rsra v-TSB'i'fi "V v " - Transient AftTertisemBnts MM : A-t: tlio Brancli Office or Tho Dispatch Tor to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock P. x. Tor list of branch offices iu the various dis tricts see THlrtD PAGE. PORTY-TTFTH YEAR. TALKING.ALL NIGHT In the Senate in the Last Su preme Effort to Pass the Elections Bill. SENATOR HOAR'S SCHEME Is Placed in Operation, and There Is a Chance That It May let Be Successful. OXLI TWO REPUBLICAN KICKERS Toled With the Democratic Members Upon the Motion to Adjonrn and Seek the Bestial rillow. ASOTHEE SHOT AT CQ11JIASDEE EE1TEE. Secretary Tracy Emjkiucslly Biftses Him a Trial ty a Hani Court, and Admnusters a Vcy Sharp Ettuke. A DIRECT AFPIAL MAY BE MADE TO COSGEESS trnOM A etait coeekspokdent.i Washington, Jan. 16. The venerable Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, was the most nervous figure of the Senate Chamber to-day. He had constantly on his mind the project of a continuous sitting of the Senate, for the purpose of tiring out the Democrats, physically and intellectually, and forcing the elections bill to a final vote; all the afternoon he busied himself in buttonholing and conversing with other Republican Senators, fearful that a motion to adjourn would prevail, and thus, destroy his last resort to secure a vote. If not a continuous session, he insisted on at least a session that would take the Senate into the small hours and exhaust a material portion of the Democratic thunder that was bottled up ready for discharge. At one time he despaired utterly of securing the requisite support, but by dint of persistent work be was finally assured that upon this motion, if no other, he would have a major ity against adjournment. Onlj Two Itepubllcans Break Away. "When the votes upon Senator "Wolcott's repeated motion to adjourn showed 32 nays and only 27 ayes, with Stewart and "Wolcott the only Kepublican Senators voting for ad journment, the childlike and bland Senator irom the old Bay State, was the happiest anan alive. Senator Cameron, who is now attentive to every movement in the pro ceedings, stood hit ground and voted against adjournment. The scene In the chamber during the evening was monotonous to the extreme. The Democrats did not at once begin their tystem of insisting on a quorum, when a quorum was not evident, and therefore at times the chamber was almost empty, with few spectators in the galleries and lew correspondents in the press gallery. Did the Democrats grow restive and sug gest that the Senator from Massachusetts should be merciful, the latter grown con fident, would blandly assure his friends on the other side of the chamber that he was profoundly anxious to here the eloquent and instructive Remarks of Uie Democratic Orators. and be was convinced his colleagues were of the same mind. Thus the evening dragged through, with growing prospects of an all mght session. Mr. Hoar's success and the unexpected votes in his support of several Republican Senators known to be opposed to the bill, was due to a decision of the He publicans to give ample opportunity for a final vote on the measure. One of the anti-elections bill Republicans said to the correspondent of The Dispatch to-night: "I am willing to sit continuously, or to sit every night as late as any one, until it becomes apparent, as I expect it will, that the Democrats cannot be worried into acquiescence to take a vote on the bill, without useless consumption of valuable time of the session, and then I will vote to take up another measure, as I did before, and set the elections bill aside. X do not be lieve the bill will ever jome to a vote." The Democrats are not so confident, how ever, and more than one of them admits tliat there is a fair prospect for the passage of the bill. The majority feel that after a short practice in the tactics tried to-day the Jew Senators will have retained their belief in the old methods will consent to support the proposed closure rule. To Take tip the Closure Rule. This measure is now on the calendar, and it can be taken up at a moment's notice by an affirmative vote, and it is rumored that the effort may be ma'de to-morrow. But there are several obtacles to the enactment of the rule. In the first place some war must be found to limit the debate upon it Otherwise that debate may be as absorbent of time as the debate on the elections bill, which it is mainly intended to cut short In the second place there arises the ques tion of the ability of the Republicans (sup posing they can maintain their majority) to secure a quorum, for they fear that the Democrats as a last resort may refuse to vote in t.'ie attempt to break a quorum. There arc six Republican Senators absent from the city all involved in matters relative to tbeir own or their colleagues re-election, and so circumstanced that it is improbable tbey could return before the middle of next week at least, the time lor the Legislative Senatorial elections, although it is possible that Senators Chandler and Blair could be induced to return in shorter time. Incalls' Position InvoHed in Doubt. Senator Ingalls' position is the subject of much speculation. He refrained from voting "Wednesday night to take up the elections bill, and to-night he was not pres ent when the first motion to adjourn was j&e Jeated. One Republican Senator says he is in sympathy with the objects of the bill, as indeed seemed apparent from the opening sentences of his speech last "Wednesday, but jnst how lie will vote upon the measure or BUSINESS Men will find THE DISPATCH lhe best advertising medium. All classes can be reached through Its Classified Adver tisement Columns. If yon want anything j on can set It by this method. its supporting propositions is a matter of speculation. During the debate to-day Senator Hoar sent to the Clerk's desk and had read an article whose author was, as he was in formed, a conscientious and intelligent gentleman of great respectability. The article was in the organ of the Protestant Episcopal Church,, one of the most conser vative of sects, and one which was not only increasing in numbers iu this country, but in influence and religious zeal. He sup posed tbat If he were to rise ft bis place and make any one ol the half dozen state ments found in the article he should encoun ter a pretty heated and angry reply. Restrictions of the Suffrage. The article was headed "Safety without rascality," and advocated the suffrage re quirement of 51,000 in property and the pay ment of $10 poll tax the white people of the State having irrevocably made up their minds that the negroes of that State shall not rule. One statement in the article was that stuffing ballot boxes and bulldozing negroes were making scoundrels and ruf fians of the sons ot gentlemen: and another that the plan laid down in the new constitu tion of Mississippi (the reading or intelli gence test) was a transparent piece of hum bug and would not defeat the negro vote unless fraud was practiced. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, stated that the writer of the article, Mr. Carnochan, was not a Southern man, but had gone to Arkansas a few Tears ago from Cincinnati, O. He was a truthful, well-meaning man, but he had not been long enough on the ground to understand the matter, and, there lore, his opinion was worth no more than that of the Senator from Massachusetts, or that of any other poorly informed man on the subject. Laughter. Without wishing to state anything untrue, Mr. Carnochan had been misled and de ceived, and had used hasty and intemperate expressions. He (Mr. Jones) denied that there was any effort in Arkansas to deprive negroes of their full right of suffrage. Taking Revenge Upon Massachusetts. He quoted from a speech made by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, to the effect that nominations and elections in that State were purchased, and said that if a politician could be mistaken in making such a charge, a minister of the gospel might well be mis taken about political matters. Mr. Berry asserted that if Mr. Carnochan intended by that article to have the idea go abroad that any general system of fraud, bull-dozing or ballot-box stuffing existed -in the State of Arkansas, he stated an untruth. Tbat gentleman was another instance to prove that when a minister of the gospel dabbled in politics he spoiled the preacher and made a very poor politican. The facts which Mr. Carnochan stated were not true and the remedy which he proposed was an absurdity, and one that could never be adopted. Mr. Berry spoke ot Mr. Hoar as a man who had passed his life in stirring up strife among neighbors, the danger of which he never shared himself. Speeches were also made by Senators Pasco, Reagan, Faulkner, Gray and Spooner. The latter stated, 'as an illustrationof what the bill meant, that if he had a boil on the back of his neck be would not think it neces sary to place a poultice over his whole back. The illustration was taken advantage of by Mr. Faulkner, who saw in it a discarding of the mask and an admission that the bill was a partisan and sectional measure, to be put in lorce only in one part of the country. Democrats Trying to Kill Time. At 1 A. sl Mr. Faulkner was still ad dressing the Senate on his amendment and has been now speaking about an hour. He seems good for several hours and it is pretty evident that the object on the Democratic side is to occupy time. There are not more than a dozen Senators of Teach sideof "thecliam ber, but there are large reserves in the cloak rooms and committee rooms ready to meet any phase of the questiou that may present itseit. Various efforts have been made by Mr. Faulkner, but without success, to goad Mr. opuuuci, nuuui, uc aaiu, .uu. xioar Cad lelt in his place while he himself retired tor refreshments, to the discussion. Mr. claimed having been Hoar and declared that "on his own hook." but take part in Spooner dis left. by Mr. he was present he declined to walk into the trap which Mr. Faulkner had prepared 'for him. The galleries, which earlier in the night were overcrowded, are now nearly empty; there is a general air of weariness about all who are present, but the prospect at this moment is that the session trill continue through the watches of the night, and perhaps all day to-morrow. Mr. Pasco, a short time ago, directed the attention of the Chair to the absence of a quorum, and as the call is being made Sen ators troop into the chamber and prove that there are a few more present than are needed to constitute a quorum. Early Morning Hunt for a Quorum. Mr. Faulkner continued speaking till 1:20, when the absence of a quorum was again brought to the attention of the Chair by Mr. Sanders. The call of the roll showed that there was only 36 Senators present, only 5 of tbat number being Democrats. A motion was made by Mr. Hoar to com pel the attendance of absentees, but Mr. Harris made the point of order that the first motion under the rules was to direct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators. The presiding officer (Mr. Washburn) sus tained the point of order, and Mr. Hoar changed his motion accordingly. The mo tion was agreed to, and' a list of the absen tees was furnished to the Sergeant at Arms, who dispatched messengers to carry out the order of the Senate. LlGHTNEB. REITER GETS IT AGAIN. A SHARP EEFTJSAL TO ALLOW HIM A TRIAL BY NAVAL COURT. The Previous Letter of Secretary Tracy Mild in Comparison With This Missive -The Accused Commander May Make an Appeal to Congress for a Hearing. irEOU A BTAFT COBRESFOlTDKirZ. Washington, Jan. 16. Secretary Tracy has written a reply to Commander Reiter's letter demanding a trial by court martial, in which he not only declines to give him a trial but administers another reprimand almost as severe as that in his first letter. The Commander's demand for a trial was a good deal of a surprise to naval officers generally, though many of them thought he had been rather harshly treated. He having demanded a trial, however, the Department could do nothing but grant it, or write him a letter giving the grounds tor refusing. The latter course was chosen, and the letter is severe enough to be considered another reprimand. The Commander has been nnfortunate enough in his endeavors to set himself right with the Department. Jf he had been content in the first place to rest under the rather mild censure implied bv his relief from the command of the Banger, it is safe to say nothing more would ever have been heard of the case, but he be lieved he had been unjustly treated and de manded a hearing which only resulted in bringing down upon him the first reprimand of the Secretary, and now his demand for a trial is answered by a second censure. There is nothing' lett lor him to do now Out to drop the case or appeal to Congress for an Investigation of his course iu the harbor of San Jose and the aotion of the Secretary in censuring him. It is under stood here that Commander Belter is strongly considering this coarse. The Secre tary lays in part: - ' Ton state tbat the Department'! actios In me wtm your caso constitutes a public reprimand, and that this is a punishment tbat can only be legally inflicted hy sentence of a naval general court martial. Your statement shows that you are Ignorant of the first principles of naval discipline. The