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AT THE FRENCH BALL,
Disgraceful Scenes and Orgies
at New York's Annual
Fandango.
OTERO, THE NOTED DANCER,
Becomes Involved in an Exciting
Bow in One of ihe Bores.
FREDDIE GEBBAKD IN A FIGHT.
A Sumter of Other Well-Known Charac
ters Come to Blows.
LOIS OF E3IPII CnAMPAGSE BOTTLES
rsrrciAi. telvgham to toe DisrATcn.l
Eir York, Jin. 20. The French ball
in the Madison Square Garden waxed in
intensity as the night waned. But for the
black, dress suits of the majority of the men,
and lone dresses of a few of the women,
the scene niight have passed for the ancient
bacchanalian frolic, and in spirit it cer
tainly approached that classic institution.
Everybody who went to the ball expected a
little more liberty and fun than has charac
terized the same ball in the past five years,
but the proceedings opened demurely
enough.
In fact, several hours passed before the
high kickers began to kick. Otero, the
Spanish dancer, was one of the prominent
personages at the ball, and she managed to
impress the rest of the crowd with her pres
ence At about 1 o'clock she was escorted
around the big floor by several gentlemen
not unknown in the "Tenderloin precinct,"
while three more sober gallants followed at
a respectable distance. The corsage of
Otero's golden gown was cut rather decol
late, and she was a pleasing vision as she
tripped lightly ?long, chatting gaily in
Trench.
A Row in the Dancer's Box.
At 2 o'clock there was a sharp report in
the box occupied jointly by Otero, Manager
Jurgens, of the Eden Musee, and a Mr.
Steinberg, of the same institution. Some
body said that Otero had slapped Mr. Stein
berg's face. A moment later chairs were
overturned and Otero ran screaming from
her box, followed bv Steinberg, who re
futed to be restrained by Mr. Jurgens.
Several times Steinberg gesticulated
violently at Otero with his fist It looked
very much like a man trying to hita woman.
He did not hit her. Each time one of the
strangers who had rushed into the corridor
back of the box interfered.
The corridor was quickly filled with ex
cited men, women, policemen, armed with
long night sticks, and detectives in plain
clothes. In the confusion Otero escaped
and Jurgens and Steinberg retreated into
the box. Five miuuteslater Otero screamed
again. Steinberg was pursuing her down
another corridor. Again Steinberg was re
strained just as be made a grab at Otero.
This time the crowd hustled him away with
no regard for his feelings or clothes, and
Olero also disappeared.
Champagne as an Kxplanatlon.
Only a number of champagne bottles
remained in the box to explain things.
1'iltecn minutes later, two men got into a
row with a young man in aboxon the south
side of the room. One of the men on the floor
objected to an epithet applied to him by
the man in the box. The latter's female
companion insisted that the complainant
had no right to kick.
Man on the Tloor (hotly) He can't call
me that.
AVoman in I!ox (calmlj) Why not?
Man on Floor Because I'll break his
nose and yours, too.
A few more exchanges, and then the man
on the floor invited the other fellow to come
down ind get licked. He came like a
thunderbolt but his blow was glancing and
he slipped as he landed. That gave the
other fellow a chance to do some pu-nmel-iug.
But the other fellow was up in a
minute and sailed in with heavy blows that
would certainly have won had not a
host of outsiders joined, in. AVhen the
row was quelled the winning man climbed
back into the box, pausing on the rail long
enough to shout exultingly: "Vive la
Republique." The two men on the floor
went awav with bloody faces.
About this time Fred Gebhard 3Dd Mr,
Thomas Maguire, treasurer ol the Four
teenth Street Theater, were disagreeing over
a box. 2o blons passed, hut Mr. Gebhard's
blood was evidentlv excited, for a few min
utes later be and Bob Hilliard fell out and
began to pummel each other.
The Langtrj'a Darling in a Fight.
It was an interesting fight, and Marcus
Maver pleaded hard with everybody not to
interlere. Maurice Barrymore, who can
h-iuale his lisU pretty well, disregarded
Miner's protests and sent Hilliard and
Geohard flving in opposite directions. The
tihtwis resumed shortly titer, however,
ana this time the polire got an inning, and
vbhard was escorted from the building by
t-eigeant Sheldon. The procession was
heartily applauded.
Hillurd.upon being interrogated as to the
cause ot the row with Gebhard, said: "If
vou remember, I was supporting Mrs.
Langtry in "As in a Looking Glass" away
bak in 1SRS. One night we were playing
in One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.and
nn wife .inU Henry Dixey's wife were in a
box, one removed iron, the stace. In the
next box nearest the stage was Fred Geb
hard and a part7 of friends.
During the performance they looked
at the ladies through their opera
glasses in a very impudent manner. Mr
wi e drew the curtains teparating the boxes,
but Gebhard drew them bacK again. I tnew
nothing of this until after the performance,
and then I got a club and went down around
trie Union Club, hoping to meet Gebhard
and break his face. Alter a while friends
gnt between us. and Leonard Jerome and
DeCourcy Forbes brought me
An Explanation From Gebhard
in which he disclaimed any intention of
insulting my wife or Mrs. Dixey, and that
there were a number of stable boys in the
parquet belonging to his stable, and that
they were tne people he and his friends
were looking at through tbeir glasses.
Well, at tie ball I had a box and so hid a
friend Jf mine. Between 2 and 3 o'clock I
rsked the wife of a friend of mine to
w Ik. around with me, her husband
icquiescmg. She took my nrm and
we bad not gone far before we met Gebbardt
.mil a couple of his friends. They made a
wall in front of us, and so plainly and pur
posely blocked our progress that I had to
make a detour to get by them. A lew steps
further I met a friend to whom I confided
the lady. Then I went back and I smashed
Gebnard between the eve. Of course we all
got mixed up. and when I let fir again I did
not hit Gebhard but Mr. Wendall, of the
CafeSavarin. After that we were pulled
apart and I went home."
Mr. Wendall corroborated Hilliard's ver
sion of the row. He got it in the neck.
A.ter the row in Harlem, it will be remem
bered, Hilliard was discharged by Langtry.
Leon Kahn and Achille Frlel, waiters at
the ball, were arrested at 1:50 this morning
for selling liquors a'ter -hours. At 220
Francois Favie wa arrested lor the same
offense, and at 6:25 Victor Mazzolin.
TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE.
PEOJ". BRIGGS' PBONOTJiTCED SPEECH AT
THE XTHIOH SRIATKARY.
The Modern Reaction Against Limitation
of Redemption to This World Not Sur
prisingStrong Word to Students Upon
the Authority of the Scriptures.
rsrZCIAL TXLEQKAM TO TUX DISrATCS.1
N ew York, Jan. 20. Prof. Charles A.
