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Mr. Morgan and Harrison Stand To gether on a Nicaragua Canal Plat form Few of His Colleagues Even Pretended to Listen to the Presi dent's Lengthy Scroll New Con gressmen Busy Getting Tips on Their Perquisites Speaker Crisp's Great Task of Forming Committees One Democrat in the "Way of the Majority in the House. rerZCIAl, TELEGRAPHIC LETTER.! Bureau or The Dispatch, ) Washington, D. C., Dec 8. $ Xeither House of Congress performed any public duty to-day beyond the very perfunctory one of listening to the reading of the President's annual message. This was not perhaps very important business, but its transaction required considerable time. The President does not send many messages to Congress in the course of a year, but judging from the inattention dis played at its reception to-day, Presidental message reading would seem to be an event of very ordinary occurrence. In the Senate the document was read by Secretary McCook, who rarely gives the Senators the pleasure of listening to his voice, which is a much better one for elocu tionary purposes than any of his assistants and that is not saying too much. For the first hour of the reading the Republican Senators, as a matter of formal courtesy, remained in their seats, and nearly all of them paid attention to what General Mc Cook was saying. Senators Too Listless to Listen. Several of the able Senators, however, were too preoccupied or too listless to listen to the reading. Among these were Sena tors Plumb and Dawes, who read the morn ing papers; Wolcott and Manderson, who lay hack in their chairs and told funny stories; Dolph, who wrote letters, and J'o- who performed the cry reuiallie , set, for him, of burying his head in his arms on top of his desk and losing himself I in slumber or thought. Senator Cameron talked to his clerk for an hour, and Senator Proctor follow ed the reading of the message with a wise look of proprietorship, epecially when the por tion relating to the "War Department was reached. The other Senators main tained their dimity, but looked frightfully bored, ai they probably were. Senatorial courtesy does not require that the Democrats in the Chamber pay polite attention to the reading of President's messages, and so it was that Senators Vest and Pasco were the only Senators on the Democratic side who appeared to be listen ing to anything the message contained. Not Half the Democrats Present. Less than one-half of the Democrats were present in the Chamber Mr. Gorman, who is the recognized leader of his party on the fioor, sat in his central seat, conferring with members of the House and others who came to talk with him. Senator George, the creat constitutional lawyer, turned his back squarely on Secretary McCook, pos bly without any intention of slighting either the Secretary or the President, and read a newspaper during the entire dreary two hours that were consumed in the read ing. In the House it is not the custom to listen to the reading of President's messages, and so while the big-lunged clerks of that un wieldy body were plowing throuch their elocutionary exercises the 330 odd members chatted and laughed, wrote letters and read papers without restraint, and there were not a score of the entire number who heard more than a paragraph or two of the 3C printed pages upon which the President had bestowed such great care and labor. A Great La& of Ilero A orship. It was thought that, as most of the mem bers are new to Congressional life, they would be impressed with their own import ance, as well as that of the President, and would indicate their feelings by giving pro found attention to his words of wisdom. They did nothing of the kind, however. They seem to have been impressed thus early with a professional lack of hero wor ship, and they went about getting ac quainted with each other and finding out what their perquisits are in the way of patronage and documents without heeding what the President had to say about the Chilean question, the gerrymandering of the Congress and legislative districts, and the other important matters to which he alludes. The general public seemed to be as un mindful of the courtey due to the Presi dent as the Senators and Representatives are. The was merely a handful of specta tors in the galleries of each House, and in the brown seats ol the diplomatic corps in the Senate chamber there were five attaches of various legations, who seemed to be very much surprised at the cool treatment which the President's recommendations met with at the hands of the Statesmen. The Usual Interviews Fnrnlshed. Each Houe adjourned as soon as the last word of the President's recommen- tions had been delivered to them, and at once proceeded to bo interviewed in reply to the question which comes to them year after year; " 'What do you think of the medge.'" The Republicans, especially those who had noHieard a word of it, said that it was a strong document, and some of the Democrats said so, too, epecially Sena tor Morcan, whom Mr. Harrison had quoted a friend, with him, of the Xicaraguan Canal Company. Contrary to all precedents of Congress for . .,Js.mL zJLJm. Jttibii JmsibmmM &.,:&& mliemmitmmmmmmmmmmmm'-mrmB-sa.. .n . .re .-ir.'