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REPUBLICAN PABIY MD CUBAN SUGAR DUTIES Many Leaders in Congress Opposed to Administration Representative' Tiwney Says Reciprocity Would Benefit Sugar Trust Only Conareismen Receive Marty Letters of Advice. 5maJ is.Ti A'ra Vers WASHINGTON, Not. ST. Republican leaders in Congress, as a rule. nave not been I affected very much by Secretary Bool's ea tor commercial reciprocity, for tbe Cubans.

Nor Is there any expectation that what tbe President! is to say In his message in support of Mr. Root's plea will result in any considerable sain to tbe number of tbose who favor giving the Cubans vbat they as. It la understood the men who are likely to represent tbe Republicans; of the House In the' Ways and. Moans Coramlttee of tna Fifty-seventh Congress are strongly -oi-poeed to a reduction of tihe duty dn Cuban sugar and tobacco, notwithstanding they have been informed, it is that the president will recommend the reduction In return for trade concessions from Cuba. Representative Tawney' of Minnesota, who undoubtedly will be a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said to-day: result of admitting' Cuban sugar free of duty would be to transfer about a year from tihe Treasury of the Umted Slates lata the treasury of the American Sugar Refining Company, popularly known as the The price of sugar would not be lowered one cent to the cousumers.

'I'D, tiz.uuu.uw -represents we tluty now collected on i Cuban raw BUg-ir and the amount by which the trust would benefit. I "Cuba snt ns In llflOOi one-fifth the amount of dutiable sugar we imported. Aeti. is it not absurd to say that by taking tbe duty otf of one-fifth oar imports and leaving it on the other four-clftha. a reUuc- tion in price will ensue the whole prod- uct made from the raw sugar If ail sugar was admit tad free of uuty.

the present monopoly of the Sugar Trust might be broken; other refiners might get into the field and competition possibly low er the price of sugar. I But the iru.it has tbe monopoly of the field, and, of oourse, it wants to get in as much free raw ma terial aa it can, so long as the monopoly la mauitnincd. 1 am looking at the proposition from the viewpoint oi revenue, aside from the question of protection, to the American beet i grower and cane raiser. It is a well-known lad that some of -the sugar proposed to oe brought in free raised by plantations in Cuba owned by the Sugar Trust; that other nuunflMfl ar. raised i bv AfnArirAni anil Kuroptrans; Vho haver! obtained control f-t the plantations in expectation of free trade In the future.

I 'i tie humanitarian'' suggestion Drought into this issues does not appall me. I we have dona ar great ideal (or the Cubans, and If, attr-we have act them free and given them a Government of their- own. they Differ still to trade with Europe to buying our goods, I don't see how admit ting their sugar to our ports will offer any great inducements to them. There is-a strong body in Congress which tiigfents from the views advanced by Mr. Tawney, but it Is quite apparent that at present the House Is controlled by men who are opposed to lowering the duty on Cuban sugar.

This ooDositlon has been built up by i hard work, carried on for months by representatives of the beet sugar industry and-ine sugar powers or tiawau, Porto Rico, and Louisiana, j-With these the tobacco growers Of the United States, likely to be affected by lowering the duty on Cuban tobacco, have made- common, cause. alao haa from high protec tionists an over tne country, wno, tnougn they not be affected directly- by reciprocal trade- arrangements with Cub.i. do not wish to have any item of the tariff disturbed, for fear such a beginning would be followed by reductions that would touch The-Washington Star todav eavs: Considerable missionary work Is being attempted among the Senators and itepre- sentatives-elect of this Congress by means of persona communications. Most of these emanate from New York law offices, and in some cases are. easily traced to the Interests baek of them.

The latest batch reached Washington last evening, of which the following is a samnle. It came out of a Broadway law office, and purports to bo In the interest of an overwhelming ma-' Jorlty of conservative business The communication besueaks ithe Represent tive to whom it is addressed to advocate the following resolution: Resolvent. Br the House of Representatives, tbe fVnate concurring, tliat in order that the assembling of Congress may give rise to no uncertainty as to future American business condition! and so 1-lro business confidence. i check production, unj bring Idleness and poverty to labor and toss to capital In the L'nllted States. tbe sense of Congress is hereby expressed to be against any ieoreae or any vusioiss tanir upon any article the like which is I produced la th.