Briggs was installed by Edward Robinson
professor of Biblical theology of the Union
Theological Seminary in the chapel this
evening. The faculty were present in
their gowns of office. The directors
also occupied the platform, and the
chapel was crowded with divinity students
who applauded with hands and feet the
most pronounced utterances of Prof. Briggs
in which he announced his adherence to the
higher criticism. The Rev. "Dr. D. R.
Frazer. ofNcwark, delivered the charge to
Prof. Briggs, who responded in an address,
taking for his subject, "The Authority of
the Scriptures." He silo:
'The Bible has been treated as if it were
a baby, to be wrapped in swaddllne
clothe, nursed and - carefully guarded,
lest it should bo injured by heretics
and inhdels. There Is nothing
divine in the text, in Its letters, words or
clauses. The divlno authority is not
In tho style, or in the words, but
in the conception, and so the divine power of
the Bible may be transferred Into anylanguage.
It may speak as powerfnllr in Chinese as lc
Hebrew. We force our way through the
language to the Inner substance of the thought,
for there we shall fin J God.
Another fault of Protestant theology is In its
l'mltation of redemption to this world. The
modern reaction against this limitation in
theory of second probation is not surprising. I
do not find this doctrine In the Bible, but I do
hod the doctrine of the middle state of con
scious higher life In the communion
with Chisr, and with multitudes of
the departed; and of the necessity
of the entire sanctillcation in order that the
work of redemption may bo completed. Pro
gressive eanctlllcation after death is the
docuine nf the Bible and the Church. The
bugbear of a judgment immediately after death,
and of a magical transformation on the dying
hour should bo banished from the world, and
we should look with hope and joy lor the con
tinuance ot the process ot craco and the
viinners of redemption in tr-e company of tho
blessed to which we are all hastening.
THE FIGHT 15 CONNECTICUT.
Republicans Vote for Piatt and the Demo
crats Scatter.
Hartford, Jan. 20. The House met
at about 10 o'clock, and after the
preliminary business received a re
port from the Committee on Con
tested Elections in the 'Wilton case, where
Chichester (Republican) was counted out
because of "For" on the Republican ballots.
The committee reported in favor of Mr.
Chichester, and the vote of yeas and nays
resulted in seating Mr. Chichester 151
to 88.
At 10:30 the Senate assembled and was
called to order by Lieutenant Governor
Merwin (ReD.), who holds over under the
old administration. Hon. W. J. Alsop
(Pern.), who was declared Lieutenant Gov
ernor last week, was absent, and is said not
to be in the city.
At 11 o'clock both branches of the Legis
lature voted for a United States Senator.
The Republicans of both branches voted for
Senator Piatt, while the Democrats scat
tered. The Democrats will hold a caucus
to-night to decide who shall be compli
mented by their votes. The joint session
will be held to-morrow.
DEFRAUDED GEORGIA KEGR0ES.
The excitement Created by the Bursting of
the African Hubble Great.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20. The excite
ment among the negroes over the coloniza
tion in Liberia scheme being engineered br
the United States and Congo National
Steamship Company, does not abate. It is
estimated that 2,000 negroes have come to
Atlanta from Texas and Mississippi to wa't
for the promised ship to take them, as they
expeit, from Sivannah to Africa, and. the
cold weather of the past few days has found
them in snch destitution that the city has
in many instances been compelled to aid
them.
The Kongo Company has been investi
gated, and tbe disclosures have created no
little excitement among the homeless
negroes from a distance, and those of
Atlanta who have put their money into the
company. There is some talk among those
who have contributed of bringingthe matter
before the courts, but as each has paid so
little it is not probable that such action will
be taken.
THE KICELY BOYS IGN0BAHT.
The Jfews of the Signing of Their Death
Warrant Kept From, Them.
ISrrCIAL TELXOr.AM TO TKX DISrATCH.1
Somerset, Pa., Jan. 20. The Nicelys
are in ignorance that tbeir death warrant
has been signed. Only yesterday morning
Joe called to the Sheriff to say that he was
afraid every time tbe lock clicked that some
one was to bear tbem the ill news, but that
they had made up their minds that tbe
Governor was not going to sign the warrant.
They will not be told ot the fact that the
warrant has been signed until tbe official
notice reaches the Sheriff. They are still
unable to walk on account of their injuries
while attempting to escape.
DAKOTA'S LATE SUMMER.
'o Winter in That Northwestern Region
This Tear.
St. Paul, Jan. 20. The present sesson
is evenjmore unprecedented than the twothat
preceded it, and the extremely mild weather
is remarkable. "Warm rains are reported at
several points in South Dakota to-day, while
the mercury in some places was above 60
degrees.
Huron reports the mercury at 42 degrees,
and the first January rain since the city
was platted. Aberdeen reported rain and
warm weather. At Green Forks, K. D.,
tbe thermoneter was 60, and citizens were
going without overcoats, and many were in
their shirt sleeves. It is the mildest winter
in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
A Montreal Firm In Trouble.
Montreal, Jan. 20. A demand of as
signment was made to-day on behalf of tbe
Merchants' Bank upon McLachan Bros. &
Co., but hopes are expressed that a com
promise will be reached. Their debts are
said to be $600,000.
FLASHES FB0M THE "WIRES,
The Latest Jfews From All Parti of the
Country Condensed.
Allen t Co., the cramped bucket shop firm,
have resumed business.
About 20 fishermen left Halifax to-day for
tbe Bering Sea seal fishery.
A ton ot tobacco being smuggled from Key
West has been seized at Havana.
The Photographers' Association of America
will meet In Buffalo January 14 next year.
The Bethlehem (Pa.) Iron Company will re
duce employes' wages 10 per cent February L
Charles P. Jones, long on the editorial
suff of the New York frmct, dropped dead
last nlcbt.
The town hall and tribunal at St. Martin
Deer, on tbe east coast of tbe Island of Rewere,
burned to-day.
Is Philadelphia Testerday all obstacles to
the Beading Railroad terminal facilities were
removed by official acts.
Seven thousand dollars was found yes
terday in tbe hut ot a hermit on the banks of
the Connecticut river. The miser died recently
in squalor, and tbe find ot property U a sur
prise. '
LED A DOUBLE LIFE.
The Sensational Disappearance of a
Philadelphia Broker.
C. L. PETEESON FAILS IH BDSIKESS.
Then He Leaves the City and a Divorce Suit
Is Likely to Follow.
HIS INDEBTEDNESS IS TEBI SHALL
rsrrciAL txlxobau to trx nisr-ATcn.1
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. C. L. Peter
son, tbe stock broker, who last week failed
to meet his obligations on the Exchange, has
disappeared from the city and left no trace
of his whereabouts. Peterson was a rather
conservative speculator, and is said not to
have been inclined to hazardous plunging,
but last Saturday he was caught on the bull
side of the market, and finding himself un
able to borrow, permitted 4,500 shares of
Reading stock to be sold under the rule for
his account.
