THIS IS THE SEASON awv' n 44rr Kv : ' 4 o ac f " DO YOU-WANT A SITUATION? f TO SELL AM) KENT HOUSES. BUYERS AND RENTER LOOK FOB BARGAINS IX THE EVERT MORNING DISPATCH. ", FORTY-PTFTH YEAR Cameron Smites the Fed eral Elections Bill, Testifies in the SILVER POOL SCMDAL And Is Boundly Denounced at Harrisburg. All Within a Few Hours. SURPRISE IN THE SENATE. A Brilliant Move of the Democrats and Their Allies Sets Aside the Closure Rule LT THE BARE HAJOKITY OP OHE. Apportionment 'ow Has the Eight of War, Although Iluar and Aldrich Do Xot Give Up the Fight. A f EASE ADMISSION OF SPECULATION. FtnrtjlTina's Senior Seaitor Tell Hew Jtsci Wlite Kriil Be Hid, Yin He Besght It sad tte. Profit on the Detl CAUSED A SZK6ATI0N IK THE LEGEUTUBE TSPFCIAI. TELIGUAJJ TO THB DISPATCH. Washington, Jan. 26. Senator J. Donald Cameron made an appearance ia the role of Jack the Giant Killer to-day in snch a successful manner that He has prob ably dealt a death blow to the force bill. "With the aid of his Tote the Democrats and their Western Republican allies laid aside the closure rule, on which Hoar and Aid rich based their hopes of success, and took up the apportionment measure, which now has the right of way. The sudden move was a complete surprise to the radicals, who hare yet hardly recov ered their breath. They vow vengeance, however, and assert that the final test is still to come. The winners are confident that they will hold the vantage ground they have pained and are very jubilant to-night. Springing; tlic Sensational More. At 1 o'clock Morgan was drowsily dis cussing the force bill and the closure rule. Twenty minutes later he suddenly yielded the floor to Sir. Wolcott, who moved to proceed to the consideration of the appor tionment bill. Mr. Dolph moved to lay the motion on the table, and the motion was rejected, amid much applause yeas 31, nays 35. Senators Cameron, Jones (of Nevada), Stewart, Teller, Washburn and Wolcott voted with the Democrats, and Sir. Ingalls was paired with Mr. Sanders, which had the same effect as voting with the Dem ocrats. The following is the vote in detail on the motion to lay Mr. Wolcott's motion on the table: leas Messrs. Aldrich. Allen, Allison, Blair. Care, Casey, Culloni, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph. Edmonds. Evans, Farwcll. Frye, Hale, Hav.ley. Iliscock,Hoar. McConnelL McMillan) Manderson, Mitchell, Mornll, Paddock, Piatt, l'ower. Quay. Sawyer. Sherman. Bpooner, Stockbndje, Warren. Wilson, of Iowa 31. Nays Messrs. Barbour, Bate, Berry, Black burn, Butler. Call, Cameron, Carlisle. Cockroll. Coke, Eustis, Faulkner, George. Gorman.Oray) Hampton, Harris, Jones, of Arkansas; Jones) of Nevada; Kenna, McPherson, Morgan, Tayne, Pugb, Ransom, Reagan. Stewart. Toller. Tur pie, Vance. Vest. Walthall. Washburn. Wilson, ofJMarjland; Wolcott 3i Some Coufuiion Concerning Pairs. There was some confusion and much ill feeling in relation to pairs. Mr. Daniels said that he had been paired with Mr. Squire, but as he was informed by the Sen ator from Nevada (Mr. Stewart) that the Senator from California (Mr. Stanford) was in favor of proceeding with business, he would transfer Mr. Squire's pair to Mr. Stanford, and would himself vote. Mr. Al drich objected to the proposed transfer, and insisted that there was no authority for it. Mr. Stewart admitted that he had no di rect authority to pair Mr. Stanford with a Senator in favor of the proposed rule, but said that Mr. Stanford had told him before leaving the city for New York that he was in favor of taking tip the apportionment bill. Mr. Aldrich asserted, on the contrary, that Mr. Stanford had told him distinctly on several occasious, that he was in favor of the pending resolution and of its considera tion, and he (Mr. Aldrich ) intimated that the proposed transfer would he taking an unfair advantage of Mr. Stanford's absence. The Dispute a Trifle Bitter. The controversy developed some acri monious lceling on both sides, but the mat ter was settled by Mr. Daniel saying that if there was any doubt or dispute about it he would let his pair with Mr. Squire stand and that was the upshot of it. Some questions also arose as to the pairs f Senators Shoup and Moody, but the final result was that the pairs stood as follows: Pierce and Brown, Plumb and Gibson. Pet titrrew and Pasco, Squire and Daniel, Shoup ind Colquitt, Sanders and Ingalis, Chan dler and Blodgett, Moody and Hearst, Hig gius and Voorhees. Mr. Stanford stands as not paired. The result was announced as yeas, 34; nays, 35. So the motion to lay on the table was rejected. The announcement was greeted with applause on the Democratic side and in the galleries. This was re sented by Mr. Edmnnds, who insisted that the Chair should enforce the rules of the Senate and if there was any repetition of 'uturbance the galleries should be cleared. Laying Aside the Gag Kule. The rote was then taken on Mr. Wol ot fa motion to take up the apportionment bill, and it was carried by a like vote, yeas, 35, nays, 34, the only divergence being that Mr. Pettigrews pair was translerred from Mr. Pasco to Mr. Call. There was no distinct outbreak of applause at the final success of the movement against the elec tions bills and the proposed rule, but the feeling of jubilation was not the less great on the Democratic side. The resolution for the amendment of the rules having been thus displaced and rele gated to the calendar (as the elections bill had previously been), the Senate proceeded to she consideration of the apportionment bill. The reading of the bill and report continued till 3 o'clocc and the bill was then laid aside till 2 o'clock to-morrow, when it comes up as the unfinished business. Gorman Master of the Situation. The next question was on Mr. Gorman's motion to amend the journal of Tuesday last by striking out the words "It was de termined in the affirmative." It was agreed to without dissent, and the journals of Tuesday and "Wednesday were approved. It is an undeniable fact Senator Aldrich and the Republican Senators were completely taken by surprise by the action of the Sen ate to-day in laying aside the closure reso lution and taking up the apportionment bill. There was no expectation on their part that any important vote would be reached to-day. Senator Stanford is the only Republican recorded as absent and unpaired. His vote for the motion to table Senator Wolcott's motion to take up the apportionment bill would have defeated the motion, as the re sulting tie would have called forth the cast ing vote of the Vice President, without doubt in favor of the continued considera tion ot the