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volver, four jimmies, six boxes of fuse
matches, lot of mail pouch keys, q large
bunch OF skeleton keys and several skele-
ton saws, The prisoner told Chief Ben
shaw that his name was Charles V. w,
Benedict; that he was nineteen wears old,
and that his homo is in Marshalltown, In.
He said that Frank McCord, eighteen
years old, George Dunn, seventeen wears,
Thaddeus Hall, twenty-onc, and himself,
all residents of Marshalltown, had agreed
TO form gang OF burglars and he had
been sent to this city TO purchase the
necessary tools. He firmly denied having
anything to do with the Smell
murder, and insisted that his accom-
plices were all in Mashall,own
awaiting his return. Chief Ebersold
telegraphed the chief o( police at Marshall
town asking rs TO the whereabouts of the
men named, and received an answer that
they were not at that place. They are all
known to the chief OF police in Marshall.
town, but he does not know their present
whereabouts. The extension bit found in
Benedicts possession lisa new one, butbeas
evidence OF use and ITALICS in size with the
one used in the boring oi the holes in the
back door OF Mr.. SHELLS residence. One
revolver Benedict had upon his person
was not loaded, but each chamber had In
il an empty shell, and the revolver showed
signs OF having recently been fired. The
bullets in Mr.. Smells body were thirty
eight caliber, which is the same size used
in the empty revolver in Benedict's pocket
Benedict was formerly postal clerk on
the Chicago, Burlington K Quincy rail-
road. The police refuse 10 say that they
think he is the murderer.
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az INTEREST no IRoN MAKERS.
An Inveniion That Converts the Ore
Directly Into steel.

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.--Acting Consul
lIomsicdt, Of Moscow, has made a report
10 the department Of state In regard TO an
important invention recently patented by
Russian subject aud now being succcs-
fully worked Ia Russia. lilo says
''Thc invention consists Of n method n
produce iron aud steel direct from the one.
Tho whole secret Of the process Is the CON
siruction Of the furnace. which Is simple
and inexpensive. II will be difficult ior
our iron masters 10 believe that under the
new process iron orc, after submitting Il TO
the ordinary smelling process, io taken d.
rccily from the furnace 10 the rolling.mill
and turned into sheet iron; but such Is the
case, there being 10 my certain knowledge
three furnaces In this country now In full
operation and working with great success
There can be- but little doubt that this new
invention will create perfect revolution in
the manufacture Of charcoal iron. Whether
the process can DO used with equal AL.
vantage where coke Il the fuel cannot
positively assert, ~ the furnaces refer TO
are worked with charcoal. ! am. however.
assured that an experiment made with
coke was crowned With equal success
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pRocEEDIxes or CONGRESS.
senator HiddicberEer Amases Him.eii
Agala-niiI. OF I.ading niii Passed.

WAsniNGToS, Feb. Son motion ol
Mr.. spooncr, the bill for the relief Of i'm.
poricu Of animals for breeding purposes In
certain cases was taken up and passed. II
directs the Secretary Of the Treasury 10
omit all duties upon imporiations Of ami.
mails for breeding purposes, whether i'm.
ported for the importers own use or ior
sale, and provides that the fact Of such
importation shall be sufficient defense In
any pending action.
Mr. Teller moved 10 take from the cal.
cndar the bill 10 enable the State OF Colo
RADIO 10 select indemnity school lands.
Mr. Riddlcbcrgcr took the floor and oh.
jccicd 10 the consideration Of any matter
10 which objection could be- madc) during
the time assigned for morning business,
until he could have action on the rcsolu.
ton offered by him some weeks since 10
have the British cxtradition treaty consid.
cred In open session. After he had been
speaking for ten or fifteen minutes, Mr..
Butler suggested mildly that the senator
from Virginia should allow the Senate
10 proceed with Us business. Tho senator
FROM Virginia, however, declined 10 be In.
tcrrupicd, and he continued his remarks,
which were inaudible AZ the reporters
tables. Then Mr Harris asked 10 make q
suggestion, but Mr.. Rtidlcberger replied,
peculiarly, that he could only do 20 In OK.
cculiye session. Thcmupon Mr. Harris
made the point Of order that the motion
OF the senator from Colorado TELLER was
..,,i.ue, nm rim. Para
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ALBERT MABRY GUILTY.
Nc is Sentenced TO Five Years for Man
slaughter-His Crime.


