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Show THE GRANT PARADE. TARIFF CHANGES Couiploto for ths N Arrsagoinoote uuiaut DEMAND TO BE MADE BY WESTERN SENATORS ON WOOL. Certain Wool oro tu I mi Claaalllml Accord-lo- g to the Killing Price In the Mar. beta of the 1'ultcd HI a lea. Washington, April 17. Western senators, after several confercnecs, hare readied an agreement to stand together for important change in tlio wool schedule of the I lingley bill. The must prominently identified with the movement are Messrs. Mantle, Carter, Slump, Warren and Burrows. They have not only agreed upon a line of amendments, hut have deeided to insist on their inclusion in the hills. attended The meetings have also The many hy prominent are directed promised amendment mainly to closing the many loophole for evasions and fraud which wisil-meagree Hlsmud in the llinglcy hill, ami wen also found in the McKinley sen-ato- m ls-e- n wool-grower- s. n law. An amendment was agreed upon providing that an additional duty of 4 cents cr pound should lie levied upon skirled winds and wools imported in HIM) and prior to that time. The principal change, however, to lie proposed is uin wisil and camels hair of the third class. The Ilingley hill proposes an duty upon wools of this eluss. It is proposed now to strike out the Riugluy hill clauses related to third class wools and to insert instead the following: On wools of the third class and camels hair of the third class the value of which shall be cents or less per pound in the wool murketa of the United Stales, the duty shall lie Scents per pound, ami on the wools and hair of this eluss the value of which shall exceed 8 cents er pound in the general markets of the United States there shall lie an additional duty of half of one cent per pound for each increase of one cent per pound in the value thereof." It is claimed for this latter amendment, which is the most important of all the amendments proposed. that it will largely prevent the frauds which it is alleged were perpetrated on the ad valorem duties under the McKinley law, by reason of which it is asserted liundreils of millions of pounds of wool used in the manufacture of clothing which properly lielongcd to the first class were imported at third class rates on the representation that they were to lie used in making carpets. I mlva-lorei- n M JAMES TRUE tlmtlHml BOUND OVER. t the Darina Train Rubber at I'liitah. Sacramento. Cal., April 17. James True, whom the secret service ugents and the detectives of the railroad company deserilm as one of the most daring s of imslern times, was examined for robbing the United States mail ycstcrihiy und held to answer under ft.oiMl Ininds, in default of which he is now in juil at Alameda. True is charged with having held up a Union laeitie truin neur dgileii lust Octolier. lie is a tall, powerfully-buil- t young nun. alsiut AH years of age. In the trial of True lmt few witnesses were examined hy the proscclition. One of these was the engineer of the truin which True is accused of having held np at Uintah, Utah, on October 14 th lust. The engineer. Daniel Howland, said that just liefore he whistled for Devils date he heard a sound as of falling coni. lie turned and saw a man with his head hidden hy a sack, holding a revolver in his hand, Tlu man drew a white sack from his pocket and made the fireman cover his head with it! lie then compelled the witness to slow down, and later to stop, after which he compelled him to walk back to the mail ear with him, and stand by while he blew it open. Fireman McFarland, who season the train the night of the robbery, told a similar story, lie identified the prisoner as the roldier, cluhning that he recognized him as a man he had known before hy his voice, size and actions. True made no defense. train-rohlicr- An Aquatic Cnnferenre. conference of yacht clubs of the United States and t'annda is to lie held in the Fifth Avenue hotel May 1. It will he the largest affair of its kind ever held in thiseiHin-try- . Its object is to discuss and determine upon such aetion as may he considered advisable to affect the adoption of uniform raring rules by the various yacht racing organisations and yacht clubs of the United States aud Canada and to adopt auch other measures as may be deemed necessary. New York. April 1(1. A Mamr (rmumlH. New York, April 18. The time for making application for place in the line of the Grant parade closed this sflrrniMiu. The complete end final order of march will be made up before next Tuesday, but the probable marching order with the numerical strength of the division was given out this afternoon as follows: Military division: First division Regulars, United States troops, 8,500 men; separate brigades of marinss and l.MKl men. Second division National guard of the state of New York, First brigade, MM) men; Second brigade, 3,000 men; Fourth brigade, 3,500 men; Third brigade, 2,M)0 men. Third division Troops of the national guards of various states assigned to line in the order of the entrance of the utates into the Union. Veterans grand divisiou, Howard, commanding 10,0u0 men. Civic grand division, civic societies etc., for the most part in uniform, under the command of Colonel Charles F. Homer, 10,000 men. blue-jacket- THE BELL HANGER. AN IMPORTANT FUNCTIONARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE. Garret A. Hobart, Jr-- , Mob of tho Vloo Froaldoat Will Hold tho Pavilion for tho Kast Four Tours Ho Is is Export Electrician. ARRET A. HOBART, the son of the new vice-preside- Major-Gener- al MRS. ELIZABETH TILTON DEAD. Hail Lived In Kaclnslun Kvar Mines tha Conclusion of I ha Haarhar Trial. New York, April 16. Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of Henry Ward Beech- Kha er's accuser, died on Tuesday last, at her home in Brooklyn. The news of her death was uot made public until today. Since the famous trial she had lived in strict retirement In recent years she has shared her home with her widowed daughter. Even the fact of her death was kept secret, and there are no external signs of mourning about the house where her body lisa. Theodore Tilton, her husband, is in Paris, where he has lived ever ainoe the Beecher trial. WOLCOTT MAY Within tbs Con tlonnl Prohibition. A tion. He had an eye to business and made a business proposition to the president After looking Into the matter with great care the president found out that he could save considerable money by letting the contract to young Hobart, and so the young electrician and his partner, Ned Van Riper, were given charge of the White House bell hanging. Hobart, Jr., began bis career as practical electrician by wiring bis fathers bouse so thoroughly that a bell would ring whenever anyone as much as coughed. The servant girl could light the kitchen fire by touching a button on her bedhead, and the bulldog was released whenever a window was opened after dark. His business career began when the neighbors of the Hobarts hired the boy to protect and equip their houses in a similar fashion. The work of Garret A. Hobart, Jr., ft Co., was as scientific as that of the tits Washington, April 18. The question raised as to the right of Senator Wolcott to serve as one of the international monetary commissioners while at the same time holding office as Unitad States senator, occasioned much comment among senators. The law hooka were examined aud the precedents recalled. As a result of the inquiry started, the general conclusion was that Mr. Wolcott did not come within the constitutional prohibition, as the position to which he Is appointed is not an office" in the strict legal sense, but is an agency or commission. IN the White House Mcby President Kinley. Young Hobart Is an adept in electricity, and he was the first appll- - SERVE. II Doss Not Com SUICIDE has been appointed official bell hanger of s. CHURCH. best electricians, and ss It was fearfully and wonderfully cheap as compared with that of the professionals, the boy firm throve at Paterson. It is expected that President McKinley and his family will have all the bell ringing they want in the NVhtte House If Hobart, Jr., ft Co., are allowed to give the good measure they will naturally desire to give to their distinguished patron. Master Hobart did not plead his relawhen he tionship to the asked for the work. He pointed out to President McKinley the necessity of having his house properly wired, and his bid was so low that the president closed with him at once. There are other houses in Washington, and as young Hobart Is to remain in the capital four years, it may be expected Washington will soon be the most elaborately electrically equipped city in the country. vice-preside- nt Charles Hoffman Knelt In Frsyor and Ft rah tha Fatal Mullet. Brunswick, (la.. April 16. The dead n body of Charles Hoffman, a and respected citizen, was today found in a chapel alsiut four miles from the city. He hud evidently gone into the building for the purpose of committing snicide, and liefore taking his life had knelt in prayrr. When found lie was in a kneeling position, STOCKHOLM'S BIG SHOW. with his head resting on the bench. Kxmltlon He hud shot himself through the head. The hcawllnavlan-Kunila- n II an I m Will Affair. Reverse in liuNiness and inability to Among all the expositions planned get work caused the act. fur 1897-9- 8 none can exceed in interest and beauty the great Scandinavian and Russian exhibition to be held at Stock15 to Oct. 1, 1897. During Drastic legislation hy tho Texas Btata holm, May the 25 years reign of the good King Sonata. Oscar, Sweden has made wonderful adAustin. Tex., April 16. The senate vances, and industrially, of the Texas legislature today passed and in commerciallythe king's jubilee September some very drastic leg- will be celebrated with Imposing cereislation in the shape of a bill imposing monies. The fact that Sweden is the country in the against the life insurance companies a chief 3 per cent annual tax on the gross world is to receive recognition in the of the great industrial hall, earnings, and against fire and fidelity erection the wooden building that has largest 1 per cent They ever companies a tax of been constructed. It covers an 10 also tax dining and sleeping-car- s area of 20,400 square yards and is surcents for every 100 miles traveled. mounted by a curious cupola 330 feet They also provide a franchise tax of high; at a height of 160 feet the four 850 on all foreign corporations with a minarets surrounding the cupola are capital slock of 1100,000, aud $1 for connected with prospect bridges and here refreshments will lie served to the every 81.000 additional stock. sightseer while his eye Is delighted with