FORTT-ITFTH
In the Hands of the Quick and
Cunning Leaders of the
Tireless Minority.
THE READY-MADE RULINGS
Sustained the Vice President for a
Season, but He Was Never
Equal to Emergencies.
DEMOCRATS STILL IN CONTROL,
Althongh the Advocates of the Force Meas
ure Bare Gained Some Ground
x During the Struggle.
LNTESTIGATISG THE SILTEK SCANDAL.
Sosi latertsuEg Teitmcsy Girts Before the House
CcBBittce, hit Sotting to Further
Implicate Craercn.
PEOBAEIX AFPOKTMINT OF JUDGE ACHEEON
rFBOX A STAFF COBRESFOXDXXT.l
"Washington-, Jan. 22. Never was there
a more painful bit of parliamentary in ca
pacity seen in the Chair of the United
States Senate than that exhibited by Vice
President Morton to-day in his rulings in
the party duel still in progress for and
against taking up the closure amendment.
It has come to be a general suggestion that
ii Mr. Harrison is so anxions to have a new
elections bill he should first get a new Vice
President
gin all of tiie parliamentary fights that
have occurred this session, when Mr. Mor
ton was in the chair, Gorman and Harris,
the masters of parliamentary tricks on the
Democratic side, have absolutely controlled
the Senate, and the Vice President seems to
have learned very little by past distressing
experience.
Some Decisions Prepared In Advance.
For a time to-dav everything went
Emoothly for thellepublicans. Mr. Morton
had, as be thought, all of the parliamentary
thunder in his hands that he needed. All
his decisions were written ont so plainly on
a sheet of paper that the correspondents in
the press gallery over the President's head
could read them, and several of them were
telegraphed to afternoon papers and possibly
in print before he had made them, or read
them from his coaching manuscript
But of course tile Senators who irrote out
his lesson for him could not anticipate every
little point, and the wily Gorman tangled
him up at times so that he appeared to have
wholly lost bis head. Aldrich, himself, who
managed the interests of the Bepublicans on
the floor, got astray more than once, and lost
ground eacn time, but his extrication of
himself lrom his difficulties was so neat com
pared with the floundering of Mr. Morton,
that he was highly complimented.
Conld Not See the Point.
More than once an opportunity occurred
to close the mouths of the Democrats by a
shrewd and quick decision, but Mr. Morton
had not the faintest conception of an ad
vantage when it was offered, and so the dis
cussion dragged, and the more complicated
the situation became the more opportunity
there was for Democratic obstruction.
Even with all the blundering, however,
the dead wood of party precedent was so far
cleared away for debate on the closure rnle
as to compel the Democrats to fall back on
a point of order made by Mr. Harris two
days ago on which no decision was rendered.
He insisted on a decision, and that offered
opportunity for further debate, which was
carried on to the moment when a motion
was made and carried to take a recess till 11
o'clock to-morrow.
This is a decid ed advantage to the Repub
licans to far as the work of to-morrow is
concerned, as it will give no opportunity
for delay over the approval of the journal,
such as gave the Democrats a chance for
considerable obstruction to-day.
Some Obstacles Still In the Path.
But there is still Mr. Hams' appeal to he
disposed of before the closure rule case can
be taken up, and how long the truly good
and very timid Mr. Morton will let the
Democrat obstructionist talk on this, it is
probable not even Mr. Morton can tell.
Even after the closure rule is got before the
Senate there is no way to end debate, except
by a violent adoption of the very proceed
ing proposed by the rule, and, therefore, the
Republicans must either decide to let the
debate continue interminably or take the step
they have deprecated all along, and which
the failure to take has resulted in a great
waste of time.
The action of Senators Stewart, Teller,
"Wolcott and Jones in voting with the Dem
ocrats to-day is accepted as proof that they
have had no assurance as yet from either
the leaders in the Honse or from the Presi
dent that the silver bill will be treated with
favor, and they are therefore bent on pur
suing the elections bill to its death. And
it is even claimed by the Democrats that
these four are not all who will vote against
the passage of the closure rule when it comes
to a vote. They assert they have the assur
ance of a sufficient number to defeat the
passage of the rule.
Morton Is TTlllInc;, but Not Wise.
However this may be, it is the evident in
tention of the Republicans to push both the
closure and election bills to a passage if
they can. Mr. Morton has promised to
make any ruling that is asked of him, but
the trouble is that every contingency can
not be mapped out so that he may have it
written or printed before him, and therefore
it is expected that be will yet be compelled
to do what he has refused hitherto, and that
is to acknowledge that he does not in ex
perience sire up to the situation, and invite
an older and more practiced hand to wield
the gavel until the parliamentary crisis is
passed.
The resolution now before the Senate (the
closure) will probably be debated until the
Bepublicans secure the attendance ot more
of the absentees, and this they expect will
he early next week. It is believed that by
that time Senators Squire, Pettigrew.Pierce,
Cameron, Quay, Moody and perhaps
Ingalls, will find their affairs in such shape
that they can return to the Capitol.
Mr. Ingalls by his absence causes a prac
tical loss of two votes, for he is paired with
Senator Allison, who is present but estopped
from voting. Lightsee.
THE SILVER SCANDAL.
PEEE COINAGE ADVOCATES IMPATIEHT
AT TEE DELAY.
Some Interesting Testimony Given Before
the Investigating Committee of the
House One Man 'Who Wrote Financial
Speeches for Congressmen.
rrEOU A STAFF COBBXSPOXDXKT.l
Washington, Jan. 22. Even if there
were a silver pool in which statesmen were
interested, though no positive evidence has
yet been gleaned to that effect by the investi
gation, it wonld hardly cause more gossip
and criticism than the treatment of the free
coinage bill by the Coinage Committee of
the House. The measure has been iu the
hands of that committee for a week or more,
and the hearing ot one or two persons utterly
opposed to it is all that has been done. It is
now slated that there will not probably be
another hearing for a week, and no time is
suggested when the perfunctory hearings
shall cease and the hill reported in some
form.
