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I | 'SfAijLIBHED AUGUST 24,1852. WHEELING, WEST VA?" S^OIIDAY 3fORNI^, FEBBUABY 26, 1887. VOLUME XXXY:-NUMBEB 160. " S? MMifmx. Oltlcci No". 33 nnil ?T Fuurtoonth Street, What a comfortablo littlo harvest Charleston has had, to be sure. Tnc jokes ol Komple and Morris havo done much to relieve tlie monotony of tho session. _________ Mb. I'amhbn'm friends Bra Btlckors. There'll lu pome more sticking and of anotlior kintl in tho next campaign. Mil. ltAOLASi) thinks all this is ruining the Uoinocratic party In West Virginia. As wo nno it from this distanco it would havo been bettor for tho Democracy II tho Legialaturo of '87 had nover boon born. lir refusing to confirm .Superintendent Feck tho Democrats in tho State Senate liavo groviously wronged a good man of their own party. Aboutail tho coneldora lion (Jul. Peek baa baiLlua ooino Irani llopablicaiu). Scxatob Gamokk nmdo a groat fight, bat tho fates and tho majority wero ognlnat him. His supporters woro firm onougb, but there wcro not onougli ol thorn. Mr. tadou has always boon thought to have a good memory. lr there was any reason to believo that Mr, Miuear or uny other member ol the State Senate had been bribed, or that an attempt bad been mado to bribe, tho Senate bad but one duty in tho promises, anil tbat was to investigate. A charge lmicg bo; n mado against Senator Minear, [or ei) everybody underetood it, it wae ahiuieial to refuse him a chanco to meet bis accusers. The Senate orcod tbat much to itsjlf, for ltd honor as a body wn r-3,-3'.iltil. The charge against tho Secretary ot tho Republican State Committee wan a different matter, but that ought not to iujvo bceu made unless the accuser vr&x prepared to back it up. Tub Republicans in tho Legislature stood splendidly to their guns. There waa a lime when florae of them?and enough ol them?had concluded that it was good policy to go to Mr. Camden and elect him. The IsTKLLiQENCKtt's publication o? this intention awoke the folks at homo and they raised their voices in protest. That checked the movement. The forces have wavered since, but they rallied as often as they wavered, and now they have come out with Hying colors. The three Republican votes which Mr. Camden received did not seriously impair tho main line of battle. The Intelligbnckr is awaro that there were two oides to the question, and it does not impugn the motives of the three Republicans who exercised their own iudirment and voted for Mr. Camden. But tho great body of Republicans pursued the safe course, and their action is ondoraod by the overwhelming majority of Weat Virginia Republicans. Tlie election o( Mr. Camden by Republican votes would have put the Republican party on tho defensive, and it would have demoralized the organization. <The certain loss would have been greater than any possible gain. Tho result nnnda tho Democracy homo split wide open. No appointing that tho Governor will make 2an close .up the breach in time for united action in 1S88. The Rapublicacs of West Virginia have good reason to bo satisfied with tho result, and the Intelligencer is glad to have baon Rble to contribute to it. T1I E INDIANA KACKET. Col. .Robertson Kept Out o? tho Senate-by Ocilnt- nf Dmnnnmfu. iNDHKAi'OLid, Ind., Fob. 25.?Thero was no rsnowai of yoaterdny'a turbulent scones about the Capitol this morning.? The Republican demand for'the right o( Colonel Robertson to preside over the | Senato will not bs. accompanied by any dioplay of force. Colonel Robartaon appeared at the Senate doors this morning, however, but waa refuel admission by order oJ the Democratic majority, and he then jetired/*-teSgg Republican Sonatora pursue their intention of taking no part'in the procoedinga, simply ignoring the party and Presidont pro tern. Smith. A resolution waa* offered by Senator Bailey this morning asking tho Supremo Court to act aa arbitrators upon the claims of Robertson and Smith, but the Republicans 6ay thoy have nothing to submit to arbitration. Tho Supreme Court ia not likely to tako any notice of tho matter. The attorneys' of iSmith" this morning filed their petition for a rehearing of the I appe.il on the injunction case. Up to noon there lmd been no manifestation by the Democratic majority in the Senato of their intention to unseat Republican Sonatora, eo as to secure tho two-thirda majority of tie body necessary to enable them to do ominecs without tho preaonco or votes of the majority. A molntton was passed, however, to investipato tho conduct of Senator Johnson, ^ho 6truck Senator McDonald in tho face ? -L- 1U. J.,,*,. jwieraay during mo xueioo uv mo uuv*, *ith a view to hia expulsion; NEW JERSEY SENATOUSIIIP. A Warm Time lu Joint Assembly?One Mnn Called a Linr. Treston, N. J,, Feb. 25.?Tho Joint Assembly met at noon to ballot ior United States Senator. Seventy-six moniborswere prqaont, four paired, and Mnlvoy (Dem.) absent. A resolution waa passed for tho pairing of membera ior Saturday and Monday, and tiie pairs were announced. If there was *ny hope ofaobauge to-day it was'dissipated by the ballot, which retained the dead-lock with tho exception of Mulyey's "vote?Sowell 33, Abbott 32. .Balance scat* terifl|? as usual. An informal conference was again held ?y tho "kickers" on both sidea to?day, and to possible that a break will be made &ext week. Senator Chase still votes for ^ Governor Lndlow. This morning Throckmorton answered wfl attack made on him yesterday. He W?l that it waa a cowardly thing to attack Pjni in hia nbaonce. Ho further declared VcDenaitt'a statements ai unqualifiedly laltf, that he had not promised at the caucus to vote to unseat Baird, and that Mc* JJermilt was guilty of a falsehood. Mc* permitt defied the allegation. A notice 10 return to tho regular order of business stopped tho dispute. Tired of OlHoa. Washington, D. 0., Feb. 25.?Hurry S Daraal, of Pennsylvania, a second assist 5Qt examiner, and Jamea H. Piles, o; JWo, a fourth assistant examiner in tb( patent oQlce, havo rosigned. Edmund P JJarriaon, of V/eat Virginia, an oxamine. J surveys in the Qorioral Land office, haj ^weigned. NO ELECTION. 