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VOL. 1. NO. 99.
Washington; d. a, Wednesday evening -hovtsmber 27, i895. ten pages.
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MR. REED'S PROGRftMME
Nothing of Importance to Be
Done in the Next Congress.
DANGER IN THE TAEIFF ISSUE
Besieged by Members and Politicians
at theShorehum lie IsSnylng Very
Little, and the Other Leader Fol
low Salt Grave Fea.ru ot Factional
Difference.
The reception room of Mr. Reed was to
day filled with callers, and the scene of ani
mation extended even to the office of tbe
Bhorebara, where the ciaira were all ccu
pied by those who had sent up cards lo the
next Speaker.
Many members and some personal friends
wero repeating their visits of yesterday,
either to emphasize their good wish-s or
to find a more convenient opportunity of
holding confidential conversations. Hut
all were accorded the same treatment In
this respect, and no one was gl en any in
formation that might not with the utmost
propriety be proclaimed from the house
tops.
Letters by the hundred and telegrams by
the dozen are pouring in upon Mr. Reed, and
to all of their writers a simple acknowl
edgement of their receipt is sent.
There has been absolutely nothing since
tho arrival of Mr. Reed to indicate any
change in the senil-offkial announcement
of his Intention to make the session of Con
gress as short as possible, confining the
busiiiessor the House to thepassagcot appro
priation bills and leaving the tariff anda
currency Questions ror consiaernuon untie
urn time as the Republicans would l.ave
an undisputed majority in Itotb bramhes
of Congress and their legislation could be
approved by a Republican Chief Executive.
HE BATS VEIty LITTLE.
This will doubtless be the policy adopted
by Mr. It red, although at the present lime
be is saving little or nothing, and the other
leaders are following his example. These
all agree lu saving that it is premature to
talk about what Congress will do until
the recommendations of the President have
been made known in his annual inessage.
There have been several conferences of Re
publican leaders, howe er, and it Is probable
tuat by the time the House is organised for
business, by the appointment of the com
mittees, a definite line of action will have
been agreed upon.
Mr. Recti realizes that if any attempt is
made to enacl general legislation during
tliecoinltigscsslon, williaDcmotxiUlcFres
i'eut In Ihe White House, and the f-tnate
nut firmly in control r the Republicans,
there will be little chance of getting any
thing through which will not meet the ap
proval of both the Senate and the Presi
dent, while at the same time there would
be grav e danger of factional illff rences in
tbe unwitldl) llrepubllcan majority In
the House.
There are already indications of danger
ahead on the tariff issue. Sotueof thelead
lng Republican members arc In fnvor of
making at least a show of parsing a tariff
bill of some kind. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania, the second man on the Committee on
Ways and Means, who has been mentioned
for the chairmanship of this committee. Is
In favor of passing a tariff hill and sending
it over lo the Stuate, even though It nill
never be acted uion by that body.
Other leading Republicans, including
many of the men from the West, are In
favor of a bill which will place duties on
wool and some of the other agricultural
products made free by the Wilson law.
MR BAKER'S VIEWS.
As the Republican members or Congress
lowly assemb'e It becomes more evident
that tb preponderance of sentiment Is In
favor of enacting legislation for the pur
pose of increasing revenues Although
oplulons In this respect have been greatly
modified, belief lu tbe neccsslt of action
along this line prevails.
Representative Baker of New Hampshire,
In discussing the subject, sajs-
"It will be time enough to consider such
matters when the House has been organ
nlzed, Jti6tnow every member Is wonder
ing what his committee assignments will be,
aud until that is determined the) will not
give much attention to anything eLse.
"Ina general way I suppose wemusthave
some revenue legislation, and I should favor
Increasing the tariff rates in order to pro
duce the results desired. I think the House
should be tbe Judge of the legislation and
that the President should, in duty bound,
refrain from vetoing such measures as
might be passed. However, the Republi
cans have no desire to waste their time
In passing bills which cannot become laws,
aud so may restrict themselves to tbe
consideration of those measures only which
arc certain to receive llr. Cleveland's ap
proval." This view is precisely In line with the
Ideas heretofore expressed by Mr. Reed,
Col. nenderson and other niajoritj leaders
In the House, who have agreed ihat It
will be useless lo fritter away time In
enacting legislation to be used as an
object lesson or campaign literature when
It can at this time be of no practical
utility or benefit to the people.
But among tbe rank and file, as well
as the lenders, there are mariv vv ho since
their nrrival have modified their vlevvs
and will now oppose the attempt to pass
measures maleriallv changing the pres
ent law. They realize Ihe UKcIcssness of
attempting any general revision of the
tariff while Mr. ClcvcHnd is President,
and those members from the West and
elsewhere who arrived in the cltv a few
days ago, willing to proclaim from the
house tops the tariff changes they were
leady to insist upon, arc now assuming
a more moderate tone and are discussing
the chances of passing such revenue meas
ures as will supply the Treasury with funds
and at the same time be certain of the
President's approval,
.
Auction Sales To-day.
