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E TRUTST KSMOn PLATE TRUST CARRIES THE DAY. HY S455 PER TON kwt Comes Down From B56 9mw Ton. But Not to the Terms Demanded. Washington. D. C (Special.) Secre - mwf boas today announced the conclu. Jftm of the long controversy over the asrt of armor plate for naval vessels Mf aa agreement with the Carnegie Bethlehem companies for Krupp at 1420 a t m, with the possible ition of royalty fees making the Milium price $455.52 a ton. The NUBt of armor involved la the lar? at aver placed at one time by the gov arament, and is said to equal all the awasor purchased by this government up I 1MM. It Covers the armor for seven fcaat ships now in various stages of con. mtwwtUoa. including eight battleships, etx armored cruisers and three protect mt raisers. Tma following' official statement was Mfraw Out concerning the agreement: .The navy department has come to mm agreement with the Carnegie and towMtMmu companies for Krupp armor mt the first class amounting to 24.930 teas for $420 a ton. The Krupp process avotves the Harvey patent, the valid ity mt which is now under consideration jr. th courts, and it is further agreed feat the government will assume In MStfcM any liability for the Krupp fataas not exceeding $34.32 a ton for Krapo royalty, and not exceeding the Vetted States license fee of $11.20 for Harvey royalty. The maximum price as the government Is therefore $456.5: mmr too, subject to diminution in case reduction In the foregoing roy- Tka bid of these companies for this aamaa at anaor was $490 and the price asfatearir asked was $o4&. Us Mid vale company some time ago oKMiow Its Ml but it would have ' $SM mill in any event to furnish awsaor fa duo season for the Maine class fja hattlesbjps. Had they not withdrawn Mr bid It is probable that some ar t in mil III might have been made for ' flko dletrByition among the three com- of the manufacture of the ar- ' than that of the Maine class. however, was of value In en- tha department to secure the , htrge reduction. ; O'Neill, chief of the bureau : said of the result: agreement is most satisfactory. are reduced not only to a j point but more than reason-1 Wo get armor cheaper than any, In rho world. It Is due not only, aV Secretary Long's management, but! steamed away without giving any aid aaso to the fsct that the companies me' j The seccud ship sighted was the Geor--Mb ta a very reasonable spirit. It is gian Prince. -Mad Just that this should be under-;' The Highflyer sailed from Campbell sOo ! ton, R. B. I., t;r -Newport, Wales, on ' armor contract covers net oniy ' October 19, with a cargo of lumber, ka 195o tons specified In the official ; Eleven days out the bark encountered abatement, but also some 10.000 tons of a severe gale which tore away her rail. of the second and third class, i i has been in controversy, but has dependent on the disposal of the sarmor. The entire amount, sjpssuiT i Tj 3C.S09 toes, bt now msdej oaflkMu. New specifications have been j assistance. Four days yusred. and cn prepared by Ibe navy department show- the morning of tho fifth day a tiaai 4h. hv detail the tets, tinvt of del'v-1 Allan tic liner passed near, but only aui mJT, ate. There Is me change in th? j ered the distressed vessel's signal by atariBcation, but In the main feature" ! raising a flag, tho (peclfinatiotis are as they were when - - - fjhs 'last bids were made. HOW HIS STOCK BOOMS. ! ritfsbnrg, Pa.-Speclal.) The Initial aaotaUon. on the Carnegie company Cock raa made at the I'ittsburg. Stock asiehange today, when one share was SJsU at $1.M0, $SM above par value. At Ms ftsTure the total capitalization of so aarnegle company would be valued r IMMM.M0. of which Andrew Car- U per cent. CU KAIEIS II80L6E n A WAR. ria. (Special.)RI"t!ng be- tho ' International and Resist i- anlons of clgarmakers began here t the factory of Gonxales, Mori M Cm., of Tampa and Chicago. This working a full force nf Re- men, numbering about BOO. r fclis lis I Inn ii I ii marched to th fac- sad demanded that these men oat. This was refused, ar.i the TstasaoHniiiils declared they would put dhsaw osjt. The premises are Inclosed, sand, as aa International man started mt oaaar tho gate, an Italian doorkeeper Ooi ajH bin. This was quickly fot- mr aa exchange of several hun- Th front and side of the s riddled with bullets, but bees reported Injured. Po- i dispersed the mob. factory dosed down at , noon Cm fist Aay, Ths mayor has sworn In O tttftm flollcamen, and the sheriff has JiZr$ ilium depatles to his tores. XiS wmjot Issued a prorlataation Cor-f-i bMTaMght processions and dtm . (' Jtyarfsasni of the rival trades anions, C'.astar far tonight. ' G tataraaUoaato havt about NO - C-ZUtm bora, whlla the Kosistlsnda :i:zM MaAtrovor .m. ' f 1 y 1 ; ' CSTi RB-AatKBHTBD. J , ' r.