Nebraska Newspapers

    II \ NINETEENTH YEAH OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , JANUARY 13 , 1800. NUMBER 20(5. (
IT IS PRACTICALLY SOLVED
I The Problorn of the Organization ot
S the Iowa Lojjlslaturo
• f REPUBLICANS CLAIM THE HOUSE
k
M ItcprciscitlnllTn WIIhiui Mill Bo
W . fepi nker lh < ro Is Now no Doubt
[ / ol Allison h lto-1 Ipitlon A.
Hcl'ulnuH TlllSt
A. Itrptibllcan \ litory Certain
Dm Moists , In , Jan 12 [ bpoclil Tele
pram to lur" liir 1 The proolcm of the
, orgmilz itloti of tie ! lofl'lituro tomorrow und
tlio oloUlon of a speaker is believed tonlfcht
i to bo practically solved
J ho republican1 ! will hnvo tlio organization
" and Hon Silas Wilson of Cuss county will
ftundoubtullv bospenkor
W bonulor Allison will ba ro olettcd United
W States aonutor without opposition
i > lhodomorriillc uncus notninco will bo T
V Duncomb ol Port Dod > .e , Governor olctt
JBHL Holes or W It M Pnsoy of Council BtulTs
J Kt 'J'10announcement ' nmdo In thu Wishlng-
ton dispatches this morning of the posslblo
t a * selection of ludgo fell * as or ludgo Both
mm rock dr Cougrcssinii Heel / of tlio Ninth
Pf district ul Iown to bo Iudco , Brewers suc-
T cossor ns United btatcs circuit julgc h is
R create 1 cnnsilurnblo comment In this cltv
K uniotig tlio pioinitiont lawyers and politicians
m ot the stun hc.ro guthorLd
I iV iti-puum A\d votive
F Democrats Lying ; Ijoiv Wnitlui ; for
• ' Hoinc'tlilnc : to 1 urn Up
1 Ui s Moists ; la , Ian II | Sporlil to lur
Bur 1 Per two days past the corridors an I
lobbies of tlio noti Is hnvobt on ono contlnu il
buzz of political excitement growing moio
Intense us the hour for the orginlzition of
. the legislature approaches 'llio hard times
J hnvo developed a surprising list of caudl-
dates cspcciully toi minor positions and
the weary motubors urn almost ready to
fl resign and bo homo In disgust before tl o
H real work of the session begins bo far rho
H activity bus bicn almost oxclusivc'y ' con
m fined to the republicans i ho democrats
H scoin to bo lying low , a | pareiilly watching
H for sumo covert iidvnntngo
H lhchuuso consists ol fifty republicans ,
B forty llvu doniocruts mid livu ii dc | onucnls
H olccUdin stiout , ' tcpubllcau districts over
M iveuk candidates and with douiocratio en
B dorscmciit With the indipendents holding
B the balunco of power u com | ioini3 i w is
HV tlrst tallied of bat the roi ublnan opinion
B now seems to be almost ununiuiuus in favor
Hm of going ahcid with thu iiominatloiis , trust
HH ing to boiiio iiuiopciidoiit to break the ticad
HV lock Governor Holes cannot , be innucu
W\ -r \ rult-tl until the liouso completes its
Jjif it orfaaiiization and the tliousiuds of
Kf ' &r aeuioeriits from all over the stito
Efc f who uro gathering In thu city to wituobs the
ir iiiiiuguiiitlon of the liist dcmoeritlc cov
H " einor In thirty veira will haclly allow tlieir
_ ' Hotel bills to pile up and this interesting
M event to bo iudellultely postponed simply to
( gratify the desire of u few dunoei ots for
Mj . oftlcu It now looks ns if tbo on , > uiizition
J of the IeLislutuio would bu completed and
B the inauguration tnkt pluco on Ihurstiy
Alltilkot an antl Allison combine has
B now subsided Advices which uru enliroly
m' reliable from the inner ciiclo of Ho n pub
M licun opiiositio i lento no room for doubt
Aj that , unless so nettling totally uulookcd for
f and uuoxpeeted lnppciis Allleon will ( .et
J every republican vutu in thu legislature
H Governor Larruboo ro olutolj rofus"a to bo
H ii party to nnj nnti Allison combiuu or to
J oven outer thocnucusas icimlldate lhuro
HJ Bcoms to bo no other illabloeindidatc wl o
HJ could unlto all tlio opposition and uriwany
J reiiubllcau strength ituvcr No rcpubll-
Hj cnu In teed standing would allow lilinsolf to
HJ boused fur Ibis puiponr and no half breed
HJ could bo found who could induce any rcpub
HJ lie in to bolt his party cuueus
HJ Smutor 1 mn of laylor who is not over
HJ friendly to Allison Is moro lutcicstcd in
HJ downing the school book trust thun iu iot
HJL ting up [ actional strlfo within the purtj and
HHfew 'V dccliucs to leud iu the revolt or to fivc any
HJHJHW cncouriicmeut ) to douiocratio hoi C3 o the
PX . re election of ben itor Allison may bo put
v down us a fornfcouu conclusion
llio canvass for tl o speakership on the
part ot the icnublieans hus developed n largo
eropol candidates though the contest is fast
liurrowlugdowu to \ \ ilsou of Cass and Lulto
of 1 ranltlin llio southwodtorn part of the
state has formed n solid comblno for Wilsun
and under the lead ot Colonel Cnantry of
Mills is drawing s ippoit cspcci illy from
ttuioug the fannors from all over the state
The central und northern suctions will bo
praelicallv a unit for Lulie , so thu contest is
fast becoming u tnuttcr of locality
i'no railroad question litures In the canvass
to some extent Wilson ot Cass supported
not oulv the railroad locjslation that was
enmted but votca for both the maximum
tariff and the 1 cent fare bills , vvhilo Luke
opposed both ot these measures In fact ,
Wilson Is universally retarded as the most
pronounced uuti monopolist in tlio low or
house und his nomination will ho a signal
victory for that element , Ills friends oven
now eluiin a pledged majority und it looks us
if W llson will tet too nomination on the tlrst
ballot
Diwson of lJuona Vista and Smith of
Kvs. . Mltcholl nra conducting n quiet canvass and
each has considnuble positive strength
Lilher vvoul 1 niulto n very acccptablo prcsid
• > . jnK olllcer
I or chief clerk of tbo ncnato four candi
dates huvcentered the ruco und the contest
promises to bo both lutoiosting and o < tcitlng
ilio us | irants for this position nro Urack ot
Marshall , Cochrauuof lay lor and liunumont
of Lulhoun It looks if Hruc
as < t or Cocli-
rano would bo the vviunor
1 or clerk of the house ox Clerk D C Kulp
formerly of Ida county but now in thu em-
p oy of ii Ioxiib railway , is m iking strong efforts -
forts for ro election i wo voars ugo ho was
backed , as ho claimed , by the runners alll-
r unco uud hud a walk away for tlio nuiuuia
tion , but tlio nlll-Hieu Is not In politics this
your uud Kalp is mooting with cousld arable
opposition liurko of Jasper and J W\
Akors , cx-supciintendout of publio In
struction , uru both inuKluhu vigoious cin-
vuss utalnst hlin und the chances uro decid
edly uguliisl Kalp
Mr Holts will nrrlvo this evening , It Is
likely , uud the democrats nro prepnnuh for
thu uvent i ho doiuocratio canuidatcs for
spc iker uro Ualbiook of Iowa , Hotchklss of
Uavls and Hiimiltou of Clnn iuo repub
licans rely on bnilth of Uoono to liclp them
to orcunlzotuo house , though tbovoloof
> nnv other independent would bu wolcoiue
J i ho contest for the speakership overall id-
v. owh every thine and mcuiours will not allow
thouisulvcs to bo Intorviuvvcd on othci ipjos
tious Ki.\
A MilMOUt , now ,
JMnrnlialltiivvu Oithoilnx Ciiinri Un ) >
uolt ii Unlversallst ilrotlii'i' .
