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GENUINE I
ALBEMABLE PIPPINS,
VOL. XVII, No. 1?0
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TOO GAY.
Another Naval Paymaster Disappears
From His Post.
Washington, March !J.?Another naval
paymaster lias left his post of duty with?
out leave, the officer involved in this case
being William P. Brawley, of the Yantic,
on the .South Atlantic Station at Monte?
video. The cable brings meagre details
of his escapade, which is not connected
with pecuniary matters, but involves the
wife of a brother oflieer. Brawley is a
young North Carolinian, ?on of an ex
Congressman, appointed to the Jservice
.May 33, 181)5.
A Week ago he cabled his resignation
to Secretary Herbert, urging its imme?
diate acceptance, and the following day
lie disappeared from Montevideo, 'either
by land for Patagonia or by sea to Cape
of Coed Hope.
The navy department promptly asked
Captain Yates Sterling about che cause
of tha resignation, and to-day a reply
came telling of Brawley \s (light after
?'scandalous conduct affecting a brother
officer's honor," and advising the accept?
ance of the resignation, his accounts be
ing all right and there being no contin?
gency by which any government loss could
result from getting rid of him.
FOUGHT A BATTLE.
London, March ft.?A dispatch from
Cauea, Crete, says that nu engagement
was fought last evening between the
Bashi-Bflzonks, of the villages "of Narak
oron and Tehikatria, and the Greeks on
the heights of Malaxa. Tin- lighting
lasted two hours.
I can offer you the liest, flooring, ceil?
ing and dressed boards In the city for the
price. J. H. WILKINSON.
ROA
Two Big Men Exchange Formal
Galls.
THE ^LATEST CABINET GOSSIP
FROM THE* NATIONAL CAPITAL.
BLISS, OF NEW YORK, HAS CON?
SENTED TO BECOME A MEMBER
OF THE MAJOR'S OFFICIAL
FAMILY?THIS SOLUTION OP THE
NEW YORK PROBLEM APPEARS
TO 1510 ACCEPTABLE .TO ALL
CONCERNED.
Washington, March 3.?The President?
elect is in an excellent Mate of health to?
day, lie restctl well and was exceedingly
phased wltli the ?jiiiet dinner and even
in:,- he passed at. the White House with
President and .Mrs. Cleveland.
At. half-past ten this morning Gov.
Lowndes, uf .Maryland, accompanied by I
his stall', called ami was received in the
hotel parlor. Late this afternoon there
was a number of conferonces'in the rooms
of the Preside nt-olcel on the subject of
tin; Cabinet.
It was 11 o'clock when the? President?
elect drove to the White House in the rain
to make the customary formal call.
Quite a crowd had collected near the por?
tico in anticipation of his arrival, and
hats were removed with n-light cheer
when la? alighted from his carriage, ac?
companied by Secretary J. Addison Por?
ter.
.Mr. McKinley acknowledged the ova?
tion by smiling by lifting his hat and nod?
ding to the assemblage and then walked
quickly into the main corridor, whence
he was ushered through the great stained
glass screen to the Mine Room, where
President Cleveland and Secretary Th?r
her stood expectingly. The hand-grasp
of the President was noticeably cordial in
greeting his successor, and while the two
Secretaries and Mr. Roll drew aside, Pres?
ident Cleveland asked interestingly re?
garding .Mr. McKiuley's health and as?
sured Mr. McKinley that he would be
able to take part in to-morrow's physical
ordeal in spite of the pain he was snirer
Ing.
The interview was brief, for the Pres?
ident elect had remained at the White
House last night until P> o'clock discuss?
ing the. inauguration arrangements and
the alTairs of state, which are left over to
worry him, and, besides, the visit was
purely one' of courtesy in acknowledg?
ment of last night's hospitality. Within
two minutes of his entry the President?
elect and those accompanying him drove
away.
President Cleveland and Secretary
Thurber returned the call at noon.
