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The Defeated Candidates
for Speaker Are Smil
ing, Except One.
MILLS ALONE SULKS.
The Texan Keeps Away From-the
, House Until Meeting Time.
ALL OTHERS HAVE RESOLUTIONS.
Amusing Scenes Attend the Real Opening
Day of Congresi.
A Vi a Voce Vote Illustrates the Size of
the Democratic Majority The New
Division of Seats Such an Arrange
ment Never Before Necessary A
Scheme to Eelittle Mr. Reed That
Tailed to Go Through The Ex
Speaker Still a Popular Hero Lots
of Good-Paying Jobs to Be Given
Up A Graphic Picture.
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WASHraGTOif, D. C., Dec. S.
The House compled its organization
to-day and after the usual messages had
been ciit to the Senate and the 'President,
containing the notification that the
Hou'-e was ready to do business, and
the usual resolutions with regard
to the hour of meeting, etc., had been
adopted, the grand lottery for the posses
sion of rcats took place, and the House ad
journed. No further business will be
transicted, of course, until Speaker Crisp
announces his committees, and the pleasant
task of arranging them may keep him at
work for a week or two. In the meantime,
the House will adjourn from day today,
to gie 1 im opportunity to complete his
task.
The scenes in the House throughout the
afternoon were lively, interesting, and oc
casionally amusing. The desire to see the
cei Speaker "mount the throne" Tras very
general, and the crowd that pushed its way
up the marble stairs and through the nar
row doors of the gallery was as great as the
one that did the same thing yesterday, and
that i saying a great deal.
Too SSany Tickets lor the Seats. .
Members endeavored to get rid of their
importunate friends by giving them tickets
of admission, but these were absolutely
useless after 11 o'clock, as the places re
served for ticket;holders were crowded to
suffocation long before that hour. At 11:43
an official arose and in a loud tone requested
all persons not entitled -to the floor to re
tire. This they did, and left the House at
themeicy of the new members, the office
holders and office seekers, the pages, door
keepers and clerks.
The Democratic members, probably from
force of habit, all evinced a desire to sit on
what is known as the Democratic side of the
House. Therefore, when it got to be almost
12 o'clock one side of the hall contained very
few empty chairs, while the other contained
very few that were occupied. The handful
of Republicans made it very small showing
against the great phalanx of Democrats.
Defeated Candidates Come TJp Smiling.
The defeated candidates for the Speaker
ship nomination all got into the House be
fore it was called to order. Mr. Hatch and
Mr. Springer arrived early. They were
both good natured, and apparently as
happy as if they hadnot just emerged from
a very disappointing campaign. Mr.
Springer's perennial and proverbial red
rose bloomed from bis lapel as usual, and
Mr. Hatch's big voice was as -hearty as it
ever was, as he replied to the jokes that
met him on every hand.
In the rear of the brass railings behind
the members' desks there was -the same old
crowd of "exs" who gather at every meet
ins; of Congress, many of them for the pur
pose of gaining admission to the floor by
virtue of their right and the rule in order
to push various schemes of legislation in
which they are financially or otherwise in
terested. Mr. McMillin came into-the -House at
11:50 and received a cheer from his friends,
who appeared to be still loyal.
Tom Heed Still a Fopnlar Hero.
Tom Heed walked among his colleagues of
both parties with the air of a man who is
still something of a popular hero.
There were many inquiries for Mills, but
.he did not appear until 1 minute of 12, and
it was feared by some that he would not
come at alL He is in very good condition
physically, however, and seems none the
worse for wear.
Clerk McPherson was as prompt in call
ing the House to order as Vice President
Mortion is in the Senate, and in the short
time that he presided he proved himself to
be a very capable Speaker.
Mr. Crisp looked self-possessed and dig
nified, as he came down the isle between his
escorts Messrs. Mills and Seed, very much
like a man in charge of two big policemen.
He carried in his hand'the sheet of paper at
which a moment later he glanced occasion
ally in delivering his brief address to the
House. The speech was received, with
cheers.
How the Big Majority Shows TJp.
On the question of substituting for the
Democratic candidates the names of the llc
publican caucus nominees for minor offices
the first viva voce vote of the session was
taken, and a striking -illustration was given
of the hopeless minority into which the Re
publicans have fallen. When the noes were
given to Henderson's substitute, a noise
went up that fairly shook the glass ceiling
overhead, and when the ayes responded the
sound was very feeble in comparison.
General Oates, of Alabama, attempted to
defeat the motion of Mr. Outhwaite to al
low all ex-Speakers to select such scats as
they wished to occupy without entering the
lottery. There is only one ex-Speaker in
the present House, and Mr. Oates knew it,
so he voted no, and a few other members
joined him. They were immediately sat
down upon bv their Democratic colleagues, I
and a resolution was fixed up by which the
oldest member in service on each side of the
House should be iucluded in the privilege
with the ex-Speaker, after Mr. Boutelle
had shouted ''We'll take care of Reed on
this side."
