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Is ; the Motto of Those
Who Will Shape the '
Present House.
A -GRAND CUT DOWN
Promised in Various Expenditures
for the Coming Year.
RIVERS AND HARBORS SUFFER
'In the Cyclone of Economy That Has
Struck Congress.
Reformers and Retrenchment Advo
cates in the Saddle Only Actual
Employes to Be Carried on Govern
ment Payrolls Hereafter The Party
Policy of the House Outlined In an
Authoritative Manner Prepara
tions for Christmas at the White
House A Postponement of the Fes
tivities at the Vice President's The
Little Harrisons and Their Christ
mas Tree.
tSTZCIAL TEMCKArniC LETTEH.1
Bureau of The Dispatch,
Washihotox. D. C.. Dec 24.
There will probably be no general river
and harbor bill passed at thepiesent ses
sion of Congress. It is understood that
this policy has been already practically de
cided upon. General Casey, the Chief ol
Engineers, and the Senate Committee on
Commerce Lave been informally notified to.
this effect. Appropriations will of course
be made for the continnation of work on
necessary improvements of established
waterways, but the usual Republican drag,
net bill is to be eliminated from the legis
lation of the House.
Mr. Holman, in his efforts to reduce the
expenditures of the Government to the low
est point commensurate with a good admin
istration of public affairs, will have the
assistance, not only of his associates on the
Committee on Appropriations, but also of
all his colleagues on the Democratic side of
the House.
They "intend to vindicate the judgment
of the people in electing such an over-
Vjwlnrfng'raaJbYifiPai a protest against the"
abuses and excess of the notorious billion
dollar Congress."
Abmes to Be Reached l)j Committees.
It is not only in the bills that come under
the purview of the Appropriations Commit
tee that an appreciable saving of public
money can be made; there are many abuses
existing which can be reached and cured by
minor committees. One of these has already
been at work, and has found a leak which
will be stopped in the Fifty-second Con
gress. Mr. Rusk's Committee on Accounts
has been overhauling the expenses of "Mr.
Reed's Congress, and found something that
accounts in a measure for the total expendi
' tures reached. This investigation has been
conducted by a sub-committee, headed by
Mr. DicVerson, and it has disclosed a reck
lessness, to say the least, in fhe purchase of
supplies which will not be repeated under
the present management of the House.
"What the investigation will finally re
veal ainnot be now stated, but enough has
beenihown.it is said, to warrant severe
censure of the officials concerned.
Glaring restores or Extravagance.
Favortism in making purchases and wan
ton disregard of the necessities of the
service in the quantity p c'aased and in
their distribution are said o be glaring
features of this branch of the administration
of the last House. The committ.ee will
not content itself with pointing out these
abuses, but will formulate and report some
plan for the purchase of supplies on a busi
ness basis, such as is followed in the man
agement oflargc corporations.
Another thing that has engaged the atten
tion of the committee is the roll of em
ployes. It is an open secret that much
"dead wood" has been carried on this roil
men who performed little or no labor,
and whose duties were confined to semi
monthly visits to the disbursing officer to
receive the emoluments connected with the
office. It is announced for the committee
that all this is to be changed; that here
after only such persons will be carried on
the payroll as are necessary to perform the
duties of the House and Mich as actually
pesform those duties.
The Party Policy Pot in Print.
The Evening Star to-night prints an article
headed "Party Policy in the House," which
icr various reasons is understood to reflect
the views and intentions of Speaker Crisp
and the lieutenants whom he has placed at
the head of the several committees. For
that reason'the article has attracted much
attention. It is in part as follows:
The party policy of the House Is regulated
In one of two ways, and the plan once laid
down Is seldom departed from as to any
gieat degree. One method Is for tho
Speaker and three or fonr gentlemen who
have his confidence to determine among
themselves w hut is to he done, and then, by
the exercise of extraordinary power, to
shape things to that end, first by constrcting
committees for or against oertain measures,
regardless ot tlie sentiment of majority of
the party they are supposed to represent,
and secondly, by discriminating in tlio
recognition of members to make motions
and by adopting special rules to promote
or to retard legislation. The other
method of planning the party policy
Is to meet in caucus and to reach a conclu
sion after a full discussion, in which every
section and every theory may be given a
fair hearing, which course to be followed as
a majority representing the whole party
shall decide to he wise. In such a caucus
the ablest men having the best side of a
question and a disposition toward conserva
tism looking always to the future of the
party are apt to exercise the strongest In
fluence. The policy they adopt is veiy apt
to be the true policy or the party they repre
sent, -whether it be business or otherwise.
