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jmBBP thk i$F LILY A striking raUcal GnU of Mexico, by, Matteice Thoxpson, will be Commenced la NEXT SDNDAT'a issus of The Dis patch. Bead the opening chapters. tar. ROCHON, rORTY-rOURTH TEAR. ROCKY m fstretches Its Drear Vista Before Harrison, Who is.Even Crit icised Because She dodged the crowds, Popular Merest at Wash ington Centering in : : Mrs. Cleveland. ' 18 ED-HOT CABINET FIGHT Enges Around the President-Elect, , - While He Vainly Seeks to I ' Best at His Hotel. PEESIDENTAL DINflER PARTY , 'Given by the Eetiring Executive to His ' "? Successor to the Greatest Office In the World. .GEAPHIC DETAILS OP A BUST DAI Tbe Arlington Swarms With Caller John Sherman One of the Notables Ladies Caddie the Babies Campaign Mary In Clover Poor Llge Sized Up by News paper Row He Issues an Order That Pleases the Boys New Yorkcri Trying to Wipe Off Piatt and Miller's Names From Harrison's Cabinet Slate A Pleasant Prestdental Dinner Pointers for Office Seekers. Washington is to-day the vortex of the political whirlpool. The President-elect managed to elnde the populace, hut the seekers after Cabinet offices fonnd him and made it Terr lively for him. President Cleveland entertained 1 General Harrison and his wife at a quiet little family dinner, after holding a crowded reception. Mrs. Cleveland has lost none of her prestige, but has yet hosts of devoted friends and ad mirers. Below is given a complete resume of the numerous interesting incidents of the day at the capital. lEriXIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH. '' Washington, February 27. Mr. Har rison has found out before he has become I'resident that big as the office is tb.e man who fills it cannot do at he pleases. It seems absurd that he should be abused for such a little thing as dodging the crowd at the de pot and coming into "Washington by the back stairs, eo to speak, but that is what has befallen him. By supper time last night, when the whole town knew that he had left the cars at the outskirts and gone to his hotel by way of the Division, there was lit erally a howl of criticism and discontent. No one could escape hearing it It was heard in the shop, echoed in the streets and re-echoed in all the hotels. Along one of the side streets all the correspondents of all the principal newspapers of the country hire together in little offices, like the law yers along Xassau street. From all these offices came the same note of angry criti cism, more important than any other, be cause it was likely to be sounded whererer newspapers are printed, and so it proved, for as the newspapers have kept coming in from other cities dnring the day, it is seen that they report local chagrin in head lines, editorials and dispatches. A Bad Beginning. . Few persona think ot it,but it is precisely what happened on the other side of the political fence four years ago. Mr. Cleve land came to town in precisely the same way, and while all "Washington was angry regardless of politics, the Bepublican news papers hailed the event as a bad beginning rt - and a great mistake and all the rest Even this afternoon the Washington papers are still disturbed about the matter,though they bow declare that Han iron is not personally to blame for the slight Somebody named Colonel Britton, who had charge of things, is getting a heap of fame as the butt of all the abuse. There is much less interest in Mr. Harri . y son and his family than one would suppose. : "Whatever the reason may be, he seems to have fallen flat on the community. It may be on account of the prolonged and bitter hostility of the Republican Senators who 11 the air with their talk against him, or it may be that Mr. Harrison has lived long in "Washington and lacks the quality of novel ty that makes a populace rush to see a new man, but whatever it is, the fact remains. The "Washington pnblic is much more keen ly interested in three other things than in the new President Popular Interest In Mrs. Cleveland. Those three things are the inaugural pro cession, the fight for Cabinet places and the gossip about the outgoing administration. Mrs. Cleveland is interesting beyond any one and everything else, apparently. So - much is all this the fact that it was possiblr , for Mr. Harrison to go out and walk the streets for an hour yesterday without the fact becoming known until it was printed - this afternoon, ii hours after the event took 4 place. . -Already the preparations for the grand parade on Monday have transformed the town. .Pennsylvania avenue has become a ' i, huge carpenter shop along which men are . putting up the biggest reviewing stands that any Sew Yorker ever saw. They ire ' ajfoumerous as pl&ce hunters at Harrison's headquarters. There is one on every little public square asd triangle. In their en- . tirety they can only be measured by the acre. ' They start above a man's head and rise beyond the height of three-story bnild- iDrs..'.Even the Government has caught the fever for building them, and has surrounded! bbK M. "&.. - -.im-ii..- ? fe'.j 1 1 - -, r ,y-T ,r-. -Vir'rrr r iiinMJ1Wifr1liiir NftstnirfiNF" -ii a'ak-fa v- ,A.,aahjUx.i-; u., story cl pi. days "tnthe the Treasury building with inclined angles of new lumber burdened with benches.. To such an extent has the craze for milching the public seised the people that the pro prietors of the finest stores are putting up heavy scaffolding of timber to sell out by the yard on inauguration day. , Beds at a Premium. Those who have not adopted this method of scooping in the dollar afloat are trying to sell their windows at from $6 to 815 a win dow. The evening newspapers contain as many columns of notices of windows to let as the morning newspapers contain columns of the names of organizations that are to turn out in the great jamboree procession. It is utterly impossible to get a bed in any hotel for next Sunday or Monday. The committee in charge of the affair is sprink ling the Great "West with circulars and newspaper paragraphs to the effect that there is room for the world and its satellites, but when theJblks come they will find that whatever room there is must be got in private houses. Let the experience of one of the men in the retinue of General Har rison serve as an example of what this means. He came here with his wife and baby and maid. A friend engaged quarters for him. He finds that they consist of one room with a curtain drawn across the middle. He pays (10 a day on one side of the curtain for his wife and baby and him self, and ti a day on the other side of the curtain for