OMAHA DAILY EE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOlJklXG , JANUARY 39 , 1891. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
INCOME TAX BILL
Congressman McMillin of Tunnesee Opens
the Debate in the Hotua ,
HIS ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE
Ita Enactment , He Claims , Will Insure
Justice in Tciation.
U- REPUBLICANS OPPOSE THE SCHEME
Democratic Policy of Past Years Contrasts
with that of tha Pra nt.
REPRESENTATIVE COVERT SPEAKS OUT
Although n Democrat Me Announces Him
self til. Unalterably Oppoicil to the lllll
Olhrr Speakers Election * Law
and Hawaii in the bun ate.
OX , Jan. 29. The general debalo
upon the internal revenue feature of the
tariff bill was entered UK | > n today , but only
one sensational speech was made , that of
Mr. Covert , democrat , of New York , who
announced his unallcraolc opposition to the
entire bill because , in his opinion , It was
framed to compel the Incoriwratlon of a new
tax. Messrs. McMillin of Tennessee nnd
Hall of Kansas ably presented tlio argu
ments in favor of the imposition of such a
lax.
lax.Under
Under the call of the committees for
reports , after the reading of the journal , Mr.
McCreary , chairman of the foreign affairs
committee , reported his resolution express
ing the sense of the- house in the Hawalin
situation. The minority asked leave to sub
mit their views. Upon the completion of
the call , the house went into the committee
of the w hole for the purpose of further con
sideration.
Mr. McMillin of Tennessee , chairman of
the ways and means subcommittee on in
ternal revenue , was immediately recognized ,
and , according to the caucus program , ho
offered as au amendment to the provision
Imposing n tax of $1 per thousand for cigar-
etts. the enlirc internal revenue hill.
When the reading was completed , Mr. Mc
Millin was recognized to open the debate in
favor of tho'amoudment. As ho was about
to begin Mr. Tracey of Xcw York" asked to
reserve all points of order against the
amendment. Messrs. McMillin and Mc
Creary contended that it was too late to
make a point of order , debate upon tne
amendment having been eutcrred upon be
fore the point was made. The cliair over
ruled the point of order and McMillin was
allowed to proceed. "
Mc.UIIIlii's Oncninsr.
"The republican party , " he began"started
out for high protection , then clamored for
high nrotection , nnd-it last under the act of
IBbb reached the highest protection ever
known 'hrre. Uhey ptctcndod first that
it was for the purpose of protection of
infant industries ; but finally they candidly
proclaimed that they wanted to legis
late -for' capital also and they did
It. How Oo you love its fruits ? Are
you satisfied with the kind of prosperity
It has given ! Are you content to obtain the
homo market and cut yourself off from all
the balance of the markets of the world to
enable a few corporations to combine in
trusts and put up prices on the articles that
nro produced here and that am excluded
from coming from other countries by reason
of our excessive ralo of taxation ? Why is
It that in the midst of plenty we are starv-
Ingl Why Is it that when we should bo in
prosperity wo nro in adversity ? Why is It
that nearly 1,000,000 of people are unem
ployed without wages and more people are
bogging for alms at this hour on this conti
nent than ever did bcforo since America was
discovered !
btop the Itolilxry.
"Mr. Chairman , we will not discharge our
duty to the people who suffer , we will not
keep the pledges that wo have made to
them , wo will not deserve that continued
tuoport that the American people have given
to the democrats from time lo time if wo done
no ; , Iiko men , come _ resoluiely lo the dis
charge of these uuiics ana determine , what
ever else occurs , that this robbery shall no
longer bo carried on by operation of law.
I et come what will , wo will reduce this
tariff to a revenue basis ; no will impose
taxes for public purposes nnd not for private
gains or to enable some individuals to accu
mulate private fortunes at the expense of
others. The government of the United
States requires a vast amount of revenue lo
carry on lis various operations. A less fa
vored people could not meet the ex
cessive drain that Is made .for
the purpose of maintaining it.
It requires nearly fS federal taxes imposed
upon every mun , woman and child in the
United States for this uurpose. This is
raised almost exclusively from consumption.
There is a very small part of it that is a tax
upon the wealth of the country.
Tax Wealth > ot 1'otcrtr.
' It is imposed by way of taxes upon ill
spirits lhai enter into drups that nro given
to the people when sick ; on all of the bpirils
that are consumed by them ; nil tobacco that
is used in various forms. But this is only n
portion of it , for the greater part Is obtained
from import duties upon the clolhes the
people wear and the things they must have
for their comfort or existence. It a man
owns $50WXI.OOO or S100.000.003 of property
In the United Slates , us some do , ho pays
only on what ho cats , what ho drinks , what
he wears and Ihc otticr things ho uses. Thu
time has como when this should bo changed.
1 nsk of nny reasonable person whether It is
unjubt to expect that n small percentage of
this enormous revenue shall bo placed upon
the accumulated wealth ol the coun
try instead of placing all upon the
consumption of the country. Is It not
time that great estales which are protected
by our army , which nro defended by our
navy , which are benefited by the various
operations of government , should contribute
In home grwitor doprco to carry on that , gov
ernment through which alone they could
have been accumulated or by which they
nro to bo protected ? The people of the
United States do not ask that all of U shall
bo placed on accumulated wealth , but they
do insist that it is not unrcasouabio or un-
jusi to require that a very small proportion
shall bo. And yet when U is proposed lo
shift this burden from those who cannot
boar to these who can , tn divide it botwccn
consumption and wealth , to shift it
from the laborer , who has nothing but his
power to toll and sweat , to the men who
have n foriunt * made or inherited , we hinir u
hue nnd cr.t raised by some individuals that
It Is unjust unit inquisitorial in its n.ituro
ind should not be adopted.
Only UnVny to Da II.
