FORTY SEVENTH YEAR
CABINET
GOSSIP
. HASJTHE FLOOR
Among the Congressmen Who
' Dicln't Leave the Capital
for Christmas.
THE SLATE AS IT LOOKS.
Carlisle Considered Still About the
Only Certainty.
But There Are Beasons for Mr. Cleve
land to Get His Treasury Chief From
Among the New Tort Bankers La
jnont's Name More Frequently Men
tioned Every Day Mr. Phelps as
Minister to England Instead of a
Cabinet Member Pat Collins Boom
Laughed at In a Way at the Capital
Dickinson for Wanamaker's Job
Democrats In a Quandary as to the
Whisky Tax Question.
Ifhom x erXTT coBnssposDErr.l
"WASHnfGTOS, Dec 26. Cabinet gossip
to-day had the floor in the small Congres
sional circle that remains in the city, partly
on account of a dearth of other topics and
partly on account of alleged information
brought by the late statesmen to return
irom visits to the President-elect. Strange
to say, each visitor appears to be filled with
information satisfactory to himself, and as
the various statements are sometimes con
tradictory, it is plain that Mr. Cleveland
must have abandoned his old-time frank
ness and determined to adopt a Tally
raudesque style of diplomacy.
It seems to be generally agreed, however,
that Senator.Carlisle will be offered the
position of Secretary of the Treasury, if
there be any probability that he will ac
cept the tender. This is the invariable
form of the assertions in connection with
this office. It does not seem to be recog
nized that the one sensible way to find out
whether Mr. Carlisle will accept is to offer
him the place and get his answer, no or yes.
The very verbal construction of the state
ment, therefore, makes it as little, if any
thing, more than one of the many bits of
Cabinet gossip which are floating abont,
waifs without known parentage, and only
valuable as guesses based upon the cordial
relations existing between Mr. Cleveland
and the possible parties of the second part.
The Highest Honor for Carlisle.
The Secretary of the Treasury will be the
most important official of the next admin
istration after the President. The shrewd
est students ot finance in the conntry are
authority for the allegation that the mone
tary policy of the Government has brought
financial affairs to a crlticaTgtage-tbrough a
too liberal Bilver legislation in response to
popular outcry and oratory and votes of
demagogues- in Congress. "While, like all
executive officers of the Government, the
Secretary of the Treasury must conform to
law, certain discretionary powers are left to
him to be exercised in grave crisis which
may result lrom a period of lavish invest
ment with meager return or from reckless
speculation.
The failure of the International Mone
tary Conference to agree upon a general
policy in regard to silver, and the proba
bility that no adequate silver legislation
can be enacted before the 4th ot March,
greatly heighten the importance of, making
the best possible selection of a financial sec
retary. Mr. Cleveland has his own theories,
as most men have, but in emergencies such
as have confronted other administrations he
would hardly like to depend on his theories
to help him out, especially If confronted by
the threat of a financial crash.
An Adviser Where One Is Needed.
He is certain to seek an adviser in the
head of the Treasury Department, who is
familiar with general financial affairs, a
man thoroughly familiar not only with
theories, but with the movement of money,
the manipulation or it for good or ill pur
pose as bearing on the general welfare, the
bulling and bearing of stocks in short, all
"the tricks of the trade" of what is for
euphony's sake called "finance."
Many have asked during the passing
about "of Carlisle's name by the Cabinet
gossips, whether the Kentucky Senator is
the prober man for the place, or one likely
to be chosen by Cleveland in the present
condition of affairs. Senator Carlisle, strong
as he is in argument, honest as he is in pur
pose, fair as he is in his treatment ot those
who disagree with him, is but a theorist in
financial philosophy. He is no more fami
liar with the vital movements of money at
the centers of exchange than any country
lawyer who has had a few terms of Con
gress. He has been a party to the crime of
all the vicious silver legislation which now
threatens to shake the confidence of the
world in the monetary system of the United
States, and which is now draining the coun
try of its gold money at a rate which alarms
those who expect to be members of the new
administration even more thari it alarms
Ibe financiers now attempting to compose
the disturbed money interests.
Beasons for Choosing a Banker.
For these and other reasons those who
probably know most but say least in regard
to the intentions of Mr, Cleveland are con
vinced that he will not only avoid the selec
tion of any one tainted with the free silver
heresy, or any one merely a theorist, hut
will nominate a practical financier from the
money center of the country, which is New
York city probably one of the great suc
cessful bankers who is versed in all methods
of money manipulation and speculation
without having been partner in such opera
tions. Ex-Mlnister Phelps, late of the Court- of
St. James, continues to be most frequently
mentioned for the State Department, and
as Cleveland has a strange infatuation for
"New England culture," the honor may be
riven to that section. This would be a fine
ay of exciting the admiration of the Irish
dement, which continues to be of some im
portance in politics. Of all the Ministers
who hsve for a generation represented the
United States at tendon, Mr., Phelps
caught the Anglo-mania soonest and was
the most severely afflicted. It U known
that it became chronic with him. Bnif
Mr. Cleveland should make the mistake, of
appointing Senator Carlisle to the Treas-
uryship he would be quite capable of select
ing Mr. Phelps for the State Department.
