FORTY SEVENTH
DEATH BRAVED
. BY7M SOULS,
And Evangelist Moody Says
It "Was Constant Prayer-
That Conquered.
FORTY-EIGHT LOM LTOUBS
Daring Which Several Were Driven
Had and One to Suicide.
For a Long:. Time the Crippled Spree's
Officers Expected Her to Sink The
Rescuing Ship and a Smooth Sea
Sent - toy Heaven in Direct Reply to
Prayer, Says Mr. Moody His Half
Skeptical Son Convinced Welcome
Appearance of the Rescuing Huron
Splendid Behavior of the Passengers
A Great Card for the Water-Tight
Compartment System General How
ard's Graphic Description of the
Scenes About the Ship After the
Accident.
IBT CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH. 1
XiOXDOX, Dec 4 Copyright Xo
crest ship's company ever escaped scot
free from severer perils than those which
threatened TOO souls on the steamship Spree
during the first 4S hours after the disaster
to her machinery.
The extent and nature of the damage were
not made known to the passengers till to
day. Tbey knew that they had faced
death, but they did not know that the es
cape was almost miraculous. They did, not
know that for hours the ship's officers-expected
her to sink with but little warning.
They did not know that the lifebbats and
raft i were provisioned and made ready (or
sudden lnnncning, and that the officers
were armed in preparation for the desperate
rush that might come in such an extremity.
They didn't know that the resort to 'the
boats in such a sea meant death to most if
aot to all.
The danger is over now, but the memory
of the anxious hours of a week ago is so
appalling that stout-hearted Moody, -the
Evangelist, could not speak to-day of the
trying time without emotion.
Credited to the Influence of Prayer.
M'.st of the passengers are loth to talk of
the frightful strain which drove four or five
to madness and one to suicide. Mr. Moody
earnestly affirms that nothing short of tbe
direct interposition of Providence in answer
to prayers saved the lives of the whole
snip's company. "Did you ever see 700
men and women pray?" asked he of me, this
afternoon. "There was never a more earn
est prayer to GoJ than that of those -700
souls on that hrpleg, almost sinking ship
in mid-ocean, last Sunday evening, when
we met in the saloon to implore God's
help: and God answered u, as I knew He
would. lie sent us a rescuing ship and lie
calmed the sea so that for a. week it was as
smooth as It is in this harbor, though there
weie storms all around ns.
"It was the grandest test ot prayer I ever
knew, lly son was with me. lie is & student
at Yale College, and the learned profes
sors there have instilled in him some doubts
about God's direct interference in answer to
prayer.
The "eir Star of Bethlehem.
"After we had prayed that night I had
reached a point where I cared not whether
it wa God's will that we should po up or
down. I determined to so to ret as thougli
we were sailing safely on our wav My boy
could not rest. We were fast drifting oat or
the track of vessels, and our peril was ex
treme. About 2:15 o'clock he came and woke
me, telling me to come on deck. Thero he
pointed out an occasional glimpse of a tiny
light that showed over the waves as our ship
rolled heavily Irom side to side. 'It is our
Star of Bethlehem, he cried, 'and our -pray
ers are answered."
"Before daylight the Huron, whoe mast
head light it was had readied us, and the
waves were hushed by divine command,
while wo were drawn out of the direst peril
to this safe haven "
Very simnle and very thrilling is the nar
rative given me this evening by General O.
O. Howard. "The weatLer had been rough
jor some time w hen the accident happened,"
said the one-armed soldier. "Thealarm was
not very great at first among the hrst cabiu
passengers.
A Terrible Experience for Hundreds.
"It was a terrible experience for the sec
ond cabin and steerage passengers, who
were aileep in the compartment next to the
last, into which the waters fiist rushed.
They barely had time to l each deck ahead
of the inrushlng flood, and they saved 'noth
ing but the clothes tbev wore. It became
evident that the shatt tunnel had been burst
in several places, and pumping was quite
useless. The two rear compartments weie
entirely abandoned to the water, and it
made rapid inroads into tlio thiid.
"But you are too familiar with the techni
cal story of the accident, and I will not re
peat it. Tlie'passongcrs, I think, behaved
splendidly. Instead of selfishness and com
plaining there were most touching demon
strations of s mpathy and a desire to help
others throughout the ship. Ves, the minds
of three or four gave way under the strain,
but thero was no great excitement at any
time. Some rather foolish things were done,
but they did not seem amusing at the time.
Vf e tried to Impart that we should all cs
:ape It was an experience that brought
out as nothing else could the common broth
erhood of man. Thero were some close con
fidences exchanged among us thoso two
anxious days.
The Young Austrian TVho UaveUp.
The case of the joung Austrian who
j umped overboard w as a very sad one. He
made a confidant ot 'an American lady to
w bom he gave up his stateroom after the
accident. He said his name was Paul Karns
ler He was sure that almost all would pet
Uli, and he begged this lady if she escaped
to communicate with his fiance, and to say
that it was his wish that ail hlspioperty
sliould go to her. He had, it is said, a very
large sum of money in his possession.
"Mr. Moody uffered much with seasick
ricss up to the time of the accident. I met
uiui on deck two or thr"c hours aftor the
c ash, w hen everybody was most apprchen
sn e. 'General, come down to my room with
my son and me, lie said. We went below
and Mr. Moody dropped on his knees and
offered one of the most touching prajers I
line ever heard. We read the Ninety-nte:
Psalm, and I, too, asked God to save not
o'uy the lives but tlio souls of thoso on
lioatd Will Moody, too, offered a prayer
n inch I shall never forcer. I think no one
on board went to bed that first night. Wo
were a very qnlct and a very anxious COin
pa nj
fennday Serxlee in the Salon.
"O- -unday evening ' Vo-dy asked me
to oi.auUo a service In the 'saloon. 1 asko 1
the captain's permission, and his reply was.
Most certainly: X. am that kind, too.' We
cave notice of the meeting, and to onr sur
prise everyone on board attended except,
ot course, the officers and crew, who could
not leave their posts. You will readily be
lieve that it was the most impressive re
ligious gathering any of you ever attended.
Hebrews, Catholics and alt others forgot
differences in creeds and denominations.
There was no room for them In such an
hour."
Prominent among the passengers is J. B.
Baker, of 2Sew York, who was among the
most active in keeping np the courage of
the most tilnld. He speaks in the highest
terms of the action or tr.e officers or the
Huron and the conduct or the Spree's offi
cers throughout the emergency. In this he
voices the unanimous opinion of all the pas
sengers. There was tue greatest anxiety
lest the oral supply of the Huron would be
exhausted, blie was obliged to run slowly
and economize in every possible way.