assumption tbat the Secretary of the Navy cannot pronounce a rebuke, public or private, upon an officer for a breach of disci pline or a failure of the performance of dnty, without obtaining the sanction of a court, is an unheard-of proposition. The Department im partially awards praise or blame to the officer who deserves the one or the other, as the oc casion may arise, and the practice is as old as the Department itself. The Secretary also reminds the Com mander that he was not censured without being heard, as he (the Secretary) granted him a personal interview, during which he was given the fullest opportunity to make any statement he desired. REFUSE TO COMPROMISE. THE SILVER ADVOCATES WANT FREE COINAGE OR NOTHING. Single Standard Democrats on the Finance Committee May Help to Get the Measure Before the House Reed N ot Disposed to Test His Fower. Washington, Jan. 16. Pending action of some kind in the House on the silver bill the discussion has subsided and members of the House are awaiting developments. The Coinage Committee has the key to the situ ation at present, and the general disposition is to give the committee an opportunity to show what it means to do before making predictions or outlining the coarse to be pursued in the future. Some effort is mak ing ontbe part of the gold adherents to have the bill kept in committee, but the silver men are sanguine as to their ability to de feat such a move. At least two of the Dem ocratic members of the committee are gold standard men, and each side Bhows them great consideration in the present condition of affairs. With their assistance the silver men could order a report made to the House, and it is asserted that this will be done without much delay, thought it is not contended that these Democrats will commit themselves to vote for the bill, but merely that they will agree to secure consideration far it The Speaker entertains the same views as ever on the question'of free coinage, but there is reason to believe tbat he is not prepared to go to the most extreme measures in order to pre vent the matter coming up and to bear the burden of dissatisfaction which would there by be created in the silver wing of the Re publican party. Moreover, Mr. Beed has said that he was by no means sure of suc cessfully fulfilling such a task this year, because of a change in existing conditions and of a growing sentiment favorable to silver. Should there he a failure to report a bill there is some talk of taking it out of the committee's hands by a vote in the House, but this would be an unusual course and one in which there might be sufficient op portunity for delay to kill sUver legislation. There is some talk among the Republicans of the advisability of getting together on the silver question in the interest of party supremacy, but the prospects of such an agreement are remote, for the radical silver men say they will not abide by any caucus action on this question. If there were as surances that the measure would be signed, they would probably be willing to accept free coinage of the American product with a heavy seignorage on foreign silver as a com promise, but the majority of the Democrats are understood to be opposed to anything save unlimited free coinage, and a solid Republican vote cannot be secured for any compromise. COUHEW' WITH ROYAL 3ANDS. ' Better Compensation to Be Secured for the Marine Organization. rrnoM a staff coiiiiEsroNDiirr.i Washington, Jan. 16. The Marine Band stationed here, the one musical organi zation which is paid by and is the property of the United States, has a good prospect of being put on a footing somewhat similar to that of the great royal bands of Europe. It is the leading and fashionable band in all great occasions, plays at all the big recep tions and every Saturday evening during the summer months plays upon the mound at the south front of the White House. No royal band was ever so poorly paid, however, and so it is pro posed by a bill, which the House Naval Committee agreed to report unanimously to day, that hereafter the band shall consist of a musical director, with the pay, rank and emoluments of a second lieutenant of marines; one assistant director at 75 per month and the allowance of a sergeant major of marines; 30 first-class musicians at 60 per month and allowances, SO at $50 per month and allowances, and 10 apprentices with the pay of a private of marines. The bill has the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, and its passage is warmly recommended by many well-known persons. In a letter Director Sousa says the members of the band are very poorly paid, receiving only from $13 to 538 a month, while private bands, theatrical and other musical organi zations pay their men from 560 up to 5200 and more a month. He says it is extremely difficult to secure good musicians, and that those who do accept places take them with the distinct purpose in view of remaining only long enough to make a reputation on which to secure good positions elsewhere. AN APPEAL FROM LANGSTON For the Prompt Passage of the Federal ' Elections BUI. Washington, Jan. 16. In the House to-day Mr. Langston, of Virginia, made a speech in support of the elections bilL Black as the men of his race were, there were no men who could go ahead of them in the devotion, to their country and its free institutions. Congress was confronted with the question whether every American citi zen, every American elector ,in the North and in the South should be permitted to wield a free ballot in the interest of our common country and ot free institutions. The genuine Americans (mainly' found in the Republican party, though some were Democrats by mistake) were standing up boldly, to meet this question. It was not alone the negro who should be protected in the South; it was the white man who voted the Republican ticket. Abuse the riegroes if necessary, but for God's sake stop abusing the white man. Stop insulting white women because their fathers or husbands voted the Republican ticket He wonld pass bills and pile up penalties, ana put behind every ballot soldiers until they rose to the tops ot the mountain and kissed the stars'in order to put these men and women in the sure con sciousness of their protection by law. TWO GENERALS REMEMBERED. A Conple of Popular Private Pension Bills Passed by the House, Washington, Jan. 16. The House at Us evening session passed a bill granting a pension of 550 a month to General Frant Sigel, and one granting a pension of 5100 a month to General .N. P. Banks. The passage of the latter bill was greeted with general applause on both sides of the House. Edward Bellamy's New Paper. Boston. Jan. 16. Edward