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137'- ' WHEELING, W. YA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897. P&ICE TWO CEXTS
ONE WAS, SNUBBED
So the Sixty-Two Republican
Members of Legislature
WILL "ABSENT THEMSEEVES
I-rom the Legislative Ball to be
Held at the Capitol To-nigbt.
DELEGATE PAYNE THE MEMBER
Who Wai Intentionally Slighted on Account
of Ills Color?He Wonld Xot 1 la-re
I Attended If He Had Been luvltotl, bit
ilir macrlralnation Was so .Harked That
jlis Frllow Republican Legislators, by
Ulioiu He li Held In the lligheat Ei
teem, Agreed to Resent the Slight Pat
i [m>ii Illm?The 1)111 Creating the Xenr
Comity of Augnata Has a Fair Chance to
l'ssa-Ths Tan Bark B^U*
Special Dispatch to tho Intelligencer.
( iIARLESTON, W. Va.. Jun. 2S.?The
] i;lslature has given up the hall of tho
house ami the chamber of the senate to
the citizens of Charleston for the legislative
ball to ha held to-morrow night
When tho citizens look over the gay
throng of handsome women and brave
men they will miss forty-one delegates
and twenty-two senators. The sixtytwo
will be absent because one of tho
members of the house was not invited.
Rev. Dr. C. H. Payne, a delegate from
Fayette county, tho first man with African
blood in hii veins to be elected to
the West Virginia legislature, was not
invited. Some of the members thought
there must be a mistake. Inquiry was
made of the secretary of the reception
committee, Mr. John B. White, prlvato
fi'cretary to Governor MacCorkle. Mr.
.White gave assurance that no mistake
had been made. The matter had been
discussed and it was resolved that tho
colored, but not very deeply colored,
delegate could not be invited.
I)rlrente Fayur. of Fayrllr.
Then his fellow Republicans In the
house and the Republicans in the senale
quietly did some resolving of their
own. Without dissent it was agreed
that discrimination against one of that
number made it impossible for any to
attend, and not a muri of them will be
there.
Republicans In the legislature were
the more ready to talto this stand because
of the very modest bearing of
this very able man of high character.
From the moment ho selected the least
prominent and least desirable seat in
ihe house up to the present, he haa been
modest and retiring. He barf waited to
be sought, and he has been sought for
his r? al worth. The reception comlnittee
would not have been embarrassed by his
presence. If ho hail been invited he
would not have attended. As a minister
of the gospel he does not nttend
balls, and as a man of slngulur delicacy
he does not go where he has reason to
think he Is not wanted. No public notice
hits been given of the Intention of Republicans
to absent themselves from the
l'nil and their absence will be a surprise.
governor-elect Atkinson and Miss Atkinson
have arrived for the occasion.
It i* announced that they will receive
v.lth Governor and .Mrs. MacCorkle.
C. IS. H.
THE NEW COUNTY
Of Angoata Hrema to Stum! a Sliow-Utdt
I'Iimc oflhi! Tnn Hark Bill.
Special Dispatch to the IntMllseacor.
'"HARLE5T0X, W. Va., Jan. 28.?
M tnoeuverlng Jn the house to-day Indicates
that the hill to create the netv
?unty of Augusta has a fair chance |o
by nearly u strict parly vote.
Word com*** that tho Fairmont forces
nr- on the way to fight the bill. t!xvmor
Fleming Is said to have nrI
this CVcninc on this mission, but
innot find wh?.*re hu Is stopping.
: l.-t every Indication of a fl?;ht to
death. The Fairmont end of the
ii ty '1M not '?t Unit regtrrd Hi-- matt-r
03 FvriouH. but the determination of
n n i-ourit ?bown that
they m^an business.
The Mil of Delegate Collins, of Putnam
county, to repeal the act requiring
publication in the new-paper* of the
delinquent tag list, has ralxed u breeze,
it tno chances favnr lis psflsane In the
uDelegate Hughes, of Xantvhi,
m ulc a stronc appeal to-day fur the
?s a good one. but tin* *r?t
tii-etna to bo In favor of Iti repeal.
A stronp offirt 1^ b'dnR mad* to tax
idiareholdera In huililntf and loan associations.
p form of doubt:* taxation,
t n tho probability Is tiio effort will
fall.
Jioth houses nre punhlnir work an
fast n>, bill- Htrn he" print#-1 *n?l th?
eommitteeN can oomlder them.
Th* latest' phnFe of the Ian hark Mil
i* tlx- idea of tho senate committee to
ilor -j corporation '>old In fee tea
th iiiiiand .-I'fss for jch tannery here
fter t.? be nuilt ?vlth u rapiuity of
tnsnty thouMind Jijdes a year.
