JFIRST PART. V f- pPpmg ltd) PAGESUOS FORTY-FIFTH YEAH; FIRM IH THE FAITH, Defeat Has Not Disheartened the Republican Leaders, Who Will HUSTLE THE FORCE BILL. The Measure to be Taken Up in the Senate at Once, and a Gas Rule May he Adopted. OPENING SCENES IN CONGRESS. Desks of the Tietors In the Recent Con test Covered With Choice Floral Tributes From Friends. BRECKENEIDGE AGAIN IN HIS SEAT. A Ntnler of Hesssrei Intended to Hodify the New Tuiff ted 52ver Lairs Eire Almdy Been Introduced. KGAI1S ATTEACTS COSSlDERiBlE ATTEKTIOH isrECiAi. kleokak to the dispatch, i WASHlNGTON.Dec .1 At five minutes of noon Speaker Beed, with alow and solemn tread, made his appearance in the House. There was no sign of a smile upon his face and the floral display on his desk ras simplicity itself compared to profuse adorn ment which heralded his return from Maine, three short months ago. There was the same dense throng in the galleries, the same buzz of expectancy on the floor, but on this occasion Mr. Seed was not the hero of the hour. He ascended to his place and rapped the House to order, without any demonstrations being made in his welcome. The Republicans were not feeling like welcoming anyone, and the Democrats mercifully re Trained from ex pressions of their regard to the man who, they allege, had helped them to revolutionize the popular branch of the national Legis lature. Even the Chaplain Was Merciful. In a minute or two, for the shrewd Chap lain cut his prayer exceedingly short, lest the Republicans might think he was pray ing for them, the Clerk was calling the roll of members by States, amid a buzzing ana profusion of hand-shaking, which rendered the responses of all but the strong-lunged in audible. Tbe ladies in the galleries craned their pretty necks to see the flower show on the desks of a dozen or so of members. Even some of the Bepublicans were remembered in this fragrant way by their friends, but most oi the flowers were on tbe Democratic side, causing some one to remark that for once the flovers were for the living, and not for the dead. The most striking display of this sort was that which adorned the desk of Mr. Breck enridge, of Arkansas, or, rather, the desk which was his before Mr. Beed's House lifted him (none too gently) and dropped him without the ramparts. Breckenridco Back in His Seat. Mr. Breckenridge was on hand witb a cer tificate of election to 11 the vacancy caused by his own unkind taking off, as well as a title clear to two years more after the pres ent Honse has dissolved and left the inevita ble regrets and heart-burnings behind it. Among other floral pieces on his desk was a huge pair of scales, evenly balanced, typical of the justice which an Arkansas constit uency had meted out to this victim of the majority's hunger for seats and salaries, Mr. Kerr, of Pennsylvania, was modest as possible behind an .immense floral arch which had no keystone, but which the im agination was evidently depended upon to supply. This offering was from Philadel phia friends. So the card was inscribed, but it is an open secret that the gift was that of Governor-elect Pattison, who owes so much to Mr. Ken's admirable management of the campaign. The Kcirards of the Victory. Nor was Koswell P. Flower forgotten. In the midst ot a bush of roses as big as a for est tree on a "Western timber claim was seen the smiling face of the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Com mittee, the man who took out of his own pocket about one-half of the money used in carrying on the campaign, and who would have been wildly delighted two weeks be fore election if some insurance company had guaranteed him 30 or 40 majority as the re sult of his persistent efforts in behalf of the Democratic cause. Next to Mr. Flower in point of floral mag nificence came Mr. Vaux, of Philadelphia and the inquiry was passed round if good Queen Vic had thus neatly remembered her old admirer. Mr. Springer also worked off his old joke about "Vaux populivaux dei," and the old Philadelphian shook his great shock of long gray hair, freshly adorned with bear grease, in polite appreciation of the honors paid him. Not Enough to Make a Show. Abner Taylor, the tallest man in the House, looked very solemn behind a very small bunch of roses, so small, indeed, that after looking askance at them for a few minutes the long statesman put them away in bis desk. Stolid Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, one of the few noble survivors of the storm, was greatly pleased and surprised on receiving from some lady admirer a square and solid looking floral fort Mr. Burrows will con tinue to hold the fort in the next Congress, providing Mr. Yaple, his late antagonist, doesn't contest his seat. Elijah Morse was not forgotten by the florist, and the manly bosom of that great statesman swelled with pride behind a nice bunch of chrysanthemums which must have cost 75 cents. There were no flowers on the desks of Major McKinley and Joe Cannon. Stories of the Eate Unpleasantness. FT half an hour before the appearance of tbe Speaker the scene in the hall was a spir ited one. Members and others crowded the floor and jostled one another in their eager nets to shake -bands with both friends and foes and swap stories abont the late unpleasantness. A central but decidedly inactive figure was that of the Little Napoleon of the tariff hill. Mr. McKinley, looking quite solemn and sedate, kept close to his scat, where he was occasionally surrounded by friends, but it was by no means an ovation with which he was greeted. At times he was left en tirely alone, and on such occasions he ap peared to be communing with himself, and looked more than ever like Meissonier's Napoleon in retreat. The illusion is not perfect, however, for this Napoleon is not in retreat. He is look ing straight ahead and is as determined as he can be. All tbe leaders on tbe Democratic side Mills, Springer, Bynum, Crisp, Onthwaite, "Wilson, Hatch, Breckinridge, McMillan courteously went over on the Bepublican side and condoled with the unlortunates. A number of Democratic warhorses were sus piciously active and cordial in greeting the members of their own side, cansing the re