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F0REI0N RELATIONS COMMITTEE TAKES RESOLUTION IN HAND. FACTS WILL NCW BE REVEALED. •Republican Members of Committee Want to Handle tiie Matter Cautiously, Owing to Its Seriousness. A Washington special says: The committee on foreign relations did not conclude its consideration of the Cu¬ ban resolution Wednesday. The sub committee was unable to go through all the reports that have been received from Consul General Lee and other consuls and officers in Cuba. It is possible that Senator Morgan ■will consent to have the resolution now pending in the senate to go over without prejudice until the committee can make its report. It is intended that all the reports of consuls shall be sent to the senate, but the senate committee will select certain documents bearing on tbe con¬ dition of affairs in the island and on these make its recommendations and report. This report will generalize the situ¬ ation without making public such matters as the state department offi¬ cials and the committee think would be prejudicial to persons on the island. One member of the committee, who bad listened to the summary of the re¬ ports in the department, said that a very serious condition existed in Cuba, and that the inquiry now being made by the committee would result in bringing to light the exact facts. Some strictures were passed upon members of the foreign relations com¬ mittee, who about a year ago voted for a resolution similar to the one pend¬ ing, and who now ask for time to con- eider the matter with more delibera¬ tion. Speaking of this criticism, Chairman Davis, of the foreign relations com¬ mittee, said: “At the time the former resolution was reported, Gomez was at the head of a large army in the eastern end of the island, and Maceo was at the head of another army in the west. They could march from one end of Cuba to the other. Campos had been defeated in a great battle and was shut up with¬ in solid fortifications and confined to a small territory around Havana. “Everyone knew that a state of war existed. That was a year ago. Great changes have taken place. Maceo is dead, and his army dispersed. Gomez is at the head of but a small force, cer¬ tainly it is no such army as was re¬ ported then. There are conflicting statements as to the strength of tbe insurgents and the control which Spain lias over the island. *It is right and proper that the facts that have since reached the state department should be laid before the senate and the com¬ mittee so that intelligent action can be bad.” Mr. Davis says the sympathy with the struggling Cubans is as great as ever. The republicans of the committee do not feel justified in pushing the administration until it has had time . to act. It has been pointed Out that only two months have elapsed since tbe administration came into power, and it has scarcely had time to take up and consider so important a matter as that which has been presented. The pending resolution, unlike a joint resolution, will require the execu¬ tive either to approve or disapprove of it. This being the case, the republican senators feel that they should act in concert with the president. It is not believed that in case the senate foreign relations committee fipd, upon a thorough examination of the reports in the state department that the reso¬ lution is justified, that any effort will bo made to prevent its passage. Members of tbe committee on for¬ eign relations feel that the question •which confronts the senate is serious, and any action that is taken by the senate will have great weight with the administration. In case the resolution should pass both senate and house, there is no reason to believe it would not be approved, and that the United States government would thereafter conduct ifself on the lines which it lays down. CAPTAIN RICE GOES TO JAPAN. He Will He United States Military Attache at Tokio.. Colonel Buck, of Georgia, the newly appointed minister to Japan, called at the war department at Washington Wednesday and secured from Secrerary Alger tho promise that Captain Edmund Rice, of the fifth infantry, now station¬ ed at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, should be detailed as United States military attache at the United States legation at Tokio, Japan. An or¬ der was made out later in the day. This was the post formerly held by Xiieutenant O’Brien, also of the fifth infantry, during the war between China and Japan. VICTIMS OF POISONED WATER. Three More Persons Die From Drinking From the Spring. Three more persons died Wednesday morning from drinking poisoned spring ■water at Pikeville, Tenn. They are: Edward Minnix, Miss Dorcas Alberts and John Tompkins. Tompkins’ wife and two children are fatally ill from the same cause. As yet chemists have failed to learn what poison is