slaughter-His Crime.
Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. s.--Albcrt
Mabry, Of Faulkner county. this State,
was convicted Of manslaughtcr, and sem
fenced TO five years In the pcniientiary, nj
Conway this morning. Mabry, Il will be
remembered, Is the young man who killed
Tom Middleton at a spclling-bee in an old
church In Newton township, In the above
county, last spring. brother Of
Mabry, lying dead on the ground
AZ the time, having been killed by Tom
Middleton. A country girl, loved by n
brother Of each family, was at the bottom
families Of the county. All day Monday
was spent In impaneling jury, and after
more than 100 men had been summoned
and exhausted, a Jury Of twelve was finally
secured. The Hon. ]. II. Ilarrod and Gray
Carroll appeared m attorneys for the State
and Bruce 4 Bolton for the defense. Over
fifty witnesses were examined ON both
sides, and the case consumed the better
part Of three days Tho case was given 10
ihe Jury at late hour last night. This
morning pIvuBht w NetNiCt VI
guilty, and the prisoner was sent
cnccd 10 five ycan. There was vast
crowd OF people from the country 10 wit
ncs the trial, thcro being morn interest In
this case than any ever tried IN this sec
ton Of country. The public generally
sympalhized with Mabry, Il being said by
many that he was In part justified for
what he did, and others saying that mas.
much a. there wns one killed on both
sides Mabry should be released.
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MISSING VESSELS.
Much Alarm Felt for the Safety OF Brit.
tyf 8tcamers


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. s. Shipping
circles in this city are greatly alarmed as TO
the whereabouts Of the British steamers
Darion, Capt. Mckee; Lufra, Capt. Grim.
stead, and Aldtha, Capt. Barwise. All
thee, each with q crew OF about fifty men,
sailed from Cardiff early in December for
Carthagcna to load iron ore for Phiadel-
phia, having been chartered by Messrs.
Naylor & Co., OF this city, for that pur-
pose. No tidings have since been heard
from them and they are posted In Lloyd's,
London, ne missing" No one seems 10
be able 10 account for their Disappearance.
They have not been seen or heard from.
Such strange mystery has not been
known since Tramp steamers have be.
come frequent. The steamer Elpis, which
left England the same time, reached Car.
thagena aud loaded, arriving here a week
ago. Her captain reported having OK.
pcricnced very temperate weather, both In
the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic,
and Is unable 10 give any account Of the
missing crafts at all. Messis Naylor 4
Co., the consignecs Of the ill-iated steam
ems, have no information about them nj
all, except q cablegmm, which they no.
ceiycd from their London house, saying
they were missing. All Of the three cap.
tains are well known here, where they have
been constant traders.
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good form before the jury as when he
completed his examination in chief. He
is what the State terms good witness, in
that he has hung well to the text and has
been confused but very little. Ex-Auditor
OF State kiesewettcr and two other wit
nesses were examined during the after
noon. j. ]. Breitinger, groceryman,
testified to Allen o. Myers and T. J. Cogan
coming to his house on the Sunday night
OF the forgery, and asking him TO tell
them the way to get into Montgomery's
house by rear way, as some parties were
following them. He allowed them to en-
ter the house and pass through. II was Mt
Montgomery's house where Granville took
the tally-sheet and claims to have seen
Blackburn working at table.
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Both Senator Harris and Mr.. Phelau
Working Hard for 1t.
An Amendment Repeating the Old
Charter To Be Incorporated.
This To Be Done to Avoid Posi-
BILE Legal Complications.
This May Cause Some Delay, but n
VIII Assuredly Be Favorably
Reported by tho Commit
tee Soon.

Special Dispatch to The Appeal
WAsWSoroS, Feb. Representative
Pholan has, during the past day or two,
been watching every point in order to in
sure the passage OF the Memphis bridge
bill tomorrow in the Senate. and It's enact.
mcnt rs law. lie has been materi-
ally assisted by Senator Harris,
who Is watching things in his branch
of the National Legislature. Mr.. Phelan
has had several conferences with the Sec
rotary of War; the judge advocate and tho
chief engineer, the result OF which has led
him TO determine upon course which,
while II may delay final action on the bill
for few days, will, he thinks, make q
certainty more sure by providing against
possible future contingencies. These
gentlemen suggested To him that
while there remains an outstand-
ing charter unmpcaled giving
TO certain parties the right to construct a
bridge across the Mississippi ut the exact
points mentioned in his own (Mr. Pho
lan's) hill, there was q bare possibility that
the holders OF the original charter might
bring mp delicate point Of law against
the legality Of the new charter, and oven
that the President might feel COM
PEELED 10 refuse his signature TO the
hill about to become law whilc
parties held the sumo privileges which IL
was designed TO confer upon others. For
those reasons Mr. Phclan has decided that
Il will be- safer TO insert a clause in his bill,
which Is now pending before the
Senate committee ON commit rec, rcpcaling
the old charter, aud he has made a
request 10 that effect To senator Vest,
chairman OF the Subcommittee. in whose
charge II is. With this amendment in
serted the bridge bill will be- iayorahly re-
ported tomorrow to the Senate In accord
ance with the plan dcinilcj in Mondays
ArrEAI- Senator llarri. will then
cndcavor TO obtain unanimous con-
sent 10 have the bill passed
and there Is every reason 70 believe that
he viii In this bc successful. After being
ongrosscd the bill viii then have 10 20 back
10 the House for concurrence iH the re-
pcaling clause. There j. little doubt that
Il will go through and then Memphis will
have the bridge.
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
The Term of Gubernatorial ONCE Like
ly To Be Four Years-Procoeding

