uSssdSH ?"PiTr2i'i.i?r-itriS7W 4U0 10 L.ZI liQitXUtfrrf Contain many items worth, your attentiati tf you an going to move this year. The choicest locations lire described In THE DISPATCH To Let adlets. All Home. Hunters Should 'Watch .Them Dally, Jaes WT-C RjSi' r r'3 Slf yon, want good help or a good dtaa-7 -s.-e-'Xn - tioa 70a will probably find just what you , s?js . ' ' want In the Cent-a-Word columns. ,, r v j - THE DISPATCH'3 want adlets reach the -" ,u - best e!au. h m:', m""m.wi'.wg mm n; ( mm FORTY-SLXTH YEAR. FEU BOSSES TIE HOUSE. Less Than a Score of Men Controlling All the Legislation. A LIMITED COMBINE. Some Members Begin to Feel the Collar Chafe Their Necks. NO VOICE BUT VAIN PROTEST for the Balk of Those Congressmen Who Are Getting Restive. Effect of the New Rules Already Ap parent Great Power to Place in the Hands of a Demag-ogue Considerable Discussion at "Washington Over the Supreme Judgeship Shlras Favora bly Known to the President Chances for a "Western Pennsylvania Man New Jersey and Delaware Not Yet Despondent A Novel Hearing for To Day -A New Portrait of Dolly Mad ison. If rrCIAL TELEGEArniC LFTTEK.l JiCREAU or The Dispatch, 1 M AMUAGTwr, D. C. Jan. EH. If taste of lime in senseless babble Le statesmanship, then the. House of Beprescntafives of the United States is probably the greatest aggregation of statesmen iu the world. Speeches were in order to-day, under a five-minute rule, upon tbc new rule a they were read seriatim, and the day was practically ex hausted iu short speeches of a purely party character, wholly regardless of the rules which were under consideration. Any sort of amendment furnished opportunity for unlimited specebmaking, and when five minutes were insufficient for the orator to air his party bigotry or his partisan non sense, he would be permitted to continue by unanimous consent. "When no other amendment suggested itself a member desiring to make speech Mould move to amend by striking out the last vi ord of the clause read by the clerk, and, having made his 5pcech, would with draw his amendment a modern and perni cious practice which should have no place an reputable parliamentary bodies. A K.iltlo or Oratorical Drivel. Often on such occasions as these, when any maiubcr may gain-the floor, one hears a rattle of oratorical small shot that is somewhat enlivening, but to-day's "efforts" were the embodiment of dreariness. It seemed as though each vied with the other to be the most tiresome. Such a burden of drivel has rarely been sent to the Govern ment printing office to make appalling to all readers the pages of the Congressional Metvrd. The second month of Congress closes with this week. The Senate has performed the amount of work usual in that time. The House has not even adopted the rules which are to govern its parliamentary procedure, though all the important features are -accepted, and they would have been adopted as a whole two days ago had not so many members been anxious to make a little speech to send home to their constituents to proe they are diligently representing them. Slow Movement or Larse Bodies. Little work of a practical nature has been done in the House committees. As the House grows in bulk, however, it may be cmected to move more slowly each term until it will become necessary to hold con tinuous sessions. The drift of things is all in that direction. It will be a day of feast ing and glorification for the "Washington hotel and boarding house keepers when the tardiness of Congress in getting to work produces the much-wished-for continuous session. The new rules, virtually adopted, are mainly a return to those of the .Fiftieth Congress, with the exception that the Com mittee on Appropriations grasps back to itself control of several appropriations which the Committee on Bulcs of the Forty-ninth Congress took away from the Committee on Appropriations to deprive the Chairman, Mr. Randall, of as much power as possible. Much of the power of which tbc committee was shorn at thattime is now lestored to them, and that commit tee and the Committee on Bules are the ab solute masters of legislation iu the House. Blocked bj a Iw Dosses. One of the committees deprived of its late power to draft an appropriation bill is the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Hemphill, the Chairman of that com mittee for years under Democratic rule, made a resolute ODposition against that portion of the report of the Committee on Bules which deprived his committee of the control of the District appropriation bill, and in his opposition painted a vivid pict ure of the absolute power the Committee on Appropriations is arrogating to itself, but all to no purpose. Most of the Eepublicans and many Democrats sustained him, but he was defeated by a large majority. The result and, in fact, the whole trend of the debate since it began on the Demo cratic sideshows that there has been a defin ite arrangement among a few of the Dem ocratic leaders to hold absolute sway. The Committee on Bules cau absolutely indi cate the lime for ihe consideration of any bill, and what the Committee on Bules can not accomplish in the way of autocratic rule over the House will be done by the Com mittee on Appropriations, whose bills will always hare the right of way. 1'over ofa Ball-Headed Man. "With this power in his grasp one may easily guess howr the committee will be used by a mulish demagogue like-Holman, of In diana, acting as Chairman. The remainder of the House, outside of those leaders, Springer, McMIllin, the Speaker and a few others, all of whom will work together in their sole personal control of legislation, will have no voice but that of vain and idle protest, and. as Mr. Hemphill said to-day, niight as well stay at home and draw their salaries as to sit in the Hall of-Bepresenta-tives and look as though they had a hand in legislation when they would know all the time that the laws were being made or re jected by a body of men less than a score in number. Of course, his is an old abuse, but when it was partially abolished during several Congresses it seems almost intolerable to witness its re-establishment. Tho Judgeship Being Considered. There is much discussion here in regard to the appointment of a Judge to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench occasioned by the death of