THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. ' IT EIGHT PAGES 5 G COLUMNS. SSCRAOTOX, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 189C. TWO CENTS A COPY 1895 Left us like every other firm hand ling furs in tftis country, over stocked. The winter so far has been one of exceptional mildness. Furs were hnrilly a necessity, and buying wus put off. According to our usual custom these Fur Garments have got to lie sold this season, anil It tseems to us thut no better time uiil.l be found for u eoimdete clearance tliun the beginning of the year 89(6 A Little Thoughtful Comniinniomi ense Will suggest many pood, sound rea sons for buying now, among which lirurtlcal thrift and stylish economy forms leading leiitures. For ln sianee, prices are nil but cut in half, and most of the Winter is still ahead of us. Besides this. Furs never get out of style, ami as big sleeves have come to stay, every ludy knows she cuunot wear a Jacket over a fash ionable waist without ruinl.ng the sleeves, therefore capes have a long lease of fashion before them. These me but hints: your tfiougliif ill com mon sense will furnish the many good reasons we have omitted. itubbormi Price Facts Needless to add that our Fur Capes meet fushlon's utmost requirements, at every point, and the extreme cart! we have always shown In the selec tion and matching of skins, correct trimmings and perfect workmanship wus never better illustrated thnn in the goods offered below: Canada Seal Capes, were $l!l.(ift, now !I.C). 'stinkball Canes, were $10, now 510.00. Wool Seal Capes, were $20, now $12.90. Electric Seal Capes, were $3.00, now $ir.B0. Uest Astrakhan Capes, were $:!0, nosv 1H.W. Electric Seal Capes, were JM.OO, now i.u. Electric Seal Capes, were $10,00, now $2i. no. Electric Seal Capes, were Ji-Ci.OO, now $24. SO. lExtra Selected Wool Seul Canes, Mar ten trimmed, were $45.00, now $24. 'JO. important In most of the above sizes are com plete, but some have only one to a size. In addition to thesf wc offer a few very high class Capes that sold nt from $45.00 to $65.00. Prices are cut In exactly the same proportion. Began Morning LOBE "WAREHOUSE ' 6 SILVER MENJ CONTROL They Kill Dictate Senate Committee Itcports. A DEMOCRATIC SUBSTITUTE It Is Tliotifiht the Manre Will Suggest the opening of Mints to tree and I'nllmited Coinage of Both Uold unit Silver. Washington. Jan. 2. Hut little pro gress was made in the senate committee on finance today towards an agreement on the hulls,' bond bill. No vote of any kind was taken nor did the sliver men, who are in th majority on the com mittee submit any definite proposition. There wus a great deal of informul dis cussion, liming which the absolute and undeniable fact was demonstrated that the silver men knew their power and proposed to exercise It. The live Ke publlcan members of the committee Messrs. Morrill. Shermun. Allison, Al drlch. uml Hlatt. who constitute the only untl-sllver men of the body were given to understand that nothing could be reported from the committee that ill. I not meet with the approval of the silver clement. The discussion was at times quite heated, especially when Mr. Sherman wus accused by some of his silver colleagues with seeking to retire the greenbacks, although he had, ho said, up to the duy he Introduced his resolution in the senate been strongly in favoring of keeping those notes in constant circulation. Mr. Sherman, it is understood, denied that he was In favor of the retirement or cancellation id' the Kivenbacks and 'asserted that mien senators us understood his position in that light evidently did not compre hend lUt purport of the resolution he had Introduced. The committee remained In session an hour ami a half, when a recess was taken until tomorrow morning, at which time it Is expected the silver men will have agreed upon some definite meas ure. Immediately after the adjourn ment the Democrats, together with Mr. Jones (Populist. Nevada) held a confer ence and discussed the terms of a bill which they will offer as a substitute. Mr. Jones ( Arkansas) was appointed as a sub committee to draw the bill and present It to the sliver men before the meeting of the committee tomorrow morning. The Substrate Hill. This substitute. It is believed, will provide for legislation that will open the I'nited States mints to the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and sil ver .it the ratio of 18 to 1, and the issue of certificates thereon In the manner now provided by law; withdrawing from circulation all national bank notes of denomination)! of less than $10 and the substitution therefor of notes of ten dollars or