ssa wSal T? .-- &'' i&MMMJmm&kriMim t BIG DAYjOR BILLS, More Than Six Hundred Laid Before the Senate, Yes terday, Besides SEVERAL OTHER PAPERS. A Xumber of Protests Against Sun day World's Fair Opening SOME PENSION LAW CHANGES.' Two Coinage Propositions Already Made, and More to Come. RECORD FOR XEW MEASURES BROKEN "Wasiuxc.tov, D. C, Dec. 10. The Sen ate to-day broke the record in the way of measures introduced in acingleday, there having been 612 bills and 8 joint resolutions presented. This is about 100 more than ever before introduced in one day. Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, has the distinction of havinc introduced the first bill in this Consres. It provides for the organization of a section in the Department of Agriculture, to be known as the food section of the chemical division, whose duty it shall be to prevent the adulteration and misbranding of food, drugs, etc. This prop osition failed of adoption at the last session, as an amendment to the agricultural appro priation bill, and was introduced to-day by the Senator as an original bill. A I'ostnl Savings Bank Scheme. Senator Sanderson introduced a bill, which was introduced in the House last session, to establish postal savings banks, and to encouraee small savings. The bill authorizes the Postmaster General to desig nate as depositaries such postoffices as lie may think proper, which shall keep for sale stamps of the denomination of 10 cents and SI, to be known as postal savings stamps. Also postal savings cards, upon which such stamps are .to be affixed when sold, the amount of the stamp purchased to be de posited in such banks to the credit of the purchaser, as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. The bill provides that a small amount of interest shall be paid depositors. Senator Manderson reintroduced his bill of last session, appropriating ?200,000 to es tablish a branch mint at Omaha, 2seb. Also his bill of last session increasing from S800, 000 to 52,000,000 the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Omaha, Jseb.; also a bill appropriating 5100,000 lor the erection of a public building at Nor folk, Neb. Another bill, introduced by Senator Manderson, appropriates 60,000 for the construction of a military store house and office quarters at the militaty depot. Proposed Increase of the Army. Senator Manderson also reintroduced a bill similar in purpose to the one intro duced by him last session to increase the ef ficiency of the infantry of the army. The bill provides for the increase of infantry regiments to 12 companies, officered as at present, with the addition of junior officers for the two proposed additional companies. lac Dill also proposes to increase tne en listed force of the army to 30,000 men. Senator Stewart introduced a bill provid inc for the tree coinage of gold and silver butlion. It is a copy of a bill introduced by Mr. Plumb in the last Congress, on the same subject, with certain amendments. One ot these is that the bullion deposited in the mints shall be coined into standard dollars only, and not in part made into bars. Another amendment provides that the cer tificates issued in exchange for the bullion shall be of denominations of not less than 51 nor more than 510,000, instead of not less than $1 nor more than 5100. The bill was laid on the table, so that Mr. Stewart can call it up at any time. Senator Stewart also" introduced the fol lowing bills: To authorize the sale of min eral lands to aliens, to authorize tiic con struction of a railroad in Alaska, and to amend the Chinese exclusion act. Other bills introduced to-day were as fol lows: By Mr. Gray To transfer the revenue cutter service to the Unvy Department. By Mr. Pasco To punish officers for sum moning jurors with reference to the politi cal or religions affiliations. Br Mr. Cullom To suspend the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States. Also, to reduce letter postage to 1 cent. By Mr. Chandler Providing for consular certificates. For badges for officers and men of the Greely expedition and for an nual leave of absence to per diem employes of the Navy Department. 