-HlrarlaJ.Aaowd .XT- will tm tas dafuaot T n3Ml tssk wtssa ttM late ",crtrtjaai mio. m. ma, tmnX ts&mr FH9 HUMAN FLESI II TIE MT. San Francisco, Ca!. (Special.) The chooner Uwas-otta, which has arrived here from the south seas, brings tale of cannibaiism and the massacre of blacks on the Savage inlands. For the past two years the Mascotte has been trad ing between the Polomon Islands, New Guinea and New Ireland. Her decks, rails and sails bear the marks of canni bals' spears and bullets. The whooner arrived at Komali, in the Admiralty group, just after the murder of Herman Matze, the trading agent theie. This Wis on August 29. The Mascotte dropped anchor in the harbor, three canoes shot out from the land. Captain Macco and a boat's ere wrnt ashore and found that the copra house had been looted arid that the traders' home was a wrtnk. In the yard of the latter a big pot was still sizzling ever the dying embers of a Are and In the pet were found some of the bones of the traders. The cannibals had not gone far. They had found in the agent's huue fifteen guus and with these they returned fi Captain Macco and hi crew. A hasty retreat as made to the schooner ana the cannibals potted them with their stolen guns. Once aboard the Mascotte the captain turned loose all the avail- able arms. The bullets from the Savage islanders found marks In the rails and decks and riddled the furescl. Cap tain Macco. brought into play a small gun, and the noise, more than the effec tiveness of it, scared the cannibals off. The Mascotte, which is an auxiliary schooner, steamed to Kusai. in the Carolines, and notified the German sloop of war Zeadler of the murder. Both j The news from the German naval so the schooner and warship returned to i lety' China correspondent that Hcrr Koraali and the native villages were shelled. Kighty villages were destroyed by fire, 160 natives were killed and twenty taken prisoners. In June the Mascotte put into Maity Island. In the Solomon group, ami twenty traders went ashore with tie supercargo. A great crowd of natives. scenting a big feast, made for them and filled the air with spears. Captain Macco turned loose his Winchester and killed one of the cannibals. This stop pea me rest tor s moment. Then an other savage bit the dust. This com pletely mystified the cannibals. They turned their dead over and found two big holes in their bodies. Then two more fell and thu rest of them took U the woods. FIVE DAYS IN A SIMM VESSEL Philadelphia. Special.) -After floating on the ocean in a helpless condition on a sinking vessel for Ave days. Captain Anderson and bis crew of thirteen men of the Norwegian bark -Highflyer, arlrv- ed here today, having been rescued by the British steamer Georg.an Prlnee . Captain Klett, from Hull. During the live days the crew wae at the mercy of the waves they only saw two steamers. The first one, ac cording to Captain Anderson, came to within a half mile of his vessel, but and strained the vessel, so that she sprang a leak of nine Inches an hour. All hands were kept busy at the pump (so that the bark could be kept afloat until a passing vessel could rendu IMMENSE BUTTER TRUST FORMED. II, I auUee, Wis. (Special.) A move-on-nt is on foot to consolidate in one big concern all the creameries in tLe Northwest, for which Chlaigo is he market. 