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UNDER HEAVY BONDS. Awrwtarr Cil'mon of tho Whlakj Trout Ai tad In Chicago and Keqalrert to Far mtmh Hall In (ho Sum of 0,0I0 on m Charge of Conspiracy to lllow I'p Ii 4illerle Not Mrmbrra of ihe Trust. Chicago, Feb. 12. George J. Gibson, ecrctury of the great whisky trust, has n arrchted by United States officials the charge or tcing a participant tn . gigantic conspiracy involving' the de tection of life and a vast amount of property. The conspiracy involved the destruction of the Shufeldt distillery and several others which are outside of the trust and which have given the whisky mbine a great deal of trouble. The arrest was made at the Grand Pacific Hotel shortly after 0 o'clock a. Dt., ly Inspector Stuart, of the Pot-Ofliee Department, Deputy United iitatcs Marshal Gilman and Treas ury Agent Brooks of New York. Gib son, who lives in Peoria, had just ar rived in the city ami was accompanied by his wife and daughter. He was taken into custody as he alighted from a. carriage at the door of the hotel, and wan at once hustled across tne street into the Government building, where tie was locked up in the United States Marshal's ofliee. Gibson was carrying a small Rachel at the time of the arrest, and this was captured by Inspector Stuart. In the sachet were found articles which con clusively proved the intentions of tho -conspirators. The contents of the sach el -were locked up in the safe in the in spector's ofiice. The specific charge against Gibson is that lie tried to brfbe an employe of the Government named De War to blow uj Sbufeldt's distillery. All the arrange ments had Wen completed for the fiendish work when De War informed the Government officials of the plan and prevented the consummation of the conspiracy. Solicitor Hart ha3 in his possession the dynamite machine with which the destruction was to be effected and papers closing the contract for the diabolical business. Solicitor Hart told the story to a re porter as follows: "Some months ago the Washington depart ment were assured that things wero not just straight, from the fact that the trust people tried their best to have a certain man appointed inspector cf the department for this district. We set a watch, tacon T. S. DeWar was communicated with, and this man Gibson opened up a correspondence with him. We have the correspondence. Uibson felt his man cautiously, tellii.? him at llrst that Shufeldt's concern was in the way and that they wero trjcg to pet it out tS the way. lie got a littVr bolder soon and finally, led on by De- " "War, who was all the time in consultation with tlx cepartment. he made a straight proposi tion. He offered DeWar lO.OJD, and then ia- - rrcasd the oiTer to $'J.V00l, to blow up the concern. Gibson stated that he had a dynamite machine that could bo located just ut si.h3 of one of the large tanks, so that a few moments aiicr 11 was piaceu n woum expioue. There would be plenty of time, Gibson told De War, for him to get away and that he was the only man who could place it, because cf the fact that as a Government officer be had access to all parts of the building. "The result of the success of the conspiracy would have been that f e machine would have exploded between two of the immense tanks, making a terrible destruction, and leaving a sea of alcohol on tire. Gibson lied when tie told DeWar that the machine would not go off until he had time to get out. for it would have exploded at once, killing the man who placed it the very Instant, before he could possibly get away, thus desifroying the only evidence against the trust peo ple ami at the name time saving to them the XS,OUO that DeWar was to have received. In addition to the destruction of DeWar and the touiklirujs the success of the plot meant ua tjuestionably tl e ieath of 100 men working in toe place. 'As I say. Mr. He War, under our instructions, went the length oi the conspiracy to the point of doing the diabolical deed, and when Gibsoa at&s arrested he was waiting uneasily, expecting to hear of the explosion ul ilndniAtiiii t all tt,sc Ik'aa . Mini 1(1 II (IV s ... IIIUJK ..