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THE FOUT SCOTT LINE GOES UNDER
THE HAM1IER.
The
Union Trust Company Bids
the Amount of Their
Mortgage.
But One Other Bidder, Who Eepresented
the Missouri Pacific Bail
way Company.
A Letter Addressed by the Bourhon County
Laborites to Governor Humphrey
and Congressman Funston As
sailing the If ationaKBank as
the Greatest of Trusts-
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Signal Office, Wichita, Kan., Feb.
3. The highest temperature was GS,
the lowest was 44. and the mean56c,
with a dense fog most of the forenoon, fol
lowed by partly cloudy weather in the
afternoon, gentle south and southeast
winds, nearly stationary pressure.
Last year on February 3 the highest tem
perature was C.J , the lowest 31 o and the
mean 46.
Fred Li. Johksox, Observer.
War Department. Washington. D. C,
Feb. 3. 8 p. m. Forecast until S p. m.
Tuesday:
For Kansas: Fair, stationary tempera
ture in southern Kansas; in the northern
portion southwesterly winds.
THE POET SCOTT SOLD.
The Union Trust Company of How York
Purchases the Line.
TorniiA, Kan., Feb. 3. The St. Louis,
Fort Scott & Wichita railroad was sold
today by order of the United States circuit
court, at public sale. The Union Trust
company, of New York, was the pur
chaser. The price paid was $G,4GG,742.G7,
the amount of the first mortgage held by
the Trust compay against the road. The
only other bidder was B. P. Waggener, of
Atchison, representing the Missouri Pacfic
railway. By this Mile a second mortgage
held by Dillon & Sage, of New York, of
12.742.3S is entirely wiped out.
FARMERS' ADVICE TO POLITICIANS.
Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 3. Ac an open
meeting of the labor organizations of tbis
city, held last Friday night, a committee
'of gentlemen were appointed to cause the
publication of an open letter written by
Major JL B. Fryo and addressed to Gov
ernor Humphrey and Hon. E. 11. Fuuston.
The following is a synopsis of the letter:
"To His Excelleucv Governor L. U.
Humphrey, Topeka, Kan., and the Hon.
K. II. FunstouWnshington, D. C. Gen
tlemen: As you seem to be sincere in
your professions of svmpathy for
the farmers of Kansas in their
deplorable condition you will per
mit mo and no doubt be pleased to re
cede in a true .spirit of courtesy from a
Kansas farmer's standpoint the sugges
tion as to the best possible means to adopt
to extend immediate and permanent relief
to Kansas farmers, that we all agree arc
in much need of it. The suggestions made
by your excellency to Mr. Funston, that
the trust question might receive the
earnest attention of congress with good
results and also providing for a
liberal coinage of silver and pen
sions are excllent suggestions and I
truly bono you will take hold of these
questions with a determination to solve
them in a spirit of justice to the producing
classes. While I am ready to admit that
the cause of the complaints above enum
erated are great they are but the out
growth or branch of the great "trust."
that underlies all, and of which all other
trusts, combines, syndicates, corporations
and monopolies of all kinds are but the
waterspouts on this great trust of all, the
national bank money trust." The letter
goes on to arrange the national banking
tyjateui.
KILLED IN A BRAWL.
OSAGE ClTY, Kan., Feb. 3. During a
drunken melee which occurred in the
southwestern suburbs of this city early
yesterday morning between two factions
of Swedish miners, Nils Hokanson, a
miner, received a pistol bullet in the abdo
men from the egects of which ho died to
day. A miner, Frank Olsen, fired the
Miot. Olsen was arrested by a verdict of
the coroner's jury.
AN OLD KANSAN DEAD.
Aiulexe, Kan., Feb. 3. E. Barber, an
resident of this city, died this morning,
aged $2. He had lived here since ISGfi. and
was well known throughout this section.
NO NEW TRIAL FOR WEST.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 3. Judge Grinnell
this afternoon overruled the motion for a
new trial for James J. West aud imposed
sentence upon the one timo president of
the Chicago Times company in accordauco
with the verdict, five years in the peniten
tiary and a lino of $1,000. The charge of
which the prisoner was convicted was
fraudulent overissue of the stock of the
Times to the extent of nearly $13,000.
Wet turned pale and trembled while
sentence was delivered, but afterwards re
covered his self possession. The conclud
ing arguments for the defense were made
by General Stiles and ex-Judge Sidnev
Smith. General Stiles in his address
brought in the Crouin case. By the
public clamor asraiust of the jurors
m that case jury on the West
c o, which was in progress at
t. a time, were influenced to bring a con
viction. Colonel Munn, for tho state,
pointed out the danger in this country of
irreat criminals soing free and only the
little ones being convicted. When he had
concluded he (Judge Grinnell) said: "Some
i.f,.the questions involved iu this, case have
bo n btfore my observation biuce the
op'tnng trial. Since the argument of
A rank J. Smith, Saturday, thoy have been
intensified and 1 have been look
ing over them constantly, but I don't
see my way clear under all the circum
stances to grant a new trial. The first
question to consider is. of course, the
question of facts whether there was an
over issue of stock of the Times. It must
be answered in tho affirmative, of course.
The next question is, were they issued
knowingly? That was answered iu the
affirmative by the jury aud 1 can't see any
reason for questioning their decision."
Judge Grinnell added. "I will overrule the
motion and allow an except ion." At
torney Smith then enteied .i formal
mation for arrest of judgment
which was over-ruled. Then the attorney
made a further appeal to Judge Grinnell
for the liberty of his client on account of
the civil case, but the court declined to
romply, however. Ho said: "1 will ask
the state's attorney to use all possible
haste in looking over the bill of acceptance
In the meantime I know Sheriff Matson
will allow Mr. West to remain in jail and
not take him down to the penitentiarv."