Bellamv. commencing February 14. will publish in Boston a Nationalist weekly rsPeri to tc eueatncAw .Min J PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JANUARY, - 17, 1891 TWELTE KI0TINGJN BRAZIL Attempts to Mnzzle the Press Lead to Serious Riots, and HANI PERSONS ARE WOUNDED. Newspaper Offices Sacked and Editors Thrown Into Prison. EEBKLMNG AGAINST DA FONSECA rSrZCtAI. TU.XQRAX TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, Jan. 16. Salvatior De Mendanca, Minister to the United States from the republic of Brazil, arrived to-day on the steamer Sequranca, of the United States and Brazil line, and went directly to Washington. He was greeted down the bay by Mr. Macedo, the Brazilian Consul General here; his son Mario, F. Xavier. the Brazilian Consul at Baltimore, J. Edward Simmons, Charles R. Flint, Captain J. M. Lochlan, Joseph P. Earle, Wallace B. Flint and others interested in Brazilian affairs., Mr. Mendanco was a delegate to the Pan American Congress and the special envoy of his Government for negotiating a commer cial treaty with this country. He says the new republic is getting along well. Much foreign capital, chiefly En glish, French and German, was being in vested in the industries of the country. Thirty-two cotton mills were in active operation, and Portuguese, Italians and German immigrants, attracted by the under currents of the Government, were flocking to the country. The Government advanced to them their passage money, allowing them to return it in easy installments, and gave them tracts of farm land, mostly in the coffee belt, which they will pay for within five years. Preparing for the Election. The report that a rubber syndicate had obtained control of the rubber industry in Brazil is not true. The people are prepar ing for the Presidental election. General Fonseca, the Provincial President, will be chosen, as there is no opposing candidate. There will be a contest over the election of Vice President Seven States have adopted Constitutions, as directed under the pro visions of the general Constitution. There is no longer any desire among the people for a revival of the monarchy. The decrees against the Imperialists except the royal family have been repealed. The people entertain a most cordial feeling toward Dom Pedro, but they do not want him as an emperor. The newspapers coming by the same steamer describe an unsettled condition of affairs, which threatens a crisis for the Gov ernment Apparently the country is be ginning to tire of the pressure of a military government and the dictatorship of Da Fonseca. Newspapers both for and op posed to the Government have charged President Da Fonseca with seeking to main tain the dictatorship. Serious Riots Taking Place. Riots have taken place in some of the provinces, causing great excitement and en dangering the stability of the administra tion. The riots were caused by the action of the Governors of some of the States in at tempting to continue in force the laws made by the Provincial Government restricting the liberty of the press. These laws were made by the Provincial Government on De cember 29, 1889, and March 29, 1890, They were revoked by the new Government Uy November last ." ""- f It is charged that in spite of the repeal of these laws, President Da Fonseca has en couraged the Governors of several States to act in a very arbitrary manner, especially toward the opposition press. It is claimed that an exceptionally arbitrary act was the arrest of J. Lucio De A. Mello', editor of the Diario De Ifoticias, of Para, a leading newspaper of North Brazil. It is charged that Mr. Mello was arrested at the instiga tion of Mr. Chermont, Governor of the State. Mr. Mello wrote several articles regard ing a row between the police authorities and the army. These articles did not suit Mr.'l Chermont, and he called the editor to his office and warned him to stop such criticisms of the Government Mr. Mello paid no at tention to the Governor's warning. Attacked by a Soldier. A few days after being warned, while Mr. Mello was on his way home early in the morning, he was assaulted by a soldier, who, it is charged, was a tool of Governor Chermont The press of the State was out spoken in condemnation of the outrage, and demanded the punishment of the soldier, but instead of being punished, the soldier was promoted to the rank of sergeant, while Mr. Mello was arrested, exiled from the State, and sent under guard to Bio de Janeiro on the English steamer Juno. The captain of the Juno refused (o take Mr. Mello as a prisoner, on the ground tbat he could not take a prisoner charged with a political offense. The gnards were also re quired to giye up their arms and ammuni tion and go as passengers. When the steamer touched Maranhao, Ceara and Per nambuco, Mr. Mello was visited by repre sentatives of the press and by delegations of business men. In all these cities the daily papers printed editorial protests against the arbitrary action ot the Government On reaching Jfernambuco he found that an or der had been issued by the Government to release him. After spending a few days in, Pernambuco, Mr. Mello went on to Bio de Janeiro, where he was received by a com mittee of the press. Threats of "Violence Made. The Diario de JHolicias has continued to be issued regularly, but the editors now in charge have been repeatedly threatened with violence, and several letters have been received containing threats of an attack on the office. The riots-have not been confined to Para. In Pernambuco several riots have occurred in which a number of persons were injured. In the State of Alogoas several policemen attacked the printing office of an opposition newspaper and demolished everything. In Bahia there wejre several rows between the army and the police daring December and many persons were wounded. The police and firemen, who were involved in the rows, had to be kept in their barracks and the police duty was'done by the army. Even in "Bio de Janeiro it has been impossible to maintain order. The greatest outrage there was an attack on the building ot the Tribune, one of the leading dailies. The day before the attack Antonio de Madeiros, one of the editors and proprietors, received notice that the at tack was intended. Mr. Madeiros wrote immediately to the President, asking him to take measures to prevent it, but no atten tion was paid to his letter. In the afternoon the rumor was circulated that an attack was intended, and before evening crowds began to gather in the Baa do Oavidor, where the printing office was located. Cleaning Oat a Newspaper Office. The crowds kept increasing in numbers until about 8:30 o'clock, when about 