"Thon wo Insist , Mr. Chairman , tuat It U
lot unroanonablc or unjust that a small p.-rt
If this money should bo collected from this
iccumuiatlon. 1 know of no argument that
la at all conclusive or rational that can be
argod against this form of taxation. I belle -
llo 'o that once It Is Inaugurated u will be n
touix'c from which to draw some of thu vast
revenue that wo need. If we are not to in-
pose any additional tax ou clgarctu-s , as we
So ; if we are not to Impose a tax on playing
rardb , as Is proi > esc < l by us ; If wo are not to
Impose a tax on Inheritances , and if we arc
cot to place any tax upon tha Im-umes In this
country , as this bill provides , or increase the
whUky tax , I wish to know from what
source we nio to pet that deficiency , which
has been clmwtcrlst Icof the revenues for
months phsl and blus fair to bo up tn tht >
snd of tlin present , If not the succeeding ,
( Iscal year
"Mr. C'U lrui D , it bu b n the effort ot
the ways and means committee to so con
struct the bill ns to leave It as fara possible
from this criticism. Unlike the old law. It
does not require a schedule from every cltl-
en. Only these who have 1.003 income
have to nuiko u return. There Is nothing In
this against which nny just man can com
plain There Is nothing to nrouio fear that
any III can fall of It. It Is no lax on bread ,
it is no embargo placed upon prosperity , it Is
no cflort to prevent prosperity. It Is no
death blow aimed at commerce , but it U ( in
effort to In &omo way require each citizen to
contribute to the government in proportion
to what he has. Now let us see * omo of the
advantages tnat will follow it. Today there
are great contentions and strifes among our
people , some fueling that the others do not
contribute their proportional part to the
sunport of the government.
Government unit Liberty Ilnntl In Itnml.
"Mr. Chairman , " ho concluded , "here wo
have the most vonderful government that
over flout Ished a 'eovernmentof the people ,
by tno people nnd for iho people. ' Wo have
at last discovered how to crovern mun ana
stllllea\o him free. This is best done by
protecting him in his life , liberty and
pursuit of happiness , and leaving him to
work out his own salvation. Any law * that
discriminate against ono class of citizens
and In favor of another cannot long stand.
The spirit of justice which animates our
people will forbid thU. It should bo the
duty and the pleasure of every American
citizen to see that each other citizen has
cquaLand exact justice administered to him
under the law , and that uc.iltli , not poverty ,
should be taxed. Wo think that the enact
ment of the bill will insure that justice
which has so long bjon denied. Wo believe
that by it many who have heretofore not
contributed their proportional part of taxes
to the support , of the government will bo
required to do M. If I believed that this
law did not tend in that direction I would
have my tongue cleavx to the roof of my
mouth and my right hand forcct its cunning
bcforo I would give my voice or ray vote to
this measure. But believing as 1 do that
its adoption will result in a public benefac
tion my whole heart goes forth in its
advocacy and I am ready to stand or fall
with the principle of equity which it
carries. "
Senator Stewart introduced a resolution
declaring that in the judgment of the scnaie
Secretary Carlisle is not clothed with ihe
legal authority to issue oonas.
Other "speaker * .
Mr McMillin was followed by Representa-
live Rny , republican , of New York , who
opene the debate for the republicans in op
position to the income tax. He attributed
the business depression to threatened tariff
changes , and contrasted tne democraiic
policy on an income lax during the war and
at present.
Mr. Tnr.fney of Missouri.a democratic mem
ber of the ways nnd mean1 ; committee , fol
lowed. The income tax v.-us first resorted to ,
said he , in the dark days of the civil war.
Since then the taxes which the rich were able
to bear were repealed and the taxes of the
poor were retained. ThU is unjust. Men
should piy according to their wealth for the
support and protection ot the government.
Air. Dinsmore , democrat , of Arkansas snid
this time was ap auspicious one , us it marked
n new era in taxation. It mean : that the
wealth of the country was to pay a jest
tribute to the government for the benefits
it received from the governmental system.
It meant the great burden of taxation waste
to bo taken from the shoulders of the poor.
Mr. Daniels , republican , of New York
made a careful argument asrainst the in
come bill , while Mr. Williams , democrat , of
Mississippi supported It.
Mr. Covert , democrat , of New York In
criticising ihe action of the ways and means
committee , contended that the mcaninc of
tariff reform was well understood during the
campaign of IJ-'J-J. Free trade wasuotspoicen
of , except in condemnation of it. Tariff re
form was understood to-bo a Judicial revis
ion of the dutiable list , the reduction only of
duty upon a particular Industry protected.
At this hour , 5:30 : , the house adjourned until
8 p. m
ix TUB .SINAIE.
Senator Teller Advocates the Annexation
of tliu lluw.illun Islands.
WASHINGTON' , Jan. 211. T-ho Hawaiian con
troversy and the federal elections bill occu
pied the time of the senate today. Senator
Teller of Colorado argued In favor of the
annexation of Hawaii. The Hawaiian reso
lution went over and will doubtless bo again
discussed at much length before a vote is
reached.
Senator Vest of Missouri entered a pro
test againit the habit of republican mem
bers of reading petitions against the pass
age of the Wilson bill. The rules provide
that all petitions shaltbc mentioned by title ,
and when Senator Dolph of Oregon pro
ceeded to read a petition of binding twine
employes of Oregon , Senator Vest promptly
objected and despite the remonstrances of
Senator Dalnh secured a ruling from the
vice president that such petitions can be
read only by unanimous consent.
Senator Wulcott ot.Colorado presented ihe
memorial of iho Colorado legislalurc , here
tofore published , repudiating iho proposi
tions of Governor Walte lhat Iho Colorado
legislature has power to legislate on the
money quesiion. In speaking of iho
resolution , Mr. Wolcott said : "I
ask that the resolution may bo
road as bearing testimony that ' the people of
Colorado stand or fall with tho' laws of the
rest of the country , that they accept the
situation , painful and unfair as it may be ,
and 1 may add to this memorial that
although the silver industry has been
stricken down , prosperity Is returning to its
borders , and Its citizens have found other
channels of industry. "
The resolutions were read and referred.
, Suripemleu 1'eusloners.
Senator Hoar , republican , of Massa
chusetts introduced a bill giviui ; suspended
pensioners the right to aiip .ii their cases to
the United Stales court of their districts
after giving duo notice of such intention to
Iho commissioner of pensions.
The following resolution was presented by
Senator Stewart :
Ke-olved. That In tlin judgment of the
senate of thu Lulled St.iti-s , the M-rrotnrv of
the treasury U not tit tlll tlmo clothed under
pxlstlne luw lo Isiiif anil sell bonds and other
Inlurust-buuilng uUllguliuu * ot thu govern-1
muni.
"I would llko to have that resolution voted
upon tomorrow , " said Senator Stewarl.
"The I'ouds arc about to bo issued. This is
nn important question and it seems to mo
the senate ought , ni least , to express an opin
ion one way or the other. "
Mr. 1 ellcr made r. strong speech on the
Piealdent'a Hawaiian policy , aitertlnp that
it was iho only instance in which a govern
ment had recognl/ed another government ,
but hud InimeJlaicly- sought to tear lhat
government down.
