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:r-t3sariwTs-. - - "!? f - - 7 2 " Ott 9fl was tha TIMES' cfrcu- - Ii be THE WPVTHER TO-DAY. imes lUUjLtU lalion for last waak. Generally Fnlr. Temperature Nenr Freezing. Easterly Winds. VOL. 2. 2fO. 62S. IXTEEW L00D1ER TIU HOLMES Prisoner at Fort Wayne Wakes a Confession of Murders. VICTIMS IN MANY CITIES John C. Stone Enumerates u Dozen Persons Whom, He Claim to lime Kllk-tl Ilo Wus " Member of Hill Dulton's Glint: of Hunk and Stage Itobliers His Stories Disputed. Tort Wayne, Intl., Dec. -1. JoliuC. Stone, alias "Vinson," has niaile a confession to Sheriff Clausnieler, detailing a life of hor rible crime. He was arrested with Johnjmrfy and Wru. Walrath ror killing Deputy blit-nff Harrod. Stone Is under a ten years' sen tence and Duify'scase wentto the Jury last night. stone stater, that he and Walrath were members of Hill Dalton's gang of Western bank and stage robbers. He says he, Duffy aud Walratu killed a man at Kansas City lu 1863, and robbed him, but later gae the money to Henry Dounc-lly, a policeman, for protection. He also tells of a murder lomraitted by himself, a Mrs. Stewart aud her con Clar ence, lu Cleveland, Ohio. The uextuiornlug Clarence and Stone killed a buy in the Hip Four yards In Llnville. In Buffalo, Stone, Walratu, and one Burns, a saloon-keeper, killed a wealthy Western farmer who was looking for a c d time. me money was divided, and Stone nnd Walrath returned to Chicago and with their shares started a restaurant. Here Walrath married Stone's sister. Mrs. Walrath died, and Stone and Walrath left Chicago. MURDERED FATIIEK AND SOX. Later Stone returned and was Imp' lea ted lu the murder of a father and son named Fruuty. Three men are now serving life sentences at Jolicl for the crime, but Btouc was not arrested. He then tells of a murder at Dunkirk, N. Y., where Duffy stabbed a pal, "Buf falo Jack," four times and burled him in the woods Another munlcr was committed at Un ion City, Ia., the Mctlm being an old man named Horton or Norton. An other murder was committed by the trio near l'nungatown, Ohio, ihe victim being a resident of Ashtabula. The lust munlcr committed by Stone, Dufr mid Walrath was on April 29. 180:., on a Pennsylvania freight train. At this time Ktonc was snot tint, uiu not Bet medical uid nntll South Hend was reached. The nest desperate act ot the trio was the robbery of a Grand Trunk train In Michigan, where five watches and money were i-ecured. Two of these watches have been Identified since their arrest here. BRIBED A POLICEMAN. Kansas City, Mo., Dec 4. The confession of John C. Stone, alias "Vinson," at Fort Wayne, that he, with two other men. killed a man In Kansas City, Kas.. In 1883, but gave the money to a policeman named Henry Donnelly, who let them escape, is confirmed here. The man murdered was namell Shubert and he was a musician who lived at Leaven worth. He wassbot through the he-ad and robbed of $85 und a cold watch. Jerome Marshal, a saloonkeeper, who died four days agu, testified at the coroner's Inquest" that the watch resembled onethatDonnelly was seen to carry. Youugstown. O., Dec. 4. The crime to which John C. Stone confesses as having oorumitu-d near this city, was committed on the night of December 23. 1804. at Doughtou. two miles north of here. Charles Rocco. an Italian, on his way from Ashtabula to Pittsburg, wbil" riding In a box car on the LafceShorcroadlncompanv with three tramps, was assaulted, shot and after being robbed of S13, was thrown from the train. He lived for several hours after being shot and gave a description of the men to the officers. The men were seen in this city shortly before the news of the murder readied here, but made good their escape. THINK STONE IS A CRANK. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 4. The Cleveland police place no confidence In the confession of John C. Stone, alias Vinson, who Is now under arrest In Tort Wajre. so far as it relates to crimes committed In this city. They have no records of the local murders to which Stone confesses. Stone has written several letters to the chief of police here to the effect that he had information that would lead to the solution of nianv murder mysteries. Some of the clews were roilowed and nothing came of them. The police have long since come to the conclusion that Stone is a crank. Erie. Ta.. Dec. 4. County Detective Bulllvan. who went to Fort Wayne Ian September to Investigate the story, says that so far as Stone's story relates to the Horton outrage at Union City, it Is true in every particular. McDermolt. one of the gang, is a Union City mail. An attempt will be made to get Stone here to testify against McDer- Xott as soon as he is released. from tbo llcgheny workhouse, where he was sent for carrying concealed weapons. He Is a tough character, and Stone told Capt. Sullivan he bad known McDermott for ten years. Great Interest In the case obtains here. The Herald contains a lone Interview wilti Capt. Sullivan, In which he substantiates what Stone says about Union City and other outrages. . FINDING .MORE BODIES. Verdict of Unavoidable Accident He turned In the Tilly FoMerDlfrnster. Brewster. N. Y., Dec. 4. Coroner Penny held an Inquest today over the remains. of the ten men who were killed In the Tlllv Foster mine disaster on Friday last and turned a verdict that It was the opinion ot the Jury from the evidence adduced that the accident was unavoidable. A report tvas circulated this afternoon that two of the three bodies yet In the mine had been remo veil but upon Investigation t he report proved to be without foundation. South Carolina's Convention Ends. Columbia, 8. C. Dec. 4. The constitu tional convention was In session for three hours this morning and disposed of the re port of the committee on order. st le and re vision. At 1:3a o'clock the actual work on the new constitution was completed. The convention then took a recess until a later hour when the whole thing was rati fied nnd