', The Speaker" Influence Supreme
It Is probable that the latter method will
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MONEY
ID
be followed to a considerable extent In the
present House, and it is certain that the in-1
llueuce of the Speaker and his fiiendswill
ha 'exercised to hold the party to those
.questions as to whlou there U the least di
vision of opinion, and which the leader of
the party are anxious to have kept to tho
Tmnt in tli nnv ffAafilonrfl 1 nnntpst. TllCV
JJ'believe, However, that to accomplish this it
T is best to anneal to the reason of the mem
bers who are sent to Congress equally with
themselves to teprcsent the several con
stituencies. ' If there is not a very general misappre
hension as to tho sentiments of the people
w ho send a majority of the Representatives
to this House, they believe that it will not
be difficult to arrive nt a wise policy In thU
way rather than by arbitrary methods based
upon a false assumption. If a wise policy
for legislation Is not adopted by this method,
they believe that it will at lenst represent
the wisdom of the Democratic party.
There is no acknowledged dltTerence of
opinion among the Democrats on the sub
ject of letrenchment and reform. It is said
by all that every possible effort must be
made to reduce expenditures Therefore
the Appropriations Committee is made as
strong ns possible with this object in view.
Only Party Differences on the Tariff.
The only acknowledged difference of
opinion on the tariff question in the House
is that between the two parties. The Demo
cratic members of tho Ways and Means
Committee are all advanced tariff reformers,
and the Republicans are representative
protectionists of the most radical type.
The contrast is made as marked as possible.
There Is a diffeience of opinion among the
Democrats as to the best method of accom
plishing a reduction of the tariff under tho
existing oaiidltions in the face of a Repub
lican Senate nnd Executive. But even in
this the difference is not' pronounced
enough to promise any serous friction, and
has not been so much an issue as It has been
by many supposed.
Probably the JJist important thing the
Democratic cauens will be called upon to
decide will be whether there shall bo a
general tariff bill, or that reduction should
be attempted by the passage of bills carry
ing a single item. Inthismatter the Speaker
and those who with him belipve the latter
plan might be more effective at this time
will defer to the decision of a majority of
the party.
On the silver question there is a division
in tho party, and in this respect It Is pre
dicted that it will be found that the House
is fairly represented in the committee. A
minority of the Republicans are men who
have always favored the free coinage of
silver. A majority of the Democrats are of
the samu' faith, so that the committee can
fairly be said to be a representative commit
tee, with a majoilty disposed toward free
coinage.
Getting Even With the Speaker.
The actions of Representative Breckin
ridge in the House esterday, in preventing
the newly appointed committee clerks from
getting their names on the payroll until
after the holiday recess, has been the sub
ject of much comment and criticism
to-day. At first the incident ap
peared to be of no importance, except
to the employes kept out of their two
weeks' sal&rv. It beeins to look, howeve".
as though this conspicuous member of the
Mills following in the House acted de
liberately, with the purpose of announcing
to the Speaker and his friends what kind of
treatment they might expect hereafter, in
more important matters, from the men who
have been so conspicuously snubbed.
There seems to be no sympathy among
the members with the course ot Mr. Breck
inridge. Even the Republicans, whose
many friends and proteges among' the
committee clerks will proht by his exhibi
tion of soleen to the same extent that the
einoCTatlMproployes'"uffer;;copJjOTilfjB-J
Had it not o"?nJortr.s -jingieoojecnon oi-i
Mr. Jlreckietidge, the uemocrats wno are
tD be appointed clerks et the newly ap
pointed committees could allthave been
sworn in yesterday and begun at once to
draw their salaries.
A Serious Delay to Many Men.
Owing to the objection the Republican
clerks remain on pay all during the hol
idays and until after the House reassembles
on January 5. In the case of many of the ex
pectant Democrats the delay is a very seri
ous one. Several of them came from remote
points in the South and "West, and are
unprepared to stand a two" weeks'
siege in "Washington with no work
to do and no money in their pockets.
The friends and patrons of these men
among the newly selected committee chair
men will not forget Mr. Breckinridge and
his ill-natured objection, especially in view
of the fact that Ob is quoted in a morning
paper as saying that he had no higher mo
tive in objecting than to retaliate in a small
way lor the shabby treatment accorded the
Mills men by the 'Speaker.
A large number of Democrats who suffer'
because of Mr. Breckinridge's objection are
clerks of men who were supporters of
Colonel Mills. A majority, however, are
Crisp men. Tliev will all keep a rod in
pickle for the Kentuckian, and will no
doubt apply it hereafter when least ex
pected and with telling force
Christmas Day at the 'White ITonse.
The children of the Executive mansion
will be made happy on Christmas morning
by a big tree all ablaze with lights and or
namented with flogs of e ery nation. The
Union Jack floats above them all, on the
topmost branch. As usual, an interesting
little ceremony will be performed by young
Benjamin and his sister, Mary Lodge, the
programme of which has been arranged by
their governess, Fraulein Hampe, in accord
ance with the old-time Gerrusu custom.
