' Transient AflFertisBmeats Eeceirefl - At tho J3ran.olx Oflicelfor Tile rDlspatcli For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock P. M. For list of branch offices in the various dis tricts see THUtD PAGE. rORTT-EEFTH YEAH. LAST OF THE The Troops Believe They Have the Hostiles Trapped, and Wiil Conduct A WAR OF EXTERMINATION. Only Prompt and Unconditional Sur render Can Save ETen the Lives of the Braves. REPORTS OF ANOTHER SKIRlilSB. Fourteen CaTalry Horses With Empty baddies Said to Be in the Posses sion of the Indians. JIOEE MILITIA ORDEEED TO TOE FEOXT. tUU Fsppooses "foetid Aim oa lust Bittle After Bekg in a Bhzzui. the Scent of Two Dyi lie A RECHIT LETTEK TEOM THE SLAIN PIUEST' l ,." rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Busuyille, Jan. 2. Advices -from the front indicate that unless the hostiles un conditionally surrender within the next few hoars they will be exterminated. If any thing, the soldiers prefer the Utter alterna tive. They believe that at last they have the wily redskins in a trap, and are eager to re venge their comrades who fell in the battle upon the banks of the "Wounded Knee creek. It is definitely known that the hostiles to the number of about 1,100 are fortified near the mouth of White Clay creek, and that General Brooke, with a detschment of troops, is swinging round to the north of them. General Carr is supposed to be ap proaching from the west, and General Miles will make a dash from the south. Ready to Annihilate the Band. The force thus engaged is thought to be cmple for the annihilating of the entire band unless some unforeseen complication or misfortune arises. Ambassadors from this hostile camp have to-day again been suing tor peace and offering to surrender arms. It is not known here whether terms will be granted or not. About the only thing which can interfere with a short, sharp and decisive campaign iow is the weather, which continues to be 1 the most unfavorable description. How ver, General Miles seems determined to nsh matter?, regardless of all obstacles. If Hy considerable portion of the braves, now imposed to be practically surrounded in their tnnghold in the Bad Lands, should break javay the results to the border settlers cannot Sail to be appalling. Hence the desire of General Miles to end the trouble at once, at whatever cost, A last Desperate Struggle. Taking all the circumstances into consid eration, and allowing for the present temper of both troopers and Indians, all here now expect a battle to the death. The redskins, if they decide to make a stand at all, will fight with the utmost desperation. As their present position is understood to be strongly fortified, it is more than probable that they will inflict a heavy loss upon their heredi tary foes before leaving for the happy hunt ing grounds. One of the many reports received which lack confirmation is that a great row has broken out in the camp of the hostiles, the contention being as to the advisability of surrendering. This comes through a half breed courier, who claims to have just ar rived from their camp. Another report which has just reached here by courier is that a foraging party of Indians from the main camp on White Clay creek attacked the ranch of Douglass Points, a few miles to the west, last night, killed him and drove away his 400 head of cattle. Rushville Organizing a Home Guard. The citizens of this livelv frontier town Lave organized a home guard, and appealed to the Governor to furnish arms ior the de fense of their homes. Part of this fresh anxiety was caused by the arrival of a ranchman, who reports seeine a band of 100 Indians going southwest from the reserva tion at midnight If true, this means trouble here. That the hostiles have been largely reinforced within the past two days there is no longer any doubt, and there seems rea Eonahle ground for rumors that some In dians from other agencies or the British pos testions have joined them. A party of Indian scouts, visiting the scene of Monday's battle, found nine Iu dians, who were wounded in the fight, still alive. Two of them had been taken to a log hut nearby, and were being cared for by a Equaw that had remained behind. The other seven were found lying in cullies re mote from the battlefield, having survived the blizzard without any attention of any kind. Two were bucks and the other fiva were squaws. There was scarcely enough life lelt in any of the seven to pay the scouts for bringing them in, but thev did so and they are now with the others in the Episcopal Church. Babes Found on the Battlefield. In addition to the nine adults found two tiny Indian babies, neither ot them over 3 months old, were found alive, each beside the dead body of its mother. They were veil wrapped up, but how they ever sur livedthe fearful weather of the last 48 hours seems a miracle. The little inno cei.ts were brought to the agency, and found friends in the wives of some of the Indian s-outs. Of the 33 wounded Indians brought in after the battle, nearly all of whom were squaws and children, not one has yet died, though many of them are badlv mangled ith bullets. The rear guard of the party of scouts that wi-ntout on their search for wounded In dians were forced to exchange several shots with some of the roving hostiles. After the Lite battle the Indian scouts went over the field and picked np all the disabled hostiles lii-r could find bp'orp the troop were com UttelMXS Men will find T11K DISPATCH the bet adirrtlsinsr medinm. AH !. can be reached through. IU Classified Adver- tisement Columns. If mn wan. .,.. .i., I , c-u can get It by this method. . I pelled to hurry in here and protect the agency from the uprising that occurred as previously described. The Indian scout that fell at Wounded Knee was given a military burial yesterday by his comrades, under command of Lieutenant Taylor, the Hey. Mr. Cook officiating. Narrow Escape of the Seventh. Evidence that the Seventh Cavalry nar rowly escaped massacre in an ambuscade, as telegraphed previously to The Dispatch, is accumulating. According to the story of the officers, the troops had passed the Catholic mission and were dismounted in the big valley, one and a half miles wide, just oeyond the school. At the end of this valley is a narrow canon, not over 75 feet wide and 300 yards long, opening into a small, circular park. It was the object of the Indians to draw them into this small valley. The soldiers were getting ready to make a rush on foot for the top of the hill, when a cry arose that they were surrounded. Ad vancing now