iijpyrTT spgs8 . i"r classified advertisements bring frompt ansti ers. THE XIST?JSSCCJ3. REACHES MASTERS AND MEN. WANTS, FOR SALES, TO LETS. REACH TIIE PUBLIC THROUGH THE DISPATCH. HOUSE HUNTERS READ TT. FORTY-FIFTH YEAH. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JANTTAHY 19. 1891. THREE CENTS. wm EVEN THEPHESIDEIT Can Scarcely Block Cameron's Path at This Late Stage of the Game. A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE "Would be Necessary to Defeat the Re-Election of the Senior Senator To-3Iorrow. THE GRAKGERS HARD AT WORK. ilakinc a Last Bold Effort to Turn Totes in the Direction of Candidate Austin I- laggart. JCU31EE0US LETTERS AND PETITIONS Hitc Bern Eetejvtd by Healers With Busl Constitu encies, lit the Effect a Tet It Hot KotctiUe. EXPRESSIONS TROK SOME OF THE STATESMEN irEOM A STAFF COKRESrOITDEIfT. UAKElsBruG, Jan. IS. The following appeal has reached many of the country members of the House by to-day's mail: Your petitioners respectfully set forth for the first time in 75 years tiiere is an opportunity of having the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania represented in the United States Senate by a farmer; that the farmers of this great State now demand recognition in this direction, and therefore confidently expect you to support and otc f or Austin L. Taggart, of Montgomery county, for the office of United States Senator, toon to become vacant by the expiration of the term of the Hon. J. D. Cameron. This letter is printed in circular form, and signed in each instance by the 'Worthy Master and Worthy Secretary of the grange located in the town or county lrotn which the legislator comes. T. iileutb an Organized Movement. Some are from granges a hundred miles apart, yet all are printed exactly alike, the tame printed form having evidently been bent out from one place to receive the signa tures of the local grange officers where they have been disposed to oppose Cameron. Tnis indicates that Grand Worthy Master Leonard H. Rhone, of the State Grange, is undoubtedly back of the movement to aid Taggart, though neither his name nor the names ot any of the other State officers of the grange appear on the circulars. Some of the Democratic members have jlso received the circulars, but it is because tney happen to be members of the grange. Grand Master Hhone himself is a Demo crat, but Taggart admits that be does not expect Democratic support to any important extent. The opponents of Cameron are taking advantage of the remaining few days before the election to fire in their pro tests by mail. llavo Been Kickers All Along. One country member this aiternoon re ceived 12 separate letters from his district, but he finds that the signatures to two thirds of them arc of men who have not voted the straight Republican ticket for eight years past. He therefore says he can not be governed by them, as he might be by protests from good Republicans, and he still intends to vote for Mr. Cameron. The story from Washington, printed in Tnt Dispatch to-day, about the demand made by President Harrison of Senator Quay that he bring about the defeat of Don Cameron, was generally read here. The political leaders of the Legislature, and tho who are in a position to be posted on the inside of such matters, are all awav from the city, and to those members who remained in Harnsburg during the Sunday reress the story was news. Knowiug nothing of the inwardness of the coolness between Harrison and Cameron they could add nothing to the story. It was admitted to be interesting reading, but most of those interviewed were loath to believe that tne President of the nation could bring himself down to Snrli Details or Political Dickering A - to openly send for one member of the 1 inted States Senate and try to concoct a scheme for the mortification of another mem ber of the same body. They thought that would be small in a President. Others con tended that the story bore the marks ot falsity on its face. "It was known long ago that Thomas V. Cooper, Internal Collector of Philadelphia, was engineering Cameron's campaign,"said a State Senator, "and it seems to me he would have been pulled off long before this if the President had been so disposed. The night Cameron was at his Harnsburg residence, a week ago, I noticed Walter Lyon, ot Pittsburg, United States District Attorney, there in his mansion. Throughout theState there are other Federal officials who can turn in for Cameron at a moment's notice. Then, again, President Harrison surely knew that Quay was a inead of his colleague from Pennsylvania, and that Dick Quay bad even spoke in the caucus at Harrisburg for Cameron. It was a mark of discourtesy as well as poor politics to send for the colleague and per gonal friend of Cameron and ask him to cut his throat. I can scarely credit the Presi dent with so little common sense." Cameron Not Fawning on Anybody. Senator McCreary, of Erie county, said: "I place but little reliance in the story. Mr. Cameron has never been on very in tiuiaie terms with any of the Presidents ex crri Grant and Arthur. His reserved man ners prevent him from hanging about any wan, no matter if he be a ruler. It was charged that he was bad friends with Presi dent Garfield, yet it was also one of the charges that he had gone into Indiana to help bring about Garfield's election. Cam eron and Harrison served together in the United States Senate, and I don't know that any bitterness developed between them there. I have no idea that the story will have any weight in the Senatorial election."'1 An official of the Legislature says there is no doubt that strained relations have ex isted between the senior Senator from Penn syvania and the President, and he also be lieves that it might bare lead to a feeling on the part of Harrison to hope for Cam eron's defeat He heard of it fully one month ago, and says he got the inwardness of the trouble too. A Feud of Long Standing. It dates back to the time Harrison was a United States Senator. Cameron displeased Harrison then, and the Indiana man has never gotten over it, even to this day1. Tet, this official says he doubts whether Harri son would try such a hazardous thing as seeking Quay's aid at this late date, when the election of Cameron is about as sure as anything can be, barring'cyclones. "I still don't think Tom Cooper will be loved any more by the President for the part he is tak ing in Cameron's campaign," concluded the gentleman. L. E. Stofiel. THE STATE'S EXHIBIT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR CLAIMING LEGIS LATIVE ATTENTION. Two