THE
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH ,,. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY- 5' 17, 1802,
FIRST FILIBUSTERING
Of the Session Engineered by
Congressman Tracey, of
ITew York,
TO DELAY TALK ON SILYEE.
Mr. Bland Declares He Doesn't Fear
the Eesult, However.
SEVERAL HOURS THROWS AWAY.
A Delate in Which Party Is for the Time
Being Forgotten.
ODD EULIh'GS BT A SPEAKER PRO TEM
"WAsmxGTOX, D. C, Feb. 1C Speaker
Crisp was at his post of duty this morning,
evidently none the worse for his temporary
indisposition. Jlr. Brown, of Indiana, from
the Committee on Elections, submitted a
report on the contested election case of
Craig against Stewart, irom the Twenty
fourth Congressional district of Pennsyl
vania. The report, which finds in favor of
the contestant, was placed upon the calen
dar, and Mr. I?rown gave notice that lie
would call it up for action on Tuesday
next.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, from the Com
mittee on Elections of President, Vice Pres
ident and members of Congress, reported a
joint resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment for the election of Senators bv
the peoples of the several States. Eeferred
to the House calendar.
On motion of Mr. Montgomery, of Ken
tucky, a Senate bill was passed extending
to Sandusky, O., the privileges of the act
for the immediate transportation of dutia
ble merchandise without appraisement.
The Quiet Effectually Broken.
In the morning hour Mr. Wise, of Vir
ginia, from the Committee on Inter-State
and Foreign Commerce, called up the bill
authorizing railroad companies to grant re
duced rates to commercial travelers. Messrs.
"Wise and Bayner strongly advocated the
measure and Mr. Lind opposed it. The
morning hour having expired the bill went
over until to-morrow. Then there were a
few moments of hesitation, nomember ask
ing for recognition on any motion.
The quiet was aisiumeu. oy -iur, iarum,
of Kentucky, who, seeing that there was
little prospect of the House transacting any
business, moved an adjournment. The yeas
and navs were ordered and resulted in a de
feat of "the motion yeas 72, nays 124. But
the Home had not by that time determined
what business it wished to take up, and Mr.
Burrows, of Michigan, made a motion to
proceed to the consideration of unfinished
business.
The Speaker pro tem (Mr. Dockery, of
Missouri), stated that the calendar showed
that the first unfiuisbed business was the
motion made by Mr. Culberson, of Texas,
to table the motion to reconsider the vote
by which the House indefinitely postponed
the Senate joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary o"f the Uavy to transport con
tributions for the relief of the suffering poor
of Russia.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, suggested that
the resolution upon which the motions were
pending was improperly placed upon the
calendar of unfinished business.
Reed Knows AVhat the Chair Does.
Mr. Burrows inquired as to what calen
dar it should be on, and Mr. Heed answered
the inquiry with the remark that the Chair
had decide'd that it was on the calendar of
unfinished business.
Mr. Burrows again expressed his desire
to know the location of the resolution, if it
were not on the calendar of unfinished busi
ness. "It seems to the Chair," said Mr. Dock
erv, "that as a matter of fact it is on the
calendar of unfinished business." Laugh
ter. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, suggested a re
cess of three hours until the question could
be settled.
The Speaker pro tem remarked that as the
motion to table the motion to reconsider
was a privileged one, it could be called up
by any member, and any difficulty could be
thus avoided.
In response to this suggestion Mr. Blount,
of Georgia, called up the motion and was
recognized by the Chair.
"What becomes of my motion?" queried
Mr. Burrows. Laughter.
Opinions Subject to Modifications.
'The Chair holds the opinion that it is
not in order, but he holds that opinion
somewhat subject to modifications."
Laughter.
"Does the Chair hold," asked Mr. Buch
anan, of .New Jersey, "thatit is not in order
to move to proceed to the consideration of
unfinished business?"
"The Chair does not hold that."
"There is a higher question of privilege
than the motion called by the gentleman
from Georgia," said Mr. McMillin.
"Does the Chair say," persisted Mr.
Buchanan, "that the motion of the gentle
man from Michigan is not in order?"
"The Chair prefers," replied Mr. Dock
cry, Speaker pro tem., "not to pass on that
question. He does not desire to establish a
precedent, being a temporary occupant of
the chair." Laughter.
"Is it a question of temporary expedi
encv?" inquired Mr. Buchanan, daugh
ter. It was at this juncture that Mrs Tracey,
of New York, came forward in the role of a
filibusterer, with a motion that the House
take a recess for one hour. Pending this
Mr. Owens, of Ohio, moved an adjourn
ment. Lost Teas, 65; nays, 74.
On Mr. Tracey's motion no quorum voted
on a standing vote, and Mr. Tracey having
raised this point, tellers were ordered.