The throng of callers at the White
House shows no lessening. Among them
to day were Captain Robert Evans, who
is perfecting arrangements for a ducking
expedition on a lighthouse tender, to he
gin Thursday night: .lust ice White,of the
supreme court; Commissioner of Patents
Seymour, Marshal Wilson, .lo>iah Patter?
son, of Tennessee, (ien. John M. Wilson,
chief of engineers,and a host of Congress'
men who wanted pet measures placed on
top of the heap on the President's desk,
an.l who went away satislied that ties
??otthl he done.
In spite of the rain inauguration crowds
came in droves and tracked mud over the
rich carpets of the East room, which was
the only apartment open to the public
It is announced that this morning Cor
nclius N. Bliss agreed to reconsider his
determination to remain in private life
and censeuted to enter Mr. McKiuley's
Cabinet as the representative of New
York State. It is stated that the position
to which he is assigned is Secretary of
Interior, and the formal tender of a Cab?
inet position was made to him tins alter
noon, but Mr. Bliss' New York friends
want him to be Secretary of the Navy and
he would prefer that portfolio himself,fo>
the reason that he is not a lawyer, and
the tradition is thai the post of the Sec?
retary of Interior shall be occupied by a
la ivy t r.
Gov. John D. Long, of Massachusetts,
who has been slated for Secretary of the
Navy, and who did not expect to reach
here until sometime to-morrow, has been
communicated ? with by telegraph and
asked to cotne to Washington immedi?
ately. It is apparently the intention to
iisk him to become Secretary of the In?
terior so as to leave the navy portfolio
open for Mr. Bliss.
Prominent Republicans,who have heard
the statement that Mr. llliss is to he a
member of the Cabinet, express great
satisfaction at this solution of the New
York problem. Mr. Bliss #is acceptable
to all fact ions.
If the arrangement as above outlined
is carried out the new Cabinet will be as
follows:
Secretary of State, John Sherman, of
Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman .1.
Gage, of Illinois
Secretary of War, Russell A. Alfter, of
Michigan.
Attorney General, Joseph McKennn, of
California.
Postmaster General, lames A. Gary, of
Maryland.
Secretary of the Navy, John]). Long,
of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Interior, CorneliusN.
Bliss, of New York.
^.Secretary of Agriculture. .lames Wil?
son, of Iowa.
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CORWIN ARRESTED.
The Defaulting Naval Paymaster
Caught in Chicago.
Chicago, March I).?John .Corwin, the
absconding paymaster of tlie navy, who
Was stationed at Newport, K. I., whs ar?
rested in Chicago tins afternoon. He ar?
rived here tins morning from New York
city. Shortly before ;$ o'clock Inspector
Fitzoatrick received a message over the
lonu distance telephone from II. (). Head,
chief of the police of Newport, that Cor?
win was in Chicago and that he would
register at the Palmer House under the
name of J. Reeves. Detectives were im?
mediately sent to the hotel and arrested
Corwin as lie was writing his name on
the register. Corwin made no effort to
conceal his identity and readily confessed
to all the. charges made against him by
the navy department. The police iccov
cred $3,050 in his possession.
(lor win decamped from Newport last
Monday, after having cashed a check for
$5,000. An investigation of his accounts,
it is aliened, revealed that be was be?
tween $5,000 and $10,000 short, exclusive
of the amount of the check. Monday he
was culled upon to explain the deficit.
Instead, however, Corwin went to the
First National Haul:, the Government de?
pository at Newport, and drew a check
or. the Union National ;r.ank, of Bostcu.
for $5,000, and au hour later be. had left
the city.
The police learned that he had pur?
chased a ticket to New York, and detec ?
tives were sent to search for him. He
succeeded, however, in eluding arrest,
and to day it was learned that he had
cnine to Chicago. His wife lives ill
Brooklyn, and according to his own story
he nut her there and gave her $2,000 of
the money he hud secured at the Newport
bank. The remainder, lacking $50, was
found in his posscsion to day.
While being questioned by Inspector
l'it/.patrick In.- answered nearly all the
tpicstions put to him. lie denied that he
had spent any money "in gambling or
high living, but admitted that he was
several thousand dollars 'short in his ac?
counts. He --aid that while he had not
used this money for hlmseli he was re?
sponsible for it. He refused to say what
was done with the cash.
QUAY GOT MAD.