Mr. Mills was the only candidate except
one who offered no resolution during the
afternoon. This other exception . was Can
didate Amos P. Stevens, who was supported
throughout many ballots by his colleague,
Joe O'Neill.
A Xew Division of tlfe House.
All the little matters having been fixed
up, the most interesting business of the day
was brought forward. This was the draw
ing for scats. Before it had begun it was
discovered that the tidal wave elections of
the fall of 1690 had wiped out of existence
the historic "Republican side" of the House
of Representatives. Heretofore the Demo
crats have all sat upon one side of the
House, kuown as the Democratic, and the
Republicans upon the other, known as the
Republican side.
ine Democrats, however, are now so
overwhelmingly in the majority, that these
lines are necessarily wiped out, and. an
amicable arrangement was made between
thp leaders 1)3" which the entire east side of
the House and the first block of
seats on the west side were ns.
signcd to the Democrats. The next
two blocks on the west side were assigned
to the Republicans, and the last two blocks
were lelt to be scrambled for at the end of
the drawing. The result was that the 88
Repuolicans were sandwiched into two rows
of seats, with Democrats solidly on one side
of them and a mixture of Democrats, Re
publicans and Farmers' Alliance men on the
other, a state of things that never before ex
isted in the House.
I.ltely Scramble for Little Tithes.
Now that the elective offices of the House
have been filled, the usual lively scramble
for the subordinate places has begun, and
all the new functionaries are besieged and
importune 1 for a share of the polit
ical patronage at their disposal.
Aside from the clerks and messengers to
committees, who are appointed by the re
spective Chairmen, there are also 150 offices
immediately in the gift of the doorkeeper,
5.1 in that of the Clerk of the House,19 under
the post master, 15 in the engineer's depart
ment, 11 under the Speaker and 7 under the
Sergeant at Arms.
The best paying places in the lot are
those of chief clerk, the highest subordi
nate under the Clerk of the House, and two
reading clerks and journal clerk, each of
whom gets ?3,CK a year. In addition to
this, the journal picric gets perquisites aver
aging 1,500 a vear. v
The tally cierk receives $3,000, as does
the cashier .' the Sergea-H at Arms' office.
The printing and bill clerk -nd the disburs
ing clerk each get 52,500; the file clerk and
the enrolling clerk, ?2,250 each; the Speak
er's private secretary and the clerk to the
Speaker's table, each 2,102 40.
Good Jobs Tor a Xamber or Men.
The deputy sergeant-at-arms, paying
teller, assistant disbursing clerk, assis
tant enrolling clerk, resolution and
petitia1: cle k, newspaper clerk, index
clerk, house librarian, superintendent
of the clerk document room and of the
door-keepc- room, assistant superinten
dents, deputy messenger, assistant post
master anu iDcnntenfl t or the lowing
room, each receive ?2,000.
There are two stenographers to commit
tees, at 4,000 each, appointed by the
Speaker, in addition to the regular report
ers of debat-. -who get fj.000. but their
plaoes are hard to fill, and as in the case of
official reporters few changei are ever made,
and these only for cause. The incumbents
are young men, w ho were appointed by
Speaker Carlisle ai.d were-not disturbed by
Speaker Reed.
Henry H. Smith, familiarly known as
"Harry," is the present Journal Clerk.
He expects to stay, although the place is
much desired by Nathaniel T. Crutehfield,
an unsuccessful candidate for Clerk of the
Honse. Major T. O. Towles, of Missouri,
is striving to secure his old-time place as
Chief Clerk, an office which Charles S,'
Martin now fills.
Tammany So. to Be Forgotten.
Sergeant at Arms Yoder will nrohablv
appoint oae of his close political friends as
his cashier, and Isaac R. Hill, of Ohio, is
likely to be made his deputy, having filled
that office acceptably in the Fiftieth Con
gress. Thomas A. Coakley, the energetic Tam
many brave who has been messenger and
subordinate doorkeeper in the House for
several years, will probably be made As
sistant Doorkeeper by Mr. Turner, or he
may secure a desirable place in the folding
room, either as Superintendent or Assistant
Superintendent.
There are hosts of applications for the
200 odd places, among which are a lot of
"laoorsnips, and those or 83 page boys, at
43EATH, NOT DIVORCE,
The Preference of the Hand
some Young Wife of an
Irate Drummer.
AX ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
With Chloroform in a Hotel ftoom Fol
lows a Snit for Separation.
SHE IS VERY DETERMINED TO DIE,
to get their last dividends made Inquiries,
only to find that they had lost all their pos
sessions. "
In order to make the order of arrest
against Field and his partners effective in
"West Chester county, where he is now con
fined in a lunatic 'asylum, Robert E. Dietz.
of this city, has put in the hands of Sheriff
Schirmer the summons and complaint to be
served on Field, and on Partner Lindley,
whose residence is atDobb's Ferry.
The complaint says that Dletz borrowed
$100,000 from the firm for six months at 5
per cent, and deposited cextain stocks as
security, and further borrowed in August
525,000, putting up 232 shares of National
Park Bank as security. He says that the
firm converted and sold his securities.
