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Arrives In Harrisburg. Harbirbubg, Jon. 5.—John Wanamak-

er arrlvod on the scene of the senatorial oonfliot today and will remain until it is settled. A large delegation of Philadel- phia business men name with him. They held a meeting this afternoon at the head- quarters of the Business Men’s league to adopt measures to further tho Interests Ot his candidacy. The Philadelphia-New York merchant is quartered at the Com-

JOHN WANAMAKER. monwealth hotel. He was given quite an ovation on his arrival. Legislators, poli- ticians, business men and artisans pressed forwurd to shake hands and wish him suc- cess.

Rudolph Blanlienburg of Philadelphia, who is helping to manage the Wanamaker campaign, said he was absolutely sure of Wanamaker’s election. He only gives Sen- ator Penrose 70 votes. The Penrose people claim 146 sure and expect to make gains.

The Wanamaker people have combined on Ward R. Bliss of Delaware county as their candidate for speaker. They will present his name to the caucus, but he Will not receive the support of the full Wanamaker strength. Many of the can- didate’s friends are committed to Henry K. Boyer.

The Penrose managers say they are ab- solutely confident of winning. They gave a street parade. The joint Republican senatorial cauous will be held tomorrow evening.

Mrs. Charles J*\ Warren Deed. Middletown, N. Y., Jen. 6.—Mrs.

Charles W. Warren died In this crtty today. She left a large number of wonderful and rare specimens of wood and minerals col- lected by her husband In all parts of the world to the Central Park museum. She was the sister cf Captain Franois Norton, who sailed for Toulon five years ago on a nonsinkablo yacht of his own make. He, his wife and a crew of eight were never beard from.

Confess to Homicide. Salamanca, «. Y., Jan. 5.—William

Mead and Frank Martin, who are in Lit- tle Valley jell, obarged With the murder of Charles O’Brien at Salamanca Satur- day night) Dee. 26, have made a oonfes- sion. Mead relates a story which corrob- orates the antemortem statement of O'Brien as to the quarrel, but deviates from it as to who was the aggressor, as- serting that O’Brien was killed in self de- fense.

Governor Black's Fleet Order, Albany, Jan. 6.— Governor Black, Issu-

ing through the adjutant general his first order assuming command of Hie national guard and naval militia, reorganises his staff and makes It the proper number by this designation: “Edward Bari Britton la appointed assistant adjutant general of the state of New York, ranking as oolonel from Jan. 1, 1827, and assigned to doty as aid-de-camp on my staff.

The Chapmen Case Again. Washington, Jan. 5. —In the supreme

oourt today application was mads for a writ of habeas oorpus In the case of Elver- ton R. Chapman, the New Yarfc broker oonvlcted for refusing to answer questions put to him by the senate investigating oommlttee. Leave was granted to make the application to be argued March 22.

The Marriage or Miss Sprockets. San Francisco, Jan. 6.—The secret

m&rriage of Miss Emma F. Spreokels to Thomas Watson has caused a sensation. Mr. Watson is an Englishman and a wid- ower abont 66 years old. His wife Is about 28- Mrs. Watson has always been the fa- vorite child of Claus Sprackels, the sugar king, and has already come into possession of about $3,000,000 worth of property.

Detroit’s County Muddle. Detroit, Jan. 6.—Judge Donovan of the

otfouit court today made permanent the injunction heretofore granted restraining the board of county supervisors from pro- ceeding with the erection of a county build- ing under a contract reoently closed. The principal ground for the application for in- junction was “improper influence.”

Economizing at Derby, Conn. Derby, Conn., Jan. 5.—The Derby Sil-

ver company has given notice to the sala- ried men in their employ that during this present year they will be paid according to the number of hours they work, and that there are to be no more salarios. Tho plan is in line with a system of economy, and the salaried men have accepted.

Big Miners’ Strike Threatened. Denver, Jan. 5.—Ouray and San Mig-

uel counties are on the verge of a miners' strike that may surpass the one now in progress in Leadvllla Tho cause is th« importation of nonunion miners from Mis- souri into the Virginius niiny and Ke- vengo tunnel, situated about nine miles west of Ouray.

To Settle a Strike. Albany, Jan. 5.—State Arbitration

Commissioner W. H. H. Webster has gone to Cohoes to try and bring about a settle- ment in tho striko of the employees of the Victor mills of that city.