He Told Mr. Hoar He Was a
Lunatic and a Liar.
Washington, March it.?The Senate re?
sinned its session at 8 p. in. but in the
absence of a quorum there was no at?
tempt to transact business. The Sena?
tors who were present beguiled the time
in chatting with each other, and the
crowds in the galleries sat waiting pa?
tiently for the procceedings to begin.
At o'clock a quorum was obtained
and then a vote was taken on the bill
vetoed by the President granting a pen?
sion to Rachel Button and resulted:
Yeas, :!st; nays, 10. Bo the bill was
passed over the President's veto.
Another vetoed pension hill, that grant?
ing a pension to CarolineD. Mowatt, was
passed over the President's veto by a
vote of .13 to ?
Mr. Cullum announced that he would
forego any further attempt to pass the
nnti-scnlping bill, owing to the strain
under which Senator- had been of 'ate
autl the certainty that the bill could not j
pass.
Mr. Quay having several times suggest?
ed the absence of a quorum, thus neces
skating a roll call, and a quorum each
time appearing, led Mr. Boar to enter a
vigorous protest against his dilatory
tactics. "It was never intended," he
said, ?"that the rules should put it into
the power of one man to prevent Sil men
doing business, one who in the same con?
ceivable case might he under the influence
of liquor; and I think it is.''
Mr. Quay?"1 desire to say to the Sena?
tor that if he intends to say that I am
under the influence of liquor he-."
Mr. Hoar?"I make no .-itch intima?
tion, Mr. President."
Mr. Quay?"Is a lunatic r?r a Bar, and
I will not tolerate a suggestion of that
sort from the Senator from Massachusetts
or anyone else. I am doing what I am
doing'in the interest of myjeonstituents.''
Mr. Hoar repeated his disclaimer of
any personal allusion to Mr. Quay, to
which the Pennsylvania Senator replied
with a remark, sotto voce, that the mere
suggestion wns a ''filthy one."
Did you see the "Old Field" school be?
fore:' If not come to-night.
A MILITARY CON VBN VION.
London, March:!.?The Post to-mor?
row will publish a dispatch from Con?
stantinople to a news agency here, sav?
ing that the collective note from tin
powers presented to the porte yesterday
mentions the withdrawal ol the Turkish
troops gradually from the island of !
Crete and suggests a military convention
between the powers and the porte for the
settlement of details. The dispatch also
says that the negotiations are progressing
between the powers and the porte regard?
ing the appoint ment 'ol a governor lor
Crete, who, it is said, the port;; in-.i-.t-.
?hall he a Turkish .subject.
WEST BEAT WALCOTT.
New York, March :t.?The twenty
round contest between Joe Walcott, of
Boston, and Tommy West, of Chicago,
at catch-weight, which occurred in the
arena of the Broadway Athletic Club to?
night, resulted in a victory .for West.
Both men were on their feet at the con?
clusion of the twentieth round, but West
bail done the cleverest work and the refe?
ree awarded him the bout.
LIBERAL SUCCEEDS LIBERAL.
London, March :t.?The election to fill
the --eat in the house of commons for tic
Halifax district made vacant by the re?
tirement of William RaWSOIl Shaw,
liberal, was held to-day and resulted in
the return of Alfred Bilson,*.liberal.
1 have received a car of sash, door-, and
blinds, bought when the price was tin
lowest ever reached in the history of the
manufacture of these goods. Yon know
what this means. J. H. WILKINSON.
SUAY, MARCH 4,
House Passes Immigration Bill
Over Cleveland's Objections.
MANY AMENDMENTS TO APPRO?
PRIATION BILLS CONCURRED IN.
SEVERAL BIG BILLS STILL RE?
MAIN WITHOUT FINAL ACTION".
LARGE CROWDS WITNESS THE
CLOSING HOURS OP CONGRESS.
NIGHT SESSIONS OF BOTH BODIES.