First of all the two will recite an Invoca
tion to the Christ-child in the German
tonirue, after which each will deliver
a short speech of greeting to their
grandparets, for which thev have been pre
paring themselves for weeks past. lienja
min'slefforts to memorize the sentences have
been improved upon by a most successful
effort to set them down in writing, and as
this is his first attempt at chirography he
will take no small pride in presenting the
President with the finished copy. Both
little ones have rapidlyacquired the language
under the tuition of the governess, who has
been with them but a year and takes a great
personal pride in their progress.
A Grand Surprise for the Children.
After breakfast at 10 o'clock the family
will adjourn to the library, where the elder
members have been busy for days iu prepar
ing a grand surprise in the way of gifts and
brightly colored ornaments strung upon
every limb of the tall evergreen setup in
the middle ot the room. The presents will
then be distributed by the President nnd
Mrs. Harrison, assisted by Mr. and Mrs.
McKee, Lieutenant and' Mrs. Park and
Mrs. Dimmick.
A late dinner will be partaken by the
household, consisting of a typical "Western
feast, with turkey and plum puddimr.
Gifts in the shape of turkeys, gloves and
cravat pins were to-day presented to all the
employes of the "White House in the name
of the President and Mrs. Harrison, not one
of the large force being forgotten.
The Day at the Vice President's.
Owing to the absence of the Vice Presi
dent in New York the usual custom of
Christmas eve festivities was omitted and
the Christmas tree postponed until the eve
of the feast day, in order to await his re
turn to the family circle. The assembled
members will dine alone, and latera limited
nnmber of guests, friends of the youngest
daughter, will assemble in the library, and.
alter a dance arcund the beautifully-decked
tree, each will receive a handsome gift and
spend the rest of the evening in merriment.
On Saturday Mrs. Morton will give a
dinner in honor of Miss Constance Lodge,
the daughter of Representative and Mrs.
Cabot Lodge, of Boston, whose debut in the
fashionable world will thus peasantly ban
nounced. Secretary and Mrs. Rusk will have as
their dinner guests on Christmas, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. "Willitta,
Private Secretatv and Mr Bockford and
Chief Clerk and Mm. Catsln.
AFTER M.0NEY OB BIOOD.
A CBANK NOT PARTICULAR WHICH
HE SECURED.
He Carried Chemicals, a Battery and a Hix
Sliooter, and Tried to Use the Latter on
Policemen His List or Those Whom He
Intended to Strike for Big Boodle,
New Yoek, Dec. 24. Special. Marcus
O. .Tanowitz came to the metropolis for
money or blood. It was immaterial to bim
which he got. Janowitz is a violent and
dangerous1 crank, but was caught a few
hours after he got to town. In bis
pockets were found a navy-size Colt's six
shooter and a pair of dangerous-looking
i'billies" of hit "own make. Two sets of
clockwork, two empty zinc boxes, an elec
tric bttterv and live bottles of chemicals
were found in a leather bag he carried.
. lie resisted . arrest and drew his six-
shooter, but the detectives overpowered
him. -.Tanowitz was driven to police head
quarters. On the journey he warned the
officers to be careful of the way they.handled
the bag, for fear its contents might explode
and blow them to pieces. -t
At headquarters the crank was ques
tioned by an inspector. The niau had let
ters in bis pocket addressed to JayGould,
Russell Sage, ("Washington K. Connor,
Chauncey 31. Depew and T. DeWitt Tal
mage, demanding that they pay him or suf
fer death.
.Tanowitz said the men he intended send
ing the letters in his possession to owed him
thousands of dollars for patent rights he had
sold them. He explained that If they paid
him promptly be would spare their lives.
He had in his notebook these entries of
indebtedness. Washington E. Connor,
JGj,000;l Jav Gould, S1,42C,000; Chauncey
M. Depew. (9J0.000; Cornelius Vanderviit,
$900,000, Aaron Zabrieskv, $245,000 and
T. Dewitt Talmage, $400,000. In all, he
claims they owe him $60,000,000.
.Tanowitz is a native of Rochester, where
his family are among the leaders of the
town. Half a dozen years ago luckless
speculation impoverished him, and he lost
his senses.
MILLS AT HIS LAST MILESTONE.
niS SENATORIAL AMBITION DOOMED
TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
Texan Afraid His Elevation Wonld Be a
Blow to Free Coinage Cnlberson. or
Chilton Considered In Line to Succeed
Reagan The Iune a trained One.
Dallas, TEX.,Dec 24. Special The
defeat of Roger Q. Mills, the big Texan
tariff reformer and recognized lieutenant of
Grover Cleveland.for the Speakership of the
House of Representatives ot the Fifty-second
Congress, is having a disastrous effect
on his candidacy for the place made vacant
in the United States Senate by the resigna
tion of Senator Reagan.