Tracey's Reason for Filibustering.
Mr. Tracey's reason for assuming the role
of filibusterer lay far deeper than the reso
lution which it was proposed to consider.
On the calendar of unfinished business there
are but two measures the Sussian resolu
tion and a bill for the relief of Aquilla
Jones, Sr. Should the free coinage bill be
considered in the morning hour, and con
same two day without di&position, it will
go upon the calendar of unfinished business.
The rule of the Home pro ides that "after
the morning hour shall hae been occupied,
it shall be in order to proceed to the consid
eration of the unfinished business in which
the House may have been engaged at an
adjournment, and at the same time caeli day
thereafter otner than the first and third
Mondays until disposed of; and it shall be
in order to proceed to the consideration of
all other unfinished business whenever the
classof business to which it belongs shall
be in order."
It is Mr. Tracey's desire to keep upon tho
calendar as many measures as possible to
act as obstacles to the' silver bill should it
be placed upon the unfinished business cal
endar. He further desires that some of the
tariff bills should secure the right of way
before the silver bill obstructs the road. On
the vote by tellers a quorum appeared
(after a weary wait), and then Mr. Tracey
demanded the yeas and nays.
.Anti-Free Silver Men Clustered.
Br this time members who at first were in
ihe "dark as to Mr. Tracey's object had been
informed, and a sufficient number of the
opponents of the tree coinage bill were
mustered to order the yeas and nays. The
motion for a recess was defeated yeas 0,
nays 195 many of the opponents of the
silver bill withholding their votes in the
hope of breaking a quorum.
'Immediately on the announcement of the
vote Mr. Tracey was on his feet with a mo
tion to adjourn. The motion, to adjourn
was defeated yeas So, nays 140 and the
question recurred on the motion to table ihe
motion to reconsider the vote bywhich the
Russian relief resolution was indefinitely
postponed.. It was tabled without division,
thus finally defeating the measure.
The House then adjourned.
Mr. Bland, of-Missouri, the leader of the
silver men, says that there was no occasion
for the filibustering m the House, and that
"some members seem to go wild whenever
they, for any reason, think the silver bill is
in some way or other to come forward."
The silver question, he said, seemed to give
Bomp of its opponents the hydrophobia.
There was no idea of helping silver or forc
ing it to the front in the motion made. Mr.
Culberson, of Texas, wanted to get to the
calendar to take up a bill to amend the laws
relative to charges of judges to juries.
Fears of Some Hocut Poena.
Mr. Tracey and others here added they
felt some tear that by some hocus pocus the
silver bill might get up, and were therefore
fighting the matter.
Mr. Bland intimated that he did not pro
pose to do anything at present on the silver
bill. He said:
Mr. Caterings is awav, and the'silvermen
do not intend to prVsent their petition to
the Itules Committee, asking for a special
order for the silver bill until liis return,
when there will be a full Committee on
Itules. 1 am confident that we will ulti
mately get a -pedal rule from the committee-,
ana w e expect to await their decision.
"Whether or not it will be ziven befoie the
tariff is taken up 1 cannot ay. Personally I
think it onld be much better to take up the
sil er question first and get it out of the
way, dealing the decks for the tariff, but I
shall not antagonize the other Democrats if
they want to take up the tariff first.
On this question of which subject the
tariff or silver shall be taken up, it is evi
dent the Democrats are greatlydivided.
No conclusion will be reached with refer
ence to it for some days, and meanwhile the
anti-silver men believe that the greater de
lay they can secure the better.
The Bearing; on Politics.
Mr. Bartine, of Nevada, was asked to-day
how many Republicans would support a
free silver bill. He said:
I think that about ten Republicans will
vote lor fiee coinage: butl would not like to
speak positively. My experience in the
last Congress has taught me that men do not
always vote us they talk. Neither would I
like to mention names, because I might bo
mistaken. If the bill snould pass the House
and be defeated in the Senate by a mixed
vote, it w ould probably have very little ef
fect upon Nevada politics. Party lines
would probably be drawn as now. If tho
bill should pass both Houses, and be vetoed
by the President it would make him a very
w eak candidate in "Nevada and a Democratic
candidate friendly to silver would pweep
the State like wildfire. I think it would be
the same in all the other silver producing
States. If the Democratic candidate should
hold about the same views as those of Har
rison, both parties in the State would prob
ably vote their regular ticket.
HOME RULE FOR UTAH.
AA
Novel Proposition Made by the
Territory's Delegation..
SENATORS NOT MUCH IMPRESSED
With Ihe Means Adopted by Ex-rolygamists
to Secure Statehood.
SOME CHARGES NOT AT ALL RELISHED
THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
Sherman's Credentials for Bis Sixth Term
Presented An Amendment to the
Urgent Deficiency BUI Knocked Out
The Idaho Contest Up Once More.
