IpuRGlEiATOHFSnsBMrR. sgp? i rmr niioio nnisn R-r lit DUhi DUMD "Wipes Out the "Whole Plant of a Milwaukee Street Bailway Company. A LOSG SERIES OF EIRES, Which Has Cost the City $5,000,000 in Two Short Months, Are LAID TO AN INCENDIARY GANG. rnaerirriters Eefase to Issue More Policies on Factories. THE 1IATOR OFFERS A LARGE REWARD Milwattkee, Dec. 2a A bomb thrown by an unknown hand caused the destruc tion early this morning of the Southside plant of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company. There was a tremendous ex plosion, and in a moment the interior of the building was in a blaze. In a few minutes the fire was beyond control, and in less than an hour the entire plant was consumed, en tailing a los of ?olO,000. The identity ot the man who threw the bomb is not known. He is supposed to be the firebug who has started lully a dozen other disastrous fires within a month. A Frond jury will be summoned to investi gate. The only person who saw the alleged bomb thrown was Xight Watchman Wor den. He says that he was standing near tne main doorway of the barn in which the motors and cars ere stored. There was a whizz of something through the air, a flash and a tremendous explosion. If there was c bomb thrown, which many doubt, it came through the main doorway and struck in the car nearest tliis entrance. The projectile must have been fitted with some hiehly in flammable substance, as hardly ten seconds elapsed, according to the night watch man's storv. before the buildings were in flames. Th'e police believe the "unknown culprit is a maniac. The Watchman Tells Ills Story. The watchman is very positive about the explosion. "I was not 20 leet away when it occurred," he said, "aud I saw it alj. The explosion was terrific. It blew every window out of the car, and it was not a sec ond before the car was on fire. I tried to get the car out, but I couldn't do it I tried the electricity, but the power was off. It It had been on I could have run the car out. I think, and saved the buihiing. 1 don't think the fire started from the stove. I am sure there must have been some sort ot bomb or something like that in the car." In the car barn proper were all the Rus sel avenue and Forest Home cars, and the car shop occupvtng the soutn halt ot the building was tilled with a lot of new pars which were being fitted out for various branches ot road. On the second floor was stored a larse number of summer cars, which burned. The cars destroyed, 79 in number, were about half of the entire equipment of the road. The larger part of them were new. Manager Lynn places the loss on cars alone at $300,000. A ltcwaril Offered by the Mayor. This afternoon Mayor Soiners issued a proclamation oflering a reward of f 2,500 lor the arrest ot the persons who started any ot the fires, beginning with the great confla gration ot October 29, or who shall start any fires in the city within the next 30 days. It has also been decided to at once add 100 special policemen to the regular torce tor night service. If the incendiaries are ar rested it will require military protection to prevent a lynching, with excitement run ning as high as it does to-day. To-day two more bodies were found in the ruins ot the tannery fire of yesterday, in creasing the number of lives lost to four. O.ie body is that of Stephen Treader, a tan ner; the other has not bjen identified. To-day a number ol insurance azents, rep resenting leading companies, received or- i uers lrom tneir several companies to cease writing insurance on manufacturing plants in Milwaukee. The firebug who is oper ating in Milwaukee has cost the city over 5,000,000 in two months. He began his work of destruction in the night of October 29, when 300 buildings were consumed and 54,000,000 worth of property destroyed. While the conflagration was raging on the Eastside an attempt whs made to burn the Westside. Here the loss was 10,000. A List of Other Losses. The week following, Kobers' woodenware ttore was fired, the loss there being 575,000. A week later, T. L. Kelly's drvgoods store burned, with a lo:s of $185,000. The Mil waukee Mattress Cotnpativ was burned out a lew davs. later, with $20,000 loss. The 1 1 ennecke Company's art store came next, with ?50,000 loss. The origin of this fire is uncertain. An attempt was made to burn the Great Allis works, and later the Pabst Theater. On Christmas the Flv Net Works were fired, with a loss of $102,000. The Kennon mill was burned at the same time, with a loss of $20,000. Then came the taunery fire yesterday, whereby $250,000 worth ot prop erty was consume J, aud to-day the car barn fire. A meeting was held by the Chamber of "Commerce at noon to-day, at which a com mittee of six was appointed to arrange for a mass meeting of citizens to be held to morro.w, to take action on incendiarism. A later dispatch says: The police depart ment has thoroughly examined the em ployes ol the Milwaukee Street Railway car barns, and Chief Janssen savs he is satisfied me nre wmen mis -morning destroyed $400,000 worth of the company's property, was caused bv a car stove which was over- ! heated. Vice President Payne, who also made an investigation, thinks there was an explosion, but has no theory to advauce as to the cause. DYNAMITE THAWED OUT. An Engine of Death Left by Careless Workmen Explodes and Wrecks a Kow of Larse Tenements Five Already Dead, and Others Will Die. Long Island City;, L. L, Dec. 28. Just in the rear of a tow of tenements on Jackson avenue is the entrance to a tunnel that the New York City and Long Islaud Tunnel Company is putting under the East river between this city and the New York Central depot. They use a great deal of dynamite in blasting,, and last night the dynamite froze. Wheu the gang or men started to work this morning they found it would be necessary to thaw the dynamite out, and, taking three barrels of cartridges lrom the stock, placed tlicm just back of the tenements to be thawed. The cartridges were put in a box four feet square, through which steam pipes run, and then with the foreman, McEntee, to oversee