Bills on the Subject Introduced Reasons Why the State Should Make a Generous Appropriation What Other States Did for the Centennial. rFEOM A STAFF COBBESPOJTDEST.l Habbisbubg, Jan. 18. One of the ques tion; that will cause considerable debate in this session of the Legislature is the amount of money which Pennsylvania should ap propriate for a State exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago. Senator McCreary, of Erie, has just received from Eben Brewer, one of the Secretaries of the World's Fair, a bill which he will introduce this week. It appropriates 5100,000 and appoints a com mission ot five to represent Pennsyl vania. The bill is accompanied by a circular letter from the Director General of the Fair, which will be pre sented to the Legislature with the bill. Last week, Senator Logan, of Crawford countv, introduced a bill, appropriating 550,000 to the World's Fair, and appointing a commission of 15 to take care of Pennsyl vania's interests. No little comment was caused by the com parative smallness of the amount named. It was thought that Pennsylvania should do something handsome, because of the gen erosity of other States when Pennsylvania had the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. For tint event, Massachusetts alone pave S50.000; poor Kansas gave 530,000; Ohio contributed 515,000, New York $33, 000, Connecticut 525,000, and New Jersey only 51,000 less. Times have changed since then, and with more money in the land, and a debt of gratitude for Pennsylvania to pav, the donation of 550,000 by this State now, when nearly that much was given in the Centennial year by smaller States, is looked upon as a bit of painful economy. It seems, however, that Senator Logan prepared the bill himself, and now believes that he named too small a sum. The bill in the hands of Senator McCreary, being pre pared by the World's Fair Commission, was prepared with a better knowledge of the necessities of the case, and also provides a plan for having all the States work in union. Both bills will go to the same committee, which wili fix up something for the Legis lature to work upon. A NEW ENOCH ARDEN. HE BETUBNS FB0M THE WEST AFTEE BEING MOUBNED AS BEAD. His Wife Had Married Again and the Two Husbands Fall Straws for Her Posses sion No. 2 Loses and Accepts His Loss Gracefully. IFKOM A STAFF COBBESPONDK3T.1 Wilkesbarre, Jan. 18. In the fall of 1SS3 Miss Margaret Williams, then a resi dent of Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, was married to William Evans, a well-known young man of the town. After their mar riage the husband started a small grocery store. Two years later he failed. He re solved to recuperate his fortune in the West. He went to Colorado. His young wife and ber two children remained in Tamaqua. The husband promised to send for the family as soon as he got settled in his new home. Fortune was against him, however, and he was nnable to do so. In the mean time the wife and ber two children came to Wilkes barre to make ber home with a brother. All at once Evans ceased to write letters home. His wife began to think that he must be dead. One day her fears were realized. She received a Western paper, giving a detailed account of the death of ber husband. Mrs. Evans donned widow's weeds and continued to eke nut an existence with her needle. John S. Jenkins, a sober aud industrious citizen, residing in New ton, laid siece to the widow's heart. He was accepted and the two were married. They lived happily together until Fridav last. On the afternoon of that day there was a knock at the front door. Mrs. Jen kins went to the door. When she opened it she at once recognized her husband. She fainted. Husband No. 1 soon learned the state of affairs; so did No. 2. They did not quarrel. They sat down and discussed the matter. Jenkins said he loved the woman, but was satisfied that Evans was the rightful husband. The woman said she was loath to part with either. "Well, you can't have two hus bands," said Jenkins. "Let us decide the matter somehow." It was then agreed that the two men should pull straws for the wife. Jenkins lost and gracefully took his departure from the house. Mrs. Evans refnsed to part with his child, 18 months old, and husband No. 1 said it snould remain. TEvans will now take his family West with him. OUTPUT OF PBECI0US METAL. Production of the Various States and Terri tories During 1890. San Francisco, Jan. 18. The annual report of Wells, Fargo & Co. of precious metal produced during 1890 in States and Territories west of the Missouri river, in cluding British Columbia, is: Gold, 532, 156,916; silver, 502.930,831; copper, $20,569, 092; lead, $11;50J,57L California produced in cold 59,189.157; silver, 5186.263. Nevada Gold, 52.693,881; silver, 56,516,652, Oregon Gold, 5965,000; silver, 571.000. Washington Gold, 5194,000; silver, 585,000. Idaho Gold, 53,595,333; silver, 510,229,167. Montana Gold, 527,764,116; silver. $32, 050,339. Colorado Gold, 54,210,961; silver, 513,004,486. Utah Gold, 588,798; silver, 512,170,377. New Mexico Gold, 5376.034; silver, in.282.95L Arizona Gold, $1,150. 48G; silver, 56,446,863. Dakota Gold, 53,013,560. Texas Silver, 5249,423. British Columbia Gold, 5361,535. Mexico Gold, 512,689.000; silver, 5415,645,000. TJNMEBCIFULLY WHIPPED. Mormon Elders Given a Had Beating Down in Alabama. JFTECIAL TELEOBAK TO TUX DISFATOR.1 BlBMiNGHAai, Ala., Jan. 18. In 'Oiouiittuuu .criuay nigni two jviormon fcf Jlnt Tm TTlnUi, h . -J A lt. TH . iciucio, i Axtbia aim .uriuur xoru, were badly beaten and ordered to leave the county by a body of masked men. Hicks Anil lord had been nt wnrlr in !, itnnntv several months and had made a number of 1 converts. Recently they had been living J ngj with two women who had been converted to the Mormon faith. They had received sev eral written warnings to leave the county, but paid no attention to them." Friday night a large party went to the house where the elders were staying, and taking them into the woods, stripped them to the waist, tied them to trees and whipped tbem with switcnes until they were covered with blood. The elders were then informed if they were found in the county after 24 hours they would be hanged to the nearest limb. The two women were threatened with similar treatment unless they at once renounced Mormonism forever. The two elders passed through this city to-day, en route to Utah. They are covered with wounds from the terrible beating they re ceived. They could not identify any other of their assailants. A TOGA FOR D. B. HILL, HARDLY A DOUBT HE WILL BE HEW YORK'S NEXT SENAT0B. The Democratic Leaders HaTe Evidently Concluded an Amicable Arrangement to That Effect An Opening Provided for the Famous Jones of Blnghamton. rEFKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI5PATCB.1 Albany, Jan. 18. When Speaker Sheehan, the personal and political friend of Governor Hill, and Edward Murphy, Jr., who occupies the same relation, and is also Chairman of the Democratic commit tee, make an assertion concerning the Gov ernor's political course no one but himself could deny it. 