Since Saturdav he' has not put in an ap
pearance on tbe floor of the Exchange, and
the brokers with whom be had husiuess
transactions are beginning to ask themselves
when his accounts with them are likely to
be settled. Peterson had au office in the
basement of the Drexcl building. The
office, however, is closed, and the curtains
are closely drawn over the windows. Two
or three times a day an office boy goes there
to get any mail which may have arrived,
and then locks up the office' and goes away
again.
His Dealings Were Not Heavy.
Peterson had an account with tbe First
National Bank, but never to any great ex
tent At present there is a balance to his
credit oi a trifle over 510. At the Clearing
Houae.it was stated that Peterson's business
was never to any great volume, and, that his
outstanding obligations at the time of his
failure were very slight. The more promi
nent firms on tbe Exchange concurred in
this, one broker stating that he was caught
for about $00. The total indebtedness of
Peterson is estimated at not more than
$2,000, consequently his mysterious disap
pearance has excited considerable curi
osity among members of the Exchange who
are conversant w.,h his business standing.
It is openly slated that domestic and not
business troublts are the cause of Peterson's
absence. Inquiry at the Peterson residence,
inTnlpehocken street, Germantown, elicited
the information that Peterson was not at
home, and that his family were ignorant ot
his whereabouts. Friends of the family say
that a divorce suit is imminent, and that
Mrs. Peterson will shortly present such evi
dence to the court as will obtain for her an
abiolnte divorce. That there is a woman in
the case is admitted, as it is well known that
Peterson has been living with a woman
named Lizzie Wallace for a year at least.
X-lved a Double Life.
Peterson hired a house last summer in the
neighborhood of Seventeenth and Diamond
streets, which he furnished in a most lux
uriant fashiot. Here he lived a portion of
his time, occasionally spending a few days
with his family at Germantown. To-day
the Wallace residence was the scene of con
siderable bustle and confusion. Early in the
day a wagon drove up to tbe door and tbe
most costly furniture was packed in it and
taken away. During the day three wagon
loads of furniture were removed, but every
attempt to gain admittance to the house
provej a failure.
Late td-night it was stated that Lizzie
Wallace had left her residence and the city,
and had gone to join Peterson. A promi
nent broker, who said he was a close friend
of Peterson's said: '
"Peterson has acted foolishly in this mat
ter. There is trouble ahead aud he knew
it, but he should have had the courage to
face the music He could not stand the pace,
and naturally had to go under, but I think
he will come back and square things up be
fore long."
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E0UND BY A BUBGLAE,
Miss Jessie Gilbert, of Banbury, Has a
Bongh Experience.
icrsciAi. tsxeokax to the dispatch.!
Danbury, Cons'., Jan. 20. Miss Jessie
Gilbert, a prepossessing young woman, who
lives at No. 12 Grandview avenue, had a
rough experience with a robber to-day.
Miss Gilbert lives with the family of Will
iam H. Oakley, and this afternoon went out
to make a call. When she returned home
late in the afternoon she found the family
all away, but tbere were evidences that nn
intruder had been there. She heard a noise up
stairs, and just as she started to investigate,
a hand was clasped over her mouth and she
was thrown down. A spool was thrust in
her mouth and her apron drawn up over her
head. Tben her hands and limbs were tied,
and in that condition she was placed across
a chair. She heard tbe robber going from
room to room, and after what seemed to her
an age, he left the house.
After a while Miss Gilbert succeeded in
getting down on to the floor, but try as she
would she conld not free her limbs. She
rolled over aud over until she reached the
stairs, and succeeded in sliding down to the
first floor, where she made her way to the
door which the robber left open when he
went away. There was a stoop, which,
in her helpless condition, she could not
mount, and she lay in tbe yard until Mrs.
Henry Hagganian discovered her. It was
a louc time before she was able to tell the
story of the assault.
A PRETTY FIGHT IK MIUHESOTA.
The Republican Minority Protests, and Their
Opponents Counter-Protest
St. Paul. Jan. 20. The State Senate
this morning resumed the fight of last week,
which was tbe outcome of tbe division of the
committees. Last week the Republican
minority offered a protest against the division
of the committees, alleging thai in most
cases tbe 26 Republicans had smaller com
mittee representation than either the 14
Alliance or 15 Democratic Senators. This
protest was strongly worded, and the ma
jority tried in every fa-ay possible to sup
press it, but the constitutional provision
allowing a minority protest carried tbe day,
and the protest was included in the records.
To-day Mr. Donnelly presented a protest,
signed by the 28 Alliance and Democratic
Senators, protesting against the protest.
There was no constitutional provision for a
majority protest, and it was only after a hot
parliamentary battle and a final submission
of a motion to incorporate tbe protest into
the Senate proceedings that this second pro
test was gotten through. The Repnblicau
protest denounced the actions of the major
ity, and this Alliance-Democratic protest
denounces the first protest as "ridiculously
false." .
KANSAS CITY KNOCKED OUT.
The Annexation of Suburban Places De
clared Unconstitutional.
Kansas City, Jan. 20 The- decision of
Judge Black, of the Missouri Supreme
Court, in declaring that section of tbe city's
charter which provides for the extension of
tbe limits to be unconstitutional, created
great consternation.
The concensus of legal opinion, seems to
be that the decision will have only the fol
lowing effects: The invalidating of official
acts and ordinances, so far as they relate to
the annexed districts; the unseating of the
Councilmen elected Irom the annexed dis
tricts; the reduction of the city's population
by 12,000. All accounts of the city's
officials and the Council, so far s thev re
late to the territory within (ho old limits,
are not affected by the decision. Police
supervision of the annexed territory ws
withdrawn to-day, and tbe fire limits will be
contracted to their former proportions, and
all improvements abandoned. The decision
revives tbe city of Westport, which was, in
the annexed district, and places all officers
of that city in tbeir old positions.
THE- PITTSBURG DISPATCH. -WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
BEADY TO RETALIATE.
Continued from first pagej
ing to put upon some of tbe people of the
country an unwarranted, controlled and
ignorant vote, while denying that vote to
the same class of persons in the District of
Columbia.
Tben a discussion arose upon a proposi
tion to close debate on an unimportant par
agraph. Mr. McComas having made a
motion to that effect, Mr, McCreary moved
to amend it by limiting the debate to one
hoar. A point of older was raiaed against
the amendment on the ground that a motion
to close debate was. not amendable by a mo
tion to limit debate. The participants in
the discussion were: On tbe Republican
side, Messrs. McComas, Adsms, of Illi
nois, and ilr. Grosvenor; and on the
Democratic side, Messrs. Blount, Mc
Millan .and McCreary? Mr. Bland, of
Missouri, rising to discuss the question, Mr.