The Easiest Way to Crltlclie.
It is much easier, so long as probabilities
only can be discussed, to say what appoint
ments would not quite satisfy the public
mind than it is to fit the right man in the
right place. Tnere is Don M. Dickinson,
for instance, who, it is asserted, would
again like to be placed at .the head of the
Postoffice- De partment. Under his manage
ment the business of the postal department
went on as usual. Mr. Dickinson was
never accused of robbing the mails. As far
as any special ability is ooneeined he ex
hibited none of It He had not the enthu
siasm of his position. He accepted the of
fice in fair condition and left it as heound
it He made no attempt to improve it
The next Postmaster General will suc
ceed the most enthusiastic official who has
ever neld the position. Mr. "Wanamaker
has constantly planned for the extension ot
the most improved postal facilities to the
masses of the people. His personal efforts
have been felt in almost every hamlet and
cross-roads in the land. Never before were
the free delivery, money order and postal
note advantages so rapidly extended as
since Mr. "Wanamaker's tenure began. He
has given a great impetus to the movement
for penny postage, the postal telegraph,
pneumatic service and more rapid carrier
delivery.
"Why Wanamaker's Shoes Are large.
The most-abused man of this administra
tion denounced as everything bd, from a
hypocrite to a scoundrel, Mr. Wanamaker
has pursued his honest and enthusiastic
course calmly and unremittingly, and the
influence of bis direction of the affairs of
the postal department will be felt through
out all time. Such a record makes the
place a difficult one for Mr. Wanamaker's
successor and here, as well as for the Treasury-Department,
Mr. Cleveland will feel
impelled to place a business man of pro
gressive mind and broad experience, and
not a mere lawyer-politician who claims
the office as a reward for party service.
It is said that ex-Eepresenlative Bragg,
and Representatives Mitchell and Babbitt,
of Wisconsin, are each after this place, and
possibly, as Wisconsin must be recognized,
the next chief of postal affairs may come
from that Stale. The first is a lawyer and
politician, brilliant and eccentric, hut not
"business like." Mitchell is a bauk presi
dent and '"interested in aencultnral pur
suits." Babbitt is a breeder of blooded
stock. If Mitchell be not offered a Cabinet
position he will doubtless succeed Sawyer
in the Senate.
A Chance to Even Up Old 'cores.
One ot the finest humors of the Cabinet
speculation is the apparently serious asser
tion that Mr. Cleveland contemplates the
appointment of General Patrick Collins
Minister to England. This would certainly
counteract any disagreeable impression that
might be felt by Irish voters on account of
the selection ot ex-Minister Phelps for the
State Department Some of the speeches
made in other days by General Collins
would be refreshing 'literature for the
British, should the appointment be made.
Aside from the question of a possible
prejudice ot the British oourt circle against
him, General Collins would be socially a
great acquisition. Not even the witty
Lowell, could he be brought to life, would
shine more resplendent among the trans
Atlantic countries than wonld General Pat
Collins, and as for grace, politeness, gran
deur ot pose in short, all that goes to make
up the indefinite manner called courtliness,
the genial Gen eral would probably excel
any former Minister to this important post
A Snag Early Encountered.
Those Democrats who started out joyfully
,to increase the revenues by a slight move
ment ot lue pen u iungreM, id iuc cfccui
of 560.000,000 on sugar and $35,000,000 ?n
whisky, are not now so hopeful in regard to
the whisky end of the proposition. Bills
have been introduced to increase the tax
from 00 cents to 51 25 a gallon. It is" easy
to introduce a bilL There are able gentle
men in Congtess who, during their several
terms, have introduced scores of bills, not
one ol which has ever been passed. The
advocates of this large increase tax on
whisky are finding great difficulty, the
farther they get into the subject, to make
the change without giving greater advant
age to the Whisky Trust than to the Gov
ernment Mr. Cobb, of Missouri, one of
the earnest advocates of the increase, to-day
explained the difficuly against which he
and his Iriends are laboring in this wise:
"I am told," said he, "that if it looks
probable that the tax will be raised, all the
distilleries will run to their full capacities,
with the result that au output great enough
to satisly the market for three years would
await the increase, and consequently there
would be no material increase in the rev
enues of the Government for that time.