Sheffield's Trade With Us. SnEFFiELD, Jan. 5.—Tho trade returns

of this city with tho United States for the year 1890 show a total of £636,884 ($3,631,- 020) against £636,243 ($3,(#1,316) in 1896.

Death of Sir Henry Halford. London, .Tan. 6.—Sir Henry Halford,

who has just died, was oaptain of the Eng- lish rifle team which visited America a score of years ago.

Sir Joseph Hickson Dead. Montreal, Jan. 6.—Sir Joseph Hick-

son, late general manager of tho Grand Trunk railway, is dead.

Serious Damage Deported From the West and Northwest.

PROPERTY LOSS IS HEAVY.

Btvera Overflow Their Banks In Illinois, Missouri and Other States—Severity

of the Blizzard Which Came After the Kaln.

Chicago, .Tan. 5—Reports from all parts of the west tell of damago by flood gnd storm during the last 24 hours. .Toliot, Ills.. Is threatened with ono of the worst floods in its history. Hickory and Sp-’ng oroeks are out of their banks, and the *es- plainos river and the lower level of the oanal have raised 16 inches. Families are moving out of their houses, and the low- lands are fioodod. Water is sweeping through the lumber yards, and the Rock Island track is submerged. In the vicinity of Lacon wheat has been damaged badly by the 62 hours’ rain, and tho roads are Impassable for marketing corn. The Saga- mon river ’is rising, threatening destruc- tion to thousands of bushels of cribbed eorn. It has rained for (;0 hours and is still raining, but growing colder.

In northern Michigan the rain is also severe. Near Menominee it has rained for 48 hours. Logging has been suspended, and hundreds of men have come out of the woods, Ice gorges at Fischer and other pointson the Menominee river threatening serious consoquenoe to Menominee and Marinette.

In Minnesota a blizzard raged all day on

Saturday, with alternating rain and sleet and with falling temperature.

South L'akota suffered a severe sdow- etorm yesterday, which prevailed all day. The snow drifted, and a railroad blockade Is feared.

Nebraska is suffering from the worst blizzard it has experienced for years. Snow was 12 Inches on the level last night, and the wind plied up great drifts six and seven feet high. Trains were delayed In the vi- cinity of Hastings. A blinding snow fell Soring the night, and a sharp wind was blowing. At Grand Island there was five feet of Bnow In the Union Pacific railroad yards. Telegraph and telephone servioe was greatly Impeded.

The Condition In Missouri. St. Louis, .Tan. 5.—The heavy rain

whioh had been falling in this vicinity for the last two days continued until last even- ing, when a oold wave set In, and the tem- perature dropped 80 to 10 degrees In a short time. The heavy rains ‘have canoag the rivers on both sides of the Mississippi to rise above the danger mark. At Rioh- land, Mo., the Gasoonda river Is all over the low bottoms and Is rising at the rate of 14 inohes an honr. Hundreds of acres of wheat and oorn in the shock have al- ready been washed away. The river Is full of floating rails, saw logs and railroad ties, which represent a loss of many thou- sands of dollars.

Texas Softer* Toe. Wichita Falls, To*., Jan. (.—The

south bound passenger train due Saturday noon has not yet reached this point ow- ing to a severe storm in the Panhandle. Wires are down north of Clarendon, and no Intelligence oan be had from the loet train. A snowplow was etffrted north from Clarendon yesterday morning, whioh has not reaohed Claude, 80 milee. Snow- drifts of 15 feet are reported In that sec- tion. The north bound passenger train leaving here on Saturday evening turned back at Clarendon on account of inability to go farther.

Harrow Escape of Six Mob. Purcell, L T., Jan. 5. -~Jlne South

Canadian river Is higher than It has been for a number of years. The Blue Goose sa- loon, whioh was situated In the middle of the river, was tumbled over by the flood. Six men were in the house at the time It was overturned, and they all dung to a log whioh had become fastened In the river. They were rescued by parsons on the Oklahoma side. They were In the wa- ter for 18 hours.