'Both of these gentlemen have said that the Governor will be elected United States Senator, and that he will accept the office. The only authority in the State competent to correct this statement if it is founded in error, is the Governor himself. He told all inquirers at the Executive Man sion to-day that he had nothing to say on the subject. He did not deny the report from his friends and confidants, Speaker Sheehan and Chairman Murphy. He knew all about the report; the room in which be sat and re- ceived the inquiries was littered with copies of the newspapers containing it. He was reading one of the papers when the corre spondent called on him. But to all forms and phases of the question whether it was true he simply answered, "I have nothing to say." Everyone in Albany almost .was talking about the report, and all the arguments for and against the Governor's taking the Sena torsbip were vigorously rehearsed. Many of those who had previously expressed a doubt as to the political advisability of such a course now commend it heartily. Not the least interested in the report was Lieutenant Governor Jones, who becomes Governor if the new United States Senator is Governor Hill, as soon as the latter goes to Washington. The Lieutenaut Governor was not surprised at , the decision. He said he had expected it ever since the news on election night showed the Legislature was Democratic. The question ot the vacancy to be thus made in the office of Governor and the tact that he would have to fill it had also evidently been considered by the Binghamton General, farmer and manufacturer. He said to-day: "I sincerelv hope that the Governor will re tain the office to which the p'eople elected him to as near the end of the term as possi ble. I have not the slightest desire to be come Governor in the middle of the legis lative session." But the Lieutenant Governor made it very plain that this conclusion on his part did not arise from any lack of confidence in himself or in his qualifications for the office. He said: "Of course lam a candidate for Governor next fall. This situation has nothing to do with that" TBYING TO BUBN A TOWN. Incendiaries Slake Elaborate Preparations for Having a Big Fire. Sioux City, Ia., Jan. 18. Sixteen special policemen, armed with rifles, are guarding the town of Covington, Neb., to night to prevent a repetition ot incendiarism which threatened to destroy it last night Covington is a town of 1,000 inhabitants just across the Missouri river from Sioux City. It is composed almost exclusively of saloons and low resorts. Late last night four houses of bad character were fired. Two of these were destroyed, but the fire in the others were extinguished. The Sioux City fire department was called upon twice. The most careful incendiary arrangements were made, holes being bored through the siding and kerosene oil poured in. The same arrangements had been made is five other houses which were not fired. Nearly all these structures adjoiued rows of other frame structures, and had there been a stronger wind the whole town would prob ably have been destroyed. Several arrests have been made to-dav, but the evidence is wanting to explain either the motive or re veal the perpetrators of the crime. IX-G0VEBNOB THAYEB A MANIAC. The Sad Result of Uie Recent Political Deadlock In Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. The longvigil of ex-Governor Thajer during the exciting scenes of the opening of the Legislature, when he remained in his apartments 80 hours for the purpose of keeping out Gov ernor Boyd, has resulted in a dangerous at tack of nervous prostration. To-nighvthe ex"-Governor is a raving maniac, and bis physicians say his condition is alarming, owing to his age. He is nearly 75 years old. Another dispatch from Lincoln saysr Ex Governor Johnson M. Thayer has been suf fering from a severe attack of nervous pros tration for a few days, and the report has gone out that he has become insane. The attending physicians and personal friends deny the report emphatically, and declare that the ex-Governor will be able to attend to his usual duties within a week. POISON IN HER STOMACH. A Young Polish Woman Charged With Murdering Her Rival. Bichland Center, Wis., Jan. 18. The arrest of Miss Bose Zolosky, a young Polish milliner, on the charge of poisoning Miss Ella Mally, a well-known young woman, has cansed a great sensatlou here. Miss Zilosky lived at the house of Dr. Mitchell, whose wife died suddenly about a year ago. Ten days ago she gave a tea party at which Mits Mally was a guest. On her way home the latter became very ill, and died the next morning in great agony. Her stomach was sent to Chicago for analysis, and traces of strychnine were found. It is reported that Miss ZoiosKy was in love with Dr. Mitchell, and was jealous of his attentions to Miss Mally, and it is now leared Mrs. Mitchell, too, was poisoned. Her body will be exhumed and examined. Miss Zolosky is in jail wait ing examination. VICTIM8 OF A LOTTERY FBAUD. They Were Duped by a Man Now Under Arrest in New York. CHICAGO, Jan. 18. The inspectors' office in the Federal building wasfilled to-day with victims of the alleged foreign lottery bond swindle, for which a man named Horner, the general agent in this country, is now under arrest in New York, preparatory to extradition to Springfield, III., where an indictment stands against Jiixn. ,ALL FELT THE KNIFE In Order That They Might Help Cure a Brother Knight Tenjplar. SACRIFICE OP A 'HUKDRED MEN. Extraordinary Surgical Operation in a Chicago Hospital. THE PATIENT LIKELY TO EECOTEE Chicago, Jan. 18. One of the most unique surgical operations on record was performed in this city to-day and 132 Knights Templar gave to the world a notable example of fraternal love and heroic self sacrifice, made in order that a sick brother might be restored to health. These Knights each suffered the loss of cuticle which was transferred to Sir Knight John Dickerson. The cancer which had at tacked his thigh was removed some time ago, but so deep and wide an incision