r--f---Mi--M-yi-M----------'--ff)' '9siHiflflHMttiMiHf'ifi " . t5- :' 'Transient "AilYfiriismts'BecelTiJil; ?pc!; -' -riL ' -r - ' " At trao 33ranoliJfflcc8 of Tlio For to-morrow's issue op to 0 o'clocfe P. x. For list of branch offices in the various dis tricts see THlrtD PAGE. FORTY-FIFTH YEAH. m A LIST riffi The Radical Republican Senators Confidently Expect to Resurrect the FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL. Kothinj Will be Attempted Until the Holiday Absentees Return, When Some Very STORMY SCENES ARE PROBABLE. Leading Southern Members Certain to Bitterly Kesent Any Effort Made to Limit tee Debate. TKEASDEEE HUSTON NOT TO KESIGN, Ee His Ccuested to Braiiu is Chirgt of Uacli Bun's Boodle, trd President Eurison Thereiy Scores t Foist. THE TWO BRANCHES OF COKGREES M CONTLICT rrnoM a staff cokbespoxdext.j Washington, Dec B. Three or four Republican Senators, who are most earnest supporters of the elections bill, who sat to gether for a time in the Senate Chamber to day gave expression to a community of thought in regard to that bill which sug gested a new and surprising confidence in its passage. In their action and conversa tion there was none of that settled melan chollythat has characterized the appearance of these gentlemen for some time. For weeks they have been so crabbed and irritable that their best friends hardly dared speak to them. Possibly it was the effect of Christmas pie, but certainly for some reason thry were jolly and affable and sure the elections bill would be passed. The One Tiling Needful Now. One of them ventured the information that all that was needed -was the adoption of the cloture amendment. "With that in force the elections bill would be passed within three days after the cloture became operative. It was further hinted that previous to bis departure for home Senator Aldrich had made a careful counting of noses for and acainst the cloture measure and was satisfied of its success. 01 course if the amendment to the rules be adopted it will be accomplished only by a plain infraction of the rules now in force, by the presiding officer refusing to recognize any Democrat and putting the question on the adoption cf the amendment. Jit if this be attempted doubtless there wilt be one of the liveliest rows ever witnessed in the Sen ate chamber since Charles Sumner was al most killed by Preston S. Brooks. Southerners Will Make Trouble. Sucb men as Butler, of South Carolina, and Blackburn, of Kentucky, will hardly submit quietly to such a proceeding. One Senator asserts that no such a snap judg ment will be taken, but that the cloture amendment will be adopted by tiring out the Democrats. That is, the Republicans will refuse to adjourn, and will sit night and day until the Democrats are willing to give in. In such a performance, the advantage would be all on the side of the Democrats, as one of their number could, by making a point of no quorum at frequent intervals, compel the Republicans to be constantly in their seats to the last man of them, and that one Democrat could also fill the time speak ing against the amendment till another waked up and came to his relief. It is a growing opinion anions: the Demo crats that the cloture rule will be adopted bv means ot the refusal of the presiding ffir-er to recognize a Democrat to speak against it after a certain time scent in dis cussion, and that following its adoption the elections bill will be promptly passed. Keeping Their Exact Flans Secret. The Republicans are thoroughly guarding heir plans, if they have any, and nothing absolutely definite is known as to what cmrsewill be taken. Senator Push, of Visbacia. said to-day he felt assured the etions bill would pass both Senate and H use, and of course be signed by the Pres- ot. To pass it through the Senate, however, it will be necessary to whip into line those Senators who have expressed themselves privately against the bill, as without their aid it cannot get a majority. And it may be well to remember that the private expression of opinion which has in a vague and garbled way reached the pub lic may be very different from an opinion expressed in a yea or nay vote on roll call. Senator Stewart is the only Republican who has in a formal speech opposed the bill, and be intimated that if it were pressed to a vote he would support it, be cause it was right in principle, though it might be inoperative as a law, or pro ductive ot serious strife and bloodshed if the attempt were made to enforce it. LlGHTNEB. FIGHT OVER CLERKS' SALARY. An Interesting Straggle On Between the Senate and House. IFBOM A STAFF COBEESPOXDEHT. J Washington, Dec. 26. An interesting little fight is in progress between the Senate and House over the urgent deficiency ap propriation bill, made up principally of ap rropnatious for the Government Printing (L. , and unless the deadlock between the i o bodies is broken, there may be some v.iai of an interruption of work at the Government Printing Office. The Senate sidded to the bill a provision for the pay ment of salaries to clerks to Senators during the interim between the two sessions of this Congress. The effect of this provision would be indirectly to make clerks to Senators an nual, instead of session employes. The House refused concurrence in tbe Senate amendment, and tbe Senate con ferees refuse to sign the conference report :md permit 1 lie other items of appropriation BUSINESS Men will find THE DISFATCH the beat advertising medium. All classes can 1e reached through Its Classified Adver tisement Columns. If yon want anything joa can get It by this method. WITH 1 in the bill to become law unless the House yields. The fight is really a continuation of a struggle between the two bodies last session. HUSTON WILL REMAIN. THE TREASURER HAS CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT RESIGNING. His Determination Brings Much Belief to President Harrison In a Political Sense A Treaty of Peace Patched Up Between Harrison and Huston. ifbom a staft cobbespokdent.j Washington, Dec 26. United States Treasurer Huston has reconsidered his res ignation and agreed to remain in his present position until the end of Mr. Harrison's term. Sir. Huston resigned some time in July, and has been waiting, with gradually decreasing impatience, to be relieved by the appointment of his successor. At the time his resignation went in, his relations with the President were greatly strained, and they are not now cordial, though