be in Part Rrpoctibls. W AsinxGToN, Feb. 11. — Senator ( Peffer, cbaii man of the sab-committee , of the comm ittee on agriculture. which ] has been ir vestigating the causes of ( the alleged depression in the grain- ] growing an ) cattle-grazing states of , the west anti northwest, has completed his report, a nd as soon as it is read and ; acted upon by his colleagues of the sub-committee, Messrs. Roach and , Washburne will lay it before the . whole comm ittee. It is a voluminous document, making upward of 200 printed pages. ’ «•;. Concernin g this report Mr. Peffer says: It appears that in the older states farming kinds under good management hr ve hot .only maintained their iertility, but have increased in productiveness. Giving proper weight to all local and special conditions which affect prices, taking the country over, inclading kind and farm product#, a general depreciation, amounting to about SO per cent., is found. . As to the causes for the deprseiation the report specifies a large number of co-operative agencies which have worked together. The enlargement of the farming area in the western states brought a new region into competition with the older .-portions of the country, and in connection with that our transportation system has rapidly developed, and the cost of carrying farm products from west to east has rapidly lessened; large milling centers were established, logically concentrating the buying power. Immense packing .houses, grew to wonderful proportions in a few years, and these three great agencies of commerce,—railrtxls, mills and packing houses—operated together to reduce prices of all articles in which they

Any single point purchasing a large quantity of wheat, like Minneapolis, fqr instance, must have the effect to keep prices of that article qn the lowest level of the market range. Beside these causes there is the irregularity in taxation under state laws and foreign competition, the conditions in India being set forth at length. The cost of producing wheat in India is only about thirteen cents a bushel, and since the opening of the Suez canal it can be laid down in Liverpool for about fifty cents. It is easy to see how so large a competition of fifty-cent wheat would effect prices of American wheat in the same market. But the cause to which the report attributes the largest measure of influence in depressing prices is the rapid concentrations of the great moneyed interests of the country. THE COTTON RETURNS Sent to the Department of Agriculture for February—The Percentage of the Crop Sold—Other Percentage* amt Averages In Connection with Product. Washington, Feb. 11.—The return to the deparment of agriculture for the month of February—which relate to cotton—give the estimates of production compared with last year, the proportion sent to market, damages by inseets, average date on which picking was closed, etc. The following are state averages of comparative crop: Virginia, 94; North Carolina, 94; South Carolina, 82; Georgia, 98; Florida, 106; Alabama, 96; Mississippi, 104; Louisiana, 90; Texas, 85; Arkansas, 94; Tennessee, 84; Missouri, 81. The general average or average for the country is 92.1. The proportion of the crop which has been sent from the plantations, and is, therefore, in the hands of others than producers, as shown by the consolidated returns of correspondents, is 92.2 per cent., leaving 7.8 per cent, of the crop still unmarketed. Correspondents of the department assign as a cause of the unusually large proportion marketed that the producers, owing to the stringency of the times, have been compeled to part with their holdings to pay debts and meet necessary expenses. The per centage by states is as folfollows: Virginia, 85; North Carolina, 88; South Carolina. 90; Georgia, 92.5: Florida, 91; Alabama. 93; Mississippi, 92.4; Louisiana, 94; Texas, 92; Arkansas, 94; Tennessee, 92; Missouri,'92. Losses from bisects has been small, ; Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama being the cnly states reporting damage from that cause. The proportion of lint to seed ranges from 81.7 to 88 per cent.; averages, 32.2. The prices of seed varies from 15.6 to 19.7 cents per bushel. The average date of closing picking was | December 2.

TEXAS FEVER DISTRICT, Regulations IT iirefar Issued br the Secrete: ’ of the Interior. Washington, Felt*. 11.—Regulations have been issued by the secretary of agriculture dofining the district commonly known- as the Texas fever district. These regulations will be enforced from February IS to December 1, 1894. The district, as now defined, is the same as that made by the regulations of last year, with the following exceptions: \ In the stabi of Texas, ihe counties of Hardeman, Knox, Haskell, Stonewall and Fisher have ben placed in the unaffected area. Eight of the northern counties of Arkansas are excepted from thp provisions of the regulations, be\ng the same which were placed in the safe area by the supplemental regulations olf August SO, 1893. Reinforcement ti for tlie French In Tlmbuctoo. 1*4.818, Feb. 11.—The Dix Neuvieme Siecle says that at a cabinet meeting that is to be held to-day^it will probably be decided to send reinforcements from Senegal to Timbuctoo, where Capt. Philippe, with a small French force, is holding the city against the Touaregs. The paper adds that it is likely that the Fourth Soudanese battalion will be sent to the aid of the beleaguered French troops, and that Col. Anchinard, commander of the French Soudan,, will be in command of the reinforcement* «