Ratdlffe. Sutton & Co., 020 Pennsyl
vania avenue northwest Sixth street
northwest. No. 022. three-story and
basement brick dwelling, lot 30, square
408; by order of J. Waller Cooksoy. trus
tee. Sale Wednesday, November 27,
4- p. m.
C. O. SInnn & Co., 1407 O street north
westNinth and D streets northwest. Nos.
317 nnd 31 1 Ninth street, business prop
erty, lots F and G, square 408; by order
of W. E. Edmonston. 3. B. Larrer and T.
Percy Myers, trustees. Sale Wednes
day, November 27, 4 p. m.
.
The Bond BUI.
Many Washlnctonlans are takluc keen
Interest in the question of Issuing bonds,
but whether lbcj are issued or not. we are
till selling first-class custom-made clothing
at about one-half what a "tailor" charges.
We are offering a number of Inducements,
such as flue suits and overcoats of choice
aud fashionable colorings and cut in any
ityle shown by tbe fashion plate, at the
following prices $20 custom-made suits
or overcoats at $8: $25 custom-made suits
or overcoats at $10; $30 custom-made
ultsor overcoats at $12; $3C custom-made
suits or overcoats at $15; $40 custom-made
lulta or overcoat at $18; pants made to
order, for $4 aud $5 at $2.50. Come and
see these wonderful bargains. The like
have iu"vcr been orrered before.
MIBFn? CLOTHING PARLORS.
407 Beventh street uw.
i
You can add much zest nnd enjoyment to
tbe feast on Thanksgiving with a bottle
of our Royal Red claret. Quarts 45 cents,
pints 25 cents. TO-KALON WINE CO.,
814 Fourteenth street.
CTbbw Mint JiiIpq Gum.
THEY COUNTED WBOKG.
Fatal Result of Curclepsness of Tvto
Miners In Michigan.
Iron Mountain, Mich., Nov. 27. Joseph
Branca had his shoulders blown from his
shoulders aud Ambrose Clbranl received
injuries Hint will result in bis death by an
explosion at the Chapih Mine at an early
hour yesterday morning, the result of
their own carelessness.
The men were working partners and
were engaged In blasting ore. The men
had charged three holes with dynamite
and fired them. Two of the shots promptly
exploded, but the third hung fire.
The men, having counted wrong, re
turned to the room Just as the third ex
ploded, with the above result.
Branca was horribly mangled and Cl
branl had bolh hands blown olf and an eye
knocked out.
SCHLATTER TBEREALEB.
He Ih Now in Solid Flesh at a Hotel
In Ksdkus,
Chicago. Nov. 2T. A dispatch, from Jen
nings. Kan., says that Francis Schlatter,
the Denver healer, arrived yesterday and
is at a hotel in that place, but is keeping
to his room, and few persons have been
able to sec him.
ITS EFFECT UPON SATOLLI
Illness and Death of the Fope Might
Defeat His Elevation.
The Holy Father' Successor Would
Not Be Obliged to ilako a Cardi
nal Ont of the Delegate.
Mgr. Satolll Is more than ever on inter
esting public figure In view of the contin
ued reports of Leo's illness. If the aged
pontiff is really so 111 that the consistory
must be postponed, tbe proposed elevation
of the papal delegate will also be delayed.
If the pope should die before the conven
ing of the consistory, Mgr. 8atolU's pro
motion will then depend entirely on the
wishes of Leo's successor.
Prominent churchmen here say that If
Leo should leave a written statement that
he has nominated Mgr. Satolll as cardinal,
the next pope will undoubtedly honor his
request.
1 his is pnrelj an act of courtesy, and not
an obligation, and In church parlance Is
cnlled a nomination lo cardlnalate re
served in petto.
Pope Leo's death under these circum
stances will make Mgr, SatoUTs case
analagous to that or the present pontiff,
then Mgr. PeccI, and Pope Gregory XVI.
Mgr. PeccI, in Mav, 1840, had been re
called from Brussels, where he had ably
performed the functions of papal nuncio,
and was on his way to Rome to uttrud the
consistory which would create- him car
dinal. When he arrived In the Eternal City
Gregorv . who had been ailing for some time,
was on his deathbed, and the cardinal-candidate
never siw him alive.
Although Gregory had nominated Pecrl
In the consistory of January 10, 1816,
and according to the usual custom In these
cases, his nomination was reserv ed in petto,
It was not until December 10, 18B3, that
Gregory's successor. Plus IX, saw fit to
carry out his designs.
So the illness of the present pontiff has
unusual significance to Mgr. SatollL If
the consistory Is postponed, his prepara
tions must necessarilv be suspended, and,
according to the present outlook, the solemn
ceremonies which were to hav e occurred In
the Cathedral of Baltimore on December 12,
may ncv er be witnessed In America.
THEY BECAME CANNIBALS.
Horrible Story of One of a Few Sur
vivors of a TV recked Vessel.
Fort Wnv ne, Ind.,Nov.27. Henry Dochr
man was arrested last night and held for
observation.