there is less feeling than there was. Mr. Huston has made arrangements to bring his family back to Washington to make it their home until March 4, 1893, This pacification of Mr. Huston is a relief for the President, not only for the reason that he will not now have to select a new Treasurer, bat because of another thing. Mr. Harrison is considerably interested in the reorganization of tbe State Central Committee of Indiana. Upon it depends very largely the question of his renomina tion. He might be able to secure the re nomination with the assistance of the Cen tral Committee of his own State, but his chances would certainly be materially re duced if this committeeSpposed bim. The resignation of Chairman Michner, of the State Central Committee, necessitates the reorganization, and there has appeared to be some danger that it would pass into the anti-administration element. J Chairman Michner's resignation and that of Treasurer Huston occurred at about the same time, and it has very generally been supposed that Mri Huston would be chosen Chairman of the committee. His selection at that time would probably have been antagonistic to Mr. Harrison'snter ests. Mr. Huston's resignation was influ enced, it is said, by the fact that lie did not think that the President and Mrs. Harrison had treated Mrs. Huston with proper con sideration since their removal from Indian apolis to "Washington, Mr. Huston was angry about this, but has since become somewhat pacified. It is still a matter of doubt who will suc ceed Mr. Michner, and the chances are now that the reorganization of the committee will be postponed until spring. The President is said to be in donbt who he shall press for ward as his candidate for the Chairmanship, but it will probably be either Mr. Durkm, Chairman of the Indianapolis local Repub lican Committee, or Mr. Milligan, at pres ent Secretary of the Central Committee. A WAR TIME REMINDER. Officers of a Provisional Texas Court Ask for 820,000. rntOM A STAFF CORRESrOXDEJTT.l Washington, Dec 26. A reminder of war times is contained in the bill introduced (by request) in the House to-day by Mr. Sayres, of Texas, for the relief of J. B. Mc Farland, the heirs of E. B. Turner, A. G. Buddington and S. B. Reid. McFarland was Judge, Turner, Prosecuting Attorney, Buddington, Clerk, and Reid, Marshal of a provisional court having jurisdiction over the entire State of Texas from December 11, 1S63, to June 11, 1865. The bill calls for 520.000. The ,,uim. . claused to be due the individual 'members of the court are as follows: Judge, $2,916 66 2-3; Prosecuting Attoruev, 51,866.66 2-3; Clerk, and Marshal, each $1,400. Interest is asked on these sums from December 11, 1863, until paid. This court was appointed, says the memorial accompanying the bill, by Andrew J. Hamilton, who had been appointed Mili tary Governor of Texas by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The court sat at Brownsville, Tex., while that place was held by the Union troops, and when they abandoned the town the court likewise "moved on," but the officers of the court, says the memorial, "held themselves in readiness t all times tip to the 11th day of June, 1865, to discharge their duties. CALIFORNIA'S BIG TREES. Danger Threatening Their Existence by a Co-Operatlve Colony. Washington, Dec 26. Andrew Cald well, the special agent of the General Land Office, appointed to make an investigation of giant (sequoia gigantia) trees in the Stockton and Yisalia land districts in California, has made his report. Some five years ago a co-operative colony located about 40 entries in the neighborhood and are constructing a road to the timber belt. There is danger, the special agent believes, that these people, if unmolested, will soon destroy this most wonderful and perfect body of sequoia gigantia in the world. Only those trees 45 feet in circumference and more, measured 3 leet from the gronnd, are classed as giants. Of these, 2,675 were found. Forty-four are over 80 feet in cir cumference and several more than 100. One is 106 feet in circumference, or a little more than 35 in diameter. Secretary Noble has requested the Secretary of War to station a company of cavalry in the Sequoia National Park, and another'in the Yosemite Park to prevent depredations on the mammoth tree groves. NO HOUSE QUORUM. Speculation on the Pate of Many of the Leading Measures. Washington, Dec 26. A sergeant could barely secure enough members who were present in the House this morning to constitute a skirmishing squad. Here and there a few gentlemen would gather in a group and in a desultory manner talk over the business now pending in the two Houses. Tbe concensus of opinion, especially on the Democratic side, was that the debate on the shipping bill would be prolonged to a much greater extent than had been expected, many Representatives on both sides of the House having signified their desire to deliver speeches upon that measure Representatives are in the dark as to the action of the Senate on the cloture, the financial measure and the elections bilL That the first will be adopted is considered as doubtful. As to tbe second, the feeling on the Republican side is that no financial bill can pass the house that is not a purely Republican measure; one that is agreed upon in party caucus and one that is not put through the Senate with the aid of Dem ocratic votes. IT WAS FORETOLD. Secretary Busk Gets a Premonition of a Big Wisconsin Fire. rEOM A STAFF COKKE9FONDEKT.1 Washington, Dec 26. As Secretary Jerry Rusk arose this morning and pro ceeded to pull on his capacious hand-knit woolen hose, a spark flew from the grate and burned a bole in the off stocking and the jolly old farmer remarked that that meant there was a big fire somewhere. Soon after! he received a telegram stating that an entire business block in.the town of Viroqua, Wis., had been destroyed by fire jOae'ef the buildings ia the block wag the w PITTSBURG, bank of Viroqua, in which the Secretary is interested. The bank vaults were uninjured, but the building was damaged to a greater or less extent. The whole block covered a super ficial area of two acres. There was but little insurance. A FAVORABLE REPORT On the Bill to Establish a Becords and Pen sion Office. Washington, Dec 26. Representative Cutcheon, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to-day reported favorably to the House the bill that passed the Senate some days aeo to establish the