Boutelle, of Maine, created some merriment
by suggesting that as the Democratic candi
dates tor tbe Speakership had each scored a
point, the Chairman should give his ruling.
Pending decision, the committee rose.
Tbe Speaker laid before the House a re
quest for the return from the Senate of a bill
lor the relief of Sarah E. E. Perine, an
error having occurred in its enrollment.
Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, objected,
and Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, made tbe
point that there was no quorum present.
This point being found to be well taken, tbe
House adjourned. -.
CLOSURE IN THE SENATE.
THE RULE AT LAST FORMALLY CALLED
UP BY ALDRICH.
To-Day Is Expected to Witness a Decisive
Victory for the Force Bill Advocates
Details of a Useless but at Times Am us
ing Debate.
tFROM A STAJT COnBESTOXDKTT.i
"Washington, Jan. 20. The sun ha?
risen and set on another day of failure :or
the Republican Senators. The necessary
majority was present, but the necessary
finesse and courage seemed to be still absent.
Mr. Morton's gelatinous decision on Senator
George's right to the floor when Senator
Aldrich pressed the closure for considera
tion is everywhere to-night discussed as the
crucial weakness of the situation for the
managers of the bill. '
Had they Edmunds, Ingalls or Sherman
in the chair, they could movn forward con
fidently. With Mr. Morton they know
not what discomfiture the first attempt to
close in on the enemy may befall them. The
effect of-the action taken to-night has raised
the expectation that to-morrow will witness
tbe trinmph of the Republican Senators
both in the closure and the passage ?. tbe
elections bill. The only element needed is
tbe strong right arm of a presiding officer,
who will do but one thing, do it promptly,
and not suffer it to be undone.
Calling Up the Closure Rale.
All morning business being disposed of,
Mr. Aldrich moved that the Senate proceed
to the consideration of the resolution to
change the rules submitted by him on the
28th of December last. The motion was
agreed to without contest on tbe Democratic
side. Mr. Harris rose to a question of
order, and quoted Rule 40, which provides
that no motion to raodily, amend, of sus
pend a rule, or part thereof, shall be in
order except on one day's notice in writing,
specifying precisely the rule, or part, pro
posed to be suspended, modified, or
amended, and the parts thereof.
The notice given did not, he said, call at
tention to tbe part of any rule proposed to
be modified, but simply left the Chair and
each Senator to find it out for himself. He
therefore argued that the notice was not
sufficiently specific.
The discussion was progressing when, at 2
P. M.. the Vice President laid before the
Senate as the-unfinished business the elec
tions bin, aud Mr. lieorge took: the floor to
continue his speech against it. The point
of order was made by Mr. Edmunds that the
question of achange of rules was a privileged
question which superseded all other busi
ness. This point was contested by Mr.
Blackburn.
George Held the Floor.
Mr. George, however, claimed the floor
and declined to yield to anybody. He was
a yielding man and had yielded himself
nearly out of court. He then went on with
his speech. He asked and obtained unani
mous consent to have the Constitution of
Mississippi published in the Conrjressional
Record as an appendix to his speech. The
people of Mississippi, he said, begged of
Jtiepubiican .-.en a tors to stay the uplifted
hand of usurpation, because it would never
come to pass that in Mississippi, in Florida,
in South Carolina, or in any State of the
Sontb, or in any State ot the American
Union, tbe neck of the white race should be
under the foot of the negro, or of the Mon
golian, or any created being.
After Mr. George had spoken for nearly
three hours and a half, Mr. Butler (with a
view to giving him a resting spell)' asked
him to yield the floor so that he (Mr. Butler)
might send to the clerk's desk and have
read the chapter of the revised statutes re
lating to the subject of elections. Mr.
George assented willingly to that arrange
ment, and, after the Secretary had read for
a few minutes, Mr. Bntler noticed that the
chapter which was being read was not tbe
one be meant, and he sent for the volume
and said he would read the chapter himself.
A Kick at the Vice President.
Before he had begun to read, Mr. Morgan
rose and said that he now took the floor on
the elections bill, but he was informed bv
the Vice President that he had the name of
tbe Senator from Rhode Island (Mr.
Aldrich) next on the list to speak on tbe
bill. Mr. Morgan protested against that as
a violation of the rule, and said that the
Chair could not make an agreement bsfore
hand to parcel off the floor.
The Vice President's response to that was
to announce that- Mr. George was entitled
to the floor, and Mr. Edmunds insisted on
the regular order. Mr. George again offered
to yield the floor-to Mr. Butler, but to that
Mr. Hoar objected, declaring that under the
usages of the Senate one Senator had not
the right to'hold tbe floor and yield to an
other, except by unanimous consent, other
wise a Senator might bold the floor for tbe
whole session.
The Vice President again announced that
the Senator Irom Mississippi was entitled to
the floor, bnt Mr. Butler suggested that Mr.
George had yielded to him.
"He cannot yield to anybody," said Mr.
Edmunds. '
Then Mr. George inquired what was tbe
present situation, and whether he had the
floor or not; aud was again informed by the
Vice President that he (Mr. George) was
entitled to the floor. After an interchange
of parliamentary suggestions between Mr.
Butler and Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Butler asked
Mr. George if he would permit him to read
a few sections from the Revised Statutes.
Objected to Hearing the Statutes.
"If it be agreeable," said Mr. George,
"to the gentlemen who- control the Senate;
but I do not wish to be gnilty of anything
like high treason."
Mr. Butler' took that answer fora consent,
and said that he would proceed to read
irom tbe Revised Statutes. He was stopped,
however, by air objection from Mr. Hoar;
and tbe Vice President sustained- the ob
jection. Mr. Butler undertook to state the
position of tbe question, but was stopped by
an objection from Mr. Sherman, who said
that, a'boint of order having been made
against the Senator from South Carolina, it
was his duty to take his seat and allow the
Chair to decide the point. .
Mr. Butler intimated that it was quite
unnecessary lor the Senator from Ohio to
administer a lecture to him.
"Xheu," said Mr. Sherman, with a show
of irritation) "I demand the enforcement of
the rule." i
The Vice President gave it as his opinion
that Mr. Sherman's point of order waS well
taken, and that the Senator irom South.
Carolina, should resume his -seat until the
point was decided by the Chair.
"Very well sir," said Mr. Butler, resum
ing his seat.
"The Chair is of the opinion," the Vice
President said, "that a Senator entitled to
tbe floor cannot transfer that right to any
other Senator."
Going Clear Back to Columbus.