- T' 7--ra-, --r'trzn a -r,- perhaps half a century,the official estimates of the Treasury Department for the ensuing year have not yet been presented, although two days have elapsed since the opening day. Usually the estimates are prepared by the various heads of departments and bureaus, digested and printed in the Treas ury, and sent to Congress in book form promptly on the first day of the session. This year, however.the delay is remarkable, giving rise to wondering comment among many Congressmen familiar with the his toric" custom governing the matter, and prompting the natural surmise that some thing serious must be the matter with the administration. Speaker Crisp's Present Ardnons Task. It is the general opinion about the Cap itol that Speaker CriEp will not be able to announce his committee assignments for at least two weeks. He has a very large task on hand, and one that must be delicately handled. The pressure upon him is some thing awful, but it is said for him by those who speak with authoritv, that, notwith standing the bitterness and closenessof the fight which resulted in his nomination, he nas made no promises whatever that can arise to his embarrassment now. Indeed, the Speaker regards his task as a less formidable one than some of his friends, and thinks he mav conclude it within ten days. It is not likely, however, that his hope will be realized In the Fiftieth Con gress there was such a preponderance of Democrats from the South that they neces sarily monopolized a large share of the im portant committee places. The situation being so changed now, a general shakeup will be necessarv. wherein precedents can not be followed v ery strictlv. It will be necessary for the new Speaker to give substantial recognition to membeis from the East and West, where he received such strong support, and he will be obliged, therefore, to ignore somewhat the long established custom of yielding everything to seniority of service. Seniority, in fact, will not cut such a strong figure in Mr. Crisp's assignments as ability. Gsing to Work for a Kecord. It is the intention of the leaders of the House to make a record that will stand out in strong and creditable contrast to that of the "billion-dollar" Congress. To this end all possible safeguards will be thrown about legislation looking to the appropriation of money, and it is thought that Judge Hol- man will be the most likely candidate to go back to his old place at the head of the Committee of Appropriations. Judge Forney, of Alabama, who hasbeen many vears a Congressman and many years a member of this important committee, will not, it is said, seek its chairmanship on ac count of his advanced age and on account of his disability to perform the arduous duties of the place. Whether Mr. Mills is to be Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means again, or not, is a question that cannot as vet be definitely answered. Undoubtedly, Mr. Crisp will offer the place to his defeated competitor for the speakership, but if he does not accept the place it w ill go to some pronounced tariff reformer. Messrs. McMilien, Springer, Hatch, and the men who so gallantly managed Crisp's fight, will not be forgotton, although the Speaker will not give all the places to his friends, but remain true to the promise made when assuming the chair,tobe strictly impartial in the conduct of his office. MILLS A SUFFERER. THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE KNOCK ED OUT ALL AKOCND. Physically and Mentally He Is Under the Weather IIls,PIans for the Fntnre In definiteTalk of Fis Senatorial Ambl-iioHlu.t.-cI. V Washington, D. C, Dec. 9. Special Representative Mills is suffring from the reaction, of the terrible strain of the last lew days thai resulted in his defeat for the speakership nomination. He has been be sieged with inquiries about his future course, but is not in a mood at present to take the public into his confidence. Mr. Mills is physically and mentally a sufferer, and does not wish to make public his intentions with regard to his future political course until he has had time to think over the situation. The fact that h was Kulky, yesterda-, and refused to ac company "the House Committee to wait upon the President, and the further fact that he purposely selected a seat in an out-of-the-way part of the hall, has led to the report that he intends to accept his defeat as an announcement that his policy is no longer to be thrust upon the Democratic party in the House, and to keep himself in the background accordingly. Sir. Mills' Opinion of Liars. In answer to this reiiort, Mr. Mills de clines to talk, but contents himself to say sarcastically that lying seems to be indulged in by certain persons. The deleated candi date" for Speaker feels very sore not en tirely perhaps because of the defeat of his personal ambition to sit in the Speaker's chair, but because he is inclined to regard the election of Mr. Crisp as a significant rebuke to the policy of which he has been a conspicuous advocate for many years. Mr. Mil's, however, is a very impetuous man, apt to do things on impulse and after ward regret his actions. It was this char acteristic which led him to say last spring that he desired to go to the Senate from Texas, and consequently w ould not be a candidate for the Speakership. Had he not made this unnecessary remark he m;ght have fared better in the fight that closed last Monday evening. Other Texans in the Same Boat. Whether Mr. Mills could now come to the Senate if he so desired is a question which no one in Washington seems able to answer. Senator Chilton was on Monday sworn in to fill the unexpired term of Senator Reagan, which will expire in 1893, and who will be a candidate for re-election, and there are other Texas gentlemen who will display a like ambition. Mr. Mills was not a supporter of Chilton for the place, and it is possible that he might not be able to overcome the opposi tion of his rivals. The Senatorship will be vacant on the day that his present term in the House expires, and the result of next year's elections may have a controlling in fluence upon his future action. ONE MEMBER TOO MANY. A DEMOCRAT WHOM THE HOUSE MA JOKITY WOULDN'T MISS. An Irrepressible Young Man From Masa chusetts Amazing Effontry of Sherman Hoar Trying to Do It AH Himself-How He Hart Mills' Campaign. Washington, D. C, Dec 9. Special There is one Democrat in the House whom the party managers would cheerfully unload, considering that they can spare some members without impairing the effi ciency of this majority. The Democrat re ferred to is Sherman Hoar, of Massachusetts, an irrepressible young man who threatens to flood the country with manifestoes con cerning what he will do and why he will" do it From appearances he is filled with the idea that the whole responsibility for legislation in the House is upon his shoul ders, and