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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FLUDAY MO11N DJG , NOVEMBER 17 , 1893. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ARE STILL RETICENT News of the Hawaiian Situation Difficult to Obtain. * STATE DEPARTMENT .OFFICIALS MUTE They Will Bay but Little on Ihis.Most Interesting Subjjct , DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE Criticism of the Administration's ' Course Hot Kindly Taken , EVIDENCE THAT 13 HELD IN WAITING rrlemli of the I'rcMdcnt Certain tlmt When All of mount1 * lluport IH rnhllnlioil llo Mill llo HiiHtnliioit Various Comments. WARIIIXOTOU , Nov. 10. There is a disposi tion In the administration circles to say but very llttlo on the subject of Hawaiian affairs pending the arrival of the next steamer. It Rccms to bo the course of nil officials to say nothing further , und It Is conlldcntly asserted that when the news from Hawaii ar rives the position ot the administra tion will bo sot forth in n favorable light. From these who are In touch with the whlto house comes the IntclllKcnco that the administration Is disappointed that the conscience of the country has not boon awakened to sympathy with the act which is claimed by the administration to bo ono of justice nnd falrnass. There has also erupt into the Dapirtment of State a feeling of doubt as to whether the provisional gov ernment will yield so readily to thu moro suggestion of the minister of the United States as was hoped when bo was dispatched to Honolulu. forces of tlio I'rovlilniml Government. It Is learned that the forces of the pro- vlsloi'i' ' < * nvcrnmont , though small , are well organized mid disciplined and are most of them sharpshooter * . It Is said that there are 2,000 picked men provided with arms In Honolulu and enrolled Indrilled , companies. They have been trained for two months past ns a safeguard against any royalist upris ing In the islands , slnco It was realized that the provisional government must dencnd upon its own resources without hope of aid from tlio united States. These companies arc made up of white men largely , and their morale would prove excellent. Eighteen rapid-firing guns are included hi the militia equipment , the arms being Winchester rifles. This force would bo superior to what tlio men-of-war at Honolulu could put on shore. But no ono seems to bellovo that any resistance would bo made should the marines actually be landed. It is now pretty well understood that Minister Willis is instructed not to land marines and adopt a policy of force , but to confine himself to to a conciliatory policy. There is not near as much faith ns there was n week ago that a conciliatory policy will avail to luduco llio provisional government to yield to the restoration or the ex- queen , and there is excellent authority for Baying that there has never been any inten tion of continuing a hi and support to Liliuo- Ualuni.nftcr her restoration. The concilia tory attitude toward the provisional govern ment , it was hoped , woulu induce it to sus tain the restored queen. AVitntu to Millie It I'nlilic. Secretary Gresham today called on the president and talked upon the subject of giv ing outadditional facts on the situation ns contained Iu the report of Mr. Blount. It is understood that the State department de sires to puollsh this statement , and If it is withhold it will bo because the president deems it bust to do so. If it is made public it will not bo before the urilvalof the next titcnmor from Honolulu. It Is realized that the restoration movement would bo far moro popular if accomplished with the seeming ac- quicscouco of the provisional government , and If the members of that government cn- dorso it by entering the queen's cabinet. Consequently naws from Hawaii Is awaited with moro earnestness by the administration than oven by the put-lie , because It Is felt there is a great deal at stake. CONDr-MNKl ) ItY SUXATOK FKYE. llo Docs Not I.lko the Ailmtulstr.itlon'rt Course Toward Hawaii. BOSTON , Nov. 10. Senator William P.Fryo ot Maine was tendered a complimentary din ner this afternoon by the Blalno eulogy committee. In an Interview ho said the Hawaiian situation was antagonistic to the feelings of most Americans. "Hero is a gioup of Islands , " said ho , "which has boon gravitating toward us for seventy-five years. It Is llko a plum that has been long ripening and at last has fallen Into our I'lp. Are wo now going to rofaso to taka It ? It must bo soon tint If wo now refuse to take it In England will at once bid for It , and th'at in this event , having re jected the annexation ourselves , we can no longer Intervene between the islands and tholr absorption by England , for wo shall have lost the right to intercede. Pearl iHliiiul Il.irlmr. "Twenty years ago wo made a reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands. I was then In tlio souato and concerned in the making of It. They , of course , received ruoro benefit from the treaty than the United Stales. Yuan after the question of revising It came before the ! > oiuto. Senator Kdmunds drew our attention to the fuot that the United States was deriving little benefit from the tieaty , and proposed , ac cordingly , the Insertion of an nrticfo in it coding the harbor of Pearl Island to the United States , This teemed to some of us llko taking an unfair udvnutago of the Inlands , and it was opposed. Senator Ed munds' idea piovailca , however , and the article was inserted , and , of course , ao- ceptod by the Islands. Then came along thu sugar bounties in the Unltod States , which was highly detrimental to that in dustry In the Islands. Tno United States , in short , by this policy , practically broke the treaty and deprived the Sand wich islands of the bonollls which accrued to them through that treaty. Hade \\o \ been dealing with any nation of recognized worth and standing It would have abrogated the reciprocity treaty existing bo- twcon us , and with good reason. The Ha- walluns , however , did not do so. U was un derstood that the session of Pearl island harbor , ono of the most valuable In the world , was for all time. But suppose wcaro now blind enough to throw uway ihoohaiico of annexing the islands , and at tlio same time , or some future tune , sot up the claim to that harbor. Thcro I * not an assembly of nations in the worldIn the face of our having