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flu!, nnd the department purged of every
?lenient of grufi."
Show Inefficiency.
Mr. C/n-uwck declared the Irrcgulnrltlrs
In the Postoffice Department had shown
nil Inefficiency In the administration.
Mr, Hinunter ?'ltd thero could not bo
ft'ny tllsTmUhfe the fact that Inefficiency
had been shown, and I bill. It wus begun
In the Cleveland tulinlnlftrntlnii.
Mr. Gorma? said he was willing to hnvo
nil the resolutions calling for Investiga?
tions of Iho T'ostofflco Depuri meut, re
ferrcei lo the Cumin IH Ce on Postof flees
hile! Post Ronds, lis !l? bad received iis
surnnces from the cbalrinan that prompt
nrfIon woulei be (niton,
ln this connection, however, be snld,
V, wanted lo ci?Il ??1te-titioii to ihe fact
Hint nil of the dcbnle on Ihli subject
buri hut ewphatibtM the necessity for an
bveill?."ticin of tbe PostOff'Ce Dopati?
irert.?- He said ho bnel no desire to 111
ves'leale nnv r.avil?ubtr officer; thai bo
I,e1ievcr1 tlm Iiivestlgatlnh shoulil be much
braider tbnii that, u? the Irregularities j
Imd croni In by accrois and tho cor- |
rtipt'on poS'lbiv h?el beoti a part of three ?
or more ncl-iiliilstr '1I<mi? It now has
ivi'ched ? point he mid. where men who I
nre eorrejit themselves have disclosed ?
11?.? e-nynipt! en of o'liors,
"Mv Mirno-e,:; he added "is not so |
,,.,.,,?. ?,, tappet, this eorrunllon, as by :
fir? G<? ,-,.?t?^.? |n malting rjro'trfo.t've laws
to nH-v\<'-ai? the chance of sudi corrup?
'tion In tho futuro in the Postpftlce De?
partment."
P.?cj'd?.r Investigations.
Mr. Snonii?r linked If Ml*. Gorman would
hot bo wllllnir to supplement that sug"<\s
tlon by Cnlllnp uuon Congress for a thu
rptioTi Invpitigatlon of till departments at
Alateci perioils. Mr. tVormnti answered
that be would be willing to make the
change, but for the present ho was con?
tent to deal with (bo question"?? hand.
Continuing, lie declared that the corrup?
tion was not a party matter; that, the
present postmaster-General could not
have been responsible for the state of
affairs in hli. department as It started lie?
fere he entered upon his duties.ns tho
head of the department.
The senator expressed ? willingness lo
do justice to the President "in this time
of trouble In his oillclal household," but
s.iid be could not understand why- the
Republicans in tho Senate had persistent?
ly refused to give to the minority otllclal
information concerning the departments.
Ho declared that the determination to
' ignore the wishes of tho minority had
been manifest ut this session for tho first
lime since he bad been a member of the
Penati;. He called attention to the reso?
lutions Introduced by himself, by Mr. Car
mack and by Mr, Pomoso, asking for tho
Brlstow reports of the postonico inves?
tigation, nnd declared that ever/ effort
to get this information had bcin thwarted
by tho Republicans.
Not Afraid.
?. A severe denunciation of the charge of
(suppression of Information was mad? by
Mr. Lodge, who said that he was tho?
roughly tired of that old story, which had
been made over and over again by sena?
tors on the other side of the chamber.
?He sold it is elulto true that the Repub?
licans had nearly twcMhlrds eff the mem?
bers ot the Senate, and he wanted to in?
form the other siile that they were tho?
roughly responsible for their conduct: of
(?ffalrs, and that as they were responsible?
they jiroposod to conduct their affairs lu
their own way. Continuing, lie said:
' "Wo arc not. ufrakl of daylight; we arc
not afraid of the senator from Maryland,
nnd least of all we are not afraid of that
old time-worn story ot suppression of
public information."
AfleJ? some further colloquy between
JMessrs. Spooner and Teller over caucus
iontrol of party action in tho Senato, an
agreement was reached to postpone fur?
ther discussion of the postonico question
until Friday next, and the Senate, ad?
journed.
In the H<ouse.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. C?Tho
,or.ly measure considered in tho House to.
day was a bill introduced by tho delegate
from Hawaii to ratify an act of tho
B?awatl?n Legislature to authorize the
'manufacture and distribution of electric
light and power on the island of Oahu,
territory of Hawaii, which came up for
consideration under call of committees,
<>-.?.ing to objections mude to the bill In
the iorm presented, It was recommitted
in the Committee on Territorios. Refer
once was mad,, by Mr. Robinson to the
absence of Delegate Krvwahlanloie, saying
? :n committee was embarrassed on that
m count.
ABOLISH OFF?CE.
There May be No Railroad Com?
missioner Named.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, i). C, Jan. (?.-Sec?
retary Hit^ieropk, ?of the interior Depart,
nient, ha> rci-c-inntendod to the President
ahnt the office of railroad commissioner,
held by the lato General James Long
street, be uboilahed. It seems probable
that the recommendation will be adopted,
?ami that no successor to General Long
estreet will he appointed, Em? two years
the Interior Department bus made no
.??stimale of tho salary of railroad eom
inesinnei?, tho necessary appropriation of
General Longatreet's salary of ??.OOO be?
ing made by Congress on itn own initia?
tive. The duties of tlio office practically
have been absorbed by. tlw Interstate
'Commerce Commission. ,
To Investigate Charges.
(By Associated Pi ess.)