closure rule. The same results woula have followed the arrangements of a pair by Senator Stanford with a Democratic Senator. The Move Brilliantly Timed, The move to-day by Senator "Wolcott was thoroughly timed from his point of view, for it was expected that in the course of 48 hours several Republican Senators (in addi tion to Senator Stanford) who are now ab sent from the city would return, and if they declined to pair the result might have been different. The future course of events, according to Mr. Aldrich, will depend largely upon Sen ator Stanford, whose position in regard to the closure rule, it is expected, will be definitely ascertained as soon as he returns. Mr. Aldrich says that if Senator Stanford agrees to support the rule he will ask the Senate to resume its consideration imme diately. It is probable that the opposing forces in the Senate will maintain the fullest possi ble attendance of all their members from this time forward in order to-be prepared to take advantage of any changes in the situa tion that accidental or other causes may bring about. The News Carried to the House. "While this was going on in the Senate the Democrats were pursuing their obstructive tactics in the House, and a roll call was in progress. The clerk had called but a few names when Messrs. Mansur and Heard, of Missouri, returning from the Senate side, spoke a few words to their Democratic col leagues, whereupon Mr. Rogers, of Arkan sas, rose and, interrupting the call, informed the House that the force bill had been de feated. Then the Democratic side gave cheer after cheer, tbe Speaker' gavel beings ineffectual for some moments to check the enthusiasm. The roll call was continued and the House went into committee of the whole. Mr. Kelly, of Kansas, said that a gentleman on the other aide had said that good news hud been received from the Senate. He did not doubt that it was good news to the assassins of John M. Clayton. Democratic hisses. They would throw up their hats and cheer and say, "That will give us further permis sion to assassinate and kill." Something had been said about a betrayal of party pledges. He said he knew of no such be trayal so far as this end of the Capitol was concerned. Gentlemen on the other side who had betrayed their party pledges (it they had been betrayed), were responsible to their constituents. If there was any be trayal it came from those men who had been instructed by their State Legislatures to vote for a certaiu bill and wbohad turned around and voted against it. CAMERON ON THE STAND. HE TEL1S ALL ABOUT HIS LITTLE EIL VB SPECULATION. A Purchnse of 100,000 Ounces on a Margin of 88,000, on "Which He Cleared 81,100 Indirect Testimony Against Some Members of the IntestI gating Commit tee. "Washington, Jan. 26. In the silver pool investigation to-day, Mr. Dingley laid before the committee a letter dated January ID from James H. Owecby to W. B. Stev ens. The letter has oeen published. It was then explained that when Mr. Dockery had asked Mr. Stevens to withhold the letter the other day, he did not mean that it should be withheld from the committee, but from the public John P. Tanner, of Louisville, 111., the first witness of the day, knew nothing of silver pools or transactions except one deal ing of his own. Senator J. D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, then took the witness stand. Mr. Dingley suggested to the Senator that perhaps he had seen the testimony of Senator Vest and Mr. Littler before the committee. The Sen ator replied that he had no concealment to make regarding his purchase of silver. The testimony of Mr. Littler was substantially correct. A Frank Admission of Speculation. He bought silver just as he would buy any other commodity. He had purchased it without much thought He had bought through Mr. Littler, early in June, about 100,000 onnces on a margin of 8.000 before the bill had passed the Senate, and gave an order to him to sell in ten days or two weeks. He kept no memorandum of the transaction. So far as he recollected, the silver was disposed of in June. His profits were about $1,100. He had no knowledge of any other Senator, Representative or Government official having any interest in the purchase of silver. Never knew Owenby, and knew nothing about the ex istence of the silver pool. To Mr. Rowel, the witness said there had been no talk between him and other Sena tors about the organization of a silver pool, and to Mr. Oates he said that no member ot the House or the Senate had ever asked him to exert his influence to prevent the present investigation or to get Mr. Dockery to with hold his resolution asking for it. In response to further questions Mr. Cam eron said Senator "Vest was mistaken in his testimony when he said that he (Cameron) bought the silver after the bill had passed the Senate. Some Statements Traced Down. D. D. Bogart was questioned relative to statements made by him, intimating that there were persons who would not object to the present investigations being dropped and that Representative Flower, of New York, was in the silver pool, eto. In regard to the first, be said he was reporting what was commonly said among Chicago corre spondents, and some other statements were intended as mere pleasantries. Regarding a statement that Mr. Flower had bought silver at 97 cents, witness said that his im pression was that he bad heard it from one Edward Curtis, who was an employe of tbe St. Lonis Silver Committee. - He had no personal knowledge of the matter. E. G, Dunnell, correspondent of New York Times, was asked concerning a dis patch sent to the Times recently, the pur port of which was that a gentleman had overheard a conversation between Messrs. Payne and Dingley (members ol the com mittee) to the effect tbat it they had known that the revelations with regard to Senator Cameron would be made, they would have been reluctant to enter into this investiga tion. Mr. Dunnell said he believed that the man who gave him the information spoke the trnth. Representative Flower then took the stand and said he never bought a dollar's worth of silver in his life, nor any certificate representing silver, and he had no knowl edge of the existence of a silver pool. , ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. STATE LEGISLATORS VEST MUCH SUE PHISED AT CAMERON. An Attempt Made to Introduce a Resolution of Censure and Bequest to Resign Vie ws of the Leading Members Upon the Course of the Senator. ilrr.ou x STArr cOERisrONDEirr. I Harrisburo, Jan. 26. A tremendous sensation was created in the State Senate to night. The body met at 9 o'clock and