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expense OF any American industry: II does
not seek TO give, 1t does not give CONNER
eial advantage to any foreign product which
comes into competition with our own prod
uots: It does not seek an exchange OF prod
ucts which. deprives any American artisan
opportunity to proiltabiy iii iii his % soil oil "
This was explicitly declared by Mckinley
in his Buffalo speech in the following words:
will not interrupt our home production we
shall extend the outlets for our increasing
Fifth-To say that the duty on sugar is
70 be lowered on the plea that II helps Cuba
Is 70 say that " must always be lowered when
ea bn needs sbs hmslp m and reduction OF 9hs 9bst
elsewhere. both In and out OF, Congress. the
extent Of that reduction shall be measured
It, must, therefore. follow that the pro-
tective principle is TO be subordlnated to
the question as to what amount of help Cuba
With such policy declared by Republic
can majority What wise business T. nan ,Sn bee csh
70 %at ms viii III the
u And i that Republican majority f, once
have we to believe that The the citadel Of pro-
lection will not be further assaulted In the
house OF It's. friends' When that time comes
the days, of Republican supremacy Will be
Never moro earnestly than at this hour
have we been summoned to our duty: never
has tho cause Of protcctlon-to which We
owe our party success and our national pros
perity-more needed our undivided ana un-
ninching support.
Representative Sibley Of Pennsylvania
followed Mr.. Taylor with a proposition
intended as a compromise Of the conflict
ing views Of the two factions of the Republi-
cans In Congress
1t was generally understood to be ac-
ceptable TO the Administration and to the
Ways and Means Committee and limits the
operations Of the proposed reduction of the
Cuban tariff rates to Dec. !, 1908, the date
fixed by the Brussels conference for the
abolition of bounties by the foreign beet
sugar-produoing countries.
The venerable eS-Speaker Grow OF Penn
sylvania then made an earnest plea for
harmony and urged the Republicans to
stand by the organization. He favored
the Ways and Means proposition.
Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming made a strong
protest in behalf of the beet sugar industry,
which, he said, would do more than any
thing else to reclaim the semiarid lands
in the Western States.
Representative William Alden Smith OF
Michigan also spoke in favor Of the beet
sugar producers. and was followed, by
Chairman Cannon. with plea for har.
monious action. Representative Dick OF
Ohio presented arguments against the
proposed concessions 10 Cuba and in favor
of the beet sugar interests.
The vote was then taken on adjourn
ment which was carried, leaving all the
propositions still pending,
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FRIENDS or HILL ~ Albany.
COicr. Cantor. CofIey. Gardiner. All There,
and the Pot UOils.

ALBANY, March ll.--If to-day is an in
dication Of what the future has in store
for the followers of ex-senator David
Bennett Hill, his political lot is to be busy
one from now on until the convention which
will nominate the Democratic Guberna-
'orial candidate meets in Saratoga
1t just happened to-day that former
Comptroller Bird <. Coler and President Of
Manhattan Borough Jacob A. Cantor had
!. .-i:ar.Ss L. cilZ Al IL -sane rne Irct-
dentaily former Senator Michael j. Cofrey
of Brooklyn also had occasion TO visit
Albany, as did also Col. Asa Bird Gardiner.
But the visit of the latter was purely a
legislative matter,
Messrs Cantor and Colsr called upon
Mr. Hill, although they were not there
at tho same time Mr. Color, while trying
10 he rcticent in regard 10 what was said,
admitted that the situation relative to
the nominee for Governor was canvussed,
but declined TO indicate that any ono was
mentioned in connection with the uomina-
tion. He did say. though ANY good.
clean, well-known Democrat can be elected
Governor this fall"
Tonight Mossrs. Coer and Cofey we're
enjoying each others company in the
Hotel Ten Eyck. One of the remarkable
features in connection with President Can
tors visit TO Albany was his reception in
the Senate chamber. Senator Donnelly,
"a Tammany man, moved that the privileges
Of the floor be extended TO Mr.. Cantor, a
privilege which, Of course, was granted.
Mr. Cantor also visited the Assembly
and had the privileges Of the floor there,
on motion of Minority Leader Palmer.
He was well received, too. by the Tammany
Assemblymen.
Senator Coffey did not call on Senator
Hill to-day. He will be hero for a day
or two.
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WIFE MURDERS HUSBAND.
stsbs Him to Death In Their Fiat Becaus,
He Abused Her Cooking.

