A HOT RIVAL Uh HADES
jf,e Wildest, Wooliest Town the
West Has Produced.
^.rrllr I’a.t and Pre*ent--Named After the
prospector Who Found the Mine*—
Sixty-Five Saloone—Bat Mas
terson Keep* the Peace.
Denver, Colo., Feb. 29.— For ribald
scenes and excitement in general the
new mining cam? at Creede must cer
tainly excei hades. Years ago, when
Leadville and Butte, Mont., were first
discovered, it is alleged that there were
exciting times, but they were prayer
meeting camps in comparison to
Creede.
The history of the camp is an inter
esting one. In the fall of 1887, «T. C
Mackenzie and C. F. Nelson, two pros
pectors, made a hunting trip from the
Needles, in the Black canyon, across
the range and followed the Cascade
creek. After traveling for some weeks
they learned that N. C Creede
had been prospecting in that
locality. The next spring they went
over the range and found Creede pros
pecting. Neison remained all summer
with Creede. It was decided to trace
the belt over, and after staying there
that winter, in the Bpring of 1889 the
two crossed the range and came down
to Nelson gulch and made a temporary
prospecting camp. After prospecting
a while that spring Nelson went down
into the valley and spent the summer
in the vicinity of Sunnyside. Creede
hunted over what is now known as
Campbell mountain, and in that sum
mer located the Holy Moses mine. In
September Nelson heard of the discov
ery Creede had made and came over
irom Sunnyside, and has been in the
camp ever since. October 2 he located
the rhoeuix jointly with Mr. Creede.
Through shoveling out a trail in the
snow to get some horses up for aTiunt
ing trip soon after this, Creede located
an extension of the Moses, which he
called the Cliffe. These discoveries
closed the chapter of 1889.
In November Messrs. Creede and
Nelson each built a, cabin at a point on
Nelson gulch, now known locally as
"Creede’s Cabins.” They spent the
winter there, Creede and his two men
working on the Moses and Nelson,
and one assistant sinking on the Phoe
nix. At this time, besides a small path
seldom traveled, that made by Haskell
Ryder in coming and going between
Wagon Wheel Gap and the cabin, was
the only outlet along Willow creek,
and the prospectors to get out or in,
went over Bachelor hill to Sunnyside
and there struck the Lake City stage
road to Del Norte. The spring and
summer of 1890 was spent principally
in building trails down Nelson and
West Willow creeks and up and down
Willow, and doing some prospecting
and work on oilier locations in the
meantime. In July Mr Creede discov
ered the Ethel, Nelson located the
Solomon in May and the Ridge in
August. Mr. Creede found the Mam
moth in May. About the middle of
September he came up to look at the
Holy Moses in response to an offer to
sell, and the result of that visit was
the bonding of the Holy Moses and
Ethel to D. H. Moffat for 870,000. In
October the purchasers put in a large
fore of men. Then Creede began to at
tract the attention of the San Luis Val
ley, then of Denver, of Colorado, and of
the west, and later of the world of
mining. From this time dates the in
flux of prospectors.
In January the Delraonto claim was
located, followed by the discovery of
rich floats in the Last Chance, Amethst,
Ethel, Ridge, Bachelor, Grace Pom
eroy and others. The general founda
tion of Creede is termed a birds-eyo
porphyry or rijolite, a kind
of trachyte. The veins are found
lying between walls of porphyry and
trachyte. Had it not been for the in
terest that D. H. Moffat took in the
carnp it would never have been made
public. Moffat was the president of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
and thought it cheaper to have his
ores transported by rail than going to
the expense of having his ores hauled
by wagon to Wagon Wheel Gap or Del
Jjorte. Such is the history of Creede.
The present winter has been an ex
ceedingly mild one in Colorado,
southern Colorado especially has been
rery fortunate in this respect. Thanks
to this state of weather, those inter
ested in claims about Creede tried to
(five the new camp notoriety, and
money was not spared in advertising
the camp. Eastern papers were re
quested to send men to write up the
camp, money being no object. In this
the manager of the Denver and Rio
brande railroad joined heartily, and
as a result there are over 10,000 people
m Creede today.
The location of the camp is most
romantic. It is situated down in a
gulch, surrounded on all sides by high
mountains.