"Washington, D. C, Feb. 16. Senator
Brice was in his seat when the
Senate proceedings began to-day. Mr.
Cullom had not yet returned from his visit
to Illinois, and Mr. Hoar was still detained
by sickness. The Vice President laid be
fore the Senate Mr. Sherman's credentials
for his sixth term commencing March 4,
1893, and they were read and placed on file.
Mr. Vance, from the Finance Committee,
reported back adversely the bill introduced
by Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, to provide an
income tax to pay pensions and the salaries
of postmasters, Mr. Vance stating that the
Senate had not the constitutional power to
originate such a measure. The bill was in
definitely postponed.
The Senate then proceeded to the consid
eration of the urgent deficiency bill. Mr.
Peffer moved to increase the Item for the
census work of the "division of farms,
homes and mortgages" from $50,000 to $100,
000. Mr. Hale opposed the amendment,
not because $100,000 would be too much,
but because he did not think the House
would agree to more than $50,000, and the.
Senate would be fortunate if it got that.
The amendment was rejected, and then the
bill was passed. It adds to the $200,000 de
ficiency for the census $50,000 lor the
"division of farms, homes and mortgages."
It increases the item for subsistence of the
Sioux from $115,514 to $143,914.
The Senate then took.up the calendar and
passed the following bit's: Appropriating
$60,000 for the construction of a military
store, house and offices for army purposes
at the Omaha militarv depot. Appropriat
ing $500,000 for a public building at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The "pure food bill" came up as the un
finished business, but was laid aside and the
Idaho contested election case was taken up.
The resolutions reported by the Committee
on Elections are that Mr. Dubois is entitled
to the seat he now holds, and that Mr. Clag
gett is not entitled to it The majority re
port is signed by Messrs. Teller, Hoar,
Mitchell, Chandler and Higgins, Repub
licans, and by Messrs. Pugh and Turpie,
Democrats. The minority report is signed
by two Democratic Senators Messrs. Vance
and Gr?v and closes with resolutions that
Dubois is not entitled to the seat and that
Claggett is. Pending discussion the Senate
went into executive session and soon adjourned.
A H&TTEB OF HANDWEiriHG.
It Is a Serious Question "Whether or Not a
"Will Is a Forgery.
"West Chester, Pa., Feb. 16. To-day
Charles R. Holmar, an expert in handwrit
ing, examined the will sent through the
mail to Register of "Wills F. A. Thomas,
purporting to be that of the late Isaac Tay
lor, who left an estate of $150,000, and com
pared it with the directions written upon
the envelope. After a lengthy microscopic
examination he decided that both were
written by the same hand. "While, the will
is dated 1885, Mr. Holmar is under the im
pression that it was written at a much more
recent time than that.
His decision has created a sensation
among the many relatives of the deceased.
The most peculiar feature of the matter is
the secrecy surrounding the place irom
which the will came. It was simply placed
in an envelope and sent to the Register
without a word of explanation. Both wit
nesses to Mr. Taylor's sisrnatnre and one of
the executors named are dead, and have
been from one to three vears.
BLAINE MEN "WON'T GIVE UP.
A Chicago Republican Club Continnes the
right for Ills domination.
Chicago, Feb. 1G. At a meeting of the
Chicago Blaine Club this evening it was de
cided to go to Minneapolis and make every
honorable attempt to secure the nomination
of .Tames G. Blaine for President.
Several speeches were made, in which Mr.
Blaine's recent letter declaring he would
not be a candidate was discussed, and the
conclusion was reached that the present
Secretary of State should be willing to ac
cept the nomination for the sake of the
party, and the conviction was expressed
that the Minneapolis Convention would
unanimously tender him the nomination.
Mr. Thompson Will Act xs Treasurer.
In response to a request from Mayor
Gourley, Mr. "Wm. R. Thompson, the
banker, who was the treasurer of the Johns
town relief fund, replied yesterday, con
senting to receive any funds which the citi
zens of Pittsburg may desire to contribute
for tho benefit of the famine-stricken suf
ferers of Russia. Should any charitably
disposed persons desire to donate money to
the fund, they will find Mr. Thompson at
his office at the.corner of "Wood, street and
Fourth avenue.' Mayor Gourley is in com
munication with the Relief Committee at
Philadelphia about the proper way of for
warding supplies to them for shipment to
the Buflerers.
ISrECIAL SXIEGBAJC TO THE DHPATCIM
"Washington. D. C, Feb. 16. The
hopes and claims of the people of Utah arc
daily being set forth to the members of the
Senate and House Committees on Terri
tories. Three distinct delegations, 16 men
in all, are here to advance the cause. They
have to carry out the instructions given
them by the people they represent. All
Utah is here by proxy, for the diverse in
terests are looked after by 13 citizens who
are classified with the "Gentiles," while the
other three have affinities which bind them
to Mormon faith.