the thawing process, the gang en tered the shaft. How the explosion oc enred is not.definitely .known, but presum ably the pipes became too hot At 8 o'clock the explosive was set off-, scattering death and destruction around it. The shock was like an earthquake, but the men in the tunnel shaft were not hurt. Theper sons living in the tenements made up the killed and injured. Avenues of Escape Cut Oft The tenements from Eos. 21 to 29 were shattered, with the stores and offices below. The postofBce was in No. 27. The letter cases were knocked into strips and the clerks were hurled headlong in the debris. Immediately alter the crash a wave of fire t swept through the lower part of the tene ments. It cut off all possibility ol escape through the entrances to the building. Some of the stnnned and bleeding tenants managed to crawl to the windows and make their escape in that way. The explosion wrb heard all over Long Island City. Large plate glass windows were shattered as tar away as four blocks from the scene of the explosion, .lust aoross the street doors were blown off their hinges,- counters overturned and persons knocked senseless. Scores of persons were injured in this way of whom the authori ties have heard nothing. Two blocks and a half from where the explosion took place stands a fivr-storv brick store and building and tenement. The shock' tore out every light in the top of the front floor. AH of the killed received fractured skulls and were horribly cut by glass. The injured were all badly cut bv the broken windows. The district where the explosion occurred is the most thickly inhabited sec tion ot the city. The Dead and the Wounded. When the excitement had somewhat abated, prompt search was made for the un fortunates, resulting as follows: DivAD Marv Grayden, Henry O'Brien, Mrs. Kocco, John Hopkins, Xleola Lodano. Partial List of WonxDED-Mrs. Julia Henry, cutin the throat, head and linuds by Sluss and received a severe shock: Peter IcKiitee, head, lops and arms terribly cut and several bones broken: Mrs. Mary Maher, cat about head and arms; Daniel Maher, cue about head and body and lost left eye: Mary Crcighton, lost an eye uiid terrlblv cut about the head, will probably die; dwaid De laney, skull fractured, 'both eyes Injured, will probably die; Perro Bocco, cut about head and body: Joseph Way, buck punc tnrcd: Minnie Darren, serious Injuries to head and body; John Davrcn, cut about head and face: John W. Davren, cut about head and bands; Miss Matilda Brim, cut about head; John Parcel), seriously injured by ratlin, timbers; William Johnson, cut and bruised on bead and body; James Mur phy, cuts on head; Mrs. Marv liugers and son, John Bogers, botli badly cut about head: Max Uuye, seriouMv cut on back of hea.l; Mr. and Mr. Frank Wllday, cuts on ueau: Airs. uace u'lsricn.incentti nanas cut: William Kiepp, head badly cut; John Palmer, beta and hands cut: Mrs. Stein and daughter, 3 years old, bntji seriously cut and the child lost one eye; Alderman James Comisky, head cat. Many Blocks Were Damaged. The flames spread rapidly, and before the firemen got them under control nearly the whole row of buildines was gutted. The damase was not confined to the flats. For halt a mile in every direction window panes in the stores and houses wpre blown out, falling upon the heads of many people pass ing alone the sidewalks, by which means many were cut and otherwise injured. Scores ot men and women could be seen ruhing to the drugstores and doctors offices to have their wounds attended to. The sidewalks were covered with broken glass. In many of the stores articles were thrown from the shelves and counters. At least 20 families were rendered home tess, most of them losing fnrniture, cloth fng and everything they possessed except the few things on their hacks. A two-story trame building used as a refrigerator fa lory by Sylvester Gray, directly opposite ihe tunnel shaft, was almost demolished, as were a brick building adjoining the tunnel lot, owned by Frank McMann, and another by Isaac Van Riper. The row of flats was owned by James Daven, President of the Board of Assessors. His loss is estimated at 25,000. The buildings were insured against fire for $7,500. The other losses will aggregate ?20,000 more. One of the men working in the tunnel when the explosion occurred said they felt tne shock and thought the shaft had col lapsed. It was nenrly half an hour before anv of them would venture to investigate and ask to b drawn to the surf gee. THAT EPILEPSY CURE. Dr. Lagorio, of Chicago, Claims, to Be Its Oris! i ator He Is Head of a Local P stenr Institute, and Ilad Communi c ted the Remedy to Paris. Chicago, Dec. 2a Dr. Lazorio, Direc tor ot the Chicago Pasteur Institute, says he is the discoverer of the new cure for epilepsy that is now attracting the atten tion of physicians. Dr. Paul Gibier, President of the Kew York Bacteriological Society, read a paper before the Medical Society of the County of New York, in which the new treatment "is discussed, but he does not give Dr. Lagorio the credit of the discovery. In bis paper Gibier speaks of an article p ublished in the French med ical journals two years ago in regard to an epileptic patient treated at tho Pasteur Institute in Paris for the bite of a mad dog, who was cured of his epilepsy by the anti-rabic injection. Dr. Lagorio said: Dr. Gibier is mistaken learding the patient having been treated in Palis. He was treated in Chicago at tho Pasteur Insti tute by me. This was in August, 1S90. I was treating the patient for a dog bite. The sufferer was a boy 5 years or a:e, who w as subject to epiiepsy. Having under go e a course of Pasteur treatment for tho dog-bite, he not only never suffered bad con sequences from tho bite, but recovered from the onilepsy as well. I have said little about my discovery, for the reason that I am not quite ready to make public my manner of treating patients sui Jerimr from this disease. I am now prepar ing a purer, which I will lead before one of tho medical societies in tho near future. At that time I will make known