Despite the most strenuous exertions of
Mills' friends and admirers the tide has
returned, and it is now pretty generally
conceded that the mantle of Reagan will
fall either upon the shoulders of Congress
man Culberson or Horace Chilton, who has
been appointed to fill the position until the
Legislature meets and elects a successor.
Mills'.friends are endeavoring to bolster
up the candidacy of their favorite by ap
pealing to State pride, claiming that the
Senatorial succession is his due. as he had
been slaughtered in the house of his friends,
been slaughtered in the house of his friends,
tfnrepronounceu-ram
in the cause of tariff reform, but his op
ponents, on the other band, point to the fact
that Mills' election would oe a tacit in
dorsement of Cleveland's views an the sil
ver question, when n large majority of the
partv in the State are unreservedly pledged
to free coinage.
All the indications now point to the de
feat of Mills in 'this, his last and greatest
ambition.
SAGE'S SAVIOR ON STRIKE.
Clerk Laidlaw Wants 8100,000 for Acting
as a Shield for the Millionaire The
Rich Man's Lire Preserved at the Cost
of Injuries to His Clerk.
New Yonrc, Dec 24. Unless a com
promise is effected, Russell Sage will prob
ably be made defendant in one of the most
novel and interesting suits ever brought in
a court of law. The preliminary steps have
been taken to bring an action against the
multi-millionaire put and call broker for
heavy damages for having used Broker's
(llerk "W. B. Laidlaw as a shield to save
himself, when Norcross, the dynamiter,
exploded his bomb in Sage's office, at 71
Broadway, on the afternoon of Friday,
December 4.
It is understood that the amount of dam
ages claimed by the plaintiff is put at $100,
000. The suit will be based on the allega
tion that the millionaire deliberately held
the broker's clerk between himself and the
menacing dynamiter, with the result that
Mr. Sage's life was saved at the expense of
horrible injuries to Mr. Laidlaw.
It will be further alleged that Mr. Sage
was fully aware of the great peril in which,
he stood, and that when he had Mr. Laid
law in front of him he fully realized he was
jeopardizing the young clerk's life, and that
he utilized him as a shield with the knowl
edge that in doing so tie was deliberately
imperiling Mr. Laidlaw's life to save his
own.
Since the day of the terrible explosion
Mr. Laidlaw has been an inmate of St. Vin
cent's Hospital on "West Twelfth street.
TWO LIVES AND EIGHTEEN YEAES.
Tet Tennessee People Think the .Tory's Ver
dict Is Entirely Too Light.
Lebavq?, Texn., Dec. 24. The jury
which sat in George Dunnaway's trial re
turned this morning a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree, with mitigating
circumstances. They found him guilty,
also, of criminal assault, and of both charges
of shooting with intent to kill. He was ac
cordingly sentenced to two life terms and
two ternis pf eight and ten years in the pen
itentiary. The jury had been out nearly 24
hours and a mistrial was feared. The mur
derer heard the verdict indifferently.
The Sherjff was instructed to shoot the
first man that attempted to lay hands on
his prisoner. "While the people here are
very much disgusted rith the verdict, there
seems to be no danger of a lynching. One
of thp prisoner's attorneys remarked before
the trial that he did not wish to clear Dun
naway, for he would then be tried for
crime's committed in West Virginia, where
he would certainly be hanged.
A LUXATIC LOOSE IN CHUECH.
After Drlvlnc Out Worshipers by His
Profanity He Accosts the Priest.
Dubuque, lA.f Dec, 24. William
Hackey, an escaped lunatic, created con
sternation this morning at Cascade in a
church, where he broke out in a frightful
broadside of profanity, which drove out the
worshipers.
He next proceeded to the residence of the
priest and made wild demands. He was ar
rested after a fierce struggle, in which he
laid out fen men.
Berlin Dynamite Fiends Loose.
Berlik, Dec 24, A quantity of dyna
mite .was exploded to-day in"a refreshment
Lpayilion in the Thiergarteu n this ci(.y,
The building was considerably damaged.
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SHATTERED BY GAS.
A Tliree:Story Brick Dwelling
Blown to. Atoms' Just
After Midnight.
SEVEN PERSONS JNJUfiED.
Miraculous Escape of M, P. Pritch
ard's Family From Death.
CHILDREN ON THE THIRD FLOOR
Who Were Sleeping at the Time Found
Alive iu the Cellar.
TAKEN TO THE WEST PENN HOSPITAL
J list after the bells had rung in Christmas
this morning the house of M. 1 Fritchard,"
at 2913 Smallman street, was completely
shattered and the occilpanti, seven in num
ber, were all seriously injured by a natural
gas explosion. They are now in the West
Penn Hospital under .the care of half a
dozen physicians and, although their in
juries are of a dangerous character, none of
them are expected to die.