being used, and there is no clew to the identity of the guilty par¬ ties. WATSON ASKED FOR MISTRIAL. A I.lvely Tilt During Argument iu the Cooper Trial at. EaGtange. The argument in the Cooper murder case, at LaGrange, Ga., Wednesday, was the occasion of a lively tilt be¬ tween Judge Longley of the prosecu¬ tion and Tom Watson, leading counsel for the defense. Judge Longley told the jury that “When Watson asked for ten or fif¬ teen minutes’ time on Tuesday as the state closed, that he might save the court several hours if allowed that time for consultation, you saw Cooper and his counsel go upstairs. It was up there where the defendant’s state¬ ment was arranged, and he was drilled as to what to say.” Watson spraug to his feet like a flash, dramatically exclaiming: “You've got no right to say that, and I ask the court to stop you aud re¬ buke you and order a mistrial. In point of fact, what you state is not the truth." Judge Longley retracted what he said, begged Colonel Watson’s pardon, and peace reigned again, but not for a great while. As Watson sat down he exclaimed: “Hang my client if you can legally, but not illegally.” In a very few minutes afterwards Judge Longley said: “Gentlemen of the jury, I want to say right here to you—and as for that matter, before these ladies, too—this kissing business has been going on for a long time, and it’s going to continue, and if people have to be killed for it, you had as well commence with Tom Watson.” MORGAN’S CUBAN RESOLUTION. Senator Says No Agreement as to Refer¬ ence Has Been Reached. In the senate Wednesday the sugar investigation of 1894 was recalled by the introduction of a resolution by Mr. Allen reciting the circumstances of the investigation. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, made a statement relative to his resolution on Cuba. He said the committee on for¬ eign relations, at a meeting during the day, had considered the question of referring the resolution to the commit¬ tee and had not reached an agreement. A resolution by Mr. Butler, popu¬ list, of North Carolina, asking the pres¬ ident for information relative to the sale of the Union Pacific railroad, was presented and went over. The senate then took up the calendar and passed a number of bills. NEGRO GIRLS LYNCHED. They Were Servants In the Unfortunate Kelley Household. As a sequel to the recent poisoning cases in the Kelley family at Jeff, Ala., the bodies of Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks, negro girl servants in the Kelley household, were found swing¬ ing by ropes from trees on tbe side of the road leading from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsville, Wednesday morning. The lynching was clone at an early hour by a mob of about twenty men. The girls were suspected of poisoning the family of Joshua Kelley at Jeff. Mollie Smith was arrested while making her way across the Tennessee line, and Mandy Franks was captured at home. The latter is said to have made a confession. COAL COMBINE ANNOUNCED. New Company Will Buy the Output of Jellico Mines. At the conclusion of the four days’ session of the coal operators of the Jelico district, at Jellico, Wednesday, one of the largest coal combines ever known in Tennessee was announced. The Southern Jellico Coal company, along with several other companies, go out of business and a new company with Russell A. Clapp, president, was organized. The purpose of the Jellico Coal com¬ pany, limited, will be to buy the en¬ tire output of all the mines in the Jel¬ lico district. Next week the miners and operators will hold a conference at which time a scale will be agreed upon for the next year. MUMPRRElTRl bbS IURNED DOWN Illinois Legislature .Stops Gigantic Street Railway Steal. The Humphrey hills, extending the franchises of all street railways in Illi¬ nois fifty years, and .vesting the con¬ trol of existing lines and new fran¬ chises in the boards of commissioners instead of the aldermen of the various cities, were killed in the Illinois legis¬ lature Wednesday. SUGAR MEN TO BE TRIED. Officers of Refining Company Refused To Answer Questions. President Havemeyer and Secretary Searles, of the American Sugar Refining Company, will be tried at Washington on the 17th of this month for refusing to answer questions put by the senate sugar trust investigating committee. Appointment of Vancott Confirmed. The senate in executive session Wed¬ nesday confirmed Cornelius Vancott to be postmaster at New York. Forsyth a Major General. President McKinley has nominated Brigadier General James W. Forsyth to be major general. MINERS KILLED BY GAS. Two Unfortunates are Found Dead at Bot¬ tom of tlie Shaft. The bodies of Adam Snyder and Barney Rider were found at the bottom of the Zincore mine on the Raub farm near Oxford, N. J., early Wednesday morning. The men had been