to the proles slon what I have discovered. After I dis covered that the Pasteur treatment had cured the bov of epllepsj , of course I besan an investigation, and 1 kept up a communi cation with the Pasteur Institute at Paris. A QUARTET OP BURGLARS Creating a Kclrrn of Terror on the Lawrence-Beaver County Line. Nnvr Castle, Dec. 27. Special Within the past week there have been four robberies by masked men in this county and the police authorities have had no no tice of them until to-night. A week ago four masked men entered the house of Jonathan Kellar, in Shenango township, and at the pistol's point seoured all the money he had, some $12. Two nights after the Kellar robbery four men answering the same general description broke into the residence ot Isaac Welson in Wayne town ship and, by searching every nooK and cor ner in the house, got about $300. The next night the masked quartet paid a visit to the home ot S. Wyman. This raid netted the robbers $150. "Last night the house, of John Wilson, just on the iiue of Beaver county, was searched from cellar to garret, but the yield was only a small sum. The only reason for the failure of the vic tims to notify the authorities is given as their fear of further trouble with the ma rauders. All these robberies were commit ted in a territory about six miles square, and the same gang did the work in each case. The same lour men have operated in this section heretoforebut in an irregular way. A TKEfi.STJRKE'3 GOOD NATTJEE Causes the Bobbery of Beading's City Exi cheqner of 35,000. Reading, Dec. 28. It was ascertained here this evening that certain irresponsible parties obtained about $5,000 of the city's cash from City Treasurer Obold by impos ing on his good nature, giving him dne bills and notes which are declared to be worthless. The persons who are interested in the restoration of this money declare that the parties will be arrested unless they make restitution at once. A PENH AV2HTJE FIEE. Wolfs Wolesale Liquor Building and Club Booms Damaged. Early this morning a fire started In the second floor of the fourth-story building oc cupied by J. Wolf and Sons, wholesale liquor dealers on Penn aveune near Elev enth street. The upper stories were badly damaged by fire and water, mostly the latter. The up per floors were used for clubroouis, the Keystone Club being located there. The origin of the fire is unknown. Loss, some $3,500. , TOO EASY (MM'GLYNN. The Laity Treading Where Ecclesi astics Are Keeping Oat. HE SHOULD AT LEAST DO PENANCE, Fo They Fay, ana Threaten to Formally Irotesttothe lope. ARCliuIFH'. P C0RKIGAN' WAS SLIGHTED rcrErtjii. tileoram to rpn dispatch, l New York, Dec 28. Interest in Dr. McGlyun's restoration to the priesthood in creases as the days pass. Catholic laymen have had time to think the affair over and they are beginning to gain courage to speak their thoughts. When The Dis patch's first news was positively con firmed and the restored priest resumed his function without public apoloey or pen ance there was a disposition to keep silent and await developments. When no de velopments came and the clergy proved unable to throw light on the situation the laity took it np. One reiult of the deliberations of the lay men has been the starting of a movement to take some action expressive of the general opinion. This opposition is that the re storation has been accomplished in a man ner which puts all precedent at defiance and is adverse to the best interests of the church. The movement is vaguely defined at best. Whether the protest, if one is made, will come in the form of a meeting or a private address to the Pope is as yet a matter of discussion. Whether anything is done or not, it is evident from talks with Catholics that there is only one opinion among those laymen who have not been numbered among the supporters of the priest from the beginning. Ithe had been required to do some act of public pe nance, his restoration would have been rece hed with general satisfaction. As it is, the feeling is that Archbishop Corri gan has been slighted and that an act has been done which tends to belittle the au thority of the governing powers of the church. Richard H. Clark, LL. D., the President of the New York Catholic Pro tectory, said to-day. Satolll Certainly Was Instructed. "This being a question entirely of an ec clesiastical character, it is very difficult for laymen, however well informed upon Catholic subjects, to say anything upon it. The question was first mooted as to what ilgr. Satolli's powers v ere in this country. The answer to this has never been pub lished. Many prelates expressed the opin ion that he had been simply sent to this country to represent the Pope at the Co lumbian Exposition. It is not to be pre sumed, however, that on a question of power committed to him in writing at Home he could have exceeded the authority to which he was entitled. The judgment and discretion and pru dence with which he may exercise his power in a given case, however, is cer tainly open to free discussion and free opin ion, and it implies no disrespect to him tor either a clergyman or a layman to express dissent from his action in the case. The cae of Dr. McGlynn was a public one and the facts are well known to every intelli gent citizen of this country. I have no hesi tation in saying that I disapprove of Cath olic ecclesiastics taking any active part iu politics, and I think that when a priest has done so in error and has been admon ished by his ecclesiastical superior to discontinue his course, his disobedience to such an order is as serious an offence against priestly conduct as his meddling viitn politico If a Bishop or Arch bishop has the control oikisowndiocese and the government of his clergy taken out of his hands, it looks to me as (hough it was a severe blow to tha efficiency and prosper ity of church administration in this country. The impression prevails pretty generally in the press and with the public that the restoration of Dr. McGlynn was unconditional, and was done without con sultation with Dr. McGlynn's immediate