Mr. Pritchard, who ke,pt a grocery in
his building, went to the cellar at midnight
to get a basket for a customer, which he
had stored away. He struck a match and a
terrific explosion followed. The cellar had
filled up with escaped gas and the instant
the match was struck the explosion oc
curred. Nothing Esft of the Building.
The three story "building was blown to
atoms, portions of it being blown for half a
square. Mr.-Pritchard knew nothing' but
was fished out of the debris half an hour
later by the fireman who had responded to
a call from box 327.
Mrs. Pritchard, who had just finished
a Christmas tree for her children, and had
retired, was blown but of bed to the street
below. Three children in bed on the third
floor were blown along with the flying
fragments of the building to the ground.
Mrs. Pritchard, who is 33 years of age,
suffered a compound fracture of the ankle
and had the flesh burned from her face.
Her hands and arms'werealsobadlyburucd.
Mr. Pitohard, aged .17, had his face badly
scorched by the explosion. The force of
the explosion blew htra against fhe cellar
wall and he was badly bruised.
Miraculous Escape oT the Children.
The three cbinlren Arthur, aged 9; Nor
man, aged ?( and George, aged 4 years
were all rescued from the debris in the
cellar after the accident. It is considered al
most a miracle that they could be blown from
the third story to the bottom of the cellar
among the bricks and timbers and escape
deatlu They were all bruised and burned to
a-greater Or less extent,, but it is not
thought that either one sustained 'fatal in
I" . vjZ-j-ift-.-., ,-.atnt.Ai!.''.,L.
juries.
enrred, was blown against the ceiling and
then fell with the building aud was covered
under portions of the roof. His clothing
was torn from him and his body burned al
most to a crisp in some places.
Blown From the Second Story,
Barbara Reich, the hired girl, was blown
out of the second story and was severely
bruised and shocked.
No. 3 patrol wagon responded to the
alarm of fire, and in it all the injured peo
ple were removed to the "West Penn Hos
pital, where Drs. McCann, Clark, "Wible,
Murdock, Anderson and McCurdy at
tended them. I Mrs. Pritchard was
considered the most seriously
injured. Aside from her burns and bruises
she was severely shocked. At 2 o'clock,
however, the patients were all doing well
and it was thought they would all recover.
Tho Property Loss Not Heavy.
The building, which was completely
destroyed, together with all the contents,
was valued at $2,,ri00. The loss will reach
about $4,000. Mr. Pritchard had $1,800 iu
surance on the building. v
It is not known how the cellar became
filled with gas. Mr. Pritchard did not use
fuel gas in his building, but as the main of
Consolidated Gas Company is laid along
Smallman street it is supposed a leak was
sprung and the gas found its way into the
cellar. '
The explosion was pronounced by many
the worst of the kind that has occurred
iu Pittsburg, and it is considered next td a
miracle that any of those who were in the
building at the time should have escaped
aliye. The alarm of fire was almost un
necessary. A H00SIES MANIAC AMUCK.
After Slashing Several People He Is
Cnp-
tared Before He Coald Suicide.
CRAwrqnDSViLLE, lND.,Dec. 24. Peter
Fischer, became suddenly insane this after
noon. The streets were thronged with
people, and before the police could
reach him he had drawn a knife, slashed at
several people and caught Jfred Schweitzer
by the ear and severed it from his head at
one stroke.
He was overpowered bv the police and
placed in jail alter a hard struggle, while
trying to cut his own throat.
GOTHAM HAS TEE GBIP.
It is Becoming Epidemic and Many Deaths
Hava Already Occurod.
Kpw York, Deo. 24. The grip is becom
ing emidemie. Twelve deaths were recorded
to-day. waking a total of 30 since December
IB. 1'our of tne city officials are laid up
with it. ' .
A dispatch from Dubuque, la, says:
Phvslcians estimate that there are upwards
ot iJ,000 cases of grip in town. There have
been very few fatal cases.
GOT HIS PENSION AND "DIED.
A Veteran at ihe Mexican War Couldn't
Stand the Good News.
Mt. Cakmel, Pa., Dec 24. Edward
Davis, who for years has been applying for
a pension for service rendered jn fhe Mex
ican "War, received information to-day that
he would get his money. Overcome by the
good news he fell dead.
KOBE ANNEXATION FEELING.
A Canadian Pnbllo Meeting Declares
for
Union With Uncle Sam.
London, Ont., Dec 24. At a public
meeting held at Innerkip, Ont, last night
a resolution was carried favoring political
union with the TJnjte'd State as a means of
bringing prpsperjtv to the peopli? of
Canada-
Xs-n. .- -?-Sa' II II ,1 i'lf,!I li III!, 11 Willi
ty -S mf 1 n SIF1 I calJ
KSs-JSSSr . .nWn H II' 1 U I .made
l vbi -Kwa i 'in nil,
CRAZY, NOT A CRAB)
Dr. John Hall's Assailant Sent to an
Asylum Instead of the Pen.