employed by pros¬ pectors and went to work the evening before. At 10 o’clock p. m. they were hoisted from the mine and after taking their lunch returned to their work. That was the last seen of them alive. MR. SIMPSON ASKED TO KNOW “WHERE HE WAS AT.” TILLMAN DEMANDS INVESTIGATION South Carolinian Throws Hot Shot at “Speculating” Senators—Charges of Bribery. The Indian appropriation bill was disposed of by the house Thursday with the exception of the provision for opening the Utah Gilsonite lands, which was postponed until Monday. The conference report which estab¬ lishes and Indian warehouse at Omaha, ratifies the least of the Seneca oil lands and adds one judge to the Indian Ter¬ ritory courts, was adopted by a vote of 54 to 47. Nearly two hours was consumed in prsliamentary squabble on the point raised by Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, that the rule for semi-weekly sessions was in violation of the constitution. Mr. Simpson, populist, of Kansas, endeavored to renew his attack upon the speaker for failing to appoint com¬ mittees and censured the republicans for not mustering a quorum. He was declaring that there were more demo¬ crats and populists than republicans present when the speaker sustained the point that he was out of order. “I have been in doubt whether I had any rights in this house lately,” Mr. Simpson shouted, when he was j compelled to take his seat under the rule. Mr. Payne, republican, of New York, to him called the Kansas Mr. Simpson member to said: order and j “The speaker recognizes that you will do his bidding and you will get a good place on a committee all right. I know that there is a good deal of anxiety on that point among the re¬ publicans.” This taunt moved Mr. Dingley and Mr. W. A. Stone, republican, of Penn¬ sylvania, to call Mr. Simpson to order. The question whether Mr. Simpson should be permitted to proceed in order was put to the house. Many republicans voted no, while others re¬ frained from voting. Simpson was given the floor by a vote of 80 to 57. When he again pro¬ ceeded, however, the speaker declared his remarks to be out of order and called upon him to desist. Several democrats protested against Mr. Simpson’s being taken from the floor. In explanation Mr. Reed said: “The chair submits to the house that criticisms of what the chair did at some past time are not in order, not that the chair is above criticism or above at¬ tack, but because the speaker is the speaker of the house and such attacks are not conducive to order, The speaker cannot reply to them except in a fragmentary manner, and it is not desirable that reply be made. If any objection is to be made to the speak¬ er’s conduct, it can be made at the time and direct.” There was some filibustering, after which the houso decided that Mr. Simpson could not speak, whereupon he appealed to the chair to be inform¬ ed “where am I at?” “The chair has never been able to find any one who knew that,” -was the reply. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, made a sensational speech in the sen¬ ate Thursday in the course of the de¬ bate on bringing Chapman before the bar of the senate. He said the senate should not go af¬ ter Chapman,but should learn whether senators speculated in sugar stock. There were published charges, he said, that senators speculated in sugar stock within the last week. Instead of looking to Chapman, he said the senate might better call on Havemeyer and the other sugar trust magnates. Referring to the last investigation, he said: “We want to know whether our committee was bought and punish them and the men who bought them. ” The senate decided that when it ad¬ journed it be till Monday, and tben entered on a discussion of Senator Al¬ len’s Chapman resolution. The discussion ranged from a dry legal argument to the sensational out¬ burst from Mi-. Tillman, mentioned above. At 2 o’clock the Morgan Cuban res¬ olution went over until Monday. PORTER REACHES PARIS. American Ambassador Is Welcomed by American Colony. General Horace Porter, the American ambassador to France, arrived at Paris Thursday. He was received by promi- nent members of the American col- ony, among them General Winslow, | with whom he will temporarily reside, Gomez Won’t Attack Havana. I A special from i Havana says: There is no truth in the report that this city is excited by rumors of an intended attack by General Gomez. Nor have the forts been regarrisoned. He is now in the eastern part of the province of Puerto Principe and has not come westward. LAST STRONGHOLD CAPTURED. The Spaniard. Claim Complete Success in Philippine Islands. Captain General Weyler has received advices from the Spanish minister of war, General Azcarraga, saying the Spaniards have captured the last stronghold of the insurgents at Cavite, lieved Philipine islands, and