Ckorr W. I-utx, of WI;- 'Ins,
1 to-nv;:?t to I ok "after a -lain* f.?r
plumbing put In the Shcpheriblown
i nnsl bchool ?aoi? iluui two- years
go. C. B. ii.
ELECTION COlfTZBT
At W?>ton?ContrBinutaUeat?UiimlalakaLie
Evldcucea of Drmorratlo Frand.
SpecJn! Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
# "WESTON, W. Vo., Jon. 28.?'The contestants
rested in the election eases today,
and evidence for the conteatees
was begun. Nothing worthy of note
has been reached. .
A good point was scored by the Republicans
In the contest cases yesterday.
J. A. Watson, of Parker's* Run,
a former government employe, was
introduced as an expert witness on
handwriting.
He examined the seven tickets from
their different voting places, which appeared
to be in the same hand writing,
and after closely scrutinizing them,
he pronounced the name of Bennett on
each of the seven ballots, to have been
written by the same per sop and to
have been written with different ink
from that used in marking out the
heads of tickets. Upon examination of
the handwriting of K. A. Bennett, present
clork nnd custodian of the ballots,
after their return from several voting
precincts, an well as the writing of
several other persons, he expressed the
opinion that the erasures of the name
nf T.lohtluii>n mi lha uuuiirnI ntlfl
the Insertion of the name of E. A. Bennett
were made by tiie eald E. A. Bennett.
and in; pointed out nutaerous distinctive
characters showing unmlatttliable
similarity between parts of the*
records made by Bennett and the Insertions
of his name on the ballots.
The seven tickets have been photographed,
an has been the ballot of
Marcellus White, mentioned In a former
dispatch, which had the name of
Llghtburn after the ticket had been
voted,.deposited, counted and returned.
State "Wool Grower*' Meeting,
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 28.-At
-the meeting of the state wool growers,
S. C. Gist, of Brooke county, was reelected
president; James Beall, of
Brooke county,secretary: Messrs. A. It
Jacobs, of Ohio county. E. C. Henshaw,
of Berkeley county, D. Getzendanner,
of Jefferson, and the president and
secretary were appointed a committee
to Join the national wool growers in
Washington to lay before the ways and
means committee the needs of their industry.
The association meets in Martkisburg,
October 12, 33 and 14. The
meeting here was not large, but It was
decidedly interesting.
TWO BEPOBTEBS DBOWNED
In a Colllilon Betweru a Yacht and
Steamship Near TStvr Orlean*.
i NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.?At 12:33
! o'clock this morning a collision occurred
on the river about twelve miles
| above the quarantine station, between
tho steam yacht Argo and the fruit
I steamship Albert Dumois, in which the
yacht had her bow stove in and sank
I within a very few minutes after the accident.
How the accident occurred and
! who was to blame for It, the courts will
| most probably be called upon to decide.
I The Dubois was Inward bound from
Port Llmon, and the Argo was bound
down the river on her way to quaran
tint* station to meet the steamship
Wljitney with theTcongresslonal committee
on board. On l>oard the Argo
were three reporters of the Picayune,
Messrs. H. P. Hester und P. Blasslnl, I
of the staff and uti extraman, A. C. j
JJndauer, Mr. H. J. Frantz, of New
Orleans, was a guest. A crew of four
men commanded by <'aptaln Jatn?\s
Brown, was In charge of the craft and
the vessel made excellent time down
the river, running with an average of
fifteen miles an hour.
All In the cabin had retired and nothing
untoward occurred until about half
past twelve o'clock this morning, when
the Dumois was encountered coming
up the river. The Argo signalled for the
right and the Dumois answered by two
, whistles, or a signal that that vessel
| would take the left hand side. The
Argo crashed into the starboard bow of
the huge iron steamship which iiad one
, of the plates bent, but the Argo had h?*r
bow stove In and In a few minutes
I sank.
The captain and the crew of the ArI
go lowered away a small dinkey Into
which they sprang, while of the pas,
fingers, only two, Mr. Frantz and Llndjuer,
succeeded in reaching the little
I boat. The boat had barely left the side 1
I of the vessel before the Argo plunged I
had foremost Into the river, the stern
standing up high In the air. The Du!
mols failed to lower away a boat to go |
I to the rescue of the little ynivl, which
! overcrowded as she was, came very
near swamping. After reaching the
, deck of the Dumois, It was learned that
i Messrs. Hester and Blesslnl were missing.
and although the Dumois lav to
fully an hour. In a vain effort to learn
l something of the missing man, they
finally abandoned the search and
headed up river.
