&gKM"i mm& atssa J53t sPFSSpr" r. S5-i' " tc a. v ". ' .! f.j'- IP f1Up All classes of Advertisers." havo? ""t an opportunity to utilize the clas-V nlfled columns P CUT of THE DI9-T PATCH. The Utll I small "Ads' are ItfflMTO or all kinds are, snpn'Ie-1 Vf MPS I O Uiroueii the ONE CENT A WORD columns UfiRIf ofTHKDIS PATCH. Situa Villi. Tlons are p cured quickli. The "Adlets" ISC a are crowing In popularity. Iltl.1 . I well read. They area good WflHfl and sure Investment. . j-s w w w. - EWllillSF mv?f&ss " -f-f"i,'.' i 'T. -, B B . rUU A 'A .m. A . A. A- . FORTT-SIXTHTEAR BUUIE BETIER, BUTNOT WEIL His Illness Something That He Must Not Repeat Often. A LOST BREAKFAST That Might Have Deprived His Party of a Brilliant Leader. SENATOR PEFFER BREAKS OUT With a Bill to Lend Indiana Farmers All the Money They Want. A Socialistic Proposition on the Pace of It Lull in the Collectorship Matter District Judge Boomers Much Down on the President Dalzell to the Front With a Lot of Important Bills, Including- One for the Lake Erie Canal Colonel Stone Also Has His Arms Full of New Measures More Money Wanted for the Allegheny Public Building-Site Other Bills of the Same Kind. ISrFCIAL TEtECRArniC LETTEB. Ecueai" of The UisrATcn. ) AsiiiNGTON. D. C. Jan.. 7 J The sensation of Mr. Blaine's attack of Yesterday, which was worked for all it was worth by enterprising gentlemen of the press Jell wofully short of expecta tions to-day. Early bulletins were looked for to tell an anxious or a curious public jut-t how sick the gentleman was. The efiect of this new attack on Presidental possibilities was canvassed ad nauseam, and even Mr. Blaine's best friends agreed that at least the thing must not occur again if the party were to have the in spiration of his magic name at the head of the ticket next falL Nearly everybody attached a most se rious importance to the incident, the Demo crats narrowly escaping an open expression ol gratification that the Secretary was seized by a sudden and not wholly welcome desire to part company with a hearty break fast in an unusual way, and the Repub licans viewing that athletic performance with a i-olemnity that was suggestive of their profound mental, if not their physical f mpatby. Blaine to 15; on Deck To-Duy, The Republicans are, of course, univer sally pleased to learn this evening that the prospects of their favorite candidate are not wholly ruined, and that as yet there is little more than a breakfast lost. Mr. Blaine is reported in good health again, and that be will be on deck to-morrow. The incident shows bow sensitive is party mind to the smallest affections of the per son who can best pull its political chestnuts out of the fire, ana also upon what a slender thread hangs the destiny of man. Another tpam a little worse than this will settle Mr. Blaine's candidacy negatively, and the los of another breakfast in this sinister manner will make Mr. Harrison a sure can didate, if not a Mire President If anybodv had told the handful of Social ists which personified their theory in this country a few years ago, when agitation firn began, tii.it their first representatives in Congrcs would be farmers, or elected by truly rural influence, they would have said it was impossible, because it would be con trary to all history. The Alliance Not a Bit Backward. It is a fact that almost invariably reac tionary movement has spread from the town to the country. Advocates, captains and legislators for the proletariat have usually eoine from the towns where close compan ionship and mingling of words of discontent nave sianeu movements that nave over thrown dynasties. Labor reprcsentathes, so-called, have frequently aired their oratory in the halls of Congress, but their nearest approach to socialism was pure capitalism compared with the exploits of the Alliance representa tives, even before they thawed the wintry chill from their chairs They have struck it private and corporative ownership in ecrythicg. In the House the bills tor ac quirement of telegraphs, railroads, gas works, street railways and other machinery usually gi en oer by the people to the care of a few individuals, are all in the line of pure State socialism of the German sort, which is about all the sort now: and Peffer to-tla sprung upon the world a bill which wouid speedilj result in the acquirement of "vat territories of land by the Government to ie rented to farmers at an annual rental of tl per cent of its cash value. landing in "With Harrison. Mr. I'effer's project is a fit companion of the sub-Treasury and warehouse schemes, but why he should single out the people of Indiana lor its benefit is hard to imagine, unless he expects his bill to pass the House and Senate and wishes to make himself wholly sure of the Presidental signature. He wants to lend ?100,000,0u0 to the poor farmers of Indiana, to the extent of half the cash value or the land, the State authorities to collect for the United States 1 per cent of the loan semi-annually, the land to be sold if payment be not made, and in case of no ale the land is confiscated by the Gov ernment and rtnted to the former occupant or others at a rental of 2 per cent of the cash value. The bill does not state what is to happen if the tenant fails to pay 2 per cent rental of the wlmle cash value, which is much more than 1 per cent of half the cash value, if this be a proper interpretation of the laguc wording of the bill If the recalci trant tenant was dispossessed there would be an additional pauper in the world and the people of the United States would have the vacant land on their hands. This is probably the milk in Mr. Pefler's socialistic cocoanut- He would secure the land for the whole people by a foreclosure of mortgages, gained by a liberal lending of money, and then would have the Govern icent go into the farming business on its own account, improving the land, paying persons too ignorant to farm successfully for themselves to do the work, under rigid scientific direction, and -so on, something after the fashion so nicely diagrammed on paper by Mr. Edward Bellamy and others. Senator Potter's bill will hardly pass Con gress this session, but it may serve to bring out some of the curious ideas that many statesmen are said to harbor "in their minds as to the best way to bring about some re form that will allay the tendency every where exhibited toward some