&? T3T - At' C WE lMlfc' K ft' Transient AflTertisemeats EecelTeJ . - At tlxo Branch. Offices of Xho , For to-morrow's lssne up 'ta 9 o'clock p. x. Porlistof branch offices ninthe Tarious dis tricts see THltiPPAGE. FORTY-FOTJBTH TEAS. 1 Firm of Columbus Scalpers Tackles tlie Candidate IN A SENSATIONAL WAY. '4 Demand Made for Immediate Re muneration for 400 -REPUDIATED BAILROAD TICKETS. Hints That the Democratic Caucus Hay Bolt the Nominee. ANITEIKG TO BEAT BRICE, THE CRY " Chairman C. S. Brice, of the National Democratic Committee, was yesterday treated - to a unique sensation in connection with his canvass for the Ohio Scnatorship. A firm of ticket brokers demanded immediate re incineration from him for about 400 repudi ated tickets of a road of which Sir. Brice is President. Counsel for the road say Mr. . Brice was guilty of no wrong-doing in the - railroad matter. Ex-Governor Poster was -i a director of the road. Bepublicans at Columbus hint at a probable bolt in the cau 1 cus against Brice's nomination. The other candidates are yet as confident as Mr. Brice ,V expresses himself to be. 1FKOM A STAFF COBBISFOXDEKT . J Columbus, O., January 3. Perhaps the most sensational, and certainly the most unique feature in the Senatorial contest to day, was au incident entirely outside of the ordinary course of politics. Calvin S. Brice, in his capacity as President of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad, was waited upon by V. C. "Ward and J. G. Grossman, prominent ticket brokers. Ad dressing Mr. Brice, Mr. "Ward said: "Are yon the President of the Lake Erie and "Western Railroad?" "1 am," came the reply. "My name is "Ward, of "Ward Brothers, and I hold nearly 400 of your repudiated Lake Erie and "Western tickets," said Mr. "Ward, at the same time taking a roll of coupon tickets from his pocket and holding them up to the gaze of Mr. Brice. ' AS TO PLACE AND TIME. ''Why did you not tell me about this be 'fort?" asked Mr. Brice. "It won't do to talk that way. You know .all about it. You hoodwinked us until you allowed the 'road to be foreclosed, and then told us the dog was dead, the hide worth less, and to sail in as we liked." "This is not the place to talk about it," said Mr. Brice. WelL Mr. Brice. I have documents here i u ,b r : S which show I have right on my side, and o . jrou pust talk here or I will make you' a "Mr. Ward then produced a letter which implicated ex-Governor Poster in the deal, and commenced reading it. Before he had completed the self-imposed task, Mr. Brice interrupted him by walking away, thus bringing the interview to an abrupt close. , Mr. Ward shouted after him : ' , "If you are not willing to agree to some . ' kind of a settlement we will proceed against you immediately." ," 8TOBY OP THE TRANSACTION. The history of the ticket business is this: In 1880 the Lake Erie and Western, being pressed for money, sold to the ticket brokers and others about 5230,000 worth of tickets, of which those held by Mr. Ward are a part. Ex-Governor Poster was a director of the road at the time the tickets were sold. In due time a reorganization came along. The usnal process of appointing a receiver was gone through with, and then the tickets were repudiated, leaving the brokers over $100,000 out of pocket , Suit was entered against the company by the Merchants' National Bank, and Samuel T. Pisfc, of Toledo: Thomas O'Brien, Cleve- ! j land; G. G. Lansing and Q. Prank & Brother, of New York, and Ward Brothers. They obtained judgment in the United States Court, at Toledo, at the rate of $10 80 for each ticket, aggregating $106,000. Ward Brothers have nearly 400 tickets, the aggre gate valne of which is abont $4,000. EXONERATED BY COUNSEL. Mr. W. E. Eackedorn, general counsel y for the Lake Erie and Western, who is familiar with the entire transaction, repu diates the suggestion that Mr. Brice has been guilty of any wrong doing. He states that Judge Gresham decided that every thing was perfectly legaL "To make it plain," said Mr. Hackedorn, "it is just the same as if you would purchase a piece of . property at Sheriffs sale, and it did not f , bring enough to pay all the claims against the original owner. Mr. Brice himself declined to say any thing on the subject His confidential lieutenant, Walter B. Bitchie, said to The Dispatch correspondent: "The whole story is perfectly absurd, and would never have been thought of except under the present circumstances. The statement of Attorney Hackedorn disposed of the whole matter." . At I.l. I.-...- 41... - ! Al- ? a - v - uur mo war m iue corridors oi -,the Neal House is still raging hotly, while ; iu iuc private rooms more quiet and enectual jfwork "is being accomplished. "Buck" jjBrady, Lew Bernard, and the rest of the Hamilton county crowd are the most con- spicuous figures. Bancroft. AY BOLT MB. BBICE. Republicans Hint at a 8pHt In tbe Caucus Allen O. Myer on Deck With Tltriol , sod Bombs The Chairman Is Sinlllns nod Confident. tTBOM A SIAST COKBESFOHDEX-,1 ' " 'fl Columbus, O., January 3. The only '.Allen O. Myers has been the center of at ' traction to-day, and wherever that irre pressible politician raised the anti-Brice standard there the conflict has raged most fiercely. Allen reached town several hours before daylight, having delivered a lecture v at London, O., last night upon political corruption in general and his present ene itnies in particular, and has been hustling Never since. His emphatic and oft-repeated declaration that "Calvin Brice will never 'be'United States Senator from Ohio" has awakened much interest, and there is a gen ralinquiry whether a concealed bomb" ijjii m sprung at a critical moment gMrt Myers, when pressed for a statement of hit Intentions, decidedly inclined to the mysterious, but plainy