Mr. George then resumed the floor, and
(picking up a pile of manuscript) com
menced to read a dissertation upon the
origin and history of African slavery in the
United States. After some ten minutes, he
complained of being "verv weary" and in
quired whether he might ask the Senator
Irom South Carolina to read the speech, or a
part ol it for him, so 'that he might have a
little rest. To that propositiunMr. Aldrich
objected; and Mr. George resumed tbe read
ing with the words, "Immediately after the
discovery oi America" which caused con
siderable laughter, at the idea that there
was so much more to come.
After another ten minutes reading Mr.
Aldrich asked Mr. George if he would yield
to him for a motion to take up the resolution
submitted by him on tbe 20th of December,
and "which was under consideration this
morning."
"That closure rule?" queried Mr. George.
"Yes."
"".Veil, I believe," said Mr. George, with
an air of weariness and resignation com
bined, "I believe I will do that."
"Then," Mr. Aldrich proceeded, "I move
that Ihe Senate proceed to the consideration
ot the resolution,"
"But," said Mr. George, "I want to know
what becomes ot my right to the floor?"
Called Down on His Own Decision.
"And I want to know," Mr. Butler put
in, ''what becomes of the decision of the
Chair that one Senator cannot yield tbe
floor to another except by unanimous con
cent I object."
"Ob, no," Mr. George pleaded, "do not
object. I am pretty nearly worn out But
here," he added, ufter a moment, "is a
point I want settled with our good friends
on the other side. If I give up to the
closure rule, and it is adopted, and I get
the floor afterward, I want to know whether
I will be exempt from that rule or whether
I will be under it. If I am to have a dis-
Eensation by which I am not to be caught
y the rnle I shall be anxious to surrender
the floor now."
Mr. Cnllom said that Mr. George would
have to take his chances on that, and Mr.
Aldrich said that he did not understand
that there was any motion before the Senate.
"Make your motion," said Mr. George.
Bui Mr. Aldrich said he would not.
"Then," said Mr. George, "I will go on,
and I get fresh as I go on. Laughter. I
hope that nobody will act on the idea that I
want a rest, because it is a great pleasure to
me to entertain the Senate on the very im
portant matter that I am now reading."
Laughter.
He had hardly started again, when Mr.
Aldrich once more asked whether he would
yield the floor to him, and he was told that
Mr. George would yield the floor to him
with great pleasure.
Again Trying the Closure.
"Then I move," said Mr. Aldrich a sec
ond lime, "that tne Senate do now proceed
to the consideration of the resolution sub
mitted by me on the 29th of December, and
which was nnder consideration during the
morning hour." Mr. Morgan addressed the
Chair, but the Vice President, without
recognizing Mr. Morgan, put the question
on Mr. Aldrich's motion. There was a re
sponse of ayes, followed by one of noes, and
the Vice President said that the ayes ap
peared to have it ,
Then Mr. Morgan pressed his claim to
recognition, saying that he had addressed
the Chair five or six times, and that he
thought that tbe Chair saw him. He was
asked bv tbe Vice President to state bis ob
ject He replied that he had been on his
feet addressing tbe Chair respectfully, and
that he did not propose to be overslaughed.
Mr. Aldrich I ask that the resolution be
laid before the Senate in' accordance with
the vote.
Mr. Morgan I desire to know whether
there is any agreement of the Senate about
this matter.
The Vice President directed tbe clerk to
read the resolution, and it-was Tead'Sccord
ingly. Morton Seemed to Be Battled. .
Mr.xAldrich Did' the Chair decide that
the motion which I made was adopted?
The Vice President The Senator from
Rhode Island is entitled to the floor.
Mr. Ransom (Who had been trying for
some time to be recognized) The Chair did
not decide it and could not decide it
Mr. Morgan 1 rise to a point of order.
The Vice President The Senator from
Alabama will state his point of order.
Mr. Morgan My point of order is this:
The Senator Irom Mississippi (Mr. George)
had the floor and yielded it, under some
agreement which has not yet been explained
to the Senate. I have several times asked,
verv respectfully, to know what that agree
ment was, m.d I now respectfully ask the
Chair whether or not tbe Senator from Mis
sissippi has yielded the floor absolutely, or
under some agreement
The Vice President The Chair has no
knowledge of any agreement.
Mr. Aldrich That is not a point of order.
Mr. Morgan It is a point of order; be
cause, if there is any agreement about it I
want to o ject.
Aldrich Denies an Agreement
Mr. Aldrich There wns no agreement
made. The Senator from Mississippi yielded
the floor and I made tbe motion.
Mr. Carlisle The situation is this: The
Senator irom Mississippi, before concluding
his remarks, yielded to the Senator from
Rock Island for the purpose of making a
motion. What the rights of the Senator
from Mississippi may be is a question that
will arise hereafter, in case we resume the
consideration of the elections bill, and is not
a question that can be decided now.
"That is true, exactly," said Mr. Ed
munds. "Yes," coincided Mr. Morgan. "Bnt I
want to know whether there is any agree
ment about it."
"There is no agreement, so far as I am
concerned," Mr. Aldrich(said.
"I addressed the Chair very politelv and
I respectiully," Mr. Morgan was going on to
I say, when Mr. Edmunds broke in with an
inquiry as w wuat .uo pcuuiug question
was.
"I move that the Senate do now ad
journ." said Mr. Aldrich.
At this point the Vice President recog
nized Mr, .Ransom and asked Mr. Aldrich
whether he withdrew the motion to adjourn.
"I do not." said Mr. Aldrich, aud there
upon the Vice President put tbe question
and at 6:16 declared the Senate adjourned
till to-morrow at 10 A. m.
Another Technical Point Balsed.
After the Vice President bad left the
chair, but while the Secretary and clerks
were still at tbe desk, Mr. Ransom walked
up to tbe desk and declared emphatically
that tbe question on taking up the resolu
tion had not been decided by the Senate and
that the result of the vote had not been de
clared by the Vice President
The Secretary aud clerks gave their recol
lection in the' matter, and Mr. Shuey, the
omciai reporter, read ma shorthand notes,
which showed that tbe Vice President had
said that the aves appeared to have it, and
that he had subsequently laid the resolution
before the Senate. Mr. Hotr and Mr. Aid
rich were in tbe group about tbe clerks, and
argued that tbe resolution was formally and
properly before the Senate. Mr. Ransom,
however, was not satisfied, and may bring
up the question to-morrow, on the adoption
ot tbe Journal.
THE TBAHCE IS BROKER.
The Victim Says She Was Conscious During
Its 25 Days' Continuance.
Eau Clare, "Wis., Jan. 20. Miss Mel
vin White, of Wheaton, who lay in a trance
25 days, receiving no nourishment but small
quantities of milk, has revived.