Washington, March SI.?The crush of
visitors to tin- inaugural ceremonies in
the galleries and corridors and the ner?
vous haste and energy displayed by tin
loaders of the House in the management
of the big appropriation lulls still re?
maining undisposed of, spoke even more
plainly th in words today of the near ap?
proach of the e'ose of this Congress and
of the administration. All the proceed?
ings to-day were in continuation of the
legislative thiy of Tuesday and it is pro!)
able that no adjournment will he taken
until adjournment sine die is announced
to morrow at. noon.
When tin; House reassembled at 10:30
o'ciock, Mr. Sherman, of New York, call?
ed up the conference report upon the In?
dian appropriation bill, which the Senate
rejected yesterday. A like fate awaited
it in the House, the Senate amendment
transferring the Osage Indian lands in
Oklahoma to the Indian Territory pro?
voking the greatest opposition.
Later in the day a report that the Sen?
ate had receded from that amendment
was agreed to.
When the House took a recess at (1:40
o'clock, it was understood that the con?
ferees had agreed as to all the amend?
ments except two.
A hotly contested fight was made to
secure concurrence in the Senate amend?
ment to the general deficiency hill, pro?
viding for the payment of Bowman act
j claims for supplies furnishel the Union
army, adjudicated by the court of claims,
hut it failed It wasted by Million, of
Pennsylvania; Richardson, of Tennessee,
and Wellington, of Maryland. 1 ly more
than two thirds, the House voted to non?
concur in all the Senate niliendmoilts and
threw thein into conference.
In his remarks upon this proposition,
Mr. Cannon, of '.Illinois, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, stated that
the House, being within less than
t wenty-four hours of final adjournment,
seven of the appropriation bills were tor
froth being in shape to go to the Presi?
dent lor his approval?the Indian, Dis
trlct of Columbia, navai, postoflicc, for?
tifications, sundry civil and general de
flcicncy.
In the course of the afternoon, how?
ever, final agreement upon the postofllce
and fortifications hills was reported and
approved by the House.
In accordance with the arrangement
made yesterday, the House considered
President Cleveland's veto of the immi?
gration 1:111, and by a vote of I IK) to Hi de?
cided to pass the bill, the objections of
the President notwithstanding.
Final concurrence * was had upon the
j bills to amend the tariff law so as to au?
thorize the sale to the highes*, bidder of
forfeited smoking opium, to amend the
navigation laws, to revise and amend the
patent laws.
A conference report on the naval up
prorpriat'on bill was presented recom?
mending non-concurrence with the Senate
on several amendments, chief among
which was that reducing the price of
armor plate from $400 to $300 per ton.
Hopkins, of Illinois, moved that the
House concur in the Senate amendment
as to armor plate.
Mr. Hopkins advocated his motion and
Boutelle and Cnmmtngs antagonized it.
The \ote on Hopkins' motion was: Ayes,
UO; noes, 43. The point of no quorum
was made by Mr. Robinson, of Pennsyl?
vania, but after some consultation it. was
agreed to take a vote tit !l o'clock.
At 0:40 the House took a recess until
S o'clock.
IN THE RENATE
The business of the Sena'.e to day was
principally in connection with conference
reports. The first to be presented was
on the. appropriation bill for the District
of Columbia. It was not a final report,
however, as the conference failed to
reach an agreement on tin- series of Sen?
ate amendments appropriating various
sums for the charitable institutions of
the city. The partial report was agreed
to and a further conference was ordered.
The next, conference report was on the
hill to amend the laws relating to navi?
gation. This is the bill for which Sena?
tor Krye, of Maine, was denounced on
the idea that it restored flogging in the
American merchant marine. In Iiis ex?
planation to day he showed that the ob?
ject cf the. bill was to relieve sailors who
were subjected to assault or imprison?
ment on the part of captain or officer
from the proof that the assault was in?
spired by malice, hatred or revenge,
"words used ii: existing law." He also
-bowed that the ll-.L.'ging in the Ameri?
can merchant marine was prohibited by
an act passed in 1850; so that those who
made such a charge against bun were,
he said, fools or insane. The conference
report was agreed to.
The final conference report was made
Up to Date
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1897.
on the postoffice appropriation l>ill and
was agreed to, without, any question or
discussion. The Indian appropriation
bill was only partial. A further confer?
ence was ordered on these unadjusted mat?
ters.