his maid. Four hundred special policemen were sworn in to-day. The work on the great ballroom in the Pension building was at last completed,andtheMarshal's programme of the parade was made public It is said that the procession will be the biggest overseen here. Men here fromBufFalo, Cleve land, Trenton, Syracuse and places of that size all over the Bast report that it appears to them that. every Bepublican in those cities is going to come here. THE CABINET SLATE Likely to be Broken, Owing; to the Terrible Pressnre Being Brought to Bear on General Harrison New Yorkers Hustling. The news-makers and the news-getters are all crowded together at General Harrison's hotel, the Arlington. Very appropriately the General is quartered only two blocks from the "White House, but that is twice as ar away from it as the severe box of red brick that Mr. Blaine has leased for 12 years. But it is to Mr. Harrison's quarters that everybody has gone to-day, even Mr. Blaine himself. In fact, the President dis tinguished the day by sending a messenger there to invite his successor to enjoy with him that dinner of this evening, of which it has since, been said that the three ladies did all the talking and the men all the think ing. To a Jfew Yorker the Arlington Hotel has a home-like air. You couldn't throw an apple into one of the windows without hitting a New Yorker. To sit down on one of the settees for half an hour is Jd see as many Metropolitans as there are in the Hoffman House cafe to-night First and foremost is William "Windom, who was called a New Yorker until he stood for a Cabinet place, though since then he has become once again a Minnesota man. There h the Piatt con tingent, led by shrewd Senator J. Sloat Fassett, and General John A. Knapp, ex Sehator Lo Sessions and the perpetual John 1. Davenport. Moving apart from these are a lot of what may be called amateur politi cians, such as Franklin Woodruff, Granville P. Hawes, A B. Whitney, John H. Hall, Eliott F. Shepard, J. Sever Page and John F. Plnmmer. The Vice President Arrives. The most eminent of all the New York City men, the incoming Vice President, was also in the house, having arrived here in the evening, but he didn't appear on Uje main floor of the hotel. Of course the next Cabinet was the absorbing topic. The gist of the best information to be had in that hotel to-night is that General Harrison is himself certain only of the following future members: Messrs. Blaine, Windom, Noble, Wanamaker and Partner W. H. H. Miller. He is said to regard even one of these as subject to removal from the list That is his jiartner, Miller, who is understood to be slated conditionally upon the possibility of re moval should circumstances require it There is no reason to suppose that the dis position of these candidates in Mr. Harri son's slate has yet been altered. That is, Blaine for Secretary of State, "Windom for the Treasury, Noble for the Interior, Wan namaker for the Postoffice, and Miller for Attorney General. Since Mr. Harrison reached here this slate has been subjected to fierce heat. The opposition to Windom is strenuous. The ambition of the Pacific Coast to have a distinctly Pacific Coast man in Noble's place is intense. The general is not to be envied, unless it be for having so little time leit in which this fever can be kept up. Hot Fighting for Cabinet Positions. If New York State's position interests General Harrison as much as it docs half the men he sees, his mind must be intensely ocenpied with the Empire State. The struggle assumes a new phase now that the scene of battle has been shifted to Wash ington. It now appears that a raft of men are striving to widen the breach between Piatt and Miller until it is big enough for them to crowd in an outsider between the two great figures. Colonel Elliott F. Shep ard is in hopes he will be the outsider. Mr. Hawes is said to be for Whitelaw Beid, and is thought to have the assistance ot Mr. William Walter Phelps toward the same end. John F. Plummer is about the only Warner Miller man among the amateurs. The "effort to distort the rivalry between Milfer and Piatt into absurd proportions is so evident and so earnest that one begins to hear talk of effort to bring the two great leaders together on a friendly basis from which they may be able to agree upon a New Yorker satisfactory to both. It's even said that this meeting for harmony is already arranged, but this is probably not so. i EEADI TO JIOYE. Cleveland Preparing to Flit, While tho Pub lic Prepare Ills Successor's Welcome. The noise of the blows of the workmen's hammers sound through the 'walls, of the President's mansion with tragic distinctness all day long. To hear them makes one think of a condemned man in prison hearing the workmen making preparations for his end. To the public one king is the same as another, and those, who have come to sec Harrjson inaugurated are killing time by puttingouttheir hands for Mr. Cleveland to shake those hands that buried him with Bepublican ballots But while the crowds pour into the Bast room which is always open to everybody, while ti.ey stroll in and thinkof Mr. Cleveland as the most power ful officer on earth, he and his famuy are just beyond one thin wall thinking of a private life in another city, and going from room to room pointing out their private property to workmen who are to pack it up and carry it away. Here is a rug a lady friend sent to Mrs. Cleveland and here are a pair of vases, and there is a picture, and there are two closetsfnl of summer clothing. The President's bulky little library of tm I. . . .. ..... . .. . . dooks oi reierence, Degun wnen ne was Mayor, trebled in Albany, and then trebled again in the White House; the white ma hogany chair he ordered and paid for, and has sat in four years behind the great desk that Queen Victoria gave to all the Presl-, dents; the Contents of the drawers and closets, all this is being bundled up without sifting or sorting and sent away, a load at a time, to New York. Beyond signing or re fusing to sign the few bilU that Congress will squeeze out between now and Monday noon( his duties as President are done. The Jiosition is vastly more interesting to the ittle Hoosier gentleman a block away in the Arlington than to the big New York lawyer. THE WOMEN'S IDOL. Beantlfn! Ttlrs. Cleveland the Object of the Admiration and Sympathy of All . Democratic and Bepubli can Ladles. Every other day it is the duty of the man who happens to be President to leave what ever he is doing, no matter how important, and climb down stairs preoisely at 1:30 