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K $ coxFonr rati he chemical-sil-
mk HT FJEK MRAXB TO PAT UP.
nE Kr? firnbte Raja He Owed the Rank IHO,000 a
SnTV Uti v"r As nnd rld " Al( Judgments an
BEfv ,jfr Attachment Asalnel Ileth or Taem Ura-
BTC if ble'a In St. Louis' Hf, Sever Heard or Silver.
Bw "msT Francis Cato arable and John S. Silver, the
K? fliS t,r0 promoters who' succeeded In divorcing tho
mS WA Chemical National Dank from a $303,000
savi' y chunk of Its nets through Cashier William J.
Kit fHf Qulnlan, Jr., nnd with tho aid of strips of paper
ft US covered with pretty pictures In brown Ink,
L Jk which thejr callod collateral, nnd which were
Lw aoorQtcd ns such by the cashier, were both
enP K heard from yesterdny. Whnt they had to say
KS- Wm wns lntcnJc'1 to ' reassuring. Thongh the
Bj HI, men were 1,000 miles npart nnd each asserted
El "', that ho didn't know and never heard of the
Mm iW other, tho statements had tho samo ring.
Kil H "Certainly," said Mr. Silver, "I owe the
lit If money to tho bank and I Intend to cay It when
K?- S x c4n"
pp, , "Ono year ago my obligations to tho bnnk
lrt 33 wer0 VIBO.000 nnd six months ago I paid up
K$ ?jft every dollar of It. Tho present Indebtedness
II" .K haB 1,ec" 'ncurrcd since that time," said Mr.
Ky ffi Orablo.
K9 & Tho only difference, it will be noticed, Is that
tKv v& ono Is an Implied and the other a positive prom-
eS John 9. Silver backed up his promlso to pay
?t with mors paper with pictures and figures to
W tho amount of $04,000 on It. lto turned this
mst fft over to tho bank and gravely nssurod Iresldcnt
R& W George O. Williams that It was additional so-
Km 3jj curlty for his loan and ho would bring In three
VHi' -'-J, times as much It he had It.
Ei Jf "What is Itl" asked Mr. Williams.
Bk W "It is stock." said Mr. Silver.
Kk 3& "It was stock In ono of his companlos," said
ft iff Mr. Williams later, when ho told about Mr.
mr fX silver's visit, "and I fear it is no better than
Wh. j that that Qulnlan got." Mr. Williams kopt the
Eg? w papor, nevertheless.
5? jg? Mr. Sllvor discovered himself yesterday. He
Ktj. Jr- visited tho hank. The abovo Is tho substance
na ei: nf Ml hn said. Mr. Orable was discovered. He
fwas at the Planters' Hotel In St. Louis, occupy
ing magnificent quarters. When ho was dis
covered ho retired to his apartments and bolted
Wiy ly tho door, stationing bis I secretary outsido to
E& Si ward off inquirers. Ills secretary described him-
my '$ self as Wade Chance, and some of the ceoplo
Wt& fc out in St. Louis cot tho idea that ho was a
; 5 -3 l'lnkorton dctoctlvo in disguise. This was be-
WSr y causo ho received tolcgrums from New York In
IM, ' cipher and oqco Rent a reply addressed "Mr.
Fa 3J Piukerton, New York," nnd reading: "Watch
WM J mnn carefully. Ho is In it." Mr. Chance also
ft';.. ffi asked Cblcago'over tho telephone if "If I had
Kt belter tnko Orablo to New York."
IS ?i Mr. Chanco told the reporters in St. Louis that
Hi &T 'Mr. arable was busy nroparimr a statement. -At
mjg w bait past 1 o'clock tho statement was glTcn
I'ri 'Si' out- It vas as'follows:
mfv " "I have just read wl;h tho deepcstpaln and ro-
mj?i v cret of tho resignation of Mr.WIUIam J.Qulnlan,
MS-, M Jr., cashier of the Chemical National llank ot
K I ?- Now York. He has been my friend for twenty
Ivv & years, nnd I hnvo been a depositor at the
Ks 'if Chciulcnl Hank for six years pait, and my In-
KM I A tlmato business. relations with Jilm during
B K this period havo alnays been of tho most
m'h pleasant character. It seems unnecessary
w 53' for me to say to any ono familiar with
K& I 'V 1,r- Qulnlan's sterling integrity that h
K?f I ;S. has novor profited ono cent from any of
mil S? my business transactions with him. One your
g- j B-" E mr obligations to tbo bank wcro $180,000,
fS- S and six months ago I hnd paid up every dollar.
Kfg S The present Indebtedness has been Incurred
1:3 ::t since that time. Ijievcr know, nor have I
01 M ever heard of the Mr. Silvers mentioned in tho
ft, A ilcipatchcs as being a debtor of tho bank, nor
kit Ui is ho now nor over has ho been connected with
fU if, nny of my Interests In any way. -Mr. Mining,
ft;t fy-! the I'rcsident of the Chemical Hank, has been
i',i a stockholder for several years in mo of tho
-;;, J i'j:. town slto companies organized by me, nnd has
a-1 4S exprosscd his complcto satisfaction with his In-
w. 'iffr vestmont. Tho work which I havo been do-
af & ing Is that of opening up n new country stretch-
h w ing for BOO miles alons tho Burlington line, bo-
i. i ginning nt Alliance, Neb., and ending at 1)11-
v Sr lings, Mont., and including tho branch lino of
U? 100 mllos through tho Black Hills to Hcndwood.
ii fcyt Only thoso who havo had experience in bulld-
rh g' ing up towns and villages have any idea of tho
iA ?te cnormouB cost. There nro forty-four towns in
i i our territory. I havo built about 500 miles ot
Cj 4 cannls, laterals for irrigating and pow er pur-
, Wt poses, nnd a large number of storage rcscr-
uS rolrs tributary to theso ton ns, and havo thereby
Sy. V opened up thousands of ncrcs for settlement a d
SS. Bg established farming communities of many
KV' homes. I have followed tho samo plan on which
Jf Urorley. Col., was built up, whero farm land is
, i; worth $50 to $'.'00 an acre.
f& & "From tho day tho Union Hill Company and
ft, . f tho Edgemont nnd Union Hill Smelting Com-
$ panywero organized work has never ceased.
Sr Jv These united companies own in all over 200
Mi si' tnlDing claims in Dcadwood and Homestead, a
ffe S,' smelter and stamp mill comploted, nnd another
i' K; stamp mill and smelter in process of construu-
S, tion. Thousands of fcot of development work
S, ffll has been dono on the3o properties at the cost of
V; ,-ft hundreds ot thousands of dollars. 1 bcllevo
6V JsbI the mines when fully developed nnd worked on
n large scnlo will provo one of the-richest pny-
W S Ing properties in the United States. Nearly
St (K every stockholder in ench of tho companies has
tit been out to seo the properties, either boforo or
'f&r aftcrinvcsting.andthero never has been adouht
m expressed as to the value; of; the! property, but,
I'-iS 3S on the contrnry, in their many personal lotters
J mo nnA 'otters to homo newspapers havo ex
ft & ' pressed their complete satisfaction. Mnny of
Ms 3? our stockholders havo mado several trips dur-
!ffi SU ing the progress of tho work up to tho present
I & tlmo, and continue to oxprcss themselves as sat-
ml yt lslled. At least six nmoug the best mining ox-
i- perts in tho United Statos havo made favorahio
A gt reportn. To this work I havo glvon evcrv mo-
Wf ment of mv time for reven jears. I bellovo I
wJ ajv have nveruged elghteon hours a dny. And dur-
, ;. ing nil these yenrs I havo not had n single day's
SJ M? vacation. It has been my constant nnd cur-
ffk 3J nest endeavor to bring each of theso enterprises
' "it- t0 their highest point of profit to nil the Block-
Sa holders. Kvery dollar of my own money Is iu-
W ' vested In this work, and the money of thooo as-
3.1 w. sociated with mo. I have felt, was based on
Kt JSf good properties that would he of ever-lncress-
m K ing value. If theco years of devotion I have
a -H given to this -vork nro not crowned with suc-
'&L Hs cess- ' shall 1m completely worn out nnd broken
fS lite In health and lose overy dollar I havo in the
St Ir'A1 world. FitANciH C. Ohable."
"- If llejond this Mr. Chance sild: "Tho wholo
I& ' BSJ thing explained In a nutshell is that Mr. Orable
S is broke and cannot moot certain obligations at
amW prosent all becauso theso vast Investments aro
mfi alow In yielding returns."