The next conference report acted upon
was upon the bill relating to copyrights,
which Mr. Platt, of Connectlcutt, stated
had nothing to do with newspapers and
only prohibited the false ".use ot the word
''copyrighted.'- The report was agreed
to.
The conference report, upon tho naval
appropriation bill gave rise to a long dis?
cussion and was tiually agreed to and a
new conference ordered. The controvert?
eil matters that were left open were as to
the increase of the navy by torpedo boats,
j and the limitation of the price or armor
plate to $;UM) per tou. .
In the interim between jaottou 'on 'the
conference reports House bills on the cal?
endar were taken up and quite a number
of them were passed.
At li o'clock the Senate took a recess
until 8 p. lit.
IT WAS THE LAURADA,
No Doubt About Another Expedi?
tion Getting Off,
I -
New "? ork. March 3.?It was definitely
learned to-night that the steamer which
took aboard a cargo ol arms ami ammu?
nition oil" Bnrnegnt was the Lnuradu.
The news that the expedition was off the
New Jersey coast, was brought to port by
two I'inkcrton detectives, who were
aboard the Philadelphia tug Protector.
It was on their report that the Washing?
ton authorities ordered out 'the cutter
Manhattan.
These facts leaked out to night and, in
addition, the statement is made that tho
filibusters on the l.anraila bail lots of fun
with the two Pinkerton men. The Lnu
radn anchored ten miles due east of liar
negat on Sunday evening. Tho tug Vol?
unteer and a baree were transferring
munitions of war to the steamship just
as if Uncle Sam bail nothtng^at all to say
in the matter, ".when the tug'Protector,
which hail left the Quaker City with the
two Pinkerton men on board, hove in
sight.
There was much excitement on board
the Lnuriidn before the character of the
tu;: was made out, but when that, was
made out the Cubans resui led work.
The Protector steamed up and circled
about the I.aurada two or three times,
while her officers got the name ot "the
craft that, had brought out the arms and
nmniuuitlou
In the meantime a hundred dark
visaged till busters crowded the Caurada's
deck and taunted" the detectives with
jeering remarks. The I.aurada was seven
miles outside the three ;niile limit, and
her men knew that the Plnkertons had
no authority to arrest or board tho vessel.
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(?OPPINS KXPOSED.
Remarkable Tales of the Heavy Winds in
England.
London, March?Reports of the havoc
wrought by the gale are still being re?
ceived. A dispatch from Cardiff says
that a boat containing six workmen was
swamped in the harbor there and its oc?
cupants were drowned.
A number of trees in a church yard at
Tl vert on, in the county of Devon, were
torn up by the roots, displacing great
quantities of earth and exposing to view
several coilins w hieb, from the. inscrip?
tions on the plates, which remained legi?
ble, bad lain iu the cemetery more than a
century.
The schooner Amaranth arrived at
Cowes, Isle of Wight, to-day, and reports
that her captain was carried overboard
: by a heavy sen which boarded her, and he
was drowned.
Many Bailing vessels are reported to be
ashore on the south coast ot England
and a large number of deaths are said to
have been caused throughout the country
by falling trees and walls.
There is a perceptible lessening of the
violence ot the gale this evening.
AID KROM COPENHAGEN.
London, March '!.?The Daily News
will to-morrow publish a dispatch I rout
its Berlin correspondent saying that a
party of volunteers has been raised in
Copenhagen for service in the island of
Crete and started today to ioltl the
Greek army there. The recruits were ad?
dressed by the Crown Prince just prior
to their departure for Crete.
INVOKING THE CHURCH'S AID,
Athens, March '?'>.?The Greek metro?
politan has telegraphed to the Archbishop
of Canterbury invoking the support of
the Anglican Church for the Greek
cause.
SENATOR SHERMAN RESIGNS.
Washington, March ?Gov. Hushnell,
I of Ohio, at 4 Jo'clock this afternoon re?
ceived tho resignation ol Senator .lohn
Sherman, to take effect on March 5. On
that day Mark A. Hanna will be sworn
In as successor to Senator Sherman.
A N A V AI. ORDER.