United whether such decrease be proposed by a 11U requiring the approval of both bouses of Congress or by any treaty with a foreign coun try. and against any! measure permitting the admission of foreign goods Into any possession enjoying free trade with the United States at any less duty: than, that levied upon tbe sane kind of roods when admitted st any port of tne United States proper directly! from any foreign It is not probable that si serious attempt win be made to put such a resolution i.i At the same time it through tho House. comes near expressing the sentiment Of those who will control tbe House with re-spect to the issues discussed in the resolu tion. Cuban Delegation at War Department. WASHINGTON.

ss'ov. 27. The, Cuban business men's delegation, which is now in Washington In the interest of reciprocity, called at the War Department to-dayv The members were delighted with the manner In which Secretary Root handled the sub ject of Cuban reciprocity his report, and came to express their tnanKs. secretary Root, however, waa in New Tork. The delegation later saw Secretary Hay and Assistant Secretary Hill and Secretary Long.

They are going tq New York, but will return in a few days and remain for "4w uiuc. ASK $12,495,200 FOR SCHOOLS. Board of Education Wants That Much with Which to Buy1 Sites and Put Up Buildings. Ths Roerd of Education win ask the Board of Estimate (and Apportionment for fVZMCXCO for school buildings and aitea. The Educational Board decided on tola re qtest lat-t n'ght and pased a- resolution asking thai the Board of Estimate approve tin issue corporate stock to an amount not to exceed the sum mentioned.

The equipment, and Improvement of school buildings and the ac-cuisitlon or school i sites, according to the reeoiution, is to be divided as follows: Msnhattan and tbe $4,654,0) flroolclyn 4.422.t!X Jr" 'A 1.1W.O0O luchmvsd SCld.GuO This Is one of the largest amounts ever asked for for new schools and sites. It was announced that the laying of tbe corr.erston of the new High School of Cowmtrce. at Broadway! and Sixty-fifth Street. take placa Dec, 14 at 2:30 P. M.

NORMAL COLLEGE; SALARIES. Trustees of the New York. Normal Col-lge. composed of members of the Board of Education and Dr. Tbomaa Hunter.

President of the college, met last evening in the Board of Education rooms. They reoommended that1 Helea O. Morgan and Jvaie McGregor, teachers In the college, be retired. i -i The Executive Committee fixed the salaries of teachers as foUows: First grade. l.0ij; second grade.

11.200 after four years5 service: third grade. after eight years' service; fourth grade. S1.QU0 after tweiva years' service; fifth grade. iPZZi. 1Jtten years service; sixth grade, s-WjQ after twenty years' servic.

and sev-enth grade, la.OOO after twenty-four years' Health Department Appointment. President Sexton of the; Department of Health yesterday appointed Dr. William IL uilfoy. Register of Records, fo auoceed ur. Roger Tracy, reatgned.

The asJary per annum. Dr. Ouilfoy lives at i-U Vest Eighty-fourth Street, tnd wai graduated from the College of the (My of Aew rk and BeUevu Medical Colics. bAAetil saw SBlisa sasassm mn inc rtKA. New Puhficstlana.

H.i, I a -T Occupies a Box at Production tf "MUs Bob Whits." WASHINGTON. Nov. Tjioas. Commander and Mrs. Cowles.

Miss Ethel Roosevelt, and Master Kerrolt Roose-alt occupied a box at the Columbia Theatre- to-night to witness the production of wl'Jff cPra Miss Bob hi mcir nonor me entire com pany sang The Btar-8 paneled Banner i ii nnaie to the performance. the Russian Ambassador, and party occupied two boxes. Miss Ethel wversa encores ior ner When Ixve Comes Tapping at the and the auall song. Panama Canal President Going Home. WASHtNQTOX.

Nov. 27. President Hn. tin of the Panama Canal Company. ocom- pnniea by Chancellor Boeufva of the French Embassv.

who w.n ttnr 'Jvlser during the negotiations TJlfLt Canal Commission, called at tha State Department to-day to sua if Ta MtVAil a a. "ecretaxy nay neiore returning tO fHluu TJ-. the United States early next year, Many 8ee ths President. vr ASHINQTON. Nov.

97 P.f..,ln. QM Representatives fairly fcesisad IV." Most of them, how-ever, simply called to pay their respects. --V, AMERICAN 80LDIER3 CAPTURED. Insurgents Make a Successful on Commissary Wagon. MANILA.