The friends of the measure in and out of
Congress are, to say the least, very impatient
at the delay, as every day lapsing betore the
report lessens the chance of its passage. It
it can be got before the House in good time,
where it will, its supporters claim, be in the
hands of a majority of its friends, it is
thought it will soon be passed, though pos
sibly not exactly in its present form. In be
half of the President, or at least to protect
him from the embarrassment of having to act
on a bill for absolute free coinage, an effort
is being made to secure a compromise re
stricting the coinage to the American
products.
Radicals Opposed to a Compromise.
The radical silver men and the radicals on
the other side are opposed to this. The
former object because a discrimination
against foreign silver would make a differ
ence of value between silver in America
and silver abroad, which would be seriously
detrimental to onr financialdealingsabroad,
giving to our currency a value by fiat only;
the latter because of the impression that the
President would sign a modified bill, though
he would not sign one for absolute free
coinage. Those who earnestly oppose free
coinage have no desire to make it easier for
the President to sign afree coinage bill, even
to save him from embarrassment
Senator Stewart was the first witness
before the Silver Pool Investigating Com
mittee this morning. He testified that he
had never bought or sold silver bullion,
except years ago, when he was mining and
sold his product, and had no knowledge of
any Senator or member being interested in
silver speculation.
F. X. Hill testified that he was a lawyer
and writer. He answered an advertisement
last spring for a ready writer familiar with
bimetallism. The next day a man called
on-bim and said he was satisfied there was
going to be a difference between the Senate
and House bills, and he wanted the question
brought before the people intelligently. His
name was Hedenberg.
Sale of Silver Certificates.
Hedenberg then remarked:
"Here's
something perhaps you can make money
out of," and pulled out of his pocketbooK
vsh,a,t he safd",were jastifieties for 1,000
ounces of silver eac&T'thongh witness did
not examine them. Hedenberg suggested
that witness could sell some of the cer
tificates on a margin of $25 a thousand
ounces, and he would be paid one certificate
for every four shares sold. Witness replied
that he might sell some to his business
friends. Hedenberg interrupted him with
the statement that he wanted the certificates
sola to members of Congress.
Witness replied that the members of Con
gress he knew were so poor they conld not
pnt up $25 margin. Laughter. He did
not want to go into the thing, and turned it
off with a laugh. Witness had not the
slightest knowledge of a single certificate
being offered to members of Congress. He
had written a number of bimetallist articles
and had written some essays on the subject
which he believed were in the Congression
al Record.
Mr. Dingiey Do you mean that they were
delivered as speeches?
Witness I do not know what was done
with them. Laughter. J
The Trice Paid for Speeches.
Mr. Oates What do you usually get for
a speech?
"Witness If you desire, I will make terms
with you, Mr. Oates. Renewed laughter.
James A. George, who said he ran a pro
vision store in this city, testified to being
present at -conversations "between Hill and
Hedenberg. His general statements of these
conversations agreed with Hill. He testified
that he had told him be (Hedenberg) had
got a pool organized that held at that time a
million ounces of silver. Hedenberger
wanted witness to see Southern members in
the interest ot the House bill, and said he
did not want free coinage. Witness replied
that he was a free coinage man, and that if
he knew of a Sonthern man going the other
way he would expose him and get him ex
pelled from Congress.
Senators Teller and Wolcott, who had re
quested to be summoned, then appeared and
denied all knowledge of a pool.
SETTLUJG INTO C0NYICIT0H.
A Report That Judge Acheson'a Name
Will Be Sent In To-Day.
rrKOM A STAFF COBBXSPOXBKXT.l
Washington, Jan. 22. It is rumored
that the nomination of Jndge Acheson for
Judge of the Circuit Court will be sent to
the Senate to-morrow or Saturday, but the
rumor cannot be traced to any one who ap
pears to have direct information on the
subject
In view of the apparent conviction that
Judge Acheson will be promoted, a large
crop of candidates are springing up for the
District bench. So far. Joseph BufHngton,
of the Armstrong county bar, appears to
have bv far the most extensive and distin
guished indorsement for the succession, but
which, of course, has not been presented,
and will not be until the nomination ot
Judge Acheson. It is said that the indorse
ments of Mr. Buffingtou Include nearly all
the judges and county bar associations of
Western Pennsylvania, except in those
counties where there are candidates.
PENSION OFFICE INQUIRY.
The 'investigating Committee Takes a Re
cess Until Next Monday.
Washington, Jan. 22. The Baum in
vestigation to-day was uninteresting.
James O'Donnell, a Pension Office em
ploye, testified that when on leave of ab
sence he had cared for a pair of horses be
longing to Green B. Baum. Jr.
Mr. Cooper filed with the committee a cer-,
tinea copy or the article of incorporation of
the Columbia Universal Refrigerator Com
pany, which, however, Mr. Baum (aid had
not been incorporated, and consequently the
stock had not been issued. The committee
then adjourned until Monday.
Three Postoffice Contest Settled.
Washington, Jan. 22. The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following nom
inations: Postmasters Pennsylvania, Mies
Elizabeth V. Neyman, Grote City; Henry
A, Groman, Bethlehem; Prince R. Stetson,
Beading.
A PEACEFUL SCENE.
The Calm That Follow a Storm Prevail
in tbo Lower House.
Washington, Jan. 22. Peace reigned
in the House to-day. The members all ap
peared to be on their best behavior, and the
scene was a great contrast to that of yester
day's turbulent proceedings.
Mr. Bodgers, of Arkansas, raised the
point that no quorum was present The
Speaker counted 163 members and directed
the Clerk to read the journal. While the
clerk was reading, Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee,
questioned the correctness of the Speaker's
count, aud his appeal was overruled.
Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee, and the
Sneaker had a little discussion about the
latter's rulings. Mr. Henderson, of Illinois,
made a brief plea for peace, after which the
journal was approved and the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was passed
without further difficulty. The House then
went into committee of the whole on the
naval appropriation bill. Mr. Boutelle ex
plained the bill, and without disposing of
it the committee rose and the Honse ad
journed.