mark to be often made that the Speakership canvass had already begun. Beed Has One Democratic Friend. Mr. Lawler distinguished himself also as the only Democrat who had the courtesy to rush up and shake the hand of tbe man that bosses the House for three months more. The roll call disclosed the presence of 227 members, 3nd then Mr. McKinley exer cised one of his rights as leader of the ma jority by offering the usual resolution in forming tbe Senate .t the House of Rep resentatives as !n session and prepared to transact business. ToeCannon then bobbed up, exercising his rights as the next in command, offering the traditional resolution for appointment of a committee to join the committee of the Senate in notifying the President that Congress was in session and prepared to receive any communication which he might have to make. At this juncture, Mr. McKinley wanted the House to take a recess for hall an hour while waiting for the President's message, but there were two or three little formalities to be attended to, which Mr. McKinley had evidently forgotten. The throng in the gallery breathed easier when the Speaker suggested to Mr. McKinley that there were some members present desirious of being sworn in, for it was in anticipation of a wild Arkansas whoop, and a variety of "Western and Southern yells on this occasion that the crowd had come to hear, and it did not want to be disippointed. Applause From the Unreconstructed. Then up rose Bogers, of Arkansas, the distinguished lampooner of Mr. Beed, and announced that Mr.CIifton B. Breckinridge, who had been elected to succeed himself in tbe vacancy caused by his unseating, was present and ready to receive the oath of office. At thisannouncement the Democratic hostsburstout in hearty applause, but the Arkansas yells were listened for in vain. Mr. Breckinridge was a very happy but very modest man as he waited down the aisle fronting the Speaker's desk and with uplifted hand and a countenance which beamed behind a pair of owl-like goggles swore to obey the Constitution, etc. As he turned toward his seat there was more ap plause, and many Democrats rushed for ward to take the triumphant Arkansan by the hand. The credentials of several other members were presented and they were sworn in. Biggs, of California, is abont the only Democratic Congressman in the country who was not re-elected and whose State was abont the only one to go Bepublican. Biggs was old and sick and weak, and so Speaker Beed pitched into bim. "How is it Biggs," Beed asked, "that California went Eublfcau?" "Because' replied the old Democrat, "Speaker Beed did not take the stump there." "I was there once" said Mr. Beed. "I remember," retorted Biggs; "I got 2,000 Democratic majority that year." Ingalls a Central Figure. John J. Ingalls was the central figure in the group of Senators who attracted general attention to-day during the two hours that the Senate was in session, and for the brief time that they were upon the floor before Vice President Morton's gavel called for order. Mr. Ingalls has become such a noted and unique character in the public life of "Washington that there is universal interest displayed in the ordeal through which he is now passing. "When he came upon the floor of the Sen ate this morning just before the hour of noon there was a craning of necks in the gallery and a slight manifestation of ap plause. This was about the only unusual incident attending the beginning of tbe new session in the Senate. Mr. Ingalls was, per haps, aware that he attracted more than usual attention, and he seemed to be pre pared for the occasion. He wore a new suit of black, the coat buttoned tightly to his slender figure, and his silvery gray hair, tbe most striking point in his personal make-up, was arranged with most careful negligence. A Sort of Half-Mourning. In the buttonhole of his coat he wore a large yellow chrysanthemum. For the first time in many months the Kansas Senator wore a dark cravat, perhaps, as a colleague suggested, as a sort of half mourning in preparation of what is to come. The Sena tors on both sides of the chamber appeared greatly interested in Mr. Ingalls and his chances of re-election, and they crowaed about him eaeerly asking for the latest news of the situation. The Kansas Senator gave them none, and in fact would show no sign of doubt as to the outcome of his contest. He insists that he has not said a word as to the situation, and that he does not intend to do so. Both Democratic and Bepublican Senators as sured Mr. Ingalls that personally they would regret very much to lose him from tbe Senate. Vice President Morton rapped for order promptly at 12 o'clock, and when the Chap lain had finished his long-winded prayer, allowed the routine business of the day to proceed without a word of greeting to his associates. The Senate by common consent, but in violation of tbe rules, always dis penses with the calling of the roll. Quite a Number of Absentees. Had this proceeding not been omitted to day tbe fact would have been displayed that 17 Senators were absent from their seats. Those who did not answer to their names were Aldrich, who is in- Bhode Island en deavoring to save at least a remnant of his party; Brown, who is still too ill to travel and who may never come to "Wash ington again; Call,, who is fighting a battle in Florida which may mean his political death; Eustis, who has not yet arrived in "Washington; Farwell, who is struggling for his political existence in Illinois; Hampton, who remains in South Carolioa suffering Irom the wounds in his head inflicted by his son; Hearst, who has stopped over somewhere on his way from California to look after his horses; Jones, of Arkansas, who is doing in his State what Call is doing in Florida; Jones, of Nevada, who is never present; Pettigrew and Pierce, who are in the same boat with Call, Farwell and Jones; Pugb, who have not yet recov ered from the victorious fight which hn has just made, and Ransom, Squire, Stewart, Turpie and "Wilson, of MarlaUd, who have been detained at their respective homes either by illness or pressing private busi ness, 6TARTINQ IH EARLY. BUI to Flace Several Leading Articles On the