stead ily proceeded with its business for an hour. The hnmdrum of hill reading, the monot onous ceremony of referring documents to committees, the recognition of members and the call of ayes and nays dragged along wearily. The sweet chime of the mother-of-pearl clock just under the picture of the Battle of Gettysburg tolled the hour of 10, and still the routine went on. Probably 15 miuutes later a messenger boy ran down the middle aisle and handed one of the reporters a telegram. A moment later the dispatch was passed up to the pre siding officer's desk and President Penrose saw this: "Cameron voted with the Demo crats in the United States Senate to bury the elections bill." The News Caused a Sensation. President Penrose raised his eyebrows, nodded and passed the telegram back. The missive next went to George Handy Smith, then to John B. Robinson and by that time the news it contained was spreading like wildfire all over the Senate chamber. Mem bers got up and foimed groups around each other's desk. The murmur of conversation increased to a buzz, then swelled to a con fusion that became so loud the President bad to rap his gavel for order. The excite ment was intense. "Don't believe it," many declared. "Some mistake, surely," said others. Presently another member received a bul letin to this effect: "Cameron voted with the Democrats three times, his vote virtually shelving the elec tions bill by a ballot of 35 to 34." Nothing absolutely definite, however, came from either "Washington, Philadelphia or Pittsburg, but others about the capital received a message that it was the closure rnle on which Cameron voted with the Democrats, but this came nearly half an hour after the first report which had given rise to the impression that. a direct vote had actually been reached on the elections bill. In either case the excitement produced was great. Gohin Not Beady to Talk. It was Senator Gobin who stood in the joint Republican caucus three weeks ago, and told the members in distinct language that, on the personal authority of Senator Cameron himself, he could promise that the Senator from Pennsylvania would vote for the elections .bill. I, therefore, went to Senator Gobin'a desk to-night, and asked him: "What iro you thlnkT of "this news about Cameron?',' Mr. Gobin replied: "It is not sure tbat Cameron did vote against the elections bill to-day, and I will, there fore, say nothing abont it. "When it is sure theu come to me and I will talc." Senator Robinson said: "You have noth ing definite. It is only a rumor. But from the very fact the Democrats did not want the elections bill, the Repnblicans shonld have given it to them. George Handy Smith said: 'I have noth ine to say. I always go with my party." All other Republican Senators either de clined absolutely to be interviewed or else evaded the questions by saying it was a vole on the closure bill and not on the elec tions MIL Baker Against the Force Bill. The House of Representatives had ad journed an hour before all this, but a few of the members were still in the chamber. Re presentative "William R. Leeds, of Phila delphia, read the two telegrams, said not a word, aud left the Capitol. Jesse M. Baker, who, as Chairman of the caucus of Repub licans of the House, sent Senators Cameron and Quay the resolution passed by that caucus the gathering which nominated Speaker Thompson had nothing to say about Cameron, but intimates that no legis lation like the force bill would remedy election troubles in the South. It was Baker who received from Cameron an ac knowledgment of the caucus resolution, in which Cameron wrote: "I have received your letter, and will act accordingly." Ansiin L. Taggart, the Republican who ran against Cameron for Senator, said: "It is just as I expected," and then he added more in a jocular vein, he did not know what was left for Cameron to do but resign. On the whole there is no deny ing the fact that the meager news of Came ron's act in the United States Senate was received with chagrin by leading Repub licans who had voted for him and almost ancer in some quarters. But early in the evening Cameron came very nearly figuring in another sensation. Representative Sumner, of Bradford county, came over to Mr. Taggart's desk in the House and showed him a resolution which had been sent him with the request that he introduce it It censured Senator Cameron for his Connection "With the Silver Scandal and asked him to resign. Mr. Sumner was one of the 11 Repnblicans who voted against Cameron last Tuesday, but he hesitated about introducing such- a paper as this. Taggart advised him to wait, as Senator Cameron has not yet appeared before the Investigating Committee in "Washington on his own behalf. Mr. Sumner was very willing to do so, and so the resolntion at present lies locked up in his desk. He re fuses to say who sent him the paper, or let the reporters copy it Apropos of the excitement abont Cam eron, a good story was developed to-day. Mr. Tittman, the member of tbe House trom Susquehanna connty, received a letter from his wife last week in which she asked him whether it would not have been better to have voted for Taggart for Senator and come home once and awhile, or to have voted for Cameron as he did and be afraid to leave Harrisburg all winter. Mr. Tittman says he is not afraid. NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH will be gin publication of a series of South Sea Let ters by Robert Lonis Stevenson, the novelist. "Watch for this great feature. THE PETEBS SALT FAILUKE. 8200,000 or Receiver's Certificates Have Been Negotiated. Gbaitd Ratids, Jan. 26. Receiver "Withey, of the B. G. Peters Salt arfd Lum ber Company, negotiated with Grand Rapids parties and Detroit banks to-day $200,000 of receiver's certificates. The money raised will be used to pay tbe claim of Loptit, of Grand Haven, under instructions from the Federal Court This action releases abont 40,000,000 feet of good pine,,and will permit the receiver to go ahead with the business. PITTSBUEG, TUESDAY, JAlfUABY 27. 1891. THREE (DENTS, i j WITH A LONG STRINGJ - . 