in one, now in another direc tion, on either side of the valley, they found themselves opposed each time by from 200 to 300 Indians. Soon the hills began to swarm with 1,600 to 2,000 warriors, and in 20 minutes -more the troops would have been massacred, when the untiring Ninth rode in, as they rode before at the" time of the Meeker massacre, attacking furiously the rear of the savage horde. Before the enemy could rally from their confusion the troops withdrew, slowly and sullenly to Pine Bidge. Fresh tidings from the Bad Lands is now awaited with the most intense interest FOURTEEN EMPTY SADDLES. A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE HAS BEEN ? A BATTLE ALBEADY. Humors That the Indians Got the Best of the Encounter Governer Thayer Taking Active Measures to Protect the Settlers of Nebraska. " Omaha, Neb., Jan. 2. A special to the Bee from Pine Bidge says a scout just in from the hostile camp states that 14 cavalry horses with saddles and other equip ments on were brought into the hostile camp last night by young warriors. The scout heard the hostiles make remarks to the effect that there were 14 less soldiers to fight, and the hostiles lost only two warriors in getting the 14 cavalry horses, etc. The scout's report has created a new sensation here, which is being followed up by in creased activity around military circles. That the report means a skirmish, in which Brooke's or Carr's command has lost, there is little doubt In response to urgent appeals from inhab itants of Northwestern Nebraska for pro tection against marauding bands of Indians, Governor Thayer this evening sent tele graphic instructions to the commanders of militia at Fremont. Central City, Ord and Tekamah to leave on the first train with their commands for the scene of action. These troops will be divided between the towns of Chadron, Gordon and Hay Springs. The following order was also issued: Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2, 1S9L. General L. W. Colbr, Commanding First Brig ade, Beatrice, Neb.: Order your command to place itself in readi ness to march on short notice. By order of the Commander In Chief. A. V. Cole, Adjutant General. Should the militia comprised in this brig ade be ordered to move, as now seems prob able, practically the whole ot Nebraska's Na tional Guard will becenteredn the frontier THE WAR AT WASHINGTON. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON MILES' FIGHTING POLICY. Sonic Are for a More Vigorous Style of Hos tilities One Official OuUlneb the Diffi culties of a Campaign In Winter Secre tary Noble's Request Washington, Jan. 2. In a telegram General Miles say he will make another effort to get the Indians, who are surround ed by troops in the Bad Lands, back to the agency without bloodshed, and in order to do so he has established a regular siege around their stronghold. General Schofield said this morning that there is no truth in the report telegraphed from the West that General Brooke had been relieved from his command at Pine Bidge. There is nothing in the official atmosphere at the War Department to indicate that Gen eral Miles' course of conciliation, or rather ot peaceful force, is not entirely approved by the President, the Secretary and the Gen eral. His dispatches are received and filed vithout reply, and everything goes to show that this trio of authorities is perfectly com placent over the situation and its manage ment The news contained in the dispatch to General Schofield spread rapidly over the department this morning, and caused con siderable comment among certaiu officers who do not agree with their superiors as to the present campaign. More Active Hostilities Desired. There is a strong party in favor of a more decided style of hostilities. They say that a single assault with intent to kill, if neces sary, would precipitate a battle so fall of lasting benefit that the loss of a lew men would not be regarded. The theory of this argument seems to be based entirely on the1 belief that a dead Indian is much more val uable to the Government than a captured Indian, or one cajoled or frightened into subjection. On the other band, it is con tended that such a campaign us that which is being conducted by the commander now at Pine Bidge is not only feasible, but the only proper style of warfare, every condi tion being regarded. They argue, in re buttal ot the "Dead Indian" theory that the Sioux system can easily be subjected and re turn to their reservation if the proper means are employed, and they think that the pres ent campaign is the only way to accomplish that end. A prominent War Department official, commenting upon the Indian irouoies, saia: A Winter Campaign Serious. Mark my word, my boy. If the 'reports are true that the friendlies have joined the hostiles. leaving nothing behind but squaws aad chil dren, there will be serious times. You see the red men are at home in the hills, and can shoot just as well in winter as in summer. The sol diers, onthe other hand, are hampered by their gauntletsand heavy clothing, and although they are good shots they are not In it with a band of desperate Indians. The fact is, my boy. that the Indians never will remain con tented as long as tue Indian agencies are po litical appointments. An Indian agent knows he must make bis pile In four roars, and 600 pounds of beef weigh only 400 pounds as a re sult Then fie Indians go hungry and get rest less and are easily led off by the light-loving bucks. If Bill Cody had been let alone be would have settled the whole trouble. A parley and a council of war would have resulted In a thor ough understanding of what the Indians com plained ot and the friendly inclined Indians could havo easily been placated. Secretary Noble has requested the Secre tary of War to assign a troop of cavalry for police duty in the Yellowstone National "t, to take the place of Captain Bou telle's command, which, acting under or ders of the General commanding, has joined the troops now operating against the hos tile Indians. SCHOFIELD'S C0KGBATTILATI0NS. Text of a Telegram from Him to Major iQeneral Miles. CHICAGO, Jan: 2. Colonel Corbin has re- ceived no word from General Miles, except a telegram at 3 o'clock this morning asking for additional supplies. The following tele gram has been sent to General Miles from headquarters at Washington: Major General Miles, Chadron, Neb.: Your dispatch from Hcrmosa, giving details of the battle yesterday and the present situa tion, is just received, and still further encour ages my hope and belief that you will soon master