- ' Many ot tho assertions that Mr. Grnble made
: K In his statoment wcro verified in this city yes-
BS tcrday by n man who spent a year in thncotin-
mxr try wlicro Orablo 8 investments arc. This man
K was disinterested. Ho hnd none or the stock In
'" ' "l0 compiinlcs which Orablo ran. Ho
m.f enumerated halt u dozen of tho companion. In-
W - rluding tho Union Hill Smelting and Mining
&. Company, which, ho said, nwncd 150 claims In
Si, Oalcna,iear,l)endwood. He said work was pro-
'M grossing In tno mines, and oro was lelng taken
W out that assnyod $-1 n ton. Tho stock of the
f mine, he eald, was selling n few months ago nt
of HO cents a shnre, the par ulue being $1, Tho
Q Kdgomont Stono Compnnv was another of tho
ft . companies. This man said that the stono com-
M pony made irrtndstonep. nnd Hint when he was
K there let It could not keep up with Its orders.
Jt The Intrrstnto ltnd nnd Canal Company, lie
Sj3f said, wns?anotber. It owned 10,000 acres of
Jt line fnrm land nil under cultivation, and when
, qE ho left tho company wns building a dam ncros
i Si?', tho Cheyonne Itlver that would enablo It to
j? . lrrigato nnd redeem nlniofct ns much moro land.
ri Another company, ho said, was the Kdgemont
5' 5 Townslto Company. This company owned
fi fa noarly nil tho land around Educmnnt, nnd lots
fe, jt that it sold two years ago for $.',0 were being
fe s aold to-day for $-.'50. Still Another compnny
3f S pwnod n woollen mill, though when this mnn
off fi left tho mill had not been started. It was
ffl ST four-story building, 50x100 foot. The man who
iff j. furnlshcdhls Information said that tho town
-1) -ft had overy npuear.uico of prosperltv. He gavo
M ff these names of men who wero Interested in tho
B f. cntcrprUos: Ex-Uov. .J'attlsnn of l'ennsyl-
V rnnl.1. Dr. Corey of Washington, K N. Searles,
fa '.? nephew of John K. Senrlos of tho American
jr is bugar Iteflnlng Company: .Mr. and Mrs. l'lctch-
m ri er of I'hlladclphla, Mr. Fletcher being n whole-
S3 m fcalo grocer there; a Mr. I'cck of Iloston, Mr,
fir ffl-' Archer of the firm of Archer V Dawson of New
! r, iork, and Mnjnr HarrUnn of Chlcngo,
H & President Williams of tho Chemical Bank
Gt ili, conolwated ono tntcin-n; mado by Mr.
Wi ffl. Orublc. That was that ho had stock In ono of
.J tho entcrprlsos. Ho suld that It was true that
if UJ, soino jears ngo ho purcha-sed stock totlio valuo
31 SiL ot W .'" " ,own B" 'ompany In the Wet
ft jnd the Invol ment hnd already paid him
61 Wt? $'A00. Of courte It hnd nhsoliitelv nothing to
S- R ?J,Jv,u" ,ll.e lonI15 ,,mrtu to Ornble, because Mr.
it fct, Williams know nothing of theso loans. Mr.
gt JttA Qulnlan, in his letter of resignation ns enshier
3 of tho bank, utatcd that his fault lay in con-
R'r S" coaling tho lonns from .Mr. Williams,
is s!t .It wussatcdtsterrtay that John K.ScarlPsof
Si at the Auicrli-nn.Sugarltetlnlngt'ompiny hnd prom
si m, ised in n letter to build nnd fully equip a tnisl
jK 7K ter for Orablo in tho town of Kugciiiont, Tho
f if;. men who furnished tho information about
!p A Jlrnblos enterprises, lion ocr, said that ho
tt. im knew Mr. Searlo had not mado the promise.
8n f Ho was fuuiihur with tho faotH, heuld, Orablo
BY JS nnd trlud to Induea carles to Invest, hut had
Eft M nqt luccowieil. Mr. Seat lea wouldn't talk
TCK Si' about tho mutter himself,
iffi fJ58, Tho publication of tho name of John 8, Silver
f KM in connection with a loan of 150,000 secured
tiA aiv by iilin uroiued Interest in aotornlquurtcrs yos
M HIS trrdny.
S iaW!,' Deputy Sheriff Hlnn received executions"! ei-
llr B4 rtly ir'alnt Silver for $lli.:iK0 in favor of
M !!' i Camllle Weldenfeld on n judKiucnt obtained
' Ife on vb:.7! ,' "' 'Jona for $1 l.'J76. also In favor
? tibf ' "r- iVeldcnfcld, on a judgment obtained on
( nf, Dec. JS, 181(3, Executions were put in origl-
tit IJ'S nally at the tlmo tho judgments were obtained,
,,f II i- but no property was found to levy upon. U'ht
II f
execution for llj275 is also against Florence
I. Silver, wife of John. a Silver. An execution
against Mr. Silver for $01,210 in favor of Sam
uel II. Smith was returned "no property on
Dec. 31 last, Four small executions aggre
gating $445, obtained In 1B03. were all re
turnod unsatlsllej. An execution on Aug. 18,
1BU4, for $17,018 In favor of Eugene Kelly and
ono for $'.!5,103 on May 18, 181)2. In favor of
George W. Adams, ns executor, werp both re
turned "no property." Ooorgo M. right, as
assignee of Hilton, Hughes & Co., put In an ex
ecution for $77 yesterday. The above execu
tions nggrcgnte $1H5,413.
Deputy Sheriff Itndlcy received nn attach
ment a few days ago for $1112 against tho North
American Manufacturing Company of 31) Cort
landt street, of which John S. Silver Is I'rcsi
dent, In favor of II. P. Stevens for collulold,
which has not yet boon paid for.
Tho Sheriff's ofTice reports also on Mr. Orablo.
Deputy Sheriff Sullivan rocolvcd nbout thrco
weeks ago two executions, ono for f.V"0
in favor of Willard Ilrown, and tho other
for $2,017 In favor of II. W. Whltmore. both
claims being on notes, but ropented vltlts to
Mr. arable's ollico nt 100 Broadway fulled to
find him there. It Is said that tbo two notes
held by Mr Whltmoro wcro puyablo nt tho
United Security Trust Company, Philadelphia.
A despatch from Ilridgeport says that, ns tho
result of arable's ontcrprfso, more lhan $2,000
worth of notrs have been sent to attorneys In
thnt city for collection. On tbo docket of the
Superior Court thoro n enso Is pending now In
which $1,200 is Involved, nnd llussoll I. Hall
cfNcw Canaan, Conn., President of tho bank
in thnt town. Is tho defendant. Orablo In
duced Hall to Invest In Montana mining stocks
and securod Ilnll'n notes for $1,000. Orablo
negotiated the notes and they enmo into tho
possession of J. Wesley Supplco nnd John M.
Ornhnm of Philadelphia, who aro tho plaintiffs
In the sultngninst Hall. Tho defenco to tho
action Is thnt the notes wcro secured through
fraud.
A special meeting of the directors of the
Chemical Bank was held yesterday, and Francis
Haluln, who was assistant cashier undor Mr.
Qulnlan, was elected cashier. Notices of tho
election wcro sent out to the banks. Mr. Halpln
was formerly a Lieutenant in Troop A of tho
National Guard.
Omaha, Nob.. Feb. 3. Tho Francis C. Grablo
bubble hurst In Omaha this morning, and the
men who havo manifested extraordinary confi
dence In the inllllonniropromotor rushed around
nt n lively rnto to hedgo on their Investments in
the hope of realizing something from tho wreck.
As a result nil Orablo's property wns nt
tnchod in Omaha by 8 A. M. and messengers
wore sent from hero to other Nebraska and
Iowa towns whero tho boomor has Intorests.
M. L. P-trrotte of Omaba sued for $0,500, alleg
ing that for several years bo hnd Iwen In the
employ of Francis C arable In this city, that ho
hart advanced Orablo large sums of money, and
had also paid out ot Ms own pocket bills in
curred by Orable. ......
Francis O. Hamer, nn ex-District Judge ot
Keamoy.sues for $4,700, nileglng thnt he had
advanced largo sums of money upon tho re
quest of Grablc.
Ooorgo H. Scrlpps, n non-rosidont, sues on n
noto for $10,000, alleging that ho loaned Orable
this sum. and that no portion ot It had over
been paid.