NOV. 27. Tha fnauitronta at. tacked a commissary wagon between Mag- wu ana uajayjasa, seriously wounding ovrgeani ana a private of the Eighth Regiment, and capturing Privates Dunn horses, three rifles and SOU rounds of ammunition. "cr oeen a recrudescence of at Tanauan.

Province of Ba-tansraa. SrbufHwr-. i namad Alberto has been killed In the mar- wr rei using 10 aonate a percentage of his salary to tho insurgents. Other Government employes have been similarly threatened. RELIGIOUS WORK 131 THE ARMY.

rrealdeat Iaivtted to AttewA Meetla te Foster It. WASHINGTON. Nov. Rev. Wal lace Kaocliffe of this city, and the Rev.

Dr. Crissey. Chairman of the Presbyterian Synedical Committee on Religious Work In Arm.y. called upon the President today to discuss the subject. lIs to nola a Public meeting of all denominations in this city at an early Jncreas Interest In this subject.

President Roosevelt, as Commander In Chief of the Army, was Invited to attend. THE UNITED SERVICE. Army HenT Psge. AsslaUnt Surgeon, detailed as a member of tha examining board. Monroe, vice Ueut.

CoT Robert Surgeon General, relieved. -Pt. Herbert M. Lard, Paymaster, will report to Ueut. Col.

Charles B. Byrne. Deputy Surgeon General President or the examining board convened at at. Paul, for examination for promotion. Lieut.

Col. George E. Pond. Deputy is detailed s. a member of the board vice Capt Charles H.

UarUn. Fourteenth Infantry, relieved, during the examination only, of Capt. Lord. MJor William Paulding. Third Infantry, will Join bis regiment.

tLlut- Leigh Sypher is transferred from jMb Company. Coast ArtUlary, to the un- Pirst Lieut. Edward P. Nomes la transferred from tbe Fourth Company. Coast Artillery, to the unasslgaed list.

First. Ueut Herman W. BchuH Is transferred from the Twenty-second Company, Coast ArtU-lery. to the nnassigned list Navy, Lieut. M.

C. Reed is detached from ths Concord and ordered to the Iowa. Assistant Surgeon D. Q. Beebe's resignation la accepted to take effect Nov.

80: Appointed by the President. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. The following appointments by the President were announced today: George E.

Heimorod of Nebraska, to be Consul General at Apia. Samoa. James Lung Bevas. to be Assistant Burgeon in the Army, with rank of First Lieutenant. HELD FOR WHOLESALE THEFT.

M. London 8aid to Have Swindled Forty Firms Out of $50,000 Worth of Merchandise. Mandel London, who Is also known as T. Sack, was arraigned in the Centre Street Court yesterday, charged with stealing merchandise from about forty wholesale furnishing goods houses. Complaints were taken in three cases, and he was held in $1,000 ball on each charge for further ex animation.

lie refused to give his name or age, and but' little is known of him prior to his appearance in Newark, where he opened a store about a year ago. The police say he la one of a band of swindlers which has been operating in this city and adjacent towns for several months. In June he opened a store In Jersey City, Soon after he began to order goods from various houses in this city, using ornate and expensive letter heads, and taking the goods on any terms that he could get so long as It was credit. It was not long before various creditors began to aend collectors over the ferry, but none of them succeeded in making any collections, London representing that he was embarrassed temporarily. This continued until I.

Harris, renreaant Ing Louis Harris of 7 Bleecker Street, one of tbe creditors, discovered one day that goods which had been delivered the day before were not in the store. Ha hecima suspicious, and upon making Inquiries was told by Samuel Cohen, whose store was oposite London's, that frequently wagons uroTU up iu ioej swre avout a Clock in the morning, and after being loaded with roods drove to the ferry and crossed to xsew i oric Later Harris and Isadora Klelnman an. other creditor, watched London's move They saw a wagon loaded at the rear door ana anven to new York. They followed, but lost sight of It on Canal Street, On November IS they had London arrested In Jersey City. He was arraigned and paroled in the custody of his counsel for further examination.

On November 22 a member of the firm of Silversteln still another creditor, called on London and told him that unless their claim was- paid at once ho would levy on tho goods in tne store, -xoai nigni ail tne goods were removed, and the store was closed for good. On Tuesday Harris aaw London on tbe street, and after following him for some time naa mm arrestea. Since his arrest the police say that thr-have discovered not leas than forty com. plainants against him. and that they will get many more, i ney aiso assert mat be has secured not less than $50,000 worth of goods.