WASHINGTON, D. (.'., Jan. li.-Tho
House Committee on the Judiciary to?
day appointed Representatives) Palmer,
of ' Pennsylvania; I'earrc, of Maryland,
und Clayton, of Alabama, an a subcom?
mittee to go to 'Florida und investigale
the. Impeachment charges which have
been filed with the committee against.
United States District Judge Swayne, of
the. Northern District of Florida,
A meeting of the subcommittee was
held at the adjournment of the House.
at which a rocjuest wus formulated tu
l?. sent to the persons malting the
chaTgo Initiating tlm Impeachment pro?
ceedings, for detailed sp?cifications, sel?
lini; l'orili wherein Judge Bwayno hua
l/it-ii guilt ? 01 officiai misconduct,
-,??? ...
Suit Against Lemly.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan, 0.?Robert Hur
ton itodiie:,?, paymaster with the rank
of lieutenant-commander on thu retired
lisi oi the navy, to-day brought suit for
ISO.OOO damages against captain Samuel
C. Lemly, Judge AdvoceiteOenoral of
the navy, for alleged long continued "pe.
cu.'iiary and naval grail,? losses" und
Indifcnltte?-. 'l'ho complaint allege? ih.it
Captain Lemly bus, usurped practical
gupremaoy of the Navy Department, and
Is depriving the complainant of legal
right;, under ids commission,
"THE LAND OF THE SKY."
The Mountain Park Hotel. Hpt Springs
1S\ C? In the delightful "Land eif tile
Bky," will open January <S, ???, for Hie
winter and spring scuson, A splendid
place to spend a day, a we. k. a month
or yiar, und i? pest reached by the
Bout),en. Railway, Low rate excursion
tickets on hale dully, return limit six
months from ame of sele^ The ilinlns
car forvio- oi' tie Southern reptc&enta
the bl?hest standard of excellence.
itrn'mmMmsmt?
BLANKS' HEADACHE AND
NEURALGIA TABLETS 1
Will cure the worst form of Huad
acbo or Neuralgia within ten mio.?
lites, KoJ'J by iella hi..? druggets.
Price I'.'e.. per box, ? for ibv.
No rash Ion plate effects:
No padded figures:
No eccentricities:
Just good, common sense
clothing for practical men,
$16.00 to $20.00 will-buy a
suit op ovorcoat that will
place your dress above re?
proach. . ->
ONE-FOURTH
TO ONE-THIRD
OFF ON TROUSER
PRICES !
0?i_RRY&CO]
MEN ?'BOYS' OUTFITTERS.
The Senior Senator From Vir?
ginia Will Resist Ratifica?
tion of Canal Treaty,
VOLUME ON GENERAL EARLY
The Senator Will Soon Publish
Uook on Noted Confede?
rate Leader.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON; D. C, .Tan. ?.-Senator
Daniel sold that he was strongly opposed
to the ratification of tho treaty with
Panama for the construction of a canal
across the Isthmus. "I do not cure to dis?
cuss the President's message on tho sub?
ject, which was road to the Senate," ho
said, "it did not contain anything which
caused me to change, my mind and mnke
me believe that our government had not
acted improperly in bringing about a rev?
olution In Panama for the purpose of
-?'curing a right of way for the en nal."
Senator Daniel said ho would make a
speech in opposition to the ratification
of the treaty when it comes up In the
Senate, though, of course, he could not
say When th.tt would be. Senator Daniel's
speech will be ono ot the features of the
debute. His speech on the ratification
of the Anglo-American treaty several
years ago, In which he opposed Ilio con?
vention, attracted general attention
throughout the country. Senator Daniel
wus a elose listener to Mr, Lodge during
the course of tho lutter's speech In tho
Senate yesterday, and once or twice in?
terrupted him with a question.
VOLUME ON EARLY.
Senator Daniel said to-day that he
was much Interested in the volume he
Will have out soon on ('onerai Juhal A.
Early, lie will write a memoir of Gen?
eral. Early, which will preface tho work,
which was left In manuscript by tho cel?
ebrated oilicor, Senator Daniel was Gen?
eral Early's adjutant, and said to-day that
he did noi think thero was any ono who
knew him better. The manuscript will
bo annotateti by Senator Daniel, and
promises to bo one of tlio most Interest?
ing works on the war that has been
issued in u long while.
Senator Daniel also luis lu course of
preparation u history ot tho Gettysburg
campaign, although it Is not so well tid
vu-nced as the biography of Generili Early.
Sain Small, who has been writing edi?
torials for the Atlanta Constitution re?
cently, supporting the policy of tho ad?
ministration, I? In tlio city to-iiuy look?
ing fer an appointment. It Is under?
stood that "ltev." Mr. Small wants to
bo appointed railroad commissioner, Iho
position made vacant by tliu death of
llenera I Longstroet, It Is not likely that
ho will get it. The olllco has not hud
any duties attached to It for some years,
owing to tho fact that the national gov
? iltiie-nt luis not had uny recent interest
in Ihe Northern Paolilo Railroad, In look
after, which wan tho chief und almost tho
aule ?int? nf th?.? commissioner.
"General Joseph 15, Johnston held tho
positloh Bomo years, and so ?lid General
Wade Hampton. Ilo wus succeeded by
General Loiigslrcot, and tho offlco cuino
lo be looked on as belonging to u dis?
tinguished Confederate soldier, it was
known by everybody that tho duties of
th.) pufiilun bad not existed for some
years, but It wus thought by tlio men
of both parties that tho salary attached
would bo Justly given to General Long
ttieei in llou o? u pension for his long
years of service in tho old army,
CANAL QUESTION.