1'enslon legislation in the Future. By Mr. Gibon, of Louisiana For the purchase of Healy's portrait of Henry Clay. Also, providing tor an income tax "to pay pensions. By Mr. Manderson To increase the rate of pensions in favor cf certain pensioners. To prevent summary.cancellatiou" of pension certificates, and to provide for a hearing in such cases. By Mr. Morrill To establish a hospital for inebriates and dipsomaniacs in the Dis trict of Columbia. By Mr. "Walcott To provide for coinage at the branch mint of Denver. By Mr. Piatt To animend the laws; also, to appoint a commission to revise the recent laws. By Mr. Tnrpie To amend the Constitu tion so as to provide for the election of Senators by the people. This bill was laid on the table, Mr. Tupie giving notice that he would address the Senate upon it next Thursday. By Mr. PcfTer To amend the immigra tion and naturalization laws. To grant ser vice pensions witli additional amounts to prisoners of war to provide means for their payment, and to repeal section 2 of the pen sion act of June 27, 1890. To reduce the number of pension ratings to 10. To abol ish pension agencies, and to lessen the ex penses of examining boards. By Mr. Call To authorize the President to open negotiations with Spain as to the Island of Cuba. Vest Has a Tew Contributions. By Mr. Vest To prohibit monopoly in the transportation of-cattle to foreign countries. For tne compulsory education of Indian children. To amend the inter-state com merce act. In reference to the export trade in cattle. The latter bill was laid on the table, with a notification from Mr. Vest that he would call it up at the next or sub sequent meeting of the Senate. By Mr. Hawley To revive the grade of lieutenant general of the army of the United States. By Mr. Kansbrough To prevent the sale of arms to Indians, and to confiscate arms now owned by certain Indians. By Mr. Harris To provide for the better enforcement of quarantine laws, and to establish a National Board of Health. By Senator Piatt Appointing three com missioners to revise the status relatin" to patents, trade and other marks so far as the statutes relate to matters contained in or affected by the convention for the protec tion of industrial prosperity concluded at Puris in 1883. By Senator Faulkner To authorize the Secretary of "War to cause to be investigated and to provide for the payment of all claims for the use and occupation of church, col lege and school buildings for Government military auino orities during the late war. Attempts at Chinese Exclusion. By Senator Dolph A'pproprlatingSl,000, 000 to establish a gun factory on "the Pacific coast. Also, to 'continue in force the Chinese exclusion act of October, 1888, with an amendment requiring Chinese illegally in the United States to be removed to China. Also, appropriating 525,000 for the improvement of the Lower Columbia river. By Senator Plumb To provide for the retirement of national bank notes and the free coinage of silver. This is the same bill introduced in the Seuate by Mr. Plumb last year, with a few amendments, increasing from 20 to 30 per cent the gold and silver reserve fund for the redemption of United States notes, forbidding the free coinage in the United States of foreign coin, and au thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to call for payment of cus toms dues in gold or silver, in whole or in part. Mr. Feller offered a resolution, which was referred to the Finance Committee, direct ing that committee to inquire and report as soon as practicable the actual expenses at tending the business of money lending, as conducted in the United States, by bankers and other persons (both as to short loans and long loans), the object being.as de clared in the resolution, "to ascertain, ap proximately, the actual and relative cost of conducting tne business ot lending money, without reference to the value of the amount loaned." The committee is to have power to send for persons and papers, to adminis ter oaths, and to visit any part of the coun try by sub-committees. Tlie preamble re cites that "complaint is made that money, when loaned, yields larger profits than in dustrial pursuits," tienerul Grant's r-ast Resting Place. Mr. Plumb offered a resolution declaring that i'Cougress desires the removal of the re mains of the illustrious soldier and states man, Ulysses S. Grant, to, and their inter ment in, the Arlington National Cemetery; and that the President be requested to con vey to the widow of that lamented man such desire, tendering to her, on the part of the nation, all necessary facilities for such removal and Interment." The resolution was laid on the table, Mr. Plumb giving notice that he would call it np at a conven ient time. Mr. Cullom presented the petition of the South Division of the Chicago Christian Kndeavor Union, urging him to do his part in securing the closing of the World's Co lumbian Exposition on Sundav, and in pre venting the sale of liquor within the pre cincts of the Exposition grounds. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, presented a petition of a large number of citizens of Oregon, praving Congress to take whatever action may be necessary to invite a con ference of the Government of the world,to sit during and in connection with the "World's Columbian Exposition, for the purpose of devising, discussing and recommending measures by which the principles of arbi tration may be incorporated in treaties, con flicting international laws harmonized, and an international court, established, having jurisdiction in cases which Governments shall fail to 6ettle by negotiations. A Department or Public Health. Senator Sherman introduced a bill to es tablish a department of public health, un der the charge of a medical officer to be appointed from civil life by the President. This department shall obtain from consular officers at foreign parts all information available in regard to the sanitary condi tions of such ports and places and also all information accessible from State and mu nicipal authorities of the sanitary condition of places within the United States, all in formation gathered to be embodied in ths form of a bulletin and transmitted weekly to the Marine Hospital service, col lectors of customs and to State and mu nicipal health officers. The department also shall, as far as it ma; be able, procure and tabulate statistics relating to marriages, births, deaths, the existence of epidemic diseases and all information relating to climatic and other conditions affecting public health. The department shall co operate with State Boards of Health, the Sicnal Service, the medical department of the army and other branches of the Govern ment and utilize the results, so as to make the department a repository of public sani tary comfort. All rules governing the ser vice are to be framed by the medical officer in chargc,and are to serve for the instruction of consular officers abroad and for masters ot sailing vessels bound for the United States from foreign ports. "Wajs to Keep Oat the Chinese. Senator Stewart's bill supplemental to the Chinese exclusion act makes it unlawful, after the passing of the act, for any Chinese laborer to enter or remain in the United States for any purpose whatever. The act, it is provided, shall preclude the entry into the United States not only of Chinese laborers who have never been here, but all who have been here and departed, or who may hereafter depart, also all Chinese per sons who may desire to pass through or over the United States or any part thereof for any purpose whatever. Senator Cullom's bill on the same subject provides that for ten years after the passage of the act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States shall be suspended, during which time it shall be unlawful for any Chinese laborer to come or having so come to remain within the United States. Every Chinese person, other than a laborer, who may be entitled by the treaty of 1880, or this act to come within the United States, and who shall be able to come to this coun try, shall obtain the permission of and be identified as so entitled by the Chinese Gov ernment or of the other foreign Govern ment of which at the time such Chinese person shall be a subject. Further Details or Cullom's Bill. This permission is in each" case to be evi denced by a certificate issued by such Gov ernment, which shall contain full informa tion relative to the applicant for the certifi cate, and his business. This certificate is to be backed by the indorsement of the diplo matic representative of the United States in the foreign country from which suci oei tificate is issued, or the consular reprcscrt atic of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in ue certificate is about to depart. The person indorsing the certificate is required to ex amine into the truth of the statements contained therein. The provisions of the act apply to all) persons of the Chinese race, whether subjects of China of other Powers, except Chinee diplomatic or consular officers and their attendants. Chinese found unlawfully within the juris diction of the United "States shall be re moved to China. Provision is made to pre vent the improper landing 'of any Chinese on board ships arriving at United States ports. Chinese persons now in this country who have not obtained the certificate above referred to shall within 90 days obtain a certificate fully describing the" person on whose behalf it may be issued, etc. These certificates shall be produced by Chinese persons to whom