HE INSISTS UPON HIS SANITY,
r.ut
Several Doctors Insist That
Clearly Off His Base.
He Is
SHADOWED BY ELECTRICAL SHARPS
fEFCCIAT. TStXamM TO THE DTSPATCU.l
New Vobk, Dec 24. At to-day's re
sumption of the trial of John George Both
for his. attempt to shoot Dr. John Hall,
Xawye,r' Ambrose H. Purdy, Hoth's coun
sel, called Charles V. McLean, of the Police
Board, who testified that on October 31
Jtothi-complained thatrnhere was a con
spiracy to ruin "Jiim, an(lthar TnspectSr'H
Byrnes and other police officials were
sharers in the conspiracy. .
Then Both testified "in his own behalf.
He began in a calm manner, but as he pro
ceeded he became excited and at times in
coherent. He testified that he was 47 years
old, and was born in Mayenee, Germany.'
He came to (he United States iu 1ST1, and
was employed in the- office of a real estate
dealer. In 1879 he began business on his own
account. Shortly afterward-he began to
'real ire that there was a conspiracy to ruin
him.
Another Victim of a Conspiracy.
He spent a part o'f the summer pf 1S89 at
the Catakill Mountain House. He over
beard a conversation between the sou of the
proprietor and a Mr. Hill, who had an office
in Broadway, which convinced him that
there was not only a conspiracy to ruin his
business, but to drug his food. He was per
secuted by a 'number of men whose names
he did not kno. They carried electric
machines hung by straps around their necks
and hidden under their vests. The "ma
chines were about six inches in diameter
and were operated bv a bulb in the right-
hand trousers' pocket of the wearer. He
had seen a man whom he knew as Israel
Miner carry one of these machines. "When
they were used he, Itoth, suffered intensely,
"Are you insane, Both?" asked Mr.
Pnrdy.
"No, I don't think so," replied Both, with
a scornful .smile.
"Is it a fact that yon were ever the hus
band of Mrs. Stewart, as you claimed?" Mr.
Purdy went on.
"No, I should think not. I am not a
Hilton."
Why He Shot at Or. Hall.
Both then testified that his persecutors
had not only ruined his business and his
health, but had hypnotized his sister and
caused her to be taken to a hospital, where
she was butchered bv the physicians. He
held Dr. Hall and his congregation respon
sible for most of his sufferings, and believed
that they keep him from getting work. He
bought the pistol with whicli he shot
at Dr. Hall several weeks before the shoot-,
ing, hoping that if he wrote to Dr. Hall and
threatened to shoot him, Dr. Hall wonld
unearth the conspirators against him and
fmt an end to the persecution. He didn't
ntend to kill Dr. Hall, but only to wound
him in the legs, so as fo attract Dr. Hall's
attention to his petition for relief from the
conspirators. He did not" wish to be ac
quitted on the ground of insanity, beciuse,
in his opinion, he was perfectly sape.
Drs. Matthew D. Field and Allen Fitch
testified that in their opinion Both is suf
fering with chronic delusional insanity and
is a dangerous lunatic
Both Declares He Is Not Crazy.
Dr. Charles L. Dana, of Bellevue Hos-
pltal, testified that in his opinion Both was
insane at the time of the attempt to shoot
Dr. Hall, and is now insane.
At this point Both sprang to his feet and
asked Judge Manine if he could not return
to the witness stand. Judge Martine told
him he could, and he again-took the witness
chair. He said he wished to contradict the
doctors who had testified that he was in
sane, and to say to the jury that he was a
perfectly sane man.
Assistant District Attorney Bedford and
Lawver Purdy did not sum up. Judge
Martine charged the jury, and they re
turned within ten minutes with a verdict
acquitting Both on the ground of insanity,
and Judge Martine committed him to the
Stato Asylum for the Insane at Auburn.
8T, PAUL'S WHITE CHRISTMAS.
Heavy Snows Falllns; In Most or the States
in the Northwest.
St. Paul, Dec 24. A Christmas snow
storm set in here to-night. At Britton, S,
'D., it is snowing hard, with the wind north
west and the mercury 20u above.. .Every
thing indicate blizzard coming..
Tteports from different parts of the JJorth
west indicate that the Btonn is general. The
rM I
ii
-.....,- . - - .- " r '-iSH-t'
ZJitSfes
snow
exte-hSv ,7t part of South
awhiclrhiv'o,.. -V. -ssouri river.
Dakota whicli
At Huron fears an
OrK.a,-
.-ssouri river.
'cvv. .y7A.Mi.ie train
service will be
hampeiiry pwed all
iday m noutu IiaKota, anux ances are
indX
(favorable to an all night storircvJn Minne
sota the snow did not begin to fall until
'late this afternoon, nnd the fall was rather
light. - It is warm and the snow is melting
in this citv.
