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rf. , * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY .19 , 18SO. NUMBER 249 HOTEL IIORROR AT HARTFORD. Fifty People Oruohod to Death Under Falling Walls. CAUSED BY A BOILER EXPLOSION. Flio IlnliiH Knvcloprd In Flnines nml Many of Urn IinprlHonnd U - I'ortnrmlns llonntcd ( olcatli A Tori'lble Disaster. IltTVJToiin , Conn. , Fob. IS. Just before daylight this morning tills city was startled by the sound of n monster explosion , and Immediately the persons In that section near llio capital wore further startled by the sound of crashing walls and falling limber. * , mingled with theHureams mid nhoutsof men , coming from the vicinity of High mid Allyn Btraots , which hud been tlio silo of the Purls Central hotel. Those who hurried to the spot found n huge pile of stone nnd brick and splintered timbers , from which white clouds of steam tirosc , Htrcakcd and blackened by wreaths of Btnoko that rapidly grow more intcnso. Then tongues of llamo leaped out hero anil there , gradually growing stronger until the ruin was a roaring heap. Cries and moans came from the pile which made the bystanders slolc with horror. The lire department was soon on the scene and many streams of water were directed upon the llaincs. As dayllgnt came on , the helpers nt Ufo ruins could see behind it the annex to the building In which were the servants of the hotel , and which was spared. Portions of tiers of rooms at the rear of the main building hail remained standing , but the par titions were torn away nnd the rooms opened to the air. The lloors of many of them luid partly given away unil tumbled the occu pants and furniture upon the confused ruin below. The frightened employes were safely taken from the annex by ladders. Finally the flumes wcro mastered by the llri'inciiand sank down from sight within the rains. where the water yet hissed and steamed among the hot stones and brick. . As Hoon as the ruins were suftlclcntly cooled hundcds of willing hands sot.'nbout the herculean task of removing the immense imiHS of masonry , and the enormous throng which had by this time gathered waited and watched in breathless suspense. The llrst person rescued was George Galncs , a col ored porter , who died soon after being tnlicn out. Helen Luport , Jenny Decker and Jacob H. Turpin were taken oat and found to bo only slightly injured. Kcclial Cramer Jumped from window , breaking her leg. At 11 o'clock Harris Stillle , u traveler from Phil adelphia , was rescued from beneath a muss of a timber with foul slight injuries. Near him was found the dead body of Dwight II. liucl ? , who had evidently been suffocated. By this time the crowd of spectators had increased to such proportions as to greatly impede the work of the rescuers. Accord ingly the militia was ordered out to aid tlio police , anil rendered excellent service during the dayand night keeping Iho crowd within bounds. Uy noon telegrams of anxious inquiry wcro pouring in from every part of the country , and the friends of those supposed to bo in tlio | ruins were arriving on every train , together ' ' with immense Crowds of curious people from the surrounding towns. The lower floor of a large wool ware house wtfs made a temporary morgue. The bodies wcro taken there as fust as recovered nnd opportunity offered for identification by friends. Those not identified were taken charge of by tlio city. The injured wcro promptly sent to the hospital. The recovery of the bodies was slow owing to the immense accumulation of debris , but nt nearly regular intervals one or two bodies were found during the afternoon. They were found in the order of the list given. This catastrophe was devoid of the harrow ing details nnd thrilling rescues attending an uncontrolled conflagration. One terrible crash , smoke , flames , quick , rushing streams of water , and nil was over. For this reason the disaster simply overwhelms. The mag nitude of the calamity cannot be realized. In fact , its extent is not yet known. The regis ter of the hotel 1ms not yet been found , and Mr. Perry , the night clerk , is burled in the ruins. Hut from the best estimates that can bo obtained from tlio landlords and others , it Is probable that there wcro not far from fifty people In the hotel proper. Of these , perhaps lls'o may hnvo escaped uninjured among the confusion of the early morning hours , which would leuvo forty-live unaccounted for. Ten nro In the hospital , and ii ) > to this writing ( midnight ) sixteen dead bodies Imve been taken from the ruins , leaving nineteen still missing. IJut there may be more than this. The cause of the disaster was undoubtedly the explosion of a boiler In the basement. No engineer was on duty at the tune , the cus tom be I ni ' , for the night engineer to bank his ilrcs and go to bed. Ho does not sleep In the hotel. Tills engineer , Alexander Timer , was arrested this afternoon on an indictment for manslaughter. It has been conjectured that Gaines , the colored porter , may have started tlio pumps , throwing cold water nto the overheated boiler , and thus causing the explosion. Hut this is only con jecture. and Gaines is dead. The force of the explosion was terrific. All the people in that part of the city wcro awakened by the shock. Hugo stones were scattered and Iron pipes wcro bent and twisted. Tlio windows in the adjoining buildings and across the street were demol ished and panes of glass smashed two blocks away. It is believed to-iilglit that Mrs. Wccson , of Sprmgllcld , wasnt tlio hotel with her llvo coildron nnd a servant. She has not boon seen. If this proves true , the aggregate loss of lifo would bo raised by the addition of these seven victims. The experiences of the survivors were re markable and the escapes miraculous. Wal ter M. Gray occupied a room adjoining Lund- lord Ketchum's. When ho invoiceho found the bed shilling with him. When It became stationary ho found himself pinned down by the ceiling and Umbers In Mich a manner that ho was unable to move. Ho soon heard the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Kotchum , and , . conversed with thorn concerning the chnncos ] of escaiia. Uoforo they wcro rescued the water poured Into the rums by the firemen had nearly covered his face. The complete list of bodies taken out up to midnight Is as follows : mVIGUT II. DUKLL. UKOUO10 GAINKS , the colored porter. GKORIC KNGLHU , of Hartford. JOHN W. HOUSMAN , a commercial traveler of Huffalo. LOUIS II. BRONSON , secretary of the Hartford HIovo company , his wife nnd child. GEOKOK ICKTOHUM , brother of the land- lord. lord.KDDIKICKTCHUM KDDIKICKTCHUM , aged cloven , son of the landlord. OKQUQF W. ROOT , a commercial trav eler from lionton. A. II. TILLKTSON , a commercial traveler from Cincinnati. MAXIMILIAN GALOny , proprietor of tlio Hartford Herald , and his \vlfu. MRS. ANDRUW WHITING. Two unknown men. The victims at the hospital are all doing well , most of the Injuries beingf superficial , although utl itro suffering from ( . hill and ex posure. Some of the bodies of the dead are much disfigured and burned , but the faces of most of them are not injured and wear a llfolilio expression. Electric lights Imvo been put In and around the ruins ami tlio search will bo vigorously pushed all night. At 2 a. m , tlio list of dead has boon in creased to twentylive. . F.lKhtccii injured are in the hospital , and ten persons are 'kuown to to still in the ruins. An Alabama Cyclone. liiiuitXoiiAM , Ala. , Feb. 18. It Is re ported hero that a cyclone passed through lilblo county , fifty miles south of hero , lust night , doing great damage , Several persons arc reported Killed and many injured. It Isle lo to obtain particulars to night. TIIH no.