had to be made in the flesh that natnre was un equal to the task of healing over the gaping wound. The experiment was tried of en grafting the skin of some of the lower animals, but it failed. The surgeon in charge announced to Dickerson's anxious brethren that if human skin conld be obtained it would in all prob ability save the patient's life and insure his complete recovery. The question was where to obtain sufficient skin to cover 144 square inches of surface. The matter was broached in the commanderv and to a man the Knights offered to submit themselves to the necessary operation. Prepared to Sacrifice Their Skin. Those selected by the surgeons have had to go through a sort of training, being dieted, etc., for several days past. They were particularly admonished to abstain from any alcoholic stimulant. This morn ing each man took a bath and then repaired to the Emergency Hospital, where the oper ation was performed. Everything' was in readiness when they arrived, and Sir Kt ;ht Smith was led into the operating room to contribute the first patch toward the 144 square inches required. Dr. Plat tenburg had adjusted a small quantity of nitrous oxide gas to the patient on the oper ating table, enough to make him partly un conscious. Mr. Smith blipped off his coat and vest, rolled up the left sleeve of his shirt and placed himself at the mercy of the wise men. Two of them, with brush and sponge, scrub bed the flexer or under surface of his arm until it tingled to redness. Then they ap plied alcohol to dissolve and wash away any microbes of minute particles. When they had rubbed and cleansed his arm until he began to think there was no epidermus left, Dr. Bernanm lifted a fold of the flexible skin, and with a delicate, dexterous move ment sliced off a thin, papery strip about a half-inch wide and two inches long. Sir Knight Smith set his teeth together firmly and looked somewhat pale, but did not make a sound. Transferred to tho Patient. Dr. Bernaur held the slip on his razor and reached it over to Dr. Fenger, who seized it with a pair of tweezers and in a moment had applied it to the bare surface of the patient's body and pressed it smoothly down. The raw spot on Mr. Smith's arm was dressed and bandaged and he went away with the parting assurance that in ten days it would be all healed up without a scar to show whereat had been. The subjects came rap idly and were handled with readiness by the expert attendants. L,few were -dismissed because of-advanced age or some physical disqualification, but a very large majority of the self-sacrificing templars bared their arms to the bright blade and gave away a part of themselves with commendable un concern. Mr. Dickerson was given no anesthetics after the operation began, and was wide awake most of the time. He watched the busy surroundings with a degree of interest, returned the salutation of many friends who entered, aud appeared to be in a confident and comfortable frame of mind. He went through the trial more creditably than some ot his brothers, as two ot them fainted during the proceedings, and many more in quired anxiously for cold water. Some Got Off Very jasy. A third delegation of 45 knights arrived at 1 o'clock. By that time the work was almost completed, and many of the late ar rivals were not permitted to yield ud their portion of flexion coverintr. The natehes applied were small ones, used for filling in between the larger ones. " Early in the work several favorable subjects had each been re lieved of two or three large pieces, so that those who came at the last escaped more easily. During the operation, which was ended at 2 o'clock, a sentinel stood at the iront door of the hospital to exclude all who could not give the proper masonic signs and grips. He said that it was a private affair and must not be interrupted by the prying public. It is the hone and belief of the knights that their afflicted brother will soon re cover and take his place among them. Dr. Fenger and the other physicians held out much encouragement. It will be ten days before the success or failure of the experi ment will be known. If successiul the place should be thoroughly healed over in 30 days. It is thought that the cancer is entirely removed, and if the grafted skin takes hold and grows, Mr. Dickerson will soon be almost as well as1 ever. WHISKY WAS THE CAUSE. A TENNESSEE JUDGE SHOOTS AND KILLS HIS SON-IN-LAW. His Daughter Also Dangerously Wounded While the Murderer INot Expected to Recover The Man Harmless When Sober, but a Fiend When Drunk. Chattanooga, Jan. 18. A horrible tragedy occurred here to-day. S. M. Fugette, cashier of the South Chattanooga Savings Bank, was shot and killed by his father-in-law, Judge J. A. Warder, who is City Attorney of Chattanooga. Jndge Warder is shot in two places. One ball penetrated his breast at the right nipple, and the other took off the index finger of the left hand. Mrs. Fugette is the only child of Jndge Warder, and is shot in the right thigh, a very dangerous wound. From the evidence at the Coroner's in quest it appears that Judge Warder came home at 1 o'clock in a very drunken con dition, and immediately went to Mr. and Mrs. Fngette's room, where the shooting took place as soon as he entered. Mr. and Mrs. Fugette lived with Judge and Mrs. Warder in College street. There were seven shots fired, five by Judge Warder and two by Mr. Fugette. It is said that Mrs. Fugette was the first person shot, and Fugette then fell dead shot through the heart. He was found with a newspaper in one hand and a pistol with two empty chambers in the other. Mrs. Fugette was lying over him with her her arms entwining him, piteously crying for some one to save him. Judge Warder staggered to a neighboring house and is now there in a precarious condition. Mrs. Fugette is also unable to speaK and what took place in the room aside from the shoot ing is not yet known. From evidence before the Coroner's jury, it appears that Judge Warder frequently came home drunk and abused hia wife and daughter, and the women would appeal for protection to Mr. Fugette. Such a trouble occurred late Saturday night, and Mr. Fugette quieted his father-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Fugette have been 'married but two years, have been living happily together,and have a 5-months-old baby. Mr. Fugette was a man ot about 30 years of age, popular and a successful business man. Mrs. Fugette is a very handsome woman. Judge Warder is one of the best known lawyers in this State. For six years he was United States District Attorney for the Middle district of Tennessee, appointed by President Hayes. He was a gallant Union soldier, and is one of the most prominent of Bepublican politicians in this State. He owns considerable property and has a large and lucrative practice in this city. He is a man of the highest culture, of most polished and affable manners. His domestic affairs were always supposed to have been of the happiest. The affair has created a great sensation here, and the opinion seems to be general that it was the result of a crazy drunk. PAID TO COMMIT MURDER. A NEfJBO HIRED BY MBS. SHEEDY TO ASSASSINATE HER HUSBAND. He Confesses the Crime and the Woman and Her Supposed Accomplice Are Ar rested Married to a Wealthy Man Old Enough to Bo Her Father. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. A neero bar ber named Monday McFarland was arrested yesterday on a charge of being the murderer of 'John Sheedy, a wealthy gambler, who was assassinated last week. Monday, while entering his residence to-day, confessed the crime, stating that he was hired by Mrs. Sheedy to commit the deed. He was to be paid 520,000. Mrs. Sheedy was a divorced woman. She left heribrmer husband, a poor carpenter, to marry Sheedy, who was old enough to be her father. Becently Mrs. Sheedy had be come infatuated with a young man, and it was for the purpose of marrying .him that she hired McFarland to kill her husband. The day before the murder Mrs. Sheedy visited McFarland and completed arrange ments for the murder. As Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy were entering their home after returning from the opera on Monday night McFarland struck Sheedy on the head with a loaded cane, crushing bis skull. McFarland dropped the cane, which was the only clew which the detec tives had. Mr. Sheedy, the murdered man, was worth from 5300,000 to'5400,000. Five times before attempts had been made to kill hiti, but up to this time no trace of the assassin bad been discovered. He was a brother ol Dennis Sheedy, President of the Colorado National Bank, and cousin of Pat Shiedy, the noted Chicago gambler. Mrs. Sheedy and her supposed paramour, Harry Walstrom, ot Buffalo, N. Y., were placed under arrest this afternoon. It is asserted by McFarland that Mrs. Sheedy poisoned her husband after the negro's as sault, so as to make sure ot his death. The Coroner disinterred the remains, and chem ical analysis of the stomach will be made. DEAF MUTE EDUCATION. Dr. Bell Makes an Important Statement in Connection With It. rsrECIAL, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 3 Bochesteb, N. Y., Jan. 18. Dr. Alex ander Graham Bell, the father of the tele phone, who has been at his country resi. deuce in Canada in ill-health for the past four mrtntlia hfia hpan vtminrnA in liaalft, nnA -last bight reached this city, where he came for the purpose of inspecting the Western New York Institution for Dear Mutes. There are seven institutions for the education of mutes in the State, and Dr. Bell intends to pay a visit of inspection to each one. The method of instruction is different at each of these institutions, and Dr. Bell's purpose is to ascertain by comparison the value of results obtained by each method. "My remaining days, my energy, and my fortune," said he, "I shall devote to the cause of mute education." What Dr. Bell's fortune is, ot course he would not say, even if he knew, but when the statement is made on good authority that he has set aside 540,000,000 lor the uso of his wife, herself a deaf mute, his statement becomes somewhat interesting. Dr. Bell is President of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Dear, which holds its meeting in New York on the 28th of the present month. It is ex pected that on that occasion he will report in one form, or another upon the results of his investigation. WILL VOTE FOE BENAT0B. Demarest Says His Arrest Was a Piece of Political Trickery. rSFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.: Albany, Jan. 18. Demareft, the Bock land county member of Assembly, is here and will vote on Tuesday and Wednes day for United States Senator, though he will probably not attend the Democratic caucus to-morrow. He will not talk for publication, but to friends he has said that he will show that the case against him is inspired by; political enemies and does not amount to anything. He also talks of resigning merely to show that he will be triumphantly elected. At the same time, it is known here that the Republicans have prepared a resolution, to be introduced in the Assembly to-morrow night expelling him. A new complication has arisen in the sickness of Assemblyman Nolan, of Al bany. He is threatened with typhoid ever, but the physicians think they have broken up the fever, and that he will be able to at tend the joint session on Wednesday long enough to vote. WHAT A FIGHT DID. It Resulted in the Reuniting of a Long Divided Family. IF.FXCIAX. TELECBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.I Portsmouth, O., Jan. 18. A fight that occurred Friday on the steamer Minnie, a small boat in the local trade, has resulted in the reuniting of a long divided family. As the boat was rounding out of Buena Vista, a gang of ronghs got into a fight An old negro thoughtlessly attempted to stop it, when the gang turned and were about to toss him overboard when Howard Simpson, a colored deckhand, interfered and saved the old lellow, the officers of the boat taking a hand and compelling the drunken crowd to go ashore., The two colored men got into a conversa tion, which resulted in the discovery that they were brothers. The elder lived near Manchester, and the two had often met without suspecting relationship. They bad been separated when Simpson was quite yountr, he being sold to a man named Simp son, whose name he took. The reunited brothers are now visiting their aged mother near Vanceburg. Simpson had not seen her since the first days of the war, nor had ever seen before a sister, born after he was taKen away. BISHOP ESGELS ASSIGN& - His Creditors Mainly Members of the United Brethren, Church. Hope, Kan., Jan. 18. Jesse Engels, a Bishop of tho tfnitea Brethren Church and an extensive land owner and farmer, has made an assignment His liabilities are 555.000, and assets about hnlf as much. The creditors are chiefly members of the church ,in Pennsylvania and lUnsas, POWDERLY'S FIGURES To Be Investigated This Week by a Committee of the Order. THE CHAKGES OF THE KICKEES In the Knights of Labor at Last the Sub ject of Official Action. SOME ST0EIES OP BORROWED H0SEI SPECIAL TELEGKAJI TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, Jan. 18. Henry A. Allen, District Blaster Workman of the Knights of Labor of Michigan; Joseph D. Manlion, of Troy, N. Y., District Master Workman of D. A. 68, and T. T. Drury, of Butland, Vt, District Master Workman of D. A, 200, arrived here to-day and will be gin an investigation of the accounts and financial conditions of the order generally. It is also probable that these gentlemen will be assisted in their work by Thomas Neasham, of D. A. 82, and F. C. Will, of D. A. 4. - The appointment of the particular com mittee in the last general assembly is likely to lay open again an old sore in the ranks of the Knights and possibly may create serious trouble. So tar back as the general assem bly of 1888 a resolution was introduced by D. A. 49 demanding an itemized statement from the general officers of the order. Want to Know Where the Money Goes. Another document introduced at the same time insisted upon a detailed financial state ment in each week's issue of the official journal. It was at this time that Frederick Turner and Charles H. Litchman resigned the offices of general treasurer and general secretary respectively, and a committee was appointed to overhaul their accounts and report at the ne.it general assembly. The committee which will go to work on the books this time were among the most strenuous dissentients from the report made upon Turner and Litchman's accounts, and were known to the order as "kickers." They were always the most active in demanding reform; they criticised the reports of Pow derly and Hayes, and denounced in the bitterest terms the administration of the order and have at every opportunity kept fighting. Their appointment at this time was made in the hope that the matter would once and forever be settled and internal dissension cease. John Dacy, a member of District Assembly 49, at present in this city, when questioned about the matter to-day said: A Crisis in the Order's Affairs. "This committee wiH- bring matters to a crisis, for that a crisis in the order is inevi table no one can deny. The financial troubles ot the order are nothing new, for in 1888 the treasurer had to borrow money to pay the mileage of the delegates, and this while a surplus was being claimed by the General Executive Board. Local Assembly No. 300, which is composed entirely of window glass blowers, has for many years been kicking at the traces. They are a strong organization in themselves, but have been held in check by James Campbell, their President for many years. Campbell is a personal friend of Powderly's, and has done all he could for him, but it is now too late. Campbell has withdrawn, and the glass blowers are in open revolt." "What is the cause of ths trouble?" "The committee will find that out, but I have it on good anthority that a loan was made from the glass blowers of a good many thousand dollars which has never been re turned. The same thing can be said of the Bottle Blowers' Association, of New Jersey. They are up in open arms against the present policy of the ex-board. Look again at the Lak3 Seamen's Union. A year ago they votedon a proposition to withdraw, which was only lost by a few votes, and now they have withdrawn and 50,000 of The Oldest and Stanchest Knights in the order are gone. Powderly may deny that there is trouble as much as he pleases, but the truth is that when a motion passes the general assembly nuthonzing the Gen eral Executive to sell the headquarters if necessary, as was done at the last assembly, it means that there is trouble afoot." "Have Barry's friends anything to do with the present move ?" "I think so. The kicking comes gener ally from Western delegates, who are beyond all doubt convinced that even if Barry be guilty of some of the charges made against him, there is no doubt that he was right in demanding an investigation of accounts. Get a copy of the last report of the general assembly, and you will see that there was never any money for any local in distress, never any financial aid granted. It is openly stated that the order is simply used as a stamping ground for a Iotofwornout agitators and this thing has got to stop. We in New York are opposed to dragging the order into politics, and all the votes on political action will never prove that the best friends of the order are otherwise. Once a labor organization goes into politics it is a tool for every unscru pulous fakir and political jobber." The work of the committee will be anx iously watched in this city, where the dis affection is especially strong at She present time. MACQUEARY SHOULD GO. FATHER IGNATIUS THINKS HE HAS NO BIGHT IN THE CHURCH. Dr. Heher Newton Should Follow Him if Guilty of Believing Like MacQueary The Episcopal Monk Is in Favor of Purifying the Church. SPECIAL TELXOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.I New York, Jan. 18. The character as well as size of the congregations which gathered in the Lennox Lyceum this morn ing and afternoon to hear Father Ignatius preach, showed that his mission would have been more of a social, if not a spiritual suc cess, had all his services been held there in stead of at the Cooper Union. The Epis copal monk's morning subject was the Mac Queary case, bis text being: "You shall earnestly contend for the faith once deliv ered to the saints." He said that while free thinkers, infidels, agnostics and athe ists had a perfect right to their opinions, they had no right to hold them and continue to call themselves Christians. This was the mistake Mr. MacQueary made, and the speaker hoped his trial wonld result in an investigation as to the belief ot all the rest of the Episcopal clergy and the expulsion of the unbelievers. "The Mac Queary case," he said, "affords a magnifi cent lopportunity for those who have ac cepted Christ to say that those who do not believe the truths of Christianity shall not stay in the Christian Church and continue to poison the spiritual waters which our children are to drink. It is a worse crime to thus poison the soul than to kill the body. "It is the duty of the bishops to erradicate the poison that is now sapping the vitality of the church. If Mr. MacQneary is right in saying that the Eer. Dr. Heber Newton holds the same views that he does, Bishop Potter must put Dr. Newton out of the church. I hope Mr. MacQueary is mis taken, and if Dr. Newton is here and will sny he holds to historical Christianity, I will be verv clad to bee hit pardon for thus publicly accusing him. But if what Mr.J MacQueary says is true, out Dr. Newton must co. "If I were a citizen of New York I would petition the Bishop to have the awful charge against one of your best known clergymen investigated, and if it is proved to be true, to open the doors of AH Saints' Church very widely. The question before us is not whether Christianity be true, but whether a man who does not believe it can stay in the Christian church."