JON GRES: MAN WILSON SICK*. I« to CoaBi mt ef tko P*«»«* «* ,h* Tariff and Ktreoao Bill Hto Name by tab Senate by a Comfortable Majority a «1 that St WUl Prove a Blw • Kansas Ssn’l'C^Ma, Feb 11-—Con-gressman rilson, of West "Virginia, [id not spe .k here last night nor did le partaki of the very handsome banquet provii ed at the Midland hotel by ocal demc rrats. A tremendous audi:nce was i isappointed in consequence. At T o’ci ck last night Dr. Porter, a : ocal phys eian, positively forbade Mr, j Wilson to eare his room. His physical condition .vas such, the doctor said, to renture out would be exceedingly langerou . Mr. Wil ion, accompanied by his wife tnd voun rest daughter and Congress- ; wan John C. Tarsney, arrived at the Union d pot over the Santa Fe railway fron Chicago at 9 o’clock yesterday mon ing, Mr. Wilson was quite sick, and it was against his physicians* advice t.iat he made the journey to thiacity. lmme< lately after breakfast Mr. Wilson wen: - to bed, where he remained until no n. From * to 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon he held a reception at the Caates hotel. There were many callers. , • . Mr., Y ilson is enthusiastic over the passage of his bill. He predicts that great benefits will result from its enactnnen into a law. He says every congressional district in West Virginia will be Jemocratic after the next election. The Wilson bill will pass the senate by a comfortable majority, he thinks He is not so sanguine concerning the passage of the income tax measure, lie expects considerable opposition to it in the senate and sO will not venture to prophecy its fate. If enacted it will help out the estimated deficiency in the revenue of ?TG,000C000 to be caused by the passage, of the Wilson bill, to the extent of $30,- * 000.000% but Mr. Wilson does not consider its passage indispensible, as he claims that his bill will in a short time supply sufficient revenue. Mr. Wilson will remain in the city to-daj and will proceed on his journey—: as health permitting—Monday morning. His trouble isT tonsilitis, but Sl% present is not considered serious.

LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONY. / Anton ihlncl; Successful Experiment* Be* tireru New York mid Chleagn—A Giant Rival for the Bell Monopoly—Au Antom itlc STstem I>olu£T Aunty with “CeutruL ' New York. Feb. 11.—Tests of a new magnsto telephone were made between New York and Chicago last evening in the presence of representatives of the Western Telephone Construction Co. and officials of the several telegraph and telephone, companies. Connection was made with the Chieago long-dis-tance tine through a Wail-street office, and a n office in the Monadnock block, Chica .0, at which latter point a large number^ of persons interested in the telephone situation were assembled. The present Bell telephone and Jthe new magneto telephone were usecl alternately and the results were astonishingly in favor of the latter. The instruments of the new telephone showed remarkable, clearness in talking. A number of experts in telephony who were present pronounced the results obtained from the magneto instru aent to be highly satisfactory and prophecied that it would displace' the old form entirely. \ The new magneto telephone is controlled %y the Western Telephone Construction Co, Chicago, which was started in opposition to the Bell company a year ago, and has already attained giant proportions. This company is at present putting in telephones in a nuusher of western cities, including Racine. Oshkosh, Sheboygan and Madison, Wis.; Albert Lea, Minn.; Benford, Ind. and has had a telephone exchange in operation at La Porte* Ind., for the past year. The e xchange apparatus of the new telephone involves a new principle ol operation, being automatic, so that the central office operating service is done away with. Each telephone user, by the touch of a button automatically connects his line with any other linein the system without calling np Censtral. The president of the new company,. Mr. J. E. Keelyn, has closed arrangements for the extensive use of these telephones by some large telegraph, companies.

THE WAR IN BRAZIL. Betrayed to the Oorej ameut—Movementsat the South—New Supplies and Troop* for the insurgents. Montevideo, Feb. 12.— A dispatch * dated at Rio de Janeiro reached thiscity by mail yesterday. It said: “Attempts have been made on land recently to help the insurgent fleet, but they hare collapsed, as the names of the plotters were betrayed to the government, and the leaders of the conspiracy were arrested. Among theprisoners are twenty officers, two of: them gene rals. “Reports of insurgent movements in the south are contradictory. It is reported that the insurgents are still pushing across the Sao Paulo frontier; Although the large army long expected to reinforce the insurgent fleet has not appeared, Admiral da Gama has gained strength recently. Many,, men have joined the fleet and abundant supplies, have reached him from the near-by country. , Repulsed at Nlctheroy. London, Feb. 12.—A dispatch received from Buenos Ayres says: “It. is officially announced from 'Rio deJaneiro that the insurgents have been repulsed at Nictheroy. Many prisoners were taken, including several naval officers. The insurgents have captured Passdfnndo, Alegreto, Monopay* -vCruzalta and Soledad, all in Rio Grande " do Sal. A dispatch dated at Montevideo on tha 10th says that the commanders of the government vessels Tiradantes, Santos and Bahia have been removed, as they were suspected o! disloyalty.” '