The Hawaiian resolution then went to the
calendar unit iho federal elcciions bill was
taken up , and Senator Chandler took the
lloor In opposition to the bill. Ho resumed
his discussion of iho fraudulent means
alleged by him to have been employed by the
democrats to pain control of the New York
legislature in IS-'Jl
Other speeches followed , and at 5:15 : , on
motion of Senator Harris , ihe senate went
Into executive bossion , and at 0 p. m. ad
journed.
nKitiif.it TO .1 inujJii'Eit.
Kom-iuc-o uf .Ml * tlattla Watkrr , n Topelta
.MiiilcHl Instructor.
TOPF.KA , Jan. S-J. Miss Hattlo Walker ,
musical Inslravtor at Washburn college and
well known tn musical circles throughout
the west , left Topsica suildenly n week ago
nnd Iwlcgrap'iPd President MoVicar from
Kansas City that she halbcsu filled to
Cleveland , O. , iuiil would return in it few
aays. President Me Vicar has now resolved
n message from thu young lady nt Mercer ,
Pa. , that ' -she is very sorry , but will never
return to TopoSn. "
The affair has created a sonsatioa hero by
reason of iho statement that Miss Walker
has been married to W. II. Cochraue , a
widower , of Mvtxer , Pa. There are two
stories current as to the clopcmenl and mar
riage of MU Walker One is that she mot
Mr. t'ochraiu1 at Kat : .is t'itv and llio went
to I'levi-la u1v hire Hi j woi marrfd , and
tUoitbrro-a ir .re u > ri tit * ' slor's that
MU.s' \ juwas 5p < r 'i tnarric J to Coch-
ratio iu bt. Joaopb dunnf the holtdu } .
STILL IN AN ANGRY MOOD
Striking Miners in the Pennsylvania Goal
Fields Rertlesj and Threatening.
MANY RIOTERS PLACED UNDER ARREST
Nearly All of the .Men In Cmtoiljr Arc
Jciiornnt rorclcnert nnil llultl to the
of Anircliy Searching
for Lawbreakers.
Prmnciia , Jan 20. The strixlng miners
In llio Mansfield real district seem 13 bo
totally cowed by the disastrous attack on
the Blodllng mines and the presence of u
couple of hundred of deputy sheriffs in the
district , for peace jirovailuJ in the district
nil Sunday and tills morning' . At Bridge-
vlllo Intense ularm still prevailed last night
and n vigilance committee of citizens as
sisted the deputy sheriffs in patrolling the
streets. They had several alarms , but they
all proved groundless.
Humors of all kinds are still flying. The
woods , according to the rcoorts of the seared
farmers , arc filled with bauds of Slavonic
and Belsrlan miners , awaiting an opportunity
to rush from their hiding retreats upon
unaware deputy sheriffs , uut the latter to
rout ana then continue their destruction of
coal tloplcs. The succession of alarms kept
the deputy sheriffs awake last night from
Mansfield to the upper end of TO.TJ'S Run.
. Sheriff KicharJi , who has been at Mans
field receiving rcuorts , returned to Pilts-
burg fora brief time this morning. Ho says
he does not expect any further concerted at
tempts at peopertv destruction will be made
by the strikers. They seem to have lost
heart over their defeat at the Uicdllug
mine and are generally In hiding.
M.iny Hud liono Hack.
MINEFIELD , Pa. , Jan. 29. Sheriff Richards
went lo Bridgovllio at 10 a. m. to attend to
the starting of the mines there. Most of
the old men who were driven out by the
mob on Saturday have returned to work
and about fifty foreigners are watching
them.
Deputy Foster and Slattery went out to
the Tom's Uun branch with forty assistants
to make arrests. They have nineteen In
formations sworn out before 'Squire ' Means
of Mansfield. Deputy Sheriff Preslln will
take chaigc of tno Mansfield deputies.
Hcports from W. J. Steen's mines ai o to
the effect that the men have returned to
work in a body. So fur the miners at Tom's
branch arc idle , with no indications that tbo
men will return to work soon.
A meeting of the miners was held at Junc
tion No. 2 this morning. It was kept pro
foundly secret and every precaution was
taken to prevent the deputies ana operators
fruni securing information of it. A signifi
cant fact about the meeting Is tuat it was
not called by any responsible icaaer among
the miners and was controlled by the more
radical clement.
It Wns IJajof Incitement.
This has been an cxcltingday In the Mans
field coal region. From dawn to dusk re
ports of intended outbreaks by the slrlklug
miners In different localities caino thick and
fast and Sheriff Richards was kept busy dis
patching deputies to protect the threatened
plants. Early in the morning the miners
were said to bo marching on tne Armstrong
works , then they were assembling for an
attack on the works of Foster & Steen. In
the afternoon a moo was reported to bo
gathering about the Ridgeway mines
and this evening an assault
was feared at the Rend & Cherry
mines near McDonald. While there were
peed grounds for the rumors In every In
stance , the prompt appearance ot the olUcers
had the Ueslrcd effect. The strikers would
quickly disperse without having committed
any serious breach of the peace. Since the
afternoon the situation has developed no
immediately alarming features. Sheriff
Rlehaids believes that the worst Is over ,
and while he does not fear further trouble ,
ho will keep his deputies In the district for
several days. The operators and railroad
men , however , who have had long acquaint
ance with the miners , do not share this con
fidence.
Trouble at McDonald.
Very serious reports of trouble were
brougnt from McDonald tonight by Mr. Me-
Cue"owner of the Cherry mines at Hays
station. He states that before daybreak
this morning notices were posted on tno
blacksmith shop , notifying : the ii3 miners
who wore working at the 05-ceut rate that
they would have to vacate at once or the
tipple would be burned. Frightened over
the notice , the men prepared to obey. AS
they loft the mine , Thomas McMahon , a
stable boss for the mining company , nar
rowly escaped death from bullets fired by
an unknown person. Ho replied with two
shots from his revolver. All the miners
left the mino.
About 8 o'clock a crowd of from 150 to
200 men from the mines gatnoreJ about the
mines and romalnea there all day. Toward
night they left in the direction of McDonald
station , and the report then was started
tnat the Reno mines and the Robbins com
pany store were to bo nurned tonight.
D Chief Deputy Sheriff Lowery telegraphed
the duputv sheriffs at McDonald , and they
reported that there was little danger that
any attempt would be made to carry out the
threat. Fearln ? trouble. Frank Armstrong ,
owner of a mine at Bridjrevillc. ordered his.
men to quit work at noon and the mules were
driven into the fields.