Justice Bradley. I think It is almost universally conceded mat me appointment should be given to Pennsyl vania, and there is little or no doubt that tho PrecM.nt trill tsfce that vieW of the matter. In fact, he intimated as much to day to one of his visitors who happened to refer to the appointment. While Judge Paxon, of the State Su preme Bench, may possibly have the stroiic est indorsement, a great deal of protesting against his appointment is heard among Pennsvlvania Bcpublicans. To appoint a Republican from the State Supreme Bench would result in the election ofa Democrat to that bodv, as, with that and the death of Judge Clark, there would be two vacancies, and two judges to fill them would be chosen simultaneously. Under the new law giving the minority a representation, one of the judges would be a Democrat, which is not a pleasant prospect to the loval party man. The other judges of the State Supreme Beach mentioned are Williams and Mitchell, but it is pretty certain that if the State Su preme Bench circle be broKen to uii me National Supreme Court Judge Paxon will be the choice. Mr. .Shiras' Chances Thought Good. It is reported that George Shiras, Jr., of the Allegheny county bar, will have a wide and very influential support, and he is well and very favorably known to the President. It is possible that for such a man Mr. Har rison might waive for the time his practice, adhered to hitherto, of selecting forjudges of the Supreme bench persons who have had experience on the District or Circuit bench. Many Pennsylvanians with whom I have spoken say that if the President will adopt their view, that no Bepublican should be taken from ihe State Supreme Bench, and that if he adhere to his own practice of se lecting judges from the District and Circuit bench, thus ruling out Mr. Shiras and other eminent lawyers, no one would seem so fit and popular for the place as Judge Mark W. Acneson, recently taken from the bench of the District to that of the Circuit Court by President Harrison. Of course, the eastern part of the State is laying claim to the appointment on geo graphical groonds, as it is uear the center of the district, which is composed of Penn-sylvania,-ew Jersey and Delaware. Judge Paxson being a Philadelphian, it does not appear that any other candidate is now talked of iu thatpiarter. Other Candidates in Plenty. New Jersey and Delaware do not propose to abaudon the field voluntarily, however. Senator Higgins, of Delaware, desires the appointment of William C Spruance, of the "Wilmington bar. Ex-Senator Sew ell, of New Jersev, who is a very intimate friend of the President, is supporting John "W. Griggs, of Paterson, and other New Jer sey candidates are Judge Green, United States Judce in the Trenton district, and Judge Dixon, of the Supreme Court of Nev Jersey. It is reported that Judge Butler, of the Eastern Pennsylvania district, is a candidate, but Philadelphians know noth ing of it. A somewhat novel hearing will occur to morrow, before the Committee on Bivers and Harbors. A number of Government engineers who have been stationed on the great-lakes will discuss before the committee the phenomenon ot decrease of water in the lakes, as shown by the recent lowering of the low water mark, already much com mented on. One theory is that the disinte gration of the rock at Niagara Falls has led to an increased outflow, and plans will be presented lor a remedy If Secretary Foster returns from Fortress Monroe to-morrow, as is expected, it is probable there w ill be a speedy settlement of the internal revenue " collectorship at Pittsburg, which has been held up in a rather remarkable manner. It is expected, also, that the papers in the District Judge ship for "Western Pennsylvania will be called for by the President within a day or two. The Attorney General has reminded the President that Judge Beed's resigna tion took effect on the 15th instant, and that the business of the court is piling up. New ricturo of Dolly Madison. A portrait is now on exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of. Art which is exciting a vast deal of interest, especially among society ladies. It is that of Mrs. Dolly Madison, so famous as a society beanty and leader when the "first lady of the land" in the White House. The "lace is taken from a bust portrait painted lroui life by Gilbert Stuart, the famous portrait artist of .that day. For the neck and shoulders two young society ladies posed, and a magnificent costume of the days of Doliy Madison fur nished the gown, the sheen of whose opalescent satin petticoat and pale orange overskirt has been admirably blended and imitated oy tnc artist. . The face is faithfully rendered'from the Stuart portrait The "lady is represented passing down one of the graveled walks of the White House grounds, with a dark background of the rich green foliage, against which the figure stands out in fine relief. It is the masterpiece of the artist, Prof. E. F. Andrews, master of instruction in the Corcoran School of Art, who has painted portraits of many prominent ladies and gen tlemen of Pittsburg. It is probable that Congress will purchase this charming por trait of Mrs. Madison to add to the gallery of "first ladies" at the White House. IiIGHTXEC. BALTIMORE LOSING TEE B. & 0. Its Mainstay Gradually Drifting Eastward Toward the Metropolis. Baltimore, Jan. 29. Special The feeling is gaining ground here that the man agement of the Baltimore and Ohio is slip ping away from Baltimore and the head nnarters will soon be located in New York. Hambleton's circular will say to-morrow: The Belt Railroad Tunnel now hcinir con structed will also facilitate the Baltimuie and Ohio's efforts to reach New York, and w e anticipate that eventually the manage ment of the company will fall into the hands of those who are more interested in the prosperity of other cities than Baltimore. The Garret block of stock, some 70,000 shaies, is in position to De sold and it is reasonable to suppose that should a lavorablo opportunity occur it will change hands. All circum stances and conditlonspolnt to the absorp tion ofa controlling interest in the Balti more and Ohio by Eastern and Emopean capitalists, and it Is possible that in time the company may be managed Irom the New York end of the line. As a local insti tution, tho Baltimore and