As soon as tho clerk could get down to work
attachment papers were Issued and delivered to
the Sheriff, who loried upon Orablo's house at
Twonty-fourth street and Langdon Court, to
gether with his household furniture, horses, and
carriages. Tho property attached Is ostlmatcd
to be worth In the neighborhood of $30,000; the
house is said to have cost nearly $20,000. In the
forenoon thomalls brought adeed from Now York
parties, by which Orablo conveys to J. II. C.
Walker of Scott City. Kan., all of his interests
in threo lots in South Omaha. The considera
tion named in the deed Is $1 nnd'n valuable
consideration.' Tho deed was executed In New
York and bears dato Jan. 24. 1807.
Tho local offlco of Orablo, 200 Omaha Na
tional Bank building, was closed to-day and the
doors were barred.
Orablo is President of the Stato Bank of
Crawford, owning one-half the shares In the In
stitution, Charles O. Orablo Is Cashier nnd S,
C. Orablo of Fort Collins. Col., is Vice-President,
tho arables owning all tho stock between them.
Tho bank is capitalized for $10,000 nnd its last
statement shows lonns and discounts of $35,000
and deposits of $40 000.
Denver, Col., Feb. 3. Tho operations of
Frnncls arable in Colorado consisted in tho pro
motion of a ditch and irrigation company which
haB thus far proved a losing vonture to those
concerned. In 18UC the National Laud and
Irrigation Company was organized In
Omaha, with a capitalization of $350,
000. Its object being to buy tho rights
and titles of tho North Fork Ditch nnd
10,000 acres of land to tho northeast of Fort
Collins. Col. This company wasorganlzod by an
;ngiisuman nanieu warier iouun. woo wns
backed by the Denver Mortgage and Invest
ment Company, an English concern. Whllo tho
ditch, an expensive one to build, was still In an
unfinished condition, the mortgage company un
loaded the stock on Individuals In Massachu
setts and tho bulk to tho Travellers' Lifo
Insuranco Company of Connecticut. Subse
quently tho Travellers' made a trado with Fran
cis C. Orablo, giving tho latter the North Fork
Ditch rights nnd land In return for mortgaged
property in different citios. The National Land
and Irrigation Camptoy has been doing a little
work on the old North Fork Ditch, but it is still
incomplete. In fact, should any moro money
bo spent on it, it will probably bo money
thrown away, for bv a recent docrco of tho
courts In the caso of North Fork Ditch Company
vs. tho Water Supply nnd Storage Comnany. tbo
latter has tho priority of water rights on tho
stream from which both companies obtain their
supply. This decree has materially depreciated
the valuo of the National Land nnd Irrigation
Company's property becauso of lack of water,
lho company has on ofllce at Fort Collins, in
churgu of S. C. Grable, a ncphow ot Francis
Orable. About $150, 000 of stock In tho National
Land and Irrigation Company was floated
in Pennsylvania, somoof the purchasers being
Gov. Paulson. ov-8ocrctary B. F. Tracy, Thomas
Br iiiloy. nnd S. S. Thompson.
Philadelphia, Fob. 3. The affairs of the
Kdgimont nnd Union Hill Smelting Company
nro managed by an Executive Commltteo of
flvo stockholders, composed of J. Wesley Hup
plee. President of tho Corn Exchango Bank;
George Fletcher and Thomas Bradley, directors
of the United Security Trust Company of this
city, and Mr. Archer and Mr. McGregor of New
York. The commltteo held n meeting to-day,
at which ex-Uov. Ilohert E. Pnttlson wns
? resent ns un ox-olllclo member. Ex-Oar.
'attison. ns President of the Edgemont and
Union Hill Smelting Compnny, raid tho affairs
of thnt enterprise would no be Immediately
nffected by tho disclosures nt tho Cncmlenl
Notional Bnnk. Ho said Orablo's connection
with tbo company to-day wns that of a stock
holder. Ho owned $4,800,000 of tho stock, is
sued to him for real cstnio and other posses
sions which are now the property of tho com
pany. There wero flfty-thrcc mining claims
mado over to tho-Unlon Hill Company, and 150
claims controlled by the Edgemont Company.
Jn addition to theso claims tho stock issued to
Orable covers tho title to 2,500 acres of land at
Galena, S. I).. 80 acres of land at Edgemont, n
smelter of 200 tons dally capacity, and a thirty
ton smolter, nnd a stamp machine vuluod ut
$20,000. Outsido of tho stock issued to ara
ble $1,200,000 remained in the treasury. Of this
only $8,000 wns ever sold. Mr. Pnttlson says
thero nro less than 300 stockholders nil told nf
the consolidated company, and that those nro
scnttcred through Pennsylvania, New York.and
Connecticut. There are not over 150 stock
holders In Philadelphia.
'I think Orablo bad too many Irons In tho
fire," said the ex-Governor. "Ho has oer
reachod himself. AH the property for whiih
stock was Issued to him in our company wns
owned by him. Ho had the highest connec
tions In tbo financial world nnd plenty of back
ing nnd influence when this compnny wns
formed. Ho was n man with years of experi
ence ns a promoter in tbo West. Ho oilgl
nnted the sale ot irrigation bonds, which nro
to-dny n stable and popular Investment, thero
bolng somo $10,000,000 of these bonds, cover
ing territory in Colorado, Nebraska, and South
Dakota. It is a case, to my mind, of over-extension,"
Ueorgo A, Fletcher, a director of tho Union
Trust Company nnd also n director of tho Edge
mont and Union Hill Smelting Company, issued
n foreign nttachment to-day for Frnncls C, Ora
ble to recover $25,000 on promissory notes. Mr.
Fletcher holds collateral for Orablo's notes, but
Issued an attachment to protect himself.
$34,000 8IIOJITAOE lit A BANK.
W. B. I1lra, Former IlooUUeeper of a doutti
rratnlnsbam Bank, Arrested.
Soctci FniMlNOIUM, Mass., Feb. 3. W. II.
Bird, for many years bookkeeper of the Framing
ham Snvlngs Bank, was arrested last night
charged with appropriating to his own usu
$0,000 of the bank's funds. Ho was arraigned
to-day, pleaded not guilty, nnd wns held for the
Grand Jury In $20,000, Several weeks ngo
oxperts were put to work on tho books, nnd
they havo just reported a shortngoot $2t,000.
Bird loft the bank on Jan. 1, after several years'
service as a trusted employoo. Ho lives at
AlUton, nnd has no faintly except nn Invalid
wife. He Is OOycars nld.nnd has always hud
tho confidence of his neighbors.
It Is thought that tho sllcged emberzlcmcnt
will hurt the bank seriously. The hank has hnd
trouble before. In 1885 it was closed by tbo
Bank Commissioners, under injunction, by rea
sonnf bad Investments and for the security of
tbo depositors. For nearly llvo years It was
kopt closed, nnd on May 16, 1800. It wns ngnln
opened, A short tlmo ago tho Bank Commis
sioners sent a recommendation tu thobank that
it havo the books uualted. This was done in
connection with tbo expert of the Savings Bank
Commission.
It wns dlicoverol that the old method ot
making false footings bad been used to covor up
the stealings.
The Kills! V. Shepard Eitate to Be Assessed In
OmIuIub.
White Plains, N. Y Feb. 3. Supremo Court
Jubtlco J, O. Dykman handed down his de
cision to-day directing the Supervisor and As
sessors of tbo town of Mount Pleasant to re
move the namo of Mrs. Elliot F. Sbepnrd ot
Scarborough from their assessment roll, and ho
further directed that the estate be placed upon
the assessment roll of the town ot Osilnlng, in
which Mrs. Shepsrd resides.
I
INVITATION TO EAftMONY.
i
HBrvBLioAa op azTj miaves,
STEV IX TUB S3, ArrROTJE.
CsnSBlenaaa Kfemkera t That Bedr Beellae
to Re Committed by Chatrmnn Krnron'a
Proclamation nnd Trust to tbe UUd.m
and PairlolUm or the Signer or lho Call.
Among Republicans it wns tho general opin
ion yesterday thnt excollont results would come
from tho conference of factions proposed In tho
communication sent to tho Republican County
Committee und tho Commltteo of Fifty-throe
yesterday by a group of prominent nnd influ
ential Ilepubllcnns headed by ox-Gor. Morton.