sort of social revolution. A Boom for the Judgeship. "While there was a lull in the matter of the Pittsburg Collectorship to-day, there was a great boom in the affairsViftlieJudge ship which will become vacant on the 15th instant. The Little Washington delegation marched upon the President bright and early, and presented the cause of Boyd Crunirine. Judge Mcllvain made the lead ing plea, and was ably followed by D. F. Patterson, of Pittsburg, an old college mate of Mr. Crumrine, and by J. Murray Clark, an old schoolmate and associate of Secretary Blaine. Mr. Blaine, by the way, was to have accompanied the party to see the Pres ident, but of course was unable to do so. The President received the delegation in the most courteous manner, possibly adding something to bis cordiality because of the fact that old personal friends of Mr. Blaine were among the party. I may add that Mr. Clark called on Mr. Blaine 'this evening, and his personal report can certainly be be lieved, that the Secretary has quite fully re covered from the effects of his illness of yesterday. Bnlltngton's Boomers Also on Hand. Coming from the White House, the dozen Washingtonians were met by a baker's dozen or so of gentlemen from Kittanning, Pittsburg and Harrisburg, bent upon over turning all that had been said for Mr. Crumrine in the interests of the brilliant young attorney at Kittanning, Joseph Bufiington. Tiiey, too, had a very pleasant visit wiin me -resiaeni, who smilingly in formed them that he already had strong proot ot Mr. iiumngton s popular strengtu. He referred to the indorsements filed by Mr. Bufiington previous to the appoint ment of Judge Reed, which included bar associations, judges and lawers in every county of the judicial district. It is now the proper time for Judge Fetterman's dele gation while the President has his hand in. Allegheny's Congressmen on Beck. In the call of States for bills to-day the members from Allegheny county fairly overwhelmed the rest of the States. Mr. Stone came down as solid as his own avoir dupois with a bill appropriating ?200,000 for the purchase of a site for a postoffice in Allegheny, which is just $133,000 more than is now appropriated for a site alone, though there is ?100.000 available for a site and be ginning of operations. Even if the econo my of this Congress insist on a slight reduc tion, enough will probably be appropriated to make the purchase of a central and desirable site possible, which is not the fact now, as Assistant Secretary Crounse knows to his great fatigue. Mr. Stone also had a bili appropriating 30,000 for a dam at Tarentum, on the Alle gheny, similar to the one at Herr's Island, and to continue the work ot river improve ment begun there; also one to establish the division line between the Government prop erty at Davis Island ard that of the Pitts burg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, in accordance with the compromise line decid ed upon by representatives of the Govern ment and the company, and several minor bills. Dalzell Introduces a Canal Bill. Mr. Dalzell started in with a very signifi cant hill prescribing the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. Mr. Dalzell would like to have the amendment adopted previous to Janu ary, 1893. He also introduced bis ship canal bill for a survey from Erie to Beaver; a joint resolution providing that Joseph D. Weeks shall continue his work of collect ing labor statistics, and appropriating ?50,000 for the purpose; the old bill provid ing for the gift for use of the Arsenal grounds to the City of Pitts burg for a park, the border raids bill of last session; a bill appropriating 575.000 for the erection of a public building at McKeesport: one to reaudit the claim ot Pennsylvania for money expended in 1804 for payment of militia, and private bills for relief of the widow of John Howard Payne, of Emily Wightman, whose husband car ried the mails three times a week between rittsbnrg and Erie; one appropriating $J1, 58G to reihiburse prominent river men for money expended in preventing obstruction to navigation in the Ohio river, and one for X. J. Bigley's claim for loss of barges, coal and tug Hercules, which has been through the Court of Claims all of these being bills which failed or were not reached last session. Mr. Scnll introduced a bill appropriating 580,000 for a public building at Altoona, and Mr. Shimk one asking $75,000 for a building at Wilkesbarre. Lightxek. BILLS BY THE BARREL. No Fnd to the Rush ot New Measures An Advocate of the Nicaragua Canal Job Bobs Up in the Senate Hill Sworn in A Busy Day. Washixgtox, D. C., Jan. 7. This was the last day's work of the week for both branches of Congress. In the Senate, after Senator Hill, of New Tork, was sworn in, a number of bills were presented, the princi pal one being that of Senator Peffer, pro viding for Government aid for Indiana farmers. After the introduction of bills, Mr. Allen addressed the Senate in support of the Nicaragua canal project. Mr. Mor gan's motion of investigation of the project by the Committee on Foreign Relations was agreed to. "In the House several hundred bills were introduced. Mr. Enloe'wants the McKinley bill repealed, and bills for cheaper postage, restriction of immigration and similar mat ters were there without end. Representative Enloe also introduced a bill amending paragraph 199 of schedule C of the tariff law, so as to provide that lead ores and lead dross shall pay a dutv of three-quarters of a cent per pound," pro vided that ores containing silver and lead in which silver is greater in value than the lead shall be considered silver ores and be admitted frej? of dutv. Representative .Fitch, of New York, in troduced a bill fixing the following rates of duty: On barley, 10 cents a bushel of 48 pounds; on barley malt, 20 cents a bushel of 34 pounds; on hops, 8 cents a pound; on casks and barrels (empty), sugar box shooks of wood (not otherwise provided for), 30 per cent advalorem; provided that casks and barrels (empty) of foreign manu facture, tin which duty has once been paid, shall not again be subject to dutv after having been exported, filled with American goods. Representative Pickler introducad a bill conferring the privilege of free admission to the World's Fair upon all who served in the Union army or navy during the war, under regulations to be framed bv the Sec