C1ILEAN_AP0L0CY
Answer to the Ultimatum Delivered
to Congress.
The Whole Tone of the Document
Is Friendly.
Most Sincere Regret for the Bal
timore Incident
Matta Note Withdrawn In Courte
ous Language.
Patrick Egan Swallowed With
Scarcely a Grimace.
President Harrison Expresses the Opinion
That the DllBculty Can How Be
Speedily Adjusted Without
Special Powers.
Washington, Jan. 88.—In the me*
■age transmitting1 the additional cor
respondence on the Chilean affair to
congress today the president says:
"I am of the opinion that there is a
good prospect that the differences
growing out' of that serious alfair can
now be adjusted upon terms satisfac
tory to this government by the usual
methods and without special powers
of congress. This turn In the affair is
very gratifying.”
The Message.
1 The president’s message of transmit
tal is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives: I transmit herewith additional cor
respondence between this government and
the government of Chile, consisting of a
note of Mr. Montt, the Chilean minister at
this capital, to Mr. Blaine, dated January
23; a reply of Mr. Blaine thereto of
date January 27, and a dispatch
from Mr. Egan, our minister at
Santiago, transmitting the response of
Mr. Pereira, the Chilean minister of for
eign affairs, to the note of Mr. Blaine of
January 21, which was received by me on
the 26th inst. The note of Mr. Montt to
Mr. Blaine, though dated January 21, was
not delivered at the s4ate department till
after 12 o’clock, meridian, of the 25th, and
was not translated and its receipt notified
to me until late in the afternoon of that
day.
The Matta Note Withdrawn.
The response of Mr. Periera to our note
of the 21st withdraws, with acceptable ex
pressions of regret, the offensive note of
Mr. Matta of the llthult., and also the
request for the recall of Mr. Egan.
The treatment of the incident of the as
sault upon the sailors of the Baltimore is
so conciliatory and friendly that I am of
the opinion there is a good prospect
that the differences growing out of
that serious affair can now be adjusted
upon terms satisfactory to this govern
ment, by the usual methods and without
special powers from congress. This turn
tn the affair is very gratifying to me as I
am sure it will be to the cougres% and our
people.
The general support of the enorts of the
executive to enforce the just rights of the
nation in this matter has given an in
structive and useful illustration of the
unity and patriotism of our people. Should
it be necessary, I will again communicate
with congress on this subject.
Benjamin Harrison.
CHILE’S ANSWER.
The Friendly Tone oT the Reply Apparent
Anxious to Avoid War.
Chile’s answer to the ultimatum was
then laid before congress. The Chilean
minister of foreigu affairs recites the
terms of the ultimatum and continues:
The undersigned can assert that the as
sault upon the Baltimore sailors was not
caused by a hostile feeling towards the
uniform of the navy of the United States.
1 he undersigned admits that the occur
rence of October 16 was of greater gravity
than those which usually occur in the
*ame district and the fact that two deaths
have resulted from it among the sixteen
wounded men of the Baltimore, has in
duced the government of Chile to hasten
measures necessary to discover and pun
I# *ul*ty parties, to offer in due time,
there should be ground for so doing,
uch reparation as might he due.
Cause of Delay.
The preliminary examination was com
need on the morning which followed
e night of the conflict, but the investiga
[h«!♦ d not fi“i»hed with the rapidity
mat the government of Chile desired, be
moU8e ru*es °f procedure in criminal
ut u • a,re of 8low application. This de
w, waa inevitable, owing to tne in
ence which the judicial nu
am?t a°t, has compelled the gov
ent to delay, greatly to its regret, the
vn»,ement °* difficulty pending with
L government, and a spontaneous offer
*or any Injury done to the
*»ors of the Baltimore.
"hi Leave It to the Supreme Court.