-(-J -.Mil all that property. We have in our possession all the evidence to substantiate UeiVar's story; the dynamite machine, the let Vers, the contract between DeWar and Gibson, In fact, every thing. The case is practically over so far as our department is concerned. "The case Is made." The whisky trust is a mammoth con eern, with a capital of $:., 000, 000. Ever tiince its formation, some years ago, it lias urged a bitter warfare against all the distilleries which refused to join it. The principal concern which refused to enter the combine was Shufeldt's big tliitillery on the North side. Early one morning in the fall of ls$ two lyxuunite bombs were thrown upon the roof of the distillery, and one of them exploded and tore a great hole in the rmf. Had the other tab exploded the destruction of the distillery would Have been complete, as directly tinder it was a room containing many thousands of barrels of inflam- mable spirits. The explosion pro duced a great sensation at the time, but iso clue to the guilty parties was ever obtained. It was freely charged at the time, however, that the whisky trust - was responsible for the crime. It will .be remembered that "Little Kunze" and Dan Coughlin, of the Cronia fame, were implicated in this ease. lEortiA, 111., Feb. 12. Great surprise was caused here by the news of the ar .ret in Chicago of George S. Gibson. 'Gibson came here fifteen years ago -'from Cleveland, O.. where he had been employed in a railroad office. He mar ried a daughter of E. Scoville, of Cleve land, a retired iron-mill man. Gibson was first employed as book-keeper in the Monarch distillery, and in 1ST9, -tvben the Western Export Associa- ' tion was formed, he was elected secretary- Since then he has continually -bold the office, although the whisky trust has adopted different names. He drew a yearly salary of S3.000 in the trust and was placed in the way of making several thousand more each ar 'jig vva.s poor when he came here, ,but is now rat-d at 5150.000 and owns a beautiful residence on Prospect bilL HOPE ABANDONED. O'Brien and Iilloo Dtseowraffed at tha Result of Their KfTorts to Settle the Irian Troubles -They Will lie torn to KtiRland and Herve Out Their Term lu 1'rlaon. London, Feb 12. William O'llrien has issued a long statement on the Irish Parliamentary party situation. He says: 'The experience of the past live weeks, gath ered in personal interviews, letters and news papers, confirms my conviction that only a hearty reunion can save the Irish cause. It is my duty to solemnly declare that no difficulty existed which a little more sacrifice of per sonal feelings on both sides might not have surmounted. No useful purpose can be served by publishing the details of negotiations, and I have, therefore, decided to regard them as con fidential; but I think none of the parties concerned will seriously question that on the main points a substantial agreement was established. I can not too strongly express with what feelings we found the settlement shipwrecked at the last momennt by mere con tests of words, which offer a shockingly inade quate excuse for committing the country to a struggle involving appalling influences. Ham pered at every step by a mischief-making sec tion of the press and also by responsible per sons who seemed to resent any attempt to give a less barbarous character to the conflict and the reconciliation impeded by persons fatally deceived as to cur own and our op ponents strength, the irreconcilables of all sections have carried the day. Dillon and my self can not ,ongcr stand their deplorable work. We should have been more sensitivo to the obliquity we incur by refusing to participate in such a conflict tad we ever shrunk from a conflict with Ireland's ene mies. We can do nothing mors till we have re covered freedom of action by getting through with the sentence standing against us. On the expiration of that term I shall be happy t submit myself to the judgment ot my constit uents; and if I can not otherwise assist I can enable them to commit their interests to other hands." Mr. O'Prien expresses the hope that the inevitable coiilict forced upon the country may be conducted without per sonal bitterness and degrading person ality, so that when the unhappy pas sions of the hour have exhausted them selves all may again co-operate in the Nation's cause. Mr. Dillon, in a short statement, ad mits that he had beer largely influenced to mediate by the action of Mr. Par nell's most prominent opponents. Mr. Parnell, he says, had been assailed with shocking personal vindictive ness and brutality in utter dis regard of what was due him in return for his splendid services. This personal element had in many minds hopelessly obscured the great public issues and driven thousands in Ireland and America into Parnell's camp who otherwise would have op posed his continued leadership. Mr. Dillon continues: "I have resented the whole of Mr. Parnell's proceedings. I was utterly unable to accept his leadership rfter the famous manifesto, yet had I been free from the sentence of imprison ment I should have found it difilcult, if not Impossible, to throw myself heartily into a struggle conducted in a method utterly abhorrent to ie. The Havre confer ence found myself in perfect accord with Mr. O'Brien on the facts submitted