3 vi ni Camdon Fulls to Get Enough Votes 11 to Elect Him. jn o NUMBER OF BALLOTS TAKEN, $ Si X' But Without any Result?A Break p. iu the Thirty-eight T ??_ VI FOR SENATOR SOJIMERYILLE V P' ?; tc Which Accomplishes Nothing in fj; Solving tlio Bead-lock, jj| vi a It A tf Itinir TITrl [I V U II T A IT BC a j?u nuiiunu onDOiun n Winds up In a Tame way?The l( last Hours. h " ra 11RIUEHY MATTER JN SENATE M w Turns out to be a Joke of Jake Kernplo. J ______ W ta ojfccuu vuryaicn tame ituciUQcnccr. CnAULKaTON, W. Va., Feb 25.?When p] tho House of Delegates came to order this cc morning tho entire space "within the EC chamber was tfifcen up with members and w visitors and tho gallery well filled. As 0i the time passed the crowd increased and in the aiates and corridors wero fiUod up, whilo puoplo sat on tho otepo around tho J? clerk'a dsakand speaker's stand. Whon ft? flie hour of noon arrived tho whole hall in was a ahameful jani.overy chair i.i the *u building, including those large easy " chnira which support "Ibe dignity ol tho r( Suprome Court of Appeals had been brought in and crowded into every crack ^ where a chair would lit, aud ladioo sat 011 jj1 all, even many of tho members chairs be- te ing usurped. Tho screen in front of the m door was taken away and thecroffdimmediately filled tho floor space in front of tno door. tuo nau cioaic roomr, cierfca ti< find St>r?oant-at-arma rooms and other re- le ceases of the main hall were packet! like if sardine boxes. Early in the proceedings vr the Sonatora had considerable difficulty in ni getting into tho haU and the p as pie mr.de /? a grand rtiali and captured ineinbera L desks and waste baskets as Heats. Ct Mr. Toler attempted to check tho jam- w min? of tho room by renewing the psr.ic about the unnafo coudillon cftho door, st: This had no effect. Oa the contrary name? r; body captured hi.* cbe.ir while ho w?.h an n his feet apeaking. The usual forroaltiea done with General Duahrod Prio-j arose 01 and in a carefully prepared apesch regret- or fully doserted the causo of Newman, and after causing k general belief that he was about to join tbe Camden forces lie placed in nomination Judge A. F. Ilaymond. 7: Mr.Tolerinacharacten&tic*p"eech.wbich m kept tho large aaeombly in a roar nomi- ,.f nated.Dr. A. R. Barbae and Mr. Oakea in ty a briofand well expressed eulc^y oc-conded f this nomination. ^ Mr. Hagaca nominated G antral N. Goff -y in a neat and graceful speech, one*of tho * moat entertaining of the wholo series. He .v expressed hi? gratification at the way in n which tho Democraicinterneclno war'waa ic decimating their own ranks. tv TilK BALLOTS. Tho voto gavo Johnson N. Camden 39; b! NT. GoiT, 31; Jamo3 L. McLsan, 1; A. F. m Raymond, 11; A. R. Barbae, G; A. W. J? Campbell, 1; \V. H. H. Flick, 1. Senator ?!, Snyder voted for Mr. Campbell. Senator L Minear voted first for Mr. Camden, but ^ Afterward chaugo 1 hia voto to General w Flick. After tho result was announced jj, Judge Maxwell withdraw tho name of ^ General Golf and nominated General 0l Wlinlr A nunrtrwl hnllrtt ?f?qn1fnH f!am^an 39; Flick, 81; Haymond, 12; Barbee, G; 0, McLean, 2; Campbell, 3. After the ballot Mr. Kidd moved (o ftc take another ballot. Dr. McOlung moved Qt that the joint assembly dissolve. The tfl latter motion was lost by a vote of 52 to 39. One or two, among them Mr. Lucas, afterwards changed their voto to tho nogative for the-sake of tho record. Mr. McVVhorter placed in nomination James o: L. McLean, of Putnam county. Mr. Gates, of that' county, seconded the nomination. Tho vote resulted: Camden, J39; McL-jan, 3S; Haymond, 12: Campbell, 1; R. 8. Cirr, 1. es Mr. JJagans cast tho vote for Senator w Carr. Mr. Hamilton, in explanation of M his v >te, said it looked as if the one great Pi question that came before tho Lsgislature bl of 1887 was not to be decided. It was, a therefore, a timo of grave consideration. Oi He spoke of the importance to tho organi- v( zation of the party aud government, of tho principle of tho majority rule, and cl speaking of tho rumor that one of tho st< miuority'wa3 to prolit by their nction w denounced such a motive cliochim.it with A a poetic quotation from Waltelfioott. tb Mr. Kidd also maiftj an eloqdreTplea for in Oamdon whon his name wus callod. qi When Mr. Luoaa was called ho said the hi Camden orators were' liko^ a dying swan, hi their sweetest munic is thoir last. a Mr. Raglanusaid he supposed this would it be his last vote in joint assembly and he defended tho Camden Democrats and ac- tb ousod the minority of being actuated by selfish motives and of having ruined the tb Democratic party. * 8c After tho third ballot Mr. Sommervillo H moved to tako a recess till 5 i*. si. Dr. sr Henely moved to dissolve. After, coneid- m erable acrimonious debate under the Ruise tli of explaining votes, the motion to diseolvo ai tin loinfc nsaemblv was rejected. 