superior, who is the Archbishop of New York. Ifthisheso I. think it is unusual and very much to be regretted. It Wasn't a Troper Step. "It leaves us all free, therefore, o ex press opinions as to the restoration of Dr. McGlynn, and my opinion is that it was not a proper step. If Dr. McGlynn had recanted and apologized and made suitable promises for the future in those respects in which he received ecclesiastical censure, I should have rejoiced at his restoration. At the same time, it is an ecclesiastical question and the laity are not- consulted on such questions and in my opinion ought not to volunteer to intervene by any demonstra tion. I have seen it stated in the newspapers that some such move ment was spoken of. I have not heard anything about it, except what I saw In some of the newspapers. I should regret to see such a movement made by the laity. My confidence in the justice of the Pope and his advisers is sucli that I would feel certain that he would remedy any injustice that might have b:cn done to the Arch bishop ot New York. It cannot be possi ble that access to the conrt of Come is cut off from an Archbishop by the appointment ot MonsignorSatolli." Adrian Iselin, Jr., declined to express an opinion for publication, but said that he had a pronounced opinion. W. J. Fanning, Secretary of the Catho lic Protectorv, said: "I think it would be premature to ex press opinions before we know what has been required ot Dr. McGlynn in .the way of penance or apology. Of this we know nothing whatever. I feel certaiu that when the facts are Known, if at all,, it will be learned that a proper penalty has been ex acted and paid. You know the feelihir among Catholics generally is that inasmuch as Dr. McGlynn's offense was public the punishment should be public also. It is an undoubted fact that there is a feeling that Archbishop Corrigau has been slighted, but we have not as yet any actual knowledge upon which to make this statement." LIBEHAL SB. M' GLYNN Not Likely to Be Placed In Snch a Spot as Btltlmore. Baltimore, Dec. 2& Special There is no likelihood of Dr. McGlynn coming to this diocese, either to take the rectorship of St. Patrick's Church or that of any other. This, is the ' opinion of those who are thoroughly posted as to Cardinal Gib bons' policy. The reinstatement of Dr. McGlynn is a victory for the liberal wing of the church, and now to place him in the very stronghold of liberalism, wheu the orthodox wing was very much aroused, would, to saybe least, be very poor poli tics just nowT especially when it is the desire of the papal legate to unite the op posing elements in the church. Agaijl, to appoint an irremovable pastor of a church, it is necessary to hold n com petitive examination and from the three passing 'nost credidably, the resident Arch bishop makes his selection. , True, a point might be strained in favor of any candi date specially favored, but Cardinal Gib bons is not likely to risk the ill-will of tbe local clergy, who have prior rights to suc cession, by selecting an out-of-town priest. Said a Driest to-day: "Dr. McGlvnn is morn likely to be transferred to any diocese in this country than to Baltimore. I know whereof I speak. Policy forbids it." A Conductor Arrested. G. B. "Mann, a conductor on the West End electric line, was arrested last eight by Detective Steele, of the Allegheny lorce, and placed in the lockup Jo an ait the result of a serious charge preferred by Mary Welsh, a 16-year-old girl. MRSu PAMER ANGRY. - And So, Too, ' Is Her Hnsband and Her Friends A Brewery Firm Has Taken the Liberty to Put Her Portrait on Their Calendar. Chicago, Dec. 28. Chicago society Is In a stew over the appearance of the picture of Mrs. Potter Palmer on a brewery calendar for 1893. Considered from a lithographic point of view the calendar, 18x30 inch in dimensions, is a work of art. But in the center of a star, surrounded by sprigs of grain and natural colors, and surmounted by a view of the Woman' Building at the World's Fair, is the portrait of the Presi dent of the Board of Lady Managers, the leading star in Chicago's social world. The portrait was used without Mrs. Palmer's consent and without her knowledge. Mr. Palmer who was made aware of the startling freedom with which the brewery company used his wife's picture was a very angry man to-rtay. "I never gave permis sion to have the picture nsed, and I'm sure rav wife did not," said Mr. Palmer. "I'll enjoin every party in the transaction if they do not put a stoo to the issuance of those calendars." "But the lithographers who printed the calendars for the brewery say that they have used the pictures of the President. Vice-President, Mrs. Cleveland and other?, and that they do not think you can do any thing about the use of Mrs! Palmer's pict ure." "Can't I? We will see about that I shall consult my lawyers at once." Mrs. Palmer was much surprised when she was shown theuiicture ot herself on the calendar. She replied most emphatically, "I never gave my consent to have my pict ure used, well, this is charming, 1 must sayl And to think that a brewery should UBe my picture on it's 'advertisement!' I have refused to give my name, picture or autograph to young women making collec tions, and I would be the last to afford a brewery an opportunity to take such an un warrantable liberty with my picture" The President of the brewing company that issued the calendar says that in the old country pictures of the royalty are to be lound upon the packages of beer. They think nothing of it as long as the article is good. A young man representing a litho graphing firm solicited their orders for cal endars, and described one on which would appear Mrs. Palmer's picture and a cut of ot the Woman's building. "I asked him if he had Mrs. Palmer's permission to print her picture, aud he took from his pocket a photograph of Mrs. Palmer, remarking that a member of the lithographing firm was an old school friend of Mr. Palmer's, and he had obtained permission to use her picture." MEXICO LOSES A GENERAL. One of Diaz's Best Licntenants G"es Over to tho