Free Eiht. "Washington, Dec. X Representative "Wike, of Illinois, to-day introduced in the Souse a resolution Instructing the.Commit- Continued on Seventh fagcj PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1890 TWELVE PAGKES. . lLKbHi OiuMTS.5a j DATE NICELY CAUGHT ioTpims ready I ALLIANCE AT WORK. 1 i vr r "1 I Kil MY RftTTI F. I FOR A TRIAL OF PROF. KOCH'S LYMPH , . ,' $j 4f fW ' ' & 111 LUull II 1 Ul1IILL 1 He Was Hiding Within a Mile From the Jail Where He Escaped. THE MDKDEEEE IS BADLY USED UP. Broko His Leg While Sliding Down the Water Pipe to the Ground. BROTHER JOE IS STILL MISSING. ISFEC1AI, TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCrT.l Somerset, Dee. 1. The interest and ex citement over the escape from jail of Joseph and David Nicely, the condemned mur derers of Herman TJmberger, is still intense. Early this morning a Mr. Ferner, who lives about one mile distant from the jail, went to his stable to feed his stock. He pro ceeded to the mow with a pitchfork to throw down some hay, and was about to plunge the fork into the hay when a weak voice came from under the pile, saying: "Don't hurt me, I am already hurt." A man then emerged from the hay, and, much to Mr. Ferner's surprise, it turned out to be Dave Nicely. Dave said: "I am un armed and badly hurt I surrender." He then asked Mr. Ferner to go down tbe lad der and assist him down. This was done, after which Mr. Ferner assisted Nicely to bis house. Dave Nicely bad lain in the mow for.SG hours, and bad almost perished from the effects of cold, hunger and pain. He had broken both a leg and an arm in escaping from the jail, the rope which thev had bung from the hole having broken with his weight, TAKEN BACK TO JAIL. Mr. Ferner prepared him a good break fast, but be was too sick to eat. He offered Mr. Ferner $500 to take him across the mountains, to the vicinity of his home, This was refused, and Dave then said he was ready to be taken back to the jail. He was placed in a buggy, and at 9 o'clock put back in the jail irom which he so easily escaped 40 hours before. Dave tells the fol lowing story: "Arrangements had been made for the break for several days, and Joe and I had sawed the padlock off the door to the attic several days before we attempted to break ont. The lock was allowed to remain in place to avert suspicion. "We removed the bricks irom the wall; fastened a slim rope to a joist; tied blankets to the end of the rope and started down. Joe went first, but the rope broke. By the aid of the water spout, however, lie reached the ground safely. Another prisoner by tbe name of Hamerston then followed, and got down safely. FELL AND BROKE HIS LEG. "I then followed, but my hold on the water pipe slipped and I fell and broke my leg at the ankie. A third prisoner by the name of Keyser then came down sa.ely. Then Queeu followed and fell 30 feet to the ground, breaking his leg in two places and injuring himself terribly. He raised a fearful outcry, and was picked up by citi zens and carried into the jail hospital, where he now lies at tbe point of death." The prisoner's story continued in effect as follows: In the meantime Joe bad helped Dave over the fence and draggedbimdown a dark alley, and upon Dave's solicitation he was left to bis fate. Dave managed to crawl about a mile, to Ferner's 'table, where he was found. Dave says it was his intention to steal Ferner's horse and ride away as far as be could, but tbecoatinued trampling of searchers abont the stable deterred liim. It is now believed Hamerston bad- bimseif ar rested on a trivial charge in order to get into the jail and assist tbe prisoners to escape. FALSE HUMOR ABOUT JOE. At 3 o'clock this afternoon this town was thrown into another spasm of excitement, brought about by the report that Joe Nicely had been discovered in the barn ot a Mr. Cobaugb, about two miles from town. At ooce the road from tbe town to the barn was lined with citizens. Inside of 20 minutes the barn was surrounded by 50 people, but a thorough search failed to produce Joseph. From that time until dark all of tbe barns and haystacks within a radius of miles were thoroughly searched, with barren results. By 10 o'clock tbis evening nothing had been discovered that would give a clew to the whereabouts of Joe Nicely or the other two prisoners still at large. It is hoped and ex pected that the large rewards now offered will stimulate skilled detectives to search for the man of the Nicely name still at large. A dispatch fro it, Johnstown says: It was learned to-day tha a man called at the resi dence of Mrs. Boyd, in this place, on Satur day night, who, it is now thought, was Joseph Nicely, one of the escaped murderers from Somerset. Mrs. Boyd is a sister of the Nicelys and it is thought Joe came down on a freight train and spent Sunday at his sister's and left for the Fast on a freight of er the Pennsylvania road. Offi cers are on the trail. THE WORK OF VIGILAKTES. A Pinkerton Detective Taken From Jail and Unmercifully Whipped. n5riCIAL TEIEGBAM TO THE D1SIM.TOB.I Nevada, Mo., Dec. L Late last night, Bobert Corey was taken out of the city cala boose by four masked men, and carried to the outskirts of the town, where be was most outrageously whipped with hickory withers, over 100 blows being laid across his naked back and shoulders. "When released he was covered witb blood, and innumerable welts showed tbe severity ot his punishment. Corey was incarcerated for wife-beating, and the vigilantes said they whipped himffor this and also for beingaPinkerton detective and correspondent to tbe Kansas City Sun day Sun. Corey says he is a regularly au thorized Pinkerton man, and will have his assailants arrested and punished. His wife denies that he had ever whipped her. A CARELESS BRAKEHAN Canses a Serious "Wreck on the Chicago and Atlantic Boad. CniCAGO, Dec. 1. The North Jud sou accommodation train on the Chi cago and Atlantic road ran through an open switch at Sixth and "Wallace streets this forenoon and and then collided with a freight train caus ing a serious wreck. The accident was the result of the carelessness of Brakeman Lo gan, who has disappeared, and up to a late hour to-night has not been