Interest on the Brasilian Debt. Lowdon, Jan. 5.—The Brasilian treasury

delegate writes to The Times with refer- ence to the sale at Hamburg of 84,000 bags of Brasilian coffee whioh, it was re- ported, was believed to be a consignment of the Brazilian government to the Roths- childs of London in lieu of bills to pay the Interest on the Brazilian debt, the treas- ury delegate writes that the Rothschilds already had sufficient Brazilian funds in hand to pay for the ooupons on the exter- nal debt.

A St. Paul Bank Closes. St. Paul, Jan. 6.—Tho Germania bank,

a state institution, capital stock $400,000, did not open for business today, but an- nounced its assignment to Peter Merkes, who for the past year or trwo has been its cashier. The announcement stated that this aotion was taken after full considera- tion of all the phases of the situation, as it was deeniod best for all concerned that this step be taken.

Where Our Fighting Ships Are. Washington, Jan. 6.—The Dolphin

sailod from the Washington navy yard for Jacksonville, Fla., where she should ar- rive to re-enforce the patrol fleet about Wednesday morning. Tho San Francisco has arrived at Yille Frabche, the Minne- apolis at Beirut, tho Monadnock at Santa Cruz and tho Philadelphia at Valparaiso.

Henry Irving's Condition. London, Jan. 5.—The St. Janies Gazette

this afternoon says that Sir Henry Irving is not making satisfactory progress, and that several months may olapse before he recovers sufficiently to reappear on the stage. It is also stated that Ellen Terry has had several operations for her eyes.

Albany’s Big Day. Albany, Jan. 5.—The programme for

the oelebration of tho centennial of Albany as the meeting place for the legislature is complete, and, following, as it does, upon the iirst day of the legislature, will tend to make a very lively time.

Warm Weather at Saratoga. Saratoga, Jan. 5.—The mercury regis-

tered 40 degrees above zero today at this place. The warm wave is unprecedented hero for this dote, and the Ice crop is threat- ened.

New Jersey Central Dividend. New York, Jan. 5.—The directors of

the Now Jersey Contral have declared the regular quarterly dividend of per cent.

In Honor of Gambetta. Paris, Jan. 6.—Tho demonstrations in

honor of Gamtetta at Blanqui were thinly attended.

THE TARIFF HEARINGS. L Tebacco Grower Explain* the Demand*

of HI* Association.

Washington, .Tan. 5. — Tie tobaooo ichedule was tho subject of the hiding be- fore the ways and means committee today. Michael Tobin of Baldwinsville, N. Y., representing the New York State Tobacco Srowers' association, of which he has been president nine years. wa9 the first speaker. He said the tobacco growers were badly in need of relief. They had expended vast j sums in warehouses, etc., and hAl been, j until the importation of Sumatra began, fairly prosperous. Tobacco farms were then worth $125 an acre. Such farms now were generally mortgaged and would not today liquidate their incumbrances. He did not think it fair that the Holland syn- dicate, which employed cooly labor at 12 cents a day, should be allowed to annihi- late the great leaf tobacco industry in this oountry. He denied that American leaf was not suitable for wrappers. Sumatra, he said, had no merit except its appear- ance.

He complained of the elastic language in tho act of 1894. The schedule In the act of 1890, for which he claimed credit, ho said, would be satisfactory. The duty should be enough to relieve the tobacco growers The consumer, he said, would not be injured by an adequate duty. He could get his cigars at the same price at retail. The only way the American grow- ers could be relieved would be to give them an opportunity to furnish a fair pro- portion of the wrappers. He was not pre- pared to suggest a schedule until he had further consultation with his association, but he did not hesitate to say that $2 on unstemmed wrappers was not enough.

In reply to a question from Mr. Payne (Rep., N. Y.) Mr. Tobin said that 1)4 pounds of Sumatra would wrap 1,000 ci- gars, while it would take 10 pounds of American to wrap the same number. He said the quality of the American wrapper leaf had not improved of recent years be- cause there had been no inducement to growers to care for their leaves. Speak- ing of the equality of tobacco, he said of course Cuban tobacco ranked first. Su- matra, he said, was decidedly the worst. He had no doubt that any importer of Su- matra would rather have Sumatra exclud- ed than smoke a cigar made wholly of Su- matra, because If he smoked it he would probably lose his breakfast

He said the growers cored nothing about fillers. They were interested primarily in wrappers. Chairman Dingley called atten- tion to tho fact that under the reduction of duty of 50 cents per pound on wrappers In the act of 1894 the increase of Imports of Sumatra bad been over 40 per cent Moreover, he said, It was a remarkable fact that the price of Sumatra tobacco increased 50 cents a pound as soon as the duty was reduced 50 cents. Mr. Tobin confirmed this, but had no explanation to offer.