intimated that there was a surprise of some description in re serve. Jtor exactly a tower. While conversing with The Dispatch correspondent, Allen was approached by a lad who is a candidate for page, and asked to sign the latter's papers of recommenda tion. "Oh, no, my boy," said Myers; "if yout trant to succeed, you don't want my in dorsement" The friends of Mr. Brice profess the utmost unconcern as to anything that Myers is doine or mav do. and assert that his course is making votes for their favorite. Late this afternoon the Democratie mem bers of the House of Representatives met in caucus, but eight of them were still absent, and after selecting a committee on rules and order of business, with Hon. John E. Monnot as Chairman, it was decided to ad journ until to-morrow. The main point be lore this caucus, tbe Speakership, however, has already been virtually settled bv witn drawal of both Messrs. Forbes andBelville, leaving a clear field to Hon. N. E. Hysell, of Perry county, who has had the lead from the start Mr. Porbes had many friends, and made a stiff struggle, but the tide seemed to be against him, and he very grace fully withdrew. NOT A STRAW, AT ALL. In order to ascertain what effect this would have upon the Senatorial contest, The Dispatch correspondent sought ex Eepresentative John McBride, now Presi dent of the Miners Progressive Union, and who headed tbe Democratic State ticket in 18S6. Mr. McBride, who is well known in Pittsburg, has been one of the leading sup porters of the winning man, and said: "It is all a mistake to sav that Hvsell was the candidate of Brice, Thomas, or any other faction. He represents tbe labor element He was a delegate to the recent convention ot the American .Federation, and has been Vice President of our Miners' Union. His canvass was conducted entirely independ ent of any other, and his success will have no effect on the big fight" In addition to this, it is stated on good authority that Mr. Hysell will not vote for either of the more prominent Senatorial can didates, but will cast his ballot for Con gressman Onthwaite, of this district Thus the Speakership straw, which it was sup posed would throw at least a gleam upon the dark places, proves of no avail. LOTS OP LOOSE SENATORS. A dozen, more or less, sensational stories are afloat The latest is that there is a movement now being secretly arranged by the anti-Brice men to seat Hon. William v. Marquis, the Democratic contestant for the Lieutenant Governorship without delay, and then present Governor-elect Campbell as a candidate for the United States Senate. If this plan of the anti-Brice men is successful its workings will be about as follows: In the contest for the Lieutenant Gover norship, Mr. Marquis will be seated without much ceremony. The claim will be made that Secretary Evan did not at ac cording to law in his canvass of the vote for Lieutenant Governor, and that he had no right to change the count which when all counties bad been, heard trom, gave Marquis a plurality of about 120. It will be held that his action in returning tally sheets for correction was not fair and un prejudiced, and that he only had those cor rections made which would result bene ficially to Mr. Lampson. NO SHOW POE LAMPSON. In short, it will be decided that the Secre tary of State had no right to issue a certifi cate ot election to Mr. Lampson, and Mr. Marquis will be seated with a whirl. By this procedure the aggressive part of the contest will be transferred from Marquis to Lampson, and as the Legislature is Demo cratic, the Ashtabula statesman will stand no chance of being, s.tccessfulin.an attempt to call Marquis down. MrLauipson wfll be compelled to succumb to the situation, and, lolding up his present political aspira tions, like the Arab, he will silently steal away. It'is understood that Mr. Campbell feels himself under obligations to Colonel Brice ior the latter's assistance during the last campaign, and if again consulted about the Senatorship would still decline to be a can didate, for this reason. The anti-Brice men, it is said, will not abide by the decision of Mr. Campbell, but will force him into the contest PREFERS THE TOTE HE GOT. All this sounds easy, but Mr. Lampson, at least, thinks that there are some obsta cles in the way. To The Dispatch corre spondent he said: "I have talked personally with several of the Democratic Senators, and oue or two of them have assured me that I would get a fair show at their hands. The only real point in the whole contest is whether students at college have a right to vote. In any event, and whether I hold the office of Lieutenant Governor or not, I am proud that it is universally acknowledged that I secured the student vote. I prefer being defeated with the student vote to being elected with the bummer vote." The present Bepublican Lieutenant Gov ernor, Mr. Lyon, is watching the contest with interest He has some inside informa tion that makes him confident in the cor rectness of his opinions. He said to-day: "Mr. Brice will be nominated not later than the second ballot, but he will not serve as United States Senator from Ohio." ,"Yhat do you mean?" was asked. A SACRIFICE DEMANDED. "There was a meeting of Democrats at Canton, a short time since, at which a num ber of prominent men were present One of these men said that the use of money :n politics had come to a point where it must be stopped. It would prove the ruin of the party and the country. It could not be stopped with ordinary means, but would need a sacrifice, and in case of Mr. Brice's nomination, he meant to moke the sacri fice." "What did he mean?" "He meant that the caucus nominee would be bolted, even it his deleat required the selection of a Bepublican to the United States Senate." "Does the man