?3w ' ;-w v CLASalTTJED ADTEKTSSEMENTS BRING rKOMPT ANSA ERS. TTTE XISIJVTCII R1LVCBXS MASTERS AND MES. FORTY-FIFTH YEAH. Ml END TQSUIMBER Unless the Senate Comes to a Vote on the Federal Elections Bill. SENATOR HOAR'S LAST HOPE He Will Make an Effort to Hold a Continuous Session Until a Decision Is Reached. THE CHANCES OP SUCCESS SMALL. Speakar Heed Xot Expected to Us9 His Tower to Block the Pathway to Free Coinaje of Silver. A COHTEOHISE SOW HAKDLI POSSIBLE. Ill Rtdinls Seem hi Be in the Mijo nty in the Erase, ixd the Measure Till Frolally Qo to the President. TE07ESTS BADE AGMNST 8ALISBtIEr8 HOVE :ppeciai. txlxgkam to the dibfjltcb.1 Washington, Jan. 15. Again the elec tions bill is the vexing issue in the Senate, and, as before, the finance bill shoved it aside, has the effect of emptying the floor and the galleries alike. This time Mr. Hoar declares he will give no excuse to the op ponents of the bill for putting aside, at least until it becomes evident that the Democratic policy is one of obstruction only. His programme is to attempt to iorce a continuous sitting, beginning with to morrow, let the Democrats do all the talking and tire themselves out. Then, if they persist in mere obstruction, to induce the presiding officer to adopt a radical method of forcine a vote on the bill by refusing to recognize a Democrat to make any motion, recognize a Republican to move a final vote on the bill, and, if a quorum of Republicans can be had, push the measure to its passage or defeat. Hopes of Success Xot Bright. The prevailing opinion is, however, that the continuous session experiment will be a failure, that the Senate will again find it self dragging along and wasting time, and that some Senators will move to lay the bill aside for one of the labor bills, or the ap portionmentor appropriation bills, and that such a motion will be adopted. A second bacLset will be the sure death of the bill. Mr. Hoar knows this and will fight his heaviest to lorce it to a final vote before the Senate grows so restive as to determine to lay it aside. Speaker Heed has been giving much earnest thought daring the past day or two to the subject of silver legislation, and it islearned on reliable authority that he lias decided to do what he can to further the passage by the House of the bill passed by the Senate to-day. He will not rise his power as fapeaser to put a single straw in the way of a prompt passage of tne bill. In fact, Mr. Beed intends to convert his friendship for the silver bill into the means of securing support for the force bill, which he sincerely believes will be cent over from the Senate some time in the near future. He emects that the 'Western silver men will be willing to stand firm for the force bill if the silver bill is first allowed to pass. In the Hands of the Coinage Committee. The latter measure is now in the bands of tlie Coinage Committee, and upon it de pends the question whether the simnle free coinage proposition of the Senate shall be reported or whether a compromise measure will be framed. It is the general opinion oi members of all shades ot belief that the committee will recognize the demand of a large majority of the House and favor a free coinage proposition. There are 13 members ol the Coinage Com Mittec, as follows: Messrs. Wickham, Ohio; Walker, Massachusetts; Carter, Montana; Comslock, Minnesota; Bartine, Nevada; Knapp, New York; Taylor. Illinois, all Re publicans, and Bland, of Missouri; Tracey, Iew York; " illcox, Connecticut; "Will iams, Illinois; Joseph, New Mexico, and "Vaux, Pennsylvania, Democrats. Of this number, five, Messrs. Carter, Bar tine. Bland, "Williams and Joseph, are free coinage men. Seven, Messrs. Willcox, "Vjux, Tracey, Taylor, Knapp, Ctmstock and Walker are put down as anti-silver men, while one, Mr. Wickham, and Chair man of the committee, is considered as a doubttul quantuv. Reed Behees That It "Will Go Through There is really a vacancy in the commit tee, caused by the resignation of the old Chairman, Mr. Conger, now Minister to Brazil, and the Speaker mayor may not fill it Mr. Conger was in favor of a com promise measure last session, but Mr. Beed can, if he sees fit, appoint an out-and-out tilver man to the vacancy. The Speaker is reported to have told a friend to-day that tue Senate bill would certainly be reported promptly from the committee in some shape, and added his private opinion that a free coinace measure would be the result of the action of the House. The Senators, wearied by the fatigue and excitement of yesterday's work, were slow in making their appearance this morning, and were disinclined to talk much about the proceedings. Their views, in fact, had been pretty thorouchly expressed in public of late, they said, and they had little or noth ing to add. From the general tenor ot con versation among the silver majority, how ever, it was apparent that they regard their victory as iberely due to the force of an irre sistible popular demand, which they believe will make itself felt in a similar manner in the House and ultimately in the Executive mansion. Slay Head Off More Radical Schemes. The morCjcautious and conservative friends of silver are inclined to think that (lip action of yesterday will prove to have ' K-en a fortunate thing for the country. It may serve to satisfy the strong cravine of tiie West and South for financial relief, and thus prevent recourse to more extreme measures in the way ot cub-Treasury schemes and fiat money, and which are meditated so seriously by the Farmers' Alliance. In this view of the matter, had the Senate voted against free coinage yesterday, the next Congress might have undertaken and possibly consummated some legislation of a much more dubious character. The defeated party takes the matter calmly but rather gloomily. The authors and promoters of the original bill are somewhat nettled at the ruthless manner in which their production was torn into pieces, bit by bit, and finally thrown into the waste basket altogether, but they recognize the logic of numbers and console themselves with the reflection that "time will show," and the hope that there will be a rebound ot popular sentiment on the ques tion in the course ol time. Bather a Good Thing for Grover. The friends of Mr. Cleveland are not dis pleased that the free coinage issue has been forced so promptly, and they hope that it may be disposed of entirely before the cam paign of 1892, so as to relieve