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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TWKXTY-SKCOND YKA R. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , JANUARY 1 ( > , 1893. R 210. BRINGING ON THE FIGHT Torccs Squaring Up for the Opening of the Senatorial Struggle. FIRST ROUND WILL COME ON TUESDAY tlillmiM't Wilt lUllot Tluit lny In Order to IlcOrtiiluTliiit tli l.n Ij Olioyi-d Comparing t-'andldnlrs1 CIlllllCON. LINCOLN. Nob. , .Ian. 15. ISpcclalTclogrum to THE HKI : i Next Tuesday at high noon the two houses of tlio legislature , sitting separately in their-respective halls , xvillcast their first ballot for United States senator. No candidate will twelve a majority of the voles of either house. Other b.illotsjnay betaken taken If desired , but It Is almost equally cer tain that no choice will bo effected this week. The twin bodies will meet In Joint conven tion at 1U oV.ook on every day after Unit on which the initial vote is taken , in the hall of representatives , and there take ono or moro ballots , until a senator Is elected. Owing to the difference of opinion as to when the first ballot .should bo taken this year , the pro gram as mapped out docs not contemplate the election of a senator ttits week , if the houses hail Iwen promptly organUed during the first week that they were In session thcro would have been no question as to the time of taking the initial vote , but as some maintain that in this case the second Tuesday alter the organi/utlon will not coino until next week , the election will not occur until after that time. The ballot day after tomorrow will cover the requirements should that bo held to bo the proper time , so that there will bo no cause giver for contesting the legality of the election when it docs come. Tliero is scarcely a possibility that an election could bo reached this week even if it was so desired The votes of the week will mean very llt- tlo , and no candidate will dovclopu his full strength beforu the ! M of this month. The Ilrst day will of course bo given to casting complimentary votes , and poor and obscure. Indeed will bo the politician who cannot tlnd someone to do him reverence orat least sliovr him courtesy In this direction. ( lltlllllllltf * Will ! Will I.PIKl. A glance over the political field that is to ho the battle ground for the next few weeks discloses indications that the opposition to Paddock will put in its time for the seven days to como endeavoring to kill off that gen tleman , and the Thurston men will try to shape things so as to give him the polo when the light begins in earnest , u week from Tuesday. Leaving all possible combinations out of the question for the time being , It looks as _ if Thurston would have the load among the republican candidates , Boyd among the democrats and Powers among the indo pendents. It will bo impossible for Powers to sccuro any backing from the democrats nnd Boyd will experience n like dillicuHy in getting an independent reinforcement be cause of the veto of the Newberry bill. Each mush therefore count on the republicans for whatever assistance ho may require out side of his own party. Thurston cannot expect much help from the independents on account of his position us the general solicitor of the Union Pacific unless some of the farmer representatives uro In the market , but his friends claim that ho is certain of several democratic votes when it comes to n show down. So much for thocontest on strictly partisan lines. When It comes to a question of possl bio fusion between the democrats and inde pendents , the leading candidate at the pres ent time. Is MeKeighan. The o'nly other appar ent possible candidate for dcmo.-pop fusion is Judge William Neville of North Plattc , whoso recent conversion from , monopoly into anti-monopoly doctrines was no surprise to those who know him in early days. No llopo for Hilly. Bryan Isn't in it , and ICem is Ins compan ion in lonesoniene-s , while other alleged In dependents who aspire to bo classed as can didates have hardly suftlcient following to properly entitle them to such rating. Hln- man of Nortn Platte would like It and will , it is alleged , have nine independent votes salted away in his pickle jar. Paddock has a husky republican following , but apparently the only thing certain is that his strength Has not Increased during th6 past week. Ills friends are counting on democratic assistance , and claim that when It pomes to getting an Independent vote or two ho will como about as near it as any of the republican candidates in the Held. TliuvxIoll'M Ciindldiicy. Rome of Thurston's friends are asserting that ho is about to sever his connection with . the railroads , and that gentleman himself says. ' I have lived In this state long enough and my reputation Is such that I do not worry about obtaining proper credence when I say John M Thurston as a railroad attorney and us a republican are two different individ uals , " H Is also rumored that there Is a move on foot in Omaha to force Thurston from the Held , and that his candidacy has been with out the consent of the powers that bo of the corporation that ho represents. Itiscluimed that the financial Interests of the heaviest stockholders of that company are opposed to litseandlcaey. and are supporting Paddock. On the other hand It Is stated that there Is f 11)11,000 ) of I'nton Pacific money behind the candidacy of Thurston and that the B. & M. Is very favorable to him. These are rumors as they are peddled around the hotel rotundas and can only bo weighed and taken for what they are worth. Vcr.r Startling Humor. And right hero it mUy bo stated that the rhauees.nro that the two republican senators from Douglas will not bo senators much longer if the dc.il is carried out that is now on foot. A democratic senator said that the proposed ousting would bo done very shortly , nnd an Independent who is on the inside said the same thing. It is understood that the move Is simply the br.ii'dlshlng ' of the railroad club 1n an effort to drive the two senator * to a position squarely and openly under the rail road banner , Tlio democrats nro not wast ing any love on Clarke , nnd they do not think nny too much of I-oboek , so that It Is practi cally certain that the two will be turned out if the independents will aid in the eviction. I'lrn ICoonnl. POUT JEITCIISON , N. Y. , Jan. IS. The plant of the Ameilean Mining and Milling company WHS burned tonight. The total loss to buildings and machinery was $ , ' 0,000. Tlio orlj-lu of the tire Is unknown. UuuwsTKUs , N Y , Jan. IB- Fire Invite ov.t in iM tr'vn hall 1-ero early this morning , nnd before It could be cheeked had de stroyed the building , Smith .V Bros , store , A , iLibdell's store , R II , Merrill's bot- tllng establishment , the postoftlco ami the printing oClce of the I3row t r Standard. The loss is upwards of $100,000 , ; most of the osses nro insured. CHICAGO , III. , Jan. 1. . The establishment if the Nnulleld Manufacturim ? company , nakers of show cases and moldings , was Icstroyed by fire tonight. Thr > loss is ? IOJ.