more; directing the secretary of the treasury to coin the bullion In tne treasury purchased tinder the Sherman act Into standard silver dollars and re deem tho treasury notes Issued for the purchase of this bullion In such silver dollars; directing the secretary of tne treasury to redeem the treasury notes and greenbacks In silver or gold or both, as the condition of the treasury may re quire, and when so redeemed, requiring them to i re-Issued. The way In which these Ideas will be finally put Into legal verbluge has not been delinitely determined, but the sil ver men are fixed In the purpose to pro vide for free coinage and prevent the enactment of any new authority for the issuing of bonds. The substitute will be offered at tomorrow's meeting, and, while it Is the present Intention not to make a report to the senate until next Tuesday, the report may, of course, be ordered to lie made tomorrow. While the silver men were discussing this matter the Hepubllcnns were In conference on the same bill and the tariff measure that Is now before the committee, but which was not discussed today. The Judgment of the Republi can Is thut action should be speedy, so thut the country may know what to ex pect of the senate. If, however, the silver men do agree at once the Repub licans will permit the matter to come to n vote In committee without delay, and 1 1, m.'ti Ml I re W 111 he reported with a 1 Htiong minority report. Regarding the Tariff. The ltepublicans of the finance com mittee appear to be of the opinion that the tariff bill us It came from the house should bo amended in one or two par ticulars and this will probably be done. In this they will have the support of their silver colleagues unci the bill us thus amended will go to the senate with the understanding that no uineudmeiits slmll be permitted in the Semite. The tariff bill will not. however, be reported and acted upon until the bond bill Is out of the way. The ltepublicans have been carefully canvassed and the lenders say that their men will vote solidly with the committee to put down all amend ments tlml may be offered In the senate, either with a view to opening up the general revision of the turln? or for the purpose of amending the bill to death. The silver Republicans will con tent themselves with voting to put a free silver substitute on the bond bill and will not support such a proposition should It be made by Democrats In the shapo of a rider on the tariff bill. Lead ing Democrats have stated to their Re publican colleagues that they are will ing to permit a vote to be take on the bill without undue delay and If the Re publicans have the votes with which to carry th measure through it Is proba ble that It will reach the voting stage within a reasonable short time after it Is reported. Word reached the committee this afternoon In an unofficial way that the president will take notice of today's failure to act on the bill and the ad vance knowledge of what that action will be and not wait for the senate to vote upon the committees report. It was reported at the capitol that an Is sue of $100,0(10.000 of bonds would be or dered before the end of next week and that they would be raised largely abroad. FIRST STATE DINNER. President and Mrs. Cleveland Entertain Memhera of the Cabinet. Washington, Jan. 2. The president gave his first state dinner of the season tonight, thus inaugurating the social gaities of the winter. The dinner in Its official sense was a dinner to the mem bers of the cabinet, but the guests In cluded several others well known In om cial and social circles. Following Is a full list of those present at this state function: president and Mrs. Cleveland. Vice President Stevenson. Secretary of State and Mrs. Olney, Secretary of the Treas ury and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary of War and Mrs. Lamont. Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon, Postmaster Qeueral and Airs. Wilson. Secretary of the Navy and Miss Herbert, Secretary of the Interior Smith. Secretory of Agriculture ami Miss Morton, Sneaker Reed, Senator and Mrs. Morrill. Senator and Mrs. Haw ley, Senator and Mis. Palmer, Senator and Mrs, Brlce, Representative and Mrs. Catchlugs, Mr. J. T. Woodward, Mrs. C. S. Fall-child. Mr. E. R. Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Mr. Frank Thomson and Miss Thomson. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Kennedy, Mrs. Minol, Miss Boardman. Miss Frances ialkerk Mr. and Mrs. John D. Henderson and Mrs. Micnu. . The parlors and state room of the ex ecutive mansion were as usual resplend ent with tasteful floral decorations anil electric light displuy formed no small part of the pleasing spectacle. FATAL B01LEK EXPLOSION. Mve Persons known to Have Ueen killed und Many Are Missing-Three Hulldlngs Destroyed. St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 2.