have a vote in the Legis lature?" "He has more than one vote. He has in fluence for several votes. Not long since I was in the office of a prominentDemocratic Judge of the State. He told me that al though Mr. Brice will undoubtedly secure the nomination, he would never be United States Senator from Ohio, for, in the inter est of the preservation of the party, which cannot stand a repetition of the Payne epi sode, enough members will bolt the caucus to prevent his election. ENOUGH TO DEFEAT HIM. "He said that there are" five members of the Legislature, aud probably seven, who will not vote lor Brice, and he not onlygave me the names, bnt he showed me the docu ments proving what he said to be true. Mr. Brice has tbe machine and the newspapers. and we know how he got them, but five voters will prevent his election. The Dem ocrats have but 73 members, and it requires 75 votes to elect a United States Senator. Even four votes bolting will canse a dead lock." Notwithstanding this unpleasant array, the friends of the national Democratic chairman all wore smiling faces. Calvin, himself; was on deck at the Neil House lobby at 9 o'clock in the morning, and was immediately accosted by The Dispatch correspondent "I will do all my talking after the caucus," said Mr. Brice. He alter ward stated, however, that his friends as sured him that everything had a most favor able aspect. A ONE-LEGGED BUSTLER. Mr. Brice's chief manager, General A. V. Bice, who left a limb on a Southern battle field, but does more bustling with one leg than most men could with two, was more profuse in his statements. He denounced Continued on Seventh I'age.) Wfom PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1890 TWELTE PAGEa FOUND DEAD IN BED. Mrs. Myra Kniffin Chloroformed and Suffocated While She Slept. A MURDER MISTER! OP TREHTON. Burglars Charged With the Commission of the Awful Crime. POLICE DO X0T CREDIT THE THtORI. The Hasljand of the Dead Woman Oat of Town on tba " Fatal Hisht. Mrs. Myra KnifSn was found murdered in her bed in Trenton, N. J., yesterday. She had been suffocated with chloroform. Miss Purcell, a pretty typewriter living with Mrs. Kniffin, was also chloroformed. Dr. Kniffin, husband of the murdered wom an, was away from home the night before. Miss Purcell "says burglars chloroformed them, and that in November both were simi larly attacked. Uly rumors are afloat about the murder. The police are making no attempts to run down the burglar theory. tErECIAI. TEIXGBAU TO TBI PtSFATCB. 1 Trenton, N. J., January 3. Mrs. Myra Kniffin( the wife of Dr. Arthur S. Kniffin, one of the best known dentists In the city, was chloroformed by someone at a late hour last night, or early this morning. Her dead body was found upon, the bed in her room at 7:30 o'clock this morning, and since the latter hour the police have been working in vain to find the murderers. No occurrence in Trenton in recent years has so startled the community. Mrs. Kniffin was good looking, 28 years years old, ot light complexion, and of small figure. She had a very wide circle of friends. Her husband's office is over Albert W. Patterson's drug store, 206 South Broad street -Their living apartments are in the same building. South Broad street is a main thoroughfare, bright with electric light, filled with stores aud offices, and reg ularly patroled by the police. THE HUSBAND NOT HOME. Yesterday morning Dr. Kniffin left Tren ton for Broadway, a village in Warren county. He had been complaining lately of feeling unwell, and it is presumed that he decided to take a run up country for the benefit of his health. Dr. William H. Shan non, his partner, took charge of the dental parlor, and early last evening he locked up the place for the day, taking away the money there was in the office. Dr. Knif fln's 9-year-old son had gone to the residence of his grandmother, Mrs. Bosteln Murphy, in Cooper street, and there, it is said, he was kept over night, owing to the fact that he had been frightened at home in the latter part of November, when burglars, during the absence of Dr. Kniffin, entered the house. Shortly before 10 o'clock Mrs. Kniffin re tired. Miss Emma Purcell, a young woman of 22 shared her room. Miss Purcell is a typewriter, employed at the Empire Pot tery, and she has lived with the Kniffins several years. She is a cousin of Mrs. Kniffin. AN AWFUL DISCOVERY. Dr. Shannon arrived at the office at 7:30 o'clock this morning. He was startled to find the furniture- in confusion, burned matches on the floor, and other evidences of the intrusion of burglars. He called "Mrs. Kniffin's name, Tint" he received so reply. This alarmed him. Entering a small room directly facing South Broad street, he almost stumbled over Miss Purcell, who lay in her night clothes, in the middle othe room, like one dead. Dr. Shannon summoned help, and with two other men qnickly made a thorough in vestigation. Miss Purcell was nert dead, but she seemed partly unconscious. "Ob, the burglars! Bun Myra, run," she ex claimed, as Dr. Shannon and the other men lifted her from the floor. Dr. Cornelius Shepherd was called to attend her. In the meantime, Mrs. Jxnimn was found lying dead in her bed, in an adjoining room. The corner of a quilt that still emitted the odor of chloroform was thrown over her face. Upon its removal her face was found swollen. About the mouth and chin it was blue. The chin was scratched, as though by finger nails, but except these no marks of violence were visible. NOT A BURGLAR'S KIT. The police, by authoritr of prosecutor Stockton, at once took charge of the house. They found a chisel iu one spot, a hatchet in another, and still other tools, but they say the tools do not belong to a burglar's kit, and they pro I ess to be mysti fied by the circumstance. Indeed, the