Washington, March 3 Secretary Her?
bert has ordered Captain Henry Class,
detached front command of the Texas,
to duty as captain of the Matt- Island
navy yards March 31.
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ALI. IUK SKffs OF IHK WOHLU.
OF
$500,000.
Street Railway Power House Com?
pletely Destroyed.
PHILADELPHIA E X P E R IENC E S
ANOTHER VERY COSTLY FIRE.
STREET CAR TRAFFIC SERIOUS?
LY INTERRUPTED IN THE QUAK?
ER CITY -TWO MEN BUNT OY ER
BY A FIRE ENGINE AND KILLED
WHILE WATCHING THE FIRE.
Philadelphia, March 3.?The power
house at Thirteenth ami Mount Yernon
streets, from which the 'Union Traction
Company operates a half dozen of its
lines ol trolley cars, was destroyed by lire
this evening. The loss is about $500,000,
principally on the valuable 'machinery in
the building. The loss is covered by in?
surance. The power house was a large
brick structure covering n third of a
block, and contained eight dynamos and
other valuable machinery.
About 0 o'clock this even'tig some of
the employes were swinging a big chain
around that was in the [building, and the
iron chain hanging from the jittn struck
a generator.
Following the explosion tire broke out
and flitted the building and destroyed
the eight dynamos or rendered (them use
less, and irretrievably damaged the other
delicate machinery In the building. The
dynamos were the property of the West
inghouse Electric Company. The trac?
tion company claimed that'they were nol
working properly, and ha'l therefore
never accepted them, and the Westing
house Company was running them at its
own expense pending some decision in the
matter. About half the loss, therefore,
will fall upon the Wcstlnghouse Com?
pany.
During the progress of the (ire August
A. Binder, and a well dressed, good look
iug young man were run over oy a lire
engine and killed. Moth men were look?
ing at the lire at the time they were run
down. Several other persons were more
or less injured by other accidents. The
tin- occurred at an hour at which thou?
sands of people were returning home from
work, and as the cars on fifteen streets
were brought to a complete standstill
much inconvenience to the public re?
sulted. The traction company looped
the wires rendered useless by the lire to
the lines operated by other power houses
and made shift to give [as good service as
they could.
The destruction of the power bouse will
seriously cripple the surface transit
facilities of the city for some time, as the
traction company will be compelled to r< -
duce the number of their cars on most of
the streets until they can supply the
power lost by the burning of the house
at Mount Ycrnou street.
A FRUITLESS CHASE.
New York, March - The revenue cut?
ter Manhattan, which left he; pier last,
night on orders from Washington for the
purpose of overtaking a Cuban filibuster'
Ing steamer, which was reported to be off
Barncgat, N.J., returned to port this
evening lifter a fruitless search for the
vessel. The Manhattan proceeded as far
as Barnegat. but did not sight the sus?
picious steamer, which is supposed to be
the Latirado, The Manhattan, .vhile on
the return trip, blew out twe of her
holler tubes and had tob,- towed to her
pier. Nobody was hurl a- the result of
the accident.
EN ROUTE To WASHINGTON.
Fort Monroe, Va., March ?.?Admiral
Bnnce has chartered the steamer Norfolk,
upon which the band of the llagship, some
forty officers and about six hundred bine
jackets, lefl for Washington to night to
participate in the inaugural parade. The
army contigent, comprising the Post
Band and four batteries of artillery, in
command of Col. Ilasbrouck, left a! !'
o'clock to-night over the Chesapeake anil
(Ihio railroad.
A CHIEr SUSPENDED
Washington, March :i. Postmaster
General Wilson today suspended Chief
of Stamp Division Munce, of the Post
office Department, on the charge of tak?
ing without authority some sets of stamps
which subsequently turned up in the
poscssion of Hamilton J.Coleman, a clerk
in the general land oltiee, who sold them
in New York and is now under hail in that
city for the offense. P appearing that
others in the department might be equally
implicated with Mr. Munce, the Postmas?
ter General has directed a thorough inves?
tigation as to tiie practice which has pre?
vailed for years past of giving out stamps
front the department
NEW STYLE F
The Standard of the World.
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SOLE DEALERS.
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