the situation. Give my thanks to the brave Seventh Cavalry for their splendid con duct J. M. Schofield. Major General Commanding.' A VOICE FROM THE DEAD. THE PRIEST WHOM INDIANS MURDERED DEFENDED THEM. He Says the Redskins Were Starved on In sufficient Rations An Insufficient Census and Commissioner Morgan Arraigned Interested Whites Howled for Troops. New Yoke, Jan. 2. The Freeman's Journal will publish to-morrow a letter from Father Craft, the Catholic Indian Mis sionary who was recently killed by the In dians. The letter was dated Pine Bidge Agency and is addressed to the editor of the paper. Father Craft says, in the beginning the Indians hoped for much aid from the Government to enable them to become like the whites. They were, however, in every way abused, mocked and discouraged. In stead of being wards they have felt they were the victims of unscrupulous politicians, who benefited by their misery. Father Craft adds: I know what I say, for I have shared their sufferings for many years. Iu their despair. General Crook brought them hope. Their confidence in him led them to hone that ho would be able to realize their hopes. His death was their death-blow, and they felt it Indians were not fools, but men of keen intelli gence. Reductions In rations increased their fears. Even Indian agents protested against such cruelty. Mr. Lee. who took the. census, made grave mistakes, counted less than the real numbers, and made false reports of pros perity that did not exist. It is not to be wondered that thev believed in a Messiah, whom they at first doubted, and listeued to evcrv deceiver who promised hope. Interested whites took advantage of this slate of affairs, and howled for troops. The army in dignantly protested against their falso state ments, but had to go to the scene of the sup posed danger. Interested whites persuaded tbein that entire destruction was aimed at, and tho Indians rau away in fear and despair. Father Jatz calmed them, and I brought them back to the agency, and the kindness of Gen eral Brooke convinced them of their safety. The General's plan to send Indians after those still out was good, and would succeed if the General were left alone. Just as the tree can be traced from its smallest branch, to its root, so can the Indian troubles be traced to the starvation and misery of the Indians. In the conclusion of his letter Father Craft arraigned Commissioner Morgan in severe terms. BEAD the opening QUE MILLER'S new BOW'S DISPATCH. chapters of JOA story la TO-MOR- A SHIP'S CREW RESCUED. The Vessel Lost Its Rudder, Was Water- logged and Abandoned. San Francisco, Jan. 2. The tug Vigi lant arrived to-day with 18 men, comprising the officers and crew of the Norwegian ship Struan, which was found abandoned last week by the steamer Scotia. The Struan was bound from Port Discovery to Mel bourne, and on December 2, during a storm, lost her rudder. The vessel was in a water logged condition, but the crew stayed with her until December 18, when they were taken off br the British bark Tamar E. Marshal, which had been sighted -during tfie storm,-and which stayed 'alongside until the weather moderated. Three weeks ago one of the Struan's crew fell from aloft while setting signals, and broke both legs. He was taken to the hos pital immediately on being landed to-day. Alter taking the men on board the Marshal headed for San Francisco, and was sighted near Arrallones by the tug Vigilant. EUROPE contributes all her news by cable for to-morrow's DISPATCH. Its cable let ters are exhaustive and exclusive. SMALLPOX ON THE BORDER. The Mexican Government Vaccinating Peo ple by Wholesale. St. Louis, Jan. 2. For some montbspast an epidemic of smallpox has been raging among the Texas and Mexican borders, as well as several points in the interior of Texas. Advices from San Antonio this morning state that yesterday the Mexican Government took the matter in hand, and a corps of physicians was sent to Quidad and Porfori Diaz, opposite Eagle Pass, to vac cinate the people and isolate those stricken with the dread disease. Strict quarantine has been enforced on the American side, no one being known to cross the border from either side without a passport. Thirty days ago there were 400 cases in Portion Diaz, but by stringent quarantine and skilfull medical attendance they have been reduced to half that num ber. The Mexican Government will use the soldiers to compel Mexicans to submit to vaccination if objection is made. EUROPE contributes all her news by cable for to-morrow's DISPATCH. Its cable let ters are exhaustive and exclusive. A BOY KIDNAPER. He Tried to Rescue His Two Younger Brothers From Cruel Parents. Des Moines, Jan. 2. A pathetic case of kidnaping is reported from Washington, Ia. Three brothers, named Kilgore, were living in Chicago with their father and mother. Both were worthless, and the boys found life almost a burden. At last the elder son was driven, from home, and, know ing how his little brothers would be mis treated, he returned, and at night, while his parents were sleeping, he brought them to Iowa. He fonnd good homes for both the boys with respectable farmers near Washington, and provided himselt with a good position. The parents made a desperate effort to find the boys, and at last succeeded in locating them. Officers were sent from Chicago, and the two little fellows were taken back to the slums of the city, while James Kilgore, the older brother, was lodged in jail, charged with kidnaping. NEW FEATURES for the first Sunday issue of the New Year in to-morrow's mam moth DISPATCH. A WIDESPREAD EARTHQUAKE. Shocks Are Felt In Chicago and Several California Towns. Chicago, Jan. 2. Two distinct earth quake shocks, with but a few seconds inter mission, occurred here at 12:02 to-day. The vibrations were nearly north and south. A dispatch from San Francisco says: Re ports from Gileroy, Santa Cruz, Modesto, Stockton and a number of other points, in dicate that the earthquake to-day was quite generally felt in Central California. No damage is reported beyond the breaking of some glass articles. Prof. E. S. Holden, of Lick Observatory, at Mt Hamilton, telegraphs that registers there indicate that the shock of earthquake to-day was the most severe that has occurred in Northern California since the shock of 1863. Ceilings were cracked in the observa tory and fell to ,the floor. The large tele scope at the observatory, it is believed, was .uninjured, PITTSBURG, 'SATURDAY JANUARY 3, 1891 TWELVE A BRITISH T0IPEII. Discovery of a Buried City Bating . Back to the Roman