THE OMAHA DAILY
EIGHTEENTH YEAjR. OMAHA , FJRIDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 22 , 18SO. NUMBER 252
RANDALL SHIES HIS CASTOR ,
Asks For a Day to Consider the
Tobncfco Measure.
TERRITORIAL STATEHOOD BILL.
It IH 12xtPGtfil | ! Tliixt Cleveland Will
It Pacific Coast Cabinet
Candida ton In ( cresting
Mr. JOIKH.
WASHINGTON Bi ) r.u TniO\tutA Ur.K , 1
Bii.VTaSTitKRr , }
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 21. 1
Mr. liniulall shied his castor into tlio ring
so to speak , to-day , by offering n resolution
to set apart n day for the consideration ol his
hill to remove the internal revenue taxes
from tobacco in all its forms. The resolu
tions will bo considered by tlio committee on
rules and reported favorably to the house.
A majority of thai committee are in favor of
the repeal of the tabacco tax , being Handnll ,
Heed and Cannon , while the olhcr iwo mem
bers , Speaker Carlisle and Mr. Mills , are op
posed. 1 understand Mr. Mills has said that
he would vote for the removal of tlio tax on
tobacco , provided It was accompanied with
frco wool , free tin , frco cotton tics and a re
duction of the duly on wools and worsteds of
DO per cent. Mr. Carlisle is not anxious to
call the committee on rules together for the
consideration of this resolution , but ho must
do so , for if ho doesn't , the majority of the
committee would call a meoling.which would
be regarded as a rebuke to him , nor can ho
lircvent Iho resolution being reported.
Therefore , it must sometime como before
the IIOUHC , and the only way Us passage can
bo prevented is by filibustering. It would
be u very strange spectacle if
the speaker of the house , and
the leader of the majority , should lead
n filibustering movement to prevent the pas
sage of a measure introduced by a democrat ,
nnd the chairman of the second committee in
importance , but the public may be treated to
such n sight before the end of the session.
For years in all the tobacca states , the demo
crats have been promising that when their
liarty got inlo power the tax would bo re
moved. The sumo promise has been made
tuinimlly to the moonshiners regarding Ihe
whisky tax , and now the democratic admin
istration , winch lias been in power four years ,
is about to expire , with the president and
Die leaders ot tlio parly Ilk'htim , ' to prevent
the fulfillment ol these pledges. The result
of the hist election in West Virginia was
largely duo to this cause , and the North
Carolina men argue that nothing can prevent
tlicir state going republican if the present
congress adjourns without doing something
toward a reduction of Internal revenue taxa
tion. This point has boon nuule so forcibly
that some of tlio democratic members of the
committee on ways and means are growing a
litllc shaky , particularly Mr. Turner , of
Georgia , nnd Mr. Wilson , of West , Virginia ,
and it would not bo slruime to see them
breaking away from Mills , uud voting for
free tobacco.
Tin : 'ir.nniToiiiu , iiu.i. .
It is expected that President Cleveland
will celebrate Washington's birthday by
signing the territorial statehood bill which
was sent to him this afternoon. Two of the
members of the committee on conference
called on the president this morning and
urged him lo adopl Ibis course , and they
were encouraged to believe thai lie would do
so. Tlio president's signature to the bill ,
which will admit four new states by the 1st
of next December , with live new members
of the house , all of whom will be republi
cans in -probability , removes in n great
degree the principal hope of the candidates
for the speakership of an extra session. It
will make certain , ton , the organi/.alion of
the senate by the republicans , with a good
working majority , and will doubtless have a
marked ollcct upon ( lie contested election
eases which will occupy iho attention of the
house for some time after its organization.
The present house has been unable , alter
repeated efforts lately to settle , the
ono remaining contested election , and it
Is not likely that Mr. Felton will bo unseated
now that the hourof adjournment is no near.
Mr. Lodge , of Massachusetts , 0113 of Iho re-
publlcan'membcrs of Iho presenl house com
mittee on elections , thinks thut it , will bo a
very difllcull matter for the republicans of
the house to settle tlio election contests early
in the forthcoming session without the aid of
the members from the new states. Mr.
Ledge says that ho has noticed the difliculty
which has been experienced by the majority
in bringing out its full strength whenever a
close vote on a party question has made it
necessary to bring every member to the hall.
"Mombers fail lo appreciate the necessity of
constant atlcndanco upon the sessions of Iho
house , " said Mr. Lodge , "and it is almost
impossible to get them all out when ques
tions of Importance are to bo decided and tlio
necessity of tlio presence of every ono is
needed. I think thai it will bo very difficult
to gat a vote upon the contested cases early
In the coming session it the majority adopt
filibustering tactics and full to respond to the
roll call. If any of our members are absent
frequently wo shall bo unable to decide those
contests for n loni ; time after the house is
organized , as wo shall have to furnish a quo
rum ourselves if the minority should decline
to vote.
CAI1I.NET TAI.IC.
There wns not as much cabinet talk at the
capitol to-day as usual. The Pacific slope
pcoplo are uneasy , and by tlicir solicitations
are attracting some attention. Further than
this speculators have for a day ceased prog-
noslicullon. Itbcemsihat the Culifornhins ,
who al the outsel claimed Ihe inalienable
right to name the cabinet ofllcur for the Pa-
cilio slope , became divided ns lo whom
should be nominated. As between Swift and
Esteo , the whole section of the Paeitle was
about evenly divided , and us lliu chasm
broadened with time oilier aspirant put in an
uppcarnnco. Finally it was decides that it
would be better not to recommend anyone.
If President Harrison shuuld select one of
their number they could say that he should
not bo taken from their share of the oftlcial
patronage , since they had not asked to
have a cabinet ofllco , and so until
day before yesterday they had re
commended no one. Finally it
became apparent , tha' the now president was
overlooking the Pncitlo slope in making up
the slate , and the aspirants demanded that
the delegations from California , Oregon nnd
Nevada , take some kind of united action and
recommend ono of them. A mcetlm ; of the
California delegations was hold , nnd it was
decided that Kcprcsenlalive Morrow should
go to Indianapolis , talk to Presldui't-clcct
Harrison and recommend the man most do-
eircd. There was no special preference as
between Swift and Kstce , and an agreement
could not bo rcuehcd , mid though the delega
tion resolved to Indorse some ono to repre
sent tins section they Will have no personal
preference In the event of the appointment of
any man , Swift seems to bo the favorite ,
and since Morrow's ' visit to Indianapolis , the
prospects for the Pacltlo scorn to bo brighten
ing , It In believed that there will bo two or
three places loft open till General Harrison
comes here , so that the greatest number ot
people may bo satisfied by the selections at
iho lust moment.