Records and Pen sion Office of the War Department, and to appoint the officer now in charge of that work a Colonel in the army. Iu reporting the bill, the committee states that the establishment of the office will greatly facilitate and expedite the work of the Pension Bureau, and of all the branches connected with, or depending upon, an ex amination of the records of the volunteer armies. OCEAN POSTAL SERVICE. An Agreement Beached Between the United States and Germany. Washington, Dec 26. Mr. Sachse, the Director of the Postal and Telegraph De partment of the German Empire, and Cap tain Brooks, the Superintendent oi Foreign Mails of the Postoffice Department, have coDcluded, with the approval of tbe Post master General, an informal agreement for the establishment of a sea post of service on all vessels of the German lines plying be tween New York and Bremen and Ham burg. The agreement has been forwarded by Mr. Sachse to the German Government for its approval. TWENTT-FOTJB PAGES will be famished every reader of to-morrow's DISPATCH. It will he a splendid number. FOOD CAME TOO LATE. PATHETIC DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD FROM STARVATION. A Scotch Family, Suffering the Terrible Pangs of Hunger and Cold, Still Praise the Lord With Tsalm and Prayer, With Children Clamoring for Food. rKFECIAX. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I Philadelphia, Dec 26. In one of the tenement houses on Sixth streot, below South, there lives on the top floor back a Scotch family, the head of which bears the name of Arnold McKenzie. Beside the parents, there are seven children in the family, the eldest of which is a boy 10 years old. McKenzie is a harnessmaker by trade, and has been in this country just six weeks. A stranger in a strange land, he has had a hard time getting bread for his family since his arrival. He has worued at almost anything he could get to do bravely and cheertully for his family's sake. Two weeks ago, however, he fell sick and his troubles were increased. The soap box, in which the little stock of coal was stored, soon became empty; there was no fire and the box-like attic was draughty and cold. Grocer and baker were loth to trust the strangers and so the food supplies were soon cut off. Then the tenant from whom Mr. McKenzie had sub-let his room, pushed for bis rent and tbe doctor prescribed beef tea nourishment. One of the children was a little girl named Mary, a true Scotch lassie, just turned 7 years of age When the other children clamored for bread she sat quiet and said nothing, but she drooped almost visibly..-Every. morning arid evening the old Scotch psalms were sung and the family knelt around the table in prayer, the'father, lying on straw in the corner, leading the de votions. On Christmas morning the starving fam ily assembled as usual tor prayer, Mary knelt with the rest, the psalm was snng, and as it was finished Mary began to sing the twenty-third Psalm in the Scotch metre, "The Lord's my Shephei-d, I'll no want, He maksmedoon to lie." She sang the verse through, and then commenced to talk in coherently. With pale faces the rest watched her, until at last the mother under stood what had happened. Mary's mind was gone; she was raving. Just then a knock came at the door, and in walked the doctor and behind him a man bearing a basketful of provisions. He had seen their need and brought help, but too late to save the child. She died this morn ing. But, as her father said; "Her prayer seemed to open the clouds and sunshine came." LAKE ERIE RAILROAD REPORT. A Deficit on Operations Amounting to 8114,953 for the Tear. rSFECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Columbus, O., Dee. 26. The report of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Com pany, of which John Newell is President, has been filed with the State Railroad Com missioner. The gross earnings for tbe year ended June 30, 1890, were 53,687,236, of which 77.66 per cent was required for opera tion. Alter deducting fixed charges, there was a net income from operation of 69,546. A dividend of G per cent on common stock, amounting to 184,500, was paid, making a deficit on operations for the year of $114,953. At the close of the previous year there was an accrued surplus of $1,327,187. The pas senger earnings per mile of road were $3,002, and freight earnings per mile of road $19, 392. During the year $1,269,189 was expended on maintenance of way and structures, which included tbe construction ol 56 miles of second track. The total number of men employed, including 85 general officers, was 3.137, and the average daily compensation f 2 31. SPECIAL CABLES covering all the news of Europe are a special feature of to-morrow's 84-page DISPATCH. DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE. Terrible Sufferings of a Farmer' Family From the Cold.- SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Lockport, N. Y., Dec 26. Joseph Stander, a farmer living southwest ot the city, awoke this morning at about 3 o'clock to find his bedroom full of smoke and to hear tbe crackling of flames, which an nounced that his bouse was burning. Hie groped his wav to the door and aroused his tamily, his wife and children barely escap ing with their lives out into a bitter, blind ing snowstorm, without their clothes, or shoes or stockings. It was impossible to save anything, the house and entire contents being consumed. The family, especially the children, suffered intensely from the cold and their feet were badly frozen. The only way to keep them from dying was to wrap them in grain sacks and horse blankets and bury them in the hay in the barn. ' A MAN LOST IN A SEWER. He Wanders Three Miles In the Foul At mosphere Before Finding Himself. "Minneapolis, Dec 26 A laborer, Gustiv Larson, lost himself in one of the city's big sewers this afternoon, and wandered over three miles before he could get out. He had gone down to do some repairing and the manhole closed after him, leaving him in the dark. The foul air had almost overcome him when he' made his exit at Cedar avenue and Fourth street, , pjpwta Mgpmw . SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1890-TWELYE WAR SEEMS CERTAIN. The Kext Breeze From the West More Than Likely to Bear the TIDINGS OF A STUBBORN BATTLE. About a Thousand Heavily Armed Indians Anxious to Scalp. TROOPS EELIING UPON MACHINE GUNS rSFECIAI. TELXOBAX TO THE DISPATCH.! Pine Ridge Agency, Dec. 26. Within the next 48 hours the people who have been watching the present campaign against tbe Sioux will probably hear of a stubborn battle between troopers and savages in the Bad Lands. From a tremendous blunder growing out of the present system of govern-" mg the Indians the trouble slowly crystal lized until war is now inevitable. j!