Period. JIT EXCAVATION KOW IN PROGRESS. Glass Vessels and Other Articles Supposed to Be Modern Found. - M TOOLS STILL IN CONDITION TO IBT EDTTLAr'S CABLE COUFAST.l London, Jan. 2. A British Pompeii has been discovered near Beading, in -Berk- I shire, on the great Strathfieldsay estate of the Duke of Wellington. It isatrnecity, not a mere camp, and when lully excavated will throw light upon the domestio life of oar remote ancestors of more than 1,000' years ago. The city now being laid bare is the'Brito Boman Silchester. The whole area has been free from all building operations ever since the Boman occupation of Britain. In fact, the soil is virgm, having been pasture land for centuries. The excavation com mittee has already succeeded in revealing to nineteenth century eyes life in .a British city that had a long existence in a day of which history is almost silent. The Tremendous Task ol Excavation. The task, of excavation ia a tremendous one, but the work is being prosecuted as funds come in. An exhibition will be opened at Burlington Honse, Picadllly, within a few days, which will present feat ures of extraordinary interest. On the wails will be hung a huge plan of the bur ied city, marking whereabouts the streets, walls, gales, houses, baths, temples, forum, and basilica stood. The excavations have brought to view the remains of an important house ornamented with mosaic floors and containing rooms heated by hypocausta. Among the articles to be exhibited are potsherds, bones, combs, bronze utensils, fragments of good class ves sels, pieces of iron work, chiefly tools, in cluding carpenters' planes, chisels, axes, hammers, gouges, anvils and some edged tools, sharp enough, even after having lain buried for ten centuries, to work with now. The city was laid out with great regularity in squares like Salisbury and Winchester, in mediaeval times. r One of the Curious Features. Strange feelings are excited by the sight of a piece of tile upon which a baby must have trodden while the clay of which it is formed lay drying in the brickmakers yard. The prints of the little ioes are distinct and the entire foot Is perfectly marked. There are very fair specimens of pottery, from the coarse Celtic war to delicately molded vessels embellished with artistic designs of human and animal figures and symbolic devices. There are two sets of human bones, skeletons of infants or dwarfs, as also needles and other articles of house hold use. "-'Among these, it is curious to note a key-ring'and a safety pin, with other'toilet and table requisites much resembling those in present use. . There is one bangle almost a iac simile of those worn in India, and seen in our jewel ers shops to-day, WO HAPPY MEN , I"- te. .I .. -Released From an English Prison After Serving Seven Ifcars. IBT DUKLAP'S CABLH COMPANY. 1 Dublin, Jan. 2. Thomas Kelly and James Hanratty, who were convicted with eight others at th Belfast Assizes in 1883 for connection with an Irish Patriotic Brotherhood at Crossmagher, have just been released-from prison. They state that after conviction they remained in Mountjoy prison until February, 1884, wheu four of them, Kelly, MacBride, Geoghegau and Hanratty, were taken away handcuffed in a prison van and put on board the gunboat Valorous, which took them to Chatham. On the passage thay were chained to an iron bar and also handcuffed to a chain. They remained in Chatham for eight months and were then again removed, heavily manacled, to the gunboat Valorous, to he conveyed to Belfast, whence they were taken to Downpatrick, where they had as fellow prisoners the Dublin Invincibles, Joseph Mullet, James Mullet, McAffery and Fitzharris, otherwise called "Skin the Goat"; Maloney, O'Brien, Lawrence, Han lou, Dan Delaney. Joseph Mullet, who is sentenced for life, is in charge of the book binding business in the prison library. Three of thesi, James Mullet, Delaney and Maloney, were sentenced for ten years, and are rejoiced at the prospect oi speedy libera tion. A QUEER DECISION. It Has Raised a Cyclone of Indignation la Parts of Holland. tBT DDNL'AP'B CABLE COMPA1TT.1 London. Jan. 2. Tne British Parlia ment has had mtde for it in the past the claim that it could do anything excepting convert a woman into a man. It has re mained for the High Court of Amsterdam to do what no other body of human beings has reliably done before. And the High Court has done it by deciding that all offi cials and-public servants shall take their oath of allegiance, not to Queen Wilhelm ina. hut to King Wilbelmina. This extraordinary and physically revolu tionary decision has caused "a small cyclone of indignation. The women are all up in arms and denounce the act as au outrage and as another blow at a long-suffering sex. The press has taken up the cry and calls at tention to the lack of common sense in the thing, and talks with frightful plainness about the deusity-of law-makers who cannot tell a woman from a man, or a shirt from a smock. GERMAN MINE DISASTER, A Largo Number of Men Killed by a Gas Explosion Yesterday. TBT DUSLAT'S CABLE COMPAST.l Berlin, Jan. 2. There was a terrific ex plosion ot coal damp to-day in the Heinrfch Gustav coal shaft, at Bochum", a town of 28,000 Inhabitants, near Dusseldorf. There have been 10 dead and 10 wounded already taken ont of the debris, and gangs of men are now at work digging for others who are missing. HE WAS WRONG. The Pope's Reply to New Year Greetings of x Vatican Servants. IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAirr.l Home, Jan. 2. When the major domo, on behalf of the various people employed in the Vatican, conveyed their good wishes to the Pope on New Year's Day, His Holiness addressing him, said: "Last year when receiving your good wishes I said they wonld perhaps be the last I was wrong, and therefore this year I say let God's will be done." . Tlircatencd With Starvation. rBT nuNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Beelin, Jan. 2. The Lober river in the Silesian Mountains district is frozen over, causing 'dozens of large weaveries to be J fMT trail thrown out of work. Starvation is feared. A regiment of pioneers has been sent from Plogan to break the ice. . Vanishing the custom. LIFTING THE HAT TO LADIES TO BE TABOOED IN PARIS. An Impressive Obeisance With Hand Over . the Heart Will Replace It-Change of the Dinner Hoar in Fashionable London Four O'clock Tea Reform. fBT BURLAP'S CABLE COMPART. 