Republicans of nil shades ot opinion united In
saying thnt such a body of men ns signed tho
Invitation to tho contending factions would
bo nblo to accomplish lis object and provide
for nn adjustment ot differences that would
allow nil members of tho party to join in
common organization. In which thoy could
work harmoniously and successfully against
tho Drynnlzed Democracy at tho fall
elections. Tho action of tho Republican
County Commltteo In cheerfully nnd promptly
accepting the Invitation wns foreshadowed
during tho day, nnd Its unanimity caused no
surprlso, ns it has beon known that the regular
organization's loaders wero willing and anxious
to do nil In their powor to bring about nn
adjustment of dlfforonco.
The action of somo mombers of the Commlt
teo of Flfty-threo in issuing a statement refus
ing to ontertaln nny proposition looking toward
nn ngrccmont boforo tbo commltteo had
received an Invitation was not looked
upon as final. It is known that many
of tho most conspicuous members of the
Republican Commltteo fcol that Republican
uccess at tbe polls next November may bo Im
osslblo without a strong nnd compact union,
and tho Influence of theso mon, It was said last
night, would bo oxortod in an offort to
bring tho commltteo around to their vlow
ot tho matter, which Is that overy honor
nblo menns should be exhausted in an
effort to prevent discord in tho canvass. It wns
pointed out thnt tho gentlemen signing tho
Invitation represented nil shades of opinion
within the Republican party, and that tholr
names wero sufficient guarantee that any
Echemo of union which thoy might sanction
would be ono which tnlsht be agreed to by all
parties without any danger. Tbo view held by
the signers ot tho Invitation was expressed in a
statcmont mado by Mr. Edmund Wctmore. He
Bald:
" I Blgned tho paper becauso I understood Its
object to bo nn endeavor to have such changes
mado by amendment to tbe present constitu
tion of tho Republican party and by tbo passage
of a proper primary law ns would enable tho
wholo party to come under ono organization.
Thoro Is n vcrv universal demand that tho
methods of enrollment shall bo so Improved and
such ndditlonnl safeguards be provided aa to in
sure its honesty and put it in the powerof overy
Republican to enroll nnd cast his vote for repre
sentatives in the party inansgement with tho
nssurnnco thnt his voto will be fairly counted.
As this Is nil that is demanded, and as
tho different plans that have been pro
posed to this end do not seem to bo
unliko In essential particulars wo thought that
an Invitation to agree upon n primary law and
such necessary changes in tho constitution of
the Republican party ns would best carry tho
provisions of such n law into effect might
be accepted without asking any one
to relinquish his preferences or oven his an
tipathies in respect to party management,
whilo tho manifestly lamentable results ot
having two organizations would be avoided.
Tho sentiment In favor ot carrying out this
plan, if possible, is so strong among Republicans
of all kinds (nnd it Is, I nm qulto sure, enter
tained by many ot thoso who at tho present
time support the Commltteoof Fifty-three), thnt
we bopo a way will bo found to bring nbout tbo
common end which nearly everyoody has in
vlow,"
At the headquarters of tbe Committee of
Fifty-three It was said last evening that thero
was no further statement to bo made at present
in reference to tho invitation.
KXABE BE3IAINS IS POLITICS.
He Vf 111 Keep Itlcht on Interpretloa, but tIod
Bather Oo to War.
Diedrlch Knabe, who was reappointed Ger
man Interpreter in Justico Hollo's court In
Centro Murkot on Wednesday, invited a host of
tho constituents of Senator Timothy Dry Dollar
Sullivan and cx-Pollco Justice Patrick Dlvver
to eclebrato tho event with him yesterday at his
Inn at 170 Grand street. It was tbo fifteenth
anniversary of his appolntmont as Interpreter,
nnd he set un any number of kegs of "beer and
distributed hundreds of cigars. Ho is a char
acter in Senator Sullivan's district, having kept
a public houso for over forty years.
Knabo hails from Hanover. Ho is a war
veteran, hnving gone to the front wbon the
rebellion broko out with the Fifth New York
militia, nnd la now a member of Koltcs Post.
He organized nn association of Hanoverians
here, and tholr annual ball Is an east sltlo
politico-social event. Ho projectod a beer brew
ing company that is carried on on tho co-opori-tlve
plan, and in which the stockholders aro
also patrons of the compiny.
" I am In politics." ho said yesterdny, smiling,
ns bo puffed a good clgnr. " because my political
lender wants mo In politics, and possibly I do
somo good. If the loader didn't want mo, I
wouldn't be in public lite. lam oroudcrof b-lng
a veteran than of being an interpreter, and
that's perfectly true."
Interpreter Knabo is ono of several court at
taches thnt Justico Bolto reappointed, holdlnir
thnt tho new charter, by mnking tho old Civil
Courts Municipal Courts, rendered tho reap
pointments necessary.
A Vacancy In Brooklyn! Cltr Committee or
Mue.
E. J. Kaltenbachof tho Twenty-eighth ward
has resigned as a member of the City Committee
of Nine, which was appointed by Mr. Qulgg last
fall to tnko general supervision of tho affairs of
tbo Republican organization in Brooklyn.
Sccrotary John K. Ncal of tho County Commit
tee, who coms from tbo samo ward, will probably
bo chosen to fill tho vacancy. '
Blaine Club Masliod Ball.
Tho Blaino Republican Club had its annual
rccoption and maskod ball last evening at the
Lenox Lyceum, and most of the prominent Re
publican leaders and workers in Manhattan and
the Bronx, with a number nf politicians from
the other boroughs of New York, woro present.
Tho floor was crowded with dancers and all tho
boxes wero full of guests.
CniCAOO'S ItOBBEltr T.1ST.
Tbrea Armed Men Wnkea Bald on a Grocery
A Polllo Bobber.
Chicago, Feb. 3. Threo armed robbers raided
Charles Riu cukamp's grocery, Ashland avenue
and Fourteenth place, jesterday, and escaped.
Charles Karlsruh, a clerk, was nlono whon the
men entered, Ono of thorn mnde a small pur
chase, whilo his companions remained on guard
near tho door. Karlsruh mado a show of resist
ance, when tho robbers beat blm Into insensi
bility with their revolvers. One of tho tbucs
took tho contents ot tbo monov drawer and an
other relieved Karlsruh of $18 and a gold watch.
A da) light robber ot attractive manners and
hnndsomo nppenranco Is operating in Englc
wooil. On Tursdny ho broko Into the homo ot
Oustav Rovlrh, 810 Sixty-third street, by open
ing tho rear door with u false koy, securing
$150 worth of silverware, clothing, nnd
joKclry. Yestcrdnv morning nt tho homo of
Adam (iralTj, 4050 Wright street. Miss Lena
Stlx saw him enter tho house bv npplylng n key
to tho front door and opening it. Ho remained
In tho place for socrnl minutes, and wbon ho
enmo out ho stopped on tho front steps nnd
lighted n cigar. Ho turned, nnd, seeing thnt
MIhh Stlx wns wntching hlin, doffed his hut,
smiled, nnd wnlked down tho street. MlssStlx
thought ho wns n family friend. Ho secured
two gold watches, a diamond ring, and some
silverware, all valued nt $300.
HUTOU'S BECHET.WY XABRIE8.
Hiss Anna Mnrgarrt Bonatierty Becomes Mrs,
Alfred M tiownes.
Alfred M. Dow nes, private secretary to Mayor
Yan W)ck,wns married to Miss Anna Margaret
Dougherty, daughter of Mrs. Margaret A.
Dougherty, last ovcnlng, nt tbe Dominican
church. Sixty-sixth street and Lexington nve
nue, by tbo Rev, Father P. Y. Hartlgsn. Miss
Jane Dillon was tho maid of honor and Joseph
W. Dunnes tlo best man.
A riceptiou nt tho homo of tbo bride's undo.
Dr. J.T. Neville. 34 West Thlrtj-elghth street,
followed the corciuohy. Among tbe guests wero
Mayor Ynn Wyck, ShorlfT Dunn, Sunator Grady,
Corporation Counsol Whnlcn, nnd Richard
Crofcer, Mr, nnd Mis. Downcs left for a abort
trip through tbe South.
IteiT tiprrlal Train to Drnvrr. Colorado.
Deitlonhur Sunday, Keb. 0, "The Coloralu Special."
makuiK fasten schedule ever maintained betwefn
Chicago and Culo.-tdu's capital city, irill isavo Cbl
csxo, la ChlcaKO, Union l-aclno and Nortbwesteia
Hum, cniraxo and Nuntanetieru Rtllway depot, at
10 A.M dully, and reach Denver at 1:UU lbs follow.
Idk afternoon. Kuulpmeat perfect, For Information
addru II. A. Uroas, Otneral Eastern Afeot, eta
Broadway, M. Y. id.
i
"'giH'ffe f.t'f,A'l ". i W. -n . f -)f ;.,)ttt i f-
A $209,000 FIRE VT SOBAXTOtr.