Tlio friends of Senator Palmer , of Michi
gan , are qulto confident ty-night that ho will
bo either secretary of the navy , or of agri
culture. They say that since General Algcr
Is out , Palmer ia a necessity in order to keep
thn state In line for President Harrison In
IS'JJ ; that r.s goes the patronage , so goes the
delegation to the nominating convention , nnd
thut if Palmer does not go Into the cabinet
Algcr will get the delegation in the conven
tion four years hence.
INTEllKSriNG JIH. JONKS.
Hon. Grorgo W. Jones , once a delegate in
the house from the territory of Michigan ,
and afterwards a senator from Iowa , has
been in Washington for several days and hus
proved n great attraction when ho appeared
en the floor of the house or the senate ,
Mr. Jones Is remembered by thu oldest
men , because he was one of the seconds in
the celebrated meeting at Bladenburg when
Graves , a member of the house from Ken-
, ehot uud killed Wa friend Cllly , a
representative from Maine , ns the result of
a newspaper attack upon a senator from the
Pine Tree state by James Watson Webb , of
thu New York Courier and Knqulrer.
Mr. Jones wns connected with another In
cident not so wolf known. Some
years after the war Joseph llilcy ,
a resident of Krlo county , New York ,
and a southern sympathizer , overheard n
conversation between two gentlemen in New
York in wnlrh ono told the other that ho
possessed thn family phntouraph album of
Jeff D.ivis , which ho In his rapacity as an
oftlcer of the union army had "captured''at
the residence uf the president of the confed
eracy in Mississippi. The cx-oftlccr stated
that ho then lived In Iowa. Hlley at once
Avrote to Mr. Davis and detailed the conver
sation .vlilch he hud heard. The result was
that a correspondence was soon after opened
between Messrs. Davis , Hdoy and ex-Senator
Jones , and through the efforts of the latter
gentleman the album was finally secured nnd
returned to its original owner.
Ml t. I'MthurK'rt Tf.I'UITV ,
Mrs. Senator P.uldock gave a tea yester
day afternoon nnd evening nt Iho Portland
in honor of her daughter , Mrs. O. Jansen
Collman , upon which occasion the social
world of Washington was well represented
in all Its brahches. The hostess received her
guests In an cleiranl gown of white satin ,
brocaded Iu blue , and trimmed with black
jetted lace. Mrs. Collman worn her wed
ding gown of white brocade with princesso
tram. A number of ladies assisted in the
reception room , including Mrs. Matthew-
son , in black dotted not ; Mrs. McAdoo , In n
gown of Persian striped brocade , with
draperies of black lace ; Mrs. Hrdwn , in Inv-
cndnr erepo ; Miss Nordlioff , pink Mlk veiled
In white lace , with pink satin ribbon trim
mings , and Miss Flint , in white brocade.
The largo suite of apartments was all thrown
for t.ho accommodation of the throng of
guests. Opening out from the parlor was
the tea room , where a long table laden with
delicacies wns presided over by Miss
Kthel Ingalls in a gown of while
striped tulle , with black velvet bodice with
ribbon band of gold around her throat , and
Miss Coppick , in white satin striped tulle.
In ono corner a small table was set with
frozen punch , dispensed by Miss Paddock
and Miss Walthani , in pretty toilettes of
white silk and tullo. At the far end of the
corridor a separate apartment was used as a
punch room , in charge of Miss Tardy , in
garnet velvet , and Mrs. Burk , In pinlc bro
cade , and Miss French , iublue point d'espril.
A number of oilier young ladies assisted in
dispensing the hospitalities of the occasion in
handsome evening toilettes.
MISCHI.I.Nior. : . .
Ilolman has promised not to antagonize the
Paddock bill creating two new land olllces
in Nebraska , and it is believed that it will bo
passed this week. Mr. Dorsey will ask the
linuso to consider the bill at the lirst oppor
tunity.v
Second Lieutenant Wilson E. Stambcr ,
Twenty-llril infantry , has been ordered to
conduct a detachment of recruits from Now
York City to the Department of the Platto.
Tlio secretary of the inlcrior to-day modi
fied the decision of the land commissioners
in Ihe case of Joseph Pickett , to make a second
end homestead entry in the Valentino di-j-
Irict. The decision is so modified as lo per
mit a second entry upon the relinquishmcnt
of Iho first entry.
PEIIIIY S. IIiUTii.
THE AGKKEillK.Vr ADOPTI5O.
No Mori : Time to Be AVastcd On the
Dissenting Koails.
CnifHGo , Feb. 21. The proposition to per
fect the organization of the inter-state com
merce railway association with the lines that
have signed the presidents' agreement , in
stead of laboring further with the compan
ies refusing to sign , was carried out
to-day unU the association is now a
fact. The Wisconsin Central for some un
known reason changed front and signed to
day. The Burlington & Northern gave its
final answer to the effect thai it
could not become a member un
less its northern and principal competitors
on seaport trafllc were also taken in. The
committee on changes in the agreement
made no alterations except to strike out the
proviso In regard to the number of signa
tures necessary , and recommended that the
agreement bo adopted.
An animated discussion followed , in which
President Adams , of the Union Pacific ,
sharply criticised the Chicago , Milwaukee &
St. Paul , which was holding bacic , and
also the Burlington & Northern. He
introduced a resolution that the
movement bo then and there
abandoned , as it had been found impossible
to carry it to a success owing to Ihe obstruc
tions placed in the way by the two roads
tiamcd. This caused a scnsallon , and Presi
dent Miller , of the St. Paul , sharply retorted.
After further discussion Mr. Adams with
drew the resolution and apologized to Miller.
At the afternoon session the objectors
were finally brought into line , and the fol
lowing named companies signed the agree
ment , with the understanding that it no-
comes effective immediately : Chicago it
Alton , Rock Island , Chicaro , Burlington &
Quincy , Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul ,
Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City , Chicago &
Northwestern , Chicago , St. Paul , Minne
apolis & Omaha , Wisconsin Central , Mis
souri Pacific , Alchison , Topeka &
Santa Fe , Union Pacific , St. Louis it
San Francisco , Wabash Western , Burling
tonCedar Uupids & Northern , Minneapolis
& St. Louis , Iowa Central , Fort Worth &
Denver , and the Wabash , Tno four roads
not In the agreement arc the Illinois Central ,
Chicago , Burlington .t Northern , Kansas
City , Fort Scott & Memphis mid Missouri ,
Kansas it Texas.