KepiCf-onlullve Jones, of the Klrst Dis?
tri.-t, und Representativo Muynurd, of
the Second District, will ?jo ?? Wilming?
ton, Del., Friday night to attend a ban?
?met lo bo given by iho Hoard of Trade
of that city, ut which the subject of.a
cena) to be constructed by the govern
ifti-nl to unite tlio waters of Delaware und
??.???.api ake Hays will bu dlS.Utl.e_, Tu?
Virginia sonatore We?'?) Invited, but they
aro net able to uilend. Mr. Jones Sftlij
to-day that 'ho matter was ono in which
the people of K?stern Virginia wero vi?
tally Interested, us the construction of
the canal would obvluto their yoing to
sea In making Ihe trip lu Philadelphia,
tor Instam ??. ami thus the danger? and
hardships ?>/ trafile with the North would
nlzed,
BROILED CHOPS,
Wlxio oTf u.i- enupa with a dean wot
'?th and trim ?iff the edge?! if very fut
??. rather ul?ee to the moat, uub tho
I wire biolk-r with soin??; ?f the fat,'so tliut
the chops will ?ot steli. Lay In tho
Ch?pi und PWt over a Clear, i-fil ??,-,; vvllh
?p?. llame ?nul toast uno side first und
t_u.n the oilier; do th|| nil they avo
brown. Lay en n hot platter -lid dust
both sides wlib sail and a tiny hit 0f
PA'.per, Put blt:5 of lemon and parsley
uHuiul uri'i bind to the tubi? wry hot,
TO CATCH
THEIR VOTE
This Regarded to be Sole Pur?
pose of Circu? tir to Govern?
ment Employes.
PENSION CIVIL EMPLOYES
Bill for This Purpose the Avow?
ed Object of Aforesaid
Circulars.
(From Our Regular Correspondent,)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. O.-Ono of
tho shrewdest of tlio many games worked
and attempted by tho administration for ?
the control of tho old soldier voto bus ?
just come to light In tho Interior de- j
paraient. A circular was sont out yes- |
toniny and given full circulation G? the
department, especially In tlio pension
oltlce, requesting that tho employe who |
received it would at oneo mako but on ?
tho card sent with tho circular a state?
ment covering tho questions regarding
tho length or service ho had rendered
as a soldier In tho war between the
States, and other matters pertaining to
his re?ord in the army.
Further along in tho circular It was
stated that tho information wins bou gut
for use in connection with a bill which is
b-'lng prepared providing for the retiro
"m?nt and pensioning of employes in the
civil service of the government who biavo
reached a certain age. The bill is to be
pushed by the. United States Civil Sor
vico Retirement Association, which is?
composed of employes of all the depart?
ments of the government, and no one
else. S
A veteran of tho Union army from
Maryland, who has an excellent record
as a soldier, and who Is now In tlio* civil
service of tho government, said to me to?
day that all tho soldiers of tho depart?
ment, knew that tho circular was solely
for tlio purposo of influencing tho old
soldier vote.
"Wo have been patted on tho back until
wo aro roundshouldercd now," lie said,
"and all this is but another pat. Every
civil employe of tho government will bo
as much benefited by tho bill us will the
old soldier who happons to bo on tho
salary rolls of the department. Tho prop?
osition is to bo made in the bill referred
to in tho circular to retiro all omploycs
of the government when they reach a
certain age, without reference to whether
they arc old soldiers, and to allow them
a pension. In the case of the old soldiers
thus retired they would get the pension
allowed them by tho proposed law, and
in addition, in the majority of cases,
would also rocolvo a pension from tho
government for service in the army.
CALLF.D A KICKER.
"All this is absolutely wrong. I was '
wounded In ISM, but as I am In the em?
ploy of the government, have never asked
for a pension, arid I stated that fact In
answering the questions on the card sent
out with Iho.cluculur .to-day. 1 hold that
no old soldier 'who is in the employ of" the
government should bo allowed a pensioni
. and I havo always gone further and con?
tended ? that a veteran who was not dis
abled from servlco In tho army should
not draw a pension, unless he was an
object of charity.
? "I am callod a kicker and a cranlc, and
not a good Republican, because 1 am op?
posed to the entire system of making ap?
pointments to tho civil service. I am a
civil servlco appointee, and cannot be
discharged for any partisan reason. But
in spite of that fact I maintain and have
always maintained th? the system is
wholly unfair. Certainly it is unfair to
give a man a place la the government
service after he has fought a dozen other
men for It, and then after he has drawn
tho salary attached to it all his life,
practically, retiro bini on a pension. I
hope the pension which will bo paid them
will be paid by assessment of employes,
ami not by the United ?tales govern?
ment."
It is not known whether the proposed |
bill contemplates providing for pension?
ing retired employes from tho nntlonnl
treasury.
Dut thore seems no doubt that tho
movement referred to in the circular
above Is for the sole purpose of Intlu
cnclng tho soldier volo. The veteran
quoted said ho thought It would costHnue
to bo agitated until about fifteen minutes
before tho polls closed on tho eighth day
ot next November.
A FLYING MACHINE
THAT FLEW
(Continued From First Page.)
Tlio reverso movement of tho rudder
was a fraction of a second too late to
prevent tlio machin? from touching the
ground and thus ondlnnv tho flight. The
whoio occurrence occupied little, if any,
more than ono second of time.
NO DESCRIPTION.