BIG STEEL RAIL BUSINESS.
And Dad Made Two Previous Attempts to
End Her Existence.
THE CASE IS DECIDfcDLY SENSATIONAL
$2 50 a day, but great pressure, and influence
are required to secure a foothold in any of
them.
SHOWEBS OF CONGRATULATIONS.
Crisp's Neighbors Lock TJp Their Sheriff
and Faint Americas Red.
Washington, Dec 8. Speaker Crisp
has rcpeived several hundred congratulatory
telegrams from all parts of the country.
Governor Hill, of New York, says: "Ac
cept my heartiest congratulations,"
and messages of similar tenor
was received from Governor Abbott,
of New Jersey, and Governor Northen,
of Georgia. B. B. Smiley, the former
member of the Democratic National Com
mittee for Vermont, said in his dispatch
that he heartily congratulated the country
and the Democratic party upon Mr. Crisp's
election.
Ex-Representatives wired their congratu
lations from nearly every State in the
Union, a few on the'list being Mayburn, of
Michigan; Foran, of Ohio; Senev, of Ohio;
Voorhees, of 'Washington, and Chandler,
of Georgia. In no case did the enthusiasm
run quite as high or seem quite as exuberant
as in the message from all the
fellow citizens ot Mr. Crisp in
Georgia. From all over the State
cape telegrams, every town seeming to con
tribute its quota of the general rejoicing.
From Americus, Crisp's home, a dozen
particularly excited friends telegraphed
that they had locked the Sheriff in jail in
orner xnat tue juDiiation in tne town might
run its uninterrupted course.
Mrs. R. P. Lewis, a pretty blonde, just 20
years .old, attempted to kill herself with
chloroform yesterday afternoon at the St.
Charles Hotel. A divorce case and several
men arc mixed up in the matter, which is
of a decidedly sensational nature. Three
times Mrs. Lewis has tried to end her life
and failed. She will probably succeed at
some later date, as she is very determined
to die.
Her husband is a traveling "salesman for
the King Glass Company, of the Southside.
Until recently they and their 3-year-old
child lived at Taylor and Monterey streets,
Allegheny. Mr. Lewis' business keeps
him traveling most of the time
and the young wife was left alone with the
child. One day last week the husband
came home unexpectedly and found the
child alone. The little boy said she had
gone out with "George." That was all he
knew.
A Detective Takes a Hand.
But it was enough for Lewis and after
consultation with Attorney Barton Thurs
day he secured the services of Detective
Heiner and put him on the case. It was ar
ranged that Mr. Lewis that evening should
leave home and the wife would be shad
dowed. Mrs. Lewis accompanied her
husband to the depot, having been told
that he was going to Birmingham,
Ala. As Mr. Lewis was about to pass
through to go to the train his wife lovingly
threw her arms about his neck and kissed
him good-by. On leaving the depot she
went to the Sixth ave;:ue car station, where
she met a tall man, who accompanied her
horns and whom she kissed good
night at the door. Oa the following
night she met the same man and
walked with him a short distance, and then
proceeded to the Seventh Avenue Hotel
and had a conversation with George TJrm
stead. She was seen frequently with TTrm
stead, and they were apparently quite
friendly. Thi; information was given to
Mr. Lcwi, and he at once decided to sue
for di zorce.
The suit was entered yesterday. Mrs.
Lewis waa summoned to the attorney's
office and toll of the charges. She sat
quietly until everything bad been ex
plained, and then made a quick move of her
hand to her face.
Declared She Would Kill Berseir.
A moment later she fell fromTier chair.
Detective Heiries caught her as she fell. As
he did so a bottle of chloroform dropped
from her muff. She was revived, but
declared she would kill herself if
the suit was pressed. At 2 o'clock Detective
Heiner entered his office and found a mes
senger bov had just bronght a letter front
the St. Charles Hotek He opened it and
read as follows:
Pittsbtro, Dec. 8.
Mr. Heiner:
Sir I have taken poison and will be dead
by the time you receive this. Yon may tell
lny husband if you wish. I am at this hotel.
My room is on the third floor", No. 112.
Tours, etc ,
Mrs. K. P. Liwrs.
The detective hurried to the hotel. He
and Proprietor Gill went to room 112 and
found the door locked. No answer came to
their summons and the door was forced
open. They found the little woman on the
bed unconscious with an empty chloroform
bottle at her side.
A physician was summoned, and after
hard work brought her through safely. She
wept hysterically, declaring she did not
want to live. During the afternoon a nurse
was secured from the Homeopathic Hospi
tal, who will prevent any more attempts at
suicide until Mra. Lewis recover?.
A Letter for a Friend.
On the dressing case of the room a letter
was found, addressed to Mrs. LoalahSproul,
No. 15 "West Liberty street, Cincinnati. It
read as follows:
Pittsburg, Dec. -8.