'Die id''a originated in Wis consin, where the creamery men hare boen working on it for some time. A. M. Keed, vice president of the Chamiieny Creamery company herd said yesterday: "H Is a fact that the Initial steps are being taken for the organisation of a c 'camery trust The conditions are such that it Is an absolute riecesrity: Tt.eru is not a criamery in Wisconsin that has made money during the lsst year. The competition has been such that farmers have ben practically dic tating th price at which milk should sell, while this same competition has kept the price of the manufactured pro duct down. The trust will probably In clude all the largest creamery interests in this state." The Chumpeny Creamery company. besides owning creameries at fifteen points in Wisconsin, ons several cream eries in South Dakota. Chicago creamery mn, among them Obailiah Sands, declare ttutt a success ful creamery trust on a large acsj would be Impossible. KAY HETEW PEKSSYLVUIA STXICE. MAT ItENF.W THU STRIKE. Plttrton, Pa--Hpecial.-A renewal of the big co strike is piaslbte. Tb 1'eimsylvaala Coal totnny and sev eral other operators posted not tics to day that an advance of W cents a toa would be mads on coal purchased by consafpers at the retail chutes. The men say this action virtually wipe out th 10 per cent Increase granted (wo onto ago to and the strikes. The em ptor of tbo rnnsylvaala eoo-pany demaaded yasterdsy thai thwy be paid vary two a lata, sad this was prosaisoa. Mow tba saw batters lhal tho adrsjMs to Cm mm temU la mmm af REBELLING. PRINCE TUAN IS RAISING AN OTHER ARMY, CHINESE SI NATION h Is Beleived That the Uprising Will Compel Emperor to Re turn to to Pekln. Shanghai. (Special.) There are con tinued rumors of the projected transfer af the Chinese court to Cheng Tu, but it la said that the viceroy of the province jf Bre Chuan objects to such an ar rangement It is also rumored that a rebellion ha a broken out In the province of Kan Su. ' Chang Chi Tung, the Wu Chang vlce- roy, is said to be raising 100,000 troops ; nd to have proposed to the Nanking riceroy that they should combine their j forces to oppose the allies, making the tang Tse their base for operations j igaidst Shen SL Berlin. (Special.) The news that Prince Tuan and General Tung Fu Hstang had rebelled, was greeted her M a favorable sign. The Tageblatt say that If It be true the rebellion will probably Induce the emperor and em press to return to Pekln and plp.ee themselves under the protection of the 1 powers. K'nappe. German consul general In Shanghai, had left for Naukln, Is in terpreted at slgnllltant Several news papers believe that he will confer with lite viceroy about inducing the court t reiuiii to Tckln. Another batch of sddiers' letters de scribe horrible cruellies committed in China at the ordors of superiors, Ir published. The Vorwaerls prints five t-uch communications. A correspondent of tUe Colrgne Ga zetto ciiblcs that bH.wn-n Tien Tsln and Pefcin It hfis become a sport for the al lied troops, efpeclaiiy the Hussions, to shoot every Chinamaii, even the roos. harmiees. A number of papers cfnv de nounce such methods. The Cologne Volks '."itting. the en- trlst ortrf.n, soj-k: "Huch wholesale murd'-ring will sow jmiuenchable Imtttd, destroying forever rtl! chnr.ee of miUnary ork in Clilna. The tovcinir.fiit must bike notice of tl;ey? thin?e and If sue poromptory or ders to Count Vf.n Walder. e to prevent them here -ifter, a they aie a shame tr. all civilisation." With regard to th Chlr.a bill the pa pers point out that the nt imperial builset will show the necessity tor a loan 'A lOA.WtO,' marlc., and tliat in add.' t Ion, (be cbauceUor win be empw- esod to Ibsu. trasury nctos for 17&.(W.- A larfr? ;rtloD of the press enprotacr lissat jifaclloo vri:h this cmtok and tb agiarlan organ demsnd tnnt tht ?overnmeni rie- the requuea .inountf y imposing a number of sp.i laxe upon the country's commerce nnd in dustries, which, liioj'e journals decisre. 1I1 alotw; reap tt.e fruits of the China ttcr. The Nstwiial ZUurig sud the Vossifcbo aixue strongly against tl:le suitseetx !i. At today's stlon of the reiehslag, luring th- vole for the second vie iitesidMit, a vcrer oast a vote for h' .lucg '.'binx. - REBELS ARE SUPBEfciE Tr TKE SOUTH. Victoria. . C.-(Sp..oi-.l I Wrilera in rl nUtl papers id'i'.vwl l.i re by th. tte.irn- r f;iiiprct of China, Ra the lie itig in ,wiitii-rn Cb'na is not so iTi'ii itfjslrshi foninTS as Ka!nft the Slau ;hu patty. Japan mill tir fpondenct 4ays tlw insutgeots in thrlr en"ounters li)i the impi jia. ip.ops are Increasing. The nlfla arc wu'irt of the greater ti.rt of KowIcjd hiid Tung Kiang d;s lilcu and tl.oy h id gii d po",slr''' jf sit out of t"V. 4 the principal lowtif in MwaiH-Chow. all wailed cities. Goveiumeut tir;ij sent from Oatitn weie recalb-'l Ocilr IT, which gave !be l:::pitsii'n that an attack on Cai tm its-lf was fiared. On October' 1" the rebuls w-r- orraL!n)r within thirty mll of the Udib-h fror.tlf.