them and their favorite candidate from the embarrass ment which they must otherwise experience on account of Mr. Cleveland's having com mitted himself to a support of the at present unpopular side of the silver question. With the free coinage settled and out of the way before 1892, tbey argue, the main obstacle to the ex-President's renomination will be removed. There will not be a meeting of the Coin age Committee until next "Wednesday. At the meeting held yesterday it was ascer tained that a comparatively full attendance could not be obtained earlier than "Wednes day, and when an adjournment for a week was taken it was with the understanding that an attempt to reach a decisive vote will not be made on that day, though it is pro posed that almost daily meetings shall be held thereafter until a final conclusion is reached. The Estimate of a Republican. Mr. Bartine, of Nevada, one of the out spoken Eepublican advocates of free coin age on the committee, said to-day that he was confident of getting a silver bill back to the House It might be necessary to report back some compromise measure; but the sil ver men would not tie themselves so' that they could not move amendments in the House. He thoughtthe sentimejit"foward silver had grown much morefsvorable than it was last' session, andthat a cood many Republicans werejurtT inclined to under-rate the influencesilver had on the recent elec tions. "What President Harrison will do when the measure reaches the "White House, as now seems probable, no one cares to predict Tbe general impression, however, is that he will not have sufficient nerve to write a veto message. ARGUMENT OF EVARTS IN PAYOR OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL. A Special Attack Made Upon the New Con stitution of Mississippi Southern Mem bers Respond to the Attack Some of Their Questions Dodged. Washington; Jan. 16. When the force bill was taken up in the Senate to-day Mr. Evarts spoke in advocacy of it. He said that the Constitution and the laws in pursuance of it would be, sooner or later, maintained. There could be no middle ground between obedience and resistance to law. One or the other would have to go to the wall. He proceeded to discuss what he termed the "Mississippi method," which had been planned to prevent the free exercise of suffrage and which, he said, hadbee. adopted in the Gulf States, and he declared that in that predicament that those States were non suffrage States. Tbe lawk of those States were silent before some power or other that paralyzed their execution. The freedom of suffrage bad been thwarted and controlled by some methods which were not according to law either of the States or of the United States. Mr. Evarts sent to the clerk's desk and had read an extract from a speech made by Judge J. B. Chrismau, in tbe Mississippi Constitutional Convention last September, denouncing tbe election 'methods as carried on in that State. That speech, he said, showed that there was in Mississippi a prevalence of subversion of law. The new Constitution of Mississippi, he understood, provided that elections for the lower branch of the Legislature should be held only once in lour years thus accustoming voters to the disuse of suffrage. "What Democratic communitv in the North would submit to that? Mr. Morgan asked whether the Repub lican party had not abolished suffrage, both of blacks and whites, in the District of Columbia, so as to prevent the destruction of property interests in the District. Mr. Evarts declined to discuss the sub ject. He was discussing the Mississippi plan. "But tbe two cases are parallel," said Mr. Morgan. "That may be," was Mr. Evarts reply, "but I am not discussing parallel case." "I would like to ask the Senator," said Mr. "Walthall, "whether he denies to the people of Mississippi the right (if they have the power under the Constitution of the "United States) to protect themselves in that mode against negro rule." Mr. Evarts did not reply directly; but went on to speak of arbitrary apportion ment in Mississippi. The colloquy between the two Senators continued at length and finally Mr. Evarts went on to contrast tbe number of votes for representatives in Con gress in New York and the New England States with the votes in the Gulf States, where, he said, there was nothing but a dessi cated suffrage, without life or circulation. Mr. Evarts spoke for 3 hours and 45 min utes. SILVER POOL INVESTIGATION. A Committee Appointed 'at Last to Inquire Into the Matter. "Washington, Jan. 15. The Speaker announced the appointment of the following committee to investigate tbe silver pool question: Messrs. Dingley, Payne, Rowell, Dockery and Oates. Mr. Dockerysaid that three weeks ago he had asked the Speaker lo appoint a special committee and had told him he felt free to do so, as he could not ac cept service on the committe, inasmuch as it was alleged that a Democratic Represen tative on this floor was -interested in the sil ver pool. He made a similar statement to the Speaker yesterday. Therefore, with great respect to the Speaker, he asked to be excused. The Speaker gave hearty corroboration stating, however, that he had not under stood the gentleman to decline on account of any personal feeling. Mr. Dockery having been exensed, the Speaker appointed Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, to fill the vacancy. TO FORFEIT THEIR CHARTERS. A BUI That "Would Make Several Govern ment Railroads. "Washington, Jan. 15. Senator Mc Connell to-day introduced a bill to provide for a settlement between the United States and the Central and Union Pacific and cer tain other railway corporations, which hare received bonds from the Government to aid type in the construction of their roads. The bill directs the Attorney General to commence proceedings "of condemnation against these corporations, and authorizes the President to detail three army officers as a board of appraisers to fix the value of all property belonging to these roads. The Attorney General is also to institute proceedings against all the companies to forfeit their charters and other privileges conferred by the Government. The Secretary of the Treasury is to have prepared legal tender notes, to tbe amount of 5250,000,000, to be disposed of to pay off at their par value when due the bonds of the corporations. The Secretary 'of the Interior is authorized to advertise within 30 days of the investure of the property for the lease