( Colonel Guy V. Henry is leading to the front the famous negro troopers of the Ninth Cavalry. The troopers went out well pre pared for a stubborn struggle. They wore coonskin caps, which gave their black faces a ludicrous appearance, and the officers, who are all white above' the rank of sergeant, were muffl ed to their ears in frontier wrap pings. Captain Taylor's Indian scouts, led by the famous Gourard, went in advance. Flgh ting Against Their Own Bace. The Indian contingent is made up almost exclusively of Sioux. Many of Buffalo Bill's perlormers are ia the squad. The lieutenants at the head of tbe black fighters are Gilfoyle. Mclnerney, Light Horse. Harry Wright and Bettens. Gilfoyle and Wright are famous Apache fighters, while Bettens and Mclnerney. have yet to win their spurs in war. Tbe order for the Ninth to march came unexpectedly, but within an hour the com mand was ready to ford the White Clay creek, beside which they have been camped so long, and begin tbe march to the Bad Lands. One hundred pack mules, with little-Hotcbkiss guns strapped to them, fol lowed the troopers, while the Gatling gun and heliograph corps brought up the rear. The trails leading to the Bad Lands are well beaten and it is probable that the cavalry is to-night within two hours' march of the Indian intrenchments. When the blow is struck it will come at daybreak, unless the Sioux should assume the offensive which is not likely. The Chosen Battle-Ground. Meantime other troops are slowly tighten ing the cordon around the natural fortifica tion which the red skins have chosen for their fighting ground. Unless Kicking Bear, Iron Hawk, Short Bull and the rest of the petty chieis surrender at the final com mand of Colonel Henry hostilities will begin. The bostiles appear anxious lor war. They are prepared to make their last stand, and it is this stolid bravery that is every day draw ing to them scores of recruits who have been made to ieel the thumbscrews of the Govern ment, and who until a few days ago had pledged themselves not to take the war path. Reports differ as to the fighting strength of the hostiles, but it is probable that the soldiers will meet at least 800 heavily armed warriors, besides 500 able-bodied squaws, who, owing to the impregnable position they have taken, will be able to do almost as effective firing as the bucks themselves. A battle between soldiers and Indians under such conditions must prove disastrous to the former. Belying Upon tho Big Guns. It is evidently the intention of the troops to shell the stronghold of the Sioux in the' hope 'of 'Stampeding them and, their,ponies. Captain Hayden, nL-ihe .First Artillery, is in camp here with four breech-loading howitzers, which can be be counted upon to fire with great accuracy a distance of four miles. His battery will probably take the field to-morrow. It is known that the hostiles have received large reinforcements from Standing Rock, Pine Ridge and the Cheyenne River Agency. There are reports that Little Wound, Big Road and Two Strikes, who have been in a surly mood ever since they and their bands became quasi prisoners of war in Pine Ridge, are again manifesting suspichras uneasiness. Ever since the Ninth Cavalry started over the hills the squaws in' the villages of Little Wound, Big Road and Two Strikes have kept up yelping. A close watch is being kept on these Indians. If they were to suddenly disappear some night the Indian war along White river and the Cheyenne would assume tremendous magnitude, as these three chiefs are at the head of 3,000 Sioux. Scouts report that hostiles have pickets out for a distance of five miles around the battalions, and that the approach of tbe troops from any side will be known to 'the savages two hours be fore the soldiers can get within carbine range of the buttes. HE ttrt.ti THE TRACK An Express Train Forced to Travel Behind a Farmer's Wagon. rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Chicago, Dec 26. Farmer John Rear don left his cows and horses to take care ot themselves out in Will county this morning and started to drive to Chicago. At Wash ington Heights he stopped to get a drink and to inquire tbe shortest route to the cen ter of the city. He was told to go along the Rock Island tracks. Farmer Reardon started, his horse up the railroad's roadbed. He was only a few minutes ahead of an ex press train. A moment later the locomo tive leaped into view. The engineer sighted Farmer Reardon and set the airbrake, at the same time pulling open the whistle valve in a series of wild shrieks. The farmer would not move from the track. The locomotive was run up until its nose touched the rear wheels of the wagon. Then the slow procession moved on toward South Englewood. At this point a dispatch was sent to Police Captain Elliott, who, with a detachment of police, hurried to the rescue of the fast express. Farmer Reardon, with his spring wagon half full of shelled corn, was taken to the Englewood police station. He says he bad the right of way and in tended to leave the track when he came to a good road. The train was one hour late. TIRED OF THE STRUGGLE. An Old Man' 'Lays Down His Borden Through Suicide. tSrECTAt. TXLXORAX TO THE DISPATCU.1 NEVfJYoBK, Dec. 26. An old man, worn out with tbe battle for life, chose death on Christmas night. He rived in a cheap fur nished room on Bleecker street. He did not get up at his usual hour this morning and someone peeped through the key hole'and saw his light still burning and his form on the bed. He was dead. On a stand were some papers and an empty vial. On one ot these was this: It Is now fully three years past that I have greatly suffered for the want of money to pro vide for the necessaries of life. I cannot endure it any longer. 