'W - Wlma- Dt&tfri) . TWENTY PAGES. $ TRIPLE NUMBER K FORTY-SIXTH YEAH. A HUHDREDKILLED, The Mammoth Mine Disaster Duplicated in Nova Sco tia Yesterday. TWENTY-SIX BODIESFOUND And Many More Lie Beyond the De bris Caused by a Terrific Explosion of Gas. REPORTED SAFE BY INSPECTORS. The Deadly Black Damp Followed the Up heaval, Choking Out the Life of Those Imprisoned. A FIRE ATEKTED BT mOMM ACTIOS. FtSEJgewtjs Eo Blocked That the Bodies BcBihuBg Within tbeBltck Fraca Will Net Be Rtiched fa Sent Tine. EIS LIVES LOST ft" A HKE AT BKOOKLTN rsrlCIAI. TEL KGB AS TO THE DISPATCTI.1 HALIFAX, Feb. 21. A tremendous ex plosion took place in the east side of the east slope of the Spring Hill mine at 1 o'clock to-day, which resulted in a large loss of life and the destruction of the mine. It is likely the death list will contain more than 100 names. The Spring Hill mine is the most im portant in the Cumberland coal field. It employs 1.000 men. Its output is 2,000 tons of coal daily, and it is own by Montreal and English capitalists. Hitherto it has been singularly free lrom explosions, and the cause of the disaster is so far unexplained. The news of the disaster created the most intense excitement and the whole popula tion appear to have gone wild. It was only yesterday that the mine was examined by Deputy Inspector Madden and a few days previously by a committee of the men and found to be in a satisfactory condition. The news spread like wildfire and within a few minutes after the report was heard the mouth of the pit was surrounded by heart broken wives and mothers whose Shrieks and Cries of Anguish rent the frosty air as the dead and dying forms of their husbands and sons were slow ly brought to the surface. The bodies were terribly mutilated, and many of them pre sented a sickening spectacle. Volunteer parties were immediately organized to bring up the bodies, although the rescue of any of the men who were supposed to be beyond the immediate scene of the calamity was known to be impossible. Telegrams were sent to Amherst and Ox ford, the nearest towns, for additional med ical aid, and a corps of doctors quickly ar rived by special trains. There was no lack of brave volunteers, but the work of rescue was attended with great difficulty, and the res:urs themselves bad many narrow escapes. The names of the injured who had been rescued up to C o'clock to night were Hyatt Moiles, John Sickens, John B. Anderson, Gordon Carmichael, Hugh Burt, John Conway, Henry Nash, Cyrus Munns, David Merritt and several others who were so terribly mutilated as to be beyond recognition. The Dead Sow Recovered. The dead bodies already recovered are those of "William H. Turner, Herbert A. Itenshaw, Ernst Bainbridge, James Morris, Allan Nickerson, Laughlin McKinnon, Arthur Anderson, Eobert A. Sherlock, Andrew Carmichael, James Johnston, John McKinnon, Richard Dawson, John Boyd, Mathew Collins, Bory B. McDonald, Samuel Muckle, Jeremiah Murphy, James McVey, David McYey, John Bandliffe, Edward Smith, James Sharpler, John Mc Carmichael, Willie Brown and Philip B. White, making 2G bodies thus far recovered. Choke damp set in immediately after the explosion and it is certain that every man down in the mine is now dead. The num ber cannot be less than SO. Manager Swift was down in the mine at the time and he, too, is among the victims. The mine was completely wrecked and the passage ways are blocked so that it is not likely any more bodies will be recovered to-night. Several of the vic tims whose bodies have been recovered were killed by the choke damp. Horses Killed by the Shock. All the horses are kilied. Several mem ben of families are among the killed, and in the case of the Carmichaels, a father and two sons are among the Bead. The pits are o far clear of fire, and ventilation has been restored in the immediate neighborhood of the disaster. Requisitions have been made upon the surrounding towns for coffins, hearse, c'c- This is one of the greatest disasters in the history of Nova Scotia coal mining, fif teen years ago the Drummond mine, at Westville, blew up, and 65 men were killed. Ten years ago the Ford pit, at Stillarton, exploded, and 44 men lost their lives. Three years later IS men were killed in the "Vale colliery, all three disasters within a few miles of each other. Three or four years ago six men were, killed in the Spring Hill mines, but this was the only previous disaster to that colliery. Forty alen Still MissinC. It is now believed that over 100 men were killed. Forty men are still known to be missing. They are beyond the point where the explosion took place and could not live a minute after the choke damp overtook them. The rescuers will not be able to get near the imprisoned men until some of the piles of debris caused by the fall of the roof are cleared awav. The bodies cf the two boys brought up are so badly disfigured as not to be recog nizable. Some of the injured persons taken out are not likely to survive very long. Miners who have come up say that the levels are blocked, in the locality of the ex plosion, with large piles of debris, consist ing mainly of timber knocked out by the terrible force ot the explosion, which was felt above ground. BURNED IN A TENEMENT. SIX LIVES LOST IK A FIRE IK BR00KLYK LAST NIGHT. Said to Bo or Incendiary Origin There Were 32 families in tho Honse and ITearly All IVere at Dome Thrilling: Escape From the Koof. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCn.1 Kew York, Feb. 2L A fire which re sulted in the loss of six lives, and which at the present time is supposea to have been of incendiary origin, broke out to-night in the two-story double brick apartment house at 129 and 131 Sands street. Brooklyn. The fire originated in the cellar of the building at 129, near a wooden shaft that was used for the dumbwaiter. The flames spread rapidly through the building and quickly communi cated by the shaft to the roof. There were 32 families in all, and nearly everybody was at home when, at 7:3 0 o'clock, the roaring of flame was heard in the dumb waiter flume. There was a panic among the tenants and many ran to the hre-escapes, with which the building was fortunately well provided both front and rear. But there was a family on the third floor of the house which was not so fortunate. This was the household of John E. Dorney, a printer. Mr. Dorney was not at home, but his wife, their lour children, Julia Griffin, a sister of Mrs. Dornev, and Mrs. Dorney's spinster aunt, Margaret Griffin, aged CO "years, were in the rooms. Driven Out on tho Boof. Julia heard the crackling of the wood whioh lined the elevator shaft and opening the door, was greeted with an outburst of flames. She screamed out that tho house vas on fire, and panic-stricken the whole family songht the hallway. Egress by the stairs was cut off, for a cloud of blinding, snfibcating smoke greeted the terror-stricken tenants as they sought to escape. Then they ran to the roof. The smoke wis not so dense on the upper stairway. Miss Griffin, the younger, took two of the children and Mrs. Dorney and the elder Miss Griffin followed with the two other children: At leat Julia supposed so. She managed to reach the roof and passed over to the roof of Ko. 131, where she found a way to the street by the stairway. In the meantime the balconies and fire escape ladders were crowded with people. There were a few narrow escapes, but the firemen felt assured for awhile that no lives had been lost. Finding the Bodies. They directed their energies to an attempt to extinguish the flames, and ascended to the roo for that purpos.. Three of the firemen at work there found the bodies of Miss Griffin, the elder, and the little Dorney child a?ed 8 years lying there. They were carried downthe ladders. Neither was very much burned, and it was evident that they had met their death from suffocation or fright. Two hours later four more bodies were found. They were those of two adults and two children. The fire was out when they were fonnd, and the firemen discovered them huddled in the small loft leading to the roof stairway. They were, all badly burned. They were the remains of Jacob Benedict, aged 72; Edward Benedict, aged IS months; Mrs. Margaret Dorney and 4 year old Minnie Dorney. The bodies were taken to the morgue. The damage by fire to the building will not exceed 4,000. There have been two fires in tbe house with in the last three weeks. A "W0ELD OF LIES. Ingersoll So Denominates About Every thing There la on Earth. ISrECIAL TSLIOHAM TO IBB DISPATCK.1 New York, Feb. 2L The Legal Pro tective Association of Cigar Manufacturers of the city of New York and National En quiry System sat around five big tables -at Delmonico's to-night and ate its tenth anni versary dinner. Colonel Ingersoll respond ed to the unique toast, "Facts," witha very interesting speech. He said: What would we all do if we had to stick to facts ? How disagreeable life would be if every one tola the truth. Imagine yourself meeting a friend on the street and telling him that be was looking sickly, and that, by the way, you didn't care to have him call at your house again. The truth is tho weakest thing in the world. It always comes into tbe arena naked and there it meets a healtby young lie in com plete armor and the result Is that the trnth gets licked. One good, solid lie will knock out a hundred truths. The history of tbe whole world is nothing but lies. Take the ago of chivalry, that has fed and inflamed the imagination of mankind; that was the ago of cowardice. There is a. thousand times more courage in the world to-day than there was then, and yet tbe world is still on its knees worshiping those iron-clad knights as it they were deml-gods. There was not then the love for linxnan liberty that there is now. Those are facts. If all the books in the world except tbos that contained nothing but facts were destroyed, there wouldn't be anything left but dictionaries and works of tbe multiplica tion tables. Tbe world is full of lies. For in stance, von know as well as I do that a pure Havana cigar is a He. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN PERIL. The Coroner's Jury Oier a Victim rinds They Caused His Death. Dns Moines, Feb. 21. Much interest has been felt here in the inqnest over Will iam Protzman, who died under Christian science treatment. The Coroner's investi gation lasted four days. To-day a verdict was returned. It was found that Protzman was 24 years old, had good health and rugged constitution until December 17 last, when he was attacked by a cold, which grew into typhoid lever. The testimouy showed that he received no medical treatment except "silent prayer;" that all dietary rules were disregarded", and that he was otherwise neglected. The con clusion of the jury is that Protzman "came to his death by reason of having practised upon him the teachings of an association of persons calling themselves Christian Scien tists, and from no other cause." The jnry further say that in their opinion Protzman would have lived had proper treatment been given him. It is expected that important arrests will be made soon. ENGINEER AND OPERATOR ARRESTED. They Are Charged With Criminal Negli gence in the Tunnel Horror. New York, Feb. 21. Engineer Lewis Fowler and William McManus, the oper ator at Seventy-second street, on the New York Central, who are charged with having caused yesterday's disaster in the Fourth avenue tunnel, were arraigned before the Coroner to-day and held in $10,000 bail each to await the inquest Tuesday next. MYSTERY CLEARED UP. Fretty Florence Birch Confesses to Tiring Her Millinery Store. rsriCIAl. TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCTL1 Islip, N. Y., Feb. 21. The mystery sur rounding the incendiary fires of January 4 and January 20 in the millinery store of the young and pretty Florence Birch at Islip, and the source oi the anonymous letters her friends received, has at last been cleared up. Miss Birch, saying she could not stand the persecution, went to New York. The young lady, however, was kept within observation.by a detective, and bis work has resulted in obtaining, a confession from her that she was alone to blame in tbe case. She was brought back to Islin last night on the train, arriving at 7 r. M., and was surrendered to the custody of tbe constable. She was held by Justice Clock for a hearing Monday. Excitement in the village is intense. 'DISEASE IN NEW CLOTHING. THE SWEAT SHOP FACTORIES IN NEW YORK INVESTIGATED. A Trades Union Representative From Bos ton Alleges That tho Use of Their Trod nets Are Extremely Dangerous Gov ernor Itnsscll Also Orders an Inquiry. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TI1E DISPATCH. 1 New Yokk, Feb. 21. During the past week the representative of the Clothing Operatives' National Union of America, from Boston, has been industriously inves tigating the condition of the "sweat shops" in this city for the purpose of proving that they arc such as to transmit the germs of all sorts of infectious diseases in the garments that arc manufactured in them. The facts he has gathered, together with the results of another investigation which Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, ordered, will be submitted to the Legisla ture of that State with a petition from the clothing operatives that the shipment of such garments into their State be pro hibited. Three years ago the greater and more im portant part of the clothing trade of Boston began to be supplied by contractors in New York, who could get their work done more cheaply than it could be done in any other part of the world. This, of course, was a great blow to the clothing operators of Bos ton. They declared that they could not compete with New York workmen, and sent a petition to Governor Russell, who, in the early part of January, ordered an investiga tion, tbe rcsultof whieh he has not yet made public. John Crowley, the Secretary of the Union, who was foremost in the crusade against New York clothing, thinking that if the matter ever came before the Legisla ture he would be called upon to testify, de cided to make an investigation on his own account He has done so and secured the services of Dr. George C. Stiebeling, of this city, who has prepared an affidavit which concludes as follows: Relying on tbe facts above related, affiant finally declares that in his opinion tbe dust, tilth and dirt accumulated in tbe "sweating dens" be has visited and examined, contain tbe germs of the prevailing infectious diseases, such as diphtheria, scarlatina, measles, erysip elas and smallpox, and that tbe clothing manu factured in tbeso shops is impregnated with such germs, and consequently may transmit and spread tbe aforesaid diseases to porsons who handle and wear it. SQUEEZING SUGAR MEN. THREATS INTRODUCED IN THE INVESTI GATION OP THE TRUST. Shareholder Try to Hide Behind the Ad vice of Counsel, hat Are Ordered to Answer Questions or Go to Albany A Great Deal of Ignorance. ICrSCIAT. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH. New Yokk, Feb. 21. Claus Doscher amended to-day before the Senate Commit tee, at the Hotel Mctropole, the figures which he gave on Friday about the merging ot the Brooklyn Refining Company into the Sugar Trust. Henry Offerman, treas urer of the same concern, did not know what had become of the books of the refining company, and had never inquired. He also L could not tell within $10,000 what the con cerns separate prohts had been since it has been merged in the trust. He did not know what Ins own sharj was; he accepted what was given to him as he supposed he was dealing with honest men and presumed it was all right. When asked what was his share of trust certificates he at first refused to answer on the score that it was a private matter. Elihu Root sustained his refusal with the declara tion that the question was beyond the authority of (the counsel. "The committee," said Senator Erwin, "does not recognize Mr. Root as having anything to do with this matter as counsel orin any other capacity. Now,Mr.Offerman, unless you want to go to Albany and appear before the Senate there, you must answer this question." The threat implied in this remark con strained Mr. Offerman to acknowledge that he received for his Brooklyn Refining Com pany stock 10,070 shares in Sugar Trust cer tificates. When be exchanged these for an equal amount under the last reorganization he got $500 in cash with every hundred shares. F. O. Matthiessen, one of the incorporators ot the new trust, proved at first recalcitrant when asked for the statement of the profits of his company reported to the old trust, and for the amount of trust certificates ob tained in exchange for its stock, and con sulted with Lawyers Sheppard and Root before answering, but a threat of being hauled to Albany brought him to terms. The inquiry adjourned until next Satur day. Judge Culler, of the Kinsrs county Su preme Court, to-day granted five orders to show cause on the 16th ot May why the corporations in this State forming the Sugar Trust should not be dissolved. SCRAMBLING FOR LAND. The Scenes of Wansau, Wis., Repeated In an Aggravated Form. Ashland, Wis., Feb. 21. The rush for Government lands bids fair to excel in some respects the onslaught on Oklahoma. In the face of a blinding snow storm, with no shelter, the filers held their positions in line in tiont of the United States Lapl Office all Friday night and yesterday. Their deter mination borders on frenzy. The man who goes to sleep now is in danger of losing his place. The rush is even greater than that at Wausau, as the land is much more valu able, and the line was lormed two days earlier. Many of those in line went through a similar experience at Wausau, and the exposure and loss of sleep is telling upon rome of them. Haggard and be numbed with cold, they can hardly lift their hands. Hot coffee and sandwiches are dealt out to them from temporary lunch counters which have been erected close at hand. Among those in line are a large number of settlers who have come to file on the land upon which they have squatted, and which they wish to make secure by filing. A NEW FRAUD EXPOSED. A Caution From Baltimore Against a Bogus Railroad Ticket Agency. Baltimore, Feb. 21. The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association has issued an "important" caution to members "against parties soliciting membership or subscription from wholesale merchants to a scheme known as the United Travelers' Transportation or the" Travel ers' Protective Union Transportation Com mittee, which has for its pretended object the obtaining of an interchangeable mileage ticket good over all railroads in the United States. A party, once a member of the Travelers' Protective Association, an embezzler, and an ex-convict, is attempting to operate this scheme in Baltimore. There are multitudes of all kinds of schemes and advertising frauds being constantly presented to the members of this association." PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, IN WILD DISORDER The House Once More Resolves Itself Into a Veritable Bear Garden. PARTY FEELING RUNS HIGH. Spinola Traverses the Hall With a Chip on His Shoulder DARING REPUBLICANS TO TOUCH IT. A General Onslaught on Speaker Eced and Ills Rulings MADE ALONG THE DEMOCRATIC LINE f SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIZ DISPATCH. 