for 50 years of all the railways, no bid to be considered for an annual rental of less than $5,000,000. A FIGHT AVERTED. Ex-Senator Hill's Nomination "Will Xot Be Returned to Harrison. rrraciAi. telegram to thx disfatch.i Washington, Jan. 15. President Har rison will escape the threatened fight against him in the Senate on the appointment of a monetary commissioner. This afternoon a telegram was sent to Colorado, which shows that it was thought wise not to send ex Senator Hill's nomination back to the Pres ident It was addressed to Governor Routt, and read ic part: Telegram"' signed bv yourself. Carpenter, Cody, Helm, Meara. Whitely, McUreery, Lon doner, Elliott and others, urging acquiescence in ex-Senator Hill's nomination as monetary commissioner, bas been duly received. Mr. Hill's nomination was intended and is every where recognized here as an affront to tbe .Colorado Senators for tbeir course respecting silver and other legislation. Under these cir cumstances his rejection is certain if opposed br both or either of tbe Colorado Senators. His conduct In tbe past and the uncalled-for attacks be bas made In bis journal upon almost every reputable citizen in our party who has differed with him, would fully justify ns in pro curing his rejection, bnt whatever may be our personal and political differences, we have con cluded to reqnest his confirmation, which will take place in due course. In taking this posi tion we are animated by the desire to further tbe truest interest of Colorado. We now call oa you and all the signers of the telegram we have received oa the xubject, to join at once in an earnest and united effort to reconcile the unhappy differences among the members of the Colorado House of Representatives. We do not dare to speak ot the merits or demerits of the controversy. Concessions, if demanded, should be made at once by eithor or both sides. H. M. Teller, Edwabd O. Wolcott. PROTESTS FROM DEMOCRATS Acalnst Taking the Bering Sea Dispute Into the Snpremo Court. FEOM A STAFF COBBXSFOXPEXT.l Washington, Jan. 15. It is looked upon as very peculiar that it should be left for a Democrat, both in the House and Sen ate, to introduce resolutions deprecating the action of the British Government in appeal ing to the Supreme Court of the United States to pass upon the right of Canadian vessels to take seals in the Bering Sea while diplomatic negotiation! are pending. The resolutions offered by Mr. Enloe.of Tennessee, in tbe House yesterday, and in the Senate to-day by Mr. Morgan of Ala bama, are similar in tenor, both in effect de claring that the action of Great Britain is unprecedented and a grave affront It is possible that in open debate a great deal of anti-British sentiment may be heard, but certainly the general expression of senti ment has been favorable to action by the Supreme Court It is thought to be quite curious, bowever, that tbe Republicans did not get ahead of the Democrats in the bid for the Irish vote contained in the Ealoe Morgan resolution. -THE IMMIGRATION BILL. A Modified Measure Reported to the House hythe Committee. Washington, Jan. 15. The Immigra tion Committee late to-day agreed upon the immigration bill and reported it the House. The bill is considerably modified from the measure heretofore decided on by a majority of the committee, the modification being in the direction of greater leniency toward im migration. Mr. Lehlbach was opposed fo reporting any measure as stringent as had first been proposed. Instructions on Pickled Vegetables. Washington, Jan. 15. The Surveyors of Customs at St Louis and Pittsburg have been instructed to classify vegetables, such as pickles, cauliflower, etc, imported in salt or brine, under tbe provision for pre served vegetables, tbe same as is now done at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. AN INSANE SKULKER IS CAUGHT HANGING AROUND GROVER CLEVELAND'S HOUSE. He Announces His Intention of Getting Even With the Ex-President Rumor of Attempted Assassination Set Afloat The Crank Taken Into Custody. IgFECIAI. TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yoek, Jan. 15. A rumor that an attempt had been made to assassinate ex President Cleveland spread over the lower part of the city this afternoon, together with the statement that the would-be assassin had been arrested and sent to Belleyue Hospital for examination as to his insanity. On Wednesday afternoon a citizen walking up Madison avenue saw a man acting in an un usual manner in front of Mr. Cleveland's house. It was not far from 4 o'clock, and the citizen called the attention of Policeman Gannon to the matter. Gannon walked around that way and then the man, seeing a policeman, started down the avenue. The policeman Tollowed him through Sixtv-sixth street to Fifth avenue and on towa'rd the wall of Central Park: Here he started to remove his clothes. The policeman made him desist and asked him what he was doing. He replied: "I was trying to see a friend of mine round in Madison avenue." "Who's your friend there?" "Why, don't you know? He's at 816. It's Grover Cleveland, but don't say any thing about; don't let anybody know of it" Then, with a confidential air, the man continued: "But he's no good now. I'm laying lor him, and if I get a chance I'll get even with him." He was taken to the station on Sixty-seventh street, and talked so incoherently that be was sent to Bellevue Hospital. He grew violent, and it took three men to keep him from rushing out of the car. On the way to the hospital he couldn't give any satisfac tory account of himself. Dr. Douglas, who examined him at Bellevue, said to-night that he was clearly insane", and had been much excited all day, trying very often to tear his clothes off. ALLEN & CO. WILL CLOSE. The Liabilities of the Big Bucket Firm Will he S500.000. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 15. Allen & Co., bucket shop brokers, have decided to Close their business. About 20 country corre spondents arrived this morning, attracted by the report that the firm was in difficulties. Others came in this aiternoon. Mr. Allen said tbis afternoon: "If I had been let alone everything would have come out all right As it If, 1 am compelled to close. Tne losses will aggregate tuny &W,-000." iJJlmra R PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, PK0UD IN DEFEAT. The Hostile Sioux March in Triumph Into Pine Eidge Agency. ASTONISHING SHOW OF STRENGTH. Thousands of tbe eds Bow in Submission tot General Miles. DELIVERING DP WORTHLESS ARMS rgr.ECI.lI. TXLXORAK TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Fine Ridge Agency, S. D., Jan. 15.