To My DearMottsr:
Woll, this will be the last tlmo yon will
ever near from me, as I intend to end my
life to-day, as I am miserable and can live
nn longer, as my husband intends to get a
divorce and it breaks my heat t tb think.
The story of pretty Mrs. Lewis' acquain
tance with Mr. TJrnestead is a remarkable
one. The latter is a handsome young man
and when Mrs. Lewis saw him in the hotel
one day she refused to leave the place un
til introduced to him. Her pretty ap
pealing face attracted him and when
she insisted on his calling to see
her he could scarcely refuse. She came
frequently to see him and he finally saw
that for his own good he must iusist on
their acquaintance ceasing. One evening
while walking along Penn avenue, near
Tenth street, he told her of his decision.
She protested, but he was firm and would.
not relent even when she threatened to
drown herself.
A Leap Into the River.
TJrnestead did not believe she would do
anything desperate, but a moment later re
alized his mistake when she ran swiftly
toward the river. He followed and ar
rived just in time to see her leap into tne
water. "With the assistance ot a couple of
mill man she was pulled out.
'J.he little altair seemed to only increase
Orders Now on Hand Amount to 000,000
Tons 'More Than Triplet the Demand
or Last Season A Most Prosperous Year
Predicted for All Kinds of Business.
New York, Dec. 8. Special An im
portant meeting of the representatives of
the sieel rail manufacturers bf the United
States was held to-day in the Mills build
ing, and it was officially stated that orders
for rails now placed among the 'various
mills in the country amount to nearly C00,
000 tons. ,,
This is about three times the amount
ordered'at this season last year, and as the
iron trade is the pulse of the business con
dition of the country, it is a remarkably
hopeful sign. '
"When iron goes up, lookout for good
times," is an axiom which lias never failed
to prove true in this" country. The steel
rail mills are sure to be kept busy all of
next year, on the orders now in hand, and
it was fonnd to-day that the demand is far
ahead of recent estimates.
One of the highest officers of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, which recently ordered
70,000 tons of new rails for its own lines,
said to a Dispatch reporter: "I do not
remembers time when the railroad busi
ness in this country was more promising
than it is to-day."
MUGWUMPS UN
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Though Boston Leaders Say
That. Crisp Is a Good
.Tariff Eeformer.
SHOUTING FOE CLEVELAND
As the Only Man the Democrats Can
Consistently Nominate.
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Fastern Senators Defied to Oppose a Modi
fied Tariff Bill. .
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WON BY jlXTO ONE.
The Increase of the Debt Gets
a Big Majority on a
- Yery Light Vote.
CLOSING OF THE SALOONS
Was the One Feature That Made It
Look Like Election Day.
FOR BONDS 11,645, AGAINST .1,882.
Tlit Iswe in Allegheny Yeilerilay.
THE POLLUTED OHIO.
MANY STEUBENVIIXE PJEOPJ7E DOWN
TTiTH TYPHOID FEYErt.
They Drink Water Strong: 'With Sewage
Frightful .Effects or Dirt In tho Water
The Localities Near tho Water Works
Snffer the Worst.
StETJBEUVll.i,E,Dec. 8. ISpedaL Tour
correspondent learned some startling news
to-night from a well-known river man, as to
the cause of the uuusual amount of sickness
prevalent in this city. All summera pump
outside of the wate-works has been used to
supply water for city use, while the new
pump was being placed in tho water works.
"Where the water is being pumped from
the river is an eddy into which the main
sewer flows. On the streets where the dead
pipes run the typhoid fever is more notice
able than in other localities. The plugs on
these streets have not been opened for
months, and it is claimed filth has gathered
in at the end of these pipes. People sav a
stench arises from the water when allowed
to stand for any time. For 100 yards abovo
and 200 yards below the water works there
is a dead eddy in the river, below where
the filth from closets gathers and is washed
back oyer the waterpipe drain and pnmped
.When it is known that 63 cases of typhoid
fever are being treated, besides other
diseases arising from the filthy condition of
the river, the affair is sensational. The
construction of a sewer emptying so near
the water works, has always been a matter
of adverse comment.
(SPECIAL TKLEGRjlJf TO THE DISPATCn.1
Boston, Dec 8. Boston Mugwumps are
in the depths of despair over- the defeat ot
Mr. Mills, but they are trying to ma"ke the
best of the situation by declaring that" Mr.
Crisp Is;1 after all, a tariff reformer, though
they admit that his views are not quite so
pronounced as they would like. Already
they have begun to shout for Cleveland as
the only man who can consistently be nom
inated by the Democrats next vear. The
Mugwump policy 'in the. present Congress
and in the Presidential fight is outlined by
the leaders in the following interviews:
Mr. Josiah Quincy, virtually the Demo
cratic party of Massachusetts, after express
ins his regret at Mr. Mills defeat, said:
"Mr! Crisp has, I think,been unfortunate in
some of the, support, wfcich he has, received,
particularly from the very small element of
the party represented'by the New York Sun
and the Atlanta ConstUutm,'bit I have no
idea that Mr. Crisp is In sympathy with
their views, and his emphatic declaration
that his election means no step backward in
tariff reform should be reassuring upon this
point. ,
A Friend of Kaw Material Wanted.