1 Washington, Feb. 21. Scenes of wild disorder and excited tumult again char acterized the proceedings of the House to day, beginning as soon as the House was called to order and lasting nearly the entire day. They culminated at abqut 5 o'clock in the departure of all the Democrats, ex cept Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, from the hall. The object, the breaking of a quorum, was defeated by the action of Speaker Reed. On the question of going into the commit tee of the whole to take up the postoffice ap propriation bill, Mr. McMillin demanded a division. The Speaker counted 145 yeas and 1 nay. "No quorum," said McMillin. The Speaker glanced around the House for a moment, took in the whole hall with a com prehensive sweep of his arm, and, without a tremor in his voice, immediately replied: "There are 167 members present. That is a constitutional quorum, and the House re solves itself into the committee of the whole." The Speaker smiled as he sur rendered the chair to Mr. Burrows. Started in Bad Humor. The House was in bad humor when it met. It took two hours and a quarter to read the journal, as Mr. Fithian and Mr. Springer demanded the reading of the journal iu full; which drew forth the re mark from Mr. Cannon that he did not know that there were two Speakership candidates from Illinois. Mr. Fithian declared that the clerk was skipping some of the names on the roll-call. Mr. Millikin, of Maine The clerk is reading every name. Mr. Fithian I say he is not. Mr. Millikin And I say he is. Mr. Fithian And I say you are saying what is not true. When the journal was finally approved, McKinley arose and was recognized, but half a dozen Democrats were also on their feet. Turner, of Georgia, wanted to make a motion to correct the journal as regarded his presence, but this McKinley would not consent to. Clements, of Georgia, asked unanimous consent that tbe journal might be corrected. "I object," said Bayne, of Pennsylvania. "Of course," shouted Breckenridge of Kentucky, across the aisle. "If it is proper to falsify the record, it is proper for you to insist upon it" . "I will.not yield," exclaimed McKinley," snouting over the heads of the members who had gathered in an excited crowd around him, "to any one to cast reflections upon the officers of this House." 2S2 Scene of Wild Disorder. There was a shout of derisive laughter and several prolonged whistles, and the next moment tbe House was beyond the control of the Chair. Democrats clamoring for recognition; Republicans shouting across the aisle; McMillin moving his arms in the air and denouncing the action of the ma jority in unintelligible words, and Spinola, of New York, marching up and down the aisle with a strip of paper on his shoulder and daring any Republican to come and knock it off, made a scene of excitement that gave great delight to the crowds of visitors in the galleries. The Speaker pro tern., Mr. Payson, pounded on the desk with his gavel and called Spinola to order, but the latter con tinued his threatening attitude until the House was finally brought to a degree of quiet by the stentorian voice of the clerk calling the roll. Down to Business Finally. It was 3 o'clock, however, before the House finally got down to business on the bill to increase the salaries of the United States District Judges and 5 o'clock before the bill, after half a dozen roll calls, had been passed by a vote of 148 yeas to 89 nays. Then the postoffice bill was, by Speaker Reed's help, taken up and again laid aside, with a favorable recommendation, and Mr. Connor called up the deficiency appropria tion bill, asking that its first reading be dispensed with. To this Mr. Turner, of New York, objected. The reading was not concluded until after 8 o'clock, and then a discussion arose as to tbe limitation of de bate, but no determination was arrived at. The committee rose and the House at 9 o'clock adjourned without disposing of the postoffice appropriation bill. REPORTED TO THE SENATE, Changes In World's Fair Paragraph In the Sundry Civil BUI. Washington, Feb. 21. The sundry civil appropriations bill was to-day com pleted by the Senate Committee on Appro priations and reported to the Senate. Radi cal changes have been made in the para graphs relating to the World's Fair. The appropriation for tbe Government exhibit is reduced from $350,000 to 300,000. The permission to expend 50,000 of this sum for the Latin-American department is stricken out. The unexpended balance appropriated by the act of April 25, 1890. is reappropriated for the pnrpose of aiding the Government exhibit solely, except that from it may he paid the salaries (or the current fiscal year of the President of the Commission, Presi dent of tbe Board of Lady Managers and expenses for clerks and employes not ex ceeding 33,000. In place of the specific appropriations made for salaries by the House the lump sum of 40,000 is appro priated, to be expended under the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. DEFENDING THE MEASURE Senator Jllorgan Says the Nicaragua B 1 Is Very Important. Washington, Feb. 21. The Nicaragua bill was taken up iu the Senate to-day, and Mr. Morgan addressed the Senate in defense of the bill. Mr. Edmunds, referring to a misunder standing as to the amount of capital stock subscribed for by the construction company (it appearing in the committee's report as 100,000,000), said that ho had a telegram lrom the President ot the company saying that that Was a misprint for 1,000,000. a. Mr. Morgan accounted for the committee's pressing the bill at this late stage of the session by stating that it was a question of very great importance, and that the commit tee bad no possible alternative. Comment ing upon Mr, Ycst's argument as to the ob FEBRUARY 22, 1891. stacle presented by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, MrMorgan asked whether Senators were to take off their