West w as taken to jail.
POISONED BY STOLEN CAKES.
St. Locis, Mo., Feb. 3. George Thitz
keeps a baker shop on North Sixth street.
He says he has been annoyed a great deal
by rats. Saturday afternoon he putnoi.-on
on some broken cakes aud left them "under
the counter. Minnie Brook, 11 years old
and Annie, her sister, 6 years old, whose
parents live close by, slipped into the stiop
and stole the cakes in the evening. Annie
and Minnie can not live. There is great
indignation in the neighborhood.
Pear's Soao secures a beautiful complexion.
A MISER'S DEATH.
Longyiew, Tex., Feb. 3. Sidney Ketch
nm,a niissr and hermit, died in hissqualid
ness eight miles from here last night. He
had 700 acres of land and a considerable
amount of cash. He had enough! to live
elegantly on for the remaining days of his
life, hnt ho had only a board bed and a
nail keg for a chair and refused to go to
bed at all, dying on the nail keg. Seven
hundred dollars were found in the house.
His relatives in Cherryvale, Kan,, were
notified and wired thev would come.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
KANSAS ClTT, Mo., Feb. 3. Charles
Palmer, alias Charles Cooper, was arrested
here this evening for the killing of Con
stable George Boppon the night of Decem
ber 26, 1&9. near Sumner, 111. A man
named Decker, who assisted Palmer to es
cape, is now being held in Denison, Tex.
Both men will be taken to Illinois for trial.
For a disordered liver try BEECHAM's
Pills.
WOODS' rOBGERY.
Eepresentative Whiting, Mr. Cosby, Gov
ernor Campbell Before the Committee.
Washington, Feb. 3. After a reces3 of
two weeks the special house committee in
vestigating the Ohio ballot box forgery as
sembled again this morning to continue
its inquiry.
Representative J. R. Wbitine, of Michi
gan, was put on the stand and denied tho
genuineness of his signature to the ballot
box contract. He said he had been told
that Walters, who had assisted him, had
had something to do with the ballot box
matter. Woods told him that he intended
to tell witness all abouc it and had pre
served the papers to show him. He said
that Wood came to him with a letter of
introduction from Governor Foraker to
President Harrison. Walters gave wit
ness all the letters passed between himself
and Wood. The witness produced these
letters and read them to the committee. In
one dated Cincinnati, September G. Wood
wrote Walters that he should want his
services hunting up office documents. In
another of the same date Wood say3 that
"his royal highness is in a hurry," and in
another, dated Lansine, Mich., September
9, he asks for information about the gun
carriage contracts, asks for special specifi
cations, wants to know whether T. E. U.
gun is on the list and cautions him to say
nothing about it and to keep his mouth
sealed.
The witness at this point diverged to re
mark that Wood got his (witness') signa
ture in Michican and not from Walters.
In a letter dated Cincinnati, O., October 2,
Wood says he is to see his "royal highness"
that week. Everything received was very
useful. From Columbus, October 6, Wood
says he is coming to Washington to
push tho gun deal. On Novem
ber 14 Wood writes from Cincinnati
that he is having a red hot time seeing to
libel suits to refute charges against his
character, but which has nothing to do
with the ballot bax. Tho letter closes:
"Halstead has cut loose again but it is O.
K." On December 3 Wood says he is "all
right, but has had a time since he got
back." The box is O. K. and he wants to
know how his pension claim gets along.
Governor Foraker asked for witness'
estimate for Walters' character. He re
plied that Walters had served him faith
fully aud he had confidence in him and
Walters appeared to wish witness to know
nothing ot the case and he could see why
this should be so, as Walters was a Demo
crat and yet was in a position of helping
Governor Foraker. To Mr. Grosvenor
witness said that ho knew of no other
ballot box contract than the forged paper.
Powell Cossby was the next witness.
He said he had been associated with Mr.
Butterworth in the practice of law from
1883 until about a year ago when he was
put on the bench. Witness was a Republi
can; never had in his possession any papers
relating to ballot boxes and Mr. Butter
worth showed him the forgery after the
election last fall. Wood in 1S80 had told
him among other things that his box bill
would be introduced in congress; that
John R. McLean aud T. C. Campbell were
engineering it and were going to have a
Democratic congressman introduce the
bill as the house was then Democratic.
No one made application to witness for in
formation last fall respecting ballot boxes
and he had no talk about it with Governor
Foraker. Had had no intima
tion that; Mr. Butterworth had any
thing to do with the ballot boxes
and believed that Mr. Butterworth
did not know Wood until after the publi
cation. Wood had asked for a letter of
recommendation at the time when witness
supposed he had been appointed, sayiug
that a fight was being made on him.
Wood preteuded to be working on an in
vention and as witness had known him for
two years he gave a letter of recommenda
tion. Wood never spoke of Mr. Butter
worth in connection with a ballot.
To Governor Foraker witness said he
kuew of no reason then why he should not
have endorsed Wood; he knew nothing
against his character. Wood first talked
to witness about the ballot box matter in
the winter of 1SSS-1SS9.
Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio,
was the next witness. The chair handed
him the forged paper and be declared he
had never seen the forced paper until that
minute; that he had never signed it and
never signed his named as it appeared
on the paper. He always wrote his name
in full "James E. Campbell." When he
sent a short note he occasionally sicned
"J. E. C." The newspaper accounts of
how Wood got the signature "S. D." did
not account for his signature, but after he
heard Wood's statement that he had cotten
hold of a letter signed "J. E. O." he made
up his mind that Wood used the initials
and filled in the name making the forgery.
Witness was shown the contract head and
said that he had never seen it before, but
bad seen it published several hundred
tines in newspapers. He never was inter
ested iu ballot boxes, or in any contract
bearing upon them. He hadintroduced
the ballot box bill at the request of T. C.