"I trust that Mr. Crisp will be found as
friendly to the idea of free raw material as
Mr Mills has already shown himself to be,
and that, now that he is elected, his policy
in dealing with,the silver question will be
the same as we had reason to believe the.
policy of Mr. Mills would have been."
Mayor Matthews thus maps out the Mug
wump policy: "Personally I -had hoped to
see Mr. Mills chosen, yet considering that
the enormous Democratic majority in Con
gress was elected distinctly upon the anti
McKinley issue, I do not apprehend that
the majority, under the leadership ofMr.
his first marriage. He is disowned by his
father.
On November 15 the Ukiah and Enreka
stage was held np 13 miles from Ukiah by
a masked man armed with a rifle. The
driver hastily complied with the demand of
the highwayman to throw out the express
box.
The sheriff started in pursuit and after
several days searchiug he got a clew from a
letter which he found by the roadside. The
letter vas directed from the poet's hermit
age and addressed to "Joseph McKay."
By this the fugitive was trailed to Santa
Posa and arrested.
A CRANK KICKED OUTDOORS.
Ha Wanted a Million Dollars Jnst TJke
Sage's Bombstr A Clerk 'Gave Him
All lie Had No Small Change, hut a
Good Bearing.
Alton, Ixi, Dec. &5pcriaZ. Yester
day afternoon a well-dressed stranger
walked into tho office of the Illinois Glass
"Works in this city and asked for the mil
lionaire propnetor,"William Eliot Smith. He
was not in, and the man was asked what he
wanted. He replied to Mr. Charles Levis
that he wanted 81,000,000.
Mr. Levis said he had not that much
change on hand, but wonld give him all he
had, and seizing the stranger by the nape
of the neck and the seat of the pants, he
threw him out the door.
A few well-directed and judiciously ad
ministered kicks caused the stranger to
change his mind as to wanting the money.
He took his painful departure in an east
wardly direction. ' '
BLAINE'8 COUSIN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Were Probably Smothered to Death.
Cjiicaoo, Dec 8. The Leggenhager
mystery was partly cleared up to-day, and
Herman Kraatz is under arrest accused of
being one of the perpetrates of the murder
of an aged saloon-keeping, money-lender,
Mrs. Leggenhager, and her 17-year-old son.
Kraatz is the husband of the dead woman's
stepdaughter. To-day when the inquest was
about finished Kraatz betrayed nervousness
and finally contradicted himself repeatedly.
The probable method of murder was brought
to light by the discovery of a robe in the
room where the bodies lay. It is believed
that mother and son were smothered to
death.
Storm In the Northwest.
Portland, Dec 8. The heavy wind
and snow storm prevailing in this section
yesterday extended over the entire North
west Trains were delayed and telegraph
poles were blown down. On Puget Sound
several vessels were foundered and a num
ber of Dersons drowned.
her infatuation for the young clerk, who
then realized how hopeless was his captivity..
xne realization is more vivia now tnat he is
co-respondent in the divorce suit.
MOVING AGAINST FIELD.
Papers Tor His Arrest Turned Over to a
Sheriff A Delicate Law Point Raised
Cyras W. Field Able to Sit Up In His
Koom for Awhile.
New Yoek, Dec 8. Special Cyrus
"W. Field was to-day able to dress himself
and sit up in his room, for the first time
since -his return from Irvington. His appe
tite has improved, but it is still necessary
to urge food upon him. He has fits of de
pression, but less frequently. Dr. Eugene
Puller said to-night he did not feel con
cerned about the welfare of his patient at
present Mrs. Lindley has not improved.
A report said to-day to be based on sound
authority was that Edward M. Field had ap
propriated $14,000 in securities belonging to
two ladies for whom he usually collected
the dividends. Field, it is declared, ob
tained possession of the securities on the
statement that he could not collect the
Grief Over the Death of a Brother Drives
Him to the Deed.
Cairo, III., Dec 8. fipeda'. Another
of the long lists of suicides in this com
munity this year was added this morning,
the victim being Dr. D. H. Parker, brother
of Dr. G. G. Parker, who died in Chicago
some days yigo. He shot himself through
the heart in his bedroom, shortly before 5
o'clock this evening, and died almost in
stantly, falling backward on his bed. He
had just been engaged with attorneys in
settling up the affairs of his deceased
brother, and left them abruptly, thence
going into his bedroom. The sharp report
of a pistol and a cry from him aroused those
in the other room, who hurried to him and
found him gasping his last breath.
Deceased was 42 years old. His parents
reside in Butland, O., where his brother
was buried. He was a cousin of the
Messrs. Holliday Brothers, of this city, and
a second cousin of Hon. James G. Blaine.
Grief over the death of his brother is as
signed as the cause of the suicide
EHVI0TJS EEIATIVEB 0TJTWITTED.