retary of the Interior and the World's Co lumbian Commission. Mr. O'Ueil, of Missouri, introduced a bill for the enforcement of the eight-hour law in all departments of the Government, and ex tending its provisions to laborers under Government contracts; also, a bill prohibit ing the use of convict-made goods or mate rials' in the "Departments or public build ings, or under contracts with the Indians. Jliinnesota Farmers Sob-Treasury 3Ien. 3IlK2fEATOLis, Jan. 7. To-night prac tically wound up the State Convention of the Alliance. As usual the Donnellyites had everything their own way. The vote stood 407 to 54 in favor of the snb-Treasury plan. The submission of prohibition to a popular vote was indorsed. The abolition of railroad passes and the unlimited coin age of silver were demanded. TEED'S PAST LIFE DRAGGED FORTH THROUGH THE NO TORIETY HE HAS SECURED. A Story From His Old Home It Is Alleged That He Deserted Wife and Child The Latter Now a Cle er Tonne Kan Who Can Get on Without His Father. Bixghamtcw, N. Y.,Jan. 7. Special Koresh Cyrus Teed, the leader of a new sect known as the Koresham Unity, which is creating such a stir in Pennsylvania and the AVest, is a resident of this place, where he is well known. In 1872 Teed lived with his family, consisting of a wife and one son, Arthur, on Pleasant avenue, 'in the Thirteenth ward. Teed was then known as, Doctor, and his peculiar actions caused much comment among his friends and acquaintances. Suddenly he disappeared from the community, leaving behind his wife and child. Though frail, the wife and mother was of heroic stuff, supporting herself and boy. As vears rolled on, .Arthur developed an unus ual artistic taste. The attention of Mrs. Streeter. a rich widow, became attracted to this fact, and Arthur was adopted by her. A liberal art education was given him, and soon the name Arthur Teed became known, not only in Binghamton, but in the acade mics of New York City. Meanwhile, the mother's health failed until at last she died of consumption. For the first time the husband appeared, but the son refused to recognize him. Dr. Teed went West, where he was shortly joined in Chicago by the late Dr. Andrews, of this city. ICoresh, as Teed is called by the members of this strange society, is the Hebrew for Cvrus, his first name, and the meaning is the "Central Son of Being." He declared his "illumination" doctrines, which he said were confided to him, and established the society named Koresham, which has followers at Chicago and San Francisco. The Kore shams are sure of a final unity of persons that is, a neuter human beingformed from blending of the male and female in one eternal 'structure. U. S. TROOPS WHIPPED. A Startling Rumor Comes From the Garza Itio Grande Cimpalgn. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 7. AJlqmUic spe cial from Egle Pass, Tex., says: "It was reported here to-day that the United States troops ran" upon Garza this morning be tween here and Laredo and were defeated. Xo particulars are to be had." A BIBLICAL STRADDLER, Gladstono Neatly Trims on a Current Topic What He Believes He Thinks About Modern Criticism and the Bible Muddled Views Well Concealed. fnY CABLE TO TnE DISPATCH. London, Jan. 7. Mr. Gladstone has sent the following letter to be printed in the next issue of the Jiecord, in the columns of which a controversy is going on concerning modern criticism and the Holy Bible: SiK--Cordially wishing well to your efforts to uphold in full the revel ence-due to the Holy Scriptures, I feel tnyselfunable to offer any material contribution toward them sinco I inn not an expert, and there fore am not entitled to pronounce any posi tive judgment on what Is termed "the higher criticism." Looking to the tone, the methods and some other incidents of the controversy on the dcstiuctive side, I am certainly in spired, not with confidence, hut with mis givings as to such of the foieign higher critics as I have direct knowledge of, but I feel it may do justly observed that misgiv ings are not In themselves arguments. Anything I have to sny in tlio way of argu ment on tlio suDject will naturally be sought for in my small book; but thero are .two re marks w'hich I venture to offer, especially to those who may bo approaching the ques tion for the first time. One of them is, we must he on our guard against drawing our strength of persuasion or our warmth of affection into this field as if they had the force of argument, hut we should, in en deavoring to defend tho Scriptures, proceed upon the very same considerations of evi dence and of general reasonableness as w ould govorn our mental processes in other matters. The other is that when arguments or specialists pointing to negative conclu sions are pressed upon us by authorities which they have drawn from their several pursuits, we should beware of haste, and should exercise the right of reserving our judgments, even if we yield a provisional assent, until we know that specialism has said its last word, and until we have had an opportunity of comparing their results with wider considerations belonging to the fields of historj'i philosophy and religion taken at large. W. E. Gladstone. Biamutz, December 80. BTJSSLVS FAMINE PEBFETUAL. Not an Accident of This Tear, but a Result of lasting Causes. Moscow, Jan. 7. In an interview with an eminent Russian official, one of the most remarkable men in the Empire, he said, after pledging the correspondent to secrecy regarding his name: The present famine is not a mere phenom enon that has come suddenly and will ns suddenly depart. It is the natural conse quence Of 30 years' bad management, and will become chronic If it had not occurl ed this year it would have occuired some other year. The peasants may be relieved; we. may have com for them and feed them, but how are wo to give them back their horses and cattle? They have all eady killed half of them. . Tills is one consideration, there is still an other. These 16 or 17 provinces now suffer ing from want arc not the only ones which w ill be in need of help. Fifty, not 10, prov inces will be in a state ot starvation then. AT THE WHISKY TBUSI'S MEBCY. Tlio Grounns on Which the Combine Is Now Being f rosecuted. Chicago, Jan. 7. The prosecution againsti the Distilling and Cattle 'Feeding Company, commonly known as the Whisky Trust, is based upona document received from