20 men, armed with clubs, entered the building, shouting, "Mata e queba", (Kill and destroy.) A part of the Crowd entered the rooms on the ground floor, where the offices of the paper, were located, and began to destroy everything they could lay their hands on. The employes in this department escaped without much injury by way of the rear exits. The rest of the crowd went to the second floor. The editorial rooms were located on this floor, and the proof-readers' rooms in the rear. .Mr. Madeiros, hearing the noise and understanding the danger, ran "to the rear rooms'shoBting to his staff " to J save themselves ar best they could, The yroosV , readers prepared to defend themselves, and one of tbem, Jose Roman's, turned off the gas. The mob rushed into the editorial , room and demolished all the furniture and fittingsj Romariz was knocked to the floor by a blow on the head with a club. The composing rooms, on the third floor, were pot entered by the mob. The compositors 'had prepared to defend themselves, and ex changed several shots with the crowd, which went away after doing all the damage possi ble. " Mr. ''Madeiros escaped injury by locking himself in a closet During the attack the crowds in the street kept shouting: "Fecta I Fecta'lV' (Close the doors! Close the ddors,!), the cry always used by Brazilians on theoccasion of a riot During all the trouble' not a policeman appeared on tbe scene. Someone who saw the mob walking slowly away ran to the police station. A captain and several policemen then went to tbe Tribune building and began making inquiries about the affair. Soon' afterward a company of cavalry dashed up and dispersed the crowds still standing in the streets, knocking down and running over several men and women. Then the Secretary of Justice and the Chief of Police visited the place and ordered patrols to guard tbe building. Telegrams from Para state that a mob at tacked the house of the Governor and threw stones at the window. A passerbv was as saulted and fatally injured. In spite of all tbe trouble, however, the Para press does not cease to protest against the action of the Government The excitement is so great that the Fifteenth Regiment, which was suspected of insubordination, was disarmed and transferred to another State. The Sec retary of the Treasurv tendered his resigna tion on December 19, but it was not ac cepted. THE CHILEAN BLOCKADE. VESSELS THAT CAUSES IT DECLARED - OUTLAWS 'AND PIRATES. - A Vigorous Attempt Being Made to Sap press the Rebels by the Government SttU a Dearth of News From Chile Press Censorship Maintained. rSPfcCIAL TILEOKAM TO THE D1SPATCB.1 Washington, Jan. 16. The Chilean Legation to-day received a cablegram from the home Government, which says that Chile has proclaimed the three ships, Admiral Cochrane, Pilcomayo and the Magallancs, to bo- outlaws and pirates. The Governnment will immediately inform all other nations of its action, and ask support in suppressing the rebels. The Minister said that the dispatch confirmed the interpretation he placed upon the report received to-day. This report, in effect, said that Chile had laid a blockade upon her ports, while directly the contrary was the fact Admission to the port of Iq'uique to secure the support and sympathy of the people there has been refused tbe rebellious ships, and, in retaliation, the ships had blockaded the port. The Minister says that other ships may have revolted, but ' he has received no definite information on that subject The fact that the Admiral Cochrane is one of the three rebel ships is' a matter of surprise to him, and he is impelled to be lieve that the commander of the ship had been shot or forced by threats to yield to the demands of his junior officers. The commander has always been one of the most ardent supporters of tbe Government, as far as tbe regulations of the navy would permit. The lact that he has been herd in high esteem by the Govern ment is shown by his having had command of the Admiral Cochrane. jTiie-ship-is-, DCthelmost modern tvrwi nf ITthSt nh,n,,i ironclads, a he. Minister announces thebest officers of the navy are now abroad superintending the building of new ships. These officers have all been ordered back to Chile. All day long the Minister has been receiv ing dispatches -from business firms in this country concerning the state of affairs in Chile. Tbe fact that he has cot received any additional nerfs from Paris to-dav is attributed by him to be good news, as' all information from Chile is sent there first and then repeated 50 the legation here. The dispatch received to-day came byway of Buenos Ayres. The State Department was informed this morning that all tele grams to and from Chile, by way of Gal veston, are subjected to censorship by the Chilean Government THE CHILEAN BLOCKADE. Iioyal Troops Trying; to Surround the Dis embarked Insurgents. Buenos Aybes, Jan. 16. iA number of the naval rebels have disembarked at Coquimbo, and the troops are trying to sur round the insurgents and isolate them from the loyal districts. President Balmaceda has issued a manifesto, energetically assert ing his authority and refuting the insur gent's pretensions. An unsigned telegraphic dispatch to Lon don from Iquique, presumably sent by Lloyd's agent at tbat place, was received to-day. It says tbat the navy has given no tice that it will enforce a blockade at Pisa gua and Caleta Bueue, commencing Janu ary 25. DRINKING in itself is not a sin, says Rev. George Hodges, in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A sermon on temperance that will at tract attention. A NEW ROUTE TO THE GULF. The Distance Between Kansas City and Gal veston to Be Shorter. Kansas Cirr,Jan. 16. A capitalist, who does not want bis name made pnblie, says that plans are almost completed lor the formation of a company to build an air line from Kansas City to Galveston, there to con nect with a pan-American steamship line. The proposed line will be 200 miles shorter than any other road to the Gulf, and it is es timated". that 512,000,000 will build and equip it The latest torn in the enterprise, said the capitalist, is a movement on the part of the merchants of Galveston to have the State of Texas'advance 55,000,000 to the company, accepting as security tbe road's bonds. The capitalist farther says that the pan-American movement is developing rapidly n pop ular iavor in tbe South, and he thinks the people of the Missouri Valley will readily recognize tbe benefit it will, be o them to have a new field opened to them for the dis posal of their crops. BOND MATTERS VENTILATE. The Governor of South Dakota Regrets the Action of the Legislature. Piebbe, a p., Jan. 16. A