The young men who are missing and
| whose fate Is doubtless tie:iled, were
well )<nown and popular rejwrtera of
the Picayune. Mr. Hester was the son
of Mr. Jlenry Hester, secretary of
the Cotton Exchange in this city, and
the nephew of Mr. C. Harrison Par- |
ker. Mr. Blesalnl was also well known
In the lower section of the city. I
Cincinnati'* Big Fire.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 28 ? At 2'
o'clock this mornlng#a fire alarm rang
followed Immediately by a t*n blow,
summoning the entire available force of |
the Are department to the big five atory
brlek malt house of Herman Coepper &
Co., between Vine and Race streets and I
extending to Commerce street, a depth
'of ir.0 feet. This building with the heavy
stock and material was wholly destroyed I
except the walls. This was formerly tinAlbert
Schwlll A' Co. mwlt house, and f
was recently purchased by ll-rmun i
Goepper & Co. The low on the building |
and stock Is ((estimated at $350,000. Overman
Schrader a Co.'h cordage war**
rooms In rhesame building were destroy- j
ed with contents, and th?-ir loss Is Included
In the above estimate.
Wrecked by the Ice.
EVAN3VILLK, Ind., Jan. 28.?The
little steamer Peankishaw, while endeavoring
to reach an Ice harbor In |
Green river was sunk by the Heavy
Ice, about six miles above thl.4 city last j
i night. The boat had a barge in tow
and the crew of twelve men escaped to
It an<l floated by thin city, their crie.i
for help attracting quite a crosvd t?? j
the levee. The barge wan finally landed i
I In t!i<* bend of the river lieluvv the city
and the iwn enrap'-d to land, half fn?:;fii
by tiieir terrible wcnerlen'.v. William I
I ?>rr. th?* engineer of the boat, wan |
1 drowned. The FVanklshnw wa* own?-l i
by Server brother* and w:is run In the'
I i^vansville jin<! };?irtford trade. Tho
) i??3u win be about $2,000.
W>?l Vlicliiln Mining Arrlilrnf, |
ClNCIJCNATJ. Jan. 2 ft. A <'cj>r!al to |
, tin- COrmneplal T:1bu:j?* fr.^m <j.*vif(ou. I
V.*. Vi?.. ?}'<: To-day at if; Go-ul*a
m'.ue plent ne&r Kh-miajjion, by an a?i
cldcnt cn * coal Indian railway, thirty
men were thrown fr rn a car. IJdward
Kalfon wjw killed, two others were fai
tally and eight ?erlounly Injured.
FUN ON THE FLOOR.
Grosvenor and De Armond Eatertain
House of Representatives,
FORMER ASSAILING ALTGELD,
Willie the Missourlan Climbs Sec*
rctary Morton's Frame.
RIDICULING HIS PAMPHLET
Entitled "The l'armtt'i Interest In Finance,"
and Giving Pluy to the JUoit
Jilting Sarraaiu and Rasplug Irony?111*
Poetical Flight Brlngi Down the
JIonie"'-n?ueral (Jrosvenor Kesentethe
Charges of Frand Made by John Pardon
AuarchUt Altgeld lu a Recent Speech,
jt Very Entertaining Sesalou.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28.?The
house passed the Indian appropriation
bill to-day and entered upon the consideration
of the agricultural appropriation
bilJ, but all interest in these two
measures waa overshadowed by two
very remarkable speeches, one made by
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, attacking exGovernor
Altgeld, of Illinois, and the
other by IIr. De Armond, of Missouri,
heaping ridicule on Secretary Morton
for the recent issue of a phamphlet entitled
"The Farmers' Interest in Fiitanoe."
Mr. Grosvenor's observance on
the governor of Illinois was called forth
by the latter'a speech last week, in
which he charged that Mr. Bryan had
been defeated by fraud and based his
charge particularly on the enormous increase
of the vote in Ohio. Mr. Grosvenor
was very personal in his allusions
to Mr. Altgeld, laying at Ids door
much grave responsibility for the result
of the election. He declared that an appeal
on the stump against Altgeldlsm
never failed to arouse the populace
where ail clse failed; 11?? then analyzed
the Ohio vote and explained the causes
of Its Increase, calling attention to the
fact that the Democratic vote in tHe
state hod increased proportionately
much more than the Republicans.
31 r. De Armond replied very briefly to
Mr. Grosvenor, but it was his subsequent
attack on Secretary Morton which
created the sensation. Mr. De Armond
is a Democrat, an ardent advocate of
silver, and therefore his attack on a
Democratic cabinet official who has
be( n most active on the gold side of the
controversy excited less surprise than
it otherwise would have done.
It already had been noised about thnt
the Missouri member intended to make
an attack on the secretary and the members
eagerly crowded about to hear him.