From these three delegations have ema
nated three distinct propositions, and of
these Congress will be called upon to select
one. The first and most original of these
propositions looks to a novel governmental
condition; something unique in American
history just as popular in Utah as it is
novel. It contemplates "home rule" for
the Territory, and provides lor the election
of all officers, Territorial, county and pre
cinct, by the people of the Territory. In
return for this privilege of selecting their
local rulers the people of the Territory
otter to pay the salaries of these ofhcials.
The Belief or Statehood.
This gives complete autonomy under a
Territorial form of government. The ad
vantage of this proposition is that it affords
the people all the relief which would come
with Statehood, and yet leaves to Congress
the power to abolish the government at any
time, should the power of local government
be abused. Such a plea would also leave
the penal statutes of the United States in
force, and create a court to enforce them;
this in deference to the prejudice against the
Mormon people which still exists through
out the country. This "home rule," or a
similar plan;, has been indorsed by the Ter
ritorial Legislature, and it is advocated by
eight of the delegates.
The second provision originates with the
Republicans of the Territory. They seek
absolute and unqualified admission as a
State. There are five Republicans of
prominence here to support their platform
and to insist on admission at the earliest
possible moment. The third proposition
comes from the "liberals." These are
Gentiles. Probably one half the Gentile
votes of the Territory are liberals. They
are opposed to any sort, shape, kind, variety,
of legislation. Their prayer is "let us
alone."
Strango Features of the Strife.
One of the strange features of the strife is
that Mormons do not appear as Mormons.
The Mormon party has gone out of busi
ness. Polygamy was its backbone, and all
the delegates are agreed that polygamy has
departed from Utah.
The dissolntion of the Mormon party is
shown by figures. There are 30,000 voters
in the Territory. Of these 18,000 are Mor
mons, and of the Mormons 12,000 are Demo
crats and G.000 Republicans. The 12,000
Gentiles are divided into three parties.
Three thousand are Democrats, 2,000 are
Republicans and 7,000 are Liberals. If the
Liberals were subdivided 1,500 would be
iound in the Democratic ranks on national
issues, the balance Republicans.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, a member of
the Committee on Territories, is authority
for the statement that the Utah bill has
been killed by the charges which its advo
cates have made against the Utah Commis
sioners and the other Federal officials of the
Territory. Representatives of the Mormon
partv who made arguments in favor of the
bill before the Committees on Territories of
the Senate and the House charged the Utah
Commission with falsehood and ignorance
and the Federal officials of the Territory
with doing illegal acts and discriminating
unjustly against Mormons.
Prejudicing the Senators.
Last Saturday charges of this nature were
made to the Senate Committee on Terri
tories by members of a Utah delegation in
favor of the bill. Senator Davis, of Minne
sota, a member of the committee, inter
rupted one of the delegation to ask if tie
meant to say that such men as Senator Pad
dock and ex-Secretary Ramsey, who were
members of the Utah commission, had been
guilty of the acts charged, and the answer
was in the affirmative.
This answer was not received with favor
bv the members of the committee, and it is
said they will not lake action on the bill
because a favorable report on it, which the
committee was disposed to make, would be
a virtual sanction of the charges that the
.Federal omcials of the territory had been
guilty of illegal acts, thus reflecting on the
integrity of a member of. the Senate, Mr.
Paddock, and on several ex-Senators, in
cluding Mr. Ramsey and Mr. Saunderson,
the father-in-law of Russell Harrison.
Mormonism in Idaho.
A special from Boise, Idaho, says: C. J.
Bassett, the Deputy Revenue Collector at
Blackfoot, Idaho, and one of the most
prominent men in this portion of the State,
to-night informed The Dispatch corre
spondent that the impression that the Mor
mons In Idaho have abandoned polygamy is
an erroneous one. It is in the southeastern
portion of the State that the Mor
mons live and thrive, and there
Mr. Bassett resides. He says that
in Roxburg, "Woodruff, Lewisville and
in other towns in the Snake River Valley,
the Mormons still have two or three wives,
and that during the past fortnight he has
seen the infants of second an,d third wives at
their Mormon mothers' breasts. No
stronger propf of the existence of polyga
mous practices could be offered. Mr. Bas
sett's mother and father were Mormons, and
he has had a rare chance to witness the
working of the inner circle of the Latter
Day Saints of Jesus Christ. He says that
the public avowals of the Mormon bishops
and elders that the church has abandoned
polygamy are a hollow sham.
' SOME CUTTING BEMAEKS
Between lawyers tend to One Caning the
Other in the Public Library.