1 1 The Delamater Creditors Accept the Compromise Proposition. THEY GET TWO OP THE TBUSTEES And Somewhat Better Security Than Was First Offered Them. PEOSPECTS FAE FEOM SATISFACTOEI ISrXCIAL TZLEGRiM TO TBB DIsrATCH.1 Meadville, Jan. 26. The meeting of the unsecured creditors of tbe delunct bank ing firm of Delamater & Co. was held at the Court House this afternoon. Over 300 creditors-were present The creditors' com mittee, appointed at the last meeting, made report as follows: That in pursuance of the power' conferred upon us wo proceeded, to tbe best of onr ability, to comply with your desire, and, after having organized this committee, carefully ex amined into the character and value ot the as sets as returned by the assignees of Delamater & Co., as having passed into their hands. A careful scrutiny of these assets satisfied ns tbat the value placed thereon by the Board of Appraisers is substantially correct, and t hat- while in many instances, seemingly, much of the property Is appraised too high, yet quite an amount is appraised too low, and henco the general average is fairly correct. Of the sev eral classes of assets we Dnd those of the firm, tbat is tbe assets belonging to the banking firm of Delamater & Co., to which the Unsecured Creditors of the Bank must first look for the payment of their claims, are the least favorable and, in the opinion of this committee, appraised too high. On tbe contrary, the more favorable are the assets of the individual members of tbe firm and which are appraised too low. Before the latter can become subject to distribution and chargeable with tbe debts of tbe firm all private creditors of each member must be fully paid; hence, should the claims of creditors of the individual members of the firm be as great as their assets thereof, then in such contingency tbe only funds from which firm creditors can expect to realize will be the firm assets, and these, after a careful examination, we consider of limited value. On an examination of the Inventory and ap praisement as returned to Court by tbe assig nees, we find It fails to mention and return as the assets of Delamater A Co. certain storks to which no value was appraised, namely $123,000 par value stock In the Judson Compressed. Air Company, Washington. D. C, and $130,000 par valne stock in the Judsou Power Company, New York. These stocks are said to have no qnoted market value, nevertheless they may become of great value. Persons of whom your committee made inquiry acquainted with the principle aud character of the Judson Com pressed Air and tbe Judson Power patents were qu'.te .sanguine touching tbeir ultimate success. Hence it is important tbat these Items Should Not Be Overlooked and that an account sholud be kept of the same "With the assignees. Your committee, as part of its duties, considered it advisable and proper to examine the offer of compromise which it had been stated at your last meeting Messrs. Delamater & Co. were to offer at 0 cents on the dollar, and to tbat end we invited G. W. Delamater to confer with ns concerning the same. Mr. Delamater cheerfully compIied,and at our meeting formally presented to this com mittee the f nil text of the proposition as briefly outlined at your last meeting by Mr. Daven port. Without assuming any authority for your body or any of tbe creditors, your committee examined this offer of compromise very care fully and found in it many defeet9, first and chief of which was, that although tbe proposi tion as stated was to pay to the creditors 50 per cent of their loss. Yet It Was Delusive in tbat tbe security offered at best was.less. than 25 per cent. The press very xgnerally has claimed it to beaboni fide compromise bf 50 per cent assured, while on the contrary it was not, for lrlacks tbe essential part, viz: Proper sccarities to assure its payment. oxceDt the promises ot Messrs. Delamater & Co., whose promises without visible collaterals are hardly, in the light of recent past events, satisfactory assurances of their ability to pay or perform. Tbe committee report that they made to Del amater & Co. a counter proposition which they accepted In part as follows: First, that a ma jority of the trustees should be tbe appointees of ttao creditors; second, that tbe real estate should be conveyed to said trustess free and clear from all lien and right of dower: third, that the outstanding tlireo-tcnths of the Dela mater block now held by Victor M. and Susan S. Delamater and 8. Adelaide Walker should also be transferred to the trustees; fourth, that tbe firm should execute and deliver to the trus tees a joint and several judgment bond of suf ficient amonnt to Cover All Compromise claims, conditioned for the payment to such compromise creditor of the whole amount due him so aB to secure to each the fnll 50 per cent ot bis claim: fifth, that, as a further security to insure tbe due fulfillment of said compromise offer, there should be turned over to and left in the hands of the trustees all bills receivable of tbe bank which were appraised at $74,527 C9, except those of tbe several members of the firm; sixth, this settlement and compromise was upon the basis that the amount due creditors shouldnot exceed 5SO0.0O0 and the com promise amount, S1U0.O00. The report then stated tbat to insure pay ment of this the trustees would receive and hold in trust 580,000, being the first pay mentof real estate worth (138,000, notes and rents amounting to about $30,000. The committee did not make a recommendation in their report as to the acceptance of the proposition or Delamater & Co., bnt several of the members fully commended its accept ance by the creditors, giving as a reason therefor that they could not reasonably ex pect to get to exceed 10 per cent of their claims through the assignment, while they felt certain that they conld see at least 30 per cent through this proposition. An Analysis of the Situation. That is, Delamater & Co. pay 10 per cent in hand and leave in the hands of tbe trus tees security sufficient to pay 20 per cent more. The payment of the other 20 per cent of their proposition depends upon their promise, their good faith and their ability, principally perhaps upon the latter. After a full discussion of the proposition, a motion to accept it was unanimously carried. Tbe same committee were author ized to draw up the necessary contract be tween the creditors and Delamater & Co., and after the same shall have been executed by all creditors another meeting will be called to appoint two trustees to represent the creditors. GE0EGE HARRIS' LONG FAST. His Desire to Die "Will No Doubt Be Granted In a Short "While. Newbeen, Ills., Jan. 28. The thir tieth day of the strange fast of George Harris has almost exhausted his wonderful vitality, and it is now only a question of hours instead of days until his unnatural desire to die will be gratified. All his rel atives and near friends took occasion to visit him yesterday, and spent considerable time with him. His attendant, Shell "Wilson, who is his brother-in-law, said that Harris had grown very much weaker in the last 24 hours, and that he had spells of rest)csn.