--There was a heavy fog over Pine Ridge thij, morning, and the north wind, which swept buiuuu hue taviucB, was inucu wim uuw.. snow. J-fle sun was not visiDie until laiej in the day. The fog began to lift shortly after 8 o'clock, revealing the late hostile Indian camp in motion. The promises of the chiefs to General Miles at the counc.il to-day were being fulfilled. The famous leaders and their people were coming to the agency as the next step to a formal and un conditional surrender. , It was a strange spectacle. General Miles told the chiefs that the camp should be pitched to-day on the north bank of White Clay creek, extending almost from tbe tepees of the friendly camp on the opposite bank to Red Cloud's house. This camping ground lies at the base of the low brown buttes, and in a narrow strip nearly two miles long. It was also selected by General Miles because every foot of it can be reached by the guns from the breastworks at the agency. The march of the bostiles was from the wooded ravine north of the agency, where they have been in camp for tbe past two days, around the base of Horse shoe butte, thence into the valley, and final ly past old Red Cloud's house in a straight line 1,000 yards further south. Showing Their Strength and Pride. The soldiers stood on the knoll near the schoolhouse, watching the strange proces sion through their glasses. It was 8 o'clock when the head of the line passed in front of the agency. It was composed of warriors, who drove hubdreds of ponies in bunches. Then came wagou after wagon driven by squaws, and filled with tepee poles and camp equipage. Dogs scampered by the hundreds about the vehicles, and ponies trotting alongside without bridle or saddle were almost as numerous. These were the spoils of two months' raid ing along White river. The Indians were practically prisoners, but tbey were deter mined to show Pine Ridge their strength and savage pride, if it was the last thing they did. Within an hour the trail leading from the point opposite the Inendly camp to the old village of the hostiles was filled with wagons, ponies and docs. The proces sion was four miles long. Tbe hostiles marched without any noise. All that could be heard from the moving column was the jingling bells on some of the horses. Guarding Against a Surprise. ' While the line was passing in full review before the soldiers, the Indians suddenly threw out a long "line of Brule footmen, who marched like skirmishers along the side oi buttes, 300 feet above the moving column of wagons. Then came the Brule horsemen, mounted on splendid ponies, and followed by braves on foot There must have been 300 of them. Justin front of the agency tbe long line of warriors on foot squatted on the ground, while tbe Brule horsemen, riding with striking grace,r.gl. loped on aheadV . ".' Their trail led high up on the sides of the' buttes, which were flecked with know, or cloaked in places by rising fog. The In dians chose this old and abandoned trail in order to protect the main body of the pro cession several hundred feet below, in case of an attack, and also to show the military that, while tbey were prisoners in a circle of bayonettes, tbey were still haughty and uncrushed. Within two hours after the procession started tbe buttes southwest of the agency were black with ponies, while along the valley, north of Frozen creek, the yellow-topped tepees were as thick as clothespins in a box. A Line of 5,000 Indians. There can be no doubt that the military was astounded at the strength of the enemy. There had been reports that not more than 3,500 souls all told were in the hostile camp. The procession to-day showed, however, that there were T32 lodges and upward of 5,000 Indians. There are now encamped at the agency over one-third of the great Sioux nation. A careful estimate places their number at 11,000, including nearly 3000 warriors. Troops forming tbe cordon are coming into the agency every hour. Before sun down there was a trooper for every red war rior, and machine guns enough to blow the Sioux camp over the tops ot the buttes and into the Cheyenne river. This will be the last creat gathering of Sioux, for when this war is over they will be split up into bands and will be fed at sub-agencies. The Central agency will likely be established on a line between Pine Ridge and Rosebud. The disarmament of the Sioux now here has already begun. It promises to be a farce. The friendly Ogallallas are the first to sur render their arms, Big Road's band having consented to have their rifles taken and tagged by Agent Pierce. Turning in Antique Guns. But it is noticeable that the guns that even these so-called friendless turn-over are of antique pattern. There are no new im proved Winchesters or Spriugfields. They jfre held by the Indians, bnt tbe Govern ment is welcome to tbe worn-out shotguns and rifles that would shoot around corners. Big Road gave up nine old Spencer car bines to-day, and he promised to send a wagon load to the Agency buildings before night borne of the weapons were loaded to the muzzle with slugs. About noon Kicking Bear stalked into General Miles' headquarters. He wore a blanket Tbe first thing he did was to hand over an old muzzle-loading Springfield rifle, which had been converted into a breech loader and then sawed off so as to make it lopk like a carbine. He told General Miles that his heart was good; that he had grown some years within tbe past three weeks, and that in luture he would be "a good man. He also said that he had given up the ghost dances. As an evidence of good faith he flung his old, worn-out and strangely pat terned weapon down upon the desk at which General Miles was sitting. Then he wrapped a blanket about himself and stalked out of the room. As he left the grounds he laugh ingly said that he had nine more rifles. Miles WW Be Chief. Itis expected that the surrender of arms will go on all day without any dramatic ef fects. Under the conditions of the surren der the Indians are to give their guns to their chiefs, who are to bring them to Agent Pierce. It is certain, however, that tbe best weapons will be cached, and that the guns the Government will get will be fit only to go to the junk shop. The other conditions of surrender are that there is to be but