he would like it known that he has taken up the burden. His explanation of why he did not vote lor Crisp for Speaker disgusted the old Democratic war horses, while it tickled the Republicans, and they are encouraging him to go ahead and do it some more. Young Hoar's effrontery is amazing, and thoe who watched the proeress of the Speakership content got a full iew of it. His first pronouueiamento was that Mills must be elected. This was forwarded from Massachusetts. The unterrified young statesman followed up his formal declara tion by coming to Washington to personally assist the Texas candidate. With his col league, Williams, he planted himself down in Mr. Mills headquarters and proceeded to impair that gentleman's chances of success by undertaking to elect him with very little assistance from Mr. Mills' other advisers. Hoar was rarely absent. He watched like a hawk for arriving members, and poured into their ears "the logic of the situation" before the visitors had even time to pay their respects to the candidate. In the same room, perhaps, would be men of national standing, like Breckinridge, of Kentucky; Wilson, of West Virginia; ex Speaker Carlisle and William R. Morrison, but the Yankee youth desired to do all the converting, and these older and more dis tinguished friends of the candidate had to take back seats in his presence. In the House he has now started off on the same lofty mission of doing it all him self, and he promises to be an amusing figure for the next two years unless he learns something in the meantime. The apology for Mr. Hoar is that he "has the worthy ambition to show the country that Xew England has produced a Democrat with as much, if not more, force and ability as ex-Speaker Reed. SEVEN WONDERFUL CURES. EXCITEMENT AMONG FAITH HEALERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. End or a Remarkable Series of Meeting in a Mission Church Tho Blind Made to See Incurable Diseases Cease to Bo Such A Koxbury Molllnger. Boston, Dec. 9. Special There have been some remarkable faith cures at the Triduum held in the Mission Church, Rox bury, for the past three days, in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. At least seven persons who were afflicted with dis eases that had been pronounced incurable were miraculously cured at the shrine of the Blessed Virgin. More than 20,000 people from all parts of the Hew England States visited the church yesterday, and it is estimated that fully 6,000 thronged the sacred edifice at the clos ing services which took place last evening. It was a memorable day, and the events enacted before the shrine of the Blessed Virgin when Rev. William O'Connor, C. S. S. R., gave the blessing for the sick will never be forgotten. Scarcely had the reverend father breathed the benediction when the greatest excite ment prevailed, caused by the fact that seven people who had been afflicted with incurable diseases were instantaneously cured. One little girl, aeed about 15, and living in South Boston, recovered her sight after being blind for many years. Her name is Annie Sullivan. Another miracu lous cure was that of Mrs. Abbie Cooney, of Brockton, who hail been afflicted with paralysis for seven years. The whole parish "is agitated over the oc currence, and the strangers who were pres ent at the time were awe 6truck. Rev. Father Mavrick, a S. S. R., rector of St. Alphonsus' Church, New York, was the orator on this memorable occasion, and con ducted the Triduum throughout. LOST LEG AND LOVER. A Handsome Society Woman of B nlT.il o Suing a Doctor for Malpractice She Blames Him for Her Incarceration in an Insane Asylum Her Marriage Ofl". BUFFALO, Des. 9. Special. An inter esting trial was begun here to-day, in the Supltme Ctfurt; TiSfore Judge Daniels. Mrs. Dr. Kimball, a society woman, is suing Dr. Charles Cary, an instructor in the Buffalo Medical College, for malpractice. She claims she brokj her leg about two years aso, and that Dr. Cary, who treated her, made her a cripple for life and caused her to go insane, necessitating her confine ment in the Buffalo Insane Asylum. She claims, too, that this was the cause of her losing a lover and spoiling her engage ment. Just for amusement she corres ponded witli a number of men on the sub ject of matrimony, and among the rest was Charles Edward Pierce, of New York. In a loving letter he offered himself in mar riage, and she had neither rejected nor ac cepted his suit when she was carried away to the asylum. It was a critical time in this little afiair of her heart when the rough men marshaled by Dr. Cary came for her with a stretcher and ambulanced her away to the society of lunatics, and it broke up the whole matter. This proposition of marriage was the topic uppermost in her mind, and it was natural that under the influence of pain and opiates she should have talked deleri ouslv about it So she blames Dr. Cary for the ioss of a very promising husband, as well as for the uncured injury to her hip and loathsome incarceration in the insane asylum. Mrs. Kimball is a good-looking woman about 50 years old, She was carried into the courtroom by two men this forenoon. She can step on only one foot. Dr. Sylves ter, a young New York physician, testified at the "trial this afternoon. GONE TO SEE HEB GRANDPA. Sudden Call of a Little Child or a Greatly Afflicted Family. Lancastek, Pa., Dec 9. Special Farmer J. L. Hess' daughter died of diph theria at his home near here this morning. About a week ago another child died, while Mr. and Mrs. Hess were praying for her re covery from diphtheria, having neglected to summon a physician. Last evening the second victim of the disease, seemingly convalescent, came down stairs and said: "Mmma, I want a nice bath, for I'm going to see grandpa." The child's grandfather has been dead for sev eral years. She grew worse last night and died this morning. ECHMEKTZ'S EASTERN CREDITORS Hold a Sleeting in Boston to Find Out if They Can Get Anything. A meeting of the Eastern creditors of R. C. Schmertz, of Pittsburg, was held in Bos ton yesterday. At