o'clock. Mr. Cleveland has always made this performance precede bis luncheon. He comes down by the family stairway behind the big screen of glass that Mr. Arthur had put up between the people and the privacy of domestic life, and that has made liv ing in the "White House endurable. The President is seen by no one buthis servants. He turns toward the great doors of the East Boom, and they are at this moment flung open by an attendant With the habitual curiosity of an actor who peeps at the audience through a slit in the curtain be fore it rises, the President raises his head and sweeps the great parlor with his glance. It is said that Ned Harrigan can count the number of dollars' In the box office every night within a few dollars ten minutes after he is on the Stage. Just so President Cleve land can throw a glance over the East Boom and tell to a minute ho long he will be kept from his luncheon and how tired his right arm will be from shaking the hands of the dear people. Wanted to See Mrs. Cleveland. To-day the room was crowded. There were so many persons in the huge parlor that their umbrellas formed a frieze of double thickness all around the great lobby of the front entrance. It was pouringjiown rain and slush out of doors, and the White House steamed and smelled ot rubber waterproofs. Two-thirds of the visitors were women, and all were discussing one subject; that was the reception by invita tion yesterday, at which some women shed tears. To listen to tbe chatter would make one believe that at the eight of the beauti ful lady of the White House who was so soon to depart, half of the women melted, even Mrs. Folsom taking tbe contagion. and raining a few gentle pearls of grief upon the bodice of past friends. Mrs. Cleveland was pictured in all this talk, as, she has al ways been, and always will -be pictured, like a heroine who is always sweet ana proper. "She bore up bravely, and smiled through it all" was what all the gossippers said of her. The simple truth about the whole affair is that two or three Washington women, good friends of the Cleveland's and good Demo crats, were not able for their efforts to pre vent this ieellng from moistening their eyes. Three is the outside, and these did not really cry. They only came near doing so. Tired of Pomp. "Mrs. Cleveland was the furthest of all from crying," said a close friend of hers, "for she looks forward with Intense longing to the rest she is soon to have-in .New York. Lile in the Whife House" to One in her position is not at all like life in a bower of roses. She scarcely has five minutes that she can call her own. To be sure, there are regular hours lor her duties, but at the same time the White House is constantly be sieged by persons who must not be slighted or disappointed, and who have no regard for or knowledge of the rules that govern ordinary callers." The President was at his best when the big crowd saw him as the doors were flung apart, though his glance showed him that his luncheon would be stone cold and bis armore by tbe time he had done shaking hands. He was smiling and in so little of a hurry that he frequently detained those who interested him, while he talked or lis tened to them. It was noticeable that the women were the ones who voiced the griel of the Dem ocracy at the turn of fate, nearly all who said anything said they were sorry he was not going to be there next time they came. The men fell into the rut of saying some thing about his looking so well, though no one mentioned just how it was to be supposed he was going to look, or why he should not look well. The.Chief Magistrate's eyes twinkled now and then as he replied that it work was healthy he certainly ought to feel well. It was 2i30 o'clock when the last shake had been given to the big hand of the masses, and Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom came from the parlor to walk into the private dining room with the hungry President. POOE LEGE. The Newspaper Row Boys Pity Dan's Socccssor His Path Will Not bo a Bosy One A Pen ' Fictnre. The new private secretary, Halford, has by this time made the acquaintance of all the Washington correspondents. It was curious and interesting to see them as they came In and were introduced, all weighing him, studying his appearance, his manners, and his worths. He is a slender man of me dium neignc, wun a tnin mustacne, ana a habitual expression that is both firm and kindly. He is distinctly an indoor man. His complexion, low voice, retiring man ners and uneasiness in a crowd all denote a long familiarity with desk work. He might be taken for a pedagogue, a bank cashier, an editor, or a student He dresses very quietly, wears glasses, and has a prim way of carrying himself, and a hesitating way of speaking. He is extremely sensitive. The newspaper men cere speak of him as a man to be pitied. All private secretaries are alike in this respect They are'the buffer between the President and the public. They take all the blows from both sides. Halford brings many qualities that will make the position chato him, notably the qualities of diffidence, sensitiveness and inability to distribute his work. He will try to do U all himself. Colonel Lamont got all he wanted of the place in four years. It is not likely to take as long to satisfy Colonel Halford. By way of completing his introduction to the press, he has posted notices that he will see the newspaper men half an hour in the morning and half an hour at night The result of this arrangement will be that they will see him the rest of the time. Private Secretary Halford and Stenog raphers Tibbitts and Miss Sanger were kept ,at work in the office room down stairs all day attending to the bushel of correspondence which had accumu lated in the Postoffice here, and which Gen eral Harrison is anxious to get as nearly cleared up as possible before he goes to the White House. Beside this Mr, Hal ford had to nurse a severe headache which he had acquired during the trip from In dianapolis. Mr. Hal lord declared when the day was done that being President was not what it was cracked up to be. During the day Dan Lamont sent in an invitation for Mr, Halford to come over and see him during the evening, which Mr.