hats to Queen Vic toria and say: "By the leave of Your Majesty." That, he raid, was not the American view of the question. It bad not been so since the days of President Monroe, and never would be. The question being on the amendment offered by Mr. Stewart providing that the Chief'orEngineers of tnc Army shall have supervision and control of the construction of the canal it was disagreed to. The bill then went over without action. SILVER BILL REPORT. FINDINGS OF; THE COMMITTEE PRE SENTED TO THE HOUSE The Country Not in Need of Free Coinage Tho Present law Is Entirely Satisfactory Provision for All Silver Now Pre sented for Coinage. Washington, Feb. 21. Representative Wickham, of Ofiio, Chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, to-day submitted to the House by authority of the majority of the committee ati adverse report on the Sen ate bill for the free coinage of silver. The report says: The committee, desiring to have the largest information to aid them in their conclusions, have patiently listened for the period of a month to delegations. Individuals and memo rials expressing all the various views upon the subject of the coinage of silver. The commit tee feel that tbcyihave been fortunate in this, since many of those who have been before tbem have given evidence of great intelligence upon the subjeot, and have been able to afford to them valuable assistance in coming to their conclusion. Under the present act $54.000, 000 annually are being added to the volume ot the currency of the country, in the form of Treasury notes for bullion purchases. This largely exceeds the contraction by way of the retirement of national bank notes, and in a period of ten years would, at tbe same rate, gradually add to tbe volume of the currency above tbe amount of the bank notes should they all be retired, S3G0,00O,00O. Tho Secretary of the Treasury States that the amount of surplus silver in tbe world above tho amount used in the arts and coinage in all other countries than the United States was, for 1S83, 39.500,000 ounces. If this estimate is correct, under the present law there Is provision for using tho world's surplus, which is all that unlimited coinage could accomplish. The Demand for Silver. Tho American product in 18S8 was 45,000,000 ounces and in 1SS9 50,000,000 ounces. It is said, however, that tho demand of the present law does not call for all the silver surplus and that there are now "bearing" tho market about 15, 000,000 ounces, which are sufficient to keep down the price of silver to its present selling figure. Whether theso 15,000,000 ounces aro likely to remain a threat to the marker, or whether they are used by designing persons as a temporary means to depress the price, is a matter upon which intelligent persons, who have appeared before the committee, differ. This can be determined by a continuance of the present policy of buying no more than the 4,600,000 ounces monthly, provided for by the existing law. If the presence of the 15.000,000 ounces is continued" only for tho purpose of affecting soma change in tbe legislation, and Congress shall show by its action that it intends no change this body of silver will be permitted to go its way and so will no longer depress tbe marker. If on tbe other hand this amount of bullion is in actuil excess over the demand, it will be easy at any future time for Congress to provide for its absorption into the volume of tbe currency. To determino this, time is needed. flishest Function of Silver. The Treasury notes issued nnder tbe present law are a legal lender. This is the highest function that could possibly be given to silver under freo coinage, so that under the existinz law, subject only to the uncertainty as to tho origin and design of tbe 15,000,000 al ready referred to wo have provision for tbe aso of all tbe silver that would "he brought to tha mints under free "COirJage,1 (assuming the world's surplus to be as already stated). The money issued has all the legal qualities and purchase potter of coined money, and in addition is confined practically to the American product, so that the United States is out of all of tbe danger so strenuously insisted upon by many persons of the flooding of our market with tho silver of the world. The present law at the time of its passage was declared by many ardent supporters of tree coinago to be satisfactory. The condi tions are substantially the same as then. There has been no important change in our monetary situation. The Present Law Satisfactory. If the present law, when passed, promised to all intents and purposes tho use of tbe Amer ican product and authorized the issue of money as good for all purposes as coined silver, it is not now evident to the committee wherein it has failed in that promise, nor wherein it is likoly in tbe futnre to fail to accomplish that desirable end. In view of the foregoing feeling that there is no need at present for further legislation, and at the same time being not unmindful of tbe fact that this Congress at its session upon a direct vote rejected free coinage of silver, pro vided for in language identical with that in this bill, tbe committee report adversely upon tbe bill and recommend that it do not pass. ONE LITTLE SPEECH. IT STARTED SENATOE-ELECr KYLE TO POLITICAL FAME. The Fourth of July Effort That First Made Him Known Strange Turn in the Politi cal Wheel of Fortune Still a Young Man. ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1 Washington, Feb. 21. There will be two ministers of the Gospel in the United States Senate after March 4 next Alfred Holt Colquitt, of Georgia, and James Hen derson Kyle, of South Dakota. The turn of the political wheel of fortune that has sent this young man fresh from the early years of his church and college work sud denly iuto the fields of politics and statesmanship is a surprising one. Mr. Kyle was little heard of in Dakota or else where in tbe United States until last summer. It was on July 4, 1890, that his star arose. On that day the good citizens of Brown county, South Dakota, had a celebra tion, and the man who had been chosen to deliver tbe oration of the day failed to put in an appearance. The people about the platform wanted to hear some oratory and something had to be done. A substitute must be procured. Seated upon a canvas chair near the edge of the platform was a young man, a clergyman, who had invoked tho Divine blessing upon the proceedings at the beginning. He was asked il ho would address the crowd. He said he would and he did so for half an hour or more. This clergyman was a tall, raw boned individual, with sandy hair and mustache, and he was known in the commu nity as an honest man, whose business was to solicit funds for the support of a little college which the Congregationallst Church of the new State was trying to support. His salary was 500 a year. His name was Johu Henderson Kyle. Last week the Legislature elected him to be a United States Senator. His remarks that afternoon were the starter for his career iu public life. The central thought of the speech was that tbe hoarding of vast sums of money and the accumulation of great stores of wealth which lie idle was no better than robbery of the common people. Placed on the Calendar. Washington, Fen, 21. In the Senate to-day the bill for a new mint building at Philadelphia, not to cost more than 2,000, 000, was reported and placed on the calendar. California and the World's Fair. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 21. The State Senate has passed a bill appropriating 300, 000 for California's exhibit nt the World's Fair. The bill has already passed tbe llouse, FOSTER IS NIED, The Ohio Ex-Governor Ap pointed to Fill the Vacancy in the Treasury. HIS FRIENDS WELL PLEASED They Say He Will Make a Thoroughly Acceptable Secretary. IN ACCORD WITH THE PRESIDENT The Sew Secretary Says He Will Follow Out Windom's Policy. OHIO EEPDBLICANS ARE DELIGHTED JSrKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.1 Washington, Feb. 21. Tbe President sent a number of nom inations to the Senate to-day, and among them that of ex-Governor Charles Foster, of Ohio, to be Secretary of the Treasury, as predicted by The Dis patch, thus setting at rest all the surmises and guesses as to the successor of the late Secretary Windom. Mr. Foster was elected Governor of Ohio in 1879 as the representative of sound money over General Thomas Ewing, who was the can d i d a t e of the Greenbackers. It EX-GOVERNOR FOSTER. ;3 sa;d ,t tn(. White House that the President and Gover nor Foster are in perfect accord on the finance question, and there is no probability of any change in the financial situation. Pleased Over the Appointment. The nomination of ex-Governor Foster was favorably received about the Capitol and it was very highly commended by the men best acquainted with the new Secre tary. The Ohio Congressmen spoke of him as a man of strong personal worth, large experience as a successful business man well acquainted with public affairs. The Republicans generally expressed themselves as well satisfied with tbe President's selection; and those Democrats who were seen said they had nothing to say against it, conceding that the President had a right to select advisers who were in accord with bis policy. Mr. Foster, tbfcy say, was a thor ough'Republican and a strong party man, but they had nothing against him person ally. Representative McKinley said: "Mr. Foster will demonstrate the wisdom of the President's selection. He is sound on finance and an able man." Well Fitted for the Place. Representative Thompson, of Ohio, said that Mr. Foster was well equiped for the place. He was a believer in a sound monetary system; thoroughly in accord wiih the President's policy; a financier of splendid ability and well versed in public affairs. No one man in Ohio,Mr.Thompson said,had more influence in the State than Mr. Foster, and he predicted the appointment would be entirely satisfactory to all the people of Ohio. Ex-Governor Foster was born in Seneca county, O., on April 12, 1828. His father, who was a native of Massachusetts, settled first in New York, and subsequently re moved to Northern Ohio, where he estab lished a country store, which proved the be ginning of a vast business enterprise. A few years ago the two towns of Rome and Riston were consolidated and incorporated under the name of Fostoria, as a testimonial to the family enterprise. The firm of Foster & Co. has for many years done an immense trade in general merchandise, grain, wool, pork and provisions, and a banking house was long ago added to the business. Ills Career in Congress. Mr. Foster devoted his whole time to his business affairs until 1870, when he became the Republican candidate for Congress in the Tenth Ohio district, and was elected. He entered the House of Representatives in 1871, and served by continuous re-elections up to 1879. The Democratic Legislature iu the meantime gerrymandered the State in such a fashion that he was thrown intoja strong Democratic district, and, although he was urged to become a candidate in another district, with a certainty of election, he per sisted in rnnning in the district which in cluded his place of residence, and was de feated by 1,255 plurality. Mr. Foster took a prominent part in the Presidental contest in 1876-77, and it was he who wrote the letter of February 26, 1877, in which Governor Hayes was pledged to adopt such a policy, as President, "as would give to the people of the States of South Carolina and Louisiana the right to control their own affairs in their own way." Fleeted Governor of Ohio. This action made him very obnoxious to the "Stalwart" wing of the Republican party, but it did hot suffice to prevent him from receiving the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio in the critical cam paign of 1879, and, after an exciting con test, he was elected by 3,352 plu rality over Swing, Democrat. In 1881 he was re-elected by 1,244 majority over all op position, Bookwalter being the Democratic candidate. Since then Governor Foster has not held office, though active in politics and a prominent ficure in Republican national conventions. He ran for Congress at the last election, but as the Democrats had again gerrymandered the State, be was de feated. In Fostoria the Governor is simply known as "Charlie," and with all his acquaintances he is the same genial, clever gentleman that he was when his entire at tention was given eggs. to calico and butter and THE NEW SECRETARY'S POLICY. It Will Be the Same a That of Windom, and Favors Reciprocity. New York, Feb. 21. Ex-Governor Foster was