>TOUr communication,and con
■ski ^at UP to date it has been impos*
thp ,..0r.the, tr*a* initiated by the judge of
cidpd court of Valparaiso to be de
dutv ♦ i Uader8igued regards it as his
emma° * eS!SFe once more that the gov
«f(Wnk°^lle ,amcats Jhe occurrence
•incer?t^P#u*a5<l hy way °* "bowing the
whioK M8 feeling and the confidence
his ^ 1168 *n the justice of
8 cause, he declares his willingness not
decision of the examining
fovVrn d Pr°P°ses to the United States
the «,v„m.*,n* *bat the case be submitted to
justioo slderation of the supreme court of
that k? ?? Washington, to the end that
i i.tnbuna1, with its learning and
Peal * f *?y* may determine, without ap
»ra innheth^r ,there *■ *ny ground for rep
mad* ’ and *n what shape it should be
j. Police Fores Weak.
fcrrin„U?^erslgncd would remind you, r
‘athnfiti .Lconduct of ‘he Valparala
liminarv »8’ th?4 lt aPPeara from the pr<
ouv d.i,; e,l*mioatlon that they sent wit
the forces•* j®ne of the conflict a
*Peciii sa‘‘heir disposal belonging to tl
C»le and ‘° ‘he police. Swanso
haai U’ini ° 8’ Harouy, Ponies, Cunnini
Sutler Talbo‘- Holland, Ho<lg
of the n n'. aeameu belonging to the ere
of th.t al,>more, stated to the Interpret)
la arre.?SBe* *£a* ‘he object of the poli<
boot an,, .? ‘hem was to shelter thei
peopie y a“empt at attack by the excite
teflon ““derslgned thinks that tl
W should Police in this ms
tivit »ae ini* ? Yen du® allowance for th
to j closeW Tl.« k'j recen‘ly been broug'
5rW%iii, ,“K~J ‘
uccu uruugi
lue body was not yet properl
nor did it have
<orce uiu i, nave t
4i,order of ** r*9ulr®d to put down
**•>0. In.k?uch proportions In a shi
this connection It ia proper
<eeratKi-r w.ord.,.“"d honorabU
of »tste Washington la hi*
adire*“d to the marquis Imperial!
un4 bearing date of May 81, 1391;
Out or Our Own Mouth.
irJuTL,V"0S0VCrDment- however civil.
2ed it mar be, however great may be the
vigilance displayed by its police and how
ever severe its criminal oode may be, and
however speedy and inflexible mav be its
administration of justice, that can
Shite-"!®® iU, own cltixens against
,v‘°?nce growing out of individual
malice or a sudden popular tumult”
J™* was precisely the situation of the
administrative authorities at Valparaiso
on the occasion of the oecurence whi.h
took place in October.
Importance or the Trouble Understood.
The undersigned hopes that the forego
ing will convince the honorable secretary
of state that the government of Chile at
taches due importance to the question now
under discussion; that he does not for a
moment hesitate to condemn in vigorous
terms the act committed on the ltith of
October, or to offer such reparation as is
just, and that he has not neglected the
opportunity to express these sentiments
,,ow- •'nc« °n various occasions
and through the plenipotentiaries of both
countries, he has forwarded explicit de
clarations on the subject to Washington,
rhe undersigned takes the liberty
to recall the fact that, live
days after he had taken
charge of the department of foreign re
ations, he add-essed to the minister of
ui 1 ,n the United States a telegram
which, in the part relating to this matter,
says: *
“Express to the United States govern
ment what has already been stated, add
ing all the data that are known in the
most correct and amicable forms. Ex
press to the United States government our
very sincere regret on account of this un
fortunate incident which, although npt
strange in the ports of the world, this gov
ernment doubly laments, owing to its sin
cere desire to cultivate friendly relations
with the Uuited States.”
Willing to Arbitrate.
If the United States government should
not accept the foregoing explanations as
satisfactory, notwithstanding that the ju
dicial authorities held the guilty parties
responsible for the disorder of October 16,
the undersigned must recall the circum
stance that the government of Chile,
through the medium of its minister in
Washington, has expressed the desire to
submit any misunderstanding to
decision by arbitration by anv power or
tribunal which may be indicated to it;
and in fact arbitration was suggested in
conference with the minister of Chile in
Washington on the 80th of December,
when the government of the undersigned
declared its good will and its resolve to
accept arbitration after the final judgment
which would not be further delayed many
days. In furtherance of its purpose to
give a speedy solution to the incident
in most f iendly terms the government
of the undersigned called upon its minis
ter, Senur Montt, who reported that not
withstanding i ertain observations made
by the American state department with
respect to the opportuness of resorting to
arbitration, he had nevertheless agreed
with the Honorable Mr. Biaine that if any
divergence of opinion or discord should
supervene after the verdict of the judge of
j Valparaiso, such controversy would ytfeld
j to arbitration. The undersigned hastened to
declare that he would fully accept such
an agreement for submitting to arbitra
tion, in terms as ample as those above in
| dicated, any difference of views w'hich it
may have with the government of the
United States concerning the incident of
the Baltimore. There is therefore submit
ted to the honorable secretary of state
of the department of foreign relations at
Washington the designation of either the
supreme court of justice of the United
States, or a tribunal, or arbitration to de
termine the reparation which Chile may
have to make for that lamentable occur
rence.