-Just at 1 o'clock this afternoon a series of ter rific explosion laid waste to the vicinity of Second, und Vlnei streets, where printing houses and allied trades are numerous. Just after the clock struck a boiler in George V. Merri Ill's printing office, basement of No. 30S North Third street, just across the alley from the storage and commission house of H. H. i.irubb, exploded. In the rear of the Grubb establishment a large quan tity of fireworks wus stored and u sec ond explosion occurred, followed Imme diately by a third that lifted the Grubb building and dropped it in a muss of wreckuge. The explosion cuused gen eral consternation und every window for three blocks was broken. A large plate gluss window in the merchants' exchange, four blocks away, was shat tered and the traders stumpeded. I'p to 6 o'clock tonight five bodies had been recovered, four penning are missing us far as reported to the police and the list of Injured numbers nineteen. In addition to the list of Injured given sev eral others were hurt. Following is the roll: Dead, Injured and Missing. The deud: Joseph Kovarlck, boy; Frank Nlehaus, boy ; Charles Claybrook, colored porter. Two corpses taken from the basement of the Kxcelsior Wire company. The missing: Chris Karger. clerk; Thomas Ley, clerk, Al Melller, Charles Krickson. The Injured: Albert Stelnmeyer, prob ably fatally; Will Hrondiweder; Christ Kraft; Horace Dlurt; L. Dlort; John Corcoran; lidgur Vance; Hen Taylor; Joseph Hrandeweld; Wlllium Herner; William Couleshuw; Hugh Allen; Joe Corcoran; Albert Schnelti:; Henry Stack; Richard Couleshaw: John Car ter: Joe Harker: Charlo Anius. The full list of . all employes of the four firms is not obtainable and probu blv the list of dead will be Increased when the ruins are overhauled. K. P. I. uss, proprietor of the Kxcelsior Wire company, says he is quite sure five of his employes did not escape from the building. The work of examining the ruins was continued tonight. The total loss will exceed $100,000, nil Insured. The H. 14. Grubb Commission com pany occupied the ground floor of :i(i! North Second street, and the Anchor company the second nnd third floors. Adjoining the wrecked building on the south Is the Levlson nnd Hlythe Print ing company, where most of the injured were employed. The north wulls and two floors went down. On the north Is the Kxcelslor Wire company's building, also partly wrecked. Within half a minute the three, buildings were wrapped In flames. KILLED HIS WIFE'S ADMIKER. The Murderor Ignores Ills Victim's Pica for Merer. Albany, On., Jan. 2. Thomas 13. Rey nolds shot and killed George Cox on the street Inst night. Reynolds hud been separated from his wile, and Cox's at tentions to her had aroused Reynolds' Jealousy. The men met near the house of Mrs. ReynuMs. Reynolds was armed with a. double-barreled shotgun, und he opened fire on Cox. who fell to his knees and begged for mercy. Then Reynolds fired again and Cox fell dead. The murderer, w ho has only one arm. made his escape, but subsequently surren dered. Mrs. Reynolds says that her husband was Insanely Jealous without euuse. She declared thut her husband hail treated her so cruelly that she had to leave him. PREACHER DESERTS FAMILY. Gone to South America, Leaving Them In Destitute Circumstance. Kinpoi iu. Kan., Jan. 2. Rev. I'.. J. Dil lon, un evangelist of the Christian church, deserted his family here, leav ing a wife and two young children, one a deuf mute. In destitute circumstances. A letter has been received from him by his wife, stating that he hus gone to South America und she would never see him again. Previous to coming here, while In California, he was temporarily suspend ed from the ministry by the church there. VICTIM OF ROH HERS. Telegraph Operator Held I p and llndljr Treated. Pottstown. Pa., Jan. 2. The telegraph operator at Green Iane station, Charles Holder, wus held tin ut midnight by a gang of burglars. Holder fought des perately with a poker.but was overpow ered. The thieves then plundered the station, securing some money. After ransacking the place they com pelled Holder to walk a mile, when they released him. A fiossee sturted out in search of the thieves, but no trace of them was found. Public Petit Statement. Washington. Jim. 2. The debt statement Issued this uflertioon shows a net decrease III the public- debt less cash in the treasury during December, is:"., of II.ITS.DW. Tot.il cash