a view of the exhibition grounds A Row Over I.lout enact Feary. and the inlets, islands, and wooded de16. The navy Washington, April shores that form their setting. In lopartment is in a ferment over an order cating the exposition at the beginning to Lieutenant Peary, the Arctic ex- of the Djurgarden, one of the most plorer, to leave the New York navy beautiful pleasure grounds of Europe, yard and take up the station at Mare and facing the famous Stockholm harisland. Cal. Just at this moment the bor, advantage has been taken of every officer's friends and persons taking an phase of Sweden's varying charms. Near the industrial hall Is the Northactive interest in Polur expeditions are ern museum, which contains the culNew a fund in in York engaged raising tural exhibit, Including everything that to defray the expenses of another exto science, education, hygiene pertains pedition to lie conducted by Lieutenant and manual training lor the high dePeary into the far north. It is asserted velopment of which Sweden Is espethat the detachment of the officer from cially noted. The fishery hall la a New York will Involve the enterprise unique, building built out over tbs water which forms an imin failure. mense basin In ths renter of the hall; l'lantoneu has been ar- to tbe circular landing which half surrested In Tar la on a charge of com- rounds it will be fastened the different ' fishing smacks, and within the hall plicity in the Panama scandal well-know- will be found every implement of Die fisherman from the harpoon to the trout fly. In the tourist's and sportsman's pavilion the sports of the north, hating, fishing and hunting, will be Illustrated by a series of tableaux and dioramas. The principal buildings in' the western section of the grounds are machinery hall, an immense structure of iron and glass, and the art hall, perhaps the most beautiful of all, with its white stucco walls, wide, elaborately ornamented cornice, and open loggia. Scandinavian art will be given the first triplets representation ever accorded It, and America and the leading countries of Europe will also send tbe works of their leading artists, owing to the active Interest taken in the exhibit by its chairman. Prince Eugene, the king's youngest son, who is himself an artist of considerable ability. Among the special features of the exhibit Is Old Stockholm. Here we find Imitations of the old royal palace, the oldest church In Stockholm where the reformation was first publicly declared, goldsmiths' shops of the 16th century, and a printing office of the same time. About 100 feet from the shore of the Djurgardbrunnsviken will be. built a submarine grotto so large that 10 boats holding 10 persons each can move about in it at once; it will take 15 minutes to complete the circuit of the grotto and a series of wonderful light effects will be produced. Horrotary to tho Frealilont. John Addison Porter, of Poinfret, oc- cupant of the Important and highly exacting office of private secretary to the nation's chief executive, is the eldest son of the late Professor John Addison Porter, long time dean of the School of New Sheffield Scientific Haven, and Josephine Earl Sheffield, a daughter of the founder of that institution, and was born In New Haven forty years ago. After his graduation from Yale, where he was distinguished In the classics, Mr. Porter studied law under distinguished auspices at Cleveland, Ohio, but subsequently left the legal profession for that of Journalism. HIb newspaper experience, covering a period of sixteen years, has embraced service in various capacities with the New Haven Palladium, Hartford Cour-an- t. New York Observer, and New York Tribune. He has also been a frequent contributor to the leading magazines; and the literary work to his credit Includes several monographs, the most notable of which are an elaborate historical review of the corporation of Yale University, and a detailed critical study of The Origin and Administration of the City of Washington." Ills volume of Sketches of Yale Life" enjoys an extensive popularity among graduates and friends of the university. For considerations of health, Mr. Porter in 1884 took up his residence In Washington, D. C., where he remained for two years, conducting a general business, and serving as clerk of the special senate committee on Indian Post Traderships. .In 1886 he purchased the residence and farm at Poinfret, which has been his home since that time. He purchased in 1888, an interest in the Hartford Evening Post, and later acquired a majority of the stock of that newspaper. Mr. Porter was returned from Pomfret as first representative In the election of 1890, on the straight Reof which particket, publican ty he has always been a loyal and energetic member. Mr. Porter was twice a candidate for nomination as book-publishi- ng nit-n- o wood-exporti- ng two-sto- Ex-Depu- ty ry candidate for governor of Connecticut He has long been an adherent of Major McKinley. Dili Ago Msrkort toy Mholl. In a paper read recently before the American Academy of Science, Hyatt called attention to the curious fact that the ehelle of certain animals, such as cephalopoda, brachlo-poiland some bivalves, are commonly marked by retrogressive changes as age advances. The old man returns to second childhood in mind and body, and the shell of the cephalopod