TAXING ITS CAPACITY.
,
The Pension Bureau Does the Largest
Business on Record.
Washington, Jan. 22. A statement
prepared at the Pension Office shows that
there were issued during the first 15 days in
the present month 10,377 pension certificates,
the larger proportion of them being under
the dependent pension act of June 27, 1800.
This is said to be the largest number ever
issued by the bureau during a like period.
It was stated that the large number of in
quiries relating to pension claims daily re
ceived from members of Congress, all of
which have to be answered, is seriously in
terfering with the regular business of the
office. One day last week, it is said, the in
quiries of this character received amounted
to about 2,0b6. For this particular day
nearly the entire adjudicating fprce in the
office, which numbers about 600 examiners,
was detailed for the special duty of answer
ing these queries.
TAGGART NOT SURPRISED
OYEB THE SIXVEB POOL DISCLOSUBES
ABOUT CAMEE0N.
Be Says the Exposure Would Not Have
Burt the Senator Any Before His Re
Election Representative .Coray Re
Echoes His Sentiments The News at
Harrlsbnrg.
rFItOM A STAFF CORRESPONMNT.1
HABBISBUBG, Jan. 22. The disclosures
about Senator Cameron and the silver pool
were not generally known in Harrisburg
until this morning. The evening papers in
this city yesterday contained nothing of the
news, and only a few people who got the
Philadelphia evening papers at night were
aware of Senator Vest's statement at Wash
ington. To-day, however, the matter was
generally gossiped about in the State Capi
tol. Of course, it proves a rich morsel for
the men who voted against Mr. Cameron on
Tuesday last
Mr. Taggart says the matter was no sur
prise to him and simply carries ont his esti
mate of the man. Whether the exposure
was held back purposely or not till after
Cameron's re-election, he does not know,
butiCJars that it would have made no dif
ference to the people who voted for Cam
eron, for they would have voted for him
anyhow. Representative Coray, of Lu
zerne county, who was Mr. Taggart's fight
hand man in his warm fight against Cam
eron, said:
"It looks to me as though Mr. Cameron
belongs to tbat category of publio men who
regard high offices as a snap. Suchmen are
usually in it for all it is worth. It wonld
have made no difference if the scandal had
been known in Harrisburg a week, or two
weeks ago; nor wonld it have made any dif
ference if Mr. Cameron had voted against
the elections bill. He would have been re
elected anyhow.
"The caucus wonld have done exactly
what it did, no matter what revelations were
made; for, supposing some Bepublicans had
deserted him on account of these facts, it
has been confessed that plenty of Democrats
stood ready to help in case of an emergency.
Senator Cameron is now elected. The op
position did what it conld against him, but
the whole matter is at an end. There will
be no further action as far as the Legislature
of Pennsylvania is concerned."
GENERAL HOWAEfS LOSS.
His Own and a Church's Money Go Up With
Kean & Co.
SPECIAL TKLEOKAM TO THE P1SPATCH.1
New Yokk, Jan. 22. Among those who
were caught by the failure a month ago of
Samuel A. Kean & Co., the Chicago
bankers, was General O. O. Howard, TJ. S.
A. General Howard had $3,300 on deposit,
of which $1,000 was his personal account
and the remainder a fund which he held in
trust for the Camp Memorial Church, a
Chrystie street mission. The mission
ii the joint enterprise of Con
grrgationallsts. Episcopalians and Pres
byterians, and as General Howard was
chiefly instrnmental in helping on the work,
he handled the funds. The money was col
lected by subscription, and among the sub
scribers were H. B. Claflin & Co., who con
tributed 5500.
General Howard said to-day that the
church wonld not suffer by the failure. "As
soon as that occurred," be said, "I person
ally assumed the loss of the church's funds.
I have met all the payments as they became
due and the church will not lose a" dollar."
General Howard himself had contributed
1,000 for the church. After the failure
General Howard, through his attorneys,
took out an attachment against Kean & Co.
INTERESTING LEGAL EVENT.
Colored Lawyers Slake Their First Appear
ance in a Maryland Court.
rSPXCIAX. TELEQBAM TO THX DISPATCH.!
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 22. The first
colored lawyers who ever argued a case be
fore the Maryland Court of Appeals pre
sented themselves to-day as counsel for the
appellee in the case of the Central Bail way
versus Elizabeth Smith, a colored woman,
who was injured in a railway accident in
Baltimore.
, The colored lawyers, who reside in Balti
more, were Charles W. Johnson and George
M. Lane. Both are bright mulattoes.
RAPIDLY IMPROVING.
Mrs. Carnegie's Condition Gives Promise of
a Speedy Recovery.
tSFSCIAT. TELEOIIAM TO THX DISPATCH. I
New York, Jan. 22. Mrs. Andrew Car
negie, who has been seriously ill for over
eight weeks, is rapidly improving. Mrs.
Carnegie is suffering from typhoid fever.
Dr. Dennis and Dr. Janeway, who are her
physicians, consider her condition very
promising for a speedy recovery.
The Bank Bun at Omaha Coases.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 22. The run on the
South Omaha branch of the Nebraska Sav
ings Bank continued two hours this morn
ing, and, as the depositors were paid in full,
confidence vu restored and the ma ceased.
Ten Thousand Ghost Dancers Watch
Miles Review the Regulars.
GEEAT GUSTS OP SNOW AND SARD
Co Not Stop One of the Host Imposing
Demonstrations Ever Seen.
THE OFFICIAL END OF THiJ CAMPAIGN
rSPXCtAL TEUranAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1
Pine Bidge Agency, Jan. 22. Ten
thousand Sioux had an opportunity to-day
to see the strength and discipline of the
United States Army.for the end of the ghost
dance rebellion was marked by a review of
all soldiers who have taken part in crushing
the Indians who had taken to the warpath.
The day was one of most disagreeable of the
campaign. A furious wind blew from the
north, driving .sand ' and snow over the
valley in blinding and choking sleets.