Campbell and believed that that gentle
man spoko to Representative Grosve
nor about it. He remembered noth
ing about the bill. Ti C.
Campbell brought one of the
ballot boxes to Washington before July,
ISSb, and brought it to witness' house: it
might be in the "basement of the house yet.
Mr. Campbell said that the electiou com
mittee was going to deal with the subject
of ballot boxes and ho wanted to get his
box before them. He had spoken, he said,
to Representative Grosvenor and now came
to him, as a Democratic introduction
would give the bill a batter standing. After
the adjournment witness asked Campbell
why he had uot looked after the bill and
he had repl.ed that the committee was not
going into the subject aud that they were
also improving the boxes and that they
also hoped to bring the maker before the
next congress. Witness was about
to make a speech in Cincinnati on
October 4 aud having seen an intimation
in tho Commercial Gazette that h.mself
and Mr. McLean had been involved in
some way iu a ballot box trust which
would notbea good thing for anti-monopoly
candidates, he telegraphed Mr. McLean
and received an absolute denial of any
knowledge of such transaction aud that
was the last he had to say to McLean on
the subject. Just before the opera houe
speech a Cincinnati Post reporter showed
witness a card from Mr. Halstead reflect
ing upon him aud he had replied: "Mr.
Halstead is a liar and if he can prove any
thing of that kind 1 will get oft the Denio
crauc ticket. ''
At Germantown witness saw a publica
tion iu the Post and also heard that Gov
ernor Foraker had charged him with
complicity with a bill having a million
dollar fee in it. He was pretty warm and
ordered suit to be brought "against the
Post and also spoke as he did in the heat
of the moment at Germantown. Witness
here read the editorial from the Commercial-Gazette
and the published accounts ot
his Germantown speech, denouncing the
statement made as lies.
At this point thu committee adjourned
till tomorrow.
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(Continued from FirstPage.)
James Welch; the secretary's butler,
told his story of the fire. He said: "I
sleep in the basement and, this morning I
gofup about 6:30. There was no smell of
Are and no appearance of anything wrong.
At about 7 p. m. I started to clean my
dining room, when there was a ring at the
bell and when I answered it a colored man
said, 'your house is. on fire.' J4at once
rushed ud stairs to arouse the family and
although the smoke was very thick I sue-J
ceeaeu in Knoo&mg at every uuur uuu lrum
each one I received a response. Then
I started to go down stairs and nearly
choked with the smoke. I fell three times
but finally got to the door in front. I
went around to the rear of the house and
tried to get a ladder, so as to reach the sec
retary's bedroom. Mrs. Tracy was then
at the window and while tho few of us
who were there appealed to her to keep
still for one minute more she climbed out
on the sill and lowered herself until she
hung by her hands on the narrow stone
projectfon. Everybody who saw her yelled
to her to hold on for a moment and we
looked around for something on which to
catch her, so as to break the fall which
had to come. Mrs. Tracy may have heard
our cries, but it is not certain she did.
The cook, who was on the roof, was
screaming so that we could not hear any
thing distinctly- How long did Mrs.
Tracy hang there? Not more than a few
seconds. She told me afterwards sho
slipped. She fell into the area way, al
most touching me in the swift descent.
I was on ground level, and she struck . on
her left side. No sound save a little inco
herent murmur came from her lips. I
picked her up and carried her into Mr.
Rheim's house. It was tha most awful
occurrence in my life."
TUB INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
The parlors are completely ruined, but
the fire did not damage the dining room to
any extent.
To those who were admitted to view the
destruction of property the bed room
which had been occupied by secretary and
Mrs. Tracy was the principal point of in
terest. It is a rear one on the second floor
and must have been a beautiful apart
ment. With heads toward tho west two
single brass steads stand side by side and
on these Mr. and Mrs. Tracy slept last
night. The brass is tarnished and every
thing around is black and soaked with
water. The room is a huge cinder. Pic
tures are charred and smoke stained;
mirrora are cracked. Tho French clock on
the mantel was silent, its pendulum hav
ing ceased to swing at 8:20.
The two Iront rooms on the second floor
were occupied Dy Airs. Wilmeruing and
her daughter, Miss Alice. These apart
ments are wrecks. On the third floor in
the central front was the room occupied
last night by Miss Tracy. This was a
ruin of the most thorough description,
charred in every corner, the ceiling gone,
the doors burned out. Cinders ankle deep
covered the floor, and what ttie flames had
spared was destroyed by water.
Adjoining the room on the east was the
apartment which was to be Miss Tracy's
permanent room and there was scattered
all around evidence of preparations. On
a couple of chairs were artist's materials.
On one side of the room was a wooden
bedstead the only one in the house and
on its headboard the skilled fingers
. the beautiful girl had painted
festoons of popples and morning glories
pendent lrom loyers' true knots.
The fire had been more kind there than
elsewhere and there was still to be traced
the floral form, now a dirty white, on the
smoked ground. The brushes and pallette
were just where they had been dropped by
Aliss Tracy.
ORIGIN OF TIIE FIRE.
The fire originated in the parlor, near
the open fireplace. Whether it originated
from the grate or heating pipes i3 not
known, as no one could be found who
could tell whether there was" a lire in the
grate last night or uo6. Tho frame work
adjoining tho mantel is where the fire
Started and it no doubt burned some time
before it was discovered. The furnace is
in the basement, directly beneath where
the fire started, and the pipes led to the
upper stories passing iu the rear of the
woodwork. The firemen generally think
the wood work caught fire from the heated
pipes.
The commissioners of the JJistrict of
Columbia held a board session today and
directed Inspector Entwisle to make a
thorough investigation into the cause of
the fire and report.
The president received a large number
of telegrams of condolence this morning.