llrst broken the treaty and then thrown over the islands , that would allow us any claim to It Wo plainly lese both tbo Ulaudu and the harbor. ( Mcrlooliott by llio Ncwtuapcrs. "U surprises mo that the newspapers have not taken up this point. The Nicaragua cunul U In tlmo certain to bo carried through hy Iho Tnllcd Slates , but of what vuluo Is the canal to us If the Sandv.leu Islands und Vi'nrl Island harbor ure in the hands of Eng land ! I ho situation would bo unendurable. Another thing U Iho cable whlihould run from BAU Fraudico to Iho iihmlsVo have been trylne for five or six years to secure an appropriation from n democratic committee for this purpose , but without s'tccoss. ' Eng land would gladly run down there from Van couver If she got the chance. " Senator Fryo said ho had lonft known ex- Minister Stevens and know him to bo n worthy anil honorable man. Ho doomed President Cleveland's course a mistake , but said It was plainly based on Commissioner Blount's report. Ho thought Commissioner Blount had not fallen Into the best hands whllo In the islands. His report was scarcely trustworthy or unbiased itself. Ho disliked to think President Cleveland was capable of his ncllon from the moro desire to turn Mr. Harrison's administration down. It is well knowu , howovor. that Socrntary Grcshnm was bitter to want him , ho said. rilDAI AN r.X-OKPIOIAK. \Vllllam II. Arinitroni ; Tilths on the Ilawn- llnti Kltiiitlon. WASHISOTOX , Nov. 10 William II. Arm strong of Hamilton , Yn. , formerly attorney general of the Ilawallan islands , is In thu city. Mr. Armstrong is a brother of the late nener.il Armstrong , for many years In charge of the Indian Instltulo at Hampton. Their parents were missionaries to Poly- nrsln , their mother having died In Honolulu only a year or so ago. When the late ICIng Kulakaua in 1SSO dismissed his ministry In the dead of night to appoint a favorite of his as tireinlcr a mcctlug of tbo citizens de manded the removal of the objectionable minister and the appointment of a ministry of which Mr. Armstrong was a member. Immediately nftcrwntMs the kin ? started on his trip around thu world , on which Mr. Armstrong accompanied him. When ho was asked to glvo his opinion of the Hawaiian iwllcy , Mr. Armstrong replied : "I was just supposing as I came tin the street Just now what would happen when Minister Willis requested of President Dele thn withdrawal ot the provisional govern ment. I think President Uolo would reply in substance : " 'First What euarinty cin you plvo us of our own safety that will bo mido good by the United States ? " 'Second Ilow will you guard against a general massacre of the whites by tlio natives ? Have you authority to insure the protection of lives of the inh ibltants ? "Third Are you nuthori/cd to guarantee the payment of the debt wo have contracted If wo resign ? ' "I think , then."continued Mr. Armstrong , "that Minister Willis will reply ho has no authority to muko such guaranties on behalf - half of the United States. President Dole will then reply. 1 think : 'Go back to your government , then , nnd find out what they expect to do on thaso Important paints. Wo cannot treat with jou until we know.1 uoi.t'irs Ho Ililiika the rrexliln'nt's I'oiltlaiu | r Ito- ported Uorroctly. U U-iw.irrixntod. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. Upon baing asked by nn Associated press reporter for his opinion upon the attitulo of the administra tion toward Hawaii , Senator DDlph slid ho did not wish to bo quoted as criticising tlio administration , becausa of his mmnbirahlp of the foreign relations committee. He thought ho had fully doflucd his position in a speech made toward the close of the Fifty-second congress , soon after the re ceipt of the news of the revolution in Hawaii. In which ho advocated annexation , and said at the first opportunity after the assembling of congress in December ho would again tnko occasion to express his views upon tlio question. "Tho present government of Hawaii , " ho continued , "is an existing government , rec ognized by foreign powers , and it would up- near as though an attempt to overthrow II might bo an act of hostility on ttio part o ! the administration toward a friendly pov- eminent , unexampled in our history , and un warranted by the constitution. If the policy of the administration should glvo control ol these islands to n European power it wouli be scarcely less injurious to our countrv than the action of Cleveland eight years ago in withdrawing from the sanato the Nicaragua canal treaty. " AV1LL U US 1ST WITH AK.US. Attorney Guncr.il or tlio Provisional Gov crniniiit Write * Ills Srntlinrnt. CniiAU lUl'los , la. , Nov. 10. Tonight Wll Ham Wnterhouso of this city , member of th Wuterhotlso family , which has largo com morciai Interests Iu the Hawaiian islands , received n letter from W. O. Smith , at torney general of the provisional gov ernment , In which ho said : "Whllo wo are all waiting and a few of the supporters of the provisional government are restless , thcra Is a deep and abiding re sentment acainst returning to monarchy and a determination to maintain a government that will not DO suppressed und will show Itself iu armed resistance whenever occasion culls. As the time passes the overwhelming portion of the intelligent element of the com- munlty manifests moro and more that It will not submit to a return of tbo ] old order of things. " Mr. Watcrhouso leaves tomorrow for the Islands. > _ _ _ _ _ _ Whnt nn livening r.-ipor Says. WASIIISOTOS , Nov. 10. The Evening Star says : In anticipation of the condition of affairs which would nrlso should the pro visional government give Mr. Willis his passports , the administration adopted tlio extraordinary course of providing him with an independent authority to command the naval forces of thu United States In the harbor of Honolulu. Under the rules of International law , Mr. Willis would not bo minister if his passports were given him by the provisional government and he would have no nuthoritv to call on the naval forces of this country for anv purpose whatever. To guard against this contingency , orders to the commanding officer of the naval forces were given him , signed by the president of the United States , directing ttio command ing otllcor to obey any orders coining from Mr , Willis , regardless of his ofllcial relation to the Hawaiian government. TO i'KOTKVT Till ! I'Ulll.W. Clmlrman of tliu AnU-Trnal Committee Will CimfV'r Midi Cleveland. CHICAGO , Nov. 10. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bcu ] Mr. Edward Itosawater of Omaha came to Chicago today on his way to Washington and the oast. The business which calls him to the national capital haste to do mainly with the furtherance of tlio alms and objects which brought about the anti-trust convention hero last summer. At Washington Mr. Ilosewatcr , who is chairman of tha committee named by the convention , will bo joined by Congressman Tawnoy of Minnesota , nnd they will call upon President Clovolund. Mr. Hosowater will urge the president to Incorporate in his forthcoming message to congress u recom mendation for the establishment of a bureau of supervision and control over corporations engaged In Interstate commerce , iho idea being to have n national bureau for the registration of all stocks und bonds , with a view to preventing any fictitious values. Mr. ij oivalor , acting in his capacity as iinofUccrof the Old Time Telegraphers ns- EO'tlallon. will also brln ? the attention of the president to the fact that next spring occurs the fiftieth anniversary ot the trans mission of tlio iir.it telegraph tncssngo bo- twonn Baltlmoio and Washington , and that Inasmuch us the first telegraph line was erected and operated under government supervision , congress should rcco nho the jubllocanniversary insomo befitting manner. .It is possible n celebration muy bo ar ranged In which Miss Ellsworth , daughter of ( ho then commissioner of patents , ant who pressed the key that completed the clicult between Baltimore nndVnshlnjfton. . will taho part. The lady Is now about 7i years of age. Balttuioro and the state o : Maryland will tako.i conspicuous part in the ceremonies , the city being the terminal of the line over which the flrat it-lcgraphlo dis patch was sent. VARNINCS FROM THE SOUTH ts Democracy Will Hot Stand the Test of -Unfavorable Tariff legislation. PROTESTS AGAINST RADICAL CHANGES loal qnil Iron Mm nnd former * of Ditto Uunt Their Intorcits 1'rnlcctcil Yeatcr- diiy's Henrlng * lie-fore tlio Way * nnd MUIIIU Committee. Nov. 10. The now south sounded a warning to the ways and means committee today. It came from the manufacturing * facturing Interests of Alabama and Ten nessee , whole representatives received a formal hearing by Chairman Wilson some lays ago , and who today secured the pnvl- ego of making an Informal argument before the democratic members of the committee. As the delegations present were also demo cratic in politics the confcrenco wts very nmtcahla until near the close , when the chief spokesman of the southerners broadly intimated that If Iron ere , coal , lumber , rice ind sugar were all to bo placed on the free 1st under a democratic administration "tho democrats of the south might cease to itlss the hand that smites them. " All Mnuncli Uumncr.itB. The delegation which toJay appeared uoforo the committee is Interested specially in the iron oru and coal Industries , the great manufacturing commodities of the south , and was composed of V. G. Bush , president of the Mobile & Birmingham railroad , nnd of the Clifton Iron company ; Nat Baxter , jr. , president of the Tennessee Coal , Iron and Hill way company ; Colonel Mcllroy , president of the Alabama Mineral Land company ; B. F. Moore , president of tno Birmingham Comnicrclalclub : Chappoll Cory , secretary of the Birmingham Commer cial club ; F. Y. Anderson , land commissioner of the Alabama Great Southern railway , and Dr. William M. Phillips of the Tennes see Coal , Iron and Hallway company. Mr. Bush acted as spokesman of the dole- Ration. Ho declared that ho believed that it was not the intention of the democratic national committee in Chicago in training its platforn to declare n policy which would prove ruinous to anv of the great Interests of the country. Neither did ho believe that it was the intention either of the urestdunt or the committee to willfully do any such injustice. "You can base your arguments , " inter rupted Chairman Wilson , "on tno hy pothesis that neither does the committee nor the democratic administration desire to do anything to endanger any of the great Interests of the country. " ' I ain glad of it , " said the speaker. Untercit n Vigorous 1'rotett. Continuing , ho protested against the In justice of placing iron ore or coal on the'free list. The protection on iron ere and coal had grid Ironed Alabama with railroads nnd developed these industries until Alabama annually produced 1,000,000 tons of pig iron and 5,000,000 tons of coal. ' In case of free ore , where would you bo benefited by it , nnu where would it como in competition with you ? " asked Mr. Wilson. "Wo would bs cut out of any sale of iron in the eastern stites. The effect would bo to restrict our market to tlio south nud exclude - cludo us from the eastern markets , uhoro wo would have to meet the low competition 'of Cuban and Spanish oro. " ' If this committee , as reported. " con tinued Mr. Bush , "is to put lumbor. nco and sugar , coal and iron ere on the free list , then the south might as well give up. It would be the death blow to southern pros perity. " In conclusion Mr. Bush made a strong ap peal. "Wo are not politicians , " said he. "We arc plain business nion. Wo nro demo crats from principle and \vo certainly do not. expect to suffer in the house of our friends. If we do it is a natural question to usk how long will wo continue to kiss the hand that smites us ? If you bring'In your bill with these articles on the free list , you will , I think , have every democratic senator ana representative from Alabama opoosod to it. " President Nat Baxter of the Temiusseo Coal , Irou und Hallway companv followed In in argument covering substantially the same points made by Mr. Bush. Southern Farmers Object. A delegation representing the Churchland grange of Norfolu , Va. , had a conference 'vlth the committee nnd argued for tlio re- ention of the present duty of-5 cents a jushcl on foreign-grown potatoes. It is said that Senator White of Louisiana will oppose with great vigor the purpose to > ut a tax back on sugar and bolish the mgar bounty. Ho assorts that the tariff wllcy winch is being formulated will dis- ruot the democratic party. Ho takes great pride In the improvement in production of sugar in Louisiana under the operation of the bounty , both in quantity nnd quality , the : n-ocess adopted having resulted in n great .tnprovcmcut In the quality of sugar pro duced. WILL MON UC OUT. Tnrltt" Hill U Almost Itc.idy to bo Reported by llio Commuter. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. It Is the hopfe of the democratic members of the ways and means committee to be aolo to report their now tariff bill to the pjblio about the close of next week. The popular pressure Is so very great for information on the subject and the importunities of the Interests af fected for changes In the bill so embarrass ing that It has been dctoramiQj to settle all points upou which there is uncertainty as soon as possible. For this purpose a series of conferences of the full membership ot the committee began today and the work of the subcommittees is to bo submitted and finally passed upon by the cntlro membership. Upon the vexed questions concerning which the subcommittco has been unoj > lu to arrlvo at u definite conclusion the principal discussion of the members will ba first alrostod. Among those problems arc Income tax and internal revenue schemes and the principal additions to the free list. Thcro is a differ ence of opinion among democratic members over adding Iron ere , coal and salt to the free list , and the discussion Is sharp as to the wisdom of such action. Free wool , free lumber and free cottoa bagging seemed assured - surod , but thcro Is oven smo dispute on these points. The Alabama democrats are up In ur.ms against putting coal and iron ere on the free lUt und still demand that their appeals to the committee stiiUl bs heard. The Internal rovouuo schedules will not bo so radically revised as wai at ouo tlmo sup > posed , Tlio proposition of Hon. David A. Wells to double the tux on bcur is hotly op posed by the bivwcra and docs not ceoui to have been received favorably by the nooplo. The brewers nro Insisting that If any changes are to b ? nuidu the increase should bo levied on whisky , nnd tills seems to bo ttio most Hkch policy ut thv present tlmo. ThU sug gestion of an Increase of CO cents a gallon on the whisky tax has come souiowhat as u surprise , as until recently iho highest in crease generally discussed only uiMod US cents pur gallon to the present tariff. TUu practical abandonment of the proposition to incrcuso the tobacco tax loaves but lUtlo clioico if any material Increase of revenue is to bo derived from internal revenue Bchadulcs , and the objection to addlu ; any thing to ttio present tobacco Ux has been so sharp und emphatic that faw democratic members now ( five it any public approval. llrjMii tinil uu Income Tax. The most vexed question to bo settled by the scries of conferences of iho full demo cratic mem ticis is that of a graduated In- coma tax , Messrs Bryan of Nooruska and Tursuuy of Missouri uro the principal cham pions ot this proposition In the committee und they appear in n fnlrtrny to carry their ideas to practical results. " 1 do not believe , " sild * Mr. Bryan today , "thixt a material reduction can bo made in the tariff without creating a deficit which it will at once become necessary to meet in some extraordinary way. Au Increase in internal icvcnuo , Milllclont to mnlto good the deficit , would have to bo very heavy indeed. Aulncrcasoln internal revenue duties on tobacco or beer is an increase in the ourdon on the poorer classes of people who tilrc.illy bear the largest share of the bunions of the government In proportion to their means. A tax on Incomes could ho raised or lowered from year to year according ns the needs of the government required and would to some extent compensate for the inequalities of indirect taxation. I think It would bo just , because it would subject pcoplo to taxation In proportion to their own moans of paying and in proportion to the advantages wnlch they receive Iu the way of property protec tion from the government. The justice ot It commends It almost without exception to writers on political economy , and the nzht to levy tha tax has already been established by our supreme court. Such n tax will bo demanded by the farmers and laborers gen erally , and would , In my opinion , bo the most popular tax that could be made. Ituould also have the advantage of making the wealthy rlasscs favor economical govern ment when they saw and felt tlio distribu tion of federal expensed. 1 believe the tariff oui ht to bo rofonuod In accordance with the pledges of the ivitlonal platform nnd the ad dition of nn Incotio ; tux to a tariff for revenue would be acceptable to a large majority of our people. 1 am. tnerefore. very anxious that this tax should bo made u part of our liseal system. " * * 'Must lln n Grndnntoil Tnx. "Do you favor a graduated Income tax ? " "Yes ; nearly all countries which have nn Income tax at all have a graded tax , some having fewer classes than others. In Eng land they have tlirccclasses these who pay nothing , those who are allowed a certain de duction and those who are taxed the full amount. In Prussia there Is a still larger number of classes.'o had a certain ex empted class and two rates of taxation , ac cording to the sire of the income , under the law in force during and after the war. I am not contentious about ii particular rate or us to any of the details of the plan. On such a subject there must Necessarily bo a coiunro- mise of opinion In order to reach some satis factory-basis. 