1 have done all I possibly could to obtain employment at even 8 a month, but all my efforts were unsuccessful. No per son would employ, me on account of my advanced age over 71 years. I sincerely hope that Almighty God will forgive this, my rash act. It is now over three years my sleepless nights have There the note ended. The old man bad not a cent. His last effort to get work was through an application to Colonel F. R.' Hain. of the Elevated. He had a letter of introduction from A. H. Pride, tbe general .Eastern agent or the Chicago and .North westera-Jtcaiiroaiv air. mae Knew. ShuttetJ 15 years ago. Seven years ago, having ac cumulated money, he went to New Orleans and engaged in business. He had a part ner, and one day, rising from a bed of sick ness, Shutter found himself betrayed and Senniless. Thatwas three years ago, and e came back to this city, aged 71, to begin' lifo over again. WAITING FOR RESULTS. INOCULATIONS WITH THE KOCH LYMPH DECREASED IN NEW YORK In Order to Stndy the Effect on the Pres ent Number of Patients Strong Signs of Improvement In Cancer Cases Treated With the Lymph. 'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I New Yobk, Dec. 26. Two patients 'in New York who are undergoing the Koch lymph treatment in the hospitals were in oculated with 15 milligrams ot the 1 per cent solution to-day. This is the largest amount yet used here. In Berlin, however, 100 milligrams have been used in the cases of patients for many weeks under treatment. One of the New York patients inoculated was at the Mt. Sinai Hospital. It was the twelfth inoculation of the patient. He is a student suffering with lupus. Tbe other patient who received 15 milligrams was a woman in the German Hospital, also suffering from lupus of the face It. was her eleventh inoculation, the treatment having been begun on December 11. The healing of the lupus is quite perceptible. Dr. Baruch, of the Montefiorc Home, said to-day that hereafter he should inoculate no more patients in the hospital with the Koch lymph. There are, he said, nine patients under treatment, and the study of tbe opera tion of the lymph upon those patients will serve to test the curative value of the lvmph. At Bellevue Hospital House Physician Pope said that comparative ex aminations ot the sputa of the patients had been begun. -It is in these examinations that the progress of the consumptive patients toward recovery, if they are to recover, will be traced. It will be months before definite results will be obtained. The patient with cancer at Bellevue Hospital has shown strong indi cations of improvement. The diseased part 'begins to diminish in circumference and the surface shows signs of scaling off. Dr. George F. Shrady, at St. Francis' Hospital, inoculated a patient who has cancer of the lip, caused by smok ing a pipe. It is the same disease that killed General Grant. Tbe patient has had the cancer a year, and it involves most of the mouth externally. The patient's general health is excellent, and Dr. Shrady expects interesting results. Another interesting case in St Francis' Hospital is that ol a woman taken to-day in a cab to the hospital through the storm, by Dr. Louis Fischer, The patient had phthisis, and Dr. Shrady says the disease has so far advanced that there will he a 'cavity in one lung before the lymph can taue hold. WILL STAND THE TRIAL. The Bev. MacQaeary Befases to Change Souao of His Statements. rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.1 Cleveland, Dec. 26. The Rev. Howard MacQaeary, who is to be tried before the officials of the Protestant Episcopal Chnrch in this city on January 7 because of state ments made in his book, recently published, has been here in consultation with the Rey. Dr. Bates, rector of St. Paul's Church, of .Cleveland. Dr. Bates has acquired much 'reputation by the part he took in a debate1 with a prominent agnostic, and he will act as prosecutor against Mr. MacQueary. Before leaving fdr home Mr. MacQueary said that he had sub mitted to Dr. Bates certain proof sheets of the second edition of his work upon the "Evolution of Man and Christianity." Dr. Bates informed him that unless certain passages were expunged or altered, the matter would still come under the jurisdic tion of the church, and a trial would still be necessary. "I found," said Mr. Mac Queary, "that I could not agree to their withdrawal. My trial will be public, and I am glad that it will be." "I ought to be acquitted," said he, "but the public prejudice is so strong and the clamor against me so great that I hardly look lor it. An author could use more am biguous and uncertain language, and thereby get a great reputation lor being a liberal thinker, and still not come under the edicts of the church. I preferred candor to policy, honesty to dissimulation, and will abide by the consequences." SHE WAS STAGE STRUCK. A Missing Daughter "Returns Home After a Year's Wanderings. lBFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.I New York, Dec. 26. Irene Allen, the, pretty 15-year-old daughter of Andrew Al len, a porter, mysteriously disappeared from her home at 1129 Broadway, Brook lyn, on the night of September 30, 1889. The fact that the girl was stage struck and had some merit as an actress, caused detectives to conclude that she had gone off with some theatrical company. Her parents, however, continued to suspect that she had been kid napped until alter the lapse of several months, when they learned through one of her companions that she had gone off on her own account; that she was getting along well, and that it would be useless for her family or friends to make any inquiries about her. "Mr. Allen, on receiving this information, lad the search renewed, but without suc cess, and Irene's whereabouts and fate re mained a mystery until this afternoon, when she reappeared at her home as suddenly as she had disappeared over a year ago. She had grown even prettier than when she went away, and she looked none the worse for her prolonged absence from home. She explained that she had been traveling with a dramatic company, and had not only earned enough to support herself, but had been able to save enough for the purchase of Christmas presents. TRICKS about safes is the subject of Charles T. Murray's letter to THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. A mammoth edition of 84 pages. TAKEN WITH HEMORRHAGES. Engeno Cowles Lying Seriously HI at His Mother's Home. rsrECIAIj TXLEQBAM TO THE DISPATCnV. Lockpobt, N. Y., Dec 26. Eugene H. Cowles, ot this city, President of the Cowles Electric Aluminum Company, is now lying very low at the homeof Mrs. Edwin Cowles, his mother, at Cleveland. Cowles is the in ventor ot a recent electric process, by means of which he claims he can produce alum inum at 50 cents per pound or less, and is widely known by reason of his recent