fact that bureau drawers were found pulled out, and articles of furniture in sev eral rooms disturbed did not convince them that house breakers of experience had been at work. They could not 'learn that any thing had been taken, nor did they find signs of the forcing of any doors or windows. Miss Pnrcell was put to bed as soon as she was found. This afternoon she was sufficiently revived to make a statement. She said she was not unconscious when she was found on the floor, but she felt as if she were paralyzed. She was unable to stir hand or foot. She and Mrs. Kniffin,, she said, retired together last night Both were cheerful, and Mrs. Kniffin remarked that she was not sleepy at all. THE TYPEWRITES OVERPOWERED. Miss Purcell soon fell asleep. How long she was asleep she could not sav. but she was awakened by a punch from Mrs. Knif- nn, who said there was a burglar pushing open the door. Miss Purcell heard the noise at the door, sprang out of bed, and ran to the front window, calling for help at tbe top of -her voice. J,ust then, she says, she was seized, thrown to the floor, and'a wet cloth thrown over her face. That was all she knew until Dr. Shannon and the other men found her. The piece oilcloth was still over her when she was fonnd. After Miss Purcell had told her story she was informed that Mrs. Kniffin was dead. She at once became delirious. Upon the occasion of the visit of burglars at Dr. Kniffin's house in November, he waB ab sent over night. His wife and little son and Miss Purcell were in the house. FRIGHTENED INTO SILENCE. Miss Purcell then said that three men came into her bedroom and one of them held a drawn knife over her as she lay in bed, giving her to understand that it would be used if she attempted to make any outcry. The twq other burglars made a tour of the house, examining several pieces of jewelry but not taking any away. They took a small sum of money, but the police never discovered any trace of them. A post-mortem examination of Mrs. Knif fin will be made to-morrow forenoon, and Coroner Bowen will hold an inqnest on Monday. The police are making no effort at all to find the bnrglars who are said, to have murdered Mrs. Kniffin. Detective Leahey, who has been working on the case all day, says that in his opinion no burglars entered the house at all. Every door and window was fastened, he says, ex cept a door leading from the rear ot the premises into the kitchen. This, he be lieves, was left unlocked by Irs. Kniffin last evening. The cork of a small bottle was found iu Mrs. Kniffin's bed. Whether it had been touched by chloroform or not could not be told. THE HUSBAND EXAMINED. Dr. Kniffin was summoned home br tele graph, an die-arrived at '80"(0cloci"to-' night. Detective Pilger and Leahey were at tbe station, and as soon as he alighted from the train they nsked him to accompany them to police head quarters. There Dr. Kniffin was put through a long examination as to the rea son for his departure, and as to all his movements since yesterday morning. He was frank in all his answers, and no more agitated than would be natural under the circumstances. He said he had' gone to visit relatives of Miss Purcell, at Broadway, as adjoining their farm was one which he thought of buying. Miss Purcell spent the holidays with her people there, and he saw her in the depot at Phillipsburg yesterday. She was waiting for a train for Trenton and he for one in the opposite direction. He spoke only a word or two with her. Early to-day Constable Prank Wheeler "was sent up the road to shadow Dr. Kniffin. It is said Wheeler went under the direction of Coroner Bower. Dr. Kniffin's statement was taken down in writing by Police Justice Matheson. Later he was taken to his own house, the police informing him that they wanted him to make an examination and see if burglars had stolen anything. AN UOLY THEORY. Many rumors have been afloat all day connecting Dr. Kniffin's name in a painful way with the tragedy, but until it was learned that the police were eager to inter view him and get a statement from him before he con Id reach his home, few gave any credence to the story. Dr. Shannon was at the depot .also when the train ar rived, bnt one of tbe officers engaged him in conversation for the purpose ot keeping him and Dr. Kniffin apart Dr. Kniffin was deeply affected when he reached his home. The officers remained in an outer room as he entered to look upon his dead wife. The doctor made a hasty examination of his apartments, and said he could not say that the burglars had taken anything. Bostein Murphv. the father of Mrs. Kniffin. believes she was tbe victim of burglars, and notwith standing the many rnmors in circulation, and the evident theory of the police, the great majority of the people have faith in Miss Pnrcell's statement ALMOST EXONERATED. Police Justice Matheson said to-night that Dr. .Kniffin gave a detailed account of all his movements from the time he left the city until he caught the first train homeward when apprised oi his wife's death. Miss Purcell was asked to-night for a de scription oi the man who chloroformed her, but she could give none, except that he was dark, and might have been a negro. The coroner's jury viewed Mrs. Kniffin's body late this afternoon. FOUR DEATHS IH A DAY. Influenza Prevailing to nn Alarming Ex tent In New York A Worse General Mortality Than In Summer Some Eminent Sufferers. rSFXCJAI. TELEOKAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1 New York, January 3. The total -number of deaths for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day was 220, the largest in a single day in a good many years, "hot weather and all. Piftv-cne of the deaths were from pneu monia, 41 from phthisis, 16 from bronchitis and 4 from influenza, Michael