Di-s Moists , la , Jan 13 [ Special to
'J.in Hee I A lltllo whirl of oxclteincnt
In religious matters has been enacted at Mar
shalltown It seems that the custom bus
boon for tbo resident clergy of thu orthodox
churches to preach iu rotation at the soldiers
diers' homo , located near that city , but the
Uuivers.illst clergyman lias been loft out
Kccently some la mutes ot thu sol tiers homo
reijuctted thut the Universalis brptlier bo
permitted to hold fortli at the usual time
Hut the mlnlstcrm ! association of the city ,
which bos had cliurco of the matter , ruled
j him out llio brethren decided that as Lo
iv jf was uot uu orthodox preucher tbey could
Hf . not take the respousibility ot allowing him
H fr to pruach his no Hades tbooilcs to tbo old
m soldiers bo they Informed tlio superiutond-
I cnt of the homo that tboy would furnish ull
the preachlug needed , und that tbo unortbo
dox Unlversulist better bo declined with
tbankt , Ho took their advice aud turned
1 _ '
down tlio universal salvation man and
then the trouble bcirnn The ndvocnto of
no Hales carried hU ca o before the meet
ing of the btnto Unlversulist association ,
mill this bony bus Just | asse I n strong reso
lutlon In bis favor , denouncing ni in outrage
tbo exclusion of their worthy brother 1 hey
also appointed a coinntlttco to lay the matter
bofoio the governor nnd lcfelslaturc und ask
that an Investigation bo ordered They In
gist Hint Ihov nro being defrauded of their
rights as citizens nnd that tlio old soldiers
w ho w ant Unlv ersnlist consolation must huv o
It or something will happen
COU JTV AUDITOItS
A cill hns bonn Issued for the annual
meeting of the county auditors to 1 a held In
this city bcttnnltg Innunrv ID lno meet
ing will bu bold in the capitol building und
will begin ut 10 o clock ol the dny named nnd
coiitlnuo as lone ns thcro may bo business to
considci lbcsols now an organizition of
the county nulltnis of this statu and tlio
mombcrsilnd those nnnuil nicotlnisof uiui h
boueflt Ono subject whlrli thev are still
engaged In considering is the uinttcr of
assessments fhey ere trying to scctiro
some uniform basis of assessments and thus
tnnko their reports to the state auditor moio
valuulbo As It now Is property Is assessed
In ono county on tbo basis of two thlnls ot
Its valuation in ( mother eountv on the basis
of oiic-lulf or one third or thrco fourths
und In const ruiciica the reports to the state
auditor of property viluatlons irorpjitouu-
lclljhlc OthorBubjcrls of speclul Interest
to auditors will bo discussed nt tbo meeting ,
and it Is thought that thcro will bo enough
work bolero the convention for it to con
tinue for two or thrco dajs
DitUT nonsr ABSOCIATIOV
The recent meeting in this city of tlio Iowa
Drift Hnrs ) nssoci ition biought out the
fnci that Iowa is getting to bo quito u btnto
for horses bomo of llio men bera or Hint
association mil ort annually thousinds ot
dolliira worth of borscs Iho discussion
vvasduvotcd largely to the sublcct of druft
horses lho members wore nil iu favor ot
brciding tbo best hoiscs for this work mid
their expericnto showed that tlioro was
much pi oil l In riislng them to sell lho
g ncril opinion us developed In the discus
sion wus that the best tlmo to ell such
horses was when they wcro two three and
four years old I ho mi mbors jiresont vvoro
heartily in favor of county fulra tor stimulat
lug competition lu the bleeding and raising
of horses 1 hot also found tholdoiofpub
lie sales days at regular Intervals as hkoly to
imurovo the iiuulitv of the horso3 uu 1 ralso
lho jirlco that could be obt lined for them
STATI 1IOUT1CU1 TUBAL SOOIt Tl
t ho twenty-fourth innual meeting of tlio
btntu horticulture society will bo held at
thu c iiutul Ijnunry1 ii and -I This Is
ono of the most Important associations lu
which low i farmers nro lntiristcd Its
mcetlnes always uttiact n larto attouduneo
nn 1 the subjects discussed are of verv prac
ileal value to farmers and fruit ruiuirs 1 ho
Hist two si salons will bo dovotea to ropoits
from lho different districts of the state
llicsorlvn the results of ap clil oKpcrl
n cuts and observations made person illv t > \
the director for tint district oi by others
uud lepotted to hlin On the second d ly of
tbo meetiiiL thu subject of hortlcultuto in
the states of Uikotn > ebrusna and Mis
sourl will bo dl cUJ3ed Mr 1 W 1 lylor
of Omaha is to Bpc ik foi Nebrask i borticul
turu lho rem lining sessions will bo de
voted to the consideration of liny practical
toj ics co n ccted with fruit growing 1' ipora
are expected on the BUOjccl of orch ird man
nfcom ut , maiket gi rdoniuj vtcetibIo
Ltuduuing hotlletilturo foi thu hoaic haul
ling fiults , grics | , strawbcrilcs , i luuis
etc , etc
Till I ) H V.ollKH Cllll )
Drs Moisrs la , Jan 12 | Spoclnl to
Tin : Uli ] Hie manugersof the DesMoines
baseball club faavo seluctod all but two of
their men for the coming season lliey Ua/o
letallied six of the old pluyors nnd liuvc
signed sovea now mon Munngoi Mitt ull ir ,
who has been with the toara for two years
will be manaeor this y o ir and may play oe
casioaally Hut a regular auortstop will bo
secured for Mao s old position Of the now
pi ly rs thcro will ne I'eto bomraors pitcher
of Manslleld , O , who made u brilliant record
with the boriugliold ( Mass ) team when
they won tlio pennant , ho loslnc , only ono of
the eighteen Junius ho pitched Din Clare
of Urooklvn is another pitcher who has been
much sought for .McCloskoj ot Hultimoro
will bo ono of the catchers , and is a now m in
in the west Plan iluii , first base , is a bril
llnnt youug pi ijer , who closed tlio last sea
son with the howarks ( N J ) Ld Fussel-
bach of Philadclpliiu v/ili cover third base
John Wulsli of 1'oughkeopaio N YandM
Hrimblccom , who placed with I'coria last
ycir will bo Holders Of tlio old team the
boat Mine been rctuinol moludliii Uieit Pho
Ian second basemuu , Hilly lndiei tateber ,
Cody , catcher and lluldur , Hurt an I Roach
pitchers lho piospects now are thnt Des
Alolnes will h iv o a llrst t lass team and take
a iood riink In the ruco Most ot lho stock
th it was for silo has been sold , and tbo club