"Only those who ar? acquainted with
practical aeronautica can appreciate
tho difficulties lu attempting the first
trials of a. flying machine In a twenty
five mito gale. As winter has already
Bet In, wo should have postponed our
trials to a moro lavoratilo season, but
for the fact that we wero determined bo
foro returning home to know whether
the machine possessed sudicioni power
to fly, sufficient strength to wittiHiuud
the shock of luudlngs and sufllciont cu?
piiclty uf control to make, flight
safe In boisterous winds, as well
In culm nil'. When the points
had been definitely established we n(
once packed our goods and returned
home, knowing that the age of tho flying
machino bad corno at lust.
"From the beginning wo have employ,
ed entirely now principios of cuntrol, and
us all the experlmcntu liuvu been ? cun
due.cd ut our own expense, without as?
sistance from ?my Individual ur Insti?
tution, wo do not feel ready at present
to give out any pictures or detailed dc
acrlptlem of the machine."
KING EDWARD'S DOG.
During King Edward'? recent visit to
lielund his favorite pet dog was taken
ill suddenly and, ricapito Ilio best medi?
cal attention, died In u fow hours. Tlio
deig was a llttlo Irish terrier niirutil Jack.
Tho King hud tho dog embalmed, und
on leaving Ireland gave; explicit illroe?.
limp, ns to the manner lu which 11 should
bo biii'iini and tho style or toiiil.iste.iii, to
lie erected uvei" It. Tho tomb Lass just
been completed with ilio following in?
tiTlptlou:
Here lie.? ".lack,"
Kbit; Edwaid'u Favolilo Irish Sitter,
Who only lived twelve yearn, dying on
July :i$tt PM,
To Oof Well At My Risk.
If you want lo loci better.
Ir you, wiilil tuoro slrotiRtli?
tf you liiek ambition. . , ,?
If you enli't do tliln-s like yon lined lo.
It y?ur nerves?yinncein-uec?In hmviii? you.
if your coniitlenee In ybiirs?lf In less.
If you lack vim, vJi*or, vltullty. .
ifeomelhlng In en ting awn y ??int? coiiMr.ttlloii.
Asie tito by letter for lim beult,
lion". Hand a boum?.'Let me lake the rinlr.
Let mo tell voit of a UttlMl-t ??,?? >',?" ffl'S
will give yen sis brittle.?? I if. ??????? Hr-to'-etlva
nil ? month's trlul. Tnko 11 un?) .eco for your?
self what It will do. Then ileelue;.
No cost-not a henny-lf .you ??' , ' nm Vo .
bet tur." I'on't leave II to the druggist?"or lo,!
me. Wo inlglit bu prejudiced. ' , ....
Voit, you nlonc, slinll any Hid word, xvlielMet
you pay jf.rm or ??????a?. Tlio- tlruK?l-l enti t
eriiiiplnln. Ilo Is lo bill 111- cesi to mo ut your
sny pu. , , .. . -
Try Dr. Sliooj/s B-storativo
A.Month At My Hie'?? .
Not a penny If It fiiiK , , , ?,
?it's a two-ecnt Stimili?or a poslnl?ii?tmii't
Hlx bottles of in?' _t.Kt-r!itl>--.?.-,-nliis fi'.J'?>.
their coat. Doh't you beiti ? to b?llevo the It"-?
MterntlVe fini do soinellilllS uiiiiHiuil -,J>ljK
sick? I havo fourni, bitig Ugo, bow certain.-It
Is, how fceldom It falls. . , ,, ?,
Til risk, my reputation on It. And Iho cost
et Ihn. medicine, too. I know, and I wutil von
to know. This Is my wny of gnltim* your
Interest.-'?tll.t'? don't do It that way. Ito
pay nnywnj-wltli tliein. Ask mo for tho boo.?:
you noeti. . .
Write m?. Now?to-day. ,
? nook l on Di-pepsia.
Klmply stnto ?which Hook 2 en tlic tlenrt.
book von want nnd l!ool< S on the kidneys,
address Ur, Hhooii, Hook 1 for Women.
'Pox S2S8. Ituolnc, WIs. Doolc 6 for Moll
(seul -d).
lloolt C on Rheumatism.
MIM cast;., not chronic, nie often cured with
ono or two bottles. At druggists;
NEARLY HALF
MILLION
Giles Jackson Hopes Lo GcL Sum
of Money From Government
for/ Negro Exhibition.
MONEY IS IN THE TREASURY
Thought That Bill to Appropri?
ate It for. the Purpose Will
Meet With? Favor.
(Special to Tho Titncs-Dlspatch.)
WASHINGTON, V. C, Jan. U.-Gilcs
II. Jackson, tho negro lawyer of Rich?
mond, who is also tho director general of
the Negro Development ntici Exposition
Company of tho United States, which
was Incorporated for tho purpose of hav?
ing . tlio nogroo. /if the country generally
take part In the Jamestown Exposition,
is in Washington In tho interest, of a
bill, which lie is preparing, by which ho
proposes to obtain very substantial aid
for tlio project.
lie said to-day that thero la In tho
treasury of .the United States tho.sum of
$180,000, representing the unclaimed bounty
money duo negro soldiers enlisted during
tin? war between the States. The audit?
or of the treasury has repeatedly asked
Congress to take action directing as to
the disposition of Hid money, und several
bills luivo been-Introduced providing for
its appropriation In whole or In part to
certain institutions of learning esta_
II-heil for negro piipilt-; The bills have
fulled because of their not being general
cnoiigh'in oWJe'ot, and Congress hate con?
tinued to allow'the money to Ho In tho
treasury.