Horan and Charles E. Hntchings among them. Ex-Sergeant of Police Andrew Doyle, who was at one time acting Captain in the Thirteenth precinct, died at his residence, 290 East Broadway, at 2 o'clock this morn ing. He had a fall recently, and was laid up from the effects of it It is said, how ever, that an attack of influenza hastened death. Jilrs. Joseph Hf5Tookerliedfjya morning' at her residence, 137 East One Hundred and Sixteenth street, of heart failure, superin duced by the influenza. She was a sister of Comedian William J. Plorence and of Po lice Inspector Conlin. She was in her 55th year. On Saturday morning last she was taken ill with the influenza. She went through all.tbe stages of the disease, but on Thursday evening she seemed much better. This morning, however, she was very ill again and despite the efforts of her physic ians she expired at 8:30 o'clock. Pauline Hall's brother is dying of in fluenza, and among the best known of other theatrical people suffering from it are Lillian Bussell and Panny Bice. EVIDENCE OF TERRIBLE PLOTS. Nihilists Planned to DIarder the Czar and HU Entire Family. St. Petersburg, January 3. The ar rest of the Nihilist leader, Pierre Gross, at Warsaw, has been productive ot disclosures far more startling than any of the alarming revelations which have come to the police within the last few days, appalling as they have been. Prom letters and documents concealed in his clothing, the most damning evidence is obtained against many persons high in imperial favor and authority, con templating not the assassination of the Czar alone, but the murder of the entire family as well. Already many of the conspirators have been taken into enstody and those at large are under susuicion by the police. : 2 A CORONER MAS TO RECONSIDER. Insurance Companies Interested, nnd Don't Wnnt It Accldentnl. fSrECIAl. TKIilORAM TO TUB DtSPATCH.I New York, January 3. The hasty man ner in which a verdict of accidental death was reached in the case of Balph Kellar made a disturbance in the Coroner's office to-day, and Coroner Levy will hold another inquest in the case. Kellar was an insur ance agent who was fonnd dead with a pistol ball in his right temple in his office. Kellar was insured in the German Insur ance Company, in which be bad three poli cies. Two of the policies have clauses printed in the form by which the Insurance companv states that the principal cannot be collected in case of suicide. A DETERMINED SUICIDE. Poison In Champagne GotsTbero Before n Revolver Is Fired. New York, January 3. Joseph Fried, a middle-aged German, took a doso oi' poison in a glass of champagne at the Morton House to-day, and, when found, he was dead in his bed. Pried was a determined suicide. Had the poison proved ineffectual, he wonld have shot himself, as there was a large revolver, with all the chambers load ed, clutched in bis right hand. Pried was a noted stage machinist and scenic artist. Despondency atbeing unable to complete a job in the given time and a threat that the job would be taken out of his hands led Pried to take his life. Ad Eplsodo In Parnell's Lire. London, January 4. It .is stated that Mr. Parnell was engaged to Captain O'Shea's sister, who died lour years ago. A Musician Who Wasn't Poor, London, January 4. Gayarre, the tenor, who has just died in Madrid, left a fortune of S800.000. BRBNAN, in fo-morrow'a DIS PATCH, writes about the massacre O I c-j of the American bison, ., JUDGE EELLEY SICK, The Father of the House Confined to His Hotel in Washington by ILLNESS 0P -A SERIOUS HATDRE. His Friends Fear'He Has Eat in Congress Perhaps tbe Lost Time. AGE ADD FEEBLENESS AGAIXST HIM. His Trouble is Internal Catarrb, Added to a Cancer of Long Standing. Judge Kelley, Pather of the House, the oldest member of Congress in years and service, is very ill. "He has not left his hotel room for several days. His friends and physician seem to fear he will not re cover. His age and increasing infirmities are hard to contend against. IVSOK X STAFF COEBE8F03DIST.O Washington, January 3, Congress man William D. Kelley, of Philadelphia, is lying very seriously ill at his hotel in this city. About a week ago he took a chill, anil this was followed by a recurrence of an old complaint of his, intestinal catarrb, which in his feeble state of health, has lolt him in a very weak condition. There is also a rumor to the effect that the cancer, for the cure of which he recently took a trip to Europe, has again manifested itself as a result of his extreme debility. It will be remembered that Mr.Kelley wa formerly much addicted to the habit of chewing tobacco, and when, in 1885, he was taken seriously ill with a cancer on his right cheek, the doctors ascribed it to the practice. He went over to Paris and placed himself in the hands of a noted French specialist, who performed an operation upon miu wmcu.ut mav uuio was considered a great success. A SERIOUS illness. On the day when the Fifty-first Congress assembled, Judge Kelley was in his place, and since that time he has probably been at the Capitol but two or three times. Only a few of the many who have noticed his en feebled condition knew the nature of the Judge's ailment According to the Evening Star, of this afternoon, that ailment is of a serious character. The Star says: Just below the rear of Jndge Keller's jaw Is a cancer, and it Is spreading rapidly Into the throat So qutckly has it worked that tba affected man can speak only in whispers, and then not without pain. The swallowing of nourishment is a matter of considerable diffi culty, and locomotion can only be indulged In to a very small extent His physician, when seen to-night, refused to affirm or deny that the case was so serious as is here stated, bnt some of his most inti mate friends