34ayes to d< 37 noes. After a ??ood deal of discussion ci a8 lo the right to take (i jrecess, the joint aasorably decided it conld do bo, and did sa go till 3:301'. m. m A C'lUNdApLK BALLOT. P. Immediately upon the reassembling of tho joint cession Mr. Dawson nominated ar Nathan Goff. o 1 Senator Brown nominated J. B. 8om- n' mor.villo, of Brooko county. Mr. Sommerville declined with emphasis and advocated sticking to Oamden. Mr. McOallia* I1 ter voted for Sommerville, Mr. Oarr for John K. Thompson, the Kepublicaos for ft Qoflf and the others for Oamden or Haymond. p In the House IJagans volod for General Flick, IVfr. Jiaglanii voted for Sommer- ra villa, who in all had si? votes. Before the vote was announced the changing be- ir gan. Mr. Woods nominated James borrow, Jr., and a rush was commenced to- ir ward him. Mr. Gorroll deaertod Camdon tc for J. B. JacVeoij. >Jr. Chew also voted v for Jackson. ii i Mr. Bowan changed to Frank Hereford, S Mr. Flournoy to Jackson." McOlnng, e Pugh and Hiner went to Morrow, Mr. p Van Pelt named Homer A. Holt., Mr, , Shaw named William T. Ice, of Phillip!, ii Mr. Oxley Baid, "Bring on another f) . lightning rod." . ^ i [ Thevoto stood: Oamden, 32; GofT, 31; h ? Sommerville, .4} Thompson, 4; Holt, 1; t . Jackson, 3; Hayraond, 1; Walker, 1; f< r Flick, 2; Morrow, 8; Hore/ord, I; Ice, 1. r s Mr. faagens moved thatthe joint asaem* e bly no now ?Ji#olye. Ories of uNd/' t No," "No." on tlio Democratic slilo ho voto atood 38 ayea to 03 noon. An her ballot wna ordered, Mr. Kagland nominated J, 15. Bommorllo an tho next Bonator. Mr. Tolei iimed H. H. Carr, Mr. Arnold and Mr, ond voted for Maxwell, nlao all tho Honbllcana but Maxwell, Scott and Wood' ard. Mr. Carr voted (or J olin T. Janney, rown, Gettingeri Gwlnn, McOreary, Mcalliater, Oxlov and Sominervllle voted ir Camden. B. \V. Prlco votod lor L. 8. ewman, Unger and Sweeney votod loi >mniorvlllo. Switrer. Flournoy and realdont Prlco voted lor Morrow. Van olt voted for Homor A. Holt. In the Uoubp, Mr. Dopuo votod (or Mr. olor. So did Mr. llaymond. Mr. Tolei Jted (or J. M. Hagano, Mr. llaymond tor changed to Maxwell and Senators an Polt and linger to Oamden. Dr. Dene alao changed to Maxwell, as did SenairCarr. Mr. Gettlnger changed to Bom. ervlllo. Mr. Scott votod lor w. P. Hubird. After the roll had been called more langea followed. Tho vote aa finally ado np etood: Camden, 28; Sonimerlle,9; Maxwell,33; Morrow, 10; Jackin, 1; Hereford, 1; Hagano, 1; Carr, 4; owman. 1: Hnhharil. 1! Ti'f 1. lively times* Aftor thisrote waa announced a buz? ng and running to~and fro began. Mr. amilton gavo notice time ho proposed to ovo for a roccoa that a caucua of tho emocratio membora might be held. Mr. iorria moved to dissolve tho assembly hlch waa lost, ayee, 43; noos, 47. Mr. Hughea moved to take a receaa till 30. Dr. McOlung moved to make it 7 m, Senator Dawson moved to lay tho o'clock amondment on the table. After voto wca ordered the amondment waa ithdrawn and tho original motion waa bled. Mr. Scott said if any gamo was to be ,ayed the Republicans would see if they mid not havo a voice in this matter oi ilecting a Senator. Mr. Garr said ho felt tho eame way and as getting mad, and if this thing went i any further ho would voto for Camden i about 7 minutes. Mr. Flournoy moved to dis3olve the asimbly, accompanying tho motion with a w reinarkn made atnid much confusion id numerous pointo of order, and other iterruptions. IIo Baid ho bolievod any irther votiu? waa intho intore3t of JohnY nJBwl/.n 1-><? ?,.1.1 .? " *? \jt\uliu-ju l?uu ho vjwiu uuv uuullif itiouoly cast, a vote that tended to that stilt. The vote resulted in tho rejection ol lin motion, ayes 43, noes 48. Another otion to take n recess wag made and by vote of 49 to 41 the assembly refused to ,ble it. Whereupon Mr. Hagana again oved to dia3olva the assembly, which reilted ayes 42, noes 49. During all this Mustering the Democrats wero frequent roraiudod that the General appropriuon bill and other absolutely necessary gialation had not been finished and that the short time remaining of tho session aa vraetod in the futile efforts to har.ouiza their party the Governor would be impelled to call an extra session ol tho jgislature, necessitating largely increaai expense, the responsibility for which Qulil-rest oa the Democratic majority. Tii'J chair had great diflicalty in preirviug order so that tho names and re?;>aaes could bo heard and onco had to irArt mi'- to clear the tioor. At G o'clock a recos3 till 7:30 p. m. was dered by a vote of 52 to 35, the Demoals and "Mr. CJarr voting ia the negative. t1ik joint assembly dissolves. When tlie joint assembly reconvened at o0 p. m , Mr^J)awsou got tho floor and ;oved that the joint as39mbly take a re523 till 11:55, and Mr. Morris domanded io ayes and noes. Alter tho roll call born Mr. Woodyard moved to table the otion, but thie waa ruled out of order, .r. Dawson'a motion received but six )teo. Whilo the roll waa in progress iere waa Borne delay in voting and Mr, arr said; "Mr. President, I move the aders tell them how to vote so as to get irough qniekor." Mr. Pugh moved that tho joint assemly do now dissolve and Mr. Flournoy delanded the ayes ancS noes. Tho ayes ero 40 and tho noes 42, and for tho last me President Prico announced, "So the int assembly is dissolved. The Senate ill return to its chamber in a body and id House will remain in session." There as a round of applause and then the undreda of peoplo in the hall all began i talk at onco and slowly edge their way it into tho equally crowded corridor. _ It as fifteen miuutea before anything like der could bs restored. In the meanine Mr. Ragland' moved that the Houso Ijourn tine die, but tho Speaker ruled it ic of ordur. Mr. Hamilton moved to ke a recess till 9 r. m. but withdrew it id the Houbo got down to business. w. F. 8. TIIE "WIND UP E tho Session?CoiiKrcHsnmu IIog? In tho Third House. cclal Dlnxitdi to the MclliQcucer. Chaklsston', Feb. 25.?A resolution to :tend tho session till Wednesday noon us offered this ovening by Mr. Hagans. r. McWhortor objected, which killB it. roposalo to stay out of the joint asaetny mado in tho Republican caucus with winm l/\ fAminn <Vin "flnH'a" tn nrnvanf Jtnden's election was rejected by a close >to. At a- few minutea past 11 to-night the ock in the Honoe of Delegates was opped and tho Houso took a recess to nit for the Senato to finiah tho General ppropriation bill. Tho chances of doing lis aro bUib, as at 2 a. m. tho second reaug had not been finished. It has been a larterof 12 by tho Senate