^ucie are almost 1,000 bouses, but
one has reached the dignity of
wo stories. They are built with plain
planks. At the present time there are
ixty-five saloons doing business night
“a day. They consist of one and
possibly two rooms, the front part be
to the bar, while the rear
, , ,e<t with roulette, keno and faro
si k v the hours of the day and
fnt they are crowded with the low
: specimens of humanity, and such
ts ami scenes occur as would not be
Permitted to exist in anv respectable
community. *
»itue PlaueR arc thronged at all hours
d “ lnen in the various stages of
B openness, and ribaldry and wanton
ss reign supreme, with an occasional
B ,aP to relieve the dreadful evil mo
chi°D'’ jinSr''ng glasses and clicking
d»rfS' • the streets painted harri
... ? Jostle shoulders with honest
.esim‘n. and capper and steerer ply
sist r lns‘d*ous wiles with cunning per
web ani* the mining sharp, sleek,
ki . e“ and amiable, but with eyes
« Zlnff with cupidity, prowls around
*° entrap the unwary
c.|1ve.ry species of deviltry can be
Most )nto ex‘stence at any moment
Dr . the toughs have an air of re
am] S'°n wh!ch bodes ill for law, order
Itho. moi’ality. In the alley-ways
lev ° a,e no streets) tin-horn black
tl,g. caPPers and shell gamblers have
ors stands Innocent prospect
of th • “ave spent the ltrger portion
the »;e!5 J'ears in the nu a tains, are
‘ctima They are robued in broad
lf th*y ^onld be foolUh
enough to remonstrate a revolver ia
thrust at their heads.
Women who have fallen to low that
dogs take the other side of the street
have also commenced arriving in large
numbers. They are located in little
r°.T 8hanties* stand at the door,
and, like a cowboy would lasso an
animal, the unwary are run into i^olr
rooms. ~
a as police protection is
unknown, lour counties—Hinsdale,
saguache, Conejos and Bio Grande
claim jurisdiction over the town. Each
has a deputy sheriff there, and the
deputies are jealous of each other, and
that one has not killed the other can
not be understood.
The town marshal is Bat Masterson,
the most prominent sporting man in
the country, and the ongman to whom
every one in Colorado takes off his hat.
He is the terror of the west He made
a record in southwestern Kansas and
Arizona and in other wild territories.
He was marshal of Dodge City, Kan.
No one has ever got the drop on him.
He is a man of 38, of mascular build.
He is quiet and sober, and attends
strictly to business. It is probably
owing to Masterson’s presence that
there has been no killing as yet It is
believed that he will be made city mar
®bal when the town is organized,
but Masterson is a bigger man than
the governor of Colorado for peace. In
his time he has killed more men than
any other human being, so far as is
known. It was Masterson who during
the Kilraln-Sullivan fight near New
Orleans boarded the special and threat
ened to kill the first man who would
draw out a couplingpin. In an Inter
view Bat said:
“YVe would be powerless should there
be an outbreak. These mugs are on
their good behavior because they are
afraid of one another. There will be
a break pretty soon, and there’ll be
music in the air. YVhy, you don't know
who you are talking to here half the
t me. There are more bunco men in
camp than I ever saw concentrated in
one place before. None of them want
trouble. They simply want to get
| what money is in sight and then light
out. 1 don't like this quiet. It augurs
ill. I have been imseveral places that
started out this way and they gen
erally had wild scenes of carnage be
fore many weeks passed. In 1875 I
was at General Miles’ camp in Texas
along with the government empioves
and soldiers There were 400 buffalo
hunters. Everything was quiet like this
camp for two or three months, and then
things went lickety bang. It only
needs a break to rain Cain here. The
same thing happened in other notor
ious camps. It seems as though there
must be a little blood-letting to get
affairs into proper working order. It
is safe to prophesy that there Will be
one continual round of riot, confisca
tion and bloodshed before another
month has passed. ”
It’s at night that one fully appre
ciates Creede. The saloons and dance
houses are in full blast, especially the
latter. The halls are about fifty feet
long and fifteen feet wide, with pri
vate assignation boxes attached. The
butterflies that sing and dance are
not young and charming. They consti
tute the worst lot of weazened
witches, and where they came from is
what mystifies the average denizen.