The details of the agreement wore com
pleted this evening. A committee was ap
pointed to confer with Inter-State Commerce
Commission Walker and ascertain if ho will
accept the chairmanship. Skeptics look upon
tlio llnal action of the presidents as some
thing of a farce , and contend that the associ-
nlion will bo of no practical vuluo with sev
eral Important roads omitted. The presi
dents talk dilllcroatly , however.
An Unfaithful Lover.
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Fob. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKU.I Last July U. S. Boal , a
young man of twenty-four years , wcnl lo
Wathcua , Kan. , and after a few years began
work iu the overall factory of George Glcrc-
maim. Ho represented thut lie was the son
of a wealthy stockman in Nebraska , and
gave a plausible excuse for leaving homo. In
the natural course of events ho became
acquainted 'with Stella , an orphan , the
adopted daughter of his employer , seventeen
years old , pretty , intelligent and popular ,
The acquaintance ripened into love , on the
girl's siiis nt least , and Bcal pretended
tended to return it , giving n
promise of marriage. At any rate ,
the girl relied upon him. A few weeks ago
her condition became apparent , and Heal left
the town suddenly , coming to St. Joseph ,
Ho secured employment in a largo wholesale
iron and stool house , and altogether neg
lected \Yathcna sweetheart , A few days
ago it was learned that Boal was in St.
Joseph , and n warrant charging him with
seduction was Issued and delivered lo the
sheriff of Doniplmn county , who yesterday
ciimo to St. Joseph in search of ills man.
Ho found him last night and returned with
him to Kansas. On account of the social
standing of the girl Wutucna is greatly ex
cited over the atfair.
After "Wild Cat Intmrnuoo ConipanlnH.
TOI-KKA , Fob. 21.-Special [ Tclogram to
Tut : Bucj. The commissioner of insurance
has revoked the license of the Homo Insur
ance company aud the Topaku Insurance
company to do business in Kansas. Ho gives
as Ills-reason for so doing that ho lias discov
ered that tlioy are doing n wild cat business.
Bo says : "Kansas lias had a a proat deal of
experience of this kind , all of it discouraging.
It began twenty-live years ago In Leaven worth
and many towns have had lira companies
that wont down under heavy losses in ether
states , leaving the honest policy holder in
Kaunas to hold tlio bag. "
Tls/n'n Amendments Adopted ,
PBSTII , Fob. SI.Tho lower house of the
diet to-day , by a large majority , passed para
graph 14 of the army bill with ull Premier
Tiezu'b ainemluiuiiU ,
GOVERNOR LARRABEE'S TRIAL
A Jury Selected After Considerable
Delay.
THE PROSECUTION'S BAD BREAK.
OnanfltH Principal W It nesses Forced
Into Making Some Very Hiimajj-
Inc Disclosures Tlio Court
llnoiii Packed.
Fell Into n Trnn.
DCS MniXKii , la. , Feb. 21. | Special Tele
gram to Tin : Ur.n.j The twelve men who
are to decide whether Governor Lurraboo
has been guilty of criminal libel have now
been selected , though' it took some time to
day to get thorn. The counsel for the de
fense questioned sharply ns to whether the
would-be Jurors were interested in pardon
cases , or had attended nny of Mrs. Turnoy's
meetings or signed her petitions for the par
don of her boy , or were In anywise in
structed in or under the Influence of Mr.
ana Mrs. Gillette , who urc pushing the pros
ecution.
After the Jury had been chosen County
Attorney Macombcr , for tlio prosecution ,
stated briefly what they expected to prove ,
Mr. C. H. Bishop , for the governor , stated
the position of the defense. In opening for
the defense ho said that the question in
volved iu this case would arise from
the nature of the governor's duties us
chief executive of the state nnd his perform
ance of those duties. Ho then reviewed
briefly ttic status of the Turiiey case , show
ing how petitions had been sent to the gov
ernor asking for his pardon , nnd remon
strating against it. How Mrs. Turney had
gone over the state working up sympathy in
her case , until inquiries began to pour in
upon him to know why he didn't pardon the
boy. Finally these Inquiries became so nu
merous ttiut written answers could not bo
made to all inquiries. These circulars were
printed to send iu answer to Inquiries. They
had been sent lo the members of Iho legisla
ture and had been handed or soul to other
persons who inquired. The language alleged
to have been libelously used was not the
governor's , was not conceived by him.pr in
spired by him. 11 was the words of n re
monstrance sent iu to tlio governor , signed
by many business men of the town of Pres
ton. The testimony would show that these
documents had long been in the ofllco ; that
Mrs. Turnoy knew of them mid never
denied their statements , and that the
governor , when lie ordered them printed ,
did not know that the words alleged to bo
llbolous were in the documents. Further
more it would bo maintained and proven that
this was as public record , a privileged com
munication. It would bo shown that if it
would bo libelous to permit it , it would
bo libelous to admit people to his ofllcc
to see it.
The question is not whether William Lnr-
rabco shall be lined for this supposed offense ,
but whether the governor of Iowa bus the
right lo show the records of his ofllco with
out being dragged into a criminal court. The
governor should not bo placed between the
menace of a criminal court on the ono hand
and the harrnssing of a civil court on the
other , in the liberty of showing his records.
The state then introduced its lirst witness ,
Mr. A. II. Deninan , ono of the attorneys for
Mrs. Turney. Ho admitted that ho had per
sistently appealed to the governor to'pardon
Iho boy lill his visits became almost unen
durable , lie admitted , also , that he had
pursued tlio governor with more than
u common interest in n client. He admitted
that when the governor had asked young
Turney , who was in prison , to send
him a letter describing his case , ho ( Den-
muii ) had taken that letter lirst , and attended
to it to suit his purposes and had rewritten
it , and sent it back to young Turner to copy
in bis own hand , and then the letter
wns sent to the governor , purporting to have
been written by the prisoner himself and
unaided.
As tills admission was forced from the wit
ness by the cross-questioning , Dcnman was
nearly overcome with confusion and
embarrassment and almost fainted. When
ho had concluded his testimony the prosecu
tion was very much chagrined ut the bad
breaks of their leading witness , and no other
was called to-day.
The case will bo resumed to-morrow morn
ing. The court room is packed with visitors
this afternoon. Nearly all the slate ofllcors
were present , and little business is being
done at the state house while Iho trial is
going on. The governor was in the court
room all of the afternoon.
The Knritcrn Deanery.
DAVBXUOHT , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to THE HUE. ] The second convocatiun
of the eastern deanery of the Iowa dioccso of
the Episcopal church , which begun its ses
sion last evening , finishes its business this
afternoon. It was decided that in the pro
ceedings hereafter Ihoro shall bo ono essay ,
ono sermon and a book work. Addresses
were made by Bishop Perry and Kev. S. N.