An Old Man Marries His Ward So That
She Can Get His Money..
Leavenworth, Ind Dec 8. Special
Felix Bonahan is 80 years old and very
feeble physically, but his mind is bright
enough to outwit his relatives. Bonahan is
very rich. -Years ago he took a great fancy
to the baby girl of a neighbor who was very
poor. He sent her to school, clothed her
like a queen and in other ways Bhowed his
liking lor her.
Eecently he made a will, in which he.be
queathed the girl, now handsome and 17
years old, a large amount of property,
greatly to the disgust of his relatives, who
have always been jealous of her. T:hey de
clared that after Bonahan's death. they
would contest the wilL The old man heard
of it and decided to otitt them. "He per
suaded the crirl to be his wife. Yesterday
the man of 86 an the girl of 17 were mar
ried, and after the ceremony the aged
groom ostentaciously destroyed the will
Criap, will be backward in pressing the'low
tariff cause. The tariff reform programme
outlined by Mr. Mills in his recent letter to
the New York World, namely, placing raw
material on the free list and constructing a
tarifl on finished manufacturers' products
for revenue only, is the policy demanded
alike by the business interests 'of,New Eng
land and by the exigencies of the Demo
cratic party in this section of the country,
and Is likely, I should, hope, as far as the
action of the lower House of Congress-is
-concern edfbe-oarried.nt.e as- .
T WhyNew England Supported Mills.
"A free raw material bill should be pre
sented and pressed through the House of
Bepresentatives early in the year. This is
understood to be Mr. Mills' idea, and he
undoubtedly received the support of the
New England delegation for the reason that
he was outspoken in advocacy of this
policy. Butl'should hope that this policy
would be executed just the same."
Hon. P. A. Collins thus' expressed his
views on the outcome of the" contest be
tween Mills and Crisp: "The Democrats
have selected a capable Speaker. Mr. Crisp
is at least as well equipped as any of
his rivals for service in that difficult
place. The contest is over, and it
will not take long to convince those who
most sharply opposed his election that the
House has made no mistake The House
will be presided oyer by an able, cool, dig-
ninea ana sate man. 1 hope some ot our
hot friends have cooled ofE The country
never was in danger during this contest.
It was and is absurd to doubt Mr. Crhm's
soundness on the subject of tariff refoBb.
He is just as sound as every other Demo
crat no more, no less. All the Democrats
in that House are good tariff reformers, and
the men who supported Mr. Crisp are among
the foremost of them. The Democratic
party is all right, in all its part?, and it
will go forward on its mission to keen its
solemn promise to the people.
New England Senators Defied.
"I look for the early passaee of a bill by
the House, not to thoroughly revise tho
tariff, for that is a great work, but a bill to
put raw material on the free list Let us
then see if our New England Senators will
again dare to misrepresent the interests of
their constituents."
"Winslow Warren, who is one of the ac
tive spirits of the Massachusetts Mugwump
Club, says that while he regards the result
as a setback for the cause of tariff reform,
yet he fully believes that it will continue
to make progress. "The difference between.
Mills and Crisp is that Crisp," he says, "is
a more moderate reformer than Mills, but
he is distinctly upon the tariff reform side."
He believes that Mr. Crisp will be devoted
to the cause, and that he will not subordi
nate himself to any element which will
ruin its success. Mr. Warren has no fears
that any effort by Tammany or other anti
Cleveland elements can defeat the nomina
tion of Cleveland for President next year.
The Democrats have no hope of success
with any other man. "When the people are
heard from it will be found that thev will
not take any other.
Cleveland and Blaine Jn 1892.
He believes that "Cleveland will be re
nominated, and that no man can carry the
country against him. If Blaine shonld be
the Bepublican candidate he will fare no
better than in 1884. The nomination of
Cleveland was demanded by the mass ot
people, in both 1884 and 1888, because he
stands for their cause, and it was the logic
of events which made him the nominee, but
the demand of the people, both in and out
of the party, partly of the independent
clement among Republicans and Democrats
which saw in, him the candidate demanded
by the situation.
Mr. Warren thought there was abundant
reason for tariff reformers to wait for the
developement of events, for no battle was
ever yet won or lost on the skirmish line,
and that is all that there is in the election
of Speaker. These men are representative
teriffreformers. t
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Spcjfal A ro-
LIZZIE NUTT A BRIDE.
THE HEROINE o 61VE TRAGEDY
TR1DM' Tnr,. "0'i
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a jseirouiai xnat es- l',fn
.uiooa Alter aiucn aorrw
Joy A Troth That Has
Tears Earns the TJsnal Rewari
TJniontown, Dec 8. j
mantic sequel to the celebrated Dnkes-Nutt
double tragedy of nine ears ago is an
nounced to-day in thejkfiended marriage, at
high noon to-morrowofMiss Lizzie Nutt
and Mr. SamueVJCrepps.
Miss LizzieKutt if the daughter of Cap
tain A. CyXutt, deceased, and figured con
spicuously in the awfnl tragedy, while Mr.