signed, and the convention ad journed sine die. Stern Forfeits Ills Ball. Munich. Dec. 4 The sum of 60.000 mark', being the amount or ball given br Mr. Louis Stern or New Vork for his ap pearance to undergo the penalty imposed upon him fur insulting Ilanm VoiiThuengen. deputy commissioner of the Spa, at Kis tlngen last summer, was today declared forfeited. Sir. Stern'R respite having elapsed and be having In the meantime failed to surrender himself. Mr. Stern was sen tenced to two weeks imprisonment and to pay a line ot GOO marks. Distinct Ion Won bv a Woninn. New York. Dec. 4. Mrs. Louise Holme ttaright ot Atlanta, Ga.. who claims to be a descendant of the German poet, Schiller, was elected second vice president or the Juulnr class of the lav? school of the Uni versity of the City of New Vork last night. "Wreck on tltoNorfolk fc Western. Central City. W. Va Dec. 4. Freight train No. 68, south-bound, on the Norfolk" and Western railroad, .was wrecked at Breeden last nlcbt- a wrecking crew was lent from Kenova. B toll's December Shoe Selling Is giving purchasers the "Best Bhoe of our Times" at niarvelously lo tv prices. Fourteen clerks: do waiting. Cbcw Mint Julep Quia, FA QES 0F IMEWS, EVE0W 112 HOURS, 60 GTS, h IMQTH GLADSTONE CANNOT COME Declines With Begret an Invitation Prom the Chicago Press Club. Had Been Asked to Make un Address on the Armenian QueMlon In firmities of Old Age Forbid. . New York, Dec. 4. The Press Club of Chicago, has had an address from some speaker or distinction m the Auditorium every year ror several years. They in vited .Mr. Gladstone or lnaG. and the Mayor or Chicago supplemented tnu request wiin a coriuat luvitauuu to Mr. Gladstone and his family. These letters were sent to Mr. Depew to be forwarded with a perMnaI leiter from him. Mr. Gladstone, in his answer, says: "I cannot too strongly express my sense of the honor thus done me and I wish to add that In my opinion no cause more sacred and none more urgent tnaii that of the Armenians has ever Ijeeir brought be fore the citizens of your humane and en lightened country. "It is ror the moment, enveloped, so far as the public are concerned, in uncertainty, hut yet there are Indications tuat the hand writing on the wall, ""Which warned unn ancient despot of his coming doom, has again been traced visibly enough to be token some approaching crasii or u system or government far more impious and lu lquitious. "With these feelings. I still must not blind myself to the facts of my situation. After my loug public life I can attempt no public action without considering much besides Ihe truth and even the importance of what I might have to say. aud I am far from convinced that my undertaking a public progress for such it would be at the jiretem time, would be beneficial to the Armenian cause. "But all reasoning on such a question Is cut short by an undesirable physical unfitness. The blessing of good health Is Mill vouchsafed to me. hut diminished strength. Imperfect vision and growing deafness Incapacitate ran from public ef forts, vvhic-ii more weighty considerations might lead me to undertake, and confine my Intercourse with others to what Is purely private and of a very restricted character. "1 send this reply with much regret, but with too full an assurance, of Its necessity. "In conclusion, let me hope that the Influence of your great, and In such a matter necessarily Impartial, country will be powerfully used lu the cause or right." MOTOR AND ENGINE COLLIDE. Fifty Passengers Have a Narrow Es cape From Dcuth. Lorain, Ohio, Dec. 4. This evening a motor car and trailer, on which werellfiy passengcrs," became unmanageable at the railroad switch of the Johnson Steel Com pany's plant. A freight train was approaching and tho men In charge of the motor as well as Uic passuugers realized that a collision and possibly loss of lire was Imminent. .Amid great excitement the motorman mime Mreuuous errorts to stop the car. Hie brake would not work, however, until the motor had partially passed onto the track, wncn it came to a stop. The motormau leaped from his curtained vestibule und escaped Just In the nick of time. An instant later and the locomotive crashed Into the car and tore off the vesti bule. Fortunately the engineer had become aware that the motor could not stop and he succeeded In slowing down his engine so that the effect of the collision was com paratively light. Several of the passengers on the car were bruised and shaken up, but no one was seriously Injured. ANDRE WSWASEXPELLED. Loyal Legion Offended by UN Conduct as Public Official. New York, Dec. 4. William S. Andrews, formerly commissioner or str-t clcnulng and a member of the Loyal Legion, tnu expelled rrom membership In the legion by u vote or 161 to 7U, at a meeting .r the organization held tonight at Dclnion Icos. Mr. Andrews was present at the meeting, but did not defend himself in person. He left Immediately after the vote was an nounced anil declined to be Interviewed upon the action of the legion In expelling him. At the October meeting of the board of orricers or the Loyal Legion Mr. Andrews was round guilty or fiveor the seven charges against him of conduct unbecoming un oiriter and a gentleman. The charges against the cx-comnussluuer were mostly outgrowths ot the Lexow hearings nnd the iho principal charges were the results or that investigation. MOKE GOLD FIELDS. New Deposits Discovered In the Vicin ity of Cripple Creek. Denver. Col.. Dec. 4. Besides the Crip ple Creek Mining stock excitement, Colo rado has three reported new gold fields to interest the public. West Creek, north east or Cripple Creek, is now- a bustling camp, with a postoMee called Pcuibcrton and a number or prospect holes. In Gilpin county a tellurium belt Is al leged lo have been traced by miners rrom Boulder across to the rnrks or Clear Creek, below Bl.ickhawk, where a number of pros pectors are now staking out claims. Re ports have come from that district before. Near Salidd, specimens