The camp of the soldiers was two
miles from the agency. Through a
stifling gale of sand General Miles
and his staff rode in a ragged group.
It wis after 10 o'clock when all the prep
arations were made for the review. The
summits of buttes to the north were then
fringed with Sioux warriors, who were
closely wrapped in their blankets and star
ing at the iong lines of cavalrymen and
infantrymen, which stretched away to the
south until they were lost in flying sand.
Relics of the Ghost Dance.
Many of the late ghost dancers were still
wrapped in the precious but ghostly habili
ments of the strange religious craze. Others
were cloaked in blue blankets, the wind
tossing their colored ribbons and eagle
feathers in, barbaric grandeur. The great
Indian village two miles to the north was
deserted, and the sullen Sioux seemed awed
by the activity of the troopers. Shivering
in the biting wind were their thousands of
ponies huddled about the tepees, the war
riors being still suspicious that some move
would be made to wipe them off the faceof
the earth. "v
Stretching in a long, ghostly line along
the ridge of buttes to the north were their
pickets, readv to give tbe word that would
send tbe redskins flying in case the soldiers
should advance upon them. General Miles
sat upon his black horse on the knoll to the
east, in front of his escort, which consisted
of representatives of every arm ot the army
in the field and Captains Maus, Baldwin
and Ewers.
Finally there came through the gale the
shrill notes of bugles. They were so faint
that they were almost lost in the storm.
Then one by one the troopers took up the
call, and the great parade of the regular
army, which was the grandest since the
final disposal of the troops in 1860 in Wash
ington, began to pass in review.
A Be view Under Difficulties,
Through blinding sleet, with heads muffled
in huge lur capes, came the great detach
ment of Sioux scouts with Captain Taylor,.
with his sword at a salute, at their head.
SergeantBedshirt,the handsomest Indian in
tbe Sioux Nation, was at the extreme right,
his long hair tossing in a tangled mass over
his shoulders.
Yankton Charlie, who saved the revolvers
of poor Lieutenant Casey, rode at the left ot
the line, his overcoat buttoned so closely
about him that the war feathers on bis
breast were concealed.
Behind these famous scouts was the First
Begiment Band, of fAngel Island, Cal., in
fur mittens and caps, playing a march which
was almost -lost in the roar of the storm.
When, the musicians, with horns roaring
and drums rattling, got opposite General
Miles they stepped away from the column
so that they faced thejr commander. Then
came the great swinging column of infantry
in brown canvas overcoats, fur caps and the
glittering barrels of their rifles over their
shoulders.
This was the famous First Begiment of the
army, and, as its officers passed in front of
General Milet, their Bwords flashed through
flying sands and then fell at saddle girths.
Captain Dougherty, grim veteran of a dozen
Indian wars, and the man who had his
three-inch rifled gun trained on the hostiles
all the time they marched up the valley to
the agency, was at the head of one of the
columns. Those ragged guideons went down
before the Commanding General, and in
stantly the black sombrero of the great In
dian strategist was dipped.
The Gans Feared hy the Beds.
Behind the trumpeters there tramped the
Second Infantry, of Omaha, in blue over
coats and brown leggings, with Major Bntler
at their head, and then came the Seven
teenth Infantry, swinging along with a
jauntiness it displayed when it marched
through blizzard and along the Cheyenne
river. There was a rumbling pack of in
fantry mules with patient-looking faces and
statuesque ears, which were dragging machine
cannon, those guns the Indians declare shoot
to-day and kill to-morrow.
The noise was from a battery of catling
and Hotchkiss guns, with mules plodding
along at their sides, with cartridges packed
in white canvas bags on their backs. Be
hind these machine cannon was Captain
Capron's battery of three-inch rifled guns,
with soldiers holding carbines sitting on
-caissons.
Behind the artillery was General Oarr,
astride a bay horse and leading the Sixth
Cavalry, which has cut its way through tbe
Southwest from the Indian nation to Bio
Grande. The General wore a slouch bat,
his grizzled whiskers tossing all about the
collar of his buffalo coat. His entire regi
ment was prancing behind him, the troopers
being muffled in canvas overcoats with their
rifles slung to their saddles.
Evidences of Wounded Kuee.
The famous leader of the Southwestern
troopers drew up alongside of General Miles
and General Brooke, while his troons pushed
forward through the storm. More Hotchkiss
guns followed. Then came the Leaven
worth battalion, a mixed regiment com
manded by Colonel Sanford. Behind these
troops was still another battery of Hotchkiss
guns, the carriages of which still bore evi
dences of furious storm of shot that raged
for an hour at Wounded Knee.
A lean, shrunken-faced man with his
overcoat buttoned tightly around his throat
and mounted on a splendid horse followed
tbe cannon. It was Colonel Guy Y. Henry,
who was shot through the face in battle with
Sionx in 1876, and who led his flying negro
troopers of the Ninth in an all-night ride of
80 miles to save tbe Seventh Cavalry, which
was threatened with Custer's fate at Cath
olic Mission less than four weeks ago. Be
hind him were long lines ot black faces,
peering from fur caps and high collars of
buffalo overcoats. Bed and white guideons
fluttered betore each company.
The negro cavalry came in unbroken col
umns, with its. world-famed and decorated
heroes of the Thornburg massacre riding at
ftnlnff. "Rrprv man In tliA TCtnlh was in'
that long ebony wave of faces, and as it
swept in front of General Miles the famous
Indian fighter dipped his hat again and
again.- There was another battery of ma
chine guns and then came iu long column
front the most celebrated regiment in the
Western army.
Approach of the Seventh Begiment.
It was preceded by bugle corps mounted
on white horses, and from glittering instru
ments there came a roar that even tbe
screaming of the storm. could not drown.
The troopers of the Seventh Cavalry, a regi
ment tbat has been torn and leveled by
silent ghost dancers on the buttes, was ap
proaching. Tbe musicians from California
began to play "Gary Owen," a stirring,
rollicking mefudy which Custer (aid was fit
music for any soldier's death. The troopers
came with their carbines at a saluteand
their blue capes flung back so that their
yellow linings were exposed.