they may be issued when ever demanded, by any officer of the United States. ' Among the documents laid before the Senate by the Vice President, and referred, were the'fonowing: Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. Many memorials asking legislation for "the closing of the "World's Fair on Sundays were presented by Senators. On motion of Mr. Sherman the Senate went into executive session, at which the recess appointments were laid before and were appropriately referred, and then, at 2:20 o'clock the Senate adjourned till Mon day. There was no session of the House to-day. Don't Be "Without Ope "When you can get one at S. Hamilton's, 91 and 93 Fifth avenue, for $45. We mean a new walnut case organ. This is not an adver tisement from some one away off that you know nothing about, but from the leading and best-known music dealer In 'the city. Every instrument fully warranted. All in beautiful cases at $45, 560, $75, $100 and on up at any prices and on such terms as will suit you. Open till 9 o'clock every evening. To neglect the hair is to lose youth and comcliuess. Save it with Parker's Hair Bat. mm. Parker's Ginger Tonic curej inward pain. purposes by the United States THE PITTSBURG- LOADED FOR LIYESi Enough Arsenic in the Bottle Sent to 3Irs. Barnaby to KILL ABODT SEVENTY PEOPLE. Testimony of Chemical Experts Unshaken hy the Jibes of the SHARP LAWYERS FOR THE DEFENSE rSPEClXL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Dejiver, Dec. 10. There was enough arsenic in the bottle which was sent to Mrs; Barnaby to have killed from 66 to 70 per sene. Mr. Sewell testified to this fact this morning. The spectators at the celebrated Grave's murder trial here listened to him with horrified looks on their faces. There were 12 grains of arsenic in every ounce of the fluid, and there were between 11 and 12 ounces in the bottle. "Whoever sent the bottle made sure of killing someone. The prosecution began the examination of its chemistry experts this morning to prove that the contents of the bottle contained poison, instead of proceeding in the regular way to prove the death of Mrs. Barnaby, in order to allow Prof. Haines, of Chicago, to keep an engagement in New York in an other murder trial. The latter also testi fied to-day to about the same effect as had Dr. Sewell. Prof. Headden was another of the chemists who testified. All three agreed as to the result of the analysis of the fatal bottle. It contained arsenic and some little alcohol, but no whisky. About two grains are considered a fatal dose of arsenic, and from the number of grains found in the'bot tle it can be seen how anxious the sender was to make sure of Mrs. Barnaby's death. The Detective and the Bottle. During Prof. Sewell's examination De tective McParland entered with the fatal bottle. It was round and dark brown in color, and resembled a medicine bottle more than it did a whisky bottle. Mr. McParland was sworn. He said he obtained the bottle from Dr. Sewell on Mr. Stevens' order in May last He identified the receipt he gave to the doctor, which was dated May 6 last. "Witness said he was the Denver superintendent of the Pinkerton agency. After he received the bottle he delivered it to Prof. Haines in Chicago. The latter took some of its contents and he re-sealed it and brought it before the grand jury. There the seal was broken because some of its members desired to smell and taste of its contents. Again he took it to Chicago, and it was again examined by Dr. Haines and re-sealed. McParland identi fied Prof. Haines, who stood up, and McPar land said that the bottle had never left his sight except when he was asleep. A Suspicious Judge Cross-Questions. Judge Macon now cross-examined him: "Have you not men who are expert in picking locks?" asked the Judge. "So. sir." "Could not some of your men have opened the drawer in which the bottle was con tained?" "They could not." "How much did Dr. Haines take out of the bottle?" "About a spoonful." "That's all." Dr. Sewell was recalled and his cross examination continued. He said that there was about one inch of the liquid missing when he received the bottle. He used about six ounces in making the analysis. "Was its color darker than ordinary whisky?" "Yes, sir." At this point Mr. Stevens desired to place the bottle. In evidence. He asked'Sten ographers iteid and 'Christie to open it. Judge Macon, with sarcasm, asked' for a gloss. Some of the contents were poured out. Judge Macon Smelled It and Tasted It. He said it lacked the taste. Judge Fur man pushed his finger into it and