-ss in which it was necessary to change his position every few minutes. His pnlse this morning, was 83, bnt this is not accurate on account of a fluttering of the heart which makes the pul sations irregular. M0BH0NS AND GENTILES. A Lively Fight Over the Municipal Offices at Ogden. Ooden, Utah, Jan. 26. There is no little excitement here over the coming bi ennial election. The present Gentile ad ministration has made many enemies, and there is a strong anti-ring feeling in the Liberal party, and Citizens' party has been formed who ignore the old party lines and will endeavor to place Mormons on the The new party has seVured control of a number of the'wards, aud at a meeting to night it is expected, unless a satisfactory tictet is nominated, that the Citizens' party will receive many new votes, and by secur ing the Mormon vote make a close race for the control of the city. A A PRACTICAL ENGINEER WANTED TO ACT AS BUCKKYE BA1LB0AD cosqhssio: The Brotherhood Enters a Protest Against the Appointment ot a Politician A Num ber of Important Measured Beforo the Ohio Legislature. X CTEruu. TBLIOaJLM TO TUB DISrATCTM Columbus, Jan. 26. The Legislature this evening considered several important .measures, and a number of bills were intro duced. Among the more important were: House bill to prevent railroad corporations from engaging in coal mining, lumber deal ing or any of the many other lines of busi ness which suggest themselves along their lines, and to prevent discrimination in freight rates. There has long been com plaint that rival concerns engaged In the same lines of business were discriminated against by the railroad companies. The office of State Railroad Commissioner has always been recognized as perquisite which belongs to the Chairman of the party in power, aud has been used as such by either party. It was created as an accom modation to John G. Thompson. It has run through the list in this manner for many years, and is now occupied by J. R. Norton, Chairman of the Democratic Central Com mittee. At the request oi the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a bill was presented requiring that the incumbent of the office shall have knowledge of the mechanical art, and tbat he shall have 20 years' experience ' in railroading. It is not intended that the bill snail affect the present incumbent. A bill was placed before the House re quiring all foreign corporations doing busi ness in Ohio to file with the Secretary of State a bond with resident securities equal to the capital stock of the company, and to beheld lor the payment of all debts con tracted by the corporation during its exist ence, the securitees not to be stockholders of the company. A Senate joint resolution was discussed and postponed, which calls for an equalization of taxes, and asks for an amendment to the Constitution. It provides that all prop erty, exclusive of debts, shall be taxed, and Corporations and companies to the full ex tent of their capital stock and annual in come. At the suggestion of the Live Stock Commission an amendment is sought to the laws providing for the inspection of stock yards and cars used in transportation by shippers. The Commission is to make the inspections. TRYING TO AVOID DELAY. A Supreme Court Ruling Applying to Execu tions by Electricity. "Washington. Jan. 26. The United States Supreme Court to-day announced some imro itant changes in its rules desig nated to meet cases brought before the court principally for the purpose of delay. The changes are framed especially to meet habeas corpus cases, and are the resnlt of the pro ceedings taken in the Jugiro electrocu tion case in New York. It is hopd tbat this modification of the tads will obviate the, necessity for Congress ional legislation. v The most important change made is the addition of a require ment that alLappeals, writs of error and cita tions, unlessspecially ordered otherwise, must be made returnable to tbe Supreme Court within not exceeding 30 days, whether the court is in session or is in vacation. Un less tbe record rnd case is docketed within this prescribed time, the case must be dis missed by the conrt, if it be in session, and by the clerk daring vacation time. The effect of these modifications will be to bring every case before the conrt within 30 days from the decision of the Lower Court, except where for good reasons an exception is made. It is also not improbable that these changes will shorten the docket of that court and be of material assistance in enabling the body to keep up with current business. PBEEDSLpi'S AH) SOCIETY. Methodists Celebmtelts Twenty-Fifth Anni versary at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Jan. 26. Twenty-five years ago in this city was organized the 'Freed mens' Aid Society of the Methodist Episco pal Church, for the purpose of promoting education and religion among the freedmen of the South. It has grown to a vast agency and is now holding here a jubileo by way of celebrating the results of the work ot a quar ter of a century. Sermons on the subject were preached vesterday in several of tbe churches by Bishop "Walden, Rev. Mr. Parkhurst, Rev. Mr. Hickman, Rev. Mr. Hartzell and others. To-day a meeting was held continuing nearly all day at which addresses were made by Bishop Walden, Dr. B. S. Rust and others, and discussions were held as to the future direction of the work. THE BARBED WIRE MEN. An Effort Being Made to Boy Up Many Im portant Patents. Chicago, Jan. 26. The barbed wire men were in session again to-day. "When the last adjourned a committee was ap pointed to confer with "Washburn & Moen with reference with buying the barbed wire' patents. Since that time the committee has had several heated sessions with the com pany. It is understood that "Washburn & Moen have submitted their ultimatum and that an attempt is being made to bring the stub born men ot the aggregation into line. A decision will probably be reached to-morrow. NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH will be gin publication of a series of South Sea Let ters by Robert Lonis Stevenson, the novelist. "Watch for this great feature. NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Preparations for the Convention to Open at Omaha To-Day. Omaha, Jan. 26. Delegates to the an nual convention of the National Farmers' Alliance, which convenes here to-morrow, began to arrive to-day. An extended pro gramme has been arranged for the meeting, which will hold over "Wednesday. Addresses on the banking system and economic topics will be delivered by Presi dent Powers, ex-President Burrows, Lec