They certainly would not be allowed
to live anywhere else. These halls are
filled with beastly intoxicated speci
mens of humanity termed men. They
sit and stare as a rule. They have
lost all their money at the gaming
table. There is no place where they
can get a room to sleep, and,. conse
quently, make such resorts their head
quarters. When a fairly well dressed
stranger enters he is generally com
pelled to set ’em up at the point of a
gun. Everybody wears a belt, which
includes a dirk and gun. Drunken
men come out of saloons and discharge
their weapons promiscuously in all
directions.
The spiritual life of the settlers has
been attracting the attention of the
religious people of the state. Mission
aries from neighboring points have
begun to drop in. Last Sunday the
Rev. Joseph Gaston, of Ouray, ob
tained permission of YVatrous. Ban
ning <ft Co. to talk in their saloon for
fifteen minutes. This saloon and club
room is the largest building in the
camp, and is always crowded.
The %tro dealers vacated their
chairs and the preacher mounted them.
Mr. Gaston turned the leaves
of the Bible, and made an
impressive talk on the text,
“If a man dies shall he rise againr”
The 300 men in the sound of his voice,
with uncovered heads, and with one
voice said:
“Not in Creede!’’
The scenes about the Rio Grande
depot are indicative of the business of
the town. One freight train of eigh
teen cars arrived Thursday. Twelve
cars were devoted to bar fixtures and
liquors and the balance to lumber and
edibles. An undertaker has just
opened an establishment, and soon ho
expects a flourishing trade.
PITY THE LONDONERS.
“Tarara-Boom-Daray” Has Broken Out la
the English Metropolis.
London, Feb. 29.—London has gone
stark mad over the refrain of a music
hall song called “Tarara-boom-daray.”
It has become a hideous nightmare
everywhere. In drawing rooms and
hovels one hears “Tarara-boom-daray,”
and there is hardly a theater in Lon
don in which the refrain is not alluded
to at least once during the night
Even at the ultra fashionable perform
ance of Oscar Wilde’s play at the St
James theater the other night one of
the actors who could not resist the
craze, cried out, “Tarara-boom-daray,”
and convulsed the audience. If you
go to the house sf commons lobby, it
greets your ear, and one expects no
other reply from 'bus drivers, news
boys, hawkers and policemen. Influ
enza and fogs sink into insignificance
beside this refrain, for which Miss
Lottie Collins, who is known on the
American variety stage, is respon
sible. *
Oscir Wilde has introduced from
Paris a new flower into London but
tonholes The flower is a brilliant,
Uglyt green hybrid, produced by over
culture out of a creamy white carna
tion. The new boutonniere, which is
already seen in profusion, is as expen
sive as the choicest orchid. The
ugliest and most stunted specimen
sells for 2 shillings, and double that
price is obtained for a fully developed
flower accompanied by an unhappy
looking bud.
THE RAILROADS ASTOUNDED
Kansas Moves to Knock Out the
Associations.
0nti?d States Attorney Atljr File* a BUI at
Topeka !r> the Uni.' I SUtee Circuit
Court to Dissolve the Trans
Mlssourl Association.
Kansas Citt, Kan., Fab. 25.—A legal
question that has been raised out hero
In the Kansas cornfields is beginning
to give prom iso of shaking the whole
fabric of railway associations in the
country, and their ultimate downfall
is the logical sequence if the principle
that has been asserted here is main*
tained by the courts. When United
States Attorney J. Vif Ady, a few days
ago filed a bill at Topeka in the circuit
court of the United States for the dis
trict of Kansas, asking that the Trans
Missouri Froight association be dis
solved, and that all the roads which
are now members of that association
be enjoined from further agreeing or
combining to maintain rules, regula
tions and rates—when that bjll was
filed a few days ago the general com
ment of the country was that it was
only another example of Kansas oppo
sition to railroad corporations, and
that it really meant little or nothing.
Such a view of the matter was
helped on by the fact that the action
was brought under a new federal law
that has seen but little practical use
yet, and the points raised have never
yet beon brought to the attention of a
court Since the bill was filed rail
road attorneys have been looking into
the matter some. It is, in fact, of the
most vital importance that they do
look into the matter, for it strikes at
the very foundation of the present sys
tem of railroad management and aims
to take from the corporations every
thing they have built up to replace
the old pool system which the inter
state commerce law toon from them.