-r and on thf kiime dute a ri-pm-l was given out tliai they had attackc) n French steawii-i en rr.ute from Kwun- Cliou to Hong Kong, killing two of ber ciew and stealing :;2.jti. The leai1 m of the r"bel are Or. Sm. Tat h'-n, nl.o some yi-ur ao be'-anr i;otilous because o" at'tn'pt by the :hlnte I' km i km lu Iudon to k.dnup IJ.n, and Rang Vu Wei, head ft tit reform party, Tito flr-d to America. SERATM SCOTT IS TAUURS A6AI1, Woshlngtiin. H. C Hperial.)Senii lor Scotl of West Virginia has been talking nin. , il unte-el'ction dccUiratlon that trusts are a good lliing is now supple mented with a postelection statement regarding the need of a large stand, ng rmy, which li;illculf his belief that riots are probably to go har.d In hand with a repub.ban pllc. In an Interview today the senator aa erkcl: "l yjii f-vnr a frm.'ini( army of lVt.WHt" "1 will not undertake to specify the numbers." he mid. "1 w.uW hat enough fw onr needs. We have no use for more cavalry. That brsxc of the servk'C was nwiat oseful In tna days of Indian fighting, but tba Indians have been largely p" clued and titers In lass condition for cavalry forces to ap tbswi from harming the settlers. "Tho arUUsry reUacal can aervs a aoobts Msaaaa, Tbajr aaa cars for the mJG T-mmt aatorths tr itMrwIr at CMS0t as OESE PRKttS SEEUIiaTBffSW. London. (Special.) The Dally News puMUhes the follonlng from IV kin, dated November 15: "It is reported her that Prince Chlng and LI Hung Chang have requested an Interview with Count von Waidtrreo, which will probably be granted. The field m.irh:il intends to make an ex curslou to Nan Kau pass and tho Ming Tombs as Prince Henry of Prussia did in IK'S." In. Morirson, wiring to the Times from I'ekin, Tuesday, says: "The Tartar general c'Jiiirnanding In t the pro ir.ee of Sze Chuuu has bicn nsned for governor general of Man churia, In deference to Hussla's invita tion to China to ri-ssme the oovcrri ment of tliat tenltory under Itttssian protection. "The Chinese peace conuiiissioocrs have received a tciriiram from the em press dowag.-r, dalil November 10, cen suring their failure to prevent the dis patch of foreign punitive expeditious Into the interior. The empress dowager continues to isnue ordirs appointing Oillelals to nfflce.. She Is unable to real ize her position and has even, appointed literary chai-celims to conduct txumina t:o!ir In the provinces. "Truftworthy dispatches from Nlu Chwan assert that despite their as suiancts that they will not loot the railway, th Hustiians are transferring material from the Shan Hal Kwan line across the river at Niu Chwang to thf Russian Manohurian Railway." MR. BRYAN'S CAREER STILL POUTICIAL. Lincoln, Neb. (?i ccial.) Last night a year ago William J. Bryan a as tbs cenlrul figure at a big Jollification meet ing, at which Use fusion forces of tae state celebrated" the triumph of the ir state ticket at the election of ine Tues day before. Jlr. firyan was or:e ol the spcakero. lie then and th're laid down puiiniy iut: :a.xrr he ias riiappud out for hims'e'.f. "Some of iny republican friendH,"s.ald Mr. ISi-yau, "have bt-on feigning won derment a to what will b'reome of me when Uiis 'craze of isina.' as they term the i?BU', has died out. In order to relieve them cf any undue worry, I naut to serve notice that 1 shall con tinue in r clitic lu active opposition to any party or doctrine whlcn violates American Ideals and t:ie ttue principles of human liberty, until !he lid is cloned uptjii rny coffin. " This was William J. IJrj-an a year ago and it Is the Brjan of todaj-. Ills scvond defeat for the presidency has not swervid lilm from this determina t'ou. His time, as before, will b de tcd (o the preparation of magazine and nowspaper anlclts, with an occa sional lecture and speaking tour. With a continuance of his present physical Vigor he bus determined that naught shall swtrve him from these plans. Mr. Uijan Is not disturbed aa to his aliillty to niake a livelihood for hlnwlf and IiIk family. Toe ability cf bis pen assures him that his personal flnan-jes cannot suffer. He has made a snug fur tuuf? f:om his writings and lecturer- A great portion of the mony has 1t.