IlmiU AnarchUt * .
Considerable excitement was occasioned
at Bowervlllo during the day by the an
nouncement that the anarchists would raise
u red flag and declare fur blood. About
fifteen foreigners did appear xvith their llasr ,
but when they saw the deputy sheriffs , who
wuro on guard , they Hod.
Twenty-two Slavs in the Tom's Run dis
trict , who are ullczed to be connected with
the rioting at Stcon's mines , were arrested
this morning and arc now in Jail charged
with rlotlnsr The mine Itself has resumed
and quiet , prevails in that neighborhood.
An attempt has bocn made to start a
number of Avorks. No trouble has been
encountered.
TheBiedlliigs are well prepared for any
attacks that may be made. A Catling trun
has been placed at the door of their com
pany store ana n largo cannon faces the rail
road. Besides this they have Winchesters
for all the men and a largo stock of ammuni
tion.
\Vltlto Hadircj and White I'rntlior , ;
WoonvaLE. Pa. , Jan. 20 , The Armstrong
Coal company's works are an object of at
tack by the miners. At an early hour a no
tice was served by some unknown person
that If the men now working In the mines
did not rosso they would be driven off , the
tipples burned and the mules killed. The
Armstrongs , upon receipt of this , at once
took away all the in u Its not necessary for
the absolute working of the mine and then
notified Sheriff Richards , who had gone to
Manstlold. With a force of deputies he at
once went to the mines. Arriving at the sta
tion he found a largo crowd of man congre
gated. He ordered ibo deputies to patrol In
front of the works. They did so , exhibiting
wnite badges.
This show of force alannod the mon , and
they gut on trains and marched over the hills
toward Mansfield. The men In the mine
have been armed , and swear they will de
fend the tipple to the last.
Deputy Taylor returned hero from Foster's
mum this morning and reported thiit a num
ber or strikers were galhoml around the
works making the earnest throats. One
man who polce Kngllsh quite well , said.
' So lonj- $ UI.TO is any one working , BO Ions
will thu. | < lai" bo in datger You follows
bait better leave here soon '
Ttilrty deputies went Over to the run tUU
morningiand arrested- fifteen Slavs. They
were taken to MansfliM. The men had con
gregated utouod tins upper mines for two
days ana last meht 'built bonfire * . They
were drinking and mailc many threats. The
deputy sheriffs tried ti > quiet them by their
presence , but the minors were defiant. This
morning Sheriff Richa'rds sent an additional
force with handcuffs. They succeeded In
arresting fifteen of the strikers , who offered
no resistance. Some sympathizers on the
hillside hooted and hurled stones , but ns
thf.v were not othorwisa riotous DO reply
was made to them. .
Arc Without I.eiuleri.
A largo crowd of sinkers Is on the streets
of Mansfield today. They sesra to bo without -
out leaders and walked about In an uncer
tain manner. Thesight of the deputy
sheriffs caused the inost intense hatred , and
weroit not for the fijct that the latter wcro
armed , tlioy would stand but little show.
( Jultc a lurco number of miners from the
Mouongahi > ! a region are Hocking here. They
are mingled with the strikers , marching
from pit to pit trying to induce the men to
commit acts of violence. The leaders In the
attack at Schulz's tipple were strangers.
Deputy Sheriff A , U Green returning from
Boworvillo reports" that nn English socak-
ing minerwho understands the Slavonic lan
guage , ovehcard a number of the latter In
close consultation. , } lie drew nearer and
learned that there , was a plot to hoist u red
flag this afternoon iujd to call for blood.
There were about Jlffuen Slavs in the group ,
nnd they seemed terribly wrought up , de
nouncing the coal ofijrators In the most un
measured terms , MI Instructed the man , "
s.iid Deputy Sheriff : Green , -to return to
them and warn thora that If they searched
for blood thci woulfind it. "
Thirty-two riotersjhavo been captured and
are now In Mansflel Jail.
.Maile Atgry Threat * .
Nine HumarlansAWcnt to Forstcr's gun
store at BridgcvillcFthis afternoon nnd de
manded ammunition On being refused they
threatened to dcmol&h the store. They then
left and fifty men arrived with Winchesters
and pursued themjfcapturing them. The
latter wcro armed with revolvers.
About 2 o'clockjySO miners marched
towards the Ridgewsy mine , up Miller's Run.
They were seen and.Hio sheriff sent twenty
deputies In a special train. They arrived
and found the men holding a meeting in the
woods near Brobctia school house , They
were orderly , but seemed to bo discussing
the advisability of marching to McDonald
In the Tom's Run and Painter's Run dis
trict there is no sign' of immediate trouble.
The deputies have complete control and nro
not mcetlnz with the slightest resistance.
"
The rioters"have conic to a realization of the
seriousness of their work and uro hiding in
every corner. The dtfpuilcs went from house
to house and thoroughly searched for the
guilty parties. The .deputies were divided
into arresting squads , and with their
weapons ready fouany resistance , visited
the different places-jvhcro the rioters were
thought to be. . ; $ <
About fifty arrcsls b'ave bean made so far.
The arresting squails brought their oris-
oncrs to Kosevillo.iwhcro tney were hand
cuffed in pairs andfinarcned to the train
with four dcputies.'writ'h Winchester rifles ns
guards. A largo"-4crowd appeared to see
them off and nianjh reals were made. At
Mansfield hundrcds'of people followed them
to the lockup. , „ "
Not line u'r.Tlt-m | a Citizen.
The prisoner * were badly frightened lest
they should bo atlncked-v.'Thoy made up one
of the rouchest'looking - gangs ever seen in
that section. Not OHO of them is a United
States citl/.en. Mostpflhosp arrested are
miners from tilth Roseville and Hazoltino
mines and Tom's Run. ( They were found m
the attics , cellars , oithouses , under beds , in
closets , and sorssui-Jfau ctit open bed.ticks
and crawled inff f tfteeu of them were
found in the EOtilO.iugot known as Dutch
Hill , where iho ? lott-rllleti ( formerly lived.
Notonoof the firemen wounded at Iho
Bledltnz mine have bocn found , their friends
having so far SGC edea in keeping their
hiding places secret. "Whether any of them
are dead or not Is not known.
The'deputies have'the ' names of fifty of
the men who are charged with riot.