one chief, and his name is General Nel son S. Miles, whose commands must be promptly -obeyed in future, and that all children of tbe Sioux must be enrolled on the roster oi the industrial schools. Lieutenant Mann, of tbe Seventh Cavalry, who was shot in the groin at Wounded Knee, died at Fort Riley to-day. His death is the thirtieth among the soldiers of this famous regiment It is reported Here to-day that citizens of Nebraska are about to present Colonel Forsyihe, who was relieved or his command because of bis bravery at Wouuded Knee, with t a diamond-bilted sword. It was -charged that Colonel For jvthe wantonlv shot women and children. I but the inquiry which was made into his 16, 1891 conduct showed that in a hand-to-hand en gagement women could not be distinguished from men. INDIANS TO WASHINGTON. MILES TO SEND A DELEGAIIONjTd.E; THE GREAT FATHER. The Action Is Taken "With the Consent of the Government The War Considered by Him. at a Satisfactory End A Guar antee of "Peace. Washington, Jan. 15. General Scho field received a telegram from General Miles this morning, dated at Pine Ridge, January 14, as follows: In order to restore entire confidence among these Indians 1 have found it necessary to send adelegation to Washington to receive the assur ance ot the highest authority of the good inten tion of tbe Government toward them. This will answer a double purpose namely, satisfy tbem, bridge eAer tbe transition period between a war and peace, dispel distrust and hostility and restore confidence. It will also be a guar antee of peace while they are, absent 1 ask that my action may receive the approval of the department by telegraph. Everything is pro gressing satisfactorily, and 1 can see no., reason why perfect peace may not be established. By direction of Secretary Proctor the following reply was wired: Tbe Secretary of War conferred with the President and tbe Secretary of the Interior in regard to your proposal to send a delegation of the Sioux chiefs to Washington, and they ap prove of your recommendation. The Secretary of the Interior has sent an agent to conduct them. It Is desired that the delegation be as small as possible five or six, and not more than ten. If the delegation has already started telegraph at once the number, route and com manding officer. In reply to the telegram sent to Geueral Miles to-day, concerning the time of the de parture of the Indian delegation for Wash ington, General Miles says: "There is no necessity for haste. I do not intend to send a delegation until this matter is entirely set tled here and tbe Indians do as I have di rected, which directions they are now com plying with in every respect. Tbis Indian war I now consider at an end in the most satisfactory manner. A more complete sub mission to the military power has never been made by any Indians. The report that any have escaped is simply not true." AH ANTI-CAMERON MEETING. The Senator Denounced Both" In Speeches and Resolutions. rSTKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB PISFATCH.1 Lancaster, Jan. 15. This afternoon a meeting of Republicans of the Northern district, who are opposed to the re-election of Senator Cameron, was held in Lititz. The attendance was large, and among those present were a number of prominent men. A petition was presented from Penn town ship, signed by every Republican voter, but one, in favor of the anti-Cameron movement Tbe petition from Lititz was 'signed by 75 in favor of deposing Cameron. Speeches were made by Dr. Roebuck, C. S. Kauffman, Captain John R. Bricker and others, denouncing Cameron very bitterly. A series of resolutions were then unanim ously passed. They charge that Senator Cameron has, through his continued absence from bis seat in the Senate and neglect of his duties, shown contemptuous indifference to the welfare of his constituents and obliged the representatives of the great industries of the State to depend upon the courtesy of Senators from other States to procure for them a hearing and to aid in preventing tbe partial, if not total destruction of the great interest threatened by "proposed niodifica--tiona of the MeKinley bill. THE GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED. Clans Sprockets Disgorges 82C.000, Out of Which Uncle Sam Was Cheated. Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Special AfcCht Chance, of the customs service, made an important discovery a few days ago which gave evidence of the existence of a gigantic conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment out of legitirJate revenue. By the merest accident he was made aware of the fact that there was a lowering of the sugar entries of W. Ford Thomas, representing the Clans Spreckels sugar refinery. Collector Cooper at once started an inves tigation in conjunction with Special Treas ury Agent Hanlon. It took but a short time to show that fraudulent entries had been made in tbe'sugar entries, and a casual examination led to the discovery that the Government had been cheated out of almost 525,000. Collector Cooper, with a view of protecting the Government, made an imme diate demand upon C. A. Spreckles for the $20,000, believing that sum would cover tbe extent of the fraud. Mr. Spreckles handed to the Collector a certified check for 'that amount, and this, it is believed, will fully protect the Government The District At torney will at once institute an investiga tion with a view to the prosecution oi the offenders. WITHOUT A PRECEDES!. A Suit to Recover 815,000 on a Romarka V hie Contract. rSFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Boston,! Jan. 15. An action to recover $15,000 on a contract has. been filed in the Superior Court The case is probably with out precedent in any court in the country. The plaintiff is Miss Rispah L. Learned, and the defendants are the executors of the estate of the late millionaire patent medicine manufacturer, Donald Kennedy, of this city, who died in Wash ington two years ago. Twenty-four years ago Miss Learned, then 19 years of age and of striking beauty, came to Boston irom a country town in Central Massachusetts and found employment in Kennedy's big estab lishment Kennedy was struck with her remarkable beauty, and through his finan cial assistance she was placed at the head of a drygoods establishment He also entered into a legal contract to maintain her alto gether. . It was not nntil 1S83, 17 years after he first became acquainted with Miss