Complaints were taken yester-dftv in three eases: Dubln Brothers of 04 Essex Street, Honlg A Blrnbaum of 601 Broadway, and Louis Harris of 7 Bleecker FOUR NAVAL PRISONERS ESCAPE. Get Away from the Brlg on the Cob Dock During a Storm. The fact that four prisoners escaped froir the brig on Cob Dock In the Brooklyn Navy Tard on Monday night leaked out yester day. The matter had been kept quiot by Officials at tbe yard. The four men escaped from the brig during the storm on Monday night.

The storm. It Is said, drove sever of the eaatries on, tbe dock to shelter and tbe four sailors took advantage of this fact to make their escape. It is said that they had probably secure a file left In tbe brig by carpenters. ui. had been working there, and with tUU tiled uirougn ins oars ox a winaow.

Alter getting out of the brig the sailors are bolkved to Lav made their way to the east end ol tha yard and scaled the stone wall ther Two of the escaped men were recently sent to the brig from the training ship Hartford. The two othsrs bad oeen In the Scanned. May Inspect the Minutes. Permission was granted to John J. Scan-Dell, the Fire Commissioner, and William Marks, the contractor, who are under indictment charged with conspiracy, to inspect the minutes of the Grand Jury which returned ths Indictment.

Next Tuesday was set sor pieauuig. THE NI)W YOKK The Pivot Clip I OK EYEGLASSES. i It ths only i Itm of euy, simplicity and alp tkit so'vfs the rrob- lrm tdiu4ment with deatness of construction. I lu4 23d near 4th A v. THREE' I 123 W.

H2d SL. By Cth Av. STORES (650M eidlaon Avcor.oOth St PARIS, RUBSCRIBBL POSTHASTES GENERAL HAKES ANNUAL REPORT Abuses of Seco id-Class Mail Reg-Set Forth. ulations Other Matters Disjcussed Are Rural Free Delivery, Increased Revenues, Cu ban and Phiappt ne Mails, and Legislation. Sfttiol Is Srw York Timtu ASHINQTON.

Nov. 27. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith made public bis annual rep art for the year ended June 80, 1901. Hal of It Is devoted to. the abuses of second-cl us mall matter; and the other half to rura free delivery.

Increase of revenue, service In Cuba and tbe Philippines, ocean mall service, pneumatic-tube service, parcels pc st, money-order depart ment, eervlcV in Alaska, automobile tests, electric-car servlct registry division, suppression of rau 1, and the legislation needed. The total recel its of the. department amounted to $111. 31,193.39: total expenditures, 115.504.030.1 7, and the excess of expenditures over, ceipts. $3,823,727.48, the deficit being 11.961.2 less than Uwt year.

The most urg nt need of tha postal service la the recti ricatlon of the enormous wrongs which ha grown tip In the per version and abuse of the privilege accorded by the law to si cond-class matter," say Mr. Smith. "It 1 1 the moat urgent need because it alms at the one great overshadowing evil of the service, and becauss 1 underlies and ov rtops all other reforms and advance. It vould relieve the department from the one oppressive burden wbict cripples and welg is It down, and which stands as a const int and formidable barrier against Impr vement and Continuing tbe retort reads: "la dividing iiall matter Into four classes the law ovldes that newspapers and periodicals mlng within the conditions it prescribes shall constitute the second class with a postage rate of 1 cent per pound. All other printed matter.

Including books, ci culars. and a'dvertlsing sheets, constitutes the third class, with a postage rate of 1 ent for two ounces. The law defines the ci aracteristlcs which shall distinguish and determine second-class matter, and It Intc rids to limit the privilege and benefit of the pound rate to legitimate newspapers and periodicals which fulfill these statutory reLuirementa. thousands of publications, which are in reality books or purely ajdvertlslng sheets or gift enterprises, and which the law never meant to include within) the second class, have crept in through evasions -and loose constructions, until oils abuse has grown to colossal proportions and Imposes a burden of many millions ef dollars on the Government and the Dooble." The second-claasT matter, according to the report, constitutes naarly 0 per cent, of tne weignt or tne entire mau or tne country, but during the last year It has Dald only dim twentv-elchthl oart of the revenue. To get the best idea it what proportion of the total expense sno ma oe paia ny tne second-class matter Superintendents of the railway mall servi and thirty Postmasters of representative cities were asked for their opinions, 'he Superintendents answered 35 per rent.