She still lies motionless with her eyes
closed, but she opens them when told to do
so and responds freely to questions. She
says she has been conscious all the time.
Tbe lady physician in charge says the ail
ment is an obscure brain lesion. She thinks
the patient will recover.
21, lSpL
O'BRIEN AND DILDON
Have Another Conference and Hope
for an Early Settlement. .
SECRECY IS-STILL PRESERVED
Efforts to Stop the Persecution of the
Hebrews in Knssia.
A BIG CHECK 0FPEEED AN OFFICIAL
-BT DUJ-LAT'S CABLE COMrAXT. J
Paeis, Jan. 21. At an early hour this
morning a reporter called on Messrs.O'Brieu,
Dillon and GUI, who are staying at tbe
house of Mr. Raffaelovitcb, Mr. O'Brien's
father-in-law. In consequence of their con
ference lasting until a late hour last night,
they had not risen.but Mr. O'Brien received
the reporter in his bedroom. In answer to
the question as to what had been the result
of the conference he said:
"It is difficult under tbe existing circum
stances to make any statement with respect
to the cpnference, as it is still necessary for
us to preserve silence on the matter." Tben
Mr. O'Brien dictated the following state
ment "As I had every reason to anticipate, Mr.
Dillon and myself are in full agreement,
and with a view to success, our reticence,
patience and mutual forbearance will con
tinue. That is as necessary, as ever. The
matter is so delicate and so surrounded with
difficulties that it Is hard to be too sanguine
of the result
"All I am free to siy is that we have
made substantial progress toward a settle
ment, which will be satisfactory to the
British as well as to our own sentiment
There has not been a single day's needless
delay. We shall not leave Frauce without
exhausting every effort for peace, and a very
few days now must determine tbe result"
While this was being written Mr. Dillon
entered tbe room, read the statement and
signified his approval of it It is improbi
ble that the conference of Boulogne will be
resumed.
Lord Grevllle Under Pasteur's Care.
rnr duxlaf's cable compact, i
Dublin, Jan. 20. News has been re
ceived that Lord Grevllle, who was bitten
by a dog ou his estate at Clougbngb, iu
Westmeath, and went to Paris, is now pro
gressing very favorably under the Pasteur
treatment.
accuseFoTbribery.
An Episode Between a Bnsslan Cabinet
Minister and a Rich Hebrew.
By Associated l'ress.1
St. Petersburg, Jan. 20. A well
known Hebrew banker named Baron Ginz
burg last week waited on M. Durnovo,
Minister of the Interior, and asked him to
try to alleviate or to postpone the carrying
out of the edicts which had been issued for
tbe repression of Hebrews in Rnssia.
During the interview the baron handed to
the Minister an envelop containing a check
for 1,000,000 roubles, pavable to the order of
M. Durnovo and indorsed by the Mendels
sohns, nf Berlin.
M. Durnovo subsequently obtained an
nndience with the Czar and cave him the
check, telling him of the manner in which
it bad come into his possession. The Czar"
thereupon gave orders for the arrest of
Baron Giuzburg, ana sent an aiae ae camp
to interrogate the Baron in regard to the
matter. The Baron admitted in part tbe
accuracy of the statement made
bv M. Durnovo. He declared.
however, that the check was not
given as a bribe, but as an ordinary
banking transaction, as the books of his firm
would show. Upon an investigation being
made, the books proved that tne order naa
been received in the usual manner from Ber
lin. " When these facts were told to the Czar,
he ordered that the prisoner be released from
custody. Orders were also given to return
the check to Baron Ginzburg, but he refused
to take it. The Czar thereupon ordered that
hall of the money be given to the Red
Cross Society and the other half used for
the rlieef of the poor.
Bancroft, the Historian, Eologlzedr
Bkelin The German newspapers print
warm eulogies on the late George Bancroft,
the American historian. Mr. Bancroft was
on terms of intimate Iriendship with Prince
Bismarck to whom he wrote in October,
1870, that he thanked his stars that he lived
in a time when such men as Bismarck and
King William of Prussia lived.
Scotch Strikers Returning to Work.
Glasgow Forty-four railway strikers,
including a number of veteran engineers
and other old employes, returned to work
to-night on the Caledonian Railway. The
return of the men will enable the Cale
donian Company to employ 20 more engines
on the road.
Commlttedto Prison for Debt
tBT DUNLAP'S CABLX COJtPAKT.I
London1, Jan. 20. Marmaduke Wood,
who was connected with the cerebrated
Dunlo divorce case and who has been living
in lavish style at the Langham Hotel, has
been committed to prison for non-payment
of debt.
Protests Agalnstthe Chilean Blockade.
London The representatives of tbe for
eign Governments at Santiago de Chile
have entered formal protests against the
blockade of Chilean ports by tbe war ves
sels in possession of the insurgents.
From London to Paris by Telephone.
Paris Arrangements are now completed
to tbe satisfaction of all concerned for the
opening, early in Marcb, of telephonic" com
munication between this city and London.
German Weather Letting Up.
BERLIN Germany is getting milder
weather to-day. An effort to remove ice
bound shipping has begnn at Hamburg.
FITFUL FOREIGN FLASHES.
Brief Notes by Cable From Various Farts
of the Old World.
Geece is being snowed under.
Watebford's Trade and Labor Federation
Indorse Parnell.
Beltort, France, bad three earthquake
shocks yesterday.
Brazil's new Minister yesterday presented
himself to Emperor William. '
Canada Is Invited to tbe International Pos
tal Convention in Vienna next May.
The French Deputies yesterday appropri
ated 1200,000 more to relieve sufferers by cold
and storm.
The rivers Tagns and Ebro, which flow
through Saragossa, Spain, are covered with ice
for the first time since 1829,
Socialists of Saragossa, Spain, in mass
meetings, declare a revolution to be the onlv
means to an ideal government
Russia has protested through its German
agent against tbe harboring and employment of
Nihilists by tbe Bulgarian Government
The Moslems ot Central Asia are protesting
to the Czar against expunging from tne Koran
in Rnssia of IS verses ordered out by tbe official
press censor.
The colony or Western Australia opened Its
first Parliament at Perth yesterday, and $0,000.
000 was asked by tbe Governor for railways and
public works.
There were earthquake shocks in Switzer
land yesterday, and simultaneously three
skaters were drowned at Geneva Harbor. Tbe
ice was broken by tbe shock.
The King of Abyssinia has asked theTrench
Government to gle a port near Obock in re
turn for the concessions granted a French com
pany1 to construct and work a railway from
thatplace'to the interior ot Abyssinia.
THE TIMES- CCRRESPOSDEST EXPL&IH8.