Matta Note Withdrawn.
As for the dispatch addressed under
date of December 11, to the Chilean minis
ter in Washington by the minister of for
j eign relations of the provisional govern
ment, the undersigned submits
that there could not be on
the part of the government
of Chile the purpose to inflict any offense
upon the government of the United States
with which it desires ever to cultivate the
most friendly relations. Consequently the
undersigtied deplores that in the telegram
there were employed, through error of
judgment, expressions which are offensive
in Ihe judgment of your gov
ernment Declaring in ’ the ful
fillment of a high duty of courtesy and
sincerity toward a friendly nation, that
the government of Chile absolutely with
draws the said expressions, the under
signed t usts that this frank and explicit
declaration, which confirms that which
had already been made to the honorable
secretary of state at Washington, will
I carry to the mind of his excellency, Mr.
Harrison, and his government, that the
president of Chile, far from enter
taining a feeling of hostility, has a lively
desire to maintain unaltered the good and
cordial relations which, up to the present
time, existed between the two countries;
a declaration which is made without res
ervation in order that it may receive such
publicity as your government may deem
suitable.
Egan Swallowed.
Wliu rej^uru iu iuo bu^csuuu wauc
| touching the change of the personnel of
your legation, to which the instructions of
the honorable secretary of state refers, it
is incumbent upon the undersigned to de
clare that the government of Chile will
take no positive step with
out the accord of the government
of the United States, with which it desires
to maintain its affairs in friendly under
standing.
The undersigned brings this already
long communication to a close in the as
surance that he has therein set forth
everything that can fully satisfy your
government. The government of Chile
cherishes the conviction that the relations
with the government of the United States
should be sincerely and cordially main
tained under the shelter of that mutual
respect and that good understanding
which are based upon the just
and equitable appreciation of
the facts and on the ap
preciation to be given to the spontaneous
declarations made on the other side. The
undersigned moreover declares that in
presenting it# explanation his govern
ment finds its inspiration iu the words of
the instructions which you have quoted nnd
which assure tho government of Chile
that the president is not disposed to exact
or ask anything which your government
would not under the circumstances spon
taneously concede.
With sentiments of- distinguished con
sideration, I am vour obedient servant. -
Loris Pekxiiu.
I await instructions. Eots.
GOAL BARGES SINK.
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Bushels
of Goal Dumped Into the Ohio.
Cairo, III, Jan. 38.— One hundred
and fifty thousand bushels of coal, in
six barges, was dumped into the Ohio
river by striking pier No. 3 of the Illi
nois Central bridge. Tho fleet, con
sisting of twenty pieces, was in tow of
the Smoky City. Owing to the wind
the boat failed to get into shape while
nearing the piers and saddlebagged
part of the tow on pier No. 2, Illinois
side. The boat received no injury,
although at one time lookers-on
from the shore supposed she would bo
lost. The tugs Ariadne and Theseus
caught the uninjured barges and landed
them. The loss will reach 820,000.
LIKE THE 600D OtD TIMES
An Old Man Suspected of Witch
craft Murdered.
tta Stroked HU Whisker* and Twlated
Hla Handa In an. Uncanny Manner
and Waa Slow In Pay Ins Debta
—New York Civilisation.
Cai.i.icoon, N. Y., Jan. 30.—This
little town 1a situated In the corner of
a prosperous farming country, where
money Is expended liberally for edu
cational purposes, and yet it was
thown at an Inquest that an inoffen
sive old man was murdered recently
because he was believed to be a witch,
lie had lived near here for over forty
years. On January 10, two miles out
side of the village of Jefferson,
George Markert was murdered and the
next day Adam Heidt and his son were
arrested charged with the deed. In
vestigation by detectives from New
York city showed that the old man
had been waylaid while on his way
home, shot and then pounced upon by
some one armed with a heavy club.