The Term OF Gubernatorial ONCE Like
ly To Be Four Proceedings.
Special Dispatch to The Appeal.
JACKSON, Miss. Feb. S.-[Senatel THE
Senate took up and referred large num-
Der Of House bills. The first special order
Tor the day was taken up, to-wit A bill TO
fix the terms of office OF railroad commits
siones. The bill was 80 amended as not
to apply TO the present terms Of the in
cumbenIs. The bill was discussed and
then indefinitely postponed.
House bill for relief Of David Johnson,
superintendent of peniteniiary, was passed.
SENATE bills PASSED.
To amend the charter Of the Jackson
Gaslight company.
For the relief Of Alexander Mazquic.
resolution proposing an amendment
10 the constitution, 10 be submitted To the
vote OF the people, providing that the
term Of the office ~ Governor shall be
four years, and making one ineligible 20 n
second term, passed its first reading by a
two-thrds vote.
a resolution proposing an amendment
TO the constitution, providing for the cleo
ton Of judges and chsnccllors by the pco-
pie, passed its ilrst reading by two.thirls
vote.
4 resolution providing an amendment 10
the constitution fixing am educational quail
iiicaiion for voters was indefinitely post
poncd.
To authorize the Secretary OF State to
supply Jones county with certain books.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Combinations Of county superintendent
Of education:
For Holmes county, "a. r. Hamilton;
SunAowcr county, &. Z. 0Tick; Tunicil
county, Y. T. White.
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anna nnnra ne.,.irrira.

ToLrDo, o., Feb. SAT tie annual
meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Wheel
ing 4 Lake Eric railroad here today, the
old board Of directors was reelected ~
follows George J. Forrest, George w.
Davis, Melville T.. Day. u. l.. Garrison, =.
&. Reynolds, NJ. ID. Wocdiord asj J. j..
Warwick. The board will meet TO organ
ize In New York on the oh inst. The
election was a formal affair the voting be-
ing largely by proxy.
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LARD AND Irs COMPOUNDS.
The senate Committee Give. n uesrinl
-seInshaess of the NH.

wasmSoroS, Feb. s.-Thc inquiry with
regard TO lard aud iis compounds, begun
two weeks ago by the Senate committee on
agriculture, before which rs pending the
bill 10 require lard compounds 10 be
stamped, was continued today, and inter.
csied parties, 10 the number Of twenty 1--we
or thirty, comprising manufacturers, at.
torneya and experts, were present Mr..
Ilill, Of Boston, an cmployc Of squircs &
Co, who are the proponents OF the pend.
ing BILL produced samples Of various com.
pounds In tin pals which he had pur.
chased In opcn market and caused 10 be
chemically examined. lie tcsig d rs 10
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Ner.rsrsr rn.ll.n,r. nee,.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. s.--Tho oxecu'
tive committee Of the American Newspa'
per Publishcn' association met at the Den
ison hotel yesterday, In advance OF the
annual meeting Of the association, which
takes place today. A conference was held
with the leading advertising agents OF the
United States, with view 10 arranging
reforms In the methods Of doing business
between advertisers and the papers There
v largo attendance Of newspaper men
from all parts Of the country, sud the an
nual meeting bitls lair 10 be very success
lul. t
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ARKANsAs RrpupLIoANs.
FIRST Congressional District conven.
ton To 30 Held NJ Forrest City.