The Postmasters varied but little 1 their answers from 20 per cent. Of the law on second-class matter Mr. Smith writes: The intent of tha aw is clear from Its terms. It seeks to define xjundarles and to prescribe conditions which shi limit the privilege to tbe kind of publication really designed to be Included. First of ill.

It provides that to be entitled to tbe seco id-class rate tbe publication must be originate, ahd published for tbe dissemination of loforr latloa of a public character. or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts, or soma special industry." Tbe law further requires that tbe publication must have a leeitlmate giui list of 1 and adds tbe proviso that nothing la Its terms shall be so construed as to admit to tbe seconi -class rate regular publications designed prima rlljr for advertising purposes, or for free circuit Uon, or for circulation at nominal rates." Utile by little tt limitations have been relaxed, and every ti ansgressioo has been mads tbe pretext and preedent for another. If any of tbe publications one i entered have changed their character since adml sslon. and. If at first entitled to the pound rate, have by this departure for faited then- original right.

The volume of I second-class matter hai doubled in the last ten years, 4.Ubo publications being adml tted last year new and 1,803 old cm in new form. Of thlr mass of second-cl iss matter it is estlmntfd that one-half dl 1 not come within the meaning of the la and hence waa not entitled to the pour rate. As tha matter now stands, the Government is carrying pounds of mail matter at 1 oetit per pound, for which It should receive tne third-clasa rate of 8 cents, thus involving a direct loss of which three times the amount of ths postal defl clt of last year. Rural free dellv ry, the report states, haa advanced materU ily. the extension during the past year li ivlng been nearly three times as great i is the whole amount of service previouslj established.

Tbe number-of routes at the beginning of the fiscal year was 1.27a Dec 6,000 routes wlU be in operation. th- f01' ervlc In Cuba and tbe Philippines. Mr. mith says: "The revenue i i Cuba for the fiscal year 1X was 820.912. tl.

and for the fiscal year 50. showing an increase of Th increase was due, not to an expansion of i he postal business, but to a faithful accoui ting of moneys received. The tjeflclt was reduced from '1 II? PbiUpp ne Islands the service has entailed larger cu it. tbe deficit for th year being S36.470.oa. DuUlde of Manila and the rger towns nearly aU the revenue is de- ved from the army and the employes of Government.

The report rec amends the restoration tub service In New Tork. Philadelphia. ston. and other cities ir.10 lt Pded at the expiration of ths contracts last year. "l0 trBin nd ben partly defeat th ir object by slow wagon service at the te is a contradictory and Incongruous policy." says tha Postmaster General.

'The department "e-iew its request for ai i appropriation of VAJO.iKiQ for the restoratli of the pneumarlo service, and I earnestly commend it to the favorable consideration of With regard to the parcels post he says: "Other countrt is in Europe seek parcels-post conventions with us. but it may be a question bow fai a foreign service of this character should be extended before a domestic parcels pbst shall be Inaugurated. Tbe establishmer of a domestic system is a question for Ccngress." Th receipts during the year from the money order transactions were an increaie over the preceding year of $39,000,000. an I the number of offices In operation was 8.S29, an Increase of 680. Last year $1.40 1.382.24 was collected as registry fees, an Increase of $177,947.30.

Of automobile mail carrying the report says: "The first coi tract for the carriage of malls by automo iHea was entered into during the last flseti 1 year for service between the Post Office lit Buffalo and the station In the Pan-Amer can Exposition grounds, a cMstanc of fou and one-quarter miles. This distance wiaa covered in thirty-five minutes and thefe war seven trips dally. Tbe service ren lered proved and a contract kill go Into effect on Jan. 1. 1902.

for stmt: or service in Minneapolis, which will at for I a still better test of the adaptability of 'he automobile for service in Urge cities." tt is recoramenVled In the report that the maximum fee fSr money orders be fixed at 23, instead of 80. cents: that a fund be provided out of the salaries paid to railway mall clerks, so that those who became Incapacitated li rough age may be pensioned; that pub Isbere be required to make TIMES. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1901 I n.n.n.,-.-,,,' i i wew a cvs uiiiicBiiariK. Nsvaf fiiniiriiianH.