Ohio company has ceased to exist. GBAVES' NEW LEASE OF LIFE. A Supersedeas Is Granted and He "Will Be Beleased on Ball. Deuvee, Col., Jan. 29. The Supreme Court this morning granted a supersedeas in the Graves case. Dr. Graves will be re leased on bail. The writ took exception to Judge Bising's instructions to the jury in the lower court, claiming that the Judge erred in instructing the jury that they should bring in a verdict of guilty if they had a reasonable basis for thinking that the doctor had sent the poisoned bottle to Mrs. Barnaby; that it was not necessary for every link in the circumstantial evidence to be perfect in order to bring a conviction. They also took exception to the testimony of sev eral witnesses, who the defense allege were allowed to go out of their way to testify against the doctor. The doctor has been notified by telegraph of Iiis good luck in securing a stay of pro ceedings. This will do away with placing the death watch over him, as would have been done next Sunday night, had the supersedeas been rtlused. JEANNETTE'S BIGGEST FIRE. THE LATEST OP THE SERIES INFLICTS A LOSS OF SC5.O00. It Started at 9:30 Last Evening and De stroyed an Entire Block of Buildings A Carbon Oil Lamp Explosion Starts the Blaze. Jeaxnltte, Jan. 30, 3 A.M. jSsriaZ. The most disastrous ot the recent fires that have threatened to annihilate J eannette oc curred here this evening. Another solid square of business blocks has been laid low, entailing a loss of at least 505,000. At 9:30 o'clock the cry of fire was again sounded, and, although hundreds of willing hands were on the scene in an instant, it became apparent from the first that another and the most valuable business square in Jeannette was doomed. The fire originated in the jewelry store of J. W. Welty, situated in the center of the square between Fifth and Sixth streets, on Clay avenne. An auction sale was in progress, and the crowd had just been dismissed when a large lamp that was suspended to the ceiling dropped to the floor, breaking to pieces and scattering the carbon oil in all directions. J. W. Welty, the proprietor of the store, and Morrow, the auctioneer, in stantly seized a Babcock fire extinguisher and soon had the blaze under control. While thus engaged they noticed that the intense heat from the lamp had ignited the ceiling, causing the lamp to drop. The Greensburg Fire Department re sponded to a call for help, but too late to save the buildings, and by 11:30 the entire square was in ashes. ' 7 CENTS IN THE TREASURY. Not Much in Actual Cash, but State Treas urer Boyer's Statement Is a Flattering One The State Debt Being Rapidly "Wiped Ont Figures for It. Habeisburg, Jan. 28. wiaZ. The debt of the State of Pennsylvania is being speedily wiped out, and from now on the sinking fund will be a mere bagatelle. State Treasurer Boyer's monthly statement to-day showed 5761,393 34 in the sinking fund.' Monday the balance of the $8,000,000 loans will mature, and will be paid off as fast as the bonds are presented. On the same day a payment of 15,510 will be made to the Agricultural College. This will give $103,883 34 in the sinking fund, and against this there is now outstanding old bonds amounting to 5134,000, on which the inter est has ceased, but which have not been presented for payment. The next loan to be met is due in 1894, and the last in 1912. Many of these bonds have been bought in from time to time, so that the annual appropriation of 5100,000 to the sinking fund will be ample to meet all claims. Heretofore, under the Humes law, the sinking fund received 51,000,000 an nually. The general fund this evening contained ?5,6GG,524 34, so that, with the regular re ceipts of the department, there is no danger of a failure to pay the 55,000,000 pnblio school flppropriaton-.i!vJunf5- JCho-actual-cash in the Treasury vault is but 7 cents. EX-SENATOB TAB0E BEATEN. An English Mining Company Secures a Heavy "Verdict Against Him. Denver, Jan. 29. The suit of the Kaiser Gold Mining Company, Limited, of Lon don, against ex-Senator Tabor, which has been on trial in the United States District Court for the past week was ended to-day. It was a suit for 580,000 damages claimed by the English company to have been ex pended by them in investigating the merits of an Arizona mine which Senator Tabor had offered to sell them, and the plaintiffs claim that Tabor agreed to pay the expenses of the investigation if the mine proved un satisfactory. The Englishmen testified that ihe mine did not come up to their expectation, and they refused to buy it. Tabor thereupon had them ejected and took possession of the mine, refusing to reimburse them for their expenses in making examination. Tho jury to-day returned a verdict of 516,125 13 in favor of plaintiffs. CHICAGO'S TYPHOID FEVER. The Board of Health to Find Out if It is Due to Polluted Water. CnicAGO, Jan. 29. Dr. John H. Bauch, Sanitary Examiner of the State Board of Health, this morning received instructions from the board to investigate the charge that Chicago is suffering from an epidemic of typhoid fever, due to a polluted water supply. Speaking of the matter, Dr. Bauch said: "The charge is a most serious one. It was made by Prof. Sedgcwick, biologist of the State Board of Health of Massachu setts, and Prof. Hazen, chemist of the Mas sachusetts Technological Institute. I have a decided opinion about the whole affair, but it is no time to talk. We must act. The entire matter will be investigated." TEH YEAES FOE MTJSGBAVE. The Hoosler Skeleton Insurance Swindler Convicted at Terre Hante. Teerb Haute, Ind., Jan. 29. The jury in the Musgrave life insurance swindling case brought in a verdict to-night after being out six hours, giving him ten years in the penitentiary and a fine of 5500. The jury w as divided all the way from 2 years to 14, the limits provided by the law for conspiracy to obtain money under false pretences. A new trial will be asked and the case carried to the Supreme Court if refused. Union Tanners Locked Out. Milwaukee, Jan. 29. About 100 whiteners employed in the tanneries here struck Tuesday for a uniform scale of wages. To-day non-union men took their places in one establishment and the shavers went out. The employers held a meeting and decided to lock out all shavers and w hitencrs. Cleveland Democrats in Council. New Toek, Jan. 29. Over 60 of the most prominent Cleveland Democrats as sembled this evening at the Murray -Hill Hotel behind closed doors. A call for a Democratic conference, to meet next month, was signed. Deacon White on Deck Again. New York, Jan. 29. Special S. V. White to-day formally applied for readmis sion to the privileges of the New York Stock Exchange. The committee will con sider his application next week. MRS. LEW "WALLACE tells some stories of Tlorence Nightingale which she picked up while in Constantinople, in. THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. PITTSBURG-, ' SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. 