beard irom. The passengers were violently shaken up and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Martinson re ceived severe bruises. Engineer Shattuck had his leg broken and'received internal in juries. The other engineer and both fire men escaped with a few scratches. FORMED A HEW "DTaWf. Tho Action of Hat Manufacturers May ' Cause n General Strike. rsrrciAL. telxguau to tub dispatch. t Dajibuey, Conjt., Dec. L The hat manufacturers summoned a large number ot locked-out hat trimmers to the factories this morning, unknown to the officers of the Trimmers' Union, and unfolded to them a plan for forming an independent union of trimmers. About 300 girls formed the new union, mulcrdirectiouof the manufacturers, while the 1,500 held a mass, meeting and an nounced their intention to remain firm. It is a question whether the other depart ments will work with the 'new union, and a I lTns7fll atllrAltoaw tm 4ti VAflnlf- innewyukk. Conyenins of the National Convention fc n ASg-y bv - a-d J A Supply Sent Over by the Doctor Himself is Expected Dally Six Booms in a Hospital Have Been Set Apart for the Experiments. ISrECTAI. TELEGBAU TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, Dec. 1. A quantity of Prof. Koch's lymph, it is expected, will reach this city in the mail on the North German -Lloyd steamship "Werra. It was sent by Prof. Koch himself to Dr. Abraham Jacobi. It has been arranged to experi ment with the lymph at theMt. Sinai Hos pital. Six rooms in the hospital building have been set apart for the use of Dr. Jacobi and Dr. H. Newton Heineman, who will assist him in his experiments. Dr. Jacob! is a consulting physician of the hospital, and Dr. Heineman is a visiting physician. Six patients, it is said, have already been selected to be experimented on, but the name of only one is known. He is Edward Schreyer. Ho came to the -hospital six weeks ago, and has been treated there since. His disease is said not to have fully devel oped, although the doctors will not sav any thing about him. Dr. Jacobi said last nigbt that he did not know how much of the lymph he would get. It might be a drop, and might be a teaspoonful; it surely would not be more than the latter. He would not tell when he intended mak ing the first experiment. He is disinclined to discuss the experiments until they shall he over. Then if they have succeeded or failed, the facts will be made public. The lymph, it is said, is affected by atmospheric changes. After it arrives, it may be neces sary to to put it through some course of preparation beifore it can be used. It will be accompanied by a description of its exact appearance when iu condition to use and full instructions how to prepare it, if any preparation is necessary, and how to use it after it is prepared. Dr. Paul Oibier, of the Pasteur Institute, says he expects the lymph which he sent for to arrive early next week and then experi ments will be' made at the institute. HAUCED FOB HTJEDEB. Ellis Miller Swung Up for Killing His Slster-in-Eaw. Columbus, Dec. L Ellis Miller, the Union county murderer, was executed at this penitentiary to-night. The crime was committed near Marysville January 1G last, when he shot and killed his sister-in-law, Mrs. Emma Johnson. Miller had been accustomed to heat his wife until some time previous to the murder. "White Caps appeared at his house one evening took him out and gave him a severe flogging. Miller swore vengeance against his wife, Mrs. Johnson and others, whom he blamed as being instrumental in the whipping. On tbe day of the murder he was at his home in an intoxicated condition. Mrs. Johnson came along the road on her way to a neighbor's, and Miller, seeing her ap proach, ran out and stopped her in the road. He inquired the whereabouts of his wife, and Mrs. Johnson not being able to tell him, he drew a revolver with the in tention ot shooting. She begged tor mercy and with a bitter curse lie allowed her to go on. She had not gone far until he called for her to stop, and, as she did so, be fired tho fatal shot. The ball entered the side of her neck and she fell to the ground. He covered her face witb her shawl and proceeded to her home with tbe intention of shooting her husband. His further plans were frus trated, as he was overpowered and landed in jail. Bis victim died four days later. HEHIHGWAYS DOWOTAIX. State Treasurer of Mississippi Sent to the Penitentiary. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 1. To-day the Supreme Court rendered its decision in tbe case of "W. L. Hemingway, defaulting State Treasurer. The lower court's decision is af firmed and Hemingway is now in custody of the sheriff under sentence of five years in the penitentiary. At the conclusion of the reading oi Chief Justice "Wood's opinion, he ordered the de fendant into the handsof the Sheriff to be conveyed to the penitentiary, where he was sentenced by Judge Chrisman of the District Court. Hemingway re mained firm throughout, and with a firm tread followed the Sheriff out of the court room, accompanied by his relatives and friends. Sheriff Harding got in Hem ingway's buggy with him, and bis brother drove "to the penitentiary, where the ex treasurer was fitted with a full suit of stripes and given a cell in the prison proper. HELD RESPONSIBLE. A Bailroad Company Condemned for the Killing of a'Boy. TTPECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 1. A coroner's inquest here to-night on the killiug of Johnny Ryan, a schoolboy, by a train on the Jersey Central at an unprotected grade crossing, strongly condemned the railroad company, and held it criminally responsible for keeping a death trap in the city. The jury likewise severely censured the city authorities for neglect of duty in not enforcing the law against the railroad. NEW YORK CEHSTJS COUHT. Bills Calling For a New One Introduced In the House. "Washington, . Dec. 1. Representative Cummings, of New York, to-day introduced a joint resolution, reciting that the po lice census of New York City showed that the Federal enumerators failed to obtain tbe names of nearly 200,000 inhabitants, and di recting the Secretary of tbe Interior to order a re-taking of the census of the