It was reported thU afternoon that trouble
had broken out at Bishop's coal mines at
Ridgeway , and as a request was made for
more deputies a force'of deputies was sent
at once to this scene. It is thought that the
report grew ouv of the meeting in the woods
near Ridgeway. No w.ord has been received
since the departure or the deputies.
President R. B. Filck of the miners did
not co to Mansfield to attend the mass meet
ing. When seen in Pittsburg this afternoon
ho said that ho would not go into the district
while it was in such a condition unless he
received a summons from some of the cooler
heads among the diggers.
Iletulquiirtcrs for Illotcri.
Heidelberg , a hamlet one mile from Wood-
villo. is said to bo the general headquarters
of the rioters. Threc'groups of anarchists
are located there and It is known that the
rioters have much ammunition. This after
noon deputies are searching the houses to
find it. Tnoy have been unaole to locate the
ringleaders. It is said'that the anarchists
held nightly meetings last week , and at'
these the plot to advance upon the miners
was hatched and agreed ; to.
A report reached hero at 3 o'clock that the
strikers were rioting McDonald , but par
ticulars have not been received. A dispatch
from McDonald at 3:45 p. m. says there is
no trouble , but at , 2OQ : p. m. men were con
gregated above the' ' station and the outlook
Is ominous.
;
oaio MIMTS SIAYCD A.VAY.
Conference Dot ween Employer * nuil Km-
lilnyeil Attended bvt'lne SiUo Only.
COLUMBUS , Jan. 29.Not a single Ohio
miner appeared today to attend the confer
ence called for by the operators to consider
the wage question. The oparators are fully
represented , but so far the miners have not
been heard from. Secretary McBriao of the
United MineWorkets refuses to say why the
miners have f.iiloJ to respond to the call.
The wage qucstiqn seems to bo further from
settlement than ever , nnd a resumption of
work in the Ohio mines in the near future
seems very improbable.
j.ri'ui.\Tju z'j ufj'jcE.
I'reilttent Cleveland fiemln n I.in ; I.1U of
Nomination * to the Senate ,
WASHINGTON , .Ian. 2 * ) . The president sent
the following nominations to the senate to
day :
4
To bo collector , of customs John T.
Caffcy. Los Angeles , Ca'l.
To bo marshals of the United States-
William M. Desmond , i northern district of
Iowa ; Charles R , Pf3tt" , western district of
Michigan. '
To be attorneys > of4tho United States-
Alfred Lyou , eastern .ustrict [ of Michigan ;
John Ponor. western district of MIcnisuu ;
Robert S. Culbersoni western district of
Tcxus. i
Commodore John B. Walker to bo a rear
admiral.
Thomas Moonlight ( of Kansas , envoy ex
traordinary and inui | tcr plenipotentiary of
the United States to Boll via.
Postmasters A. I. < Salt * at Corrlng , la. ;
Moses M. Hull at Uubuque , la. : Thomas
Bowman , Council illiiffs ; Andrew O. Mayfield -
field , Lebanon , MafJ. L. Paul , Browns
ville , Mo. ; Kiward U I'motatrlii ? . Phillips-
burg , Mont.V. . D. Neely. Waxahachlo ,
Tex. ; A W. DlGrell Scgulu. Tex.
To bo UnlUJd J-ilatoa consuls Edgar
Batte of TcxaS at ; Acapuloo. Mox. ; Uouls
II. Brvyhlof Tex-la at Ciulna. Italy ; Frank
W. Roberts of Malde-'nt Hellos , Mex.
Interior department William P , Watson ,
surveyor general of-Washington ; John V.
Terry , receiver of pi'bllo 'moneys at Seattle ,
Wash. To bo register * of land offices :
Thomas J , BUton nt Ixis Angeles , C.H. ;
Solon B. Patrick at1natla. . Cal. ; Raymond
Miller at Pueblo , CoJo. ; William C. Bowen
at Dal Norlo , Colo.IJouls Davis of Gsorcii
at Perry , OUI. Horbari Sivasjo of Utah 'to
be Judge of the dlstriot court.
Secretary Carlisle lias appointed H. F.
Alexander of St , ClMr.mlle , O. , an inspector
la the immigrant service.
Ita IVan hu.TCT tltlinn.
ATaiiv Kan , Jan. 29. Jefferson Ha'l a
proiperoas farmer near hero , klllrj tn-,5"if
today u [ > un hcancg & dog ho vhog iu till
yard.
AFTER CHICAGO GAS NOW
Big Trust of the World's Fair Oity is Being
Pursued by Law.
SOME HISTORY OF A GIGANTIC DEAL
How Huron Ycrlieml : Hits < ocl.-Ur > Unlit
Up a Corpor.itInn with : i block ol S 3-
OOO.OOO Antl-Triitt I.iw to
Uo l.nlorccd.
CHICAGO , .Tan. DO. "Special Telegram to
Tnc Ben. ] The 'Inter Ocean will print
tomorrow a three-column expose of the
worKings of the gas trust brought out In an
information filed today with Attorney On-
oral Mailory , on which It Is expected he will
proceed immediately. The article states
that in 1SS7 the eye of a great financial
genius threw Its glance on Chicago as the
proper place for un Immense deal in gas. > In
that year the Yerkes-Klkins-Widcner com
bination cuinn to town and set about un
operation which has resulted in more mil
lions than Colonel Mulberry Sellers ever
dreamed of in his most brilliant flights of
imagination.
The first move in the scheme was to get
control of the Gas Light anJ Coke company ,
which they did at one bite. At the time
they took possession , according to the sworn
affidavit of .lames K. Burtis , secretary and
treasurer of the company , alter a period of
more than thirty-five years prior to the pur
chase the organization had no debts or
mortgages , slacks of money In the treasury
and wiis earning oboul 'J per cent upon its
investment.
Kulscil the wln'l at Ones.
Immediately- upon 'obtaining control the
Yankee syndicate caused the company to
execute a mortgage securing the sun of $10.-
000.000 and sold first mortgage gold bonds for
f7,050,000. This was one of the most curious
incidents which has occurred in the history
of finance. In connection with it Columbus'
R. Cummings appears for tno first time op-
crating harmoniously with the Philadelphia
syndicate. For a b.ink with which no was
connected he offered to take the entire issue
and did so. The check for ST.G.VOUO ) which
paid for these bonds never went through the
clearing house , nor did the checks which
gave to each of the manipulators their
divvy. Now , to a man like Vandcrbilt a
little matter of ? TCT > 0,000 would not cut much
tlgure , but to iho unfortunate stockholders ,
from the value of whose inrestmcnt some
thing over S7.000.000 was suddenly with
drawn , there can be no question that the
figures looked at least ten feet high.