1892-TWEEVE PITTSBURGJS THIRD In the Estimation of Members of the Republican State Committee. WILLIAMSPOET SMALLER, But She Was Able to Get Two More Totes Than the Iron City FOR THE COMING CONVENTION. It "Will Be Held at Harrisbrirg-, April 20, With a Hurrah. HAEEiSOK'S CHILEAN WORE INDORSED fSrCCI .L TELEGUAM TO THE DlSr.ATCn.1 Philadelphia, Jan. 29. The Bepub lican State Committee met in parlor C of the Continental Hotel this morning, and decided upon Wednesday, April 20, as the date and Harrisburg as the place for the next Bepublican State Convention. There are 114 members in the State Committee, andf Chairman Watres had anticipated the very general attendance that answered his call, a public hall would have been se lected for Ihe meeting. As it was, the par lor did not accommodate the great number present, but the business before the com mittee had no hitch in it. There was room for the work done. Chairman Watres opened with a brief ad dress. "This is the first time I have been -able to meet with you as a committee," he, said, "and I want to thank you for your courtesy and assistance in the last cam paign, as strongly emphasized in the elec tion of General Gregg and Captain Morri" son. There are but two matters before yon- fixing the time and place for our State convention and I await your pleasure." The Choice Pnt In Words. There was a brief pause, and then Com mitteman William JjTicbols, of Philadel phia, moved that Harrisburg be selected as the place and April 20 as the date. There was an immediate "second" from a dozen sources. "Before we go on," interjected D. S. Wal ton, of Waynesburg, the Greene countv member, "I move to amend by substituting Pittsburg." Mr. Walton did not stop. He -went right on for 15 minutes, with an eulogy on Pittsburg, and at the close the committee voted 19 ayes and all the rest against going" to that city. "If the Chairman pleases," said Mar L. Mitchell, ex-County Chairman of Lycoming, "I move to substitute Williamsport for Har risburg, wherewe have plenty of every- thing but Eepublicans." Chairman Watres halted long enough to allow a second speech, and then Williams port got 21 votes. Williarnsport's Sympathy Extended. "Mr. Chairman," said Mr. .Mitchell, when Secretary Leech announced the result, "Williamsport is a small city, but it can heartily sympathize with Pittsburg on this occasion." The committee enjoyed this bit of pleas antry, and voted on Harrisburg without lurtntr ueiay. . 'xnese resolutions were then unanimously aaopicu; , " V Resolved, 'That wo tender to President Harrison and his Cabinet our congratula tions on their very able and successful man agement of the untoitunate Chilean affair. Kesolvcd, That the firmness, wisdom and patriotism displayed by the administration throughout this thieatcning and dangeious imbroglio have been characterized by that patience and magnanimity found alone in true statesmanship. Besolved, That the attempt on the pirt of if few bombastic Democratic partisans. and their British allies to cbaracteiize the President's late methods as a paitisan meas ure, is as unreasonable as it is unjust, and is, in the light of tho latest information, wholly without foundation, Besolved, That the firm and graceful man ner by which the administration has com pelled the world to understand that the dignity and honor of our country will be maintained at home and abroad, entitles it to the lasting gratitude of all free and gratc iful people. Ex-District Attornev J. S. 31". McCar roll, of Dauphin, handed in a second reso lution to the effect that "extend its con gratulations to the Eepublicans of Penn sylvania on the magnificent victory won at the polls in November last, and its thanks to the Chairman and his assistants for their skill and ability in conducting the cam pain." An Auditing Committee Named. This was also carried without a dissent ing voice, when, at the request of Chair man Watres, a committee composed of J. S. M. McCarroll, of Harrisburg; Eepreaenta tive J.'B. Finley, of MonongahelaCity. and John B. Asken, of Beaver, was appointed to audit the books of the State Committee. Ex-Burgess Samuel Bentz, of Carlisle, re quested the committee to take action in favor of Judge William F. Sadler as the choice of the Cumberland Valley for Jus tice of the Supreme Court. The committee did not notice Mr. Bentz nor his request. While the business proceeded, ex-Chairman W. H. Andrews, the Crawford states man, canvassed around to ascertain the feeling on the Justice of the Supreme Court nomination. After a careful poll, he found that nearly three-fourths of the mem bers favored Judge John J. Henderson, the' Mcadville jurist, and that neither Judge John J. Wickham, of Beaver, nor Judge Harry White, of Indiana, were, considered. Mr. Andrews believes his statement is cor rect. HAEBIS0N FBATJDuXENTLY IND0ESED. A Big Bow in the Indiana Committee on Account of the Trick. Indianapolis, Jan. 29. Special The Blaine men and the anti-Administration men are very angry to-Jay over the trick played upon them by the Har rison men last night. At the Be publican conference and committee meeting all day yesterday and during the early hours of tbe erening no reference was made to the President, burtoward midnight resolutions approving him were sprung upon the committee. They were warmly opposed but went through. Hanna, the Ft. Wayne committeeman, is greatly incensed, and Brick, the South Bend member, threat ens to resign. WHAT'S THE MATTES WITH GE0VEE? Henri VTatterson Not a Hill Boomer Yet by a Long Shot. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 29. In the Courier Journal to-morrow, Mr. Watterson will say: The Courier-Journal piesents its compli ments to those of its esteemed cocempo raries who have kindly interested them selves in its bebalf with respect to the Presidental candidacy of Governor Hill, and begs that, as soon as this paper has declared itself in favor of Governor Hill or as soon as may be convenient thereafter they will do us the favor to wire us at onr expense. The matter may not he of much, or any, im portance to the public; but we like to be ad vised of what is going on, you know. In the, meantime, what is the matter with Grover Cleveland? Don't everybody speakat once. Mis? Mitchell's Unnt for a License. rrsrrTVTTATI. .Tan. 29. TFnrlal. 1 Tt is .developed that Miss Mitchell, who killed j Freda Ward in Memphis, wrote to the County Clerk in Covington, ICy., a week ago, stating that she and another young lady wished to get married and wanted to know whether there was anv law in Ken tucky against the marriage 'of persons of the same sex. She explained that she had heard Covington was the resort of a great many eloping couples. - CORRALING MOONSHINERS. FIVE MEMBERS OF A DESPERATE GANG AKE CAPTURED. A.Large Posie on the Trail or the Others Two Illicit Distilleries Smashed Into Kindling Wood The Fnrsnlng Force . Have a Hard Task. Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Jan. 29. Special. About 1 o'clock this morning United States Eevenue Officer Mitchell, with a lorce of 19 men under Detective J. E. Har row, left this place for the mountains. Their destination was kept secret, but it was known generally by the police at this place that they were bound for Jones' mills, where a gang of notorious illicit distillers had been known to have been carrying on their traffic unmolested for years. This evening Officers Marshall and Har row marched quietly into town, having in tow five of the moonshiners. Sixteen of Ihe special officers are still in the mount ains, and, judging by the reports of Harrow, they are having anything but a delightful time. The officers came upon part of their game a few miles beyond the Westmoreland and Fayette county lines, in Fayette county. The moonshiners were taken completely by surprise and surrendered without a struggle. Two finely-equipped illicit distilleries were found snugly ensconced in the hills.butwere totally destroyed by the revenue officers. It was known that a large gang of moon shiners still lingered farther in the hills, and the two officers were sent on with their five prisoners while the rest of the posse, 16 in number, pushed still farther into the hills after their wary game. They are e'xpected back at any time to-morrow, with their cap tives, though a fight may follow if they stumble upon the entire gang, who are known to be desperate men when cornered. The men captured and brought in to-day were Jacob Linkey and his full-grown son, Amos Critchfield, and two helpers named Matheny and Mosby. The prisoners refuse to say anything, except that they hope the other detectives may have more trouble with the others. DESTITUTION AND DEATH. A Terrible Tale of Suffering on the Pot townttomle Reservation An Entire Family Wiped Off the Earth by Starva tion, the Grip and the Cold. GurnRlE, O. T., Jan. 29. Sparfa?. A report of one of the most horrible cases of destitution and suffering on record comes to this city from the Pottowattomie reserva tion. When the lands were opened B. V. Burnett and family, consisting of his wife and three children and his brother, went into the Pottowattomie reservation from the Chickasaw country, having come there from Southern Missouri. They secured a claim, but being poor and without sufficient food or shelter they suf fered much. Finally they determined to go to some town, and started in a wagon, but being overtaken by the recent blizzard, took refuge in an old shed. Here they were 'all taken with the grip and lay with out proper covering or fire for several day?. When passers-by discovered them the father was dead. The mother and children were taken to a larmhouse and every thing possible done for them, but the mother died in a few minutes. The .,'l.two older children, whose limbs and T T ..- f . - ' . y ,, ., vitals were irozen, seou loijoweov- The baby, whom the mother held to her breast and-wrapped in her Own clothes, still lives. The brother, a grown man,'was not so badly frozen, and will live, but his reason is gone. Many other cases of desti tution and suffering are repotted from the new lands, but none so bad as this. COL. FEEKCH IM TB0TJBLE. He Loses His Iiepntation as Well as Dollars for the X. M. C. A. Crawfoedsville, Jjtp., Jan. 29. Sjycciai. Crawfordiville religious circles are greatly scandalized over the escapade of ColoneT C. H. French, the stereopticon view lecturer of Chicago, and Miss Bums, who manipulates his electric picture ma chine. The Colonel and Miss Burns were exposed in a Frankfort hotel Wednesday night. They had two dates in Crawfordsville with the Y. M. C. A. for a sacred concert, which was to have been led by Miss Burns, and a lecture on the "Inspiration of the Bible" to be given by the Colonel. The seats were sold and the advertising paid for, but Secretary McCoy has now written French canceling the dates. The associa tion is out quite a sum. MUST HAVE TAPPED SHE0L A Mysterious Explosion That Killed a Man and Left a Sulphurous Smell. Cace Citt,.Kt., Jan. 29. Seth Will iams and Moses McClellan meth death in a mysterious explosion to-day. They were digging a cistern and had reached a flat rock eight feet down. Williams struck the rock with a sledge hammer, causing a terrible explosion which buried McClellan beneath flying boulders and killed him and threw Williams into a tree CO yards away. Mc Clellan lived just long enough to tell what had happened. Several persons have closely examined the scene ot the explosion, but discovered nothing beyond a bluish vapor with" a sul phurous swell issuing from between two large rocks. A SPANISH WOMAB'S ST0EY, BecltingMIss Mitchell's Kemirka When the Marderess Sprang From tho Buggy. Memphis, Jan. 29. The grand jury con vened this morning to investigate the kill ing of Miss Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell. At 1:30, without having completed their labors, they adjourned until 9 to-morrow morning. Among the witnesses examined were Miss Jo Ward and Miss Purnell. A Spanish woman named