william Maddaus, a printer employed
at the Hotel Savoy. was stabbedto death
by his wife Lizzie last night in their fat
at 800 East Seventy-fourth street In
quarrel over their dinner. She is detained
in Bellevue Hospital because she is about
to become a mother.
The couple have i've children. Two
Of them, Alice and Evalyn, o and 10 years
old respectively, were with their mother
while she was preparing dinner last night.
When her husband came in he began 10
quarrel with his wife as they had often
quarreled before.
Al last. according TO the children. he
told her that the food she had prepared
was not III TO eat. She seized a small
potato knife and stabbed him. The point
Of tho knife reached almost TO his heart
and cut an artery. He was taken to the
Presbyterian Hospital and died there an
hour later. The woman waited to be ar
rested.
The two children who witnessed the deed
are detained in the Gerry society rooms,
the youngest one being taken care Of by
an eighteen-year-ol daughter, Minnie.
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JEW ELS LEFT IN A CAB.
Mrs. Colgate Hoyt's, and Worth "a. 900
Cleaner Sold $500 Necklace for 81.

Jewelry valued at 80 900 which Mrs. Col
gate Hoyt Of 25 Park avenue, wife Of the
banker. left in an electric cab on March
was recovered last night by Detective
Sergeants Dugan and Kinser.
Mrs. Hoyt on that evening went TO a
musicale at the Waldorf-Astoria taking
with her a diamond and emerald pin worth
81 500 and a pearl necklace which she in
tended 10 take to a jewellers after the
musicale. She put them in a pocket in
the side of the cab and forgot them until
tho following morning. When she went
TO the cab company the jewels couldn't
be found.
The detectives suspected Patrick McMa-
hon of sS3 West Forty-seventh street, a
cleaner in the place. Last night he con-
fessed that he found" the jewels He
handed over the pin, but said that he had
sold the necklace, which is worth nearly
$500. TO Samuel Stern, jeweler at 52s
Eighth avenue. for 81.
The detectives asked Stern about It, and
he said that he had bought the necklace
for the price named by Mcmahon, but
thought he was only getting good bar
gain" He was arrested and so was Mcmahon
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HEALER GETS SIX MONTHS.
Convicted OF Improper Conduct With q
Girl Patient.

The Rev. John z. Armstrong. a magnetic
healer. who was charged with improper
conduct with Beatrice Kirkpatrick. Is
years old, was sentenced yesterday TO tho
Queens county jail for six months In the
Court Of Special Sessions in Jamaica. He
had treated the girl for various alleged
maladies upon the request of her mother
and 1t was upon the girls testimony that
he was convicted Several witnesses
testih ed TO the wonderful cures wrought
upon them by the prisoner. His wife was
In court and when sentence was pronounced
she stroked his hair and whispered words
Of comfort.
Then Mrs. Kirkpatrick. mother OF
Beatrice, and a Mrs. Harrington, who ware
also arrested in connection with tho case,
were arraigned. One of the Justices TO-
marked:
you women are the foundation Of all
this abusc"
DistTic, attorney Merrill asked 10 with.
draw the complaint against tho women.
Justice Forker was alone in dissenting and
when the women were DISCHARGED he "a Id: :
u consider this a very grave misoarriAge Of
Justice
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FIGHTING THE PRESIDENT.
Appointment Held Up by senator Foster
OF Washington.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE first case
OF opposition 10 confirming a Presidential
nomination, arising from observance Of
what is known as Senatorial courtesy. has
made its appearance in the Senate.
The nomination is that Of Clarence W.
Ide 10 be Collector Of Customs for the Puget
Sound district In the State Of Washington,
and the Senator who has shown a disposi-
tion to throw down the gauntlet TO presi-
dent Roosevelt il Addison g. Foster Of
that State.
His candidate for Collector was rejected
by Pre- sident Roosevelt because of charges
proved against him, and after i long delay
Mr.. Ide was nominated without Senat or
Testers consent. lde was serving as
United States Marshal and was a candidate
for reappolntment. The Senator wanted
the place for another constituent, however,
and tho President yielded to his wish.
Mr. Roosevelt subsequently, insi ,led on
making ldc Collector. the Senator having
failed 10 accept the re lection for bad cherec-
ter Of his candidate i0r that once and lde
having made "a record a. Mar 'h}l, which,
President Roosevelt eaid, stamped him as
the best Federal officer In Tho Northwest.
The lde nomination was made nearly
two weeks ago, and Senator Foster has
thus far prevailed on the members OF the
Commerce Committee not to report favor
ably. He has told his friends that he means
to fight.
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NEW AUTOMOBILE RFGrLATION
Magistrate Meade Informed That Autos
Must Rear Number ar Initials,