Learned, that he ceased to contribute to her support After his death Miss Learned discovered that he had cut her off witbout a cent, and she took steps to secure some of the million aire's wealth. CONSULTING ARCHITECT ROOT DEAD. The World's Fair Directory Depended Upon Him for Artistic Success. Chicago, Jan. 15. John W. Root, Con sultine Architect of the World's Fair, died to-night of pneumonia. He had been ill but a short time, and was this morning supposed to be on the way to recovery. Upon Mr. Root largely the World's Fair Directory was depending to make the de sign ot the Exposition bnildings an artistic success. The selection of his successor will be a difficult task. Among the innumerable beautiful structures that are the creation of the dead architect's genius is the "Rookery" in this city, said to be the handsomest office building in the world. LOST WITH ALL OB BOARD. The Owners of a New England Schooner Give Her Up at Last Glotjcesteb, Mass., Jan. 15. The Gloucester schooner, William D. Paisley, before reported overdue, has been given up for lost by her owners, with all on board. She sailed for Fortune B.y November 24, and has not been heard from since. Her crew numbered seven. lATTARY TWr BUmltJi FARWELL IS FALLEN, The Illinois Senatorial Nomination Snatched From His Grasp. EDUCATIONAL BLAIR BEATEN. A New Aspirant Comes to the Front in Hew Hampshire. ISGALLS' CHAKCES WITE THE FARMERS mrlCIAt. TELEdBAM TO TUB DtSrATCIT.! Springfield, III., Jan. 15. The Re publican Senatorial caucus was held to night and Senator Charles B. Farwell was laid upon the shelf, ex-Governor Richard J. Oglesby being nominated on the first ballot This was a great surprise to everybody. It was conceded on all sides that a strong feel ing in favor of Oglesby existed, but it was generally believed that Farwell would be nominated and then dropped after tbe first ballot in joint session. Everyone of the 100 Republicans in the Legislature was present at the caucus and voted, the result being as follows: Ogjesby, 64; Farwell, 34; Gresham, 4, and 2 votes cast for State Senators. The nom ination of Oglesby changes the situation somewhat, Oglesby is a farmer, a real farmer, and this may influence the F. M. B. A. votes in his favor. He is a much more popular man than Farwell ever was, and, therefore, a stronger candidate. In Charge of aSteerlng Committee. A motion by Mr. Berry was adopted to the effect that Republican members of the Senate and House Steering Committees have, ,, , ... . 7 .. - . 4lin nnrnmSrinn T'li fnllATrinm vnonlnrinn Ytr I the committee. The following resolution by Whitehead was adopted unanimously: That tbe nominee of this caucus shall be subject to tbe control of the Steering Com mittee, wbo shall bave full power andautbority to withdraw the name of such nominee when in their judgment the interests of tbe Repub lican party demand sneb action. Senator Wells presided at the Democratio joint caucus to-night He made a speech in which he referred in glowing terms to General Palmer's record, both as a soldier and a private citizen. Speaker Grafts and Senator McDonald made short talks, urgine upon members the necessity of obeying the instructions of the joint steering committee and attending every session of assembly. Democratic Enthusiasm for Palmer. All allusions to Palmer were greeted with cheers. The position was assumed that be having been unanimously nominated by State convention last June, no caucus could add to the strength of this indorsement The fact that F. M. B. A. members have said they will not vote for the caucus nominee of eitber leading parties may Lave had some thing to do with this conclusion. It is a peculiar situation. Two ex-Governors, both the most popular men in their respective parties in tbe State, opposed to each other one, Oglesby, having 100, votes and the other, Palmer, 101 votes, which they can certainly count on, with three F. M. B. A. votes on the fence ready to drop on one side or the other. Palmer, however, has an advantage. He only needs two votes, and there is a strong probability of one or two Republican repre sentatives being unseated in tavor of Demo cratic contestants. The whole business; however, practically depends on the "big three," as the F. M. B. A. members are cal.'td.- They will probably stand by Streeter, tbe ex-United Labor oandldate for President, to begin with, and afterward put their votes where they will do the most good to them selves and their order. Where that will be nobody knows but themselves. The chances are, however, that if Palmer is not elected, a man selected by these men will be. NO FAITH IN INGALLS. KANSAS ALLIANCE LEADERS RIDICULE HIS LAST SPEECH. They Allude to It as Purely a Campaign Document and Contrast It With Fast Actions Flood of Bills In the Kansas Legislature. rsrrci al teliobau to tub DisrATcn.i Topeka, Jan. 15. Quite a sensation was created to-day among members of the Legis lature, especially those belonging to the Alliance, when the full text of Senator In galls' speech on the financial bill was read. The sentiment expressed by members was widely divergent, Republicans asserting that it would insure his re-election, while tbe Alliance leaders generally alluded to it as a campaign document pure and simple, and contended that his actions in the past discount the fine professions made in his speech. In tbe Senate the President announced that he had revised the standing committees, in order to provide for the three new Sena tors Wheeler'( Alliance), Long and Smith. Routine work and the reading of bills con sumed the balance of the session. In the House the Speaker announced that he had made up only a portion of the committees, and should probably have the others ar ranged to-morrow. The number of members of tbe Appropriations Committee was in creased from 9 to 15. Tbe bill to provide 510 worth of postage stamps for each member was amended by reducing the amount to $5. Notices of contest were given in tbe Sixty sixth, Thirty-sixth and Eighteenth dis tricts, three Alliance men claiming the seats of three Republicans. The total number of bills introduced in the House reached 175, the following being the most important: "To provide a penalty for taking wages from employes for a hos pital fund; to abolish the offices of Fish Commissioner and Oil Inspector; to govern the cost of pnblishing legal notices; to regu late the price ot telegraph tolls; to protect railroad employes; to prevent