Special Dispatch 10 The APPEAL
lIELrSA, Ark, Fob. s-Thcrc will be
notice published tomorrow, signed by J..
+. Jones, Of Chicol county, chairman, call
ing for a congressional convention Of the
Republican delegates Of the firi congc-
sional district, 10 he beld At Forrest City
on April o. This convention will be large
ly attended, a. some very important inter-
csis Of the Republican party viii be dis
cused and looked alter. one Of the OBJ
jccis will be 10 determine tho adyisabiliiy
Of putting a Republican candidate for
Congress In the 6cld. There are soycn.
teen counties In the district and all 81
them will be represented by iorty-iiye del
egaies. This county will send eight. These
delegates will be chosen by the executive
committee, which meets some time this
month.
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TRAIN DERAILFD.
Accident on n Florida Road - People
Injured In Wrecks.

srRIScPiELp, ILL.,, Feb. s.-Tho accom-.
mediation train on the Jacksonville 4
Southwestern railroad was derailed last
night near Athens, fourteen miles north Of
here. There were eight passengers In the
caboose, and all were moro or lcSs injured
when the car rolled down the embank.
mcnt. Six cars were ditchcd. Herman
Hornbcck. farmer living near Athens,
was the most severely hurt. Besides being
internally injured, his hip bone was tract.
urcd. The injured are: w. q. McClel.
land. Springfield. knee fractured; Joseph
broken; David MoRoberts. Sherman, eye
gougcd out. The others were not seriously
Injured,
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COTTON SEED OIL TAX
The Senate Committees Hearing
They Listen to the Arguments of
Those Interested Pro and Con.
The Whole Measure an Individual
and Very Selfish One.
The People Have Mover Asked for
Any Such Legislation.
It Is Only a Firm Whose Business
Has Been Impaired by the Use
OF OH - Proceedings of
ConRross.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
WASHINGTON, Feb, s.-ReprcsentativC
Anderson today presented in the House
the protest Of the Memphis Cotton ex
change and of the Memphis Merchants
exchange against the proposed tax ON cot
ton seed oil. Judge Clapp and Mr.. Nal
Tory, Of Memphis, will tomorrow be heard
before the Senate committee on agricul
ture on the same subject.
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His Leg. Cut on.

NEwnuno, \. Y, Feb. San engine
and caboose on the Erie railroad was run
into this morning bya local passenger
train, aud the caboose completely telc-
scoped. Conductor Quick, who was In the
caboose, had both his legs cut of, and was
otherwise injured. Three train men were
also seriously injured. No one on tho
passenger train was injured.
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THE LITTLE ROCK BIoAM1sT.
r. p. Wright IL Arrested in Nashville
and Landed at Home.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. s.-R +.
Wright, for whose apprehension, ON charge
Of bigamy. a reward Of 500 had been Of.
fcrcd, and who dccampcd from the north.
cn part Of this county some two weeks
ago. was captured yesterday at Nashville,
Tenn, by Officer Click and brought here
on the train today. Tho arrival Of
caused decided sensation, the latter
being we'll known 90 nearly every
one In town. lie takes his unrest philo-
sophically and talks Of his troubles quite
freely. Since his flight he has Travelled cx-
tcnsiycly, having visited several eastern
towns M well ~ Jacksonville, Fla, aud
other southern points. There IL fight
over the reward. the claim being made by
two parties. Wright has been placed In
Jail here. lie will probably he tried at the
next term Of the Pulaski county circuit
court
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Isous~.

JACKSON, Miss. Feb. s.--Bills passed for
the relief Of G. W. studevant and II. l..
Thompson.
Authorizing the board Of supervisors OF
my county in this State TO require rail.
roads To fence in their road-beds.
A similar bill was indefinitely postponed,
as were also an act for the relief Of Mn.
W. A. Whitfield and Senate bill 10 NJ.
peal aud declare forfeited certain charters
heretofore granted by the Legislature Of
this State.
An act 10 repeal all acts excmpting the
property Of all corporations for pccuniary
profits In this State from taxation was
made the special or,ler Of the day for
Thup,iry, the 10th instant.
Adjourned.
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A aereeiy- survivor nsr,,e..

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. s.--Lieui. David
L. Brainarl, United States army, Second
cavalry, a survivor Of the Grccly Arctic
expedition, was married last night a,
Walla Walla 10 Mis- Anna, daughter OF
the Hon II. NJ. Chase, one of the old pio-
ncen Of Washington Territory. The we'd.
ding proycda very brilliant affair.
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m. co,.,nbu. TsIiy.sheet Cases.

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. S-Algcnon Iirah'
vile completed his testimony In the tally
sheet forgery cases this afternoon, having
been on the stand about i've days In all.
Ills testimony Is necessarily yoluminous
md covers a great deal Of ground. opin-
ions differ rs 10 The result Of the severe
crons-oxaminaiion, rs 10 whether Il was
weakened any or whether II stnnds In as
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OBITUARY.