With biting sarcasm and rasping irony
he Hcored the secretary of agriculture,
taking as his text a recent publication
issued by the secretary and sent out
over the country, under a frank, enTTaKmftK'a
(n T*l_
nance." Tlie pamphlet reviewed the silver
agitation to show that poverty and
Illiteracy "characterized the states
which had been foremost In the demand
for the restoration of silver."
Mr. PeArmond asserted that the demand
for sliver came chiefly from the
farmers whose Interests the secretary
of agriculture was supposed to look aft*r
and asked contemptuously what
excuse there was for issuing to them
"this slander, this travesty oil facts."
"The Republican party Is not responsible
for him." Interposed Mr. W. A.
Stone, oC Pennsylvania.
"AssUredly not," agreed Mr. DeArmond.
"and I can understand how
grateful you are that you ore relieved
of responsibility." (Laughter.)
He went on to say that there were
facts which some men l<?st sight of that
were known tlbo all others, and one of
them was that the illiterate colored
vote represented McKlnlev's majority
In most of the -tales which he carried.
Hut, he said, "no one took Secretary
Morton seriously now-a-days. The
world was no longer Interested In his
.-I... O.....W.,. nlthnnnk It mlnl.l
look with expectation for any observations
ho might make on the woodchuck,
the hedge-hog, or the eye of the potato.
"You Intimated that I took an unfair
advantage of Governor Altgeld,"
put In Mr. Grosvenor, "ivhy do you attack
Secretary Morton here where he
has no opportunity to reply?"
"Becau#?V retorted Mr. DeArmond.
after a pause, "I know the gentleman
from Ohio had contracted a habit of
speaking here at least once a day, and
I felt that he could speak for him, If
necessary." (Renewed laughter.)
In conclusion. Mr. DeArmond again
commended to the prayerful consideration
of the Republican "this curiosity
of modern political life," 'whose peculiarity
was that ho talked when he
wasn't wrHInn, and wrote when he wan
not talking, and did both when ho was
not thinking.'
"Full many a whim of purest ray serene,
"The dark, tin fat homed dreams of
Morton bear,
"Full many 11 wheel Is formed to whirr
unseen,
"And waste Its fleetness 'neath J.
Sterling's hair."
(Great laughter and applause.)
it.. r*?- r?Mn\ It.. I Ml..
Moor during the debate on the ngricultural
appropriation bill, and under the
latitude allowed, proceeded to Interest
tin* members with a reply to some remark*
made by ex-f invernor Alt geld
at a dinner given in the latter'* honor
last week. The loyalty, honor and Integrity
of the state of Ohio, he eald,
demanded a reply. Ah to much of What
.A It geld had said c?n that occasion, Mr.
GroBvenor remarked, hi* - !would
be Alienee, but he could not push over
n single paragraph. That paragraph.
Mr. Groevenor had read nt the clerk'a
clenk. It called attention In partial nui>.-tantlatlon
of the sweeping assertion
that Bryan had been defrauded ofr his
election, to the fact that in Ohio butt
fall there wen* cant 300,000 more votes
than In 18H2. Thla Altgeld said, Indicated
an Increase of population ??f 1,000,000.
whereas he charged the iuoreaHe
had not been more than two-third* of
ihat. From this he concluded that 90,/.<ui
.it iiw. v.itnn were fraudulent.
"I (Jo not wonder," "aid he, "that a
gentleman who led vlctorloui majorIty
III the eld' of CIiIcoro, very recentIV.
and then wok abtolutely overwhelmed
In almost all the counties uml
vol Imk precincts of Illinois. should *'*tcct
lilt own mat" na an Illustration of
the ouallty Of unfair"'ill which ha.I
been l In- nioasuw nnd index of thin
' "Kx-tioviTiio" AltRi M In the lam perron
In my Judgment, who oimht to
dr.nr from tl. r. jildly el'islfti; waves ..f
oblivion th? flint ' nnd of ?'
ic.ciu !"(.'!.(in. Whatever happened In
Ohio wai doe to .1 kinw number .if factum,
n.( on# "f which ir.ir. in.>r.- powerful
and potential in the victory of
t);u Republican party In that state
than was the existence a* a leader of
the Democratic party of Governor Altgeld
of llllnoU."
Contlulng, Mr. Grosvenor wild that
there had not been a dlshor^t election
In Ohio for years, and he gave the credit
of this to "Joint efforta of the leading
men of both political parties." He then
proceeded to describo the Ohio election
laws and methods designed to prevent
fraud, and subsequently, after analyzing
the Republican and Democratic figures
for some years past, concluded that
whatever justification might exist for
the charge of fraud based on the increased
vote In that state, applied with
double force to the enormou* Increase
of the Democratic vote In that state.