clock for two jura. The usual informal informalities ive been attonded to and all is ready for ilnal quit when the Senate finishes what has on hand. Senator Carr famished a fine repast for io Sonate and its attaches. In the hall of the Houso the customary iird house proceedings were indulged in. >mebody found Congressman-elect 0. E. ogg in tho hall and called on him for a ieecb. He rose in dead earneatandcompliented tho 38 on their adherence to io principles of tho Democratic party id said tho twelve bolters would be eet jwn at the next popular election. His iticism was pretty severe. When he sat down Mr. Lucas aroao and id with cutting sarcasm that the twelve en who refused to electMr. Camden to tho nited States Senate did not aek tho adco or value tho opinion {of the ?Goneaaman-olect from tho Fourth District, id ho norconally would give him a piece ! frienulv advico. to mind his own buni !S3. ' ' CHAltQES OF UKIliERY i tho Senatorial Fight?1The Semite Refuses to Investigate. wial Dlspaloh to the lnldllvatccr. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. #5.?Mr, awson's bribery resolution came up Ihic iorning in the Senate and he offered a ibstitute, otriking out tho preamble and iserting the following: Whekkab, It ia a matter of common rutor that improper means havo been used ) influence, or attompt to influence the otes of aome members of the Legislature 1 tho mattor of tho election of a TJnitec tatos Senator; therefore be it resolved to. Then follows tho resolution already ublltihed; '' ' ' ' i ' Mr. Dawson said ho did not tnako the iformation. He had heard the" report* rom what he conoidered good authority L Oamdpn Republican known as a riea: riend of the Senator had said that a cer ain Senator had received $1,600 to Vote jr Oamden. This was corroborated bj emarks of others and by circumstantia yidenco. He said he believed the Secre ary of the Republican State Executive , Gommlttoo bad been bought touBe hla In' ilnence for Camdon. Ho bail no doubt of It la the world. Sevaral Democratic Sena' torg made Unlit ol the matter. 1 "^Iiniorrla got tho tloor Anally and , slashed light and lott with chargoa ot ' bribery and corruption. Uo was still spoaklng when the ntur for tho convening ol tne joint assembly arrived. This evening alter the Bonnto had returned to Us tihambor, tho matter again camo up. Mr. Oxloy accusod Mr. Dawson ol making grave charges against a follow Senator with an Infamous crime and then not having the manhood and back bono to stick up to It. Mr. Morris said any charge he mado hero lie stood up to. Mr, Dawson Bald tho lack ol back bono was on tho other sldo, "When I was on i the floor this morning," said he, "I said > that one Komplo,of Whoeling, a Itepubllcan who thinks Oamden ought to bo tho next Senator and la hero boarding at the Jluffner Bouse and paying his bills, of nrtltntfl hml ?nlrl fhtif /lamtian wan ? A?h fool and It wna no wonder these things got out, referring to the transactions of tula character. I had hardly taken my Boat till Kemplo came to mo and denied thie, hat later?in tho presence of my informant ho admitted that he did say that this campaign had been damnably mismanaged all through and it was no wondor theee things get out." Mr. Sommorville Bent to tho Clerk's desk and had a paper read in which Jake Kemple "lenaed up" to having.started tho wholo mattor in jost. At tho request of Senator Minear he moved to spread this on the journal, but tho 8enato refused. Tho BubBtituto offered by Mr. Dawson was rejected by a vote of 5 to 19. Mr, Oxley moved that the resolution be amonded by striking out tho directions that tho Attornoy Goneral prosecuto and providing for a committee of tho Senate. Mr. Sommervillo moved to make tho preamble read: WimiBAs, It iB charged by tho Senator from Preston etc., which was dono. Mr. Floumoy moved to table tho r eaolution. In explaining bis vote on this motion Mr. Sommervillo said ho thought this matter was inspired and arranged to influonco and inti&idato votes. Ho was notimpungniog the motives of the Senator from Pres* ton; the rules of the Senato forbado that, He might Bay that this was hia only reaBon for not doing bo. Tho Senate refused fn InKItt Hin kih/\1 nt'?~ Mr. Oxloy raovod to constitute a committee of threo to^conduct the investigation. Thifl was adopted. The resolution as thus amended, was rejected by a tie vote. The msmbera voted against it gonorally becauae they thought the amended preamble did Mr. Dawson an injustice. It is unfortunate that so serious a charge was publicly made and no opportunity for vindication olfiired~the accused. It is an open secret that Saiiator Minear is the Senator referred to.. When tho matter was up ho demanded an immediate and searching investigation, and it io a cruel injnstico to him that ho wasdeuied this right if innocent,, and as Judge Maxwell said on the floor'of the 8enate, in referring to the matter, "there is no reason to believe there is a scintilla of trut^ in the charge."