\nnu.TiMKs CASK. I'lnlntlfTH Attorneys on tlio Knmtcil I-MRC of Unecrinlnty. CHICAGO , Fob. 18. [ Special Telegram to Tun linn. ] The members of the February grand Jury trembled in their boots this mornIng - Ing when they stood up to receive the oath from Judce Tuloy. He told the men that tlio oath that they had just taken w.is ns strong ns anything ho might say , but that during the present silting they would probably hiivo some business to take care of that would re quire fearless men to deal with. Should the subject which ho had In mind bo laid before them [ bore It was understood that ho re ferred to the Itonlield-Schttnck-Tinics easel ho warned them not to expose secrets of the gr.ind jury room , because any violation of duty in that regard would bo severely punished , "It must bo apparent to every observing mind , " sold he , "that the right of free speech and of a free press nro undergoing a very severe trial nt this time throughout our land. Kxporlonco has heretofore demonstraled that it Is bolter to leave these rights untram- mclcd by any legislation in the nature of n censorship , leaving the parties guilty of mi abuse of these constitutional privileges to suffer for such nbuso thereof Dy being held responsible , criminally and civilly , as pro vided by law. Hiitwlnlo the law deems It necessary thai the licentiousness of the press shall bo restrained , yet it is important that the press should bo kept free , fearless and untrammcled in any honest effort to expose oflleinl corruption , if any exist. You will rccoivo the law as applicable to the facts from the state's attorney , and , as to your duty ns to those facts , I can only charge you that you respond to your oaths , to present no indictment through malice , hatred or ill- will , nor to leave tiny Indictment unpro- sonled through fear , favor and alfec- lion , or for any fee or reward , or for any hope or promise thereof , but in all your pro- scnlmunU you shall present the Irutn , the wholetrulh , and nothing bill llio truth. " Judge Tuley further said : "If any person shall try , directly or indirectly , to Inlluenco your action 11 will bo your duty to make the same known to the court without hesita tion. " Ono of the Honfield attorneys was in the room , nnd from the remark overheard by the reporter the lawyer dm not talco kindly to the court's inst ructions. "Will you go before this grand jury with your chitrcos against the Tiniest" was asked. "That all depends"ho replied. "Wodon't yet know tins temper of the men on thai Jury. Men are very different , you know. Wo will probably know in four or llvo days just what itep Is lo be taken , and how soon. " THIS CAJJINI'U' SLATES. They Unanimously AKVCO on Five of I lie lOiiilit , I'ortliilloH. Ixni.tXAroi.H , Fob. IS. Speculations as to General Harrison's probable cabinet still continue to be the engrossing theme In po litical and Journalistic circles. The efforts to name a complete cabinet are widely variant , especially as to Ihe portfolios for the interior , Justice and agrlculturedepartments. There is , howovcr , n harmonious opinion as to the other llvo portfolios , scarcely any ono being found now who is willing to gainsay the present conviction that Blnino will bo secretary of state ; Windom , secretary of the treasury ; Husk , of Wisconsin , secretary of war ; Thomas , of Illinois , secretary of tlio navy , \Vannanuiker , postmaster general. There is pretty good foundation for coup ling General John 'W. Noble , of St. Louis , with the interior secretaryship , and the per sistence with which the naino of W. II. II Miller , of this city , is being coupled with the attorney generalship causes many to bcliovo that the report has real foundation , but the best authorities give the department of jus tice to Judge Kstcc , of California. Nearly all the cabinet makers- for some reason , Imvo Warner Miller on the slalo for Ihe now agricultural portfolio , and now a few give also ex-Senator Platt ono of Iho coveted scats. Among the callers on General Harrison to-day were ox-Governor Rcdtlcld Proctor , of Vermont , who is en route homo from Cali fornia ; John W. Dinsmoro nnd J. II. Cheney , of UloominKton , 111. , nnd Colonel J. II. Smilhcr , of New Mexico. At a lalo hour to-night it Is learned that since the lone talk to-day between Governor Proctor , of Vermont , and General Harrison , certain and well-informed gentlemen have slated Mr. Proctor for secretary of the navy in place of Congressman Thomas , of Illinois. Tlio superior qualifications of Thomas for this position , by reason of strong and laborious service in the committee on naval affairs , are conceded , but meagre representation in the cast , together with the fact that Thomas' appointment would necessitate a special election in his dis trict , nro being used ns arguments why the portfolio may go to Vermont. Another important rumor late to-night Is that W. O. Uradley , of Kentucky , has been tendered and accepted the attorney general ship. Nothing can bo done to verify these reports to-night , howovcr. , - < The Miickry System's At ' , < [ iilHltloiiK. ST. Louis , Fob. IS. A dispatch from Kvansvillc , Ind. , says that In addition to the purchase of the Louisville , Kvansvlllo & St. Louis road , which was announced last Satur day , the Mticko.v system also secured pos session of tlio Illinois & St. Louis line , run ning botwcen Belleville. III. , nnd St. Louis. President Uranch , of the laltcr road , prac tically certifies to this report , and says that while the consolidation has not boon actually effected , yet the deal will bo closed before the urcsont month expires. The Kvansvillo & St. Louis does not'como to Belleville now , but the gap between that place and Mount Vcrnan , ill. , will bo filled during the coming summer. When this Is completed the Muckey system will have an cntranca into St. Louis and the benefit of all terminal facilities of the Illinois & SI. Louis lino. Hearing I'oMpon rd. WASHINGTON , Feb. IB. Klein , tlio Amer ican newspaper man whose adventures in Sa moa have been the subject of international comment , will not anpcar before the senate committee on foreign relations , at least for the present. Ho toleg raphcd Secretary Bay ard that ho had boon summoned to testify concerning mutters In Samoa , but the secre tary was iidvlucil that the committee did not deem it polllic or polllo to take any further slops in the S.imoan matter pending the 10- sult of the conference to be hold In Berlin. VlHililo .Supply. CIIICACO , Feb. 18. The visible supply for the weak ending February 10 , us compiled uy the secretary of the Chicago board of trade , is as follows : HuohoU. Wheat . 