The Huron, after recoallns, sailed for
Liverpool this afternoon, the passengers of
the Spree cheering her lustily as she left the
harbor.
The Danger of Remaining Below.
William A. Cotters, in charge of tne
United States sea postofflce on the Spree,
delivered the most of her mails to 'the
Ktrurla to-day. Her mall room was in the
compartment next forward of the one that
filled. The danger of the bulkhead Riving
way was so great that be was forbidden to
sleep in the mail room after the accident.
He says that on the morning of the disaster,
when it was expected to have to take to the
boats, a number of the passengers dragged
a lot of their cabin luggage mi deck, with
the idea that they would be able to take it
with them in the small boats.
Mr. Moody preached in the Methodist
Church here this morning to a crowded
house. He made no reference to the" week's
experience. "1 never found it so difficult to
maintain my composure as in last Sunday's
cabin service," he said. "With all the
women and most of the men in tears, it was
almost impossible to speak in unemotional
tones. Ournorves had been under tension
long enough, and I couldn't continue the
strain by referring to the subject this morn
ing." General Howard spoke at the same plac e
this evening and the meeting had some
thing of the nature of a Thanksgiving
service.
A Visit to the Crippled Ship.
The crippled ship, as she lay in the harbor
when 1 be DisrATCH correspondent boarded
her this afternoon, has a heavy list to port.,
Her stern is sunk to a dcDth of SO feet above
the keel, and the bows rise up to the IS-foot
mark. Divers have tried to-day to ascer
tain the extent of the damage, but without
success. Thfcy round that the propeller is
still in place, wnlch indicates that the hull
itself is probably torn open by the broken
shaft, as they cannot otherwise account tor
the sudden Hooding or the two compart
tnents. The water is level with the main
deck. In the secopd cabin the ruins or the
piano and furniture are scattored about the
saioon.
ltis undecided yet whether to repair the
ship in the Government dock here or to tow
her to Liieipool. The bulkhead between
the flooded compartments and the One next
forward containing the machinery is
heavily braced, and It is now believed that
it will hold till the pressure is removed,
although tl.ere aie leaks in a few places.
One hundred and forty sacks of mail, prin
cipally from Fiance and Italy, were under
water for a week. Most of the mail was for
narded b the Ktruria to-day
Mr. Moody and about a dozen others left
on the Etruria tills alteruoon. The remain
ing passengers will await the sister ship of
the Spree, thn Havel, which will leave here
probably on Tuesday, making a special trip.
DR. BRIGGS' CASE.
The Story of Its Progress Thus Far Re
viewed To-Day Proceedings Begin at
an Interesting I'oint What Ills Prose
cutors Are Trying to Do.
New Yoke, Dec. 4. The heresy trial of
Dr Cnarles Briggs will be resumed to-morrow.
The present stage of the trial is: The
preliminary objections of Prof. Briggs hare
been disposed of. Charges 4 and 7 have
been stricken out; It was decided that a
separate vote shall be taken on
different points in a charge,
and Scriptural citations are to
be placed under the charges Instead of un
der the specification, where they figure in
the indictment of the prosecuting commit
tee. As those are all points tor which the
accused contended, their concession by the
suffrages of the .Judicatory must iw re
garded as a victory lor Prof. Briggs.
To the formal prefeimentortbese amended
charges thus recommended. Prof. Briggs
pleaded "not guilty" at the last session of
the Judicatory. As soon as he entered this
plea, Colonel John J. McCook, of the Prose
cuting Committee, submitted tbe ovidence
on wnich this committee lelies lorproorof
its charges. Prof. Briggs was then called
upon to submit his evidence and protested
against this until the Prosecuting Commit
tee had more fully set forth evidence than
by merely offering documents.
Dr. Booth's motion tb adjourn until Mon
day left the matter at this interesting stage,
and here it will be taken np when the Ju
dicatoiy convenes to-morrow. It will be
Been that the Prosecuting Committee, if it
follows its course, will put Dr. Briggs in the
nnaltlnn (if n t.linlnrfonl ti-li1t.-n wh.-uao
since the charges are that lie lias committed
certain specific offenses why, he asks,
should he not know belorehaud what he has
to meet in the way of prool?
CLEARING THEIR SKIRTS.
Alleged Beneficiaries or the Panama Com
pany Scrambling for Vindication.
Paris, Dec. t. The publication or the
names of thepayeesof the Theme checks
has caused a sensation. Several other of tbe
names have been found to be fictitious. M.
Burfer, who is credited with receiving
20,000 francs, proves to bo a clerk in the In
ternational Bank. Ho says he remembers
cashing the check in question. Pour other
payees are clerks employed by a Bonrsier.
Another payee is a clerk In the Peinach
Bank. M. Cimborf, t ho is credited with re
ceiving u large amount, is civil a engineer,
and movea iu politics.
Editor Drumont writes to Is lAbre
Pinole that neither he nor the Maiquis
de Mores teceived inlorma.iou con
cerning the Panama Canal Coinpanv from
cx-Minister Constuns. M. Henri Kochefort
bus written a letter refuting thn evidence
given by M. Mai tin befoie tne Committee or
Inquiry. He saj s he never had any rela
tions nlth the Panama Canal Company.
Albert Gievy, son of thn late President, in
tends to write a letter to the Committee of
Inquiry, protesting against tne placing o?
his name on the list of recipients of the
Thlerree checks.
FORECLOSED FOR $1,250,000.
A New Company Takes Bold of Chatta
nooga's Coal ami Iron Business.
CHATTAMOOa, Dec. 4. Twenty thousand
aci es of land lj tng liortii or Chattanooga on
the opposlto side of the Tennessee river,
owned by the Chattanooga Land, Coal, Iron
and Railway Company, was sold estcrday
under .foreclosure proceedings under plaits
of reorganization which haa been previous
ly agreed upon by the creditors and stock
holders. TJie land was purchased by an
agent of a new company on conditions
agiecdtipon. About JJ1,--30,000 was Involved
in the transaction.
Tne new company will proceed with a
liberal line of development. Thev have
already arranged to exnend several hun
dred thousand dollars in building railroads,
water works and factories, opening coal
mines, etc. The name of tbe new company
will be the Chattanooga Company, Limited.
A TENNESSEE VOLCANO.
Trying to Account for a Purely Local Earth
quake at Lookout Mountain.
Chattasoooa, Dec. 4 Great mystery sur
rounds tlio earthquake shock felt here Fri
day morning. It turns out to have been en
tirely local. Local scientists are much puz
zled. While some hold that it was caused
by the caving in of the roor of n snbter
ranean Hm-stone cavern, others deny that
n cave-In would hae caused such a shock
without a large sinking or tbe crust or the
earth.