! ' J ; -x) THIS NEXT SKXATOlt ainy PoHslbly Uo a Wheellug aiau?'Who Can it lie? fyicial Ditpatch tojhc Intclligaicer. Charleston, W. Va., Fob. 25.?Now that the predictions of the Intklligkncer in other respact3 have come true, it is a matter of a good deal of interested discussion whether the prophecy that Hon. D. B. Lucao will bo Governor Wilson's appointee is as well founded. There are those who argue that Governor Wilson will appoint a man from tho Northorn panhandle. Sach a man instead of interfering with his own Senatorial aspirations for 1888, as would a man from this vicinity, such a3 Henry S. Walker or J. W. StOiair, who are named in this connection, would strengthen his cause. This argument applies with equal force to the Eastern panhandle whence Lucas hails from, and his recommendations nnmber the nd uitionai one ot coming from the solid Democratic section of the State. Ifc is eai<l the twelve antt-Oamdea Democrats have given Governor Wilson to understand that they very earnestly .desiro that ho shall not appoint any one of their , number. I j?et this on good authority. Such a position ia certainly creditable to the twelvo, and if this. be true it will doubtless prevent the appointment of Mr. Lucas. With him out of the way, it is argued that a Wheeling man stands the best chance, as Mr. Wilson needs strength in thai locality .and does not in the Eastern pauhandlo, his former home and a reliably Democratic eection favorable to his causo. Snow Stornia in the East. St. Johnsbory, Vt., Feb.' 25.?The blockade on the railroads in this ecction is the-worst of this season. A hard wind prevailed all night. The mail train west rn tho Boslou and Lowell road reached here at 9 o'clock last night and is still hero waiting for tho road to be clearcd. It ia said there aro fifteen miles of road west of here upon which the snow is from fivo to twenty feet deep. Tho highways of the hills aro nearly impas8ablo. A dispatch from Saratoga, N. Y., says: Tho Adirondacks passenger train that left hero at ton o'clock yesterday morning is 6nowed in, and up to nine o'clock this morning had not reached Stony Crook, thirty miles north of here. At 8:30 last night the train was ascertained to be somewhere between Corinth and Hadley, but since then nothing han hoon lipnnl from it. Thero were but few passengers onboard. 1 A llcgalnr Blizznrd. Farming-ton, Me,, February 25.?A regular blizzard haa prevailed here Binco.yesterday. A snow atorm raged in the forenoon. AbouJ eix inches of snow fell before night, and a pale followed. Immense drills blocked all toads and passenger trains are cancelled, something which has not happened before for over twenty years. A^lgnmontntDnvlR. Corrctixmiencc of the IntclHgcnccr.. Davis, Feb, 24.-?Haskins & Oarrico made an assignment.yesterday to Robert Simpson & Co., of "Wheeling, preferred creditors. Tho aaeets will nearly if not quite cover all indebtedness. ' " The Black water Hotel, capacity 100, lighted by gas, built and owned by the West Virginia Central & Pennsylvania Railroad, was opened laot Monday. It haa been leased by H. N. Worden, of Keyser. Everything is first class. NEWS IX 1WIEF. A notorious woman, Ollio Ellis, known as the "Puchess," and originally hailing i from Cincinnati, has been trying to blackmail Mexican Minister Romero. Internal revenue receipts for the sevon 1 ?*V,o Tannn.n 91V _ *-11! uiuutuo w, DU?? ? wuiujj off, wholly m spirits; tobacco and ferJ mented liquors report an increase. At Red Oak, la., a freight train, pnlled , by a mo^nl ongine, crashed into another i standing on the track. Fifty cars were badly wreckad, and Frank McKay, of Van ' Buren county, la., was killed. Elmer Bright and John Martin, of theaamo lo, cality, were injured. j The body of Lowellyn Williamfl was . found two miles northwest of Cambria, r Wis. "Williams attended a musical union thoro on the 10th' inst. In the ovening s he, with a few friends, .went to a farmer's r houBo, about t\yp iriileg *orth, to ba on1 tertalned for thor night, but on reaching - thero, refusodto go in, and started'back 9 for town. . A bliwttd wag raging. WASHINGTON NEWS. THE POWJUll. OF THE PRESIDENT To Appoint tlio Interstate Commerce Gum* ?ilf?lo?er? Uuriiiff the Vacation of tho Hoimto-A I'robublo Commissioner. No Extra tiodslon of the Senate. Washington, D, 0? Feb. 25,?A qnestioa has arinen on J was laid boloro tho President Into this afternoon as to his powor to appoint tho Inter-State Oommorco Uommicmonora alter tho adjournment of the acoolon. It is held that tho powor conferred to fill vacancies which may havo happened during a vacation ol tho Sonato does not covor tho right to appoint to a newly created office which io to bo filled by and with tho advice and coueout o! the Sonato. It la understood that Senators Harris and Fugh are among tho number who so heliovo, ami <W limnln. it. - huuj.?.xii kgll wu1cu uj'uu iuu i President thla atternoon to direct his attention to tho matter. On tho otbor hand, It in argned that a vacancy happens as mack by tho act or creation as by tho death or ronignation ol tho incumbnnt and which are believed to bo tho decisions by tho Attorney Goneral covering the point to tho ull'-.ct that the President haa the power to nppoint. A Proliablo Commissioner. Nkw Yobk, Feb. 25.?Andrew B. White, eX'preBident of tho Cornell University, h(i3 been tenderod by President Cleveland one of tho commissionerships under the Intor-State Commerce bill. Ho will'probably dcclino it tn-morrow. Mr. White is now in tho city, having como hero to conBultwith friends as to tho advisability of accepting. The letter from thoPresident offer- , ing him the position ia lengthy. Mr. Cleveland says among other things, that he ia much troubled over tho composition of of the commifieion. Ho feels it necessary that Now York should be represents! on it, mnce the State ia tho cantor of the railroad systems ami the transportation bueinoes of tho country. This wish io expressed to secure &3 tho New York member u man of high standing, personal integrity and ability,- and he thinks Air. Wbitu would fill tho requirements. DEFICIENCY APPKOPUIATIONS. What tlio Hill Provides For uutl Wlmt it Noglootfl, Washington, D. 0., Fob. 25.?The regular DoHciency bill vras reported to ths House to-day from the Committee on Appropriations. It appropriates $3,573,504. The estimates worb $7,550,915. ; Amon^ the legislative provisions is ono appropriating $500,000 for the.payment to importers' of interest and costs on judgments and diaeoutinuod suits in customs cases, and proponing an amendment to section 3.0LI of the Revised Statutes of ' the United States so as to limit the legal rate of interest on such repayment to 3, per cent. * This provision was inserted at the request of tho Acting Secretary of the Treasury, upon his representation that tho importora aro at preeent entitled to the legal rate of interest iu tho State whero judgment Y/as rendered which results in a lack of uniformity inpayments. For floTago (damapo) claims, on account of the Fox and Wisconsin rivera in Wis uuuaiu, ^iuu,uuu ih upprupriaiou, una mo . time limited lo July 1 next, within which \ time the claims may bs presented. Tho Department of Justice gets $030,- ' 000, mainly for United States courts,* and tho Postoffice Department 5513,000 for general deficiencies. 