an Augusta seed company, in which the writer says he has been unable to buy from any dealer-of his knowledge in the United States a single -barrel of alcohol except on the terms of the trust's certi ficate. It binds the purchaser of alcohol so tightly to the trust that he is absolutely at the trust's mercy. A copy of the certificate in question accompanies the letter. POET MILLES'S DEGENEEATE SON Sentenced to Two Tears Imprisonment for Holding Up a Stage. San Francisco, Jan. 7. Harry .Miller, son of Joaquin Miller, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment to-day for holding up the stage in Mendocino county some weeks ago. VM Meet lu Pittsburc Next Tear. Philadelphia. Jan. 7. At to-day's session of the Colored Catholic Conference, PitUburgwas chosen as the place of next meeting1. The Pope wired his benediction on the assembly. A committee was ap pointed to draft an address to the people of the United States. prrrsBiniG-, pbidat. HUSTUKFOfl HILL, A Party of Distinguished Democrats Irom the . Keystone State , EALLY TJNDEH HIS BAMEB. Highly Important Conference Held in Philadelphia and ADJOURNED TO THE CAPITAL. Ex-SenatoE'TTallace Heading the Movement, Against Cleveland. HOW EliATNE IS HAKASSISG HAEEISON rsrEciAtj telegbasi to the ntspATcn.i Washington, D. G, Jan. 7. A 'dis tinguished party of Democrats,arrived here from Philadelphia to-night. In the party was ex-United States Senator William A.. Wallace, Congressman Mutchler, Eckley B. Cox, J. M. Guffey, State Chairman Kerr and others of that class of party leaders. The Pennsylvania politicians had been in' conference in Philadelphia, and they came here on invitation of Senator David B. Hill, who is just now endeavoring to- move heaven and earth to make himself the Dem ocratic candidate for President. The Pennsylvania Democrats were joined here by party leaders from New York, Ohio, Indiana and many -other Western and Southern States, and for two hours to-night the distinguished gathering was in secret conference at Wil lard's Hotel. Each one of those present represented a distinct personal following, and each one represented financial force enough to buy a State or to make a liberal contribution to a national campaign fund. They were all the guests of Senator HilJ. He was personally acquainted with each one of them, and before they got away all were pledged to aid in making him the party's candidate. Kerr to Be Chairman Again. This conference was strictly private. No one save those who had been invited was admitted, and the. details of the proposed campaign were not given out. It was learned, however, that J. M. Kerr would yield to the appeals from all parts of his State and would accept a re-election as Chairman of Pennsylvania's State Committee. It was also arranged that J. M. Guffey should he named as Pennsylvania's member of the National Commfttee, and that Pennsyl vania's delegation to the National Conven tion will vote for Hill for President. Mr. Guf fey explained that if the State Committee is allowed to fill the vacancy on the National Committee, Secretary of State Harrity would likely be chosen, as a majority of the State Central Committee have already been pledged to him. Should Harrity be elected to the vacancy oh" the 20th instant, at the annual meeting of the State Committee, his term would expire when the National Com mittee isrheld early in the summer. v The :NatioTOtComrmttce- will probably ho'nTbuf nn mppfino- hptweon twi dn, Tl,nn it 5 .uwu'jaivxMiiuiikivt; win pruuuoiy uoiu dui one meeting between those dates. Then it is expected that Mr. Guffey, who -will either go to the convention as a district delegate from Pittsburg or a delegate at large from the State, will be able t,o secure the indorsement of Pennsylvania's JHill delegation to the convention, and will suc ceed Harrity just when the committee will have some real political work to do, and when his presence on the committee will be important to himself, the State and the na tion. Hill the I.ioil of the Hour. Senator Hill's presence in Washington has been the political sensation of the sea son. He comes here .flushed with a series of magnificent successes. His shifting of the State of New York almost irredeemably into the Democratic column lias made him the political lion of the hour, and he jjives positive assurances that' no other candidate for the Presidency can give, that he can carry his own State against all com ers. He has constructed his ambition to be President on t,he substantial foundation of New York State,and he argues as do other recognized leaders of both parties, that New York will be necessary to elect. Thus, with the key of the situation fairly and surely in his grasp, Senator Hill stands in a position that jnust he enviable to the'others ambi tious to be President. The position of Governor Hill was re viewed at the meeting io-night. His effort in behalf of the Democracy in New York State was recounted with some considera tion, aijd the belief was expressed to-night that his marked success in manipulating his political machine had not only shut out all other candidates, but had made him ac ceptable to the Democracy of the nation. Cleveland Called an-Impossiblllty. Senator Hill and the band of political warriors that surrounded him to-night real ize the firm hold ex-Presi dent Cleveland has upon the people of the conntry, but knowl edge ol the fact that New York is necessary to a successful election, it is argued by them, makes Cleveland an impossibility. "What was done at the Hill conference to night?" was asked one of the Pennsylvania politicians after the meeting. "We talked politics exclusively," he answered. "It was made clear to us that Hill should be nominated for President. Hill's management of New York politics takes Cleveland out of the fight and places Hill in line for the nomination." SHERMAN TO BE BANQUETED. A Reception to tho Senator Dnring Mc Klnley's Inauguration Week. Columbus, O., Jan. 7. Senator Sherman will be chosen Senator by the Legislature' next week, and it is the intention now to tender him a reception on Wednesday even-, ing. It is customary for 'the Senator-elect to make a formal speech on these occasions. It is probable that on Tuesday evening a banquet will be given to the members of the Legislature. With the inauguration of Governor Mc Kinley on Monday, next week promises to be a busy