-Nearly all other theories for looal tremors
of tlio earth have been assigned as the
ennse. Some ininMreurtcd ones suggest that
n Hidden volcinu under Lookout-Mountain'
'is nudy to burst fjrtu-
Of Democracy's Jnggernaut
Is About Where the New
Administration-
is EXPECTED TO TUMBLE.
With Bill and Murphy Side by Side
in the Senate a Battle Boyal
WOULD BE SURE TO BE FOUGHT.
Faircliild in the Cabinet the Boct .hat
H !oir Looming tp.
A BEPUBLI0AN SHAKE-UP IS PROMISED
rrnoM A staff correspondent. l
New Souk, Dec. A -People continue to
be interested in tbe aftermath of a great
Presidental campaign. Between Demo
cratic discussion of the probable attitude of
Mr. Cleveland toward the "boys" and the
expression of Republican hopes and fears
as to the future of the grand old party and
incidentally of tbe nation the papers are
still lull ot political talk and gossip.
Some of it smacks a good deal of cam
paign times, too, as, for instance, the bitter
attacks of the anti-Hill Democratic papers
on Ed Murphy, the Troy brewer, who is to
succeed 'Frank Hiscock in the United States
Senate.
The very hopelessness of any effort to de
feat Mnrphy increases and intensifies the
venom of the Mugwump sheets. Mean
while, Murphy and Croker, the Tammany
boss, have been taking things easy at their
joint stock farm near Bicbbeld Springs,
conscious of the fact that the Legislature is
absolutely in their grasp. They iutend to
make other use of it, too, besides the eleva
tion of Murphy to the Senatorship.
In the Power of the Machine.
Considering that the President-elect and
he hold each other in mutual contempt, that
he is a type of the lowest order of machine
politician and therefore heartily despised
by the Mugwumps, Muipliy's selection can
be regarded In no other light than an at
tempt to demonstrate to the new adminis
tration how helpless It is against tbe
"machine." It is a warning also that tbe
White House inust not Inteiferelu the poli
tics of the State. The Hlll-Croker-Murphy-Sheelian
ring has pursued but one policy
toward tbe whole Cleveland outfit since the
Chicago convention completely ignoring
them and their suggestions. Undoubtedly
it is their purpose to continue in this Una
until Cleveland begins to use the Federal
patronage against them, as he surely will,
and then will come a battle Toyal between
the factions for supremacy. It must bo
remembered, too, that with Mnrphy by Hill's
side in the Senate the President's nomina
tions are not going. to travel a pathway of
roses to confirmation.
The selection of ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury Jatrchlld for his old place would be the
most flaring flrebraud that Cleveland could
throw Into the Tammany camp. The mere
mention of ialrchild In the presence of a
Tamuianyite throws him ihto convulsions.
Slnoe the apparently well-authenticated an
nouncement of Cleveland's pdrpose to
honor Fairehlld, a number of letters and
telegrams or protest liuvo reached Influ
ential Democrats here fiom the West.
IntheSame'SOatstiXUrrisohtVaf.
Falrciilld is regarded out there' as a- repVA-'
sentativeor Wall Street influences, and If
the West is to have weight with .Cleveland
because of Its part in electing him no one
having that taint will bo placed In control
of the finances. Harrison had this same an
tagonism to contend with when he was
making up his Cabinet four years ago. Ho,
howeTtr, unlike Cleveland, shared to a de
glee the Western distrust or a Wall street
man. The East could not be satisfied with
a Western man, so Harrison adopted S. B.
Elkins' suggestion and gave the portfolio to
Wlndom, who was a Minnesota man living
in New York. He bridged the chasm.
Cleveland's leturn this week from his
Hog Island vacation naturally brings up all
this Cabinet talk, and whether he likes It or
not, a good deal is going to be said and done
by the politicians toward making up a slate
for him. Tammany has determined to let
him severely alone on the Cabinet question
unless its counsels are sought which they
will not be but it is tangling things up so
as to annoy blm in other directions. Speaker
Crlp spent a couple or davs herebeloie
going to Washington this week and arranged
lor Tammanj 's support in lorclng an extra
session of Congi ess. Tammany, it will bo
remembered, threw most of the New York
vote for Crisp for Speaker. It will hold out
now with Crisp for an extra session, because
such a move would aid in his re-election to
the Speakership.
Crucer was all the more willing to enter
upon tnis bargain because the extra session
problem is going to worry Cleveland a good
deal befoie it is settled, and is likely to be
tne enteritis wedge ot discontent in the
Demooratio ranks at the national capital.
Republicans Under tbe Tiger's Paw.
The republicans of the State, but more
especially of this olty, are still wondering
where they are at," and how Ions they will
remain there. The impression prevails that
so long as tlio present influences dominate
Republican affairs hero defeat is sure to fol
low defeat, and some effoit Is bolng made to
overturn tbe County Committee at the pri
maries on the 13 til Inst. The tiouble is
that the opposition ladks cohesion and sin
gleness of put pose. Then, too, not more
than a tenth ot the itepnultciin voters of
this city are enrolled and eligible to vote at
the Drliuaries. The euiolled ones are the
followers of the machine. None others can.
get in xt is piouuuie, meieiuie, tuat ue
apltefUl the noise and uubbub, tbe same old
luces will tuin up in tne new County Com
mitteouiid the same old officers beie elected
to command the ship.
lhe charge is openly made, and with trnth
in some instances, that our Republican dis
trict leaders are merely adjuncts to Tam
many Ua)l, and throw the ote of tlieir fol
lowers to Tammany candidates whenever
desired, -in examination of the vote for
several yeais baolt will prove this. Itis
notorious, too, that one of the atanchest
Republican papers on national issues will
puulbh nothing to -which the Tammany
bosses would take exception. f.s it surpris
ing, under such ciicumscances, that Tam
many rolls up big majorities heieT
figures That Tell Their Own Story.
There is not an Assembly district in tbe
city in whloh the percentage of Republican
vote to the total has not fallen on steadily
lu the last ten jears. In 1S84 Blaine re
ceived 93,093; In lflsS Harrison got 100,925, and
this jeartliuPiesldehtal vote fell to j,303,
or less than 6,000 over the Blaine Vote eih'bt
reais ago. Meanwhile tbe city's vote has
nci eased over SU.OOO.
Korhns this boon the only lost, sustained
by the Republicans or this city. Of the 30
Assemblymen and 24 aldermen elected last
month not a single one is a Republican, so
that both at tlio jtate capital und at tho City
Hall there will not be u discordant note in
tue chorus of Tammany's triumph. In fact,
except lor to Police Justices and one
Police Commissioner, tnere will not be a
Republican in office in this city after Jan
uary L 'Yet the Republicans have 100,000
Republican voters, more than one-thiru of
all.