JUDGE MELLON WINS.
TIIE KANSAS CITV COUNCILMAN
NOT GET THAT SSO.OpO.
DID
Some Boodllng Slethods Disclosed The
City Fathers Out There Need Grease to
Keep the Political Machinery in Good
Condition.
-Kansas Cur, Dec 24. Special. Tha
jury in the rase of Councilman A. P. Foley
against Thomas Mellon, of Pittsburg, for
$.10,000 damages tor slander, this afternoon
returned a verdict for the defendant. The
rJTyMSRtionaiJinpidetit of the"daywas
"the reading-of thedeposltion of L. C. Irvine,
attorney for the incline plane company.
Tn his deppsitiou Mr. Irvine said he went
to see Councilman Phelps and was informed
that he was crazy if he expected to get
anything through Council without boodle,
nnd was referred to Speaker Hays as the
"King of Boodlers."
Mr. Irvine says he went to see Hayes on
Phelps' recommendation, and was informed
that it would take just $3,000 to pass the in
cline plane ordinance. The Council was a
machine and needed "grease," and the
lubricant was to be divided in the propor
tion of ?1,000 to himself, $1,000 to John
May, $300 to Foley and the rest to other
members of the Council.
"Whenever I met either Hayes or
Bowes," said Mr. Irvine, "they always,
renewed their solicitations for boodle, and
after a strusgle of over a year I went to
Speaker Hayes and threatened to
prosecute him for bribery unless
the incline plaue ordinance was
called up in the Council and
some action taken on it. I wanted to leave
Kansas City, and did not care what was
done. So the ordinance was taken up at the
next meeting ana lnuenmteiy postponed.
Hayes, before his election, hail assured me
he 'would be-Speaker of the next House, and
told me there would be a ring and he would
have his own men on the committees, so
he could pass any ordinance he desired."
Judge lfenry" ruled out the first count in
Foley's petition wherein he asked for S2.",
000 for libel. The jury returned a erdiat
for the defendant after an hour's delibera
ndi.
FAILED WITH FULL POCKETS.
Members of an Iowa Vlfm Accnseil of .Em
bezzling About aioo.ono.
Council Bluffs, Ia., Dec 24. Kim
ball & Champ, who failed here some time
ago for $300,000, have been placed under
arrest. The complainants arp Eastern stock
holders, and the charge against them is em
bezzlement. It is Said they have gotten awayjwith
about f 100,000. For some time thcyHiave
been tra cling all over the country, and
have been to Honolulu.
AN ALT00NA MAN DEAD.-
J.C.
Keller Mangled by the Cars at
Val-
paralso, Ind., Last Night.
Valparaiso, Tnd , Dec 24. Special
,Tt C. Keller, of Altoona, Pa., was run oyer
by the cars here to-night and instantly
killed.
Bossla Sides With France, of Course.
St. Pr.TmMrtnKO, Dec. 24. The llusaian
Government has decided to support France
in her application tn the powers to enforce
Bulgaria's observance of the capitulation
between X'rance and Bulgaria.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS DIRECTORY.
Tcjic. Page.
Kconomy to Rule In Congress . 1
Natural Q Lets Go in LawrencevTlle.... 1
One Crank Declared a Lnnatlc .' 1
The Crowded Car Nniance 1
A celdrnts Caused by Violated Law 3
Two Holiday Murder 3
The Attack on the Clubs 2
ITinner In Hleli School Examinations.... 3
Editorial ami Social 4
Alma of University Extension 4
Bradstreet and Dan's Trade Reviews...... B
The Citj's Christmas Programme...,,,,,,, Q
Awful V reck on the New fork Central.. T
Foraker Flirting Willi Labor 7
Walt Whitman Dying., .'. 7
A Detective Plot Fails... , 8
All the Sportlug- News... 8
A Girl Liberated From ati Asylum. 8
What is, Happening; in Europe O
The New Bou'hslde Market 9
National Ncwj and Go.lp O
Dr. Graves in His Own Behalf. O
The Oil Fields Ganged ,.,....,,.,.10
Newi of the Cennty'Conrts 10-
Metal and Commercial Markets. Ii
A Complete Mory -,,,.... , 13
Some of the Newest FahIons.. ..13
Scraps for the Scientific '. 13
10 STOPJHOWOIIIG,
The Birmingham Line "Will
Pnt on Ten More Cars as
Soon as Possible.
PROTESTS OF MAGNATES.
Magee, Elkins and Chief Brown Say
There Is No Remedy.
THE FRENCH SYSTEM TOO SLOW.
PittsDurgere Not at All Willing to Walt
for the Next Car.