Enemy The Bcvo'ntion a Serions Fact Now A Thousand American Troops on the Border. New Laeedo, Mex., Dec. 28. This has been a day of suppressed excitement in military circles here, as there is every rea son for believing that the revolutionists would make an attack on Guerrero, where a large quantity of arms and munition was stored. It is very hard to obtain any in formation from Colonel Cerona, who com mands the garrison here, but it is certain that the expected attack has not yet been made. There have been rumors here ci another engagement, about 20 miles south of San Miguel, between 1C0 revolutionists and a de tachment ot 80 Mexican soldiers, in which five soldiers were wounde'l. The announce ment that the revolutionists under com mand of General Francisco .Estrada had met and defeated 300 Government troops, commanded by General Manuel Garcia, on tho road leading to Guerrero, produced much excitement. General Estrada is tbe distinguished army officer who is in com mand of one of the divisions of the Govern ment army. He suddenly disappeared about two weeks ago, and the fact that he had identified himself with the revolutionists leads to the fact that the attempt to over throw the Mexican Government is to be a desperate one and not easy to suppress. It now seems there are several detach ments ot the revolutionists on Mexican ter tory, of an entire lorce of invaders num bering at this time nbout'2,000 men. The indications are that the Government troops along that border will see some hard service in putting down the rebellion during the next few months. The seven wounded soldiers who were brought into New Lar edo yesterdav received their injuries in the battle opposite San Iguacio. Seven ot the wounded Mexican of the soldiers who were in the late battle oppo site San Ignaoio, and crossed to tbe Ameri can side, were brought into New Laredo last nijht. One thousand troops of the United States are now in the field along the river border between Laredo and Browns ville. DOCKERS OF TAILS ON TRIAL. A Test Case of Cruelty in Which a Possi ble Cabinet Member Is Interested. Chicago, Dec 28. The case for docking horses' tails against William Leddy to-day attracted great attention, because it was a test case and because Leddy's work was really done lcr John W. Doane, the whole sale merchant who has been mentioned tor a Cabinet office nnder Cleveland, and who likes to drive a fashionable team. On the prosecution's side appeared President Shot rail, of the Society tor Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For the defense Alexander Sullivan was counsel, and he was flauked by Potter Palmer; General Torrence and other leading citizens. The prosecution fought unavailingly for delay. One witness was introduced who swore that he saw Leddy docking the tail of one of Mr. Doane's horses. He said the opera tion was painful, but on cross-examination by Mr. Sullivan said he was not an expert, admitted, midst great laughter, that he had never been docked, and acknowledged that Leddy used cocaine freely before using tho knife. The prosecution rested, and on Mr. Sullivan's motion the case was dismissed because the complaint and testimony did not bring the case within the statute, which declares that docking shall be an offense subject to certain punishment "unless it was lor the benefit of the horse." Mr. Sullivan contended that the complaint should have charged that the act was not for tlie benefit of the horse, and that the prosecution was bound so to prove before a prima facia case was established. The so ciety swore out a new complaint, conform ing to Mr. Sullivan's technical require ments, and the case will be heard on its merits Wednesday. S0HEBBT NOT DODGING ABBEST, Bat He Will Resist Any Requisition to Take Him to Indianapolis. PniLADELPniX, Dec. 28. Supreme Justice F. D. Somerby, of the Iron Hall, was in the city to-day and,with his counsel, visited District Attorney Granam, who is the Iron Hall's receiver here. His counsel said Mr. Somerby is not and has not been a fugitive from justice, and was ready to surrender himself on any charges that might be preferred against him by Receiver Graham. Mr. Soraerbv's counsel said to-day that his client would resist any requisition to take him to Indian apolis. He added that Mr. Somerbv did not conspire to divert the 5170,000 which was taken from Iron Hall funds to make good tbe deCcit in the capital of tbe bank when it was first seized by Bank Superin tendent Krumbhaa. JiA dispatch from Nashville says: W. J. Campbell, "a member of the Iron Hall in this countv, filed in the Chancery court to day a bill against the Supreme Sit ting of the Order and the trust of local branch No. 430. The bill al leged the order is doing no business; has a local reserve fund in this county, asks for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of th'e reserve fund, and repay therefrom" the 'dues the members ' have paid in. THE CHILEAN DOLLARS Indemnifying the Baltimore Sailor and Their Relatives ARE PROVING TR00BLES0ME. Secretary Tracy Can't Paj Them Out and Will appeal to ongress. LITE KETVS0F THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington', Dec 2a The $75,000 ac cepted by this Government from Chile in settlement of all damages in the "Batti more" riots in Valparaiso are now in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Secretary of the Navy, but judging from present indications, a long time will elapse before any part of the sum is drawn out for the purpose of distribution among the claimants. This probable delay is mainly due to the opinion of several of the Govern ment's legal advisers that neither the Sec retary of the Navy, nor any other Federal, official has sufficient authority to disburse the fund in a way that would fully and effectually protect the Government from the demands of such of the claimants as might be dissatisfied with their allotment. Secretary Tracy has expressed grave doubts on this subject himself, and there tore hesitates to assume tbe responsibility naturally, placed on him. It was at first thought he would appoint