WATERBURY, Conn, Feb. s. stephen
J. Money, managing editor OF the Water
bury EoIiilg Dtnocrai, author and Irish
patriot, died Ut the scoyillc hoisc At l0j0
e'rloek n m today.
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NATURAL GAS AT FAYETTEVILLE.
It is All Right ~ II Does Pizzls-out Very
Soon.


special Disraich 10 The Appeal.
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn, Feb. s.-Ycsior-
day the men engaged In boring the well
for the Ice Factory company detected the
smell Of gas aud as the drill was sunk II
became stronger. last night when the
lights inside the derrick were liz the
whole room became a mas Of flames, and
Il wns only by strenuous efforts that
II was saved from burning. A Pipe was
introduced into the mouth Of the well,
which has only been sunk eighty feet, and
AZ this time q sheet Of fame twenty feet In
hight aud several feet in diameter Is burn.
ing, while the fumes Of the gas, large
part Of which escapes, can be smelled a
long distance. The well will be driven
1000 feet.
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LKmou, Ind. T., Feb. SOL va. struck
here yesterday At a depth Of nli leet aud y
flowing At the rate VI a barrel nn hor.
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TnE NIL 1rLrrnoNR.

Tho hearing on the application Of J. W.
McDonough for rcopcning the original
Bell telephone interference case which has
been In progress before the commissioner
Of patents since Wednesday last, was con.
cluded late this afternoon. The applica.
ton Of Elisha Gray asking for q rcopcning
OF the same IL sct for hearing tomorrow.
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RAILROAD NEWS.


JUNCTION CRY, kas., Feb. S-The
Kansas Valley Railroad company held its
annual meeting at Junction City Tuesday
evening and elected the following board
Of directors w. u. Clarke, OF Kansas City,
Mo-; Thos. A. Osborne, Of Topeka; John
II. Anderson, l.. X. Elliott aud :. NJ. Fox,
II Manhattan II. Rockwell, :. u. Carr, A.
l. barnes, Geo. w. Martin, John X.
Wright, A. II. Baucll and u. NJ. Gagcl,
of Junction City, aud Thco Moshcr, u
Abilene.
The dircctors organized as follows
President, Thomas A. Osborne. vice.
president, John X. Wright secretary,
a. l.. Barnes, and treasurer, Theo
MOshor.
The president, yicc.prcsideni, secretary,
and u. Rockwell aud ;. u. Carr wero
made executive committee. This COM
pany has charter for building a road
along the Kansas valley ON the north side
Of the river, and they have q strong hope
Of securing liz construction.
PirrsnuRa, Pa, Feb. :. The O'roHiol,-
Telegraph says II has been learned from OIL
cial sources that MI the troubles and internal
tlis-ensions Ia the South Penns, lyania rail-
road have been settled. and saturday af-
lcrnoon last the final papers wcr signed
By the partiesin interest. The proposition
upon which the rOad will bc completed
originated with Andrew Carnegie, aud has
bccn agreed 10 by the Nandcrbilis and
Mc~n llos,c,ier aud Bagalcy Of this city.
These three parties represent $4,000. 90
of the capital stock. The stockholders,
controlling the other SNOOO oi tho
stock. have agVcd 10 tlie plan, which
consists Of an immediate cash sub
cription Of 20 percent This will rralizc So
600 600 making Sl0.OOO,OOO spent on tho
road thus far. A. soon ~ this Il ex-
pended, $1,000, 900 thirty ycar- 0per cent
gold bonds will be- isucd the money
derived By which will complete tho
Rad, aud pat Il Ia good running shape.
The Nandcrblis have agpcd to take S.
600. OO0 Of tho new bonds, and llo-tetier,
Bagalcy and Carnegie S0OO,oO each. All
suits will he withdrawn, except those OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad company, aud
the work Of completing the road will 10
pushed nj once.
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Cor fthe reference Of claims 10 the court
Of claims we're today introduced ~ fol.
lows. by Mr.. Hank Of Rhode Island,
Galyon, Jefferson county.
By Mr.. Richardson, Of the executor Of
David Russell and tho administrator Of
Felix q. Ross, both late Of Rutherford
county.
THE UNION PACIFIC Road.
The government directors Of the Union
Pacific railroad made their report 10 the
Secretary 81 the Interior today. They
recommend careful watching Of the con.
duct Of the roads business.