family scandal. His being shot in Montreal last spring by his brother-in-law and the legal suits growing out of it are generally known. His wife has just obtained an order for alimony in her suit for separation. Cowles was on his way to Cleveland from this city, the first of. the week, when he was taken with severe hemorrhages on the train. No Hearing for the Nicely s. ISFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCH.! Habeisbubo, Dec 26. The Board of Pardons has refused to open the Nicely murder case of Somerset county on the ap. .plication recen.tly.made for a rehearing, PAGES. THE COMING MEETING Between Parnell and O'Brien Still Being Prepared For. FORMAL CONFERENCE OF LEADERS For a Reunion of the Two Sections of the Irish Party WILL FOLLOW THE FIEST MEETING TBT DUULAF'S CABLE COMPAST.1 Pabis, Dec. 26. William O'Brien spent the entire day at tbe residence of his father-in-law, Herman Rafialovitch, on the Ave nue du Trocaders. With him was T. F. Gill, and they were busy considering an enormous quantity of correspondence that had accumulated here awaiting their ar rival. A Dunlap reporter was the only news paper man admitted to see them, and Mr. O'Brien said: "There is absolutely nothing of any interest I can communicate to you, excepting that Mr. Parnell will come to Paris for an interview to me. I prefer not to say at present what I think of the out come of that interview, but I will say that if any understanding is reached between Mr. Parnell and me it will be within the next week. Further than this I do not care to go." There has been no communication to-day between Messrs. O'Brien and Gill and the other Irish representatives here Not Notified of Farnell's Coming. In an interview to-day with a Dunlap re porter, Mme. Raffalovitcfa, the mother-in-law to William O'Brien, said: "Mr. O'Brien expected to remain in Amer ica much longer, for the meetings had re vived interest in the Irish cause and at tracted large sums of money to tbe Land League fund; but then came this deplorable split among the Irish leaders, and Mr. O'Brien was constrained to return to France, where he will have to remain sometime. He has several affairs to settle outside this in terview. "It has been announced that his chief ob ject in coming to Paris wa3 to meet Mr. Parnell and confer with him on the situa tion created in Ireland by the recent events. It is probable he will discuss this grave question with several of the Irish leaders, but the plan of au interview in which he will find himself alone with Mr. Parnell has not been suggested. Moreover, pending the arrival of Mr. Parnell in Paris, the an nouncement that has been given in the papers that he is coming to see Mr. O'Brien, should be contradicted, because I know Mr. O'Brien has not yet been notified directly or indirectly that Mr. Parnell is really comiDg." To Unite the Two Sections. Le Temps announces that after the meet ing between Parnell and O'Brien, a formal conference of the Irish leaders will be held. Among those who will take part iu the de liberations will be Messrs. McCarthy, Power, Redmond, O'Kelly, Sexton, Kenny and Arthur O'Connor. The aim of the con ference will be a reunion of the two sec tions of the Irish party based on the temporary retirement of Mr. Parnell from tbe leadership. Les Debats asserts that Mr. Parnell will come to this citv without having made a previous arrangement with Mr. O'Brien for a meeting. The paper lurther says that Mr. O'Brien does not expect to discuss the position with Mr. Parnell personally. IT, MUST COMB DOWN. The Old Curiosity Shop of Dickens Doomed to Destruction. fBT DtTNLAF'S CABLE COJIPAKT.1 London, Dec. 26. "The Old Curiosity Shop," which every man, woman and child he English-speaking world over knows by repnte, is the next of the celebrated build ings which is doomed to destruction. It is situated in Fetter Lane, which derives its name from the beggars who used to be the most prominent feature? of the neighbor hood and were called Falters. Charles Dickens, in his early days, used to visit the house in order to borrow books Irom what was at that time a library. The old tenant, Mrs. Haines, who has leased the shop for over 60 years and has now reached the patriarchal age of 86, has a lively recol lection of the novelist's visits and tells many stories of him. But the name of Dickens is not the only one of importance which is associated with that of Fetter Lane, for two celebrated brothers lived there, one of whom is remem bered by every reader of the history of the turbulent times of Oliver Cromwell as a prominent member of Parliament of that time. These were "Praise God" Barebones, the member in question, and "Damned" Barebones, while John Dryden also lived for a time in one of the bouses there. BYBAUD AND GABEIBLLK Their Crime Furnishes Material for Holiday Advertisements. TBT DUULAF'S CABLE COMPANT.l London. Dec. 26. Paris is still living on the memory of the latest cause celebre. Its phenomenal winter, its skating, sleigh ing, fete3 a la glace, and all the other nov elties are not sufficient to make Paris forget her bloody recitals" of the past week. Eyraud and Gabrielle have wound themselves about the heart of Paris, and metal trunks, which are supposed to resemble tbe particular chest in which they placed the body of Gonffe, are sold on the streets. Even this bitof realism is outdone by a tradesman in Lyons, who has actually surpassed all pre vious records for gruesomeness in his great holiday surprise to the townspeople, by sending through the streets the veritable conveyance, covered with his business signs, that Eyraud and Gabrielle used in carry ing the body of Gouffe to the ditch where it was thrown. TOURING THE WORLD. American Cyclists Circling the Globe on Their Wheels. f-BT DUULAF'S CABLE COXPAXT. London, Dec 26. The velocipede club of Naples dnring the week gave- a dinner in honor of two American brothers of the wheel, Mr. Sachleben, of Illinois, and Mr. Allen, of St Louis, who are engaged in tbe pleasant pastime of making a novel tour around the world on their bicycles. ,Their holiday, which is to extend through a period of two'yearsand a half, has already been auspiciously started. They have traveled through France and are now going through Italy. They cover as a rule from 40 to 50 miles every day. Each of them carries a "bulldog" of the newest pattern, warranted to bark seven times in rapid succession. In anticipation of encountering greater dangers through the less civilized parts of Europe and Asia, they have determined to carry repeating rifles, which will be shipped to them when they reach Constantinople.1 AN AWFUL CALAMITY. Sixty Chinese Leap From a Burning Vessel and Are Drowned. 