3.1,435,000 Corn . 14,5StllK)0 ) Oats . 8,153,000 Rye . ' . . I.TIL'.COO Unrloy . 2,103,01)0 ) - Homo nnd Cuttln TlileveH Capturod. DK.tuv.'oon , DIK. : , Fob. IS. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : HBB.J V-lmer Lewis and Char- Iny Stewart , horse and cattle thieves , wcro captured by the sheriff's posse on Indian crock , lifter a sharp exchange of shots , and jailed last night. (3ivo.4 It Up. PAWS , Fob , IS. Meline , rooognlzitig the Impossibility of forming a cabinet on u basis of tlio concentration of the several republi can groups , has abandoned the attempt. It Is oxpcctdd that President Carnet will appeal to Houvier to form a ministry. In Kavor of Prohibition , M.\riiwonu : , III. , Feb. IS. At the election hold at Mapiewood to-day , to dccidu the question of prohibition , the vote was 147 forte to 10 against it. - . ftT . Kln > ; Otto Helplessly Insane. LONDON , Feb. 13. A dispatch from Munich nays that King Ot'.o , of Bavaria , hut been piovod , without a doubt , to bo helplessly iu- sano. BARNES BLOCKS THE WAY , IIo Opposoa the Immediate Admls- eion of South Dakota. FORT OMAHA'S PROPOSED SITE Tlio Secretary of AVar Disapproves of the Clark Tract nnd llcuoiu- n Site V'nrthcr From the City. WASHINGTON HUIIKVU Tits Ouvrrt BBB , l 51l ! FOUIITKGNTII STIiniJT. > WASHINGTON , U. C. . Feb. 13. ) The Dakota men who are in Washington are very much put out to-night over the ac tion of the house conferees to-day. It seemed this morning as though ihere was only a lit llo formal work lo do before the tcrrltoria bill would bo agreed to , but owing to the un- warrmiled position assumed by Mr. Harucs. . of Georgia , ono of the house conferees , things begin to look rather bad for South Dakota after all. Hnrnes is determined that ho will not mrrco to any proposition looking to the immediate admission of South Dakota , not withstanding the positive instructions of tlio house lo Iho conferees. Mr. liarnes happened to bo absent nt the time when Iho resolution of Instruction was adopted , and ho makes this a reason for sorting that ho is not bound by lhat action Springer professes to DO willing to acquiesce in the wishes of the house , which voted foi the division and immediate admission South Dakota , by n majority of forty-nine Hut it is feared by llio Dakola men llml ho wil bo influenced by Hnrncs , and lhat it will bo Impossible lo agree on n report. No Una action has yet been taken. The conferees will meet again to-morrow , nnd Mr. linker the republican member on the part of the house , expresses the opinion that an agrco merit will bo reached and that May 15 will bo fixed as the day for holding the election for stale ofllcTs in Iho lorritory and for the rati- licalion of Iho Sioux Falls constitution. COXCKltMNO 1-OUT OM tllt'S NIW ! SITi : . Tno president pro loin before the sennto lo-day rend a leller from the secretary o war under date of February 15 , which read as follows : "In reply to the resolution ol the senate dated the 8th inst. , calling for nl the correspondence- reports pertaininf , to the relocation of Fort Omaim , Neb. , anil for an expression of my opinion in regard to the mailer , I Imvo Iho honor lo stnto that Iho act of congress approved July Ii3 , 1SSS , authorizes Ihe purchase of not , more than ( Ml acres of land situated within ten miles of the city limits , nt a price not to exceed 50 < ilJiG. ( Generals Schollold , Crooks and Hrook- ' , recommend the purchase of I'JOO ncress of land north of Omaha , a portion tion of which will cost $2'J5 per acre , and the tolal cosl for the ! )0l ) ( acres would bo about S100 000. This ground is situated ten mile ? from the Omaha postoftlco. It can only be supplied with water by the City Water com pany , which proposes to furnish water nt meter rales. The cost for water , judging from the charges made at FortOmnlia , might amount to $8,01)0 ) nor annum m addition to the cost of five miles of pipe estimated at ? 3'2 , I do not recommend the purchase of tins site nnd in my opinion it will bo botlcc lo pur chase ground nt a greater distance from Omaha where hind is not held at so high a price and whcro good water may bo had in abundance without the payment of a largo annual tax. 1 enclose copies of the following papers which will , it is believed , furnish all tlio information called for. 1. Abstract of bids received in response to the advertisement under authority of the nctof.luly iiJI , 1SS8. ! i Keport of the major general command ing the army , dated the lltli inst. ; ( . Kcport of the commanding general , De partment of the Platte. 4. Tracing showing the land owned by Mr. H. T. Clark , which is recommended by the department commander to bo purchased. 5. Abstract of olfcrs rcceiveil for the sale of land m the slate of Iowa , all of the land covered thereby being reported by the com manding general , Department of the Platte , as not suitable for a military post. 0. The recommendation of the command ing general , Division of the Missouri. All of the information contained in the papers scheduled above by the secretary of war and nol indicated in the nbovo lo'.tor has been published by TUB linn. The secretary's ' letter and accompanying documents were re ferred to the senate committee on military affairs , which will likely recommend n larger appropriation than was made lust year , for Iho purpose of carrying out Secrelary Endi- coll's recommendations. C.U1IKHT MATTERS. The only rcul hitch in the work of the cabinet makers to-day was in the name of Representative. Thomas of Illinois , who be lieves that ho is slated for Iho navy. When asked Ihis evening if he had been given any intimation direct from General Harrison or any ono authorized to speak for him , C.tptain Thomas replied lhat he had not. Ho had been told by a friend who very recently talked with the president , that his mime was under consideration and the prospects were that he would bo tendered a position , that was all Iho