resolution was introduced' in the House thia afternoon inquiring into the rumors of irregularity in the sale and disposition of 5300,000 worth of funding warrants and bonds. It refers to tbe alleged irregularity in the sale of 5300, 000 worth of bonds, by which the State sua. tained great loss, and asks for a committee to investigate. The resolution was adopted. . Governor Mellette expressed regret that the matter has become public, as it will be satisfactorily adjusted. The warrants are territorial warrants. In the settlement be tween the States, South Dakota assumed 5125,000 of these. Coupon bonds were issued to take up these warrants which had been placed by the Territorial Treasurer, Bailey to his personal credit in a Chicago bank. F. MARION CRAWFORD'S first news paper story "begins In THE DISPATCH to morrow. Hypnotism vreaved Into a.re- Jsiarkab j fasclnatlog romancer TJL PAGES. THE CEAFTf SIQBX Likely to Be Overreached'.in Their Game of Deception. GENERAL MILES IS DETERMINED Ever Weapon Shall Be Produced or He Will liesort to Force. ON THE BEIXK OP ANOTHER FIGHT rSPECIAL TZXXQBAX TO Till DISPATCH.! Pine Ridge Agency, S. D., Jan. 16. Ten thousand Sioux were effected by Gen eril Miles' command that they surrender their arms to their chiefs, in compliance with One stipulation of the articles of peace. These Indians are all in camp at this agency. Since tbe order went into ef fect less than 700 guns have been surren dered by tbe redskins. The weapons would be the nucleus for an ordnance museum. Some of them are over a hundred years old. Tbey were .evidently kept all these years for just such an emergency as presents itself to them to-day. Kicking Bear's theatrical surrender yesterday of his rejuvenated muzzle-loading Springfield rifle was followed last night by Big Road, who presented the United States Government with an old Spencer rifle. The shoulder brace ejector was broken, the stock had split, and the only thing that held it together was a .deer sinew, which bad been wound round and round. This ' morning old Two Strike, with feathers drooping disconsolately down 'his back, turned over a remarkable collection of guns, one of them being a flintlock fowl ing piece, with the barrel on it as long as a fence rail, reminding one of tbe time when away in 1879 Crazy Horse, at Ft Bobinson, surrendered an English brass blunderbuss with a bell as big as a hat Rare Collection of Weapons. Tbe guns General Miles has received from the chiefs represent the evolution of fire arms. Barrels of some of the weapons are bent or plugged with slugs or broken at the lock. Some of the weapons have been sawed off so short that they can be carried in tbe pocket, while others are as long as guns carried by Bedouins in the desert There is a noticeable absence ot modern Winchesters and Springfields, with which these Indians have been armed ever since 18S0. There can be no doubt that the redskins have cached nearly all their best guns, and are simply surrendering those weapons which they keep in stock for tbat purpose. The fact that the Indians have been conceal ing their best rifles since they came within sight of the agency, is proved by the discov ery of the Second Infantry man, who, while in a recent camp of savages, found 12 splendid Winchesters concealed in a big tree. The guns were brought to the ageney. General Miles is growing restless at the ac tion of the Indians. He has positive in formation that they are trying to keep tbeir rifles from the custodianship of the Govern ment Official information was given to The Dispatch correspondent to-day that unless the redskins stopped this burlesque, General Miles would begin a forcible dis armament General Miles Means Business. With this possible move in view, General Miles has ordered that no civilians shall visit the hostile camp, as their presence there would be likely to embarrass him in J case he should take a jiotionJo flump a l ""," ,V"i .Y n.u ; "r"' -". I TO!"aaTr the savages. General Miles said to-day that? f?mp!7 w,iL.tno c? of ..J Boa.rf he should take a jiotion.todumpa the Indians were still sullen and ugly. Be fore they broke camp to-day they wantonly destroyed a new mowing machine, belong ing to a rancher, and then smashed the spokes put of a wagon. Then tbey entered Rancher George Kaulof'g shack and de stroyed his pictures and dishes. In view of all that he heard, General Miles thought it possible that he might be forced to enter the camp and begin disarma ment About noon High Hawk, who wears a white plug hat, green overcoat and medi cine bag around his neck, gave his gun to General Miles. This weapon was really a fine Winchester. The savage was given a bag full of doughnuts, and, with many as surances of his love for the great father and the white people, he stalked away. There was no commotion in the hostile camp to day. All last night the wind brought the monotonous thumping of tom-toms and the peculiar barking song of the squaws. Wandering War Horses Return. To-day a Chinook sprung np, which drove sand in blinding gnsts over the great village of Indians. The storm was so terrific as nearly to stifle man and beast The Sioux camp was practically obliterated all day, and sentinels who paced up and down the breastworks wore goggles, and in their coat ing of sand looked like millers. Through the storm there came two more pitiful looking reminiscences of tbe battle of Wounded Knee. They were two horses of the Seventh Cavalry, which were stam peded during the heavy firing. One of the animals belonged to the Ill-fated troop "K." Its companion helped to make the parallelo gram which swept Big Foot's band of ghost dancers from the face of the earth. They had wandered over the prairies ever since the ficht, and by instinct found their com mand. They were without saddles or bridles. One of them had been gashed on the flank as though by a knife. The other had been shot across the neck. Troopers hugged the noble animals, and will take the same care of them as tbey did of the horses that escaped from Custer's command when it was obliterated on Little Big Horn. Sent Out Af ter.Kelics. Two troops of the Ninth Cavalry, under command of St Grote E. Hutchinson, have been sent to Wounded Knee to gather up relics of the battle. Turning Bear, the pride of the young Brutes, was interviewed by The Dispatch correspondent this after noon. He said tbat all tne Sionx agencies were represented in the hostile camp, and that the warriors from Standing Bock and the Cheyenne Biver agencies had not given up their arms and were still crazy because their people had been killed at Wounded Knee. When your correspondent' asked him why the Indiana had turned in