One from Governor Ladd, of Rhode Island,
said: "Accept tho sympathy of our people
in this sad bereavement wnich comes to
you and your cabinet." Another read:
"The Brooklyn and Long Island Preach
ers' association of tho Methodist Episcopal
church, in session learn with the deepest
sorrow of the calamity that has befallen a
distinguished citizen of Brooklyn, one of
your cabiuet members, and tender you
our most heartfelt sympathy."
TIIE REMAINS AT THE WniTE HOUSE.
The remains of Mrs. apd Miss Tracy
lie tonight in caskets in the center of the
east room of the white house, beneath the
crystal chandeliers whose lights less than
a week ago shone upon them as they gayly
greeted their numerous friends at the last
presidential reception. The death cham
ber is now dimly lighted and is quiet,
sombre aud gloomy. No one is there save
the dead and two watchers who will keep
guard.
The bodies were brought to the white
house about 6 o'clock by order of the presi
dent, who has taken charge of whatever
arrangements for tho funeral it was nec
cessary to make at present. Mr. Gwader,
the undertaker, had tho corpses taken in
two hearses from Attorney General Miller's
house to the white house and placed uoon
two black stands in the eastroom. The
caskets are covered with black velvet and
the mountings are silver. TJpou each
casket are long-leayed palms with sweec
peas and lilacs.
NO FUNERAL AREANGMENTS.
No final arrangements for the funeral
have been made as yet and none will be
made till the arrival of Secretary Tracy's
son and General Catlin, his brother-in-law,
who are expected on a late train to
night.
The Injured are improving. The presi
dent visited Secretary Tracy again this
evening and found him regaining his
strength though still hardly able to
realize tho great loss ho has sustained.
Tomorrow the president will have the sec
retary removed to the White house.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FIRE.
A special account of the fire given to the
Associated Press says:
Secretary and Mrs. Tracy occupied the
back room on tho second story. Mrs.
Tracy it is thought was first awakened by
the suffocating smoke. Secretary Tracy
was at the time unconscious and Mrs.
Tracy with heroic devotion attempted to
draw the inanimate body of the secretary
to the window. In this she partially suc
ceeded. Half dazed and blinded by the
smoke she opened the window and just as
the firemen were putting, up a ladder to
rescue her she leaped to tne side walk.
Her body wa picked up with severe inter
nal injuries and a broken leg. She was
taken to a neighboring house and without
recovering consciousness died witnin an
hour. The ladder which would have saved
Mrs. Tracy's life had she waited but n
brief moment before leaping to the side
walk was soon placed under the window
and strong hands lifted the body
of Secretary Tracy through it and carried
him to the side walk. The secretary
was at nrst thought to be dead, out it was
discovered that a small spark of life yet
remained. He was removed to the resi
dence of Mr. Bancroft Davis near by and
at 1 1 o'clock was reported as improving,
though at that time he had not gamed
consciousness and was of course unaware
of the death of his wife and daughter.
Miss Tracy, the secretary's unmarried
daughter, occupied the third story front
room and met a terrible fate. The young
lady could beseen at tha window in the
light that flickered in between the blind
ing smoke and flames, clad in a whltt;
robe, her hands in the attitude of prayer
and her face uplifted to heayea. Ihe
flames gradually hemmed her In and she
naally sank to tho floor, only to be recog
nized again fcy-her charred remains. A
French, maidy .Josephine, met a similar
I in an Adjoining room, where her
charred and blackened remains were found.
Mrs. Wilmerding, Secretary Tracy's
married-daughter, and her daughter, Miss
Alice, occupied the second story
front room on the same floor with
secretary and; Mrs. Tracy. Both she and
her daughter jumped from the windows to
the graveled terrace below, and while the
shock to both.was severe neither received,
so far as now apparent, any serious injury.
Mrs. Wilmerding had her right wrist
badly sprained. She is lying hysterical
and in a half-dazed conditon, but is rapid
ly improviog under treatment. Miss Alice
is suffering from the shock.
The boaies of Mrs. Tracy and Miss
Tracy have been removed to residence of
Attorney General Miller. Mrs. and Miss
Wilmerding are at Dr. Baxter's, but will
be taken to the residence of Senator Hall.
Secretary Tracy remains at Mr. Bancroft
Davis' home.
Around all these residences great crowds
congregated as soon as the sad news spread
and have remained all during the day.
carnages and messengers are stop
ping at the doors momentarily. With
Mrs. Tracy and Miss Tracy and Mrs.
Coppinger, Secretary Blaine's daughter,
all lying dead, Secretary Tracy seriously
ill and his health permanently impaired,
government circles today are enshrouded
iu sadness and gloom.
President Harrison, as soon as he heard
of the calamity, sent assistance from the
executive mansion to aid the bereaved
family and followed himself to inquire
what assistance he could render. Ihe
members of the cabinet, with whom the
secretary was very popular, were among the
first to call. They were all shocked beyond
measure at the calamity and placed their
respective houses at the disposal of the af
flicted family. As soon as Secretary Tracy
can be moved with safety he will be taken
to the executive mansion.
MISS MORELLA'S FUNERAL.
The funeral of Josephine Morella, the
French maid, will take place tomorrow.
Mrs. Harrison caused inquiries to be made
today with regard to her, and when she
ascertained that the maid had no relatives
iu this country directed Lieutenant Mason
to make arrangements for her burial.
The interment will be in Mount
Olive cemetery. The coroner will
hold an inquest to ascertain if possi
ble the cause of the fire, but he consented
to permit the burial of the nurse without
waiting for the investigation. It is
thought tonight that the remains of Mrs.
and Miss Tracy will be placed in a vault
here for several days and that the funeral
will be postponed until Secretary Tracy
recovers.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood
and expels all poisonous elements. Sold
by druggists.