The assailant or assailants beat his
head in and when he was dead sev
eral bullets were put in his body to
make sure that the work
was complete. At the inquest yester
day the elder Heidt clearly showed the
cause of the murder. He sai 1 Markert
was his brotber-in-law and owed him
C600. He had asked Markert for this
money, and the old man patted him on
the shoulder and declared he was a
right good brother-in-law. From this
time Heidt said he grew sick but re
covered when Markert moved away.
Later the old man came back and from
the instant Ilcidt shook hands with
him, he says, his sickness came back.
Heidt continued:
A year ago last spring he came to my
house and we shook hands, and I toon him
to the cellar and treated him to cider. I at
once got strange feelings In my eyes. We
went up stairs and sat down, he opposite
me. He stroked hts whiskers and twisted
his hands at the end of euch stroke
as if he was throwing something
from them at me He saw that I noticed
it and he stopped. When I turned my
i head he did the same thing again. 1 went
and looked in the glass. My face was yel
low, with a blue rim around my eyes. He
then went home. 1 told my wile to look
at my face, and that Markert was a witch
and had cast a spell upon me.
Heidt told how his illness continued
and how ho became convinced that
Markert had bewitched him. Then he
said he fouud a pistol, but denied hav
ing kille'd his brother-in-law. Further
evidence ffhowed that at least a score
of Heidt's neighbors agreed with him
in the belief that Markert had be
witched him. Heidt admitted that the
death of Market did not help him.
PULITZER'S PRINCELY OFFER
Scott, of the Chicago Herald, Asked to
Take Charge of^the World.
Nkw Yobk, Jan. 30. — Half a
million dollars for lire years’ services,
8100,000 a year, twice as much as the
salary paid to the president of the
United States That is the figure re
cently offered by a newspaper pub
lisher to another newspaper publisher,
and actually refused by the latter.
The one that offered it was Joseph
Pulitzer, of the World, and the one
that vefused it was James W. Scott,
publisher of the Chicago Herald and
the Chicago Evening Post.
The proposition, which was made by
Mr. Pulitzer when the Chicago pub
lisher was in this city last week in at
tendance on the meeting of the execu
tive committee of the American News
paper Publishers’ association, em
braced a five years' contract at the
figure named, with other inducements
that would have considerably
increased the sum total, upon
condi lion that Mr. Scott set
tle in New York for the period
named and give his entire time and at
tention to the management of the
World. This offer, enormous as it was,
however, was declined on the ground
that with Chicago on the eve of the
world’s fair it would be impossible for
Mr. Scott to relinquish direct super
vision of his two newspaper proper
ties in that city. It is said that noth
ing approaching this salary has ever
been offered before to any man in any
profession or line of business in this
country. For a few years before his
retirement the late President Tom
Scott, of the Pennsylvania rail
road, drew a presidential sal
ary, 950,000 a year, and this
was regarded at the time as
.-.o enormous a figure that many a visit
ing foreigners sought an introduction to
him simply to see the man whose
executive ability was considered worth
that expenditure.
MASHEDON MARGARET MATHER
A Crank Incult* the Actress st Louisville
and I* Arrested.
Louisville, Jan. 30.—“Oh, I love
you, let me kiss you,” were the words
that astonished Miss Margaret Mather
as she came from her dressing room to
go upon the stage at the Masonic
theater late Wednesday night. The
speaker was Robert Dunlop, a member
of one of the wealthiest families of
Waterville, Albany county. New York.
“Let me kiss you,’’again pleaded the
stranger. Miss Mather indignantly
replied: “No, sir; I do not know you.”
She then turned upon her heel, went
to her dressing room and shut the
door. Nothing daunted, the indi
vidual followed, and, rapping loudly,
demanded admittance. Not till he
was threatened with arrest did he de
sist Then he walked to the back por
tion of the stage, and, beckoning to
one of the hands, inquired the location
of the dressing room of Mr. Skinner,
one of the actors, lieing directed to
the place, he opened the door and, ad
vancing toward Mr. Skinner, ex
claimed: “How are you old fellow?
Won't you have a cigar?” at the same
time reaching in his vest pocket for
the weed. At length he became so
troublesome that detectives placed
him under arrest and he was locked up
at the jail. Dunlop's father was noti
fied by telegraph and tomorrow morn
ing detectives will probably start back
to New York with young Dunlop,
DEMONSTRATION POSTPONED
_
London Socialists Will Mot Turn Out To*
morrow.