a board of naval officers to consider all the claims on file in connection with the Baltimore affair and to report a plan for an equitable Dro rata distribution of the fund. A discussion of such a course developed all sorts of possible legal complications and technicalities, with the result that it has been temporarily abandoned. The Secretary has practically concluded to ask tbe President to refer the matter to Congress, with a view to the enactment of special legislation which will assure the distribution of the award in proper legal form and at the same time re duce tbe prospects of future litigation in regard thereto to a minimum. There are said to be no precedents to guide the Navy Department in this matter. OFFICEES IN THB B4LANCE. The Charges Against Commander Johnson and Major Ludlow. Washington, Dec 2a The record of the" proceedings of the court martial in the case of Commander M. N. Johnson, charged with responsibility lor tbe recent ground ing of the United States steamship Mohican on the Pacific coast, has reached tho Navy Department. The case will be reviewed by judge Advocate ueneral Lemiy ana tnen be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy for bis action. The findings of the Court will not be announced officially in advance of such nction, but the impression among naval officers who have followed the pro ceedings is that Commander Johnson was practically acquitted by the Court. General Grant, Acting Secretary of War, to-day issued a special order appointing a Board of Inquiry, at Major Ludlow's re quest, to meet January 3, 1893, to investi gate the charges against Him. which brouzht about his suspension as lighthouse engineer of the Eleventh district. IHE BRAZILIAN COMMISSION Arrives in Washington, bat Nothing Heard From ihe Argentines. Washington, Dec 2a The Commis sioners appointed to present the case of Brazil to the President of the United States in the matter of the controversy between that country and the Argentine Republic, over the Missiones boundary, have arrived in Washington. The .Argentine Com missioners have not yet been heard from. The Brazilian Commissioners are headed by Baron Andra'la, Brazilian Minister to Borne, the oldest diplomat in point of ser vice in the Brazilian ranks. The other Commissioner is General Dioniso E. De Castro Cerqueira. WANTS 10 BE A SENATOR. Tbe Kew Assistant Secretary of the In terior Not Tet at Work. Washington, Dec 2a Genio M. Lambertson, ot Nebraska, appointed and confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury before the Christmas holidays, has not indicated when he will assume the duties of his new position. He has not yet qualified. One explanation ot his absence is that he has formally entered the race tor the Nebraska Senatorsbip. New Spanish Minister. Washington, Dec. 2a Secretary of State Foster says he has not received any word from the Spanish Government in re gard to tbe change of their Minister at Washington, but he has received private advices lrom the American Legation at Madrid that Marquis Bendana has been ap pointed Minister at Washington in place of Senor Dupuy De Lome Made Fresld-ntal Offices. Washington, Dec 2a The President to-day signed the appointments of the fol lowing Pennsylvania postmasters whose offices by an increase of receipts have be come Fresidental: William H. Leo, Mans field Valley; Henry B. Iiupp, Hummels town; Harry C. Shearer, New Bloomfield; Mrs. Sallie A. Bamsey, McKee's Bocks. AGAINST HASTY STRIKES. Heads of Railroad Orders to Confer Upon a Common Evil. Cedar Eapids, Ia., Dec 2a A meet ing of representatives of the leading rail road organizations of the country was held in this city to-day, but it was found that all were not present and an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. Grand Chief Conductor Clark this evening made the following statement of the purposes of the meeting: "The purpose is io discuss the relation of the orders to eacnother, and if" any closer relation is made it must re sult in preventing ill-advised strikes being ordered without consulting all interested." The leaders of the organizations retuse to talk, but it is an open secret that they are greatly dissatisfied with the recent strike ot telegraphers on the Rock Island and the Albany fiasco, and are determined, it possi ble, .to devise some means to prevent a repetition ot hasty action in fut ure. They feel that the strength and standing ot other organizations are jeopardized bv these acts, and want to stop it. AH doubt the possibility of" form ing such nn alliance as will make the re form a certainty but a strong effort will be made to accomplish it. DEPENDS ON FSEE SILVEC It's the Political Key, Apparently, Thinks Senator Stewart. New York, Dec 2a Senator William M. Stewart, of Nevada, is in town. "The Monetary Conference," he said, "is a fraud. It won't amount to anything. If the Re publicans do not hurry up and pass a free coinage bill this winter they will not carry a State west ot the Reeky Mountains in 1890. If the Democrats do not pass a free coinage bill when they come into power, if they nave control of both brauche of Con gress the Populists will elect a President in 1896." Senator Stewart said he thought the Populists had come to stay. Free coinage would be one of their principle issues. He said he did not know which party would have a majority in the Senate after March 4. i AFTER NED STOKES. Charged With Mismanaging the Hoffman House Fundi A Complaint Filed An Anonymous Letter The Defendant Threatens a Damage Stilt. New York, Dec 28. Suia!. In the Supreme Court to-day was filed the com plaint of William E. D. Stokes against Edward & Stokes and other directors of the corporation that runs the Hoff man House. The complaint con tains a long string of cbargesi of mismanagement of the funds, roost of the charges being against Edward S. Stokes. The plaintifi demands tiiat tne defendants shall account for the manage ment and disposition of tbe funds and prop erty of the corporation; that they be compelled to pay back any money that they have misappropriated; that