information ho had of a reliable nature. The most of his Information ho had learned from iho nowsnapcrs. Yet ho be lieves ho will bo secretary of the navy. To night the slate mimed in these dispatches twenty-four hours ago has not been mater ially changed. It now sUmds In this form in the minds of these who knowmost of cabinet mailers : lilalnc , secretary of state. Windom , secretary of the treasury. Husk , secretary of war. Swift , secretary of tlio navy. Noble , secretary of the Interior. Wnnamaker , postmaster general. liaxtor , attorney general. Miller or 1'almcr , secretary of agriculture. Senator Stanford believes that Mr. Swift lias already been selected for the navy , and the California senator will nave as much if not more Influence than any other man In naming u cabinet olllccr from the Pacific slope. It is staled upon what seems lo be good autliorily lhat ex-Senalor Plall refused iho navy because ho wus offered It with the understanding that if accepted ho should not atlompt lo conlrol iho palronago for Now York , No ono well in formed on the subject believes llml Mr. Platt will be in the cabinet. At Iho Bcnalo Ihis afternoon it was staled la republican circles lhat further protests had been sent to Indianapolis against Mr. Windom. Tills tlmo his busi ness in Wall slrcet is urged as a reason why ho should not bo In iho cabinet. It is feared by some lhat the country might regard the ox-senator ns under Iho Influence of iho Now York Cily brokers nnd bunkers , and it Is argued that 10 make him secretary of llio treasury would bo , iralng into the very heart of lliu spot General Harrison lias been rep resented as desiring lo avoid. Nevertheless Washington believes that Mr. Windom has been Invited Into the cabinet and has ac cepted the treasury portfolio. People hero have come to the conclusion that Colonel New has refused iho treasury- ship.A . A Michigan member of the house , who is very intimate- with General Alger , and who talked with him a few days ago , says : "Soimlor Sherman kept Alger out of Iho cabinol. About two weeks ago General - oral Alger heard that Senator Sherman hud sent a protest against him to Indian apolis and ho iisucd his friend , .Senator-elect McMillan , to go to General Harrison about it. Ho authorized Senator McMillan , In the event it was learned that Sherman hud pro tested , to state lo General Harrison that General Alger could not accept u plaeo In - the cabinet in the fuco of an objection from so distinguished u republican as the senator from Ohio. The day after McMillan re turned to Detroit from Indianapolis General Alger wrote his letter to Senator Stock- bridge , which has been mentioned in the press and which staled that ho ( Algor ) would not be u member of the cabinet , " MIU.S "TUItNEI ) DOWN. " Chairman Mills.was compelled to abandon lily ro < cct to bold a caucus to-night to Instructions to the democratic members o the house on the tariff question , bv dint o superior force on the part of Mr. Randall This afternoon Randall and Oowles llio lallcr iho aulhor of tbo free lobacco bill- went about the tiouso and scoured pledges from over eighty demooratic members lhat If the caucus in-night should adopt a rcsolu tlon not to give tlio free tobacco bill nn op portunily for final acllon , that they would hold a caucus of instruction and support Ihe free tobacco bill in the event of Its belnt , taken up for action. Mr. Mills t > a\\ lhat Iho real object of iho can ctis was defeated iu advance , am ! Instructed his followers to declare the cal for n e.iucus off. If there had been n caucus held to-night , it is very probable a collision would have occurred between the Mills ami Randall forces , as the latter wcro ilotoruilncil that no action should bo taken whieli would IIo Iho hands of those who wcro in favor o the free tobacco bill. In view of tlio fact that tariff revision Is an absolute imtiossl bllity , so farns Ihis session Is concernedMr Mills has again been turned down by ills own party in the house. Mr. Randall and Mr Cowlcs arc in high feather to-night , and an notinco that It is very probable that the fret , lobacco bill will be lukcn up and passed be fore the end of this session. If Iho house passes Ihis bill Iho senate will undoublcdly adopt it , if only n few hours re main before iho 4lh of March , ns Iho senateIs in favor of the reduction of Iho revenue. It seems lhat Mr Mills had been "luriicd down" all iiromu nnd Ihis last fatix-pas is.tho most humiliating to Ihis great free irado ndvoc.Uo of any Unit have lakcn place during the Fiftieth con gross. This Is simply lidding what Mr. Mills regards us insult to injury. WANTS A DIVOUCK. Tlio notorious Major Reno , formerly of the Seventh cavalry , who was cashiered fron the army some years niro , tiled a bill to-dn > In the courts of tlio district , ' asking tor a divorce from his wife , to whom ho was married in 1SS3. bho was a widow by the name of McGunnigle and ho claims that after residing with him two years she deserted him nnd went lo Hnrrisbiirg. whcro siio has since resided , and has refused lo return lo his bed am ! board. These who are familiar with the facls do not sympathize with Major Reno il Ihis movement , for his brutal treatment o his wife was u matter of notoriety before she left him. She Is now at the home o ! some relatives iu Harrlsburg , and no 1ms done nothing toward her support for sovera years. Major Reno is a clerk in tlio pcnsioi ofllce. ofllce.A A HIST TO NEIintSKA lini't'lll.tr'AX.I. A great many letters are being written every day by men In Nebraska who aspire to appointment under the incoming administra tion , which are unnecessary and so much work thrown away. It should bo remem bered that the ihrco republican members o congress in Nebraska will conlrol Iho ap poiritmeiit of all the postmasters iu Ihe state , nnd that it docs no Rood to write to the twc senators about postmastorships , as they will taltc no part in securing these places , the postofllccs being , by tbo oldest rttlo in poli tics , within the control of the members of the house representing the districts , where the politics of the members nro in harmony with that of the administration , as is true with Nebraska's three members of the next lower house of congress. A DKMKIC OF QPKICR SGRKRRS. Besides the flood of applications being re ceived , from Nebraska for postofllces , ninny of which are sent to the senators , there have been received already over three hundred applications for the land oftlccs in the state , about twenty for the United Stales marshal- ship , moro lhaii that number for the collect- orship of internal revenue , and hundreds of applications for positions in the railway mall service , notwithstanding the fact thai lhat service will be within the civil service law after