shake their heads ontniouslyin speaking of the matter. NOT ABLE TO STAND ILLNESS. Jndge Kelley has held his seat in Con gress continuously for the last 26 'years. Frequently, of late, as he felt the weight of years increasing upon mm, ne aas oeen troubled with various ailments, none of a peculiarly serious nature, bnt all of 'which have left him less able to withstand the succeeding attack. He is now in bis 75th year, and since his return to this city to take his seat in the present Congress, his friends have been alarmed to note the increasing feebleness of nis condition. Whetr, therefore, the inter- its influence than at any other previous time. His friends really doubt whether he will ever be able to leave his room again. the judge's family. Judge Kelley's family consists of two sons, the elder of whom is the proprietor of a stove manufactory at Birmingham, Ala., while tbe younger is at home iu Philadel phia. A daughter of his married some years ago a Eussian gentleman who is one of the leaders in the Socialist colonv ot New York. She herself is an ardent Socialist, takes part in tbeir meetings and writes upon the sub ject of Socialism in a manner qui temasouline id its vigor. His wife spends most of her time in Philadelphia, but pays frequent visits to her husband in this city, dnring the session of Congress. ' s By reason of his long-continued service in the House, Judge Kelley has been given the title of the "Pather of the House." He is tbe oldest member in that body, both in service and in age. When he first came to Congress he had as his colleagues such men as Sherman, Dawes, Morrill and Windom. his age telling on him. The Judge could always be returned from his district, where he is very popular and where he was looked upon as the leading anthority upon tariff matters. Becently his pre-eminence on this subject has been dis puted by the younger men, like Eeed and McKinley. He has never, however, yielded to anyone his authority and rights as tbe father of the House, and during the last fonr years his friends have noticed that he was increasing in irascibility. A good story is told on Judge Keller in this connection. For eight or ten years he has lived at the Biggs House, and has always occupied one particular seat in the dining room. At tbe last inaugnration the house was crowded to its utmost capacity. One day, on his entering the dining room, he noticed bis seat was occupied by a strange gentleman. He went up to him and said: "You're occupying my seat, air. I am Jndge Kelley, sir, father of the House." "I don't care," replied the stranger, "if you are tbe father of the universe, and St. Paul and the President, to boot; you can't have this seat until I've bad my nourish ment" Mr. Kelley has not left his bed for the last tbree days. LioHtneb. P1TI FOR A 3IURDERESS. Mrs. SontbwortU Won't bo Left ta Die In tlio Tomb Prison. New York, January 3. Mrs. Hannah Sonthwortb, who shot Stephen Pettus, spent a restless night in the Tombs. Counselor Howe, with a stenographer, visited her and conversed with her some time. She conld not speak faster than 30 words a minute. She requested that her mother be allowed to visit her every night during her illess. Mr. Howe aftewurd wrote to District Attorney Pellows and asked that his clieut be re moved to a hospital. Mr. Fellows replied that the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections wonld remove her at any time her friends deemed it expedient Dr. O. J, Ward was then called into the prison to examine Mrs. Southworth, and he advised that she be removed. She is suffer ing Irom congestion of tbe lungs, and at in-j tervals is subject to hemorrhages. Mrs. South worth's mother will be per mitted to administer to her during her pres ent illness. FOUR HUNDRED NAUYES KILLED. The Kesnlt of nButilo Between Chinamen and Formosans London, January 4. Bepcrfs received from Shanghai are that an expeditionary force of thehinese fought tbe natives near Takow, in the Island of Pormosa, and 100 of the Chinese and 400 of Pormosans were killed. THE F AIRY PLO WEBS IS a fas cinating story far the .little ones which will.appe&r in to-morrow's nal disordexfWwhich-he is noWinfferingM??.0.'?-514' IttS&ta WSnSTinM leh ablS-toiIthstanSf f "$ ortWGatatoirUw, fts under- VAAAW VYAM.WJ DISPATCH. be office of The Mdnlsht moving in db) Vft, Over 5.080 Neoroes leave Korto'? for the fHUifuippl Delta In Ten I5p.yV Promises that Caused jJ&:'- tbe Bxodoi. fSFIcAl. TSXXGIvUt TO TOE DHFATCU, Atlanta, January 3. Two-long train. loads o(hegroes from North Carolina passed, through Atlanta to-day on their way to the Mississippi delta, "bound to tbe land of promise," as the Bev. Shadwell Jones said, who seemed to be the apostle of this par ticular exodus crowd. There were over 1,300 In all, crammed into tbe coaches until they were suffocating. Men, women and children were there, in all degrees of filth and raggedness. Preacher Jones, on being asked to state the motive of the exodus, said: "Like a voice from the Lord has come tbe appeal from th,e West for our people to leave North Carolina and seek the pleasant pastures by the river of God, the great Missis sippi. By its 'cooling waters we will, have the peace we never had at homp. There our children will thrive and fatten, and we will become a mighty people. We have been preparing to leave North Carolina all the year, but the events of Christmas week have intensified the wish. Whenever a row occurred it was the col ored man who was massacred. We'll be heard from again, not as slaves nor as pan- Eers, nor as supplicants for favors, xhe ord has great things in store for Israel." . The reverend gentleman then exhibited a colored poster whieh had been circulated among the negroes in North Carolina. In gorgeous colors were