In the treasury. $787,5711.447, , STATE SNAP SHOTS. Joel M. Strltsder fell dead In the street at Shoeniukersville. Counterfeit half hollars are plentiful nt l'lttstun. Wolfs big- grisf mill at Mount Wolf, York county, collapsed yesterday. A train at Plttston ran down and killed Thomas Bestford. There were twenty-two fires In Potts town lust year, with an aggregate loss of $55,000. I.ewls Kipe and his wife, near Kennett Square, celebrated their golden anniver sary yesterday. A Chester county horse Insurance com puny last year paid on average of $53 a head for twenty-three horses thut died. The school department reports that all of the money for school purposes has been paid out except about $40,mi0. Of this amount $32,wn will be sent to flcranton, and the remuimler will go to small dis tricts. The state commissioner of hanking has nearly completed his annual report, and it will probably be issued next week. There are arnout 2U banks and between 1,400 and l.ijUO building and loan association under the supervision of the department. For the last quarter of 1893 the attorney genrael's collections were $.1,052.48, the commissions therefrom being W.Sfrt. The commission, however, will go Into the state treasury, as Attorney General Mc Cormlck has nn-eady received the maxi mum amount In commissions allowed by lw. . .. ANOTHER STRIKE PROBABLE The I'nion Traction Company and employes Cannot Agree. BEETEMS EFFORTS AT PEACE lis Wins the Committee by His I.loqucnee but Kef ues? to Address the Strikers. The Amalgamated Assoelatioa Will Probably Mult Work Today. Philadelphia, Jan. t Another strike of the employes of the Viilou Traction com puny is now, seemingly inevitable. All efforts at a compromise between the company und Its men have failed and the question now rests with the men themselves. At 11 o'clock tonight the men are holding a mass meeting and as the poll of the road taken today showed a large majority In favor of striking, the result of the mass meeting seems a foregone conclusion. Today when another strike seemed probable the Toynbee society, the I'nl versal Peace I'nion and a number of other gentlemen who are interested In the welfare of the city, visited and wrote to the headquarters of the Amal gamated association, counseling, mod erating and advising the men against another strike. As fur as is apparent these efforts have been thrown away. The men demand of the company that It abrogates the clause In Its latest agreement submitted to them that In the future all new men who are taken on the road shall be In no way atlillated or connected with, directly or indirectly, any labor organization. This clause the company has firmly declined to eliminate. After the poll of the road this afternoon was known.another com mittee of the men called upon General Manager Heetem tonight to make a lust appeal to him to eliminate the objec tionable clause. For over two hours Mr. Beetem and the committee dis cussed the matter together. The dis cussion was conducted amicably but both pldes remained llrm. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Beetem stated to the men that the com pany would discharge none of Its pres ent employes for belonging to the Amal gamated association of street, railway employes; that It would hear any griev ances of the men and tt would deul equitably with them, but thut It was unalterably determined not to allow its employes to dictate to it in the mutter under discussion. He warned the com mittee that if another strike took place the burden of any disturbances nnd trouble that would follow would be upon the men, and that the company would fight them to the death, no matter what the cost, and thut not a man who struck would ever be given employment on the road again. He begged the committee for the sake of the men and their fam ilies to do all In their power to avert a strike. Impressed by licetem's Eloquence. The committee was Impressed by Mr. Keetem's words and they promised him thut they would use every argument they could to persuade the men not to strike, but that they had very little hope of success. They listed Air. Tiee tem to come with them to the mass meeting and talk to the men as he had talked to the committee. Mr. Beetem said that personally he would only be too glad to go among his men, but inat If he went his presence would be mis construed and that he would be thought to be there us the general manager of the company, und thut iuerefon he could not agree to address the mass meeting. Before the committee depart ed Mr. Heetem told them thut he would wait ut his office until 1 o'clock tomor row morning to leurn the result of the mass