of float carrying Tree gold have been picked up and a local stampede to lay orr claims has ensued. Negotiations for mining property not only In Cripple Creek, but in other well established camps appears to bo uuusuallv active Just now. Mining experts are all busy examining properties lor Eastern Investors. The shipments rrom Cripple Creek averago 700 tons a day. , Will Impeach Sttunbuluff sMinlstrr. Sofia. Dec. 4. The report of the Parlia mentary commission that has been inquiring into the acts of the ministry of M. Stambu loff. the murdered ex-premier, has Just been made public. The commission reported many uDuses of power on the part or the ministry. Including acts ot violence, and especially condemned the furnishing of arms to supporters of the government. The re port concluded with a recommendation that all the members of the StaoibulofX cabinet be imprisoned. M- Babes Found Dead In Bed. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec. 4. The three-year-old twin babies of Mr. aud Mrs. Ben jamin Poque ot No. 398 Scrlbner street, were found dead in bed this morning by the side of their mother, who was sleeping. Tho babies showed symptoms of having been poisoned, and an autopsy will be held. The mother appears to be in great distress over the death ot the children, but gives no rational theory as to the cause of their death. Found Frozen to Death. Winston. N.C., Dec. 4. Robert Watkins. a married man, twenlj-seveu years old. was found frozen to death in his wagon near Hay Meadow, Wilkes county, yester day morning. He had been over the mountains with a load nf produce. When found he was silting lu the wagon, his reet on the double trees and his head leaning against the side or the wagon. ' . Ilnr Iron Association Officers. Flttsbjrg, Pa. , Dee. 4. The National Bar Iron Association was organized here today, the following officers being elected: Presi dent, James G. Caldwell. Louisville: vice president, 11. T. Wallace, Wilmington. Del.: treasurer, George M. Bard , Muuclc. Ind.: secretary, J. S. Llverson .Catasauqua, Pa. Winston Grocers Assign. Winston, N. C, Dec. 4. Scott & Hudson, one of Winston's leading grocery firms as signed today, naming W. M. Hendrer trustee. Assets aggregate several thou sand dollars, liabilities not yet known. The firm hopes to reopen in a few days. k , G. A. R. lteunlon Vrogram. St. Paul, Minn.. Dec. 4. The next en campment of the Grand Army of the Re public as fixed by the administrative coun cil today will be held September 1 to 4 next year. The naval parade will occur on the opening day: on September 2 the regular grand parade of veterans and so cieties, and on the last two days the regu lar sessions ror business-will take place. "Crocker's." The most perfectly equipped shoe "shop" la Crocker's famous establishment. ft39 Pennsylvania avenue. Some ot the Jen- ness-Miiier shoe. WASHINGTON, D. O., THURSDAY MORNEt, DECEMBER 5, 1895.,-rEIGHT The Fence MAY GIVE 1JIEM CONTROL Old Senate Rule That Makes Re publicans Hopeful. DISCOVERED IN THE CAUCUS After a Brief Conference Mr. Sherman Was Directed to Appoint u Com mittee to Fill the Vacancies I'ollcv Not Yet Outlined us Begurds Re organization. The Republican Senatorial caucus was In session only a short time yceterday after noou. It transacted but little business and adjourned. It authorized the chairman, Mr. Sher man, to appolut a committee of nine Sen" ators whose duty it shall be to fill the vacancies on the commltleus of the Senate. Heretofore it hast been the custom for the caucus cnairman to appoint mis coiuiuuicu aud his action was final. Yesterday, however, tne caucus decreed lhat the names of the committee selected by Mr. Sherman should be submitted to the caucus ror its approval. It has been decidni to make no combina tion with either Democrats or popuh.ts. If the party 1 able to organize the Senate It will organize It alone. It will stand alone In its patronage. They have 42 votes; tho Democrats have 3D, and Ihe Populists G. It Is rumored that two of the Populists will stand by thu Republicans in the organization. If thev do, and they were elected by Republican votes.jhe Republicans wlU havo a majority or one. The credentials or Mr. Dupout were presented today aud his sealing would give another vote. GOLDEN RULE TO THEM. If the Dcmoeratsshou'd enter an objection to the election of Republican chairmen for" the Senalecommlttees and the members of that party cannot get tue necessary ma jority. It transpires that they can place a majority or their Senatorfiontuecommittees anyhow. bonie one In the caucus called attention to rule 24 of the Senate. This rule has been in force since 1 82l, and Its pertinence to the present situation was unnoticed until this afternoon. What the Republicans tuuy easily do is apparent upon reading the text of this rule, which is an follows. "In the appointment of the standing com mittees, the Senate, unless otherwise or dered, shall proceed by ballot to appoint severally the chairman of each committee, nnd then, by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same. A ma jority ot the whole number of voles given shall be necessary to the choice of a chair man of a etandlug committee, but a plurality ot votes shall elect the other members thereof. All other committees shall be appointed by bnllot. unless other wise ordered. A plurality or votes shall appoint." . .... w hatever ot doubt may exist as to the power of th(? Republicans to command a majority, there can be no question of the met that they have a plurality over the Democrats. GLOOMY DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK. When the Democrats give up the pat ronage of the Senate they do so for at least ten years. Under the most favorable circumstances they cannot get a majority lu the Senate Inside that time. It is understood that each parly will nominate a set of otflccrs and vole on them. On the Republican side Senator Frye has been agreed on as president pro tern. Yesterday Charles R. McKcimey of North 