city. Representative Flower introduced a simi lar resolution. Union Pacific Management, Chicago, Dec 1. A rumor is heard con necting the name of S. R. Callaway with the general management of the Union Pacific It will he remembered that Mr. Callaway relinquished his position a Vice President and general manager of that road three years agO on account ot ill health. Five Colored Men Drowned. Evansville, Ind., Dec 1. Five negroes, named "Walker, Jamison, Carter, Burns and Clay, were drowned in the Ohio river to-day by the capsizing of a boat. Two white men, "William Martin and "William Atkinson, saved themselves by swimming. Cousin of Abraham Lincoln Dead. BrECZAX. TELXQBAX TO THE DISPATCH.! Columbus, O., Dec 1. Thomas Lincoln Nichols, aged 68, died this morning. De ceased was named after his uncle, President Abraham Lincoln's father, and was a cousin of the martyr President Modest Appropriation Wanted. "Washington, Dec. 1. Bepresentative Coleman, of Louisiana, to-day introduced a bill appropriating $9,000,000 to repair and build the levee on tbe Mississippi river from the head of tbe passes to Cairo. Dr. Mary Walker Dying. 4 Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 1. Dr. Mary Walker lies dying at ber farm near Bunker H11L The -troublo- Is said" 'to -be-heart llfaUttrtft. of That Body at Ocala. cSf V lfl y (fV Strmy SCe"eS 3l the Meet'nS I HUNDREDS 0PDELEGATES PRESENT in Effort to Strangle the Third Party Movement Under Way, A KANSAS WOMAN'S STRONG ADDRESS .SPECIAL TELEQBAU TO TUB DISFATCH.1 Ocala, FLA., Dec 1. More than 800 persons from outside the State of Florida have already come to Ocala to attend the National Famers' Alliance Convention. The town was well filled with visitors before the small army began its invasion, and to night there are simply not beds enough for ihe new comers to sleep in. Ocala expects before long to become the capital of the State, and it is one of the liveliest and most ambitious of Florida cities. It undertook a big task when it invited the Alliance to meet here in connection with the opening of the tropical exhibition, but the hospitality of the peo ple is boundless, and they are leaving noth ing undone in their efforts to entertain their visitors. There is all tbe excitement and bustle of the eve of apolitical convention at the Cala House to-night. The leaders of all the fac tions of the Alliance begin to realize that therbnly hope oi harmonv and final agree ment in the convention lies in reaching a definite understanding regarding many dis puted points before the meeting is called to order, THE THIRD PABTT MOVEMENT. The great difficulty is in strangling the third party movement. Tbe Western radi cal leaders are hot in their desire to force thAlliance into a political career. The "West is almost solid for it. The South is almost solid against it. The Kansas delegates are leaders in tbe movement, and they have been whooping it up to-dav with great enthusiasm. But they will not "be able to carry a majority of the convention with them. The political plans of this conservative wing of the Alliance, which were telegraphed to TnE Dispatch last night, have not become known to the majority of the delegates yet. When they are disclosed they will prob ably have a strong effect in suppressing the ditvet third party movement. The project is to put the third party movement into the hands of a Citizens' Alliance, or other organiza tion technically distinct from the Farmers' Alliance, is not merely a case of whipping tbe devil around a stump, as might at first appear. The plan is a precaution against disaster. The leaders realize that if a third party should be organized under the direct aus pices of the Alliance, and should meet de feat, the disaster might involve the whole organization in ruin. If, however, tbe movement should be undertaken nominally under other auspices, but with the full sup port of the Alliance its failure might not drag down the latter order. WORKING ON DOUBTFUL DELEGATES. Some of these ideas are being quietly brought to the attention of delegates from doubtful States to-night, and 'the Conserva tives are quite confident that the first test vote will show tho third party enthusiasts that their cause is hope less in tbis convention. Tbe third party cr.iriK makes itsvelfv prominent on every 'possible occasion," and it receives a eood deal ot encouragement from the mass of visitors in town. It appeared in several ways most significantly this afternoon at the exercises attending the opening of the big Semi Tropical Exposition, which is given by the Farmers' Alliance of Florida, and which will remain open for two months. There was a great crowd in the big new Exposition building, and there was a mag nificent display of the manifold agricultural resources of the State. Mayor Long made a speech of welcome, and so did Governor Fleming. President Polk, of the National Alliance, made a response, and then Presi dent R. F. Bogers, of the Florida State Alliance, who has been, most of all, instrumental in organizing the Exposition and arranging for the con vention, made an address, in which he in troduced this significant political allusion: "The Alliance revolutionized American politics and has filled the bloody chasm. Let the solid West lead the way and tbe Solid south will join it in chaining and taming the lion of the East." PBOBABLE SUCCESSOP. OT INGALLS. The sentiment was rapturously applauded by the great crowd, tbe Kansans leading tbe cheering. J. W. Willetts, the Guber natorial candidate of the Kansas Alliance, made a rattling speech, and he had the biggest reception of any man on the platform. He is a good speaker, a man of rather striking appearance, tall straight and severe. He talks with a homely directness that is fnll of force and even of eloquence, but which would sound rather unfamiliar if spoken from the chair of the Kansas Senator, whose seat, his friends sav, Willetts is sure to take in the next Con gress. And by the way, the Kansas delegation here all laugh at the idea that Ingalls can by any possibility secure his return to the Senate. It could be done, they say, only by rank fraud and corruption, and if such a thing was attempted, the