1 Paris, Jan. 2. With the new year comes the actual beginning ot a revolution in social and polite affairs. It is said that Paris is to do away with lifting the hat on meeting a lady, and the sensible and simple substitute that prevails in Oriental countries is to be adopted. That mode consists in placing the right hand impressively over the Heart and bending the head slightly forward, so as to make a noticeable, but not extrava gant obeisance. Progress.has-been made in this reform to such an extent that many gentlemen now just touch the brim of the hat, a la militaire, when meeting a lady, and it is accepted as being good form. In connection with this movement, it should be noted that fashionable London, which for a long time past has made its din ner hour later and later until it finishes its evening meal about the time when ordinary mortals are ordering their after-theater sup per, is about to be reformed in this respect, if the efforts of H. B. H., the Prince of Wales, are of any avail. It was said a little while ago that the Prince Would make his dinner hour 8 o'clock instead of 850, or later, ns has beetuhis custom hitherto. But with the dawning of the new year he has, resolved to anticipate the meal by another half hour, and be will go to the (dining .room as soon as the hands of the clock point to 750, thus bringing h!s meal nearer to the hour which he ob serves when he visits this city, and enabling him to go to the theater with a good deal vless inconvenience than the method he has .hitherto followed has allowed him. This earlier dinner will necessitate the practical elimination of a meal which has of late years grown to be a part of the day's econ omji This is what is known as "the four o'clock," which is English for kettledrum, or afternoon tea. It used to be simply a cup of tea with a biscuit or a scrap of cake, but of late years, in addition to these kickshaws, dish after dish has been added to the growing list bv the fashionable world, until the lightest o"f possible reflection took on the bloated and important appearance of a full grown meal, and the table, upon which only delicate china and apostle spoons gracefully reposed in company with the steaming teapot under the harmful and most uneasy, if rather pretty, tea cozy and the dainty cake basket, literally groaned under the weight of dishes which were gradually made to encumber it It was the extension of the dimensions of the afternoon tea which caused the recession of the dinner hour, and it is now expected that if the 750 dinner prevails, kettle 'fcrun: will once more resume her pris tine simplicity. Meanwhile, the fashion able people have not shown any alacrity in following the lead of the Prince of Wales. PARNELTj IN IRELAND, A. Cordial Reception Given the Deposed bat Popular Leader in Dublin. fBT DDJfLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Dublin, Jan. 2. Parnell arrived here this morning and left in the evening for Avondale, where he will probably remain k-il Monday, "when he will leave Ireland accompanied by TTmotTiy Harrington for London, en route to Bonlogne, where the conference with William "O'Brien will be resumed. Parnell is in excellent health and capital spirits. While in Dublin he visited the National League offices and saw the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. He also spent an hour with Mr. Kennv, M. P., at his home in Butland square. ' Parnell was cordially received wherever he went in the city. SUFFOCATED BY GAS: A Schoolboy Killed by Being Locked in a Closet as a Punishment IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAlfT. Berlin, Jan. 2 Johann Krause, a 12-year-old boy, was locked in the closet of a a schoolhouse in Annaburg, as punishment for some misconduct, and when the door was opened he was dead, having been smothered by coal gas." His cries were not heeded by the teacher, who supposed them to be in cited by anger or repentance. london'Iaby'farms. Another Woman Arrested for Engaging In the Pernicious Industry. By Associated Press. London, Jan. 2. The metropolis is con stantly being horrified by the discovery of "baby farms," where infants are treated in the cruelest manner possible, but in spite of the metropolitan police three disgraceful institutions flourish, and apparently are only discovered by accident. At Brixton, a portion of this city on the Surrey side; of the Thames, a woman who gave the name of ilrs. Beeves, and who ia known to have figured under several aliases, was arrested on the complaint of her neieh bors for carrying on the" illegal business known as "baby farming." When the police searched her residence they fonnd eight emaciated, filthy, sickly uauies crowueu into one small, ill-ventilated room. Apparently the infants were in a starving condition. In spite of the fact that the poor children were Immediately given the best of medical attention, and that they were removed to healthier surroundings, it is feared that some of them will die from .the effects of the course of neglect and starvation to which they have been sub jected by the woman. Mrs. Beeves, in any case, will be prose cuted to the lull extent of the law, and should one of the children die, the charge of murder mav be made against the "baby farmer." The police are doing their utmost to find the parents of the unfortunate in fants. Should the search of the authorities prove successful, further arrests will follow. Russian Police Forco Reorganized. London Since the murder of General Seliverskoff the Bussian foreign police has been reorganized. The central office continues in Parfs, but agencies have been created in Zurion, Berne, Geneva, Mentone and Montpelier. Eighty-four news agents have already been assigned to the London agency, but are controlled from the Paris office. No agencies have been established in Germany or Austria, the authorities of both countries considering that their pres ent arrangements are sufficiently capable to give all necessary information. No Fay for Dinner Hoar. London Owing to the manifesto issued by Messrs. Mann and Tillett, the trade unionists leaders, declaring that the strike of the Victoria stock laborers for pay dur ing their dinner hour was unauthorized; the men have sulkily resumed work. An Ingenious Gift to the Pope. Madbid The Queen Begent forwarded to the Pope a handsome Malacca cane as a New Year's gift. When the,Pope tonched the cane, by an ingenious contrivance, its head or top opened, emitting a shower of gold pieces. IL Rider Haggard Goes to Mexico. London Henry Eider Haggard, the novelist, accompanied by his wife, will sail to-morrow on a voyage to the West Indies and Mexico. PAGES. BATTLE OF PLACARDS. Printers' Ink Is -Liberally