- KKI. two-thirds of the amount being covered > y Insurance. Thi'Op.iquo Clothing Munu- 'acluring comiuny at West Pullmin was jurncd out this morning ; loss SIMI.OOO. WRECK ON THE BURLINGTON \o < lilent ti > ( lie Denver lltprr s nt Mnrniy , In. , and Snvrnil People Injured. There was a bad wreck in which several persons were injured on the Chicago , Bur lington & Qulney railroad at Murray , in. , at noon yesterday. The Denver express , passenger train No. 3 , was passing Murray who" It jumped : i switch. The locomotive and the front coaches remained on the main track , but the dining car rolled onto a sidetrack. As the engine was moving at a rapid rate when the accident occurred , the front coaches were violently torn from the diner , which was overturned and badly damaged. Just behind tlie dining car was the Pullman sleeper , which became detached from the other coaches and ran down a side track , crossing the turn table and finally landing on tlio prairie. It w.is not overturned , however. Both the sleeper and the dining car were too badly wrecked to bo moved yesterday , but tlio engine pulled out the other coaches and completed Its run after a delay of forty minutes. Thomas , the cook in the dining car , was at work when the car was overturned. Ho was almost burled in broken dishes , glassware and kitchen utensils , atrl when removed It was found that ho had sustained rather .serious injuries. He was badly bruised about the body and his left leg was so uadli mashed" licit it is thought It will have to be iimputatcd. Conductor Frank II. George of the Pull man coach was thrown violently against the side of the car by the shock of the train being Jerked asunder and was severely wounded about the face. A few oilier people wore slightly bruised , but none seriously. The passengers on the wrecked Pullman sleeper were transferred to another coach. Hurl In II lEiillnmil Accident. DonXB , fa. , Jan. l."i. A freight train on the Chicago & ; Northwestern road that broke In two on the Molngoiui hill was run into by a train following aIxjut 0 o'clock this morning and six men in the caboose were Injured ; none fatally. The wounded were : Joe Willoy , S. Heath , John B. Hatch , S. It. KOS.S and S. 13. Kitcher , all stockmen. KKfllSUK.IK' ItKI'ISIOX. \Vhlt ; thi ! Icnv.l CiiliimlsHloii U lining- 1'oillls } lvinli's : ; rian. Uis : MOIST ! * . In. , Jan. 15. [ Special to Tun BKI : . ] The commission for revising the tax- laws , composed of Hon. C. 13. Whiting , Augustus Post and Ed C. Lane , with Ca p- tnin W. II. Fleming as secretary , after dis cussing preliminaries and considering the points especially to bo considered , has ad journed to meet some time in February. At that meeting opportunity will bo afforded to interests desiring to bo heard through representatives to present their views. The time will be announced us soon as definitely determined upon. Meantime each of the commissioners will prepare his views of measures lo lie Considered johitly. ' Of course very little can bo said at this time alniut what the commission will do , but ono thingjs settled , and that is that the commission is determined to go ahead and comoleto the work of revising the revenue laws of the state and suggesting a now sys tem , no matter how long it takes. The laturo provided that they should be paid for only thirty days , ami did not provide for any clerical assistance whatever. Tlio executive council has made some provision for the latter , and the members of the com mission say that while the general assem bly. in Its wisdom , prohibited them from drawing pay for moro than thirty days , it did not prohibit them from working longer than that. The work before the commission is ono that is likely to require six mouths of hard work. But they will do a largo pro portion of it , each ono by himself at home , dm wing on S-crotary Fleming for assistance in furnishing data from the state library and other sources known to his remarkable memory. Then they will como together at a later date and put the results of their studies Into the form of proposed legislation. It may bo said that the Pennsylvania and Now York plans are being favorably con sidered as a basis. The Pennsylvania plan Is , in outline , as follows : Taxes paid directly to the state treasurer : (1) ( ) Bonus on charters ; ( ! ) ) tax on capital stock of corK | > ratIons and limited partner ship associations ; ( H ) tax on corporate and municipal loans ; ( ! ) tax on the gross receipts of transportation , trans mission and electric liirht companies ; (5) ( ) tax on the stock of banks ; ( tl ) tax on the gross premiums of insurance coimmnics ; (7) ( ) tax on net earnings or Income of brokers , private bankers and unincorporated banks and sav ings Institutions : (8) ( ) miscellaneous. Taxes collected by county officers and by them paid into the state treasury : ( 1 ) state tax on peruoiril property ; ( i ) collateral in heritalico tax ; ( H ) tax en writs , deeds , etc. ; ( I ) liivnses ; < i > ) fees of public officers , etc. The object here is to get the state tax col lected in a general way , and not through the counties. It is carried still further by the report of the tax commission in New York , which has been at work for some months. This report has net yet been received , but will bo of the greatest assistance to the Iowa commission. It will undertake to separate state fiom local taxation entirely , and thus make taxation entirely a local ques tion. This will avoid nil the trouble about adjusting valuations In the counties. The priui'ipal object now that each county has In keeping its valuation down is to avoid pay ing too largo a share of the state ta.\ . If state and local taxes were entirely divorced thiu-o would be no great dllllculty in having assessments for local taxes made on an actual cash valuation. Dli'il ill IIIoo.I routining , CKIIAII HAI-III. , la. , Jan. 15.John Fuwcett , a popular young man of Clreenu's opera house orchestra , died very suddenly this morning of blood poisoning contracted from the mourti piece. of a cornet. lie had a cold sore on bis lip. nurxit Iritli : ofllio I'ropilctoiiifii ( HilniKO Slmot- | ; ( ' I'lidcr MIIIMRP ( 'IroilllKtillieots. CiiicAnu , lit. , Jan. 15. lohn Itnssell , the proprietor of a shooting gallery on Ilal.stcad street was murdered In his place of business late laat night. The crime was not discov ered until noon when Dr. Funk , u dentist living near the shooting gallery notified the rallca .that two women had called iixin | him and told him that bomothlni ; was wrong in the gallery. Tlio two women were .subsequently urrc.stcd. They said they wore slsUTs--Mre. iiusn Sherwood and Mrs. Anna Hewitt. Mrs. Sherwood said that she had been In the habit of c.illliii'icvy \ morning to do Kussell's house work , as lie was an un married in.in , This morning she had come with her sister and found Kussell dead. Mrs. Hewitt lu telling her story contradicted her self on several | > olnt.s , declaring that she had not been in the gallery for six months until this morning and then admitting she had been there last night. .MmmtirntH nl Oi-rmi Slnitiioni , .Tniumry IB , At New York -Arrived La Champagne , from Havre. At Lixnrd PassodHcrntann , for Ant werp. At Havre Anlved La fjnscogne , from New York. At I . .vcrpool Arrived Luncusteriiin.from Boston. HOPE HELD OUT FOR BLAINE Yesterday's Kcports From the Sick Hoom Moro Encouraging. HE PASSED A QUIET AND A RESTFUL DAY Tliefp Is nn Air ofOiili't ClHTrfiiliiris.\rouiul t IIP House mid the Uootors > polk : .Moro Iloioriilly-Mtro-Ulycer- | Inu IIH It .Modlollio. WASIIINOTOV , D. C. , Jan. 15. The return of Sunday is looked for with some appre hension In connection with the illness of Mr. Blaine , for the severe relapses which ho Ins recently experienced hive occurred on that day. Thcro wcro no developments today , however , other than favorable , and when Dr. Johnston loft the house at I5t0 : : this even ing he said ho should uot return during the night unless especially summoned. Early In the morning Senator Cameron , whoso house is just across the alley from Mr Blaine's , sent a servant to inquire as to the condition of the Invalid. The attendant at the door appeared cheerful and made an encouraging response. The first callers of the day , which was bright , clear and dis tressingly cold for this latitude , wcro Senator Halo and wife , who came about 10 o'clock and remained half an ho.ur. While they wcro in the house DTs. Hyatt and Johnston arrived to make their morning visit. Senator Halo told the reporters that Mr. Blaine bad passed the most comfortable night he had experienced for many days. At II o'clock the physicians appeared and handed the folio wing statement in writing to the reporter. : What tlio IMiyslolaiiH' Iliillrtln Siyn. : ' Mr. Blaine is as strong and as well as ho was yesterday. " Dr. Hyatt stated that the condition of the patient was such that ho would not repeat the Ilrst visit today , unless called to the house. The wind was keen , and but few persons braved the gale that swept through the streets. Asa result the callers at the house were fewer than usual. AfteivSen- alor and Mrs. Hale no one came until after noon , when Secretary and Mrs. IClklns caino over from their house , and , after a brief stay , went on to the white house. Senator Washbtirn was admitted later for a few minutes , but other callers merely inquired at the door of the condition of Mr. Blaine. ri.lumcs G. Blaine , jr. , with a friend and Miss Hattic , went out for a brief walk in the course of the afternoon. At ft o'clock inquiry at tin ; door elicited the response that Mr. Blaine-rested comfortably during the day , which statement the absence of doctors con firmed. Atf > : . " > 0 Dr. Johnston drove up and re mained until 0:35. : As ho left the house he stated to the reporters that his patient passed a quiet , restful and uneventful day. There had been no appreciable change In his condition during the last three days , and none was expected during the night. In answer lo an inquiry Dr. Johnston said that to all appearances Mr. Bhilnc had not lost any strength since the attack last Thursday , and , on the whole , he regarded his condition as favorable as could bo expected. Nllro-Ulyoerliu ! ns n Drug. Publication of the fact that nitre-glycerine had been prescribed in Mr. Blaine's alarming relapses has aroused inquiry concerning the drug , which , as such , is but little known. The use of nltro-glycerino in cases of heart failure , is rare indeed , probably in not more than one case In a thousand. The usual remedies applied are tincture of digitalis ( sometimes used in connection with spirits of ether ) , or tincture of strophanthus a regu lation dose of the former being fifteen and of the latter ten drops. When both digitalis nnd strophanthus are used in one prescription the limit of the dose is eight drops. Nitro glycerine is so powerful that even handling of it is dangerous , and a dose of it is extremely small , decided effects having been obtained from the administration ot one-fortieth of n drop , and in other cases a loss of consciousness and other alarming symptoms were produced by about the twenty-fifth part of a drop. The nitrate of amyl , nitre-glycerine , produces violent flushing , as though the head would burst , an active aclion of the heart and a sense of suffocation , with muscular weakness. Nltro-glyccrino in a solid form , produced by the process of evaporation of the liquid , is dispensed in pellets of three sizes one two- huudrcth one-hundredth d one-fifti , one - an - eth of a grain. The latter Is the largest dose , and It Is rare Indeed that even so much as the fiftieth part of a grain is used. The reaction of this powerful chemi cal production causes both muscular weak ness and either partial or complete uncon sciousness. The use of the drug in the most inllnitesmal quantity would of itself produce fatal results after continued administration for any length of time. The compounding of the pellets is a dan- cereus task , as the yellow liquid of nitro glycerine can bo handled only where the lempcraturo is below the freezing point , and even then only with the most extreme cau tion. L'ONUUKSSIONAI' rOHKCAST * ! . Important Mrnsiiros Tlint Will Itpci'lvu Con- Kldi'nitlon Tills \Vool ( . WASIIIXHTO.V , D. C. , Jan. 15. Tlio week promises to bo eventful in the senate. Save the passage of the quarantine bill , the sen ate has accomplished very little , and not ono of the annual appropriation bills has been passed. The committee on order of business lias determined that something must be done to advance the public business. It was at the suggestion of Mr. Sherman , chair man of that commutes , tlr.it Washburn gave notice that ho would ask the senate to sit next Wednesday until the anti-option bill tedlsnosodof. That this can ba done wit U- out a bitter struggle is not expected. What will follow the anti-option bill will be decided by the committee on order of busi ness before Wednesday. At present the opinions are that priority will Ho between some of the interstate commerce bills ( if Senator Cullom is able to resume his duties ) , the Nicaragua canal bill and , perhaps , a resolution elution to repeal the silver purchase net. Mr. Pcffcrof Kansas is down fora speech on the limitation of the presidential term , nnd Mr. Merrill of Vermont on the McGar- rulmn bill , both for them. Thenlajorlty have mapped out a bis pro gram for the house. Tomorrow will bo pen- tdon day. KlTuvts will bu made to pass the Itauin pension ofilco report and the bill for the election of senators by the people by a two-thirds vote. A majority of the rules committee has decided to allow all Tuesday to bills coming from the Judiciary committee ; Wednesday to the immigration bill ; Thursday and Satur day to bills originating with the committee of foreign and inter-state commerce ; Friday , under the regular rules , is private bill day. There Is some opposition to the Immigra tion bill , mid It Is hardly likely that one day will suffice for its passage. The friends of the quarantine bill , reixirtud by the committee - too on foreign and Intel-estate commerce , which bill , It Is contended , meets all the evils as 13 cholera , which the Immigration hill was designed to remedy , are opiwsed to the immigration bill. The quarantine bill was antagonized very strongly by the state quarantine ofitcors of New York , but at least a pan , of this opixisltion was with drawn. There Is a probability for some trouble for both of these bills from the op position of members who favor the different measures , The commerce committee nas a formidable list of measures which it hopes to pass , headed by the omnibus lighthouse bill , and the bill for the construction of a couple of ad ditional revenue cutters. The committee Is also anxious to pass two Hills amendatory of tlio Interstate committee' art which will bo roiwrtcd to the house during the week by Chairman Wise of Virginity to" meet the Cotmselmen case and the Orenham decision and to allow railroads pooling under the control of the Interstate Commerce com mission. j _ _ l.t'MI'Y.IAUV Dr. Salmon Maltr * lilt Itrp'irt to Soorolnry of Acrli-tillurp Itnxk. WAIIIIXCITOV. D. ti. Jan. 15. Secretary Husk has secured f-om Dr. Salmon , chief of the bureau of animal Industry , n report on the experiments and investigations being made hi Chicago In the treatment of cattle for "lumpy jaw. " The report concludes that the remedy tried iodide of potassium is a remarkable success , CM per cent of the cattle thus treated having been cured. The greater part of these were very seriously affected when taken for treatment. The report shows the cost of treatment to bo trilling by comparison with the results , and H is also I proved that the disease is not contagious , twenty-one head of healthy cattle having been confined in close quarters with the dis eased for three months without them show ing nny signs of being affected. The report severely arraigned the live stock commissioners of the stale of Illinois for what it regards as arbitrary and incon sistent rulings , by which grave losses have been inflicted upon stock owners seeking a market for their stock in Olticago. Animals have been condemned without proper ap praisement , and the owners have not re ceived fair compensation for the carcass. Dr. Salmon reports , mrtreover. unjustifiable interference on the part of the commission ers with the experiments of the bureau. Tor tinliiiiiiuiirutlnii. . WASIIINOTON. I ) . C. , Jan. 15. General Mar tin McMahon of New York , grand marshal of the Inauguration dny parade , IMS made the following appointments : Colonel li. C. Corbln , United States army , adjutant gen eral ; General W. D. Whlpplo. Tnlled States army , chief of staff ; William Dickson of the district of Columbia , chief maisbal of the civic parade : Kiclinrd Croker of New York , marshal of civic organizations of New York City and state : General Hinmons Clarke of New York , assistant marshal. Nutloiml U'oniru'.s .Sntlriigtt Asiorlntlon. WASHINGTON , D. C. . Jan. 15. The twenty- fifth annual convention of the National Women's Suffrage association will be held in Washington this week ! At the sessions tomorrow the preliminary business will be transacted and at night Siisan B. Anthony will deliver the presi dent's address. Previous thereto an ad dress of welcome will .bo delivered by Sena tor Carey of Wyoming ) TlioiisiiiulH View the Itoinnlns of thi * l.nto ( iononil Hntlrr. LOWEI.I. , Mass. , Jan. , 15-pAt General But ler's late residence oti Bolvidoro hill tills morning private funeral services were held. Hcv. Dr. A. St. John Chambre of St. Anne's Episcopal church read the offices for the dead. The body was in tlio drawing room. The stars and stripes were not on the coffin during the private finicra services. Presi dent Harrison's wreath nn'du ' couple of ferns and lilies .were laid upon 'the ' coffin. There was eulogy and no addresR.by the clergyman. After the short service ) closing with the Lord's prayer , these present' looked. upon the general for the last tjnio.Ailcttchicnt : ) ] of comrades of post 42 , Qrand.Army of the le- { publlc , reached the house directly after the private funeral exerefses.i Their standards wcro draped , and the banner of the post , bearing a portrait of the dead commander , was also in mourning. Colonel Dlmon , who has charge of the arrangements of the funeral , was In command. Comrades bore the body from the house tea a hearse drawn by four horses. A wild wind was blowing from the river over the hill. The veterans suffered , but not a man sought shelter. As the body was carried from the portals of the house the drums of the baud rumbled , the colors were dipped and the company saluted. ' When the inarch to the hall was taken up arms were reversed and the officers fell to the rear of the detachment. The streets were crowded as the band signaled by- dirges the passage of the general's body from the house to Huntington hull , whore the body was to lie In state. A great crowd was waiting to bo admitted to the hall. In the hall the coffin was placed in the center of the floor. From the ceiling to the floor a wall of black extended. The dim light did not extend 'to the wall of black and the effect was dismal and gruesome. Grand Army men surrounded the casket. On the collln rested the sword and epaulets that were worn by the general from Ixiwoll to the gulf and back again. Behind the catafalque rested a bank of flowers that had come from President Harrison , from the convicts of the state prison and from all cla.sscs of people be tween these extremes. Iresldent Harrison's wreath was placed on the coffin in Washing ton. Senators Dawes , Chandler and Hale , Governor Ifussell , Hon. Frederick Douglas , militia companies and societies and friends in Lowell , Boston , New York , Washington , Chicago and other places sent flowers that took up one side of the hall. When the crowd was admitted to the hall they almost carried the doors off their hinges. They struggled upstairs and bdwled over the police , who tried , to restrain them. Shouts and cries awoke -tho echoes of the hall where tlio dead man lay. Huntington hall , when over General Butler appeared there in life , saw turbulent scenes , but those of today surpassed anything ever seen be j fore at tlio old hall. Down in the street thousands pressed fin-ward when they saw the doors open. All the afternoon a steady stream of people poured in , but the crowd did not diminish The exit was on ShaHuek street , and a stream of people pourqd through that door. No impression could be made by those who clamored for admission at that side of the hall. Late In the afternoon the doors were closed nnd the officers hail an hour's rest. It was designed to close the hall at 5 o'clock until tomorrow morning , but at 0 o'clock they wcro opened again. 'This ' time the people ple were formed into lines and moro order was maintained uu to 11. o'clock , when the final closing was made. Hundreds left the place without getting In , ami many others who wanted to get- out of the Jam wcro forced to wait and be'ftwtipt into the hall by the stream. t Tliero will bo another clash tomorrow morning , as these who fnjlod today will try then. The funeral preparations are for a great event , greater tlian I well has over witnessed. I : - - JI.IDK .i nutii.\KXs in- ' ( if a llnvorlilll , MIIH * . , Snmliiy School Siiprrliiti-mlent. IlAvr.miiu. , Mass. , Jaji. 15. A sensation has been caused In Georgetown by the arrest of Frank Vlnlng , a proniinent cltl/cn and Sunday school suparlrit ndcnt , who by his own confession Is a forger. Over two years ago Vinlng came to Georgetown with good references and purchased a half Interest In buslncs'i with Harold F. Blake for $10,000 , paying $1,000 do.vn arid giving 110(03 ( as col lateral lor the balance. The notes bore gilt-edgo names , but Vln- ing always opposed their negoti ation , and finally confessed that they were forged. Ileuonfvsscifalso to forging other notes , the amount aggregating some # 11,000 , of which the Georgetown National bank has W.00 ; the Savings bank * 1IK)0 ) and Mr. Blake the rest. Ttieso were mostly settled by parties interested and Vinlng given a chance to reform , Within a few months , however , other i hecks endorsnd by Vlntng , bearing the sig nature of D , L. Outon of this city , have been presented to ami protc.ited by the Georgetown bank , Outon having no funds there , and these transactions led to Vlnlng's nrreit. Ho Is in jail m default of $3,000 ball. HE ADMIRED HER SHOULDERS Strange Story Related by Flamnm riou. , the Great Trench Astrondmer. UNUSUAL MATERIAL FOR BOOK BINDING lie Koeply Intrrrslt'il mi Invalid In IIU \V < irlil Tlipnry , mill Itroohoil In Ue- titrn u Singular LcBin-y "soiivc- nlr oCOiiii llfiid. " l < ' "l > Urtl > 1itctl ISniliyiuic ifrinluiifnnirll.l 1'AHiJan. . 15.-New [ York Herald Cable Special to Tun Hnii.J-M. CamilhFlam - inarlon , the well known astronomical corre spondent of the Herald , was some years ago the guest at the country seat of a certain count ami countess whose name he requests us to suppress. The countess is of foreign origin. Her husband's seat is the depart ment of Jura. She was dying of consump tion , and became deeply impressed with M. Flammarioir.s accounts of his scientific flights to sidcrial regions. She became Imbued with his thDory of the plurality of inhabit able worlds , and this enabled her to await the inevitable fatal termination of her dis ease with calm resignation , perhaps with the hope that death might only prove a translation to Mars or some other planet or celestial world. ITln the due course of time M. Flammarion's vfsit came to an end. Hi > returned to his ob servatory nt Ju Vis.v. and forgot in the ab sorption of astronomical studies all about his hostess nt the chateau amidst mountains of the Jura. Some time ago a package arrived nt the observatory , accompanied by a letter in a black-edged envelope. The packet and letter were received by Mine. Flammarion , who , on examining the contents , found that the package contained a large piece of white skin , very thick and most cold to the touch. The letter read as follows : HIT Stranjjn loiiost. | "OnAK Sn : 7 hereby carr.x out the dying wish of a woman who Strangely liked you. She made me swear to send you the day fol lowing her death the skin from those beauti ful shoulders which you so much admired the evening you were bidding her farewell. Her desire is that you have bound in this skin the first copy of the first work that you shall have published after her death. I for ward you , my dear sir , this legacy , as 1 had vowed to do.1' The letter was signed by a well known medical practitioner of the Jura. "Asa matter of fact,1' said M. Flamma- riiin. " 1 had admired the beautiful shoulders of the countess on the evening I hint saw her. and when she was in a dccollette dinner toilet. What was I to do with the strange legacy ? I was tempted to send it back , but on reflection I determined to carry out the wish of the dead woman , whom 1 remem bered with pleasure. Accordingly I sent it to n tanner , who worked on it three months , and he sent it back beautifully prcp.ircd.- havejust.had my last work , Terre eti.Ciel , ' , bound with it. Hero Is the volume/ ' 1 * ' 'Hie binding is "not only Unique , hut ex ccediugly handsome. On it is stamped hi. gold letters the words "Souvenir d' L'ne Morte. " nouiuii/rs r llmv "t'oiiii > | inllV Was I'lMijili'd ullh SlroiiK Types. ICnpurtutitnl ISllliu.limit * flnnloil llrnil'-n. ] CANXKS , Jan. 15. f New York Herald Cable Special to Tnc BKI : . ] Paul Bourget , novelist , is staying at the Hotel California , where I called upon him to ask about the originals of "Cosmopolls , " which Is being so much talked about. In reply to a ques tion as to where he found his characters , Lydiu Maitland and Boleslas Gerka , Bourgot said : ' 1 created thcau last winter while in Home. I asked the correspondent of the Herald whom I met there to tell mo something about the people of the southern states and if persons having negro blood in their veins , octoroons for instance , ever married white people. Prom the information he gave me about Louisiana I formed the character of Lydia Maitland. The character of Boleslas Gorka 1 formed not from one , but from many Poles I have met. During twenty years of travel I have met any number of Poles. Husslans , Americans , Italians and Knglish , not to speak of my own countrymen. I draw upon general Impressions and experience for characters. Your correspondent in Homo told me about the colony of Arcola. Ala , , to which I refer at some length iu Cos- mopolis. Tlio character of Gordon Mait land , father of Lydia Mailland , is based upon what I learned from one of ihe best families of New York. " 1 hear stories , and digest thorn , then I construct my own story. Cosinopolls was written three times. 1 first wrote It in Venice. It was thoroughly Venetian in scenario. The second edition was written at St. Morit/ , where 1 had been informed that cosmopolitan life in its essence could bo studied. Finally I went to Koine , which , L thought most likely to answer the purposes. There 1 destroyed what I had previously written , and wrote the work as it 1ms ap peared. " Asked about the originals of the two seconds of Gorka , Bom-pot said they were Italians , but merely types , not particular persons. Before I left ho Impressed U | > on mo that his system was to collate impressions , then paint what he believed to bo reality under artificial colors. I'lIT TO MM IX A JSA1.U. 1'isirful K > prrl nr of I'assriiKorn nil 11 Clmnnol Stouoor. : LONDON , Jan. 13. A heavy stoun from the northeast is sweeping over ICngland. Snow , sleet and a high wind prevail along the coast. Many small accidents to shipping along the const are reported. The steamer Brighton , belnngln < : to the Brighton Hallway company , and sailing bo- twcen Newhaven and Dieppe , left port r a gale this morning. She had a terribly rough passage. A deck house and the smokestack were washed away , one of her boats was smashed and part of her port rail was torn away by a heavy piece of b.iggage , while her deck was awash. When she approached the pier at Dieppe the storm was so blinding that the ullut could not see beyond her bow. The wind was blowing alxty miles an hour , and the seas tvcrc break ing over her decks so rapidly lh.lt nonn of the eighty passengers were allowed on deck. Without any warning the steamship crashed into the pier. A large hole was stove in her bow and for a minute she stuck fast. Knpe.s were got aboard and were made fast before she was driven moro than twenty feet from the pier. She- began filling rapidly. A long gangway was Improvised and the passcngnrs wcro hurried ashore. There was little panic Half the baggage had been ttutcn otT when the captain ordered the men to leave the ship , as she was filling rapidly 1' ' ° had hardly followed the last man to the pier when the vessel went under. 13O1T Dart nouth live pilots were drowned white trying to put n man aboard n cutter. The cutter was pitching hivivlly when ttie gig approached her. The bowsprit caimht the gig urn1 lifted It out of the water. All seven occupants of the gig were tin-own out and but two caught the life lines tin-own to them and were .saved. oitiiiiii : : > otrior t'ntnitliCnl Ni < n piprr : ( 'iir So\orol ) Me.iltllli. . PAKM. Jan. Ifi. The government has begun a campaign against foreign newspaper correspondents - respondents In this city. The ministers have been atmo.\ed by the attacks of Ger man and Mugltsh newspapers u | < on the men besmirch.-d . ny the Panama s.-andal. Sev eral Paris diilil-s have suggested that both Kngland and Germany had sufficient dishon esty at homo lo prevent them from casting stows were they not so self-righteous. Today dispatches from Berlin , Buda-Pcsth and London announced that the insinuation of the Cocarde had been transferred by Paris correspondents of newspapers In those cities into open suggestions that either Huron Mohreuheim , Russian ambassador , or Count Mcnadra. formerl.N Italian ambassa dor , had been influenced in faun-of the Pan ama canal company by a bribe of WKI.IHH ) francs. Hcrr Wcdci , correspondent for several German dailies , was one of the guilty men , and lie was notified he must leave the country. M. Seiche , correspondent of the Pcsth Hit-laphas been arrested for telegraph ing the report in question to Budu-Pesth. Several other correspondents have been noti fied that they would be expelled from Paris for tlio same offense. This afternoon M. Hlbot called upon Baron Mohrcnhcim and Signer Kessma , successor to Count. Mcnadrca. and upologl/rd to each for the reflections cast upon the honor of the representatives of their sovereigns. It is reported that papers recently soi/ed show conclusively that M. Sans-Loroy. dep uty In now prlso'n , received repeated bribes from Panama lobbyists. I Itl.OODTMIItSTV ItANDI l' . Moxiran lti > l > l > rn > Hinnnrirlly Piuiisiiml lor ii rioiullsli Crime. Mom.os , Mox. , Jan. 15.- The particulars of a terrible crime which was perpetrated near Cuernavaca , this state , have reached bore. Padre Malovo. a well known merchant In Nalalaco , accompanied by his wife , left homo a few evenings ago to visit friends in Cuer- vanaca. They were making their journey in a light conveyance , and wore within a few miles of their destination when a band of outlaws attacked them. Mr. Malevo was murdered and robbed and iiis wife as saulted by the villains. The news of the crimes spread rapidly. The unfortunate woman was taken to Fliinguistengo. where she related her story to the authorities The commander of the militia garrison thereupon immediately ordered out a detachment of a")0 ) troops , led by Captain Mucio Catlao , to go in pursuit of the Derpetrators of the foul deeds. The troops had no dllllculty in following the trail of the villlans and in a few hours came upon them In their rendezvous in the chapparal of a mountain ravine near Xalalaco. The outlaws made a desperate resistance and kept up a fight until three of them had been killed. The other two were captured and have been shot. None of the soldiers were killed. A largo amount of stolen property was recovered , DISMAL l'ltiiOI ' ; > l.NS. ; ( ioriiKinj's PI-OHH ran See Naught lint Kvl | In " ( InKiitnrn for Trimi-i1. BI-.UI.IX , Jan. 15. For a generation Ger many ban npt. felt such Intense interest In French affairs as she has felt since the opcning.of the Frenvli Chamber. . , "It is no exacgcralion to say , " comments the National Xcit'jng. "that the Panama scandal Is the theme of discussion through out the world. According to the latest re ports the scauuul is becoming world-wide. it is now alle ed that Baron Mohrenheim , Russian ambassador to Franco and the American president , congress and press wore bribed. To the enemies of the repub lic no name or station is sacred. "After the French ministers have fallen these men sack to undermine President Car- not's position. U cannot be denied that the republic of 1H1 ! ) ; Is bespattered from top to bottom with tilth , as the republic of IT'.IM was bespattered with blood. If the republic is overthrown , either a dictatorship of the Boulaugist sort , or a Cii'sardom of the Napoleonic stamp , or a clerical monarchy , will conjure up a still biwidcr and deeper sea of filth , in which blood and money will . " mingle. _ I'limuim SliiirohnNU'l'M .Hoot. PMIIS. Jan. in. The meeting of Panama shareholders and bondholders today resolved to form an executive committee with il.OOO- 000 francs capital and then to apply for state aid. Count Keratry was appointed delegate to Washington to open negotiations with the I'nited States government. Another dele gate will be appointed to negotiate with the Colombian government. Before the meeting was called to order the men present passed the time In denouncing the Panama brlbo givers and brlbo takers , and M. Monchicourt , the Judicial liquidator of the Panama com pany. General Saussler called upon President Carnet today to deny the truth of the Fig aro's Insinuation that he was a candidate for the presidency. Itrolcit t'p In it ( ioiu'i-al Itou. LONHON , Jan 10. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says that the socialist meeting tonight at the Tivoli Vauxhall ended between 1 and 2 o'clock in a general row. row."Tho "Tho anarchists stormed the platform , " ho writes , -'and after ; v light captured the chair. Four anarchists tried to oruto simul taneously and the tumult was renewed. Boltli's and chairs were hurled from this platform at the heads of the people below and many wcro injured. Tlio proprietor turned oil' the gas and a hundred police cleared the hall. Gendarmes dispersed an anti-semi tic meeting at Lyons Sunday after an exciting struggle. " riftJM'i-ojilx KIMoil. LnNiioN. Jan. 15. - A despatch to the Cen tral News from St. Paul do Ianda says : ' A train crowded , with Kuropcuns ; uid natives was halted on the Congo railway near Mattdl recently and the engine was detached to Join a wagon loaded with four boves of dynamlto and eighty-two cases of guniwwder. The engine moved down grade with great speed and collided with the wagon exploding the dynamite. Fifty per sons were killed including Lo Qucque , head of the Societe Ammymo Beige. " AlicilNh i IMHrlmiinlliiK Toll * . TOUONTO. , Out. , Jan. 1,1.it is generally understood hero that the government has concluded to abolish its Welland canal dis crimination against the American routes to tlio seal loard. A toll of 'JO cents per ton has been levied on all vessels passing through th'it canal and a reiiato of is cents per ton was allowed vessels taking the Canadian route. Withdraw Iroiii tli lioo. : TOIT.KA , Kuu. , Jan. I.r--Ballc > P. Wag- tfimor , heretofore regarded as a formidable , stalwart democratlo candlduio for United Stales senator , withdrew In favor of Colonel A. A. Harris of Fort Scult. Colonel Harris is irMY Uiu only stalwart candidate In the Hold. _ U'lll Mul-.e u .Viuitl I > OIIHHI I ration , Ti'Lox , Jun. liV It Is reported that Admiral llui/wi' squadron has been ordered tomnkoa demonstration before Anglers In concert with the Italy squadron , In case Kngtar.U sends warships to the Morocco coast. _ _ _ Cut I p Into Mlni'itinrut , Moscow , Jan 15 - The body of a woman cut Into ITS pieces was found in .1 coffee suck In the btvcet this snoriiltig Nothing has been Ic.uuud as to the iuuilit } of her murderer FAR FROM AS AGREEMENT Affairs in the Kansas Legislature Not Tak ing on a Look of Peace. * > REPUBLICANS FIRM IN THEIR POSITION Riinin HI the 1'iiinilMi Sorry Tlmt They Mint' Horn l.nl hilt ) tin * Itow .lorry Simpson' * Clmnro tor the Ncmitorihlp ( Jollo , A , Kan. , Jan. -Many of the war ring statesmen are spending Sunday with their families and the city is cnjo.Ung the first quiet day it has oxporicnced for nearly two weeks. Tlio armistice declared yester day afternoon has furnished a greatly needed breathing spell , and the situation is being reviewed calmly and apart from the exciting events that have been transpiring hourly for the past week. The second week of the legislative session will begin tomorrow with the low-i. lnnlso farther from baviim a working on inl/.utlon perfected than when it was ilrst called to oiiler. An organisation of the populist mem bers , lacking live of a majority of the mem bers-elect , is in existence , and has the official recognition of the governor and senate. The republicans and democrats have an organiza tion of sixty-seven membois which has not been given the recognition. Want to Lot ( ! ( > . Much talk has been indulged In looking loan amicable consolidation of the two or- ganl/atlciis. Many of the populist member , * privately concede that the republican house is the legal one , but the fact that the popu list majority in the senate and the populist governor lias rccogni/t > d the minority house , leaves them powerless to recede from the action taken on the spur of the moment , when political excitement was running high last Tuesday , practically condemning the official action of their senate and their gov ernor. In other words , they do not know how to let go. The republicans will consider no arbitra tion proposition which does not recognize their nrg.miiEntion as legal and regular. To make a division of the house officers or con cede to a tribunal the right to determine contests , would be a practical admission that their proceedings were in a measure , at least , irregular , and this they say they can not afford to do. They say they are either wholly right or wholly wrong. If they arc right they have no concessions to make. If wrong they ought to concede everything. This being the spirit manifested on botii sides , there is no immediate prospect of a change in the relative positions of the two houses. The trouble experienced so far has been attributed to the populist and democratiu candidates for United States senator , who are openly accused b.v both sides of having prevented a peaceable organization. Con ditions will remain unchanged until one side or the other attempts to assume the aggressive and by force assert its authority. Neither has yet shown a disposition to do this. I'uni'ol Co I Their Printing llono. The complications seriously affect the election of a state printer. The law requires that a state printer shall bo balloted for the second Tuesday after the legislature con venes. The republicans have not yet deter mined what they will do In this emergency. but thcvopullst program has been agreed upon. The senate will be Invited Into the legislative hall and a ballot will be taken , whether any compromise is effected rr not. Ed Snow , the present state printer , will in all probability , be the caucus nominee. In the event of a refusal of the populists to como to terms , the republicans will enjoin the state officers from giving any orders to the populist printer and the first test case will prunably bo made on this question. The senatorial question is us badly mixed as the printer light. If the populists uro forced to the necessity of electing a senator wltn the aid of their present house organisa tion , the contest will be carried before the United States senate. For this reason many of the populist leaders are urging the necessity of electing a fusion democrat and presenting his credentials to the democratlo senate after thoHli of March. John Martin of tills city is the leading fusion candidate and John Eaton of Win- field Is a close second. Among the populists S. S. King of Kansas City , Kan. ; Judge Frank Uoster of Marion county , and J. W. Brcidenthal , chairman of the po | > - ullst central committee , are moro promi nently mentioned. The republicans will refuse - fuse lo meet in joint session and will not figure in the senatorial tight unless the two houses arc amalgamated. In that event they will throw their strength to n straight- out , or a stalwart democrat , as opposed to the fusion candidate. They have not suffi cient strength to ulcct a republican , but with the aid of the live democratic members could secure a majority. .lorry Simpson Out of tlio richt. Jerry Simpson left town this morning for AVashington and is no longer seriously re garded in the senatorial light. Simpson , Uostcrand Brcidenthal have done more to arouse the populists to their present course than all other influences combined They have a certain element in tlio people's party behind them which will make no compro mises and asU for no quarter. Doster and Breidcnthal served on all the conference committees ami so shaped their course that no agreement could bo reached which would give the democrats a balance of power on a Joint ballot of the two houses. It was rumored h.st night that Brlcdcnthal had withdrawn from the senatorial light and would support Doster. but in an interview today Briedeuthal would not confirm the rumor. Doster docs not admit his candidacy cither , but has secured pledges from at least twenty of the populist members. ( ilvo Tlu-lr ICoiiHon. The three democrats of the lower house , who on Thursday Joined the republicans , gave out a long written statement tonight explaining their action They gave as the reason their belief that the republican housu Is legally organi/.cd and that the populist house has no standing before the law , \YIxciumln' * Soniilorliil Content , Mn.wArKnE , Wls. , Jan IB. UolontO John L. Mitchell and his boom for the United States senate will bo taken out tomorrow night under the escort of a largo IjodyguarU comi > oscd of moro than half u hundred prominent townsmen. At a meeting of about that number in the Pabst hotel last night it was decided to emphasize the fact that Colonel Mitchell's candidacy mcetb with a business endorsement In his home. Colonel John H. Knight arrived from Madi son last ovcnln , , ' . Colonel Knight took oc casion to deny emphatically the reports in regard to his promising federal patronage in return for legislative votes. Ho said the report was an Invention devised solely to affect the senatorial contest. The opinions of unbiased politicians agree that neither of the three candidates In the fleld--Mtchull | , Knight or Bragg have the best of It Ills thought a vote for senator will bo take a Wednesday night. Illn l.nnn > iiy hToMlrn. NASIIVII.I.I : , Twin. , Jan. 15. ( Jovernor John P. Buchanan will retire from cilice tomor row. In accordance with ci stein ho exer cised executive clemency freely , pardoning nnd commuting the sentences of fourteen convicts yesterday. Tomorrow at Winchester , Judge Peter Turner , governor-elect , will take the oath of olllie. The governor-elect's health pre vents him coming to Nnshvillo during lha exceedingly cold weather. Killed liy u Bii'Misi.iiAM , A'a. , .lun IB. Perry II Our- P'.ntcr , white , was fntttlly shot last night by an unknown white man whom Carpenter founa robbing a negro. Carpenter's outcry cui'sca ' ttii ) robber to ihoothlui. The snw > dcror cbcupod.