Ho called,attention to the fact that the
largest percentage of Increase In the
Ohio vote occurred In one of the Democratic
districts. He also repelled the insinuation
that the Republicans had lost
ground at the late election. In conclusion
ho congratulated the Democratic
press of his state on the fact that It had
not puid the slightest heed to Altgeld's
slanders.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Of tit* Coantry Aired In tlia Home Com
mlttce by Comptroller KrkcU.
WASHINGTON Jan. sm-Comptroller
Eckels of the treasury department today
gave his views on the financial condition
of the country to the house committee
on banking and currrecy. Several
bills introduced by members of the*
house had been referred to Mr. Eckels
for hit? judgment, and he analyzed
those besides giving his views tipon the
money question in general.
While there was no doubt of the necessity
for changes In the government financial
system, Air. Eckels said the public
was disposed to attribute too much of the
existing troubles to the lack of monetary
legislation. Over-trade, over-produotion
and extravagance in private and public
expenditures partly induced by speculation
were largely responsible for the
country's business difficulties. The day
had passed when the volume of money
was Its most important factor. Improved
facilities for transportation and methods
of exchange had lessened the Importance
of a large volume. Improved credit was
more Important. The first essential in
this country was the stability of public
credit. The apjwrent reluctance of the
people of the United States to redeem
their public obligations was the chle?
cause oC distrust.
The current redemption of the demand
obligations of the government wus the
chief problem of the treasury. The funding
and cancellation of these obligations
fo that the maintenance of a gold reserve
would be longer necessary was the most
desirable policy; whether it was the most
practical one was a question.
So for as the contraction of the currency
was concerned Mr. Eckels did not
think it would follow gradual retirement
of the greenbacks, provided credit was
reasonably stable. Banks would supply
the needed currency or gold would come
from abroad. The pursuance of Secretary
Mcculloch's policy &vould have disposed
of the question. Mr. Eckels added:
"Any business man who constantly
redeems his notes without retiring them
and keeps them out constantly will come
to a settling day that will break him.
The chief feature of a banking bill would
be to take from the government the Issue
of credit notes. The banks can do this.
Banks conducted on practical banking
principles instead of speculative enterprises,
Mr. Eckels said, could satisfy the
currency jffediJ Of DtUHBMK Before the
war the banks had always furnished sufficient
gold for business."
\T?? In a Ilonpltnl.
Special Dispatch to thn Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jnn. 28.?
There was a story published in an
evening paper here, to-day. under
heavy head-lines, announcing the disappearance
of Congressman Danford'a
son, Thomas, and detailing circumstances,
which lead to the supposition
that the young man was dead. Inquiry
this evening developed the fact that the
son Is ill at Garfield hospitHl and the
fact of his Illness may be accepted as
explaining why he did not immediately
communicate with his father, and
Is also explanatory of the sensational
features of the story.
Looking After Law Salt a.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 2S.-Congressmen
Dayton and Miller are In
Charleston, the former expecting to
argue u case in the supreme court, and
the latter hawing to look after a lawmi
t whflch is to come on for a hearing
later.
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Old Officer* Re-elerlcd?Iu Favor of Revlvnl
of Mcrchniit Marine.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.-The third
and last day's session of the convention
of the National Association of Manufacturers
to-day adopted a resolution offered
by the American Spirits Manufacturing:
Company, of New York, petitioning:
Congress in behalf of the alcohol
manufacturers the privilege of storing
their product In tanks In bonded warehouies
and transporting the same in
tank ears.
The nominating committee reported
in favor of the re-election of the present
olllcers, which was Ion'* by a unanlnv iu
vote. President, Theodore C. Search,
Pennsylvania.; secretary, E. P. Wltson,
Ohio; treasurer, Robert li.4ldlaw, Ohio;
vice presidents, Pennsylvania. John H.
Converse; Ohio, Junius II. Patterson.
The committee to which wuh referred
thp question, "The restoration of the
American merchant marine," reported
its follows:
"This association vlbetwa with the
greatest pleasure and satliirfaotion that
the need of protecting American ships
in the foreign trad<> has recently received
extended attention aanl approval
l>y the American people and by president-cleat
McKiniey. under whose forthcoming
administration, it Is our earnest
hope and expectation, that this long
defecrred revival of the American merchant
murine will be patriotically, zealously
and Immediately undertaken., so
that American roreiirn comm-'ree m nhereafter
and forever employ ships
built, owned'and manned by Americans."
It received the unttnlmous approval of
the convention.
Ittnho'a Mru PopulUt Ketiutor.
BOISE, IDAHO, Jan. 28.?Henry Keltf<?lt,
Popullut, wan to-day elect*! U. 8.
Senator to succeed Dullois. Tho deel- ,
slve ballot was: Ileltfelt 39. DuBpIs no.