- LIVELY WEEK AHEAD. BUSINESS WILL BE RESUMED ON THE FORCE BILL TO-DAY. It May, However, Be Displaced by the Clo sure Rule Senator Aldrlch Determined to Call Up the Rule House Democrats Awaiting the Result Washington. Jan. 18. The elections bill will come up in the Senate to-morrow again as unfinished business. How long it will remain so is largely a matter of con jecture at best Beal progress was made with the bill Saturday, but it was the belief among the friends of the bill that the mi nority permitted this in order to weaken the argument that migntbe advanced in support of the bill, thepurpose of tho Democrats mani festly being to delay business as long as this measure remains pending in the Senate. The Senate proceedings will, therefore, fur nish the motive power for whatever scene shifting takes place in the House. Mr. Aldrich has given notice of his in tention to call up the resolution Tuesday. Efforts to lay aside the elections hill will doubtless be renewed, but should they fail, the closure rule promises to be the feature of the proceeding of the Senate during the week. The p7 "''ngs in the House daring this wee' j,floyerned in a large measure by thi-ff w-o Senate with the elections. ft Q The principal intererAj; a Jo " in the proceedings of the HoUshWiT. 4jL to which the free coinage silver C0g. fOrj. referred. The fate of the bUi'fc- it? largely upon its action, as the cormi. P practically has power to shelve it, and ttfuj render action by the Honse almost, if not quite, impossible. For this rea son the proceedings of the committee will be followed with the liveliest inter est. Its first meeting of tho week will oc cur Wednesday, when Mr. Leech, Director of the Mint, is expected to be present and give his views with regard to the effect of silver legislation. At the very earliest, the silver bill is not likely to engage the atten tion of the House until the following weeie. INDIAN TBUANTS PEBISH. They Ron Away From School and Are Found Frozen to Death. SPECIAL TELSOBAU TO THE D1SPATCH1 Kingfisher, Okla., Jan-18. There is trouble at the Kiowa Indian School, at Wichita Agency, between the Kiowa and Wichita reservations. On the 9th instant the principal of the school punished a Kiowa pupil for some misconduct Immediately afterward the boy persuaded two other Indian pupils to run away from school with him. Their parents were notified and Indian friends were started out in search of them. They were found Sunday.frozed to death, one about 10 years of age about 20 miles distant, and the two others three or four years older, within the next ten miles. It is supposed the boys got lost and were overtaken by a heavy snow storm. As soon as the principal of the school learned of their fate, fearing the vengeance of the Indians, he left that locality for parts unknown, and has not since been hoard, from. A stage driver, who came through Anadarkoto-day.says that 400 or 500 agency Indians were camped in the vicinity of the agency and are threatening to burn the school building and to scalp the princi pal if he can be found. CROOKED BEAL ESTATE AGENT. J. S. Cross, of Memphis, to Answer Several Serious Charges. MEiirms, Jan. 18. Sheriff A. J. Mc Lendon returned this morning from San Antonio, Tex., having in custody John S. Cross, the real estate agent who fled from Memphis last May, after victimizing sev eral banks and individuals to the extent of 530,000. He was taken to jail, and Judge Dubose of the Criminal Court has issued orders against allowing anyone to see him. There are several Indictments for forgery against him, and some startling developments, it is intimated; will be brought out at his trial. AFTEE THE SALOONEEEFEBS. A Woman Wants Damages for Injuries Sustained by Her Husband. Keok.uk, Jan. 18. Late yesterday after noon Mrs. Kate Peyterson brought suit for 55,000 against Charles Nagel, John Burns and William Worley for selling liquor to her husband and causing him to fall down and break bis collar bone. She also wants an injunction against the buildings. It is stated that similar suits will be brought against 40 others. A crusade will be commenced against the saloons, as the local authorities make no attempt to close the places. Thirty-two keepers were re cently indicted. A BIVEB OF OH, IN FLAMES. The Burning of a I'ipe Line Near Manning ton Causes Much Damage. rSFXCXAXTXXJOKAH TO THB niSPATCH. 1 FaiesiOUNT, Jan. 18. Yesterday the pipe line from the Eureka field, which crosses the bridge a short distance below Mannington, burst and an immense amount of oil flowed into Buffalo creek, covering the surface ot the water. Late this afternoon some one set it on fire between Farmington and Barrackville. Up to the present time it has destroyed the Maryland and Ohio river turnpike bridge at Pine Grove. Every effort is being made to exuuguiiaii. ; uMt.it simx IN HIS ACCOUNTS. wp The Ex-President of a Texas National Bank Among the Missing. Waco, Tex., Jan. 18. It has developed that S. J. Mings, ex-President of the Na tional Bank of Gatesville was short in his accounts. J. P. Boby is the newly-elected President, and was here yesterday trying to straighten out accounts with correspondents of the bank here. . ' The failure of the Oklahoma Lumber Company involved the bank for a large sum, and since then Mings has disappeared and cannot be found. What the Gitesville bank will lose cannot now be ascertained. SHOT THBOUGH THE HEART. A Drunken Man Killed by a Watchman Whom He Had Assaulted. Sicrax City, Ia.i Jan. 18. Louis Long, a painter, was shot about midnight last night by William Walters, a watchman. Long, who had been drinking, objected to Walters watching him, and assaulted him, knocking him down. Walters fired, a re volver shot through Long's heart and im mediately surrendered to the police. For the Inauguration. ITBOX A STA1T COBBESPOXSEST. ' Habbisbubg, Jan. 18 Sheriff Mc-Cleery,- B. H. Lindiey and other prominent Bepublicans of Pittsburc; are here for the inauguration. LEAKING GAS PIPES Cause a Terrific and Fatal Explo sion in a Findlay Hotel. TWO GIRLS ARE KILLED OOTBIGHT. A Dozen Employes Badly Cat and Bruised by Plying; Debris. HOW THE CATASTROPHE 0CCDEEED SPICIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Findlat, Jan. 