Charles W Hall Of 40 Nassau street was
arraigned yesterday in the West Side police
court by Policeman White Of the Bicycle
Squad charged with not having a number
or his initials on his automobile. Magistrate
Meade said he was not aware that there
was any such provision Of the law.
The policeman explained that in a recent
decision the Corporation Counsel had de-
clared that section 53i OF the laws of 1901
provided that automobiles should be so
equipped A violation Of the provision is
punishable by "A fine of not more than s25
Magistrate Meade parolcd Mr. Hall for
his appearance to-day ana instructed the
In court. This is the first complaint of
the kind.
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SHOT ny 4 FAILING PISTO OL.
Opticians Salesman Likely to Die-A
Bullet From Watchman's Revolver,

What the police believe to have been
an accidental shooting signalized the closing
of the establishment of F. G. Schmidt
optician. at IL East Forty-second street,
last evening.
Bernard WestendorfI, who has been
employed at the store as a watchman for
several years, was helping William Jones,
one of the statesmen, to put covers over
the show cases and Westendorff's revolver
slipped from his pocket. The watchman
tried 10 catch the weapon as il fell and his
finger caught on the trigger. The re-
volver went of, the ball entering Jones's
abdomen.
Mr.. Schmidt ran out Of the store and
had an ambulance called. Jones was
taken in il 10 Flower Hospital II was
said there that he was unlikely to- recover.
The watchman was locked up In the East
Fifty-first street police station.
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HELD UP THE WRONG MAN.
Highwayman knocked Out by West Point
Grad. and Football Nan.

WEST POINT, n. Y, March ll.-Three
highwaymen who tried 10 hold up big
gooTt= r7ar drvu- u-t-iurrtt---t-Aauncey Humphrey,
of the Third United States Infantry, who
as officer of the day was on his way TO visit
the guard at tho south gate guardhouse
last night about II o'clock, will remember
for many a day, for when West Point 8
football tackle in 'es got through with them
they were a sorry-looking sight.
A Lieut.. Humphrey was on his way
TO the guardhouse on the main road lead
ing to the village of Highland Falls he
was suddenly held up by three men, the
leader of whom demanded his money.
Instead Of complying. the big Lieutenant
let drive his good right hand aud caught
the leader under the jaw and sent him
bowling 10 the other side Of the road where
he lay groaning
The other two men were as quickly
despatched and Lieut.. Humphrey piled
them in a heap and then calling on one Of
the mounted patrol, who in few minutes
passed the place, marched them TO the
guardhouse. The Lieutenant had their
cuts and bruises dressed this morning.
They were marched of the reservation,
and it ia safe 70 believe that they will not
trouble West Point again.
The names Of the men could not be
learned II is said they were employed
at the West Point tunnel by contractor
who is putting up some iron girders there.
Lieut. Humphrey graduated from the
Military Academy in the class Of '9s. He
has Just recently returned from the Philip
pines, where he has seen service for the
past three wears, and during that time has
had several hand-to-hand encounters with
the insurgents. He is on duty as instructor
in the depart ment Of drawing.
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HORNE.
President OF the Cuba Company Says 20
Per Gent. Less Duty Is Still Too Much.