Campbell, who saw the cutting, stated that when Misses Johnson and Mitchell drove in the buggy to the Custom House, Miss Mitchell jumped hurriedly out of the vehicle and shouted to Miss Jo'hnsoD, "Wait, I will go and fix her. This compares well with the remark, "I have done it," when Miss Mitchell re turned. The grand jury will probably com plete its labors to-morrow. BEV0LUTI0NABY ABGEBTIHE. A Garrison In Bevolt and a Cruiser Sails Under Sealed Orders. Buenos Atkes, Jan. 29. The garrison at Chaco, both cavalry and infantry, have revolted and are marching on Corrientes. Governor Donovan has ordered the gunboat Eepublica to that place as a measurje of protection. The cruiser Twenty-Fifth of May has sailed for Punta Arenas, in the Straits of Magellan, under sealed orders. The Legislature of Mendoza has elected Senor Borniejo as Gbvernor. Ex-Governor Ortiz resents this action. The police have seized many arms and are gradually restor ing order. Badicals at Bosario are foment ing a revolution in that city and a feeling of disquietude prevails: PAGES. BUUIETOBE BORED Byii Congressional Committee That Is Anxions to 'Stir Up Strife. A DIFFERENCE OF DATES, Which, in the Minds of Some Demo crats, Needs Explanation. MONTT'S JN0TE AND THE MESSAGE Delivered So Nearly Together That Sus picion Is Aroused. A SCHEME TO DO UP THE PRESIDENT fKFZCTAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. It can be stated, on the authority of a Democratic member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, that Mr. Blaine is to be called be fore the committee very shortly for the ostensible purpose of explaining some phraseology and remote, if not vague, points in the correspondence between him self and Senor Montt, but really to give an incidental explanation of how it came that President Harrison did not know of the last message from Senor Montt, delivered to Mr. Blaine at noon, but .which did not reach Mr. Harrison until after the message left the White House, at 12:15, for Con gress. It is stated by a Democrat that Mr. Blaine will say before the committee that the pres ident had been notified of the purport of the Montt reply before hismessage was for warded to Congress. The Animus Too Apparent. This latter statement, however, is pre posterous, and only shows the animus in the whole matter a determination ou the part of some Democrats to create an open difference of opinion between the President and his Secretary of State. Within the last 24 hours the Democrats who hoped to be able to make a breach be tween Mr. Harrison and Mr. Blaine, seeing that their last chance was gone in the peace ful and patriotic settlement of the Chilean affair, have seized upon the apparent muddle of dates in the deliverance of tele grams, and are making much of it. The ob ject is so very plain that it docs not even receive the sanction of a majority of their own party. Should Mr. Blaine go before the Eoreign Affairs Committee he would only have to state the facts in the case, as already given and reported in these dispatches, to show that the President acted in only the moat honorable and patriotic way throughout the entire incident. A Congressman Gets Battled. Another correspondent' says: The atten tion of Hon. DeWitt Warner, a member of Congress from New York, was to-day called to certain articles which have appeared iu the London Times and Daily Telegrapli, criti cizing President Harrison for communicat ing the Chilean message to Congress after having been informed by Minister Montt that Chile was to tender an apology. The Times and Tdcgraph' base their articles on a purported interview ,.,-v, - ,-,-if - t. a-ctk joacrs5nia&sinr-i ara "from reputable authority that MnMontf, the Chilean Minister, had informed Secre tary Blaine arfd President Harrison" on Saturday last that an apology would be tendered by Chile." The, Dalziel dispatch further stated that Minister Montt saw President Harrison personally on the matter, as he feared that information re garding the Chile message which he had previously given Mr. Blame would not reach the President. "That is not true," said Mr. Warner, de cisively, after reading the cable dispatch alluding to the purported interview. "I have given out no such interview as that, and so far as"I have stated or heard, the facts arc not as suggested, though of course I do not know what may have occurred. This is the first intimation I have had that anything was definitely known on Saturday last as to Chile's intention to apologize." Navy Officers Stili Talk War. The officers of the navy stationed in Wash ington appear to be the only persons here, so far as heard from, who do not think that the Chilean war cloud has passed away com pletely and permanently. These officers were the most enthusiastic advocates of war during the progress ol the diplomatic ne gotiations which finally resulted in a peace ful settlement of the controversy, and now that they are now longer engaged in making active preparations ot war, tney are still predicting that hostilities are bound to occur sooner or later. They have little or no faith in the stability ot peace, and predict that the Chilean feeling against the United States will soon show itself in some act of antagonism. , One of these officers, who holds a high rank in the navy, said to-day: "The antagonism felt by Chileans toward the United States is only stimulated by this submission to our demands, and I honestly look for a rupture between the two coun tries before many mouths are over. I venture to say that if Bobby Evans goes back there with the Yorktown and stays any length of time at Valparaiso there will betrouble and some one will get hurt. The news that there is to be a dinner given to Senor Matta in appreciation of his attitude in the case is the surest indication of the feeling that exists down there." o Orders for Boston or Yorktown. It is not surely known whe'ther or not the Yorktown will be sent back from Callao, but there seems to be a feeling that she will be kept there until the first burst of resent ment on the part of the Chilean populace has passed. No orders have yet been sent to either the Boston or the Yorktown. Mr. George Asta Buruaga, ex-Charge d' Affaires ot the Chilean Legation in this city, has returned to Washington from New York, where he has been spending the past wees: or