has, in old age, however distinct and highly ornamental the adult, very close resemblance to its own young. Al-phe- us s. leopard cub In the The Central park menagerie, New York, caught a big rat that ventured into Its cage the other day, and after playing with it for an hour and a half. Just like a cat. gave It a pat with Us paw that finished It Win Boo Dooiroy UrapasV Thera has been In tbe past, and still la, and I suppose always will be, a difference of opinion among fruit growere as to whether the honey bee actually destroys rip grapes without any outalds assistance, ays American Gardening. At almoaz every meeting of the State Horticultural Society this question comes up, and like the old notion of wheat turning to chest, one man is positive that It will and another s equally certain that it will not Neither has any positive information on the eubjecL In order that we might have some reliable data on this question some careful observations were made during the past season. A Worden grape vine, well loaded with fruit, waa selected, and when the fruit was ripe all defective berries and surplus leaves fife re removed, so as to allow of the free movements of the bees. A colony of Italian bees was then placed close to the vine, and the whole Inclosed with mosquito netting, giving the bees about 300 cubic feet of space In which to work. They were kept confined with the grapes just 21 days, and in the meantime were not allowed to get any other food to eat except the grapee, and what they already had stored In the hive. At the end of three weeks they were removed and the grapes carefully examined, but it could not be discovered that a single grape had been Injured. The natural Inference is that if the bees could not be induced to eat the grapes when kept in close confinement with them, they are not liable to injure them when at liberty to seek such food as they like best. We all know that certain waepa will cut the skin of grapes, and 1 have always held to the opinion that the wasp was the culprit which flret opens the door for the bees to get In. The opinion has been confirmed the past season by seeing two species of the genus Polsltes light on the grapes and with their harp jaws tear open the skin and uck the juice. After this was done the honey bees would usually finiBh the work. In fact, it would be a very stupid bee that would not avail Itself ef such an opportunity. well-inform- ed Toss Hormo In Cuba. Sjme of the ranchers In Central Texas estimate that 5,000 horses have been shipped from Texas to Cuba within the past six months, the demand having been created by the war between the Spanish government and the The insurgents, says Dallas News. state ol Texas supplied horses to both Ides. An order was filled for tho Spanish government within the past sixty days. Gen. Weyler, after studying the subject, gave the preference to Texas bronchos. He is quoted by Mr. W. P. Hall, who spent October in Havana, with saying that Texas horses make superior cavalry mounts in a rough country, where auppliee were not regularly provided, and were more reliable In the Cuban climate than any other stock. Mr. Hall gave the News reporter an account of the landing of a shipload of horses at a Cuban port for the use of the insurgents. He I got my information from a aid: Texan who has been supplying tough Texas ponies for the insurgents ever since the Cuban war commenced. The horses were sent to the Atlantic seaboard from an interior point and were In a gale two days. When the ship ran into a Cuban inlet a Spanish cruiser was In the offing, but forturtely for tbe parties Interested the norm ship went unobserved and made a safe landing of the cargo. One fine hone was sent as a present from a Texan to Gen. Maceo. The horseB, my Informant stated, bore well known Texas brands. Some of them were under fire within hours after touching Cutwenty-fou- r ban soil. From all that I learned from the military authorities In Havana, and from sympathizers with the insurgents, I conclude that half of the horses in military use on the island were raised in Texas. Pruning Old Apple Trees. Apple trees that have become unproductive may often be restored to usefulness by severe pruning, cutting out limbs that have begun to decay, as these lessen the vigor of the tree. If large limbs are cut off the cut should be made with a saw, and the cut surface quickly coated with a varnish made of gum shellac with rosin. With a new and smaller top, vigor will return to the old tree, and if supplied with mineral fertilizers, especially, potash, it will often be productive many years. It is a good time to regraft these ol trees when pruning themy choosing some extra vigorous variety that la long in coming into bearing on young trees. The Twenty-Ounc- e apple and Northern Spy are both excellent kinds to regraft on old and apparently worn-otrees. Ex. ut Gain in Flesh. Dry food for flesh making, fed at eight state experiment stations to 132 cattle, shows an average gain of 1 pound of flesh for each 10.24 pounds of dry matter consumed. Lawes ft Gilbert, of England, estimate 11 pounds dry matter per pound oi gain In cattle and 9 pounds la sheep At the Iowa experiment station but 8.09 pounds of dry matter was required to make 1 pound gain In Hereford cattle and 7.17 pounds for sheep. Farm and Homs, Do not let the manure accumulate. |