Major Whitsides was in command of the
regiment As it passed General Miles the
entire staff doffed their hats, while the com
mander himself waved his white gloved
hand. Troop after troop passed by with
guideons that had been riddled by Indian
bullets until B Troop and K Troop came in
view. The appearance of these troops aroused
tbe emotions' of the spectators. B Troop
was not so large as those tbat had preceded
it, and K Troop was even smaller.
When the savages at Wounded Knee
turned their carbines upon the soldiers these
troops faced awful fire. K Troop was with
out its commander and all of its com
missioned and non-commissioned officers.
Those who were not killed or wounded in
that terrible fight were laid up, and tbe only
officer to lead B Troop was a Second Lieu
tenant with a bandage about his head, but
the gallant troopers who remained rode with
proud bearing, their rifles being held over
tbe heads of their horsed. Behind the
cavalry came the hospital and supply trains
aud pack mules. The column was an hour
passing General Miles, there being nearly
4,000 soldiers and 3,700 horses and mules in
line.
A DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD.
MANY HEW JEBSEY PEOPLE ASE
BEHDEBED HOMELESS BY IT.
The Bosh of Waters Carries Away a Struct
ure of Great Historical Interest A Large
Part of Morristown Submersed Many
Horses and Cattle Drowned. J
SPECIAL TELEGKAM TO TSX DISFATCB.I
Mqekistown, N. J., Jan. 22. One of
the most historical spots in the State of New
Jersey was, this afternoon, destroyed by a
freshet that has inundated the lower portion
of this city, and this evening rendered
homeless scores of poor people. Two miles
above this city is Speedwell Lake, a body of
water overfour miles in circumference. On
tbe bank of this lake is an iron foundry,
formerly owned by Stephen Vail, the builder
of the first steam" vessel to cross tbe At
lantic. In this building the first telegraph
instrument invented by Morse was sta
tioned when tbe initial message over a tele
graph wire was sent to Boston in 1835.
The building is an antiquated wooden
structure, and dnring the past five years
many New York capitalists endeavored to
purchase it for its historical associations.
About 4 o'clock this afternoon the residents
in tbe vicinity ot tbe building were notified
by a loud noise that the ice on the lake was
breaking up, and tbat the dam was in dan
ger. Tons of water swept over the dam and
every minute crept nearer the Yail build
ing, but soon a break was noticed in the
dam, and hardly before the spectators conld
reach a place of safety the dam gave way
with a thunderous noise and carried with it
a large portion of the old building.
Speedwell Lake empties into Lake
Pocahontas, and the broken ice and debris
crashed through this body of water, and five
minutes later bad broken the dam of the
latter and completely inundated the low
lying district ot Morristown. Many horses
and cattle were drowqed, and at the present
writing over two score ot houses are half sub
merged and the occupants being taken out
in boats. Considerable excitement prevails,
as the peoole rendered homeless are of the
laboring class, and in many cases refused to
leave their possessions at the mercy of the
waters.
A BUBSTED DAM.
It Causes, an Immense Amomit of Damnco
in the Housatunio ntfiey. "'"
rlFXCIAI. TELEOEAM TO TUB DISPATCn.1
Ansonia, Conn., Jan. 22. At 7:45
o'clock this evening tbe big Housatonic dam
began to weaken from the heavy rains to-day
and at 8 o'clock the two towns of Birming
ham and Shelton were in an uproar. The
east gate house of the dam fell with a crash,
and ten minutes later over 100 feet of the top
of the dam gave away, letting immense
bodies of water out into the river. At this
hour the chances are that no more will go
through. If the water does not subside tbe
whole 400 feet will be washed away.
The dam is the second largest in New
England, supplies power for some 40 facto
ries and furnishes employment for 5,000
people. The flood is the most disastrous
known in the Housatonio Valley. The
Derby and NaugatucK Bailroad tracks are
covered and trains are stalled on each side
of the water. No traffic can pass over it the
next 24 hours. The loss by the stoppage of
factories and to the dam will exceed $230,000.
WHKE8BABBE UNDEB WATER.
TWA
The Ice Gorge in the Susquehanna Biver
Extends About 37 Miles.
Wilkesbakeb, Jan. 22. A terrible
rain storm swept over the Wyoming Valley
this morning, continuing until 3 p. m.
Over one-third of Wilkesbarre is
now under water, and traffic is
completely suspended on the street
railway. The steam heating plant is com
pletely submerged, and two fire engines
have been pumping the water out all the
afternoon.
The gorge in the Susquehanna now extends
from Tunkahannock to Nanticoke, a dis
tance of 37 miles, and it is feared tbat to
day's storm may cause the river to back up
and flood the valley from end to end.
ABSCONDING WITH DIAM0HDS.
A Salesman of a New York Jewelry House
Betrays His Trust.
New Yoek, Jan. 22 William O. Dun
can, a city salesman for the diamond house
of Lowesohn & Co., Maiden lane, has dis
appeared with $30,000 worth of diamonds
and pearls. The bulk ot tbe property is in
India money.
Last Saturday he started up town with
about $3,000 worth of goods. On return he
told Mr. Lexow, the manager of Lewsohn &
Co., that he had left a part of the goods for
approval with different firms, ac
counting for each. Duncan hat
not been seen. It is learned that
he had not been near any of the stores where
be said he left the stones. Duncan is about
18 years old, and come to Lowesbon & Co.
highly recommended. He has an uncle
named Block, who is also intbe diamond
business in Maiden lane.
SIX LIVES B0BABLY LOST.
A Mine Accident in Missouri More Serious
Than Was Supposed.
St. Lours, Jan. 22. The mine accident
at Marissa yesterday was attended with
more serious results than was at first sup
posed. William Dobson, of Wilkesbarre,
died last night, and this morning William
Straker breathed his last
It is estimated by tbe company's agent in
this city tbat at least six men will lose their
lives. John Troutner, John Cooper, Will
iam Harris and Thomas Biggs may die, as
they inhaled flames. They are suffering
the most excruciating pains.