a temporary and permanent re ceiver be appointed to take charge of all that is left of the Hoffman House, and that all tbe defendants be restrained by injunc tions from interfering with the funds or property of the corporation. William E. D. Stokes is a stockholder in this corporation and is one of its creditors. In his complaint appear the oharges: That the defendants have been guilty of official misconduct therein and " in the management and disposition of its funds and property committed to their charge and that the said defendant Stokes has wrongfully acquired to himself and transferred to others money and prop erty of the corporation and has lost or wasted tbe same, and upon information and belief, he alleges that the defendant Stokes is personally insolvent and without sufficient means to pay his debts. Tbe defendants are also charged with making false entries on the books for the purpose of deceiving him and inducing him to buy more stock. At the Hofiman House to-night Mr. E, S. Stokes said: Every statement in tliat complaint Is an infamous lie and William E. 1). Stokes Is a blackguard. lie has tried by a threatening letter to force an utijnst settlement and has failed. I snail sne him for $100,000 damages. Here is an anonymous letter which I re ceived. Mr. Stokes produced a typewritten letter which read: Kovembee, 18, lE9i Edwin Stokts: Dear Sir Do yon want some sound ad vice? If so I will tell you confidentially un less yon corne to terms with W. E. D. Mokes this coming week be intends to publish a truo account of tho murder of James Fisk, Jr., written by a New York lawyer who wit nessed the murder unci you can also de pend npon it that he will publish all about your political pull and your rela tions with prominent people. All of which will be very interesting reading to the pun He, but I tear it will ruin you. Artemus II. Holmes, 1 have reason to think, could ar range a settlement lor yon, and If yon take my advice you will not delay it. "A FRI2MD." A POPULIST MANIFESTO. The Lenders Command Support or Party Men for the Senate. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 2a The People's party leaders, in attendance at the conterence in this city, issued the following manifesto to-day: To the People's Party Legislators-elect in Ne braska, Wyoming. Montana, California, 24orlk Dakota and other States: We hereby request that a!l and each one ot yon stand firm when it comes to balloting for United States Senators In your respect ive States. We caution you against fusion with any of the two dominant parties. Hake a sure light for our principles, vote for no man nnless you know that lie will ad vocate anil dolond them in the United States Senate. We have arrived at a period In our movement, where we must make a square staud-up-flsrht for principle. If the two dominant parties want to fuse ouu candi date to deteat us, let them do so. The sooner they do that the better it will be for us. You cannot afford to consider the per sonal interests ol anv Individual, no differ ence bow good or great he maybe, that will leave a tinge of barter, traffic, or compromise attached to our party or principles. The people look to you to carry out the promises made in tho last campaign, and unless you do your utmost in that direction you will fail to do your lull duty. We also kindly request that the People's party state, county uuu local committees in the union do all in their power and lend a helping hand to organize the Industrial Le gion. I'usii that organization Into ovary State, county, precinct and scnool district iu the land. II. E. Taubenecit, Chairman. J. U. Turser. Secretary. Al. C. Kankin, Treasurer. A PENSION FRAUD NIPPED. Blank Checks Signed in Adv.mco Stolen and Filled by a Clerk. Topeka, Kan., Dec 2a One day last week a man presented himself at the counter of a bank in Holton and asked for the money on two checks for ?4,600, bearing the signature of Baruard Kelley, United States Pension Agent at Topeka. The cashier recognized the signature as genuine, but the amounts were so large for pension checks that he was suspicious that all was not right He maraged to retain possession of the checks, andVas soon as the man had left telegraphed to Topeka, asking Mr. Kelley it he had issued them. Mr. Kelley promptly wired the cashier to bold tbe checks, and then he began an investigation. It is his practice, having over 100,000 checks to sign every quarter, to sign them in blank in advance. Referring to his check book he discovered that five signed checks were missing. He at once suspected an employe in the office, and in an hour he had forced the man to return three checks which he had not disposed of. Mr. Kelley declines to give any particulars of the thettuntil he has completed his arrange mente for the arrest of all the parties in the steal. A GIRL BURGLAR Robs Two Yonngstown Houses, bnt Breaks Down Under the Pnmp. YoDNGSTOWN,-Dec 2". Special Miss Maggie McFadden, aged 16, was arrested this afternoon and, after an interview with Chief of Police Cantweli, confessed to bur glarizing two dwellings. The house of John BogginB was broken into and a gold watch and some valuable jeweiry taken. The Mc Fadden girl was employed in the family of John Small, a neighbor of Boggins', as a domestic, and this morning she alarmed the household with the announcement that the house bad been entered aud robbed during the night Another gold watch and a con siderable amount of money Yias the haul in the latter cae. Nobody suspected the girl, but she sud denly ltt tne house ami returneuin a nine while with all the plunder, claiming, she had found it hidden on the premises. The police discredited the story then, and under the "pump" she gave up the historj of both burglaries. She was jailed to await the action of the grand jury. Her home is at Sharpsville, Pa., and she has hitherto bore the reputation of an industrious and ezenipl.iry young girl. A WAR OVER A CANAL. Nicaragua and Costa KIca May Fight Over Warner Miller' Dltclu Panama, Dec 2a The boundary dis pute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is