He has several times within the last few
days threatened to kill himself, and when
taken to the police station he was found
to have a razofand a heavy woolen rope
in his pockets.
DochrniaiicarnefromGcrinanythreeyears
ago. When Doehrman arrived he had $5,
000 in cash, but since then he has traveled
extensively In North and South America
and he has no monev left.
A few mouths ago he started back to the
United States, and his story of the return
voyage is horrible lu the extreme. He was
compelled to become a cannibal.
Tbe vessel upon which he was returning
encountered a fearful storm and was
wrecked. Docbrmau and six others were
the oulj survivors, of the entire crew and
Ust of passengers. These seven man es
caped iu a lifeboat, but they were not able
to secure provisions from the sinking ship.
For fourteen days they floated about
with nothing to eat, and during those days
their sufferings were Indescribable. So
nearly rnmlsbed were they that one man
could stand It zn longer. He ended bis
own agony by leaping- Into the ocean and
drowning himself.
On tbe fourteenth day It was decided by
tho Bhlpwrecked men that one of them
must die and be eaten by the other five.
Tbey cast lots and it fell upon an Italian
to be the victim The man accepted bis
fate and cut bis own throat.
Then his bod was eaten by the famished
men, who had been driven to cannibalism
by their hunger. Three davs later a pass
ing vessel picked them up and took them
to New Orleans
Sl'EAMEH DORIAN WRECK.
Crow ArrlvesatNevv YorkAboardtho
Steamer Snglnavr.
New York, Nov. 27. On the Clyde lino
steamer Saginaw, which arrived this morn
ing, were the crew, f irtcen in number, of
the steamer Dorian, which was wrecked
on Turks Island on November 11.
Mate Christiansen, when Interviewed at
quarantine this morning, was reluctant
to speak concerning the disaster, or the
causes that led to it
He stated that the steamer was en route
from nalirax to Cape Hay tl with a cargo of
fish and lumber. SbsstruckatlO lOo'clock
In the evening.
Christiansen says It was a dark night,
but others assert It was clear and moonlight.
The crew took to the boats when It was
found Impossible to float tho vessel, and
landed at Jacksonville, Calcos, on Nov em'
ber 12.
Wreckers at once went lo the scene of the
disaster, and at once pronounced the team
er a total loss. They succeeded in salving a
portion of the cargo, Including 75,000 feet
or lumber.
One of the nativ e wreckers was drowned
while diving during salving operations.
Capt. Howell of the Dorian remained by
the wreck to direct tbe work. The steamer's
decks were awash, and but little more
cargo can be removed.
MINISTER HATCH ARRIVES.
Hawaii Prosperous, Dole Government
Strong and Royalists Vanquished.
Hon. F. M. Hatch, minister from Hawaii,
arrived In New Orleans this morning from
San Francisco en route to. Washington. He
leaves tonight.
Interviewed by a reporter; Mr. Hatch
declared Ha wtril tb be lna'prnsperons con
dition, the Dole government in for an ex
tended lease of power.-and the royalist as
pirations dead. . - . -
Balfour 'Again Guilty.
London, Not. 27. Tbe trial of Jabez
Spencer Balfour npoa charges of fraud In
connection with the House and Land Invest
ment Trust ended today In a Terdlct of
guilty. Balfour aud his associate will be
aentencad tomorrow.
JURY COfJLD HOT AGREE
Judge Cox Sent Them Back to
Their Room to Try Again.
ACCEPTS SOME FOE ACCUSED
It Devolves Upon the Government to
Show That the Defendant Wa Cur
rying on a Wagering Business Ar
guraents of tho Counsel 1 ho Bur
den of Proof.
"The soira'what famous "bucket shop"
cases. In whlcb Daniel II. Ferry, as the
agent ol the Hodgrn C immission Company,
stands Indicted ror violation of the statute
against erecting a gaming table, occupied
the entire forenoon in Justice Cox's court,
tbe attorneys ri quiring that amount of time
ror the presentation or their arguments.
Prior to Ihcopeulng of the legal batteries,
the court passed upon the Instructions
prayed ror. Those asked by the derenso
were granted only In part, the one for a
verdict of not guilty being refused. Those
granted are in effect as follows'
The defendant, either as an individual of
asagent, has the right tosell and buy stocks,
grain, or provisions, although the same may
not be in his possession at the time of mak
ing the contract, nnd although he has no
means or expectation or obtaining the same
except by going into tho open market.
The prayer ror Instruction to the cfrcct
that I Tin good faith the defendant Intended
to comply with the terms of sale, verdict
should be not guilty was refused.
BURDEN OF PROOF.
A further instruction printed was that
the transactions In evidence is prima facie
valid and legal, and to rind a verdict of
guilty it must be shown beyond reasonable
doubt mat at me time tney were entered
Into defendant Intended they should be
fictitious, the burden of proof being upon tho
Government.
It was alo granted that the presumption
is in favor of defendant's intention to com
ply In all respects with the contract, and
proof to overcome must place the matter be
yond reasonable doubt.