ARKANSAS THREATENS AtSO.
It Will Make o Fair Appropriations While
, the Force Bill Fends.
Little Bock, Jan. 22. In the House of
Representatives to-day, a joint resolution
was adopted with only 20 dissenting votes,
to postpone action on the bill appropriating
$100,000 for the Arkansis exhibit at the
World's Fair until after learning the action
of Congress on the force bill.
The SalvationArmy" General Getting
It Prom AH Quarters
FOR RECKLESSLY WASTIKG MONEY.
Hideous Details of Wretchedness and Dis
tress in London.
OUTCASTS LIVING UNDER BRIDGES
IBT DDNLAr'S CABLE COMPAHT.l
London, Jan. 22.--This has been a bad
day for General Booth. In the course of an
interview 'with a reporter, he would not
deny the statement that he has lent 5,000
to Mr. Stead, in order to buy and carry on
the Review of Reviews. The papers all
attack him, because newspaper speculations
are not what people subscribed their money
for. The General also admitted that be
paid 185,000 for the lease of the head
quarters of the Salvation Army in the ex
pensive sitnatlon of Queen Victoria street.
This is regarded as a waste of money.
Another blow is a letter from tbe City
Police Commissioner, who denounces as an
absolute lie from beginning to end the state
ment made by General Booth tbat 164 people
were found by the Solvation Army offi cers
on Blackfriars bridge in the cold snow last
week, as no one is allowed 'to. .take shelter
on the bridge. General-' Boot
H-ang
angry at
tne aiiacics upon mm, ana".
.i ... .. .?
Jdlbe-
cause people are jealous
. Xe.M
which has certainly cansei
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A!HJ
to suuer.
WiZo.
B ram well Bootb, who
was imvzv ix
General said
The General's assertiodVo,.
practically true. His onlv mistake
was in saying that 104 people
were found on the bridge. It would be more
correct to say on its approaches and abut
ments. The officers of the Salvation Armv
on that bitter night staid on the approaches
of the bridge from 4 nntil 5 o'clock in the
morning.. and during that hour they counted
exactly 164 homeless men, women and chil
dren. From the bridge itself the police had
orders to remove the homeless off."
Bramwell Booth theu gave some hideous
details of that night; how one wretched
figure after another would emerge out of
the gloom and hobble painfully along, lean
against tbe parapet, shivering and groping
about, then trudge on and finally vanish.
The Salvation Army officers watched one
wretched man that very night dodging about,
looking for an opportunity "to drop quietly
into tbe black water between the boulders of
floating ice, to seek a last resting place.
They got him in the end to talk and took
him to a cofie stall. There tbey found his
clothes consisted of, a smock-frock that was
all.
AN IRISH ARMISTICE.
CBBEEK'S PB0P0SAL FOB THE SETTLE
MEHT OF THE TE0UBLE.
Both Parties to Lay Down Their Arms and
Befraln From Attacking Each Other
Parnell Has Agreed to This and Mc
Carthy Kxpected to Follow.
JBT DtTHLAP'S CABLE COKrAHT.l
London, Jan. 22. There is the highest
authortity for the statement that Mr.
O'Brien's proposals? 'a: Ty timplefand
practical one. It is merely thai a status
quo be observed until the general election.
If it be agreed upon, it will save the situa
tion. The suggestion is that the followers
jot Parnell and McCarthy shall not attack
each other either in the House of Commons
or outside its precincts, and tbat all person
alities abont the rival members in the news
papers be dropped. The Parnellites are to
follow Parnell and the McCarthyites to fol
low McCarthy in their leaderships in com
mittee and let one another alone, in order to
fight the enemy.
Parnell has agreed to this and McCarthy
and the moderate members of his following
are also willing to agree to it, so it is likely
an arrangement will be come to, to that
effect Parnell at first wanted O'Brien or
Dillon to take the leadership and displace
McCarthy, but he did not insist on the
point. It is hoped by O'Brien and the
other moderate ones of the party that by tbe
time tbe general election comes all bitter
feeling will be forgotten, and then they will
be able to find a common ground for
uniting.
The policy of both sides since O'Brien's
arrival proves the foregoing to be a fact. If
this arrangement be agreed to, it will be all
in favor of Parnell, whose strength of pur
pose and indomitable will, will aid him in
regaining bis prestige.
The Times is publishing a hook which
gives the full story of the Parnellite split in
the Parliamentary party, and a detailed re
port of the debates in the committee room,
where the quarrel was consummated; all
the negotiations with Gladstone, the mani
festos on 'both sides, the interview with
Davitt, etc. The interest in the disruption
of the Irish party is shown by the fact that
tbe edition was exhausted on the first day it
appeared. Jt ".
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY'.
Suicide of a Burgomaster, His Wife and
Father in Germany.
IBT DUNLAF'S CABLE COMFAXT.1
Beblin, Jan. 22. Burgomaster Fischer,
of the Saxony Weavers' Guild, at Bade
gorst. in Anbalt, killed himself to-day at
the Leibig HoteL His wife and father fal
lowed bis example on hearing the news.
All three had conspired to rob tbe City
Treasury of 500 marks, and feared that
their guilt would be discoverjd.
Posted as a Swindler.
fBT DUNLAF'S CABLX COMrAHT.
Beblin, Jan. 22. There is wild excite
ment in trade circles here to-day. An
American named John Brown, of Bernhardt
Bros., of New York, has been posted as a
swindler by the pohoe, because of his trying
to obtain goods under false pretenses.
BBEVTTTES BY CABLE.
Cabpinal Simob, of Gran, Hungary, It
dying.
OlTEnsof British capital for railroads in
portions of German Africa are being considered
at Berlin.
Accusations of treason and incapacity
have been preferred against the Belgian Min
ister through a Brussels newspaper.
The Reichstag yesterday discussed the pro
priety of removing the prohibition of American
pork. The Government opposed the removal.
BlOBT bishops and many clergymen conse
crated the Melbourne, Victoria, Cathedral yes
terday, while the Governor and many officials
looked on.