Used in the Speakership Contest RAGIKG AT THE STATE CAPITAL. All the Candidates Are Doing Soma Tall Hustling to Win. THE FAEHEE tOTB IS IN DEMAND ri-nOU X ETArrCORRXSFONbEXT.l Hakrisburg, Jan. 2. A campaign of placards is all the Speakership contest nmounts to yet at the State Capital. So manv candidates for the presiding chair of the House of Bepresentatives are on hand, and so few members have arrived for them to buttonhole that time hung heavily on their hands to-day. The Lochiel and Com monwealth hotels are the headquarters of these various candidates. Mr. Brooks' had large placards printed announcing the num ber of his room in the Commonwealth, and saying that'as a candidate for Speaker he would be there to receive his friends. These cards he hung all about the hotel, inside and out Presently C. C. Thompson, of Warren county, and W. E. Bnrdick, of McKean county, flung similar cards to the breeze in the Lochiel Hotel, cordially inviting the people of Pennsylvania in general, and members of the Legislature in particular, to their respective rooms. Mr. Brooks dared the lions in their dens, and tacked up his placards in the Lochiel Hotel. Then Messrs. Thompson and Bnrdick invaded Brooks' hotel the Commonwealth with their posters. Paved With Printers' Ink. Brooks saw them one better, and nailed his colors to tree after tree along the cele brated board walk In Capital Park. He literally paved his way in printers' ink to the doors of the State House. When the friends of other candidates saw this, they. nailed Thompstn placards, and Bnrdick placards to the tree between those held by Brooks. In the absence of live Legislative voters to nail, every candidate began to nail trees. It helped to kill time, and soon Capi tal Hill was white' with Speakership' pla cards. By to-morrow evening, however, the can- didates hope to have better material to nail. More members will be on hand, and by Sunday evening the contest will be more clearly defined. F. W. Hayes, of Venango county, one of the candidates for Speaker, withdrew this evening. He had the back ing of the members in both Venango and Crawford counties, and these most probably will go to Thompson now. Jesse M.Baker.of Delaware county, developed unexpected strength during the evening. Congressman-elect John D. Bobinsan is here work ing hard for Baker. After the Farmer Vote. Both Baker and Thompson are pulling hard for the farmer vote. Their friends say that the .key to the situation will be the Chairmanship of the cancus Monday night. If the country representatives elect the Chairman over the heads of the city mem bers, they predict that either Baker or Thompson will be elected Speaker. Mr. Taggart, of Montgomery county, who is a high officer in the State Grange, is here working in the Interests ofThompson. This fact gives color to the above rumor. At, any rate, it indicates to some extent the in-' jtKyiucjion ojthe,farmerjnovement into.thjs session cTtheL'egisIafnre."' " "" ' Brooks, of Philadelphia, over whose can didacy there has been the most noise, is in a peculiar situation. He has fewer votes to work for to elect him, and yet he seems to be making no progress. Sixty-two votes are necessary to elect, and with the Philadel phia delegation pledged for him, he needs but 29 votes more. He is handicapped, geographically. Country members are op posing him because Philadelphia has had the Speakership twice in snecession al ready, and because Philadelphia this year is trying to grab so many of the subordinate positions in addition to the Speakership. Another Handicap for Brooks. Jesse M. Baker, being from Philadel phia's adjoining county, and pulling up so strong in the start, also handicaps Brooks. Heretofore candidates so fortnnate as to get a nnanimous indorsement at Philadelphia's hands have had a prestige from that very fact But Philadelphia's indorsement in this instance seems to carry no prestige. Nevertheless, Brooks said to-night that he felt confident of winning. The Phila- delphians will arrive Snnday. They were expected to arrive to-night, but failed to come for some reason. Baker says Senator Quay said in his presence that it would be bad for the Bepublican party to elect the Speaker from Philadelphia this year. Baker therefore thinks that Brooks is misrepre senting things when he claims Senator Quay's supnort Mr. Burdick. of McKean county, is sur rounded by several members from his sec tion, chief among them Mr, Griffith, of Bradford. They claim the votes of members in McKean, Potter, Cameron and Tioga counties, and possibly two in Butler county. They Will Stand Together. The proximity of the two counties of Candidates Burdick and Thompson argues ill also for Mr. Brooks, because one will be snre to support the other as a Northwestern candidate when a stampede occurs after the initial ballots. The gentleman of Verona, S. E. Stewart, of Allegheny county, had not yet arrived at 11 o'clock to-night Neither had Mr. Fin -ley, of Washington county, nor Capp, of ljeDanon. do tne aetaus oi tneir scanvass are not known here yet From the present outlook, Mr. Stewart would have as much chance as anybody if he could command the votes of the Al legheny connty delegation. But the fact that the delegation failed to indorse him at their meeting last week is regarded by the Bepresentatives as significant On the whole, a very pretty struggle is devel oping. Each candidate has his friends, and all are grouped together in a curions geo graphical bunching. Stewart, of Alle gheny county, and Finley, of Washington, live close together. Thompson, Bnrdick and Hayes are from the closely connecting counties oi warren, Jicu.eau and Venango. Harmony Among the Candidates."' In the East Brooks, of Philadelphia; Baker, of Delaware, and Capp, of Lebanon, crowd each other. But, in spite of these close quarters, there is no quarreling. Put all the candidates in a barrel and shake them up together and they would not get into each others' hair. Harmony exists with a line underneath for emphasis. Gossip about subordinate positions is rife. Editor Smiley, of Venango county, has no opposition for, the Chief Clerkship of the Senate. He is experienced and popular. So is Chief Clerk Morrison, of Pitts burg, in the House, who will be re-elected. Herman P. Miller, is the strongest candidate for Captain Delaney's vacated position Senate Librarian. J. N. Carson, of Butler, Captain Beid, of Mifflin, and J. H. Hnddell, of Delaware, are all candidates for Beading Clerk in the Senate. In the House the same position will prob ably be filled by Mr. Baker, of