1 would llko to have J3OOD or $ -1,000 exempted from taxation and the rate to begin as low as 2 per cent and increase to ft on ono class and 10 on another. The most difficult matter is in connection with the ad ministration of the account. " "How would you have the collection made ? " "In this way : Instead of having the as sessor go to each man. as lias been the cus tom , I think it would bq'wcll to compel the individual to inako hU return to some desig nated officer. In this way iho man who fins no income tax to pay would have no annoy ance , and the man who jias would avoid all annoyance by complying-with the law. The objection to an income tax has been urged mainly by those who had it to pay and some times by these who. were not taxable , but were annoyed bv the oftlcial inquiries. Prussia has recently changed her laws so as to compel the filing otaistatomcnt by the in- dlviuual In the place of this old system ot sending a man to assossl I think the policy of ait income tax shouldjbo ndoplol by the committee und the democratic party. In the liouso there is a strong clement demanding it , and they will not b'q ' satisfied witti the tariff bill of the committee if it docs not contain this provision. " I'lcii of Aluminium Moil. t * The aluminium manufacturers nro opposed to any reduction on Imports of the metal. Under the McKlnley'bftl a tariff of 8 cents per package of 100 Ieav6s.und 2 per cent ad valorem was the duty ( in imported alumin ium , and since that tlmo tbo manufacturer in this countrv has been stimulated and over $100,003 are now suia to be invested in this industry in the United States. The manufacturers contend that no one can dis pute that it Is an infant industry of that class which the democrats themselves have conceded to bo entitled to protection , and in an open letter which has been addressed to ttio ways und means committee , they make the following representations : 1'or many ycais aluminium und metal leaf , butter knowu aj tlio Dutch leaf , lias bu'Cti Im ported fiom tlio Netherlands. The demand of lulu yoais lias steadily increased , nnd when llio piciont tariff went info nITuct. a special duty oJ Scents per pacKiisu of 100 Icuve-i and a pur cent ml valorem on tlio Imported jjoods , wo weio able , and not until then , topioduco tbo goods in America equtil in every respect to any of the foretell production. The tariff has stimulated theno manufacturer : ) mid com petition by American limnufiiuturors lias ru- durcu tlio price from 1 to 20 nor cunt. Tlio Industry at preifint. Is In a flourishing condition , and wo rurjOitly ask you to con tinue tlio tarllT on this product , for should ft bo dropped llio ludustiy would bs positively destroyed. At present It gives omployinont to fiom 300 to 400 persons thulr wasos ranging from JOOO lo * 2OUU , skilled laborers imnilnj ; from tl'A to $30 pjr wcuK' , uiiiUillod from { 0 to J3. The writes in ( juiinanv average from M to CO percent less for tlio same orlc. The capital Invested In tin ImUutry amounts to fiom ilOU.OOO to $120,000. Kaw Mult-rl.il Coiuvs from CJorminy. Tlio materials entering Into the composition ot tlio Dutch mottit uro chiefly coimurInc. . nnllmony und tin. TIu raw material called for , or cupping composed of tlio ubovu metals , li.ljiiporlcct fiom Uornmnv , with u duty on the samu of 45 per cent aq valorem. This foil re quires two beatings fieri ! haforo It Is thin enough for thu inut kot. Tliu ingredients com posing tbo foil aru for Iho moM pail native hero , but notanouiir-Oof Amurlcnti metal noes Into ilia Imported full , although ot u superior quality. Continue thuuxlstlns tarllTand our raw material , or foil , can and will bo made fiuin nativu metals , thus eimblln ? U4 to .still further reduce thu co-itof the HuUhud product In the homo market. . The lusults thus far obtained encourage us to bullovo that under tlio protection of the c.\M- liiK tariff wo wllljju nbin to udvarico inachlni ) heat In ; ; so that wo will ba able to compute with forolgnoH by Inorua&Ine our output per iiiiin ssUlllclunt to offset the difTerenco In wanes lioro mid abroad In our' product. Wo only add that \vn iiarnestly dcslro that , the uxUlhu turin'now fivtliurlng our Infant Industry mu > houlloued to cnntlnn-J H" niotectlon unmo- lusted until Mich Hint ! us wo ( iruallu to pro- tectournulvosuKalimchoup labor abroad by American Ingenuity. CAU.tUUM.lNY IIU.UOIW. New Vorlc Trip of tlio I'rcMdotit Occasions Much btirciiliUlou In WiusliiiiKtou. \YASUISOTOX , Nov. 10. President Cleveland - land , accompanied by Secretary Lament , arrived In Washington at 845 ; this morning over the Pennsylvivulii road. Tl.o president was nt once driven to ( the white , house und Secretary Lament to his home. The presi dent has not looked m botlcr health slnco his first Inauguration than when ho alighted from the train. Ills stop was firm and elas tic and his appcaraicfe ) unusually cheerful , But for some reason or other the employes about the wlilto houjo endeavored to main tain an air of mystery and secrecy regardIng - Ing the return ot tbo jirasUent. It was so when he dopar'-od aid | also whllo ho was gene , and BO it was that 6trango und un wholesome rumors began to circulate. The majority of tha rumors hud It that thu president had gone to have n surgical operation performed , or that his jaw bono was diseased. But it is scarcely probable that an 111 man would travel several hundred milea 19 have an operation per formed when the surgeon could bo brought to Washington and thus avoid disagreeable night journeys. It was said that ho was ac companied by Mr. Gilder of the Century Magazlna , but If ho was , the fact could not bo ascertained at the executive mansion , Immediately after the president's return he retired to his private cilice with hla private secretary. Mr. Thurbsr , and all vis itors wortideiilrd admittance , llo began his work at the white liouso as if much bene fited by a day's rest from executive toll. It la said at the whlto house that the president desired to clear up the accumulated business this morning bsforo taking up some pending appointments. At the whlto. Housp the subject of real estate - tate speculation by the president wus treated with contempt , and Secretary La ment , who accompanied the presi dent to i\cw York and returned with him , authorized the statement th'at 'kCONTJa : u OS SECOND l'iOE. | WORK FOR THE REICHSTAG Germany's ' Parliament Meet ? Again With Much Important Matter Ahead. EMPEROR WILLIAM OPENS THE SESSION rinnncliil Itrlntlnm of tlin Kmnlro wltli the Imlivliliml State * to Ho Ailii'tcil | Outline of Utlicr Measures to llo Urolith ! r.irwunl. Bcnux , Nov. 10. Kniporor Wllllim for mally opened the Uclchstag today , and made a speech of great interest to Oornnny and to these Interested in Herman affairs. Only about IftO members of the Uelehstatr were present. After prayers the members of the Kotchstag assembled In the white hall of the old castle , where the emperor , attended by his suite and by the high olllclals of stale and the court oQlcl.Us , soon entered and as cended the dais. The members of the fed eral council , headid by Chancellor von Caprlvl , called for three cheers for the cm- poror. The emperor bowed In reply and read his speech , which was heard in oil parts of the hall. Ho said : "Iloxour. ! ) GCXTI.IMCX : When in July of this year I