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Show GENERAL IU1 Bm-util, Pittsburg, 8. The rolling mill of ilc-Knight&Co., ilc-Knight&Co., Birmingham, with the ollice3, ifcc, was burned this morning. Loss about $120,000; fully insured. Tlie Whnrlon Trlnl. Annapolis, 8. The trial of Mrs. Wharton was resumed this morningjDr. Williams on tho stand, who testiiled thai in all his visits he saw no indications indica-tions of a fatal dose of laudanum. Any dose of tartar emetic beyond live or six grains would bn dangerous where tho porson was not in the habit of taking it. In Keteham's case thore were no indications indi-cations of taking it. No oyerdose of jessamine was prescribed by tho witness, who was greatly surprised when Mrs. Wharton told him tho patient became wor.se after taking a second dose of jessamine, jes-samine, particularly after the soolhiug ell'cct of tlio first. If tho general had taken the contents of tlio bottle handed him on Tuesday, ho would have been dead or hopnles'dy ill by three o'clock , next day. The symptoms before death , 1 and the developments nflcr it were con- I stslcnt villi the theory of poison by . tartar emetic. In his opinion eighty j drops of yellow jeFsainino would not produce death. Tlio direct examination here ended and the cross-examination eomnionced. . The witness win subjected to a rigid ; cross-examination, but his answers ac-1 corded fully with tho statements dn the direct examination. In answer to & question, tho witness stated that when ho gave tho gcner.il a dose of chloral, ho supposed him to be flying. Dr. C. L. Chow was sworn and substantiated sub-stantiated the statement of Dr. Williams Wil-liams made yesterday in regard to autopsy. Ho was of the opinion that Kotcham did not die from natural causes. Washington New. Washington, K Tho committee on ways and means to-day listened to arguments ar-guments from the representatives of tho tobacco interests, who presented the re solution of tho convention just closed in this oity. A letter from secretary Fish which has been sent to congress, showing the pavmcnts made from tho contingent lurid, fucludes an itm of ? 18, 000 on account of the American and British joint high commission; aNo an expenditure expen-diture oi f S'29,0uO out of the Becrot service ser-vice fund, with the Pre::'ltav, a.r,pro val. Washington, 8. The American Women Wo-men Eiiiirntge convention held a session this evening in ilasouic Hail. There was a large Attendance including sena tors and representatives. General George B-select-"" - " "iama, recently ine Japanese government to I organize an internal revenue department, depart-ment, will leave to-morrow for Japan. " Seth Johnon, thn treasury defaulter, l was arretted this afternoon. No additional addi-tional irregularities have been dicov-I dicov-I n4 in the treasury. |