“What does it mean to the railroads
if this principle which Mr. Ady has
asserted Bhall be established by the
courts? It means chaos, sir,” is the
way James Smith, chairman of the
Trans-Missouri association, put the
matter yesterday.
“If Mr. Ady can maintain the stand
he has taken,” said I. P. Dana, coun
sel for the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis railroad company, “it be
comes a matter of the most vital im
portance to the railroad interests of the
country. It means the dissolution of
every traffic association which has been
formed, and it would prevent the rail
road companies from further agreeing
between themselves in any manner to
maintain rates. ”
The action which Mr. Ady has com
menced is brought under the Sherman
act “to protict trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and mon
opolies.” This act was passed July 2,
1290, and was intended to be of sweep
ing service in anti-trust conflicts, but
it has so far been imployed only in a
comparatively few cases.
“There has been a popular impres
sion,” said Mr. Ady, “that this Sher
man law was a thing of glittering gen
eralities. I think this action which
has been instituted under its provis
ions will prove it to be full of most
vigorous and vital life.
“In a word the ground on which I
stand in this action is that the anti
trust law condemns all contracts,
agreements, associations, or combina
tions in restraint of trade or com
merce, or to monopolize trade or com
merce between statea The funda
mental point involved in this case is
that the Trans-Missouri association is
a combination between several com
panies, and that any combination be
tween parties or corporations engaged
in business of a public or a quasi-public
nature to suppress competition is in
restraint of trade and commerce in the
meaning of that law That is the vital
proposition in the whole case; all else is
incidental The whole effort is to pre
sent a statement of facts that would
constitute restraint of trade. That
I combinations to suppress competition
I are in restraint of trade and are against
public policy when the business is
dealing in any article of necessity has
been held by a majority of the state
courts. Recent cases that have been
to decided are the Louisiana case
against the Gould and Huntington
companies; tlm match trust case in
Michigan; the combination of the man
ufacturers of wire cloth in New York
City. There has been a case under
this law decided by Judge Key, of Mis
sissippi, against coal companies com
bining to suppress competition. That
is the only action heretofore brought
under this law involving in a measure
| these same points that has been prose
cuted to an end.
"As to tne economic side of this
•Question I know nothing, and it in no
way concerns me. I hare nothing to
do with the point as to whether the
condition of affairs will be better or
i worse should this action stand and all
traffic associations as a result be dis
solved. 1 am an officer of the govern
ment, sworn to maintain the lawa
The government has passed the Sher
man anti-trust law. I find within my
district a combination of railroads
which I believe to be in violation of
that law. It certainly is not for me to
question whether the enforcement of
I the law will leave matters in a worse
| ar better shape than they are now. If
the people do not like the law congress
can repeal it. My only duty is to see
that while it is a law it is enforced.
“The railroad conditions of this
1 country stand on a basis exactly the
' apposite of that iu the old world.
I Here we have worked on the idea that
! low rates must come as the result of
| competition. There they have held to
l the principle that rates shall be made
it the dictation of the government and
competition was a thing to be avoided.
Acting on that line, the right to build
parallel and conmetitive roads has
[ oeen absolutely dented. Here, on the
| ather hand, we have used every possi
t> e meaus to stimulate the construc
tion of competitive roads. The state
)l Kansas particularly has given
rast sums that competitive roads might
oe built. Tracts of land of enormous
ralue have been donated and bonds to
j freat amounts have been voted. Now
i that the roads have got these aids they
! Immediately turn aronnd and say, 'We
1 will keep your grants, but you must
not hare competition. Competition 1*
not good for you.' The college pro*
feasors end the Interstate commerce
commission aro with the railroads, and
tell us that unrestrained competition It
bad for us. Perhaps It Is, but we havi
been allowed to pay a dear price foi
unrestrained competition before it wai
discovered that it was an evil. But, si
1 have said, 1 have nothing to do with
the economic phase of this matter. !
have only to see that the laws which
have been passed are enforoed.