1BT DUHLAF'S CABLE COMPA3TT.1 Shanghai,' Dec. 26. An awful catas trophe occurrecUt sea to-day. The steamer. "OSe 9HIHBIBHHrMte. - trpsBaPwrSiiia - '.; - . -,y 2refe,U4 . SNOW A REGULAR FEATURE NOW. Shanghai, engaged in the passenger traffic, when off the town of Wu-hu, caught fire and was totally destroyed. On board were 60 native passengers, who leaped from the deck of the burning vessel into tbe sea. They are all believed to have been drowned. BRILLIANT RECEPTIONS. Slessages of Good Will for Pope Leo and King Umberto. BT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAST.J London, Dec 26. Rome, both yesterday and to-day, was brilliant and interesting. There was a constant passing to and from the Quirinal and the Vatican of gala equip ages and carriages, conveying ambassadors and ministeis representing tbe various gov ernments, as well as the municipal and ec clesiastical anthorities, all bent on the same pleasant mission, viz., the bearing oi special messages of good will to the representative of Italian unity and to the head of the Cath olic church. The Cuirassiers at the Quir inal and the Swiss Guards were kept equally. busy in tbe tiring operation or present! arms all daylong. At tbe Vatican ans Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., in reply the congratulatory addresses whici suowereu on aim, coyioiaineu tuui not the temporal as we At the Quirinal EtL it?0'r D T1"3 t . ,i - uilft -- In oeno, was equauy eng. .W ft the congratulatory addresses Wt "-TQtin.y flrpsepr? tn him Tnytlif. rnnrspr- 1 speeches, he dwelt especially upon the pi pects for the prolonged peace of Europe, which would dawn with the new year. A PEACEFUL SEASON. No Bnmors of War Disturbing the Quiet ude of Europe. TBT DCSLAT'S CABLE COMPAXT.l London, Dec 25. The majority of the papers of Berlin agree that there is an as sured prospect of peace for a long time to come The National Zcituno says: Wo are keeping Christmas this year in greater equanimity and quietude than wn have done for several years past. Strong and ready a aro the armies that guard the peaco of Europe, there is no sound of arms and no cries of war to disturb the calm of the festal season. International politics have fallen into tbe back ground. The countries are everywhere busy mastering their Internal evils. The dangers with which the inconsiderate nolicy of tbe United States threaten tho Industry of tho ex port trade ot Europe have diverted the thoughts of all from certain political combina tions and have shown the common nature of the numerous European interests, injnry to which might prove fatal to all the nations of this continent. Prof. Koch's brilliant discovery, too. io spite of all the distrust and hostility which separates the.different nations. bashelped,tedemcistrate the indestructible brotherhood or men as well as the freedom and universality of science INDIA AS A NATION. A Congress Opened in Calcutta to Deliberate on Local Government. By Associated Press. Calcutta, Dec 26. The National Indian Congress was opened in this city to day. One thousand delegates were present, and there were 5,000 persons in the audi ence which listeoed to the deliberations of the meeting. Among those who attended were Charles Schwann and William Caine, members of the British Honse of Commons; several rajahs and Mahomedan nobles, and a number of high caste native ladies. Ad vocate Ghose, a leading attorney of the High Court, delivered an address of wel come to the delegates. He described tbe congress as the inevitable outcome of the generous policy of the British Government, Mervanji Mehta, a member of the Bom bay Legislative Council, in his presidental address, made declarations as to the loyalty of the movement; and its pacific aims. He said tbe Congress desired to assist the Gov ernment in the work of social reforms. The time bad arrived for consultative councils. Although the diverse Nationalists of India were not yet ripe for representative' institu tions, the elective principle ought to be adopted in nominations to the Indian Coun cil, and he appealed to the Viceroy to watch the movement in a spirit of generous sympathy. Another Great Steamer Tire. Calcutta Information has been re ceived here to the effect that the British steamer Golconda, from London, November 6, is on fire at Diamond Harbor, in the Hoogly river, 34 miles below this city. Every possible assistance is being sent to her, and it is hoped that the vessel may be saved. It is understood that the fire orig inated among tbe cargo, which is thought to be considerably damaged. A Settlement Is in Prospect. Edinbubgh As the result of a confer ence here to-day of provosts, railway di rectors and delegates representing the strik ers, it is stated that there are prospects of settling the strike. At Dundee to-day au unsuccessful attempt was made to derail a train. Koch's Lymph Curing Leprosy. Madrid Two persons suffering from leprosy have been inoculated with lymph, according to the method of Dr. Koch. The doctors of the hospital where the leprosy is being treated report that the patients have apparently been rapidly improving since the new remedy was applied. TWESTT-FOTJB PAGES will be famished every reader of to-morrow's DISPATCH. It will be a splendid number. A BOOKKEEPER GONE WRONG, A Sequel to the Suicide of His Fellow Thief on the 3d Inst. Albant, N. Y., Dec 26. Daniel W. Talcott, head bookkeeper in the employ of H. W. Sage & Co., Inmber dealers, was ar rested this evening on a charge of embezzle ment and sent to jail. Bail was fixed at $5,000. The exact amount of his thefts is not yet known, but it is believed it will run high up into the thousands. After Sage & Co.'s confidential clerk, Joseph B. Abbott, who killed himself on December 3, had been caught at stealing from the firm, an expert was employed to examine the books, and thus Talcott's dis honesty was discovered. It appears that Talcott and Abbott operated iu collusion. Their operations were facilitated by tbe fact that tbe firm trusted both implicitly, and left blank checks signed in tbe bookkeeper's hands or business purposes. These he filled out and cashed, and the money he pocketed and charged to some fictitious ex penditure. Talcott is elderly