Watson , tlio rural dean of the eastern dean-
cry. Plans for mission work wore discussed.
It was decided to approach the central
with a proposition to unite in the appoinl-
menl of a missionary for service ut stations
along the Chicago , Hock Island & Pa-
cilio railroad between Davenport and
DCS Moines , willi headquarters prob
ably at Iowa City. It resolved to
raise fiiOO in the eastern deanery for this pur
pose and $ -50 for general work , nnd to ask
the central deanery to do the same. This
would afford a stipend of J 1,200 for the mis
sionary and pay his expenses.
The question of n eltangn of name from
the deanery to the urcbdeancry was resolved
upon subject to the apuroval of the diocesan
convention. Tim archdeacon would bo in
vested with more authority in missionary
work than Is possessed by a clean. It is tlio
name of the same dloceson division in the
oast. The archdeacon is regarded us the
bishop's cyo in mission work.
Crestoii Notes ,
CiinsTON , Feb. 21 , [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Hin.j : George W. Allen , n wealthy
stock dealer of Hamburg , la , , while looking
after his stock cars in the "Q" yards late
lust night , was run over by a switch engine
and instantly killoil.
City Clerk Collins has commenced action
against the Dally Gazette for libel for republishing -
lishing an article from the Commonwealth
reflecting on his business methods. Esti
mated damage , ? 5,000.
W. C , Drown , superintendent of the "Q"
line In Iowa , in n letter to this evening's '
Gazette , denies in positive terms the charges
made that the Cnlcugo , Burlington & Qulncy
is diverting through freight from Iowa to
Missouri lines , us u retaliatory measure , and
that nut n single car had been thus diverted.
Tlio article says the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy railroad 1ms accepted the rates as
llxcd by the commissioners and passed upon
by the courts in absolute good faith. Know-
lug that the rates areunreasonably low , and
realizing that the sumo rates applied to all
its business in the different suites traversed
by the rend would result in the destruction
of tlio property , still it has accepted thorn In
good faith and in the hope that the fairness
of the request for something bettor will bo
recognized by the commissioners and a re
adjustment of the schedule made , under
which they can do business ut a reasonable
uroilt ,
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A Dubious Outlook.
Sioux CITV , Feb. 21. [ Special to TUB
HKB | Thii condition of the city lluancos U
the theme of universal interest and anxiety ,
II has been known that the city was rushing
headlong into debt , but the records are kept
in such an obscure and chaotlo condition that
statements of the real facts como like a rev-
o' ' , tlon , and a most alarming revelation to
the taxpayers' . The city auditor and the city
treasurer uWo Information suowluB that the
stated Indebtedness of the city to-ilnj
amounts to ? l.WlK.ll. ! ) A year ape the debt
amounted to only f900,000 in round numbers ,
but n largo part of that sum was added last
year through extensive public Improvements
Tlio stated dcot thus has been Increased in
one year's time by WOO.OOU. Uut this docs
not toll the whole story , for there are claims
outstanding for largo sums of money which
must bo paid , but which are nurirascly holt
back and postponed in order to enable the
city to tnako n better showing than the facts
warrant. Just what the amount of such bills
may be cannot bo definitely stated , but it is
known to be itnmoiiso. The legal limit of in
debtedness has long since been passed , nnd
yet warrants and other forms of indebtedness
have been converted into bonds freely
since the limit was exceeded. The
outstanding warrants on the general
fund represent an overdraft thereon of over
$100,000 , nnd when pending nnd postponed
bills are paid the overdraft must bo increased
by from &JO.OOO to * 100,000. The city banks
so mo time ago , nurood to maintain the war
rants at par receiving u rate of interesl
amounting to 11 per cent OH condition thai
the city expense should be held below a cer
tain limit. That limit It is now discovered ,
has been immensely exceeded. This is all in
anticipation of the revenue for the current
year , and the result is that the city will be
gin Its next fiscal year with mi enormous
debt , a treasury bankrupt and facing the
necessity of being a heavy borrower in spite
of the fact Dint its legal limit of indebtedness
is already greatly exceeded.
A t'roitosod Burlington Extension.
MAI-OX CITV , Ia.rFob. 21. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : BiiE-Tlio ] Burlington , Cedar
Hapids & Northern Is now entertaining a
proposition to build a branch line running
from Itockford to Mason City. Several
surveys have been made , and it is likely
that the line will bo built. The citizens of
Northwood arc taking legal steps to compel
the Central Iowa to operate their line
through to that city. Several years ago they
voted a heavy tax , witn the understanding
that the road was to run regular trains into
their city , hut us soon as the track was laid
it was leased to the Burlington , Cedar
Rapids & Northern. The mailer has been
in litigallou nnd was once decided in favor of
Ihe citizens.
A Mayor's Close Call.
Dunt'QVi : , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Telccram
to T"c BII : : . ] Some miscreant attempted to
murder Mr. .T. D. Alsop , mayor of Dyers-
villo , yesterday afternoon , by placing tin ex
plosive in his oftlce slave. Mr. Alsop lit n
lire and sat down to write. In a few minutes
iv terrillc explosion occurred , blowing the
stove to pieces and shuttering the windows.
Mr. Alsop miraculously escaped , being un
injured nnd untouched by the Hying misiles.
No clue to Ihe perpetrators has been lound.
.lolmaoii Sentenced.
Dns MoiNEg , Iu. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : HDK. | Judge Conrad , of the
district court , has sentenced C. C. Johnson
to eighteen months imprisonment in ttic pen
itentiary for forgery. Johnson is the young
man who was arrested iu Uoehcsler , N. Y. ,
some time ago by means of his description
in Ihe rogues' gallery. Ho was sentenced on
one indictment , but there were several other
forgeries charged against him , which were
not pressed. Jt is estimated that be secured
between ? 5,000 and SO.WIO by bis numerous
forgeries in this vicinity. He usually forged
the name of his father-in-law , a well-known
and well-to-do citizen.
Tlio ATOOO Mystery.
AVOCA , In. , Feb. 21. [ Special to TUB
'
Di : _ . ] After tlio-m'ost diligent investigation
and examination oiw-nuinerous witnesses , the
grand Jury adJouriiCil'witliout being able to
learn anything or obtain any clue regarding
tlio murder of Josnph Hair , who was bru
tally assassinated during the latter part of
December , on the farm of John Kelly. A
reward of WOO has been offered by Governor
Larrabee , with an added bonus by Kelly to
stimulate the search.
The Schedule Must Be Tented.