T. F. Sehoti 1 Heltfelt jroi l.'i Democratic
votes and ?'n- IP-publican; DuHots 1
Democrats. Heitfelt 1* a fann?-r ur.d r? presonts
>.Vz Peree* county In tin- ?( ?
*.?nate. HIm I* 40. HH education Is
nwDarently only oC a rudimentary char
actor. ^
!,l*r ?n?I Uttllrl#.
HAHTFORTD CITY, Ind., Jnn. 28.?
Ln.-t flight Joa. Moxell, a m?-ioliunt at
UurjiU". miles north <f thin city,
shot Oru Brothi'rton. rfaujthltr of the
cldr*t merchant in the village, in tho
u>mp].\ Tj? hull't pa<?et! on: at tho
luck par; of hi head. lloxell then nttof
hlntii'lf In th.? hea-i. dying Innintly.
IIIh victim was alxteen. Tin* iw ? had
boon lovers, but Ml** BrothertOn h?d
d!<ic?rtlud Uoxcil, by request of her pircnU.
GAGE WAS GAUGED
And Major McKinley Considered
Him Just the Size
TO FIT TREASURY PORTFOLIO.
The Chicago Financier Accept! (he Taadar
'of the Prr*ldcnt-KI*ct,;aud'Promise* to
Do Ills Best In Running the Flnanelal
End of (ha Admlnlatrm Hon?There Ware
Jfatiy Vlallora at tho IKeKlalcf Residence?A
Dcpntatlon of the Colo rail
Clergy Aak for (he Recognition of Their
Race In tit* Distribution of Postofllcea
and Sllnor Patronage.
CANTON, O., Jan. 2S.-At 7^0 o'clock
thl* evening Lyman J. Gage, president
of Che First National bank, of Chicago,
emerged from the dining room of the
| McKinley home to fill an appointment
with the Associated Press and special
correspondents, to tell them the result
of his conference with Major McKinley.
"Mr. McKinley offered mo tho treasury
portfolio. I told him I would accept j
I the high honor, and 1111 the position to
the best of my ability."
I He Bald there was no ground for the
publication that he was a gold Demo|
crat druing tho campaign, and that his
only affiliation with the Democratic
I party was in 1884, wlien he voted for
Cleveland. He also said that he and
[ Major McKinley substantially, agreo on
the tariff questions.
This was the first utterance of the Incoming
secretary on being .presented to
the party.
# Mr. Gage reached Canton about 2:30
o'clock this afternoon, his train being
belated by cold and snow. With him
was National Commlttteeman Cyrus lieland,
of Kansas.
The McKinley conveyance was in waiting
and the visitors were hurried over the
snow-covered streets to the McKinley
home from which no hint of what was
transpiring within came until dinner
had been served and Mr. Gage stepped
Into the olllce library, and addressed
himself as quoted above. Beyond this
he had little to say. He declined to discuss
any feature of the policy of the incoming
administration, or to discuss any
matter other than that relating to himself.
Visitors at the McKinley residence this
morning were quite numerous, and Major
McKinley** time was thoroughly occupied
with gentlemen in the south parlors
and talking to Mrs. McKinley In Chicago
by telephone. There were several people
from Ohio who called to pay their respects
to the President-elect. Among
these were State Senator James R. Garfield,
son of th" late President Garfield,
who arrived at 10:30 this morning. Mr.
Garfield was closeted with the major for
some time.
Lyman J. Gage was born in Deruyter,
V"lll'i" /[T'llV v Y., June 2SL 183G.
Hlsparents, who were both born in the
Htate of Now York, wero of English
stock. When Lyman J. Gage was ten
yeurs of age his parents moved to Rom?,
N. Y., where he entered the Rome Academy.
remaining four years, the term he
spent in that school practically constituting
his entire school education. He
came t?? Chicago In th?* fall <>f I8r?5 and
was engaged ns a bookkeeper by u lumber
firm. His duties as bookkeeper,
however, comprised the driving of one
of the teams belonging to the firm, and
lnn/?nir n ml nn lrmillnir llimhfMV Ho nl.sn
served for u time as night watchman.
While lie was thus engaged ho was offered
the jiosltlon of bookkeeper of the
Merchants' Savins:, Loan and Trust
Company, and this was the actual beginning
of his career as a bunker.
In the spring of i860 lie had worked
his way up, t i the position of assistant
cashier and later to that of cashier,
which he held until 1868, when he left
the Merchants' Savings Loan & Trust
Company, to accept n similar position
with tin* First National bank, with
which Institution he has since been
Identified until the present time. In
1S8U hh financial ability was paid n 1
high compliment by his election to
the presidency of the American Bankers'
Association. On January 24, 1891. 1
he was elected president of the First
National Rank and still holds that position.