seizure of property; to exempt mortgaged property from taxation; to make banking houses re port; to make insurance companies pay tbe full value of a policy; to re strain voting aid to railroads; to pay wages weekly; to exempt irrigation ditches from taxation; to punish for the, sale of promis sory notes; to fix a rate of interest, and the punishment for usury; to prohibit the ac ceptance of railroad passes, and to punish for non-compliance. A great many bills are aimed to restrict insurance companies and in the interest of policy holders. SENATOR BLAIR'S SUCCESSOR. New Hampshire Republicans Nominate Galllnger on Second Ballot Concobd, N. H., Jan. 15. The Repub lican caucus to nominate a "United States Senator to succeed Senator Blair was held to-night, with the following result: First ballot Whole number of votes, 193; necessary to a choice, 97. Hatterson, 1; Charles H. Burns, 6; James Briggs, 9; Person O. Cheney, 25; Henry W. Blair, C2; Jacob H. Gallinger, 95 no choice. Second ballot Whole number of votes, 191; necessary to a choice, 96. Briggs, 1; Burns. 4; Cheney, 18; Blair, 48; Gallinger, 120, and Mr, Gallinger was declared nomi nated. On being presented, Mr. Gallinger, In a i ' t "" WANTS, FOB SALES, TO 1VET9, BEACH THE PCBIJC THROUGH THE DISP-A-TOH. BOUSE HUNTERS READ IT. THE SILVER SITUATION. brief address, commended the McKinley. tariff law. expressed his opposition to the iree coinace bill, and said tnat, n eiectea, . . .. -? . - . . .- that, U elected, he should support a proper nationaf election 4J bill. Senator Blair's term expires March 4 next. A ballot will be taken in each branch of the Legislature Tuesday. SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. REBELLIOUS CHILEAN VESSELS BLOCK ADE THE COAST. Capture of the Cargo of a Merchant Steamer Consuls of Other Countries Enter a Protest The Situation a Very Peculiar One. Lima, Peetj, Jan. 15 The Chilean iron clad Almiraute Cochran has seized the cargo ieit.r tne steamer Santiago at Aquiqui. Ui-1 . tyohlockade lquiqui on tbe tfo-T.TUvian Government " Tn a m from its rO"lhat the various Consuls ar'erg9.$fc jj5 against the threatened blocka3eT5C.P fa be in ferred from the above that tireAlmirante Cochran is one of the vessels taking part iu the Chilean revolt. Additional dispatches this afternoon say that the rebels have de clared the ports of Chile blockaded in order to interrupt tbe nitrate trade. A dispatch fromXondon says: Private cable dispatches received from Iquique con tain the information that tbe blockade ex tendsjto Coquimbo. The Chilean warships Almiraute, Cochran and Magell are en gaged in the work of onerating the block ade. All tbe telegraph wires to tbe North of Valparaiso have been cut. A VENERABLE PATRIACH. Charles King, a British Pensioner, Ceie- urates His 110th Birthday. rsrxciAi. tiliobam to tux DisrATCtr.1 Middletown, Mass., Jan. 15. The venerable Charles King, of this place, is supposed to be 110 years of age to-day. This much is known: He served under tbe En glish Government in the war with the United States in 1812-13, and is to-day a pensioner of the British nation. It is claimed by his family that he was born in the parish of St Jerva, Canada, in 1781. Five generations of his family frequently gather under his humble roof in Middle town. The patriarch . is in excellent health and sprightly- as the average man "of 75. The family claims that one of Mr. King's brothers died at the age of 107, another at 104 and a third at 89. He was married at tbe age of 28. His wife died about 20 years ago at the age of 80 years. So far as is known there are about 600 de scendants of Charles King now living. Jean Baptiste Rol, or King, one of his younger sons, and his wife, with whom the old man spends his declining years, will this year celebrate their golden wedding. They have children almost 50 years of age, and have long been grandparents them selves and now have great-grandchildren. THE OATMEAL TRUST. The New Deal of Eight Big Mills Practically Accomplished. Chicago, Jan. 15. Representatives of the F. Schumacher Milling Company, Akron; the Hower Oatmeal Company, Akron; the Quaker Milling Company, Ra venna; the Cereal Milling Company, Chicago and Cedar Rapids; the Rockford Oatmeal Company, and tbe Iowa City Oatmeal Com pany agreed upon a plan of consolidation tbis afternoon. Mr. Schumacher, the "Oatmeal King," this alterdoon said: "There are many de tails yet to be arranged, but the deal is prac tically settled. We are in a fair way to ar range for a consolidation of our mills by an absolute transfer of title to the new com pany. Itis understood that the eight mills interested in the deal represent about 85 per cent of the total oatmeal output of the coun try. THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE. All the Operators on the St Paul Railroad WIU Be Out To-Day. OntrMWA, Ia., Jan. 15. The fiat has, gone forth, and the operators and agents along this division of the Milwaukee will go out to-morrow morning. A few of tbe operators are out to-day, and the rest wired their resignations to take effect to-morrow morning. The Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers will stand by the boys, and will give them 60 a month while they are out if necessary. Nearly all the telegraph operators and agents of tbe Dubuque division handed in their resignations, unless former wages are restored by to-morrow. Members of the Kansas City division Operators' Union say they will not join the strike. IT IS HOT A TRUST. Bobbin, Spool and Shuttle Companies Form a New Corporation. Pobtland, Me., Jan. 15. The Ameri can Bobbin, Spool and Shuttle Company was organized here to-day. It comprises 85 per cent of all the bobbin and shuttle inter ests of the United States, and tbe consolida tion is made for economic reasons which will benefit consumers and manufacturers. It is said to be not a trust for the benefit of capital, but simply a corporation organized to economize in the manufacture and sale of its goods. Many of the companies who have sold their property are located in Maine. , THE ENVY OF CANADA, It Interferes to Break Oft Negotiations With Newfoundland. Ottawa, Jan. 15. It is learned on the best authority that the negotiations which have been pending between Newfoundland and tbe United States In regard to preferen tial trade bave fallen through. This termination is believed to be the re sult of representations made to the Imperial Government by the Canadian