meeting. The committee was accompanied In Its visit to Mr. Heetem by, ex-Postmaster John Field, who endeavored to uct as a peacemaker and who advised the men to accept Mr. Ueetein's terms nnd trust to his honor to adjust all their griev ances. J. Level ing Jones, a large stock holder of the company and a leading., lawyer of the Philadelphia bar, also ad dressed the committee and pointed out to them that cupitul hud rights as well as labor which labor was bound fo re spect. How many men the employes will be able to take out with them, If" they strike, is hard to say. The officers of the Amalgamated Association are strongly opposed to another strike and there Is a good minority of the em ployes who ure also against It. It Is posslble.however. that every man belonging to the Amalgamated Asso ciation will strike, as muny of the min ority, while opposed to the strike, con sider themselves bound In honor to sup port their associates and there are many other men who will refuse to work for fear of a mob. The company believes that It will have no trouble in getting men to fill the strikers' places and Mr. Heetem tonight told the com mittee that within the past three days the company hud refused applications for situations from 600 men. Strike Wlil lie Declared orf. ' Philadelphia. Jan. 3. The strike of the employes of the I'nion Traction company will be declared off this morn ing. January 3. ( IIASlXti DR. JAMESON. Hercules Kobinson Is t'nnblo to Overtake the British Belligerent, Who Has tione to Fight the Boers. London, Jan. 2. The following des patch was received lute this .veiling from Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape Colony: "Cape Town, Jan. 2. 8.50 p. m. A mes senger overtook Dr. Jameson ten miles the other side of the Kluns river. The messenger brought back a verbal mes sage that the despatch received by Dr. Jameson would be attended to. The force was saddling up, and at once pro ceeded eastward. Dr. Jameson thus re ceived and disregarded both my mes sages." The messenger referred to by Sir Her cules Robinson was one who was sent to Dr. Jameson with orders Instructing the latter to return to British territory and to abandon his aggressive move ment against the Boers. The despatch received at the foreign office announcing that an engagement had taken place between Dr. Jameson's force and the Boers and that the former had been compelled to surrender was sent by Sir Jacobus A. De Wet, the British agent at Pectorla. DIAMOND THIEVES CAUGHT. .May . Prove to lie the Robbers of the Borden jewels. New Tork. Jan. 2. Detectives have arrested William King and Harry Wil son, alias Howard Johnson, negroes, on the charge of having committed several robberies here recently. Agnes Ren shaw, a white girl, who lived with Wil son, was also arrested. All the prison ers had unset diamonds and jewelry In their possession, and the police believe they may have been connected with the robbery of I. Townsend Burden's house, on Madison square, last Friday night, when diamonds valued at upward of $00,000 were stolen. King Is wanted In Washington. D. C, for robbing the house of M. Louis H. Emmert last July. The police found much valuable Jew elry in the room of theRenshaw woman. A lot of burglars' tools were also found. All the prisoners were tuken to the Jefferson Market court this morning and remanded until tomorrow. The Renshaw woman is comely, and wus well dressed. NO JACK POTS IN l'lTTSBlRG. Controller (iourley Gives Cheerful Testi mony Before the Penrose l.exow Committee-Toe Smoky City Is Virtuous. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2. The Penrose (l.exow) committee arrived in Pittsburg this morning and went direct to the Duquesue Hotel. Secretary C. W. Thomas, of Philadelphia. Is the only absent member. Attorneys Shields and Stoner, of the Vigilance League, met the committee shortly after their ar rival and all engaged in Informul con sultation. Scrgeunt-at-Arms Hurrah and his assistants, Nicholas and Conk lln, began serving subpoenues shortly before noon. They started in at City Hall. The members of committee do not think they are overstepping their authority by coming to Pittsburg und do not anticipate that their worn will be Interrupted from any cuuse. Chairman Andrews called the first session of the committee to order at 2.15 p. m. City Controller, It. J. Gourley was then sworn as the llrst witness nnd was examined by Mr. Pettlt. Controller Gourley testified ns to his continued service In various offices since 187(1. and wns then questioned us to the system of city government prior to thut time. This historic Information Mr. Gourley gave very fully. Of