1 About $1,000,000 is appropriated for aud- l ited claims, mainly those of soldiers for buck pay, bounty, lost horses, etc,, and j $130,000 i3 eiven for judgments obtained , before.tho Court o? Claims. No provision , is mado for judgments obtained before the \ United States' Supremo Court. For the i Ckoclaw Indian Nation $2,S50.000 is ap- i propriated. _ - , i No provision is made ior the payment of ] Central Pacific Railway claims for trans- , portation,, carrying mails, etc., for the j Government. j Cltango iu Inauguration Day. ' Washington,.!). C., Feb. 25.?Eefore tho House Committee on Judiciary to-day, Rcproaentativo Crain, of Texas, made an ' argument in support of: hia ^ proposed 1 amendment to the bill chancins- Presi. ! dential inauguration day to April 30. # ( Mr. Crain'o amendment harmonizes i other sections of tbo constitutions to the 1 provisions of the bill by amending Article 1 12 of the Constitution in relation to the ' To-Night,=< SATURD^ MIS MISS FAY has just returned from an and in the FULL ELEOTRICJ LIGHT. NC MISS FAY is positively the only Iat tested her in every concoivable way that in] illustrations given in their presence were bo her. Homo claimed odic force, some eloctric Hands and Faces yrill be seen bo plainly as I I ' '^ BAV1^ J tlma for tho mooting ol tho Congress to count tbo voto ol tho h'lnten lor President, etc. Tho amondmout alno terminate!) thu fiftieth Uoujreua un December 31, 18SI), anil provided that all subsequent Congrctam shall begin tho second Tuesday In January. At the conclusion of the argument, Mr, Taylor moved to report tho Senato amendmen*, favorably, hut his motion wan defeated. Mr. Tucker, tho chairman, was then instructed to propara In season lor tho committor/!! action to-morrow n irabetituto for tho donate provision embodying tho Crain amondmont. TEXAHELlXrriONS. Further Imiulvy Into tho llnllot Itox bcitmlnW In Hint State. Washington, 1). 0., Fob. i!5.?John II. Roberta (white), was sworn and examined by tho Texas Investigating Committeo this morulng. Ho dcscribod tho condition ot affairs In Washington county previous to tho formation of tho People's tlckct. Not a Binglo Hopublican iiad held a monoy offlco in tho county elnce tho war who had not been accused of stealing tho public money. Witness iB a voter at Qraball. Aftor tho killing of Bolton on election day last No* vembor, there was great excitement. On the Sunday following tho negroea collected at Babley'u OhuTch, two inileB from Graball, and were bo much excited, over tho arrest of thoir follows who were accused ol the killing that they would not go into tho church, but remained outside "caucusing" among therasolvoa. They mado threats that if tho arrested negroes were not released within a certain timo thoy would unite and massacre the whites. Tho whites in the neighborhood aro outnumbered about six to one by tho blacks, and are completely at their mercy. In consequenco of these threats tho whitos held a meeting, and witness, as Secretary of tho meeting, telegraphed to tho ShorilT at Brenham to come with fifty men to tho protection of tho whites. Tho Shoriff came with seventeen or eighteen men. The whites armed and-organizod and rode out to meot the Sherili. After a conaultation thoy rodo home, Henry Mueller, a German Republican nditnr nnil rmhHnnn* r?f ?? paper at irenham, waa examined by Senator Eustis. He waa a Union soldier throughout the rebellionsnd ia a pensioner. He supported Blaine in tho last national canvass, lie described tho condition ol local affaira and in a general way the acts of mal-adminiatration which gave riBO to a fusion ticket. The reputation of Hack-, worth and Schutze [memorialists] was' not good. Hackworth'a waa not good for solvency. A Republican could vote and act with his followers without molestation in Washington county. W. W. Seary, an attorney at law and chairman of the Washington County Democratic Executive Committeo for the last six years, testified that the People's ticket waa formed lor the purpose of ridding the tax-payera of thieves who lived | there liked vipera upon the tax-payera' substance for the laat twenty years. Witness enumerated four instances 6i Republican mismanagement of tho county revenues. No Spocial Session. Washington, D. 0., Feb. 25.?Senator Sherman received a personal note to-day from the president stating that ho has sonferred with a number of Senators on the subject and has reached the conclusion that there exists no neceesity for a opecial session of tho Senate. Ho says he will jail none unle83 aorne unforseen contingency arises. Poison oil Coll'eo. Ciiattanooga^Tknn., Feb. 23.?A singular ease of poisoning ia reportod here. Isaac Gardner and hia wife lived alone in the weatern portion of the city, but occasionally took boarders. Last night they ite Btipper alone, and in a ahort time both became deathly sick and wero attacked cvith violent spoils of vomiting and terriale pain. Beforo a physician could bo lummoned the woman was dead and her ausband dying. It has been fonnd that poison of some kind was placed in tho ;ofleo thoy drank. No theory has been idvanced as to how the poison woe-put in the coffee. That Box Mystery. ) Pittsburgh, Feb. 25.?Tho Cincinnati box mystery was cloared up to-day by a foung physician named John