Executive, which urged that such discrimination in Newfoundland in favor of products of the United States would be contrary to the imperial and colonial policy. To the Penitentiary for Life. Cincinnati, Jan. 15. John Turner, for the murder of Schmidt was to-day sentenced I to the penitentiary for life. 20thWff,,,- Tiaw rpbrfn- ri . f"Tj- ma -----Tfd! UUU9U1 k -LUUVI THREE CENTS. CLAIMS THE CREDIT As the Original Discoverer of the "Now World-Famons Lymph. DE. DIXON PUBLISHED A FORMULA Identical With That of Eo eh Ahead of ths Latter'a Article. HE CHARGES THE GERMAN WITH THEFT ISTZaXL TTilOBAJt TO TBI DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Dr. Samuel S. Dixon, ot tbe Academy of Natural Science, of tbis city, claims priority in the discovery of the lymph.' Dr. Dixon, in an article published in the Medical Xeics, of this city, in December, 1889, announced that he had succeeded in isolating the Ub4mlli nf ntii.ri.nlne;. nn.1 tint nn Jn inoccu- - tfa . . .'. . lvmnh it pTnirM Mftrnn 41." r 3 -j r gave thd. animals immunity from attacks of true taSorcuIosis when brought iu contact with it. At the same time he said the lymph might be added to mankind with beneficial effects. In the Medical and Surgical Reporter of November, 1890, Dr. Dixon said that his further experiments had only confirmed his first results when the discovery of Dr. Koch was first announced. Dr. Dixon gave it as his opinion that the discovery was identical with his own, but few people gave the state ment much credence. On November 20, of this year. Dr. Dixon went to Berlin, and while there had an interview with Dr. Koch. On his return he stated in a lecture before the students of Jefferson College that he believed that the liquids were identical. On Wednesday Dr. Dixon furnished the editor of the Medical News with an article on the lymph, in which he gave his formula for extracting it It is identical with that published as Dr. Koch's method, except that while Koch uses a 40 per cent solntion of glycerine. Dr. Dixon uses ether or com mon salt Dr. Dixon said this evening that he considered Dr. Koch's claims as stealing, and tbat he got his idea from a copy of the Medical Xews which he mailed him in January one year ago. STATE FUNDS GONE AS7RA7. The Ex-Adjntant General of South Caro lina Confesses to Defalcations. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 15. Last night Governor Tillmann summoned a num ber of newspaper reporters to his office and laid before them a communication from Ad jutant General Hugh L. Farley, disclosing that General Milledge L. Bonham, son of the late Governor Bonham, was a defaulter to the amount of about $5,000. Secrecy was enjoined until to-night. The State appropriates $10,000 to 512,000 annually to assist in maintaininz the militia, and it has been customary for the past ten years for the Adjutant General to draw the lull amount and disburse to the companies by his check. Tbe defalcation was brought to iisht bv the protest of General Bonbam's check, issued to Troop A, First South Caro lina Cavalry, at Brunson, whose Com mander notified tbis department, and it was then ascertained that otber checks bad gone to nrotest at the Carolina National Bank. It is also stated tbat the National Guard (colored) have not received its quota of the appropriation. General Bonham will soon submit a statement for publication. He bas not been arrested. He has written a letter to Governor Tillman, confessing defalcation, and expressing tbe hope that he will be able to make restitution. EVA HAMILTON CAST DOWN. John Mann Piles a Petition for Divorce From His Alleged Wife. New Tobk, Jan. 15. Mrs. Eva Hamil ton, whose contest of Robert Ray Hamil ton's will is proceeding in this city, was irritated and cast down during the latter part of the trial to-day. The cause was lound in the announcement that Joshua Mann had filed papers for a divorce, and Eva had been served with notice during recess. Her counsel subsequently said that Mann was crazy, and the suit amounted to noth ing. However, Joshua alleges that he met Eva April 19, 1881, and they agreed to live together as man and wife, and did so. He had visited Eva's relatives on several occa sions, bad always been recognized as her husband by.tbem, and the fact of her being his lawful wife was never questioned by anyone. When he learned that she had pretended to marry Hamilton he considered the matter a joke. No ceremony by a min ister is referred to. The will contest is still on. PRESIDENT RAE CALLED To Talk Over a Settlement of the Slonon gahela 3Ilnlnjr Trouble. SFZCIAI. TELZaSJLX TO IM DIS'ATCH.1 Columbus, O., Jan. 15. PresidentRae, of the United Mine Workers, left this even ing for the Monong3hela river in response to a telegram from a committee of the oper ators, asking him to come there for a con sultation in regard to the return of the miners who went ont January 1 for an ad vance of one-half cent per bushel. Mr. Rae expressed the opinion that the difficulties would be settled at once. 4 NEGROES DEMAND CO-EDUCATION.' They Will Hold a State Convention at To peka on the Subject. Topeka, Jan. 15. A State convention of the negroes bas been called to meet on the 27th inst to discuss the educational laws of the State. .. The laws at present provide for separate schools for the whites and negroes. The object of tbe convention is to recommend that tbe law be so amended so as to admit negroes to all of the schools. FOR MAILING LOTTERY CIRCULARS. A Wall Street Banker Arrested on Seven Western Indictments. ' New Tobk, Jan. 15. Edward H. Hor ner, a banker at 88 Wall street, has been ar rested for sending lottery circulars through the mails. The arrest was made on the strength of seven indictments found against the pris oner in Springfield, 111. AN EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. A Gallery In a Convent Gives Way, Killing and Wounding Many. Cixr op Mexico, Jan. 15. Three earth quake shocks occurred to-day at Parral, la tbe State of Chihuahua. The gallery at the Convent of the Sacred Heart gave way, killing six persona and wounding nine. A BANKER ASSIGNS. He Is Owner of One Institution and Cashier of Another. mricciAr. miaux to thx nisrATcR.t Grove City, Pa., Jan. 15. M. L. Zahnl ser, owner of the Citizen's Bank of Stone boro, and cashier of the Sandy Lake Sav ings Bank, made an assignment yesterday. ffm i 1 4 1 M A .i ,-bi&&.;- ,ri&fefli "-,
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