Marcn 15. I am afraid that thcra are to bo many disappointments ou the part of aspirants in Nebraska' . ' Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Collman , of Uroken How , arrived last night nnd are visitingMrs. Colluinn's parents , Senator and Mrs. Pad dock , at the Porlland. Mrs. Collman is very pleasantly remembered as a society favorite in Washington during tlio last session of con gress , prior to her marriage. She will re main hero till after the itmugration. Senator Quay and General Dudley were in telegraphic communication this afternoon with some Nebraska republicans over the question of the Hon. John M. Thurs- Ion going into the cabinet as secretary of the interior. Hoth of these gentlemen and Ctiaun cey M. Depew and manj' others have en dorsed Judge Thurston. W. AV. Baldwin , of Burlington , In. , Is at the Ebbcll. Ho is at the head of the land department of the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy. Before ho went Into tho. railroad business ho was a law partner of Hon. Bcnton J. Hall , commissioner of patents. PJIUHV S. HtATir. - * - SIOUX SOK1P LOCATIONS. An Important Decision Affecting Their Valid Uy. WASHINGTON , Fob. 18. The secretary of the interior to-day rendered a decision In the case of James W. Allen , et nl , of Glc'ndivo , Mont. , against Lewis Merrill , ot al , involv ing an important nuestion of the validity of locations of Sioux Indian half-breeds , scrip. The defendants iu this case located Sioux scrip upon unsurveyed public lands as attor- noys-in fact for the , Indians , nnd under the same power of attorney made the improvements required by law. The protcstnnls maintained that the locations so made were invalid and Illegal on the ground that It wus not shown that the im provements were made for the benefit of the Indians , as required by law. The secretary , in his decision , sustained the protcsliuils and holds that Iho locations so made were iu effect the result of u sale and transfer of the script , which Is a direct violation of law. Tlio secretary also decided the cases of John F. Magee ot al versus Henry F. Ortloy et nl , of Devil's Lake , Dak. , and Ilydo & McDonald versus Knton Slccram , of Dututh , Minn. , In which nro involved substantially the same ques tions. It Is also said at the Interior depart ment thlit these decisions will effect Iho titles to largo quantities of land lying im mediately adjacent to towns on the North ern Pacific railroad in Montana , Minnesota and Dakota , nnon whieli scrip of Iho charac ter described has been located and ilia lauds sold as town lols. A largo number of cases ire now pending In the general land office , which will also bo affected by these decis ions. A Hefactory WilncHS. WASHINGTON , Fob. 18. A full meeting of , ho sennto committee on public buildings and grounds was held to-day to consider the case of Witness Thomas Fisler , chief clerk of the supervising architect's ofllco of Iho treasury Iciiartmcnt , who last week refused to an- iwer certain questions regarding the col- ccllon or receipt pf political contributions 'rom employes In thp offlco when asked by .ho sub-comuiltteo. , At the meeting , to-day .ho witness was given another opportunity .0 answer the question , but ho again re fused. The commute thereupon wont nto secret session , but just what has been tctermincd upon has uot yet yet developed. t Is reported Unit thu matter will .probably > o settled In the senate nnd it Is Iho impres sion that Fisler will bo arrested and brought ) ofora the bar of the senate for contomut. There was presented to the commilteo to- lay 11 letter from John A. Dlx , secretary of the treasury In 1SU1 , to Speaker Ponnlngton , one of the enclosures of which has his fam ous order containing the words , "If any man muls down tlio American Hug , shoot him on ho spot. " Another enclosure In the same letter re ferred to the voluntary surrender of the revenue cutter Robert McClelland , by the ofractory witness Hon. Thomas 1) , Fisler --to the state of Louisiana , for which act ho vat dismissed from the service. Ho served vlth Iho confederacy throughout the war , ilthough u native of Pennsylvania. Udltion'8 I'MtenlH Upheld. LONDON , Feb. 18. A decision was to-day mnded down by the appeal court , upholding ho electric light patents of Edl on & Swan against the Holland and Anglo-American irush palcnis , thus reversing the decision of the lower court. IT WAS HIS IMPATIENT ZEAL Why Chago Made a Prnctico of Rulsiug Voucbors. ANOTHER CHASE IN TROUBLE The I'rexldent ol' the Defunct. First National nnl ; Union ItaiiUf o ( ' Fairmont Supposed to JInvc I-Mcd. Superintendent ChnHo GIINOA , Neb. , Feb. IS. Learning that there was dissatisfaction among some ot Su perintendent Chuso's friends In regard to Ihe newspaper reports of the Itulinn school investigation , your correspondent called upon Mr. Cliuse last evening for his side of the slory. Mr. Chase appeared to bo very much surprised at the report lhat ho was a de faulter to the extent of n single dollar , nnd claims to bo able to account for every dollar that has come Into his hands. Ho confesses to have misappropriated money to u consid erable amount , and says : "I have exceeded my authority in many cases , but it has been through my excessive zeal fur the welfare of the school. I have raised vouchers for Iho purpose of getting money for needed repairs , etc. , ml her than to go through nil iho "red Inpo" business of gelling permission and appropriations , and 1 shall bo ublo to show that every dollar that I have thus received him been spent for and on government property , nnd an inventory of the property will show nil increased value to the extent of every dollar that 1 am short. The report that I have held bade money be longing to llio children is false. I huvo al ways advanced Iho boys money during Iho quarter whenever lliey asked for II , nnd Iho result was that when pay day came many of them had nothing coming and were dissatis fied. No , sir ! I have never taken ono cent of the government's money , but Imvo spent some of ni.V own salary on improvements , nnd 1 go away from here a poorer man than when I c.imo. as I haven't a dollar in the world ex cept my January salary. " Mr. Chase also staled , that , wore It not for the change of the administration he should feel confident of beinir reinstated. When in formed lhat Iho reports published were put iu circulation by Inspector Alallett , ho was prettily excited and claimed that the inspector specter denied over having made any such statement. There is no doubt that matters nro In a bad way at the school and that there is a shortugo to tne amount of many thousand dollars , but whether It has been misappropriated or slolen is n matter of conjecture. 