He was prominent In all of the
work that made the World's Fair a '
great success. Mr. Gage has been
twice married, his first wife being Miss
Sarah Ktherldge, of Little Falls, N. Y.,
whom he married In 1864.. She died In '
1874, and In 1SS7 he married Cornelia '
Gage, of Denver. Colorado. He Is a
member of the Commercial and Union 1
League Clubs of Chicago, and person- 1
dliy is a very popular maa. Ho Is dem- 1
ocratlo In his manners, pleasant and >
nffa'ule, and Is easy of approach at all
times. I
It was a happy, s>cial. after-dinner '
conference that the President-elect, '
Mr. Gage. Governor Cornell ami Col. MrCook
held in the McKlnley sitting room 1
to-night. it was evident mar uie pud- =
lie announcement of tho settlement of 1
the treasury portfolio was regarded ad ?
tho conclusion of a pood day's work,
GDFFWILL NOT ACCEPT J
A PotHloii In Ihe C'ablurt'Natlaflcd With ,
the Umcli. i
Speelnl Dispatch to tho Intellljrenccr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Jan. 28.?In- 1
formation comes from n reliable source J
that Judge Natlmn Gofl! will not go In- j
to President-elect McKlnloy's cabinet, i
He has considered the matter carefully, <
and that Is his decision.
The honor was at Ills disposal, but
he preferred to remain on the bench. '
A Forarr For Ovrr $100,000.
SCARBOROUGH; England, Jan. 2S. ,
?I.. R. Jones, an American, proprietor
of the Eskdale stud farm, near this I
plice, was arrested to-day on ati ??x- ,
tradition warrant, charging him with j
forgery said to have b/?en committed
in New York during the year 1806. The 1
amount Involved Is reported to be $110.- <
oon. Jones lived in great style here,
and there vu quite a large crowd <>f \
people itr tiie railroad station to wit- ;
- .? I Tl,..
IlflUI llin fOTl: ?w. UUI.SSil, ,
prisoner In i well known breeder of '
American horaes. j
Merl Blllrt Pool.
PITTSBURGH. Ba? Jan. St.?The ?
commltto appointed by the Bessemer
Association, better known ap the steel
billet pool, to bring about conciliation ,
among the member*, ha* prepared a
report. This will i?e presented at : 1
ir. -tlnff of t!ii? pool to be luOd In thl:. J
cltv io-incrroxv. When Secretary <?rla- 4
corn ?vbh seen to-day In* said he would
not attempt to even out-.-*** at the probity
e result ? : to-morrow's meeting. A ,
member of the comblnatloh who wa* ,
ipokon t?> silfl he had no doubt :the
billet pool would be formally dissolved
at the meeting tu-morrotv. l
A TBIPLE XUBDERER
CtifktatSl. LonU?Killed HU Mother,
Sixtcr and Brother.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28.?Arthur Palmer,
the mur^rer of hi? mother, brother and
slsterln Mamaronock,Westchostercounly.
N. Y., who was arrested at the Planters'
Hotel yesterday afternoon, will be
taken back to the scene of hl?* crime. He
spent thp nighttat the Pour Courts In
the custody of an officer, who guarded
him closely because It was feared he
would do something desperate. The
chief of police thinks Palmer is crazy.
To-day when spokun to about the matter,
Palmer would not say a word
about the crime, but waid that he was
willing to go back to New York. A telegram
was received from Sheriff Herrlc
from "West Chester county, N. Y.,
to the effect that a deputy had been
started for St. Louis, and Palmer will ?
probably leave in his care to-morrow.
Palmer was arrested on information?
of Sheriff Johnson, who sent a telephone
message from Albany. N. Y., to
the chief of police, asking him to take
into custody Paul Jones. The m??ssage
paid the man's real name was Arthur
Palmer, and that he had murdered bin
family in Mamaronock, West Chester
county. N. Y.
The information that Palmer was at
the- Planters' Hotel under the alias of
Jones came from himself. He had written
a letter on Planter'8 'Hotel stationary
to Charles Holden. instructor of
the grammar school. No. 244 East One
Hundred pnd Twenty-llrst street, New
York city:
DEAR SIR:?It if* very painful for
me to xvrlfb to you. I mistrust that
some calamity has befallen my dear
mother. She sent me away saying that
everything for my examination is perfect.
I understand that you have been
appointed executor of (my dear folks)
their "property. Do not let any oneknow
of-my present address.
ARTHUR PALMER.
ThN letter was turned over to Sheriff
Johnson, and he telephoned the message
forward.