and had al ways been thought to be the soul oX honor. ins to oywere tual sov- ienf Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOB SALES, ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May ho handed in at the main advertising office of The Dispatch, corner Smitbfield and Diamond streets, np to midnight. THREE CENTS. IN BRIDAURAIMENT. The Twin Cities Enveloped in Robes of Snowy Purity by the Storm, FLEECY FLAKES OF WHITE, One by One, Fell From the Clonds to Beautify Old Mother Earth. SDBURBAN SLEIGHI5G PAETIES Have Great Sport on the Streets Blocked by the Cars. Not EAILEOADS AND STEEET CABS SUFFUB Snow makes a pretty picture when its fall is in the country, where it has lots of room to spread itself o'er hill and dale But in the city the great buildings and street cars get in its way, and the frozen moisture proceeds to choke up and drown out all sorts of business. Yesterday morning the denizens of Pitts burg were compelled to put on their little snow plows to be able to breast the storm long enough to get to office, shop or store Apparently,' the snow was not falling, but rather driving through the streets in one heavy sheer, surrounding and cutting into everything in its path. It whirled hither Sid thither like a tornado. No crevice was too small for it to crowd through, and many a dwelling believed to he proof against the most violent winters failed to withstand this onslaught of the elements. This storm was different from its prede cessor of a week ago inasmuch as there was no rain accompaniment, and after tbe sun came out it was" a pleasure to be out on the .streets where the merry tinkle of tbe sleizh- --, '-fCin stei.. As one man got a good one on the shoulder he chuckled and rubbed his hands, remarking: Bather Enjoyed Snow Balling. "That puts me in mind of when I was a boy. I could shoot one as straight as any of 'em." He was the exception, not the rule. Usually when a pedestrian got a "soaker"' in some portion of his anatomy he took occasion to break all the laws on swearing, while the newsies and shiners would sing: We've all been there before. Many a time, many a time And what gay times the boys did have at some one else's expense, to be sure, but for real solid enjoyment it beat out the Christ mas turkeys of the day before by a lap. They hooked on to the passing sleighs or. hung on all sides while tbe good natured oc cupants whipped up and had a race; lor tho edification of their load. Good old Christmas cheer hung on all day and the streets. were crowded with people bent on having a'nerry time while the snow lasted. A gay crowd of Sewickley people came to the city early yesterday morning and as they crossed the Sixth street bridge they noticed an unusually large snow bank on the photographer's sky light on the Ken nedy restarant building. They immediately began prospecting on the length of time to elapse before it would totter upon its throne and fall to the common level of the pave ment. Burled Under a Glacier. "See, it moves I" exclaimed one of tbe party and sure enough the huge mass of fleecy flakes did move. It took its down ward course like a water spout and landed with a terrible roar. Soon tbe smokelike accompaniment cleared away, but still the snow seemed to be moving. All stopped to see the outcome -and there was an outcome, black as night. First a pair ot gum boots protruded from the surface of whiteness and wagged back and forth very like the huge ears of a donkey fully satisfied with the world. But he wasn't. The boots had a sequel which was closely attached to them, and soon a man whose face made a dark contrast to the snow staggered out of tbe drift and ran as fast as his gum boots would carry him in the direction of the'river. He had been employed to sweep off the snow, but the tables were turned and the snow swept him off. The merry crowd of Sewickley people proceeded along their way not exactly re joicing, but having as gay a time as any on the market. One amateur snowslide after another was witnessed, but luckily this favored party escaped unscathed. On Penn avenue a mass of snow was seen to fall from the Library building. Some hapless man was there to block its progress, but he did not like the idea. Collided With a Cable Car. First he rushed toward the building, then oat toward the street, but the glacier caught him in his flight. It reached him as he was stooping over and making a dive for a place of salety. The result was magical. It precipitated the man head foremost bang into a passing cable car, crushing his plug hat down over his ears, and tbe force thrust ing him back deep into tbe drilt in the gutter. In the suburbs, on the streets not invaded by the traction companies, sleigh ing was enjoyed by hundreds. Four young fellows started out in two cutters for a drive on tbe plank road. They drove side byside quite a while talking, but at last tbe spirit of fun took complete possession of them and a race began. After a while those not en gaged in driving took hold of the opposite sleigb, and at a favorable spot in the road dumped each other in the snowdrift. They climbed into tbeir sleighs and continued the race, which is proof that they enjoyed them selves and were not much hurt. H. M. Long has a speedy horse, and as ha felt in a Christmas mood he borrowed a sleigb, and taking a portion of his family started out for a ride. He returned at a later hour minus one runner, the result of race Warmer Weather is Promised. Yesterday's storm was not confined to Pittsburg and vicinity, but was a general affair in which many cities and towns got a , share. The railroads, street cars and other industries were blocked to a certain extent by the storm. The first named were probably the most damaged, and trains were greatly delayed. The most" comforting part of the whola storm was the fact that not once was it extremely cold. The lowest point tho mercury fell in the thermometer was to 25, which was at 8 o'clock yesterday morning; from that time forward it rose slowly, but surely. At 11 o'clock it had reached 26. and at 12 it was up to 27. At 2 it stood at WANTS of all kinds are quickly answered through THE DISPATCH. Investors, arti sans, bargain hunters, buyer and tellers closely scan its Classified Advertising Col umns, Largest Circulation, j were always to be heard, and the cold ".7' 21 whistled mst one's ear as it wa rt " P V rjronelled br an ambitions vonnc- jj3 m i A
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