his experiences, while mayor, with gambling houses. Mr. Gourley said: "Since the Inception of our new char ter, and since Mr. Brown became direc tor, we have had fewer gambling iowses and fewer dives thnn ever before." "To my knowledge," witness con tinued, "there has not been, for nine years, a gambling house In Pittsburg. That work Is due to the denartment of public safety as created by the new charter." To the question concerning the sale of liquor Illegally, witness stated thut to his knowledge there was none In the city. As to the lighting of the city, Control ler (iourley said It cost $US per arc lamp. In Allegheny, where the city owns Its own electric plant, he under stood the cost wus $110 per lump. Wit ness favored Pittsburg owning Its own electric plants, but could give no esti mate of their first cost. As to the city's law department, witness stated that since he became controller outside counsel hud been employed only twice. At this point the committee adjourned until tomorrow. According to Chairman W. II. An- ( drew, the committee has not deter mined on any other witnesses except with regard to collector of delinquent taxes. Mr. Andrews said there would be no session of the committee tomor row but he yns not sure that the sitting would e,xteijd over until Saturday as had bemi. intended when It was' an nounced wus to be visited. Mr. An drews said the committee's presence was needed In Philadelphia on Monday and' he could' not state whut further arrangements were made in regard to its stay in Pittsburg. COMMISSION CRITICIZED. Adverse Comments Made I pon President Cleveland's Venczuclun Committee. Washington, Jan. 2. The Venezuelan commission Is being very generally dis cussed. As a rule, the opinions ex pressed are not very positive, Cmn nients are favorable. The only crltl clsln Is that it may not be a commission of that . recognlsicd prominence which will give their decision great force abroad. - This criticism Is based entirely upon the Idea that their reputations are not wide enough perhaps, not that they are in any way lacking In ability. Many have had the Idea that a broad, International reputation was positively of more Importance to this commission than great legal attainments. PREACH EK IS MISSING. Hisappcured lllglit Huts Ago While His Wife Was Absent. New Castle. Pa.. Jan. 2. Nothing has yet been heard of Rev. P. J. Slattery, of Jamestown, who disappeared eight days ago. He was pastor of the Metho dist church. When he left Jumcstown he told one of the deacons of his church that he was going to upend Christmas with Rev. Lusher, at New Castle. At the time of Ids disappearance his wife was at the bedside of her sister. In Reynoldsville. The sister died, nnd ns Mr. Slattery was wired for, it wns sup posed that he had gone to nttend her funeral, fin Saturduy Mrs. Slattery re turned home to lind her husband absent, ttiid since then she has been prostrated with grief and anxiety. The I'orto Has Consented. Loudon. Jun. 2. A dispatch from Con stantinople says that the Porte has con. senteil lo accept the offer of the foreign representatives at Constantinople that lh fort-inn consuls al Aleppo meillute be. tween the Turks who ure besieging Zcit oun and the Armenians who hold the town for the surrender of the latter. Pond Havers on tho Alert. Washington, Jan.' 2. Th e presence In this city tonight of J. A. Stewart. J. T. Woorward and K. It. Huron, all of New York, und two former of whom were prom Inent in the bond syndicate, rewarded us signllleaut. All three were guests of the president touiuht. Morlboroii&hs Leave Koine. Rome. Jan. 2. The duke and duchess of Marlborough, who have been spending a few days here, have gone to Naples, from which place they will sail for Kgvpt on Saturday next. TKESII FOREIGN GOSSIP. The Hamburg-American Steamship company's vessels will in future touch at Plymouth, Kngland, instead of South ampton. The czarina opened a great charitable bazuar in the iWntei- Palace, St. Peters burg, nt which .Mrs. Breckinridge, wife of the American ambassador, assisted. SPARKS FROM WIRES. Michael Daunting celebrated New Year's Day by shooting himself ut his home in Harlem, New York, Adolph Strubel Is under nrrest In New York for fatally shooting Matthias Gelt nvr, with whom he had quarreled. The death sentence on Francis Shertls, the Beauharnols murderer, at Ottawa, Ontario, has been commuted to life Impris onment. The New York commissioners of Re counts have cut down their clerical forL-e In order to limit expenses lo the reduced appropriation. A gang of drunken New Year's eve roughs raided Pell's restaurant, at l'Jii Bleecker street. New