JLOBD SAXlSBUBTis authority for the state
ment tbat a portion of the British Pacific
sqnadron has left Panama to .protect British
interests in Chile. '
The strike of 2,000 miners at Sosnowice,
Bnssla. makes the first strike in that empire.
Men at tbe Imperial dock yards at St Peters
burg have also struck.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs
states tbat France has no designs on Tripoli,
Slgnor Crlspi's inspired Journals to the con
trary notwithstanding.
At a Berlin hospital an advanced consump
tive patient was cut open and the lymph in
jected into his diseased lung. Tbemanhaaint
proved rapidly since the operation.
nyaDunlap reporter in the absence ZyQ TaTiT',.njT tE
THE SITUATION AT HARRISBURG.
MURDERED AN ACTRESa
The Sensational Charge on Which a Prince
Is Being Tried.
rBT DUSLAP'S CABLE CCCUPAXT.l
"Waesaw, Jan. 22. A very sensational
trial, which the police will not allow to be
reported, commenced here to-day. Prince
Bartineff, one of the high nobility, is
charged with the wilful murder of an
actress named Wisnouska, whom he shot in
a fit of jealous rage. The prisoner produced
... ui jcaiuus rage. Aiie prisoner prouueeu
letters showing that the actress had asked
him to kill her, bnt the notes written by
-i:.v. .1 i i..r 1 j ... j
4, L ..,,,' - J J
t-If).. ffc. X""v ". v.u...-.
Kfe 'bscrap read: "Bartineff
will not
aKJb-'iis depart alive." On
the second
fragrhTas: "This is my last hour. Come
motherx die against my will." The third
bore these words: "It's a conspiraov, I must
die, Bartineff is my executioner. God help
me, he dragged me into this lonesome
place." It is thought that things will go
hard with the Prince.
agrisF;
GONE TO HIS PEOPLE.
THE REMAINS OF KIHG KALAKAUA
THE WAY H0MEWABD.
OH
The Streets of San Francisco Packed With
Humanity to Witness a Itojral Funeral
The Services at the Cathedral On Board
of the Charleston.
San Fbancisco, Jan. 22. The last'
honors were paid in San Francisco to King
Kalakaua this afternoon. A guard of rezular
soldiers from Presidio kept watch over the
casket throughout the night. Early in the
morning the streets in the vicinity of the
church were thronged with people, and
as the hour for the funeral services
approached they became densely packed.
Companies of regular troops and of the Na
tional Guard of California were constantly
arriving and wheeling into position. Half
of the church was reserved for the funeral
escort, and to the other half was admitted at
first only those to whom special invitations
had been sent. A little before 1 o'clock
Admiral Brown and staff, of the Pacific
squardron, United States.Navy. enteredxhc
thftrcb. -Sbte Golden Gate Commandery,
Knights Templars, which had several times
entertained the King, and which had been
invited bv him to attend a grand entertain
ment in their honor at Honolulu during the
coming summer, entered in full regalia.
The Knights had been requested
to act as a guard of honor
for the dead monarch. Carriages, mean
while, were constantly arriving, containing,
besides pallbearers of the Scotish rite, rep
resentatives of foreign Governments, Mayor
Sanderson and the' Board of Supervisors,
the Judges of the Supreme Court of Cali
fornia, tbe Judges ot the Federal and Su
perior Courts, -Federal officers, Boards of
Health and of Education, county officers,
delegations from the Society of Pioneers,
and innumerable trade organizations and
civic societies. The floral and other
decorations were magnificent. All the
Episcopal clergy in the city except Bishop
Kip, who is ill, took part in the services.
At tbe conclusion of the obsequies the re
mains were conveyed to the harbor on board
of the crniser Charleston in accordance
with the programme published heretofore.
The war ship passed the Golden Gate about
6 o'clock.
THE CAHADIAK SUTATIOrT.
lord Salisbury Win Not Be Brawn Into
Further Complications.
rBFECIAL TXLEOKAM TO THE DIsrATCH.t
Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 22. The proposed
dissolution of Parliament and general elec
tion appear to be the outcome of repeated re
monstrances which have come from Great
Britain against tbe serious complications the
British Government was being drawn into
with the United States through Canada,
while, on the other hand, the colony of New
foundland threatened to drag Great Britain
into an open rupture with France.
There is the best authority for stating that
Lord Salisbury has informed Lord Stanley
that some change will have to he effected,
by which the matters of constant irritation
between Canada and the United States will
have to be settled at once, tbe idea of a
treaty of commercial reciprocity in its
broadest sense having been suggested as tbe
most likely means by which that end might
be attained, Great Britain foregoing any op
position she might, under ordinary circum
stances, offer to a discrimination against ber
products. One thing is quite certain, and
tbat is Lord Salisbury is not going to assume
any greater responsibility than he is now
carrying on account of Canada, or to run any
further risks of existing complications be
ing increased.
KAHSAS CTTT BANK TB0UBLE3.
The Bun on the Safe Deposit Institution
Ceases and the Bank O. K.
Kansas Citt, Jan. 22. The run on the
Kansas City Safe and Savings Bank, cansed
by its occupying quarters in the same build
ing with the American National Bank,
which suspended last Monday, ended at 10
o'clock this morning. Since Monday the
savings bank has paid out $150,000 to de
positors, and was prepared to pay the full
amount of deposits, $000,000.
The Central Bank was absorbed tcrday hy
the Merchants' National Bank, which will
pay all the claims and receive all its funds
and accounts. Tbe Central Bank. was en
tirely solvent, and went out of business
simply because its profits were too small to
pay an adequate interest on the $100,000
capital stoct.
WHEELIKQ LAEOELY BEXOCBAXIC.
Besult of the Municipal Election Held .in
That City Yesterday.
fltriCIAI. TKSGBAV TO THS StSPATClI.1
Wheeling, Jan. 22. The city election
to-day resulted in the re-election of Mayor
Seat-right, Democrat, by 416 majority.