TRACY'S SON EN ROUTE.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3. Mr. Frank
B. Tracy, the only son of Secretary Tracy,
is hurrying from his home to Washington.
The Pennsylvania company ha3 placed at
the disposal of young Mr. Tracy a special
train of a locomotive and one car in order
that this journey may be made as speedily
as possible. The run to Trenton is to be
made in two hours, and from Trenton to
Gray's Ferry, on the outskirts of Phila
delnhia, the run is to consume fifty-five
minutes. Without coming into Philadel
phia tho train will reach Washington at
12:40 tonight.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
This body of ours has been likened to a
tenement. It often has a haunted apart
mentthe stomach. Scared by the eldrich
sprite, dyspepsia, digestion flies and re
fuses to return. What can break thespeil,
what can raise the ban laid upon the un
hapoy organs? We answer unhesitating
ly, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, aud we
aie warranted in the response by the re
corded testimony of myriads, covering a
period of over.a third of a century. A
course of the Bitters, begun in any stage
of the affliction, and persistently followed,
will terminate in cure positive, uat partial.
The Bitters restore tone to the epigastric
nerre, renews and purifies the juices ex
uding from the cetlular tissue that act
upon the foodiigestivelv, expels bile from
the stomach and the blood, and promotes
a regular habit of body. Malaria, kidney
complaint, nervousness, rheumatism and
neuralgia give way to this medicine.
INVITATIONS RECALLED.
AVAshington, Feb. 3. Owing to tho sad
event the president and Mrs. Harrison
have recalled tho invitations to the state
dinner in honor of the supreme court fixed
for Tuesday next.
Important All persons afflicted with
rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat, pains
iu the back or limbs, sprains, bruises, etc.,
shoulk know that Salvation Oil is what
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A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
Chillicotiie, Mo., Feb. 3. A horrible
discovery was made at Utica, this county,
yesteiday, of a man who had been dead
several days. He was a German named
Adam Kroenke, aged 70, who liyed alone
with his idiotic daughter. Kroenke's body
was badly decomposed. Close to Kroenke's
body lay the idiotic daughter in a most
fearful condition. Kroenke had been suf
fering from consumption, but the daughter
can not give any account of bis death. A
coroner's jury was summoned and re
turned a verdict that Kroenke camo to his
death from natural causes.
ALMOST DESTROYED.
The Big Sears ,0fuQe Suildingi iaL Boston
Burned.-
BOSTON, Mass, Feb. v3. Following close,
upon the terrible1 calamity onXorth street,
came a fire yesterday forenoon, which in an
hour's time almost totally destroyed the
Sears building, a five story marble struc
ture, corner of Court and Washington
streets, owned by J. Montgomery Sears,
and which, at the time of its erection, was
the finest business building in Boston.
At 9:23 o'clock smoke was seen issuing
from the roof, and an alarm was ,
rung in, which was speedily followed by a
second and a third. !
The firemen fought like heroes and when j
all the department got to work the build- I
iug was deluged with water with streams
thrown from the roof of Young's hotel
and the Rogers building. An hour after
the discovery of tne ure tne root leu in,
and with itdown went the third and fourth P3 ot his hand uunng tne council meet
floors. From this on the work of the fire- iug thi3 evening that the sound of the!
men was comparatively easy, and by 11 1 blow could be distinctly beard all over the I
n'p.lock thfl firA was COmDletelV OrOWned
out. The walls of the building are about t
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was valued at uoward of $200,000, it being
assessed, together with the engine and
boilers, for S.97,4O0l There is an insurance
on the same of $175,000, which will un
doubtedly cover the los. There i., how
ever, a contingent los in the way of rents,
every office m the building being occupied,
from which an income of $75,000 a year
was derived.
Among the occupants were the Second
National and Atlas banks, the Chicago,
Burlington & Qumcy railroad, the John
Hancock Life Insurance company and
many lawvcrs and brokers. - Ail will be
obliged toVek new quarters. The only
damage to Youngs hotel vas caused by
carrying the hose through the building to
the roof. It is probable that Mr. Sears
win cot attemDt to repair tae uaraage,
but will take the walls down and np a new
structure, which will rival the new Ames
building, now m process of erection on the
opposite corner.
COLLEGE. PRESIDENT INSTALLED.
NEtrYoKK, Feb. 3. Hon. Seth Low was
installed todav-a.- president at Columbia
college. The ceremonies took place in the
Metropolitan Opera, house.
The Cunarder Anrinana arrived at New
New from Liremool today, having on
board Rev. Dr.t-TaJraage, wife and daugter. f
THE DEMOOBATIO POSITION
i. Paper Prepared Showing Their Attitude
in the House.
Washington. Feb. a Mr. Carlisle has
prepared for publication the following
statement of the present position of the
Democratic members of the house which
is to be signed by all of them:
The present situation in the house of
representatives is so anomalous and un
precedented, and the decisions of the
speaker are so full of danger to the in
tegrity of future legislation, that we con
sidei it our duty to submit a brief state
ment of the facts in order that the pro
priety of the course we have taken may be
fully determined.
The house met on the 2nd day of
December, 1SS9, aud.immediately organized
by the election of a speaker and other of
ficers. On the same day, by a resolution of
the house, the speaker was authorized to
appoint a committee on rules and the
rules of the last preceeding house were re
ferred to the committee. The com
mittee, consisting of the speaker him
self and four other members, was ap
pointed on the 5th day of Decemberand on
the 9th it made a report authoriz
ing the speaker to appoint all
the other committees and assigning
their jurisdiction. The committee
on elections, to which was referred all
cases involving rights of members to their I
seats, was appointed on the 9th of De
cember. Although nearly two months
have elapsed since the committee on rules
was appointed it has made no report upon
the matters referred to it, except the
partial one made on the 9th of December,
and consequently the house has been com
pelled to conduct its business without any
rule or system except the general parlia
mentary law as construed by the speaker.