placed his finger in his mouth with a very wry face. Judge Belford looked at it and shook his head. Mr. Stevens and Mr. Pence ex amined it and then it was passed to the jurors. Finally it was passed back to the lawyers, and Graves smelled of it. Then the glass and the bottle were placed on the stenographers' desk. "Wish you happy New Year's. Please accept this fine old whisky from your friends in the woods," read Judge Macon from the label on the bottle, which is quite indistinct. "What was your first test, doctor?" he inquired. "I looked for mercury or some corrosive substance, but instead of getting mercury I got copper." "You found no mercury, but you found arsenic?" "Yes, sir, and I used Marsh's test," Following Sewell, Prof. Haines, of Bush Medical College, Chicago, took the stand and corroborated Sewell's testimony. The afternoon was devoted to hearing Prof. Headden's results on the analysis of the viscera, all ot which was a mere corrobora tion of what has previously been printed in these columns. It is said that Mrs. E. S. Worrell will take the stand to-morrow. SMALL PAY T0B A WHIPPING. A Eansas City Made to Fork Over Dam ages for a Mob's Action. Topeka, Dec. 10. Special In the United States Circuit Court to-day, the case brought by Robert S. Scaife against the city of Girard was concluded and given to the jury. The action was brought by Scaife, a contractor, against the city to recover $10,000 damages sustained at the hands of a mob in that city. Scaife had contracted to put down a cement pavement in Girard. While thus engaged he boarded at the Com mercial Hotel. He had not been boardiug there a great while when it was alleged he was circulating slanderous stories'concern ing Mra. Tinker, the landlady of the hotel, and her daughter. On September 2, 1890, while at the Santa Fe depot, in Girard, Scaife was approached by two persons, one of whom knocked him down, and the two then led him to the Commercial Hotel, where a mob was in waiting for him. There, in the presence of the crowd, he was compelled to submit to a whipping at the hands of Mrs. Tinker. The woman used a horsewhip, and wore it out on Scaife, giving him at least 50 cuts. Scaife brought the action for damages under a statute making cities liable for the action of mobs. The jury, after being out several hours, returneda verdict giving the plaintiff damages in the sum of $16. Assacited and Bitten. Walter Lantz, of Lawreneeville, was ar rested yesterday on information made be fore Alderman Leslie Jot aggravated assault and battery and mayhem on Sherman Park inson. The trouble occurred November 27, when, it is alleged, Lantz went to the Cres cent Steel Works, pushed Parkinson on a pile of hot metal and then bit his earsand nose. The injured man was taken to his home on Forty-fourth street, where he has recently grown worse, and it is thought he will die. Artistic and Handy. The handsomest set of railroad tonr books and illuminated souvenirs ever published have just been issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad. They embrace California, Mexi- .co, Florida ana other winter resort sections, and beside luiiy informing tourists ot tne attractions" to be found at all points, contain valuable information. Passenger Agent Watt is right in saying that they are good enough for Christmas gift books. lawoed ny a Guy TVIre. Charles Bonner, an engineer on the Mon tour Railway, is having -a hard fight with' DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 11, 1891. the last enemy, but the doctors say he will come out all right. The company has lately' erected a new line of telegraph poles, and they are fastened to posts set in embank ment, close to the track, by means of guy wires. Near Ewing's Mill. Bonner noticed a noise coming from the lower part of his engine, which he did not like, and leaned out of the cab to investigate. His head came in contact with the guy wire with such force as to pull him out of the cab. Fortunately the train was not moving very rapidly, or the engineer would have' been guillotined. He was taken to his residence at Imperial. A BIG CROP OF CRANKS. THE LATEST INSANE ASSAII-i ."AP PEARS AT BOLIVAR. , A Liberated Lunatic Suddenly Becomes Violent and Attacks the Family That Befriended Him Narrow Escape for Several People Ono May Tet Die. Gkeensbubg, Dec. 10. Special Tfie family of George Fisher, of Bolivar, nar rowly escaped death at the hands of a mad man last night. John W. Mack, of West Fairfield, Indiana county, who had just been liberated from an insane asylum, came to the home of Fisher and was