“We shall have to matte some answet
on tlia first Monday In Maroh,” said
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis counsel, I. I*. Dana. “Wo can
either demur, admitting the facts as
set forth, but taking the position that
they do not establish any case, or ws
can deny tlio allegations and stand a
trial on that. I do not yet know what
will be done. An attorney will proba
bly be appointed to take charge of the
interests of all the defendants I have
not yet gone into the case deeply. It
this principle can be maintained II
means the dissolution of every railroad
association in the country. In my per
sonal opinion the remedy for the pres
ent troubles is in pooling. The succesi
of this action would perhaps be a long
step toward legalized pooling, for the
railroads can not be left without anj
method of maintaining rates "
THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT
Formally Opened Today—Some Kxoltinj
Sittings Kxpected.
Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 25.—The Domin
ion parliament was formally opened
today by Governor General Lord Stan
Icy, and owing to the recent disclosure
of bribery and corruption some excit
ing sittings are anticipated.
At the close of the last session, seven
months ago, there was a government
majority of twenty-eight out of 250
members of the parliament Since
then over thirty members have been
unseated by the courts for bribery and
corruption in connection with ‘their
elections. The elections have been
held in about twenty of these constitu
encies with the result that the govern
ment majority is now 42
In Lord Stanley’s speech opening
parliament the following reference is
made to international questions:
The negotiations with respect to seal
fishing on Bering sea huve been continued
with a view to the adjustment by arbitra
tion of the difficulties which have arisen
between her majesty’s government and
that of the United States on the subject.
Commissioners have been appointed iiy
both governments to investigate the cir
cumstances of seal life in Bering sea. to
report thereon and to suggest the meas
ures with any policy deemed necessary
for its proper protection and preserva
tion. The commissioners are proceeding
with their deliberations in Washington
and the results will shortly bo communi
ated to her maje-ty’s government. I
trust that their investigations and the de
termination of the arbitrators who are to
be appointed may lead to a just and
equitable settlement of this long pending
difficulty.
The meeting which had been arranged
with the United States government for a
day in October last for a formal discussion
on the extension of trade between the two
countries and on other International
matters requiring adjustment was
postponed at their request, but in com
pliance with a more recent intimation
from that government three of my min
isters proceeded to Washington and con
ferred with representatives of the admin
istration of the United Statos on these
subjects. An amicable understanding was
arrived at respecting the steps to be taken
for the establishment of the boundary of
Alaska and for reciprocity of services in
cases of wreck and salvage. Arrange
ments were reached for the appointment
of an international commission to re
port on the regulations which may
be adopted by the United State's
and Canada for the prevention
of destructiye methods of fishing and the
pollution of streams and for the establish
ing of uniformity of close seasons and
other means for the preservation and in
crease of fish. A valuable and friendly
interchange of views respecting other im
portant measures also took place.
'1 he only legislation of importance fore
shadowed in the speech are laws for the
preservation of the British Columbia
salmon fisheries and for amendments to
the civil service designed to prevent irreg
ularities in the government departments.
It has been expected by the liberals
that they would be successful in all
the off elections, hut their cause has
been considerably hurt by disclosures
of wholesale boodling in Quebec.
The government has very little of a
program prepared, and to add to its
troubles the opposition will call upon
it for a lull statement regarding the
failure of the mission of Sir John
Thompson, Hon. McKenzie Bowell and
Hon. Geo. E. Fostor, who recently
went to Washington for the purpose of
talking reciprocity with the state de
partment, and on their arrival found
that they could do nothing owing to
the fact that they lacked credentials.
That they were so lacking is simply
due to the fact that the imperial gov
ernment had given them no authoriza
tion to negotiate a treaty, while Can
ada has no power to negotiate directly
for herself on any subject with any
foreign power. Premier Abbot will be
closely pressed on this point by the lib
erals who have heretofore been de
nounced as traitors for advocating rec
iprocity with the United States and
they have enough ammunition to in
sure a series of exciting sittings
throughout the session.
Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE.
Delegates from the Railroad Departments
Meet In Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 25.—A largely at
tended International conference of del
egates from the railroad departments
of the Y. M. G A. opened this morning
in the Garfield Parle Boulevard build
ing, with John G. Percy presiding.
The abject of the gathering is to re
ceive reports regarding the work which
has been done during the past year in
promoting the aims and influence of
the Y. M. G A. among the railroads of
the country, and to consider and agree
upon plans for still further pushing
this brunch of work during the coin
year. The convention iviil be in ses
sion for four days
STATUE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG
To Commemorate the Deeds or the Head
of tbe Mormons.