Kiploalna- Cetlaleld films la at Cinematograph
how Caaee the Blase.
BcTtAXTOK, Pa.. Feb. 3. At 11 o'clock to-night
tbo explosion ot celluloid films used in a
cinematograph exhibition in a store in the
Y. M. C. A. building on Bpruce street
caused ono ot tho most destructive Arcs of
recont years In this city. It resulted in tho de
struction ot tho largo Y. M. C A, building,
ono of tho finest structures ot its kind In tho
State, at a loss of about $200,000, only part of
which Is covered bv insurance.
Tho flro spread very rapidly, and within fif
teen minutes from tho time it started tho enttro
building was In flamcB. Tho WostmlnBlcr
Hotel, the Handly block, tho street-ear barn, tho
Scranton llepubUcan building, the L. B. Howell
& Co. building, and tho Cuslck livery building
wero threatened,
Windows ncross tho street woto cracked nnd
broken by tho heat, and tho guests at tho West
minster ilod to other hotels, A dozen or moro
wooden structures on tho alloy In tho rear of
the Y. M. C. A. building wero consumod.
Thoro wns no loss of life, but thero wore many
narrow escapes from falling walls. In tho .
M. C.A. building wero tho stores of C. M. Floroy
nnd Moshor & Coleman, who lost everything.
At 1 o'clock tho flro wns under control.
BVitPED s.vorr IN A bide street.
A Driver Fined aio for TrylnK to Inlndlo the
City How the Swindle I Worked.
Thcodoro Elfort, 17 years old, of 015 East
Sovonty-flfth stroot, wopt when arraigned in
the Yorkvlllo Court yesterday on a chargo of
dumping snow In tho streets.
"I'll tell you nil nbout it," ho said to Magis
trate Olmsted, after ho bad stopped crying.
"I only did what the other men told mo to do,
as they said thoro was moro money in It."
Tbo prisoner addod that be was ono of tho
drivers employed to roniovo the snow from
Fifth avenue and carry It to tho dump at tho
footot East Slxty-flrst stroot. Ho loaded his
wagon In Fifth avenue, and, turning into Fifty
fourth street, dumped the snow into tho street
near Madison avenue. Ho wsb about to go back
to Fifth avenue for another load when he was
arrested.
"I got mv ticket for tho first load, ho said,
"and would havo got nnother ono for tho soconu
load. These tickets woglvonl tho dump to tho
foremen of tho Streot Cleaning Department and
got In exchango tlckots entitling us to pay for
carting snow.
"We dump one load of snow Into the rlvor
and then go off half n block nnd pick up another
load for our second ticket. Thnt eavosus from
going back to Fifth avonuo, nnd no ono hns tho
contract for removing tho snow whero wo got
tho second load."
"Docs tbo foreman nttbo dump know you
work thnt scheme I" askod Magistrate Olmsted.
" Oh, yos, ho knows It. but don't stop us," was
tho nnswer.
"It Is a swindle on tho city," said tho Magis
trate, as he lined tho prisoner $10, the full pon-alty.
TRAINS ALL A LITTLE LATE.
lee and Snow on the stalls Still Interfere with
Traffic.
Railroad communication between Boston and
New England was fully resumed yosterdny.
Trains wero delayed on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford about forty minutes. This
was caused by drifting snow between Now Lon
don and Providence. Tho Boston and Albany
trains were nlso delayed from forty minutes to
an hour. Northern and Western malls wcro de
layed on tho New York Central from ono hour
to two hours.
In no instance woro trains blocked by drifts,
but the Ico and snow on tbo rails made them
draw bard nnd tho firemen wero unable to keep
steam up on tho locomotives to tho prossuro
necessary for speed. If tho weather remains
clear and tho winds subsido it is believed that
schedule time will bo mado to-day.
TEUTONIC STATED OUTSIDE.
Ice Had Foaled the Electric Baojo In Gedneyfa
Channel and Put Out the Llahta.
Ico thnt drifted out of tho harbor on the ebb
tldo on Wednesday ran nfoul of tbo electric
buoys in Gcdney's Channel and extinguished
tho lights. Tbo pilot of tho Whlto Star llnor
Teutonic, which nrrlvcd on Wednesday night,
did not care to venture In with tho chnnnel
marks invisible, and tho ship anchored outside
tho bar until daylight yesterday, when sho
came up to her pier, several of the buojs Intho
neighborhood of tho Hook wero carried out of
position by tho lcc-crcstod tldo yesterday morn
ing. A stoamer of tho Lighthouse Department
picked up tho buoys and anchored them in their
places.
LONO ISLAND BLOCKADE RAISED.
Trains Bnnnlna on Hchedule Time After Beluo
Stalled Over Two Days,
RiVERnEAD, L. I Fob. 3. Tho blockade on
the Long Inland Railroad, which had continued
since Tuesday morning, wus ratsod shortly
after noon to-day, when neven engines and three
snow ploughs rolled into Orccnpoint station.
Tho first plough to arrive was pushed by four
engines. Tho ploughs wero soon followed by
the regular train from the west, and tho flrBt
mall Blnce Monday night arrived.
Plenty of food was supplied to tho stalled
passengers and they wore taken off the train in
sleighs nnd lodged In near-by furmhouscs.
Trains wcro run on schedule tlmo this after
noon. VAfatbcr Moderating lu tue YTeftt,
CmcAao, Fch. 3. The cold wnve reached its
greatest soverity at 1 o'clock this morning,
when tho Government thermometer nt the
weather bureau registered 8' below zero. Slnco
that hour the tomperatu.ro hns been getting
higher nnd nt midnight temperature is 20"
nbovozcro. Denver and ICnnses City report od
belnw-ero weather last night, but tho mciuury
nt Denver to-night registered 22' nbovc. nnd tbo
Kansas City record is above. Through northern
Illinois, Wisconsin nnd Michigan tho snow
storm was hcuvy.
Wmr Below 7ero Down East.
Boston", Feb. 3. Northeastern Massachusetts
is suffering tho most sovcro cold weather for
twenty-flve years. At Amosbury tho mercury
dropped to 14 below zero to-day, nnd nt Con
cord, Mass., to 18" below. Mnnchestcr and
Nashua, N. II.. each report 25' below, whllo at
North Wcaro tho mercury dropped to 30 below
zero.
SO.OOO Men Idle on Account or Deep Snow.
Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 3. Shantymcn on the
Madawaska and Sturgeon rivers havo been com
pelled to stop work on account of the boavy
snow. Thero are now ovor eight feet of snow
In the woods. About 20,000 mon are Idle.
Ilarrlmnu McLaiir.
Baltimoiie, Feb. 3. A marriage of much in
terest to society in Baltimore and In New York
occurred to-dny nt noon when Miss Eugono Mc
Lane, dnughter of tho Into Charles McLnne of
Baltimore, wns married to Mr. Josoph Hnrrl
man of New York. The ceremony was per
formed at Emanuel Church bv tbo Rov. Dr. i.
Houston Eculeston, rector of tho parish. In tbo
presence of n largo assemblage, lho bride woro
n gown of whlto satin, 'ihcre wcro no bridesmaids.
Hatha wny Hover.
Hudbom, N, Y Fob. 3. Tho Rov. Charles
Hathaway, rector of St. John's Episcopal
Church at Stockport, and Miss Mnry Hover,
daughtcrof Jnmes A. Hover, n cot ton goods mnn
ufnuuror nt Columblavllle. wero united In mar
riage yesterdny nt St. John's Church, Stock
port. The ccremo-y was performed by tbo Rov.
Mr. Stlllmar of tho Albany Cathedral, nsslstod
by the Rov, W, Brown Sermon of Stottvllle,
Train Kills nrand Central VtatcUman.
Patrick Daly of 010 Second nvenue, a night
watchman nt tho Grand Central Station, was
killed last evening by an onglno of n Hnrkni
train whllo crossing tho tracks nt Forty-sixth
street, llo stepped from behind ono train di
rectly In front ot nnother. He wns 03 years old
and married.
Heeelver for lluurll Harrlion'e llallroad.
Li PoitTE, Ind., Fob. 3, A rocelvor was ap
pointed to-night for tho Michigan City Street
Railway, which Is ownod by Russell Harrison,
son of ex-President Harrison. The liabilities
are estimated nt $40,000. No stateinont was
made as to tho ussets.
a ALE IN THE ENGLISU CHANNEL.