York, and wrecked the establishment. Policeman Patrick J." Lynch, of New York, had a desperate struggle on a llfth story roof with two burglars, but uld came and he captured them. As a result of a railroad accident near Lafayette, La two children of Helard Ulrouard are at the point of death and two others are seriously Injured, SOI POLITICAL HISTORY Facts ISrougbt to Light by Senator Sherman's Recollections. G0VEKX0K rOKAKEKS XEKVR He Withstood Temptation and WaiTruo to His Friend to the Last-Causes That Led to the Nomina tion of Uarrison. Now York, Jan. 2. The discussion evoked by the publication of Senator Sherman's recollections is bringing to light a great deal of political history, some of which is of extraordinary in terest und importance. A complete his tory of the convention which nominuted Harrison will perhaps not be written, but a great many salient facts hus been related within the last few days. Sen ator Klklns, of West Virginia. In an In terview In Washington, recently said that he was Mr. Iflalne's personal rep resentative In the convention of IMS and was In frequent communication with him by cable. He, und he ulone, possessed the cipher code of which they made use. "The lllulne forces In the convention In 1SNK," suld Mr. Klklns. "were compact and efficiently organized. The nomina tion of General Hurrlson wus not the result of a bargain of any kind, us Sen ator Sherman hus perhaps been led to believe. It grew naturally out of the situation and was Inevitable. Many of tho Hlnlne men wanted to go to Gov ernor Fornker. In the excitement Inci dent to the continued refusal of Mr. Hlnlne to allow his name to be placed before the convention from the time of Its adjournment Saturday until Mon day, there wus considerable discussion us to candidates and who would be numed. A great many Ulnine men and others discussed the nume of Fornker on the ground thut he could perhaps have the entire vote of Ohio In case It broke away from Sliermnn. This went so fur thnt some of Mr. Hlnine's friends who were very friendly to Foraker and admirers of him urged him to become a candidate. Governor Foraker not only said once, but often, that under no circumstances would he permit his name to be used in connection with tho presidency; so long ns the name of Sen ator Sherman was before the commit tee." Today n representative of the TTnlted Press had a talk with the Hon. Samuel Fesswndcn about the convention of 1S88. Mr. Fesscnden is the Connecticut mem ber of the Republican national com mittee nnd has been for a number of years. He was a devoted friend of Mr. Hlalue's and has been one of the lead ing spirits In the last three Republican national conventions. He said: "I re member perfectly the incident to which Senator Klklns refers. Mr. ltlaine had finally declined. His determination could not be shaken. We were at sea nnd casting about for some one else. We hud discussed a number of the older leaders of the party and several of us who were very uctlve Hlalne men came to the conclusion that we would unite most effectively, upon a newer and a younger man than any of those who had been formally named as a candi date. l'orakcr's Attainments. "Foraker, of Ohio, hud by his pres ence, his oratory, his earnestness and his magnetism mude a powerful Impression upon the convention. It seemed to me and many of my friends that he wns the man to go to. I discussed the matter with Mr. Klklns nnd others und about 2 o'clock on Monduy morning we were tuken to the room of Governor Fornker by Mr. Kurtz, a delegate from Ohio, bom we asked to conduct us. We found Governor Foraker had gone to bed. After some delav we were admitted in ther reluctantly to his bedside. We sat down on the bed beside him and told him we had come at nn Important moment and upon very Important busi ness and we desired his eurnest atten tion while we stated the case. We then went over the ense carefully, showed that the Hlulne following controlled the convention nnd assured him thut If he would consent to become a candidate we could muster more than .loo votes. We told him that Mr. Hlnlne was out of the nice and that the majority of his friends seemed more disposed to support him (Forakerl than any one els "We made It very clear to lilm thet If he would consent to heeonm n candidate he could l- nominated without fall and without dlfllculte nn the first or second ballot Moni ny. We fissured Governor Fornker flint w desired no pledges or promises from him respecting policies or patronage and that we onlv wanted Mm to ntrree not to got up and decline the nomlpntlon after the co-n-epilon had made him Its candidate. Mr. For nker. without