-en given to ctuiees in which he hiij". taken an Interest. Few public enterprises or charities in Uncoln hsve failed to profit by t.ls lib erality. Kir church, the First I'resby tcrtftii, and every charitable organiu tlon In lite city, have learned to look regularly to Mr. Uryan for a liberal gift. Meartwhile he his been a steady contributor to the politics! organization of which be has been twice the leader !n national campUj,-n. STRIKE OF OVER 5 EVER THODRARD MEN. Terre Hnutc, Ind. 'B(ierll. Mors tiuri Mi KoiiAlng engineers and 7.000 miners in the slate will be idle tomor row as a reKiilt cf the failure -f the Indiana block and bituminous operators b sign the scale presented to thtjn t day by the engineers, A eonference was ht'd in this city today, at which the leading operators of the state were present and also the executive officers of the. National Ilrotherhood of Hoist ing Engineers. Wh"n the operators at tojiitht's conference annmmced their In tent! m of refusing to sign the scale until th matter could be decided at the Indianapolis convention, Kecretsry Jen kins and Ch!.:f Taylor nf the Hoisting ki.gfneer' brotherhood wlied the ofB cla.s ol the different mining districts declaring a Mrlke. The adoption of the Iliincis scale In lni!ir.a would mean an ad-.-ance of at lmrt 10 per cent. CARKE6IE GIVES a'cOOL MILLION T'itlfburE. ra. (?ieeal.) At dinner given by W. N. Tres', prealdMtl of the b'ard of dlre tors the nrnegie Clnstl tute, to Andrew Carnegie, Mayor W, J. llelil and other prominent cit!ens, Mr. Carnegie mode an nSfer lo tli Hty of Pittsburg to bui.d a technical school, lo conniption with the Carnegie Institute, ar-.d endow It with $L00,0(. The toae of Mr. Car tj' gle's sd!-ei would Indi cate that, as in the case 'it the Insti tute, his contribution would be In creased 1st re to roert the needs of tht proposed school AUtJllCAS WJtr7g DKNOUNCB !;l!ITIKII. I'ndon. (Ppeij ) American cow boys and muleteers, to the number of H. who went to fcujtli Africa on Brit ish mubi transport", arrived. In Lon don t-.iiurdiy. Tney are loud In Ihell dtnur.i iaU m of their (restment on th borne Journey ar.r Intend to formally romplsln 10 the board of trade. Thas declare the rations served hud to bt thrown overboard, that they would hsve surved had they not paid taorbi taot rates for txtra rations, a ad that taof was batthsd ' THE CZAR. RUMORS THAT NICHOLI9 HAS BEEN POISONED. 00IIE BY THE NIHILISTS Cablegrams Rebort Suspicions and a Nihilist in Omaha Confirms tho Rumors. Omaha, Neb. (Special.) Cable dis patches have been received from Home and London which give color to ru mors that the present illness of the cxar of Russia, is caused by poison, admin istered through the machinations ol nihilists. Ixmiion reports that the Kti ropean capitals considered the czar's illness as more serious lhan is reported iy his physicl.ius, and tb.it suspicions are atlcut that the "hygiene and water suiply" at Llvadia "may be faulty." Koine goes further and It Is ther-; a-eertc-d that the Vatican has received se cret dispatches teliiriK of an attempt to poison both the cmpi ror uiid empress, btit that In the uae of the czarina the plans failed. Tho czar's illness appears to be clothed in niyytery, as even thr Kuropean capitals can obtain nothing definite couctrning his condition. Tba stunt startling theory of the ill r.eus of Czar Nicholas of Russia is con firmed from the views of Dr. George L. A. Hamilton of this city, who resides at 2205 Farnttm street, nnd who is a native of Russia, leaving there twelve years ago. belonging to tbe Nihilist society which has given tht rulers o; Ruysla a fcrcat deui of trouble in the awt years, and having been driven from Russia by the military because be was .cm:niiiij among ine KiW-r vm5-- s -member of Hie Nihilist propaganda, his lews are taken as having considerable weight. He now wears on bin i g a R-ar from the bullet of a H.u??lan se :ret service man who winged him as he was en sslng the frontier into Austria .i a certain dark and fi ifsnotabii night. "Tliat Cy.ar Nicholas is iikely to meet the fate of his father, Alexander III, j leemi very likely," said Ir. Hamilton 