The burden of proof tbnt the defendant
was carrying on a wagering business, and
not engaged In legitimate spccukitious, was
placed upon the government.
To establish gambling a further Instruc
tion required the government to show that
the Intent was concurred In by both broker
and customer.
Tbe instructions prayed for by the gov
ernment were granted .entire, nnd were In
substance that if the jury shall finS that
tbe business Is not intended by the defend
ant and the customer that the stocks shall
be bought and sold, but only that they
should stake money on the differences In
market price and the quotations, and that
a wager should be laid upon the pros
pective rise or fall of such stocks, and that
such wagers were laid the place shall be
classed as a gambling establishment and
defendant should be returned guilty as
Indicted.
It was also a part of tbe instructions
that whether the defendant and his cus
tomers intended to gamble upon tbe rise
and fall in stocks Is not determined by
the contract entered into.
IT WAS GRANTED.
A siecial instruction made was, in effect,
that if the defendant, for himself or others,
maintained an office In Washington In
which he conducted business ostensibly as
a broker in stocks; if his principal business
consisted of transactions in which ho was
nominally emploved to purchase and sell,
but which it was not expected by cither
would be compiled with, and that stocks
were not expected to be bought and sold,
but that the "differences" only should pass
between the broker and tbe customer, then
such transactions are gambling transac
tions within the meaning of the statute,
and the Jury should so find.
Strong speeches for and against the com
pany were made by cjunsel, Mr. Laskey
leading off for the government. He was
followed by Messrs. C. C. Tucker nnd H. E.
Davis for the defense, District Attorney
Birney closing.
The case was submitted to the Jury at 1
o'clock.
At 2:30 the Jury returned to the court
:room and reported that they bad failed
to agree. Tbe Judge sent them back for
another effort at a verdict.
UNIVERSITY FOUNDER.
Gov. Drake's Complimentary Recep
tion at the Dea Moines College.
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 27. Gen. F. M.
Drake was given a royal reception j ester
day at Drake University, or which be
was founder and chief patron.
It was bis first appearance at the university-
since bis election as governor, and
the school turned out to honor him
Addresses were made by the president
and several members pf the faculty and by
the general. v - -
BUI to Enforce a Judgment.
Charles W. Raymond ofDayton," Ohio,
filed a.blll.lu equity .today against David
F. Saum to,enforce a- Judgment by causing
sale to be made of a certain patent for
an Improvement In materials for facing
exterior walls, and to restrain defendant
from otherwise disposing- of same.
A PROPOSED UNOFFICIAL.
WILL TRAY FOR LVGERSOLL.
Unique TliankxgtvInK Performance to
Take Place at Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 27. Torporrow at
noon 3,000 Christian Endeavorers of
Cleveland will offer prayer for the conver
sion of Col. Robert G. IngersoU.
The action Is taken at the request ot
tbe Ma you Mission, a branch of the
Christ lau Endeavor Union, v -
President Denlson of tbe union says many
have beeu converted in this ruannerV and
he does not think the prayers In behalf. of
Col. IugersoII will entirely fail.
When asked why IngersoU Is singled out
be said: ' i
"If you are going hunting yon 'do not
go up to a forest and shoot) our gunuff.
"You wait until you find your game and
tbeu aim at it. - "" t
"Of course, you might hit somethlug
if yoj shot luto the forest, but tbe, aim at
some particular' object Is the thing.
"Weare goiug to aim at Mr. Ingcrtoll."
ACTOR ISntoFrobpd
Bonnie's Husband Lost 3,7(10 on
His Way to This CityV
rW
He Stopped In tho Monumental City
and Got Drunk Trying to Aid "
HI Brother. "'
James Thornton, the varfcty reiformer,
and. as he is called In the 'three-sheet
poster, "Tho man who has set the world
asluglng." was expected to arrive In the
city this morning. The object of bis
visit was to sev his brothers, Tom and Jack,
who were glv en good long sentences In Jnll
some weeks ago by Judge Miller for se
verely cutting John Painter, thejproperty
man of the Elite Vaudeville Compuny. of
which Bonnie Thornton, he Wife of Jim,
is the owner.
Ever since his brothers were arrested
James Thornton has been trying' by book
and crook to see if he cannot get them out
in some way. Since their arrest-aud In
carceratiou he has made several trip? to
the city, but has always failed In bis mis-,
sion that of getting his brothers released.
One of them was sent down for six mouths
for the cutting of Painter, md the other
sentenced to lour mouths oh a charge of
threats preferred against him by Jim's
wife, Bonnie. For a long while after
the difficulty or the brothers Jim and Bon
nie did not get along well togtther. Jim
would have nothing to do with his wile.
Finally Billy Woods, the prize fighter,
managed to effect n reconciliation between
them, and everything has )een lovely for
sometime. JImisa very hard drinker, and
yestcrdajiatae stopped in Baltlmore'wblle on
his way here, to make another effort In be
half of bis Imprisoned brothers.