Sioux Cnv , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BRI'J Kailway Commissioner
Campbell has spent the day in Sioux City in
vestigating charges of violation of the com
missioners' schedule of rates. Ho stated
that as a rule \dompanies are putting the
schedule of rates iuvforce. As to the request
of the railroad managers to change the rules.
Commissioner Campbell says thai there will
positively bo no ; .chungo-until the present
schedule shall have been thoroughly tested.
A Fat'il Kunaway ,
Dns Moixns , Iti. , Feb. 21. [ Special Telo-
ram to TUB Bu'lsfl Ole Christcnscn wns
killed by a runaway team in this city to-day.
Ho had Just takon.'up ' the lines when hia
horses became frighlened , and , running
away , Hirew him to.tbn ground , killing him
instantly. His homo was near the park
home , where ho leaves a wife and two chil
dren iu destitute circumstances.
A Ifntal Fall.
CJ.IXTOJ. , la. , Feb. 21. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Bun.l l atrick Noonnn , n laborer ,
while colng to his room in the second story
of his son's housq in this city last night , fell
from the top of Ih6 stairs , receiving injuries
from which lie died this morning.
DEVOUUEU BY WOIjVGS.
The Horrible Fnto of Two Lit tie Min
nesota Glrln.
WHITE EAKTII , I Minn. , Feb. 21. [ Special
Telegram to TiiqfUCE. ] Whllo two little
girls , Millie and \Vhinio \ Peterson , were re
turning from sutopol yesterday afternoon ,
in the northernijfpart of Aitkon county ,
they wore attacked nnd completely devoured
by timber wolves 1 A few scattered bones
and shreds of clothing alone remaining ns
horrlblo .Xitestlmbjiy of the chllarcns'
fate. It was supposed at first that there
were not more than two wolves at most in
the pack , but lui'JlKlhm hunter shortly after
the disappearance of Iho children , en
countered a pajfc of ten of these licrco
brutes near { { the scene of the
little ones' ttcath. Ho used his
Winchester will } such effect as to kill
four of them oiiwight , and getting out of
cartridges , ho w < wt up a tree to cscnpo from
the fangs of the nlmnlning six. Four of the
animals ran uwujVibut two of them squatted
down at the fdoj of the tree. When ho
IhoiiL'ht his fate , was scaled ho found two
cartridges in tlio.flepth of his pockots. With
these ho killed tp wolves.
TOPEKA , Kan.'fob.21 ( , ( SpecialTelegram
to Tun Br.n.J Attorney General Kellogg
to-day listened toJin application for permis
sion to oommeneo in the supreme court , In
the name of tho'state , in the relation of the
attorney goneraliroccodlngs ' In the nature
of n mandamus id compel the county officials
of Grant county.'o remove their oQlccs from
Ulysses to Appon atax. At the election held.
to dccido uponu , . ' icrmauont county scat for
Grant county'.Ulysscs received a majority of
nil the votes | cast and was declared
Hie winner of the prize. It is now claimed
that there was a good deal of fraud about the
election , and that ) if Apponmtox hud a fair
count it would bcr found that of tha "legal
voles" cast shoiiad a majority , It is charged
Lhat over two hundred votes were cast which
were not legal/isd ( that names of men who
have been dead , several years , and others
who havp left the state wore found upon Iho
poll books. There aro' fear * of another
county scut war over the matter ,
Tlio BarrettsVl \ \ Suing.
MiNXBU'oua , Minn. , Fob. 21. After a
trial almost unparalleled in this city for the
strength and skill with which it was conducted -
ducted , and after numerous appeals to the
governor , the edict wont forth to-day that
Tim and I'oto Uurrott , the two young men
who killed t.ho street car driver , Toliofseu ,
in Minneapolis about a your ago , will bo
Lung March 23 tor their crluit ) ,
GREAT REJOICING IN DAKOTA
Bocnugo of tbo Passage or the Ter
ritorial Bill.
BONFIRES AND PROCESSIONS.
The iliilillnnt. Citizens Arc Having n
General lolllilc.itlon , nnd Sunset
Cox U the Hero of the
Hour.
r
Ijooal IHHUCH host Sight UP.
HIIMAIICK , Dak , , Feb. 21 , [ Special Telo
qram to Tin : Bun. ] The territorial legisla
ture now In session hero Is completely over
come by the news that the bill for the ad
mission of the two Dakota * has passed boll
houses , and the crowd of visitors from at !
parts of the territory is a veritable howling
mob , of cheering jolllllers , The news wil
have a marked effect on the laws enacted by
this , the last territorial legislature. Alreadi
it is proposed to postpone many important
bills now before the legislature , owing to the
fact that the present body should not legis
late for the future states. The Jubilant
solons have decided to take nn excursion to
Helena and Join with the Montana legisla
ture now in session there in
celebrating the event. The excursion
wili leave to-morrow morning by special
train. The distance to be travelled iu going
and returning is 1-IOQ , miles. The pcoplo
throughout the territory are celebrating tlio
passage of the Dili , witn bonlires and torch
light processions , banquets and mas * meet
ings. No name is more frequently cheered
than that of Sunset Cox , who has led the
forces in congress lo -proper recount-
lion of Dakota , and it is pro
posed to extend to him an Invita
tion to visit the territory either at the
couvcnlni ; of the constitutional convention
or at some time when the people can be got
together in mass meeting so that he mabo
given an ovation.
The governor to-day vetoed tlio bill locating
a soldiers' ' home in South Daicota , at the ilot
Springs , on Ihe ground that as North and
bouth Dakota are now virtually two separata
and distinct states , the members from North
Dakota stiould not vote public buildings and
additional expense on Soutli Dakota. An ef-
'fort will bo made to pass the bill over his
veto.
How Huron Received the News.
Hruo.v , Dak. , Feb. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to Tim Bui : . ] Thn citizens of Huron
and vicinity Join in iho rejoicing so general
throughout South Dakota. They had begun
to fear thai they were doomed to another
year of waiting for the benefits they expect
to derive from the of
pect rights self-govern
ment , but when the glad tidings was re
ceived from the national capitol that tlio
report of the conference committee had been
adopted by both houses , and all that was
lacking that it might become n law was
the signature of the president , there was
universal rejoicing. While thcro will be
some objectionable features to the present
state constitution , it would be a poor one ,
indeed , that the people would not be willing to
ratify in order to hasten the day so long soughl
for by Dakotans , when they might point
with nrldo to South Dakota as ono of the sis
terhood of stales. One cause for preat re
joicing is that Springer was defeated in his
ono state idea , nnd that the nation's repre
sentatives were alive to Dakota's need. The
citizens consrrcpatcd at the city hall last
night. Enthusiastic speeches were made com
mending the efforls of Hcpresenlatlvcs Cox
and Baker , of New York , who championed
the cause upon the lloor of the house. The
city was illuminated with colored lights ,
guns were fired , bands paraded the streets
and general rejoicing is in the heart of every
Dakotian , and in the midst of snch enthusi
asm local questions such as the location of a
temporary capitol are lost sight of.