This ST.GoO.OOO was charged on the books
of the company to "permanent investment , "
and it was in truth the most permanent in
vestment that was over made of any stock
holder's money , tn pursuance of its scheme
of controling the entire gas output"of
Chicago the syndicate began reaching out
its tentacles m the neighborhood of the
other gas companies. This was accom
plished by a purchase of tne majority of the
stock.
Otheia Taken Into It.
About thl ? time A. M. Billings , president
and principal owner of the People's Gas
light and Coke company , showed UD as a
dangerous ponptor ! , nnil iq order tobplkcbis
guns howas..Uik u- into the scheme.
Sidney A. Kent about this time appeared
on the surface as u member of the syndicate.
After obtaining- control of everything in
sight , amounting In all to $14b ! : . > ,375. the
svndlcato boarded a Pittsburg It Fort
Wayne train with the 314,000.000 or so of
stock in Its gripsacK , and traveled down to
Philadelphia. In the meantime the Phila
delphia end of the combine was not Idle. In
order to carry out the gigantic scheme it or
ganized n company entitled ' -the Fidelity
Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit company. "
This very safe deposit company took the
stock as trustee , with the power to vote it at
the annurl meetings , of the different com
panies. This gave it the aosoluto control of
each of the four gas companies In Chicago ,
and the deal took plaiM about October JT > ,
18S7. Then the schemer began to put on
screws.
Inflating the linllonn.
Daring the same year the syndicate or
ganized the ' 'Chicago Gas Trust company"
under the laws of Illinois , with a capital
stock of pJo.OOO.OOO , and obtained a charter
irora the secretary of state authorizing the
gas trust to purchase the stock of other gas
companies. The only prooerty which the
Chicago Gas Trust company had was the
$11,000,000 of the four original companies ,
now in the vaults of the Fidelity company in
Philadelphia. * -
In 1853. Attorney General Hunt of Illinois
began proceodinss against the trust and was
backed up by Francis B. Peabodyof this
city. His first movement was the riling of a
petition to forfeit the charter of the Chicago
cage Gas Trust company. In 1SOI the state
supreme court declared In a declson that
the company had no right under the laws of
Illinois to be incorporated for the purpose of
purchasing stocks of other pas companies ,
also that the effect of Its doing this would
bo to destroy the separate exist
ence of the companies whoso
stocks It might purchase , ' thereby
preventing such companies from discharging
their duty to the public. The syndicate
found itself in this situation. It had
bunched the stock of the four gas companies
Into n common pool , had issued and sold
(25,003.000 stock of the Chicago Gas Trust
company , which was represented uy only
f 14Hs'J.i75 : of the stock of the four original
companies as an entirety and divisible , so
that no one holding u certificate of stock on
the Gas Trust company would bo entitled to
any given number 6f shares in cither or all
of "the four original companies.
Trying to ( iet Out of the Iox.
Matters drifted along until.tho spring of
l&'Jl , when , after much study of the situa
tion , the managers of the syndicate decided
that the ot.ly way to get out of the box waste
to change the name of the institution , which
they did , calling themselves the "Chicago
Gas company/ ' Things did not improve ,
however , and in IKll they concluded to sur
render the charter of "the Chicago Uan com
pany" and modify the deal with the Fidel
ity Insurance , Trust and Safe Deposit
company like this : The Fidelity corn-
puny issued its own certificates to the
holders of the stock of the Chicago
Gas company share for share , to the
amount of 25,000,000. giving to each holder
of certltUMlcs of stock of the Chicago Gas
company certificates of slock issued bv tno
Fidelity Insurance , Trust and Safe Deposit
company. ' In the meantime , as the certifi
cates of the old Gas Trust company stock
were surrendered and the new certificates
of the Fidelity were issued in place thereof ,
the latter wore listed on the > ew York and
other stock exchanges and traded In asiji
speculative foot ball. The baslnessof tub
Chicago Gas company was i-avriod on about
as It had been since the formation of the
trust , the Fidelity company voting the
shares of stot-k held by It In tno four orig
inal companies at'ttiu stockholders annual
meetings and officers were clectml wiio were
simply the tools of tha pa le * running the
deal.
Some nl the I'ouli I tali ) .
C. Iv. G. Billing * is president of tha
People's Gas Lip lit and Coke company and
the Consumers Gas company , and uUo vice
president of the Chicago lias l.r'ti' uiid
Coke company and the Kqultablc ( Jus Light
and Fuel company. C. 1C. Woostor
is secretary end treasurer of the
Chicago U.is Light and ftoka compsuy ,
Consumers Gas company and t u Deniable
Gas. Light ami Fuel company. George O.
Knapp Is president of the ICciultablo das ,
I.lght and Fuel company and vk-e m-otldent
of the People's ( Jiw , Liarht and Coke com-
uaur. U Jorsmautki U pnrsuent of the
Chicago ( i.i . Light an t I'oxe i-ornpauy
Tnesp and the v.irlr. " . - > irJs of rtirc 'toit
arc the parti-s wi-u do tti i bidding of the
bosit's in the suilu'au a 1-1 r ij > a < v34
racti < mr.t'r rewai J
U hinpa t ) if u t i ' k S'i f , r ( * " lir V
deal m Ml , vtbcu itit
parsed an act nlm < w ) < \ trusts of this char
acter. y g |
In Trmit > 1HPtli the I.iw.
This law provllk substance tint any
corjxjratlon which sETsfl become a mumbor
of anv iraol , trust , vlt wnrnt , combination ,
confederation , or uKjJ's'andlng ' with any
other corporation to * ' '
of any commodity
of a conspiracy to
cers. directors and _
„
fine or imprisonment oi"5mh , and that tiny
person purchasing ati , ' | jjtiimodliy from u
corporation which shoii'-JAjbooaio a member
of any such jwoi. etc. . sft'2fi | not be liable to
pay for any commodity syafehaseil.
Afterwards In 1MU the esrlshuure passed
n further act , which provided that any cor
poration holding a charier under the laws of
Illinois should forfeit its clurier and fran
chises , and its corporate existence should
cease unit determine If it should enter Into
any trust or combination of capital , skill or
acts with any other corporation or corpora-
lions , persons or firms , or associations of
persons , cither to Increase the price of tiny
commodity or to prevent competition In the
manufacture nnd sale ihcreof. or to ulhx any
standard whoruby its price should be con
trolled arm regulated.