will begin tbo scusou In teed shnpo
Tioulilu Ov r n Unit Hey
Missouri Vailpt , la Jan 13. [ Special
to Tut Hlilho trouble In our publio
sehouls growlrif out of the attempt of W D
Purr to physically reinstate Ida suspended
son , culminated today in the arrest of ? uper
Intonacnt Coleman for assault and battery ,
tlio warrant being svvoru out by Parr before
a Justice of lho peace in Mnnuimln a lltllo
villugo about tvvuuty miles from hero
r < ii Inulina ol Snow
Des Moines la , Tani len inches of
snow have fallen hero today lho wind is
blowing hard and the snow Is drifting bidly
and Htll ) falling 1 ruins are delayed by the
storm
I
A Will Known low an lltintl
Ckiiah IUhiih la , Jan 12 Prank O
Harvey , a retired merchant of Mnrion this
county , died thlsmorniug II irvoy was well
known throughout the northwest
I'rolo igi'tl Spree I mil In I ) aid
San ritAVeisco Cnl , Jun 13 Qcorco
Maras sail to bu the son of a uiilllonuiiu
glass manufacture ! of Philadelphia vv is
found dead on the door of his room lu the
Pulaco hotel lfo lias bcon drunk sinio De
cember .S vvlion ho arrival in San Tr n-
elsco on tbo clipper ship 1 lizaboth from New
York , having us a companion Clifton Hanii
a wealthy voung I nt-lishuian It is said
Maras uud Harris took the voyage nround
Capo Hot ii to sober up uftcr a l rolongod
b iroo In Now York 1 hey began to urink
houv lly us soon us they landed , un 1 soon bo-
cunonotcl us u pair of most extraordinary
druiiknrds who almost swam lu briudyaud
soda and ruruly loft their npartmenta except
to l.0 to the lurklsh baths to get frosti vital
ity for thuir orcius Harris has delirium
tremens , uu 1 can seireely suryivo bis com
panion
DMiicnt tl in n Snow It noUiitlr
Denveii , Jan , 13 A woman of about
thirty years relluod coed looking and well
dressed wus fouud on tlio streets In the fore
pirt ot the week In a demented condition
Shu wus pluccd in charge of tlio rolico i
matron , and though apparently sane i
on nil subjects is unnblo to recall
bet uamo or whora ilio onnio fiom Shu i
suyssho was In thu snow blockade on the ,
Uulon Paciiie last week and otirtod to visit
a sister la tlio east but has Ion her tlekotr
lho woman pud * IU when fouud , but say a |
she mot u poor woman who told u story of
jiovorty and she t.avo her soma gold It is
thought the wutnati is Marion West of Port '
land , Ore 1 ho name , she su\a soun Is fa
mlllai , but she has no idea whether itt \ her
own or not lho Portland authorities nave 1
been asked to investigate
I'lro in tlio Monarch Distllleiy
Pcouia , 111 , Jan 13 I'lro broke out this
morning lu the Monarch distiller , mid before
fore It could bo controlled seven copper stills
weio burned , together with 100 000 gallons
of untaxed spirits lho total loss is est I
mated ut { 15J 000 , covered by Insurance J'ho
distillery hud u capacity or 10,000 bushels ot I
com per day It cost 1500,000 to build , aud 1
It wns lho largest in the worl 1 This Is tbo
bust sc ison nn 1 thn house will bo Idle thrco
or four months und the loss oflbuslucss will
bo scveril thousand dollars
a. siioitrsLisiov i-iti.iiorii >
Parliament to Ho nlssolvrtl Alter
tlm I'nosngc of the 111111711.
[ Coryrlghl fvOly Jtm'i Mntloii Mciinrtf 1
Lomiov , Tan 13 fNowoiit Herald
Cnblo bueeinl to liiu Urc 1 1 learn from
most unquestlonablo "ourcs of Information
that It Is the Intention oj the government to
dissolve parliament as soon ns possible after
the budget has bcon passed , or , should any
opposition to it urlsc to take tbo rcuso ot tbo
country ujon that and the felcral policy of
tlio administration without further
delay flits announcement will ttilto
tbo • members of parliament and the
gonoril ' tublle by surprise , nnd it is qulto
lossiblo 1 that somuof the ministerial orcans
will endeavor , for the moment , to cast doubt
upon i * t. \11 the same , It is strlctlv ncourato
and represents the full nnd well considered
intentions , of the minlstrv lho reasons
which Ii ivo Induced the government to como
to this determination nra manifold In tlio
first pi ice they rely greatly upon the ponti
Innty or Balfour It Is boliovcd that
tlio popularity of the budget will bo
so treat as to ncutralizu tbo forces
of the opposition Then it is anticipated
that the outcome or the O'bhen divorce suit
w 111 bo to seriously damage Parnoll and that
It will bo wlso to go to the country while the
Irish lea lor Is under a cloud , which It Is aup-
posed the trial will inevitably cost over him
The Irish party will it It boliovcd , Tor a tlino
be completely dlsercdltcd Iu a word , the
calcul uIoiir ol the ministry nro founded to a
very lutgo extent on . the divorce suit
which so suddenly mnlo its appcaranco
on the closing dnvs of 1839 nnd it la not
thought poastblo that these calculations can
ba wholly satisfied The government also
oellovcs that the longer the election Is da
fcrro 1 under the prcsont circumstances the
octtcr wilt become the rhunccs of the np
pnrcnt cause of diss itUfnction which already
exists In referencu to the tithes tmcstlon ,
the frco cducition question and the
proposed land purchasi scheiuo , but
If the ministry could obtain a reoevved
mandate from tbo people all the opposition ,
whether from within or without , would bo
effectually broken down It Is felt that u
great chance vv is Inst by Lord Uiaconsflold
when ho did not appeal to the country Im
mediately after his return from Horlln The
leeson of tnat has sunk deeply Into some
minds lho tlmo has coma for net
Ing on the oxperlonco gained bv the disaster
of 18M ) lho olcctionceriug machinery
has been kept in pei feet working order and
tboro is no such readiness looking therefor
At all events no doubt is entertained that
the magical effect of the budget injury
which It is bollovou is inevitable to the
weight and Influence ot Parnoll and the
sharp and sudden nature of tlio appeal , all
combined , will unlto to bring ubout thu dis
comiituro of the Gladbtoninn puty Ao
cording to the decision now arrived at it
will therofoio como to an end in tbo early
summer of the present joir
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BIG MACK Klulitil ) .