London, Jan. S3.—The trades peo
ple of the West End are breathing »
a little inoro freely today as a result of
tlie determination of the socialist io
clement to postpone its demonstration
at Chelsea from tomorrow until tho
Inst Sunday in February. The objoot
of the demonstration is to protest
against the prohibition by Home Sec
retary Matthews of outdoor meetings
for the furtherance of anarchy und so
cialism. From the number of societies
and clubs that had signified their in
tention of turning out it seemed prob
able that a third of a million people
would rally at Chelscn Tho
police had given It out
that they proposed to prevent
the delivery of speeches, even if it be
came necessary to use violence, and
orders had been quietly issued for the
troops at the Chelsea barracks to hold
themselves for orders at * moment’s
notice. The program also embraced a
procession through London to Trafal
gar square, and hence the alarm of the
| shop keepers, who naturally feared a
repetition of the scenes of rowdyism,
window breaking and looting that
hnvo marked some previous demon
strations of the mob element It is
not improbable that before the dato
to which the affair has been post
poned comes around the government
will issue a proclamation forbidding its
taking place, and in that event, should
the .lenders of the societies presist in
their program, they would be liuble
to arrest for treason.
SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS
It Will Not Moot for a Month--Consl:l«r
1ns Important Canos.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The supreme
court today adjourned for one month,
and upon its reassembling it is ex
pected that several important decisions
will be handed down. It is understood
that Chief Justice Fuller will write
the opinion of the court in the applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus in the
ease of the Chicago anarchists. This
will be a task of considerable magni
tude, as scores of authorities must bo
examined as a consequence of the nu
merous points cited by General Uutler
and Attorney Solomon. Members of tho
bar who were present in the court room
during the delivery of the arguments
and followed them closely are about
equally divided in opinion as to
whether the decision will bo in favor
of the convicted men or will support
the position taken by the state.
One Gleam of Hope.
Joi.iet, 111., Jan. 30.—The next thirty
days will seem a century to Fielding
and Schwab, who are serving a li'e
term in the penitentiary for their
complicity in the anarchist outbreak
that culminated in the massacre of
iiaymarket square. They have only
one gleam of hope in the blackness of
darkness of their fate, and thut gleam
is that the United States supreme court
will decide that they are imprisoned
without due form of law. In this
event they will be free men, otherwise
nothing is before them but slavery and
final death within the gray walls of
the penitentiary. Whether the de
cision. in the event of it being favor
able, will also release Neebe, who is
under sentence of fifteun years, is a
mooted question, as his case did not
figure in the arguments made at Wash
ington.
BY THE PEOPLE.
A Measure to Choose Senators by Direct
« Vote.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The house
committee on election of the president
and vice-president and members of
congress met today and dis
cussed the several joint resolutions
before the committee proposing amend
ments to the constitution for the elec
tion of senators by a direct vote of the
people. After some discussion a test
vote was taken on the
principle involved in the
several propositions The vote
showed that the members of the com
mittee were almost unanimously in fa
vor of reporting a measure providing
for the eleetion of senators by the
people. The motion was thenlidjourned
till Wednesday next, when a special
meeting will be held to discuss the
matter further and decide in what form
it shall be reported to the house.
The vote on the principle was decisive
and the question remaining to be
decided is whether or not the resolu
tion shall make the election of senators
by the people mandatory or leave it tc
the state.
WILL MEET IN ‘FRISCO.
The Annuel Convention of the Notional
Editorial Association.
San Francisco, Jan. 30.—The de
cision of the executive committee of
the National Editorial association to
hold its jiext annual convention in this
city has been received with consider
able satisfaction and already several
committees have been appointed to
attend to the various details that in
the aggregate will insure for the vis
itors a hearty reception and hospitable
entertainment while they are here.
The convention will be held in April
next and the delegates will leave Chi
cago and St Louis on the 11th of that
month.
VICTORY FOR THE ALTON.
The Famous Boycott Practically Declaret
Off Today.
Chicago, Jan. 30. — The boycott
against the Chicago and Alton rail
road practically came to an end today
General Passenger Agent Charlton,
of that road received notices thii
morning to the effect that the
New York Central, the Michigan
Central and the Pennsylvania
railroad had arranged to resume pas
senger relations with the Alton road
February 1. Mr. Charlton replied that
he had no objection to their doing so,
and thus the celebrated boycott was
brought to an end.
Weekly Bunk Statement.