i 23Q000 65i The CAVALIER GEOR.GE W. CABLE. 'j Spiriteclly1 illustrated Howard Chandler Christy. $1.50. All Booksellers or nMllrnlniPV 4VenDlarlAn naesana vm.

that a building be provided in Washington for a mail lock repair; shop; that employes shall in future rive bond to the Postmaster under whom they serve, instead of the Government direct, and that tbe interstate commerce law be amended so as to prevent express companies from transmitting matter belonging to green goods and Tottery schemes. SMUGGLERS OF ftjRS FROM CANADA DISCOVERED. -T Treasury Detectlvea Learn that the Practice Haa Been Extenaive on Vermont jBordera. CLEVELAND, Ohio'. Nov.

of the United States Treasury Department believe they have unearthed one of the most extensive smuggling schemes In the history of the country. They estimate that furs worth. IlOOjOOO have been smuggled into this country -from Canada, and about one-fourth of this quantity haa been confiscated by the Government from some of the moat fashionable people of Northern Ohio. Collector of Customs Charles Leach and bis deputies have charge of the work of confiscation. The victims live in Youngs-town.

Canton. Uassillon, Cleveland, and several other northern Ohio towns, but Mr. Leach refuses to make public their names. One lot recovered from Youngs-town cost at least $1,600. A big fur firm In Montreal is accused of sending goods into this country and avoiding the duty.

They were shipped, it Is said, to White River Junction, VU. a small place on the Canadian border, and were aent thence- by express to their destination. Mr. Leach says the members of tbe firm are under Indictment in the United States Court In Vermont, charged with smuggling. The United States detectives believe that there la much more the property in the United States outside of Northern Ohio.

Collector Leach says tbe discovery prevented the smuggling of furs valued at .40.000. that were Just, ready to be shipped. BURLINGTON; JVt. Nov. 27.

Information obtained here1 confirms the reports of extensive smuggling of valuable furs from Montreal to points In this State, and two men are under bonds for examination, having been arrested by United States officials at Alburgn. M. M. Doan waa taken into custody some days ago. Leslie J.

Johnson was arrested late last night, and was given a hearing here to-day, and held for further examination in RUTLAND, Vt Nov. '27. The announcement of the violation of the customs laws by Canadian fur dealers is of considerable interest here, as one of the cases is to come up before the United States District Court, which will meet in Rutland next Monday afternoon. iThe case Involves a selsure of 107 Copper Island sealskins at Swanton, near the Canadian line, by OUn Merrill. Collector of Customs for that district, on Sept.

80 tost, An information for violation of the revenue laws was filed with the court by United States Attorney James L. Martin, and United 8tates Marshal Fred A. Field has issued a notice to all persons concerned that the seised property will be condemned and forfeited unless owners claim the skiaa. 1 1 THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE CABLE. Tha Firtt Wire Hat Been Started Across the Structure Successfully; The first wire of the cable of the new East River Bridge waa started over th.

structure, from the jNew York side at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Charles E. Roebltng. the manager of the John A. Roebling'a Sons Company. who have the contract for tbe stringing of the As tbe wheel started, carrying a bight of the wire across the traveling rope to the Brooklyn side, it attracted the attention of hundreds of people on both sides of the river.

When the wheel reached the Brooklyn side lt was met by Chief Engineer Hli denbrand and a force of men who made the end of the wire fast to the anchor chains and started the wheel with another bight of wire to the Manhattan shore. The real task of spinning the cabl. will begin to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock and will continue until the cables an completed. Tbe stringing of the wire yesterday was more of an experiment and was successful. Many tons efgwlre reeled on spools or drums are at both the New York and Brooklyn anchorages ready for spinning.

Want a Pardor) for Hlrechkopf. An effort will be tnade to obtain a pardon for Adolph Kirschkopf, who was convicted of arson In 1883 and sentenced to life Imprisonment Iri Sing Sing. The Society for the Aid of Jewish Prisoners has taken the matter upj and Its chaplain. Rev. Dr.

Kadin, is working in his The Law Committee of the society has secured affidavits tending to show that lilrsch kopf was innocent, and these will be submitted to Gov. Odell. 000 V. 1 a I Pi I Thankfui 50,000 The RULING PASSION HENR.Y VAN DYKE. Illustrated in color by Walter Appleton Clark.