There has been no calendar, no order of
business, no fixed time to receive
reports irom committees, or for
the consideration of bills and resolutions
and in fact no regular method whatever
in proceedings of the house. No measure
can get before the house for consideration
unless the speaker chooses to allow it to
be presented, and members have no means
of knowing in advance what they are to be
called upon to discuss or decide. This is
the first time in our history that a legisla
tive assemblage or even a nublic meeting
has attempted to transact business for any J
considerable period without arcgu'ar
code of rules prescribing the order
of its proceedings and the incouvenieuce
and injustice resulting from such an at
tempt have been forcibly illustrated in the
present instance. The speaker has repeat
edly during these extraordinary pro
ceedings refused to entertain parliament
ary motions that have been recognized as
legitimate ever since the government was
established, and when attempts were made
to appeal from his decisions has refused to
submit the question to the house. Thi3
personal and partisan domination of the
house was submitted to, though not with
out repeated protests, until we became
convinced it was the deliberate purpose of
the speaker and his supporters to proceed,
without rules, to oust the Democratic
members whose seats are contested and
admit their Republican opponents whether
elected or not. On Wednesday, January
'9, the committee on elections called up a
contested election case and the Demo
cratic members determined that iu the
absence of rules it should not be con
sidered if they could prevent it by any
parliamentary proceedings. Accordingly
they raised the question of consideration,
demanded the yeas aud nays aud ou tho
call ot the roll refrained from voting. The
result was that less than a constitutional
quorum voted, but tha Bpeaker in violation
of the uniform practice of the
house for more than a century
proceeded to count members who
were present but not voting and declared
tha the house had decided to t ike the case
up. hroiu this decision an appeal was
taken and ou a motion to lay this appeal
on the table, the yeas and nays were taken
and less than a quorum voted, but tho
speaker again counted members not vot
ing and decided that motion was agreed
to and his motion thereby sustained.
The constitution of the United States
provides that a majority of each house
shall constitute a quorum to do business,
but a smaller number may adjourn from
day to day and may be authorized to com
pel the attendance of absent members iu
such manner and under such penalties as
each house may provide.
Speaker Reed himself, when in the mi
nority on the floor of tho house, stated the
real meaning and the true philosophy of
the constitution when he said: "The con
stitutional idea of a quorum is not the
presence of a majority of all the members
of the house, but a majority of the mem
bers present and participating in the busi
ness ot tne house, it. is not tne visioie
presence, but their judgment and votes
which the constitution calls for." General
Garfield. Mr. Blaine, Mr. Hawley. Mr.
Conger aud other eminent Republicans
have taken the same position and their
arguments have never been answered. We
are contending that the majority shall
take the responsibility which belongs to
them and shall come to the honse of repre
sentatives and vote if they desire to con
trol its proceedings, and we are Drotesting
against their right to carry their measures
by counting uswhen we don't vote. Con
stitutions are made to restrain majorities
and protect minorities. A majority ruling
without limitations or restraints upon the
power, is a pure despotism and is inconsis
tent with our system of government.
REORGANIZATION NOT LIKELY.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 3. Apparently the
chances of effecting a reorganization of
the Interstate Commerce Railway associa
tion are diminishing instead of growing
better. A new difficulty is presented. The
Chicago. St. Paul & Kansas City road
have applied to Chairman Midgley for
authority to join with the Sooline iu mak
ing through rates from the east to St.
.losenh via St. Paul, as low as any that
-prevail by way of Chicago. This request
if granted will prooaoiy lean to a Iinal
dissolution of some-of the agreements now
supposed to be jn force.
DJTTMAN ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3. The coron
er's jury in the case of Joseph S. Dittman,
the banker who so mysteriously disap
peared on December 11 and whose body
was found floating in the Schuylkill river
January 20, returned a verdict this after
noon that Mr. Dittman came to his death
by accidental drowning, notwithstanding
the fact that the coroner's physician t-sti-fled
that his autopsy led him to believe
the deceased had committed suicide by
drowning.
! SLAPPED BY A COUNCILMAN. .
t K.VS'SAS ClTT, Mo., Feb. 3. Councilman J
i Foley hit Managing Editor PolJek Mich a !
! resounding slap on the cheek with the '
nnm Tr,,.-'-a ritl.o- fnrr.thW imt , !
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Uahate. fhe physical enforcement o.
wumiiamtu nc onw - w... uiv uw -
Foley's words was caued by Pollek's say
ing to Foley that he tFoley) had not voted
en a certain bill as be should. To this
Foley objected by words as well as by
band, accompanying the blow with the re
mark that he did not propose to have any
one dictate to him as to how he fchouid
vote. Mnch confusion followed, a large
number of the council rising to their feet
to witnes what promised to be somewhaj
of a mill The mayor finally succeeded ia
restoring order. The bill was for the pur
pose of refusing to grant the water work
company an extension of their franchise
which expires in 1&J, It waa defeated.
The Globe has been favoring through its
columns the passage of the bilL
Consumptives obtain
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
so effective.
relief by using
No other enre Is
THE IOWA DEADLOCK.
Des Moines, la., Feb. 3. In the boose
?hi afternoon twenty pairs were an
nounced, only two more than on Saturday
The voting for permanent speaker becan
with the xorty-aintn ballot which reunited
Hamilton SO, WHAoaSQ. After taklnc
eleven ballot the bom adjourned at HS9
nail! 1030 tomorrow morales.
THE" LIGHTING OF THE SUN.
LylHgwtti half opeaed eyelids
la the-cold tray Ugkt of daira.
I watched tk fleet wlaged
The kaleidosospe of morn.
Fairy pearl shades, flnctnatfag
First with rose fiats, tfcea with Ma,
Deepened Into royal pnrple
And the violets tender hue.