One ot the Ways Around a Law.
"How to avoid such a result is what is
bothering me. It the law provide that all
the whisky in bonded warehouses on the
day the law went into effect should be taxed
SI 25 a gallon there would be no whisky in
the warehouses on that day. This would
mean that the Government would five the
holders of the liquor a present of 35 cents a
gallon for all they held,
"If we provide that all the whisky manu
factured and in existence on the day the
law would take effect, the claim
would be made that the law was retro
active, in that the whisky had been manu
factured under contract, that it should be
taxed but 90 cents a gallon, and therefore
the law would be unconstitutional. I am
inclined to think that the Supreme Court
would hold the point well taken. It is
possible, however," concluded Mr. Cobb,
"that some way may be found to accom
plish what we want without giving oppor
tunity to the distillers to circumvent the
Government"
SIMPSON OUT FOR SENAT0EL
The Ex-Sockless Statesman No longer De
sirs the Insinuation.
Topeka, Kas., Dee. 26. Congressman
Jerry Simpson arrived here yesterday in
time for Christmas dinner, but his arrival
was not generally known until to-day. This
morning he put all doubts to rest concern
ing his candidacy lor 'the United States
Senate by announcing that be was a candi
date. He said, however, that his presence
was due more to a desiro to help the Popu
lists endeavor to organize the House toan
in his own interest The organization of
the House, he further said, depended upon
the Supreme Court, before which the House
contest cases, recently mentioned in these
dispatches, had been filed. Of course, the
Court could not finally settle the contest.
But what tbe Court could do was to prevent
a man from working a wrong, which was all
the Populists asked.
Confidence grows in Bepublican circles
that tbe Supreme Court will not interfere
in any of the cases. They have employed
attorneys to appear in behalf of the State
and county boards of canvassers, but they
are not expected to make any very great
effort A prominent Bepublican intimated
as much this moraine and also said that as
none of the contested cases were based upon
tbe charge of fraud tbe Court would take no
action in tbe matter. The charge of fraud
was the only one the Court could recognize
as a just basis for action,
KILLED BY A SON'S SPREE.
A 16-Tear-Old Boy Fatally Shocks His
Mother hy Getting Drank.
Cincinnati, Dec. 26. Special. -"When
James Shannon, a 16-year-old boy, recovers
from his drunken spree, be will realize that
he killed his mother. Jimmie celebrated
Christmas by getting drunk and into a
fight He was lelt bleedlug in tbe street
His old mother heard of it and went td
the scene to take him home. The sight so
shocked her that, calling bis name,-the
broken-hearted mother fell dead serosa his
body.
PITTSBURG, TUESDAY. DECEMBER !j7, 1892'
IS
And the Days of the Famous
Dynamite Outrages Are
forcibly Eecalled.
PUBLIC PLACES GUABDED,
As It Is Feared That Anarchists May
Be Planning Deyiltry.
UOELEI'S-CLEMENCY IS BLAUED
By English Papers for the Kecont Explo
sion at Dublin Castle.
CtlAKGED TQ AN UNKNOWN CDLPEIT
IiONDON,. Dec, 26. The suggfstion has
been made here that the Dublin explosion
was the work of Anarchists, and that it was
part of the plot discovered by the police
here a short time ago, to carry on a dyna
mite propaganda in Great Britain in bebalf
of the Anarchist cause. Tbe officials of
Scotland Yard, however.condemn the sug
gestion that the outrage was the work of
Anarchists, as they do also the rumors that
it was directed at officers eueaged in the
recent arrests of Anarchists. It must be
said that the news of the explosion cansed a
feeling of uneasiness in London, and it was
very evident that those in authority feared
that attempts might be made to blow up
public buildings here. Early yesterday
morning the scenes about the houses of Par
liament, the Tower of London, the Victoria,
Charing Cross and Paddington railway
stations and other public buildings, re
minded one forcibly of the days of the
dynamite outrages in this city.
All the precautions taken in these troub
lous times were renewed yesterday. The
government buildings were most closely
watched. Owing to it being the holiday
season, comparatively few persons went to
the offices. Those who did visit the build
ings were compelled to run the gauntlet of
a number of questioners. Every person,
unknown to the constables, was compelled
to explain his business before he nas al
lowed to enter the offices, and even then his
every action was regarded with suspicion
by the officers on duty inside.
Clfergod to Morley's Clemency.
The Horning Post after expressing the
opinion thst the Dublin explosion had a
political origin says: "Not in vain has Mr.