To help them out he disposed of his Inter
est in two songs and realized about" $2,700
from the sale or them. When, James left
New York for Washington be. bad In the
neighborhood of $3,000 on him He stopped
over in Baltimore and met spmo "profes
sional friends, and Willi them vislfcd many
saloons, and while be was In the saloons
Jim did nut drink water.
Thornton admits thatlie drankloo much.
After visiting nearly.all.of the saloons in
the Monumental City, Thornton thought
that he would like to get out Into the open
air, and when he did so, sat down on the
steps of a house on Thlrteenui street, near
the center of the city, nnd began to count
his roll. '
He asserts that be was counting over the
bills, when some one came up and grabbed
the notes and ran awny, Thornton is un
able to describe tbe man, but be did know
that two thonsand-dollar and; several hundred-dollar
bills were among those taken.
Thornton reported ths- matter tit the police,
but there Is very little chance-of any of the
money being recovered. 4
Thornton'smotherisyeryanxirJilstohave
the two erring brothers at home on Thanks
giving Day, and after borrowing some
money from his Baltimore friends Jim an
nounced his Intention of. onoe more Irving
to effect their release. It ) Very doubt
ful If he can do this, as the case nsainst the
brothers was very strong fcnd developed
the fact that they were pretty hard cus
tomers to deal with. ''
Injured the Coacbmmo.
The horses attached to a'atoroce "wagon
belouglng to W. B. Moses & Sons this
morning ran away. The Vjfhli'le tame Into
collision with tho carriage of ('" "ei-m
Carlisle at the corner of Fj arid Ecvvu'h
streets. The carriage was ivertunicd and
the coachman injured about the head.
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Gain In Treasury Gold.
Tbe Treasury gained $102,000 in gold
yesterday, as a result of Secretary Car
lisle's recent.offcr. TtHlay'ii stated Treas
ury gold reserve Is $82,UG,325, euhject
to a deduction of $1,130,000, taken yester
day for export. ," I
m j .
OlmKlead Case Almost Over.
Tbe Olrustead jvljl case. will be submitted
to tb.e Jury this: afternoon. The .charge
of the Judge was-beUig-deilverecl at the
hour of going to press r ,
Their Sanity QaAttlonedr
Orders for writs of iriqutaWon in lunacy
were Issued' today aa to Uitvfollowing per
sons: Henry V.Gerodett.' Jennie Lee. Peter
I'M. Brown and Bonnet tovelL
VISIT.
iMDjpnon
Ohio and Indiana All-Powerful
in the House Contest.
WHAT ACTION IS PEOMISED
If the TIHro-tvvo Member rrom
The-so Two .state Cast Their Votes
for a Candidate Ho Will Get tho
Place Arrival of Gen. Gro-venor.
His V lew of the Munition.
Members of the House are now arriving
on every lncomingtrHln. and konieheadway
will soon be made in Indicating tho strength
or earididatesror the inlnorofflcesfor which
nominations wijl beerrecied in the caucus
to be held Saturday evening.
Among tbe 'early arrivals were Gen.
"Walkerof Virginia, Mr. Updegnir f of lu wa,
MaJ.Georse W. Steele, of Indiana, Mr.
Powers or VermOnt, Mr.JHjcls or Penn
sylvania", Mr. Fletcher of .Minnesota, and
George L. Wellington ol Marjland. Mr.
Bailey or Texas also ri-nclnil the city, but
will not participate in tbe pending light.
C. W. Uaekctr, chairman of the New
York Republican Stale executive Com
mittee, and Representative B. B. Odeli,
secretary or the committee, reached Wash
ington this morning and registered at the
Arlington. It is expettcd that during the
aay cue entire rew orfc Mate delegation
will be hero and actively participate in
the canvass lieing made by W. J. Glenn
lor the office or doorkeeiier.
All the members of the Tennessee dele
gation are now on the ground and held an
Informal meeting MiU rorenoon to discuss
their, preferences for the of rices. It was
decided to take no action until after the
caucua of Southern members tomorrow
night.
MEETING OF THE DELEGATION.
Representative Johnson, of the Sixth In
diana district, will arrive this arternoou,
maklug twelve out of thirteen members
from that State here. A meeiiutr or the
delegation will Tie held immediately after
Mr. Johnson's arrival, and will be ot the
greatest Importance, as It will largely sen e
to determine tbe Clerkship contest. Not
withstanding all reports to the contrary,
the Indiana delegation has not as yet de
cided upon any Hue ot action, and will not
do so until their meeting this afternoon.
Attheheadquartersof there&peetlvecan
dldatcs there Is todaj prevailing au in
creased air of confidence, nndall the various
managers u-iltc in declaring that progress
Is being made along the lines which mean
ultlrnatesuccess to thecanendatcs for whom
they are-working. There must, of course,
soon come nn end to this system or reckon
ing, but the time is not yet ripe.
A few more State delegations must get
together and detirralne among themselves
as to whose cause they will espouse, and
then an approximate correct list can be
made up and tbe relative strength ot each
man designated.