hesitntioii. said firmly nnd emphntlenllv: T thank yon. gen tlemen, with nil mv benrt. but T could not necept Hie rumination If it enme to me. unless Mr. Sliermnn first withdrew end risked me to becnm" a candidate. T fecl sure he vlll not. do that. I came here to trv ami nomlnnt" him nnd can not consider the proposition to become n candidate. I will stand by him.' Would Shun Garfield's Position. "1 then tried." continued Mr. Fe senden, "to convince him that the sit uation was beyond his control. I called ntttentlon to the fact that Gnrfleld had accepted the nomination after It was plain that Mr. Sherman could not be nominated. "Governor Fornker answered, quick ns a Hash: 'I can prevent my nomina tion anil will. It is not too late nnd I do not wish to be put Into the posi tion which Gnrfleld was forced Into.' "This closed the Interview with Gov ernor Foraker and the lines were at once closed un for Harrison nnd he as nominated easily and promptly, just ns Foraker would have been, had he chosen to become n cnndldnte himself." This Is n hitherto unrelated incident of the inside history of the Republican national convention of 1SS8 and It ought to set at rest forever the charge mude by some unthinking persons that Gov ernor Foraker was disloyal to Senator Sherman upon that occasion. WOULD FREE CONSCIENCE. Man I'lifnlthfiit to Public Trust In 1850 to Make (iood Ills Shortage. Kansas City, Mo Jan. 2. David Crockett Hoggs, who was tax collector of Wyandotte county, Kansas, in 1K59, and who disappeared in that year with a Bhortage of about $5,000. returned to Kansas City today to make good his shortage, lie Is a son of W. L. Hoggs, who was governor of Missouri in ls&t '30. When he disappeared he entered the confederate army and served under General Forrest In the Second Missouri cavalry. At the close of the war he went to Colorado and engaged In the stock busi ness. His residence Is now at Montrose, Colo. HeUeslred, he said, to die with a clear conscience, and as he was old, asked that he be not made to sttlTer for his youthful misdoings, His wish will doubtless be granted, . HNLEYS ttEAT ANNUAL' LIEN Will commence Mai- Our annual clearing sale of table lln ens, previous to Inventory, has always been looked forward to with Interest by Intelligent housekeepers, and Judging from the muny inquiries already mad concerning this one It will be no excep tlon to any of Its predecessors. The values we offer are always appre elated, and during this sale IRRE S1STIBLK BARGAINS will be brought forward from day to day and will com prise everything throughout the de. partment, from a table linen at Twenty live Cents a Yard to one of our Double Satin Damasks, at Two Dollars and a Half or over; also, In table napkins from One Dollar a Dor.cn up to Fifteen. Quotations on goods of this class are no criterion of their values, but are often misleading. Therefore we Invite you to a personal inspection of otit stock, knowing that you will not only be Interested, but that we can save you at least Twenty-five Cents on every, dollar Invested. F,xtra choice line of Dinner and Tea Sets.- Lunch Cloths, Center pieces, Doy lies, etc. Our usual fine assortment of German "Sllver-Oleuch" Damasks. Agency for John S. Urown & Sons' lln ens, "Best In the World." Sale commences Monday. morning- and will last for ten days. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE i$g6 Increase every day In the year; more good shoes make more good friends. 1H AND lid WYOMING AVE. WHCHEL THE JEWELED "W1SHKS KVKKYUODY. A Happy New Great reductions In prices before taking inventory in ... . WatcSaes, BiaiieiMs sni Silverware. V4D8 Spruce St. iYar Dime Bank. FOR COAST DEFENCES. Statement of Needs of Sea Coast Cities Will Bo .Made Today. Washington, Jan. 2. Senator Squlra has called a meeting of the committee on coast defences for Immediate consid eration of his bill on fortifications and coast defences. General Craighlll, chief of engineers, United States Army, will make his statement to the committee tomorrow (Friday) as to the needs of the scBcoast cities and his ability to erect the fortifications If the appropri ation of $S7,000,0(M) ahull be made as called for by the bill of Senator Squire. General Flagler, chief of ordnance, will also make his statement to the committee as to the manufacture of guns, mortars, gun carriages, and pro jectiles as soon as he ran be heard. WEATHER REPORT. For eastern Pennsylvania, cloudy and threatening weather, possible light snowj In northwest portion; colder in north- west portion Friday: decidedly caiar.FU. duy night. 1711 I -J
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