Then o'ersprwd a gtewta crlr.wcn;
Asd a sadden burst of fiatne
Like a lamp through colored windows
Or a great cathedral cams.
Bessie's brijht blae eyes were watching
Bess, our bonny four-year-old.
With tha morning sunshine prisoned
In the curling Iocfcs of gold
lightly, thea. she Bousht my bedsida,
As a bee the blossom's cup:
"Oh, auntie, sea! God's in the sax,
'TIS timo for 'oo to get ap."
Wide Awaka.
THAMFTOS TPJiLS.
Tm sure," mnrmured Thankful Test'
nypacker, "I don't know what to do."
Thankful Pennvpacker had come to
the far west on what the facetious inhab
itants of Blue Gulch would have called
"a wild goose chase."
Sho was one of .tho great majority .of
unemployed women in tho state of Ver
mont, and her cousin, Squire Todd, had
heard from his nephew's wife, who had
a sister at Blue Gulch, that thero was a
district school teacher wanted there.
"Chance for you, eh, Thankful?" said
airs. Todd. "Better get off as fast as
.ever you can, or it'll be snapped up.
uch positions don't go a-begging long."
'Thankful looked up with big, 'vistful
aejes.
"It's awful cold weather to go west,
isn't it?" fciid she, a little timidly.
"Oh, if you're afraid of a littlo cold
wind and a snow flurry or two!" said
3Irs. Todd, elevating her noso.
And Thankful packed her trunk at
once and departed.
"Ain't it rutber barbarous, mother,"
said the squire, "to send the poor gal
way off west in such a blizzard as this
'ere?"
"Weil, Joshua," said his helpmeet,
"she's been hero two good months now,
and we want her room for your Aunt
Eliza, that's got money to leavo some
day; and, besides, Dr. Lothair's a-coram'
pretty soon to visit old Dr. Jermingses
folks, next door, and jt's jest as well to
have Thankful Pennypacke.r out of tho
way."
Squire Todd's lower jaw dropped.
"Why?" said ho in amazement,
"Why?" mimicked his wife. "Well,
give mo a man for solid thickheaded
ness! Hain't you got a darter of your
own? and ain't Thankful Pennypacker a
pretty gal, if she is past five-and-twenty
year?"
"Oh," said the squire. "Matchmakin',
eh?"
"Well, call it what you please," said
Mrs. Todd. "Anyhow, it's timo Electra
was settled in life, and it's jest as well
to have Thankful Pennypacker off some
where else."
But when tho Vermont girl reached
Blue Gulch, old Mr. Wendell, tho chair
man of the board of trustees, professed
himself exceedingly sorry, but tho po
sition had just been filled by a half sister
of his own.
"We always give western girls tho
preference," said he.
So poor Thankful went back to
Squire Todd's nephew's wife's taster"
in a frame of mind widely different from
her name, and uttered tho piteous sen
tence that heads our story.
The nephew's wife's sister was called
McCray a stout, cheerful body, with
bright blue eyes and a double chin.
"I declare to goodness, Miss Penny
packer," said she, "I feel sorry for you,
but I hain't a minute's timo to spare
a-listenin' to what Miles Wendell said
just now. Two o' tho Chinamen havo
I gone, and Bridget won't stir into tho din-
in' room as long as Wong Seo is there.
It's strange how she and the Chinese ha to
each other. And tho train is duo in
forty minutes, and eighteen mealcrshave
telegraphed ahead."
"Can't I help you?" said Thankful.
"You? Why, you'ro an educated
lady," said Mrs. McCray.
"That's no reason I can't cook a
fricasee, or bake a pumpkin pie," said
Thankful, smiling in spite of her trou
bles. "And I have no especial prejudice
against Wong See; so I'd as soon go into
the dining room and-seo to the tables as
not."
"Well, Fd be mortal obliged if you
would," said Mrs. McCray, with a great
sigh of relief. "Hero's one o' my big
white kitchen aprons to tie over yonr
black serge dress, k it won't bo Bp'iled;
and you'll find Wong Seo very teachable
and docile."
So that IU33 Pennypacker was flying
around presently in the neat, cool rooms
of the railway rostarurant, where long
tables, draped with white, were decorated
with evergreen and holly berries, and
the glass and crockery, albeit of th
coarsest, was sparkling and clean.
The Blue Gulch meal btation, as Mm.
McCray told Thankful, was celebrated
all along the lino for ita pigeon pies, its
toothsome waffles, and its dainty bits of
home made cookery.
"And now you're hero to sort o' keep
Wong See btraightened up," said she, 'I
can give my whole mind to tho waffles."
A keen wind howling down the rail
way cnt; a cloud of drif tingsuow, sharper
than needles and pins: and then the
Ehriek of the train. Wong See adjusted
bis clean white tunic and rubbed ma
hands.
"Supper allee readee," said hi. "Mis
see Cray she got waffle all cook"
"Och, haythen Chinee," said Bridget,
in her den bhind the tea and coffee
" t-tt uc" u
holder, sa bbe scowled unutterable things
. ...
at the fcmiling CelestiaL
The passenger rushed with one accord
for the warm, cozy, savory braelling
dining room, for the fame of the Blue
Gulch waffles had penetrated fax and
wide when all of a sodden there wa
an exclamation, a pause, a confusion.
"What is it?" said Thankful, who,
with swift hands was carrying tea and
coffee tbis way and that.
"A gentleman ha lippd on the icy
car step," said Mrs. 3icCrar. 'l reckon
likely he's broke his leg or arm or
something. Here, 3!s Pennypacker;
yon come to the wafic irons. Ill jost
nop and see what tht trouble is. JIc
Cray ain't never on hand zi. an enr.
gency.