officially notified of his appoint ment as Secretary of the Treasury by a dis patch this afternoon from President Harri son. The President wired that he bad just sent Mr. Foster's name to the Senate, and hoped Mr. Foster would find it his duty to accept Tbe President said he knew Mr. Foster's views were in accord with those of his party, and the President would do everything in bis power to make it pleasant for him. Tlfe President hoped that Mr. Foster would come to Washington at once. Ex-Governor Foster told a reporter at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that he would go to Washington Monday. He could not say that the honor was unexpected, as he judged from his interview with the President Thurs day that he was to be appointed. Asked for his views on tbe financial question, he said : "I am in thorough accord with the Presi dent and his party, and my policy will be the same as Mr. Windom's as far as I can see now. 1 am in accord, further, with the President and his party in the effort to in crease the the trade ot the country through ep y ' i X V" A jlDtlAOtRKHH MODEBX PATCHWORK STATESMAN The New Senator From Illinois Will Prober oly Wear a Coat of Many Colon. reciprocity treaties. I am a firm protection ist, and a strong advocate of the restoration of our foreign shipping interests." ITS EFFECT IN OHIO. HAILED WITH DELIGHT BY TEE BUCK EYE REPUBI-'CANS. They Think It Will G. . V.-. -then the Party in That State v,, , mina- tion for Governor Is As. S0 tnrlill OnpUInn Alan A flWI.l 0 -la- - ISFZCIAI. TILtOBiK TO TBI DllTXi'O. Columbus, O., Feb. 21. Charles Fos- Mfpv.tkuick as uckiciai u. .lie .4.caauijr is. caiiea witn delight Dy the party here, irre spective of personal preferences. It gives eminent satisfaction, particularly to the business interests, and many were the com mendations to be heard on tbe streets to-day from the leading manufacturers and mer chants. The regard entertained for Mr. Foster was evidenced in the prompt steps taken advocating bis selection upon the oc casion ot the vacancy in the Department. Petitions by the load, and telegrams and letters by the hundred were forwarded to the President, and as he incidentally remarked: "The people out in Ohio certainly wanted Mr. Foster. As expressed by a prominent Republican, "The appointment has an important effect upon the political conditions in Ohio, as far as the administration is concerned. In all appointments by the President," continued the gentleman, "of Foieign Ministers, Cab net officers, Judgeships and other chief and important offices, Ohio has been missed. Last fall, in the political cyclone which swept over the country, Ohio alone remained trne to her party fealty and came up victo rious. This first creditable recognition is deserved. It will, in my opinion, have a marked effect in creating a better feeling for the administration, besides tending to harmonize local differences." Hon. David Lanning was pleased beyond mention. He says: "Charley Foster was one of the representative Republicans of the1 State, and stood as near to the hearts of the rank and file of the party as any member it has had to the front for Years. He had his adversities in political life, as all leaders, but his temporary retirement a short time ago was only of a duration to permit the party to come to him on a question which they now declare him right iu advocating. His appointment will help the party in Ohio and adds to its strength in national affairs. Yes, I think it absolutely nominates McKinley for Governor and all that has to be done is the formality of the convention. It arranges a place for everybody and leaves the Senator ial election open to the field, not including Fosterand McKinley." WALL STREET PLEASED. Bankers Consider Foster's Appointment an Excellent One. tSrECT.11. TXLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. I New Yoek, Feb. 2L The majority of Wall street men had left the financial cen ter before Mr. Foster's nomination was an nounced, but enough representative bankers were seen to warrant the assertion that Wall street will receivethe appointment with favor. Jesse Seligman said: "I consider it an ex cellent nomination. Mr. Foster is about the same sort of a man as the late Secretary Windom. He is conservative, and he is not a radical silver man, such as some peo ple were afraid might be appointed. Presi dent Harrison has shown bis usual good judgment in the selection." Edward Simmons.President of the Fourth National Bank, said: "Mr Foster's ap pointment will be a good one. Heisaafe man, I believe, and be knows enough about tbe position to fill it successfully." THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. Contents Classified for the Convenience of the Header. Tbe Issue of THE Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages, in three parts. Tbe first and sec ond contain the current news from every de partment of human activity. The special feat ures will be fonnd in the second and third parts, as follows: partii. Page 9. Labor's flattie In England. Foreign .Sews. A Price on Disease. Gov. Hill's Resignation. Wealth of Wildwood K. W. UnisWKLI. Success la Law Ukovek Cleveland, et ju. Page 10. America's Coast Defenses Rudyaud KlPLIXG A Talk on Manners SHIRLEY D ABE City of thelncas FeancisB. Wabd Page IU Gossip or Royalty Howrrz The Want Column. For Sale Column. To Let Column. Business cards. Page 13. The Social World. The Grand Army. Art anu Artists. Educational News. Gossip of tbe Guards. Page 13. Secret Soclette s. Electrical News. Markets by Wire. Local Trade News.. Ilenry Clews' Letter. Page li. Theatrical Gossip. Amusement Notices. rage li. Ihe Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevtitso-t Gotham SmallTalk CHARLES T. MCurat Washington Gossip FBASK G. CABPESTeb Late Science News. Page IB. ltcvlew of Snorts FrtOlb Events That Count Wilkis PAKTHL Page IT. Snasslntlie Klver Oelijt M. SAXVOSD A Florentine Festa Lillian Spencer Slaveys of London MacLeod The Witch of Prague F. Mabioh Cbawtobd Page IS. Snap Sbots at a Doe HOWARD FlKLDWfj He Denied His Lord KeT. Geoboe Uodoes Tbe Flower World ELLA Spabuxt al Page 13. The Dwarfs Gilt Patau: lizzie Department. E. K. Ciiadbourx Squirrel's Hoard J. H. Webb Back to Pagan Days Eooab L. Wakeman Page 20. Fancies for the Fair Countess annii de Montaigce Bestowing