temper of the people is so hot that it would lead to real war, with real blood iu it. Willetts made a lively speech, dwelling chiefly on the wiping out of sec tionalism, which he declared had been ac complished more by the Alliance than through any other agency of recent years. He defended the political course of tbe Al liance in his own State, but did not discus a general third-party movement. A KANSAS "WOMAN TALKS POLITICS. Not so a little woman who next took the platform. The women of Kansas and some Western States have been among the most active Alliance workers. Thev made cam paign speeches, took part in debates, and entered heart and soul into the fight, and several of them have came to Ocala to take part in the proceedings here, Mrs. Brlggs, who ad dressed the Exposition audience, did not hesitate to talk politics, and plain third party politics at that. These are some of tbe things she said, which the audience ap plauded vigorously: "I listened to a speech not many weeks ago from the lips of tbe man whom yon have heard described as oue of tbe most eloquent of all America's public men; a man who, they say, should be returned to office from the great State of Kansas. Why? For no reason under the sun than because he is a great orator. During a great meeting in Kansas this great Senator (Ingalls) said that no such meeting as this could be held south of Mason and Dixon's line. Said he: "You could not go there and speak your free minds." "Now, then, I am here to-day all unex pected and unprepared, and Xam going to put this matter to the test. I am going to see if you don't believe in free speech down here. I want yon to remember it is only I am saying it, and do not hold rei sponsible a single one of the visit ing delegation. Don't say that Kansas says it, for I am not all of Kansas by a long ways, but I im here to ask ynu what is politics or what it rhould mean. Is it anything more than the luaflagemement of public business? It has been something else, but should it be? ,- , SOME-NEW- NAMES WANTED, . 'Wo-ielieye that tho pnbUo bsmelias WV lliKttfi Held to Decide 1 fblfeiBT0fes " THE FUTURE OF PARNELL J ' ,CtiBxWm rfflTTh lrfcnrttl V . -. lTV A Personal Appeal From the Im- 3 0$l s) 'V" V y )l N U periled Leader the Feature. I been shamefully, wofully mismanaged. We arrived at that conclusion, and we clinched it on the 4th of November. We did not propose to have any more of the old kind of business management in the future. In order to do that we decided that we must have a clean sweep; a new deal and some new name3. Do you like the old name, Republican? I do the grand old party of Abraham Lincoln. Applause. Do you like the name, Democrat? So do I the name of the grand old Democratic party of Thomas Jefferson Applause; but we are facing another way. We are facing to the future. "I want to say that words are things. Let any one gentleman say to his elbow neighbor the word liar, and see if it is not something very material; something will come of it; something will happen. Now then, these party names, Re publican and Democrat, stand for something. Hurl the word Democrat at an old Western Republican and something is going to liappen. And I suspect that if you hurl the word Republican at an old South ern Democrat something will happen. Ap plause. "Nothing good is ever going to happen any man so long as you hurl these words back and forth between the North and the South. Here is the test. It is the new business management, which is only a new political deal, with some new names. We have made the name in Kansas, but I don't care whether you adopt that or not. Just let loose those old names and adopt something that will yoke together the Solid West and the Solid South." The little woman and her sentiments were loudly cheered when she sat down, and this ended the exercises. SITUATION AT ROSEBUD. conflicting reports as to whatthe Indians' are doing. The Military Officials at Washington Express Considerable Alarm at the Condition of Affairs and General Miles Asks for More Troops. CniCAGO, Dec 1. At 10 o'clock to-night General Williams received at army head quarters this dispatch from Colonel Poland, who is in command of the "United States troops at the Rosebud Indian Agency: "All is quiet here; nothing new." From Pine Ridge Agency two dispatches had been received up to 11 o'clock. General Williams stated that matters at that point were undoubtedly quiet. General Miles will be at headquarters to-morrow from Washington. Colonel Cody, Dr. Frank Powell, known as White Beaver, and R. B. Haslan, known , as Pony Bob, arrived at Mandan, N. D., I this morning from Standing Rock after riding 91 miles in 23 hours. Satur day when Cody was 20 miles from Sitting Bull's camp his party was overtaken by a courier bearing' a message from the President not to arrest Sitting Bull. Cody and party returned then to Mandan. Indian Agent McLaughlin believes the present cold wave will terminate the dancing and Messiah craze. The militia is strong at all points, to protect the settlers. Two companies of the Twenty-second Infantry, Captains Irviu and Balance, arrived at Mandan this morning, en route from Fort McKeogh to Fort Lincoln. A dispatch from Washington says that the reports received at the War Department to-day from tbe locality of the threatened Indian hostilities are much less favorable than has been the case for sev eral days past. The dispatches re ceived to-day indicate that be tween 1,000 and 2,000 of the Indians who haTe refused to come into the Rosebud Agency in response to the agent's orders have started westward toward what are known as the Bad Lands. In their stampede they have committed depredations on the cabins and stock of friendly Indians who went into the agency. Gen. Brooke telegraphed that he expects to have fuller information soon. These alarm inz reports have again been the subject of consultation between Secretary Proc tor and Generals Schofield and Miles. The latter has aseed Gen. Schofield that additional troops be placed at his com mand. It is understood that his request was for mounted infantry. The department will soon have a large number of troops at its disposal in the region where the