The Origin of His Dispatch Abont the
Bering Sea Naval Force. -Philadelphia,
"Jan. 20. Joel Cook,
the correspondent of the London Timet in
this city, was seen to-.night in relation to his
dispatch to the Times regarding tbe alleged
mobilization of a fleet of United States war
vessels in Bering Sea before the opening of
the fishing season, and tbe effect said to have
been produced on tbe public mind in En
gland over this warlike movement of the
Government at Washington.
In explanation of his dispatch, Mr. Cook
said: "My dispatch to the Times was a brief
summarization of a long dispatch that ap
peared in the New York Times of thedate
of January 5, from Annapolis, Md., giving
in detail the names of the vessels to be con
centrated in Bering Sea and tbe number of
guns and men they will carry.
' SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
ANTHONY COUSTOCICS B0CTETY HOLDS
ITS ANNUAL HEEITNG.
Many Thousands of Improper Books, Circu
lars and Gambling Appliances Destroyed
He Tells How an Actress Who Wanted
to Print an Improper Book Tried to
Bribe Him.
rSrXCIAb TZLIGHAH TO TltZ DISFATCR.t
New York, Jan. 20, The" seventeenth
annual meeting of the Society for the Sup
pression of Vice was held to-night at Asso
ciation Hall. Samuel Colgate presided.
Secretary Anthony Comstock made a
long statement, from which i( appeared
that 111 arrests were made in 1800, and that
more than two tons of obscene mat
ter were seized. About 250,000 lottery
tickets and circulars were found, 8,811 ob
jectionable circulars and pamphlets, 150,000
pool tickets, betting books, etc, 10,001 poker
and other chips, 2,383 faro tally cards and
20,000 green goods circulars were destroyed.
Mr. Comstock told with much fine detail
of his work and that of his assistants, and
said that attempts had been made to bribe
him, bnt he had refused to be bribed. One
of the would-be bribers was an
actress, he said, who had written a
wicked book. The publishers to whom
she took the manuscript said they were
afraid to publish it and told her Comstock
would get after tbem. Tbe actress was bold
enongh to go and see Comstock and
submit the wicked book to him. He read it
and told her it must not be printed. She
offered him money, he declared, if he would
let ber go ahead and print it. When he
refused she wanted to take out the very
wicked parts and leave just enough in so
that he could find "a little fault with it,"
and give her a little advertising that way.
The Rev. H. L. Wayland, a Baptist min
ister from Philadelphia, then read a long
address praising Mr. Comstock and his
work. Mr. Wayland compared him to St.
Paul and General Grant and George Wash
ington; to St. Paul because he had been
scourged in tbe fight for right, aud to Gen
erals Grant and, Washington because he
uses artifices to catch and conquer the
enemy.
POWDERLY STRIKES BACK.
He Attacks the Report of the "Sew Tork
Board of Mediation.
rSraCTALTSLXOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH. I
Ne-w York, Jan. 20. The official journal
of K. of L. to-morrow will contain an
article by Mr. Powderly on the recent re
port of the State Board of Mediation and
Arbitration of this State to the Legislature
on the Central Railroad strike. Mr. Pow
derly does not like the report, and recom
mends that the board be abolished. He
says:
"It cannot safely exercise any authority
of power, except to draw a salary and ex
pend tbe money of the people without ren
dering an equivalent. It has no authority
to demand of conflicting parties to submit to
either mediation or arbitration. It should,
in all fairness, be called tbe State
Board of Persuasive Eloquence and Per
sonal Magnetism, fqr the members mnst
coax and wheedle the corporations into
agreeing to anything, and after investiga
tion is made there is no power or authority
to enforce a decision, or even to
make one. The report in question
is unfair, untruthful and misleading; it
is more than that it is malicious, and
plainly exhibits the earmarks of men who
could not withstand honest criticism, and
who made a State doenment the Vehicle
through which to convey a spiteful thrust,
which they should have done in their indi
vidual capacity, if at all." He calls the
recommendations of the board for sufficient
State control over both employer and em
ploye, to avert railroad strikes, "marvels of
insane drivel."
THERE WAS NO WEDDING.
The Bride and Gnests Were Beady, bat tho
Bridegroom Ban Away!
ISTZCIAL TELXOUAX TO TUB DISrATCH.1
Ne-sv York, Jan. 20. Mrs. Ahrens,
the mother of Miss Nellie Ahrens, in
Jefferson, near First street, Hoboken, called
at the police headquarters there to-day
and made an urgent request that Martin
Doerig be found at once and locked up.
Mrs. , Ahrens explained that Doerig and
her daughter were engaged to be married,
and it had been arranged that the
marriage should take place Sunday
night. Miss Ahrens wai ready, the
wedding feast bad been prepared, and the
gnests who had been invited were at the
house, but Doerig failed to appear.
After waiting for bint until nearly mid
night all hope of his coming was abandoned,
and tbe guests took tbeir departure. Miss
Ahrens was prostrated by the disappoint
ment, and has not entirely recovered. She
cannot imagine any cause for Doerig's ac
tion, but she is not inclined to be vindictive.
When her mother was told to-day by the
police that her daughter's only remedy was
in a civil suit for damages she exclaimed:
"We don't want damages. I'll have re
venge. I'll hunt the scoundrel up and
scald hira with vitriol. He shall not escape
so easily." A. friend of Doeriog's says he
has left the city.
THREE SAFE BLOWERS CAUGHT.
They Were in a Pawn Shop Trying to Dis
pose of Tbeir Booty.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Charles Thompson,
alias Dean, John O'Hearn, and Edward R.
Loug, were arrested to-day while in a pawn
shop attempting to dispose of half of $4,000
worth of bonds obtained last month by
blowing open the sale of M. C. Bnxbaum,
a Cincinnati capitalist. '
Thompson has served two terms in the
Ohio penitentiary. O'Hearn is a Kansas
City man, and Long a Chicagoan.
A Bank Receivership Denied.
SlOUI FALLS, S. D., Jan. 20. United
States Judge Edgerton has refused the ap
plication for the appointment of a receiver
for the Canton Bank, having fonnd the bank
solvent, and tbe application but a dispute as
to who shall control.
Xjraph Patients, Progressing Well.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Two more Koch
patients were admitted to St. 'Lake's Hos
pital to-day, making 15 now under treat
ment in Chicago. So far, the effect of the
lymph has been favorable.
The New Governor of Texas.
AUSTIN, Tex , Jan. 20. Governor Hogg
and Lieutenant Governor Pendleton were
inaugurated to-day. There were about 7,000
spectators present.
Dnrint- hi term of fonr viars Cimrrrnnr
TTtnp nf fTtinaia riBft narrtnnttri Rni .
nnder sentences ranging from death down to
(en uj b imprisonment anu j une.