1.50. I ,1 1 'i -I CHAR.LES SCHIBNER'S SONS, Publishers. STEAM AHEAD OF ELECTRICITY. Pennsylvania Railroad to Discontinue Trolley Service from Mount Holly to Burlington. PHILADELPHIA, Nov, 27The Pennsylvania Railroad Company baa given formal notice that steam trains will be substituted for the trolley service between Mount Holly and Burlington.

N. which was interrupted by the burning of the power house at tbe former place several weeks ago. The determination not to rebuild the power house emphasises the fact that electricity as a motive power for steam roads has not rroved satisfactory. The Pennsylvania and the New York, New Haven and Hartford were the only steam roads to experiment with electricity aa a moUve power, and both took up tbe matter early in 1885. Tbe Pennsylvania Railroad officials selected the abort line between Mount Holley and Burlington for the experiment with electricity.

With the aid of the Westing-house Electric Company, which was greatly Interested In the project, a thoroughly up-to-date power plant was Installed at Mount Holly, and large modern electric cars provided. The line was opened on June 18. 18US. Tbe operation of the system was closely observed by tbe officials of the company, and while they refrained from public utterances on the matter. It became known, after the line had been in operation for some time, that it did not meet their expectations, and that there would be no extension of the electric system.

RAILROAD WAR Vt OMAHA. Injsmetlem 1 eeared by Barllagtoa Agalast City Coaaell Dlsse-lveel. OMAHA, Nor. 27. Judge Dickinson, in the District Court, to-day dissolved the injunction secured by the Burlington Road against the City Council, restraining tt from passing an ordinance vacating Eighth 8treet for the use of the Chicago and Northwestern Road.

The totter road at once began condemnation proceedings, and the Council met in extraordinary session to act on the matter. The fight haa been a bitter one between the two roads, the Burlington seeking to keep the Northwestern from running Its tracks into the wholesale district. Several cars have been thrown from the tracks into the middle of Eighth Street by both roads, and each baa kept a force of men on the scene of trouble to prevent the other from-building or tearing up tracks. Utlca and Mohawk Valley Railway. ALBANY, N.

Nov. 27. A certificate of consolidation of the Utlca Belt Line Street Railroad Company and the Utlca and. Mohawk Railroad Company, forming the Utlca and Mohawk Valley Railway Company, waa filed to-day with the Secretary of State. The capital Is $431,237.50.

and the Directors are L. B. Grant. Charles V. Charles C.

Clark. John T. wells, and Henry L. Merry of Brooklyn, and Richard T. McKinvy.

Ashley T. Cole! Charles H. Werner, and William J. Bagnell of New York City. Kingston Railway Capital Increased.

ALBANT, N. Nov. 27. The Kingston Consolidated Railroad Company has received the consent of tbe Bute Board of Railroad Commlneloners to the Issuance of a mortgage for S7U0.OUO and for an Increase In its capital stock from I.50.UU0 to The company merged the former Colonial Traction Company xl Kingston and will employ the Increased capital to the purchase of tbe Kingston City Road, and tor new construction. BRIEF RAILROAD ITEMS.

The Great Northern Railroad will make' special efforts this winter to Induce prospective Immigrants to aettle in the Northwest, especially In the Kootenai country. Special agenta will be sent to Europe and the Continental cour tries will be flooded with pamphlets and advertisements of the resources of that region. A separate office of Immigration agent may be established. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's Passenger Department baa given a new name to one of Ks trains. It is to be called The Buf falo Train." mis name la practically an Innovation la railroad nomenclature.

The Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio have approved the reorganisation plan of the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, and lt is understood that it will be announced by the end of this week. Man Found Dead In a Treetop. -LUVERNE. Nor. J.

Vann. a white man, fifty years-old. was found desd in a treetop by opossum hunters last night. He bought morphine and strychnine tbe day before, saying he bad family troubles and was going away so that no one would ever bear from him. aJ 70,000 LIVES of the HUNTED LlYCSf ffit Hunted Ernest Set OTvTnornp son By ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON.

More than 260 dravsings by Mr. Scton-Thompson. 1.75 let. R. C.

KERENS LOSES FIGHT. National Republican Committeeman No Longer Controls Missouri Patronage. SHtiai Th Krm York timet. WASHINGTON. Nov.

fight over the control of the Missouri Federal machine has been gron by the taction to 'which Secretary Hitchcock belongs. This Is the statement made by Representatives Joy and Bartboldt of that State, who bad a long conference With the President to-day about the matter. They say that the President will not renominate Charles li. Smith as Collector and Surveyor of the Port at St. Louis, and that William Q.