- Halford accepted with alacrity ana manes. PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, CABINET TIMBEB. Prospective . Secretary of tho Trensnry WIndora Walts Upen tho President A Discussion ns' to the 'Sup pression of Vice. ," The storm of sleet, snOw and rain that made life in Washington a burden for everybody else to-day was a, means of blessed relief to the new arrivals from Indianapolis, who aire stopping in an annex of the Arlington Hotel, pending the com pletioa of arrangements for the transfer to the White House. The Harrisons slept late after their long, night upon the sleeping cars, and break fasted at what was for them an unusually late hour. Long before the meal was over cards began to come up from' a stream of callers, and if it had been a pleasant day the hotel would have been swamped com pletely. Even as it was the family were not at all lonely. The calls were, almost with ont exception, of a social nature, Mr. Windom being the only one who stayed longer than a few minutes or had anything like a private conference with the President elect Tbe Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Windom called before noon, almost immediately after his arrival from Balti more where he had 'had a conference with Steve Elkins and Henry C. Davis the night before. He , was with General Harrison about 20 minutes, and afterward sat about the hotel office and gossiped with men he knew for a half hour. Elliot F. Shepard, who arrived wHh his family from New York about that time, re ceived most of the attention of the prospect ive Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Shep ard's conference with Mr. Windom was a long one, and to the 'imagination of the laokers-on an important one; but there is reason to believe that it extended no further than a discussion of the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Treasury in the mat ter of the suppression of vice. They Fear for His Dignity. After his talk with Mr. Shepard, Mr. Windom strolled out into the rain, took a cab and disappeared for tbe day. He was said to be stopping at the house of a friend. His Conduct in gossiping abont in the hotel office after his conference with the President-elect, outraged the ideas of the old sticklers for the proprieties. They say that men in Mr. Windom's place, orrathennMr. Windom's alleged place for none of them will admit yet that Mr. "windom is really going to be in the Cabinet have always heretofore been more dignified and circum spect than to appear to he working up a boom for themselves among the hotel loung ers, which is what they say Mr. "Windom seemed to be doing to-day. ' There was no other Cabinet timber among the callers upon General Harrison, except Mr. Blaine, who called with Mrs. Blaine ano stayed only five minutes, and Partner Miller, who went ont and in occasionally, and seemed to have a great deal upon his mind. x THE CALLEES. John Sherman ft Noted Visitor Mrs. Quay Leaves a Card Tho Ladles Drop In Without Formality Busy Timet. A large proportion of the day's callers were Senators and Bepresentatives or their wives. Senator Edmunds called in person, and so did Senators Allison, Wilson, Palmer,, Jones, Stewart, Stanford, Spooner, Hoar and Hawley. Mrs. Ingalls'did the honors for the President of the Senate. Mr." Justice Gray came accom-' panicd by ex-Attorney General Devins, 6f Massachusetts. Mrs. Quay left cards for herself and her husband, but the man of the mailed hand did not appear himself. Almost the most noticed call of the day was that of John Sherman. He sent in his card early in the morning from the hotel office, vand waited about for some time until an answer came. His call was not a long one. Mrs. "W. W. Dudley left cards for herself and her distinguished husband, and Mrs. Steve Elkins did likewise for Mr. Elkins. At 5 o'clock the whole Indiana delegation to Congress paid their respects, and brought word that tne Illinois allegation would come around at 10 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. No Formalities. The reception all day was, on the part of the ladies, as informal as those in the little parlors at Indianapolis. A large proportion of the ladies who called had met Mrs. Harri son and her daughter before, and they were made at home at once. Most of the time Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Bussell Harrison, Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Lord were in the parlor together, while General Harrison passed in and out during the intervals between his little pri vate talks with the gentlemen who called. Quite often the callers who were upon terms of intimacy with the family, and once in awhile perfect strangers, would ask to see the children, and Mr. McKee, who had to put in most of his day in keeping the little ones amused in the nursery upstairs, would bring them down and help Mrs. McKee pass them aronnd to be fondled and admired as specimens of what they can produce out in Indiana. Little Mary, called "The Campaign Baby," because she was born during the noise and bustle of the cam paign, took it as a matter of course, and be sides being as good as could be while she was being exhibited, allowed herself to be taken upstairs again without the least objection. Mrs. Kussell Harrison was also called upon often to show her baby to friends of the family, until she had to leave to dress for a reception arranged for the Harrison ladies by Mrs. Captain Burke, an old friend of the family. The other ladies sent their regrets on account of the time. All of the ladies by turn had to spend several hours of thedarin thtfhands of two dress makers, who had come over from New York to try on inauguration gowns that hare been made in that city. A Reld Boomer. Granville P. Hawes was a guest o f Gen eral Harrison at luncheon, and extended the remarks that he began last week at Indianapolis, the gist of which was that if the President wanted to find a really satisfactory New Yorker for the Cabinet he needn't look further than the Tribune building and the private office of the editor-in-chiefof that paper. There were a great many gifts sent in during the day, principally of flowers. This finest basket of flowers yet received came from C. Spofford,of the Biggs House, where General and Mrs. Harrison stopped when thev pre viously lived in "Washington. A gift, that was probably not meant to be so significant as it seems was a treatise upon etiquette at Washington, which was delivered by the-compiler in person. The Diplomatic Corps was represented among tbe callers to day by Ye Ha Yung, the Corean Charge d' Affaires, and. by Minister Preston, of Hayti. SIIss Sanger tho Cnstodlaa of tho Cabinet Secret She Knows Bow to Hold Her Tongue and She Does It, Too. It is an interesting fact that in spite of the large number of persons who profess to have "Inside information," or to Be. "very close" to the President elect, the only person besides Gen eral, Harrison who really does know much about