The movement now Instituted Is to wind
up ihc affairs of the syuilcaie under ihls
law nnd lo again givelho citizens of Chicago
competition in the matter of Illuminating
gas.
gas.Tho ntlornoy general will bo asked to pro
ceed against the trust on the ground that it
Is n trusl and has sull"d lawful competition.
Attorney General Maloney , when seen
tonight , said : "I do not desire to talk upon
the subject , cither as to the legality of the
so-called trusl or as to my Intentions. "
s u.i//.on ft.t cnr.
I'crslin TIIIVII of Kiicliin U'ns U'lpoil Out
wltlt rwrlvn TlioiiAHntl Souls.
SAX FiuxiiM'o , Jan. 1X1. Advices from
China complete the story of the annihilation
by an carlhquaico of the town of Kuchan ,
Persia. As already recorded , 1'J.OJO persons
were killed in the awful disaster and where
an important and beautiful city of 20,000
persons stood , there is now nothing but
death and terror.
At the date of the dispatch , 10,030 corpses
had been discovered.
In addition to this stupendous loss of hu
man life , 00.000 cattle are said to have
perished in the upheaval.
Details of the terrible event are not given
in the dispatch.
The town of Kuchan was a walled city of
Persia. It was situated about eighty miles
northwest from Meshed , on the route to
Shirvau , and is enclosed by the Xazarmezjia
ana Ala Dagli mountains. The town lies at
the foot of Sh.-.h Japan Kuh , n mountain
which rises to the lofty height of 11,000 feet
above the sea. The city itself has an alti
tude of aboul 3,000 loot. It was a most de
lightful and prosperous place nnd its sudden
and awful destruction is one of the greatest
calamities ever known in 1 crsia. The town
was the residence of the district irovernor.
It was surrounded by rich and extensive
gardens and vint-yarns , the fruits and wines
of which are noted for their superiority ,
< JF /O.I/A.I roiiKt.
Her Ill-other nnd Charlie .Mltrlicll .Married
Sinters A I'miiou ' * Tamlly.
Loxnox , Jan. 20. Miss Hoslnti Vokes Is
dead. Miss Hosina Yokes , who was the
most talented of the famous Yokes family
which has been prominent before the public
for many years , was born in London in 1S54.
She made her debut at the ago of 0 mouths
as'the baby in "Mr. and Mrs. Peter White. "
She retired from the stace when bho mar
ried Mr. Cecil Clay in 1S77 , but returned to
it some years later. One of Miss Rosma's
brothers , Fred Vokes , married "Bella Moore ,
daughter of ' 'Pony" Moore , " the nuntrel
manager and father-in-law of Charlie
Mitchell , the defeated pugilist. Miss Yokes ,
who had been suffering from overwork in
the United States , closca her tour and sailed
for England December 13 last.
Dropped Ilruil from Heart Dlscano.
. Jan. 29. Henry Harrlneton ,
one of the pioneers of Wyoming , and a well
known resident of Cheyenne , dropped dead
In Thomas Henney's club rooms yesterday
of heart tiouble. Mr. Harrington was bank
rupted during iho panic and has had consid
erable family troubles of lato. which were
no doubt the direct cause of his death.
Uonth of Major Klculsch.
LTXCOI.X , Jan. 29. Major J. D. Klcutscli.
editor of tbo Lincoln Freio Presse , died
yesterday of paralysis of the brain. He was
Cl years of age.
Herman .Moos.
Cixcixxjm , Jan. 29. Mr. Herman Moos ,
aged 5j , a prominent attorney and also a
well knoxvn Jewish novelist and pact ,
dropped dead today front heart disease.
JuilgoVllltnui II. Cutkiii * .
TicoMi , Wash. . Jan. 29. Judge William
II. Calkins died this morning of Bright's '
disease , aged 52. He was a member of con-
crcss from Indiana from 1S70 to 1883.
I.onls Ullrich.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2 * . ) . Word wa received to
day that Mr. Ix > uis Ullrich of Chicago , one
of the oldest and best known tobacco mer
chants in iho west , had died suddenly of
heart disease in Now York. Ho was 53
years of age.
Dr. August Illrscli.
BEJII.IX , Jan. 29. Dr. August Hlrsch , phy-
su-ian and pathologist is dcati. He was
celebrated for his researches into the
geographic distribution of epidemic dls
IKIKU TO nun.s oir.v
Hdiinio ol Ccorclu Tnx Collector to Itc-
lain tlin Count ) ' * .Money.
MOHOAMOWX , Ga. , Jan. 29. A thrilling
story of robbery and murder was told hereby
by Mason Reynolds of Union county. Will-
lam Jones , tax collector of Union county , re
ceived a notification from Comptroller Gen
eral Wright to close up his belated returns.
Thursday night a peddler callnd at the resi
dence of the tax collector and asked for a
nlghl'slulging. Ho was taken ID. About
two hours alter a negro made his entrance
into the house and , covering the pedilor , or-
dcroil him to plvo up his goods , which
ho did. The robber tlicn turnoi on Mrs.
Jones and ordered her'to bring out Iho tax
raoney. While he as receiving the money
the peddler fired , tending a bullet through
the robber'n brain.
The next day It was discovered that the
dead body was that of Tax Collector Jones ,
who had adopted this schemuof keeping Iho
countj's money.
, i < JVIIT n.n :
I.-UeU llnlletlu Iroin Iliu lled ldo nl ( Jcoi-fe
\V. Chilli H.
r uiAUKi.i'HH , Jan. W. The physicians in
attciulanco on George W. Chllda ibsucd iho
fojlowlmr bulletin at midnight :
Mr. t'hlUlx ha * patsi'd a quint day. Thrrphm
been no imul > ed chatitfu In hU Ki'nirul condi
tion.
Derision Acnlutt tlin U'o.teni t.'nlon.
KANSAS Cm , Hun. , Jan. J9. Thn court of
appeals today , through Juilso Smith , de
cided a telegraph company Is as much u
common carrier as a railroad company , and
therefore when it does bjsiuoi'j in mpro
than ono slate It conies under the Interstate
coamurco liuv. The decision was inada in
the suit of Janiac W. Held and wife against
the Woaturu Union Tcleprapn rompuny to
enforce Hie klalutory | > iialt > kpf t-0-i for
Inlluru to ptx > iH > i'Iy transmit a tolegiaph
innssaK * A number of qucstUms wo.a
presumed in Iho case involving the coiulil ilion i-
lion uf the I'nitiM S
Ilnutc * Su jirn < l .