I recite these facts and they are racts
because they lend coloi and snbstance to
tho charge that tbe present Republican or
ganization here, Jf not untrue tu the party's
interests, is at lea-t notully Ineffective and
weak, lhe cry goes up iiuW, when it is too
late, foi aieorgaulzation; but even this, as
I have said, is not likely to come about.
BAN INIO A SIHEET CAB.
Two PhlladelphlaPassengers Seriously In
Juredln a Crossing Accident.
Philadelphia, Dec. t .V small traction
car, while crossing the tracks of the Bead
lug Railroad this evening at American and
Columbia xtroe ts, was struck by ualil ting
engine. Villi uu ' Cnnnlniham, aged Si
years, a street car driver, had hlsicalp cut,
nis auKie uau-urnu uiiu several nun uru.-4u,
and is likely to die. or the other passengers,
Lizzie Cargoge, a 12-year-old girl, was the
only ono who reoelved lnurlesof a serious
character, having her leg orokeir.
Charles Pearce, the driver, it Iff said, did
not wait for the signal to cross the tracks,
but drove his car directly in the pathway of
the engine.
A MADMAN CAPTAIN.
The Shrewd Little Fellow "Who Escaped
His Wrath Tells a Graphic Story of His
i Companion's Murder The Skipper's
Confession Befused by the Officers.
Sax Diego, Oal., Dec. 4. Captain Sam
Y Smith, of the schooner Lou,-who murdered
a Doy named (ieorge .Ncale on bis schooner
br throwing the lad overboard and then
shooting him as he swam in' the-'watcr,
wanted to make a confession yasterclar, but
the officers would not allow him to. Willie
Silberry, the boy who narrowly eioaped
Keale's fate br agreeing to conceal the mur
der, tells the following story; -
After I turned in I was awakened by a
voice, "Don't shoot me, Sam: for God's sake
don't kill mc." I was scared almost to
death. The voice was that of George, and
seemed to come from under the stern of the
boat. Then it grew fainter, as if we were
drifting away Irom it. I crept quickly up
the companion way and saw Captain Smith
sitting in the cockpit, with his rifle in his
hands, looking over the beam. George
called ont agaim "8am, throw me an oar;
won't you help met" Sain didnotsnyaword,
but Just held bis .rifle aimed in his hands. I
drew back hair sick as he shot, and then
glanced out again to see him withdraw his
rifle, whloh he had fired into thewator
where I saw George floating. Sam saw me
then, and. ns unconcernod as possible, I
asked him what ho was shooting at. He an
sweied, "A bird." and I drew down again
into the hold. Pretty soon I heard Sam'
talking, pretending to be answering George.
When daylight came I got up and went
and sat near Satu. I knew I had my life In
my hands. Sam still had a rifle in ins hands.
I tried to smooth it over, and arter awhile
he said: "I've been thinking about this lor
nlnodays. I Intended to throw you over-
uunru, anu roporc mat you went Hunting in
a skiff and got lost In the surf."
I told him I would do all I could, and that
maybe George had not heen drowned, that
we could report sometlftng that would be a
good excuse. "We'll fix 1 1," I said.
He took me at my word and commenced
to clean up. In the cabin were spots of
bloody finger marks on George's bunk.
These Sam washed off aud I Helped. but I
left on tho ceiling some blood that he did
not see. Theio was blood on Sam's trousers.
VERY LIKE RETRIBUTION.
The Boston Reporter of tho Borden Testi
mony Fake Is Killed.
Ha5ulto:t, Oht., Deo. 4. Special flenry
G. Triekey, a Boston Globe reporter, was
killed here yesterday while trying to hoard
a train. He came here a week ago and reg
istered at a leading hotel under tbe name of
Henry Melsear, lepresentlng that he was
a New York commercial man. It has
since been learned that lie had fled
to Canada to avoid arrest rbr contempt of
court in connection with the .Harden mur
der case. He was the reporter Who wiote
np the article which apneared in the Globe,
containing an alleged expose of all the evi
dence the detectives had woiked up ugainst
Lizzie Borden. Next day the paper apolo
gized for tho story aud admitted that it had
been deceived.
Yesterday morning, as Triekey was about
to leave tne city, be fell betweon the cars
and was so badly crushed that he died lu a
few minutes. Triekey had lerc word at tbe
hotel to have hi ruafi forwarded to P. Jlcl
scar, Evanston. 111. Tne news of the acci
dent wus , telegraphed there, and this
evening Triekey' brothei-in law ar
rived. He Identified tbe bodv. llol
sear says that Triekey told him he
had been deceived Dy DctectUo Molfenry,
who had offered to furnish the imormatlon
in tho Borden case for $500. Triekey gave
him tbe money, and Mollenry furnished the
points for the article as published in the
Globe, but deliberately-deceived him. The
.body was taken to Boston to-night. -
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CHICAGO BURGLARS CAUGHT
'Their Plan to Bob the Steward ortheCalU
' met Comes to Grief.'
Chicago, Dee. I Charles Armstrong, a
waiter at the Calumet Club, Frank Skinner
and Frank Rice, waiters in down-tbwn res
taurants, attempted to ldb Louts Culver
last night, tbe steward of the Calumet Club,
tho most aristocratic organization of its
kind in Chicago. Armstrong secured a room
in the boarding house where Culver lived
and secreted his confederates in a closet in
Culver's room. When the steward, who
usually carries a large amount of money,
shonld appear, he was to be hit hard enough
to keep him quiet and then robbed.
Culver, however, did not show np. The
two lobhers became restless, and concluded
to rob a few other people while waiting for
Culver. Thev strayed into the room or J.
H. Graham, who immediately shoe Skinner
in the side, inflicting a wound whloh will
prove fatal. The pollen heard the shots,
and when Skinner and Klee rushed out the
front door they were, gathered In. Arm
strong was arrested later.
COLD WATEB ON THE C0NFSBENC3
Thrown by the1 Thunderer, TVhlch "Would
Like to See It a Failure Anyway.
Lohdox, Dee. 6. The 3me, speaking edl.
torlally on the Monetary ttbnferonce, says:
"It is not going too ar to say that the con
ference haa already resnlted in failure.
When it was found that tho Ameri
cans were not prepnied to make the
first move the conference kindly ac
commodated them. Mr. de Rothschild's
proposals are a mystery unless he wished to
force the Americans to realize and admit
that except there Is universal bimetallism
there is no arrangement which would suit
tbem. If they weie of this Machiavellian
character tbey have apparently sneceeded,
for already in America a strong objection
has arisen to -continuing the purchase of
silver.