the Cabinet is a woman, Miss Banger; This .young lady, who was stenog- Contimed'on "Sixth Page. -Pl. 3 " FEBRUARY 28, 1889. A SYNDICATE DOOMED. The Soldiers' Orphan Schools Dlutt Close Jane 1-fitcAIIstervtlle Most Hustle Schemes to Care for tbe Little Ones. ' rraOu A staff cOERSsr6irojrr.3 HAimaBnEO. February 27. The Sol diers' Orphan Investigating Committee, at a meeting 'held to-night, decided against the continnhficfi of the syndicate bevond the tWriod at which its present contracts expire; Rthat the syndicate schools at Mount Joy, Mercer, Chester and McAlisterville must cease, that atMcAllsterville as soon as possible. There was a general discussion as to what disposition should be made of the 1,800 children who would be in the- schools on June 1 next, and a unanimous decision was reached that there must be an early end of the present system, which General Gobin compared, as. earned out in some of the in stitutions, to the chain gang of the Southern States That gentleman offered a resolution, which was adopted, looking to the tabula tion ot a statement by counties of the num ber of children in the schools, which shall be forwarded to the Grand Army postsof the respective, counties, asking them to in quire: First, whether these children have parents or guardians who are capable of taking care of them Without assistance from tbe State. Second, whether the parents are capable of taking care of them with assist ance from the State, but not to exceed the amount now paid by the State for their care in the schools. Third, whether, in the Judgment ot fie posts (confidentially com- municatea ), tne parents or guaraians are proper authorities to have the care and custody of the children under the circum stances, and tnat tbe posts report to tnis committee as speedily as possible. The Graud Army Committee will hold a meeting by itself soon, and a week from Saturday the Legislative and Grand Army committees will hold a joint meeting at tbe Grand Army headquarters in Philadelphia. GETTING COURAGEOUS. Republican Office-Holders Bravely Declare Themselves Since Harrison' Election. ISFXCLU. TELEGRAM TO TUI PISFaTCB.j "WASarSGTOlT, February 27. The Penn sylvania Bepublican Association, composed of those persons of that political faith from Pennsylvania,in and out oi the departments fn "Washington, has not been in a flourishing condition since the adveqt of a Democratic administration. Previous to the election of Cleveland it numbered about 150 members. Soon after that event it was diffiodltto get' more than 15 or 20 members out to the meet ings. Those who were in the departments were for the most part afraid to show their colors, aud the association has been kept in working order by only a few of the bravest, with others who were outside of the public service. ItJsonlyontheeveof the roair gnration of Harrison that a new enthusiasm has been infused into the members, and names are now being rapidly added to the list , This evening the largest meeting that has been held for four years assembled in Grand Army Hall and was addressed by Bepresen tatives Brumm, Atkinson, Bayne, Dalzell and others, in brief but ringing speeches, calculated to put fresh life into the organi zation. Letters regretting their inability to attend were received from Senator Quay, General Hartranft and Governor Beaver. SP&ILIKG BOODLEE'S PABADISE. Canada.' Is Thinking of Sending; Back All United States Criminals. JJouse fo-day Dr. Weldon explained pro visions of his extradition bill, which en larges the list of extraditable offenses. The dregs of Mexico and the United States, he said, are settling down in Canada, owing to bergeographicai position. This is the re sult of a narrow international arrangement with the United States, The extradition treaty really covers only seven offenses. Within 40 or 60 years a great increase of crime has taken place. The Ambassadors of both countries are not alive to the neces sity of abolishing the antiquated Ashbnrton treaty. It is within the power of the Canadian Parliament to set in motion machinery which will drive out the criminals who are enjoying an asylum. He wanted the Gov ernment to be vested with power to hand over all these offenders to countries having no extradition treaty with England, as aflecting Canada. SOMEBODY SURELY LYING. Loud Talking and a Blow Struck Intheln , diaua Legislature. rSI-ECIALTELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Indianapolis, February 27. Another row occurred in the Indiana House of Bep resentatives to-day. During a debate on a prohibition amendment to the Constitntion, Mr. "Willard, the Democratic leader, called Mr. Stanley, a Bepublican, a liar. Mr. Lincbj sitting opposite Willard, called the attention of the Speaker to the use of un parliamentary language, when "Willard de nied that he had used the offensive words attributed to him by Mr. Iiinch. In reply ing Linen called Willard a liar and struck bjim. Excitement and confusion followed, and for a time it looked as though there wonld be a general fight It was finally decided to defer action in tbe matter until to-morrow. Mr. Linch apologized to the House, but the apology was not accepted. HACDONALD FOR MINISTER. The Canadian- Premier is to Havo Lord Sackvillc. West's Place. Ottawa, Out., February 27. There is a report in circulation that Sir John Mao donald, Premier of Canada, has been of fered the post of British Ambassador to the United States. Several Conservative mem bers in his confidence express surprise that the news of the offer leaked oht, but do not doubt its correctness. The British Government, it is stated, has begun to realize the necessity of sending to "Washington a representative well informed on North American affairs. If Sir John accepts bis alleged offer. Sir Charles Tut- ter will probably assume the leadership or ice Asominion trovernmeni. K0 LOCAL OPTION IN THEIRS. Sllchlgnn Prohibitionists Denonnce All Laws Regulating the Liquor Truffle Lansing, February 27. The Prohibi tion State Convention for the nomination of a Justice of the Supreme Court and Begents of the University met bere this morning. Tbe sentiment of the delegates is clearly against local option. The resolutions de clare unalterable opposition to any law which .legalizes the traffic in intoxicating beverages in any portion of the State or nation, by whatever name such law may be known, and also demands a secret ballot and an honest count. MIGHT AS WELL SETTLE. i A Damage Suit for Big Money Brought Against the Standard In Youngstown. rSFXCIAL TILEQIUJI TO TBE DISPATCH. Youngstown, February 27. To-day suit was brought against the Standard Oil Company here by Mrs. Martha E. Dunn, for her minor child, to recover 530,000 dam ages. In her petition she alleges that her former husband, James B. McKinley, was killed at Franklin, Pp., in the defendant's railroad yard because ot the carelessness of anemploye in allowing acar to runj -down upuu ii i in, .