so many an tiquated rifles, he thought a moment, and then, smiling, replied that tbey were old be cause tbey had turned them in so often, this being the fourth time. General Miles had a council to-dav with Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, High Hawk, Turning-Bear and Two Strike. General Miles told them to bring in the rest of tbe guns, hut Turning Bear replied tbat they had no control over the Indians of other agencies, but would hold a council to bring the interlopers to time. Buffalo Bill and Dr. McGHlicuddy will leave for home to-night The 500 Cheyennes under Little Chief and Standing Elk started to-day for Tongue river, where they will join their tribes. A SCARE IN WYOMING. -The Town of Buffalo, on the Indian Trail, Fears an Attack. Chetenne, Wyo., Jan. 16. Mysterious signals.flash every night from the peaks ot the Big Horn range, within 30 miles of 'Buffalo. The intelligence desired to be ex pressed is conveyed in from one to three bright columns, tbat are seen but an instant Tne work is not understood even by tbe oldest frontiersmen. A lelegnm from Buffalo says the people are greatly alurmed. That town is on an Indian trail and in a T alley once callea ' GETTING READY TO MOVE. lucky battle field bv the Beds. Though 250 miles inland, Buffalo is a city of nearly 4.000 with electric lights and water works. Ranchmen have flocked to the place. They have an equipped militia company and 100 stands of arms for the use of citizens. There is a company of infantry at Fort McKinney three miles away. The correspondent says this force is scarcely sufficient to protect the town. Governor Braber telegraphed from Douglass tbat tbe Central Wyoming scare had subsided, and the militia would't be ordered out LESSONS IN POLITICS. KANSAS IS ANCE MEN TRAINING FOR -k-i KTATORIAL FRAY. v "V. t tl-b: Their NIshUytV voklncly Ha mded hy More Than-a- Quorum Rail- road Companies 'n -'.. Topeka, Jan. 16. Thy Ion of the success of the attempt of tvyarmera' Al liance to elect a farmer to the Senate to suc ceed Mr. Ingalls seems, at present, to hinge upon tbe ability of tbe Alliance to agree upon a candidate in caucus. AH the mem bers are at present very reticent on tbe Sen atorial question, but all agree that when the time comes they will agree upon a candi date and elect him. Up to the present remarkable harmony has prevailed in all the Alliance delibera tions, and the only disturoing element has been the Tnrner letter. Caucuses are held every nizht after tire adjournment of the Lower House, at which the course of action for the succeeding day is agreed upon. The caucuses are secret, but so lar as has been learned, all action taken in them has been unanimous. These nightly meetings have had tbe effect of accustoming the Alliance men to caucus methods, and they say that when the Senatorial question comes up they will dispose of it with as much ease as they have disposed of other qnestions i n caucus. It is a significant fact that the majority of the caucuses have been attended by more than a quorum of the entire Honse. A bill was introduced in the lower House of the Legislature to-day providing for the enforcement of the decision and orders of the Board of Railway Commissioners. It is also intended to increase the powers at the Board -go that it casffix.xatu within the State, It shall be fined 5100 each day until the order is obeyed CABLE LETTERS are a pleasing feature of THE DISPATCH. All Europe will be covered to-morrow. MRS. HAMILTON ON THE STAND. She Says She Assumed Mann's Name Only at Hamilton's Request. New Yoek, Jan. 16. Mrs. Evangeline L. Hamilton, as a witness in her own be half) was the leading attraction in the will contest to-day. She denied that she had ever introduced Mann as her husband to her relatives, and she denied in positive terms tbat she had ever entered into a mar riage contract with him. She bad never lived with him as bis wife. She had used the name of Mrs. Mann at Hamilton's re quest 1 Eva was submitted to a heavy cross-examination as to her relations with Mann, making some admissions and some denials, and refusing to answer questions whieh she said would tend to degrade her. At 3 o'clock she complained of being ill, and the case was adjourned until Monday. . BRAZIL'S NEW RUBBER COMPANY. The Entire Capital of 810,000,000 Subscribed In a Single Day. New York, Jan. 16. A cable message was received to-day from Para by a large commercial house in this city, stating that the subscription books to the new rubber company were opened and closed to-day, in Bio and Para, and that the fujl amount of capita, 510,000,000, bad been subscribed. The company Is looked upon as a grand success. The tact that the entire amount of capital was subscribed in one day is taken as an indication of tbe increase of financial strength in Brazil. STAID NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOCKED. Earthquake Vibrations Noted Over a Wide New England Area. Nashua, N. H., Jan. 16. A severe shock ol earthquake was felt in Pepperell and adjoining towns last night between 5 and 6 o'clock. Sleighb'ells were rung in stables and crockery rattled. The vibrations lasted a few seconds, caus ing an alarming Sensation. It was learned this morning that the vibrations extended to Ayr and Fitchburg imthis vicinity. Bum bling sounds were heard in Hollls. A BRUTAL HUSBAND. He Is Supposed to Have Kicked His Wife to Death in Kansas City. Kansas City, Jan. 16. Mrs. Maggie Hnghes. living with her husband itC Cot tage lane, was found dead in her bed yester day. ' Her husband was arrested, charged with having kicked and beaten her to death. The body was covered with braises, and several ribs were broken. TWO BARBERS' FATAL QUARREL. They Disputed Angrily Over the Question of Sunday Closing. Pueblo, Col., Jan. 16. Bob Bennett, a barber, was sbot'and killed this morning by O. O. Mitchell, a fellow workman. The trouble between the two men was over Sunday closing and increase of rates. GENERAL WALLACE'S DEAD NEPHEW. He Was Killed, "Whether by Accident or De sign Is Unknown. St. Paul, Jan. 16. Wallace Lethers, a nephew of General Lew Wallace, was killed by a tail from hit window in Lyons Court this morning. Whether accidental or the result of tern porajrnhenntioajj unknown, Q v Are Said to BPro- --Wnnd-tte Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOB SALES. ETC., FOB TO-MORROWS ISSUE Mar be banded in at the main advertising ' office of Tax Dispatch, corner Smithfleld and Diamond streets, up to midnight: THREE OENTa EOR LIFE OR DEATH Through tbe Booming Breakers in an Open Boat. OIL FOR THE LIGETHODSE LAMPS ilad to Be Carried Over tho Eeefi in a" Eaging Storm. EEAVERI 0FkTHE EEYENDE