turer Asbby. Milton George, Miss Eva Mc Donald and others. Delegates from 12 States will be present. HOT BEADY TO CONCEDE. Coal Operators to licet to Consider the 'Miners' E'emands. r rSPECHI. TliZOBAJt TO TH DISrATCH.l Columbus, Jan. 26. The coal operators of Ohio will meet to-morrow for the pur pose of taking action on the demands made by the miners at their tiOnventiou last week. The eight-hour demand and the weighing of coal before being screened will be the principal topics, and If tbe temper of the operators in advance can be Indeed ther will concede very little on these points. Im-nnim ti mm rn nn Tmrr.Do Dnr nnwxi m A Combination of Two Caused the Big Blizzard That Played Such Havoc, EMERGING FROM THE RUINS. Thonsandsof Men Clearing Away tbe Wholesale Wreck of the Wires. MANT SECTIONS STILL CUT OFF. Telegraph Companr Losses In Ketr York City Amount to $500,000. AS0THEE ST0EJI BEEWISG IN DAKOTA rSFEClAI. TX1XGBAM TO THE DISFATCB.l New Yokk, Jan. 26. New York's great est telegraphic blockade was partially raised to-day, and the situation looks much brighter than the officials of the telegraph and telephone companies dared to hope on Sunday, with the remarkable destruction of poles and wires in every direction staring them in tbe faee. Western Union officials were congratulating themselves at nightfall that they had 11 wires in working order, with the prospects of having communica tion opened to-morrow to all principal points, either directly or indirectly. The keen, bracing atmosphere of to-day meant a great deal to the different companies, for the hundreds of men at work in New York and vicinity were all working with a will to put telegraph, telephone and fire and electric wires into shape again. It is esti mated that an army oi over 1,000 men was busy within a radius of ten miles of New York City on the wrecked poles and wires. The streets of New York, where poles had gone down, showed a considerable improve ment by nightfall, for tbe large gangs word ing where tbe damage was greatest had made good headway in cleaning np. Telephone Subscribers Cnt Off. The telephone service, which suffered more heavily by Sunday's storm than all the other lines together, had improved but little to-day. Hundreds of subscribers were still cnt off, although all the exchanges were able to communicate with each other. Business men throughont the town came to a fnll realization to-day of what tbe storm meant to them, and communication with their out-of-town correspondents was a mat ter of pure chance. - Even the district messenger calls all over town were practically useless, and it was the hardest kind of work in many parts of the town to get hold of a messenger at all. The Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies were receiving all messages over their counters at their main offices to-day, but tbe receivers repeated mechanically to everyone the ominous words, "Snbjectjto in definite delay." The Postal Telegraph Com pany had succeeded in opening up four wires to the North by way of Port Chester, while their eang was workiug like beavers to put tbe trunk, line into shape. Special trains on all the roads leading into New York were put at the service of the Western Union officials, who dispatched the men in gangs-oflOand 12 asfcstMty-t.WyIlTpOTteth-A Loss of 8500,000, Tbe total damage to tbe companie's mentioned, which will resnlt from this con dition of affairs, is roughly estimated at $500,000. Two weeks' unceasing effort will bereqnired to get the( wires back into the condition which existed before the storm broke. The damage in New Jersey is far the worst. Passengers coming in by train on the various lines had tbe same story to tell of poles and wires fiat on the ground in long stretches. The ravages of the storm covered the area from Philadelphia to Boston, although isolated instances of destruction to poles were reported from as far South as Wash ington. Philadelphia, after a hard struggle, awoke to the world again this afternoon, by means of a wire to Newark. A Combine of Storms. The Signal Service Bureau got its reports in fairly good shape this morning except those from South Atlantic stations, which were cut off. The weather sharps were abe to give some information, in consequence, about the Dakota storm, which hadn't been heard from since Saturday morning. It appears now that it got tangled up with the storm which came up from the Gulf, and it was the union of the two storm centers, somewhere off Lake Ontario, at 5 o'clock Sunday morning, that played all tbe havoc. If that Gulf storm had kept the field all to itself it would have given New York noth ing bnt a good soaking rain, but the Dakota storm carried a comfortable cold rain along with it just sufficient to send the thermom eter down to freezing point, which was pro ductive of the bit: clinging flakes that 'did all the damage. Another Storm Is Brewing. Both storms traveled with great velocity, for each was" about 1,500 miles from New York nn Saturday morning. A portion of the composite storm is still lingering around the lakes, but the most of it has whisked off to Halifax. There is another Northwestern storm brewing out in Dakota jnst now, which may get here with a little snow to morrow night and partially check the work of the linemen. Rolls and tangled nets of telegraph, tele phone and electric wires filled Brooklyn's streets, causing a damage estimated at $150, 000. Jersey City's fire alarm system was rendered useless, and tbeold system of alarm towers was resorted to as a protection against fire. Boston is now reached by way of Montreal. In order to reach California, messages will be sent from here to Port Chester, thence to Montreal and to tbe Pacific coast via the Canadian Pacific line. Big Day in "Wall Street. Wall street did a great business to-day in defiance of the wire famine. The business was entirely local, few orders arriving from out ot town, and those only by mail. But nearly 200,000 shares were sold. All tho stock tickers on the N ew York Stock Ex change were in full working order. On the Produce Exchange one wire was working from Chicago and one from Albany. On tbe Coffee Exchange there were no cables Irom the Commercial Company, bnt toward noon the Anglo-American Company sent in one trom London. There was no communi cation with Havre until late in the after- BLOCKED WITH ICE. A Solid Mass for Several Miles In the Sus quehanna. Tunkhannock", Ta., Jan. 26. Snow fell here to a depth of six inches. All tele graph and nearly all telephone wires are down. The ice gorge in the Susquehanna is still unbroken. From tbe bridge a dis tance of several miles, the river is one mass of plled-up ice. The heavy freshets of the last few days have driven the ice with great force against the bridge, and it has been moved slightlv irom its foundation. BOSTON BADLY CE1PPLED. Firemen Forced to Patrol the Streets Throughout the Night, Boston, Jan. 26. The storm in this city completely demoralised the fire'alar'm ttle- vli frMrAtvwMI A - .... W. mFiK. ktffa d 4 Disturbing Eeports. 