BI/ACK CAPS.
They AVnru Two niiHsourlnns Off Boy
cotted Farina.
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Fob. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to THE Bisii.l A special from Osborn ,
Delvalb county , Mo. , thirty miles east ot St.
Joseph , says that lust night about 11 o'clock
a band of men supposed lo number 150 , and
wearing black masks , rode up lo Iho door of
n rcspcclable farmer named Edward Spraguc ,
After rousing the household they rode away ,
and Mr. Sprague found a notice written
in red ink on foolscap , giving1 him warning
to leave the farm upon whlcn ho lived , on or
before Ihe 10th of March next , or he would
be dealt with accordingly lo the rules of the
I. O. O. B. C. ( Independent Order of
BlackCaps ) . The notice was duly signed
"Black Caps , " and the conclud'
ing warning was to the effect
that if Mr. Sprague wasn't absent on
the date given they would call prepared lo
move him. Later the same night a similar
and , or the same ono , called upon Wood
Lamb and Willard Wells , bolli reputable
farmers and members of the community ,
and gave them verbal notice to leave within
twenty days. Mr. Lamb was in town to-day ,
and lias already packed up his chattels , ready
to movo. The causa given by the Black
Caps for their action was dislike of tlio
owners of tlio farms from whom the warned
men rented. They stated further lhat
no families would be allowed
to live on the said farms "until justice was
done. " Mr. W. Homer Brown , vostmasler
at Stowartsvillo , saw them pass throiiKh that
place about midnight , riding at a rapid gait.
He did not think thcro were more limn lif-
teen in tlio party , The community is in a
terrible state of excitement , nnd the three
men who were visited have repeated the
story until the number of night riders have
grown from the original 150 to UOO or 400.
THEIR Ii/YHT / JJIOPK HAS FI-iKO.
Cleveland Vetoes the Bill for tlio Ito-
llof of the Iowa BcUlerH.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 21. The president , to
day returned to congress without his ap
proval the house bill to determine the title of
settlers on the Dos Moines river lands , In
Iowa. The president says : "Ono result of
this legislation , If consummated , should bo to
restore to the Uniled States , as part of tlio
iniPlic domain , the lands which more than
twcnty-llvo years ago the government ex
pressly granted and surrendered , and which
repealed decisions of the supreme court
liavo judged to belong to this sec
tion of the government , It is by no
means certain that this proposed legislation
relating to a subject peculiarly within the Ju
dicial ( unction , and which attempts to dis
turb rights and Interests thoroughly en
trenched In the solemn adjudications of our
courts , would bo upheld. In any event , it
seems to mo that it is an improper exercise
of legislative" power , an interference with
the determinations of the co-ordinate branch
of the government , and tlio arbitrary annul
ment of a public grant made more than
twenty-llvo yeorrogo an attempted destruc
tion of vested rights and threatened impair
ment of lawful contracts.
I < aor Con t rat ; torn Convicted. *
PHILADELPHIA , Pa' . , Feb. Sl.-Y.Tho trial of
the civil suit of the government , brought to
recover $1,000 pcimlty from Jasper and John
Lccs , trading us James Lees & Sensor , the
alleged Importation of contract labor ut their
mills at Bridgeport , 1'u. , bofora Juilge But-
btvin Iho United States district coUrt , ' re
sulted in u verdict for the government iu the
amount of tlio-penully uuouior. .
' - ' . < . . -
A South Carolina Snow Storm.
Coj.UMini , S , .0. , Feb. .21 , Snow began
'ailing fi9Ut > 9 i.TOths | morning , It is now
, wo pnd. no-half Inches deep , on a level and
*
falling thick uiid fast. ft U Iho heaviest fall
of snow within ILo recollections of the citi
zens ,
P1GOTT ON THU STAND.
How Ho Bought n linn of Iiettern In
France.
I.nxnox , Feb. 21. Pigott wasacaln on the
stand in the Parnell care. He testified thai
ho had an Interview with Eugene Davis al
Lousnnno In January , 1SSO. Ho tiretcndcil
that he ( Pigott ) wanted to write n pamphlet
on the lengue , and desired to embody signed
documents in it. Davis declined to furnisli
the documents , saying the Fenian brother
hood was bound to Parnell not to interfere
with his plans till after a certain time. Fi
nally Davis , for 11,000 , furnished witness
the principal facts with the understanding
that , they bo written , but not pub
lished till n certain time. Witness
at once wrote oul from Ibis Information and
pave it to Houston , This was the statement
read yesterday. Subsequently in Paris , u
man named Morris Murphy , for .I'fiOO , fur
nished the witness the documents which lui
had tried to get from Davis. They were In
a bag , and consisted of live or six of Ugnn's
letters , some of Parnell's , and some old ac
counts. Witness read the letters , made ,
memoranda , but did not copy them. Pigott
hero identified six letters of KganX live of
Parnell's ' , Including the letter which ap
peared In the Times , and scraps of accounts
produced in court as the contents of the
bag.
Witness said lhat Houston then author
ized him to secure the letters. Witness hero
described at length his negotiations. Mur
phy sent him to Now York , where ho met
Berlin , who merely gave him n lettler to
Murphy in Paris. Ueturnliig , Murphy took
him into a private room , where five members
of the Clau-im-Gaol made him swear never
lo reveal Iho source from which he obtained
the documents.
Pigott did not cot the documents thai
night. Witness detailed the purclia e of the
letters and Murphy's offer to purchase them ,
Witness know tegan's writing and signature ,
and was convinced that Kgan wrote the let
ters ascribed to him. Murphy was displeased
with the refusal to return the letters. Pigott ,
resuming , said lie first heard of the exis
tence of the other letters at the beginning of
ISsS. His Informant was Thomas Brown , a
member of the Clan-na Gael. Hayes intro
duced Brown and the witness in a cafe in the
Kuo St. Honore , Paris. Brown produced
the letters and the witness sent to Houston
copies of two of 1'arnoH's and one
ot Kgau's. Pigott had not the slightest
doubt that thu signatures were genuine. In
July , 18 . ho heard of the other letters. A
person in Paris , who declined to reveal bis
name , olTercd to surrender them for .l'f ' > 00 ,
Ho was paid . 200 pounds , of which sum the
witness received ATiO back. Pigott con
tinued :
"A man mimed O'Brien ' visited mo in
Dublin under the alias of Sinclair. Ho said
that Parnell had sent him to try to get mo
me to assist Kgan. Lubouchcre , ho said , was
acting for Kgan and would pay mo a very
high price if I had any letlers of Parnell's to
sell. Sinclair suggested thai I should sec
Labouchcro in London , ami gave mo
JL'o with which to pay my passage.