given lodg ing for the night. About 2 o'clock in the morning Mack become violently insane. Tearine the bed clothes to pieces, he seized a slat and proceeded to break everything in the room. In an adjoining room to this were Fisher's mother-in-law and two children. They were separated from the madman's room only by a thid partition. Down stairs Fisher and his wife slept, she being an invalid. Fisher hurriedly dropped n bed tick out of the window. He wrapped his wife in a comfort and dropped her upon the tick. He then entered the room occu pied by Mack, only to be knocked senseless by the madman, who was trying to force open the door of the room in which the helpless little children were screaming with terror. By this time the neighbors who heard the noise arrived, and Charles Fisher came upon the scene at a moment when the insane man was abont to deal the prostrated form of Fisher another blow. Mack was knocked down by a well-aimed blqw irom one of the men, and was securely bound with rope. Fisher's injuries are serious, and the fight will probably kill his wife. The place where Mack had been confined was Bethany Home, the "Divine Healing" Institute. A FUiND'8 MEANS OP EEVENQE. The Pipe of an Italian Laborer Filled With a Dynamite Charge. Boston, Dec 10. Special. A novel means to try to kill an Italian was em ployed by some unknown person last night. Angelo Marino, of Boston, is employed on the sewer works at Faneuil, Mass., and his only solace, after a hard day's work, has al ways been his pipe, which he has been in the habit of keeping in his bunk at night time. Last night, as he was about to retire, he lighted the pipe. At the same moment there was a loud explosion, and the pipe was blown to atoms. When Marino recovered from the first shock of the explosion he saw that the ends of three fingers and a thumb on one hand had been blown off, and a hole was made through the knuckle joint of his third finger on the other hand. Somebody had filled the pipe with dynamite with the probable intention of killing him. He has no idea who his enemy is. BAILWAY LAW BBKAKEES. Roads Along the Canadian Border That Don't Keep Out the Chinese. Washington, Dec 10. The general passenger agents of the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways have been in correspondence whh the Treasury Depart ment in regard to the liability ot these roads in the transportation of Chinese per sons seeking admission into the United States. It appears that it has been suggested to the railway officials Teferred to that their re spective companies violate the law re lating to the exclusion of Chinese when they convey to points in the United States persons of the race who are not lawfully en titled to enter our territory. The Treasury Department takes this view of the case, and has instructed the proper officials to so no tify the railway authorities. PLOWPE'S INATJQP.BATI05. The New Governor to Be Seated With the Least Pomp Possible. Albany, N. Y., Dec 10. Special Governor Flower will be inaugurated with the least pompt possible He is expected to reach here the last day of this month, and accept the hospitality of Governor Hill until the inauguration is oyer. Then Governor Hill will remain his guest for a few hours at least. The Burgesses' corps and Tenth battalion will aot as escort to the Governor-elect from the executive mansion to the capitol, but there will be no other military companies. Both ot these tendered escort. A public reception will be held by the new Governor, at noon, in the executive chamber, and ,a private one for friends at the executive'mansion in the afternoon. BAHKEB BEAIS THREATENED. The Missing Abductor of Bis Child Writes Bim n Letter. Kansas City, Dec 10. It is to learned from a gentleman intimately connected with Banker David B. Beals, whose baby-was stolen on Thanksgiving Day, that Mr. Beals had received a letter from the mysterious Ralston, who has been evading the police, in which it was threatened that unless the hunt for the abductor stopped the million aire banker's residence would be blown to pieces with nitre-glycerine. Mr. Beals refuses to confirm the story, but several persons say that the letter has been received. The Chief of Police has placed a heavy guard around the house. A Georgia Lake Goes Dry. TnoMASVlLLE, Ga., Dec 10. Special Lake Lamonie was a body of water cov ering 40,000 acres, and was 14 miles long and three wide. It has now gone com pletely dry, with the exception of a sink hole 20 feet across, in the center, leaving vast quantities of turtles, alligators and fish