to me that no alternative but the arrangement he suggested would free our cause from disaster. I therefore felt it to be my duty cordially and loyally to support him in the difficnlt task he had under taken. Events have fully borne out Mr O'Brien's views and prof ed that the arrange ment he contemplated was perfectly possible, but from the beginning of the negotiations pow erful influences were working on both sides against peace, and we are now compelled sorrowfully to an nounce failure. Those who, either from ignorance or malice, sneered at and mis construed our efforts, will before long realize the full extent of their responsibility. For sy own part I can not even now abandon the hope that the good sense of the Irish people will as Bert itself and insist upon putting an end to an insane conflict that can result only in her bu rn. 'iatioc and ruin." Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon will im mediately return to England and sur render themselves to the authorities, and serve their terms in prison. FARM ANIMALS. Number and Value of the Various Kinds as Reported to the Department of Agri culture. Washington, Feb. 11. The esti mates of numbers and values of farm animals, made at the end of each year and returnable in January to the De partment of Agriculture, have been consolidated. There appears to have been little change in numbers, except on the Pacific coast and in certain portions of the Rocky mountain area, where the winter of 1SS9 00 was unusually severe. Losses were especially heavy on the Pacific slope. The number of horses on farms, as reported, is 14.0o5, 750, and the aver age price of all ages. S07, a decline from last year of S1.S4. The number of mules is 2,29(5,532, having an average value of S77.SS, a decline from last year of thirty-seven cents. The number of milch cows is IG.019,591, an increase of 6'3,708 from last year. The average value per head is 21.02, which is less by fifty-two cen ts than last year's average. There is a tendency to increase of dairying in the South, especially in the mountain re gion, which offers inducements of cheap lands and abundant grasses. Other cattle aggregate 36,S75,04S, including those on ranches. The highest value is S2S.G4 in Connecticut; the lowest $3.4(5 in Arkansas, and in Texas SS.89. The estimated number of sheep is 43,431,138; the average value S2.51, or an increase of 24 cents or more than 10 ' per cent. All other kinds of farm animals have declined slightly in price. A tendency to in crease of numbers is seen in most of the States, though the heavy losses from the severe winter of last year on the Pacific slope have decreased the aggregate. The aggregate of numbers of swine is 50,625,100, showing a de cline of nearly 2 per cent. The aver age value is S4.15, a decrease of fifty seven cents per head. The scarcity ol corn caused a slaughter of stock hogs in poor condition, tending to glut the market, and reduce the price tempo rarily ADMIRAL PORTER Daath of the First Naval Officer 4rrnjre ncnti for Ilia funeral Sketch of Ilia Life. Washington, Feb. 14. Admiral David I). Porter, who has been in fail ing health for some time, died sudden ly on Friday at his residence in this city. Dr. Wales, the physi cian attending Ad miral Porter, was hastily summoned to his bedside, but the Admiral was dead before he ar rived. All of the members of the Iavii I). roKTKit. family were at home at the time of his death. Word was at once sent to the President and the Secretary of the Navy and the flags on the White House and on all other public buildings were placed at half-mast. Secretary Tracy at once vis ited the family and conferred with them in regard to the funeral arrangements. It was settled that the funeral should be marked with the highest military honors and that the inter ment should be at the Arlington Na tional Cemetery. The President was informed of Admiral Porter's death by an orderly, and sent a feeling message of sympathy to the family. ' lie subse quently sent a message to Congress notifying that body of the death. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p. m. The Navy Department will be closed, the flag will be displa3'ed at half-mast at all navy yards and stations and on board all ships in commission, and seventeen minuta guns will bo fired at noon from each navy yard. The department will be draped in black and all . officers of the navy and marine corps will wear the badge of mourning for thirty days. The honorary pall-bearers will be: Vice-President Morton, General Scho field. Senators Manderson, McPherson and llawley, Representative Doutelle, Rear Admirals Rogers, Almy, Howells, Crosby and Stevens, and Governor Pat tison, of Pennsylvania. The death of Admiral Porter has been so long expected that it caused little excitement. The Admiral has for several months been practically dead to the world. He has not left his room since he entered it in October, on his return from his summer home at New port. His death finally came from the result of a combination of causes, not the least of which was his advanced age. The Admiral's death will result in no naval changes. . Though nominally on the "active list," he has leen in prac tical retirement for a great many j'ears. In fact, he could not be retired except at his own request and that re quest the vanity anA ambition which have ever been the Admiral's strongest characteristics would never permit him to make. He long ago determined to die at the head of the navy in name if he were not so in fact. Uy his death the rank of Admiral ceases to exist. The ranking officer of the navy now will be Rear Admiral Kimberly, who was executive officer of Farragut's flagship at Mobile bay, and who two years ago lost his own flagship, the Trenton, at Samoa. Admiral Porter leaves several child ren. One son is a Lieutenant in the navy, another is a Captain in the marine corps, and David Essex, the eldest son, was formerly an officer in the army. There are also one or two daughters. One of them recently mar ried Captain Campbell, of the army. During the war Admiral Porter received more than 5100,000 in prize money and since 1S70 he has received 813,000 a year as Admiral. He therefore leaves a very comfortable estate. David Dixon Porter was born in Chester.DeL, June 8, 1813, and after studying in Columbian college, Washington, accompanied his father in the John Adaci3 to suppress piracy in the West Indies. Subsequently he served in the Mexican navy and in entered the United States navy as midshipman. His promotion was rapid sm.il he became commander. When the civil war broke out he had charge of the steam frigate Powhatan, which wa3 cispatcbed to join the gulf -blockading squadron at Pensiicoia. Then, in 1SC1, he was placed in command of the mortar fleet which assisted Admiral Farragut in bombarding Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, lie also assisted ia the operations at Vicks burg. though the navy did not take a con spicuous part In the capture of that city. In 1862 he acted as rear-admiral of the Missis sippi squadron, and in January of the follow ing year helped General Sherman to capture Arkansas Post. In lSt4 he had command of the fleet that bombarded Fort Fisher, and in 1861 took part in the capture tf the same fort. In the course of the war Porter was four times voted the thanks of Congress. After the re bellion he was made Vice-Admiral and served as superintendent of the naval academy until 1869, being then detailed for duty in the Navy Department at Washington. He was appointed Admiral of the navy in 13T0. GOING ON A TOUR. President Harrison Contemplate an Ex tensive Trip When Congress Adjourns. Washington, Feb. 14. President Harrison is expecting to make a pretty extensive trip after Congress adjourns. No President has yet gone out to the Pacific coast, but this is what General Harrison expects to do. Presidents Hayes and Cleveland swung around through the Mississippi valley, and President Arthur went as far as the Yellowstone valley. Senator Stan ford some time ago invited President Harrison, on behalf of the Pacific coast, to make a visit, and the invitation was conditionally accepted. Now the Presi dent thinks he can go. He wili proba bly be accompanied by one or two mem bers of the Cabinet. 'The South will also be visited. The journey will prob- ably be begun in April. km THE BLACK VAIL. BflM Kate Drexrl Will II. rentier Be Known aa Slater Katherlne Her Final Vows Taken. PiTTHiiUKOH, Feb. 13. Miss Katherine M. Drexel, daughter of the late F. A. Drexel, the Philadelphia banker and millionaire, at 7 a, m. Thursday took the final vows which make her for life a sister of the Roman Catholic church. The solemn and impressive cere mony took place in the chapel of the convent of the Sisters of Mercy in this city, where Miss Drexel has served her novitiate for a j'ear and a half. Less than one hundred persons, including her relatives, a few intimate friends, the Sisters of Mercy and a iiuuiIkt of priests, were present on the occa sion. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadel phia, received the final vows and a ser mon appropriate to the occasion was preached by Cardinal Gibbons, who came especially from Haltimore to par ticipate. After the sermon Miss Drex el was invested with the black vail and became Sister Catherine. The event is a noteworthy one in the history of the Roman Catholic church from the fact that Sister Kathcriite pro poses to devote her life and fortune, the latter amounting to over S7,0i)(, 000, to the founding of a new order, and its special field of work will be among the Indians and colored people. The new order, which will le known as the Sisters of the I Messed Sacrament, has received the approba tion of Archbishop Ryan, of Phila delphia, who has had the mat ter under consideration for a lng time, and it is understood that it has also received the favorable consideration of one of the con gregation of cardinals who are in trusted with authority and discretion in such matters. The mother house will be in Andalusia, a few miles outside of Philadelphia. Attached to it will le the novitiate, where the young sisters will be trained for their future duties in teaching and administering to negroes and Indians. MANY SLAIN. A ltoilcr in a Ouclifc Factory Rxplodea, Wrecking the Ituildingr Thirly Dcatl i;xli-s Taken from the Itu lis. Qukiskc, Can., Feb. 13. The factory of the Quebec Worsted Com pany was wrecked at 9:45 a. l. Thursday by the explosion of a boiler, and nearly half a hundred people were killed. The explosion shook the city like an awful earthquake. Windows of houses half a mile away were broken by the concussion, and the walls of large buildings trembled as if about to fall. The factory of the worsted company is a complete wreck, and gangs of men are at work taking out the dead and dying. Up to noon thirty biKlies had been recovered, and the work of rescue was kept steadily on. Among those taken out dead were Engineer Thomas Sayles and Fireman John Doyle. The cause of the explosion is un known, but it is supposed that the feed pipe of the boiler was frozen. About 300 operatives were employed in the factory. They were mostly French Canadian girls, many of whom were among the killed and wounded. It is estimated that the fatalities will reach a number between forty and fifty. OFF FOR AN IRISH JAIL. Dillon and O'llrien Surrender- to the Kn Slish Police. Folkestone, Feb. 13. Messrs. Dillon and O'llrien,. upon their arrival at this place from Ioulogne-surMer, volun tarily surrendered themselves to the police authorities here. The police who had been apprised of the coming of the fugitives were also on th e lookout for the channel steamer. Immediately upon landing Mr. O'llrien and. Mr. Dillon, accompanied by Mrs. O'llrien and her mother, Mme. Raffaloxiteh, walked into the baggage-room and quietly sur rendered themselves into the custody of the police. There was no demonstra tion of any description made by the crowd of people who had assembled to witness the arrest of the Irish mem bers of Parliament. All present were silent and orderly. London, Feb. 13. At C:30 p. m. the Folkestone train, by which Messrs. Dillon and O'llrien were traveling in charge of an escort of police, arrived at Charing Cross railway station. Inspector Littlechild, of Scotland Yard, who was in charge of the police escort, after a pause suf ficient to allow Messrs. Dillon and O'Drien to receive the greetings of their friends escorted his prisoners to a car riage which was in waiting near the platform and they were driven to Scot land Yard. The prisoners will be held in custody at Scotland Yard until placed on board the morning marl train bound for Holyhead and Dublin. CLEVELAND ON SILVER. The Ex-President Expresses, Hlmnelf la Opposition to Free Coinage. New Yof.k, Feb. 13.- The following extract from G rover Cleveland's letter to the recent Anti-Silver mass-meeting at Cooper Union shows where the ex President stands on the silver question: 'It surely can not be necessary for- me to make a formal expression of my agreement with those who believe Voat the greatt perils would be initiated by the mJoption of the Bcheme embraced ia adopting the meas ure now ponding in Congress for an unlimited coinage cf silver in our mints. If we have devel oped aa unexpected capacity for the assimila tion cf a largely increased volume of the cur remcy, and even if we have demonstrated tha usefulness of such an increase, the conditions fall short of Insuring us against disaster it in the present situation we enter upon the dan gerous and reckless experiment of tree, ua limited aad it-dependent silver eoinacO MISSING WITH MILLIONS. A Pari Hanker IHaappeara with read llelonajlna; to Creditora Amounting te 4.00G.OOO. Pa run, Feb. 11. Great excitement prevails in the Faulourg Montuiartre owing to the sudden disappearance of a banker named Mace, living at l'i Rue Cabet. The police, on being notified, went to Mace's office and questioned his clerks, who one and all said that they did not know their master's private address; that until February ho had paid regularly the interest to all who had intrusted him with their money, but when