IT. .l n 29. ll.o nrcM known anJ
\ > n 13 , " ! > n & Maas of
i1 J M-iabeim , have suspended.
DA GAMA CALLED
*
Admiral Boahtim Gives Him a LSSSDD. in
Intsrnational Oourtcsj ,
II3IMUDENTR ! PLYTOA POLITE REQ'IEST
It Was Qaicily jmd Effectively Amoral
by the Yaakes Admiral.
NAVAL DEMONSFRTION \ IN RIO IKRBD3
After Ead.vigsrlBg Aiaarioan Vocals , the
Insurgeat Bofnied to Eo Oaraful. ,
* _ _
W BMIB
\VE3E \ PROTECTED BY CU.l WAH VESSELS
Hoot ill the United Mils * Oicarail for
Action nutl tlio IJtiilniigorvil Ship I.n.
cortcd to Sifo Anchor , ; ? It
Aroused Croat ICxeiteiutnt.
lCoji/rfu/i | / / , ISM. liu the .ls > ctMC I ; v )
Hlo in ; .IANEJUO , J.m. 29. This IMS been
one of the inos.1 exciting days that Rio has
Ciperiunci'd sinuo the commencement of
hostilities betwci'n the insurgents and the
Brazilian government
The UnUoil Slates "naval fleet stationed
here has furnished the exu lenient.
Provoked beyond endurance by the con-
tinucd carclossucss of the gunners aboard
the rebel warship Aijuidabau , and tired out
by the indifference shown on the nart of the
revolutionary admiral to all his protests
thai Iho American vessels entering and
leaving the harbor wcro not afforded proper
protection by the icbel ilcel , Admiral Ben-
ham today made a demonslralion with the
American vessels under his command , which
has t audit a mucli needed lesson to the
belligerents on both sides , and which will
undoubtedly have the effect hereafter of
securing proper recognition of the rigiits or
vessels under tne American fijg ,
Liiutril ( ircnt KxcllcuiPiir.
In the eventa of lodny Ihc foreign colony
was nartlcularly interested , and the aciion
of Admiral Benham u ill probably furnish u
precedent by which the commanders of
other foreign vcsslcs in this port will bo
guided in the future.
Tne cauttoof all the iroublo was Ihc ircat-
ment which t'lirco American barks wcro
subjected teen last Saturdry bv indiscrim
inate fusiladcs from the war ships. On Sat
urday-Insi bile lying at anchor till thrco
vcssles were endangered by the chance shots
fired by'the Insurgents. The bullets
whistled through the rigging nnd passed
close to the incu nt work uuon the decks.
Many of tue crews of the three vessels nar
rowly escaped Injury.
The three captains appealed for pro lection
to Admiral Bcnliatn. They also requested
an escort to the wharves.
Admiral Benham promised he would dti
everything in his po\jor lo afford them the
fullest protection. Hu said , however , that
before making any display of force on the
part of his fleet , he thought It only right lo
first notify the insurgent admiral of tha
captains' complaints.
( itveil n .Short Answer.
Accordingly Benham sent one of him
officers to the Aquidaban with orders lo
acquaint Admiral Da Gama with the facts
in the case and to asu him to have an end
put to the reckless gunning. When the
American officer had finished his statement ,
da Gatna said in a very sharp tone : "It ia
not my fault. The American captains
should Know enough to keep themselves nnd
their crews out of the range of our guns. 1
shall not take any nollce of ihls matter. "
This response to his message aroused the
fighting blood of Admiral Benham , ami ho
determined to produce a lasting effect upon
the insurgents.
Shortly after daybreak this morning the
decks of the flagship New York , of the San
Francisco , Detroit anu other United States
war vessels there were cleared for action
and their anchors wore raised.
1'rrpnrcil to .11 alto tlio DnnKilntratlon.
Admiral Benham then sent word to the
captains of the thrco American ships that
he was prepared to keep his promise to
them , and that soon as they wcro ready to
proceed ho would escort them to th
wnarves. At this moment wo of the cap
tains weakened and said they did not care to
embitter the Insurgent admiral by putllni. ;
Ihemselucs under iho escort of the United
States naval fleet. The third captain , Mr.
Blackford of the Amy , however , announced ,
that he would get ready at once and accept
the protection of Admiral Benham ,
Accordingly the Amy tooic her posillon iu
Ihe"ranks ot Ihc United States war vessels
and the formidable procession started on Us
way up Rio harbor.
The now * that something imporlant wai
taking place on board the American war
ships spread raridly both on shore and on
bo.ird the ships of nil foreign governments
reprcsnntcd at thif port.
The streets fronting the bay were crowded
with ucople , and every vessel iu tlio harbor
presented au animated sccno as its crc.r
rushed upon deck and the mon bottled themselves -
solves to witnes. what followed.
l.cil I' } ' tlio Doiruit.
The Detroit took the leading part in tha
profession. The fleet as it appro en * i
nearer to Rio c.imo quite close to the fchoru ,
causing great excitement unions botn tl > o
soldiers nnd civilians on land and Ihc sah'jrs
on board the various vessels.
The Amy proceeded on her way to Ibe
wharf and was Bafely moored. .Not u'ltll
her captain had reported he was fuiiy satis-
fled ( IId his powerful occort leavv him
- Throughout tno whole nffulr not a slint
wab flrud but the scene was as imprcksUo ns
if u had been done. After passing
along Kw's water front the fl ut
turned out Into the bay and anchored in
nearly the san.o position as It had oiruiued
prlcvousiy. Thu alTalr U the so1" absorbing
topic of uonvvrMillbn afioai and on bhoro to-
niflit.
The jiollcy of nonlnlerfcronco so stead-
lastly puriuml by Commander Picking ha
todaj been absolutely reversed by this artK'i'i '
of Admiral llenham. Future protect 13-1
from this I line on will be given all An.crlcau
vessels. It Is nehovod here that the minis-
tor's ruX'-Uort [ message * to Washington ii
behalf of the American ship owners have ,
at last , had the desired effect with the pres
ent administration , and that Admiral Ben-
ham's action of today U the result of order *
which he IIUR recently rocolTed.
Similar orders are being inueri for iiko
action on the part of tlio coinmar ' , - i > tether
other foreign ship * at tl > U pc.it.
I CU llf I M'Cl
" > Jau.3. . -A r'tsnatch from
Pcruaabuu-.naouucts iho arrival lk rc , tf )