MACON, Feb. 16. Special. A serious
cutting affray too"k place in the ladies' par
lor of the public library to-daj between
Mr. Arthur Dasher and Mr. Hope Polhill,
two well-known young lawyers. Mr. Pol
hill had an ugly gash in the top of his head,
another across his forehead, a'third from his
eye down to his lip and an ugly wound in
his wrist, while Mr. Dasher did not have a
scratch.
The two, commissioners in the case of Phil
lips against the East Tennessee Company,
w'ere executing a set of interrogations, when a
difference arose as -to some point to be re
corded, Polhill gave in, and the matter, it
was thought, was ended, as the papers were
duly signed. Polhill called Dasher into
another room and asked what he meant by
insinuating that he wanted to put anything
in the papers that was not strictly true.
Dasher made some quick reply, when Pol
hill called him a scoundrel, and'then Dasher
struck him. He warded off Polhill's blows
and opened a pocket knife and carved Pol
hill up. He says he wa acting ,on the defensive.
manacled and the detectives carried snot
guns and a brace ot revolvers, as if they ex
pected an attempt at rescue on the way to
St. Louis.
Hedspeth was at once taken to jail, where
he met his wife. Their meeting ,wr.s ex
tremely affecting. Hedspeth will be ar
raigned this evening, and it is expected that
his attorney will ask a change of venne to
the County Court at Olayton.
AFTER A FAIR COUNT.
NEW YORK CITT BEGINS TO TAKE A
CENSUS OF HER OWN.
Nearly 1,000 Enumerators at Work Trying
to Show Porter Where He Was Wrong
Not a Snap for the Police for the Re
mainder of tho Month.
New York, Feb. 16, Special. The.
enumeration of the citj's population was
begun to-day. An enumerator was assigned
to, each of the 887 election districts, with in
structions to enter the name, age, color,
birthplace and occupation ot every resident
in that district on a blotter given to him for
that purpose, and to forward two copies to
the office of the County Clerk, one to be put
on file there and the other to be sent to the
office of the Secretary of State.
Superintendent Murray had instructed
the police captains to send a policeman
with every enumerator, and to relieve the
policemen from all other duty until the
census 'uas completed. The full returns
must be finished before the end of Feb
ruary. The police expect that everybody will
have been counted within 10 days. The
enumerators get $2 a day for their work and
1 cent a name for each name they register.
One enumerator, whose district is included
in the Fifteenth precinct, told Captain
Ryan to-night that he had taken 350 names
during the day.
"With the exception of those assigned to
ussi&L me enumerators, uie ponce are anx
ious that the work be completed as soon as
possible. Until the last of the returnsis in
no policeman will get leave, and "nights
off will be discontinued. In a general
order yesterday Superintendent Murray
said that the 887 men assigned to special
duty and relieved ITom night work were all
that the department could spare.
Beyond furnishing the escort for the enu
merators, who have to report night and
morning to the precinct station which em
braces their district, the police have noth
ing to do with the census. The people are
willing enough to be counted, and 'except
among the very ignorant and the cranky
the enumerators expect to have no diffi
culty in obtaining the information they
seek.
The 647 enumerators in Brooklyn and the
20 in the country towns of King's county
also bezan the work of taking the census
this morning.
A BAN'NER OF GOLD! maniacs saved by heroes.
Floating Over 50,000 Cured 'Dipso
maniacs, Who Expect
TO BECOME A POLITICAL POWER.
Mr. Kelly, of Pittsburg, Pleads the Cause
of the Barkeeper,
BUT THE LITTER IS GITEN THE SHAKE
A SET-BACK FOR ARMSTRONG.
Mme. Melba, the Defendant in the Divorce
Case in Which the Duke of Orleans Is
Co-Respondent, Gets a Restraining Or
derShe Denies Infidelity.
London, Feb. 16. In the divorce divis
ion of Her Majestyls High Court of Justice
to-day, Justice Jeune granted an order re
straining Captain Armstrong, who has peti
tioned for a divorce from his wife, Madame
Melba, the well-known singer, naming the
Duke of Orleans as co-respondent, from'
proceeding before the Vienna tribunal and
from examining the facts in the Vienna
Hotel, in which it is alleged the respondent
and co-respondent lived for a time as man
and wife.
Captain Francis Nesbitt Armstrong, the
petitioner in this action, was formerly a
sheep farmer in Australia. He charges that
his wife and the Duke of Orleans lived
openly together at the Hotel Beau Rivage
at Ouchy in August, 1890, the Duke being
known as Reville." He was at once recog
nized, however, by a waiter who formerly
worked at a notel.at .Nice and had seen the
Duke there as the Duke "of Orleans. The
Duke took a suite of apartments on the
second floor, and Mme. Melba arrived im
mediately afterward and took a suite of
apartments on the first floor. They were to
gether constantly and she dined tete-a-tete
with him every evening in his apartments.