so. -tie says iuu ne was xept ousy explaining the true state of things in Chile to the newspaper men there, vho had some remarkable ideas of tbe country. The statement published this morning that it was being said in Santiago that Sec retary Blaine misled Minister Montt in the negotiations receives various degrees of credence in Governmental circles. In Congress to-day no attention what ever was paid to the Chilean question. Members have ceased to discuss it, and so far as the legislators arc concerned, the en tire subject has become only a memory. BepresentatiVe Breckinridge states that h'j has no intention of pushing further his inquiry "about whether the President knew of Chile's purpose to apologize at the time he sent in his message, and it is thought by some members that the Kentucky gentleman rather regrets the part he took in this part of the controversy. The friends of Mr. Blaine and the friends of Pedro Montt, the Chilean Minister, are now engaged in an animated discussion as to which treated the other with candor during the correspondence, but it is proba ble that no conclusion on this point satis factory to all parties will be reached. No More Overtime at Mare Island. Vallejo Cal., Jan. 29. This afternoon the United States cruiser Charleston came ' i i V-Ui5' Tfis Game He's After in Dixie. ont of the stone dock at Mare Island Navy Yard and was hauled out info the stream. The monitor Camanche will be placed in dock to-morrow and her hull cleaned. Yes terday orders were received at this yard to discontinue all extra work, and workmen now commence their labor at 7:30 and quit at 4:30. CHEWING GUM FOR GRIP. USE OF A PECULIAR KEMEDV LOWED Br A JUDGE. AL- A Witness In the Smuggled OU Paintings Cases Called Down by Splridon's At torneyHis Explanation Accepted False Names on Works of Art. NewYoek:, Jan. 29. Special. At to day's examination before. Commissioner Shields of T 'oyic Spiridon, the art dealer arrested K fe,-'U Agent Traitteur and arresieu r ,"' Agent xrameur Customs iuifa.f frn&i Brown upon charge of smugJ 'J-. Me paintings i the 'ti ,. ;t - ie paintings into this countrv. Not. ' il.:. . --" ., . , i. . . country, jsot.? ,, o ne iniormer, testined tnat spiridon -" . . A ... . ..-.f.S-.. f.r. names of well-known artists on the fffc, 'fQ2 -ch he smuggled, thereby greatly lzUfy J their, market value. Kentish cited k? .;ase in Particular. It was a picture entitled "The "eapolitan Oranse Seller." This was one of the 30 paintings which Spiridon had brought over in his "hold-all." Kentish said he saw Spiridon sign the name of Fortuny to the picture, thereby "increasing its value 1,000-fold." Kentish had been chewing gum assidu ously ever since he took the stand. Law yer Charles A. Hess, who appeared for Spiridon, objected to examining a witness while he chewed gum. The witness de clared that he had the grip and had to chew. The commissioner thought that under the circumstances Kentish ought to be allowed to chew, and he did. Kentish, questioned more closely abont the alleged forgery of Fortuny's name, said that .he" saw Spiridon do it in a little room on the third floor of Pellegrini's Hotel, Fourteenth street and Irving place. Kent ish said that he had made all tablets upon which were printed the artists' names for all Spiridon's picture frames. The exam ination was adiourned till next Wednesdav. - -Spiridon denies Kentish's charge of for gery. esays;ne...oongnt tne ."ortunyin "J884aadJas 3'bill'ot sale to prove it He declares that Kentish has a irrnrfge against him. The collection, of paintings now lying in the seizure room at the Cus tom House received an addition yesterday. The production is alleged to be from the brush of Bosa Bonhenr. It was seized by Special Agent Traitteur, but where he will not telL. SHALL CHARGE FOE CAB FAKES. - A Judge Decides 83 Is an Unreasonable Tender for Five Cents. Ne-wY'oek, Jan. 29. Special Benja min Barker, Jr., a young lawyer who was going ont to dinner on the night of January 12, 1889, boarded a belt line car at Fifty ninth street and Sixth avenue. He offered a 55 bill to the conductor, who said that he had not the change, and that he was not re quired to furnish more than the change for $2. Mr. Barker declined to leave the car, was ejected, and was late. He brought action against the company for damages. The suit was tried before Judge Giegrich, of the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday. Vanderpoel, Cnmming & Goodwin, for the defense, asked the Court to decide that the company was not compelled to make change at alL A decision of Judge Mc Adam that a company is not obliged to take more than the exact tare for the purpose of making change was cited by the defense. Plaintiff quoted adecision in California that change should have been given for a ?3 gold piece for a 5-cent fare. The defense argued that at the time of the decision coins of small denomination were not plentiful in California. Judge Giegrich gave judgment to-day that 55 isun unreasonable tender for a 5-cent fare. He states, however, that he does not hold that a railroad company need give no change and -may decline to receive passengers who don't give the exact fare. H'KINLEY SEBI0TJ5LY ILL. An Alarming Beport of His Health Comes From the Buckevo Capital. Columbus, O., Jan. .29. Governor Mc Kinley was unable to be at his office to-day on account of illness, or transact bnsiness of any character. It was announced that he has bowel trouble, and is considered seri ously sick. A later dispatch says: Governor Mc Kinley was unable to be at his office to day. He was threatened with neuralgia of the stomach, but his condition has at no time been critical, and his physician reports him improving to-nighf. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. Topic, Pags The National News Beviewed 1 No Bepnbllcan Convention in Pittsburg.. 1 Latest Hiaie of the Chile Mystery 1 Ben Bntler Scores 'His Enemies I Assessors Throw Up Their Jobs.. ...... 2 Local Politicians Scared 3 It Is Now Superintendent O'Mara... ...... 2 LUnwrltten Court Honse History 3 Editorial and Social 4 Housing the City Poor 4 Agitating for a Lake Navy . C Bradstreet and Dnn's Bevlews G Lively Debate In the House 7 The "Vienna Strangle Convicted T The Alliance After the Plnkertons 7 Contract Labor Importers Indicted 7 Pittsburg's Magnates After King Kelly... 