turbulent Indians are gatherad. The Sixth Cavalry, which, oyer a week ago, was ordered to hold itself in readiness to move at a moment's notice, is now on its way to the scene. The regiment was scat tered at different points in New Mexico and Arizona and it has taken little time to get in readiness for movement. ALABAMA MINERS OUT. Tho Strike Said to Have Been Incited by Pennsylvania Manufacturers. rSFECIAL TELEOBAK TO THE DISrATOH.1 Birmingham, ALA.,Dec L The strike of the coal miners of Alabama went into ef fect to-day, but all the men did not go out, as expected. Of the 8,000 free miners in the State, it is estimated that 6,000 are out. The only sensational feature of tbe strike Is a re port that it was brought about by the efforts of Pennsylvania iron manufacturers, who want to oause a shutdown of the furnaces in this district, and it is claimed that these iron men have promised the miners strong financial support in the event ofa prolonged strike. A number of the mine operators here are going to fill the places of the strikers with negroes, and they expect to immediately open their mines entirely with negro labor. Failed for- 8200,000. Boston, Dec 1. Winslow, Rand & Watson, wholesale dealers in tea, coffees and spices, have assigned to Otis E. Weld. The liabilities are said to be about f200,000. " " I 9jtr THE OPENING OF CONGRESS. M'hr In - fFa,. ftOOT L-'iOr. ' -- fc. v l-tr KILLED AT A FIRE. !y PERILS OF HOSEMEM IN THE BURNING OF A LABGE BUILDING. A 8300,000 Blaze in the Quaker City at Which One Fireman Loses His Eife and Three Others Are Badly Hurt in the Bains. Philadelphia, Dec. 1. The large man ufacturing establishment of the A. Campbell Manufacturing Company, cotton yarns, located on tbe canal bank at the foot of Robeson street, Manayunk, was damaged by fire tbis afternoon to tbe extent ot $300, 000. One fireman was killed and three others were injured by falling walls. The killed and injured were: Charles Snyder, 40 years old, foreman of Engine Company No. 16, buried under a falling mass of brick and timbers, and in stantly killed. Joseph Carter, 46 years old, foreman of Engine Company No. 30, leg crnshed. Edwin M. 'Schofield, 38 years old, hose man of Engine Company No. 30, skull fract ured, leg broken and badly injured in ternally, and John Colfiesh, 46 years old, hoseman of Engine Company No. 16, in jured internally by a fall while being rescued from tbe burning building. Charles Hoskins and Wm. Spencer, who were on the fifth floor with Foreman Snyder and Hose man Colfiesh at the time Snyder was killed, succeeded in working tbeir way through the debris to a window, and were lowered to the ground in safety. The three upper floors of the building were oecupied by Albert Crenshaw, manufac turer of flannels and dress goods. His entire stock was valued at 5100,000, about one-half of which is an entire loss. The balance of the mill was occupied by the Campbell Manufacturing Company, the buildinc and machinery being valued at 5400,000 and the stock on hand at $100,000. About one-half of these amounts will cover the losses, mak ing the total losses 300,000. Crenshaw employed 300 hands and the manufacturing company gave employment to 200 more, all of whom escaped from the mill in safety when the fire broke out. The amount of insurance could not be given to night, bnt it was stated that the losses were nearly covered by policies in various companies. THE WHITE LEAD TRUST. An Important Meeting of Smelters to be Held in Chicago. Chicago, Dec 1. W. P. Thompson, of New York, Presidentof the National White Lead Trust, arrived in the city last evening. Mr. Thompson comes in advance of a gath ering of representatives of lead smelters from all parts of the country, which is to convene here to-morrow. "The meeting to be held here Tuesday," said Mr. Thompson, "will embrace nearly all the large smelters in the country. There are 23 large establishments in this country and some of them are so intertwined that the 15 or more gentlemen who will probably attend will represent nearly all, we hope. "The lead aud silver market, the two com modities which the smelters handle, is sub ject to greater fluctuations than any other industry. The object of this meeting is to consider ways and means to remedy the evils spoken of and establish something like a stable market." "Is it probable that another trust will be formed?" "I will not say that it may not be found best to organize a combinatian." REFUSED THE MOTIOir. The Indictment Against Eva Hamilton in New York Still Stands. tSFICIAI. TZLEOKAM TO THE P1SPATCH.1 New York, Dec. L District Attorney Fellows submitted to-day to Judge Fitz gerald, in the General Sessions, the indict ment charging Mrs. Era Hamilton, Joshua J. Mann and T. Anna Swiutou with con spiring to defraud tbe late Robert Ray Hamilton out of $500, by telling him that tbe money was needed to defray tbe ex penses of her confinement in TJtica, Colonel Fellows recommended that the de fendants be discharged upon their own recognizances. Judge Fitzgerald said that he couldn't entertain Colonel Fellows' application, be cause he was an Assistant District Attorney when both of the indictments were found. The application will be renewed to-morrow be fore Judge Martine or Judge Cowing. If it is granted Mrs. Hamilton can safelv at tend the proceedings in this citv to contest Robert Bay Hamilton's will. SOLDIERS' STABLES BURNED. Supposed Incendiary Fire at the Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. St. Louis, Dec. 1. At an early hour Sunday moraine;, fire was discovered in the Jefferson barracks stables, and before it could be controlled, 66 horses and mules were roasted to death, the stables con siderably damaged and all the provender destroyed. The total loss is placed at 516,000. The sentry who was on guard at the time of the origin of the fire was placed under arrest, to be courtmartialed at the earliest convenience. The cause of the fire is un known, but it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. ST. LOUIS IH DARKNESS. A Fire That Destroyed the Electric IJght Tower Hall. St. Louis, Dec, L The Street Railway and Light Company's power house, with all its machinery, burned to-day. The loss is f25,000; insured. The fire leaves the eity in darkness and the street oara are beins propelled by hon and-mules!. JL - i."t A Personal Appeal From the Im periled Leader the Feature. HIS FRIENDS FIGHT FOR DELAY, As Each. Hoar Brings Instructions From tha People in Ills Favor. THE REAL STRUGGLE JDST COMMENCED IBT CABLI TO THE DISPATCH.1 London, Dec. 1. The Irish Parlia mentary party, until a week or so ago the most united and harmonious political body in the world, has spent a full day in pas sionate recriminations, heated altercations and undignified wrangling. Mr. Parnell is keeping his promise to die hard, and his -loosed death struggles are so vigorous A . -& nramr neonle are disposed to cCo . 