It Is said in advance of the Iowa caucus
tbat tbe State delegation will be solid for
Gen. Henderson us their candidate for tbe
clerkship.
DETERMINE THE WINNER.
Barring unforeseen events. It is practi
cally admitted on all sides that the Indiana
and Ohio delegations bold the key to the
situation, and if their combined thirty-two
votes .ire unanimously thrown one way or
the other it will determine the winner.
Additional Interest in the contest for
House offices was revived this morning
by the arrival of Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio.
The Ohio delegation will hold a caucus to
determine upon Its candidate for postmas
ter. It Is believed that the J Ice will fall
upon Capt. McElroy, of 8, accuse, Ohio,
who. In addition td the support of Gen.
Grosvenor, has the indorsement of several
other Congressmen from bis State. He
Is spoken of as a leading Republican in his
district and a gallant officer during the
war.
Gen. Grosvenor this morning said that
he placed very little faith lu the argu
ment advanced by some ctbat the effort
was being made to organize the Bouse
with an antl-McKInley influence.
Tbe little putrnnage of tbe House could
have no cirectou a Presidential euiiiinigii,
and if it did, and the orj-nnlzatton was ef
fected with such an end in view. It would
rertn'ii'y, be believed, react In favor of
McKlnley.
So far as Mr. McDowell. Pennsylvania's
candidate for clerk of the House, was con
cerned, Mr. Grosvenor said that ho knew
that Gov. McKlnley was a warm personal
friend of McDowell, and looked with favor
upon his candidacy.
Secretary Morton's Son.
Pnnl Morton, vice president of the Coal
and Iron Company of Colorado, who was
yesterday elected third vice president of
tbe reorganized Atchison.-Topeta & Simla
Fe Railroad Company, Is a son of Sec-
Tetary Morton. ,
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MANGLED BY LIONS.
Fate of li Colorado Man Who Failed
to Use His Gun.
Boulder. Colo . Nov. 27. Prospectors
west or this city came upon the body or a
man. terribly lacerated, lying face down in
tbe snow.
He was identified as James Smith, a
prospector of this city. Smith was arfllcted
with Brlgbt's disease, and when the attacks
came on the only relief was obtained by
lying face down. It Is supposed that while
in this position a mountain Hon pounced
upon him and killed him. as the tracks of
tbe beast and the condition ot thesurrouud
lngs indicated a terrible struggle.
Smith's rifle, filled with cartridges, was
lying beside him. He was sixty yean of age.
COUNTERFEITERS IN ST. JOE.
Merchant of That Missouri Town
Caught by Spurious Cert If len tew.
8 1. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 27. Gideon Moorse
and Paul Krueger, leaders of the gang of
counterfeiters, were captured yesterday
by Government detectives, the former at
Cameron and the latter In St. Joe.
St. Joe business men aud merchants of
mall towns in Missouri and Iowa have re
cently been swindled on silver certificates
whose numbers were raised.
IOWA SOLID FOR ALLISON
Millionaire Hawkeye Congressman
Gnrtis Fashes the Boom Along.
Personality of the Man Who Defeated
Walter I. Hayes Hun Way Ahead
ot the Landslide! Ticket.
George M. Curtis, the millionaire lumbr
dealer of Clinton, Iowa, wbefsucceeds Judge
Hayes as Represeutatlve from the Second
district. Is at the Normaudie. He is a
man of unusual Intelligence, great personal
popularity, aud does, not look a day over
thirty-five, although he pleads guilty to
being f if t) -one.
Mr. Curtis performed one of the most re
markable feats in connection with the Re
publican landslide of a ycarago this month,
having overcome a Democratic majority of
7,772, and still having 437 votes to spare.
He ran nearly 2,700 votes ahead of his
ticket. This all the more indicates the re
gard In v. hlch he Is held by his constituents,
as the District this year shows a Democratic
majority of between 4,500 aud -4,700.
Judge Hayes had served a half dozen terms
in Congress nnd his defeat was considered
Impossible. In speaking of Presidential
possibilities, Mr. Curtis said:
"Senator Allison will without doubt have
the solid and continued support or the
Iowa delegation to the next uationa! con
vention or tbe Republlcaan party. There
is no man who has as vet been mentioned
as a prob ible nominee who posv sses great
er strength in his own State than Mr. Alli
son. He will also be tbe first choice of
seve-ral rcigl-borms Stites, especially those
Ivlng to the westward.
Miineou will in all likelihood eland
by Senator Davis, and Illinois may present
the name of neuator Cullom, tut as against
olher eaiidMatcs their vote-s wojld event
ually be thrown to Mr. Allison. In addition
to this, the hena tor will be the second chulce
'of many Eastern States. Altogether be
will make a ver) creditable showing before
the convenllou, and his chance of. winning
Is not soj-emote as might be imagined.
"1 do not consider it probable that either
the head or tall of the Democratic kite will
come from Iowa. Ex-Gov. Boies is prac
tically dead n far as active politics is
concerned. His free sliver sentiments
have killed him with the sound money men,
and he cannot hope to control his own
State delegation ror either the Presiden
tial or Vice Presidential nomination."