Subsequently the couple lived at the Hotel
Sacher in Vienna, the Duke still assuming
the name of Reville.
Madame Melba claims that her relations
with the Duke were perfectly pure and
platdnic. She charges that her husband
treated her in a cruel manner, but Captain
Armstrong denies this in the most em
phatic manner. He says the only serious
difference they ever had before he" learned
of her infidelity was on a steamer bound for
Australia, when she flirted with some
officers. The order granted by Justice
Jeune to-day was made on the application
of Madame Melba, who asked for a rule
preventing Captain Armstrong from taking
ex parte evidence in Vienna by commission
until the Court shall have decided whether
her marriage came within English jurisdic
tion, the ceremony having been performed
in Australia.
rSPICIAI, TILEORAM TO TILE DISPATCn.l
Dwight, III., Feb. 16. There were two
very pretty fights ih the convention to-day,
delegates to the bi-chloride of gold clubs
of the, world, divided first on the ques
tion of admitting saloon keepers to mem
bership in their organization, and
second over the re-election of
a secretary. The Bantur of Gold, the news
paper just established by Colonel Nate
Reed, of Chicago, was declared the official
organ of the association, and Rev. Mr.
Davis was indorsed as a lecturer to the
various subordinate clubs, in accord
ance with the expressed wish of
Dr. Keely, yesterday. Mr. Davis is Ihe
Methodist minister of Charleston, 111., who
became a victim to the drink habit and re
mained under that influence with the knowl
edge of his church for seven years, but who
was promptly suspended as soon as he came
to Dwight and was cured.
Mr. Burris, of Missouri, made a speech
in presenting the resignation of the old di
rectory, and recounted briefly the history of
the preliminary organization. From the
day a year ago when the patients at the in
stitute, then numbering only 20 or 30 mem
bers, met in the village blacksmith shop
and passed the time by telling storiesand
singing songs, the club grew very rapidly.
Political Power in the Future.
When the great rush of .patients to
Dwight began, in the early months of 1891,
a room was secured and was soon found too
small to accommodate the members. Men
like J. J. Flinn, of Chicago, and Sara
Moore, Of Pittsburg, saw iu the
future a great orgauization that would
extend oyer the country, and they
began preparations for a permanent organi
zation. They secui ed a charter, provided
for the present convention, employed a
salaried secretary, arranged a financial
system, and now turned over to the just
organized associated Keely bi-chloride of
gold clubs a property worth some ?2,0Q0.
' Mr. Keely, of Pennsylvania, followed in
a speech outlining the political power of
the new league.. Here was a one-man power
with more than 50,000 votes to-day and that
would wield by another Presidental year
500)000 of voters who could be relied upon
to cast their ballots as one man for any man
or measure the league may direct.
Fight Against Saloon Keepers.
Directly after dinner the Committee on
Legislation and Bylaws reported, and after
the first reading the sections were taken up
and discussed separately. No opposition
was developed until the secretary read
the section which recites that no
man shall ever become a member
of a bi-chloride of gold club
until he shall first have been cured by the
Keely remedies; that no man shall be ad
mitted who has been cured by them and
then relapses; that no man shall be admit
ted who is connected in any way with the
manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors.
Then came the first trouble. Agood
many gentlemen were in favor of admitting
saloon keepers as members, declaring they
were men that would most likely reform;
that many of them could not financially afford
to quit the business. Messrs. "Wilson, of
Colorado, and Kelly, of Pittsburg, were the
leaders of the attack against that clause.
Their arguments were calm, careful, but
not convincing.
A Plttshnrcer for the Barkeeps.
Mr. Kelly showed the financial advantage
of retaining the friendship of these men and
using the money they would donate to send
suffering men to an institute. Supporters
of his views declared that they had the ap
proval of Dr. Keely and the company here.
They asked: "Are we in a position" to
throw down the gage of battle against sa
loon men?"
Speeches pro and con were very spirited.
One man in favor of saloonists, in closing
an eloquent peroration said: "I know a
saloon keeper who sent two young men
of my town to this place." Where
upon an adversary jumped up and cried:
"Yes, they sent us all here.'"1 The retort
was received with a round of cheers.
Milwaukee cast her votes to extend mem
bership to the saloon men, and Kansas City
followed with three more. Chicago was
I solidly against fraternizing with the bar-
Keepers, ana tne majority was -wun tnem.
Late in the afternoon the constitution was
adopted.
DEATH 07 A DTJFF S0FBAH0
Only (hi Patient Who Fired the Asylum
at Jackson, Hiss., Dies in the Flames
Ihe Superintendent and Bis Assistants
Do plendid nd Effective Work.