Many Vessels Damaged ibeerness Crowded
nllli Shipping.
.Htxcial Calilt Denmlch to The Bin. '
London, Feb. 3. A flerco galo prevailed In the
English Channel und tbe North Sea last night.
The harbor of Sheorness, at tho mouth of the
Thames, is crowded with shipping that has
taken refuge there. Many vessels wero dam
aged by the storm, but no fatalities are as yet
reported.
THEY'LL EAT OUR APPLES"
TOE OEItXAN PROHIBITION HAS
S BEEN MVOU MODIFIED.
Practically All Onr Prsoh Fruit Mar Mow
Rater That Conntrr Testimony to the
eellenee and Popularity of Our Apples In
Oermany Saperlsr to the Native Fruit.
Sptelal Cable Dispatch e$ to Tmc Res.
Br.nuN, Feb. a The Bundotrath to-day made
an important decision In tho matter of tho Gov
ernment's prohibition of the importation of
American fruits. By this decision only fresh
fruit containing tbo plant louso called the
schlldlaus is prohibited, but damaged fruit nnd
plants aro entirely prohibited. Dried fruits nro
not affocted by tho Government's order. To
day's modification ot tho decrco by tho Bundes
rnth Is practically a back down.
Tho Cologne Uaitttc anys tho Finance Minister
telegraphed tho order ot prohibition to tho Cus
tom Houso at Emmerich on Jan. 30 with in
structions that thereafter all consignments of
American fresh fruit should bo sent back to tho
Unltod States. Tho Hamburg Senate received
tho order of prohibition on Jan. 31, It Is bo
llovcd that tho pcsslblo retaliation on tho part
ot tho United Statos Influenced to-day'B action
otthoDundcsratb.
Lonpox, Fob. 3.-Mr. W. N. Whlto of this
city, ono of tho largest importers of American
fresh fruit, to-day told tho correspondent of
Tub Sun that ho sends tho samo class of fruit
to Germany thnt ho receives In England, nnd
tnat It does not bear a traco of dlseaso or ver
min. Ho added that tho embargo was an ob
riouB pretext to sccuro protection for Oorman
fruit or was laid in retaliation for tho American
tariff on sugar.
Mr. Whlto furthor said thnt ho attended tho
recent exhibition nt Hamburg, and found that
California fruit was, greatly appreciated. Ho
learned that groat stridos had bocn mado by
tbo lmportors of American fruit in capturing
tho Gorman markets.
Compared with tho samo class of German
fresh fruit received In London. Mr. Whlto de
clared that ho found tho California fruit far
superior. Horr Welnhagcn, ono of tho largest
merchants In Berlin, recently bought 10,000
cases of Oregon applos, for which he paid high
prices.
WABUINOTO.V WANTS PULLEIt INFORMATION.
Washington. Fob. 3. Tho State Department
is still without detailed Information In regard
to tbo decroo prohibiting the importation of
American fruits Into Germany. It hns ascer
tained from Ambassador Whlto, who sent a
brlof cnblo In rcsponso to nn Inquiry tnlogrnphod
by Secretary Sherman yesterday, that the word
used lu tho decree describing the excludod prod
ucts Is "Amorlcnn," thus Indicating, ns tho
Stnto Department supposed, a general applica
tion of the embargo to fru ta from all countries
In tho Western Hemisphere. Tho American
Ambassador has been directed to transmit by
cablo the full text or tho decroo, and until ho re
sponds tho department will not be able to glvo a
acflnito Interpretation of tho discriminating
provisions.
From Information received recently from
diplomatic nnd consular officers of tho United
States, and tho statements In press dospatchos.
tho department has ascertained that tho reason
glvon for the exclusion wnB tbe fonr thnt Ger
man fruit trees would contract the disease
known as tho San Jos6 scalo, which played such
iiuuv in auiunuii a iun joan auu, xuo bcbiu
is In reality a tiny parasite, which multiplies
rapidly in tho bark of deciduous trees and even
tually kills them. It is particularly fatal to
apple, peach, orango, and plum growths. Its
discovery caused consternation nmong fruit
growers. A sciontiflo Investigation was made
bynotod entomologists nil oer tho world, nnd
tha fact was developed that tho ecnlo hnd
been known in Australia for n long time, but
wns effectually exterminated by a variety of
the American lady bug. About 200 ot theso
lady bugs worn imported to this country from
Australia, and thoy hnvo proved fatal to tbe
pest in tho sections whero they hnvo beon dis
tributed. Tho peach tree appears to be tho
most popular prey ot the scale. Ono peculiar
thing about tho parasite Is that It does not
attack tbe fruit and is not carried from ono
placoto another In shipment. For that reason
lho Stnto Department ofllclals bellovo thnt Ger
many's objection is not well taken.
Tho German Ambassador was at the State
Department to-day, and tho matter was brought
to his attention. Ilosaldhoknownothlngabout
tho decree. Tho negotiations for reciprocity
between Oermuny nnd tho United States nro
still on, but it is likely thnt this Government
will decline to treat further if the fruit prohibi
tion Is not revoked or modified.
PUNISUINO TUE BALUOUIB.
A British Eipedltlon Drrents tbe Satires Who
Killed Engllah Surveyors.
Special Cable Detvatch to Tnx Set.
Calcutta, Feb. 3. Tbo forco that wasiont to
punish tho tribesmen who last month murdered
a British surveying expedition at Makran, on
tho coast of Baluchistan, has had an engage
ment with and defeated Baluch Khan, tbe
leader of tho tribesmen.
About 100 of tho enomy were killed, including
Baluch Khan and two other chiefs. The British
forco then advanced to Turbat, whero they
shellod tho fort.
CORN IN STEAMER FURNACES.
Tbe Clendower Compelled to Ceo Part or Uer
Cargo ns Fuel.
Special Cable Vetpatch to TnE Scs.
Queenstow.v, Fob. 3. Tho British steamer
Glendowcr, from Baltimore, arrived, hero to-day.
Sbo had terrific wcathor. Tbo heavy seas which
swept over her damaged her deck and carried
aw ay ono of her boats. The lattor mishap oc
curred yesterday. Her supply of coal became
exhausted and a quantity of her cargo of corn
was used as fuel.
THOSE ENGLISH PRISONERS.
The Moroccans Aro Taking Tbem to the Con
sular Court nt Tangier for Trial.
Special Cable Vetpatch to The ac.
TiNniEit, Feb. n.'lhe llvo Englishmen be
longing to the oxpodltion sent out by tboUlobo
Yenturo Syndicate, who were captured on tho
const by Moroccan troops, nro being brought to
this city.
It Is oxpected that thoy will be banded over to
tbo Consular Court for trial on the charge of
being concerned In tho unlawful landing of
arms.
THE SUIT AGAINST OAKET HALL.
Tbe Aellon Pror. Ilrjce Ilrouaht la 1SBO Has
Been Dismissed,
Special Cable Peepatch to TnE Scs.
London, Teb. 3. It is announced that tho
libel action against Mr. A. Oakey Hall brought
by Prof. James Bryco In 1880 has been dis
missed with costs on tho ground of non
compliance with an ordor directing tho plaintiff
to glvo security for tho defendant's costs,
Prof. Bryco now has no means of recovering
his heavy expense
RIOTOUS OEB31AN STUDENTS.
Classes In Vienna University Prevented from
Pursuing Their studies.
Special Cable Deipatch to The Sex.
Vienna, Feb. 3. Hundreds of students in
raded tho lecture rooms of tho Vienna Univer
sity nnd tho Polytechnic this morning, and in
dulged in rlotouB demonstrations against tho
Government's ordinance forbidding tbe German
students nt Prnguo to uoiir their badges.
Tho riotous Htudents prevented tno clssses
from pursuing tliulr similes nnd rorltntlons, and
lho professors woro compelled to withdraw.
Tho University nnd tho Polytechnic huve bocn
clubed for n week.
Ail tbo German high schools in Austria have
been closed In conscquenco of tho students'
rioH. '
A Liberal. I'nloiilit Choern lo Parliament.
Special Cable Deepatch to THE Pvn.
Lonpon, Fob. 3. An election was hold to-day
In tbo south division of Wolverhampton to fill
the vacancy In the Houso of Commons caused
by tbe death of Charles Palham Vllllcrs, who
was known as tho "Father of tbe House." Mr,
Yllllers had represented tho constituency con
tinuously for slxtj -threo years. Tho election
resulted in tho return of tbo Liberal-Unionist
candidate, Mr. John I-Gibbons, by a majority
of 111, ho receiving 4,115 votos, agalnst-1,001
cast for bis Radical opponent, Mr. George
Thornp.