FAMILY HELD tOK MURDER.
Remarkable Cliurces Against Persons
of Wealth In Indiana.
Walktce, Ind., Nov. 27. The trial of
three Kellers, Daniel, Nanle, his wife, and
Maggie, his sister, charged with the murder
of Clara Shanks, July 8. was called in the
circuit court at RockWlle yesterday.
Tlie case Isreplete with peculiar lnciclems
ami circumstances. Onthemomlngof July
the dead body of Clara Shanks was found In
the school at Wolf's creek two miles west
of this place, by her brother Daniel.
Earlier In the same day Daniel Keller
had gone to the Shanks' home and ad
mitted he and Clara had been Intimate and
requested her to remain away from his
house as his wife might hurt her.
While stated at the dinner table that day
Clara burst into tears, and, getting up. left
the house. That is the last time she was
seen alive by any one, except her supposed
slayers. At first it was supposed she had
committed suicide, aud the-coroner's ver
dict was that Btie met her death by drown
ing herself.
public opinion, however, was adverse to
the decision ot the coroner and at a mass
niceting held a week later It was decided
to hold an autopsy over the remains. The
body was exhumed and It was found that
her neck had been broken, her bend crushed
and that she had been choked. Detectives
took up the case and procured the arrest ot
the Kellers.
A decided effort is being made to secure
the conviction ot the accused. Meetings
hnv e been held every Sunday since the trag
edy, at which the neighbors gather and com
pare notes. Subscriptions are taken, and
the money donated to aid the prosecution.
Daniel Keller is thirty four ytars or age.
and Is reputed quite wealthy. Clara Shanks
was Just past eighteen years of age at the
time of her death. She had always borne
a goood reputation.
It is certHin that the trial will be long
aud tedious, as there have been alrend)
ovi rtwohu'iilred wltnc-sseswereml pcenc-cu
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LOCKED UI THE COLLECTOR.
Detect Ives Arrested Bert rnndC.Moore
for Embezzlement.
Bertrand C. Moore, a yourg man, giving
his occupation as a collector, was arrested
this afternoon by Detectives Boardman and
Rhodes, and locked up at the First pre-cluctstalion-house.
charged with em
bezzlement. James Connelly, the grucer,
at the corner of First and K. streets north
west, is tl.c complainant, and the amount
involved Is $13.
Ahoula jearngo Moore went to Mr. Con
nelly, eo It is alli-ged, and obtained some
bills to collect. He left and never returned.
Recently, however, Mr. Connelly discov
ered that he had collected $13 of the money,
nnd had also represented to one poor old
woman that if she failed to pay her in
debtedness he possessed sufficient influ
ence to get her dnughti r dismissed from the
Government Printing Office.
It was on account of this threat that the
prosecution was brought. Moore will be
given n hearing In Judge Miller's court to
morrow. -
I'Ol'll I.EG'h. CONDITION.
He I'orslsts lu Getting Ont of Bed
to Write Latin Couplets.
London, Nov. 27. The Rome corr poad
ent or the Pall Mill Gazette Is Informed
by a prelate wbo Is In intimate relations
with the Pope that the recent Illness of
Hi Holiness was due to lack or vitality,
which cordltionts Increasing.
There Is no cause for immediate alarm,
he says, but It Is dllficult to keep tbeJVpe
In good health owing to his habit oT get
ting out of bed nights whenever some Latin
couplet comes to his mind which fie wishes
to record.
In addition tn this, the long-audienccs
which be gives daily ratigue-him greatly.
Whirled to Death 01) a Sim ft.
fork, Pa., Nov. 27. William A. S::m
baugh, a loborer, employed at the Penn
sylvania Agricultural Works, was whirled
around a shaft this morning and instantly
killed. Every bone In bis body was Lruken
and the clothing was (tripped from bis person.
BANKER BENEDICT TALKS
President Cleveland Will Not Ac
cept a Fourth Nomination.
HAHKEBIHG FOE FEEEDOM
Moat Intimate Friend of Cleveland.
Who Furnishes Illni Yuclits and
Other Things for Ills. Pleasure and'
Recreation, Says rtio President'
Health Is Shuttered.
New York, Nov. 27. When seen thlt
morning relative'to a statement published
in a mornlug newspaper, in this city,
stating that President Grovcr Cleveland
would never consent to stand for a third
term, Mr. F. C. Benedict, the Bread Street
banker, vrho was authority for the state
ment, said that In part tLe statement was
true, but in certain places it was made
too strong.
"I am not pi stive that he would not con
sent to run for a third term," said Mr.
Benedict. "I am positive of nothing,
sav e death and taxes.
"To set tLe matter forever rigOt, I
will write what I have lo saj."
Mr. Benedict then penned the following
and handed It to the reporter:
BENEDICT'S STATEMENT.
"All that I have said or can say in refer
ence to President Cleveland's vlevvs as to
a third term is Inferential.
"1 Infer from what he has repeatedly said
that he is impatient to be rid of all official
cares and unwilling to have them prolonged
under any circumstances."