New York, Jan. 30.—The weekly bank
statement today shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, 13.018,000:
loans, increase, 16,380,100; specie, in
crease, 93,700,'tUC: legal tenders, increase,
•VJ38,200; deposits, increase, 113,041,600;
circulation, decrease, 373,400.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
The senate.
W*»msoTOS, Jan. SO.—The Senate
passed u bill appropriating 111110,000 for a
public building at Leadvllle, Col.
The LaAbra caae waa taken up and at 8
► m. waa atill under dlachaalon.
Washington, Jan. if.—The lime of the
aenate waa taken up with mutter* of a
routine nature.
Mr. Morgan asked Immediate considera
tion of n reaolution calling for the state
department correspondence with China
regarding Mr. Blair.
Mr. Hoar thought the reaolution should
go to the foreign committee.
Mr. Sherman deprecated Immediate no
tion when It wa* not clear that the cor
respondence was closed. ,
Mr. Morgnn modified hi* resolution so
that insteud of directing the secretary of
state to furnish the cortospoudcnec It left
it with the discretion of the president.
The resolution as modlHed was adopted.
Mr. llonr, from the committee ou elec
tions, called up a resolution declaring
Horace Chilton entitled to the scat In the
the senate made vnonut by the resigna
tion of James Kcngan. After some de
bate the resolution was adopted and Mr.
Chilton was confirmed In his seat.
Wahiii oton, Jan. tin—In the senate
almost Immediately after the rending of
journal, Assistant Secretary Priiilen was
announced with tlio president's addi
tional message on the Chilean affair.
After the message hud been read
Mr. Sherman, chairman of the
committee on foreigu affairs, said; "I
desire to say I and every member of th*
senate, I believe, will heartily concur in
congratulations over the hopeful and hon
orable settlement to both parties of this
unfriendly difficulty and unpleasant Inci
dent” these remarks wera received
with signs of acqulcsence. Mr. Chandler
asked that the communication from Mr.
Egan to Hecretary Blaine be also read,
stating that It wan not long. Mr. Egan's
dispatch, with Its enclosure from the
Chilean minister of foreign affairs, was
read by the chief clerk ami then without
further comment the senate proceeded
with rouline business.
Washington Feb. 1.—In the senate to
day Mr. Vance, of the commllteo on the
District of Colmnblu, reported with an
amendment a house bill atne-ndlng the
corporation law of the Distrletof Columbia
so as to continue the charters of certain
local tire Insurauco companies about to as
pire. The bill as amended was passed by
the senate.
Tli« Hou«0.
Washington, Jnn, 120.—Thojp were few
people In the galleries and not over 150
members pro sent when the house con
vened. The chaplain In his prayer gave
thanks for the recovery of the speaker.
Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, intro
duced a resolution requesting the presi
dent to inform the house whether any
answer had been received from Minister
Egan or the Chilean government
to the dispatch of our government to
Chile of January 21, and 11 so from
whom, and when it was received and also
to communicate to the house all correspon
dence on t lie Chilean trouble not already
communicated. Adopted.
Mr. Breckinridge addressed the house
on hi* resolution, and said that it ap
peared possible that the government of
Chile had sent au answer to
the dispatch repeated in the presi
dent’s message He criticised tlio
president for sending his lnessnge to con
gress before an answer to this dispute!)
was received.
Mr. Blount, chairman of the foreign af
fairs committee, said no discussion of the
question ought to be thrown upon the
house at Ibis lime. The committee will
deal with the entire question fairly
honestly and patriotically and would ex
haust all information to be hud from the
correspondence. The line of safety was
the line of deliberation. [Applause.*]
Mr. Herbert, chairman of the uaval
committee, said the situation was no less
grave today than it was yesterday. No
one could say that the dispatch to the
I newspapers regarding Chile was correct.
I There was reason to doubt the
dispatch lie deprecated the passage of
the resolution at this time. White not in
tended to be *o it would seem to be an act
of bad faith to the house aud to the
country.
Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, did not
think his colleague's icsolution necessary*
We should act deliberately and not as
partisans, but ns patriots [Applause.)
He thought the resolution should go to the
foreign affairs committee.
Mr. Hill, of Illinois, chairman of tho
foreign affairs committee in the last con- j
gre&s, thought the committee able to take
charge of the matter.