1 Dedication W. C. T. U. Temple. FuKMoxr , Neb. , Fob. IS. [ Special to Tin : linnI The formal dedication of the W. C. T. U. temperance tcmplo , of this city , took place last night. There wcro present from abroad Mrs. Caroline M. Woodward , stale vice president ; Mrs. Alma G. Fitch , state recording secretary , and C. J. Holt , the temperance evangelist from Dccalur , 111. Mrs , Mary Hitchcock , president of the stale nnd local union , presided. The largo audi torium of the temple was crowded. The dedicatory address was delivered by Mrs. Helen M. Gaugar , of Lafayette , Ind. , whoso reputation for ability and zeal extends all over the land. Her address was n masterly ono , being confined principally to a historical sketch ot the various temperance movements which have swept over the country , dwelling at some length upon the rise and wonderful progress of the Women's Christian Temper ance union. Tlio formal portion of the dedi cation was performed by Mrs. Rev. T. H. Hilton , of this cily , who , in n neat and ap propriate address , dedicated the building to the work of the W. C. T. U. The tcmplo is the finest ono owned by any Woman's Chris tian Temberanco union in the stale , and Iho people of Fremont , as well as the members of tho. organization , arc all proud of It. It was erected at a cost of about $7,000 , with but a slight indebtedness hauging'ovcr it. Elopement at Louisville. Lofisvn.i.B , Neb. , Feb. IS. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BEC.J William Bergman Is a carpenter about thirty-five years of age , and has a wife and four children. While Mrs. Bergman was visiting in Iowa sdmo time in December , ho had Lucy Johnson , aged about cighlccn years , as housekeeper. They grow very intimate. Mrs. Bargman returned homo on the night of December 31 very un expectedly , after which thcra was trouble in the family. On Thursday night last William and Lucy departed via the Missouri Pacific for Dunbnr , and wcro followed and found nt Stella , from whence they wcro brought to this place and lodged in the cooler for trial. No charges being made against Miss Johnson , she was released Sunday afternoon. The wife of Bergman swore out a warrant for Bergman's arrest , charging him with adultery. Ho will have a hearing Saturday. Miss Johnson is resting peacefully at her father's home , while Bergman has been taken to some other town for fear of mobbing , us the lowu is in an uproar over Hie case. An Overdose of Chloral. Pi.TTSMOUTII , Nob. , Fob. 18. fSpocial Telegram to Tun Ben. I About midnight lasl night Mrs. William Brantncr , of this city , narrowly escaped death by taking nn overdose of chloral. After retiring she boj came quite ill , and as was her custom , arose and took a dose of chloral to relieve her Buffering. Not thinking it worth her while lo light a lamp , she poured out what she supposed lo bo about Iho correct amount In a cup , with seine water , and drank it down. Immediately after returning she felt the ef fects of the drug , and informed her husband that she believed she had poisoned herself with an overdose. Upon lighting a lump ho discovered she had taken nearly the whole contents of the bottle. A physician was summoned and nn antidote was given which served the purpose , and It is thought she will recover. _ finl'i ; ItlowcrH , SOUTH Sioux CITV , Nob. , Fob. 18. Special to Tin : HEI : . ] Burglars entered the Citizens' bank at Ihis place last night be tween 11 and 13 o'clock and blow the outer doors off a largo safe. They got as far in as the steel chest inside bcfora they were hoard. C. I ) . Smlloy , being Iho first person to discover something wrong , at once pro ceeded to Invent schemes to captera them. Ills plnns failed , however , and tlio birds es caped. To-day the sheriff of Dakota county and also the sheriff of Woodbury county , Iowa , are out looking for them. Tlio gen eral opinion of the people In this vicinity is that tiiero is an organized gang of lliievcs ut work in Dakota county , as this Is thu third safe that has been "cracked" in this county this week. _ Thought to ilavo Flown. FAIRMONT , Neb. , Feb. 18 , [ Special Tele gram to TUB HiiH.J J , O. Chase , brother of the defaulting president of llio People's bank , and president of the defunct First Na tional and Union banks , left Fairmont uav- oral days slnco , ostensibly on a business trip to McCook. It now transpires that ho has not been there , and the opinion has become general that ho has fled the country lo avoid criminal prosecution for crookedness while ircsldcnt of the First Nullonal. The affairs if this Institution are being Invcsligatcd , and t Is to this that Chase's departure is attrib uted. Governor Tlmycr at Norfolk. Noitrouc , Neb. , Feb. IS. [ Special to Tim JEK. ] Governor Thayer came up from Lin coln yesterday ana visited the hospital for nsunc , with regard to personal information n regard to the recent tragedies , A largo number of citizens called on him ut Cvlonel Cotton's , where ho was a guest , The gov ernor will take no action with regard to tlio physicians nt the hospital , at least until after their trial. In this purpose ho will bo Mi'- tulned by the lendlngcitizeiHhero , who think that Injiistica would bo done to remove them under the circumstances us they nt present exist. _ $20.000 Urnnoli of Promise Suit. DAKOTA CITY , Nob. , Feb. 18. - [ Special Tcicgrnm to Tin : Her. . ] A $00,000 breach of promise suit has been filed In the district court by Miss Sallie McConahoy against Judge T. Griffey , who was recently married to a highly esteemed lady of this place. Tlio plaintiff Is n maid of forty-llvo years , and friends of the defendant claim the move Is a blackmailing scheme , while Sallie avers that nho has willingly waited on Thomas only lo bo disappointed , for which she asks $ ' , ' 0,000. The high standing of J lid go Griffey In the couit\ : , makes llio also more than ordinarily scnsalloiml , and uovclopmcnls nro eagerly wailed for. _ l-'uncrnl of Frederlulc Uopli. Wr.st POINT , Neb. , Feb. IS. [ Special to Tun 13ii : : . ] The funeral services of Iho lalo Frederick Koch wcro hold Saturday nt the residence of Mrs. William llrlclcncor. The deceased was born In Xnckorick , in Hnin- denburg. Prussia , February 'Jt , ISl'.i. Mr. Koch came lo this country In IMi'.l and through honesty nnd hard labor hail become a most prosperous farmer. His dcalh was caused through inhalin ? the odors of some poisonous medicine tin was preparing for his stock. Ho leaves u wife and seven children. Waterworks for Grant. GIUNT , Neb. , Fob. IS. [ Special Telegram lo Tin : Hcn.l An enthusiastic meeting of the citbens of Grant w w held this evening to consider llio advisability of putting in n system of waterworks. A board of trade was organized. There has been great activity in Grant town property , and a number of largo