- L .s.-Sk,;te';ca3,feK.. . jJt v? ' T? v '21 T9$s BAREEY A BARKEB, An Awful Case of Hydrophobia Re ported From Rural Ohio. A POOfe LAD WRITHES IN AGONY, And During s Paroxysm Bites Off Two of His Fingers. THE DOG BIT Hill A LONG TIME AGO, And the Doctora Who Have Closely Watched the Cass . ire Panled. An unusual case of hydrophobia is re ported from Ohio. Anil-year old lad who was bitten years ago is dying in terrible agony. He barks and bites like a dog, aud during a protracted paroxysm yesterday bit of! two of his fingers. The case is an inter esting one from a scientific point of view. rsrxciAL rcLzanxu to rax dispatcii.1 Woosteb, O.j February 27. Miltoii township, this county, has a case of hydro phobia. The victim is David Barkey, the 11-year-old son of Jacob Barkey, a well known and well-to-do farmer of that town ship. About two weeks ago the boy became ill with a sort of paralysis of his entire muscular system. A physician was called and diagnosed the case as one of muscular rheumatism. The boy's condition became more alarm ing and developed Into a case of hydropho bia, and to-day he lies bound to a bed and undergoes horrible paroxysms. He begins to pant like a dog, rolls ont his tongue, froths at the mouth, barks and growls and attempts to bite. He frequently displays freaks of cunning by pretending not to notice his attendants until a favorable op portunity presents itself when he fries to snap or bite them, and as the paroxysm progresseslhe becomes more savage and pil lows and pieces of cloth are placed in his mouth. These he holds tightly between his teeth until the paroxysm passes off, when he falls into a partial paralytic state and re mains in that condition until Seized With an other paroxysm. The paroxysms generally last abont 20 minutes. A. TEERIBLE PAROXYSM. An awful change came over the Unfortu nate la3 to-day. In tbe morning it was no ticed that the paroxysms had -become less frequent, and the family entertained hopes that he would recover. He alio ate better than he did several days ago. These signs Were only the forerunner of unlooked-for agony, however. Late to-day young Barkey was seized with horrible convulsions. The paroxysm continued for an hour and a half, during which his writhings were awful to behold. He managed to get one of his hands in his mouth and bit off two Angers. This paroxysm was the most severe yet ex perienced, and death is beginning to fasten its grip on him. The physicians in attend ance state that'death will ensue as soon as the poison of the rabies overcomes the seda tives and medicines administered. Several theories are advanced as to how the boy became afflicted with hydrophobia. One is that he was bitten on the lip by the family dog eight years ago. The dog, as far as known, was well at that time, but two years later he was seized with occasional spasms, which continued to grow more fre- quent until he was killed about 18 monthiLp.loyed as indexers and the committee re- ugo. Another theory is that voung Barkev was bitten by a neighbor's dog last fall. This dog was examined, pronounced healthy, and killed a day oso ago. No other probable causes for the boy's condition have been discovered. THE0EIE3 OF THE DOCTOBS. His physicians -attribute the infection as coming from the first dog, but not from the bite of eight years ago, as it is not generally admitted by tbe profession that an animal can transmit hydrophobia before the stage of inenbation, when the rabic poison be comes infections. The physicians theory is that probably the dog licked the hand or some other part of the boy's body after be ing afflicted with spasms. It is said that there are two kinds of rabies, the "dumb," or "paralytic," and the "street" rabies. From all accounts the first, dog had the former variety, and although he could not bite during paroxysms, he might transmit the infection to a sore after orbetween his spasms. Hundreds of persons are calling at the Barkey home to see the boy, and the case will'be closely watched by the medical prefession. THE CLANS AEE GATHEEIKG For the Sleeting of the National League of Bepublican Clubs. Baltimobe, February' 27. The hotels are rapidly filling up with delegates to the convention of the National League of Be publican Clubs, which is to meet at noon to-morrow at Ford's Opera House. Secre tary Humphreys has opened headquarters at the Carrolton Hotel, where delegates are registered as fast as they arrive. Each State is entitled to nine delegates, and a full attendance is expected. A meeting of the Executive Committee was held to night, at which the business to be done by the convention was discussed. Several Con stitutional amendments are to be adoDted and plans are to be perfected for solidifying- tne organization so as to insure enective and uniform work. The local clubs have made extensive ar rangements for tbe entertainment of the visitors, and most of the club houses will hold continuous receptions. Delegations have arrived' from New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Bhode Island and Indiana, and every in coming train is helping to swell the crowds that throng the various hotels. EEFEACT0EY CONVICTS Refuse to Work, and Yell and Howl In Their Cells. rSFSCIAI. MLSQltAM TO TIH PISPATCH.1 Boston, February 27. About 100 of the prisoners at the House of Correction refused to go to work this morning and they are now locked up in their cells in the big prison. All of the solitary confinement cells are filled, and the belligerent prisoners will be-kepton an allowance of eight oupces of bread and a mug of water a dav until they succumb. Twenty-four police' officers are still stationed at the bastile, and that number will remain there until all the trouble is settled. At intervals during the morning hours the troublesome gang set up a howl, and at' the same time all of them took hold of their 'cell doors and shook them until tbe walls of the old prison fairly shook. All the rest of the men are working to-day as usual. MILLER SAYS SP HIMSELF. Harrison's Law Partner Will be the Next s Attorney General. rSFECrAI. TXLEQUAM TO TBS DISPATCH. 