the time of the failure Mr. Schmertz confessed judgments to large amounts in favor of creditors, and if these judgments arc paid the assets will be ex hausted and nothing left for the other creditors. The meeting added three creditors to an investigating committee already appointed, and the committee was instructed to ascer tain whether or not they will contribute a pro rata assessment not to exceed 1 per cent of their claims to make up a sum to be expended in the interest of the creditors. POLLING BOOTHS OF METAL. It Will Cost tho State Something Like 8200,000 for tho Outfit. Habkisbukg, Dec 9. Special. Secre tary of State Harrity, Secretary of Internal Affairs Stewart and Auditor General Mc Camant. the commission appointed to select ma. polling booth, met to-day and decided tnat it must oe wnony or widely oi uieiai, thus throwing out all those of wood or wood and canvas. There aic 4,500 polling places, and each one will need four or five booths, so the cost to the Slate will reach nearly 5200,000, the metal booths costing anywhere from 85 to 510 each. A style ofbootu will be selected to-morrow. " ' PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER UP The Man in London's Latest Divorce Scandal Pleads Provocation, and PILES COUNTER CHAEGES. Earl Russell Says the Fair Countess Must Apologize Before SHE WILL GET MONEY FEOM HIM. The Archbishop of Aix Episode Still Troubling the French. EVIDENCE AGAINST CHINESE EEBELS London, Dec. 9. "When the hearing in the St. John divorce case was resumed this morning, the usual crew of actors and ac tresses was present. The principals in the case were early in their seats. The one day's rest afforded Mi6s St. John by the ad journment of the court from Monday to "Wednesday had had a good effect upon her, and had allowed her to recover in a meas ure from the strain of the cross-examination she had undergone at the hands of Mr Gill, who had displayed no hesitancy in dragging from her every detail of her life that would show her in a bad light before the jury. Miss St. John to-day, as usual, was very handsomely and becomingly dressed. "When her side of the case was closed Mr. Gill made his address in behalf of Mr. Marius. Mr. Marius, through his counsel,had already admitted the charge made against him, but claims that this violation of his marriage vows was not until a year after his wife had left him. r A Deposition to Prove His Gnilt. The first evidence submitted on the open ing of the court to-day was a deposition made by the actress, Nita St. George. This was read to the Court and jury with the ob ject of proving that Mr. Marius had com mitted the statutory offense before the final separation occurred between Miss St. John and himself. The deposition waV read the court and jury by" Sir Charles Russell, who represents Miss St John. , Among other things, Miss St. George, in her deposition, stated that Marius was in the habit of visiting the actress, Marie Luella, in her boudoir and at the Avenue Theater. Upon one occasion he had told Miss St George to look after Maria Lucelle, as she belonged to him. This concluded the evidence for Miss St John, and Mr. Gill then addressed the jury in behalf of Mr. Marius. Mr. Gill de clared that the court had never been es tablished to give relief to a woman who deliberately endeavored to make her hus band behave in such a manner that she might find a pretfTft for leaving him. Mr. ManrWIIad FroTocatioit. If the responpt had erred it was after his wife had lethim. She could not Eeek relief uuder the circumstances. All of the charges made against Mr. Marius by Miss St. John, Mr. Gill declared, were of the most trivial character, and he felt certain that the jury would never give a verdict for the petitioner on the evidence she had submitted. In dealing with the charges of cruelty brought against his client,Mr. Gill said that all the acts which might be construed as cruel were caused by the unfortunate tem per of the petitioner. He further said, re garding the charges of immorality, that it must be admitted that Mr. Marius, after his wife had deserted him and after she had been away from him for more than a year, had sought sympathy elsewhere. Mr. Gill declared he would prove that Miss St John and Arthur Cohen had been together under circumstances that could only lead to the conclusion that improper relations existed between them. Marios Denies the Crnlety Charges. Mr. Gill then called Mr. Marius to the witness box. He denies his wife's charge that he had never contributed to her sup port. The witness produced checks for thousands of pounds which he had given to tradesmen to meet bills incurred by his wife. Mr. Marius declared that he was not a gambler nor a drinking man; neither was he a man of violent temper. He had brought Miss St. John home from Monte Carlo, where she was in the company of Cohen, and had pawned his jewelry in order to raise the money to do so. Mr. Marius was verv emphatic in his assertion that he is still very fond of his wife. ' The court then adjourned. Earl Bussell Demands an Apology. Truth, Henry Labouchere's paper, says to-day that Earl Russell has determined not to allow his wife, Countess Russell, who failed last week in her attempt to get a ju dicial separation from him, any money for her support until she apologizes to him for the charges she made against him, and admits that she herself does not believe them. Countess Russell has commenced a suit against her husband to recover a por tion of the 4,000 she claims she paid into their joint account France Maklns Tronhlo for Brazil. Pais, Dec 9. It is claimed by the French Government that during the troubles M A R i I J S Wo rLOEEKCB ST. JOHS. It. If AIUCS. 