Sir William c. Van Horne, President of
the Cuba Company. who arrived yesterday
from Havana by the Ward liner MORO
Castle, says that tho company will have
completed in ninety days the railroad
system. constructed on the American plan,
between Havana and Santiago. The work
involved grading and laying 365 miles OF
track from Santa Clara to Santiago
Tho road touches the towns of Sanctus
Spiritus, Puerto Principe, Holguin and
San Luis.
President Van Horne said reduction
of 20 per cent. OF duty on -Gaban sugar
would not be enough for the crippled planta-
tion owners and investors in Cuba.
we have reached the point" he said
@where the Cubans must have some as
sistance. Probably half dozen planters
chinery. The rest who suffered during
the war, losing much or all of their property,
need help to meet their mortgages
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TO SUCCEED MIR. MOODY.
Ambassador Meyer and Capt. Gardner
10 Try for His Seat In Congress.

BosToN March IA cable despatch
received at Gloucester to-day from Am
bassador Meyer at Rome. says that he will
be a candidate for Congress in the Essex
district to succeed William II. Moody.
Ambassador Meyer says that he will arrive
in this country 10 open the campaign as
soon as he can possibly close up his affairs
with the Embassy.
Mr. Meyers despatch came in response
to one sent him by a Gloucester friend
apprising him OF Mr.. Moodys coming
appointment to the Cabinet The Hon.
A. =. Ga rdner of Hamilton, son-in-law of
Senator Lodge, is also a candidate, Capt.
Gardner is at Aiken and to-day this despatch
was received from him:
Il shall be n candidate 10 succeed Moody
il he retires from Congress"
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JAMES WTLCON INDICTED,
His Trial for the Murder OF Nellie Crops e,
TO Hegin on Thursday.

ELIzABFTH CITY, y. c., March 1.-THE
Grand Jury Of Pasquotank county found
to-day a true indictment against Jane 3
Wilcox, the young man charged with killing
his sweet, heart, Miss Nellie Gopsey, here
last November A special venire Of $50
juIor- was called and the trial Set for Thurs
uav afternoon.
Miss Cropscy disappeared from her home
about II o'clock on the night Of Nov. 20,
Her dead body was found twenty-seven
days later in Pasquotank River less than
three hundred yards from the front steps
OF her fathers home, where she was last
seen in company with Wilcox, Wilcox
was In court to-day. He does not seem
10 be much worried The evidence against
him is altogether oircumsta ntial
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KNOX AND WILSON TO RETIRE.
So Rum0r Says, when Northern Securities
and Cuban Tariff Questions Are solved.

These were the reports at the Union
League Club last night:
George Bruce Cortelyou Of Hampstead,
N Y, Secretary TO President Roosevelt, is to
retire as soon as he RECEIVERS from his pres
ent illness.
Attorney General. is TO retire from the
Presidents Cabinet as soon as the legal
complications concerning the Northern
Securities Company are settled.
James Wilson, Secretary Of Agriculture,
Iowa. is to retire from the Presidents Cabi-
net Immediately after the final solution Of
the Cuban tariff question.
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ROBBER STEALS WiGON TRAIN
Holds Up Six wagons Alone Transfers
Escape and Pursuit Follows.

NEW ORLEANS. March IA highway
man held up an entire wagon train yester-
day, three miles east of Logansport, La
The train consisted Of six wagons and
fifteen mules under charge of eight white
men, and belonged 10 sam Hunter OF Shreve-
port, being from one Of his farms in Texas
The hiRhwayman at the point Of his pistol
captured tho entire train, compelling the
drivers 20 do his bidding, and at the head
Of the procession he started of toward
Many.
Some OF the drivers escaped from the
wagons and informed the authorities,
The Caddo and Desoto Deputy Sheriffs
gave chase and recovered the train, which
they found scattered along the road for a
distance Of fifty miles the wagons being
all deserted by their drivers. The high
wsyman escaped on a mule swimming
the Sabine River near Many.
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DENMARK APPROVES THE SALE.
Great Majority OF the FolkthIng Votes
TO Turn Islands over TO Is.

tsVttFuT
COPENHAGEN, March IL - The Folk
thing has devoted four secret sittings to
the question Of the sale Of the Danish
West Indies to the United States. To-day
a great majority Of the Chamber declased
In favor Of the sale. Eight members recom-
mended the rejection Of the treaty, and
nineteen declared for a preliminary plebis-
cite in the islands, but owing 10 the fact
that IA majority was against a plebiscite
they refrained from submitting a formal
proposal.
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Miss Roosevelt and senator Piatt Sail
FOR Havana.