Washington, Jan. 27.—There was a
small attendance of members when the
house met this morning
Hatch, ot Missouri, introduced a bill
providing that olcomai garine transported
into any state or territory shall be sub
ject to the laws of such state or territory
the same as if manufactured therein, lfo
ferr^d to committee on agriculture
Washington. Jon. 28.—At 12:45 the pres
ident’s second message and accompany
ing documents were laid before the house
and read. There was a general feel
ing of satisfaction prevalent in the
house that the mooted Chilean question
was to be amicably settled by diplomatic
methods. On motion of Mr. Biount the
message and correspondence were re
ferred to the committee on foreign affuin».
u«ncr.ii uppiuuse jouoweu me reading.
Wasiungt n, Jan. till.—In the house to
day the report of the committee on rules
was proceeded with. Mr. Campbell's
amendment to give the committee on the
District of Columbia charge of district ap
Sroprintions led to a debate, during which
Ir. Blount criticised Mr. Holmun's re
marks concerning extravagance in the
postal expenditures and said the increaso
was entirely due to the growth of the
country and was a public necessity.
Mr. Bayers, of Texas, defended the com
mittee on appropriations, which he
thought was the proper custodian of all
appropriation bills. He attacked Mr.
Hemphill and said the district committee
had increased the expenses.
Mr. Hemphill replica warmly, saying
that the appropriation committee * when it
had charge of the district bill bad appro
priated money for the tunnel after they
knew that the water works were a com
plete failure.
The debate, beginning to assume a wide
latitude, and to provoke considerable per
sonal discussion, it was unanimously
Agreed that it should be limited to one
hour. During the debate, the charge that
real estate speculation resulted from the
district committee's jurisdiction was
hinted at and repelled.
Washington, Jan. «0.—In the house to
day the chaplain in his prayer, alluded to
the recent death of Hon. L. C. Houff, and
referred to his long and valuable services
as member of the have.
Several members attempted to get
recognition for the introduction of bills,
which led to considerable confusion.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, offered a reso
lution, which was passed by the house,
authorizing the committee on judiciary to
investigate the charges preferred against
Hon. Alexander Boorman, judge of the
district court for the Western district of
Louisiana, who was charged with high
crimes and misdemeanor
Mr. Heed asked that unanimous consent
be given for the introduction of bills and
resolutions by handing them to the speaker
for reference.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, objected on the
ground that in the last congress bills and
resolutions were not properly referred by
the speaker.
Mr. Reed retorted: “I hope the gen
tleman does not mean to insinuate
that the present speaker would follow the
evil example cited iu the last congress.”
(Laughter.)
Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, called
for the regular order, being the consider
i ation of the report of the committee on
1 rules.
Mr. Catching* moved that Me forth**
connlderatlon of tb* oommitt**’* report ha
poatpuned until Monday. No qporm*
voting on the motion Mr. Buchanan called
for teller*, but before the oonah
wae completed, he eald It
being apparent that the party, which
hod a two-tbtnle majority could not com
mand a quorum he would relent, and tha
motion wae agreed to.
Mr. Burrowe moved to recontlder th#
vote, a* he deelred to give the democrat*
an object lemon of what eould ha don* ua
der the proponed now rule*.
Mr. dprliigcr then moved to lay thl*
meaeure on the table, no quorum voting;
Mr. Burrow* raleed that point and Mr.
Springer anked for a yea and nay vote,
'Ine moll
motiou to lay on th* table
adopted by a vote of 181 to id). Publi*
business wa* eutpended at 1 o'clock and
tribute* of respect wer* then paid to th*
memory of L. C. iiauk.
Washimoton, Feb 1.—In the houie today
Mr. Hoar ro*e to correct the record and
referred to Mr. Morn*, of Mnsaacliuscttc,
a* having printed remark* that be neve*
uttered. He laid that tho republican
■tntenman wa* very found of ranking Into
print, and that hi* speech n* printed wa*
never delivered In the homo.
Mr. Mor*o replied In a facetious man
ner, Indulging In *arcnsm at Mr. Hoar'*
expense, and maintaining that be had a
perfect right to moke correction* in hi*
■peechea.
Mr. Uour replied that It wa* not a cor
rection, but that the speech bad never
been delivered.
BOLD PARDRIDQE.
A Deal Never Xqnaled by a Grain Specu
lator.