1 ft y, &&mM SITTINO ON THE ELEPHANT. Seven Republican Senators Join the Dem ocrats in Laying Aside the Force Bill. graph, and the entire force of firemen was patrolling tbe city all night Telegraph, telephone and electric light companies also suffered more or less damage. On Bridge street, East Cambridge, four large poles, carrying overlOO wires, belong ing to the Long Distance Telephone Com pany, were prostrated. Xn Waltbam the telephone and fire alarm services were badly crippled. TROUBLE ON THE SEA. INC0MISG VESSELS BEING SEP0HT3 OF BIG HURRICANES. A Number of Smaller Crafts Dismasted and Loss of Life Certain Sailors "Washed Overboard and Drowned Difficulty In News. LEQKAX TO THB DISP1TCH.1 , 26. A man stood in the0opfficetoJSsrfrearIyall of to-dayVy &sface of New York bay wjtli?SNJr9r fj!"s. e was not there to exercise-o'Ogr $fodmire marine scenery. His mishvAy ight vessels entering quarantine, betP ,ne big storm bad cnt off tbe local ship trwfs station from all telegraphic commnnicatinn. It was a novel and disagreeable situation for the oc cupants of the office, who got no news of things away from town except from the man in the tower and tbe captains of Staten Island ferry boats, who were utilized as messengers. When the ships began to strnegle in, many tales of storms were told. La Bretagne and the Aurania reached their piers in the forenoon. The French steamship arrived off Sandy Hook on Sunday morning, bulj did not move np to quarantine until to-day. Neither had received rongh nSage from the storm. The steamships El Sol, from New Orleans, the Cherokee, from Charleston, and the Colo rado, from Galveston, reported eight hours of hurricane, which began early on Sunday morning. Captain Wetherell. of the Mt. Edegcomba, from Laguna, Mexico, said that he was canght on January 21 in a ter rific storm from the southwest. On the following days he spoke the schooner, C. W. Lane, bound Sontb. Tbe Lane had been dismasted by the storm, bnt the steamship Carnal, of the Mallory line, stood alongside to render relief, and Cap tain Wetherill sailed on. While the little schooner Empire State, of Greenport. L. L, was fishing off Barnegat on Sunday, it came up a blow so hard that Captain Altman tbonght it best to stand in itojsrd,shOfe. -sWtfile jMataanilhctrua- he- ionnd tbe schooner Calvin Edwardi with small boat smashed, her sails blown away and five feet of water in her hold, she was flying a signal of distress. Captain Max well aud tbe six men who composed the crew were taken off by the Empire State, and the Edwards, with her cargo of lumber, was abandoned. The Empire State reached New York to-day. After rescuing the crew of the Edwards. She passed a three masted coal barge that was drifting fnll of water. Nobody was aboard. The captain of the Austrian bark Nevada, from Lisbon, says tbat in the midst of the voyage a sailor named Boneventure was washed from the lookout bridge in a heavy storm and drowned. SEVERE AT WILEE8BARRE. Horses Step on a Fallen Wire With the Usual Shocking Result. Wilkesbabee, Jan. 26. The snow storm of Saturday night and yesterday morning was very severe throughont the whole of this section of State. There was no communication by telegraph or local telephone wires, all being grounded. Elec tric light wires are down, and tbe city is in darkness. In the country districts consid erable damage was done by the weight of snow breaking down fruit trees, roofs of barns, etc. Two horses attached to an omnibus in Wilkesbarre stepped on a fallen wire on the public square and received a very severe shock. They were hurled to the gronnd.and at first it was thought they had been killed. The omnibus was overturned, bnt no pas sengers were in it and the driver escaped in jury. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. Philadelphia Is Almost Entirely Cut Off" From the World. Philadelphia, Jan. 26. The telegraph sitnation here is scarcely improved any over tbat of last night. The Western Union has no wires working in any direction. Manager A. G. Savler said tbat the ontlook was not promising, though there was a possibility of patching up a communication with Balti more, and that Washington might then also be reached. There is very little hope, he said, of open ing any communication to-night with points west of here, the storm having been particu larly destructive in the .section of country between .rnuaoeipniaana xiarnsDurg. con siderable time will be required to repair tbe damage sufficiently to ouen np communica tion. CLEAR SSXES AT SCRANT0N. The Ravages of the Storm Are Being Rap- Idly Repaired. nrrxciAi. Tiusaut to tux DisrATCH.; Scranton, Jan. 26. The sun rose on a beautiful day in Scranton, aud greatly aided the linemen in their work of repairing and restoring the broken wires. A day's hard labor on tbe telephone wires made no ap preciable improvement in the service by phone; neither did it repair the interrupted circuits of the fire alarm system. As reports come in from snrronnding towns it is found that the damage was greater than at first supposed. The street care lines dng themselves out of the snow at an early hour and cars arc running qnite regularly. The Western Union Company has partially restored its service in the region and the Postal has done likewise. WRECK AND 'RUTH. A Bridge Washed Away and a YDlago Plied. With lee. nrxcuz, txlmham to tbx DisrATcm Pouoheeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 26. Every city and town on the Hudson has been cut off from telegraphic communication with New Yoik since 11 o'clock yesterday morn ing, the wires being prostrated by the snow and wind storm. The large iron bridge at Continued on sixth page.J Securing "VJ 'Ah.T-sJan M J. mTS. I- THE HOME BAKK SECURES ITSELF By a Eeported Check for 180,000 Iroia Its President, and Staff Chaoses. WHAT TH2 1XTEEESTED PAETIES SAI It has been widely enough known is financial circles of the city for more than a year that a number of Pittsburgers were in terested in an enterprise at Baltimore in volving tbe construction of a new belt line for that city, and also a reorganization of the Western Maryland Railway. The pur pose of the belt line is to afford the Balti