CDTTEE 1115 Key West, Fla., Jan 16. Lieutenant Uberroth is the hero of a thrilling adventure, undertaken to keep thelight burning at Som brero lighthouse. Several stations have been short of oil, the recent "northers" preventing the Government lighthouse steamer Laurel from reaching them with supplies. January 7 Commander Winn, in charge of the Key West naval station, received word by .1 messenger, who had pulled a distance of 40 miles in a small boat from the Sombrero Light, that unless oil could at once be sent, Sombrero could not barn during the night. The same deplorable newscame from Amer ican Shoal and Sand Key .Lighthouses. All of these lights are. bnilf on sunken reefs far out to sea. The Florida Beef lights not only mark the position of the reefs, bnt serve as de parture marks for the passenger steamers running to Havana, Galveston, Key West, and all points south. Sea captains steam in toward the reefs until able to distinguish one of the great reel lights, when they shape their course accordingly. Should these lights fail to be burning, tbe reefs would be discovered only when the vessel was high on tbe rocks and dashing to pieces. Volunteers to the Reseue. The news of the condition of the Florida 'Beef lights no sooner reached Key West tnan Captain Thomas S. Smyth, commander of the revenue cutter McLane, volunteered to go through the storm to the relief of the liehthouses. Captain Smyth is the same officer who" figured last May in the Cedar Key troubles, and again recently captured the Spanish smuggler Angelita. ' With incredible alacrity oil was gotten aboard the McLane, and at 3 r. 31. the Mc Lane was'off on a run to reach Sombrero, 45 miles away, before sunset It was blowing a half gale of wind in the reefs, but the McLane was out on a mission of lite and death. There was no thought of danger; none other than to reach that white structure with the precious oil. The engineer was letting the McLane have her head. Away the old sidewheeler flew as she per haps never flew before in her lifetime. Her old hull creaked and groaned. A heavy sea would occasionally roll up on the bows and break, over tbe forecastle. Down in the fire room the stokers were keeping the fires at a white-heat, while In the engine room Keogh was constantly coaxing the old McLane to do a little better. An Open Boat In the Breakers. It was jnst taming dusk when the cutter made Sombrero ahead. The first cutter was gotten in readiness, 40 gallons of oil placed in the bottom of the boat, and a crew in charge of Lieutenant Uberroth, with life preservers on, stood ready to pull away the moment the vessel's headway was stopped. Between the McLane and the lighthouse a heavy surt was running. Nothing daunted, down went the first cutter into the water and Uberroth was dashing squarely at the surf. With a cry of horror all on board saw the boat with her crew disappear, but only for ah inslSntf for there she was again outside the surf, but full of water. Her men were overboard hanging onto the gnnwales and bailing ont. In a few minutes Uberroth was at it again, steering with a great, long oar overthe stern. Asecond time the cutter was thrown back, but in the third attempt she was carried over the shoal on tbe top of a huge, white comber, amid tbe cheers of the men on the McLane. Tbe cutter made directly for the light house. The wind was howling and the seas running so high that no one away up in the iron structure heard the cries of the men in the boat Waiting his chance, Uberroth sprang for one of the iron girders, climbed up to the first staging, lowered a tackle, and inside of five minutes had 40 gallons of oil out of the boat. Still no one was to he seen, and nothing heard but the awful roar of the wind and sea. It was, getting quite dark, and already the McLane could hardly be made oat in the distance. Picture of Agonizing Despair. Pushing his way np tbe narrow iron stair way the Lieutenant finally reached the trap door at the top. This he poshed aside and crawled along the light platform to the light tower. Opening tbe little door he stepped in, to tbe wonder and amazement of a poor old white-baired man, tbe sole re maining occupant of the dreary post All others had long ago pulled for the beach to call for succor. The light keeper was found sitting on a camp stool, his form bent over the oil box, and his face the picture of agonizing despair. In the box were 2 gallons. Two gallons of oil are necessity for tbe wicks to burn, and the poor 'd man, faithful to the last, was watching the last half gallon slowly, slowly disappear. To say that the McLane's boat was a godsend puts it mildly. It per haps saved more than one ship from going to pieces on the night of the 7th on Som brero reef. Uberroth succeeded in reaching the McLane. meeting less trouble in the surf on tbe way back. Tbe McLane took shelter in close to shore, and later continued her cruise. She has just returned. A DISHONEST ATTORNEY. He Is Charged With Pocketing His Corpora tion Client's Funds. NYACK, N. Y., Jan. 16. Frank P. Demarest, member of the Assembly for Rockland county, was arrested here this morning, charged with misappropriating money and forging indorsements on cheeks. He was attorney for tbe Union Steamboat Company, of Buffalo, which bad its office in Upper Nyack to save the heavy city taxes. When he sent tbe tax bill to the company be increased the amount above the actual figures. Checks were sent him drawn to the order of the Collector of Upper Nyack. Demarest placed the Collector's indorsement on the checks with bis own under it, drew, the money, paid to the Upper Nyack au thorities the amount properly due, and kept the rest The Union Steamboat Company had him arrested this morning, when he re funded the entire amount to the company. What futnre action will De taken in the . matter is not known. A RECRUIT FOB THE TRUST. The National Lead People Hold a Confe ence "With a St Louis Firm. New Yobk, Jan. 16. A conference was held to-day between representatives of tbe National Lead Trnst and the principal smelting company of St. Louis. It was re ported on good authority that the result will assure the entrance of the St Louis company into the trust, an object which has been aimed at for a long time. The annual meeting of the Lead Trust will be held early in February, and it is re potted that a dividend of at least 1 per cent will be declared previously. "WANTS of all kinds are qolckiy answered through THE DISPATCH. Investors, arM-" sans, bargain hunters, buyers and sellers,' closely scan Its Classified Advertising Cot-C umus, Larscit Circulation. ! : I OB I i e." A, KSSHSa
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