Chicago, Feb. t.—KPar drldge, tb*
speculator, who ha* recently attracted!
attention by hi* great deal* In wheat,
furnished a fresh surplso Saturday
afternoon, Instead of endeavoring t*
protect the vast quantities of wheat
which he was believed to have sold
during the day, ho tncrcasod his llabil
itieji and electrified the trade at larg*
by soiling "calls” on possibly 4,000,00©
bushels more.
It was the boldest bit of speculation
the board has brobably ever seen.
Hutchinson. In his palmiest days, never
made a single play of such stupendou*
proportion* Hutchinson's snlo of
1,000,000 bushels of wheat in on*
lump to Leopold Bloom was, up
to that time, the largest individual
trade made, and it certainly lias not,
until Mutnrday, been distanced. Par
ti rid go sold "calls" on 1,000,000 bushel*
of wheat in one lump and followed tbi*
up by sales of about 11,000,000 bushel*
more. The fact thut the privilege*
were sold less than half u cent away
from tho actual market and that they
lire good for all day Monday makes th*
feat even more during than if he had
sold the actual wheat at the market
Tho effect of tho transaction* and
I’ardrldgo'B known probity, wealth and
reliability set the whole speculutiv*
world in uproar.
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TERRIBLE DESTITUTION.
A. Moving N«UI«r*ii Faintly Without Foodl
anil Hhellar In a lllluartl.
Gutiiicik, O. T., Felt 1.—One of tha
most horrible cases of destitution and
suffering' on record comes to this citjr
from tire l'ottowatoinie reservation.
When the lands were opened K. V.
Uurnett and family, consisting of hb
wife and three children and hi*
brother, wont into tho l’ottowatomiw
reservation from tho Chickasaw coun
try, having coma ihcro from southern
Missouri. They secured a claim, bat,
being poor and without sufficient food
or shelter, thev suffered much. Finally
they determined to go to some town*
and started in a wagon, but, being'
overtaken by the recent blizzard, took
refuge in an old shed. Here they wars
all taken with la grippe and lay with
out covering or fire for several days*
when passers by discovered them. Tb*
father was dead. The mother and
children wore taken to a farm house*
and everything possible done for them*
but the mother diod in a few dnya.
The two older children, whose limb*
iind vitals were frozen, soon followed.
The baby, whom the mother helif l<*
her breast and had wrapped iu her own
clothes, still lives, but suffers terrlblo
torture. Tho brother, who is a grown
man, was not so badly frozen and will
live, but his reason is gone. Many
other cases of suffering and destitution
are reported from the new lands.
GRECT DOUBLE TRACK ROAD
The Distance Between New York and Chi'
cago to He Shortened.
Goshen, Ind., Feb. The promf
nent citizens of Napnnee were called
into council Saturday night to conoi
der a proposition for a new railroad
through Elkhart county. William Dal
lin presented the proposition, stating
that the road was to be a direct lint*
between New York and San Francisco*
passing Napanee half a mile east and
Chicago at thirty miles south. Tho
road is to have a double track clear
through. It is proposed to shorten the
distance between New York and Chi
cago by sob miles. A large factory la
to be established at Benton Harbor,
Mich , in which all material for con
struction of road and rolling stock Us
to l>e turned out. English capital la to
be behind both the rood and the con*
struction factory.
SECTARIAN STRIFE.
Protestants Protest Against. Employment
or a Non In the Public Schools.
Stillwater, Minn.. Feb. 1.—The
order of the school board employing'
Sister Hyacinth, formerly a teacher its
the Irish Catholic parochial school
which was recently made a portion of
the public school, has created tremen
dous excitement. The order contem
plates the transfer of thirty pnpila
from the various grades of the publie
schools to what is known as the ''Hill
school” (formerly parochial), and the
air is tilled with complaints of proles
tant parents, who declare that their
children shall never be taught by a
nun. Excitement runs high, and per
sonal encounters havo occurred an<£
boycotts are being organized. This
order is to take effect next today,
and if enforced, will result in a pos
sible disruption of the public schools;
or a temporary closing of the same.
CLEVELAND AT NEW ORLEANS
He WIM Be Tendered an Informal Recep
tion This Evening.
New Orleans, Feb 1.—Ex-President
Cleveland arrived in New Orleans this
morning and was met at the depot by
an informal reception committee, and
driven to the residence of Thomas 8.
Ernies, president of the bar association,
whose guest he will be. He will be
tendered an informal reception at the
city hall this evening.
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