Sai.t Lakk, Utah, Feb 25.—It has
been decided that Brigham Young is to
have a statue erected to his honor in
this city. The general idea of the
work was taken from the Gambetta
monument recently erected in Paris
and is to make not simply a statue of
President Young, but also a memorial
to the pioneers, It will cost 950,(XXX
LET THE CLOUDS SAIL FREE
Pennsylvania Farmers Knock Out
the Rainmakers.
Tho 11 unban dine n Fear That Jay Gould
Will Corner the Misti, Water the
Htook ami Meml l’rlcvi Cp—
Pitchfork Argument.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 37.—Mr. Dyren
forth’s artificial rainmaking process la
making things lively in Lancaster
county. Ever since last week, when
two long-haired sages came to this sec
tion with a now cloud machine and a
ton of dynamite, the county has boon
torn by Internal dissensions The
long-haired geutlomen, if they escape
violent death by their own dynamite,
aro pretty sure to be maimed for llto
by a pitchfork or mantrap. Tho coun
tryside is aroused and the farmers are
pouring Into tho towns and villages to
discuss the question.
Uainmaking is not popular here
abouts Aside from its sacrilegous as
pect it is looked upon as some trick of
the capitalists to corner the universe
and to bull futures The farmers say
that if this rainmaking scheme be put
in operation Jay Gould will shut oft
the rain supply and run prices up to
f.00 or so above par. And they say
they do not intend to give up life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of happiness
without a struggle.
The situation lias become serious in
the northern part of tho county. The
farmers are organising vigilance com
mittees and making preparations to
make away with any man, scientist or
common bomb thrower, caught Bonding
explosives to the clouds Already
there aro whispers of white caps in the
rogion around Muytown. It is as yet
impossible to obtain definite confirma
tion or refutation of theso reports.
Much alarm was felt by the members
of the rainmaking expedition when it
was found that Lieutenant Spanning,
the chief dynamiter and hydraulic en
gineer, had disappeared. It was feared
that he had fallen into tho liunds of
the vigilantes. After a long search he
was found in a lot about a mile from
the tavorn. lie was lying in an un
conscious state, his clothing was
scorched and his face and hands
blacked, tine of the smaller dynamite
cartridges witli which ho had been ex
perimenting had exploded prema
turely. The lieutenant, although ill
from the shock, is not seriously injured.
He was removed to tha tavern, where
he received medical attention.
Hut one of tho most serious objec
tions to artificial rainmaking ndvanoed
by the farmers is that it weakens the
clouds. They say that regular prac
tice would exhuust the water in the
clouds and make of them morely so
many damp rags. They assert that it
would be foolish to attempt to draw
water from the clouds faster than the
clouds could generate it. They con
sider rainmaking to be a public men
ace, and they say that they will pro
test against it to the last. Tho ques
tion is becoming quite serious, and it
will undoubtedly soon cause trouble.
The farmers are not open to convic
tion. They will not stop to argue.
Their sole reply to the expostulations
of the rainmakers is to smash all the
rain machinery they can lay hand to.
Within a weok. both by day and
night, over 810,000 worth of machinery
and tools belonging to the expedition
have been destroyed. Major l'unten,
temporarily in charge of tho expedi
tion during the illness of Lieutenant
Spanning, threatens to call for regu
lars to protect the government's prop
erty. There is prospect of an outbreak
in the northern section of the country,
but the officers of tho rain-making ex
pedition have notified the farmers that
they will preserve the peace to tho last
posBiblo moment, but if nttucked they
will vigorously defend ti" inselves and
the government's property. Tho farm
ers have called u big mass meeting for
tomorrow night to consider their fu
ture action. It has been impossible to
learn the names of the men at the hnnd
of the vigilance committees, but it is
said that they are some of the wealth
iest farmers in these parts. The sher
iff has as yet tnken no steps to antici
pate or prevent trouble.
DIDN’T INDORSE BUTLER’S BOOK
The Names of Ms michusett's Kx-Govcrn
ors Tied Without Authority.