Osborne, of 5'uterville, Pa,, calling at the Baltimore & Dhio express office for the box. Ho was BECorted to the Mayor's office where he made a statement under oath that the body found in the box was that of anogro vho died at the Cincinnati hospital and DAPSTO oistej istia-: ly evened First Appearand) In tliis City or that IVi S ANN/ AND HER COMPANY OF ENGJ ifttfn extended tour of Europe, and will on thif ) CABINET USED WHATEVER. ly in tho world who has the endoreemei tenuity conld snggcot, and at the finish o yond human aid. 8uch Scientists as Prot :ity or moRnBtlora, and still others superna to bo recognized by persons in tho audiem i had boon Bent nftor doath to the Eclectic 1 Collogo oa a medical subject. Alter ills- J soctton It was given Into the linnda ot Oakorno who shipped It home to artlculato , the slioloton. The Doctor had not heard * ot tho myntory and oxcltomonl tho box hod occasioned, and when ho was toid fi that ho would liavo to go before the coroner was badly frightened. a rmsoxiiit's kscaims From Jall-Uumed III* Wnjr Oat With n Kvd Hot I'ok?r? OnicAao, Feb. 25.?Tom Worth, nllno B Jim Frooman, who eocopod Irom tho f1 Oconto jail Sunday night, was caught hero t yostorday. I Worth was undor arrest lor Bhooting k tho Town Marchol last Bummor. This is o il,? lLt.,1 II t- - 1 i?' buu luiiu uuiu uu uiui urojten j an oince ? his arrest, nnil tho story ot his eecapo this '' time, as told by him, was Interesting. IIo ? effected It by burning a holo through the j! coiling and tool with a poker. j "1 was over two months," Worth said, j "in burning that holo throuRh. I hr.il . only four or five minutes oaoh day In n which to work. That was when a fallow ? confined In another cell on tho came Uoor j wont down Btairs to get coal. I didn't n, daro do anything whon ho was about, lor (car ho would givo me away to tho jailor. ,, I was confined in a'coll on tho second Uoor of tho jail. Tho building Is constructed of n heavy logs, twenty inches thick. The e( ceiling is of logs about fourtoen by sixteen ? inches. In tho corridor in front of my a door was a coal store. j, "Along in December the plan came into my mind to burn mjself out. I knew it was no nso to try tho walls, but thought 1 might make my way though the colling. Ii That was covered with inch boards over u tho logs. I managed to pry thoso off and ' oavo tho nails. Then I started in to bum off lht> ends of tho logs, when I thought I ?! could raise it. I managed to burn the }' ends off, but found a heavy log rested lc acrocs it above. Then I had to commence f over again. Tho cell was whitewashed, " n,wl (i... ?Mno I Iw, 1.1 III -< X . n> tuu vu.fU .um nuuiu IHU uu i uavoa and dissolved in my wator cup, and with P1 this painted the plncea about tho nail w holes so nothing would bo Buspocted. You cj goo, thoy searched my coll onca or twice a J" week, and I had to bo mighty careful. tc "As soon aa tho other prisonora would ?f go down etaira ovory day I wonUl romove tho boards, heal tho poker, and burn one J or two holes. It was slow work, but I had Rood luck, and finally tho block was cl. only held by a lew unburned points. P' Thoy had good ventilation in tho jail, and uc tho smoke was all carried up and out. re Sunday night I removed tho block and crept up, alter Retting rid of tho shackles. Once overhead I had to cut through the tv weather-boarding. Icamo near sticking . there, as I got the hole too small. Twice 111 whan I was burning out the hole in the (1 ceiling the wood got on tiro. I,put itoutby w taking a mouthful of water from my cup gf and climbing up and blowing it over the ol flamo in n Bpray. ?It was a closo shave ti both times." vi E Destructive Fire nt Ilaltimoro. Baltimoeb, Feb. 25.?Shortly before 7 o^ o'clock this morning the Bix story iron w front and warehouse of Darby & Com- |Jj pany, candy manufacturers at Baltimore and Howard streets, was discovered to bo on fire. Within twonty minutea all the walla had fallou. A four story buildine " in the rear, also occupied by Darby & J! Company Y/aa destroyed. Several bun- J dred person are employed by them, tho g larger part of whom are females, but the b fire fortunately occurred a few minutes Q\ beforo the time for them to go to work. 61 So intonco was the heat from the fire that P all tho heavy plate glass windows and ? doors on tho opposite oido of Howard jf street, in the warehouse occupicd by Cook, Ilomor & Oo., plumber's supplies, b were broken. Tho damage to Darby & . Co., on buildings and stock is estimated JJ at upwards of $200,000, nearly all of which is said to be covored by insurance. J; The fire is supposed to havo originated from a gas jot in the cellar. " | n A Womnu Hoar tlio Xoane. ai Herkimer, N. Y., Feb. 25.?Mrs. Rosa- ?j lana Druse, who will be hanged in the 0j jail yard in tho rear of the Herkimer m 1 county jail on Monday next at noon, more and more realizes her fate as tho timo I draws near. Her little eon arrived yesterday to re- iv I main with hiu mother until tho dreaded I, .t-t . J? M j cvL'Ub ?a ovei. wnull inu rcoinor B&W 1110 kU little boy-she cried es though her heart at would break. The Sheriff's office ia hourly h: beseigcd by influential persona aaking per- fi{ mieaion to visit the condemned. lie ia ta very kind but firm in refusing admiaeion qj to any ono. The droaa the woman ia to tl wear on the fatal day will be black, and a! will bo tritnmod with flashy colored rib- a bona. __ ac M R!NK.: HIT ONLY. 3J-, iFKBiRtTAJEl irlil-Fumous Indoscrlbablo Phenomenon, I EVA FJ CilSH EMINENT MEDIUMS, IN 5 occasion present an entire new line ol Mani: it of the Royal Scientific Socicty of London f this investigation presenting her -with a ps i. Crooks, Huxley, Varley, TyndalJ, Sargent,< tnral powers. Mies Fay calls it Spiritualism; !0.' oat in Mid-Air! The Spirit-Hand u anty to thirty commnnications will bo rocoivei iwors will bo received for the ladies, and m:\n; witnessed in any seance in America. )ORS OPEIT AJI? i UOjULIHEIVCE AT ! lectrlcity o? sitic force."