floundering in the mud. Savannah people are catching and shipping the turtles by car loads. The stench from the dead fish fs horrible Payintr Oft Its Old Debts. Cleveland, Dec 10. Special A 510, 000,000 mortgage from the Cleveland and Pittsbarg Railroad .Compauy to the Farm ers' Loan and Trust Company has been filed here. It is given to insure an issuance of bonds to the amount named in the sum of $1,000 each, issued to. pay off old debts and to further improve and equip the road. A Noble Sevres Vase .Has ju6t been opened by Hardy & Hayes. in lact, this progressive nrm seems to oe in the swim, and' their collection in the new art room is away beyond anything they have ever attempted. A call solicited bv " Hardy & Hayes, Jewelers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529 Smithfield street. Store open every evening till Christmas. JIlfT Ladlev' and Gents' Gold Watches. A splendid assortment newest designs in plain, engraVed and diamond set oases good timekeepers moderate prices no trouble to show you at. E. P. Roberts & Sons', Fifth avenue and Market street- UP IN A ROTTEN BALLOON. IT HURSTS 400 FEET IN AIR AND THE AERqNAUT FALLS. His Parachute Wouldn't Work -The Air- Shlp Bad Been Soaked by i ailing Into the Sea, and the Defect Was Mended by a Botch. Bombay, Dec 10. An accident occurred here to-day by which a daring parachutist met a horrible death in the sight of many persons. The victim was Lieutenant ilaos- field, who had gaine'd quite a reputation by his thrilling jumps from aballoont a great' altitude. Recently, in the prence of a targe crowd, he mr.'' balloon ascension aia-peTricf.p-d one ot as wonderful feats. When he had-reached the height of 11,000 feet, Mansfield grasped his parachute and jumped from the car. He Teached the ground in safety. He subsequently, an nounced that he would make another jump from a still gseater height, and fixed upon to-day as the date for his experiment. The wonderful performance of Mansfield had caused a considerable stir among the residents of Bombay and adjacent districts, and the Victoria Gardens in thiscity, which had been selected as the plnce from which the balloon would be liberated, were thronged with a vast crowd at the appointed hour. Among those- present were His Ex cellency Lord Harris, Governor of the Bombay Presidency, and most of the civil and military authorities. When freed from the restraining ropes the huge airship shot up with lightning like velocity, and the cheering was at once hushed as the crowd instantly perceived that something was wrong. The balloon had only reached a height of about 400 feet when it burst with a loud report, and im mediately began to fall, Mansfield made the most desperate efforts to disengage the parachute from the collapsed balloon, but it had become entangled in the ropes, and the unfortunate man was soon forced to release his hold. Mansfield struck the ground with terrific force and was instantly killed. An investigation into the cause of the accident revealed the fact that in a previous descent the balloon had fallen into the sea and had become somewhat damaged, and that the break then sustained had been im properly repaired. . COLLUSION CHARGED. The Motives of a Western Lawyer Ques tioned Ho Represents People on Both Sides of a Big Mining Company Suit A Peculiar Fraud Exposed. San Francisco, Dec 10. Special. A peculiar fraud has just been exposed in the new suits against the Consolidated Virginia brought last week by Theodore Fox. He has employed as his counsel in these suits Seney G. Bieberst, who now is one of the lawyers of the Hale Ss Norcross Company in the pending suit brought by Martin H. Fox. "Sieoerst s connection with the new suits," said a mining man to-day, "is clear proof that the suits aren't honestly brought. He can't serve both sides, and all his con nections are with the mining and milling ring." It was also learned to-day that Sieberst, last June, compromised a suit against Gould & Curry with young James L. Flood for $2,500. Sieberst was the attorney in the case, and old millionaire Flood's estate was made a party to the suit. Sieberst sner- gested that Flood could sfcure a release of his father s estate and substitute himself as defendant it he would pay this sum. Flood paid it, and Sieberst kept the $2,000, giving Theodore Fox, whom he represented, $500. When these facts became known to the Mining Stock Association, both Theodore Fox and Sieberst were asked to resign, which they did. In the suit against the Hale & Norcross Company, to-day, the plaintiff closed his case He secured