one. Chairman Halm, of the Re publican Committee, who has been con tinuously engaged since the day McKinley was nominated, will make a trip to Cuba, starting next week, in the interest of health and rest. A large number of telegrams were received by Senator Sherman before his departure for Washington to-day, con gratulating him upon his victory. POLL OF OHIO'S LEGISLATUBE. Presidental Favorites of Nearly All the Members Ascertained. Columbus, O., Jan. 7. Special A careful poll of the General Assembly on Presidental preference is as follows; Sen ateHarrison 10, Blaine 7, non-committal 4; Hill 4, Cleveland 4, non-committal 2. House Blaine 30, Harrison, 23, McKinley !), Sherman 2, non-committal 6; Cleveland, 13, Hill U, Gorman 1, Flower 2, non-committal 8. -Nine-tenths of the supporters of Foraker in the Senatorial fight are found to be for Blaine, and a number of the ypung jantjart a 1892. members who voted for Sherman are for McKinley. Governor McKinley is the sec ond choice of three-fourths of the Bepublic- Seven members not included in the esti (mato lor Mr. Blaine prefer him if it was known he would accept, but on account of uncertainty declare for Harrison. A nota ble fact of the Democratic vote is that the politicians and hustling members who are in the front' ranks of the party want Hill. Several old members friendly to Cleveland a year ago;are now for the New York Sena tor. Cleveland's support is from the coun try members. The Hill support, however, is pretty much the result dl agitation and m desire to be on the winning-side. SPRINGER IS HOPEFUL. HE SEES THE BRIGHTEST PROSPECTS FOB HIS PARTT. Mills Won't Sulk The fellver Bridge to Be Quietly Crossed When It Is Reached Tariff Reduction and Economy to. Be the Battlo Cry. New Yokk, Jan.7. jeriatl Congress man Springer walked into the Hoffman House to-night at 9:45 o'clock. He had just come in on the Congressional limited from Washington, and was accompanied to his hotel by Alexander Meakins, of the Business Men's Democratic Club, before which organization he will speak to-mor- row. About the present situation in Wash ington Mr. Springer said: '"The outlook: for united and narmonions action among the .Democrats is most hope in. Our prospects were never brighter, and the enormous Democratic majority wili not prove unwieldy and unmanageable. Mills will not sulk. He will preside over Tiis Committee on Inter-State and Foreign Commerce till he is elected Senator as he almost certainly will be. We expect to finish up all business and adjourn in June." "What, action will be taken on the silver question?" "Well, we shall not cross any bridges be fore we come to them." "But we are now very near to this bridge?" '"JTes; and we shall pass over it so quietly that we shall never know there was any thing in the way. There will be no silver legislation in the present session of Con gress. Many silver Dills will, of course, be introduced, and these will go to the Com- mittee on Coinage, but I don't look for any decisive measure to get tnrougn. "And the issue next fall?" "It will be tariff reduction and economy in public expenditures these in the order in -which I name them. The silver question will hardly cut any figure, as we shall pre fer to stick to questions upon which we are 'thoroughly agreed.' The rules to be adopted," said Mr. Springer, "will allow complete freedom of speech. We don't want to cnt off talk. In the .House nothing is so valuable as talk." BLAINE HABASSINQ HABBIS0N. Why the Secretary Says Jfothin; About the Factional Fight. ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 7. Special. In political circles here itis considered very significant that Secretary Blaine should re main silent during the hot fight which is "going on between the rival Republican factions in the District of Columbia. The line between the factions is now drawn dis tinctly upon the issue whether a Blaine or a Harrison delegation shall be sent to the National Convention. If Blaine intended to gef oat of the race for good, his boomers declare thatJhe wpuld "have chosen this op portunity for making his purpose public. rfyr parts of. tho-jjauntry might be the, cene of such struggles as thafwhich has been-going on here for some days, and the Secretary would have a reasonable excuse for ignoring them; but, in the city of his present home, and with the factional lead ers besieging him personally, he cannot pre tend that he does not know what is happen ing. The assumption that he is in the race to stay does not necessarily follow from his peculiar attitude. It has unquestionably been a settled determination with the Secre tary for some weeks to make the President as unhappy as possible, partly in revenge for the statements Mr. Harrison has been makingto the disparagement of Mr. Blaine's reputation as a diplomatist, and partly for the purpose, metaphorically speaking of holding a club' over his chiefs head, and compelling more respectful treatment than he has been receiving of late. 200 MINERS ENTOMBED. A Terrible Mine Catastrophe in the Indian Territory. McAllister, X T.t Jan. 7. About 5 o'clock this evening an explosion occurred at mine No. 11, a coal shaft operated by the Sage Coal and Mining- Company, near Krebs. Reports say about 200 men are entombed at this writing. No particulars can be learned as to the cause of the explosion. SCAHLAN IN A LIVING TOMB. His Friends Find It Necessary to Have Him Confined. NeV York, Jan. 7. Special. It was decided, after all, to-day that it would be best to take W. J. Scanlan, the insane actor, to an'asylum. He has exhibited the greatest aversion to entering an asylum, and his wife and Manager Pitou promised not to send him to one if it could be avoided. But h-est and quiet in Mr. .Pitou'g house, with a regulated diet and habits, while they have re-enforced his physical strength, have not stayed the progress of his brain disease, but have merely made it more difficult to control him. "For the last threedays, it is said, he has been violent, insisting that he would leare the house and visit acquaintances in the town. They5 promised him a drive in the after noon, and at 4 o'clock, with Mr. Pitou and two nurses, left the house in Ninety-fifth stieet in a coach. After a turn in the park they drove to Bloomingdalc. "We'll go in here and have a drink,'-' said Mr. Pitou, aud Scanlan went in readily enough. When it was