Morley striven to unmuzzle the agencies of
crime in Ireland. "Where he has given in
an Inch, the recipients of his misplaced
leniency have taken au elL The release of
the Gweedore murderers is followed by an
explosion, equaling in sickening and in
human character anything that has pre
ceded it We can only say that it rests with
Englishmen to meet this deed of wicked
ness with language' which shall bring Mr.
Morley's cringing and crouching policy to a
speedy end."
, The Timet says: "This terrible crime is a
strlkincr comment upon Mr. Morley's latest
,oct of homage to his matters. 'The outrage
appears-to nave hecn aestenea ana executed
in general accordance with the methods of
Clan-na-Gael emissaries."
' The Standard says: "This crime shonld
serve to convince "Mr. Morley of the futil
ity of the hopes he has based on th policy
ot conciliation. It has rather spoilt the
effect. of the pretty device for allowing
Gweedmore murderers to return to their
families for Christmas"
The Daily Xivt says editorially: "The
motive ot the Dublin explosion probably
was a private grudge. It cannot be denied,
however, that the secession of the Parnell
ites has caused a recrudescence of criminal
elements, which might have been extin
guished altogether had the Irish party re
mained in the act It nas absurd to con
neot'the outrage with the Daly matter. Mr.
Morley has no power to release Daly from
an English prison.
"Work of an Irresponsible Gang.
The A'ewt publishes an interview with the
Dublin Chief of Police, Mallon, who
thinks tbe explosion was tbe work of the
Irresponsible gang to which should be at
tributed the outrages at the National Prat
office and at Dublin Castle a year ago.
Probably by kicking the explosive from the
wall, Chief Mallon said, Detective Synnott
saved the lives of most of the 20 detectives
who were asleep in the office.
The Cftronfde'says: 'The Dublin outrage
will not aflect the political situation. If
should not cause Mr. Morley to deviate a
hair's breadth from his appointed task.
Almost certain is it that the blow emanates
from the dynamite party, which has never
ceased to resent Mr. ParneU's taking the
control of the movement from them, and
transmitting it into a constitutional instead
ot a criminal enterprise."
Chief Secretary Morley, accompanied by
Mr. M. Dermott, the Attorney General and
by Solicitor General C. M. Hemphill, vis
ited the spot where the explosion occurred
aud made a careful investigation. Pending
the arrival of Colonel Vivian D. Majendie,
Chief Inspector of Explosives, the scene of
the wreck is lelt untouched just as after
the occurrence, so that Colonel Majendie
may determine the nature ot the explosive
used. Though there is scarcely a doubt,
save in the minds of the Tories, that the
whole affair was due to personal spite or,
perhaps, to a desire to bring discredit upon
Mr. Morley's administration, the excite
ment among the officials and residents con
tinues. A Coroner's Inquest Held.
A coroner's inquest was held to-day on
the body ot Detective Synnott, who lost his
life by the explosion at the detective office.
Detective Green testified that he traversed
Exchange Court five minutes before the ex
plosion occurred. He saw a brown parcel,
in shape resembling a book, lying in the
foot path opposite the detective office. He
did not examine the parcel and could there
fore give no detailed description ot it It
did not strike him that the package con
tained an explosive; in tact, he paid no at
tention to it, but entered the office. Dr.
Smith, ot tbe Jervis Street Hospital, to
which Detective Synnott was removed, also
testified, detalline at leneth the terrible in
juries sustained by tbe officer.
Thousands of people have taken advant
age of the holiday to-day to go and stare at
the locality which "witnessed the tragio
death of Detective Synnott In order to
prevent intrnsion on the scene, the police
put np a chain as a barrier across the en
trance to Exchange Court, and a strong
force of police stood outside the chain to
restrain the great throng from pressing over
or under. Extra police and military pa
trols have been detailed to guard most of
the public buildings in tbe city, and no one
is allowed to loiter in their vicintyy for any
length of time.
The coroner's jury, after hearing the evi
dence of several witnesses, rendered a ver
dict that the explosion was due to the ex
plosion of a high class of explosive
substance placed in the court by a person
trhose identitv was uuknown to the jurr.
It was recommended that the authorities
provide for the family ot Detective Synnott
Xndcd by Suicide.
"Whwinoion O., Deo, 26. Mrs. Clara
LONDON
SCARED
Plummer, wife of George Plummer, com
mitted suicide in her room on Sonth street
iust as the bells were ringing out Christmas
Day. She bad been married 14 years and
was tb'e mother of three children. Domestio
trouble caused it
WHIT&H0USE QUARANTINED.
little Martena Harrison Has the Scarlet
Fever The Health Officer Tacks TJp the
Usual Placards Warning the Publlo to
Keep Away The SlcKee Children
E-capo Contagion.