Between 400 and. 00 pounds of opium,
valued at about 17,000, was siezed at Oakland.
Cat., on Saturday while being taken aboard a
fe-rrjboat for Saa Francisco, .
THE INDIAN FIGHTERS.
rTo Be Reviewed To-Day at Pine
IMdge Agency by General Miles. , .
THE H0KK0BS OP W0U5DED KNEE.
A Woman and Three Children Who Were
Killed After the Battle.
SEEMS LIKE A COLD-BLOODED MURDEK
IfrlCTAL TZUS1UX TO THI SISrATCBVI
PiifE Ridge Ageitcy, Jan. 20. The
most furious sand storm of the campaign
ragef here all day to-day. Tbe wind blew,
a gale, driving sand in whirling waves over
the valley. While the storm was at its
height last night, lmrses stampeded and
caused consternation amoug the soldiers on
the Northern Bultes, as it was thought tha
Indians were coming. This was an un
eventful day in camp, the storm driving
nearly everybody to cover.
Tbere is to be a review of nearly all the
troops to-morrow near Wolf creek. All
branches of the service will be represented. ,
It will be tbe bigcest military denonstra- -tion
seen in tbe Indian country in 20 years.
The troops will form in line of battle in the
afternoon, and tbere will be other interest
ing maneuvers. There will also be a great
beef issue to the Indians who are here. It is
not yet known what disposition will be made
of the troops after the review, but it is prob
able that they will be kept here for several'
days.
Guarding Against a Surprise.
During the demonstration the First Re?'-'
ment, in command of Colonel Shafter, will
remain in the present position at the agency
as precautionary measure against any possi- ,
ble maneuvers by the Indians. Unless nn-,
forseen complications arises. General Miles
and his staff will doubtless leave for Chica-,
go on Monday. Uneasiness of the Indians'
over the Bear Bntte outrage seems to bo
allayed for the present at least
A detachment of soldiers went ont to
day to a place near Wounded Knee where
the dead bodies of a woman ind three
children were fonnd yesterday. Red Hawk,
who has been a member of the police force
here for the past seven years, identified the
corpses as those of his wife and three chil
dren. The little ones were naked and frozen
stiff. The woman was dressed, bnt bare
footed. General Miles is satisfied that tha'
poor creatures were killed by soldiers the
day , after the battle at Wounded Knee. "
They had been shot in the back while trying,
to reach a place ot safety, and were four
miles from the scene of the battle. One Gov
ernment cartridge shell was found near the
bodies. Tbe rest of the shells were evi
dently carried away by the murderers. So
close had the gnus been held to the un
lortunates that tbe side of the little boy's
head was powder burned.
"o Excuse for the Killing. '
There seems to be no excuse for the kill
ing, bnt military officials are of opinion that
the family was wiped ont under the impres
sion that they were hotiIes and nnder cover
of blankets were mistaken for men-. There
is still much uncertainty as to who shall
compose party of chiefs that is to visit
Washington next week for the purpose of
telling their grievances. American Horse,
Swords, Young Man; Afraid of His Horses
and Red Cloud are almost certain to go.
With tbe exception of old Red Cloud these
Chiefs represent the more enligbtened and'
progressive element among the Ogallallas. '
Little Wound and Big Road may go as
delegates of the semi-pacific circle of
avowed malcontents if they are taken.t
There will certainly be ten men in the party,,
and perhaps 23. Several Sioux, who wera
made prisoners after the battle at Wounded!
Knee, called on General Miles to-day and
asked that they be permitted to live here.N
The General reserved his decision. Twenty
more gnns were surrendered by the Indiana
to-day.
KUSING JOHH RELYEA.
Serious Charges Slade Against a Business?
Man of Kingston.
rsrZCIAI. TXXXGKAM TO TUX DltrATCB.t
Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 20. It is rnmored
to-night that John Relyea, the junior mem
ber of the firm of Homer, T.elyea & Son,
proprietors of the Colonial Mills, of this
city, has left town with upward of $20,000
of other people's money. He has for soma
time past occupied a prominent position in
the Young Men's Christian Association, as'
well as in church and social circles. The
missing young man is about 30 years old
and was tbe last npon whom a cloud of sus
picion would rest, not being addicted to any
ot tbe ordinary vices.
He kept company and is reported to have
been engaged to be married to Miss Emma
Yandensen, the daughter of Mrs. Catharine
E. Yandensen, a wealthy widow and mem
ber of a firm of druggists of established
reputation, being the proprietor of a num
ber of proprietary medicines. It is said
that he has forged a check for $6,000, with
the signature of his expected mother-in-law
attached thereto. The president of a bank:
and other reputable citizens are said to be)
his victims.
WANTED m MAHY PLACES.
A Desperado Arrested In Denver to Bo
Taken to Canada for Trial. ''
Denver, Jan. 20. Detectives Jame
McDonald and T. L. Nash, of Windsor,'
Canada, arrived to-day with requisition,
papers for Prank West, alias "Captaiof
Boach," who is under arrest here for blowing;
the Denver Brewing Company's safe and
robbing it of 51,500. West Is wanted in
Windsor for jail-breaking. He was under
a five year sentence for an assault npon a
French boy. He escaped only a few months
ago.
Tbe Detroit authorities are after him for
being implicated in several large burglar
ie, and he is supposed to have been con
nected with one or two murders. The exact
time of their departure will be kept secret,;
as the officers have become apprised of tha
facts that several of West's most desperate
associates are in the city, and if tbe least
opportunity is given they will make a bold,
attempt-to rescue him.
DTJLTTTH EXTENDING IT3 B0BDEHS.
Six Thousand Population May Be Added to
the Town.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 20. The"fighi
over tbe annexation of Duluth's suburbs
was upiu tbe Chamber of Commerce to-day,"
annexation beiugoverwhelmingly approved-'?
The city council has proposed amendments
to the charter so as to include a strip 2
miles wide, extending from Brighton on tha
East to Carlton county on the West. Six
thousand people are in the district it-is de
sired to annex.
The Second State Dinner. '
Washington, Jan. 20. The, second o
the series of state dinners to be given thi-1 a
season by the President and Mrs. Harrison,
took place to-nignt, the guests on tbia
occasion being memuers of diplomatic de
partments. At the table sat with Mr.
Blaine on his right the Italian minister, '
who is Dean of the Diplomatic. Corps, witiv
Mrs' Harrison opposite. The guests wera
pleasantly paired.
Vance Wins With Ease.
Raleigh, K. C, Jan. 20. The Legis-
lature,to-daybIalotted for United Stater
Senator with this result: Senate, Vance, 40;
Pritchard, 7. House, Vance, 86; Eritchard,
13; Dockery, 1.
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