?Zondori Standard. oe of the most sensational seaiicea ever given: ia fortunate that Misa Fay did not live in Uc aave hoen condemned and branded as a witch, [comprehensible."?Iuondon {Eng.) .Times, 'e do not bolieve in Spiritualism, but whon ha to thinking."?Nashville American. ioo Fay's seance at Hooley's Thoatre laat night ?Chicago Times. ae beat exhibition of occult force or power we isa Fay iB the only lady who haa over visite es her aeanceain tho broaa gaslight, without: ?Detroit Free Press. vory ono of her oeancea have received tho n and art and everything olae but God's own tri ,er lovely in charactorand person, and oho h oe,"?Xoslon Herald. * i spite of any precaution taken by tho socicty >rough tests trlumphant.'U/tonfa Post Appeal. OMISSION, POPULAR WES ^Reserved Seats on sale at Baumer's Music St DOORS OrJIN AT 0:45. C( EARTHQUAKE ECHOES. DUMBER OP KILLED AND INJURED omowliat Exaggerated, but Largo Enough. Two Townit Totally Doittroyeil atul Others Tartlally DciuolUliod?Fugitive* Flocking to Furls?Another Shock* London, Feb. 2S,?A dispatch from Nlco ays that another earthqnako ahock was lit in that city this morning. The diearbance was slight. Dispatches from lomo rIvo tho following official list of Ulod and wounded: Bajardo, 300 killed nd wounded; Dlano-Marino. 250 killed nd injured; Brceaano, 50 killed and 3G ajured; Diano Costollo, 30 Jcillad; tastolano, 30 killed and many ijured. The number of poreone illed is lees than was supposed, t is estimated that in the provincoof orto Mauriaeo 1:70 persons woro killed nd 150injured. In the provincoof Gooa 34 were killed and 37 injured. Bojardo ad Diano Marino wore the only places estroyed. Oarvo was only partially damped. The churches at Bajardo Oastollaro ud Aurigo were thrown down by tho soerfty of tho shock. Paris, Feb. 25.?Hotels are crowdod ith fugitives from Rivera. Many reach1 this city partially dressed and others ithout luggage. A number of ladies ro Buffering from illness caused by igbt. . LamllonU to Ultimo. London, Feb. 25.?Tho report of the :lsh Land Commission was not signed f Commissioner Knipe, who is an Ulstor mant farmer. Tho Earl of Milltown gued tho report, but bo dissents from to leading paragraphs. According to a irocaet, the report suggests that landlord bo permitted to re-cover only ?o years instead of six years' rent, id estimates the fall in agricultural riceB in two years at 18J per cent. The sport alBO attributes many cases of boyjtting and illegal practices to the refusal ! landlords to abate rents. Lord Milliwii dicflents from this view, and protests tftiust the reduction of tho term of judip1 rev'iBion from fifteen to live years, ominiesioner Knipe writeB that he canst be expected to understand the legal muges suggested, but he declares emlatically tbat there would be no illegal >mbiuations if there wero no unfair inta. _____ Ulnj 1'ana Without l)ebat?, Berlin, Feb. 25,?It is expected that loSsptennto bill will pass the throe readies without debate. The Vosskhe Zcitung Radical) calculates that the Government ill bave a majority of six. The idea is lining ground that the enhanced strength ! the National Liberals will lead to a rupire of the National Liberal and Conseritive coalition after the passage by the eichstag of the Septennet bill. The Poit advises the Government not to /oratrain its bow, but to confine itself, i before, to absolutely neceasary measrce, especially thoso relating to financial Hairs. Stnnlo;'* Expedition, London, Feb. 25.?Henry M, Stanley ilegraphs from Zanzibar recounting the sizure of the Sultan of Zanzibar's steamer lilwa and the bombardment of the Tungi y the Portuguese. In the opinion of Mr. tanley Portugal is acting in a high-handi manner, relying on the non-interferace of Germany. Paasiveneas on the art of England, Mr. Stanley says, will be loafc injurious to a valuable trade. Engind and Germany together ought to cry Hands off" to Portugal before irreparale mischief enauea. Mr. Stanley, in reference to the expedion for the relief of Emin Bey, says that le party have embarked on the steamer [adura. The expedition consists of nine luropean officers, sixty-one Soudanese, lirteon Somalia, six hundred and twenty Btivea of Zanzibar, three interpreters, a<l Tippu Tib, the Arab trader, and forty [ his followers. Couriers have gone rerland with lettors to Uganda, while ;hers have been sent to Stanley Falls to leet the native chiofs. IUIhh Vftu Zftut in Wax. Chicago, III,, Feb. 25.?Judge Garnett lis morning dissolved the injunction of iisa Nina H. Van Zant againBt Louis Epearns, a museum manager, reatrafning im from keeping on exhibition a wax ynrn nf HoV. Owinn Hio ?/?*/??.. ..i-w ?* lined by tha plaintiff growing out of her mounced purpose of marrying one of 10 condemned Anarchiata, thefdefendlfc set up for exhibition a wax figure of woman,' the exhibition of which ahe >ugbt to restrain. ' : =To-Night. LY 26, >&?, \Yl testations never before Been in Wheeling , England, they having tor three months irchment ceititicate to the effect that the Cox and the Dnko ol Edinburgh indorse you may call it what you may. Forms, 'ill taer Every Question! 1 for the people in the audience. Beauy other teats of remarkable power, never 3:450'0L0CK, 3 SHARP. in New York."?iV. Y. ITcrM, Die. C. itton Mother's time, for II eho had ehe ,"?N. Y. Sun, Dec 0. ntln mado things move in full gaslight it was the best wo ever Baw on any public ever saw in public."?K y. Tiina. td Detroit and given perfect satisfaction, resorting to the trickery of a darkened lest thorough scientific test. She defieB ith. Spiritualism 1b her religion. It has ersolt is a enbUme oxamplo of its Bweot Mies Fay comes out of the most Bovcro - 25 & 35 Gts. oro, ttlMENCE AT 8.