TAMPA, Fla, March ii.-Miss Alice Roose-
volt and senator Thomas c. Platt were
passengers this morning on the Peninsular
and Occidental line steamship Mascotte
for Havana. senator Plat was accom-
panied by party and arrived yesterday
on the private car Idier. Miss Roosevelt
arrived early this morning on the Pullman
sleeper on the Plant system regular train.
She did not leave the sleeper until Just be-
fore the steamer sailed. crowd gath
cred at the pier TO get a glimpse Of the
Presidents daughter,
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BROKEN BROKER SHOT HIMSELF
8 CENTS LEFT FOR SKINNER'S
BULL MOVEMENT ~ WHEAT.
Rody Apparently Lay All Night In His New
Street ONCE WIN In Ills Pocket
Gives Farm in Maine 20 His children
lie Carried Locks OF Their Hair.

Francis Skinner, broker with eight
cents in his pocket, four weeks due for
board and a bull movement in wheat on
his hands, shot himself dead in his Office
on the third floor Of the building at "a New
street some time after $50 O'Clock on Mon
day afternoon when he was admitted to the
building. His body was found about
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been
dead many hours.
He had had a meagre Office there for
about three months. and put on the door:
Francis Skinner & Co. Brokers' the
letter heads bearing this legend.
Private Wire to chicago:
FRANCIS SKINNER CO.,
Nos IS Broad street
and
81 New Street.
Stocks. Bonds. Grain for
Investment or on Margin.
On these letter heads Skinner sent out
announcements to the dear public that:
In answer to your inquiry we beg to state
that we propose to buy between now and
February in the neighborhood of J,oOO.01
bushels of wheat, And at. the outset we
plate nothing either SO wicked or so i'm
Is this; We are buying wheat. all We. can
view TO holding the same until the familiar
signs indicate 20 us that the price Of the
season has been reached. We are now re-
toners Of funds TO be invested in our big
wheat pool. All our depositors share equally
With Us in the ro 70 A ntSs to the Te amount ars bS
only Judge The more. you invest the greater
will be your profits, If you are thin king OF
are thinking OF investing $500, reflect, it
will be worth your while to raise another
s5Do to put with it and make it s2,ooo.
In his pockets were found the photographs
Of two children. couple OF locks OF hair
and an envelope addressed to Richard d.
Morse, lawyer at III Broadway. The
Coroner found in the envelope what was
evidently intended to be Skinner's last will
and testament.
The document was undated and unwit-
messed. II bequeathed farm at Vassal-
borough, Kennebec county, Me-, 70 the
testator's two children and some jewelry
10 other relatives. The document stated
that, II anybody alleging to be the testator's
widow should lay claim TO his property,
no notice was TO be taken of the claim, as
he left no widow.
The document further indicates that he
and his wife had disagreed. Skinner had
lived for the past three months at 22l East
Twelfth street Skinner worked at one
time on a Boston newspaper. He was about
IS years old. So far as is known, he Is the
only discretionary pool man hereabouts
who ever committed suicide.
ONCE PAT oLRAsoS's SECRETARY.
AUGUSTA, Me-, March Il.-Skinner has
shown signs of mental alteration for a
few years. He once conducted daily
newspaper at Bangor and has been a re-
porter in New York. Once he was private
secretary TO the Hon. Pat Gleason OF Long
Island City. At one time he was supposed
to be worth at least $500 600, inherited
from his father, but il is understood that
he spent il all Lately and until about a
year ago he had lived on hiH farm at VAS
salborough, practically in oblivion. He IL a
Boston.
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To pain, Portraits Of Secretaries OF the Navy

MANCHESTER, n. H.. March ii.-U d
Tenney, the artist Of Portsmouth, " h
has received an order from the Navy De.
partment to paint a set Of portraits Of al
the Secretaries Of the Navy.
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s's Tracks Through the Mohawk VALLEY.

iouf tracks along the Hudson River nnd n ao,h,.
veesgtk belNeeh Albany and Boston, make the New
-rStL .Sntfa The great passenger line OF America
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