depicted three scenes the poor negro leaving his North Caro lina cabin; second, the well-to-do negro farmer in the West, and third the rotund form of the retired colored farmer in years to come, when he has retired from business and divided out his acres between his children. As he unfolded the other ex odusters gathered around him and seconded his glowing talk by loud "Amens." It is estimated that witbin the past ten days over 6,000 negroes have passed through on their way west. GBOTOG-SEBIOUS. Desperate Tronblo Expected If Colombian Anlhoriues Persist In Seizing; American Blercnantmen Tbe State Depart ment Takes No Action as Yet. SPECIAL TSUOBAX TO TUB DISPATCH. New- Yobk, January 3. The troubles growing out of the seizure of American ves sels On the coast of San Bias are rapidly be coming serious. If the requirement, now for the first time made known, which compels vessels to go to Carthagens, in South Ameri ca, and there pay heavy doty before pro ceeding to San Bias is persistently enforoed, the New York merchants say tbey must abandon all traffic with tbe coast Mr. Poster, of Foster & Co., said to-day that he proposed Soon to send a vessel, prop erly equipped, to take possession ot the firm's property on the coast of San Bias, and to bring it to New York in spite of interference. He had re ceived no further response from the State Department to his complaints. Over tures have been made to Mr. Poster, from an unofficial source, for the release of his vessels,, the Julian and the Willie, upon payment of several hundred dollars. Mr. Poster regards this as a fresh attempt to ex tort money, and is trying to learn the real meaning of the affair. It was reported to-day that the schooner Prederika Scbepp, belonging tn L. Schepp & Co., had been seized.. Mr.v Scbepp says he has received no information to that effect. Mr. Schepp has written to Secretary Blaine a detailed acconht of the seizures made by awww wj .u-.buuuw ut.,fc. us .vuuijmui his letter witn tbe reply or the Colombian Vice Consul to Mr. Scbenp's request for an official interpretation of tbe law. E0BBERS OF CDBA'S TREASDRT. They Were Id Danger, Henco tho Arrest of a Won Titer Feared. (SPECIAL TELIOJIAJI TO THE DISPATCn.1 New Yobk, January 3. Luis Oteiza, of Cortez, the well-dressed Cnban wbo was ar rested on Thursday night at the Hotel Brunswick, charged with embezzling $200,- 000 from the Cuban Treasury, was taken before United States Commissioner Lyman this morning. He told a Dispatch re porter in Prench his side of the case as fol lows: , I have never taken a dollar belonging to the Cuban authorities. At one time, during tbe absence ot the Governor and Lieutenant Gov ernor of Cnba, 1 was in temporary charge of affairs. I tb"en learned that a certain ring was systematically robbing tbe Government Treas ury, and I resolved to report tbe condition of affairs to tbe Regent of Spain in person at the first opportunity; I was bound for Spain on that very mission when arrested yesterday. THE! SKIPPED TO AUSTRALIA. The Former Managing Editor of a St. Lonls Daily niid anActrens. rSFJlCTAI, TZLEOnAli TO THS DIBFATCB.1 New York, January 3. A private let ter from Sydney,Auslralia, says that Emma Stockman, tbe actress, formerly wife of John W. Norton, tbe St Louis manager, is play ing at a theater in that city under her maid en name. It will be recalled that she eloped from St Louis with Henry W. Moore, then man aging editor of the Pait-Ditpatch. Norton recently procured a divorce from her. But reuciiuv urucurcu a niiuiuc uuai utr. xub Moore has since rejoined her, for he, too, is I in Sydney, employed on a leading news- paper there, SMOTIIERhD UNDER THE SNOW. FIvo Persons Killed by a finow-SHde at Sierra CItv, Cal. Marysville, Cal., January 3. A dis astrous snow-slide at Sierra City, occurred to-day. Particulars are meager, but as far as can now be ascertained the dead are: Mrs. 1. T. Mooney, Mrs. Ethel Langtom, Mrs. B. Bich and her little son and daughter. The force of the snow-slide was so great that trees in its path were mowed down as if they were stalks of grain. The number of dead may reach eight CHICAGO'S BOODLE PILE8. x-County Attorney Itllm Denies Their Ex istence nnd I Glnd. CniCAGOf January 3. In accordance with his threat, County Attorney Terbnne to-day began mandamns proceedings against ex-County Attorney Bliss for the recovery of "the office tiles in the. boodle cases against certain contractors. ' Mr. Bliss expresses himself as well pleased with this action, as it will enable him to show that there are' no "office files" in the cases mentioned. BRAZIL'S MAD EMPRESS. Ths Uemalns llemoved to C'bnrch and Fol- lowed by Many Mourners. Oporto, January 3. The remains of the ex-Empress of Brazil were removed to-day to the Lapa Church. Tbe bier was covered with beautiful wreaths. An imposing cortege followed the body to the church. The mourners were all tbe members oi the Imperial family, except Dom. Pedro. Fatal Result Bf a Christmas QnnrreL Cleveland, January 3. Joseph Miller has just died at Osceola, O., from tne effects of inlnries inflicted br fllanrfe Porrest dnr. Inn m nnswal am ItltsfatiHaB lJw al la n left thVplaee, sad a ward for his capture WW WV i 1 j Tranieflt k&nrinmmb, INCLUDING WXNTS, TO LET, F SALES, ETC.rF' TO-MORBOyirS WSUE "" - "" " . TB handed in af'the main advertisine Dispatch, ?lf th, avenue, up to THREE CENTSbH WOOL UNO IIS m jfeS&U Topics of Talk Before tne Tanff Committee. A HIGHER BATE WANTED- By the Grower, While thellanufac tnrer is Content To LEAVE THE DUTY AS IT IS flOW''.'