10, 1891-TWELVE PAGES REE CENTS. ' I I I I growme out of the action of President Fon aeca in dissolving the Brazilian ConKress and assuming the dictatorship, 12 French men were killed in Rio Janeiro by agents of Fonseca. The French Consul at Rio Janeiro has been instructed by his Govern ment to demand of the Peixotto Govern ment reparation for the killing of these men. FRENCH CLERGY MUST SUBMIT. The French Ministry Determine! That the t Bepublic Will Rule. Paeis, Dec 9. In the Senate to-day M. Dide, a Protestant clergyman, interpellated the Government on the attitude of the Catholio Bishops. He described the bish ops as attacking the laws of the Republic and working to establish the temporal power of the papacy, and the priests as evading every obligation of the concordat It was high time, he added, that the Government put a stop to such an archy. M. Goblet advised the Government to pave the way for the separation of church and State by legislation, giving further con trol of public worship. M. Fallieres, Minister of Justice and 'Public "Worship, replied to the in terpellation. He said that the Govern ment favored a policy of appeasement. The provisions of the concordat were amply suf ficient to recall the clergy to a sense of the respect they owe the.Constitution. Should these provisions prove inadequate, how ever, the Government would ask Parlia ment to authorize other measures. Pre mier De Freycinet said that the attitude of certain Bisnops was too insupportable The Government would never allow it to be said that Pie lates were not under the authotitr of the executive in temporal matters. By a vote of 211 to 70 the Senate adopted an order of the day, pledging the Government to avail itself of its rights to compel the clergy to respect the Republic and to submit to the laws. WANTED TO RECALL M0HTT. Bnt the Chilean Government Opposed and Defeated the Scheme. London, Dec 9. The Times to-day pub lishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Santiago stating that the insulting notes written to the Government by Minister Egan and his own telegrams to his own Government, caused a proposition to be made that Chile suppress her legation at "Washington. This proposition was dis cussed at a meeting of the Finance Commit tee of the House of Representatives last nicht in a heated debate. The Government declined to support the proposal, and when the matter was put to a vote those who were in favor of recalling the Chilean Minister to the United States and abolishing the Legation at Washington were defeated. The Government made a strong fight against the adoption of the proposal. NIHILISM IN CHINA. The Present Trouble There Is Political, and Not Religious. London, Dec 10. The Chronicle this morning publishes a letter from its Shantt hai correspondent, in which he repeats an assertion already made that the basis of the present crisis in the Chinese Empire is political, not religious. He says: A revolutionary spirit fills the land. It Is a species or nihilism. It has seized tho army, members of the official classes, even the older families of China and servants in European houses. The pro-consuls or Gov ernor Generals hold the situation in tho hollow of their hands. No revolution is possible, certainly not a successful one, without them. Their present interest is ajralnst rebellion, becanso they llvo by cor ruption; but if they could be convinced that a revolution would operate in their favor, the co-operation of all of them might be relied on. THIS BEATS THE FRENCH. STAGE REALISM THAT SHOCKS EVEN A NEW YORK AUDIENCE. Bostonlans, Though, Consider It a Triumph of Naturalism Pictures From Life Pre sented on the Stage at Palmer's Theater The Curtain Drops Opportunely. New Yoke, Dec 9. Special A bold experiment was made with a drama 'and an audience, this afternoon, at Palmer's Thea ter. The purpose was to ascertain the effect of representing, bluntly and plainly, to an assemblage of well-mannered people, things which, if real, those same people would not have seen or heard voluntarily. One of the women characters was habit ually profane. Two of the men cursed roundly, in outright blasphemy. Several phrases of maternity and malpractice were mentioned without reserve The betrayal of a girl was discussed ireely. A young mother made preparations to .give nourish ment to an infant, when the curtain fell in time to avert a stampede of panic stricken women from the theater. The parts of the performance here indi cated were grossly offensive. Nevertheless, the play had been acted several times in a Boston hall, and had received high praise from literary censors there, as a triumph of naturalism. The theme of this work, entitled "Mar garet Fleming," is that of the social depra vation which punishes a faithless wife, as contrasted with the forgiveness ani rein statement easily obtained by a husband guilty of infidelity. One law is enough for man and woman alike, and the piece closes with the wife's avowal of that doctrine. THREE PLAN3 SELECTED For a Choice to Be Made for Pennsylvania's World's Fair Building. Hakrisbueg. Dec 9. Special The special committee appointed to select from the designs presented three suitable for a State building at the Columbian Exposion, will report to the commission to-morrow that Thomas P. Lonsdale, of Philadelphia, is entitled to the first prize oj 51,000, for a design embracing the features of Indepen dence Hall. A. S. "Wagner, of "Williams port, secured the second prize, 5500, for a colonial design, and Hillman & Shirk, of Philadelphia, for a building after the style of the French renaissance If this report is adopted Lonsdale's plan will be sent to Chicago for final approval. Philadelphia firms have elready volun teered, if the Independence Hall idea is selected, to furnish the tin roofing, heating apparatus, and clock for the building, and it is expected that similar offers will come from other parts of the State. A PRETTY Y0UHG WOMAN'S DESPAIE. The Despondent Wife of a Conductor At tempts Suicide in a Street Car. Springfield, Mass., Dec 9. Special Mrs. "War Benjamin, the comely young wife of a street railway conductor, at tempted suicide this afternoon by cutting her throat with a razor in a street car. Her husband, who sat beside interrupted the arm which wielded the weapon, and a deep, but not serious gash on the side of her neck was the result. The couple were married in North Am herst five years