assembled you about mo , I ir.ivo expression to my confidence that you would not refuse me and my exalted position co operation in giving to our army system the development demanded In the interest of the empire's security. I rejoice that my con fidence was not disappointed and while I welcome you on your meeting day , I fool It incumbent upon mo to express to the Ucichs- tag m\- imperial thanks for its patriotic willingness. "The mnul'old proof of warm support over which wo have had occasion to rejoice dur ing the last few months In different parts of our empire nro to us a pledge of that ctrcat satisfaction felt by the nation that the Gor man army has obtained organization in which is to bo found n guaranty of protec tion for the Fatherland and for the preserva tion of pence. "It will no.v bo your chief task to make provision in associated labor with allied gov ernments for procuring the means required to meet Increased needs arising out of the addition madu to the peace effective of the army. The proposals which will bo submit ted to you In this connection rest on the broad foundation involving a fresh settle ment of the financial relations of the empire with its members. Suttlcinont Cannot llo 1'ostputiod , "Tno financial administration of the empire has not yet been regulated In the sense of the imperial constitution. ISxuerieuco has hith erto proved that the settlement between tlio empire anit the Individual states cannot bo postponed any longer. The financial system of the empire must bo built in such a way that when the present afllliations aio ended the empire's demands upon the several states are placed in permanent proportion to the sums payable by or to the states and a share Cxcd by law in the revenue of the empire itself must bo secured to the indi vidual states for a considerable period. Such arrangement , harmonizing with the federa tive .form of our state system , will secure the undisturbed co-upcration of the bmplro and the several states and without impair ing thoright of the Reichstag will greatly facilitate iho administration. "To this end a bill will bo submitted pro viding fora rearrangement of the financial system of the empire , and to furnish the funds required under this reform bills will bo presented relating to tno taxation ot tobacco und wine and the levying of Imperial stamps. "I have no doubt but that your devoted co-operation will succeed iu accomplishing this momentous task und , In consideration of the present financial condition of the em pire , the imperial budget has booff drawn up with the utmost regard for economy. "Tho expectation , cherished nt the tlmo of the conclusion of the commercial treaties between the empire and Austria-Hungary , Italy , Belgium und Switzerland , tnat. they would also form a connecting uoint for the regulation by treaty of our commercial rela tions with other states , lias since been ful filled insofar that wo have succeed in ar ranging new commercial treaties with Spain , Uoumanln and Servla on a basis created by these conventions. Treaties with these countries giving to our trade the desired stability and possibility of prosperous ex pansion will bo submitted for your sanction iu accordance with the constitution. Cuncernlns l'orclii | Allaire. "In accord with my exalted allies I found myself obliged to raise tlio Russian import duties to an unusually exalted degree , and ordinances will bo presented to yon. I in dulge In a hope that the pending negotia tions with Russia will lead to the abrogation of these measures , "Thanks to the vigorous efforts of the allied governments the devastating ouidornio which In 18D3 claimed heavy and pain ful sacrifices has since then been iept at u distance. Where isolated cases occurred n spread of the disease has been prevented. To turn to moro effectual nso the actual experience gained and to inako the prevention permanent und uniform Is the purpose of u bill which will bo submitted to you. "Tho accomplishment of the tasks Im- noscd upon you In the domain of financial and political economy makes largo demands upon your powers of work , und the allied governments have doomed It wlso to re strict , so far as possible , bills upon other matters. " "In tno relations between Germany and foreign countries there has been no chango. While the close friendship with tlio empires allied to us for the purpose of pursuing com mon , peaceful objects continues , wo stand on general friendly relations with all the powers , and I therefore cherish the confident hope that with God's help the blosbings of ponce may still continue to bo preserved to US. " This last passage in the emperor's speech was loudly applauded. At the conclusion of the emperor's remarks. Chancellor yon Ca prlvl declared the session of the Reichstag open , and the ceremony closed with renewed cheers 'or the emperor , LOST IN THIS PJIOKK.V NO11TH. JUIIe of the Sm-dUli Explorer IIJorlliiK Pound by tlio Whaler Aurora. DUNDEE , Nov. 10 , Captain Mackay of tlio whaling vessel Aurora , describing the dis covery in the Arctic regions of the relics of tlio Swedish explorer BJorllng , says ho had forced his way through Molvilto bay und en tered Smith sound when , on Junn 17 , from the musthoud of his vessel the wreck of a schooner was described on the southeast coast of Carey island. Ho sent a searching party ashore in charge of Dr. Allen und they found the schooner was the Rlpplo. She was lying broadsldo to , almost encased in ico. In addition to the cairns which were found tlio party came across a trunk , which contained mstrumcnts , notes and diaries , all of which were forwarded to the Swedish authorities. Thera was also found a letter addressed to Rov. Or. Harvey of Newfound- liud , which was forwanloi to that gentle man , ItoyiU Woililinu at Munich. MUNICH , Nov. 10. The marriage of Arch duke Joseph Augustin of Austria and Prin cess Augusta of Uavarla. granddaughter of Emperor Francis Joseph , was solemnized hero yesterday with all the possible aplendor of a court ceremony. . \Vuut tlio Duty na Their Vlnm Koilnccil. Puns , Nov. 10. Adolph Turoll , deputy from the department Of Auiic , has written to the minister of commerce representing that a reduction of American duties on French \\iuos could bo obtained If it could Do proved the wines exported were not wlnos of luxury , but wines for popular consump tion. tion.M. M. Turoll urees the minister