Continuing, Isr. Benedict said. "It Is no
secret to anybody who knows Mr. Cleve
land well as to his views on thU subject-
He bos been counting the months until h
enn be free of the trammels of public af
fairs. "He feels, and he told me o In fact, b
has told many of his friends so that ha
was a great fool to accept the Presidency
the second time.
"He said: "I have Lad enoogh of victory
and ilef eat, aud that Is all a mau can bava
in this world.'
"He has been like this ever since he to
tered upon his second term."
COUNTING THE MONTHS.
Here Mr. Benedict clenched his fists and t
shook them over Lis temples, relaxing hla '
fingers to tell off the mouths In panto
mime of tbe President, he hail jet lo serv.
Mr. Benedict then said. "He was foolish
be knows it in accepting a second term,
for be has often complained ih it his l.calth
was shattered until he wa hardly able to
stand it longer.
"Of course, everybody who know him
knows this so tt is no secret. I once said to
him: 'I am spoiling your chances for a
third term. I am tcllinj people you will
not accept."
"He did. not seem much interested, and
said: 'Go ahead.
"Many of my friends have come to me,
many of them Republicans of standing, and
they said: 'He mu&t run; the country de-
inands It; he must give us a chance to vota
for hlm.' -I have Invariably replied:, 'I
don't think you will ever have a chance to
vote for him again and I tell you now, sir,
"I' dont think President Cleveland cantn.
prevailed upon to accept the nomination a
fourth time."
"Have you ctct questioned the Presi
dent directly upon the "third-term que.
tlonT was asked.
NO QUESTIONS NEEDED.
"No," answered Mr. Benedict, "but you
don't always have to ask questions tn get
an answer; acts, words and sentiments
on collateral matters will scmetunrs an
swer." Mr. Benedict then, in confidence, told tt
reporter certain actions of the President
bearing on the third term question which
would tend to show that Mr. Cleveland will
not stand a fourth time ror the Presidency.
"Do-you agree with some of Mr. Cleve
land's enthusiastic friends that Mr. Cleve
land's duty is"plaln. that he should accept
the nomination next year?"
"No. I do not," answered Mr. Benedict,
"and I think that the claim made In cer
tain quarters tha t be be offered tbe nomina
tion because the Democratic party has no
better man. Is an Insult to him."
Mr. Benedict, in conclusion, said: "As
to being positive that Mr. Cleveland would
not accept a fourth nomination. I anr,
not; I do not think he will do so."
AND STILL DURRANT.
Motion for a New Trial Is still UndeF
Tedious Consideration.
San Francisco. Nov. 27. The case of
Theodore Durrant. convicted nearly thirty
days ago of murdering Blanche Lamont,
and still unscntenced. comes up today
for the third time eiuce the verdict of tha
Jury, liefore Judge Murphy.
Durrant' a attorneys have a voluminous
objection to present, and it is expected that
this, with the argument or State's attor
ney Barnes In opposition to a new trial,
will occupy several day.
In fact, it will prolaMy be .Monday or
Tuesday uext before the presiding Judga
can pass sentence on Ihe convicted maua
or grant him a new trial. '
FATHER MURPHY V IN5.
Nebraska Courts Uphold asuiHinllimttv
Priest Against n Ul-hnp.
Tecumseh, Neb., Nov. 27. The district
couct here yesterday decided tbe iujunc-
tion case in regard to the possession of the
Roman Catholic Church at this place in
favor ofFatherMurphy.thepnest in charge.
Murphy has been Insubordinate to tha
blshop.andhasbeenexcommjnlcutedbytlo
latter. This decision of the court is that
thepriest has thelawfnlrlght to possession. I
Both bishop and priest have, held serv- i
Ices here for the past two Suialays. and
the priest's services have large audience,
BAD INDIANS. -
The-y Are Killing nnd Running Oft
Cattle In Montana.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 27. There are
reports or trouble In the v iclnity or Button,
Mont-, where the Cheyenne Indians ara
said to tie creating alarm among stockrm r
and rvichcrs by killing and runnbig olt
cattle and otherwise terrorizing the inhab
itants or the place.
The p'aco Infested by them is in the Wolf
Mountains, nn out-of-the-way place tclduui
heard from. '
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GRIFFIN JOHNSTON DEAD.
ne Wan a Son of Allicrt Sidney John
ston, the Famous Confederate .
Los Angeles. Cal.,Nov.27. Griffin John
ston. Youngest son of the late MaJ.Gcn. Al
bert Sidney Johnston, the famous Confed
erate chief! iln. died In mis city last mgn
from hcm rrliae of the brain, superin
duced by a r.ill which he received a fewdajn
ago. '
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Grade Crossings In 0hkoli. J
Oshkosh, Wis., Nov. 227. John bchnet
der"and O. D. Bnrtlett, riding in a closed '
milk wagon, were struck by a train at .i t
street crossing last night. Schneider wl'l
prolihly die and Bartlclt's recovery hit
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