I ntal Shooting ol ii Well Known Spo
kane I ills Character
SroiASE Paii" Wash , Jan 12 II
McCrossin , better known as Big Mack , a
gauiblor , wus shot and killed yesterday by
HarrV Uacr In front of a saloon kept by
llaer and Jacob Mactz vvoll known as
Dutch Jnl o" McCrossin and Bncr had
trouble two weeks ago on account of a dim
culty which occurred between Big Muck
nnd Dutch JuUe at lliompson Pills , Mont
lhev"carauco lu which Big Mack [ jot the
worst of it Immediately before the shoot
ing Bncr ejected a man from his saloon for
stealing chips from ono of the gambling
games Ulg Mack Intorfcrred nnd struck
Huci over the eye , whereupon Baer pulled a
pistol and fired two shots ono of which on
tercd Big Muck s right side Ho ran across
the street and fell on the sidewalk , expiring
hulf an hour later Uig Mack leaves a fam
ily lu this city Ho was a powerful m in
and weighed .00 pounds Before bo tot
so flrsliy ho wus something nf a
prlzo ! lfchtor On ono occasion , when ho
resided in Minneapolis Patsy Curd lit made
an unsuccessful effort to knock him out in
six rounds ' Big Mack ' was a notorious
confidence man Ho was run out ot bpokuno
Palls in 1834 and suffered tbo same fate In
Hurloy , Wis and bt IMul Vlgilantos on
deavorcd to hang him at Ihompson Tails
but ho escaped In addition to thu sob-iquet
of ' Big Muck McCrossin was known as
' Kansua City Kid and Birmingham Pete "
Ho kupt u saloon ut Butte City , Mont , last
fall und came hero thrco months ugo Ha
waa thirty thrco v cars ol I Harry Baei has
always bcon retarded as quiet and pent of ul
Ho made a fortune In the Coour d'Aleno
mines a few ycats nco , unl with ' Dutch
Juke invested much money in Spokane
Palls where they built the Prunkfurt block ,
ono of tbo finest buildings in tbo northwest
It wis destroyed by tire Aucust 4 and is i ow
being rebuilt Bnpr was placed under $3X00
bonds to nppuar for a pr.liuilunry OMiuilua
uou Wednesday
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IlOUIll.D A 0.iyt\S MAIL POUCH
An Unknown Thiol Snppoiotl to Hnvu
Si cm t tl * ) ( J COO mil I Htup-l :
Biiacuett , Tex , Jan 12 llio mall between
tween heio and bpoftord was robbed last
nljht of 750 In gold and a irtlstcied pack
aito supposed to contain $1 100 lho money
belonged to tbo postolllco department lho
strap that runs through the staples wis
cut and after tbo pacuuges were re
moved the strap was carefully
put back in its prober plico
Only the postmaster at Bruckott and the
mail cirrier had anything to do with the
sack until the discovery of the robbery was
made by the postuiustor at Spofford Hunt ,
the mail carrier , has alwavs been considered
above suspicion bevoral passengers wcro
in the state ( , oing dow n , but the c irriar in
sists that tboy had nothing to do with the
suck , us bo had It under his feet
CIjUMINjQ AN LI OPLH'S nsT\XFS.
A Cuintllaii Woman's Oliiltlteti Alter
llor lluqb tiitl'rf Prop u u ,
Desviii ColoJan 12 Astrancadcnouo
ment of an elopement from Canada ncurlv
tweuty ilvo yours ugo has been made publio
bore by the filing of papers In the county
court to contest the will of the lute Urno
Dickson , who rccontly died at Island Sta
tion , this eountv .In U00 Dlcl-sou ran away
with Mis Hcnjimln Tooter , leaving
his wlfo who hud thrco childioii by bor llrst
husband , Hugh Lundy Dickson also took
? . ! too belonging to his wita All tram of
him wus lost uutll two weeks ace , when his
tlrst wifes children llrst learned ol his
death ISuw tbey claim that Mrs Dickson
died in 1868 , had not married ngaln uud
never obtained n divorce so tlio claimants
put m an itemized bill nf tamily expenses
eovoring tliojlino of his ubseueo that more
than cat up the vvbolu estate
Thn Woailur r.ircmwt
Per Omaha nnd viclaltj Suovv , follow oil
by clearing weather ,
Per Nebraska Pulr , slbjht ralso in torn
per uu ro , \ ariablo w bid
lor Iowa bnow , noi'licasterly winds ,
colder , except lu extreme western portion ,
slight rise in temperature
lor South Dakota Pair , t ariablo wluds ,
alight rise iu temperature
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Sr LOUIS STORM - SWEPT
The Cyolono Mttltoa A Pathway a
Quarter of a Wllo Wldo
DOZENS OF BUILDINGS WRECKED
i
A family > r Three Persons Rilled
1 tvo People Soorcl > Injured
Aiul Many Hurt Other
I'lncos BnfTer
Cnnm Up Without Wnrnlnir
St I ouis , Jan 12. At 4 30 this afternoon
n cvclono struck tbo southwestern section of
the cltv and swept on through the northern
limits , marking a pathway nearly n quarter
of n mlle wldo leaving death and desolation
in ' < Its track
Tbero was scarcely a warning of Uio np
proachlug ' storm owing to the tact of the
sky being overcast for several hours before
tbo full force of the wind w is felt In ad
dition to dozens ot dwellings and stores
in ' tlio southern , central nnd northern sec
tions of the city which wcro moicor less
wrecked the following big buildings were
damaged ! lho Anchor nulls , Goodwin
candle fnctorv , Pullman shops , Van Brocks
furniture factory , Kiugsland A , Perguson's
farm Implement works , Missouri Puclfio
hospital ' , Hodden school , Gcrmin Lvangel
ical ' church , the Second Prcsbj torian church
and other buildings
flic loss to proiorty Is roughly cstlidntcd
atttOJOOO ' but it will Ilkoiy prove to bo
inoi a 1 bu oy clone seemed to b iv o entered
the t city In Its full force at Twontj thlid
street nnd Choteiu avouuo , pissing north
enst until It reached beventeenth mid Olive
streets , w hero it swerved , taking a dltect
easterly course to 1 ourteenth , md then
Ufeain J turned to northeast to 1 street , lcav lug
tlio | city uud Btrlkbig tbo river just
north i of Ty lor street fho only atinounco
mont l of the approach and progress was n
dull ' , sullen roar , quickly followed by a tor
rant of rain which in turn was buceooded by
Bloot , , aud befoio the victims could realize
what had happened the storm hiiii swept by
and i on , leaving wrceknge and mangled bu
inanity ' in it * puthw ly
lrces were torn uu by the roots and
broken , oft and telegraph poles swept down ,
vvhilo the roofs uf buildings were llfte t and
tossed into the streets
Mrs Charles Miller who resides nt
rwontieth mid Cugenia stroata was sitting
in n en lir vv 1th her babv In her arms vv hen
the j rcof wus lifted frdin her liouso bhu
rushed to the window and Just then the wall
guvo way antl Mis Miller and thu baby were
buried under the debris lho baby mir
nculously cseaicd without a scratch but the
mother was ba Hi hurt und mav not lecover
Mr Miller est aped unhurt 1 His is but ono
of dozens of incidents of , the ten iblo storm
A tolcphono imssngo from Venice III opposite
posito the northern part of the city says thu
storm was very dis istrous thcro aud sevoial
lives wcro lost , but no details wore given
1 ho list of victims secured uo to this hour
(0 ( 30 u in ) uro Deid-JMrs Mnegio Con
nors aged forty Bo naiu MeCotiucll aged
forty Joseph Weaver a ( > d nine ,
Injured leresa Weaver , ucod , siv Loth
1cls broken will probablv dla Mrs Charles
Miller bidly cut and brulied , Annie Con
nors MUfgio Connors and Piaucis Connors
A messenger just arrjvod from the cast