to draw up n detailed table , chin * the production of Trench wines and their cost , which M. Turoll Is confident would Induce America to reduce the duties on French wluos. whoso purity is guaranteed by certificates of origin , IT.IXOTO i > * sTii.ii ci > M-iiisr. : HU .Mini.tor of the Interior DrrHro * Hint the sltiiiitlon Is Unrlninuril. { CnpurlyMcil ISri lij Jumn floiil in Ittnntlt , ] Rio nc JVNUIIIO , Brazil ( via Gatvonon , Tex. ) , Nov. 10. [ Hy Moxlcin Oablo to the New York Hurald-Speclal to Tun Bun.1- . President Pelxoto of Brazil amln announces to the world , through the Herald , the situa tion of affairs In that republic. Tlta mcssigo from the Brazilian minister of foreign affairs Is herewith published : lii ! ) UP..lANF.nu ) , Nov. 1C. To the Editor of tlio lloruld ! Tliu situation Is tha satuo.Inco the Init cahU'sniiu. Yesterday bulnjt the fourtli anniversary of tlio proclamation of the icpubltc , tlio piosldont received coiiRratuhi- tlotHfiom the governors ot all thu status , i-anta Cathcrhm alone o\cnptud. MlMSTElt iNTKIlinil. Santa Cathnrlna'Is the state which has seceded from the Brazilian federation. Des- terre Is Its capital. Admiral Saidana da Gatna has assumed command of thu rebel fleet. Ho has assured Admiral Molio that he will direct the opera tion of tlio revolutionary forces In Rio Grande do Sul. There was -nn Incident In the harbor of Rio do Janeiro yesterday which almost pre cipitated a conlllct between Fort Santa Cruz and Iho KngliMi squadron. Tlio British steamer Nile was making for the harbor , but the gunn of the fort Impeded her. The English warship Bcaglo was noti fied and convoyed the Nllo In. She was ready to flro on the fort at the first biun of hostility. Under protection of the Brajrlo the Nile was permitted to enter wltiiotit further trouble. GfATEMAiA ( via Galvcston , Tex. ) , Nov. 10 , [ By Mexican Cable to the Now York Herald Special to Tin : Bcc.J T ouis F. Mcnagck , the Minneapolis embezzler , has not yet been arrested. Ho has benn living hero under the name of Miller , but haslctt the house where ho lias been staying. It Is thoueht ho has loft tlio country. United Mutes Vlco CmiiUl Imprisoned. MONTEVIDEO , Uruguay ( via Galvcston , Tex. ) , Nov. 10. [ By Mexican Cabto to the New York Herald Special to Tun Bnt.1' The Herald's correspondent in Rio Grande do Sul sends word that Robert Grant , United States vice consul , has been made a prisoner by the revolutionists. Ho was arrested dur ing the sitirmish between the government troops and General Saralva yesterday and Is now confined on board the revolutionary steamer Iris , which is oil Dcstcrro. Tlio only crime of which he is accused , so far .is I can learn , is that ho did not favor the revolutionists. IX A HUKN1XO MING. Horrible I rate Which A waits fifty-Two nngllfili-Miners. IxNDox , Nov. 10. The explosion of n pnrafthio lamp In the engine room of the Summorlio-Kirkwood mlno at Alrdrle , in tlio county of Lanark , Scotland , sot lire to two ot the shafts. It was an idle day , und only fifty-two of the 500 men usually cm- ployed were on duty. These fifty-two are entombed it the pit , and are in danger of being suffocated , as the ventilating fans are stopped. There is n scarcity of water , and the firemen arc almost helpless , The flames from the burning mine , assisted by a fierce gale , illuminate the entire district. Tlio wives and relatives of the Imprisoned miners surround the mouth of the pit , and arc making piteous appeals to the men to make attempt at rescue. WHO WILL , in : TIII : THIRD ? Itussln Appirontly Anxiona to Ma Ice Ilur New Allmnnu a Proilmml. LONDON , Nov. 10. Tlio correspondent of thciDaily Telegraph at St. Petersburg saysja number of sensational rumors are in circula tion thorn. Ono Is that Greece is willing to sell the island of Mlle or the island of Pnros to Russia for a pecuniary consideration , and that Greece Is also willing to join tno Russo- Frcnoh alliance. Another statement Is that Russia hopes to detach Italy from the Triple Alliance by the possession of a licet In the Mediterranean. Yet another has It thai Germany and Austria might bo induced to join Russia in n coalition ngnhnt England on the policy inaupuratud by Prince Bismarck. Frcurli KiiillculH Organize ) . PAWS , Nov. 10. A meotingof radicals was hold in the Palais Bourbon last night. A hundred persons were present , Includlmr M Gobcl , Bourgeois , Pollotan and Urisson Nona of the socialist members of. the Cham ber of Deputies were present. M. .Tu'ion ' said 1C was intended to form a group iu tha Chamber with a program whicn would include a progressive Income tax , the diminution of Indirect taxation , n pension fund for worklngmen , the reform of the civil und legal procedure and thu revision of tlio constitution Iu tlio direction of giving the sonata n mcro suspensory vote in the place of the veto. A committee was ap pointed to organise the party. Mulcu Him u PorRrr. Bcnux , Nov. 10. Hcrr Voght , a socialist writer , Inn been sentenced ton year's im prisonment on account of nn article which ho wrote UBsertlns that Prince Bismarck had falsified tlo | famous Kins dispatch which led to the war of 18TO. The tribunal do- dared ho regarded It as established that Prince Bis.ni.1rck freely translated the dis patch , but that Prlncq Bismarck converted "bugle iioto for capitulation" Into "trumpet call lor chargo" In order to force a declara tion of war. It was not , however , aciordlug to the ruling , permitted to call the diplomat a forger on that account. Jew * Curlnir for Their Poor. LONDON , Nov. 10. Tlio annual meotingof the committee ? of the various Jewish socie ties in London was held lust ovonhlg. Sir Julian Goldsmld , member of Parliament , announced that no favorable change had taken place In the condition of nniiirs In Russia. The Influx of Jewish refugees into ICngland had dhiiinlsned souiowhat and this fact had made it posbiblo to clvo greater attention to those who had already arrived , Every effort u as being made to Anglicize them and inako thorn self-supporting , by tlio 1'ope. ROME , Nov. 10. The pope received 1OOU , Lombarilos and Viennese pilgrims today at St. Peters' . The assembly included tlio grand duchess , Catherine , iof Russia. The pope officiated at the tnabs , after which tlio leader of llio pllgrimh proscntou an address to his holiness. Tliu pope's reply , which was read by ono of tbo