ago. Mrs. Benjamin has been jealous of her husband ever since. Two weeks ago he became ill and went to his sister's house, his wife and children lodging elsewhere. "While Benjamin was seated in the car his wife entered, hur riedly passed him a note, and then, open ing a satchel, took from it the razor. In the struggle that took place before the razor wag raptured a window and sash were broken. Mrs- Benjsmin was arrested. FSSlKEii BLAINE 1ST SPEAK In Order to Stop .the Enmors Spread by Ben's Boomers As "Well as the GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL. A Conference Between the Two Men Gives Color to a Claim That BENJAMIN'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT From His Chief .Adviser Will Ee 'a Flat Refusal to F.un. ELKINS' NOMINATION WOULD SETTLE IT IROX X STAFF COBBKSPOSnEVT.l "Washington, Dec 9. Now that mem bers of Congress are here there is a renewed attempt to get a formal expresy froin Secretary Blaine in regard to his ro3 respecting the next Republican 'ua -fji lor tne .Fresiaency. H-J''fc On one hand, the friends of the ad lw tration seem bent upon compelling Blame to come out and only whether he is a candidate whether he would decline a renomination if it were tendered against his expressed wishes. There was a story afloat at the Capitol to-day that the President and Mr. Blaine had held a conference yesterday, and that the result of it had been that Mr. Blaine would now come out with a declina tion so strong that his nomination would be out of the question. The basis upon which this agreement was reached was asserted to be the appointment of Stephen B. Elkins as Secretary of "War to succeed Proctor. This story was asserted with positiveness, but there was a marked absence of the proof. Benny Not FnUInc With Blaine. On the other hand, those who read the President's message just presented to the Fifty-second Congress, saw in that docu ment a feature that would show that the President and the Secretary of State have differences of opinion that are not likely to bring them together so closely as the fore going story would have them appear. The message practically ignored the reciprocity scheme, which is the chief plank in the Blaine platform. In contrast to this was a strong indorsement of the McKinley act, a piece of legislation that Mr. Blaine believes is particularly valuable in its reciprocity feature an oninion contrary to that of the President and the author of the bill. In the paragraph concerning the entry of American pork into Germany.the President says this was due solely to the passage of the meat inspection bill by the last Con gress. It was only recently that Mr.Blaine stated that the action of Germany was brought about by the fact that beet sugar is now admitted free into this country, and used this as an argument in behalf of reci procity. Harrison's Coldness for-Reciprocity. The President has turned the cold shoulder to reciprocity, and nine men out of ten who are in favor of Blaine believe that he belittled it purposely in his message as a political move. On this account it is not believed that Mr. Blaine will present the President with a Christmas gift in the shape of an irrevocable withdrawal from the Presidental race. It may be that Elkins will be named for Secretary of "War, but the probabilities do not favor it. If it is not given to ex-Governor Cheney, of New Hampshire, it will probably be bestowed upon Assistant Secre tary Grant, who is now the acting head of the department Coupled with the rumor about Secretary Proctor's successor, the Star to-day indulges in a prediction, which it says is based upon "high authority, that Secretary Blaine will send Mr. Harrison a Christmas present in the shape of a letter formally announcing that he will not under any circumstances be a candidate for the Presidental nomination next summer at Minneapolis, the inference being also that he will not accept the nomi nation if it were tendered him. Senators and Representatives when asked about the probability of such action on Mr. Blaine's part, disagreed so unanimously as to make their opinions of little value. Shepard's Paper Prints the Story. The New York Mall and Express this after noon published the following from "Wash-, ington: Within the last 1i hours Secretary Blalno and President Harrison have had a most important conference, and it is stated that one of the chief topics discussed was the coming appointment of a Secretary of War. Mr. Blaine is reported to have told the President that the appointment of Mr. Stephen Elkins to tne vacancy would be most. eminently satisfactory to him, and at the same time bo a good appointment for tho country. In connection with this interview, Mr. Blaine's friends now say that if Mr. Elkins gets the War portfolio it will be closely fol lowed Dy public announcement of Mr. Blaine of his retirement from the Presi dental race in 1893. A Blaine Letter Looked For. This is confirmed by tho fact that Mr. Blaine has at last spoken on this subject In conversation with a friend, within the last week, he distinctly stated that he was not now and would not be a candidate for nomination at Minneapolis next June. This was the plan Mr. Blaine had adopted in place of a card, but it is now again made public, in rumor shape, that just before the new year Mr. Blaine will issue a letter, already carefully prepared, giving his reason for retiring, and strongly declaring in no uncertain words in favor of Mr. Har rison. Then, when in reality 1802 is ushered in, there will be but one candidate before the Republican party. Yet there is a feeling airong the Senators that the man to be selected by the President for his cabinet is not Mr. Elkins, but ex Governor Clieney, of New Hampshlie. His name is still really the only one mentioned by gossip, but the fact is the President has not intimated to any one his preference, and the delay in sending in the name is due to the fact that the Presidentyhas not yet de cided on his choice. The recent interviews may hasten the nomination. SHERMAN'S MAN FOR SPEAKER Thought to Have a Sure Thing on HaBdllng the Gavel. Columbus, O., Dec 9. Special Rep resentative Laylin, of Huron county, is in the city to-night, and states there is no doubt about his being elected Speaker of the House. Mr. Laylin is recognized as the Sherman candidate for Speaker, and the lines have been drawn with that object in view, but Mr. Laylin states he will have the support of large number 'who are A THE MESSAGE BOILED DOWW. going to vote for Foraker. An informal caucus of the Sherman supporters was held here to-nieht. nnd it was arrrppA that "Mr fci "ivlin should have tho innnnrt nfthp Sbpr. AM kn ba I'm. .... I. :t.l. X. vv 7 ,s V-35V, ', McKinley was to have come to publicly declare not Kr. ht for the purpose of consulta indidate or not, but tio.. '-' 3. 