the Dot Miss Giiundt, Jk In Woman's Sphere -..BESSIE Bbajiblk J The People's Table.. ..EiLICa BSBUU FIVE CENTS. AN ELEPHANT'S FUN ! Two-Ton Miss Fanchon Gets - Loose and Climbs to the Second Floor of a House, SHE WAS AFTER A DINNER. The Residents Unhnrt, hut Fright ened Half Ont of Their Wits. A LITTLE BLACK BABY EK JOIED IT The Eeast Liked It So Well That Sb.9 Ee fused to Come Down AND SPENDS THE NIGHT IN THE HALL ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THfTIISPATClT. New York, Feb. 21. Miss Fanchon in of a gentle and playful disposition. She is only 11 years old, weighs a trifle less than two tons, and has a slender and graceful trunk. Bpt to-day she did certain things that aright-minded elephant would have considered improper. Fanchon belongs to Herman Iteiche, tba animal dealer, who keeps her with some of his other pets whom he is training for tbe stage in a stable at 147 Hast Fifty-seventh street. On tbe second floor of tha dwelling in front of the stable lives George Brown, the colored keeper, with his wife and three children. About 10 o'clock this morning Mr. Keiohe came around to ie stable and asked Keeper Brown to go xa town with bim on business. The eeper locked the front door and they left the building. Mr. Brown hopes he may drop dead if he didn't fasten one end of tbe thick strap, which is always around one of Miss Fanchon's hind leg3 to the ring in tha floor of her stall. The Elepliant Gotllnngry. When Mr. Brown left the building Mrs. Brown was in the kitchen getting dinner. A. few minutes after 11 o'clock something re quired her presence in the bedroom at tha head of the stairs, where two of her little: children were. The third child, a boy baby, was sitting on the floor in the parlor. Fan chon usually takes her lunch at 11 o'clock. Eleven o'clock came and no lunch, and Fanchon began to reflect. Then something; happened which will never be explained in this world unless llamas and zebus learn to talk. Fanchon walked out of ber stall. Sha did not break the strap, for when Keeper Brown returned it was still on her leg and the iron ring was still in its place in tha floor. Fanchon opened the door and walked, out. She "Was a Stair Climber. In the course of her education she had had lessons in going upstairs. Here were stairs, and she resolved to go up. No mortal saw her go, but she got there, and made straight for the bedroom. Mrs. Brown heard a slightly unusual tread on the landing and opened the door and shrieked. The elephant stood still in surprise. Mrs. Brown rushed back into the room and seized the two chil dren in her arms. Fanchon grunted. With mild surprise in her eyes.she looked at Mrs. Brown for a moment, and then, as if resenting tbe manner in which her friendly advances were received, she turned, and walked slowly toward the kitchen. At tba open parlor door she stopped and looked in. There, in tbe middle of the room, sat the lit tle black baby, who, upon seeing its stranga visitor, laughed and shook itself with glea and 'crawled on all fours hastily toward the door. Fanchon looked pleased. Fanchon Llbed the Baby. For a moment a long moment she stood undecided whether to stop and play with the baby or go on and investigate the smell of dinner which had brought her up stairs. The smell from the kitchen conquered. Sha picked the pots off tbe stdve, didn't like) them, apparently, and tossed tbem over into a corner. There was a cupboard in which the crockery was kept on one side of tha room. Fanchon opened the glass doors of this with such force that the glass was shat tered to bits. She sniffed about here, but found nothing to eat. Out of sheer deviltrv she placed one end of her trunk in a corner of the shelf, and with one swoop cleaned cut the whole shelf. The crockery flew out and broke into hun dreds of pieces on the floor. A big washpaa fell out of the cupboard, and Faochoo, stepped on it. It yielded to her tread lika pasteboard, and was crushed into a shape less mass. Theu Fanchon became angry. Played Havoc With a Chair. She picked up a chair and whirled it at random around her head, and woe unto whatever it struck. Tbe gas pipe was bent, the stove pipe was smashed, tbe walls wera scratched and the table was broken to flinders, and no one can tell what might have happened if Fanchon had not stepped on the chair and crushed it into pieces. Presently two colored men who work in a neighboring stable entered the house. They found the keeper's wife in the bedroom with, the children almost paralyzed with fright. Mrs. Brown implored them to take tha horrid elephant down stairs. "That's easier said than done," vouch safed one of them. "You'd better wait until your husband gets home." The two colored men found a policeman, but he refused to interfere, deeming that tha law had not been violated. Fanchon re mained at the kitchen window looking down upon the crowd for nearly two hours. Positively Kefnsed to Go Down. At 11:50 o'clock Mr. Iteiche and Keeper Brown came back. Fanchon recognized her keeper and followed him. The keeper started to walk down stairs bntbereF.tneh a stood still. Tbe keeper-ordered her to fol low him in vain. Brown ran np stairs and got behind Fanchon. He put his shoulder to her rear and pushed, but Fanchon did not budge. It was soon plain that although; Fanchon was perfectly able to walk up stairs, it was physically impossible for her to walk down again. Besides she had bad no lessons in going down stairs. -To push, her down would have been at the risk of her costly neck. So there was nothing to do but to build an incline of boards over the steps extending; far out into the courtyard. It was im possible to build this incline to-day, so Fanchon had to remain upstairs all night. She went comfortably to sleep in the ball with her keeper beside her. The rest of tha family went to bed. HYGIEUE KNOCKED OUT AOAIK. A User of Both TJqnor and Tobacco Dies) at the Greea Age of 104. rsrr.ctAL telxbrax to tux dispatcb.1 Bedford, Feb. 21. Thomas Oliver died at Rainsburg, this county, to-day, at the age of 104 years. He wa by far the oldest citi zen in this section of the State, and used both liquor and tobacco until the day ha died. He was considered a powerful man in hi day. He leaves a wife who is in her 80th, 1 Jean -i ,1 '.1 l
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