sales of city property to eastern par ties have been made during Ihe lasl few days , mul everything points to a tremendous boom in the spring. M. K. Cliiifdi Dedication. STmiMNii , Neb , , Feb. , 18. [ Spo.'ial to Tin : Hin. : ] Tlio new M. K. church of this place was dedicated yesterday. Tlio sermon was delivered by Hev. Fisher , of Toroka , Kan. , formerly of Omaha , assisted by Presiding Elder Smith and Her. J. N. Itoyso , of Auburn , and Ucv. C. A. l cwis , of Uits place. Tlio building cost , upwards of $ JOJJ , and was dedicated free of debt. Death or a ltrothcrhoo < t Knzinncr. PrjATTSMOUTii , Neb. , Feb. IS. [ Special Telegram to Tun Hun. ] Henry llouck , u prominent brotherhood engineer of this city , died very suddenly nt. his homo yesterday morning about 10 o'clock of heart failure. Tlio funeral will occur to-morrow at 'J o'clock. A largo delegation of brotherhood men are expected from a distance. Struck Ity a Train , NIIWVMV : CITV , Neb. , Feb. IS. [ Special Telegram to Tnc lien. ] The north bound Missouri Pacific this afternoon ran into n team near Julian , driven by Mr. Julian , after whom the town was named. Holh hor.sc.-i were killed and the gealleuian had one arm smashed and his seal ] ) bdtlly cul. A Ijticlcy Farmer. HAIIDT , Neb. , Fob. IS. [ Special Telegram to Tin : 13nn. ] C. W. "Webster , a farmer liv ing seven mi'es south of Hardy , in Jewell county , Kansas , had a ticket in the February drawing in n southern lottery for $3,000. i lo was In to-day nnd placed it in the Hardy bank for collection. Kor Itmminc a Gambling HOIIMC. Oxroiin , Neb. . Feb. 18. J Special Telegram to Tin : l3iK.J : For running a gambling Iiou so Will Carter was to-day fined * " > 0 and costs of the action. Will appealed the case lo the district court. PRESIDENTS' AGKKHMKNT. .Somo of the Knnds Still n.ifk. ! CincAflO , Feb. , IS. [ Special Telegram to TUB Bii : . ] Nothing v/as talked of among railroad men hero to-day except to-morrow'n mooting of the presidents to discuss the pres idents' agreement. The presidents them selves are as serenely confldenl of llio iliml adoption of Iho agreement as if it were al ready signed , scaled and delivered. Said President Hughitt , of Iho Northwestern : "I am satisfied lhat nearly or qtille all of Iho Interested roads will bo present ut the meeting. President Charles Francis Adams , of Iho Union Pacific , will also bo present. I see no reason why Iho agreement should not bo aftoplod , and believe , as I have alljilong , that it finally will be. " General MoNiilta , receiver of the Wubash railroad , is perfectly confident of the adoption of the agreement. Said ho : "Tho agreement is an absolute necessity , and as a consequence must bo adoplcd. It is as certain as two and two are four. " President Strong , of the Santa Fo , has just returned from an unsuccessful attempt to gain the signa ture of the Kansas City , Fort Scott & Gulf , but was not at all skeptical of the final adoption of the agreement. Ho rtnid : "Jt maybe llmt Iho Illinois Central , the Fort Scott & Gulf nnd perhaps OIIH or two more may not bo represented at to-morrow's meeting , but I do not think that any of thorn will antagonize the agreement. It will bo passed without their signatures , and if they live up to its terms , the agreement will practically have the same effect , ns if they hud signed.1' There is no question thai il is the intention to form an agreement with ns many roads as will sign , The outside roads will limn bo walched closely , and compelled as far as lies in llio power of llio associalion , to live up lo the lenns of llio ngrooment. Clilcnso'w Collupne < l Itulldin . CHICAGO , Fob. 18. Tlio city commissioner of buildings to-day examined the dumped Oivlngs strucluro and reports the Injury much less thnn stated yesterday. A portion of the tiled flooring , about tweuty 1'ett long and six wide , which joined tlio two mum wings ot the building , had just been title.1 . in. and was , in the language ot the builder , still "green. " This was struck nnd evidently loosened in the tcnlh Iloor Snlurday after noon by a Heavy Iron water tank which was being raised to the roof. It gradually worked loose and gave way , carrying the "green" portion of the floors below with It to thu imscmcnt. The commissioner reports that the main structure is not injured in Iho Blighlcst. AVIIson CiiHnrid. RAPID Cm' , Dak. Feb. IS.-Special [ Tele gram to Tin : Hii.J- : Jack Wiihon , ono of the Homostake train robbers who was held in Dcadwood to testify against Daugherty , broke Jail on Saturday night , but was caught to-day in a cabin In the woods between Duud- wood and Sturg's. Ho hud no boots or shoes and the extreme cold wnathcr drove him to cover. Ho gave evidence against thu nthi'rrf , and it was thought hn would got u lighter sunluncu had lie not broken jail , ' To .Meet thu Low il'itcn. , CHICAGO , Fob. 18. The Chicago , liurling- II lon & Qumcy road has reduced its passen IIn ger service in Iowa lo the extent of SOOD , I miles a month , ana is preparing to still fiII further rcdu co il. Tlio object is lo cut down \ expenses in Iho samu proportion that llio commissioners of Inua'lravo curtailed llio ' ! revenues of Iho roads of that stuto by enforcing - , . , forcing a low schedule of rates. Oilier Iowa roads , it Is bald , will take the bani'j ' step. Tlio Wont her livilii'iil IOIIH. For Nebraska and Iowa Fair ; warmer ; to variable winds. ty For Dakota Fair ; slightly warmer ; vari able \vhulf. k'ciibrally noi'tiu'rly , i EDGERTON'S ' PARTING SHOT IIo Una n Word to Sny on the Sub ject of Romovtxls. AN OPEN LETTER TO CLEVELAND I'roni AVtiloli It Would Anpcar to tlio Ontsl.ln . World That Tliclr He- latloiiH are Anything Ittu Cordial. A HlMor Dose 'OP ( ! rovor. WASIIIXIITO.V , Feb. ! . Judge Kdgorton. who was recently removed from the ofllco ol civil service commissioner , has written an upon letter to the president , lie says , iimonr ; ether things : "i was indebted to you for the only api pointlvo ofllco I ever hold. You now declare by your uction llml you rogrcl Iho appoint * inenl ; 1 , wllh equal right , can say that 1 re gret the acceptance. Your regret was never made known to mo by you in nny word ol ntteraiu'o or nctlon until now , nt llio close ol your administration , and on the day bcforu my removal. 