"The childish talc indulged in two years
ago respecting the ability of America to act
in defiance of the elementary principles of
economics has been abandoned In the pres
ence of the plain lact that the Giesham law
is not dead, and that inferior money still
drives out better money ir given a cuancn.
It is probable that thero will hn n sharp fall
in silver when it is recognized that tho
conference will have no lesult."
GAMBLING RUINED HIM.
An Express Agent Arrested In Louisville
While Pawning Diamonds.
Louisville, Dec. 4. H. H. Lostetter, the
United States express agent at Hunting
burg, Iud., was arrested this morning while
in tbe act of pawning SC00 worth of
diamonds. The detective took him to tbe
Central statldn, where he was searched.
Two other diamond studs and a lady's gold
wntenwere found on him. He said he had
been short In his accounts for some time and
did not know much he really owed the com.
pauy. The package of diamonds was sent
irom Bootievllle, Ind., to New York City and
passed tUioujh his hands as agent at llnn
tlngburg. He stole them Saturday, and,
employing a man in his place, came to this
city yesterday morning to pawn tbem.
lie attributed his downfall to gambling
nnd claimed timt tills was the first time he
had ever stolen from the company. The
companv placed implicit confidence in Los
tetter. The shortage may be betweon si,W
and $5,000.
ANOTHER . REVOLUTION.
Tho Brazilian State of Itio Grande do Snl
Again Deposes Its Governor.
Montevideo, Deo. . A revolution has'
broken out at Santo Tome, ltio Grande do
Sul, and tho authorities have again been de
posed. It is said that men are flocking to the
scono of the disturbance from all parts of
the province nnd from Uruguay. The au
thorities say tbe revolution is looal and has
no political signlflcnnco.
The Tennessee Strike ShortLlved.
Kmoxviixe, Tehs., Dec. 4. The Black Dia
mond mining troubles at Coal Creulrnre set
tied. . Word has been rutclvud.thut the mill,
era resumed vurk lo-duy.
Are the Lowe Guns Now Be
ing Furnished- to tide
German Government.
ANOTHER HUGE SCANDAL
France Is Not 'Alone in the Crooked
ness of Her Officials.
A GKKAT SENSATION IN COURT
When the Jndse Declares the Proofs of the
Iharga' Genuine.
GEEMAN INTERESTS IN TUE BIG FAIR
Bebltk, Dec. 4. Prussia yesterday
found its Panama scandal in the Moabit
Criminal Court, when, after having been
taunted for lack of veracity, Eector Ahl
wardt produced five official documents
which proved to bo reports made by
'Colonels to their Generals adverse to the
Lowe gun. These must have been stolen,
probably by an officer, who, if found out, is
liable to ten years' penal servitude.
A greater scandal or more sensational
episode could not have occurred. The
army officers who were .present in large
numbers, many of high rank, were aghast.
At first they looked incredulous, but when
the Judge examined the documents and
pronounced them authentic their dismay
knew no bounds?
Telegraphic messages were at once sent to
the Emperor, who is shooting in Saxony,
to apprise him of the startling develop
ments and the blow which had fallen on
the army.
Ahlwardt had just expressed regret that
army officers, on their oaths, should have
been mistaken in saying no offioial reports
adverse to the Lowe guns hafl been made.
"Who are yon," thundered the Judge,
"who dare talk thus of officers who have
taken an oath to tell the truth?"
Ahlwardt Produces His Proofs.
"Here aie my proofs," replied Ahlwardt,
taking the papers from his pocket and hold
ing them up.,.
The pubho prosecutor suggested that they
Should be read at once. Bector Ahlwardt,
in a low, clear voice, said: "I have been ac
cused of being unputiiotlo without reason.
The document. I hold. It read nubllclv. would-
be' damaging to my country. I tnerefore
ask that the court be oleaiddantt the read
lng be private. If the President will glance
over them I am confident he will agree with
me."
A' he read thorn bis face became very
serious. Finally lie srtld: "Tho papers laid
befoie aie very Important to the State.
They should not be read in open court."
The room was their cleared. Tlio. docu
ments show that out of 960 Lowe guns used
at Wesei S90 were unserviceable. '1 weuty
of the chambers burst and ten broke en
tirely There were three general officers ill
court lepresentlng the Minister of War.who
at once sent the news to the War Minister,
General von Ealtenborn; Slaunbu, Chler or
Staff; Count von Sclicffen nnd Chancellor
Von'Caprivi. The revelations hit Herr
Lowe, and his director, Colonel Euhne.
"really seemed quite overcome at the unex
pected blow.
. Guos That Dreak Like Glass.
(.Another-"witness, a Hamburg merchant,
kiaid tho Minister of Foreign Affairs bad sent
aconslgnmentof Lowe gnqs to East Arrlca.
The witness had Just received a letter from
the leader of tho expedition, saying: "Send
-ont more guns, but not Lowe they break
llko glass."
HeiT Lowe protested it was not proved
they were bis guns.
It must be remembered that there are
425,003 Lowe guns in the Gorman army. This
is terriblv awkward tor thei Government,
which is bound by necessity to do every
thing to hush up the scandal.
The Ahlwardt tlial will raise donbts in the
mind of a large section of the German
nation, not particularly as rezardi the
Lowe guns, but about all guns maunfac
tuieu for tbe army. Ahlwaidt himself is
nobodj Indeed, un unsympathetio charac
ter but theveuormous maohinorv of the law
is brought to bear against htm.
Prince Bismarck passed through Berlin
last evening on his way from Vaiztn to
Friedrlchsruhe. At the Stettin and Lebrter
railway stations great crowds hud gathered
to welcome him. A light luncheon and a
glass of stiff gro were partaken of in the
Fuersten salon. He remained there an
hour, talking to two or three special friends,
while the crow d outside cheered and sang.
Bismarck on Increase of Bevenue.
The only sound method of increasing the
revenue would be through a tobacco tax;
which had been tried and approved by the
financiers or all great nations, Bismarck
said.
The Emperor has been much incensed by
the rudeness to which the Empress was sub
jected in Berlin, last eek. She came to the
city from Potsdam, to shop at a Jewelry
store in the Fiiedrichstiasse. While she was
there curious people crowded the pluoe and
an unmannerly mob gacheied outside round
the cairlage. Unpleasant comments were
made by women at she made her nay from
the store aoor to tne carriage, ana alter alio
v as seated a well-Urcssed German woman
thiust her head in the open window, stared
at her, and madu nn insulting lemark con
cerning her iuaie:ty'8 anueurance. The at
tendant ot the Empress tardily removed the
intruder, but not until the Empress had
been excited almost to tears. The Empeior
hasordeied theohlefof police to see to it
that whenever the Empress goes driving or
shopping beieafter a sufficient number of
pollctfshall be on baud to keep back the
ciowds.