1 went to the place mentioned.
but Labouchcrc was not there. 1
declined to hold a conversation with Sin
clair. 1 afterwards wrote to Laboucliero
with Sinclair's knowledge. Laboucliero re
plied , and 1 had an interview with Parnell
and Laboucliero at the hitter's ' house. "
Continuing , Pigott said that at the meet
ing referred to Parnell told him ho hold
prima facie evidence that the witness had
forged the letters , and Labouchcrc proposed
that the witness admit of the forgery. Lewis
entered during the interview and said thai
if Iho witness followed his directions he
would bo his best friend , but if ho failed lo
obey instructions lie ( Lewis ) would prosecute
cute- him mercilessly for perjury and forgery.
Afterwards the witness saw Labouchero out
side of the room , when Labouchcro said lie
was prepared to pay X'1OSO , , but that money
matters must not be mentioned 10 Parnell.
Witness induced Labouchero to think ho
would accede to his proposal , but on return
ing to the room ho said nothing would induce
him to swear that the letters were forgeries.
Lewis then asked the witness to write to the
Times that ho ( witness ) believed thai loiters
to bo forgeries , when the Times would with
draw the letters. Tlio following day the wit
ness asked whether Labonchoro's offer would
hold good if Hie witness induced the Times
to withdraw the letters. Lewis said "Yes. "
On the day after Iho witness accidentally
mot Parnell and Lewis. The latter denied
that he had given the witness any such as
surance.
Attorney Webster read n long correspond
ence between Pigot and Lewis. In his let
ters Lewis averred that ho and his associ
ates were nwaro that Pigotl was a forger
before they saw him. Ho suggested that
Pigott meet Parnoll again. Pigott replied
thai ho was prepared lo meet any proceed
ings , and declined to meet Pnrnell again.
The witness , continuing , said that La
bouchcro repeatedly wrote him in Dublin ,
pressing him to Icstify and offering to pay
his passage. At the end of January ho re-
ceivod-a letter containing 10. Ho was anx
ious to avoid testifying. He was aware that
it was danccrous to offend the Clan-na-Gael
and he would bo murdered.
Hero Sir Charles Hiissoll cross-examined
Pigott. Ho caused him to write several
words widen occurred in the letter. Pigott
said ho had corresponded with Forster from
1881 to 188Ho ) wrote Sir Trovylan , asking
for money on account of his support of the
government , but did not offer to furnish in
formation. Ho denied in his statement to
Lewis that ho said the publication of the tel
lers by the Times had alarmed him , nnd that
no had therefore asked Archbishop Walsh ,
Because ho regarded the archbishop as his
co'nfcssor. Ho denied Ihnl he know lhat the
article on "Purncllism and Crime" were
being prepared.
Sir Charles Uussell hero produced a letter
From Pigott to Archbishop \Valsn , dated
March , 1SS7. In Ibis letter Pigott told the
xrchblshop that ho was awuro thai proceed
ings were contemplated with tlio object of
lestroying the 1'urnellltes' inllucnco in par-
iamunl , and all Hint ho could indicate was
.hat thu proceedings would consist of the
mblication of statements tcuding lo show
complicity in tlio crime of Parnull mid his
'ollcagues. Ho assured the archbishop that
10 wrote with full knowledge of these de
signs , and I'.ouhl indicate how they could bo
successfully combatlcd and defeated. Sir
Charles Uussell pressed iho witness to ox-
ilaln how these designs could bo defeated if
.ho letters were genuine.
Pigott replied that ho had not the slightest
recollection of writing anything of the kind.
lo could not have had the Pnrnell letters In
mind when he wrote to thu urctiblMiop. Ho.
nust have been thinking of the other
charges , but he could not say what those
charges were.
Sir Charles Hussoll then read a postscript
o the letlor , as follows : " 1 need hardly say
hat did I consider the parties really guilty.
should not dream that your grace would
lartako in the effort to shield them , My only
visli is to Impress on your grace that the evi-
Icnco is apparently convincing and probably
Bufllcicnt to secure conviction by an Knglish
ury.JI
Pigott reiterated that the Parnoll luttors
vcni not In his mind when lie wrote Die
lostscrlpt. Ho added that ho never thought
hut the letters In themselves constituted a
charge. Ho asked for the arch
bishop's reply , which Sir Charles Uussoll
iroduccd. Pigotl , after inspecting the arch-
ilshop's letter , said that ho believed that ho
lover received It.
t'ho Arbitration Contract Approved.
Nisw YoiiK , Feb. 21. The Northern Pa-
iflc board of directors , at a meeting to-day ,
approved what is culled the "arbitration COD-
ract , " which Is an agreement between the
Union Paclllu and Northern Pacific com-
lanlos to place the control of all competitive
lues in eastern Washington territory and
Oregon in the hands of live managers to bo
.ppolntod by the parties to the agreement ,
. 'his will secure all the advantages to both
iompanlcs that would have resulted from a
olnt lease of the Oregon Navigation , and at
he same tlma avoid the responsibilities of
; uarautccmg dividends on that stock ,
.
JVOH and Stnyiier Indicted.
Nuw Youir , Feb. 21 The grand jury to-
; ay found Indictments for grand larceny in
he first degree against Ives and Stayner. U
s bolk'ved that Indictments will also ho
uund againU others conncctod with those
men iu the Cluchiuuti , Hamilton & Dayton.
IN LOVE WITH CLEVELAND ,
The TnrliT Reformers Pnss Rosolu
tlona to Thnt EtToot.
AS A DEMOCRATIC AUXILIARY.
The Wny mi Inillnim Mriiitirr Scouts
to llojjard tin * Iji'ituiu * A l''rco
Ti-ndo Man u I'd ctnrur
Speaks ,
KnthiistiistliKadlcnlH. .
Cmr.vno , Feb. 2t. ( Special Telegram to
TUB HIM : . | Tlio great doings of yesterday
iiftcmoon iiiul evening wore the theme of
conversation before the Tariff Kefurm eon *
vr-ntioii was called to onlor of Chairman
Morton this morning. Tho' absolute frco
trailers wenIn high feather on account ol
the great ilebato they hail hail anil the moral
victory attained by the mlvornuy by tlicir
clear cut principles , while the tarliT reform
ers were Jubilant because they hail nutiutlly
beaten thn radicals , so uveryboily wns feel
ing pretty good.