the admission of one damaging bit of evidence. This was that the Hale & Norcross slimes, which the Su perintendent of the Nevada mill testified never assayed above 510 a ton, were taken to outside assayers, and the assays ranged from $40 to $60 a ton. Extract of TJmO3L by ALL GOOD COOKS Tlo Year Round. Send to ARMOUR & CO., Chicago. for Cook Book showing use of ARMOUft'3 EXTRACT in Soups and Sauces. Mailed free. ft1 IN FURS WE HAVE W-i tJ mOS fES gypEaiiil i NO COMPETITION! "Reduced Prices" Does Not Express It, This Is Simply SLAUGHTER. OHIlsr- SEAL Hill OTXlrJ SEAL SI. 6 8 IMITTIFIFS, CAPES. Alaska Seal Capes, 523; reduced from 530. Full length and latest cut. , iV peavcr Capes, were 550; now 525. Sold not less than 550 or 500 elsewhere. !Minlr niTioa S33- ilnwn fmm P.V) Monkey Capes, 515, 518 and 520; down from Krimnier Capes, 51C.50, 518 and 520. nina seal uapes, ?3, ; .aiarten uapes at nalt-price. AVool Kpnl f!flnfs fit hlfnriri Black Hare Capes, 53.25 and 54.50 quality far better than usually shown by drygoods houses. . Military Caps, in Hare, Coney, Monkey, Mink, Marten, Beaver, Wool Seal, Alaska Seal, etc, etc., 25 per cent cUeaper than any other house in the two cities. Astrakhan Capes, 58, worth 512. MRS. C. WEISSER, 435 MARKET STIRIEJET 437. ALL EI3K8 CANCELED. The Homo Company Creates a Sensation in the Insurance World. New York, Dec 10. The fact that the Home Insurance Company, of this city, has canceled its entire amount of insurance risks during the week, has caused a great sensation and much indignation among the companies in railroad insurance. The com bination includes the Home and Greenwich insurance companies, of this city; London, Liverpool and Globe: Phoenix, of London; Roval, of Liverpool, and American, of Philadelphia. These companies have here tofore rewritten policies for one auother, so that in case of loss the burden would not fall upon any one company. Each company was under contract to take a certain percentage of the risks written by any of the other companies. In this way they have controlled an enormous amounf of insurance. The Home Insurance Company has not only canceled thepolicics written on its own account, but also the rewritten risks of the other companies. "Chemical Diamonds." Who has them? Lovely gems. ! LATIMER'S. SMOKE AND FI IE! Our Soilefl Stock Has Got to Go I SMOKED CARPETS! SMOKED CURTAINS! SMOKED PORTIERES! SMOKED RUGS! If you haven't visited this sale, come now. The opportunity may never occur again to secure such bargains. We are determined all SMOKED AND WET goods must be sold in the next' few days. The following prices are equal to almost giving the goods away: 1, 1 26-INCH RUGS AT $1 .48. 30-INCH RUGS AT $ 1 .98. 36-INCH RUGS AT $3.25. The slight odor, of smoke saves the buyer 50c on every dollar on above lot. LUCE CURTIS ID PORTIERES. 1,896 pairs .Fine Lace Curtains 700 500 600 800 PAIRS PAIRS PAIRS PAIRS LACE LACE LACE LACE JOUR PORTIERES value. Don't fail to see them. AT GREATEST SALE OF CAEPBTS JpOur Second, Third and Fourth Floors contain the CARPET BARGAINS ever seen. This is your opportunity. SMOKED MOQUETTES, SMOKED VELVETS, SMOKED WILTONS, SMOKED TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, SMOKED BODY BRUSSELS, SMOKED INGRAINS, SMOKED RAG CARPETS, SMOKED RUGS, SMOKED ART SQUARES Will be sold at what they will bring. T. M. Latimer, 191 UNO HI FEDERAL ST., A.rvXBCiEtE3"5r rj w -11 ir-.il ir w 11 ifr p MRS.C.WEISSER1437 LiilglBgi & wta S3.00 520, 525 and 530. : HOLIDAY FANCY GOODS I BBIC-A-BBAC, : POECELAIN, : BBONZZ3 STERLING SILVER, SILVER t PLATED.BRONZE AND IVORY ARTICLES. OPEN NOW. CHRISTMAS CARDS, M BOOKLETS. PAINTED NOVELTIES IN SILK AND SATIN. OPEN NOW. JOMdAIHO 1 48 FIFTH AVENUE, nolW2-D Pittabursr. HALF PRICE. at 60c a pair were smoked. CURTAINS, CURTAINS, CURTAINS, CURTAINS, $1.50 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 A A A A PAIR. PAIR. PAIR. PAIR. 5 a pair are about one-third their real CfiRPETS ON RECORD! SAOErfPICED! GREATEST Don't-miss it. IS AND 4S S. DI10E IA.. dei-TUTS 11 ic bra CAPES, WortJi io. IvdlTTFFS. Hare Muffs, 40c: good quality. China Seal Muff, 51.68; worth 54. Don't be afraid to send for ono of these, for we will haye one for yon. We buy by the hundreds. 2.000 Muffs, 51.68. Astrakhan Muffs, 52.78. Monkey Muffs, 52.75. Krimnier Muffs, 53.75. Beaver Muffs, 55. Mink Muffs, 57.75. Marten Muffs; 56. Doll Muffs in great variety. Children's Muffs from 50c up. Children's Sets in all the styles at prices lower than th lowest. .delO-47
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