"Washington, Dec. 26. Litttle Martena
Harrison, the President's 6-year-old p rand
daughter, is reported to be a trifle easier,
to-day. Her ailment, which was at first
supposed to be scarletina, has developed
into a genuine case of scarlet fever. It is
of mild type, however, and will undoubt
edly yield to treatment The two
McKee' children, who were playing
with the little patient when she
was taken ill, have been watched
carefully ever since, and are reported to
day as being beyond danger of contagion.
Dr. Gardiner,, the family physician, was
met by a reporter on the steps of the
"White House this afternoon. In response
to an inquiry he said his patient was get
ting along nicelv, and would, he thought,
be all rignt again in a short time. Her
fever was less to-day than on Saturday, and
the disease seemed to be losing its hold.
The McKee children, he said, were well,
and he lelt confident they would escape the
disease1, notwithstanding its insidious and
contagious character, and their exposurs
to it before its presence in the house was
known.
The White House was closed to the public
to-day and will probably remain so until it
is again free from disease. Medical Sani
tary Inspector Dr. C J. Osmun, of the
Health Office, visited the White House
about noon to-day and tacked two signs on
the door, one on the lower and one on the
upper floor, quarantining the Executive
Mansion against the public. Tbe signs are
pink-colored pasteboard and on them is
printed.
To remove this placard without :
: permission is unlawful. :
SCAELET FEVER WITHIN. :
MR. JONES IN A PICKLE.
A Prominent Hoosler Who la Said to
Have Too Many Wives.
Indianapolis, Dec 2a Silas "W.
Jones, 78 yeari of age, is under arrest at
Kokomo charged with bigamy. Jones
came from .Portland, Ore., abont a year
ago, invested heavily in Kokomo property,
bought a handsome residence and married a
young wife in tbe person of the daughter
of ex-County Auditor Stiler. Jones was
arrested by an officer named Murray from
Denver, CoL, where it is charged he has a
wife living.
Murray came to Kokomo with a requisi
tion. He timed his arrest of Jones so as to
get him to the station without giving the
friends of the prisoner time to organize a
resistance, but it happened that the train
was an hour late. Sheriff Simmons was ap
pealed to and refused to allow Murray to
depart with Jones until his papers had
been passed upon by the local court Jones,
in the meantime, is detained in the resi
dence portion ot the Jail. He admits to
some indiscretions in Denver, but pro
nounces his arrest for bigamy a case of
blackmail. .
Last Ifebruary an Pregon officer canje to
Indiana with a warrant for Jones, but he
had no requisition and Jones refused to go.
He claimed he hid 'peen divorced from the
Oregon woman. -The . prisoner is the
brother or the Key. Mr. Jones, one of the
foremost ministers of Kokomo. One of his
sons is Judge of the Probate Court of Port
land and-another is a member of the Oregon
Legislature.
GUIDED BY THE STARS.
The Weather So Cold That a Ship's Com
pass Froze Cp.
New Yoek, Dee. 26. The incoming
steamships report fierce storms and bitter
cold weather at sea. Every vessel that
came into port to-day was a mass of ice from
water line to mast head. Several steam
ships had deck work smashed and members
of tbe crew were frostbitten.
The tramp steamship Laurestana, from
Bremen, December 3, came in with deck
and side covered with ice two feet thick in
E laces and with huge icicles hanging from
er vards. Her Captain says the weather
was so severe that all three of tne compasses
froze in their alcohol baths and be was
obliged to make bis course by tbe stars.
The Prinz Mauritz, from Venezuelan ports,
met a hurricane on December 24. A bigh
cross-sea broke over the vessel aud masses
of water were frozen by the intense cold
until the ship was' a floating mass of ice.
The deck railings were broken and the rig
ging damaged. The steamship Archimedes,
Irom StLucia, was covered with icicles.
Several of the crew had hands aud feet
frozen. The steamship Croft came in six
days late from Leith.
' MURDER IN COLD BLOOD.
After HlUlnp a Man, the Murderer Sleeps
Coolly by the Corpse.
Denver, Dec. 26. Special A cold
blooded murder Is reported from Jefferson
county. David Bitter was the victim and
P. P. Shaffer is believed to be the murder
ous assailant. The two men lived on a
rnnch near Creswell, in the western part of
the county. The neighbor says that Bitter
boasted having won the affections of the
young wife of Shatter. The remarks finally
came to the ears of the husband, who pre
viouslv had had several quarrels with Bit
ter, "iesterdajfthe Iatter's dead body was
lonnd, with a whole charge of gunshot
buried in bis head. Shafter is missing.