1 !n evening tj the Worid-lierald. "I iave been watching the reports in th CiKpapers of his Illness and they re sail the sickness and subsequent death af his father at th" health resort in 5'alta in lt5. The cause of Alexander's illues at the time was ascribed to Uright's disease, but it was commonly sported that some of tbe Nihilist of!t .Haia In the czar's house In disguise j'lmiiiii-tored polfon to him through his 'ood. That rport was generally be ieved and circulated among the Nl liiixts, although it as. of course, olll .ialiy denied by tlie royal physicians. "That Alexander's death was due to slow poljo.nii.g was given to me by a e!!able uuthorily ruid I have no reason : dryeredlt It. Tbe czar lingered for nany days, but hit physicians could net save blin. "In the czar's household be lindc nany to tiistrunt. and In .Hc of his I'ispielons, members of the Nihilist P't paKar.da will sacur-e p'ltlon danger usly near hltn. It I iikely that if thf (resent czar is poiioned It has been ionc by soino oue regularly employed m bis kitchen, who has been long wait ing the opportunity. The gnt who rosy. In fact, never be known, who at trapted his life. "Owing- to Hit strict censorship of th" gcvcniment, absolutely m.thin- encapes from the emplne Itself, regarding the growth of the Nihilist rropagandu. which is growing stronger every year as the people become educated In the se cret s -hools. The Nihilist of teriay hss ierne.l to be more cautious In his meth ods and his work is mere shrewd, lloid attacks on the imperial family are not now mane Tor tne rr!.,ii z; guards against them are to easy, nd purlsliment is too swift and sure, fly administering poise n lo the ruier trn Nihilists hor to make the thi-ore place dreaded d fn no denmr.d for ambition prince. "The Nihilist hopes lo see the trl crnph of the republic In the r.ot far dis tant future. Violence Is deplored, hut It is one of the means ib-erniKl necessary by them to accomiilleh the downfall of ucb tyranny. Anieii'-anN can undr- itand something of the fee'.ii.g that ac tuates an educated people in the most insniutc monarchy of the world." Pr.' Hamilton expects to he;ir of the Jeatb of the czar and believes that the royal family already know that ths horror of all the czars since tbe time of Alexander II is upon him. lie was the list victim of the Nfblllvs BARLEY UK IS DEPT FREE. Chicago. 111. 3pecla!) "Barley King" Henry J. O'Neill, who gained fame ihrougb his daring speculation in bir. ley In all the cereal markets of the world, was discharged of debts amount. Ing to almost tiO.fM) by order of Judgi Kohlraat In the United Stales district ?ourt today. Of the liabilities sehed uled by Mr. O'Neill about 119 were lloted as having been contracted Joint-: y with his wife. In addition to Mr. yXelil, more than 100 other bankrupt were discharged. Among the names as that of John Vance Cheney, lltirs isn of the Newberry library and a wen aown literary man, WAR EXPENSES RECN $500,000,000. London. (Fpecisl.) Parliament will assemble Dor-ember S to vote the ei- penses of the war In Huuth Afrlca.which re now espected to amount lo full 60fl,0.1OO. Before Chrintmss sn ad lournrticnt will be taken until the end it January. The Times announce the following tppnlntments: Lord Raglan, under secretary of state for wur. Krl of Onslow, under K-retiry of lata for the colonies, Karl of Hardwlcko. under secretary of slat for India. "It aaacM cerUla," soya tho swtwrtaJly, "thai Um bsMITwHI rUTERIJYCLYEBlJnCiatXX Pa rl (Special The followlajr fc traordlnary ststemsol il given- prer... nence in the evening paper. La Fresaoi "A personage who claims to be thor oughly acquainted with what Is going on behind the scents In the matter of the dlvulgr-nce of the secrvts of the Ist est French field gun to tbe United States, makes the following statement: This affair connected with the sudden departure for Gibraltar of an officer of tht United States navy, who was em ployed at the foreign section of the exhibition, after having fulfilled his functions as naval attache at the em bassy.. The Held gun incident was also the cause of the sudden handing over of the affairs of the embassy to the first secretary by General Horace Por ter and his departure for f-'paln. "The former naval attache in ques