Boston, Feb. 37.—The prospectus of
General B. F. Butler's book, displayed
by its numerous agents in the vicinity,
contains at tlu- head of the subscrip
tion list the names of ex-Govcrnors
Boutwell, Gardiner, Banks. Clnflin,
Gaston, Kice, Long, Robinson, Ames
and Brackett, with the dates of their
terms as chief executives and that of
Governor Russell. These are fac sim
iles of their autographs. Underneath
is the inscription: ''The ex-governors
and governor of Massachusetts, as a
token of appreciation to their distin
guished colleague, Benjamin F. But
ler.” This prospectus was shown to
ex-Governor Robinson, and he stated
that he had not indorsed the book nor
subscribed for it. lie was puzzled,
and then he happened to think that
the list was the same that was sub
scribed to a testimonial to ex-Governor
Ames a few years ago. Ex-Governor
Ames says he subscribed for the book
and then signed his name with those
of the other ex-governors He did not
understand, however, that he was in
dorsing the book by so doing. It would
seem that the wily publishers have
stolen a march on the public and that
the old Butlcr-Robinson fight will be
dragged out again.
CHAPIN COWHIOEO POTTER.
New York Society Swell* Go at Kwh Other
With Whip M ntl I'lubrrlta.
New York, Feb. 27.— Lindley Hoff
man Chapin, rich, a member of several
clubs and a society man, met Clarkson
A. Potter, nephew of bishop Potter,
rich, a society and club man, on Fifth
avenue yesterday, calied Potter a liar,
and slashed him twice with a rawhide.’
Potter responded by swatting Chapin
over the head with an umbrella Mr.
Chapin charges Potter with circulating
slanderous stories about him. Potter
admits telling the stories, l.ul says they
are true. There the matter rests, but
the clubs of which the two men are
members may take a hand in the mat
ter later.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS*
Th* (tiinito.
Washington, Feb. 2a— In the senate to*
day Mr. Veit gave notice that on Tburs*
day neat he would call up Mr Hale’*
resolution ai to reciprocity, for the par- j
pose of making a reply to Mr. IIale’e re*
markn thereon.
Mr. Call gave notice that on Mondajr
next he should address the senate on hue
resolution in regard to tho attempted in**
terference of railroad corporations and
their foreign bondholders in the elcatioa
of aieuntar from Florida.
Mr. Platt called up and tho sonata
pained a revolution Instructing the com-*
mittee on territorial to inquire into th*
condition of affairs In Alaska.
Washington, Feb. 24.—In tho senate to*
day Mr. Hhcrraun, from the committee oa
foreign relations, Introduced a bill which
was passed, that no person of any other
country should be held liable for
any violation of the patent laws of
the United Htates in connection
with any exhibit made nt tho world’s
Columbian exposition. Mr. Hhorinan, also
from tho same committee, reports back
favorably the resolution which had beeni
laid over nt his request calling upon
the president If not inconsistent with
the public interests to comm uni*
cate to the senate tho fncts in regard to
recent negotiations between the British
government, the Dominion of Canada and
the United Htates In regard to a reciprocal
treaty between Canada and tho United
Htates. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Mnndorson Introduced a bill to pre
vent ami punish what Is known as the
green goods fraud, consisting of enticing
people by circular letters to purchase al
leged counterfeit money. Referred to th*
judiciary committee.
The senate, in spite of a protest front
Mr. Paddock, who desired to continue th*
discussion of his pure food bill, on motion
of Mr. Mitchell resumed consideration of
the Dubois-Claggett contested election
case from Idaho, Mr. Htewart having th*
floor.
Washington, Feb. 2B.—The vice-presi
dent being absent from the city, the presi
dent pro tern, Mr. Manderson, called th*
senate to order. A rather interesting dis
cussion was Ntarted on the resolution
offered yesterday by Mr. Htewart to per
mit Mr. Cluggott, the contestant In the
Idaho case, to address the senate on him
own behalf. Mr. Platt opposed the motion
as not being in accord with the precedents
of the senate for tho last thirty yoars.
Mr. S ewart, of Nevada, citod flvo cases
where the contestants had been allowed
to speak.
A motion by Mr. Butler to refer the res* r
nlutioti to tho commit'ee on privileges and
'elections was lo*t and the motion to per
mit the Idaho contestant to address the
senate was adopted by a yea and nsy
vote of 4H to 1.
Washington, Feb. 36.—In the senate to
day. in the absence of both the vlce-presi
and President Pro J em Manderson, Mr.