A bill is now being drawn providing
for (he appropriation of this until, sum
t. tho association, to bo expended in
lu-vlng in* exhibit portraying the ad?
vancement of iho negro since obtaining
his freedom. G(les says lie baa received
assurances from members of .Congress
from tho\South.and other sections that
they will give speli a hill their support,
and, In view of tho national character of
the association, and the repeated recom?
mendations of tho auditor of tho treasury
that something be done with the money,
which has-lain'in the treasury for so
long, ho Is very hopeful of seeing tho
bill.passed, The measuro will not be in
trcdiiwd/unlil tho President of the United
States Issues his proclamation declaring
the national character of tlio Jamestown
Exposition, which. Ho is expected to do
in a few weeks.
HEAVY DECLINE IN
PRICE OF COTTON
There Was a Rally Near Close,
But ?'et Decline Is From
pro to 76 Points.
( l?y -Associated Press.)
NEW YOHK, Jan. l?.?Trading In cotton
was less active to-day and prices showed
? reactionary tendency, after tho sharp
?'.dv ancos of yesterday, This was chiefly
iluo to disappointing cables nini con
nhlerablo -filing hero for Liverpool ac?
count, as well as for the account ot
jiroilt taking longs? By tho end of th?
flrst half hour of trading the market
*ivn_ about 10 to 23 points lower, but
-bowed considerable stability around Lhut
level.
During tho forenoon the market broke
badly, following'a turn for the worso
In far eastern war nows, accompanied by
heavy llauldritlon,' I'rl.cs wero soon
driven dorwu to 13.25 for Marchi 13.43 for
Slay, and' 13.-10 for July, these bolng net
loHi.es of .% to 10 pollita. Later, tho mar.
hot rallied about. 10 to 15 points from the
Lottom on hull .?'support and covering
while there wus aleo some outsldo buy?
ing, tiu a result of smaller receipts.
Tho steadier tendency was of short
duration, huwovar, for shortly after mid.
clay moro disquieting? rurnor? were clrcu.
luted concerning the fur eastern situa?
tion, and everything .gave way to con?
sideration of possible war with till tho
months welling down to new low levels
tor Iho day, -lurch touched 13;S.; Muy,
13,05, und July,- 13__, or not 81 to .5
pointa lower, pluclng prices to the lovel
occupied liefere, yesterday's advance, To.
wind tho close, thero wus a slight rally,
The market closed easy at a not.do*
cliiin of 70 to 7U polnls.
Tlio sales wero estimated at ?,???,???
hules.
Decline in New Orleans,
illy Associated Press.)
NEW Oltl.KANS, Juu. U.-Uenvy liqui?
dation. Induced by unfavorable Liverpool
cables and dlsiiiii?tliui war .rumors,
caused a dicline pi' frpmv30 to ?3 points
In the cotton market to-day, Thero was
a general tendency to lower crop esti?
mates on tho census report of yesterduy
,-iul one firm cumfa out with an estimalo
of ?,?d?,??? bales*, which is tlio lowest osti
mute madti thus fur? by any member of
(be cottoli ox????????,
-Iway _ 1 .?-member the Itoli .Nam?
Lsss&zn ?________. Qulnl,ie
CuresaCoM??On?D-y.Cr?ptaa 0_y_
MM*?
?-??very
^r%nuM? ?w* a.?
PUTTING UP
STIFF FIGHT
Friends of Mrs. Hampton Hogc
Want Her Made Postmaster
at Blacksburg. I
MR, GLASS MAY TAKE PART
Office Is in His District, But Mr.
Slcmp Will Probably Dis?
pose of It,
(From Our Regular Correspondent^
WASHINGTON D. C, Jan. C?Thero Is
beginning to be somo doubt manifested
In somo quarters as to tho correctness
of fiie moro or loss general Impression
thai Postmaster Elliott would bo reap
pointed at Blaeksburg. Tho friends of
Sirs. J. Hampton Hogo havo not given |
up hope ot Inducing tho President to
reward the widow of the docensod Repub?
lican leader In Virginia, and there scorns
?omo ground for their expectations ot
' eventually winning. The delay of tho
President In Bonding in the nomination
wou.Vl of .Itself give courage to thoso who
are leadlg tho fight for Mrs,? Hogo,
though Representative Slomp has as?
sorted poslttvoly that ?Mr. Elliott would
be roappolnted. J lo has worked hard tor
the prosont postmaster, and has said on
several occasions that tho President's
word had been given that tho appointment
would bo made.
The friends of Mrs. Hogo havo asked
Representativo Glass to take a hand in
the fight for her, and while he has not
said that he Would do so, thoro Is some
fiospect of his going to sec the Presi?
dent In behalf of tho lady, and it may
bo that the Virginia Senators will also
help him In the matter,
The ottico is In Mr. Glass' district, and
not in Air. Sleinp's, but Mr. Slcmp,'being
a Republican, and the dispenser of
patronage In'Virginia, stands far better
cl-nnccH of? succeeding with the President.
Senator Scott, of Vest Virginia., has en?
dowed tho application of Mrs. Hogo,
and has dono what ho could to secure
her appointment, but ho Is not entirely in
accord with the President, as'evidenced
by his voting ?gaihel tho report of tho
committee recominniirting the confirma?
tion of Dr. Leonard Wood to be a mojor
gei.eral.
While the chances aro still that Mr.
Elliott will bo ?appointed; there is still
uomo hope for Mr?. Hogc, though, her
appointment would be u direct sla-P at
M.\ Slcmp, and the cRpublican argunizei
Uon In Virginia.
. NORFOLK TRAINING STATION.
'Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the
Bureau of Navigation, appeared before
'the Houso Commltteo on Naval Affairs
this morning, und In the course of his
?statement to tho committee ' relative to
appropriations said that tho naval train?
ing station on tho island at the Norfolk
yard would be maintained, and tliaU.it
'\\as desired that more money be ex?
pended upon it than heretofore. A mem?
ber of the'committee Said that few
.people kijow that!a trainili? station:was
Kept'up at Norfolk, but Admira? Taylor
spoke in high terms of tho work dono
there In fitting recruits for the naval,
service.
Representativo Maynard said to-day
that he had arranged to have a number
ot the business men of Norfolk and
Pcrtsmoutli come to Washington the lat?
ter part of the present month and ap-.
peur before the committee, which Is en?
gaged in making up the river and harbor
bill,. It Is well assured that the appro?
priation for the Improvement of the
NorfoV-c harbor will be Increa-sed. and Mr.
Maynard will endeavor to' make It as
large an Increase as possib'?).
Captain Lamb Is busy now in atten
???? on the sessions of tho Committee
?on- Agriculture, which is engaged In
hearing the heads of tho Department of
Agriculture as to tho needs of the De?
partment In tho way of appropriations.
These hearings will continue for somo
days yet, Captain Dumb Is tho sonlor
Democratic member of the committee.
MANY CLAIM BLLDS.
? met Captain Lamb In one of the
House corridors at tho Capitol to-day,
hurrying to a commltteo meeting with
bis hands full of a number of bills pro?
viding for the payment of claims of
? Vliglnlu citizens? for damages done prop?
erty by Federal soldiers during tho war,
fir after. One of the bill* wus for the re?
lict of Isaac Davenport, of Richmond,
who has long had a claim ponding for
rent duo from the government, tho debt
bung contracted immediately after the
war, Captain Lamb wus on his way to
press the committee to report tlio bills.
Ho remavked that he thought bo would
1m ablo to socuro the passage of tho ono
referred to, and of ono other ln tho.
bunch. The Davenport claim baa been
gotten through tho House once, but fulled
Ju the Senate.
Members of Congress arc receiving In?
ferma lion to the effect that claims attor.
? neys of this city aro writing to citizens
ot Virginia who have claims uganst
Hie government growing out of damages
to property by Federal troops, and offer
In to talco their cases on a contlngont
fee. Tho Virginia rcpresontatlvoB, sev?
eral of thorn, have asked The Times
Dispatch to stato that nothing Is to bo
gained by tlio empViymont of attorneys
to look after the eases. It Is almost Im?
possible to got such bills through Con?
gress, hut nil uttorney would not help
to speed them. ?
OTJF.N-TAWNKY RILL.
Representative Lamb ?aid to-day that
lie? was all at sea as to what course ot
pursue In the mutter of the Otjen-Taw
vey bill forbidding the giving away of
tags and coupons with manufactured to,
becco. Last session, ut the request of
the representatives of th,-) National As?
sociation of Independent Tobacco Manu?
fncturers, lie made great offorts to have
the bill passed, nnd though he fn'Vd,
ho nnd the other friona* of the bill were
delernilnod to tindertnko to havo It passed
this year. But now ho finds that a great
liiiiuy of Um former friends of tho bill
anopg tlio Independent manufacturers
ore opposed lo it, and uro urging him to
fight It. There Is no likelihood of Us
passage with the Independent manufac?
turers opposed to it, or badly divkled,
and Iho tobacco trust fighting it,
SCORE DEAD '
IN COLLISION
(Continued ?rom First Pago.
thoy hud seen were the ones which thoy
had boon Instructed to puss.
Upon seeing at 'Wlllar? a freight- truln
on tho siding,'Unglneor Benjamin threw
open tho throttle, and under the Improsn
of full steam iho passenger train leap?
ed Into tho dnrlcness und crashed alojig
. at a ratti wiiiwU |Uo- ponagiigers decUiro
to Itftvo beoti Cully elxty-?lvo trillos nn
hour. ? .
A formal inquest wns held at Hie.wreck
to-day by corotier Dooley, of Wnbuiisoo
tounty. Tho investigation will b? ? con?
tinued to-morrow.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT, ?
Newspaper Reporter Who Was
on Train Tells of Wreck.
(Copyrightott, lfldl, by tho; Tcipftka Stato
Journal,)
TOP1?ICA. KAN., Juif. 0.-1I, Q, par?
sons, ? roportor of tho Topeka Stato Jour?
nal, who was on tho wrecked Rock Island
Irnln. urrlvail In Toocka at 8 o'clock this
morning, uflor driving ovorlnnd from the
aceito of lilts Collision, Pftrsohs escaped
with slight injuries, while two pornoim on
tlio seat In front uf hint woro killed, Par?
sons tells tho following story of the
wreck :
"It wo? In tho third car of tho passen?
ger train, tho first coach having been
preceded by a smoker and baggage car,
that the greatest loss of Ufo occurred.
The smoker, which was occup'etl by only
two or three mon, was overturned and
pushed through the car behind It, which
was crowded with passengers, somo stand
Ing In Ilio aisles. The ? ret warning
given tho paSsetigerB In thin car was when
tho sudden sotting of tho air brakes shut
off tho light?, lcavlng.all In darkness. A
moment later a mass of splintered wood
and Iron was crowded down upon them.
No one was thrown out of his seat by
tho blow, Most of thoso In tho forward
end of the car were killed Instantly.
Thirty In the roar end of tho coach, how?
ever, succeeded In escaping from Unit end
of "tho car, which was stili unobstructed.