18. The first great disaster Findlay has ever experienced from the use of natural gas, occurred shortly be fore 2 o'clock this afternoon. The accident happened while the guests of the Hotel Marvin were waiting to be summoned to dinner. This morning it was discovered that gas was escaping from a leaking pipe somewhere into the dining room, and Will iam Marvin, the owner of the building, with three plumbers, spent the entire forenoon trying to locate the leak. AboutlO o'clock they entered the cham ber under the dining-room and found such an accumulation of gas that they could not breathe, and it was suggested that a hole be sawed through the floor into the dining room, in order to obtain fresh air. This was done, and Just as the hole was made one of the dining-room girls, who was sweeping the floor, stepped upon a match, and in an in stant an explosion occurred which not only wrecked the building, but killed two girls, and maimed and injured a dozen other em ployes. Terrific Force of the Explosion. The force ot the explosion was so great that it blew out the flame of the ignited gas, and no fire followed the awful ruin which the explosion had caused. The whole city rocked as if irom an earthquake br the con cussion, and all thewindows in the square were demolished, while the wreck of the hotel building was all but complete. The onlv rooms in the house escaping destruction were the parlors and the office. Had the exolosinn occurred ten minutes later the loss of life would have been fright ful, as nearly a hundred people were waiting in their rooms to be called to dinner, and as a matter of fact one of the clerics, Frank Poundstone, was on his way to make this announcement when the explosion occurred. He was caught in the falling debris, and was one of the worst injured. When the work oC removing the dead and rescuing the dying was be.c nn, it was found that Katie Walters, a waitress, had been killed outright Ella Johnson, a dining room girl, was found alive under a mass of brick antjj mortar, but she died shortly after being carried to a place of safety. Those Who Were Injured. Kate Booney, another dining-room girl, was also fatally injured, but is still alive. Frank Poundstone, day clerk at the hotel, was painfully bruised and cut about the neck and face, but will recover. Mr. Marvin, owner of the building, who, with the plumbers, was under the dining room floor when the explosion occurred, was prooably fatally injured, as he inhaled a great deal of the flames of the burning gas. Albert French, porter of the hotel, was cm about the neck and face, but will recover. Frank Andrews, one of the proprietors, had his right eye knocked out and was seriously bruised about the neck, face and throat Charles Graves, Philip Weil and Jack Cabill, the plumbers, were painfully shocked and stunned, but will soon be themselves again. This completes the list of,.casualtier. The financial loss will be about $25,000 on the building and 510,000 on the furniture, fully covered bv insurance. It is a question, however, as whether anv of the insurance will be realized, as all of the destruction was wrought by the explosion and none by fire. The excitement throughout the city over this catastrophe has never been equaled since this town became a city. KANSAS JAIL DELIVERERS. A Clei er Scheme That Was Nipped in the Bud Just in Time. Wichita, Jan. 18. A contemplated wholesale jail delivery of murderers, and probably murder itself was discovered by the Sheriff of "Sedgwick county, and the con spirators within the jail and those who were assisting from the outside are now in the black hole. The Sheriff, it seems, suspected his prisoners, and while on watch early in the morning he heard the rasping of a file. With the aid of the jailer he 'made a thor ough search of the cells and their inmates and brought to light keys and saws of all kinds and a big revolver, which was tied closely to the groin of one of the murderers. There were four prisoners in the cell where the tools were found three murderers from Oklahoma and one man in tor petit larceny. The latter turned State's evidence and cave the names of those on the outside assisting in the proposed delivery, and as a consequence J. W. Hart, of Oklahoma City, and Pat Moneys, of Arkansas City, both old jail birds, have been arrested and' incar cerated. On one of them was found a letter from the jail giving a sketch of the interior referring to the contemplated escape and also stating that anyone barring the escape of the prisoners once they got out of their cell would be shot down. KILLED WITH A CANE. An Old Pauper Beaten to Death by a Fellow7 Inmate. Lebanon, Ind., Jan. 18. Boone county records another murder at the Poor Farm. This morning an inoffensive old charge, George Wharburton, was brutally beaten to death by Sam Beecham, a negro, who has been known as Sam Curtis during his stay in the institution. Beecham confesses ta Sheriff Miller that the ownership of a chair was in dispute between him and Wharbur ton, and that he went to the old man's room this morning, and, after a few words, took from him his cane and struck him three times over the head. Wharburton's skull was fractured in two places, and he died within half an hour. Beecham made an attack on Sbsriff Mil ler when arrested, characteristic of his vicious nature, which has been manifested on several occasions, but was overpowered and lodged in jail. Wharburton was aged 70 and badly crippled. He was a well-to-do farmer ot Boone county, but was reduced to poverty by adversity and affliction. He -has three or four children living in the connty. Beecham, aged 45, claims that he is from ZionsTille. BLAZE IN A KANSAS TOWN. Property atHorton to the Value of 8200,000 Goes Up in Smoke. Hobton, Kan., Jan. 18. The greatest fire in the history of Horton occurred early this morning. All the buildings along the east side of Main street, from Front street to Vera street, with the exception of one small building.were destroyed, as were also several on East Front street The Bank of Horton, erected at a cose of $50,000, was totally de stroyed, also the Sautter Block on Front street The following are the other heaviest losses: Deutsch Brothers, drycoods, $2,000; Craig Bros. & Co., $35,000; C. B- Suttler, drugs, $40,000; Hemphill, drygoods, $10,000; Hor ton Commercial, $8,000. The total is $200, 000. All the losses were insured. The origin of the fire is unknown. The water tanks were empty and the fire department was un able to do effective work on that account-" i
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