Germany's Interest In the Fair.
An offlolal memorandum leceived by the
Reichstag on Thursday states that recently
the number of thn German exhibitors at the
Chicago World's Fair has increased greatly.
Tbe total is now nearly 4,000. In the wine
exhibit alono 300 firms and individuals hare
engaged space. In the machinery exhibit
the number is 100, and in the chemical ex
hibit 40. Industries connected with min
ing will be especially well represented.
The new evidences of Interest In tbe Fair
aro acknowledged generally to be due to the
election or Cleveland and the consequent
expectation that tho McElnley bill will bo
modified. The expenses of tho Government
in preparing for the Fair have exceeded the
estimates, and another grant will be mado
probably, as tue Government will spare no
pains to make Germany's exhibit at the
Fair second to none.
Tbe brewers or the Hamburg and Altoona
district lesolred at a meeting lust week to
combat in every legitimate way the pro
posals to Incieae the beer tux and to peti
tion the Hamburg Senate and the Kelcbstag
against the imposition ot new burdens on
tueir industry.
DR. GEAV3 60 CONFIDENT
Of Regaining His Liberty That He
Has
Signed a Contract to Lecture.
Dsitvxn, Dec. 4. Supreme Judge T. II.
Goddnrd will listen to the appeal lu the case
of Dr. Tnatcher Graves, who Is under sen.
tence of denth for the poisoning of Mrs.
Josephine Barnaby, of Providence, U. I., to
morrow. Dr. Graves feels so confident that tho
Court will give him his liberty that lie has
already signed a coutracttoleoturo through
out the country on "Colorado Justice and
Prison Life."
BIVAL GREENLAND EXPEDITIONS
May Soon Start rrom Philadelphia to Visit
tbe frozen Beglons.
PmUDKLruu, Deo, 4. Two Greenland ex
peditions may start out from Philadelphia
next spring. While Lieutenant l'eary Is
rHlMug funds by his lectures for n seonnd
and prolpn.'ed ,yilt tothe great CQn.tinen
of lco.'l'rbr. Louis Uollprlug Is, U is pre.
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sumed, projecting a second exploring trip
to tbe dozen regions or the north.
Ten thousand dollars is reported to have
already been secured for this exploring trip.
Owing to the rumors and contradictions of
rumors or a slight coolness between Pror.
Peary and the commander of the relief ex
pedition, it is difficult to tell Just how much
credence to put in this report.
TORTURED BY A BURGLAR.
A Hazleton Bobber Fells His Victim With
an ax Falling to Find Money, He
Bevlves Her He Gets the Cash and
Hangs Her.
Hazletox, Dec 4. John "Wittick, a
desperado, made an unsuccessful attempt at
robbery and murder in this city last night.
About 5 o'clock he called at the house of
Peter Putlestny. There was no one at
borne but Mrs. Pntlessny. The man de
manded money. The woman hesitated
about giving it to him. Without further
parley an ax descended upon her head and
she fell unconscious. The man immediately
wont upstairs. An old trunk had always
been used as the treasure vault. When Wlt
tickreacbed it, it was empty.
Beturning to the lower room, where the
woman still lay, tbe Villain lolt her pulse to
ascertain if life was extinct. There were
still signs of life, and by the application of
restoratives he revived her. Aj.iin the de
mand for money was made. The poor
woman, aftor recovering her speech, told
htm where to find it. The movement of the
injured woman attracted his attention and
he Jumped for her again. To make snre.
that she 'tould tell no tales he produced A
rope. This he wound about her neck, and,
with the aid or a stick, twisted it so tightly
that the blood oozed from the pores and her
tongue protruded. He went after the treas
ure, and alter securing everything, left his
viotim tying motionless on tue noor.
A ntljthborr-abortly nrter-discoveroCUhe
prostrate form of MrsPutlessny. an(k. after
considerable difficulty, succeeded in reviv
ing her. Her assailant was captured in a.
barn and S60 of the stoleh money wasr found
upon him; lie refused to talk:- Itis feared
the womammay die before making a state
ment. The prisoner is a desperate orook,
who' arrived in this country about a year
ago. Before leaving Bohemia, his native
country,' he had taken the Hie pf a country
mail. ' FRESHMEN TOO FRESH. '
A Party of Them Behave Like Bulls in a
Ifew Haven China Shop.
New Havxit, Coith., Dec. 4. The celebra
tion by Tale freshmen last evening was car
ried to extremes. Besides virtually break
ing up a play at tbe Now Haven Opera
House tbey broke into a dime museum,
played hivoc with tbe proprietor's chattels,
and tried unsuccessfully to effect an en
trance into a fair, but were repulsed by a
partv of doorkeepers, who, armed with, club
and baseball bats, drove them back. One of
the students received a wound on the neck
by the blow or a shovel.
A restaurant was next visited. Here the
rowdies overturned all the furniture and
compelled a young woman to stand on a ta
ble and make a speech. En masse, tbe
freshmen then repaired to the campus and
indulged in a rush with the sopho
moies. Tile celebration conclud
ed by the lreshmen breaking
a number of windows iu the "Old Br.ck
Kow." Four or the party were arrested
duiing tho evening anu will be tried to-morrow
rooming. The Tale laculty will investi
gate the matter, and a number of expulsions
are inevitable.
MURDER WILL OUT.
A Dramatlo Scene During Testimony In
the Parr Trial on Long Island.
Jamaica, L. L, Dec. 4 There was a sensa
tion yesterday in tho contest over the will
of Thomas Farr.tbe Brooklyn carpetdealer,
who died last June at Hempstead.
AY hen Robert Watson, an employe of
the testator at Ills store, was put
on the stand. Counsellor Claik' asked
him if he ever said to Airs. Edwaid Quintan,
wife of one of the contestants, that if Mr.
Fnrr hud stayed at homo wltn lii wife In
Brooklyn he wOnld be alive to-day and than
his nieco got blm out to Baldwin's and killed
him..
"So, sir, I did not," said Watson.
Sirs. Quintan at once sprang to her feet
and exclaimed: "Oh. Robert Uatsonl How
can you say such a thing! Rem'inber, J on
are talking to God." Mrs. Quintan wus then
called to the stand. She contradicted Mr.
Watson's testimony, and told the court that
Watson told her three weeks ao that Farr's
nelce had killed him. This testimony cre
ated a sensation, and the case adjourned un
til Monday.
MURCHIS0N REAPPEARS
To Beafflrm That He Is the Only Genuine
Cleveland Hoodoo.