Kreirfis was an admirer of the young lady
he time, and for nine years has been
fathfnl. Mr. Krepps first made the ac
quaintance of Miss Nutt when he lived near
Brownville.but for years he has been travel
ing for a Chicago hat house, and is well
known throughout this district.
The marriage of Miss Nutt recalls one of
the most exciting and tragic events in the
history of the county. Nine years ago the
24th of this month Nicholas Lyman Dukes,
a member of the State Legislature And a
prominent attorney of the Fayette county
bar, shot and killed Captain A. C. Nutt,
father of the bride-elect The trial of Dukes
at the following March term of court was
one of the most interesting the county ever
knew. Dnkes, it ws said, was engaged to
be married to Miss Nutt, but became Jealous
of her. Dukes and Captain Nutt, who then
war cashier of the'State Treasury under
General, S. M. Bailey, weite close friends,
and Dukes wrote the, Captain regarding his
daughter, uaptam JSutt, who idolized his
uaughter.wn
JJnkfiatihati
until the insu
life of Dukes.
On Sunday morning. December 24, 1882,
Captain Nutt visited Dukes at his room at
the Jennings House here. A bitter quarrel
ensued, which ended in Dukes shooting Nutt
through the heart The late Hon. C. E.
Boyle defended Dukes in the trial which
followed, and Hon. William H. Playford
was the principal counsel for the prosecu
tion. The trial lasted a week, and after six
hours deliberation the jury brought in a
verdict of not gnilty.
The excitement and indignation here and
elsewhere over the verdict was intense, Und
it was with difficulty that the jury escaped
being lynched. James Nutt, a brother of
Miss Lizzie, in June, 1883, shot. Dukes in
front of the postoffice here, killing him in
stantly. He was tried in Pittsburg and de
fended by Hon. Daniel Voorhees. Young
Nutt was cleared on the plea of emotional
insanity. He is now in the West'running a
cattle ranch.
RIO IN REBELLION.
Senator Flinn and Controller Morrow Tell
of tne Xeit Steps in Order.'
PIGUEES BY WARDS AND TEICIXCTS
dauehter.wrote a scathimr. ronlv. tellintr
" ff 1 f T -r? -T , " ' .r' . I fhlVKTMtttAnTliqml.T.imtnm.Annflli Qi i!
asjronivaouesiion oi timeii" -"""""""""'" "-,-i""i """" v ""'
lit would heavenged wltb.,theP'storje showing- the general apathy i
Two Parties In tho State Government Pre
paring for Civil War.
Eio'Janeiro, Dec 8. The situation in
the State of Bio Janeiro is becoming criti
cal. The opposing parties are arming
themselves. Governor Portello holds
Nictheroy.
The insurgents have established a pro
visional government and have selected
Parahyca as their capital. They are organ
izing for an attack on Nictheroy. The
Government is apathetic The report of
the failure of an important railway com
pany will be announced to-morrow.
PHILADELPHIA BABE 10 QUIT
Business Has Not Been Good and It Will
Close in Time.
Philadelphia, Dec. 8. At a meeting
to-day of the stockholders of Produce Na
tional Bank it was decided to liquidate the
business of the institution.
The bank was organized in July, 1886,
with, a capital stock of $300,000, but as busi
ness has not been as cood as was expected
it was thought that it would be wise to
wind up its affairs now that it 13 able to pay
all its liabilities.
Trainmen Jleld for Manslaughter.
Trenton, Dec. 8. The inquest this after
noon into the cirenmstances of the collision
on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad,
near Pennington on Thursday last, resulted
in the the arrest of conductor and engineer of
the train which obstructed the course of the
New York express. Both men were lodzed
in jail to await the action of the grand jury
on ine cnarge oi niansiaugnter.
THIS MORNIXG'S KEWS.
dividends unless they were transferred to and will die intestate, leaving the wife in
""" " " uuuu, aim mc wuicii ionium nun possession oi ail uis property.
A CALIF0BNIA STAGE BOBBER.
He Tarns Out to Be a Discarded Son or Poef
Joaquin Miller.
San Francisco, Dec 8. Joseph Mc
Kay, who is in jail at TJkiah, Cal., charged
with stage robbery, has been fbund to be
tno son of Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the
Sierras." The real name of the voune man
is
Harry Miller, and Is a son of the jioet by J
Opening Scenes In Congress l
TnriffKerormers Like Crisp 1
Preferred Death to .Divorce.....". 1
Tho Bond Increase Carries 1
Quay Talks Abont Warracastle 2
The Gnnsanlls Murder Mystery 2
Teachers' Salaries Increased 2
A Plan for All-Night Electric Cars 3
Editorial, Capitol Notes, Society 4
Yankee Dldos in Chile 6
TheBaosman Bow on Again 6
Congressional Routine 1
A Political Sensation , T
Local Labbr News 7
News of the Neighborhood 8
The Sporting Events 8
Hotel Arrivals 9
The News of Europe.