that it is be- the military authorities will soon be able to send home tho s ck and disabled and that no further reinforce- ments will be required. LIVELY IN KENlUtr^ENATE. Silver Democrats Outgone! s rusionists And Much Profanity ted. A wild scene occurred he lven- tucky state senate FridjEf ^It w as over an attempt of the fjjSeM^ for ugh la¬ ocrats and republicans putting to a bill providing for devices ot^t. — fliua under •'^“'dlocr^, two different ^tate «» minority,out-geueraled the oppmition, got one of their number, Saiotor Goebel, in the chair, pending peal and adjourned the senate. r^k appeal was from the ruling of the ular republican president, who counm ed a quorum present, though voting. The majority refused to stand i adjourned on the announcement of the pro tem. speaker. urged President Worthington “Falsehood’’and was back into the chair. “indecency” were words hurled be- tween Stephen and Goebel, who seem- ed to be about to draw weapons. The men. had to get between the president and Bronston, but the pres¬ ident finally declared the senate ad¬ journed, because the democratic clerks, who left on the first announcement of adjournment, “wouldn’t do their du¬ ty,” as he expressed it. The fight from this on will be against any quorum till the end of the session, and if the president again counts a quorum trouble is expected. IS FOR CUBA LIBRE. A. P. A. Adopt. involutions Indorsing Senator Morgan’s Attitude. The supreme council of the Ameri¬ can Protective Association in session at Washington adopted resolutions in¬ dorsing the attitude of Senator Mor¬ gan, of Alabama, on the Cuban ques¬ tion and denouncing Senator Vest, of Missouri, for assertions that teachers in the Indian service are broken down preachers aud teachers, to whom the Catholic priests were far superior. The resolution, based on the reports of committees appointed to consider the action of the executive board by Whom the declarations were drafted, were adopted unanimously. The Vest resolution called on the senate to impeach Mr. Vest on the allegation that he is not truly Ameri¬ can in his views. Copies of these measures were sent to all persons directly interested. The supreme council made a number of alterations in the constitution of the association. The president’s salary was increased to $3,000 and that of the secretary to $ 2 , 000 . It was decided to organize an insur¬ ance feature to the order and the work of putting it into practical operation was left to the executive board. After listening to a number of ad¬ dresses on the work of the order, the council adjourned to meet in Washing¬ ton again next year. MAY SATE DURRANI’S' NECK. Russian Sailor Confesses That He Mur¬ dered Blanche Lament. A San Francisco dispatch says: Theodore Durrant, through his at¬ torneys, has asked Governor Budd to pardon him on the ground that the real murderer of Blanche Lamont has at last confessed his crime. The lawyers declare that they have not been hoaxed, nor is it their pur¬ pose to impose upon the executive. They insist that in the person of John Rosenberg, a convict at San Quentin prison, they have discovered the man who is guilty of the horrors of the Emanuel church. John Rosenberg has made a sworn confession before a notary public and in the presence of several witnesses that he killed Blanche Lamont at the instigation of a stranger and in con¬ sideration of the payment of $700 for his bloody work. Rosenberg is a Russian sailor and arrived in this city on a sailing vessel from Hamburg, Germany, during the last week of March, 1895, or on the 1st day of April. He is now serving a term for horse stealing and appears to be sane. COOPER ESCAPES GALLOWS. Jury Returns a Verdict of Voluntary Man¬ slaughter Against the Young Man. The result of the Cooper murder trial at LaGrange, Ga., was a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Only the pronouncing of the sen¬ tence by Judge Harris is wanting to make Douglas Cooper a convict and to dispose of, for the present at least, a celebrated case. “JERSEY LILY” GETS DIVORCE. Decree Giving Her Freedom Rendered In a California Court. Emilie Charlotte Langtry, better known throughout the two hemispheres as the “Jersey Lily,” has secured a divorce frow her English husband, The decree that gives her her much- sought freedom from matrimonial fet- ters was signed at Lakeport, Cal., Fri- day by Judge W. R. Crump. It was all done quietly, a default being en- tered against the foreign defendant, who had failed to file a defense in the time allowed by the California code. While all the legal formalities were complied with, no one except those ac¬ tually interested in the delicate matter were present. MANY SOLDIERS KILLED. Sixteen Cars Wrecked in Russia With Ter¬ ribly Fatal Results. Advices from St. Petersburg state that terrible . railway . disaster . . befell . ,, a a military train Friday evening between Bocke'ihof and Eliva, on the Valki- Jurjev iine. Sixteen cars were Smashed. Two officers and nearly one hundred soldiers were killed and silt Y others seriously injured. ELECTED SENATOR BY THE FLOR- IDA STATE LEGISLATURE. SODDEN END OF EXCITING CONTEST _ Opposition to Chipley Combine on the Ex-Congressman—The Contest Closed With the Twenty-Firth Ballot. , - ^-Congressman _ Stephen - • • Mailory, of Pensacola, was elected Uni ted States senator by the Florida legislature Friday, the vote on the tv fifth ballot of the coll t e8 t that -April 20th standing: ^ Mallory, 53; W D. Chipley, 44; Wilkinson Call, 1, Chiplty came so near election Thurs¬ day, lacking only three votes, while the oppiAiti.-u was divided among four candl^es, that the leaders of the the forces followrk. J^ustile to him, consisting of of the Call, Stockton Hooker, realizedVhat andWne of Haney’s adher¬ ents, if they should let another day p,. without combining their surely entire win. stfijgth, Chipley would A caucus in t senate chamber Thursday night weY Yas the outcome. Several ballots candidaY) taken, in which the leading were Mallory, Baney and IIockerY Finally, at 2 o’clock Friday agreementVpon mornYg, the caucus came to an Mallory. Upon the meeting of caucYlate, Ye joint assem¬ bly at noon, a new ballVing for the first time since the began, was brought into the conVst \eeek. without a preliminary nominating Yacked • When the last name was on the roll call the vote stood:Yhipley, nameAhaving 49; Mallory, 47; two \ been passed. Representative Morgan, win had previously supported Chipley, and who had not yet voted, then gave his ballot to Mallory. Representative Rawls, who was paired next, broke Vis pair, as he claimed he was authorized to do under the existing circumstances, and threw his vote also for Mallory. This made the result a tie. Pandemonium prevailed for a time, the partisans of both candidates jump¬ ing upon the desks and chairs and waving their arms frantically in efforts to make themselves heard. At length Senator Barber was recog¬ nized and he changed his vote from Chipley to Mallory. Three others followed suit, the vote was verified, as stated above, and President Perrenot formally declared Stephen H. Mallory elected. Senator Mallory spoke before a large gathering in the house of representa¬ tives tonight. r*- He said that he endorsed all of Vhe planks of the Chicago platform, dwell¬ ing particularly on the financial ques¬ tion, and advocating the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, regard¬ less of foreign countries. He did not express decided views on the tariff question. Mallory was a member of the fifty- second and fifty-third congresses from the first Florida district. He lives in Pensacola, where he was born in 1848. He entered the Confederate army in Virginia in the fall of 1864 and later served as a midshipman in the Con¬ federate navy. After the war he entered George¬ town college, District of Columbia, and after graduation taught school and studied law. In 1894 he returned to Pensacola and since then has prac¬ ticed law in Florida and also been in¬ terested actively in politics, serving in both branches of the state legislature, besides the national house of repre¬ sentatives, where he was a leading member of the committee on com¬ merce. Senator-elect Mallory is a son of the late Stephen R. Mallory who was sec¬ retary of the navy in the confederate cabinet. His distinguished father was born in Nassau about 1810 and removed to Key West, Fla., when quite young. The eldqr Mallory was the senator from Florida during several terms. During the war he refugeed to La- Grange, Ga., where he was arrested as a state prisoner. He was released on parole and afterwards pardoned by President Johnson. He died in Pen¬ sacola in 1873. ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN. Dynamited Two Safes and Secured About 810 , 000 . The westbound Southern Pacific passenger train was held up by three masked men and robbed about 250 miles west of San Antonio, Texas, early Friday morning. After forcing the doors of the ex¬ press car, one of the robbers entered and dynamited the two safes of the Wells Fargo Express company. Both the through and the local safes were opened and their contents se¬ cured. The local safe contained $2,000 or $3,000. The amount secured from the through safe is unknown, but it is believed will not fail telow $7,000 or $8,000. TURKEY IS STUBBORN. She May Be Forced to Relent By the Powers at Cannon’s Mouth, A cable dispatch of Friday from London says: The proposed negotia¬ tions for peace between Greece and Turkey are not proceeding as smoothly as the European powers would like to see. The fa.ct is, there is grave fear in diplomatic circles that the Sultan will prove-stiff-necked and that he will resist all serious attempts at European control. i BIMETALLIC COMMITTEE MEETS. Committee of House of Commons Discusses the Question. There was a meeting at London, Thursday, of the bimetallic parlia¬ mentary committee of the house of commons. Apart from the members of parliament,there were several prom¬ inent bimetallists and well known '’SSlmS"V„,o.»