ELECTION DEPLANED VOID. Result of the Cate Where Clerical Intim-

idation Wat Charged. Montreal, Jan. 6.—The election In

Champlain county, in which clerical in- timidation was charged, has been declared ▼old. Bishop Lafleche and the clergy who were summoned to appear refused to give testimony, and the sitting member, Dr. Marcotte, to avoid their committal far oon- tempt of court, admitted oorrupt practioes by agents, thus making the election void. Judge Bourgeois, In delivering the judg- ment of the oourt, said that election meant choice—that is to say, that the electors are oalled upon to make a choice of a candi- date. This choice must be a tree one. There is no liberty if the elector’s vote Is not free. No one may forcibly influence the will of the people A vote given is not a free vote by a free elector If imposed upon him by a power which be fears to dlsobsy.

Wlllimentlc’a Doable Tragedy. Willim antic, Conn., Jan. 5.—A horri-

ble double tragedy was discovered today. A tenement house was broken Into by the police, and It was found that Abraham Ernestus, 40, had frightfully injured Mary Cole, a oolored woman, having pounded her on the head with an az, and then hung himself. He was found dead, and the wo- man, it is thought, will die.

Arebblahop Febro’s Funeral.

Montreal, Jan. 5.—The body of Arch- bishop Fabre was removed to St James cathedral today. The funeral servioe will take place tomorrow, and It is expected that eight bishops will take part in It Thousands of people will be unable to ob- tain admission to the church.

The Weather.

Cloudy; colder; southerly, shifting to westerly, winds.

FINANPIAL AND POMMEEPIAL

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange.

New York. Jan. 4.—Money on call easy at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, S4©*4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.86434.864 for demand and $4.83434.834 for 60 days. Posted rates. $4,844 and $4.8734.88. Commer- cial bills, $4,834. Silver certificates. 654c.; no sales. Bar silver, 644c. Mexioan dollars, 504c. Government bonds firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm.

Closing prices: Atchison. 14 New England. —

Bur. & Quincy.... 694 N. J. Central.1004 C„ C., C. & St. L.. 284 North American. 44 Chesapeake &0.. 1644 Northern Pacific. 14 Chicago Gas. 734 Do. pref. 324 Cordage. — N. Y. Central. 93H Cotton Oil. 13 Omaha. 474 Del. & Hudson...118 Ontario & West.. 144 Distillers’Trust.. — Pacino Mail. £44 Erie. 15 Reading. 264 General Eleotric.. 33 Rock Island. 86 Hocking Valley.. 174 Silver Bullion. 664 Lackawanna.158 St. Paul. 724 Lake Shore.152 Sugar Refinery... 1104 Lead. 23 Texas Pacific. 9 Louisville & Nash 474 Union Pacific. 9 Missouri Pacific.. 20 Wabash pref. 154 Northwestern....1024 Western Union... 834

General Markets. New York, Jan. 4. — FLOUR—State and

western quiet, but firmly held; city mills pat- ents, $5.2035.45; winter patents, $4.9533.20; city mills clears, $4.9535.05; winter straights, $4.60@4.80.

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened strong, prices making a new record on bullish foreign news, but later declined under foreign selling; March, 94 3-16@944c.: May, 904@91?sc.

CORN—No. 2 quiet, but steady; May, 314o. OATS—No. 2 steady: track, white, state, 20

@3oc.; track, white, western, 30@30c. PORK—Firm; mess, $8.2538.75; family, $9.50

@10.50. LARD—Dull; prime western steam, $4.10,

nominal. BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 13317c.; state

creamery, 14320c. CHEESE — Quiet; state, large, 74@104c.;

small, 743104o. EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 17@

19c.: western, 143194c. SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining, 2 13-16c.:

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NICE—Quiet; domestic, 34©<>4c*: Japan, 44 @44c.

TALLOW—Steady; city, 3 5-16c.; country, 3 7-16c.

HAY—Quiet; shipping, 524@57>ac.; good to choice, 674370c.

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