3 Toledo, February 27. A private letter from "W. H. H. Miller, of Indianapolis, Harrison's law partner, was received by Probate Judge Joseph W. Cnmmings to day, in which Miller said that he had ac cepted the position of Attorney General in Harrison's Cabinet Mr. -MUler was principal of the public schools a't Perrysburg, this county, at the breaking out of the war, whichposition he resigned to nter the army. , Tv .3H :; Mystery. ; . I uiump SHBWOUIDBATHBRDIB. Mrs. Church tfays Blie Would Not Live With the Colonel Again Under Any Clr ennutnnces Teresa, the Cook, Teitifles. rEnaAL TELIOUAM TO THSnlSPATCS.1 Coltjmbtjs, February 27. Judge Pngh, who is hearing the Church divorce case, in formed the attorneys on both sides that they Wonld have to close the case by to-morrow evening, as he could give nfr longer time than that to the hearing. Among the witnesses recalled was Mrs. Church, who was questioned by the Judge as fo whether she thought in case the charge Of infidelity were disproved that she could live with her husband again. She made quite a speech to the Judge, in the course of which she. stated that she would' rather be taken to a graveyard at once; that she would not live with him again if she had no friends whatever,-and had to depend upon her own efforts for a living. She stated she had not testified to the worst features of the case so far as the conduct of her husband was concerned, and she did not care to give the evidence in open court In order that she might be accommodated the Judge, the witness and-the attorneys on both sides re tired to a side room, where she gave the tes timony. After both sides had gotten through, Judge Pugh created a sensation by stating that he had heard about ail he wanted to about the case, with the exception of the cook, Teresa, and he ordered one of the bailiffs to pro ceed to the Church residence and bring in the girl. Teresa Schirzinger is a tall, spare girl. She was nervous and embarrassed on the stand, with her former mistress staring her in the face. She was questioned by the Judge, and denied in their order all the charges and evidence which had been pro duced relating to tbe connection between herself and Colonel Church. She admitted making the statement to Father Els, which has been published, but is not in evidence, and said that she made it under coercion, and that there" was nothing in it, but she was told by Eis that she would be ruined, as well as her family, unless she signed the paper. THE OLD SOLDIER'S RECORD To be Hurried Up so That the Veteran Can Read It Before He Dies. "Washington, Tebruary 27. The Special Honse Committee appointed to in vestigate representative Grosvenor's charge that improper matter (roll of honor of the Anderson Cavalry) had been inserted into the official records of the rebellion, has pre sented its report to the House. The findings are that the matter complained of was not official and its insertion in the rebellion re cords1 was improper, as it had no other foundation than Its appearance in a news paper. The "War Eecords Office was, how ever, misled by the official character given to the paper by the Adjutant General's cer tificate on the packet The committee con cludes that General Gazelle, in charge of the War Becords Office, was responsible for its publication only as he adopted the official certificate of the Adjutant 'General and is fairly exonerated from blame. The committee says there is n loud and continued call from all sections, North and South alike,for the completion oi this work. It seems that those who fought in the war, should be allowed to see the official account of their services. Comparatively few will have that privilege unless the publication is greatly expedited. : The essential thing for expediting this work is an increased force of clerks em- commends an annual appropriation of SI 00.. 000 for four vears to enable the Secretary of War to employ a sufficient number to ar range for the publication of 13 volumes an nually." FIGHTING THE C0WLES BILL. Southern Democrats Plead In fain for Its Earl v' Consideration. tSrlCIAI, TZLZOXAH TO THX DISPATCH.! Washington. February 27. The Mills faction now expect to be able to prevent the consideration of the Cowles bill without filibustering by keeping up debate on the numerous conference reports which will come in between now and the close of the week. Notwithstanding the efforts of dele gations and influential letters and resolu tions of public meetings, and notwithstand ing the signature of a petition by over 50 Southern Democrats requesting the Speaker to recognize Mr. Eandall to move the con sideration of the measure, the Mills faction areobdurate. The Republicans are not particular which way the battle goes. They will vote with Randall if the bill is considered, but they are chiefly anxious to arouse Southern senti ment on the question, that the Bepublican party may get the credit in the next Con gress of 'doing mora for the South than Southern Democrats wonld do. FIGHTING FOE A CHILD. A Desperate Straggle la the Open Court Room at Indianapolis, TSPXCIAI. TU.EGKA1I TO TUX DISPATCH.! Indianapolis, February 27. During the trial of a case in the Circuit Court here to-day there was a desperate fight for pos session of a child. On Tuesday Mrs. LiUie Crumerine instituted habeas corpus pro ceedings for the custody of a 6-year-old daughter, who had been placed by the court under the care of a couple named Hart. In court yesterday she attempted forcibly to take the child, but was prevented. While the girl was being led from the court room this morning the mother rushed toward, and several friends joined in assist ing her. Frank Bobbinson, the brother of the woman, had charge of the child at the time, and while the little one clung to him he fought those who were trying to gain possession of her. He finally drew a re volver and was about to shoot when the Sheriff and several deputies rushed into the crowd apd stopped the fight The woman and several of the participants in the row were arrested. CAPTDELG M00NSHINEES. One Detective Secures a Gang of Thirty One Inside of Three Days. rsrxciAZ. teleobaii to thz dispatch.i Citaeleston, W. Va., February 27. Detective W. G. Baldwin, ot this city, has been engaged for a few weeks1 past in an effort to arrest a band of moonshiners who have been operating along the line of the New Biver Bailroad extension, in Mercer and McDowell conntles. After collecting all the evidence he wanted he started on Friday with a posse of men, and in three days captured 31 members of the gang, all of 'whom are now in the jails of the two counties, BLAINE BECOMING BASHFDL Too Modest to Have His Picture Hung In the Capitol. Augusta, Me., February 27. Hon. Henry