9!'i his condition is very far from bei5? p-noribuud a3 had been generally supposed. Political physicians, however, see in thi3 merely a proof of the patient's strong con stitution, and predict that, although the end maybe deferred, it must come before long. Mr. Parnell received mora than 200 tele grams to-day encouraging him to hold on to the leadership aud assuring him of sup port. THE PEOPLE FOR PARNELL. Nine out often of tbe meetings held in Ireland up to the present have been in his favor. His constituents at Cork aroused that city iu tbe small hours of this morning with brazen music and cheers in expectation of .his momentary arrival, and this evening the Nationalist members nf the powerful Dublin corporation pro nounced for Parnell. The other side hesitate to embark iu the civil war. Their very loyalty to Ireland and pity for the man who has vilified and traduced them have given Parnell an im mense initial advantage, of which he is making full use. He is forcing the fighting and has had the best of the preliminary skir mishes. It his opponents do not soon take the field the Parnellites will be in possession of some strongholds from which it will be difficult to dislodge them. The absence of Dillon and O'Brien is most deplorable and has a numbiog effect upon many of their friends who are asking if it would not be possible for them to slip past the police at the ports. THEIR PRESENCE NECESSABT. Ii'they should make the attempt and suc ceed it is thought they could evade csptura for weeks during which their presence and counsel in Ireland would be of enormous benefit to the cause. Next to O'Brien and and Dillon, the Parnellites arc looking to Michael Davitt for help, and it is probable that he will forthwith proceed to Ireland. The two leading prelates of Ireland, Arch bishops Croke and Walsh, have at length broken the silence in unmistakable tones and have pronounced against Parnell while others are expected to follow. All tbe Nationalist newspapers except tha Freeman's Journal are veering round to tbe right side. The Freeman alone is whole hearted in its professed devotion to Parnell. The one thing needed for the moment M the presence in Ireland of men like Sexton and Timothy Healy, who have taken a boldly patriotic stand. But they cannot well leave London until a decision shsll: have been taken in regard to the leadership, and tbis fact will explain Parnell's obstruct ive tactics at to-day's meeting. HARRINGTON TO THE RESCUE. A very strong impression prevails am on? Parnell's adherents that Timothy Harring ton will sail for Ireland immediately to lead the extremist movement in Ireland. The absence of his signature from the American delegates' manifesto is taken to mean that he has thrown in his lot with, Parnell, who thus obtains control of the valuable machinery of the National League. With the help of the League officers.Parnell is so confident ot success that he is ready to take the chances ot a general election in Ireland, if all the members of the Parlia-, mentary party agree to resign their seats, simultaneously. Mr. Parnell and his private secretary were the first to arrive at the place of meeting to day. After the members bad all assembled, Mr. Parnell took tbe chair and called the meeting to order. Telegrams from the dele gates of tbe partv now in the United States and from Archbishop Croke were read. An adjournment was then taken until 1 o'clock to allow the members to procure luncheon. Prior to the meeting Mr. Parnell held a conference with bis supporters. Messrs. Joseph Nolan, Kennv, John Redmond, William Redmond, Edward Harrington, Power, Shiel and O'Kelly were present at the conference. A FIGHT TO THE END. As Mr. Parnell was leaving the room ha was met by an Irish reporter, to whom ha spoke. In the course of his remarks he said to the newspaper mani "Tell thea I will fight to the end." Mr. Parnell looked pale, but he chatted cheerfully with his friends. The meeting t reconvened at 1:30. Mr. Parnell was almost-' the last member to arrive. About 75 Irish, members of the House were present. A great bundle of telegrams was banded in. The proceedings were of the stormiest character. Mr. Parnell's supporters strove hard to secure another adjournment, urginj; that the meeting to decide the question of the leadership ot the Irish party should ba held in Dublin. Mr. Sexton hotly protested against an ad journment. A majority of the party, he de clared, desired to keep the leadership un sullied and unstained. Mr. Sexton's re marks were frequently interrupted by cheer from Mr. Parnell's opponents, who com prised a majority of those present. A PASSIONATE APPEAL. Mr. Redmond replied to Mr. Sexton. Ha made a passionate appeal to the members to pause before they deposed from his rightful position as leader of the Irish nation tha statesman who by his unparalleled services had earned the gratitude of the Irish peo ple. He declared that those who, bv tiei voice or vote. Induced a sacrifice of the man who had sacrificed so much for Ireland would have to account to the Irish people. Mr. Redmond, continuing, said that tha facts of the divorce case were fully knows when Mr. Parnell was re-elected leader of the Irish party. Tin' assertion was greeted with cries of "No, no, Gladstone s letter was withheld." Mr. Redmond was unmoved by this inter ruption and went on to say that, notwith-t ifiontinwi on seventh page.) a n fiarati. &
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