?' The tariff hearing before the sub-committee of the Ways and Means Committee, yes terday, developed into a cross-fire of argu ments between wool growers and woolen goods and carpet manufacturers. The former advocated an increase of tariff. The manu facturers would be content to have the tariff left as it is. Washington, January 3. The, House Committee on Ways and Means opened its session this morning listening to the re marks of Eepresentative Carter, of Mon tana, who spoke in relation to sheep hus bandry, particularly on the eastern slope of tbe Eocky.Monntain country. He thought that 30 per cent was no duty on wool; that the wool industry of Montana would be destroyed. Mr. Sbeppard, a wool grower of Texas, was tbe next witness. He said that the snbject assigned to him by the President of the National Wool Growing Association was tbe ability of the United States to raise all the carpet wool consumed in the country, and be proceeded to read a paper to prove that, with a sufficient protection, it conld be done. figures to prove it. He gave figures to show that in Texas it costs from 15 to 18 cents a ponnd to produce fine wool, and that it cannot be laid down in Boston at less than 19 cents a pound, while the Australian wool conld be laid down there (if there was no duty on it) at G cents a pound. Mr. Carlisle Yon say that you cannot produce carpet wool without adequate pro tection. What rate of duty do you consider adequate protection? The Witness I would have thesameduty on all wool, say 10 cents a pound. Mr. Geer What would have been the effect on the wool growing business in Texas if the Mills bill bad gone into effect? The Witness We would all have gone out of the business, I reckon. Mr. Mills put a series of questions de signed to make the witness admit that the 10 cents a pound duty on wool was the pro tection of capital, not of labor which was being robbed, he said, to that extent would rob the rich man. Tbe witness replied, with much warmth, that he would like to rob not the poor man, but the rich man, such as Congressmen and Senators, who.were lobbjojtho , sheep rais ers by not giving them tneir dues. He de clared that he was a Democrat all but free trade. He could not stand that He had voted ior President Cleveland the first time, and would have voted for him the second time, if he had not songht to slaughter sheep raisers for tbe saku of free trade. 51 r. Bayne Are the farmers and wool growers of Texas generally in favor of pro tection ? The Witness I cannot speak for the farmers. I know that tbe wool growers are. Mr. Bayne Without regard to party? The Witness We are going to drop the question of party. Mr. Mills Did not you try a little of that philosophy last campaign? The Witness Not as much as I wish we had done. There was another feature in that campaign prohibition which elected some gentlemen. Mr. Breckinridge Is the Democracy of Texas strongly in favor of prohibition? IN favor of free whisky. TheWitness No, sir; I am sorry to say that the Democracy of Texas is in favor of free whisky. Laughter. I am a Prohi bitionist myself. We did not try to central ize the wool interest in the last campaign, but the next time we will try. After some remarks by Mr. Walsb, of Missouri, Hon. William Lawrence, of Ohio, read a statement He said that he was one of a committee appointed by the National Wool Growers' Association at its recent convention in Washington to make some remarks as to the legislation which wool growers generally believed was required by sound pnblic policy and justice. It was his dnty, he said, to address the com mittee on two subjects the first be ing the proper dnty on carpet wool, and the second being the provisions of law necessary to secure an honest administra tion of the tariff law. It was safe to say that wool growers generally believed that a tnat wool growers generally Deuevea u sound policy required the imposition of such a dutv on so-called carpet wool as would in due time enable American wool growers to produce all the carpet wool re quired for consumption in the United States, shutting out importations, giving the American wool growers the privilege of supplying all the carpet wool here. Either the protective policy should be abandoned and the policy of free trade adopted, or else the protective policy should be made effectual, so as to give the whole American 'market to home producers. to raise revenue. Mr. McMillan What wonld we then do for revenue? Would you levy additional taxes? The Witness I would give to the Ameri can producer the privilege of supplying everything that can be supplied in sufficient quantities to meet all demands at reasona ble prices. It we cannot derive sufficient revenue from customs we have the whisky tax, the tobacco tax and other internal rev enue taxes, to $130,000,000 a year. Mr. Carlisle Are you not in favor of taking the tax off tobacco? The Witness- Yes. Mr. Carlisle And off alcohol used iu the arts? The Witness Yes. Mr. Carlisle Then would you put a duty on tea and coffee? . TheWitness No.'sir. lam In favor of admitting without duty such articles as can not be produced in the United States. Mr. Carlisle Are yon in favor of taking the duty off sngar? The Witness Sugar does not fall witbin the policy of a protective tariff, for the reason that for more than 20 years, with pro tection, the sugar industry has not been de veloped to supply more than 10 per cent of the consumption of the country. We can develop the wool industry so as to supply all the wool we want A century oy trial. Mr. Carlisle We have not done so In 100 years. Would you take the duty off sugar because we cannot produce enough to supply the wants of the country? The Witness I would take the tariff off sugar so far as it Is Imposed for merely pro- teetiTe Pan- Xwonld leave a revenue I VVmHTHVM VII UVI.IIH 4 VAj- W m -jw m & t jm '48 cjr i 4 "". -r - , i- . J- iA v , ! , -c -S. - I ,.' i ". ?. m-i "4-. : .Q .Oh. . k - I '. !,
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