Los' ANOCLK3. CAt., Dec. 4. G-oige OS
goodby, of Pomona, author of tne cele
brated Alurchlson letter, which wus one of
tho chief episodes of the political tampat.n
or 1SSS, has addressed a letter to the Timet.
or this city, sharply crltlclting the rjqeut
statement of M. V. .11 u o its ui'. of Chicago,
alleging (hat he did nut wr.tu tuu MuiLliisoii
letter. ,
The Pomona Mhrchisou rcaserts liN an
tliurshlp of the Mmcul-oii letter, mid xajs
ho holds the original reply of Lur-i backv.ilu
West, although having been tt,equeiuiy iui
portuned'to give it into other hands.
HIS STOMACH A GARDEN.
A Man Swallows P pperSctdi and Heaves
Up Vegetables.
LorfO Brakch, Deo. 4. About Ave necks
itgo Kluivr Pern ne, u lealdent of Long
Brunch aveune, beuamo seriously ill. He
wus treated for some lime wlilnut
success. Last week Dr. Genrire II. Baker
adiulnlsteied a strong dose of mi-dlcln and
Mr. Perrlne vomited lour grucii peppuw,
each an inch and a half long. The iirxl day
four more peppers followed, and now the
patient is tuuon better, and to-day uis con
dition indicated an early recovery.
The last time Mr. Pel rine ate peppers wa
In August, nearly lonr niomha iuii, hut ihn
seed.") terminated In hU stomach until they,
teaehud mil size-
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PREVENTION OF CRIME
And the Pittsburg Question Dealt
With bj a Kew fork Pastor.
THE CHURCH SUFFER?, HE SAYS,
From tlia Meddling' of Her Ministers In 111
torts of Afiilrs.
PEEACIIERS SIIOULD.Vr BE PBOSECCTORS
fSPECIAI, TELXORAM TO TIIK DISPATCH.r
New Yobk, Dec 4. Bev. D. C Potter
preached in the Baptist Tabernacle this
morning on the "Prevention of Crime and
the Pittsburg Question." His text was
irom John, viiL, o: "ilosej in the law com
manded that such should be stoned, but
what sayest thou?" The preacher said:
It is an Sid iinetion, difficult, one-sided.
The accusers brought the woman only. The
law requested that she be stoned. Certainly
perform the law, but the accusers must be
sinless. The church suffers irom the med
dling of her ministers on all subjects, and
men devoid of practical sense and withont
experience commit ns to turmoil and folly.
The Pittsburg pastors have produced a
situation disgraceful and heartless, and
politics has become a meddler in morals in
ourclty. The Society lor the Prevention of
Crime, over which a well-known city pastor
presides, is simply scattering the crime ic
aims to prevent. othlug is prevented save
-in tbe locality vheie the society's raids
are made. Driven out of one place or street
tbe outcasts go to another loss public."" or
tbey'wait the chance of returning. The
'effort is at suppression, not prevention. It
may be sincere; it surely is misguided.
Work of thac sort can only be partial,
the results local and momentary.
Jfot a Means of Reformation.
To first obtain evldonce of an incriminat
ing character against a disorderly house,
perhaps by humiliating aud criminal
methods, and then haul tbe inmates to Jail,
causing them public shame and advertise
ment, is surely not prevention of crime. On
the one hand, it is abetting, conniving at;
on the other, it is simply distress and dam
age. Where a throng of degraded women
are dragged through the streets
bat to insult and deeper disgrace
in a police court, fined or temporarily
imprisoned, nothing criminal has been
prevented. Tbe unfortunates have only a
deeper degradation, a sorer heart, a hotter
hatred against society and all, the forces
that brought abonc the open s'tow of
their sin. They are so much the poorer, so
much the more miserable, more hardened,
moie desperate nnd despairing. Their
luture is by so much as they have suffered
tbe darker, their reformation the more
hopeless.
In advance of judgment, before trial, and
with no hope of redres", the poor and
pitiable women havo been rudely and
brutally punished, the public sensitiveness
shocked, and nothing under heaven secured
worth the while, the cost considered, s tve a
mighty gain to plmriseeisin and hypocrisy.
But the evil and its victims bavo been puu
lisbed, and wlcKedness and its haunts have
been advertised Irom pulpit and press aud
housetops.
A Zeal Not According to Knowledge.
The reformers have a zeal not according
to knowledge. Common sense is dethroned
and shamy Is abandoned. And this sortof
precaution deters no criminal, hinders no
crime.1 Tho reformers seem to have the
energy of a frenzy, the. rhetoric and vehe
mence of a geyser, the gesticulation of a
Dutch wlud-mlll, and tue soul of Don
Quixote. '
Punishment Is not prevention. Fnnish
mentlsnot reformation. It but widens the
gulf separating the degntded and unfortu
nate from the relief and succor that they
have the right to expect from the Church of
Christ, and which the Church of Christ
ought to give. The bent and bnrdened back:
oi the wretched, the outcast and the sinner
should feel no sting from the scourge in the
hands of a Christian minister. Tho minis
ter's olace is not with the persecutors. It is
not with thu prosecutor''. It Is not with the
brutal accusers vho clamor that she be
punished lor her sin.
Ho man was ever ordained by a church to
be a Dublic prosecutor. It is his place to
preach mercy ta the sinner, to call lor re
pentance, and not to spring traps to catch
norset spies to betrav. He does not belong
with the hypocrites who wish to cast the
stones. He should be standing by and be
hind that marvelous Man of Xazareth, who,
with infinite gentleness nnd pity, snoke
softly to the heart uioken: ".Neither do I
condemn thoe; go and sin no more."
AN 0ID OFFENDER CAUGHT.
Two Deputy Marshals Capture a Fearless
Woman Moonshiner.
l'AnKZRSDTjito, W. Va., Dec 4. Special.
Rolno Bailey, a noted woman moonshiner of
McDowell county, was captured a day or
two ago by United Slates Deputies Wallace
and White. Sevoral other illicit distillers
were also captured In the raid, but Miss
Bailey was the biggest haul or the lot.
She was noted for her fearlessness and her
extraordinary ability iu handling a Win
chester, she Is said to be a expert with a
rifle as anyone in the mountains, and as she
t an nlwnvs ready to shout a uiarshurher cap
ture was looked upon as something unusu
ally brilliant. Mlsi Bailey tailed ap give
ley ta
trial.
bona anu win oe neio. inr
HIPPOLYTE'S CLOSE CALL.
Three TVould-Be Assassins Pounce Upon
Him in His Palace Grounds.
Kixqstox, Jamaica, Deo. 4. A desperate
attempt was made to- assinate President
Hippolyte, of Haiti, yesterday morning.