Jacksox, Miss., Feb. 16. The four
story main building of the State Asylum
for the Insane was set on fire about 6 o'clock
this morning by J. D. Brown, an inmate.
Brown had recently escaped, and was only
returned yesterday. He stated to his at
tendants that' it would be all the worse for
him and them if he was again confined. His
threat was soon put into execution, and he
himself, unable to escape from the building,
burned to death, a victim of his insane deed.
There were 600 inmates in the building,
most of whom were asleep when the flames
were discovered. Through the almost
superhuman exertions of the Superintend
dent, Dr. Mitchell, and his subordinates, all
were saved and safely transferred to the
wings disconnected from the burning pile.
Then the Superintendent, who was just up
from a sick bed, staggered and fell and was
conveyed to his residence. Assistant No
land Stewart, after heroic and successful en
deavor, also succumbed. Fireman Odenneal
held his post with a hose until his shJes
and clothing took fire, when he escaped
through a window and took refuge in a
pond.
The building was of brick, and bad a
frontage of about 500 feet It is situated
about two miles from the city proper, and
the flames had gained fearful headway be
fore the fire department arrived on the
scene. The building was about two-thirds
destroyed, entailing a loss to the State of
probably $200,000, uninsured. The Legisla
ture this afternoon appropriated $25,000 to
meet immediate demands.
THE CUEIIS MUBDER SI7CTEBY.
HILLS ATTACKED AT HOME.
HEDSPETH SAFE IK ST. I0TI8.
The Train Bobbin); Chief's Guardians Were
' Prprod for n Emercency. f
St. Louis, Feb. 16. Marion' Hedspeth,
leader of 'the Glendale train robber gang,
arrived this morning, accompanied by de
tectives. The- prisoner was heavily
DRINK AND DIVORCE.
A Pittsburg Couple Figure in it Suit in
Detroit The Hnsband's Bill Blames All
the Trouble on Her Uncontrollable Ap
petite. Deteoit, Feb. 16. Special Quite a
sensation was produced here to-day by the
filing of a bill for divorce by Jos Martin, a
well-known mechanic and inventor, charg
ing his wife with beingan habitual drunkard.
In telling his Btory of misery to the Circuit
Court, through his bill, he alleges that he
married Florence Davis in Pittsburg, Sep
tember 11, 1882. His wife was of respectable
and wealthy parentage and he says that she
was apparently a refined woman. They
were married by Rev. E. A. Carpenter.
There were domestic reasons for leaving
Pittsburg, and the couple settled in Detroit,"
where Martin found employment as foreman
of the Detroit Steel and Spring Works.
No children were born to them, but they
lived happily for 'about five years, wheu
Martin says his wife became an habitual
drunkard. She would take the money he
gave her to buy clothing and spend it for
liquor. Since October 1, 1891, she has been
intoxicated all the time. He further alleges
that she became actually violent a short
time ago and tried to kill him three difler
ent times.
The family has always occupied a good
Eosition in society, and Martin says that
e has suppressed the facts of his wife's
debauchery from his friends.
Nebraska's Contribution to Bnssia.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16. Nebraska's
contributions to the need of Russia leaves
for the East to-morrow morning, one train
going from this citv and the other from
Omaha. In all i there will be a little short
of 2,000,000 bushels. The corn will be
shipped direct to Akron, O., where it will
be ground and thence sent to the seaboard.
Ono of His Own County Newspapers Beads
Him a lecture.
Ft. Worth, Tex, Feb. 16. Special
Supporters of Mr. Mills in Navarro county,
his home county, have organized a bovcott
against the Ft. Worth Daily ffozrfte.which. op-
Eoses him for Senator. Boycott has also
een resorted to against it in two or three
other places. It will say to-morrow in re
ply to the boycott: "
Whenever the people of Texas como to
understand that Mr. Mills stands
for bossism such as would put
Quay or Clarkeon to blush
he will vanish like the meteor.
The Gazette Inn sounded a timely warning
to Mr. Mill. It has done for him what
none of liis so-cnlled fiiends have dared to
do. It has told him the truth, that tho
people of Texas are not pleased with his
ariogant conduct, and that he was in dancer
of losing thoir confidence. It ha pleaded
with him to mend his ways and to become a
tractable member of his party. His reply
was a curt notice that he cared nothing for
newspaper criticism, and tho further reply
is the boycott.
A CIose-Monthed Combination.
The United States Baking Company met
in the Westinghouse building yesterday.
The Secretary of the trust claimed their
business was private and the public is not
interested. No advance in prices was made.
Most of the firms in the combination were
represented.
The Bvidrnce Produced Teiterd ly I'alla to
C'ear the Matter TJr.