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SPANIARDS AXBMT tTXXK BtANttO.
(Ubl Answers the Osrsr er it Bribe r e-nlir
Tkrasklac tJen. I-ae'i Troop.
Havana. Feb. 3, via Koy Wost-When
ftjanco left Havana several days ago the palace
ofllclals wore not reluctant to let It bo known
that he had gone on a shopping tour nmong the
Insurgent chiefs, that he took with him plenty
ot money for that purpose and that ho would
soon return victorious with tholr purchased
submission. It now seems thnt Blanco was
sadly deceived by tho utterly unfounded con
fidence which bis subordinates had In the sain
ble disposition of Onrcla. Rabl, and othor cust
om chiefs.
Rabl. Instead of presenting himself submis
sively, as had been expected nnd announced by
the Spanish bellerern In autonomy nnd bribery,
at once moved with nil his men on Oen, Luquo,
but In a most aggressive manner, completely de
feating him and increasing his sorrow by mor
tally wounding hit only son, who Is reported ns
having slnco died. The Spaniards, hnving lost
faith In tho success of IllnncoVtrlp. nro now
groatly incensed against him and are threatening
to make a demonstration against him as soon as
ho returns. Even at Madrid, according to the
cablo despatches of yesterday, his failure has
produced a depressing effect.
To add to these difficulties the Autonomists
are beginning to quarrel among themselves, and
Seflor Qorin hns already threatened to resign it
he doos not recelvo from the Qovernmont nnd
his colleagues the support to which heis entitled.
Tbe principal causo of his displeasure is tho
naming by Sailor Morot of all tbo judiciary
body on Doc. 31, the day before the now
Government came into offlco, thus de
priving him ot tho chanco to appoint
his frlonds, ns ho was entitled to do; and, to
mako things worse, tho appointees of Moret
aro noarly all Spaniards, not Autonomists.
Oalvez sides with Oovln, but Montoro and Zayas
aro willing to give in to Morot. Honco the split
among tho Autonomists, which party will soon
be a corpse.
Tho Conservatives aro reorganizing tholr
party throughout tho Island. Weylor has been
namod honorary President and Romoro Robledo
as Vice-President, On Sunday, as Gen. Lee was
entertaining tho officers of tho Maine at La
Plnyn. tho Conservatives held a largo meeting
at Mariano, two miles nway. Romoro Rubio,
one of tbo speakers, said that the great enemies
of Spnln wero enjoying thomselvcs not far off
that ho hoped tho day was not distant whon
Spain would show them what Spanish soldiers
could do, and thnt tbo Americans wero very
much mistaken In bollovlng Spain to bo a weak
nation becauso sho had not been able to subduo
30,000 Cubans; but that was due to tho fact
that tho Cubans wero tbo eons of Spaniards,
having tho same blood and tho samo valor. But,
hnd thoy been 300.000 Americans they would
havo been nnnlhllntod long ago. Tho orator
received deafening applause and hurrahs.
Tho antl-Americsn sentiment is on the in
crease. On last Sunday, whon tho ferryboats
crossing tho bay wcro bringing back the crowd
from lho bull fight at Regla.ns they passed close
to tho Maine curses nnd insulting remarks wore
mndu to tho suitors on the Maino, who, not un
derstanding what thoy meant, pleasantly smiled
nt tho shouting, ranld crowd.
On Mondnv. when the body of Ruiz was taken
to tho graveyard, tho police discovered that tho
new grave ot Aranguren was literally covered
with beautiful flowers, which were Immediately
removed by the police The Bishop on hearing
or tnis was very mucn displeased at tho action
of tho police and forbade them from ever doing
so again, saying that when a man was laid to
rest In the mnnslon of the dead bo should no
longer be considered an offender by tho living.
Tho negro who bctrajed Aranguren and to
whom $500 wns offered as a reward has been
killed by the Spaniards. As bis services were
no longer needed and it wns not desired to pny
him tbe money which was due him, ho wns
tnken out nf Ounnnbncon yesterday morning
and executed two mites from tho place.
The guerrilla forces ot tho plantation Constan
cia havo been annihilated. The Insurgents took
all the oxen and burned all tho caneflelds in the
neighborhood. Two hundred Insurgents from
Las Villas havo gone to the province ot
Yagunramas to burn caneflelds nnd stop grind
ing. Thoy attacked the plantation Magdalena,
owned by SeDor E. Ferrer.
SURPRISE TO TUE TOBACCO TRADE.
Tbo Closing or Cnba ta tbe Porto Rlcan Prod
uct Was Vnespected.
The closing of the island of Cuba to tobacco
grown in Porto Rico comes ns a surprlso to tbo
trade at largo. For many years this was tho
only tobacco permitted to be taken Into the
island, and this regulation was very rigorously
observed, as tho cigar manufacturers and the
leaf tobacco doalers in tho Cuban product
knew that to retain tho prestige and high
prices of their product, it must be abovo
suspicion. Even American buyers of Romo
dios tobacco, tho type so largely used in
whnt aro known as "seed and Havana" cigars
wcro put to consldornblo troublo by tho red-tapo
regulations which had to be observed to enablo
them to tako Into Havana a handful of our domestic-grown
leaf tobacco and a corresponding
amount of that grown In Sumatra for tbe pur
posoof testing the Romedlos growths. Hence,
any tobacco coming out of Cuba was Implicitly
relied on by tbo world at large as being the
strictly legitimate and pure article.
The product of Porto Rico much resembles
the tobacco of tho Remedlos district, and is not
ransidcrod suitable for tho higb-grado cigars
known as clear Huvnnus. It has beon permitted
to enter Cuba for use In tbo cigarette manufac
tories, and also for tho manufacture of what
nro called "plantation cigars," made by the
farmers und peoplo In tho country mainly for
German nnd Austrian consumption, these being
of such low vnlue that. It is said, they can bo
Bold for about $0 per thousand. They must bo
low priced or thoso nations would have no
demand for them. Because ot tho tobacco
famine caused by the war In Cuba nnd tho con
sequent non-planting of Vuolla nnd Partldo to
baccos, howevor, there was a groat demand for
the Porto Rico. Forty thousand cases of this
tobacco wero admitted Into Cuba last year, this,
It Is broadly stated, being used by ftomo of tho
local cigar factories In tho cheaper goods. In lho
clgurelto factories, nnd also exported to this
country.
The sudden prohibition of this class of tohaoco
Is said to bo due to tho fact that its admittance
to Cuba would now seriously injure tbe reputa
tion of the native high-grade growths. Inasmuch
as well-founded rurunrs exist that domestic
grown tobaccos of tho United States have found
their way into Porto Rico, thence to Culm, and
hao thero been Bold again to American cigar
manufacturers as veritnblo Havana. Owing to
the handsomo appearance of tho loaf it has been
almost impossible to detect It by Bight,
and in tho great scarcity of suitable
wrappers (of which thoro aro practi
cally none In the Porto Rico crop) tbo matter of
aroma and tasto has not beon watched too
closoly. It Is currently stated that n certain
manufacturer in a State not far south nf New
York bought Blxbalos of tobacco from Havana
ns wrappers, paid tho wrapperduty on them Into
this country, costing him In all ovor $2,000, and
then, finding such tobacco as hn In all his ex
perience had novcr seen come from Cuba, sub
mitted them to an expert in domestlo loaf to
nnd they woro cholco Connecticut.
If this Is true, and thero appears every resson
to believe It Ib so, tho Madrid Government has
acted very wisely In prohibiting the Porto Rico
tobacco from tbo island. Nothing is said about
the permission accorded one of the largest cigar
firms in Cuba to grow tobacco on the Isle of
Piucs, an island adjacent to Cuba.
Struck and Mortally Injured by the Cars at
Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, N. Y Feb. 3. The wost
bound train on tho N. Y N. II. nnd H. R. R. due
hero nt 0:22 o'clock to-night struck and injured
a mnn aupposod to bo O. N. Llppett, a represen
tative of tho National Mercantile Collection
Company of (10 State street. Hartford, Conn. Ho
wus running to intch tho train nnd landed on
the eiist-houud platform. Discovering bis mis
take, bo MarloU lo climb over (lje picket fem-n
which separates the two btntiuns. Tbo train
struck Iilm and threw him upon an adjoining
track. Whon picked up the mnn wns nllve nnd
conscious. He was removed to tho hospital
where it. was found thnt hlsskull was fractured.