No one saw the shooting, but it is said
Shafter claims that Bitter tried to stab him
Christmas eve, and he shot him in self de
fense. Shafter then coolly laid down and
slept within a few feet ot the corpse. Yes
terday morning be had his breakfast, and
after confessing to a neighbor his crime,
disappeared.
M'GLYNN DIDN'T APOLOGIZE.
The Doctor Is Definite on That Ono Point
Only.
New York, Dec, 26. The much-mooted
question as to the terms on which Dr. Mc
Glynn was restored to his fuuetions as a
priest of tbe Boman Catholic Church has
been partly answered by the priest's decla
ration that he had made no apologies to
Borne. "When asked on what terms he had
been restored to the priesthood, he replied:
"Well, I think I have said enough about
nivseir."
""Will the conditions of the conciliation
be given to the public thronghany source?"
was asked.
"What do you mean by conditions?" Dr.
McGlynn asked, with some asperity. The
reporter suggested that apologies of some
kind might be required of bimi
"youhaven't seen any apologies, have
you? Well, if there are apologies visible,
even thrbugh a microscope. It is not proba
ble that I made any. I haven't beard of
any apologies."
Smith, ot Scrauton, Now a Judge.
HAERisBUifa, Dec. 26. P. P. Smith, of
Bcranton, has (been appointed to tbe bench
in Lackawanna county, made vacant'by the
death of Judgr Connelly. For soma reason
the appointment -was not announced nntil
to-aay.
-TWELVE PAGES M.l'S
K0Vf
DOES SHE SEE
MOUNTAINS OF GOLD.
Ton After Ton of the Precious Metal
in the Henry Bange, Sure,
THE OLD '69 MINERS ENTHUSED.
One of Them Fells a Claim at a Good Price
and Keeps on the Go.
AN ABSAT OP SILVER PANS OUT WELL
San Rafael, "Utah, Dec. 26. Jack
Sumner, who was with Major Powell's
party through Colorado in '69, is here. He
said he bad just sold a gold claim in the
Henry Mountains, called the Bromide, for
540,000. This was not a placer. He said
the best placers were about 20 miles below
the mouth of the San Juan, on the Colorado.
It Is impossible to get in from the Arizona
side, even if the Navajos were willing, ex
cept by pack over the snowy Navajo moti"
tains, but no man ntho knows the Navajos
will care to invade their territory, and this
rush ot people to the Lower San Juan will
only lncease their jealousy. There are
good placers, he says, in Crescent creek,
which flows from the Henry range to the
Colorado.
All the eastern slope of the Henry is
full of Eold. The only silver mine in tbe
district is on the west side, at the top of the
range. It runs4r ounces silve and 71 per
cent lead. Assays have been taken from
the Bromide running as high as 510,000 to
the ton.
Ben Hite, who is with Sumner, says the
ereatest unknown sold fields in the world
lay down the Colorado. Tbo Henry
Mountain district is 60 miles, the "White
canon, or Dandy crossing, is 110 miles,
and the San Jnan 150 miles from the Green
river station on the Bio Grande "Western
Railway, He claims that there is a good
wagon road nearly all the way.
If tbe best placers are on tbe Upper San
Juan then the route via Green river would
lay across the Colorado at White's Camp or
Dandy Crossing, keeping well to the west
of the San Juan river nutil the Box canon
is passed, which is said to extend 75 to 100
miles up from its mouth.
If, as these men claim, they are below
the San Juan, then the crossing would be
made at Hite's or some point below, keep
ing well into the Colorado and crossing the
San Juan near the junction with the Colo
rado. Some claim that the best way is to
keep south of the Colorado, down to the
Freemont-or Eicallente river, as the big
river is known to be much more accessible
from tbe southwest side. So far the roads
are perfectly dry, and the ground is not
even frozen.
Horses and wagons are being shipped to
Green river station, and preparations are
being made to take people in by this
route. Were it not for the presence of the
snowy La Salle Mountains to the east this
might be taken lor a September day.
CALLED TO BE SHOT.
An Alabama Man Assassinated With His
ITlfa and Daughter Near Him.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 2a Near Coffey
ville, Clark county, last night, Ernest Mc
Conquedal, one ot the best known citizens
of Clark county, was assassinated by
parties unknown. McConquedal was pre
paring to entertain a number Of guests, and
it was about nightfall when a knock was
beard on the front gate of his dwelling.
Mrs. McConquedal called her husband's
attention to the signal and he went out
upon the front gateway, followed by his
wife and daughter.
Immediately a gun was discharged by
some one at the gate, a distance of fifteen
yards, and McConquedal received a number
of buckshot in the head and face. He fell
and expired without uttering a word. Noth
ing is said to explain tbe origin ol the
tragedy, except that McConque'lal was a
man ot strong likes and dislikes, and bad
some bitter enemies, as he had many very
warm friends. There was. much excitement
at Cofleyville last night, and tbe assassin or
assassins will be lynched it detected.