the February bills fell due he had disappeared. Tho commissary of police received a letter from Mace announcing that his failing business forced loin to fly and that he intended to kill himself. The deficit amounts to S4, 000,000. During the afternoon tho excitement was intense and agitated crowds assembled in front of the bank, and only a strong police force prevented a riot. Mace opened a bank in Paris live years ago and attracted deposits by tho oiTer of unusually high interest which lie appears to have paid out of the prin cipal as it came in. At length he en!d keep up the pretense of solvency no longer, as many began to call for their deposits. There is but, 40, ODD francs in the bank to pay the army of depositors. In his letter Mae.' said that he had I ft his creditors all the money that he had. left, 1.000,000 francs, deposited ia tho Credit Lyonnais. ROASTED ALIVE. A I:iiiiu- Kuriifil to !:( Ii in flirt I'riinn at NpriiiKllI, III. Si'i:ionKi.i, III., Feb. 11. A tragedy in real life, was brought to light Tin's day by the burning of an outhouse on the premises of Mrs. N. Little, a prominent and wealthy woman in this place. When the crowd gathered around the burning buiMing they were startled to hear the shrieks' of a man evidently coniinrd within the structure, who for some reason unable to escape and was being roast -d to death in the flames. Every flTivt was made to rescue the unfort.iinuli; man, but in vain, and when the fire w;:u extinguished by the fin-men th- hor ribly distorted lxidy was found l amed to a crisp. The victim was Homer i.'iri ble, son of G. W. Kimble, of Denver, Col. lie was a nephew ! P. 1'. Kimble, a prominent merchant of this city, and discharged from the insano asylum at Jacksonville some ti:icygij as incurable. IJeing violent and dan gerous he was kept in this out-hous , where he was chained to his bed. The circumstances surrounding the ea -" are very mysterious. It is noi. L nown liow the fire originated, but it was probably from a ilcfective flue. FOOTWEAR FOR BRAZIL. American ISoot ami Shoe. M:tinl.n ; urt-rn Seek, tlio Kemoval of the Duly on TLoeir J'roduetx. Washington, Feb. 11. The boot and shoe manufacturers of the large cities are endeavoring to have Secretary Rlaine arrange a modification of the agreement with ISrazil by which the Urazilian tariff restrictions will le removed, from their goods. The agreement allows a 25-per cent, re duction on tariff rates on leather and manufactured goods except boots and shoes. That exception is not pleasing to the large boot and jdtoe manufacturers of I.oston, Rochester,. Detroit, Chicago and other places. Rep resentative Uaker, acting for the Koch ester dealers, has laid tlie matter be fore Secretary Illaine. The State De partment is expected to make an an swer in a few days. If it is a favorable one the boot and shoe manufacturers will begin exporting their products to Drazil. JAMES REIT PATH DEAD. Tha Noted .Journalist and Author Suc cumb to Injuries Ket-eutly Ileceived. New Yokk, Feb. 11. James Pedpath, the famous Irish Nationalist, Journalist and lecturer, and vice-president of the Anti-Poverty Society, who ws run down by a Fourth avenue horse-car op posite the post-oflice one day last week, died at 0:0. a. m. Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital from the e ITects of h is injuries. Mr. KeJpath wiw bora in UerwicJ: on Tweed, Scotland, in XSXi, and carr;e to this country with his parents in lM-i. Ho wa a printer, newspaper corrcspoudrnt and ed itor, an 1 was ltg connected with ths New York Tribune. He was a war corn--sponden. during the civil war and estahX'-hi.-d at Bosto i in lS'SS the H .dpath Lyceum Jlurau. He was the author tf several books of travel nd a his'ory of John Brown. Hi fame, how ever, rested chitfiy upon a f.er'j-es of letters which he wrote to the New Yorl; Tribune from Ireland in 1ST3 and lK depicting the sufferings and wrongs of the Iri.-h people. From that time he was thoroughly in sympathy with home rule and his latent venture was the establish ment of a weekly paper in New York devoted to the Irish caused VICTIMS OF THE STORM. Sona of a Minnesota Fanner I'erioU Tfce IMoc-ka e Kuled. Winona. Minn.. Feb. 11. Two beys. Eons of a German farmer named August Ford, were found d-ad Monday even ing two miles northwest of Utica. Tliey had perished in the blizzard. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11. The snow blockade on the different railroad lines in this State is about over, and trains are generally ou time. Nearly all the belated memlrs of the Legislature hae arrived. IUncock, Mich., Feb. 11. Herman Iletkampt an old soldier of this vicin ity, wa-. frozen to death in th woods during the ccld tuap, having lost fcia way.