proposed that he should stop there for the night he assented, it is said, without trouble. He did not know that he was in Bloomingdale. THE CZAB'S CLOSE CALL OF 1888. Not tin Accident to the Train, but the Ex plosion of an Infernal Clock. BcnxiN, Jan. 7. The Kveiac,Zeilnnt pub lishes an account of the manner in which it is alleged the "accident" to the Czar's train at Bordi.Octobcr 17, 1888, really originated. A kitchen boy employed on the Imperial train who was'supposed to have been killed in the accident, escaped death. He was re cently arrested on suspicion of being a Ni hilist and was handed over to 'the Russian police. This yonth has confessed that he placed an infernal clock in the compartment next ttie Imperial dining saloon, and, fearing that it would explode too soon, turned it the wrong waV, with the result that it ex ploded in a downward direction, causing tho accident. Colonel MeWU'i Successor. Washington, D. C., Jan. 7. Major Amos Stickney, nowht Buffalo, N. Y., has been assigned to the duties lately under the charge ofLieutenani Colonel William E. Merrill, Corps of EnginecrsSdeeeased. MR, BLA1 TALKS, He Declares He Seldom Felt Better Than He Does at Present. A CHAT ABOUT POLITICS, In Which the Secretary Speaks Hope fully of Party Prospects. EVIDENCES OF A GREAT MEMORY. Indigestion and Gont the Two Greatest Enemies-He Has. HARRIS0F3 SOLICITUDE- ABOUT HIM fSFECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DI8PATCIM Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. Secretary Blaine has apparently recovered from the attack of indigestion which he suffered yes terday, and will .probably be at the State Department to-morrow. At 9 o'clock this evening a Dispatch reporter sent his card to Mrs. Blaine for the purpose of inquiring as to the Secretary's condition, and was asked up to the drawing room, where he found the Secretary dressed in afternoon1 costume chatting animately with Senator Washburn. ' Mrs. Blaine said: "Here is a reporter, Mr. Blaine, who has come to see whether you are as ill as you are reported to be." The Secretary thereupon arose, grasped his caller -cordially by the hand, and said: "I am glad to see you, and to assure you that I have wholly recovered from my ill ness of yesterday, which was simply what the doctors have described it to be, an attack of acute indigestion caused by a 'too hearty uxeattiasi. uuu iach. 01 sumi'ient CAeruiac uur- ing the past few days. No Excuse for Exaggeration. "I have not felt better in several years than I do to-night, and you can assure your readers that there is not the slightest ex cuse for the exaggerated and sensational re ports as to my illness, which was a trifling one." The Secretary then spoke of some of the newspaper articles that had been shown him, and laughed heartily at what he called the absurd statements about his health. Senator Washburn then spoke of- the per sistent efforts of certain newspapers and certain politicians to create the impression that Mr. Blaine was a sick man, and the latter said that the task of making a con firmed invalid of him had been carried on persistently for three or four years. He said that he was practically a well man last summer, three weeks after he arrived at Bar Harbor, and yet he was pursued as no man evet had been, and statements sent out of the most sensational character that con tained not a word of truth. Blaine in a Reminiscent Stood. After talking in this way about himself for a few moments, and showing by his rapid walking about the rQom, his. langhter about s6mejmblishedT(iportsianr Sis gen eral animation that. he hod recovered from his sickness of yeserday, Mr. Blaine fell into a reminiscent mood, and he.and Senator Washbnm told stories of their eaily days in political life, and how public men had in those days been regarded and treated by the public and the press. Mr. Blaine talked of the political ques tions of to-day, also, and spoke in a very hopeful way of the future prospects of the Republican party. He gave an evidence of the retention in all its vigor of his wonder ful memory by stating that he could to-day-recount the most minute details of the poli tical history ot his native State of Pennsyl vania, including the naming of every coun ty in the State in alphabetical order. After half an hour's chat Mr. Blaine es corted the reporter to the door, with the as surance that he had suffered no ill effects from yesterday's attack, but that he felt as well as ever to-night. Tlio Doctors Not Far Wrong. The physicians appear to have told the truth about 3Ir. Blaine's condition. There can be no doubt that their statements as to the nature and severity of the illness which suddenzy seized the"Secretary are correct. There is absolutely no trnth whatever in the report that Mr. Blaine was stricken with apoplexy, or that there were any symptoms whatever of that disease. The apoplexy report grew entirely out of the street rumor which went flying broadcast over the citv at the first intimation of Mr. Blaine's sickness, and before there was any opportunity to learn the facts. Indigestion and gout are the two ailments which visit Mr. Blaine so often, and which he is obliged to fight; so constantly. The attack of yesterday is similar to the one which preceded liis visit to New York last spring, and is, no doubt, due to overwork and indiscretion in the matter of eating. No Stnp to the Political Gossip. The knowledge that Mr. Blaine is not dangerously ill, and that he will in a dayor two probably be back at his desk in the State Department," has in no wise put a stop to the political gossip, which started up yesterday simultaneous with the an nouncement of his sickness. There is little donbt that among the public men here Blaine stock depreciated temporarily when the first' accounts of his illness were re ceived. The President has shown the utmost solic itude for his Secretary of State. He called in person upon him "yesterday, and sent a messenger early this morning" to get the latest report from the sick room". Hr. Har rison s friends are all glad to know that Mr. Blaine's illness is not really serious, but, slight as it was, it has given them re newed hope, because it enables them to ray with more. confidence what theyhave said for the past year, that the Secretary, of State, owing to his physical condition, if to no other cause, cannot be considered a rival