tion, who was born of British parents and devoted above all to the embassy in the Faubourg Saint Honor, acted almost openly as spy for several pow ers." The person who gave this informa tion makes a still graver statement which we publish under all reserve. Us :-uys: "General Horace Porter has been hlm- self indirectly affected by the Incident its question. His departure, which Is given out as temporary, is really final, and he will be replaced in Paris by Mr. John Lelshmnn, United States rnlnlstsr to Uerne, a diplomatist of the highest character, whose Independence vis a vis the Fngllsh embassy can be counted upon for maintenance of good relations between the French republic and th fnited Suites." The naval officer referred to In th foregoing dltp&tch can b no other thaa tJeutenant Wllilam R Elms, who waa utslgned to special duty at th Parts iposltlon. BEEF TRUST RAISES PRICES OR MEAT!. Chicago, IIL Hpeela!.) The trust puts the screws on with th first touch of winter. When meat Is most needed the prices go higher, so thai the poor become th heaviest sufferer. The trust has ordered sharp advances all along the Hue. Beef, pork, mutton cost the retailer from a cent to twa cents a pound more, though the fen cral advance ic one cent; & trifling sura of itself, but adding $40,000,000 to th treasure of the tru.t if kept si the pro vailing prices. RET A ILK 119 FOHCKD TO ADVANCE. Nearly ali retailer have advanced prices to consumers from 1 to & cents a pound. Your butcher will show thess figures as a compnrerhe table of ln- crease; Old New price, pries, Tendt!oin ,11 ii Slrioln 1 1 Klb roasts 14 1 lb.un i 1 it Mutton chops ...It ; It Bacon 11 II Moreover, there are no hopeful signs. price. priri Th trust people say that the Changs tas been coming for some time, but. nevertheless, the retailers were aghast when the general advsnc upon JI lines was ordered. The packers say they have advanced the prices to letallera about 10 per cant. The Increase In beef is from $LwO ts M per hundred; frsh pork has nrlraasad t'J n hundred and motion t cents a r..ound. The packers say that they have boeo :i;ing diessed meats at a loss for av-t-rat years. There was nothing appar ently to warrant the present ad vanes, is the price of choice beef on the hod remain ut $fi per hundred. Rejallen on flic lnid! say that ths beef trust lias had the advance In con templation for name time, but that th trui't walled until after the election ol McKli.ley, fearing that an advance be. fi re would endanger a continuance ol "prosperity." The trust will enjoy renewed prosper ity, but at the exitnse of many thov sands of poor pimpla, who will be obliged tu live on less meat or noo at all. BI6 CARPET WORKS CUT WA6ES. Vonkers, N. Y. (fipcclaj.) A rumo which rapidly spread through th ri'y Tuesday to the effect that the employ of tbe Immense Hmllti carpet works would suffer a leductlon of wages wag confirmed this evening by an official of the uompuny. The cr' ainoonts to II cents on $1.10 wurth of work, and st present will affect only the setting department of the tapestry mill. The Smith mills are Hit; most exten sive carpet mills In the country, em ptying In the aggiegate about 7,01 peopie. Two large addition have late ly teen added to the works and will when completed, call about 1,006 mors employe to tte roll. Tie cut, as ordered, will for the pres ent only affect the cutting department nf the tapestry mill, or about too or TM employes, all women. At the present tone their wages average about t$ P" week, and the cut will amount to fr.n II to $2 per week, nco.r.llng to the Ml. Ity of the employes to turn out ths work. When a reporter asked for Oners) Superintendent Clark h was referred to tl. general ofllie of the company. Hero one of the officers consented ts see him. and when asked If the re ported reduction was Ui take place h equivocated and tried to dodge the an swer. Wren naked direct If ha would dny that the reduction was ta tuk place, he replied that be would nslthet confirm nor deny the report. II ad mitted that trade was never better and prospects .'or a busy season tr good, It la loss than a year ago thai tho as- rtoyaa wort reduced from cLM ts) $. irhicb, i wiu tM praosM ton abt haat Ml oAtr WWl abit lat of twssrty rrzJ xX mmm total t .nu to tm ytsr.