No ono In tho front, half of the car es?
caped. They wore crushed down between
the scats by the smoker. When roscuo
was dually possible' only thrco living per?
sons woro taken? out by tho rescuers,
who wero compelled ,to chop bolos In the
sido and'through the floor, and top of tho
coach to reach.thorn.
Three Saved.
?"The. threo rescued from this portion
wore a man, a small girl and a mtddlo
nged woman,' who were' monn'ng and
begging-to be taken out. One man, hurt
Internally, \<as removed through tho-'rear
floor within five minutes after the col?
lision, but died almost as soon as tho rel?
ouera laid bini down. The woman died
two hours later while trying to tell a
physician her name. A dozen men had
worked on tho placo where ?ha seemed to
be before she was extricated.
"Bouncy Martin, a girl cloven years of
age, was pinned down between ilio two
ears, tho heavy stovo resting on one foot.
. Her ?? cries attracted the resctiern, and
mon, many of them bleeding from wounds
about tho face and arms, worked heroi?
cally to got her out It took two hours of
steady work to relieve hor. When alie
was taken out she addressed a doctor
who was bending over her as 'Papa.'
Tho physician did not havo the heart
to tell her that she was an orphan, her
father and mother /having been killed.
Mr. Martin was killed Instantly, and
Mrs. Martin died ton minutes aftor being
taken out of tho wreck. Tho child was
suffering with a broken anklo, whero the
heavy stove fell on her, and severe scalp
contusions. She was put to sleep by a
"hypodermic injection to relievo the pain.
"Some of the bodlos found in tho wreck?
age were so badly crushed as to bo unrec?
ognizable. Through a hole chopped ln
ono side of the car the body of a gray
haired, heavy-sot man and a woman with
???? yellow hair woro visible,
"Fires woro built along tho track at
short Intervals, and by tho light of theso
tho rescuers, in their eagerness to re?
move, tho victims, chopped openings in
tho wrecked coach until exhausted, and
then handed their axe? to others."
Crushed Into Kindling.
"The ontlro sides of tho car had been
chopped away when thorwork was-?gm
?ploted, Occasionally the" rescuers would
desist upon an alarm being raised by
watchers, who declared that tlw chopping
away of the coach was letting tho smok?
er down upon the victims. So terrific was
the force of tho collision that the smoker
left tho trucks in Its backward rush, leav?
ing tho trucks still upon the track. Not
a wheel in tlio entire passengor train
scemexl to be off the trnck.
"The freight train fared differently.
The four cars In behind the engine wero
crushed Into kindling. Dead and dying
cattlo littered tho right of way, while
many which liad escaped from tho cars
tninjured ran about, adding to tlio con?
fusion.
"Cm the passenger train. In the sleeper,
was a young physician, who wnVked
?ylth a crutch as tho result of somo spinal
trouble. Ho was thrown down and
slightly Injured, but was th* first rean
to emerge from the sleeper, and Imme?
diately began aiding the Injured. He
had a portion of tho chair car and tl I
berths In tho sleepsr cleared, and to them
the victims wero carried. Tho physician
was .without Instruments and medicino,
ariti tlio only tiling ho could do was to
bud up wounds, which he ,dld by tearing
un sleooer shocLs and pillows. He gave
..tho patients whiskey to deaden tho pain.
The young, doctor found a flroman who
was injured In tho '?ig. Au artery was
broken and ho took It up with a pen?
knife and tied It with a,thread, probably
preventing tho fireman from blooding to
dc-ntli, He performed Innumerable acts
of n like naturo before tho arrival of the
Topeka physicians."
Tho hero mentioned by Mr. Parsons was
Dr .Frank M, Boll, of Now York.
DON'TS IN DRESS.
Don't wear vertically striped material
if. you are tall.
Don't expect great bargains to turn
out groat'savings.
Don't woar big slooves and big hats If
you aro short,
Don't Jump Into your clothes and ex?
pect to look dressed.
Don't put cost boforo you. Corded silk
won't cover ? poor fit.
Don't forget that dress was made for
.woman, not woman for dress.
Don't put all your allowanco outside.
A shabby petticoat Rills tho smartest
gown.
HOTEL RICHMOND
TO OPEN SHORTLY
Within the next thirty days It Is quito
llkejy that Mrs. Atkinson's "New.Rich?
mond" will bo opened to the publia.
The finishing touches to the' hostelry
are being pushed by the contractor, und
In a few days tho furniture will bo In
place.
Mrs. Atkinson and her family have al?
ready taken up their quarters lu the
annex to tho new hotel. This annex Is
a portion of the old St. Clair, which hua
beep remodelled and made as good as
. now,
Since she gavo up control of tho Lex ~
Ington, Mrs, Atkinson lias been ft b#arder
at that placo. Sho has, however, trans?
ferred all her belongings In the way of
furnishing and? poreunul property to her
new quarters, and will be on hand to
look after tho furnishings of the new
hotel,
Tho furnishings will be tho finest pro?
curable, und tho hotel will be one ot
the most comfortable In the South.
Tho capacity of tho now hotel will be
something like 600. The decorations and
appointments will bo' as sumptuous as
consistent with good tasto, and Mrs. At??
kiiisoii feels that she will bo ablo to offer
tho public all they ?re looking for
The programme for" the opening has
not been arranged, but Mrs. Atkinson haB
something alec in store for her iriamJju
EXITS WERE
FASTENED
Gross Carelessness Responsible
for'Loss of Life at troquois
Theatre Fire.