1 presume there were pruden tial political reasons why you did not mahu the removal until niter election. In this re. card il would almosl seem as if you wcru willing to play false with the mugwumps ta ennblo you to win with the democrats. Thu result of the election placed you In a dllcmmu from which few people would have known how to extricale themselves. You lound ona man on your hands whom the mugwumps had declared war upon -and an enemy ta their civil service reform theories , and youu plan of becoming their representative in thu future- would bo weakened or defeated if no nssiirmiLV of your fidelity to tneir causa could be assured. Accordingly , It appears , you decided u ; > un Iho removal of the head of the commission , nnd deeming Thompson a goot ] enough mugwump for them , you thoreforu demand my resignation thai you might p < point him , apparcnlly as an atonement for your previous ImuHlon. "Mr. President , with duo courtesy to the high ofllco you hold , allow me to say ihat you are a very peculiar man , a positive man , positively wrong or positively rlirltl , and therefore an unsafe man lo Irust , and that element in your character I believe led to your defeat. Pope says : 'Tho most po ltlvd men nro the most credulous , since tfio most believe themselves nnd advise most with their fellow llalterers , and worst enemies. ' I icing one of thai kind of positive men yourself , you have Kept .some men of like cluirnctc-rnrotind you. who nro positive only in their innlieo and conceit. .luremil says , 'Thero is nothing n man will not believe in his own favor. ' You wcru credulous enough to boliivo you wore elected president by the mugwumps , nnd Ihereforo you permitted ilium lo malign youu real friends and lo Halter you in a policy which led to your defeal. You are a man wl.o would not permit your real friends to admonish you with freedom and confidence , and as a result you Imvo suffered for u want of friends , and your wretched greatness lint discovered that there is no true success in lifo without the power and blessing of friend ship. You believed that your will and power to enforce it was above all powers , but the will of the people expressed In a conslllu- tioiuil way has taught you lhat Ilioro was n wiser and a heller way Ihan Unit chosen by you. You will bo cen.iurcd and condemned because you put no trust in your own party , but believed yourself to be uellor than your own and greater than all parlies. You huvo ascertained that the ninny wcro not made for the one. You can find as many reasons for removing mo ns the democratic party , through nn indifference which was simply retaliatory , had for removing you. 1 shall bo quite will ing to remain with you in the ulouni of de feat. " The Judge proceeds to give his under standing of the civil .service luw , and con tinues : "I do not ask you to give any rea son for my removal. 1 know , and so do you , thai Iho only ono . 011 could give wouhl bo llial it was your will. For If you at- lempleit lo give any other your own previous words would prove it imtrno. In my inter view with you before Iho removal you ex pressly disclaimed having any reason for it except my refusal to resign lo enable you lo make Thompson's nomination. 'Removed. ' is a word of far rciching potency , especially when the records ao not explain it. I am con scious of Ihis , and deeply pained by Iho consciousness , The people have a right lei know the truth in all mailers of UnsMcind' , anil for Ihis reason only do I address you. "I cannot , like you , make a prayer for re lief to the public , ns .such an article seemed to bo in the Hallimoro Sun of the Hlh inst. This is tlio llrst time In tllo history of the government that an outgoing president found it necessary to advertise through the news papers his particular work during his term of bnico and his claims upon his party and thg country for approval. Hetwcen the lines can bo read a special plea for reelection. "Lot mo refer ns a proof of your Ignornnco of public opinion , and not of your Indlffcr'- euro lo it , lo what you miy in the Sun nrticla of Mr. Humes , of Missouri , as one not guilty of Iho annoyance lo whieli you were sub- jcclcd by Iho country members of congress Introducing to you their constituents , bccauso he has always presented His conslituonts ut public receptions. If litirncs were living ha could tell you another reason , which ho often 'old to others , lhat ho hail been rudely treated by you and had no respect for you pursonnlly , and ascribed tlio defeat of llio democratic parly lo your ignorance of u. 11 was neco. sary Unit you should make such an explanation for your attack upon the 'waybuek' members , but you were unfortunate in the soluciion of your witness , one of the ablest and noblest legis lators In congress , 'Hilt to ihn case of nnolhor removal Avhich must become an important purl of the his tory of the country. It was on the Iloor ol the house of representatives dui'ing the tlmo llio voles of Iho electoral college worn counted and you heard the announcement of. the result that Uenjamiii Ilarrmon was duty oleclcd president of tlio United States. Hut the words that burned doi-p through the empty boxes of Iho administrulioit could lint bo oftlclally ad.led , tliougli known to bo true , 'in place of Grovcr Cleveland - land , removed. ' Hy whom ami for what cause removed ( The answer is now bolng made in every home , in every business In llio land , and luslory will inscribe it upon its records. " .ludu'o Kdgcrton attributes Cleveland's defeat - feat to hn disregard of the opinion and ad vice ol Hie most eminent men of his parly and lo his political ingralitudc , ami continues as follows : "In tlio statement of your pub lic acts , HB printed in ihuSiin article referred to , is this declaration : 'When .Mr. Cleveland came into olllee ho found the department ! ! filled with incompetonit who had found a purimment lodgment there through favorit ism. ' How CMII you say that you found tlio departmenls lllied with incompetents arid yel retained all in office- during your admmlH- tratlon. ThereIs u n.istnlio somewhere. Old you noi kow , Mr. Pnsidoni , Unit nearly three-fourths of all the | ieri > i > ns now in ofllco in the departmental scrvico wcro there In. ISt'Si You will soon Imvo no power of ru- moval , and the places they hold will not bo subject to your VIcaruiR ou'.t efforts. You have shut yortr e es to the fact that these clurlot Imvo been uclH'o mid successful In aiding in your own 'clearing out ' and tlio poor civil bcrvjca ullglblcb hllll nave tUu ' .vide scope you have socurol for them on Iho oulsido , vvhilo the incompetents arc rejoicing wtliin. You do not understand the civil service law , Mr. President , its examinations nro not muclo for these Inside , but for these outside. Your theory of imielton would dufoat the law. You have not dared tovceu out the incom petents. Judjjo Kdgorton concluded with a . criticism of the conduct of mm of thu other commissioners without moiitluniiif ; his nanio Arrested ( or 'I'lioft. ATI..WIIC. In. . Fob. -Special [ Telo ram 1'ni ; Hr.i : . I--H. ! ' . lioisc , m/ed about twen one years , wus arrested hero this morn ing fur stealing a gold wr.tch un > l other prop erty from John MeVciftb , ueurVcstcn , Ju.