of President Harrison or any other Presidental candidate. TWENTY YEABS OF HABD LUCK. A Sullivan County Woman Whose Three Husbands Bled Suddenly. Scranton, Jan. 7. Special Twenty years ago Miss Amanda Bradford was a happy maiden in Cherry township, Sulli van county.' List Saturday she became a widow for the third time. All of her hus band met with sudden deaths. Thirteen years ago she was married to Adelbert S. Rogers, a prosperous voung farmer of tho neighborhood. Two years after their mar riage Mr. Rogers dropped dead fromhis chair at the supper table, with heart dis ease. When Mrs. Rogers had been a .jvidow for two years she became the wife of Peleg C. Ralph, another farmer of Cherry township. In less than a year Mrs. Ralph found her husband dead by her side in bed. His death was also 'attributed to heart dis ease. . Mrs. Ralph remained a widow until the lu'th of last month, when she was married to Cyrus K. Stannard, a widower of David son 'township. Last Saturday he left stage in which he was, riding to take a walk. - J , ----- , o ' - - " i I onoruy uuerwaru uiiyzi xrorier neara a i JVfe 17941892. pistol shot, and looking back he saw Mr. Stannard lying in the road. He ran back and found Mr. Stannard dead, with a bullet hole in his right temple and a revolver clntched in his right hand. Mr. Stannard had never been known to carry a revolver, and yet left no paper to tell why he com mitted suicide. . FOUJi DESPERADOES FALL IN A FIERCE RUNNING FIGHT IN THE NEW KANSAS WAR. Aourler BHnps th TTewit of TtAttl0 TTa he Men Tumble, but Doesn't Know ' J- '-. v -. m.i..i .,,,..,,. C vAHeJ iiero jiiieu Alio iuiu. -'', running confiic-i 1 '. "V V. .feeing desper- uuoes auu an armeuv ' wagons loaded with liv pated in the battle, encamped in a gulch meo. ' pursuers. Two the men partici- They had been south of Spring field when they were discovered. They saw their pursuers at about the same moment, and then commenced the life and death race. For ten miles the two parties were not within firing distance, but just be fore, dusk the pursuing party came within less than a quarter of a mile of the despera does, and then fhe firing commenced. This running fight was kept up on a level nlain for four miles. Following one of the fusilades four men were seen to tumble from their seats in the wagons, one in one and three in the other. It could not be ascer tained whether they were killed or wounded. The pursuing party, finding that theirjaded horses would not carry them further, made a detour of about half a mile to a ranch where they procured fresh horses, and the race was resumed. The courier started back from that point. He says the pursuing party, nnmbenngl4 men. would follow the desperadoes into No Man's" Land, if necessary and bring them back Jead or alive. Another courier is hourly expected, and withTiim news ofa battle in which one side or the other .will be annihi lated. , It was learned to-dav the party kiliing Dunn, which numbered about 50 men, was made up of details from the counties of Seward, Stevens, Grant, Morton and Has kell. Threats have been made in each of these five counties that in case Jndge Bot kin attempts to open court in either he would be killed, and the threat came from men known to be desperadoes. Adjutant General Roberts is at a loss to know what to do with the prisoners that have been left in his charge, and their num bers are largely increased in the morning. A dispatcli from Springfield says one militia company arrived there last evening, but found no enemy to oppose them, every des perado havingtvanished. SOCIETY WUJC BE BEGALED When the Boycc-Lytle AiLtlr Is Aired in the Court Room-. BitADDOCK, Jan. 7. Special The Boyce-Lytle aflair is the main topic here and in theEastEnd, where society isgreatly exercised. Mr. Lytle is well-known as a man of integrity and a good citizen. His former business associates here say he must have had some severe provocation before he treated his son-in-law as he did, and now that the case is to be taken into court and contested by Mr. Lytle, the idea here is that a great deal of 'interesting news will come out with regard to the marriage. Mr. Lytle, in rebutting the allegations made against him by Boyce, calls the latter a "scalawag," who was unable to meet his bills on a salary of 575 a month. Mr. Lvtle said he had become Bovce's security for his rent, and only solicited his daughter to return home afterher husband had Inst his position, because he did not like to see her living in poverty. Mr. Lytle also ac cuses Boyce of certain things. Bovce now threatens a heavy damage suit against his father-in-law. LADY MACD0NALD IMPLICATED. Transactions in the Northwest Territories That Look Shady. Toronto, Ont., Jan. 7. The Regina Leader (Conservative) the other day made a charge that while Mr. Dewdncy was Gover nor of the "Northwest Territories he used his official knowledge to have land adjoining, the future town jsite of Regina county re called, and that a certain personage at Ot tawa who wielded great influence was In the pool. To-day's Globe, commenting on the above, says: It is not worth while mincin? matters. The person referred to is Lady Mncdonald. She, tlio wife -of the Premier of the day, is viitmUv accused by this Conservative jom nal of nHvingbeen a partner with Mr. Dewd nev and the lest in ii transaction which all conceined must have known to bo shady and disreputable, and it would he well for Parliament to order nn investigation. KILLED BY HIS PUPILS. Tho Fate of a Schoolmaster Who Tried to Funish Three Boys. TornKA, Jan. 7. Special William Ehrhart, tescher in a school near this place, was attacked by three boys whom he had told to remain after school hours this after noon and will die. The leader of the boys was George Kistler. Ehrhart intended to pnnish the boys, but one of them struck him over the head With a poker and another stabbed him twice in the neck with a pockctknife. FEDEBALC0NIB0L OF DIV0BCE. Kyle, the Indecrat, to Introduce a-Resolution Looking to That nd, Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 7. Senator J. H. Kyle, of South Dakota, expects soon to introduce in the .United States Senate a ioint-resolution, asking Jar an amendment to the Constitution giving to Congress the nower to resnlate the laws re?: regulate the laws regarding 1. . , P. v marriage ana aiyorce. ?" 1 , Illr. -.'V -Jan. 7.-Spedd'.