Harrison occupied tho chair. Mr. Mer
rill, of the committee of the District of
Columbia, reported favorably bills appro
priating S'ioo.HOO for an addi
tional fire proof building for
the National Museum, f7A,UU0 for
the removal of the army and navy monu
ment at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue
and the capitol, and for the erection in*
lieu thereof of a bronze statue of Chris
topher Columbus; also a bill making an
indefinite appropriation for the nnrehnse
of a site for the erection of a building for
the supreme court of the United Htates.
Wamhinuton, Feb. 2D —The vice-presi
dent called the senate to order. The
initial proceedings were entirely devoid
of public interest_
'I lie House.
Washington, Feb. 2*1.—When the hour
for the opening of the house arrived thla
morning Chief Cleric Towles announced
the detention from his duties of the*
speaker and said that it was necossary to
elect as pcaker p*o tempore.
On motion of Mr. Catching* Mr. Me*
Millin was elected to preside during the
absence of the speaker.
Mr. Culbertson, from the elections com
mittee requested that tho hearing of tho
Cruig-Stenart contested election case,
which he had given notice should be taken
up today, be postponed until Thursday
next.
Afer tho call of committees for report
end the transaction of some routine bust
nesstttic house, on motion of Mr. Catch
ing«, adjourned at 1. :ifO p. no.
Washington, Feb. 24.— In the hou*w
there was a larger attendance of member*
this morning than on yesterday, the visit
ors to Chicago having returned. Speuker
Crisp called the house to order.
Mr. Tarsnoy, of Missouri, aslccd tho*
immediate consideration of a resolution
authorizing tho committee on labor
to invcstjgate the operations of
tho eight-hour law, whether
it has been evaded and what amendment*
a e required to secure its practical en
forcement The committee is also em
powered to investigate whether the gov
ernment has employed convict labor on*
public works. The resolution was passed.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on the Indian appropriation bill,
Washington, Feb. *5.—The speaker *
called the house to order. After the sub,
mission of reports from various commit
tees. Mr Brown, dem. of Indiana
called up the contested - election
case of Craig vs. Htewart, from
the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania
district An attempt was made to limit
the debate to four hours on each side, but
Mr Miller, of Wisconsin, objected. Tho
majority of the committee on election*
finds in favor of -Mr. Craig, dem., while
the minority claim Stewart, rep., is enti
tled to the seat
Mr. Brown, dem., of Indiana, took the
floor and made a legal argument support
ing Craig.
Washington, Feb. 26 —In the house to
day Mr Anderson, of Virginia, introduced
a resolution for immediate consideration,
calling on the superintendent for a state
ment showing the number and names of
all persons -employed in the census bureau
since November 4. 18D0.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, objected and
the resolution was referred to tbe census
committee
Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, moved to go
Into committee of tbe whole to consider
business on the ptivate calendar, this be
ing Friday.
Mr Brown, of Indiana, moved to pro
ceed with the Craig-Stewart election case
and the motion was carried.
Mr. Stone, rep , of Pennsylvania, took
the floor in behalf of the seating of Htew
art, reviewing the case at leuirtli and bold
ing that the house would stultify itself if
it did not sustain the roinoritv report.
□ Washington, Feb. .7,—In the bouse to
day the speaker announced the appoint
ment of Hon Barnes Compton as consult
ing trustee of the reform school for boys
In the District of Columbia.
On motion of Mr. Smith, delegate froau
Arizona, a bill was passed ratifying an
act of the A izona territorial legislature
providing for Arizona s exibit at the
World s Columbian exposition Tbe bouse
then went into a committee of the whole
on Indian appropriation bills.
Wa hinoton, Feb. ll) —There was a
large attendance of membe *s this morn
ing with the speaker in the chair. A res
olution wai passed authorizing the joiut
committee on immigration to investigate1
the operation of the immigration laws,,
the importation of contract labor and to
inquire particularly into the immigration!
of persons affected with typhus fever inta
the port of New York.
Bojus Mummies.
Seventeen mummies in the Imperial
Museum of Berlin were found by a
committee of archaeologists to be recent
fabrications of Alexamlriau dealers In
antiquities. The museum had paid
800.000 marks for these forgeries. The
directors who have made the purchaser
are trvinsr to snnoreaa th« rannrt