When tfc train had gene the hart pws- i
ecngcr lay in a lisis white curtained
room upetajra.
Dr. Fehon had rt hhr broken arm and
bandaged hi sprained ankle,
"If you haTe moderately good lock,"
jsiid he, -you need cot by detained more
than two or thrt wika, and the popk
here are very kindly and rewpectahle.
mcyu mase you taaxij
youll find."
Tho wayfarer uttered a groan,
there was bo appeal. On all ta m
there Is no autocrat likMMxmakjdi
Mrs. JicCra-r waa kind and
WonSe, wifck his little ateetd i
eyes and ptftrpetoal JKxSm jrgrre
capital nursevjfcnti atr a little tb pa
titpt.gqt uae$ to fan captivity.
"Who. ia' that I, hear ataging dows
stairs at &nes?T ho aaked, jane day.
'WelL" said Mra. KcCray, "it's ow
Bridget. Does she disturb too? She
will Iceep. singing 'Jfoca, lly Nora,' say
what you will, asd-
"No. it isn't that coyote howl,' said
the sick man, with, a ahuddsr. 'It'e
some one singiag bits out of the 'Trova
tora' littlo aweet trills asd runs like a
nightingale."
"Ohr said Mrs. McCrar. "I reckon
that's Thankful."
"And who is ThankfuF
"MIsb Penaypackec My stater's hr
band's ancle's cousin, that camo all the
way from the state o Yarmoont to teach
deestrick school, and when the got here
another woman had gobbled it up tk
sitooalion, I mean."
"Oh!" said the invalid. "Yes thank
you, Mrs. McCray. If you'll put the
lemonade pitcher on thu table. I caa
reach it myself."
The big Michigan rose on the porch of
tho Todd farmhouse was all in blossom
when Dr. Lothair came at last to make
the long promised visit to his fnend, Dr.
Jennings,
"But it ain't no useP sighed Mrs. Todd
to Electra, her daughter. "He's brung
a wife with him. I'm told a bride all
the way from Dakota Turritory."
"Humph!" said disappointed Electra.
"A reg'lar wild Indian, I guess. But, for
all that, Fm sort o' curious to see hen
Let's gQin to-night, mother, whenthey'ra
through tea."
So Mrs. Todd and the equiro donned
their best clothes, and Electra put on her
newest set of fish scale jewelry, and they
all trudged over to "Jeuningses house"
when the 6un had set and the whippoor
wills began to sing.
"Why, ma, look there!" said Electra.
"It's cousin Thankful, gurus you'ro born,
6ettin' on tho piazzy, and"
"No, it ain't!" said Mrs. Todd. "Yes,
it is! Why, how on airth camo sh
here?"
Thankful camo running down tho
steps.
"llow do you do, Mrs. Todd?" she
cried, gayly.
"Well.Ideclaro!" said Mrs. Todd, bo
cretly pktnning within herself how tJ
avoid inviting Thankful to the house
"The fur west seems to hev agreed with
you. Mercy, how red your cheek bo!
S'pose you took advantago of tho chance
to come back east with Dr. Lothair and
the bride. Whcro is she?"
"Tho bride?" Thankf ul's chcekB were
redder than ever. "Oh, didn't you know!
I am the bride!"
"You?" echoed Mrs. Todd.
"Yes. Come iu and I'll introduce you
to my husbaud."
Proay old Dr. Jennings treated the "vis
itors to a long account of tho whola
thing from Dr. Lothair's accident at
Blue Gulch to the wedding, whcro Wong
See waited, and Mrs. McCray cooked tha
game and entrees. It was quito a ro
mance, ho declared.
And Squire Todd stopped on tho way
homo to indulge in a hearty laugh.
"To think," said lie, "what a mortal
hurry you was in to get Thankful out of
the way of this very man, eo't Electra
could hev a clear chanco."
"Judge Todd," snapped his wife, "you
shouldn't laugh out bo loud and coarse.
It's dreadful vulgar." Helen Forrest
Graves in Philadelphia Saturday Night.
No Other Oitrar has Such a Eecord as
rv?a&fla
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Wliilor.
A teacher sends to The Companion
from Virginia an original composition
written by a boy 10 years of age. It waj
his firdt attempt, and orthography and
all is given just as he wrote it:
Winter is the coldest reason in the
year becausa it comes in winter mostly.
In some countries winter cooks in cum
mer, and then it is tcxj phvoout. I wib
winter come in summer in thin country
then we could go skating barefooted, w
could snowball without getting our fin
gers cold, and men who go oat slay rid
ing wouldn't halve to ttop ut crery tav
ern as they do now.
It snows more in winter than any other
Feason. A wiclcit boy Uxk niy eknU-
and ran off with them and" 1 couldn't catch
him. Mother hxjh judgment will over
take him well if judgment don- he will
halve to be pretty lively In his legs for
that boy can run bnly. Now I will stop,
Youtb'd Companion.
A RrmmrlcalilB
A more remarkable man than the late
3IacMnmugh Kavanagh, of Carlow,
Irebii.l. wm in many respects never at
in t'. boon of commons. Although na
turr had deprived him of arraa and lega,
he was a strong and entertaining orator,
and wvr pokr to empty biche. An
exception to ine rule that membem nuut
address the hour standing wa-nxade in
his favor, and other couxtsie were ex
tended to the man wbwo Imvefligenc,
nob!- face and concintioo attmtlon to
his duties Butdf hitn a popular and val
ued member, Mr. Karanaa came vt
an old and wealthy family, and had u
beautiful wif and a large nimWr of
children, none oi whom were in any
way dfiorvni-. Hi paywcal defects
wre no wll upp!etBstd that he rode
fcarlf2v, dxoTf a foar-In-band coach,
wrote iwsiHtifally, and acquired conrtd
crabl fame as an amatrur artist. Man-
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