-A couriervjK Vo, .fj -oon, just in from the south li V-. ,fO. He reports a THREE CENT& STARTING TIMIDLY . .f- A lair and Order .Jlwemeiit - on Sunday Newspapers. Suddenly Halts. WAERAtfTS AEE HELD BACKy To Give the Society More Time J to I Think Over the Question. AFTER fcOUNTT OFFICIALS ALSO. J Minnte3 Show That Only Three Ictiye Workers Are Left. DISCEDHXATION WOX'T BE ALLOWED! Considerable talk was caused yesterday" br another announcement that the Law and? Order Society would endeavor to enforce- literajly the old law of 1794 relative to Sun- Tj uay worn, ounuay newspapers were given first place on the programme, and as a nat '-j ural result mills, factories, street and steam railroads, postal service, messengers, tele graph, telephone, electric lighting and other" aunuay auairs would loliow. " So many rumors of such moves have been, afloat of late, without foundation, that it was thought at first this was a similar one. But investigation proved that in a partial. way the report was correct. Alderman Rohe admits that the Society has made inr lormation before him against over 30 Sun day newspaper people. But that is alL A Sudden nalt Called. After making the informations the prose cutors stopped to feel their way. and there is no telling when the machine will be put- in motion again. All the Alderman know3 . is that he is forbidden to issue warrants on the parties informed against until the Society i instructs him to do so. The same people, with Captain Wishart as leader, once be-. fore made a similar move, but in a moment .-J of unprecedented wisdom gave it up and withdrew the charges. Whether or not this i will happen again remains to be seen. Some say Agent McCIure doesn't like to start a movement and then let it drop.but the fact re mains that Agent McClure is subject to the same trio of gentlemen as was Agent Wish- art in the latter days of his reign, and there j mav be another victory for wisdom. Jl But if the Alderman gets his instructions to issue warrants it is understood that a general war on various Sunday works men tioned above will be waged; for the So-jX ciety will scarcely attempt to inforcethe law of 1791 in one case and not in another. Aft cr the Connfy Officers. ' Another Law and Order sensation waa sprung yesterday when it was announced that the Society would endeavor to have the ' Supreme Court prevent the proposed in crease of county officers salaries. As will be seen below, the Law and Or-v. uer oucieiy, in n-i original suape, is a tilings of the past. Wlicu formed, its expressed purpose iwas; the -suppression of illegal i:-i rilifi.,- S,i5r i,i r.-:i- rf larities. When its work in this Iine was completed, and an effort was made toJ branch out in other directions, many ofitsD best men left it- This thinning-out process! has gone steadily on, until now, as the mia-f ute book shows, only three members arej sufficiently interested to attend all the! meetings. Among the others, there is ana unexplained backwardness about allowing the fact to be known that they are con-1 nected with the bocietv. NOT IN A GREAT HURRY. Aldermin Rohe Is Instructed Not to Serve J the Warrants Until Further Notice Overs Thirty Informations Made, but 2Co Fur- ther A ction Has Been Taken. Alderman Rohe said yesterday that be3 tween 30 and 35 informations had been made before him against persons engaged in work on Sunday newspapers, by Agent McCInrefl bnt whether anything further woul' be done he could not say, as he had told to hold tho informations until further orders, and that no wa yet been issned. Alderman Re said he had no feeling in matter, but hoped it would be pushed to ; conclusion, as he thought the commotion would never cease until some compromise was reached. He thought it time in the in terest of business, leaving out all moral considerations, that some authoritative dis- nnsitinn was made of the matter. amlS though not biased, he would adhere to thea text of the law defining his duty in the2 premises, but would make no movement of his own volition. He smilingly declined toj discuss ethics of the case. He also stated that Captain Wishart, be- fore he dropped the reins, had lodgedS nearly 100 informations with him against! newspaper men, but hnally ordered thenij destroyed, as it had been decidednot to prosecute. He said the society might re-ja solve to do the same thing again. He un derstood, however, that these cases were in-a tended as a test, and, if successful, othqrj prosecutions wopld follow He also thought there was no present intention to enter suits against newspaper proprietors, editors and reporters, but the work of gathering testimony in tne present case has been thorough, abont a dozen detectives having been at work. AFTER SALARY GRABBERS. Tho Law and Order League TT111 Go IntoJ the Rins With County Official and GetJ a Final Decision An Appeal In the Belli Case to Bo Taken. Another new movement the Law and Order Society has determined to make is" to test the validity of the salary grab of thjy county officers. Attorney Yot, acting for the society, will present the lollowing, pe3 titinn in court next Fndav: In the Court of Common Pleas Ko-.lofl Allegheny county. Jonti A. Hell va thai county oi A.ncguony. -o. la -uarcn tormn 1KB. To the Honorable, the .Indies of said Court: The petition of tho undersigned person! respectfully represents: That a suit wna hesun in tho above entitled cause orDq4 ceniberS, 1801, and a Judgment was entered on December 19, 1S01, in favor of tho plaintiff and against tno county ot iiuegneny.nnei delenuant, ior uie sum oi it.Mv, wnicn juag incut Is unpaid and unsatisfied. i Thutyour petitioners are taxpayers of the said county of Allegneny. t That tlio proper officers of the said county; of Allezhonyana James A. Grier, the Con troller of said county, have neglected-to take any steps to inquire into thevalidity of said jndgment against said county, and have neglected to appeal therefrom and have inJicated their intention to pay and.dls eliuge tue same one or tne pnunc limns or the county.upon the expiration of 20 daya from the entry of said ludirment. WhereJ ford your petitioners pray the Court for leave to come into court ana aeiena saw county or Allegheny in said suit, and. in tmire into the validity of said ludsrmeal against said county ot Allegheny as fully; j f . .
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