Thero Is littles chnnce for his recovery. Ills
homo, It Is believed, Is In Now itocbollo.
The Crew or lho I,dj Bertha Lost,
Halifax, Feb. 3.-Tho British schooner Lady
Bertha la a totnl wreck nt Fcrnouso Cove, New
foundland, twenty miles north of Cape Race.
Sbo was lost In Tuesday's groat storm, and all
hands are supposed to have gone down.
Wbrre Yesterday's Fires Were.
A. M. b:t3, 615 First avenue, Frrderlch Btolzrn
berjer, damage 5, 8:80, flja Third avenue, N.
Cowau, damage Irlfllngi 11, 10 West Blxty-fourth
street, David Clrsnt, damage StIOO,
I. H. IViSO, 651 Washington avenue, Petsr Frank,
damage (30: ei0, SOCIIntou street, Morris Tator
Insky, damage triniugi 7iSO, liaslith avenue, lleury
C, West, no damagei 7i3o. 7HH West Hud aveuue
1,'iulse (I Urnwn, no dsiuagpi 8:80, 44 Itlvlnntoii
street. Mary L.genbrodt, damage SIOui U:50 2
Uowery, Jules Aownan, damagif trifling. H:oo. 7au
Columbue i-riiue, Mrs. btewarl, daiuagr ilii ill-bo
10U7 Second avenue, David Kiculer. dsuiaga l.ioo'i
Uj. 100 Allen street, Morris Feb-llMr! dinl.go
A CERTAIN CURE 1
ron 'M
CONSTIPATION.
Reiulations, as to Diet, Exercise, etc., at
Prescribed by Ono ol tho Most
Emiaeat Physicians.
Constipation affects mostly those who are
dyspeptic or who sit too much or too lonr.
It cannot be cured by medicines alone. 1 he
following Is the prescription of a leadinj
physician:
1st. Take on rls'nj a teaspoonful of Oris
bad Sprudel Salt in a glass of water as hut a
you can sip It. Then take a brisk walk out of
doors, If you can; If not, keep on your ft
and move about Indoors. If the trouble It
chronic and serious, take another dose in fmm
thirty to sixty minutes. Walt at least half an
hour before eating your breakfast.
2d. Never sit down to read or work after
breakfast until Nature has found relief. " nut
I haven't time." You will have time If you
rise an hour earlier than before, and a cure is
worth that.
3d. Use laxative food use a gruel of rolled
oats and water, no milk; and use HONEY with
wheat griddle cakes or with bread. Ncer
touch toast or milk, except in coffee. Lion't
eat blackberries or cheese, and never drink tea
for breakfast. Use coffee at breakfast, If ou
can ; if not, hot water. Chew all food thor
oughly and never use a liquid to help masti
cate It. Never use acids or sour fruits and
fruit when cooked is much easier digested
than if uncooked.
4lh. Why use Carlsbad Sprudel Salt?
Because, first, there is no reaction to follow it.
You know what that means, if you have tiken
physics and found yourself worse off thin
Before, the second day afterwards; second,
because the Genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt
aids the stomach as well as the bowels in their
functions.
You can take the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt less
and less steadily as you Improve; but neer
be without a bottle handy. Be sure to use
only the Genuine Carlsbad Salt, which is ob
tained from the celebrated Carlsbad Sprudel
Water, and has the signature of Eisner & Men
delson Co., Sole Agents, New York, on every
bottle. Adv.
ORIFFO'S HOPES DASHED.
Be Lose a mrtorn-TIeuud Fight with Mcrea
sell at San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 3. At the Olympic Club
to-night Frank McConnclI, a young San Fran
cisco boxor, obtnlnod tho decision in a fifteen
round fight with Orlffo, the Australian.
Orlffo showed wondorful cloverness In de
fence and in ducking and avoiding blows, but he
nppearod to havo lost steam, llo did no ag
gressive work, henco tbe rotereo gave the fight
to McConnell, who did all the leading and forced
the fighting from tho first round.
This docislon Injures Orlffo in his hopes ot
getting a fight with Dal Hawkins.
BOUGHT JURS. SHALL FOR $10.
A sTlaanelal Transaction That Transferred tho
Woman lo tho Hired Man.
Woodslke, Ont., Feb. 3. David Small, a
farmer living near hero, returned homo from a
marketing trip on Thursday and found bis house
deserted. He nlso found thnt his wlfo hnd left
t ho placo nbout tho samo time ns the hired man.
11 Irani Hlckmott. Snull found them In Kings
villc. Ho secured n warrant, and tbo prisoners
wero brought beforo Squiro Cumiulford.
Tbo Squire usherod tho thrco persons into a
private room, and left them there. In lire
minutos thoy camo out, agreeing to burv the
tomahawk. Tho case was then dismissod.
Small disposed of his wife to tho hlrod man tor
$20 cash, and Hlckmott went away with her.
nrldosToam Fears Inennlly and Kills Himself.
Valdobta, Ga., Feb. 3. James. E. Vnrn, a
bridegroom ot twelve days, committed suicide
last night by blowing off the top of his head
with a shotsun. He returned from his honey
moon yesterday. Ton minutes before his sulci do
hn mnilod a letter to his wife assuring her nf
his love, but saying thnt be felt insanity creep
ing on bim.
Blyfhebourne School Made a Grammar School.
Public School 103, in Blythebourno, has been
reorganized from an intormodlate to a grammar
Bchoo), and on Monday it will open with all tho
grades, both grammar nnd primary. This
change van made possible by the emplovmont ut
Principal I). ,A. Preston in place of Principal
Dogort.
Vasaar Alnmnco nennlon
The Assoclato Alumnro ot Vassar College
will hold its annual reunion and luncheon at the.
Hotel Savov on Saturday. Thero will be n busi
ness meeting with election of officers nt 13
o'clock, followed by lunchoon at 1 :30. Addresses
aro oxpected from President Taylor and others,
and the Vassar Qleo Club will sing.
To Investigate VTacea In Cotton Hills.
Boston, Feb. 3. Tho House this afternoon
ndoptod, In concurrence with tho Senate, tbe
ordor for nn investigation by tho Committee on
labor of the recent reduction in tbo wages ot
cotton mills.
Dr. IV. D. James's Newport Cottage.
Newi-oiit, Feb. 3. Dr. W. B. James of New B
York has rented tho villa of A. A. Low, " Sunset
Tt!dgc," on Cnstlo Hill, for tho season of 11H.
nnd not tho Hamilton cottage, ns has been reported.
Senator TTaltball III with tbo Crip.
, Washinoton, Feb. 3. Senator W'althill of
Mississippi Is seriously, but It Is thought not
dnngorously, 111, suffering fromasovere ultsrk
of grip.
. IiliQ'lfiy The ar ae
j obscure doc
tor, when a young- wife complains of brmz
nervous, fretful, despondent and troubled r
with headaches, pains in the back and sides V
nnd abdomen and ''shooting- pains," attrib
utes these bad feelings to stomach, liver or
heart trouble. If, by a luckv chance, he
hits upon the right cause, which is most fre
quently weakness or disease of the ( mi
nine organism, lie will insist upon the
offensive examinations and local treatment
from which every modest woman shrinks.
When a woman suffers in this way "he
should consult, in person or by letter, some
eminent physician who has the wisdom and
experience to know that these troubles are
easily cured by the right remedy, without
offence to modesty. Dr. R, V. Pierce has
been for thirty years chief consulting phy
sician to the Invalids' Hotel and Suruical
Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y one of the leading-
medical institutions in the wotld.
Many thousands of women have urcd his
'Favorite Prescription" who were physi
cal wrecks and who are now hippy wives
with happy husbands. Honest druggits
will not offer something else in place of
the famous "favorite Prescription,"
"After having' been married nine vears, having
good health generally, and no children, I con
suited you lu regard to my case," writes Mrs
Virginia A. Thornton, of Halloca, Chattahoochee
to, Oa, "I rcrchrd prompt rrply, with dlrrc
lions for using onr medicines, which I followed,
AnerJf,'n' bottles or lr. 1'ierces l'aorile
Prescription,. J happily found myself in an ei
pcttant elite, and in due lime gave birth to a fine i
babysit! She Is two years and-a-half old now, M
and is healthy and fat J
Constipation? , " liiliousness"? That I
means "danger ahead." Dr. Pierre's Pica 1
at Pellet arc a sure cur, 1