'y --ber of Republicans relative to thB.' , m nf AmD nt inn nnnnint. ments ws ne will have to make, and especiallyx.at of Adjutant General, but he bad not arrived at a late hour. A motion was argued in the Supreme Court to compel the Board of Electionsin one of the counties composing the Newark Senatorial district to make returns to the Secretary of State a3 they have received them, which would result in the election of Iden, Republican. It is believed that Iden will receive his seat in this manner without the formality of a contest. Iden is a Sher man Republican. A COUNCILMAN CAGED. MATTHEW CAVANATJGH SPENDS AN HOUR IN CENTRAL. Accused of Threatening to Kill the Man Who Attempted an Elopement With His Daughter John Burns Awaits a Hearing; for Aisanlt. Councilman Cavanaugh spent an hour in a Central station cell last night, and 11 hen finally securing his liberty denounced all the city authorities in only such terms as a caged Councilman can. He was arrested at 8 o'clock by Detective Sterck on a warrant issued by Alderman McKenna. The prosecutor was Harry Roscher and the charge surety of the peace. Roscher re cently attempted to elope with Cavanaugh's daughter. Since then, he claims, the Coun cilman has threatened his life Cavanaugh was mad when the warrant was read to him. In his anger he tore the paper in two, but a little prompt treatment from the officer cooled him and he was hustted off to the station house. Later he secured 5500 bail and was released until the hearing to-morrow. The fisbt Cavanaus-h had with John jEornaa'few''(ays age resulted yestef'ay in a suit, uavanaugn mauo mlormation be fore Alderman McMa-ters, charging Barns with felonious asault and battery. He claims Burns hit him with a beer glass, and shows up a black eye and several other bruises to prove his statement Burns was sent to jail to await a hearing. AN OILMAN FIRED UPON. Ira Do Witt, or Pittsbars, Interested in tho Big Suit on Trial at Blorgantown, the Intended Victim Shot at Through a Window, bat missed. MOROANIOWN, Dec 9. Special At about 12 o'clock last night an unknown per son attempted to kill Ira De "Witt, of Pitts burg, defendant in the famous oil suit in which evidence is being taken here. De "Witt waj reading the papers in the case at his room in the Wallace Hotel, and just as he leaned forward to throw a piece of paper in the hre a bullet came through the heavy plate glass window and passed within an inch of his head. The window opens on an alley, and the assassin stood within 15 feet of De "Witt, who was in plain view. The ball lodged in the ceiling, and was fired from a rifle or large revolver. A friend was sitting near De Witt at the time. There is no clew ex cept the man's tracks in the mud. IW0 MINING COMPANIES SUED By Stockholders Who Claim They Are LI. able to Be Frozen Out. Cleveland, O., Dec 9. Special Samuel J. Ritchie and others began suit against the Anglo-American Iron Company to-day. The capital stock of the company is 55,000,000, of which 53,100,000 have been paid in. Judge Stevenson Burke, of Cleve land, is President The plaintiffs claim to own 11,000 shares of stock, and allege that the earnings of the company have not been sufficient to pay any interest on the invest ment. They want the company dissolved. The same parties bring a similar dissolution suit against the Canadian Conper Company, with a capital of 2,500,000. Both of these mining properties are located in Canada, and are very valuable. The at torney for the Ritchies states thUt in his clients' opinion an effort is being made to depreciate the value of the stock and freeze them out at a loss. The stock is largely owned by Judge Burke, ex-Senator Payne and the plaintiffs. The same partners own the nickle mines at Sudbury, Ont More Arrests for the Lengenbager Jlnrder. Chicago, Dec 9. Herman and Charles Kraatz, are now in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the deaths of Mrs. Lengenbager and her son, who kept a saloon, and were fonnd dead there a few days ago under mysterious circumstances. Herman Kraatz was arrested at the inquest yesterday, and his brother Charles was taken iuto custody to-day. TO-DAi'S 2iEWS DIEtCTOET. Topic Page. How Congress Took tho Message l London's Last Divorce Scandal 1 Sensational Blaine Enmors 1 Night Cars to the East End x Quay to Fight Dalzell at Home. 2 Mrs. Lewis Determined to Die. 3 Councilman Evans and the Bond Isue.. s Veterans Welcomo Commander Boyer .. 2 Growth of the Beaver Valley. .3 Editorial, Capital Gossip, Society 4 Secretary Foster's Rsport 5 Spiritualism In a ConrtKoom 6 The Curiosities or Crime 7 Ncighloriiood Setrs 8 All tho Sportlmr Gossip 8 Yesterday's Hotel Arrivals 8 President's Message 9 President's Message (continued) 10 Financial, Commercial and Oil Markets.. 11 Salaries or County Officers 13 News orthe Courts. 