3t. Paul, Minn., was appointed enrolling clerk, ot the House. for the Fifty-fourth Congress. He" held the same position lu the rifty-f Irst Congress. ' The caucus of the Populist Senators does not appear to give the Republicans any con-! cern. The Populists determined that thv would not make any effort to reorganize along their own lines, but agreed to stand firmly together. Mesirs.Jonesand Stewart were pres"nt, but the binding force of their agreement is somewhat weakened by the modification to the effect that they should vote solidly until such time as it was apparent mat the Republicans had deter mined upon a plan of reorganization, or the Democrats had decided to make a fight against giving up control of the Senate. When that hour arrives it Is believed that the Populists will divide according to their affiliation for the two parties, which means that two would go to the Democrats and four to Hie Republicans. Tolie suc cessful in any effort to maintain control the Democrats would be compelled to com mand the wholel'opulist vote in the Senate. , NITHO GLTTCEHINE EXPLODES. Torpedo Mncuzlne Demolished nnd Two Men Blown to Atoms. Butler, Pa., Dec. 4. The magazine of the Humes' Torpedo Company, two miles south of Butler, was blown up this morn ing by the explosion of 1,000 pounds of1 miro-glycerine. Geiirge Bester and Lewis Black, who were in the magazine, were blown to atoms, while onlv shreds and splinters remain of their burse nnd wagon. iiuuuings in wilier were suauen anu much glass was shattered. Black was twenty years of..age. Bester was twenty five years of age, and leaves u widow with one child. Notliinir whatever re mains of the magazine building. Coniunche'r, Maiden Trip. New York, Dec. 4. The new Clyde lino steamer Comanche, Capt. Pennington, sailed this afternoon on- her maiden trip fdr Charleston and Jacksonville. It Is cal culated that the speed ot the Comanche will enable her to reduce the time from New York to Jacksonville (including a halt day's stop at? Charleston) by twenty-four hours. She left her pier about 4 p. ni. and was reported passing out of Sandy Hook at 5:20 p. ni. This is very quick time to the Hook. Alleced Train Wreckers Arrested. Buffalo, N. 1, Dec. 4. The police ar rested four men In East llufralo this morn ing who, they suspect, were members of the gang that wrecked the Delaware. Lack awanna and Western train at Preble, near Cortland, last Similar nlcht. The prisoners gave the name r Lawrence Sher man, Frank Frye, Anthony Lcwatt and William Lee. Died In a Peculiar Manner. ' Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 4. Jacob Kunklc a prominent resident or watts station, met'deatn In arvcry peculiar manner last evening. .lie was at the railroad station awaiting a train and while walking on the Jitattorm a lad with whom be had been oklng pulled the skirt of his coat. Losing ms Daiance jiunKie ren uacKwaras on his head, dislocating his neck and dying In fire minutes. FlClitliiKtheSiisarTrusf. New York, Dec. 4 Papers In a suit to restrain the American Suirur ReHnhii; Com pany from doiDg business In this State were served on John E. Bearles. treasurer of the company today. Chew Mint Julep Gum. May Come Down in Spite of Him. FORCED TO OBEY WILSON" Pittsburg's Postmaster Made to Quit Politics. Compelled to Give TJn the Clinlrmnn- sbtp of City Democracy Under Penalty of HeMlgimtlou. Pittsburg, Dec. 4. Fostniastcr Johu O'Dounell resigned the chairmanship of the Democratic city ctitnmiitce lost Highl it was learned toaay that the postmater yiiucrday received the following concise and plainly worded letter from W. L. Wilson, Postmaster General: "We are inlormed that ymi are chairman ot the Democratic city committee of Pittsburg, l'ou will either have to resign that olflce or thp pokUuasterchlp. SLEEIMNU UA U O V,M 1'UHNED. ElKbt Person In lured In a Itiillrond Wreck NeurJnekonvlUe. Jncfcsonvlt Fla., Dcc.4. The passenger train on the bavauuah, Florida and West ern Railway Irom Atlanta lo this city was wrecked ililcen miles uuith of here at 7.(15 tonight by the rails spreading. The Pullman slec'iier was turned com pletely over and the following passengers were injured: . II. G. Kneed lor, Louisville, Ky., chest badly hurl ami injured intt-raally. Mrs. II. G. Kncrdler, right arm crushed at elbow. Mr. awl Mrs. John U- Martin, Coving ton, Ky., brnUed iibuuthfait and body. bix-yeat-old child uf Mr. anu Mrs. Mar tin, fingers crushed. Mrs. Teal, mother of-Mrs. J. U. Martin, head brulci. -" u. M. -Mutt, back sprained and bruised about body. J. M.- Harnett, colored porter, temporal artery severed. All of the Injurrd wcro brought- to this city. The road was bhicked,by thu wreck for several hours. EZETA UENT ON REVOLUTION. One ot Ills Sn))ortorH.Loadn o Tue With Armj3iSS8r?i San Francisco, Decl.-he tug Barclay Golden, which Manuel Ca;ln, one or the supporters ot Gen. Ezctaf has chartered to go down lo San Salvador, will probably sail tomorrow. There arc no arms or ammunition on the tug ard no state of war exists In the South at present, there fore the government has decided to-give the boathcr tiapera. It Is stated thatr the vessel will proceed lu the direction of Acapulco and there meet a schooner loaded with arms and ammunition- The tug will not attempt to land at La Llbcrtad or Acajutla, bntwlll pro ceed to land her cargo ct a certain point on the Central American coast. There are arms and ammunition at one nf the Central American ports that will be brought off Jn barges to the tug. rcri'EK LA HoitATOHY OPENED. A Valuable Adjunct to the University of l'ennisylvanlit. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4. Theformal ac ceptance and opening of the Pepper Labora tory of Clinical Medicine, attached to the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, took place this afteruoon. A large assemblage met at the new build ing at :i o'clock and was addressed by Dr. J. S. Billirgs, the director of the Univer sity Hospital, who preseuted the building to the university in thenameof Dr. William Pepper, and by Prof. William U. Welch, of Johns Hopkins University. The building was erected by Dr. William Pepper as a memorial to his father. Southern Cot ton r.TpirsltloulnCIiIca no. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 4.-At a meeting of the presidents ot the cotton mills in Augusta and other prominent citizens, including ex Senator Patrick Walsh. ex-Congressman George T. Barnes, F. B. DeBerard of the New Vork Dry Goods Economist: D.B.Dyer. president of the Augusta Railway, and others, resolutions were adopted, looking to the holding ot a Southern Cotton Expo sition In Chicago, and committees werean poiutcd to take the matters In charge. Ad vices have been received from Cnicago. of substantial aid In the movement, anil it is sure tp result in a magnificent exposition of southern products. . Mississippi Hlver Nearly Dry. St. Louis. Dec. 4. There Is but a little over one fnot or water in Ihe Mississippi River. This Is the lawest record In nearly twenty years. Nnvigatlon Is entirely suspended, and will probably not be re sumed berore next spring. The river at Arlington, Iowa, Is frozen solid, and farm ers are hauling ihclr produce on tho ice. CarlyleCenteuary Meetliicr. London, Deo. 4. The Carlyle Centen ary meeting took place at Chelsea today. Tne Carlyle house, in Ctieyne Row. which was bought .with money subscribed In England and America, was formally handed over to the trustees. The Hon. John Morley presided at the meeting and made a speech. Steamer Sunk In Kentucky River. Louisville, Ky'Dec. 4. Thesteamer Falls City, In the Louisville and Frankfort trade. Btruck a snag in tire Kentucky river op posite Monterey, at 8 o'clock, this morning, and sank In ten feet of water. The crew and passengers were rescued. The boat carried a large cargo. . i German Cabinet Chttiiiies. Berlin. Dec. 4. The Tneeblatt asserts lhat Dr. Von Lucanus.i chief of the em peror's civil cabinet, will succeed Hcrr Von Koeller as Prussian minister of the interior and that Herr jWllmowsti. one or the chler orricials or hej chancellor's of fice, will succeed Dr. Von (,ucanus. "Diamond Sam" Casney Convicted. St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 4. 'Diamond Sam" Casney, whose record as an expert thief is International, was today convicted of steal ing $3,000 worth of diamonds from Miss Florence McClelland, of this city.last Febru ary, and was sentenced to three jears In the penitentiary. . Oklahoma Want S" to Be Admitted. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 4. A large and en thusiastic statehood convention was held at Shawnee today and a memorial adopted asking Congress to admit Oklahoma us a. State at once. .y The Venezuelan Boundary Dispute. The- Pall" MalL Gazette says that Lord Salisbury's reply tp JSecretary of State Oluey's note- in rtgard to-the British Venezuelan disputelias. been forwarded to Washington by moB, and should be here tomorrow. It is Uwaited with a good deal of Interest. That is one thine about the Misfit Clothing Parlors nt 407 Seventh street, there Is no dispute about the quality ot the clothing thej' offer you. They have.an agent In constant communication with all the leading tailors la the country, and when any goods are left on their bands he Inspects them,- and If satisfactory, makes them an offer. Bytbnt means they are enabled to sen excellent custom-made clotldng at less than the cost oT the cloth. l Vote on the Bond Bill. See announce ment on fourth pace. ' WIFE ELOPES fVIrs. Higginsan, a Boston Society Leader, Has Disappeared. YOUNG LAWYER GONE ALSO Said She Was Golns to Visit tbollorno Show Her Companion it Muu Four teen Years Her Junior They Are Thought to Ilav e Ta ken Punsuuo for Italy Society Toukucs WiijbiIub;. plosion, Dec. 4. Frances L. Higginson, wile or the ramous banker, and a toclal favorite, has forsaken her home and family, leaving no word behind her. Sue .Lad been gone over-two weeks. There Is also missing frnni Hie same social set Mr. James Wheatland Smith, a young lawyer. Mrs. Higginson Is within a few months of forty years of age, and the mother of lour chllureii. Iter husband is aUoit leu years her senior. bmlth is ouly tiventy-slx years of age. The two nave been mends in society Xor some months past, and "tne young man's devotion to the matron has caused con siderable comment. TOOK IN THE HORSE SHOW. Mrs. Higginson left here ror New York, saying that 'she intended taking in tho horse show, ami that she would be back In two or three days. Smith went to New York two weeks ago. He tsaid he was going to meet his mother, who resides at the Hotel bavoy. .in New York." and that he would be back on Thanksgiving Day. That Is the last definite Information concerning him. It is said that lio met Mrs. liiggiuson In New York and attended the horse show with her, aud that both of them stopped' at the Waldorf at least a part of the lime. It is believed that Mrs. Uiggmsou and yoJug Smith toot passage on luestcainshm ColimihliV for (Iftttftn Xowtntor 23. ---,-sr nrns523yvv3r8ft$s eoeiety is mucn wrtiugnt up over tae dual disappearance and the families of the principals are heart-broken. It 1 understood mat the steamer Colum bia will be met at Genoa by agents or the Higglnsons lo determine whether or not the belief is well founded. It is nut thought lltl'.y that an arrest will be made ir tue couple should be- found, but the Higgln sons will not say what they propose to do. Young Smith, it is said, had very little money when he left home. Mrs. Higginson ilfd uot have any great amount of casii with her, batshedid nave some valuable Jewelry. None of her friends can account for her conduct, except on the ground that she has become mentally unbalanced. GEORGIA'S BIGGEST LAND DEAL. Eight Thousand Acres Bought br One Farmer. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 4. The Chronicle has received a special from Thomson. Ga., tell ing of the largest land deal ever consum mated In this section of Georgia. The tract of land consists of some 8.001) acres lying In Columbia and McDuffle counties and situated about twenty-three miles from the city or Augusta. It was sold for division among the heirs or the late Dr. James S. Hamilton and was bought by Mr. Jotm L.Mmtn. a prosperous farmer of that neighborhood, who paid In cash $.13,000 for the tract. This deal simply goes to show that there are fanners In the South who have cash money ou hand snd who have a faith in the souitrs present and luture. . Mr. Smith will run the farm ne-ct.vear himself, placing on it tome 200 plows In addition lo those already on the plantation. Less than one-half of the tract Is under cultivation at present. HIS LOVE WAS UNREQUITED. Attempted Suicide With Rut I'oKonof a Fourteeii-Yenr-Old llov. Chicago, Dec. 4. Eddie Bushman, aged fourteen, lies at the County Hospital, critic ally HI. as the result of attempting to take his own life today. Eddie worked for the American Artisan, No. 9 McCormick block. Tms morulas ue went down to the engine room and asked the engineer it he had auv rat jioison. The engineer said he had not, but Eddie must have had better suc cess elsewhere, for a few hours later he was found In an unconscious condition. He was said to have been in love with the proprietor's daughter. FATAL WRECK OF COAL TRAINS. Engineer, Conductor ami Rrnkemun Crushed Under the Curs. Bluefield, W. Va., Dec. 4. By a wreck of coal trains on the Norfolk and Western rail road at Lick Brancli this evening three men were killed. A double train wiUi pushers was going up a steep grade when the first section broke In two. The pushers were Torced back nnd col lided witn the engine of the second section. J. W. Forlines, engineer; W. A. Straley, con ductor, and Drakciuan G. 11. neillg were burled in the wreck and killed. AH re sided in Bluefield. Virginia Muster Rolls to Be 'Copied. Richmond, Va., Dec. 4. In Uic house of delegates today Mr. Bland, ot Portsmouth, Introduced a resolution authorizing the governor lo appoint one or more commis sioners, who shall copy the muster rolls of the Virginia commands In Hie Confederate army, on file in the War Department In Washington, sucli copies to be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth and have the weight and effect of official pa pers, aud $000 Is appropriated for the purpose. , . . Mechanical Engineer Convene. New York. Dec. 4. The Association of Mechanical Engineers Is in session here. A number ot Important atid interesting Bipers were read to-night. Delegate enry Adams of Washington Is iu at tendance. Fatal Free Fluhts. Central City, W. Va.. Dec. 4. At Wil liamson last night In a free fight Rush Ferguson, a deputy sheriff of Pike county. Kentucky, was struck with a. chair and his skull fractured. His Injuries are fatal. Crushed Out His Life. Allentown. Pa., Dec. 4. William J.Evans, aged fourteen years, of Fullerton, while picking waste from Hit- carding machine at the thread mill at noon today, wascaugbt between the hacklers and instantly killed. Ills bead and chest were horribly crushed. Spalin Elected Vice President. Berlin, Dec 4. Herr Spahn. who sits as a representative of Cologne In the clerical Interests, was elected second vice president by a vote of 170. The total number or ballots cast was 370, of which ninety were blank. New Woman's Bible Denounced. Richmond, Va., Dec. 4. At Its quarterly meeting today, the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union adopted resolutions de nouncing' tho "New Woman's Blblo" i m . Cbcw Mint Julep bum. PAGES. CORBETT HAS BACKED DOWN Refuses to Meat Fitz3immon3 Under Any Circunntances. Dan'Stunrt Guarantees a Btir Purse and Immunity From Arrest. But to No AvulL New York, Dec. 4. Corbett, retired cham pion, will not agree to meet Fltzsimmons ror the $20,000 purse offered by "Dan."1 Stuart ot Texas. The ultimatum was handed lo Stuart this afternoon by William A. i,r..uy. Cort,eit did not meet Stuart. Stuart submitted articles of agreement to Brady, and made a direct proposal tn the manager that Corlictt meet "Fltz" for a guaranteed purse or $2U,0U0. "Wo .have retired," was Brady's rtply. Stuart was disgusted, but he has not given up nil hope of forcing Corbett Into a matcn with Fltzsimmons. He will now matih Maher against Fitzslmiiions. mid hopes to make Corbett agree to meet the winner. "Suppose," said Stuart to Brady, "that Fltzsiiumous whips Muber; what will you do theu?" "Cnatienge him in a minute," was the reply. Bitijirt will therefore have a meeting with J. J. Qulnn, Matter's manager, tomorrow morning and oKt-r a purse ror tho Irish champion and Fltzsimmons. The light will take place near El Paso, Texas, about the first of February, during the Mardi Gras festival. r-ASSING OF THE RED MAN. Woman's Indian Association Denlores tin- Extinction ot Aborigines. PhlladelphlarDec. 4. The wrongs per petrated u gainst the aboriginal Inhabi tants ot this country were portrayed todav at the annual meeting or the Woman's Natlonul Indian Association, which opened till-, morning ror a two days' confenuce In the Grace Baptist Church. The addresser welcome wasmade by Mrs. William Buc-knell, f Philadelphia. The Indian, she asserted, has been pushed farther and rarther west, his lands and plains taken rrom him. He has been starvvd and oppressed, but he docs not die rast enough Tor the white men who are coveting tne meager possessions which "are now his only holdings. - "rlre water" is accomplishing me ue slreii end, and the Indians are dying from the effects of drunkenness, while to their children they communicate the deadlr taint. In the seeds of consumption, which curries them off by hundreds. The address closed with an appeal to the womanhood represented In the organi zation to save the Indians and to pledge themselves to earnest, untiring, zealous work for these original owners of the virgin soil. 