DOUBLE-DECKERS ON IN PHILADELPHIA
The movement against crowded street
cars Is already bearing good fruit. Super
intendent Miller Elliott, of the Birming
ham Traction Company, was seen last even
ing by a Dispatch reporter in regard to
that company's intentions in coping with
the heavy travel. His attention was called
to the open letter of the Conkling Club,
and in reply he said that he had received
the communication, and also that he had
been given orders to prepare 10 of the old
itronce. All possible haste was beine
on them in order that the public
could be accommodated.
The old Short Line stables at Twenty
second street have been turned into a work
shop. Just as fast as cars are finished they
will be put in operation. The number of
cars out yesterday was 22. the balance, with
the exception or two loaned to the Second
avenue line, are in the shop undergoing re
pairs. This, of course, cripples the road
considerably. "There are several things
that canse ns a great deal of trouble," said
Mr. Elliott, "that are not generally under
stood by the pnblic. For instance, there
are two railroad crossings, one near Thir
tieth street and the other at Twenty-first
street. I have known these crossings to be
blockaded from 10 to 15 minutes at a time,
which, of course, stops our cars and causes a
blockade of the line.
Tho Teamsters Largely Responsible.
"Then we have an immense amount of
trouble with teamsters. They seem to
think they have five minutes in which to
turn off when there is no such provision in
the law, and they should turn off to the
right. Instead they wait until the car is up
with them and In nine out of ten cases pull
on to the other track, in all probability
blocking a car going in the opposite di
rection. Now I cannot see why teamsters
do not take advantage of Sarah street, which
runs parallel with Carson, and we only run
three cars over it. They could just as well
use it aud not be compelled to turn out
more than once where on Carson street they
have to turn off a half a dozen times, at
least. All these little delays add to the
coufusiou and if a car is followed too closely
by another the conductors have instructions
not to stop for-passengers until they are a
sufficient distance to enable them to stop
and start again without interfering with
the car following;
"You can rest assured that we are doing
everything in our power to cope with the
increased traffic, and just as soon as the
cars are ready they will be in operation.
Two neu dynamos and a new engine are in
the course of construction to add to the
poyer," Mr. Elliott, said in conclusion.
"Crowded street cars are dangerous to
public health and safety," said Chief
Brown in answer to a Dispatch query,
"and it would be a good thing it some plan
could be devised to secure rapid transit and
seats for all passengers at the same time.
But I am afraid it can't be done The
people want rapid transit. If a man nowa
days steps to a street corner and a car is
not in sight he gets impatient. If the next
car that comes along is crowded to the
guard rail nine chances "-it of ten he will
climb up on the bumper and hang on be
hind. If you would suggest to him he had
better wait for the next car he would re
gal d you as a fooL
Chief Drown on Theory and Practice.
"The crowding of cars could be prevented
by an order of the company operating the
road or by an ordinance of Councils. The
latter plan has been adopted at Chicago, I
am told, the reqnirement being a seat or no
fare. I don't believe it will prove as
good a regulation in practice as in theory,
and look for it to be abolished in a short
time.
"The trouble is thf there are too many
people, and the only way to get along is for
everybody to accommodate themselves to
the crowded condition. Our streets are too
crowded. That is evident downtown any
day, and it can't be helped, you might
widen every street and alley west of Grant
street arid still the streets wonld be too full
of people for the convenience of pedes
trians. The same condition exists as to the
vehicle'traffic Suppose the Fifth Avenue,
the Duqnesne and the Citizens' Traction
companies would attempt to cure the
crowded car evil by putting on more cart.
They are running their schedule so that
there is from a minute and a half to two
minutes between cars. In event of a
blockade of a few moments anywhere on
the line the cars get bunched and run along
in a regular procession until they get the
proper interval. If more cars were put on,
redncing the interval to, say, a minute, they
wonld monopolize the streets to such an
extent that no other vehicles would have
any chance whatever. There is complaint
from drivers and owners of vehicles now,
but what wonld it be under those circum
stances. Don't Haveto Stand Very Long.
"No, sir," concluded the chief, "I can
see no remedy for the trouble. People
must submit to Inconvenience on the cars
the same as they do In the stores, on the
streets, ic the theaters or wherever they go.
One good result of rapid transit is that
we don't have to stand very long in a
crowded car, for yon can go from one end of
the city to the other in a half hour nowa
days." President Elkins, of the Pittsburg Trac
tion Company, said: "The proposition to
run cars enough at certain hours of the day
to give every passenger a seat is not feasi
ble. Everybody wants to get home as soon
as possible, and when a car comes along he
will board it no matter how full it may be.
It could be done possibly by running long
trains ofcars, but that would not be rapid
transit. Trains are hard to handle and are
necessarily slow. If they were adopted
people would complain more than now.
Regulations by the city government to pre
vent the crowding of cars are talked of in
Chicago, but they wilt become so unpopular
that they will be repealed if adopted The
crowding of cars at the present time is ex
traordinary, and as soon as the holidays are ',
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