The President was taking an early morning
walk In the palace grounds when tho attack
was made.
Aid came before the assassin could Inflict
any damage, and he and two accomplices
were overpowered and captured. They
were shot within a short time and quiet now
'prevails in the Black Republic.
TWO BIG GAVELS
TO FALL TO-DAY
"When Vice President Morton
and Speaker Crisp Ee-
conyeite Congress
FOE THE SHOBT SESSION.
The Anti-Option Bill tbe Most Im
portant One to Come Up. .
It Will Be Wrestled With in the Sen.
ate Pension Bills to Take TJp the
Time of the House Influence of the
Elections on Coming: Legislation The
McGanahan Claim on Deck Once More
An Attempt to Be Made to Pass It
Over the President's Veto A Con
test Sure to Be Precipitated Extra,
Session Talk The Speakership The
South and the Sugar Bounty.
IJBOU A STATF connisrovDixT.l
Washihgtoj.-, Dec. 4. At high nooa
to-morrow tbe gavels of Vice President
Morton and of Speaker Crisp will fall in
Senate and House, the chaplains will say
their prayers, and the machinery of the
second short session of the Fifty-second
Congress will be in motion at once.
Speaker Crisp's gavel will fall on a new,
strong sounding board, for tbe old one, as is
always the case, was splintered during the
session by the tremendous pounding neces
sary to keep any semblance oi order in tbe
noisiest and most unruly parliamentary
body of the world. Almost as soon as a
session is ended the sounding board and its
green baize cover are carried away, piece
meal, by relic fiends, and tbe desk is left
denuded until tbe beginning of another
session.
After tbe morning hour tbe anti-option
bill is the regular order as unfinished busi
ness in the Senate, and a host of uninterest
ing private pension bills in the House.
Some Lively Scenes Pretty Certain.
Unimportant as these pension bills may
be in themselves, they may furnish some
lively scenes, as each member mar 'speak for
15 minutes on each bill if he desires to do
so. Hoc only will this furnish opportunity
for attacks on the pension system which
assuredly Is vulnerable enough as it Is now
abused but members will take opportunity
to make hnmorous and satirical explana
tions of "how it all happened" at the late
elections, and therefore, some really exclt
ingsnappinznndirrowlln,; amom; the ani
mals or tne menagerie in-iy be expected.
The anti-option bill, ir there be less fun
over it, is much more likely to lurnlsh a
genuine sensation. Senator Washburn,
who is sponsor for the measure, declared to
day thai be has not the least douot of the
passage of the bill If it can be brought to- a
vote, and he is convinced there will be little
obstruction lor the reafou that It was l. .
tacit understanding when he ajreedTat the
last session to its postponement till the first ,
Monday in December that it should not be
talked upon for the mere purpose- of delay
or deieac
Or course the Senator admitted there are
Senators who yet wish to give their views,
but he thinks only a few days will elapse
before a final vote will be taken.
The Other Side of the Question.
Many do not agree with the Senator.
Though some of the votes bad upon features
and consideration of the bill last session,
showed that tnere might be a bare majority
in favor of it, could it have been disposed of
at that time, new conditions now surround
it. The very essence of its postponement
was that some Senators did not want to vote
upon ic till after the election, which meant
that, though before that event they misht
feel impelled to support it, they mleht feel
very differently afterward when tbe popu
lar sentiment might not Dear npon their
political consciences quite so heavll.
Attain, the lobby which worked quietly
and effectively last session, tho representa
tives of the great exchanges, aro hero with
r.iiiforcements, and are backed by others
who give no countenance to samDlin in
either presents or lutures, but who believe
that the bill will fail of its purpose nnd work
uarm to prouncetsas wen as to speculators.
Tct a;:ain, it is Delleved that the Influences
of the cotton exchanges, coupled with the
rise in cotton and tlio passing of the elec
tions, have changed the intention of more
than one Senator from the South. The
chances therefore seem to favor the defeat
of the bill.
Simply Toyed With In the Senate.
It seems almost nnexplalnable that a
measure of such vast Import, which passed
the "popular branch" of Congress by a great
majority and without obstruction worth
mentioning, should be so toyed with in the
Senate. Its advocates say: "If It beimpe
feet, why not perfect and pais it?" fd satis
factory answer Co this hns been afforded by
the opposition, who seem rather to desire. to
add to the imperfection by amendments
tending to render defeat more certain.
One of the incidents of the session which
is looked forward to with some interest is
tbe expected attempt to pass over the veto
of the President the bill reierring tbe fam
ous McGurrahau claim to the Court of Claims
for Its Judgment. Poor Billy McGarrahan,
who bus been hanging on the ragged edej,
now of hope and now of despair, for so many
years, still as gentle and inoffensive as ever,
bad no reniarK to make wheu the President -.
dealt him that cruel blow of thereto lust
session, except that he did not see bow so
many good men in the Uouje and Senate
could bu wroitcrnud President Harrison the
only one -to bo right. A similar feellns was
apparent among the mnjority in the two
branches who voted for tue reference.
Mr. Harrison wus much criticised tor his
vetoandan attempt is certain to bn made
to pass the bill by a two-thlrdi majority.
Thn defeat of tbe President for re-election
may adu to the chances for success, as many
a Republican who in July would have been
timid in recording his affirmative against
tho president's negative win now nave no
such scruples.
Beady to Precipitate a Contest.
One point which has not been touobod
upon in connection with tho probable early
session Is the great confnslcn and interrup
tion of busine-s or this Congress which
would ensue. Most of the advocates of an
extra session, whether for continuous work
or for the mere purpose of organization,
lavoradate immediately following the ad
journment of this Congress. The enthu
siasts demand the noon of March 5. This
Mould brthir the contest for tbe Speaker
ship and for the hundreds or positions
wlcliin the gift or the House plump into the
most important weeks of tho present ses
sion. Of course the official call for tho extra
session could not issue until Cleveland is
inaugurated, but if one be decided upou the
word would necessarily be passed around,
no less authoritatively becauso informnlly,
that new members as well as old might pre
pare for the important event. This, even If
the date or mauling were fixed for April 1,
would at once precipitate a scramble for
Speakership and for the other offices, for
not a single one of tbe present incumbents,
irom Speaker down, would have a cinch on
his present place. Old members will have
new debts to pay.new members will demand
and.be conceded their share of the spoils of
oQce In too House rottnue.
2f$w Members Anxious to Come On.
The new members, upon assurance of an
extra session, would at once pack tbeit
grips and hurry Mtbemard to loam the
schemes of other people and develop their
own. They would havo tho right to th
floor ot tho-Hcu3e, would overrun that -al.
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