'ihe response was made by Mrs. Myra F. Frye, of Maine. STILL WORKING FOR IT. Chicago litis llnised S3-1.000 for tho Reiiuhlletiii Convention. Chicago. Dcc.I. A meeting of those In terested In having the Republican national convention come to Chicago was held this afternoon at the Union League Club. Of the sol citing committees only one-third reported. They had been pledged, they said. me iam.or ii,uuu, i ne iwn-iuirus were not ready to report- One hnndred thousand doBara,J: the-sura, thought requisite by Cblcagoaas lo secureine "invention-There will be another meeting Friday and the remainder of the committees are expected to report then. It Is also. expected to hear rrom some or the national committeemen. . Indian Shoots His Mistress. Raleigh. N. C, Dec 4. In Robeson county today Angus Archie Brayhoy shot and killed Marv Stronr. his mistress. Both are Croatan Indians. He suspected her or being unfaithful and persuaded her to accompany him a snort uisiance rrom me bouse late In the alternoon nnd shot her In the temple. He told some or his friends what be bad done and Imtnedlatelv left for South Carolina. He was pursued and shot but escaped. At last accounts he bad not been captured. Beaton by Masked "Men. Nashville, Mich.. Dee, 4. Masked rob bers broke into the dwelling of Daniel Jaiksou, an old farmer, living alone In Maple Grove township, last night. The robbers beat Jackson until he was ren dered Insensible. Then they bound and gagged him aud made off with a wallet containing $600. Jackson was found bv some stock luyers this morning, who had Tone to the house to purchase some tattle roni Jacksou. The old man was roughly handled and is in bad shape. . Succeeded in Killing Himself. fireenwniKl- S. C Deo. 4. Mr. Georep Harrison, who lives near here, committed suicide at bis home about 7 o'clock this morning by shooting hhnself In the head. This is the third attempt he has made to take his life, one by strychnine, one by an opiate, and this time with a pistol. No cause can beassisned for his act. i Railroad Agent Held Ul. Pawnee Cltv. Nebr.Dcc. 4. At 4 o'clock this morning Will Newlms, Burlington Rail road agent, was startled by a masked man breaking a pane ot glass of the station office aud pointing a revolver at him. commanding him to hold up his hands. An accomplice went through the safe and money drawer, securing $D0O. Virginia Miisons Elect Officers. Kl hmoud, Va. .Dec. 4. The Grand L-Klee of Masons or Virginia tonight elected J. P. Fitzgerald, graud master: A. R. Courtney, depjty grand master: R. T. W. Luke, grand senior warden; George W. Wright, grand Junior warden, aud Frederick W. Pleasants, grand treasurer. . . Asphyxiated In u Lime Kiln. Allentown, Pa., Sept. 4. An unknown man. believed to be a rolling mill puddler. laid down to sleep at a lime kiln here last night, and was asphyxiated Dy gas. lie rolled into the kiln. Both feet were burned off. Crcedon undSniIUi Matched. London, Dec. 4. Jem Smith and Dan Creedon havo been matched to tight twenty rounds at "the National Sporting Club ror a purse ot 400 on January 27. George Augnstns Sala's Condition. Loudon, Dec. 4. The Chronicle tomor row will say lhat the condition of George Augustus Sala is worse aud that be is much weaker. Auction Sales To-day. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Company, No. 920 Pennsylvania avenue northwest New Hampshire avenue and M street northwest, two-story and base brick dwelling., lot , suuare 71. Sale Monday, December -'. 3 p. In. Postponed until today at 4:30 p. m. C. G. Sloan & Company, No. 1407 G street northwest Columbia street northwest. No. lu2S, twn-story brick dwelling, and two story brick dwelling In rear or No. 1G22 Ninth street northwest, lots 1C4 and 1GB, square 3C.5, by order uf C, B. Maury and F. T. Jtawlmgs, trustees. Sale today at 4 p. ni. C.G. Sloan A Company, No. 1407 G street norti.west T street northwest. No. 023, two-3tory brick dwelling, lot 72, square 411, by order of Same. Sale today at 4:30 p. ni. Duncunson Brothers, Ninth and D streets northwest L, M, North Capitol and First streets northeast, building sites, all square 073 except original lms IS nnd lit); by order of M. M. Parker and Jno. C. Hcald, trustees. Sale Wednesday, November 20, 4:30 p. m. Postponed until Monday, De cember 2, 4 p. m. Postponed until today at 3:30 p.m. 'Duncunson Brothers, Ninth and D streets' northwest Seventh street northeast. No. 1120, two-story brick dwelling, lot 221, square 8io; by order of J. L. Johnson anil C P. Benjamin, trustees. Sale today at 4:45 p. m. liumahson Brothers, Ninth and I ftre'ts northwest It street northwest. No. 900, three-story brick dwelling, lot 0, tquare 3C3: bv order of J. L- Johnson and C. F. Benjamin, trustees. Sale today at 4:1G p. ni. . Thomas Dnwllng & Company, No. 012 E street northwest Oregon' avenue north west. No. 1811, two-storj frame dwelling, lot 01, square 132; by order of B. F. Leignton and Fiftiinnln Peyton, trustees. Sale today at 4:30 p.m. The STAR'S circulation ijn iin for last week was . . . iOl, 1iJ ONE CENT. IS. JCEniESEJ FBIOD? Its Economic and Practical Value Denied by Investigators. QUERIES FOR THE COMPANY Scientific Analysis of the Claims Put Forth by tue Acetylene People Is It Available for the Wealthy Alone? Some Things Prospective Stock holders Should Know. The promoters of the acetylene gas Inter ests In this city are Just now puzzling a great many people, who have been reading tlieprofesslous of thecompany as published In all the local newspapers. The discovery has been paraded as 6ns whch will be a gicat toon to the poor, considering the statements uf the cost of production and the captivating compari sons made between It and the Washing ton Gaslight monopoly in favor of the for mer. "But what will acetylene gas cost usT" is the question which Las been addressed in more than a Lalf dozen Instances to The Times. Another question Is: "Can there be any truth in the statement that the stock of the acetylene people is Leing bought up by the Washington Gaslight Company!"' This question appears to be well founded, considering the great Interest evinced In acetylene stock "by coal gas