Mercer county. Clarence Seller, the genial page to the Speaker of the House, will, of course, be reappointed. For Sergeant-at-Arms in either Honse to-morrow's developments must be awaited. L. E. Stofiel. THEY FAILED TO HAB1I0NIZ2. South Dakota Independents and Democrats Fail to Agree. Huron, S. D., Jan,- 2. About 40- Inde- -C -jr-ijf f .' - f pendent and Democratic members' of the Legislature attended a joint conference this afternoon. There was nothing accomplished that will aid either party in securing the United States Senatorship. Some Independents expressed the belief that the meeting was a scheme in the in terests of the Democrats and would not enter the conference, bnt continued their journey to Pierre. The Democrats believe they are entitled to the Senator. The In dependents, who largely ontnnmber the Democrats, want the Senator and the best part of the House offices, and on thi3 point they failed to harmonize. LOOKS LIKE BROOKS. THAT IS WHAT SENATOR QUAY THINKS ABOUT THE SITUATION. He Believes the Pb"dclphlan Will Tie the Next Speaker- -OFliy Ho Should? Prove a Winy -ator Says .He Has No Prefereii t rSPBCLAL TZLEOBAX lOttOf & y " s."1'' i - THE SITUATION AT HARRISBURO. was a busy man to-day.' OM00KtmtuJm . down twn M,l, ?; tn. Av && lJ& W .b?Udl?! l ?" the "g OB PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-Hify0 X. ,- cr most of his time in conference with irith tu.tautlv. junior 'Senator. He was joined shortlv nlterward by Collector Cooperand Hamilton Disston, and the quartet held a lengthy con clave. A delegation ot Eighth ward citi zens called on Mr. Quay, with the view of having him use his endeavors to have Bromley Wharton appointed Magistrate to succed the late Bobert B. Smith. The Senator said: "Gentlemen, I will keep my hands off. It is a matter that shonld be fixed up among the citizens of the ward; but let me suggest that all factions concentrate their efforts on one man, be cause if there is not harmony the office is liable to slip from your hands and go to some other ward." Mr. Quay wes questioned regarding politi cal affairs at Harrisburj and Washington, and in reply said: "I have been spending a little time at my home in Beaver and have not kept myself thoronghly posted as to what is going on at Harrisburg and Wash ington." "(Who do you think will be the next Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives?" "I think it will be Brooks, but I am not thoroughly acquainted with the situation; consequently I cannot say anything about it" "Have yon any preference?" "Tne Candidates for Speaker are all my friends and I am not concerning myself about, the matter. From what I can under stand howeverritlooksr-as tbongb-Mr. Brooks will he the' winner, because he is backed by the solid Philadelphia delegation, and he ought to be able to win with that in his favor. It may be that the country mem bers will unite against him, and if that should be the case, they could defeat him. I regard his chances as the best of any of the candidates who have been mentioned so far." Senator Quay, escorted by a large, number of the local leaders, left the Continental about 3:20 o'clock for Washington, and in reply to a question as to when he would be back again replied : "Ask me something easier." JOAQUIN MILLER'S great story "The City In the Desert," begins exclusively in THE DISPATCH to-morrow morning. The great social problem pat ia a novel way. Read the opening chapters. MANY BAHEBUFT RAILROADS. The Number of Roads Sold, 29; Number of Receivers Appointed, 20. Chicago, Jan. 2. The forthcoming num ber of the Railway Age, which will be issued to-morrow, will contain a review of the foreelosnre sales and receiverships for 1890. During the year 29 roads were sold under- foreclosure. The greatest of these was the St Louis, Arkansas and Texas, with over 1.200. miles of line, and representing nearly $58,000,000 igdonds and stoctcs. JNext in importance was the Ohio, Indiana and Western, with 311 miles and about (24,000,000 of securities. Next in order come the St Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita, the Chicago and Atlantic, the Honston and West Texas, and the Scioto Valley. The 29 companies combined represent 3,825 miles of road and about 5183,500,000 ot funded debt and capital stocks. The number of railways that have gone into the hands of receivers during the year is 2G, representing nearly 3,000 miles of lines and over 5105, 000,000 of securities. ELECTRIC RAILROADS defy winter's snow and ice. THE DISPATCH to-morrow will contain a resume of the experiences daring the recent stormy weather. A BAILE0AD BLOCKADE BROKE!. A Number of Trains and Their Passengers In Kansas Released. Kansas Cur, Jan. 2. The last of the belated passenger trains stalled on the Kan sas prairie in yesterday's snow storm did not reach the Union depot until 5 o'clock this afternoon. It was the Santa Fe train from the Southwest The Burlington and Mis souri Pacific trains, which were stalled near Atchison last night, on the prairies, were reached by the relief trains early this morn ing. The passengers had experienced no in convenience beyond an unbroken fast from yesterday noon. The trains were dug out from the hnge drifts, and arrived here a little before noon. All the snow-bound trains hare now been accounted for, excepting 'one the Missouri Pacific from Pueblo. Nothing has been heard of it at the Union depot The officials say it was probably abandoned at Pueblo, and was not sent out at all. All the roads in Kansas have been cleared, and traffic was resumed on regular schedule time this even ing. PRESIDENT CABLE'S DENIAL. Ho Said the Rock Island Had Not Ejected the Union Pacific. Chicago, Jan. 2. The report that the Bock Island Company had given notice to the Union Pacific that it must discontinue the use of the Bock Island's tracks from Beatrice south, is denied by President Cable. That official said to-day that his road had not yet commenced operations under the contract No notice of any kind had yet been given by him to the Union Pacific. If the latter road had discontinued the use of the Bock Island tracks, it had done so of its own accoruf J! 1 Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOB SALES. ETJC., FOR TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be handed id at the inarn advertislne office of The Dispatch, corner Smlthfleld and Diamond streets, np to midnight: THREE CENTS. FLAMES AT MIDMGBT .. .