DEVILTRY IN A CHILD.
He Strikes Thirty-One Matches to Ignlto
His Bister's Clothes.
Elwood, Ind., Dec. 26. Mrs. Million, a
widow living in this city, left her three
children alone in the house for a short time
yesterday, while she stepped across to a
neighbor's to invite them to a Christmas
dinner at her house.
During her absence the youngest son
lighted a match and set bis little sister's
clothing on fire. Before the mother re
turned the little one had been fatally
burned. Neighbors heard the screaming
child and succeeded iu extinguishing the
flames. The child died after suffering ter
ribly for four hours. Thirty-oue matches
bad been lighted by tbe llttle-oue before he
succeeded in setting her clothes on fire. .
A ITJCST COLLEGE.
Western Keserve College Gets Another
Gift, Ihls Time S123.000.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 26, Mr. John L.
Woods, a wealthy retired lumber dealer,
gave 5125,000 to-day to the medical college
of Western Reserve University as a Christ
mss'present. Tho college is already one of
the best in the country. The University
has received during the past two years gifts
aggregating 5400,000.
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BLAINE STILL ON THE MEND.
His Physician Encouraged, but Unwilling
to Make a Prediction.
"Washington, Dec. 26. "Mr. Blaine
is getting along nicely," was Dr. Johnston's
reply to the question as to the condition of
Mr. Blaine's health. The hour was 6:30,
and the physician had just emerged from
the threshold of the historic mansion on La
fayette Square. He had remained with bis
distinguished patient just thirty minutes
by the watch, and so well satisfied was he
with the improvement shown that he re
marked that he did not expect to return to
the house again to-night. "When asked as
to the probability ot Mr. Blaine's re
moval in the near future, Dr.
Johnston's reply was that he never had
but one statement to make about that, viz.,
that such a contingency was too remote to
be discussed. At present Mr. Blaine was
doing veiy well, and it was his condition
each day that concerned him rather than
what his movements might be one week or
month more hence. "When asked a day or
two ago if Mr. Blaine were permitted to sit
up, his reply jras that he would not be per
mitted to do so if that was his inclination.
To-day being generallv observed as a
holiday Mr. Blaine's house was brilliantly
lighted this evening, and there was every
where maintained a cheerfulness not ob
servable in members of the family for many
days past. The Blaine residence at 11
o'clock was closed for the nizht and the
family had retired. Tho light in Mr.
Biaine's room was turned low as has been
the habit since Mr. Blaine has begun to
show signs of improvement.
NIAGARA'S BEAUTY RARE.
Not for 13 Tears Has thn Ice Scenery
Iteen Excelled.
Niagara Falls, ,N. Y., Dec. 26.
Special Not since the memorable winter
of 1879 has the ice scenery here been ex
celled. In that year, during the visit of
the Princess Louise and the Marquis of
Lome, the formation of the ice mountain
and the ice bridge took place. Everything
points to a repetition of the same marvel
ous views. The extreme cold weather pro
duced a weird efleet on the rapids all day.
The air was nearly 40 degrees colder than
the water, and "great clouds of steam rose
from the rapids similar to the mist which
rises from the falls. This struck the tour
ists faces like a warm wad, and produced a
queer sensation.
The scenerv at Prospect Court and, the
islands has seldom been surpassed iu bril
liancy of effect. Trees, shrubs and rocks
are dazzling in their ley splendor. Several
special cars are lying in the New York
Central yards, with New York and'Chicago
people in thetu who will pass the holiday
week here. The Prospect House is crowded.
BRUTALLY MURDERED.
The Crime "With Which a West Virginia
Railroader Is Charged.
Parkebsbukg, Dec. 26. Mary Higgins,
aged 70, was cruelly murdered by her son-in-law,
James Duffy, section boss of the
Baltimore and Ohio at Cairo. The crime
was supposed toiave been committed some
time during the night. She was beaten
with some blunt instrument until her body
was badly cut and her skull fractured.
Duffy, the murderer, was arrested at the
station here, and was jailed to await the
arrival of the Ritchie county officers.
He denies that the woman was murdered,
and claims that she was killed by a fall.
He gives his excuse for coming to Parkers
burg as being in search of an undertaker.
"Very little credence Is eiven this story as
the body was mutilated in a horrible man
ner. The parties are well-to-do and have
many relatives throughout this State, the
majority of whom are in railroad service.
MEXICO WANTS IMMIGRANTS.
A Jealous Man Chops to Pieces Wire,
Her Mother and Sister.