Lord, President of the Maine Senate, to-day received the following telegram from James G. Blaine, in Washington: I have this moment read Mr. Bontelle's letter suggesting that the Legislature pruviJe a portrait of myself to be placed among portraits of ex-Speakers of the national House of Bep resentatives. Though well intended by Mr. Bontelle, J regret that the request was made, and hope that neither the Senate nor House will take any action whatever in tbe matter. It would be altogether distasteful to me to have such apiopositloa submitted to the Legislature, j-n4!ft -SbbbssbbbbbbbbbbbbbbwI jr dBBsBssaVBssBBBassS " ' t .:iSOIralsMBvsK) One of the serleof ia'. saranee oiaee .ro-,, masses, Ba drawrttff " story br J- Marsdear -Sntdiffe. Tie ope' ini chapters will ap 3 ISSUE Of 0K uottagt 4R, 41 "tch. watcn i. V . tslEE CENTS iD K EAira Jot -& 0km The Times Conspirators Humbly. Acknowledge-Their Over whelming Defeat PARNELL IS NOT SATISFIED, The Plot Will he Prohed and Big Damages Demanded. PIGOTT, WEITES 02TB MORE LETTER; Sullivan and Egan Tell the Story of tho Discovery of the Forcer Tbe Letter on Which the Trends Were Based Bfadet Public Tho Leogae President; Gives AH of the Credit to Egnn Home Kals iat Sure to Follow the Revelations A Gen erat Election is All That Is Desired Father Borney a Patriotic Messenger. Pigott has supplemented his confession by a further statement from Paris, whithef hs has fled. The times has grudgingly ac knowledged its fatal error. Parnell's coun sel, however, state their determination to press tha case until every detail of the ces spiracy Is dlscovere'd. Every member ac cused by the Times will bring suit lb civil and criminal HbeL Eganhas madepttblio the letters on which the forgeries were based, including a number which have already been cabled to The Dispatch. Sullivan tells the story of the discovery of the plot, (BT CABLX TO TOX DISPATCH. London, February 27. Copyright The little commission court this morn ing looked unusually gloomy,, and the Countenances of the leading men in the court were in keeping there with The Times people might have been gathered together to hear read the last will and testament of a- dear friend, so mournfully did they look, and Sir Charles Bussell and the Irish party were far from gar Mr. Webster's nnhappiness arpse froa the consciousness thai after having ions posed before the world from the dizzy height to which the Times folks are accustomed to soar when they have done anything big, he was abont to undergo the humiliation of climbing down in the face of all men. Rus sell's disgust was as deep and sincere as that of an ardent sportsman who had patiently stalked big game, only to see it trot away ont nf range just as tha stalker glanced along the leveled, barrel. Attorney General "Webster lost no time in . informing the Court of the receipt of a let ter from Pigott, dated with isalorsimn lated audacity irom a hotel in Paris which he was wont to honor with his patronage daring his visits to the French Capital ia search of pornographic novelties T7HEASY CONSCIENCES. The Times people just now have very un- easy consciences, for although the letter was addressed to one of their own trusted lawyers, they had been afraid to open it, and they handed it intact to their Lord ships. President Hannen broke the seal, glanced at the contents, smiled broadly, and passed the letter on to the clerk of the com mission to read aloud. Then the Presi dent's smile was explained and justified. Pigott, from a place of supposed safety, had added insult to the injury already heaped on his old friends and confederates by forwarding them the confession written in Labouchere's house on Saturday, and in dignantly returned by Mr. Parnell on Mon day. The substance was announced in court yesterday, bnt the full text was interesting as being perhaps the nearest approach to the truth of which Perjurer Pigott was ca pable. Then the unwilling Webster did penance. To guard against the very remote possibility that, on the spur of the moment, he might give expression of genuine regret.or say some thing generous of the men whom his em ployers have for years so infamously tra duced, he had carefully written his speech, and read from a manuscript which lay os the desk before him. EATING CBOWV Instead of a frank, full apology to tha Irish members, Webster's statement amounted to little more than a grudging ad mission that the Times had made a mistake; that they had been deceived, and he almost suggested that tfiey were really persons de serving of commiseration. Bussell, who had been listening with contracted brows, immediately jumped to his feet indignantly, protested against the mannerand substance of his learned friend's statement, and, r.mld the approving murmurs ot those aronnd him, reiterated his intention to probe the conspiracy to its foulest depths. Then, with patient eloquence, which brought tears into many eyes, he appealed to their lordships forthwith to exercise their statutory powers to make an interim report, and thus give relief, particularly to one man, who had so long suffered grievous, un merited wrong. Parnell's name was not mentioned, but everybody knew to whom the eloquent lawyer alluded. Sympathetic faces beamed npon the Irish leader as he slowly made his way to the witness box, and, turning his pale, grave countenance to the judges, gave formal de- nials of the forgeries technically necessary to enable the commissioners to make the re port Which shall set a seal to his triumph ant exoneration. DAMAGES DEMANDED. Another dispatch says : The Times baa withdrawn Its advertisement of "Parnell ism and Crime" and "O'Donnell vs Walter." Applicants for the pamphlets are informed that they are out of print A reso lution has been reached that all the Irish members charged by the Times in a formal accusation should sue the editor, manager and DroDrietor for both criminal and civil libel, and summonses will also be called out . for criminal conspiracy. A great effort will be made to have the whole costs put on the Timm on1 iF 4laA ..Knn. AM mv.n an. ike a fair show the bankruptcy and -, ruin ot tne paper is certain. In the House of Commons to-day St, . Hon. Henry Matthews, Secretary ot State for Home Affairs, stated that the authori ties were taking steps to secure the extradi tion of Pigott from Paris. Mr. Matthews also said he had no information regarding' Houston which at pretint would justify hiss. in preventing Houston from leaving the' couuuy. ., The commission will not meet afeala'uHti' Friday. 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