assuming threatening dimensions, and hos tilities may begin at any moment The ter ritory in question is but a few thousand rquare miles and would be worth little to Costa Rica should she acquire it. Costo Rico is belieyed, therefore, to seek merely an opportunity to impose upon Nicaragua terms favorable to her oirn in terests in matters affected by the canal. Should she succeed in provoking war, she would probably triumph, for, although poor both in men and mnney,she is superior in both respects to Nicaragua. Neither Is Liable to. Get Hart Toledo Blade. If IIIU and Cleveland wish to get together, why not try a French duet It's the safest way. TROUBLE AT M'DONALD. Gai and V.'ater Giving Out and the Peopla Indignant Ptjinping; Wells Stopplnc. and the Production Going; Down Big Gaser Near Shousetown. The McDonald pool is slowly but gradu ally passing toward the zero marr, and if tbe present cold weather continues and all of the pumping wells have to shut down on acconnt of the scarcity of water it will bs bnt a few davs before It win not be produc ing as much per diem as SIstersvilie, which has been irequontly sneered at by many of tbe McDonald operator-". The estimated output of tbe field was 13,. 000 barrels: n drop of 500 barrels. The Wood land Oil Company's No. 2 on the Scott fi.- is dawn to 20 barrels an hour, and unless nguateu it n iiauie io uo entirety out or tho list to-dav The residents of Onkdale, Noblestown and McDonald were complaining loudly pf tho want of gas yesterday, and a meeting was to be held nt Oakdale la't evening and a pro test sent to the companies which are sup posed to supply tueie towns. The neopla claim, that tncre 14 plenty or gas in the vi cinity which is available with the ontlay of a few dollars. The owners of the More Oil Company's gasser, wnlch is on the Oak: Kldxe tract, half a mile east or Oakdale, has a mlnnte pressure of from 400 to 450 pounds, and a rock pressure of more than TOO pounds. Mr. Pew, of the People's Gaa Company, stated yesterday that his company has nearly all of its water lines ouried, but tbat drilling is progressing very slowly at the wells which aro being put down, and ho does not expect to get the sand in tho Wallace or Dixon farm wells before Satur day. J. M. Gnffey & Co. are building a rig for their No. 7 on the Shane farm, which is lo cated in tho southern part of tue Helsa pool, and about a mile and a halt south of Willow Grove. The Woodland Oil Company's No. 1 on tho Berry farm, in tho Scotrpool, Is down 1,109 feet, and No. 2 Is 500 foet deep. The Wheelln; Gas Company's No. I on th George farm, in the same locality, has been cised with the casing, and their No. 1 Giflld. near Venice, is dne next week. Their No. 3 on tbe Kobblns farm has been tubed and will make about a 75-burrul pumper frfim the Gordon. Laughner Co., who have been drilling near Sbousetown, struck a big gasser Tnes day night. They have not taken a Range, but tho pressure is strong enough to lift tho tool, and it is throwing pebbles against the crown pulley. Tho Ganges. The estimated production of the MoDonald field yesterday was 18,000 barrels, or 500 less than tho day before. The Woodland Oil Company's No. 2 Scott was reported to hava dropped from 25 to 20 barrels an hoar. The stock in the field wus 4ti,500 barrels. Slstcrville runs were 20,1j2 barrels. ICnus and Shipments Tuesday. 'lhe National Transit runs were 22,533; shipments, 12.891. Buckeye runs of Macks burg oil, 21,3:2; shipments, not in. Buckeye runs or Lima oil, 41,594: shipments, 5S,53. New York Transit shipments, 40,263. South ern Plpo Line shipment". 26 2CS. The Southwest runs from the McDonald, field lor the 21tb, 2J:h. aicu and 27tli were 3?,3'J0 barrols, and outside of McDonald were l!i.6S5- The tureka runs for the same time were 61,000 barrels, and the shipments, 53,959 barrels. The runs of the Western Atlantic Pipa Line on Tuesday were 3.8dJ and the ship ments 2,970 bands. The runs of the W. L. Jlellon lines for Tnesday ere 6.S52; deliveries, 4,C07 barrels. The runsof the Tidewater Pipe Line Com pany on Tuesday were 4,TO: total, 112,591; average, 4,170; shipments none; total, 218,975; average, 8,110 barrels. A Well on the Ludolph. StsTEBSVlLLB Tho Kanawha Oil Com pany's No. 7 on the Ludolph farm, on tho Ohi.i side of the river and north of town, has been drilled into the Hig Injun and it t;ood for 1C0 barrels a day. The Oil Market Range of tho January option: Opening, 52Jc; highest, 53c; lowest," 52Jic; closing, 53c. Sales, 2,000 bbu. Heflued oil New York lower, at 5.10c; Lon don, 4KQiJd: Antwerp, lit. New obi:, Dec 28. fetroieum dull; Penn. sylva.nia oil, spot Mrtes, none; January op tion, sales, 4.0x0 bbls. ut 53c, closing at 52Jc bid, 53c asked. Lima oil, sales none; 13c biu, 20catked. Total sales, 4 O-) bbls. Oil City, Dec. 23. Opened, 53c; highest, 53Kc; closed, 53c: lowej-r, 52JKc. Sales, 8,000 barrel"; runs, 163,016 barrel: shipments, 93,335 barrels; clearances, 20,000 barrels. Beaten by a Tough. David Oswald while drunk was knocked down and be3ten by James Kinney, corner Second avenue and Market street Magis trate McKcnna fined Kinney $50 and costs yesterday morning. Oswald ia badly nsetl up from exposure and his wounds. -1' Both the method and results -when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasanlj and refreshing to the taste, and acta fenfly yet promptly on the Kidneys, liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs 13 tha only remedy of its" kind ever pro duced, pleasing to ths taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and' truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the Eost popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist iaa may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE. KT. HEW tORK. N.t. Printers Printing ink stains are removed and jammed fingers healed by the use of BOSKY OiAMD TAR SOAP because of its high percentage of ta. ASK YOUR OROCER FOR IT. JAS. S. KXEK &s CO., Chicago. Wklta Russian SwKr.-t iiiiiiiik Hlftlf V i. i i i 6 A'. ,.f .i
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