NO PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
None of the Employes Had Been
Given Any Instructions in
the Event of a Fire.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL., Jan. O.?Uy Iholr own
ovldotico, given to-day beforo ' Monrot*
Fulkersiin, who Is conducting the Firn
Department Investigation, Into Iho Iror
quols Theatre horror, tho proprietors ot
tho theatre showed that a worse condi?
tion of affairs existed tiiitii hod hereto?
fore been thought possible
Will J. Davis, Harry D. Owors and
Thos. J. Noonnn, nctivo managers of.the
Irociuols Theatre, were examined by Mr.
Fulkerson to-day. All of thorn pleaded
Ignorance of any precautions taken to
prevent loss of life by flro ut their then
tro. They admitted failure to instruct
employes in lighting flro, and fnliuro even
to provide suitable appliances for guard?
ing against llames. Their statements wero
corroborated by the testimony of twenty
omploycs of tho theatre, nono of whom
had ever been told his duty In case of
flro.
EXITS BOLTED.
Noonan, who is tlio working rrian?ffeV
of tho theatre, under direction of Davis
and Powers, admitted to-day that eleven
of tho theatre exits wore locked and
bolted. Two of these exits, leading to
tho front of the theatre on tho ground
floor, wero locked, three additional oxlts
on the north side of tho ground floor
were bolted, three exits on tho north sido
of the theatre from tho first balcony wer.
bolted, and three exits on the north side
of the second balcony were bolted,
The greatest loss of life from the iln?
was In tho first and second balconies,
where hundred of people wore suffocated
through Inability to got out or wero
trampled to death while trying to do so.
Had theso three exits.. In each balcony
been available, according to Inspector
Fulkerson, the loss of ilio would have
been greatly diminished.
NooTian declared that no person hud
been named by the thcatr. management
tc. superintend tho operation of the ven?
tilators of the theatro In case of flro and
that in consequence tho (lames had been
permitted to sweep the place Instead of
becking a natural ouUct through the sing?
roof. It wus said by "Noonan that Oeorgo
M. Dusonberry, tho head usher; Archibald
Bernard, chief electrician, and tlio thea?)
tre engineer, know how to operato th?)
ventilators. It wns proved by the tes?
timony of these men thut two of thorn
never went upon the stage hnd that tuo
other had never bean told to assumo
charge of the ventilators in ca_o ot flro,
ONE IN TH?tEE.. . .'
, From figures obtained by -Ndonan. to?
day It becamo evident that almost on?:?.
In three of the peoplo who attended the
matinee lost their lives, tho percentu&.i
being a tritio over 31 por cent. Tho
tbcatro seated l.OOe peoplo and In addi?
tion to theso, 236 had been admitted after
all seats wero sold, making a total ,of. I
1.S62 people In tho theatre, of whom 591
wero killed.
That the employes In the front of tho
house were thrown into a panic by thft
fire was shown by the testimony of all
the stage hands examined to-day. Two
ushers, each slxtecu years old. declared
that they ran on the first alarm of fire,
and did not return to the theatro until
the next day. Tho stage hands said
they all sought safety on hearing that the
pince wna on fire.
The formal Inquest In regard to fire will
begin to-morrow morning. The first wit
nesses culled will probably be spectatorn
who wore In the theatre when tho Uro
was discovered, and after them tho stago
hands will testify.
THE BOARD PLEASED.
Hope to Get Appropriation for
Twenty-five More Police.
Members or tho Police Board tiro grat?
ified at tir? fiction, o? tho Subcommittee
on Finam?.?. ji .'ocommending an increase
of ten mn 0 t the polico force. Thoy
wanted m' r, nit they feel thankful for
small favi p, nid stand ready, even now,
to show ?::".?</? moro mon aro needed.
In this connection it may bo Interesting
to state thut thero are soveral members
of the Council who aro in sympathy with
tho plea of tho Police Bourd. and who
realize that morn men are needed.
It waa said last night that when tho
measuro camo up In the. Council a mo?
tion would bo made to amend tho recom?
mendation by raising tho number ot ton
men to twenty-llvo, with tho Idea of put?
ting soveral of them out as mounted olii?
cera. Tho Coiipcllmen who favor this
increase say there Is no uso In making
two bites of a cherry, and that It tlio
funds bo available now is tho accepted
time,
Thoso who deslro a further Increase will
tako ten If they cannot get more, and
thoy will make no light, except to oflor
tho recommendation.
VIRGINIA BRIEFS.
(.Special to Tho Timea-?Hepatcn.i
K-ui'uttC Nj_\v'_, Jan. ti.??Norria J,
ivrono a loUor earner, was dangerously
hurt to-day by -adi J In an ullompl in,
hoard a moving street car.. His skull wiia
trac lured in two piucos, and tlio nhy-l?
ciane think he cannot ?.ve. .Krone n_? ?
viTfo and soveral children..
??Livru-tT Ine Wo,-lvho City Council,
acting? upon tho Bug?est!on of Mayor
Alois has Instructed ino Ordinance ?an4
iurn''liomr?iU-wi t" propaio ordinances
requiring theatres and publie halls to h?.
uiu in lire-proof cond.tton,
1 ftiA_,VJ_HN HILu-Mr. Waller A.
o.mo? who Is spending somo time nt
...art-en's," was the luoky hunter in a
..oiiauy deer hunt, Killing u Dim young
__'<__ tho first deer "ho had over seen, j
rji-t-iTByii-LE.?Tlio Jumoa River ha?
ocon. frozen across fot* three days, und tin?
?iuckingham brethren htivo availed tlivQ).
-idives oi mo opportunity of walking
aerose. Sociability has heou largely in
oihu.oiI uy the Privileg.,
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