cardinals , contained the rcmartc that the holy father has protested against iho charge tliat ho was the cnemv of Italy and described thu accusation as ini- pudou ; calumny. \Vliu.tt Crop , ST. PETEitsiii'ito , Nov. 10 , The estimates of thu minister of agriculture upon the Husslan crops of 1803 have been Issued. They are in tcherlovorts , equal to about five nnd one-half bushels , as lolloivs * . Kyo. 18,074,000 , an Increase oft 10,0 1.000 o\or the uvcrio. ( Summer wheat , W)5IJJ,5WJ1 an la- crcasoof 15,727i < MJ. Winter wheat , H , CfiS- 600 , an Im-reuso of S.WO.SCO. Oats , 117,18V Wy ) , an iiurcaso of iil.UlU.oiK ) . Uarley10 , . Hi.OOO , ail Increase of la.'JOT.bO'J , ALL BUT ITS OBJECT Dynnmlto Hurled by Mirsaillcs AnaroMsts Destroys Muoli Government Properly , PLOT THAT ONLY PARTLY SUCCEEDED General Mntholin of the Fifteenth Army Corps the Intoudocl Victim , DEVILISH INGENUITY WAS DISPLAYED cries of Giant Powder Oartrhlgoi Arrange ! to Explode in Succession. LIVES OF SCHOOL CHILDREN EXPOSED hrinlnnry for OlrU .Niiitiiln * the Mogt Serious DumitKii Only Ono of the ChargcR Wont ( > ir \VriiUKlit. MAIISCIM.CS , Nov. 10. A dastardly at tempt was made to blow up Iho residence of General Muthclln , coiuinaiulcr of the Fifteenth army corps , about midnight lust night. The house occupied by Gunoral Muthollti is surrounded by a high wall , into which senjry boxes nro built. It Is the ofllclal residence of the general of the division , commanding the Fifteenth army corps , which includes In it's jurisdiction the Ixvor Alps , the Maritime Alps , the Benches du Ulione , Corsica , Card , Vnucluso and Mar- BBiltcs , Into the small nlclios , or sentry boxes , u number of llttlo cases of dynamite were placed and , in addition , ono case of dyiiamlio was placed in a room adjoining the apartments occupied by the general , which is used by the orderlies of the com mander of the Fifteenth army corns , who there await his summons. In some manner , not yet explained , the case of dynamite placed In the orderlies' room exploded at about midnight with a loud report , shattering the walls' and hurling a mass of debris into the guard room without , however , injuring the orderlies or hurting any of the soldiers in the guard room. Every pane of glass in tlio general's liouso ami in adjoining houses was smashed by the force of the concussion , and the girls1 school and Octroi buildings , opposite the general's resi dence , were especially dan.agcd. Whuro tlia hvliumn 'nllciil. In addition , a bomb was discovered In ofi\A of the passages of. the general's house , and it is bolloved that the conspirators were under the impression that the explosion of the first case of dynamite would bo sufficient to explode the bomb found In the passage as well as the cases of dynamite placed in the sentry boxes. Had those successive explo sions taken place they would have reduced the general's residence to a heap of bricks , and would have killed every person beneath its roof , besides destroying the girls' school and its inmates as well as the Octroi build ings. It anpears that lor several years past no soutriQ ! ) have been btaUoncti about the ofll clal residence of the general In command of the division , as the state of quiet which has prevailed at Marseilles dil not warrant tak ing the precautions which are always adopted when the city is in a , disturbed state. Some idea of the force of the explosion and the mlr.iculous oscapa of the orderlies and soldiers in the guard room , to say noth ing of the girla In Iho school opposlta and of the Octroi ofUcials , may bo formed from the fact that the effects of the explosion were felt a inlht frJln the spot where It took place , fho director of the Octroi , the ofllcial who levies a toll or tax on articles of food which pass the barriers or cntr.uices of the town , was lying in bed when the case of dynamite exploded , and was awakened by the cxuloslon mid by a shower of glass and plaster which fell upon his face. Miiy Huvu Hi-en Iho StrlliorH. An Italian who was seen sitting opposite the poneral's house Into yesterday evening has been arrested upon suspicion of bjlnjc connected with the conspiracy. It is not by any moans certain , however , that the plot Is of 'Italian origin. There arc people who bellovo that the explosion was the work of the most hot hcado'l of the horse car utrlko agitators , who are known to have been feeling bitter against the military author ities for the support which they gnvo the street car companies during the strike when the streets were patrolled by hussars or in fantry and when each car of the company when enabled to run was cscoriod by from six to 4 dozen hussars. The police nro actively outraged in. Investi gating the explosion , and it 11 undcratooJ a number of arrests will bo tuado during tha day , The soldiers composing the garrison of Marseilles are very much excited at the at tempt rnado upon the life of General Matho- lln and there Is llttlo doubt that this feeling would load them to inako short work of any anarchist or d.vnutnlto conspirator who maybe bo caught prowling about the r/ubllo build ings.A . A report of the affair lias boon telegraphed to the French government and It Is under stood that Rcvoral government ofllclals , whoso departments nro interested in the investigation , have ordered that the most complete report possible bo forwarded to Paris. Crowds nro all nround the damaged build iii'3 , this morning , but they are kept back by a cordon of troops as the general in com mand will not allow any stranger to approach preach the scene of ttio explosion until the officers have finished their Investigation. The utmost indignation is expressed against thonuthorjof thn cxplor.lon , and hopes are expressed on all sides that all concerned in the conspiracy may soon bo arrested and made to pay the uxtrcu.0 penalty of their crime. It has Just coma to light that the police ha o arrested forty anaiuhlots during the day , Including ten foroigdcrs. THINK 'iiuv II.YVI ; HIM. French Authorities Claim tlio Capture at the llnrct-lon-i IlumhUirowc-r. PAHIB , Nov. 10 , A dispatch from Per- plgnan suys tlio anarchist known as llaualdi , uald to bo an Italian , who was anrstcd there on the supposition that ho was connected with the Itarceloua outrage , turns out to bo a , Spaniard nauiod Uamoii Masse , and It In said that if he Is not tlio author of the liar-