8 A Bntler Bank Closed 8 The News of Europe Summarized 8 Tariff and Sliver Plans.... , 9 A Wonderfully Deformed Family O News of the County Courts 9 The Oil Scout,' Field News 9 Subjects for Sunday Sermons .10 Chess and Checker Problems .....10 Iron and Commercial Markets 11 Sonrce of the Mississippi 12 Scientific Miscellany. .12 jscientiuu juiiGcuauj. MiiH.IH.i(,.ufi Wakemira la Morocco 18 THPvEE CENTS. BUTLERm BOOL The Story of His. Personal Part in the War of the - Eehellion Eetold FOE HIS OTO DEFENSE. In It the Donghty Soldier Assails All His Old-Time Enemies. - GENERAL GRANT WAS NOT DRUNK. Admiral Porter Is Charged With Yillainy and Falsehood. WHAT THE ADTH0E DID FOE THE IJSI0N Boston, Jan. 29. "The Autobiography and Personal Beminiscences of Major Gen eral Benjamin F. Butler," or "Butler'a Book," was issued to-day. The book is dedicated "To the Good and Brave Soldiers of the Grand Army of the Bepnblic" In his preface the General gives as one reason for the publication, "to correct much of wrong done to myself by aprejudiced mis representation of facts and circumstances as to my own acts in the service of the coun try." A casual review of its contents con veys the impression that this is its main object. The author expresses the hope that he may live long enough to answer any misstatements hereafter made against its subject matter. ' . General Butler asserts positively that Salmon P. Chase sent a friend to him at Fortress Monroe to solicit him to accept the Vice Presidency nomination of the Be publican party in case he (Chase) secured the first place, and that Simon Cameron made a similar proposition to him in behalf of Mr. Lincoln less than three weeks after ward. He quotes the conversation and gives the reasons for his refusal of both offers. Dis Controversy With Admiral Porter. He maintains, with documents, his posi tion taken in the controversy over the con duct of the late Admiral Porter at New Orleans, and declares that the latter acted untruthfully and villainously throughout the whole transactions of the capture and surrender of the fort. He also charges Ad miral Porter and the latter's subordinates with the failure of the powder boat plan at Fort Fisher. He brands as utterly false the charge of General W. F. Smith that Grant was drunk before Petersburg, and criticises Smith se verely. The General closes his work with a summary of things done bv him and "proven by the narrative." Briefly these are: "By foresight and energy getting Massa chusetts militia ready so that they were first to the defense of Washington; seizing An napolis and opening the way for transporta tion of troops to the Capitol; preventing an assault upon Washington irom Harper's Ferry by fortifying Belay House Heights; holding Baltimore and thus preventing the secession of Maryland; applying the contra band principle to slavesand thus making the Emancipation Proclamation Possible; seizing and fortifying Newport- News, thereby keeping through the war an open waterway for transportation of troops and supplies to Richmond; capturing Forts Hat teras and Clark, making practicable the holding of the Coast Sounds; raising over 6,000 men without bounties or impressments; assisting with these in the opening of the Mississippi, the capture of New Orleans, holding Louisiana and enforcing their re spect for the Government; rescuing New Orleans from yellow fever; inaugurating the policy of arming colored troops; devising, organizing and perfecting the strategy for the campaign against Richmond by means of an entrenched camp near the city at Ber muda Hundred; assistance in the capture of Petersburg and Bichmond; designing and constructing the Dutch Gap canals, availa ble military and public work. Finally he says: "In all military movements I never met with disaster nor uselessly sacrificed the lives of my men. In my Congressional career my proudest boast is that through my effort the legal tender greenback was made constitutional money, and X believe soon it will be the only money in the United States." TWELVE-INCH GUNS for the navy, by Frank G. Carpenter, to-morrow morning. EATING XANE3 AND TAILS. Tne Extremities to Which Starving Horses in Idaho Are Bednced. Boise, Idatio, Jan. 29. Harrowing re ports concerning the starving of cattle in the hills of Southern Idaho continue to come in. J. M. Taylor, who came down on snow shoes from his range yesterday, re ports having seen hundreds of dead cattle lying in hollows and depressions where they had taken refuge from the bitter cold. Taylor says very few cattle now upon the ranges will escape unless a "chinook" springs up and melts the snow. On the Bussell ranch 300 horses were unable to find food for nearly two weeks. They were upon a wide range and could not be reached-until Tuesday. When they were found they had devoured each other's manes and tails. The poor beasts had also broken into a house and chewed up the legs of a table and some stools. Many of the horses have since died. On another ranch ten large stallions were so badly cut by tha snow crust that they died.' EAILS0AB STEAK MUST GO. A Flan Now on Foot to Bon Trains on Bis; Trunk Lines by Electricity. CniCAGO, Jan. 29. General Manager Ainslee, of the Wisconsin Central, said to day: "I think we shall run trains on the Wisconsin Central by electrical power be fore the Columbian Exposition is over. The discoveries of te uses to which electricity can be put, and itr adaptibility to moving trains, are far alidad of what is generally supposed. 'As to the Nortt.ern Pacific properties, Mr. Villard has hadnersonal charge of all b.1 .nnttftra nml no nfh.. ,,, trira rtnt fh. results. I think you will find, however, that some one ol the three vjreat electrical companies the Edison, the "Westinghouse and the Th'omsori-Houston Will make public some surprising developmefjlaJ-aJS . 'Kit A FAMILY CBEJtATEIX lTl A ilnsoanu i.einruj ana xinus ills House! and His Loved Ones in Ashes. ," Bkainebd, Minn;, Jan. 29. Four milesVJ of this city this morning four people lost! their lives. The house belonging to George Cramerj caucht fire, and his wife and three children! were cremated. The husband was away, but saw the hre ana iouna tne Durned bodies! around the stove. JLhe origin of the l - junknown &&& ?f &t- j
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