San Feancisco, Feb. 16. In th'e Curtis
case to-day Mrs. Cook identified the white
handled revolver as one she had often seen
on the bureau at Curtis' home. Deputy
Sheriff Fonce, of Almada county, testified
he was at the hotel in Berkeley when Allen
called on the witness Jarenson to identify
the revolver. Allen showed two revolvers
to Jarenson, and, pointing out one of them,
asked:
"Is that the pistol Curtis used to shoot
Grant?"
Jarenson said he thought it was, but was
not sure. Allen then told Jarenson he had
better be sure, and the latter then said he
was sure it was the same revolver. The re
volver found near the scene of the shooting
bad a black handle.
Mark Abbott, a hotel keeper, testified to
hearing one of three men on the sidewalk
say, "Let me go," while another urged him
to "come along." The three men crossed
the street. Witness did not watch them,
but when he heard the shots he looked out
of the window again and saw a man run up
Fifth street toward Howard, and about
five seconds later observed a man running
around the corner in the direction of Ship
ley street, where Curtis was arrested.
CHOICE PROPERTIES.
OWNER Gflffi SOUTH
On acoount of ill-health, and offers his West
ern av. property for sale; lot 46 feet 8 inches
by 120, with two-story brick oi 9 rooms with
all modern conveniences; immediate posses
sion; low price.
BAXTEH, THOMPSON" GO.,
feH-lTI-wi-au 103 Fourth av.
VERY CHEAP-ONLY 6,500.
Modern house, 10 room, rooms on each
first and second floors and 2 in attic; location
good.
XEGLET AVEXUE, EAST END.
W. A. Herron' & Son?, 80 Fourth Avenue
feH-137-Jtwrs
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AN ALL WEEK'S SALE!
who Took an Overdose of Chloroform for
an Alcohol Antidote.
New Yor.K, Feb. 1G. Special Mrs.
Henry Nichols, formerly a soprano in the
Duff Opera Company's chorus, died in her
flat in West Thirty-ninth street Monday
night of an overdose of Chloroform. The
man who passed as her husband was out of
town at the time of her death. The chloro
form was procured for the woman by a mes
senger boy. From a physician who formerly
treated her, and from a theatrical man, Mrs.
Nichols' history was learucd.
The physician does not think she took
the chloroform intentionally. She un
doubtedly took, he says, an antidote to the
effects of alcohol. She drank excessively, he
added, and had drunk spirits and smoked
cigarettes in his presence. She was a Vir
ginian, of good family, and, while living
here and elsewhere used to send presents of
" value to her old father and mother, who
live in a village near Ilichmond.
An Arabian Peddler Killed.
CoronerMcDowell was notified last night
that an Arabian woman, a notion peddler,
had been struck and killed by a Panhandle
trail); near Idlewood station, at 7 o'clock.
Inquiry among the Arabian colonists about
Basin alley developed the fact that some
half a dozen women peddlers had started
out to sell goods on Monday, and it is
thought she is one of them. The body was
taken to Mansfield, but will be brought to
the city to-day for identification.
A Lull in Miss Mitchell's Trial.
Memphis, Feb. 10. Judge Dubose did
not render a decision this morning' on
the motion of the defense in the Mitchell
case for an 'order giving them access to
letters in the Attorney General's possession.
In fact, he did not hold court at all. His
Honor was busy all day inspecting authori
ties bearing upon the "points raised yester
day. He will probably deliver his judg
ment to-morrow.
The Reading Discharging; Surplus Men.
EASTOir, Feb. 16. Fifteen employes of
the Bridge Department of the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad here were discharged to-day.
Tbe reason assigned was no work. This, it
is said, is the first of a series of dismissals
as a result of the "Valley" being leased to
the Beading. ' v
THE ALLEGHENY BRANCH OFFICE
OF THE DISPATCH AT
107 FEDERAL ST.
Is open every day except Sunday tin til O P.
M. Advertisements wilt, be received up to
that hoar for insertion the next morning at
regular rate. . . -i
Governor Pl(ttison and the Reading Deal.
HAKRISBURG, Feb. 16. The St. Louis
express train brought Governor Fattison
andjill the members of his Cabinet to the
city to-night. A conference was held at
the Executive Mansion, presumably on the
Beading Bailroad deal, but it was announced
at midnight that there would tip nothing for
the press to-night
- The Hibernian Order Flelit Ended.
Philadelphia, Feb. la Special The
long legal fight between the two wings of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians in this
country, as to which is the true imdgenuine
organization, is practically at an end. The
master appointed by the Court to review
the testimony in the case, filed his report
fo-day and its suhstance is equivalent to
declaring one wing bogus.
DIED.
DUNXjAP On Tuesday, Februarys, 181)2,
at 8 zv-il, Lettv Dum.Ai aged 60 years.
Funeral from her late residence, 200 Ferry
street, on Thursday ai-tebsook at 2 o'clock-
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