companies of New Vork, which are said to begetting the new gas to. mix with their own prod uct, thus making a belter light. The fact of the Letter light will presumably be used as an argument why the price of the compound acetylene and coal and water gas shall Dot be reduced. Complaint is also made to The Times that communications addre&sed to other local palters, asking for l'ght on the subject of the hew ilhiraliiant, have been peremp torily declined. This, perhaps, has been the motive in chief for asking a statement of the apparent facts so far as known by The Times, the original communications having been naturally rirst addrcsed to the papers supposed lo be not remotely connected with the new monopolistic manipulations. WHAT THE COMPOUND IS. Acetylene gas Is evolved out of calcic carbide and may be stored either In a liquid or gaseous form. There has been a good deal published about what the discovery will do for thu country but, as stated, nothing has so far been developed in which tho people at larjs could possibly have any Interest. On of the writers of a communication to The Times puts Ihe situation this way: "Presumably In common with many of your subscribers, I have read with much interest the various articles which have appeared from time to time In. the Stari coDcernlng-lhejievr.iilunihiant, acctylene." "have been present at one otthc exhibitions. wherein some or us manirest anvaniage bare been made public, and have tried, In a general way, to get all the information I could regarding this subject. "As a result, I have ascertained that there are some things which anyone csa easily get hold of, while others, unite as important, are not so readily discovered. For Instance, one can ascertain, for tie mere asking where stock may be procured, how much the shares are worth, how the gas Is made and of what It Is composed, how many times brighter It Is than ordinary gas all about the numerous advantages which would result from its use, such as the doing away with the annoyance aud ex pense of tl.e tearing up of streets in the laying of mains, doing away with meters, and consequently keeping one's gns bllls entirely within one's control, less noxious vapors, less heatn etc, all of which are grand good things in themselves, and readily appreciated by gas consumers everywhere. Bet when one gets right down to business. and tries to come at the actual cost of this gas to the consumer, as comparexl to ordinary gas or any other light, thlngR get hazy, aslt were, anil there Is an Indistinct impression created that the figures are being Juggled with." ACETYLENE MATHEMATICS. It may be ot substantial Interest aud value, however, to call to the attention ot the public two or three ot the facts from whli h this WTiter has drawu his conclusions. .Tbc statement wasmade by agents of the company to him that one ton of the calcl. carbide costs about $20 and that from this toil can be evolved 10,000 cubic feet of acetylene gas; that is to say at first cost the price ot the new gas should lie $2 per thousand, whiih Is exactly 50 cents per thousand higher than the gas whkh it. Is claimed It tan supplant- If It cannot supplant it bv being e-neaper the ir people at least ot Washington do not waul It. Tills $20 cost for the raw material, which by the way Is produced by aehemlcalprocess, does not iml.ide thecostof thephint, trans portation rates, etc., which mutt neces sarily bo paid by the cousumers. A notherciiriotisstateinentot the acetylene mathematicians Is that tbey can light a house of from ten to thirteen rooms for three months tmin a cylinder rceasurlue about six inches in diameter and from four and a half to five feet high. This cylinder. Is to tie filled with liquid, which under certain pressure can be remade Into acetyl ene gas. FIGURES BROUGUT TO BEAR. According to the calculations or the com pany a pint or the substance In the liquid lorm will produce 3CG pints of gns, or to make the calculation eusy, 400 pints. It is evident, therefore, that the liquid contents of any cylinder when turned hit" gas will make 40O times the volume of the orig inal liquid. The cylinder above described being six Inches in diameter and four and a hair feet high will hold only 1.G23 1-2 cubic Inches. This Is considerably less than a cubic foot, which Is 1,728 cubic Inches. Supposing, however, for the sake of the example that It did contain a cubic foot or the liquid, nnd, as It Is claimed, that the liquid will produce four hundred times Itself in gas. then the utmost limit of the cylinder will be four hundred cubic feet or gas. This Is the cylinder, and this Is tho amount of gas the company says will illuminate a house ot from ten to thirteen rooms for three months. Now the economic basis of calculation lsa one foot burner for each room In the house. If. one-half of the rooms (6) were lighted with one burner, each for five hours during one night, which Is a common limit, the con sumption for theslxr'oms would be-thirlv cubic feet. This multiplied by thirty nights for a month "would give consumption of nine hundred cubic feet, which Is five hun dred feet more than the total capacity ot the cylinder. Ouly halt of the house de mand would therefore exceed the capacity of the cylinder by five hundred cubic feet for onemoutli, nnd yet the claim is made that the cylinder vcould supply thirteen rooms . for three months. THE REAL COST. One of the complainants says: "I was told at the office that the cost of the gas per pint (or pound) was 20 cents. I found that one pint, as they say, will expand 400 times, or to go back to their figure. 366 times- A pint Is cue-eighth of a gallon containing 231 cubic Inches. One eighth of 231 equals, say 29 Cubic Inches, and 20 times 366 equals 10.014. A cub' (Continued on Third Tage.) pi p Dyrenforth's Success. The wonderful success or the factory sale uf nothing atllyreaforth's Is the talk ot the town. 1 9 3 ) "NF? a-is- i is.,'," -.5 e-sxtfsts-'SSt-- v-t- .r-SfssiA Jssg&kS&s. --fey jgs &! $-'1fe&-- '