13 NO MORE LAST CARS To Be Canght hy the Belated $ Citizens Residing in the East End. H M Atf ALL-SIGHT SCHEDULE 4 4 it Has Been Arranged by the Dnquesne j? Traction Company, and It i WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT ONCE. Workers, Business 3ren and Amusement 2 Seekers All Benefited. YIEWS OF STEEET EAILWAT HAXAGER8 Through the enterprise of the Duquesna Traction Company residents of Oakland, Shadyside and the East End will hereafter enjoy the convenience of night cars. To night that company ill begin the running of the cars every half hour between the East End and Wood street. Notices to that; effect will be posted in ail their cars this morning. Two cars will be put on, and, as they will only run to the corner of Penn and Center avenues, each car will be able to make the round trip in less than half an hour without difficulty. This information will be welcome news to a vast number of people. Although the East End has been for years one of the most populous districts of the city, and its resi dents are of a clas3 that would be as likely to patronize night cars as those of any other section, it has never enjoyed the con venience. The demand for the cars has been repeatedly made, and the advantage they would be to traction companies by in creasing the number of residents in thai section of the city, and thereby the possi bilities of gain to the company putting them on, has been frequently stated. An Advantage to Workers. Those whose hours of duty keep them at work until after midnight, as well as those required to report for duty at 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning, have been unable to taKe advantage of the opportunities of acquiring homes of their own presented in the broad, undeveloped acres of the Nineteenth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, simply because they could not reach their work in the morning or their homes at night, as the case might be. The business man whose engagements were frequently of such a nature as to make his ability to "catch the last car" a matter of doubt; hesitated to move toward the East End for fear of missing a night at home. The gay young beaux of eqery part of the city hesi tated to invite the young ladies of the East End to parties or the theaters, because1 of the danger of being compelled to take her home in a carriage, after a lunch at a down town cafe, or, if he happened to catch "the last car," and himself lived in Allegheny 'or the lower part of the city, must contem plate the necessity of walking home alter seeing the young lady safely inside her father's home. Then many of thearmj of morning news paper workers have been unable to move ou ve onjk ti art ofShg to get inio ine clearer air 01 ine eastern part tne city hecause ot their inability home when their night's work was done. The Schedule That Has Been Arranged. The night cars will run on a regular schedule. The first car will leave Penn, avenne. East End, at 12:30 a. m. and come in to Wood street, leaving the corner of Fifth avenue on the return trip atl o'clock. Thereafter on every half hour a car will leave each of those points until 4:30, when the last car in will leave East End. The last night car will leave downtown at S o'clock. The night cars are to pass each other near the corner of Craig and Forbes streets. The last regular day car will leave Fifth avenne and Wood street at 12:30 A.3L as at present The rate of fare on the all-night cars will be 10 cents, and is not expected to pay ex. penses even at that The power to run tha cars will b furnished by a small generatof. that is used to supply the electric lights for the company's car barn and power house This generator will supply power enough to run four or five cars, if necessary. By its use the heavier machinery can be al lowed to rest and cool down each night, and no extra expense will be incurred except for the conductors and motormen on each cai and the wear and tear on the car machinery. Superintendent George L. McFarlane, in speaking of the new plan of the company last night, said: "We have contemplated this step for several months. We hardly expect it to pay for awhile at least, as tha experience of other lines running night cars has been a losing one, but it will be a great accommodation to our patrons and may stimulate people to proving out tolha East End suburbs. Then we will get theif patronage on the day cars and in that way be repaid. A Feature That Will Help. "But even if it doesn't pay cash in fares it will help in the winter months when wa have a heavy fall of snow to keep C3r$ moving over the road. They will keep tha rails clear of snow and the ice from gather ing on the trolley wires, so that we will have none of the vexatious delays in getting the road started in the mornings on such oc casions. The plan is not an experiment," concluded Mr. McFarlane, "but will be 4 permanent feature of theDunuesne Traction, road." President D. F. Henrv, of the Pleasanl Valley line, corrobdrated Mr. McFarlaue"9 statement that night cars do not pay even, when double fares are charged. "The company that runs on the parsimon ious principle of. not doing anything for their patrons unless they see their money being returned twb-fold,'" said Mr. Henrv, "will not run all-night cars, for they do no pav the expenses of the men employed on them." RACE WAR AT SHENANDOAH. Americans, Poles and Hungarians Indalga in a Eow With a Fatal Result Shenandoah, Dec 9. Special For some time considerable bad feeling has ex isted here among the Americans and for eigners. Numerous quarrels have been tha result About 11 o'clock last night Georca Anglowich, John Wonjura and Watsco Fatcohiski, three Hungarians, were passing a saloon when a crowd of men who were in, the place rushed upon them. Other Polish men and Hungarians standing about joined in the free fight which followed. Knives, stones and clubs were used freely, and by the time they were parted several wera badly injured. Anglowich, who has but one leg, wa3 so badly beaten that he had to be conveyed to his home and is not expected to live Ha made a statement and, having recognized two of his assailants as Michael Bobbin and John Witkars, a warrant was sworn out for" their arrest. The latter was taken into cus tody without difficuty, but Bobbin made a desperate attempt "to escape. Officer Toomey called on him to halt, but ha heeded him not, and the next ins tantBobbia fell in the road with a ballet in him. r I 1 t -i I ''tit m
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