- servative, who was the delegate of Great Britain to the monetary confer- ence at Brussels in 1892, presided. He referred in his address upon the open- ing of the meeting, to the growth of bimetallic opinion in England and other countries and pointed to the f ac t that the special commissioners of the United States were now on their way to France to confer with the bimetallists of that country. The chairman also expressed his opinion in strong terms that the pros¬ pects of an early international agree¬ ment were never more hopeful. The committee decided to closely watch the international negotiations and held itself ready to actively co-op¬ erate in them. MANY BIBLES DISTRIBUTED. Nearly All of Them Sent to Mexico, Cen¬ tral and South America. The eighty-first annual report of tho American Bible Society was presented to its managers at its annual Bible house meeting at New York Thursday afternoon. It showed that the receipts for be¬ nevolent work, including gifts from auxiliaries, were $188,377 and disburse¬ ments for benevolent work were $265,- 668. The total gifts of the living were $58,880. Never before, with a single exception, have so many volumes of the Bible been sent from the Bible house for one year to foreign countries. The entire number is 101,354 and seven-eigths of them went to Mexioo, Central and South America. BANK WILL LIQUIDATE. The Atlanta Trust and Banking; Company Will Discontinue Deposit Branch. The Atlanta Trust and Banking Company, which has for years stood among the foremost of the banks of deposit in Atlanta, Ga., has definitely determined to discontinue the deposit branch of their business and has issued notice to all their depositors to with¬ draw their funds. This will be a great surprise to the commercial world, and especially to the patrons who have dealt with the bank since it first commenced busi¬ ness. Ample cash funds have been pro¬ vided to pay off all depositors upon demand, and all cash balances will probably be transferred by depositors to other local banks. SECOND LYNCHING AT JEFF. Victim Su-ppoKiMl fco Have Keen Connected With I^illy Poisoning:. A third" negro is reported to have been lynched near Jeff, Ala., Thursday night. It is supposed that he was im¬ plicated in the wholesale poisoning of the Kelly family. The latest victim of mob violence is Jim. Nance, alias Williams, a discharg¬ ed laborer, who is said to have insti¬ gated the poisoning in order to wreak vengeance on the Kelly’s. The coroner returned a verdict in the case of the two lynched girls of death at the hands of unknown parties. POWDER MILLS EXPLODE. Three Men Who Were in the Building Were Hurt, One Fatally. There was an explosion at the pow¬ der mills of the A. L. Due Fireworks company at Reading, Ohio, Thursday afternoon. Samuel Cherboli was fatally injured. Frank Moore and George Buckenbruck were slightly injured. These three men were the only ones in the build¬ ing when the explosion occurred. The loss was only $300. PLAGUE KILLS THOUSANDS. Half of Population in Cutchmandvi Dis¬ trict, India, Has Fled. A dispatch to The London Daily Mail from Bombay says that the bu¬ bonic plague is making fearful ravages in the Cutchmandvi district, where there have been 2,000 deaths iu a fort¬ night. Half the population has fled. SEVEN KILLED IN MINE. Thursday afternoon, at the Pinkney, Tenn., ore mines, seven men were killed and several badly wounded. Communication with Pinkney is cut off, and full particulars cannot be bad. MANY FAILURES IN BRAZIL. That Country Shown to Be In a Bad Con¬ dition Financially. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Buenos Ayres says: * ‘The Herald’s correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the failures of several big companies have been announced and that business is paralyzed. Brazil “The government of has been forced by the crisis to increase her duties by one-tenth and to levy a heavier tax on the postal and telegraph service. In addition $7,000,000 has been saved to the government by judi¬ cious trimming of national expenses. STRAW-BOARD TRUST. Manufacturers Have a Secret Session in Cleveland, Ohio. The straw-board manufacturers of the United States held a secret meet¬ ing at Cleveland, O., formed Thursday and, according to reports, a trust to control the product of the country, though no definite information conld be obtained from them. Representatives of Binghampton, firms in Cincin¬ nati, Covington and N. Y., were present.