-- i Cat a Wide Swath in tho Tery Heart of the Metropolis. TWO BIG THEATERS DESTROYED, t - Tne Stnrtevant House Ablaze and tna Fira Still Spreading. A WATCHMAN EESCDES A CONSCMPTIYB fSPZCIAZ. TXLEQKAK TO THE DISPATCn.1 Netv York, Jan. 3. Miner's Fifth Ave nue Theater; "at Twenty-eighth street and Broadway, went up in smoke early this morniiig-, and af this writing the entire block' on Broadway is threatened. Herr mann's Theater, adjoining, is burning, and some of the upper corners of the Stnrtevant Honse, across 'Broadway, were ablaze. Tho guests have got out of bed and are swarming on the first floors. Broadway is alive with crowds of excited people and the windows of the Gilsey, the St James and the Coleman House are filled with people. The fire in the theater broke out under a stairway in the rear under the stage about 15 minutes after the curtain had gone down on "Cleopatra." Mr. Miner himself had gone home. He was recalled and saw the place burn down. The fire was discovered by Watchman Daniel Finn. Only Two-Actors in the Building. There were" then only two other people in the building, two actors wh'o were putting on therf Street dress. It was thought at first thatthefire would be confined to the place ,ua .. uuiuaKU, UUI ik 1UICW ii&way through the floor of the auditorium and the stage. It drove into the street the firemen who had come to the first alarms, and the blaze roared through the "buildieg and through tne root, sending a tremendous volume ot smoke and timbers away up in the skv. The T" roauwav. seuin? tne latter on tir in. The cornices of the Stnrtevant Housa caught, and at 1:05 o'clock the upper win dows of the roof of the hotel and the cor-' nices of- the roof were all ablaze. A strong northwesterly wind carried the'flaming mes sengers inrther down Broadway, setting fire to more awnings and window copings. The Property Loss Very Heavy. Miner'3 Theater and its appendages run through the entire block, from Twenty eitrhth to Twenty-ninth streets. Herrmann's new theater, 'which was recently refitted at a cost of $50,000, backs up against it and was also destroyed, and the office buildings and stores on the Broadway front on the block will also probably go. Special calls were continuously summoning more engines. Mr. Miner said that his loss would prob ably be $100,000, including the cost of the properties of "Cleopatra," which he esti mates at $47,000. The theater buildings themselves are estimated to be worth $250, 000, and they are f ally insured. The Gilsey estate owns tbem. While the fUmes were bursting through the roof of the first theater there were halt a dozen explosions which blew out the win dows of the Twenty-eighth street front Mr. Miber attributed them to the calcium light cylinders, but they were probably due to back drafts. The Stnrtevant front covers nearly the entire block on the east side of Broadway. At 1:15 the whole top .floor of tlie-Jnttel-appesred to be afire. li was abauM873 that the Fifth Avenue Theater was opened by Mr. Daly, Who a fiw weeks earlier was burned out of a house bearing the same name on the site of the present Madison Square Theater in Twenty fourth street Collapse of the Stortavant Roof. It is said that one ot the guests at the hotel who was anxious to see the fire was driven from the window bv the sparks and left a window open. The fireman had trouble in fighting the Stnrtevant Honse fire because all their long ladders were in use at the two theatre fires across the street The jam on Broadway is tremendous. The firemen's approach stopped the Sixth avenne elevated trains. The gnests of the Stnrtevant House many of them had set out at 150 a. ji. in search of new lodgings for the night The windows of' other hotelsi bearing upon the scene were inll of faces, and the Gilsey and Coleman houses received most of the Sturte vant's burned-out tenants. The Coleman is ' a block below the scene of the fire and the Gilsey is a block above. At mo A. M. part of the roof of the Stnrtevant Honse caved in and flames burst out John Callaghan, the watchman, had long ago roused all the guests on the differ ent floors and got them all downstairs safely.. He carried down a man named Beilly, siefcj with consumption. , NEW FEATURES for the first Sunday issae of the New If ear in to-morrow's t.i. moth DISPATCH. EEAN'S ASSIGNEE WILL SETTLE. If Salts Are Dropped Creditors Will Get SO Cents on the Dollar. Chicago, Jan. 2. This evening Attor ney Mayer, representing the creditors of S. A. Kean & Co., received a rather surprising offer from the assignees of the insolvent banking firm. The offer was that the cred itors be paid 35 cents in cash by February 1 and later 15 cents, making the settlement, aside from secured claims, an 'even 50 cents on the dollar. This proposition is on con-' dition that Mr. Mayer agrees to drop all legal proceedings. "That is what I have been holding ont for all the time," said Mr. Mayer to a reporter, "and I am satisfied and shall accept it,"al though I cannot say anything about th'e criminal proceedings against Mr. Kean. X have no interest in that side of th-case" Mr. Mayer said he would notundertake to say how the assignees could pay 35 cents, when by their statements they had declared that a dividend of not more than 5'per cent could be realized at once. He left the im pression, however, that Mr. Kean's friends have come to the reseae and are making this offer through the assignees. antlciDatintr that the creditors' supposed thirst to have Mr. " Kean sent to the penitentiary will be satis fied when -it is plain that the dividends squeezed, out are greater than apparently could have possibly been hoped for. The liabilities of Kean & Co. are approximately $1,500,000, of which three-fifths is secured. THE ADMISSION OF WOMEN. Returns From the Methodist Vote Largely In IU Favor. nrplCIAt. TZLIOSAK TO THE BUrATCS.1 New York, Jan. 2. Betnrns -from the . recent general vote of the M. E. Church oa the proposed change of constitution, to ad mit women delegates to the General Confer ence, have been received by the secretary from 337 districts, representing 1,531,63 members. The total vote thus far is 291,314. Of these iKs.zoi are in lavor oi, ana 10833 opposed to the admission of'women delegates. Be tnrns are yet to be received from 153 dfa tricts with.a membership of 532,813. These districts are mostly in the South aad foreign mission fields. The vote In Japan was in favor of the constitutional change. '- WANTS of all kinds are quickly answered through THE BISPATCH. Investors, arti sans, bargain hunters, buyers aad ieUerrs';' closely scan Its Classified yrrrtlsln r CeU Atuiua, Airgcai vircuiauoB f
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