-sldo of the rhor nays the ntorm in bt
Clair county Illinois , iunusuallyBovoio
Brooklyn n viliaeoof about500peoplo , seems
.to have suffered the mdst d un i'O
1 ho damage at Last S Louis and Vcnico
la largely confined to railroad property and
small dw oiling * ind telucrapb and telephone
notes Hioollyu Is nbouk three miles north
of East St Louis its population is largely
composed of colored people lliouhseveral )
uro injured no lives were lost A number of
dwellings are in rums The Baptist church
is entirely demolished , and the Methodist
Episcopal church was unroofed and turned
clear around on its foundation
AtBellevlllo 111 neviral publio bullliugs
wcro unroofed but no one is reported in
jured llin lalo Wabash train arrived
at East St Louis aboqt 8 15 p m lho on-
tiueer and conductor report that during the
storm tboy foircd theli train would bo
thrown fiom the track so terriQc waa the
foi co of the wind f
All Kansas llnitls Hlonlrndpil
HlAWW-ni , Knn , Jan 12 Reports say
that snow haB driftdd li pluces as hlh ( as
ono story bousos , compjotely blocking the
hlghw iv s and railroads At Wichita Kan ,
the snow is reported to bo flitecn Inches
deep and badly diltted All trains on the
several railroads In the neighborhood of
Wichita have bcon abandoned
Emporia reports tlio worst blizzard over
known there The enow is badly drlftod
tinouhoit ( the city and surioundlng coun
tiy , and railroad truffle has been entirely
suspended
At Abilene , Kan , he snow storm raged
for thirty six hours Railroads arc blocked
with snow
At lopelca six inches of snow have fnllon ,
mid much intoriuptlon to railway traffic has
resulted
Dispatches from points in Missouri indl-
cato that the storm has been los3 sovuro
tbero th in In Kansas lho snow began
fulling ut nbout noon today , but not to any
, reat depth It Is still snowing , but the tall
la llfcht
In Kansas City the storm bognn Snturday
nicjit with a drizzling rain Early this
morning the weather turned colder and the
thu rain freezing ns It fell covered exposed
objects with a coating of ice 1 olograph ,
telephone and clactrlo wires were
bomo almost to the ground und
communication intcrruptc I At noon the {
rain turned into snow , tbo wind swerved to i
the north und the bluzird set in and at
mldiutbt continues with some severity
A Sim ro illlzznril
Aa\s\h Cnr , Mo Jan 12 A severe ,
blizzard rages tonight in Kansas , Missouri ' ,
nnd Nebraska Dispatches from points In
Kansas says the storm Is m far the worst of '
the season , and some points report it tha i
most severe over oxpcriauced lho storm i
began last night and continued throughout
thu day aud most of tlio nltbt Pat western i
points in Kansas report that tbo storm had I
ceased and that the weather had cleatcd [
about 11 o clock The result of the storm i
thcro has been disastrous On tbo u\erago i
the snow foil about oif-ht Inches on a level ,
but the stionL wind drifted it b idly and [
many trains were ubandorci ) or fereatiy de
lul ° '
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MtiinphH \ lulled
Ml mi ins Icnn , Jon 12. A heavy wind I
storm , accompanied by ram struck Memphis .
about 5 o'clocit this afternoon but beyond 1
the prostiiition of wires no damage was clone
in this liumcdiaio vlclnty
Jl ere il ( Vs
Sjiinis , Miss , Jan 19 Slxtv miles south
pf hero reports a heavy storm of wind , riiu
and bull The Copeland Presbyterian
church and a livery stable were blown down ,
two houeos were unroofed and several stores
nnd lesideuces woru damaged No futalities 1
are reported
A HlizzirU nt ( lt > iiiiiliigtnn
iliaotiiNaioN , Neb , Jun 13 [ Special 1
lelcgratn to Iiib Hit | A bllzzird has 1
raged bore all day , and the prospects are
that it will continue nil night About six
inches of snow huvo alien and all trains are
behind tlmo J"
Spanish llopiililloniix Cut Wlroa
Mauiiiu , Jan 13 A stnaUrepublicau band
has cut the telegraj h wires nt Veuta Car
ilenas , iu tbo prov ince of Jo en Thu baud is
being pursued by tl o civil ( juurd
AIIiipho Improving
M-tmin , Jan , 13 Jhis morning tbo kings
condition Is encouraging Ho asked forfocd
during the night nn I was more cheerful ,
talKlng mid playing with his sisters
TI1L orrtOIAIi STUtllNO POINT
A Plnln Slick I otinnrl ) Mnrlt [ < tl That
of the Unit (1 MntCN
Wasiiivotov , Jnn 13 tSpcclal to Tin
Hei J lho recent pie jontitloii to the prcsU
dent of the prototjpos of the standard moas
tires recalls the fait that tlioro Is m the city
n point from which ull the official illstuuecs
were designed to bo measured W lieu Pros
idciit Washington and Aiohltect L'btifntit
laid out the cit of Washington they selected
a | olnl from which all the distances were to
bo mo tsurod It vv is to bo iu ether words ,
the official starting point of tbo Unite 1
btntcs lho point was marked by n simple
stick ' nnd thorn nro still some old citizens
who ca i remember It It was eroded on
what is now known ns Lincoln p irk , a res
ervation \ on Cnpltol Hill about u mil ) from
the cnpltol ' 1 ho city of Washington , It will
bo remembered waa Intondo 1 to Ho prlncl
pull ) upon Cnpltol III11 mid the groit Lib
crty surmounting the clonm ot thn cat itol
faces In tlintdlreetlon Unfortunately for Mr
Wellington and L'Lnfant , It sproal nway
from Caplto' Hill so th itthocaoltal building
and the big statue of Liberty are now pi ac-
tlcally turning their bick on the citv W ith
the gtnwlh of the cltv away from the c ipitnl
the official stirting point was of course
neglected mid it w is almost foi gotten until
only u few years ago the idea wa llrst pro
mulijUtotl to erect a statue to Abriliam Lin
coin , nnd this point was Bclectcd ns being
tbo host suited 1 ho rcsorvalinn In which it
was , was n inied Lincoln pirk nnd on the
starting point a m tguillcont bronze statue uf
Abrtih nn Lincoln was erected so that Mi
I Inco n s stutuu now in irks the official tils
tnnco point of the countrv It is needless to
run , however , Hint tlio point is not rccog
mzod at till in official distances and has lost
ull of Its signillcanco
Thcro is in other ofliiinl point which 90to
apeak has lust Its bearings lho astrono
mers of the United bt ites calculate 1 ititu 10
und longitude troni the mcridiui nf W ush
iugton lho i est of thu wet Id cileulatus it
from the merldliu of Greenwich AfUrnii
enormous umount of obsorviitlons ind
abstruse calcul itlons the Amcrlc in astronomers
mors Bottled on n | olnt is i meridian point
nnd marked it nnd tbo hill on which it was
fixed is kuown still ns Meridian lull About
fifteen yoirs ago tlio ustroromora to verify
tlteir origin il merldl in point mile a still
mora cliboiato series of calculations antl
computations with the result th it the Hist
series w is ull wrong nnd that the official
meilliun point was not tbo oricjn il point at
all According to the second series the
official mui idl m point of the United blatos
as now located is in the second story of a
building at the corner of Sixth and C streets
lho point which , while not ' tiflle1 ill '
iccoanizod Is concoJ.0 I bv everybody to bo
the coldest place in all islitucton , unl is
thn comer of Ivvelftb ind the Avenue It is
known iu non-olUcial cuclca us the north
eolo
PUBLIC IllUIiDlNGM
Many Cllloq I xn cictl to Pnrn W ull
With thu li intuit Ciiicri-si
Wasiunoton Jan 12 [ Special lolcgiam
to luu Bki 1 lhlssoaiion promises to bo
a good onu for public bindings ttirouliout
tbo counliy Lveiy year tlioro is a Hood of
bills appropriating sums of money ranging
from $50 000 up to 2 000 000 for po3tofflccs
and oastom bouses ) In dlh\.ront cities , and thn
public buildings committee is ono of the
buidcst worked committeca in the liouso
The uverago of bills reported favorubly is
about ono to every twentv five aud oven
then very few of these bills succeed in pass
ing both bouses of congress rtioro is a
stroiitr feeling to check this Hood of bills by
the passage of some uniform measu-o to up
ply to all cities It will bo lomemberod that
several > curs ngo a bill was introduced In
the senate provl ilng that public buildings of
uniform architecture should be erected in
all cities whera the uostoftico retelpts far the
thrco years past bud reached 10 000 ' - subsequently
quently thoflturo was reduced to $ r OO1 then
to 4 COU nnd at this session there
are din tidy several bills before thu committee
too lodudine , to ficuro to $3 000 Besides
these bills which are ooforo both the house
una the senate , bills of a similar u ituro but
bastd on populitlon , have nUo been Intro
duced , aud it la apparent that before long
some mcasuia based probablv on both thu
nostofllco recelnta und population will bu
ntlopted lho ideals for the sui.ervlslng
nrchltcct to dcs'gn ' some plain , commodious
nnd substantiil sttuctuio which cnu bu
erected in overv town and which can bo in
creased by additions o * another story or
wings to meet the demands of the towns ns 1
they grow In population , the matter to bo 1
roeulated entirely by the postolllco depart
ment Ibis will take the matter out of tbo 1
bands of local congressmen aud will sivo 1
the public bulldlnc.3 committee much double
and importuning lrom ambitious members
and will incidentally do away with such log
rolling iu the house
o
L1VI LY 0\BIl'Aia\S COMING
rnrly Calls Issued tor Itcpiiullonn
Stilts Central Commitioo *
Wasiunoton , Jan 11 [ Spocnl to 1-ue
Bkk ] lho uuusunlly early period at which
the arious republican stuta central commit
tees tin oughout the states huvn been called
to meet this winter nnd spring has ntir.icted
wldo spread commout among ropubllcilUB ut
the national capital It is ucccptcd as an
announcement that the republicans are eager
for tbo approaching fray and Intend to
stand sololv jpon their record and the Issues
whlcn tboy prcsontod to tfio country In the
cam ) ain of lbS3
It is ascertained that a majority of tlio
stuto central committees will bu reorganized
within the next thirty or forty das 11ns
early and unite 1 action and determination to
atui d by the Issues of the party would Indl-
catolluit thu republicans are not nfinid of
lho battle into which they nro marching It
shows also th it they are not fearful of the
result In tbulr efforts to oleel a majority of
tholifti-second congress nuxt November
Dumociats uro croaking ubout the hole
into which tiny think they have driveu the
republicans on tbo turift issue uudurosay-
imr that the pirty now in power cannot io
v ise the tariff in such a way us to meet the
Issues of the country Senator Allison and
Heprescntutivo MclCinlcy say the t iriff will
be revised in ns mi acceptable u manner as is
possible that the raven io will bo reduced to
the minimum , and that the reductions will
affect the urticles In most common use
Tlicro Is no likelihood that the tax on to
baeco und fruit brandy will bo abolished for
thu purpose of reducing the revenues A
great majority ot tbo republicans tin onerous
op | ese this Ihcy prefei a reduction of the
duties on the Imported toods which coma
most frequently Into daily consumption
1 hero never was such u healthy condition
existing in the republicai „ I > nrty us ut pros
ant nnd not a prominent member of the
partv can bo fount ] ut the national capital
but who Is eager for the elections this fall
rilluiiMlerlfitr W ill llo Tjuo'oiel !
Washington , Jau 12 | Special to The
Bee | The promptucss with winch
tbo republican house bas settled down to
business nnd the unpirallelod record It Is
making In the matter of appropriation bills
bas dooo much to dispel tlio Idea orlMnallv
felt that this session would ba uu abnormally
long ono llio general feeling was that by
filibustering , the democrats proposed to drag
the cession almost any length lho first sc
sion of tbo house extended until October ,
und was tbo longest on record , and It was >
feared that the sama djlatory tactics would I
prevail this session to certain ly the same tlmo , ,
but the determination that Mr Head has ul
ready dtBpluycd In putting down all efforts i
ut filibustering und wasting of tlmo cjves as
J suruuee that llio icsiion will be brief uud I
buslness-llko Tlio now rules when ihov uro
brought iu will mat o filibustering almost I in
possible , nnd wh it the rules do not provldo
for Mr Uocd s energy and determination
will do Prom his oxpresslons tboro Is ovorv
reason to hope that the session will bo brlof ,
to run to June nnd It would not bo nt nil
surprising if the Pourth of lulv would see
the first sosslon ot the I Ifty-first congress
nt an end ,
A nusv wMv A.Ui\ii
Important Itutlu V"W lilt h W ill Ot -
ottpj the MluilJ , Cnnjft * sinon
W vsltlNtiTON Tun p llio most imp ii hint ,
ns well ns tlio nnst | _ opublo prosrcSs In
tbo work ot Icgislntic iu coticrcs * is still
shown lu the commit stigt Accoidlng
to notlco flvou , Mr 1' lb will uldress the
sonnto tomorrow upr i ro ol Ulon Introduced
ducod by nlui lust w ooh ir'mg the leasing
of the Alaska so il llsherlo *
The crclontlnls of the four senators
clcctulby the rlv il legislatures of Mont in i
nra expected to ba lni 1 before the si ttalo this
week Objection will bo mil lo to seating
cither the iepublican or the tloinotritle eon
tcstunts pen ling uu Investigation ind repoit
upon their claims bv tlio lomuiittoe on prlvi
1 dgus anil olcclkhs A motubcr of tint
conunlttco sild today thu ho wis lu fnvoi nt
going fullv into the tiuuttioti nf the lability
of the orrunbntion of the Moutiiin logisli
turo
lho couimlttco on tnrrllorics tomorrow
will lioir icpresetitiitivo-tiit tlio 11 iho Moi
inoiis who ojiposj the bill to u Unit tli it toi-
rltorv us n st no b e uiso tno priposo I co i
Btitutlon exclude * Mirmons froui citizenship
If tlio conimittco tleeidt s tl u nlijcctlous of
tbo Mormons niu not well fouudc I tlio bills
for thu admission of I lulto mil Wyoming
will bo reported on fiivoiubu nt once ,
lho roulnr ( house committees hu\u gou
orally completed thcirorgiuilzulon butnoiio
of them h ivo so f ir progress I in their work
ns to bo ublo to urine it any legislative lnuto
rial for tietloii on bv the house this wock
lho spocl il eonmilttoa on the bilt utt tic
ftilcutious h is co nplotu I its Inborn md c\
p ets to prcsont Its report to the hou o to
morrow
I ho Indication ! am that the long oxpectcd
co 1c of now lulcs will bo rcpoito I from the
committee on rules this week 1 ho members
of the minority mo guueially cm oral it
with the cliuiius | , of the old code that are In
contemplation and nro ] nip in lg thumsolvcs
for u vidimus nttticl upon lliu conimittco a
icport , wHeh as thov unilcist in 1 proposes
seriously to curtail their power to affect leg
islotion
HI liPltill IjM.UIiYlOltS
Altogether lee Mnnv Sectional Kep-
io > nlall\r-s n Coniriess
Wamiinoton Ian 13 [ bpeclnl to liir
111 L J Aftei all s > ( niitors und ropresontu
tives in cow "ess are selfish in their publio
nets Lverv nun looks jealously after his
individual constituent , to the exclusion of
the ( .onernl welfare of the country fho
great bulk of tliu work dovolvlnc , ui on a m iu
in congress is clouo by a system of lou mil
tut
Those observations are suggested by the
refusal of the eastern nnd central stutcs t > cn
mors to niinroiiriatc money for iirlgitlnc the
arid plains of the west on the crounds that
their eonstituc its are not Interested in the
jrojoct A special committee of the semite
s lent seveial months durinc tl o past sum
nior taking testimony nwpcetit g the needs
, ofthparll ictious In iho w ly of nitcslun
wells and basins for irrig iting puipises
Ihuy spent thoisands of dollira uud vis
ited the extrcuio southwest California
and other sections of the Ptulllc slope
ana Weill all through that grcit bolt of
country beginning with tlio uoi tharn part of
North Dakota jud nxtcndnig into \rizooa
and they find aftei investigation that al
though thorc is ( rent necessity for ma ing
an appropriatijn to oxperlniont with the
various plans foi irrigation they can not
mustci a majority of votes simplv bee imp
thu senators siy that their constituents
would not t ndoiso un appropriation Ihcra
is no question about tlio constitution ilitv of
the proposition lho couiui v h is a right to
Improve itsnvvn lauds It can bore artesian
wel s an 1 m iho basins to rat iln snow--w ater
und rain fo- the purpose of Hooding the arid
regions in the summer and miking the in
nrublo und subsequently throw those luu ds
open to settlement under the homostcad
laws 1 hero aru mon In both branches of eon
gress who are proud or their lonj rt cot Is In
\otingagainst the improvement of rivoisuud
harhoi a , simply breiusa theio uro no navi
gable rivers or harbois in their districts
lhoiouiu men woo steadily vote agilnst
nubile buildings in cities bceauso thcro Is no
demanJ for | ubllc buildings iu their dis
trlets Several old men in oithei house nro
proud that they oppose the extension of the
merchant m irino scrvico and lho buildiug or
n navv , simply bceauso tint e is no sea coast
on which their constituents can look
fho great growth or the countrv mil the
broadening or the ment il vision of the Amcr
lean people will dilvo these old rotics out of
coiifcross within u short time lho Amurl-
can government und the people bohlu 1 It urc
too progressiva to iceep u m in in publio lifo
who bounds bis I leas of legislation by the
limits or bis cougrossionil or senatorial dis
trict
The North Polo ol WaHlilntitoii
Washington , Jan 12 | Special to flic
Bee 1 Luiinent lundscnpo gardeners in
lying out and beaertifylng the feoldiois' homo
grounds thought it would bo a good idea to
cut n vista " It was out , and people who
roam around thosu grounds enjoy the vista
vorv much But that same vista gives the
wind a clean , beautiful swoop fiom tbo soldiers
diers' homo giounds down to the waters
front straight along I vvulfth street , und thn
unhappv m in wnn comes up tlio avenue und
crosses iwolfth street enjoys the mil benollt
ot this north polo cyclone lho winl utthat
corner is something turilrlo , un 1 It not in
frequently hapnutis tliiitthouuw m stranger
lu Washington is sometimes tukeii oft his
feet and carried half w ly out t > the cur
tract before ho knows whut has struck him
lho soot fully deserves tbo niiiuo of thu
north polu ot Washington
*
llin Steve liust Ailvitneos PrlnoH
Ciucuao , Jan 13 [ Special Telegram to
lnr Uu ] The Western Steve trust other
wisu Known as the Western Association of
btovo Manufacturers , at thalr mooting just
concluded In this oltj , hiva tlectlud on an
lucreasa of & per coin In the pried of till their
man ifucturod products fills Increase , they
aver , Is necessitated by tbo advanced cost of
pic , iron and colto
Arrested lor Minder
* Iola , ICau , Jan 12 Six well known farm
crs have bean ui rested hero tor thomurdor
In August 138 , of Columbus Carter lho
prisoners are members of u band or regula
tors known as the Laud Luacuo" wiion
Columbus Carter , who was arrested for a
brutal crluio , was acquitted , thn Lund
League shot and killed biinus ho was going
bomo from the court house
IMyhtcrlons nfiirdor nt Cairo
Caimo , TIL , Jun , 13 Major Lucas of Say
brook , 111 , arrived hero yestortluy In * ro
sponsu to a summons from St Mary's In
firmary , this city , where be found that bis
son had tiled front the effect of u blow which
fractured the skull , but nothing could ba
learned as to vvhoru or how the wound hud
been iiitilctcd Wbon tlio buy came to thu
hospital ho complained only of a pain In tha
head While waiting for the truiti to go
home with the remains of his son the father
attomplol to shoot himself , but was pre
vented by friends
Slonnishlp Anlvals
At Haltlraoro-On the HID , the Caspian ,
from Liverpool
At Braiuerhavon On tbo 11th , tbo Aller ,
Iroin Now York
At Quoenstown On the Utb , the Etruria ,
from Now York ,
At Now York The City of Boston , from
Liverpool , tbo ticrmanio , from Liverpool ,
the blavonia , from blottln
ME WINCHESTER ARGUMENT
Oonoinl Ohambora on the RoooaD
Jackson Dlcotlon
THEY ARC SOLID FOR BrUCC ,
01\o { Doiunt rUH Will Gioul , but Uui *
not Holt Now inri'i I ill ljlc-
gutlcin Ktiurtntns L vl.hly
ttrtoollnucousi
Washington 1 rm vu Tin Ovuiu Ilrr i
fit lOUITLhNTII bTitKnr y
W isniNiiTON l > U , Jan 12 )
Genci il liuno * 11 uiilmcrs who I119
been a member ot coni.ri.fls from Mlsslssli pi ,
ret rust iitiui , the eolubr He I shoostrlng dis
trict , has writtoa i letter hero In r > ply t
the assertion th it the icceiil election lu I iclt-
son , Miss wusufili ono tioneril Chil-
niers says ' I w is lu I ictson on lui Mm
dtiy mil tvittic-wl i sccno which If thu
lie ila of the iltparttnents nt Washington
colli I have seen I dou t thluK tboro woitll
ramnlii u dcuoci it In office lu the state
Hunry wis eloctel mivor by thu use ot
Wliuhostel rill s llio election w is hell in
the Llwurds liouso iu whit is calla I tlm
snuiplo room luu above wheio
the voters Ind to entei , at tlio win *
dow , were thu * 'sn nip nngels' in
thev weio labeled mil tilled tliumstlvos' ,
with Titles In hand leil , willing , tinxlous to
shoot thn llrst nej.ro who Ins stcd on voting ,
tin 11 cm iruthfulh stj tint tvery domed it
iu nnieo in thu si itu thinks it rlc.ht emu ot
them h ivo so expressed tlicmselvos to mo
Under thu civil seivlceliin bound to hold
my tongue or they uiuht leiuovo mo I
think it n shaiieto 1 eep men In office who
think it ilMit to dlsfrtneh sj men with Win
chester nllcs nee , uiso tbuy s e fit to vote it
thuv think best
no i uu i n n a II on Mil 1 !
Iu Wtdilnc.ton very littlu eicdcnrc I *
llveii to thu ruiLors whLh have been IInt-
ine urounl tno couuti v bv wire duiini , llio
pist foity-oijHht hoim tli it thcro would bo u
bolt iu the cttiiius which nouilnatod Calvin
Hrlcu to tbo Unite I Stutcs son itufrom Ohio ,
und tint a dutk horcu would bo ulcttcd
Much direct and rollvblu information on tlio
subject ol the O do sun itotsliip his been
retcive 1 In W islilnctoii throuih all or the
eoi test on account of the f let th it lohn It
McL n in I other | ro liluent Ohio dotno-
tltni ici its on vvhtini the m mtlo or Sonalir
Pay nu s b ucessarslup iiiiiht It ivu f ille.il uio
1 icuto I at tlio u Uionul t tpit tl It Is ttuo
tt at thrco or foui ol the demcoratla innn-
bus of the Ohio lecisl ituro do nut want to
vote for \li liri u on actouut of his wealth
uud the ba I ex imple his 11 elioii vv ill set b it
thev will bu driwn into Hue
John It " it Lei n uocs i ot want to bo ( a
United States soimtoi sit mee , to bay Mi
MlLow la fciorit limes a millionaire uu !
enjivs llfo at his homo hero as well us my
mui living Helms n very ii U pv family
• and U not pcimlttiiig politic-i or olllcj to do
prlvu him ofunv of tin good things of llfo
Ono ot Mr McLean's most iiitlmato friends ,
well known to lour coirtsspoii letit , spoke the
distincuishol editor s sentiments when bo
said toj ty Mr McLc m has no i olitlca )
ambition llo Iocs not w int the OhioiLB u-
tuoi.sliip but might accept it if it were ten
de el t > lilm 1 linow Hint bo would not
seuk un 1 would n it oncou-ifo inv kind of a
movement lo elect him H ho hud wuntol
tbo pisltiuu ho could have hud It by
entering the i ice nt tlio piocur tin o Mr
MeLeau thli ks the llfu/U a wealthy pilvito
iiti ? a is mom tit sirublo und lather moio
dii-iiilled thuu that ot a publiu man lfo
docsn t believe the so culleu honors uf publio
position have imvthing in them llo Is
entirely contented with n llfo of olcgiut
lolsuro and thuRociotv of his wife and family
Ho is vi ry devoted to his wifn and would
find irksoino uny duties , political or othci-
wis ) which would sopiruto ill in from nur
fie luetitly or for my consldcrablo length of
time No j ) u cun safely s ty that there is
nothing in the talk ot running Mel cun us a
comprnmUo c mil Unto for thu sen itorsbip In
tbo event of a bolt from Brlco which by the
way I dt n't believu in it ull '
ovn t ousr nil suniLMr couiit
bomo davs ao it was sumesied oy corns
members or congress thin there should ba
moru rooms for cotircsstonul | cominltteos ; in
the capitol uud that it would bo u coed
scheme to erowl out the supreme court ana
take possession or the quurteta that body
now occupies between the house nnd the
sen itu Ouo or the committees which his
jutlsdietion ovei at lc ist a portion of tha
cipitol buildine , iot togetl er und concluded
that tlio ati | rcmo couit should bu ousted ,
lho comiuilti odil not contemplate any sne-
cla location for that tribuu il but proceeded
on tbu hrouud that if congress
should coneludu to put out the
siipi quia court It would liavo to co It has
been discovered tnat lho siiuiomo court
cannot bu removed from the capitol build
ings without Us consent , ind it is likely to
stiy thcro , notwithstanding the face that
three or four buildings have bcon lnfoimully
selected for its occupancy Unless congress
purchases ground und constiucts n suitable
building foi thu suprt mo court it will not be
moved lhcifi wuuld be plenty or room ror
committees in thu Ini0 > western wing of the
capitol , which la just being completed if It
was coiiBtructol in uuy sonslulo style of
architecture About lirty looms liavo bcon
iu ttlu uudui the terracings on the west side
of the cnpltol un 1 under thu beautiful approaches
preaches , but thov aru without proper
ventilation oi ll IH und they will not bo
comfortable
MUMU'fl LATUV 1)111 ) OV TAI
It was only ucccasai v to hnvo It qulutly
known nt the roc utirin tiven by the Now
Yoik ilolcatiou ( last nij-lit in the Interest of
Unthatn for the world h r lir tint SOU quait
bottles of Mutiiui's I xtui Dry ' hud Duon
placed on ice in order to bring out a lnrga
nttun 1 iiieuniid to inalct ) tha ocuision a roar *
Ing succgsv It is stated that Muium's agent
eoutributel thirty cases or wluo toward tha
rozcptlou , which was attended by el bt or
ton hundruJ ol tha le idlng mon or lho oity
Hundreds of puoplo pts td nround tha im
mense room with p atos of s dads , oto , out
ing uud drinking and olforts bv ttiroo or four
distinguished uicn to speak und slug sonbs
at ttmsaaio tlmo made the scene out ) of
unusual interest * lho reception con
tinued until bunday was usiiurod
In then It closed with tlio
declaration of tlioso pn sunt that it ha 1 been
a ( , eat suecoiH 1 hero wis somothlng about
tbo whole affair which reminds ono or ma
dining room scones at the Chinese location
when a smashing ball is given 1 hero wus
loss of eagerness shown by tbo quests to gut
ut the table , however J ho h sts di 1 every
thing to maku their guests comfortub u aud
to have aood { time , aud they succeeded
wull
ONE CHANCE IVTWrNTlT
Marrlaacubloyounglulios ii Washington
are experiencing u fooa deal of distress of
mind just now over the piopositlouthut tbero
Is but onn chance iu twenty for thorn lo
marry unless they leave the national capital ,
1 ho broad assertion Is mudo by a social
stutistieun that there Is about llvo thousand
mora unmarried women than there nra of
unman iod men , and that but ono man iu
twenty located at thu national capital has
matilmonlal iutuntlonB llils to jomg ladles
here nppsura to bo a very ulstrcssiu condi
tion ot affairs
JIiaCEII.ANtOUS
Mrs Pottlgrcw , wlfo or the senator from
South Dakota , held her first reception as a
member ot th' ) senatorial circle lust week ,
Shu were a dark wool tou gown with crimson
silk fedora u toilelto that was exceedingly
becoming f ) her brunette style Mrs Petti-
grow , who is very popular hero , U very do *
Voted to tlio luloieats of the caueo or thoitl
who wear the white ribbon , blio does not
intend to allow society lo engross bur to tus
prcjudlco ol this organization ,
Peuhv B Hbat *
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