more andOhio Railroad direct transportation across the city, in place of the ferry system which now exists. The Western Maryland is a road running from Baltimore to Will iamsport, Pa., a distance of about 90 miles. The two undertakings are connected. Abont a year ago the Western Maryland ordered an issne of bonds, said to represent in the aggregate $4,000,000. Part of this issue was placed npon the Pittsburg mar ket, and about $720,000 ot them were utilized in Pittsburg, either by direct sale or else as collateral whereupon to get the means for prosecuting the work upon the belt line. It bas always been rep resented that as soon as the connected un dertakings were finished they wonld make handsome returns. One of the inducements was said to be a favorable contract with the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad whereby it was.to pay largely for the new facilities for transportation across tbe city. There wera also stated to be valuable terminal facilities in Baltimore. Upon this basis both bonds and stocks were urged as a promising invest ment, and those Pittsburgers who were inter ested were supposed to have flattering pros pects of big remnneration for their capital and energy. About 8750,000 Held in Pittsburg. Bnt since the stringency in the money market which began a few months ago, the Western Maryland securities shared the de pression which extended to a good many others on the list. It was reported that one of our national banks had loaned on them to an amount of from $200,000 to $230,000 about $500,000 additional being held by in dividual Pittsburgers. A publication yester day, based presumably on this fact, created a flurry on Fourth avenue, and in banking circles generally by stating that the Yice President and cashier of the bank had been "kiting checks" and that the Central Mary land bonds which speculators were booming were given as security. In the course of tbe day other rumors based upon this had taken wing, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon the names of various business men and of firms were be ing freely bandied about in a manner which Mould be decidedly injurious unless the actual facts in the case were made known. The Banlc Interested Made Secure. The Tradesmen's National Bank, corner Fourth avenue aud Wood street, was clearly enough identified as the one conrerued. Mr. Alexarder Bradley is President of the arr-Stlesaen'aJ'-Mr William Vancirk was, until recently, "Vice President, anbTMr. Ross Drum, Cashier. The Tradesmen's has a capital of $500,000, and a surplus of over $500,000 more. Its officers, as will be seen by their detailed statements to The Dis patch reporters who called upon them yes terday, denied positively and with one accord that the ex-Vice President, Vankirk, or Cashier Drum, had "kited" checks, as was charged. They also stated, and beyond doubt truly, that tbe bank will not suffer by its dealings in the bonds to any degree to impair public confidence, or even to touch its surplus. While they refused to speak in detail of the circumstances, claiming it was a private matter with the bank, there were well authen ticated statements abroad as to the action that was taken. The statement was made that in order to protect the bank from loss on account of tbe Western Maryland bonds the President, Mr. Bradiev, yesterday put up his check for $180,000. Also that Mr. Drum has resigned, or wat aliont to resign, the cashicrship, and that Mr. Pierce, former bank examiner, has been appointed to take his place. Mr. Pierce had previously an engagement to fill a similar position in Al legheny, but this has been relinquished. Mr. Vankirk, former Vice President, is a relative of Mr. Bradley. There was. of course, a good deal of comment and specu lation on what transpired yesterday. The trend ot the expression in finan cial circles was that the case was at the mos only one injudicions action in loaning so much upon this security, bnt that there was no indication of criminality. Cashier Drum, who is a young man with a great many friends on Fourth avenue, was excused, sot far as be was concerned, by some of them on tbe ground that bis action was dictated by superior authority. AH agreed that the re sources of the bank wonld be in no degree impaired, especially since the course taken by Mr. Bradley in pntting np his own check made everything good. Some Pittsburgers Who Are Interested. Among the Pittsburgers who were promi nently identified with the Western Mary land road and belt line were Mr. Marvin Scaife and Mr. Clark Dravo, who were directors of one or other or both enterprises. Mr. D. Herbert Hostetter was also an in vestor in the enterprise to the extent, it was stated, of $500,000. He is amply secured, however, and is in nowise concerned in loans which were made upon the other bonds. It was not possible for the reporters yesterday to eet statements from these gentlemen, as they were either inaccessible or refused to be interviewed. From one. however, who knew something of the undertaking the following was ob tained: 'The enterprise was a promising one.and it is not clearyet that it may not turn out well. It seems as if it suffered in the tight money market, and some of the origi nators had been pnt to severe strain and may or may not reap the profits they ex pected. But so far as the stock or bonds being a loss it is going too far to assume that. They occupy for the present the posi tion of a depressed security r and those whose hindsight is better than their foresight might not care to consider them now in the light of very available assets, bnt thev may turn out all right, particularly as the contract with the Baltimore and Ohio road is said to be qnite favorable. The above gives practically about all there is of ascertainable fact in the various rumors which were circulated yesterday. Below, however, is additionally furnished tbe statements made to our reporters by the parties in interest: What President Bradley Had to Say. President Alexander Bradley was asked yesterday afternoon regarding the rumors afloat that some of the bank's depositors had been "kiting" ehecks in some dealings. "The bank's lawyer, Mr. L. H. Plumer, and Colonel Schoonmaker have prepared a statement covering the whole thing," said Mr. Bradley. "Mr. Bradley, can you give the pnblio some idea of how the matter stands now?" , was asked. "There is no trouble at all. The whole thing happened a month ago." "How as to Mr. Vankirk, the Vice Preei dent, resigning?" "The Yice President hasrresigned sad Uq 4 J d,,. m&m&& j&l vummm
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