Boyd will get the place. If this statement Is -correct. Richard Kerens haa received a hard blow, for there is nothing resembling a compromise. Boyd baa been the anti-Kerens or Hitchcock candidate from the first, and a compromise would have to be reached by the naming of some other man. Tbe case of Internal Revenue) Collector Grenner has not yet been decided, but if the anti-Kerens men have won the victory in the Smith case, there is no reason to suppose they will not win In the other, and thus, control the Missouri patronage.

CARRIE NATION DIVORCED. Her Husband Wins 8uiL but She Is Ex onerated from Charge of Cruelty. MEDICINE LODGE. Nov. Nation was granted a divorce today from his wife, Mrs.

Carrie Nation, the "joint smasher The court exonerated Mrs. Nation from the charge of cruelty to her husband and divided tha property. The Medicine Lodge home will go to Mr. Nation, and outlying property to his wife. In reply to questions of the court.

Mrs. Nation said that one- reason she fought the proceedings waa that she wished to continue to share the pension money drawn by ber husband. Judge Gillett granted the divorce upon the ground of gross neglect of duty. When Mrs. Nation first started out on her career of "joint" smashing a year ago Mr.

Nation seemed to be in sympathy with her raids. But when she spent all of her time away from home, crusading or serving sentences la jail, be went to the home of his daughter in Indiana to live. He was Mrs. Nation's second husband, and is nearly seventy years old. The couple had Uvea together for many years.

Schooners Suffered In tha Gale. ST. JOHN'S, N. Nov. a result of yesterday's gale, the schooner Marton-thua is ashore and will become a total wreck.

Her crew waa saved. The schooner Duke was driven, aground, losing part of ber keeL but was refloated. Tbe schooner Active foundered. and her crew reached shore after great trouble. The schooner Lilydale is missing; she carries nineteen passengers besides ner crew of six men.

THE LOCAL FORECAST. Cold, fresh northerly -winds. Thesis talent high pressure will dominate eow-dltlona over the Atlantic and Qulf States for tbe next few days, and generally fair weather, with comparatively, low-temperatures may therefore be expected, except along tbe lake shore of West-era New York. wber. mere snow florrtee are probable to-day.

It will also be fair la the West, with somewhat hls-bar temperature. Utaa tnvtb. East. Fair weather wlU also be general Friday, no preetpltattoa ft eonagqueac being at present Indicated. It will, however, be somewhat warmer la the eenlral valleys and upper lake regtoos.

CMt the Kew England Coast tbe winds win be fresh to brtak. northerly; on the Middle Atlantic Coast, fresh northerly; on tbe bouth Atlantic Coast, fresh and moetlr wwt to north: oq the Gait Const. lift tit to treeto northeast te east, aad a tbe great lakes, fresh and mostly northerly. Storm wamlnas ar. displayed on the Paelfle Coast from Point Keyes light to Eureka, and at Astoria.

Port Crescent. Raet Clallam, Neah Bay. Aberdeen, and on BelUnsham bar. Iteassers which depart for European ports will hare fresh t. brisk northerly winds and cold, fair weather te tbe Grand Banks.

Tbe recurd et temperature for the twenty-four hours ended at midnight, taken from Tui NkW YORK TimKS'S thermometer and from tbe the-Dwrarter of the Weather bureau, is as follows: Westher Bureaa. Xlstxs. iwi. isoi. A S3 a.

M. .....44 --s A. at- 41 37 3U 13 33 4 P. U. 34 p.

is sg 9 V. 54 sa P. U. 39 21 25 Tna Tlafgs'S tnermosarter Is feet above the street level: that of the Weather kiureae is Xai feet above the street Uvel. Average temperatures yesterday were as follows-.

Printing Hens. Weather UureaW JTT Corresponding date lttoo Corresponding del. for Isst twenty-fir. years. 4o Th.

thermomeier rrl.rrd drvrees at a A. U. sad I'd desroes at a P. JsT. yesterday, the onak-Itauro temperature being a eree at P.

hi. and the minimum fi dngrees at lo l. 14 The humidity wes 3 par cent. UlA. M.

and SI per cent, at a P. M. 3 i 3 45,000 AMOS JUDD xnos JITD hSZXBX 1 eOltf J. A. MITCHELL.

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