Louis Delbrugge, Democrat; was re
elected Chief of Police by.696, and T. F.
Thoner, City Clerk, by 996 majority. Coun
cils have a Democratic majority of 18 on
joint ballot.
Street Acts to Be Thoroughly
Dissected by County and
Supreme Courts.
FOUR SUITS ARE BROUGHT
To Test Each and Every Section of the
Laws of 1887 and 1889r
A SPEEDY DECISION IS PROMISED.
Judge Stowe Requested to Appoint a 5ew
Board of Yiewers.
P0ISTS FOE CDEAT1YE LEGISLATION
Tbe Supreme Court is expected to remedy
the defects in the existing street laws is
time for the present session of the Legisla
ture to pass an act which will bear the
severest legal scrutiny, and which will re
lieve Pittsburg from its peculiarly anoma
lous position on street improvements.
City Attorney Moreland, with the advice)
of D. T. Watson and "W. B. Bodgers, the
gentlemen engaged by the Finance Com
mittee to get the city out of its snarl, has
prepared a series of four test cases, in three)
of which the city is the defendant and in
the other a petitioner, which will cover
every section of tbe acts of 1887 and 1889,
which were so severely dealt with by Jus
tice Williams.
Yesterday afternoon Major Moreland
went before Judge Stowe, in the Court of
Quarter Sessions, and asked leave to file a
petition praying for the appointment of a.
Board of Viewers to assess for the improve
ments within ther city of Pittsburg. This
action is takeu by the City Attorney under
the act of 1861 and its supplements, for two
purposes. First, to obtain a judicial opinion
as to whether or not the decision of Jnstice
Williams completely wines out the acts of
1887 and 1889, and, secondly, if this be so,
whether the street act of 1864 is thereby re
vived. Standing of the Boardof Viewers.
Under a supplement to the street act of
18C4, passed in 1871, the Court of Quarter
Sessions appointed the Board of Viewers
annually, the term being but one year. Tha
act of 1887 changed the appointing power
and tbe term of office, throwing the appoint
inent in the Court of Common Pleas No. 1,
and giving a tbiee-year term to the Board
so appointed.
However Jndge Stowe decides this ques
tion, it will be carried to the Supremo
Court immediately, and is expected to get
there as soon as the other test cases.
Tbe suits in which the city will figure a
the defendant are brought by J. B. Atter-
bury, George L Whitney and Select Coua-
cilnian T. A. Gillespie, who bring thesa
actions in order to bring the matter at onca
; before the coiirtj-'artd have-tne whole ques
tion settled. Mr. Attttisry-ia intewted in
the Thirty-third street sewer, and Messrs
Whitney and Gillespie in the paving and
grading of Center and Lexington avenues
respectively. The work on these, improve
ments has not yet been completed, and
therefore the assessments have not yet been
made. To raise an objection after the as
sessment has been made would render ths
appellants liable to additional expense if
the decision was adverse to them, as by tho
time the cases had got through the courts
liens would have heed" filed igainst haf
property hy the city.
Ever- Section to Be Tested.
The points raised by the appellants are
sufficiently comprehensive. They deny con
stitutionality of the street acts of 1887 and
1889, starting at the enacting clause, and
taking exceptions to each and every inter
mediate section. The Supreme Courtis re-,
spectfully but firmly given an opportunity
(a show where it stands on street improve-'
ment legislation, and just what sort of an
act would stand the scrutiny of the seven
severe gentlemen who revise or approve the
decisions of the lower courts. The bills in,
equity to be filed by the appellants will de
clare that the filing of liens against the
properties of the plaintiffs for the improve
ment upon which their holdings abut will be
illecal. as the city has absolutely no right or
authority to do the work at the expense of
abutting property holders. The city'
answers will deny all the allegations of the
appellants and assert the constitutionality of
the acts.
As showing the determination of the city
officials and their attorneys to obtain a final
decision at the earliest moment, the rather
unusual action has been determined upon of
dling the bills and tbe answers simultane
ously this morning, and a few minutes later,
at 9:30 o'clock, arguing the case before
Judge Slagle in Common Pleas Court No.
1. The arguments for the appellants will be
made by M. A. 'Woodward, Johns McCIeave
and J. H. "White, and for the city by D. T.
"Watson, "W. B. Bodgers and City Attorney
Moreland.
Arguments Before a Fall Bench.
So-soon as Judge Slagle hands down hit
decision the suits will be carried to the
Supreme Court, where the arguments will
be heard by a full bench. It has been inti
mated that the justices realize the import
ance of the dispute to Pittsburg, and have
agreed to hand down, at tbe earliest possible
moment, an exhaustive opinion which will
thoroughly settle the character of constitu
tional street improvement legislation for all
time.
"Everything possible to straighten out
the existing tangle is being done as rapidly
as possible," said City Attorney Moreland
yesterday. "With tbe petition to the, Court
of Quarter Sessions presented to-day, and
the three bills in equity to be argued to
morrow morning, everything is being done
that we can see open to us to get a constitu
tional and equitable street law for Pittsburgh
Iu the first place the constitutionality of the
act of 1864 in relation to the Board of View
ers is to be tested, and if it is declared sonnet
will be adopted as a part of the new law.
The suits of AUerhury, Gillespie and
"Whitney have been arranged at the instance
of D. T. "Watson, "W. B. Bodgers and my
self. "While this part of the arrangement
has been amicably made, the plaintiffs hare
considerable at stake, and tbe case
will be fought by both sides to the extreme
limit, thereby securing judicial opinions on
the three suits and an indication from the
Supreme Court as to what will he constitu
tional law. The allegations of the plaintiff
that every clause of the acts of 1887 and
1889 are unconstitutional will require an.
opinion from the Court upon each one, thus!
showing how much of those acts are unco
stitutional and what parts are not.
An Expert on Street legislature.
"Jndze Slaele. who will hear the arm
meats to-morrow in Common Pleas Court, ii
is not only an able lawyer, bnt thoroughly
laminar with the requirements oi tne city la. ,
the matter of street legislation. He wai
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