Chief of detectives Desmond sweated
Palmr r for four hours in the most approved
polio* fashion, but obtained
nothing conclusive from him. The prisoner
admitted that he Is Palmer. Ho
talked of his home, his family, the
trouble his wife had with the family,
of their attempts to poison him with
arsenic, of their deserving death at his
hands, but all the time be kept Insisting
that he did not kill them. He said
that some of the neighbors must have
done it. There was scarcely a statement
made by him that he did not
contradict during the conversation, except
the one that he did not do the
shooting.
Palmer told Desmond that he and
his family were Quakers nnd that he
?i ? ?--a 1 i.?,i ?i,?
mjcu a k'iuu tji-.u. jtc uuu Cn? wm
delusion about petting a message from
God to study religion and go out to reform
the people. If his conversation
was genuine and not made up to show
Insanity, the man fa certainly of unsound
mind. The police here so consider
him.
EUBOPEAN OPINIONS
On the BUmetalllc Situation?Expert* Air
1 bet r Views.
TXJNDON, .Tan. 28.?The February
number of the National Review'will contain
an important review of the bl-metaliic
situation in Europe, by the leaders of
the movement in England, France and
Germany, and arranged specially In view
of the visit to Europe of Senator Edward
O. Wolcott, of Colorado, who is now in
Paris.
Edmund d'Arters, secretary of the
French Bi-metallic League, contribute# a
careful article on the situation and the
steady growth of the movement in
France. In It 1?a declares that there Is no
doubt that the French government and
a great majority of the French parliament
are In favor of bl-metalllsm. adding:
"Our hopes to-day are greater than
ever, because we believe that the American
election has revealed to Europe generally,
and to England especially, the Impasse
(blind alley) Into which gold monometallism
has led the world. It has been
shown conclusively that Internationalists
are far more logical partisans of
sound money than mono-mfltalllsts."
Dr. Otto Arendt, a member of the
Reichstag and of the Prussian diet, honorary
secretary of the German Bl-metalilo
Leajoie, declares that only England
blocks the way. Germany, he adds, will
participate In a conference called by any
otlwr power, "but." Dr. Arendt explains,
"will not, as In 1S92. be represented by
fanatic gold men; but will contribute by
raising and llxlng the price of silver,
liberal free trade and the socialist pres3,
with the entire parliamentary left, flghtIpg
the doubtful standard which they '
represent as a means of enabling debtors
to repay gold mortgages with depreciated
silver, and as Illegitimately enriching
American mine owners. But the
Left neither controls parliament nor the
government And, continued Dr. Arendt,
"should a conference be summoned, the
3erman parliament can be relied upon to
be Its string supporter."
Lord Aldenham, who Is a director of
the Bank of England devotes much
space to refuting the argument* of the
Told standard defence association, which
Jeolared that Senator Wolcott wa? unible
to answer the first questions asked
by English banker* and traders. His
Lordship thinks that the month of March
will enable Mr. McKInley to carry out
ih-* St. Louis programme In regard to bl....moIiwW-i
with remark
ins:: There in no doubt that France and
the United State* by agreeing together
bould themselves maintain a bimetallic
law; but for greater certainty and confidence,
It would be reasonable that they
nhould a.?k for England and Germany's
jo-operation."
LOST BOTH LEGS.
Trrrlblf Arclilrtif In n Itn11linorr ?V Ohio
Brfekenmit.
Last night about 9 o'clock a Baltljnore
& Ohio braketnnn named C. A.
Mi lone, hnd both of his less frightfully
mangled by being run over by
ihe earn at McMeehen. He attempted
!o Jump from the engine to the water
anlc and it'll and when he was remoV'd,
lie presented a wretched night. A
pedal engine brought him up to the
oral depot, and Officer Bd. Michaels
.ml Juntice PitzpittrlcK toOK mm 10
:?!? City hospital In the patrol wajron.
Both of his leg* lmd to In* amputated
jelow tin? hip.", mill it Is doubtful If ho
vill record1 from the operation. The
njnri il man's homo h In Grafton; and
le l j about thlrtjMlvo years of nff,*.
Wrnllter ForecnM f??r To-rtay.
For West Virginia .Konernlly fair; slight
ii?rt In n-ftperaturc; w**teriy winds. ,
}-\,r Wt'Ntnrn I'onnnvlvanla, local unow*
ti morning. followed by fair woathtfj
-t. r lv wliidn fioi . i> rohl.
For ?>Iilo. fair, pre led l>y lljfht unoift
the lake! not no cold; .waaterly winds.
The tompMattiro yotenlny u-i observe<J
?y i." ScJuupf, dnitralflt, corner RQbrtMDth
(ltd Market nUucik, was an follow*:
7 a. in S .I p. in IS
f? n. m 3|71?. in lu
: in lo.Wvatlw-r?Ciuudy?