City op Mexico, Dec. 20. It is under
stood that efforts will be made by the Gov
ernment and through other asencies to turn
the tide of emigration which has been flow
ing from Europe to the United States into
this country, in view of th probable pas
sage by the United States Congress of laws
further restricting immigration. It is
rumored that the authorities of several of
the Mexican States' are preparing to send
emigration commissioners to Italy, Sweden,
Ireland and Germany.
A frightful domestic tragedy is reported
from Tehauntepec The terrible aflair Was
due to .he frenzied action of a jealous man,
who literally chopped to death, with a
upar cane knife, his wife, mother-in-law,
and sister-in-law.
FATAL FIRE IN GREENSBURG.
An Italian Perishes and Number of
Children Seriously Burned.
Greensdueo, Pa., Dec. 2a Sptal
At an early hoar this morning a tenement
house, in which about twelve Italian
families resided, located on the Heinpfield
Railroad, was burned. James Angllco, an
old man, was caught by the flames and was
burned to death, A number of small chil
dren were terribly burned, and it is thought
several ot them will die. Over 51,200 be
longing to the Italians was burned and all
their household goods destroyed.
The occupants of the house, numbering
about 80 people, rushed out into the snow
in ihoir ninht clothes and. are now beinc
I cared for by the charitable people in tbe
neighborhood,
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FATHER HE11CI
LYINGJN SIATE,
Many Earnest Mourners Pay
a last Tribute to Their
leader's Memory.
LUSS SECUEES CONTROL
At a Meeting Called Quickly While
the Old Man Was Djing.
A Majority of tha Trustees Sign a Paper
Giving Duss Absolute Control of All
the Community's Property Four Ee
fuse to Sign Innovations That Have)
Caused Concern The New Leader
Makes a Statement Mistaken Ideas
of the Society's Wealth Preparing a
Blanket Mortgage for $300,000 An
Attempt to Ascertain tho Harmon
ites' Financial Standing Arrange
ments for Father Henricl's Funeral.
Father Henriei'a remains will be interred
in the Enconomite burring ground thit
afternoon. For such a distinguished man
the services will be strikingly simple. The
hour set lor the funeral is 1:30 o'clock. In
accordance with tbe punctilious habits of
this strange people the services will Degin
promptly at mat nour. our. uao,.--
father, will officiate.
The services will be held in the quaint
old church, directly across the street from
the Great House, where the veneiable old
lather Jacob Se,rici, at Ht Appeared on El
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man died. A simple hymn will be sung by
the choir and congregation and then Trustee
Duss will make a short address, somewhat
in the nature of a sermon, drawing a moral
irom the exemplary life of Father Henrioi
and giving a brief and simple sketch of it.
A prayer and another hymn and then the
pall bearers will bear the casket to its last
resting place.
At the graveyard another short service
will be held, when a German singing so
ciety, fostered by Mr. Hennci, composed of
hired men living In the community, will be
permitted to sing a hymn.
No Stone Will Mark Bis Grave.
No marble shaft will mark tbe last rest
ing place of this remarkable old man. Hi
grave is dug by tbe side of that of Mr.
Fisher, the last trustee to die. It will be
far from that of Father Bapp, the founder
of the society, or that ot Elizabeth Bapp
whose history is romantically entwined
with that of Father HenricL
The faith of the Economites allows of no
post mortem sentiment. In the old bury
ing ground near the heart of the village
Tht Muttc Stand in Vu Garden.
there $re more than 300 graves. Not one il
marked by even stone, xow mem
bers of the society could find the grave
of their fathers or mothers, and
probably not a dozen men living
.nni r,nitiTii7noint out the mound un
der which ;lle the crumbling remains of
Father Bapp. He always declared that he
wanted to leave nothing Denino. io remmii
the people of him, they must have his
name and his image engraved in theif
hearts by bis life and efforts in their be
halt For that reason he would never allow
a portrait to be made, not even a pboto
eranh. and for the same reason tombstones
ire barred in Economy. Father Henrici
followed his example minutely.
Their Wish Was the latr.
No provision in the Society's eonitlttn
Hon demands these things, but because
Father Bapp and .Father Henrici desired
them they must be. Their wish was law.
Father Henricl's remains lay In state in
the parlor of the Great House yesterday. A
pine coffin, painted black, without a silver
knob or adornment of any kind, mounted
on a bier of primitive make, contained tbe
wasted body. A couple or lilies, some
everlasting flowers and a few strands of
smilax were ,laid upon the bosom and
around tbe head of the deceased At one
end of the coffin stood the chair which was
Father Eapp's favorite and whleh he
alwavi urfed. It is an old-fashioned
Dutch piece of furniture
comfortably cushioned, and, was u much
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