The other sections of tlio report of the
committee on resolutions were accepted , anil
DU the discussion of tl'o ' nppolntinent of n
committee of nine to cffeit practical propa-
gandism , Foster , of Indiana , made a speech
which showed that ho regarded the conven
tion ns an assistant democrat It * party , which
should help the regular orpin trillion to carry
t lie state at the nest presidential election.
He talked nbonl "blocks of live , " and o (
how "wo were not beaten at the lust elec
tion , " and bo was heartily applauded.
.Mr. Hawker of New York said that tlio up-
poliitincnt of this coannitteo was a text for
the discussion of the best means of propa-
gandisiu in n conference , which was practi
cally what the committee was , "Wo
gained more from the discussion yes
terday afternoon than from the practi
cal results. It wiw worth coming hero to
hear it. So we shall bo the gainers if wo can
hear why it is that the western farmers itid
not do what was expected of them. I shall ,
later on give a little sketch of our experience
In the east. "
"Give it now ! Now ! " were the cries till
over the bouse.
"It would not bo e nurteous In mo to speak
until wo learn the relations of this league to
other bodies. "
Mr. Hawker then offered tlio following res
olutions , which were loudly applauded : '
"Wo honor 1 'resident Cleveland for his
bravo , manly and statesmanlike course iu
making tnrilT relorm the issnc before the
people.Vo see in the increased popular
majority which that Issue won for him and
in the increase of his vote in the Industrial
centers assurance of the early triumph of
'tho ' ' and ourselves
people's cause , we pledge
to increasing agitation until that triumph is
won. ' " They were adopted by n rising , vote.
Head Gordon , of New Jersey , said ho rep
resented only himself , not an organl/.itlon ,
but ho was u protected manufacturer , who
was the "absolutest" kind of a free traitor.
Ho declared that free trailo was the best for
nil fruit dinners , and the reason why n pro
tective tariff on canned fruit was demanded
was because the sugar , tin plate , paper , ma
chinery , nails and so on , were all made too
cosily by the tariff on those articles , which
wore raw materials in tlio production of
canned fruit. So in spite of the fact that labor
cost less per gallon of product in this coun
try than anywhere else in the world , thus ,
in self-defense , there must b ( ! absolute pro
tection or absolute frco trade. A compromise
was destructive to the caniiRrs. So that to
day it was argued by many fruit preserving
companies tlat it. was Impossible to do busi
ness without adulteration. lie instanced in
curable diseases caused by the sulphuric acid
in glucose , which the tariff forced on iho
people instead of cane sugar tmturally
cheaper , but made unnaturally expensive by
the duty and wood spirits , which kill off
tlio men who work in varnish factories , be
cause the protective internal revenue engrain
grain spirits makes that best solvent of
mastic unnaturally dearer than the wood
spirits. Thus the protective tariff sacrilices
human life as well as robs the people of
their earnings.
Mr. M. M. Holmes , of Hoston , followed
Mr. Gordon in an address on "tho tariff
blight in Now England's industries. " Ho
set the convention into a wild storm ol ajj-
plause.
The banquet at the Palmer house to-night
closes the convention with the traditional
blaze of glory.
A COWBOY UIIICAU1- .
A Picturesque Feature of HiirrlHou's
Inauguration.
Dixvn , Colo. . Feb. 21 , The great west
is to be represented at General Harrison's
inauguration by n genuine cowboy brigade.
"So nbrcros , " "chupps" and blue shirts will
distinguish the delegation. The brigade will
comprise one hundred leading citizens of
Denver. They will start from hero on Feb
ruary 20 for Washington , and will bo Joined
by other "cowboys" from other cities. At
Kansas City Iho "Dodge City cowboy baud"
will head the brigade. Most of the members
of the brigade are splendid specimens of
western manhood , who , attired in true cow
boy style , decked out with revolver , knife ,
cartridge belt and hisso , will certainly bo
among the most plclurcsuo ) features at the
Inauguration.
Tlio Nnxt HOUND llejnilillo.'in.
WASHINGTON" , Feb. 21. C'p to date all but
nboul llftecn eortiilcates of meinbe rs-olcct to
the next house have been received by General
Clark , clerk of the bouse. Among those
lacking are the certificates of two represen
tatives from West Virginia and ono from
Tennessee. . In regard to the case of West
Virginia members-elect , Gcnotul Clark saicl
that now the senatorial contest wns over ho
bcllevcu the certificates for the reprc.sonta-
lives would soon bo made out. Kcgarding
tlio Tennessee case , General Clark said it
would not be proper for him to express an
opinion , as the case might come before hlta
for n decision between the two bets of ccrtill-
cate.t. Assuming thut Evans , of Tennesce ,
( rep. ) will receive a sufficient ecrtllloalo. tie |
clerk figures * hat the republicans will have
IIVI and tlio democrats 159 members at the
organl/atlon of tlio next house , not counting
the West Virginia mombers. The admission of
the. Dakotas , Washington and Montana will
increase this majority.
Ijiuvycr Mui-Mli MntorlnllxoH.
Ni\v ! \ YMIIIC , Feb. 81 , [ Special Telegram to
Tin : 13m : . | Luther H. Marsh has material
ized. Yesterday afternoon ho walked into
Howe & Hummers ofllco and inquired for
Mr. Howe.
"Do I look like n married tnun't" inquired
Marsh ,
Howe was obliged to confess ho did not.
" 1 came hero to settle this matter permanently
" continued Marsh , ' 'I
nently , cannot imag
ine how Una story of my marrying Mtno.
Diss DeBar originated , but 1 mipposo sha
started it. Her lies have been exploited In
court , 1 bollevo In her powers a u medium
and always have , but further than that I
shall never have anything to do with her. "
Marsh stated that ho had been living m
uooluMon ilva weeks.
Plenty of Itootn for All.
1' eb. 21 , The inaugural
( iommltteo on public comfort , in answer to a
largo number of inquiries from all purls of
the country , desires to state for tlio informa
tion of the public that their resources are
urnplo to enable thorn to provide with
pleasant and comfortable lodgings , with' '
board , In the most desirable purls of the
city , all who may wish lo attend the , li- :
aUKur.il ceremonies.
All the BodlcH Itcoovcreil.
IlAitTruun , Conn. , Fob , 21. The search In
the ruins of the wrecked hotel Is still being
prosecuted , but no further discoveries havii
been mado. H Is now considered certain that
there tire no were bodies Iu the rums ,
It ,