Denver's Great Murder Trial
Pittsburg's Canal Chance
The Court Proceedings
Yesterday's oil Field Features..,
Financial nd Produce Markets.
New ScJentiflo Ideas .....?. 13
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In the memory of that much-abused in.
dividual, "the oldest Inhabitant," there haa
never been such a quiet election day in Pitts
hurg as that of yesterday. Only abont one
third of the voters in the city took advan
tage of their right of suffrage, and
it is probable that many of them
will hardly know there was an election
until they hear of the result today.
The reasons for holding the election, and
the arguments presented by both sides on
the question atlssue, had been freely and
frequently nublished, and every one had
ample opaortuuity to gain a clear idea of
the hXe situation, but it seemed that the
masaef the people could not be interested
h to discuss the subject or vote upon
;n they had a chance.
The result was a surprise to many. Everv-
rQi$? expected a light vote to be cast, but
3f- ' - Was not flntininfited tlift irfttw fni. tha ?r
" rease'of the debt would snow under the
negative votes by a majority of six to one,
as the result proved.
The Weather Was All Right
The day was an ideal one for an election,
but the event, so close to Christmas time,
when people were more intent oohopping
or business, seemed out of place and season.
The men who are nsnally found around
polling places were noticeable by their
absence, although there was a showing of
city employes here and there. The polling
places in a large majority of cases had a de
serted appearance all (lav.
The election boards were on hand early,
but had little to do. In several instances
it was reported that not a vote had been
polled before 11 o'clock except those cast
by the boards themselves. At one votintr
place in the First ward, where the excite
ment oyer an election is usually the hottest,
the board had so little to do that the mem
bers put in the greater part of the day in a
game of seven up. At the schoei house dis
trict it was suggested that a boxing match
between a conple of well known characters
would be contested in order to get out a
crowd to vote.
The word was sent ont and the crowd
came, but the gladiators failed to appear at
the appointed time. At one precinct in the
Thirty-second ward a voter relates thats
when he went to cast his ballot he found
the-Election Board sleeping soundly. Simi-
athy in
the result, came from all sections of the
city.
The Most Noticeable Features.
The closing of the saloons was the one
feature that made the election most prom
inently noticeable. Every few moments
men would be seen stepping up to the saloon
doors and, after an ineffectual attempt to
enter, turn sheepishly away. The bridges
to Allegheny did an unusually large busi
ness by reason of the pilgrimages of the
thirsty ones to that'side of the river for
liquids that could not be procured on this
side.
The Twenty-ninth ward isonly one in the
city giving a majority against the bond is
sue. The First and Third districts gave the
majority against, while the Second gave a
slight majority for the bonds. Out of tha
170 districts in the city these two were the
only ones giving a majority against the is
sue. The total vote cast was 13,527. In the
November election 24,343 were cast, that be
ing but two-thiids of the vote of the city.
The vote of yesterday was 11,645 for and
1882 against the bond issue.
At City Hall last night returns were re
ceived at the fire-alarm office, as usual, and
by reason of their being but few votes to
count the figures were all in before 11
o'clock The crowd in attendance was .
small, and but few of the familiar faces
usually seen there on such occasions were
visible. C L. Magee called early, but re
mained only a few moments before going
across the street for a conference with Sena
t or Quay. Senator Glinn dropped in later
and remained until the last district was re
ported. Chief Elliott was the only depart
mental chief to put in appearance, and the
only other city officials present were W- R.
Ford a nd George Miller.
Senator Flinn was asked his opinion of
the result, but declined to talk much.
Flinn Pleased With the Result.
''Like any other taxpayer I was inter
ested," he said, "and am glad the people
have decided the matter as they have. The
outcome will be that those people whosa
prop erties were benefitted by the improve
ment of streets under the acts of
1887 and 1889 will hae to step up
and settle. Many have been under the im
pression that the curative legislation
passed by the last Legislature would not
stand the constitutional test of the Supremo
Court, but they will find their mistake.
The legislation is to be tested within a
month or two and it will stand. I expect
there will be no necessity for issuing mora
than half of these 12,000,000 of bonds."
Controller Morrow was at home all even
ing. When told how great the majority
was for his bond issue he was surprised and
pleased. He was asked what would be the
next move necessary in the matter and
said:
"The next step will be for Councils to
pass an ordinance authorizing me to issue
the bonds. That ordinance will contain all
the details of the transaction, and will be
framed so that the bonds can only
De issued as tne claims ot tne contractors
fall due. There are now more than 1500,000
overdue and payable to the contractors, and
under the court decision in the case of Evan
Jones, requiring contractors to wait two
years after completion of contract, other
amounts will be falling due pretty soon.
If the Supreme Court gives a decision in '
favor of the curative legislation it may not
be necessary to issue more than $1,000,000
of these bonds, because then the money can
be collected from the benefited property
holders. We will take our time to this
matter. There is no necessity for haste,
and it will be six weeks or two months be
fore any of the bonds are issued."
The official returns in this election, being
a municipal affair, will be filed with' the
Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions this