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\ ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAIFA , TUESDAY MORNHSTG , , FEBRUARY 27 , 3891. SINGLI CENTS.
ACRIMONY ON TAP
Yesterday's ' Lively Session of tlio House of
Representatives.
SILVER ADVOCATES RAISE THEIR VOICES
Democrats and Republicans Alike Oome infer
for a Boasting.
PARTISANSHIP DROPPED IN THE DEBATE
Pence and Patterson Uncork the Vials of
Their Wrath.
PENCE HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM TALKING
In Iti'lli ctlons on Members of the Houoo
tiring Him n Iteprlm.inil K
of Um Wliltp Mclnl Severely ( 'rltl-
clicd
WASHINGTON , Feb. 20 The proceedings
In the house today were full of exciting In
cidents. Mr. Bland , being unable to bccurc
n quorum , concluded tp allow the debate on
the bill to proceed , at the same time declar
ing that ho would return to the assault to
morrow. Two sensational speeches followed ,
one by Mr. Pence of Colorado , who de
nounce 1 the republicans for biibin tUne ; to the
crack nf ex-Speaker Reed's whip and v.arucd
him that If the election of the president was
thrown Into Jie house in 1890 he would re
new his filibustering , and the other by Mr.
Flthlan of Illinois , who condemned in the
severest terms the action of his democratic
colleagues who vvcio taking part In the
filibuster. Toward tlio close of the nebslon ,
Mr. Pei-co's reflect'ons ' on M'tsri PI kbr nnd
Ellis of Oregon diow forth from them a
itatcnicnt which Mr. Pence characterized as
"absolutely untrue. " Ho was twice called
to order , and the house , by a vote , refused
to allow him to proceed. It Is probable Mr.
Pence's speech will bo the reason of further
tommcnt tomorrow. _ _
When the house entered upon the third
week of the struggle over the Ulnnd seig
niorage bill at noon , tlicro was a good at
tendance , both on the floor nnd In the gal
leries. Immediately after the reading of
the journal , Mr. Hatch , democrat , of Mis
souri , chairman of the committee on agri
culture , arcsa and stated that Ills committee
claimed jurisdiction over a bill ( tie | antl-
Dptlona bill ) which had been referred by the
ipeakor to the ways and moans comniltttec ,
and he moved that ft bo referred to the
agricultural committee. Mesbrs. Reed ,
Hopkins , Brcckinridgc and Dynum at
tempted to crowd In some remarks , but the
chair decided that the question was not
debatable , and , on a rising vote , Mr. Hatch's
motion was , carried by n vote ot 88 to 07.
'
Mr. Wu'rner , democrat , of New York made
the point of no quorum , whereupon Mr.
Hatch demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr. Enloe , democrat , ot Tennessee pre-
ecntcd n resolution , reciting the fact of the
publication and distribution by the com
mittee on education of an attack upon the
educational system of Tennessee , nnd called
upon the secretary of the Interior for the
authority for such n publication. The reso
lution was read.
Mr. Boutolle , republican , of Maine , as n
privileged question , then sent to the clerk's
desk und had read n long resolution , with
several vvliei eases , expressing it as the
Ecnso of the house that Air. Willis should be
recalled from Hawaii.
"Is this a resolution looking for a successor
ser for Minister Willis or a resolution to
put democracy ln the hole ? " asked Mr.
Bimpson.
Tlio speaker declared that ho did not
think It was a parliamentary question. Ho
hold that the resolution was not privileged
nnd under the rule It was referred to the
Lommlttco on foreign affairs.
The battle over the silver bill was then
resumed.
Mr. Bland then moved to go Into commit
tee ot the whole on his bill , and pending
that , to close general' debate at 4 o'clock
tomorrow. On the latter motion he de
manded tlio yeas nnd nays.
The vote resulted 1C3 to ! > , eleven short
of n quorum , and Mr. Bland , upon the an
nouncement , moved n call of the house.
The call developed the presence of 27J mem-
beis. Mr. Bland then withdrew his motion
to limit debate nnd moved to go Into com
mitted of the whole. The filibusters In
terposed no objection to this motion , ns
It loft the debate running ns before without
limit , and the motion was carried by a vote
of 181 to 0 , Mr. Bland explained his move
by saying that , Inasmuch as It wab evident
that no quorum could be obtained today ,
ho thought the time could bo spent In do-
bate.
PENCE'S SENSATION.
Mr. Pence ot Colorado , who was speaking
when the filibustering began two weeks ago ,
took the floor to resume his speech. The
scones or inn past ten days , ho said , proved * ,
if any ono doubted It , that Just as Senator
Sherman was the chief lieutenant of the
democratic president In regard to the money
question , so In this house his lieutenant wao
the eminent and talcntcJ gentleman fiom
Maine ( Itcod ) . Ho had witnessed scores nt
roll calls on which all the republicans , ex
cept four honorable and Independent gentle
men , Messrs , Sweet. Biodcrlck , Bowers and
Ilartman , have been the chief allies of the
executive nnd secretary of the treasuiy.
These gentlemen alone hud been above thn
control and crack of the whip of tlm
mlnoilty. But the democrats , he charged ,
vvoro no bettor than the republicans. They
had giggled with silver , they had stricken It
down , nnd now sought to deceive their con.
stltueiils by the support of this bill. On the
19th a democratic caucus had been hold and
the most rampant man In the hall was hold
to bo the gentleman from TennebBsee , Mr.
I'attcrson , who , last fall , took back all ho
Bald for fifteen voars. He acted with the ad.
ministration , and In return secured patron
age for ! IB ! district and his stato. No man
on this floor has eaten more administration
pic than IIH , Yet this man , who Hiirreudeicd
the convictions of a lifetime on that occasion
nnd stood 'up like the gentleman from
Texas ( Kllgore ) and thanked God that ho
had chanced hla mind nnd had the courage
to stand by his convictions , became In that
caucus the most rampant of silver leaders.
Ho went to the extent of proposing a reso
lution authorizing the speaker to count n
quorum.
Mr. Pence , continuing , said Ids chief ob
jection to this bill was that bacKclldcrs last
bummer would utilize their vote upon it to
cover their retio.U and deceive the voters.
Thu utterances of Mr. Patterson In the dem
ocratic caucus would bo made to commend
him to hla constituency as a silver leader ,
"Mr. Ohrtlrmun , " said Mr. Peneo In con
clusion , "I do not suppose It would do a
bit of good If the Boiiiloinan from Malno
( Reed ) were h ro now for mo to make nn
appeal to him to Keep hU hands off , to told
tip his whip , to suspend his management ot
his party upon this question. Although the
gentleman has lett his seat , I will treat
Bomu ot his representatives now present as
standing In bin stead and will make un ap
peal In behalf ot the republic in members ,
who , It seems to mo , have not had thu cour
age to make the appeal for themselves
( Laughter ) . The crack of the gentleman's
whip has failed ( o control four of the minor
ity."And
"And , Mr , Chairman , In addition to these
four there have been live or six uf the most
accomplished , well rounded , graduated and
slippery dodgers that ever went on record
upon uny vote In any hous.o of congress.
( Laughter. )
. "Cuunut the gentleman from Malna
( Reed ) , who IR Interested more than anyone
In the election of the next house , hold off
his hand n little while nnd let the republi
cans hear from the rdlvcr producing sections
of the country and allow them to voice their
own convict Ions und the conviction of their
constituents.
IN THE HOLE OF A PROPHET.
"Mr. Chairman , I have never engaged In
the role of n prophet , but I am going to do
RO now. The next president of the United
States will be elected by the vote of the
Kitty-fourth house of representatives. If
there Is any one man here who Is partlc-
ulaily Interested as to what will be the
unsvvcr on the roll call ot states at that
time probably It Is the gentleman from
Maine , who today , and upon every occasion ,
Is standing up here nnd elsewhere to be
measured against McKlnlcy UH a candidate
fur president In 1S9G. ( Laughter ) When
the question comes before this house , the
vote of Idaho will be ns big as Pennsyl
vania , the vote of Montana ns big as New
York , each state having one vole. I say
to htm now , when that roll call conies by
stales ho will rue this day and the last
fifteen days. Why cannot ho take his hand
off ot Ellis of Oregon ? Why should Ellis
of Oregon or Plckler of South Dakota be re
quired to wind In and wind out and appear
and disappear as his vote may bo desired or
not ? Do they believe for ono moment , any
one of them , that they can deceive their
constituents ? Let the gentlemen know ,
each of them , and every QUO of them , that
while wo are permitted under the Miles of
this house to bring n camera on the floor to
catch the reflection of eacli rising vole , that
while wo nrq not permitted to carry n kodak
Into the galleries lo catch the fleeting and
flitting and disappearing forms of these
gentlemen as under the direction and domi
nation nnd suggestion of the gentleman from
Maine they grab their coats and disappear
from this presence , wo do not propose to
remain dumb cither hero or elsewhere In
dcbcrlblng nnd exposing the nbsoluto and
unqualified Infamy of buch n gang of hypo
crites as the republican minority have been
upon tlil.s question .
"Mr. Chairman , the minority i-cems to
specially doplso the mugwump. What Is a
mugwump ? My filcnd from Montana de
scribed a mugwump hero last August In
poetic language. Let mo tell In plain lan
guage what It is. It Is a cross between a
demociatlc cuckoo and a tuqubllcnn cuckoo ,
( Laughter and applause ) If there were no
cuckoos of one kind or another then there
would bo no mugwumps. What does It
mean , Air. Chairman , that hero on last
Friday , when wo came within two votes of
n quorum nnd there wore nine tepubllcans
who voted Inside of three minutes after that
happened. Mr. Reed and the General Tom
Thumb of the democracy ( Mi. Ti.icey ) , the
Tom of one side and the Tom of the other ,
beared away seven of those nine republicans so
that upon the nc\t ballot , if all who had
voted had staved , theie would btlll not have
been u quorum ? .
"Mr. Chairman , In the minute now remain
ing to me , I want to rollerato what I said
the first time I appeared upon the flooi
lust August that the time Is rapidly approaching
preaching , from day to day , when the plo-
duccis of the south and west must unite and
act together must before und after Novem
ber be icpresented by Hie same men.
MR. PATTERSON'S REMARKS.
Mr. Patterson of Tennessee , who followed
Mr. Pence , said he would not occupy much
time In replying to the stricture of the lat
ter upon his personal action. In Ills Judg
ment , personalities never did any haini unless
within the limitations of truth. Ho had
not changed his position. He made a
speech last summer against free coinage ,
und today ho was still opposed to It. On
that occasion he announced himself In favor
of coining the selsnloiage. He never denied
that ho had offcicd n resolution in the demo
cratic caucus to count a quorum. Neverthe
less , he offered It. Ho wua not one of those
who would go back on the Lord's prayer
lieeaurfo It was endorsed by the gentleman
from Malno. ( Republican applailse. ) Pro
ceeding , ho said that while ho favored this
bill , he thought the discussion In the house
was having and had a disastrous effect
upon the country. The flght hero had pro
duced a state of alarm. Business men vvcro
becoming afraid of silver certificates" . Sec-
totary "Carlisle had told him , In spite of
everything he could do to push these cer
tificates out Into the country through the
subtrcasurlcs , they came flowing back to
the Eiibtrcasiirlcs.
"Do you attribute this to those who have
been trying to pass this bill , or these who
have been preventing Its passage ? " asked
Mr. Boatner.
"To these who have bsen preventing leg
islation , " replied Mr. Paterson. Still , ho
declared , In conclusion , that Inasmuch as
this alarm did not e\lst , the second section
( providing for the coinage of the remainder
of tlio bullion in the treasuiv ) should bo
stricken out nnd the matter ended.
Representative Flthlan of Illinois created
much meirlment by reading from the speech
of Representative Patterson In Now York
City lust Saturday. Mr. Flthlan said the
meeting was one of "goldbugs" and the
chairman was a goldbug. In New York Mr.
Patterson said southern men in congress
wore wedded to old financial Ideas and were
following old fogy traditions. Mr. Flthlan
said If forced to the point of making a choice
between Now York goldbugs and populists ,
the people of the t-outh nnd west would not
bo slow in choosing the latter. Now York
leadership In congress at present consistent
In llllbusterlng. It consisted In turning the
house Into a "beer garden. " ( Laughter )
"A bear garden , I mean , " added Mr ,
Flthlan.
Mr. Flthlan continued * "There nro three
kinds of democrals In this house. The real
democrats , cuckoo democrats and Tom Reed
democrats " Ho said the roll of the house
dlsclobcd the names of the Tom Reed demo
crats who for the last two weeks had been
blocking legislation. As between Colorado
populists and Tom Reed democrats , he said
ho would Join the foimcr
"As to the cuckoo democrats , " said ho ,
"they ate that class of vacillating , dodging ,
uncurtain , now vou see him nnd now > ou
don't fellows , who make speeches for sllvic
to send to their constituents nnd then sit
silent during a vote on silver. The men who
dodge roll calls "
Mr. Flthlan added that the men who
vvcro blocking the seigniorage bill vvoro
known to bo close friends of the admin
istration. They were known us the men who
had the ear of Grovcr Cleveland. If a few
of these men could block the seigniorage bill ,
Mr. Flthlan warned thorn the great majority
uf democrat ! ) could , with equal propriety ,
slay hero until next summer and block the
pasago of cpproprlatlon bll H.
Mr. Trucey If you get a quorum to pass
your bill , there will be no blocking.
"When the bill for the repeal of the Sher
man purchasing act was up , " rcloiled Mr.
Flthlan , "the gold men , republicans und
democrats , sang bvveet songs In the ears of
the silver democrats They said the solgnlor-
ugo In the treasury would bo coined without
further enactment. Why this false pretense ?
Why wcte not the pledges kept ? Why jou
ttever Intended to do anything for silver , "
said ha emphatically , addressing his filibus
tering democratic colleagues , "as long as you
could prevent It. You never fooled me , }
never believed you Intended to keep faith or
in the sincerity und honestot your pledges ,
If you nro democrats It is jour duty to
alllllato with dcmociats. If jou refuse , you
put jourselves outside the pale ot the demo
cratic party. " ( Applause. )
Mr. llliuid then made n vigorous appeal to
the democrats opposing his bill to cease fili
bustering. Ho announced that tomorrow he
would move to close the debate und every
day thereafter until the bill wus brought tea
a voto. A democratic caucus hud decreed
It should bo kept before the house until voted
up or down and It would bo. The filibus
ters tiiutit taUe the responsibility for uuch
delay If it ceased.
Mr. Nenl ot Arkansas supported the bill
and was followed by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa ,
who called attention to the fact that
throughout this struggle a constitutional
quorum had been present , and demanding
that It Ehould be counted. ( Republican ap
plause. ) Ho read the language of the supreme
premo court , which held that when a ma
jority was present ( not voting ) the house
was In a position to do buslnebs , Those
who refused to recognize thin declaration
of the supreme court , ho said , were till-
( Continued on Third Page. )
BRICE AND THE BRIGADIERS
Ohio's ' Democratic Senator Pays His Eespects
to His Southern Brethren.
LIVELY TILT IN THE CAUCUS YESTERDAY
Vest t'lidcrtiikcfi to Call Iho Ohlonn on an
Interview nnd ( 'utihcs it 1'retty
I'hiln lullilng To for
Ills 1'alni.
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WASHINGTON , Fcb 2tJ.
Julto a breeze was created In the caucus
of democratic senators today over an Inter
view published from Senator Ilrlce , In which
ho was quoted as saying that the tariff bill
to bo presented to the senate was a sectional
measure , favorable only to the south , and
that Its burdens would have to bo carried
by the north , the cast nnd west , nnd that the
commercial Interests of the country ha\o
been for > omo time and were now In the
handi of a subcommittee of three ex-rebel
brigadiers , who were Idealists , referring to
Senators Jones of Aikansas ; Mills of Texas
and Vest of Missouri. The latter called up
the Interview In a passionate speech
and demanded to know of Senator
Drlco whether ho was correctly
reported. The course pursued by the Ohio
senator In the presence of that concourse of
.southern biigadlcrs has been a source of n
great deal of hearty congtatulatlon to him
from patriotic clllrens generally. The briga
dier trlunivlralo who are responsible for the
remodeling of the Wilson bill caught a tartar
In Senator Ilrlce. The latter stood by every
word accredited to him.
lie drew forth the interview nnd asKed of
the Irate ex-rebels what there wad In It
that was not corrrcct. The subcommltlteo
having charge of the tariff bill were , he said ,
as ovcrvbody knows , southern confederates ,
and not one of them had practical knowledge
of the tariff subject.
URICE CRITICISES THE UILU
Ho then went nil through the tariff bill
as remodeled by the committee , and showed
that It was essentially a measure for the
south , that the east and entlro northern
and western country would have to bear
all of the burdens In the proposed Kw ;
that the south gave nothing and took every
thing : that such n law as was proposed by
the Wilson bill , while Intended to revive
Interests In the south , proposed no advantage
to the cast or west , or any section of the
north , nnd struck vital blows nt all of the
great Interests and Industries In those sec
tion ! . In short Senator Hrlce "fairly ripped
the Jilll up the back , " and proved every as
sertion made In the Interview credited to
him. Ho left the Impression In the most
decided way that If some of the Interests
In his state and cast and west generally
were not betler prolecled than by the bill
presented he would vole ' 'against It upon
lis final passage.
It was supposed when tlio southerners
jumped upon the Ohio senator that ho would
pursue the usual course of public men and
repudiate the Interview. Ho not only stood
by It , but "rubbed U In" on these who
thought they would annihilate him and his
assertions. The speech of Senator nrlce was
the topic of comment among republicans at
the capitol during the afternoon.
Senator Tin pie of Indiana made a long nnd
bitter speech In the caucus against taking
sugar off the fieo list and making It pay
duty. Ho said lie opposed any duty at nil
and .declared that If the sugar men of this
country could not build up their industry
without a bounty or duty they had better go
out of that business. He was especially bit
ter In denouncing the sugar bounty , while
the suggestion of a .duty for the protection
to the domestic sugar producer acted like
a red flag before the male bovine.
ALLEN ACCUSED OF LUKEWARMNESS.
It begins to look as though Senator Allen
had been taking undue credit to himself for
zeal In behalf of the beet sugar Industry of
Nebraska. He is ardently In favor , of a
bounty to encourage the development of the
sugar Industry , but savs that ho will not
support n duty on sugar cither for revenue
or protection to the domestic Industry. Ho
sajs ho will vote for the bill without n
bounty or duty , although ho would like
to have the bounty contract fulfilled. Of
course Senator Allen is aware that the sen
ate committee Is opposed to the bounty
sjstem , while he announces , his willingness
to vote for the bill without any bounty pro
vision In it. If Senator Allen would stand
by the beet sugar Industry of his state like
some democratic senatcrj are advoctt ns pro
tection to their homo Industries he would
secure either a bounty or a duty , for If he
would only bhow his earnestness by pledging
his vote against the bill on final passage
If it contained no protection to the beet
sugar Industry , the bill would be filtered to
comply with his demands , as there are two
or three other populists In the senate who
will follow his lead on the tariff , and should
they join the dcmociatlc revolt against the
Wilson bill It would result In the certain
defeat of that measure. Senator Allen Is
right In demanding a bounty , but his fi lends
hero say his demand Is not sufficiently
earnest to liavo any tnlluence whatever.
LIVC STOCK IN NEBRASKA.
A crop bulletin just Issued at the Agricul
tural department contains these notes :
"Nebraska There is a largo increase In
numbers of all live stock , while the averaga
prices uro low. The prices are In all In
stances for common stock , what Is termed
fancy or high bred not being Included in the
valuation. The veiy great Increase In bhcep
Is attributable to the unusually huge num
ber In ought from elbow hero Into this state
to bo fed for the winter. The winter season
has been most icmurknblo In Nebraska. The
weather thus fur has been In the main as
mild as spring.
"Iowa The number of horses and mules Is
greater than one year ago , owing to low
pilces and slow sales. Milch cows show nn
Increase In number , nnd In many sections
the demand Is good , cows bringing as much
ns $40. Sheep are falling off In number.
Furmcis are selling their stock In older to
Invest In stock which they think more profit
able. Hogs probably show a number greater
than lust year , but the number of pounds ot
pork Is no doubt less. " .
TO WEIGH THE MAILS.
The Nebraska delegation Is In receipt of
letters from persons In their state request
ing appointment as weighers of malls.
Representative Mercer called upon Second
Assistant Postmaster General J. Lowrle Bell
this morning and was Informed that at the
last weighing of ma'.ls no persona vvcro upon
the eligible list and recommendations were
recognized from senators nnd congressmen
Things are different now. The government
has a large eligible list fiom which to select
these weighers , Mr Hell says the men will
first bo selected from these In the regular
mall service and If more are needed then n
call will bo made upon the substitute list In
the service. Mr. Bell says further that It
Is Impossible to give all perbons employment
who tire now upon the eligible list and op
portunities like the one In question are al
ways welcome. The eligible list contains
enough persons to do this work and U will
bo unnecessary to call upon persons outside
the tervicu to do the labor of weighing
malls. In short It Is no use to ask congress
men for positions im mall weighers this year.
During the past week changes In the
olllccrs of national banks have been reported
to the comptroller as follows ;
Nebraska The First National of Seward ,
no assistant cashier In place of Silas Flgard ;
the National of Ashland , J , J. Brown , presi
dent In placeof J , R. Hayward , N. B. Fuller ,
vice president In place of S. S. Fales ; the
North IMatte National , W W. Blrge , vlco
president In place of C. F , Iddlngs , C , F ,
Scharmann In place of E. C , linker ,
Iowa The Oskaloosa National , no cashier
In place of C. E. Lelland ; the First Nutonal
of t'lurlon , J. M. Overbaugh , assistant cash
ier , the First National of Audubon , Theojore
F. Morrow , vice president , E. S. Van Gordcr ,
assistant cashier.
South Dakota The First National ol
Mitchell , 0. V. Graham , noslstant cnslilcr ;
the National Bank < 6f Commerce of I'lcrrc ,
J. C. Eager prcsldeiit In place of James S.
Sebrco , James A. vnrd vice president In
place of J 0 Eagcrr the First National ot
Lead , R. II. Drlgoll cashier In place of
Alexander Ross. ,
Wyoming The First National of Rock
Springs , II. E. Christmas , assistant cashier.
Utah The National Bank of the Republic
ot Salt Lake City , E. W. Duncan cashier In
place of J , A. Eails ,
IN A GENERAL WAY.
Senator Mandcrson Introduced In the sen
ate today the resolutions adopted by the city
council of Florence , Neb. , asking for nn ap
propriation to prevent further cutting of
the banks of the Missouri nnd to hold the
river In Its channel opposite that city.
Representative Bryan has returned from
his trip to Chicago. It appears that he has
cither backed out or postponed his speechmaking -
making tour Into Colorado
M. W Uruce , formerly of Omaha , appeared
at the capital today with his party of Esqui
maux. Tlio little 3-year-old Esquimaux child
was the center of attraction In the corridors
of the cupltol. Mr. Bruce will take his Alas
kan party bdfore n house committee this
week and nmke nninrgument In favor of an
appropriation to further assist In the Intro
duction of reindeer In Alaska for food pur
poses.
I' , J Kelly was today appointed postmas
ter nt Mernn , CuMor county , vlco Charles
Foote , resigned , and F. T. Swanson at Ver
ona , Clay county. Neb , Vice T. R. Elder , re
moved , James Farmer , jr. , nt Coyole. Gnr-
lleld county , U. T. , vlco II. J. McCullough ,
removed , and Mrs ; Ll/zlo M. Klmball at
Glen Rock , Comer-jo county , Wjo. , vlco J.
L. Grnner , resigned.
J. W. WoUuer of Omaha Is nt the St ,
James. * { I'ERRY S. HEATH.
Titoriti.ivmi : TIII : TAIIMT.
Tlnlii'iliiK filth the Measure lie-coming
Verj Interentlng.
WASHINGTON , Feb 2(5 ( The democrats
of the fcctiato finance committee falleJ to pre
sent the tariff bill to the full committee nt
10 o'clock this morning as they expected to
do. The eommlttcf.0 met promptly nt 10
o'clock , nil the members present except Sen
ators Harris , Vnncf and Jones of Nevada ,
who are absent from the city , and Senator
Mills , who Is Indisposed. Senator McPheiEon
was theie to take his place , however. The
commlttteo remained In the finance commit
tee room only n few minutes , when the dem
ocrat members came out and went Into the
demociatlc caucus. It was given out as a
rqason for the fullule to present the bill that
there were some errors in the bill as It had
come from the printer , making It necessary
to postpone Its presentation , and It is under-
htood that some matters have not yet been
decided upon by lhe.subommittec. The sub-
commlttlee was. consequently requested to
meet again at 10 o'clock tomonow.
The senate democrats' caucused an
hour over the tariff. nnd ad
journed at noon , the hour for the
senate to convene , without accomplishing
anything. U is understood that the caucus
was devoted largely to spceeluuakliig und to
the consideration of the policy of the party
with reference to the tariff bill when It shall
reach the senate. There was also some dis
cussion ns to whether the bill should be sub
mitted to the full fcounittee ) ! before It had
been Inspected and passed upon by the
caucus.
Among others whd made speeches in the
democratic caiicus > rrerc Senators Butler ,
I'ugh und Mcl'herson. ll of whom spoke In a
conciliatory tone and advised the making
suie of a democratic , majority for tic tariff
bill before biiuglng It into the senate , which
assurance could only bo reached through a
general conference , i5t democratic senators
such as could bo had In n caucus. Theio was
no opposition expiebsed to this view , and
when a motion was made that the caucus ad
journ until 1 o'clock the motion carried without - "
out a division.
The bill was not read In the caucus , nor
was there reference made to nnv of the
schedules. None of the points on which the
senators constituting the caucub me known
to differ vvcro taken up.
Later developments concerning the caucus
ot this forenoon are to the effect that there
was moie or less reference to an interview of
Senator Hrlce , published In a New York
paper , in which ho was quoted as saying
that the tariff bill to bo presented to the
senate had been presented by three ex-con-
federate brlgadlers ( oil of whom were ideal
ists , referring to Senators Jones , Mills nnd
Vest.
Vest.Mr. . Vest Is said to have spoken quite
sharply In reply to this btatement. and Mr.
Brlco to have replied with no less feeling.
Mr. Brlce said ho Was not complaining of
the wool schedule , but that he objected to
the general methpd of procedure , and that
he thought the parly In the senate should
have been consulted as buch In shaping the
bill.
bill.While the interview of Senator Brlco was
being discussed , the othe-r benator said It
was not a question of who made the btnle-
ment of the manner In which the bill was
prepared as to whether It was true or not.
Several senators concurred In this , and
declared the criticism which Senator Brlco
had made of the manner of preparing the
bill had resulted In bilnglng it before the
caucus , and , in that respect , a great deal
had been gained by tluj caucus.
Among the senators , who It Is asserted ,
concuircd In Senator Brlce's statement to
the caucus ore Senators Morgan , Butler ,
Faulkner , Camdcn und otherw from the
At 5-30 p. in. the caucus adjourned until
tomoirow nt 10 o'clock after u continuous
four hems' mi salon.
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Itegiirillni ; I'ubllu I mull ) .
WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. A bill to ratify
the ugi cement for the purchase of lands
from the Yunkton trlbu of Sioux Indians for
settlement has been Introduced by Repre
sentative Lucas of South Dakota. It pro
poses to appropriate $1.00,000 , making $100-
000 Immediately available.
The house committee on public lands
voted this mottling to favorably report Dele
gate Flynn'H bill to donate the abandoned
mliltaiy reservation at Oklahoma Cltv to the
territory for public t-chool purpose. ) .
Changed IIU 1 lac to thu Nim Voile.
WASHINGTON , Vo20. \ . A cablegram re-
colvcd last night by Secretary Herbert from
Admiral lienbum at Rio states that ho has
transform ! his ll.itf from the San Fianclsco
to the Now York. The purpose wus to
allow the San Frunclnco to go outside the
harbor for fre-h air. 'The ships are taking
turns at the duty bf ntuylng In the hatbor ,
and It Is now the New Yoik's turn. Admlial
Benhain and staff are the only persons in
the fleet who ore unable to Indulge In the
change. _ _ _
in tiuVrnicnt onice.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 26 , Commissioner of
Patents Seyinuur has .Issued a circular an
nouncing that beieaftor , on Wednesdays , hoer
or the assistant cunnnlssluner , will give
special hearings on "question:7 : of classifica
tion anil application Jfnr patents to exam
iners whoso dlvslHSmuy | ( ; be Involved. No
written statements on these questions will
be received.
l > thn I'l exldl'llt.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. The president
has signed tlm act granting to the DCS
Molncs Power 'company ' the right to con
struct and mat a In .u Wing dam canal and
power station In tlio Mississippi river In
Hancock county.
Itfllrml with III. ( Mill * .
WASHINGTON.Feb. 20. The Investigation
Bealo , the only medical storekeeper In the
military establishment , vvna placed on the
retired lint of the army today In connemionco
of age , and the olco | ! hau gone out of ex
istence1 ,
rort-Nlni > riMtiiiimU * Appointed.
WASHINGTON , Feb. -Forty-nlne
fourth class postmasters vvcio appointed
toiuy. ) Of these thirty were to till vacan
cies caused by resignations , fourteen by re
movals anil flve by deaths. , j , .
THEY CONTROL THREE STATES
Eow the Fighting is Progressing in the
Great Republic to the South.
INSURGENT GAINS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL
Some of JMcllo'fl fluent \Vnr .ShlH | to lie
bent to It.ihbi to Meet I'rlxoto'a
J'ltct ' iio 1'iiulw ( iiirrUoa
lEtlnforcvd.
LONDON , Feb. 20. The Times publishes
a dispatch from Montevideo sent by Its
correspondent from Hlo do Janeiro on Feb
ruary 20. It Is as follows. A messengei
sent to the southern part of llra/ll rcttlincd
hero today. Ho says the armies' with
General Saralva In Parana and with General
Salgado In Hlo Grande , do Sul are well
equipped and have plenty of arms and am
munition. General Saralva and his army
are advancing toward Sao Paulo , while
General Salgado's army Is In the \lclnlty of
Porto Alcgro holding In check the govern
ment troops und preventing any movement
northward. The messenger further sa > s the
Insurgents aio completely In control of the
states of Parana , Santa Catherlna and Ulo
Grande do Sul , where they have Just lately
entered the city of Santa Anna.
It appears that General Saralva and
Salgado both disapprove of the composition
of the provisional government , asserting It
Is not sufficiently representative. If the
revolution Is successful they will Im
mediately Insist upon the appointment of a
responsible provisional minister. Admiral
da Gama expresses the same opinion , like
wise Sllvera Marline ? .
The cruiser Kcpubllca , tlio armed mer
chant steamer Mot7ero and tlio Anuldaban
will proceed to Hahla for the puipos < 5 of at
tacking the government squadron tlicro.
The government jesterday sent 800 men to
reinforce the garrison at Sao Paulo In con
sequence of a request fiom the governor
for reinforcements. A heavy artillery ( Ire
Is being kept up today between the forts
and there Is some musketiy along the shore
front.
AVII.SO.N
Ills iifi-tlon : to tlio I'rvnih Cli.imbi-r of
Drputles Srt Axlilr.
PARIS , Feb. 20. In the Chamber of
Deputies today tliero was a lively sitting ,
the excitement arising out of the discussion
of the \erlllcatlon of the election of M.
Daniel Wllbon , the son-in-law' of the late
President Gievy , who represents the arron-
dlfscment of Loches. M. Uasty , under the
gfllpo of explaining his position In the mat
ter , wanted to air his particular % lcws , but
President Dupuy stopped him.
This made the radicals and socialists
break out Into loud protests , which caused
a violent upioar.
M. Miller vehemently attacked those
whom ho classed us "the allies of Panama-
Ists" In the Chamber , declaring they would
be found even among the friends of the
mlnlstiy.
The Chamber , by a vote ofIRS to 2 , Invalidated -
validated M. Wilson's election. M. Wilson
was elected to the Chamber August 20 , 1813 ,
by a vole of ? ,50. > against 7.39S obtained by
M , Mulei , the previous representative of
Loches. In 1S92 M. Muler brpuglit an
action against"M."W"ll8on'claiming electoral
corruption , which , however , icsultcd In M.
Wilson being fined.
Aror.oGi7.iu TO Tin ; POIITI : .
MluMcr Tculll Drnlrrt Iltiiuoifl lErgm
HlH Intentions.
CONSTANTINOPLE , Feb. 20. The In
terpreter of the United States legation has
called upon the porte , on behalf of the
United States minister , Mi. Alex W. Terrlll ,
In regard to the statement generally pub
lished to the effect that he , the United
States minister , had severely remonstrated
with the.poito in regard to the treatment
of Armenians who had obtained American
citizenship and that Mr. Torrlll had threat
ened to ask the United Stales government
to dispatch two war vessels to the scene
of the alleged outrages. The Interpreter
Informed the porte that Mr. Terrlll deeply
regretted the publication , which originated
In French ( .ourcefa , and vhlch was entirely
unfunded.
AVill Ho rirsrntril to lint Ourcii.
LONDON , Feb. 20. United "states Am
bassador Uajard had an Interview this after
noon with the carl of Rosebery , secretary of
state for foreign affairs , at the foreign office.
No Americans will bo presented in the
general circles at the queen's drawing room
tomorrow. In the diplomatic cliclo Miss
Hoosovolt , a cousin of Mr. James n. Roosevelt
velt , secretary of the United States em
bassy , and Mrs. Ludlowo , wife of Major
William Ludlowe , military attache of the
United States embabsy , will bo presented.
Miss Hayard will bo presented by Mrs.
Thomas F. Ilayard , after the latter has her
self been presented by Lady Spencer.
Yk'ium'H DciiioiiNliiitltn I'lie-inploji d.
VIENNA , Feb. 2C. A riotous demoiibtra-
tlon of tlio uncmplojcd took place hero
today. At a meeting of the peoillo out of
work , at which about 1,000 were present ,
the unemployed , after listening to bevcral
fiery addresses upon the part of their
leaders , became uproailous , and many of
them afterwards attempted to march thiough
the btrcets singing rovolutlonaiy songs
Eventually the police , who were tiylng to
quell the disturbance , were relnfoiced by a
strong detachment of mounted police , and
the latter charged on thu rioters and ills-
pel fied them. _
Cliureh nnil "tutu In
nUDA-PESTH , Teb. 2C. In the Unterhaus
today , during the discussion of the civil mar
riage bill , Premier W kerlo stated that thu
government had coino to the conclusion that
the state and church should bo separated.
Dr. Wekeilo added that the gov eminent wan
prepailng measures to render the Cathollu
church Independent , and that at the same
time the government would grant state aid
to other churcho K ,
India ami tin * silver Ouostlfm ,
CALCUTTA , Feb. 20. At a meeting of
natives and Europeans In the town hull
resolutions weio passed urging the govern
ment to try to settle the silver question by
Internatlonl agreement and to appoint a
royal commission , to Include resident * ) of
India who uro not officials of the govern
ment. _
Clmm r for 11 Illg M'ii iitliin.
MONTREAL , Feb. 20. The liberals claim
to have n big sensation In store for the next
session of the dominion paillamcnt , and It
Is said that charges will bo brought against
members of the cabinet of similar character
to those brought against the postmaster gen
eral.
Mm , .Hitrtlii'8 CUM * .
LONDON , Feb. 20. The suit of Mrs. John
Illddulph Martin against the tumteea of the
Ilrltlsh museum was continued today In the
queen's bench division of the high court of
justice before llaron Pollock , A number of
ofllclals testified on behalf of the museum.
to lltii I'riint.
LONDON' , Feb. 20. Four hundred marines ,
who ate now stationed at Chatham , huvu
been oidercd to bo In readiness lo proceed
to lluthurDt , West Africa , to tuko part In
the expedition ugulnst the slave traders.
ry'H Ann lldliicnt KCJIM | IM | .
LONDON , Feb. 20 The House of Coin
motiH today by a vote of I'll' to 1C1 rejected
Lord Salisbury' * ) new amendment of Febru
ary 23 In the House of Lords to the nailah
councils bill enabling uarlahcs of between
200 to GOO Inhabitants to dispense with par
ish councils.
_
.MAIM : A i.orn MMSI : .
Itotnli Throw n Into mil Iliilliin Thr.iter
Did l.lttlo Hint Damage.
PISA , Feb. 2G. During a performance of
"Othello" nt the Teatio Neuvo yesterday
evening a petard was thrown into the audi
torium through a window In the rear ot the
stage. The explosive missile burst with n
loud report and created the greatest excite
ment , but Injured no one and did not damage -
ago the theater.
After the explosion the people made a rush
for the P\UB , but tlio conductor of the or
chestra shouted that there was no danger
and ordered the orchestra to strike up the
national anthem and later n Garlbaldlan
anthem. The police are Investigating the
outrage , but nt present nu arrests have been
made.
_
T\vi : ? Tv-rivi : MIN : KIII.II : > .
Itoftiilt of n Holler r.xplo * > liiii In tin ; Alcxnu-
ilerowKUl lion \Viii let.
ST. PirrERSIirRO , Feb. 2i ( A terrlblo
boiler explosion has taken place at Iho big
iron works at Alcuindcrowtdcl. Twenty-live
men vvcro killed and ten were berluiisly In
jured.
_
I'nltril Slntcx iiiul Oii.iriiutlne ,
PARIS , Feb. 20 The members of the
coming sanitary congress express sin prise nt
the attitude of the United Slates , saying
that Its representatives oppose every method
pioposed to lighten quaitintluc leguhitlons ,
and claim to believe that their object ! x to
invoke such relations as will prevent their
innovation.
she In n MIIKOH , UCUIIHI ! sim ' IIJH so
Klious All tin * Craft'rilrl .
CHICAGO , IVb 2fiVM , 1 nm < i Mason , "
said MM Mat ) Ellen I.ea e , In her loom at
the 1'ulmor hou e. "It H MiipiMng that
that UHseitlon of mine hui been tent all
over the * count ! y , " anil Mi . Lease laughed
with all the glee of u t-cbool gill. "Why ,
do jou know that 1 IMVC lecelved tele-
KiairiH from nevor.il Ne\v Yolk pnbllsliciM ,
nffeilng me sum * ) of J'O und iipu.mli to
tell the sloiy of how 1 boe.imo u Mason
"When 1 was Hi jeiua old , I vvun living In
Loel.pcul , N. Y. , a liii-ml of mine , who was
a piomlnent ! Un * > ou , put it In mv way to
witness u Muuonlc Initiation , und I saw the
time dogiout udmluNtt'iod to u candidate. "
. vveve von uiimineii 10 IIR * IOIIKO loom'
"No , 1 was behind n dooi that hud a slid
ing vvkkel In It , und 1 s.ivv the * whole pro-
cod uii * tliioiiKh the wlekit. So jou see
Unit Is the way I IIO.MIUI * u Mason Forte
to bo In possession ol the "e-ciets of the
ci.ift Is to be a Mason "
"Alight It not have been a mock Initia
tion ? "
"No , It was not n mocK nffnlr. I have
tested mv Know lodge of the KOcietH of the
eiaft and they have been cnnllimoil I
tiled to llml out fiom my husband , who Is
u .Mason , but he bus novel given mo any
s.itHI'ni lion. 1 once told htm how 1 came
Into possession of the * "eeiets oC the oidn ,
nnd bis only uusvvei was to teim the con-
llcmun that pluted me nt the vvUKet. n
lool , pinph.i Ued with u tioiiK ndjectlvc !
"How did 1 oome to nmke the niinonncc-
nient uflei t-o inun > juais ? I'mlet tiillui
pceullur i licumstunccK. It was while the
dec'lslon of jny suit with Uoveinoi Lew-
ellliiK was pL-ndlng befocj * the supreme
eouit. - \ gentleman * < : ild to me : 'You will
lose jour eiiho , the goveinor Is a Mason'
'So um 1' I i elm ted , and knowing him to
be u Muuon , 1 KIIM * him the gilp lie
looked u * < tousuil ! | nnd lemaikc'd that I cei-
tulnly Knew Homclbing tiboiit Alnbonty. I
then tolil him that I VVUH going to oigunl/c
a womiui'H branch , und so the atuiy got
out. "
Vlohitris of Xevt Yoili's iicitl ; < in I .HUB In
I'ulr \\iy : of I'linlHliment.
BROOKLYN , Feb. M The decision of
Judge fitllcn , denying John V. MeKano n
ceitlllcatc of icaeonuble doubt , icmovcd np-f
patently his last chiince of icm-ilnlug out
side of Sing Sing pilson. It is understood
that ho will bo pent theie promptly to begin
his hljcai.s' sentence. His only leoourso
Is an application to othei ludges of the HU-
pi erne couit for a Hluv , but It IH not known
that tinv of them will see lit to Intel fere
HIM pioposed nppeul to the court of appeals
will not keep him out of jail. In the ab
sence of u stay n decision In the case may
bo delayed for n long time.
Justice of the Pence Klnncfh Buthorlftrid
of Giuvosend VVUH pl.iood on tilal In the
coutt oC oyer and terrhlncr befoio Judge
Cullen today. He IH cbiuge'd with oppres
sion In ni renting the ( OpyistH nndutchei.s
on the Satin day night pievlous to the elec
tion , when the men went down to Oraves-
end to VMitch the election luHprctoiH of that
town. The punishment for the cilmc Is a
year In pilbon , or a line , or both.
WHITE PLAINS , N. Y. , 1'eb. 20 Fol
lowing closely the lefiiMil of Judge Cullen
to gi.int n stny for JIcKane , Judge D > k-
in.in also declined to Interfere In the execu
tion of the. bentem e ptommnced J/iw > er
JoiicltlniHon of New Yoik appealed In
White I'laliiH nnd made the application
Judge Djkm.in at once i of used to Inter-
feie and the transaction wua ovoi. The
giounds on which the application VVUH
based vvcie the same UH those picsented to
Judge Cullen. _
C'O.NO'/H.'ASJ/.I.V MJ/'iOA'A COM TI'1O\ .
Latest AiUleen fiom Ill llcdhlile A I'lght.
Ing Cbaiuo for I.lfe.
ST. LOtTIS , Fob 26 A cpeclul to the no-
public from the t'lly of Mexico Bnyn : Con
gressman Wll'-on Is In the pilvuto car of
A. A IlobliiHon of the C'entiul uillway In
the company's vutds at Ciuailalujara. The
car Is HldetiaeKed and lomoved IIH far nu
possible fiom .ill distillblng Inlluences. The
distinguished iiitlint Is lecelvlnu the ut
most emu and now linn u good lighting
chaiuc lot his life. Ills temptiatmo WIIH
uncbiingcd today und , In consequent e , the
physic Kins think tlm\ this IH the thirteenth
day of Ipbold fovei It Is not possible to
Klvo the ojuiet uge of the dlxensp , IIH | IH !
tcmppiiituio was not taken dally enioutu
Horn ] Can ) < iiH C'lly to AgiuiH Cullinto , con-
sequnitly the pbVHlelaiiH aio guet'ltiK Home-
vvlutt ut lundom us to tbo uge of thu dl-
ffi.ihe , but me lonlldont It Is at lea t the
tenth day , und believe It to be- the thll-
tc'onth
CoiiHul fioner.il rilttenden and C'ongiobH-
mun Taisnoy me In clohc communlcallon
bv wile , watching for uvei v i hiilige in MI.
Wilxon'H condition , but no fui nothlni ; of
note Is Been. _
bi'OKii or/11. % .in// / . % < ; ,
One Democrat lit Ise ilriM * ) * Senator U bo
Is Not A fluid lo Ait.
TRENTON , N. .1 , Feb. 2 < 1 A sensation
was cuiihcd In the democratic Hcnuto to
night by the Hpeech of Hcnator Miller , In
which he paid he VVUH tired of the de adlock ,
nnd milled that If the lepubllcaiiK would
come In he would vote to Heat Hull i.on-
ntoiH. He held that the Hcniitu had but
one Incentive * , and that VVUH to inoteet thu
tuco trade legislation , anil he did not pro-
nose to hu a party to this organisation any
longei. Senator Miller VUH seveicly crit
icized.
Clri tliuiH lii ( 'until Him.
SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 20. A local firm
of coffee dcalciH bus received partial ic-
tuitiH of the presidential eleutloim held In
Costa It lea on thuIth , 5th nnd Gth lust. U
IH teported that the llbeial candidate ,
Manuel do Jimenez , wan completely routed
nt the mills , UH VVUH also the new patty
headed by Felix Montro. Thu Flection up-
pearH to be In doubt between ItufucI Iglo-
HliiH. candldnto of the civil patty , and JOHO
Q. TiejoH , cundldntu of the Cathollo union ,
with cbune'eH In fuvnr uf IgleHluw Thu
Inttnr candidate IB said to bo n sort of I'mili
Huh under the ptcscnt udmlnlHtrntlon , ! < -
IIIK Hc-cretiuy of Btute , orrietuiy of tlm
tioiiHiuy und Hccrctuty of war His uom-
lion enuliled him to wield gicut iiulllicul
power nt the elections. Though the con
test WIIH vciy miter theio was nu llfc-htlui , ' .
No IVar * fin * tint rro lilcnl ,
WASHINGTON , Feb 2Theie Is not thn
least uiioaHliicH.s uinont ; the olllclulH uf the
whlto house 01 the Htutu department ovt
the Hiiffty of PicHldent Cleveland nnd Bet
leduy OrcHhnm , who lott In thu Btorm of
yuHteiday on the light huuxe tender Violet
for u few < hiH ircreation duvvn the 1'oto-
muc. The bo it Is rormlilured by ( . 'aptuln
Mulian , Ncuietuo of the llKhthoiiHu board ,
us oiiu nf the HtnuticheKt vtHHelw In the
sen Ice Khe * IIUH ixp < uen < KI | th ? loiiiiliCHt
kind of weather nnd ( 'aptuln Miiliiin H ild
the * Ftorm of yi-Hlei lay would n it bother
hei In the * leant Mr Thurber HUH ) thin
evening that tin Idea of alarm hud not en
tered the heuJa or uny unu In thu white
houae.
I' ' FELL VERY FLAT
You Mirbach's ' Opposition to the Russian
Oominorcittl Treaty in thoRoishstag.
IT WAS ASSERTIONS WITHOUT ARGUMENTS
Crowded Gnllorics Listen to the Debates'
Upon the Measure.
RIDICULE FREELY USED AS A WEAPON
Flippant Speeches Made Against the Proposed - *
posed Commercial Treaty.
VON BIEBERSTEIN'S ABLE DEFENSE
rpnn tiio inn iteriiicd ami i : _ *
liliiiuilloiiH iif a CoiiviuiliiK Jmtuio
Made-Tim Auillciixi llmppiiliil ) < d
In HcKiird to Jlui Spicihc * ! .
LONDON , Feb. 27. The correspondent of
thu Times nt Berlin says : The publlo
seemed to luuo formed great expectations at
to the ilcbatu In the Reichstag jesterdny.
uiul the galleries were o\or-crowded Tim
members licnchra , however , vvcro by iu >
menus full , except on the right Hide ' ] tin
conscrvatlvcH had evidently mndo cvei.v ,
exertion to bccuro a good attoiulaticu oC
their partisans In order to applaud Count
von Mlrbach's onslaught on the Russian ,
treaty. In n spcecli which took nearly two
hoiiis to deliver. Count \on Mlrbach stateil
In general terms that the bill and tiuatv ,
w uld Moik among the iigiarl.ius lucalcul-
itlilo lujuiv.und llmt the Imperial power would
InlllU damage upon the husbandry , but hu
utteily failed to adduce any now aiguinenli
to justify the conservative oiitmsltlnn in
appeared , In fact , as If he purposely avoided
the daugeious couiao of trying to prou > his
assertions. ills opening repudiation of per
sonal antagonism to leading statesmen
ranged great moirlmcnt. Ho dcclaied ( hit
ho would le.no any Interference with tht >
pieiogatlve of the ciown to other parties.
"Wo cling still , " ho continued , "to Prlnca
Bismarck's cimimciclal policy UH both na
tional and patriotic.Vo would have been
willing to accept tlio sacrifices that tlio gov
ernment policy Imposed on husbandry hail
wo icccl\vil the necessary compensation. "
llaron Alaroschalt von IJIorbersteln , tn )
foielgn necictary. In n speech justifying thu
lieaty on n patriotic basis , said hu would
lea\o It to the members of the opposition to
prove If they could that It was not politically ,
dangoioiis to refuse to ono mighty neighbor
what had been granted to others. The
minister , whoso patience was Incvlmubtibic.
then cnteicd Into the hopeless task oC
convincing the agrarians by Incon-
tnneitlblo statistics that their usHumptloie
\\cre false. After icfutlng ono by ,
one the conservative arguments the foreign
mliilhtcr concluded "Iho cause I represent
has a Btiouij current ( lowing agalnat It
among the agricultural population. I nni
not Inclined to make light of this current ,
for If the placid conservative folk , suck
as our agricultural poulatlou , shown suck
blgus of discontent It points to a sere spot
In our economic lifo which It is the duty
of the state to euro. The malntcnunci )
of a prosperous country and middle class Is
exceedinglyImportant , but no 0110 can de
mand that the government should yield to
nn agitation as to tlio objects of which
the leaders themselves aio not fully In
formed. "
The whole discussion , except Iho speech
of tlio foreign minister was marked by ,
Irrelevancy and almost flippancy , quite Incompatible - '
compatible with the Impoitanco of the sub
ject. Evoiy possible Incident was converted
Into a source of merriment.
i.ovi or TIII : .lui-rrint.
( ) no nf tlcllo'H Vcssclx Stmlc Iij u Midi fiom
tliii ' Shore.
NEW YORK , Feb. 20. A Herald special
from Hlo confirms the reports of the sinking1
of the rebel ship Jupiter In Ulo bay last
Tliuisday. A shell exploded In her boiler
room and sot llro to her powder magazine.
Her entlro crew perished and many vessels
wuro Injured by ( lying splinters.
Wittily \\liuU null Heavy Kmi-is Make 1
ImplcitNaiit in tlin Metropolis
NEW YORK , Pcb. 20. Now York Is snow-
clad and almost snowbound , BO effectually
have the elements done their work. For
twenty-four hours Father Knickerbocker ex
perienced such a Btorm ns ho has not wit
nessed since the bll//ard of 1SS8 , and drlvlni ;
snow and sleet and lain caily this morning
made the streets nearly Impassable. Tim
drifts piled up along the sides of bulldlngi : ,
blocked the narrow stieets , hung In hugo
frozen masses from * house tops , rutaided cars
and i undo life In general miserable ) for thu
most long suffering Individual.
Tor twenty-four hours the wind KW tried
around comets and up and down streets and
avenues with the foico sometimes of a cata
pult and carried vast Impenetrable , cloiidN
of sno\v , whUo sometimes clouds of rain ,
and diovo over the city with fearful forte.
Todui the gale has been even unite , with
the wind b'owlng ' fifty miles an hour and tint
seas In the harbor ere running mountain
high. Even on tthoio hu shrieking v.lnd
nmdo travel oUromely unpleasant and fre-
( lucntly dangerous
The momiry hovered around zero wlion
thu slurm broke last night , but It gradually
got fuithor away from the bulb , and cully
In the mortilng dlnmal pools of water , MII-
rounded by snow , dotted the streets In cveiy
direction. Towards midnight It began ID
grow cold. The piobabllltlua for tomorrow ,
as outlined by Forecaster Dun , are for colder
weather with less wind and no moru snow
In Ninv .lei.iit. * .
PIWTII AMDOY , N. J , Fe-b 20 A bllz-
/.iird has prov ailed hero all day , consider
able damage lias been done to shipping
The b'irk Kmihintliu was blown ashore She
Is real laden , and It will bo hard to get her
off. The streets are all a foot deep with
Flush and mud and are strewn with fallen
trees and debits of ovoiy Itlnd. (
CINCINNATI , Feb. 20 Specials tonight
from Ohio river points on the Wuat Virginia
border report snow to be heavy In the West
Virginia Alleghunlcs and It Is Htlll snowing.
U thorn should bo a heavy tain u great
Hood would bo Inevltablo ,
riw nv ntiuxni.
KIIIIHOH tlty'H A. I * . A'H Turn Out an nu
l.'Miiri to .Mc.Viiimiu ,
KANSAS CITY , Feb. 20-Tim case of c
I'llcst MeNumiirn , whoso rciuarkn on Ca-
thollclsm euily In .Iiuuiiuy < au ed u Hnuill
riot , \\IIH culled in the cilmlnnl court this
morning. Tim thaw iigulnst him In tlio
fllundcrliiK of FutherK Unlton mill Lllllii
ami .Mother Itosu Vincent.
l'r < to 1 p in ten JUIOPH had been x cilieil ,
and It In thought the K'imilmler of the nf
tfiiioun will betaken up Hc-cutlng thu other
two.
two.At the afternoon net-Mot * of the couit
pronlillritr JndK" Woofuid wax tuken iiiid-
denly 111 und announced tluu It would bit
neeexHiiry lo tiikn a rec 'HS until Wcdncuday
morning \H soon n ho icached the street ,
McNumiiu'H lil"uls , ' < ) utrong , many uf
Iliclii imtnl'i'it ' if tluv \ 1 * A fotinc'd In iv
moccHsion 1'ihii'l him find inau-hcd to lib.
liwjfr'n ollltiThu bin piooiMslon , liPiidt'd
by the cx-prlt'Ht , caused conslJerublu cwtu-
mtnt on Uio
