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WASHINGTON; THUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1898.
ONE CENT.
the mm COUNCIL
It Gives Expression to Its .Will
in Resolutions.
AN APPEAL TO
CONGRESS
Congressman Overstreet Thinks the
Bankers Can Depend on Speaker
Heed Ex-Secretary Fnlrentld
Mako. a Lengthy Sioech The
Body Adjourns.
Indianapolis, Jan. 26. The mone
tary convention has approved the re
port of the money reform commission,
has griven expression to its will in res
Jutions and has adjourned.
The session of the convention today
vas protracted. The most important
work was the report of the committee
on resolutions. Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Fairchild spoke at length. He
eulogized the work of the commission.
Congressman Overstreet, of this dis
trict, who has the committee's bill in
charge, spoke and awakened enthusi
asm by assuring the convention of his
confidence in Speaker Reed, and pre
dicting that the lower house would
pass it.
The committee on resolutions report
ed at the close of Mr. Overstreet's
speech, and John C. Bullitt, of Phila
delphia, read the report. It said, in
substance:
"We most cordially approve of the
plan of currency reform submitted by
the monetary -commission in the belief
that if enacted into law it would ac
complish as far as possible the results
contemplated by the commission, as
set out in the following propositions:
""First To remove at once and for
ever all doubts as to what the stand
ard of value in the United States Is,
and is to be.
"Second To establish the credit of
the United States at the highest point
among the nations of the world.
"Third To eliminate from our cur
rency system, these features which
reason and experience show to be ele
ments of weakness and danger.
"Fourth To provide a paper cur
rency convertible into gold and equal
to it in value at all times and places,
in which with a volume adequate to
the general and usual needs of busi
ness, there shall be combined a quality
of grewth and elasfcity, through which
it will adjust itself automatically and
promptly to all variations of demand,
whether sudden or gradual, and which
shall distribute itself throughout the
country as the wants of different sec
tions may require.
"Firth To so utilize the existing sil
ver dollars as to maintain their parity
with gold without Imposing undue
burdens on the Treasury.
"Sixth To avoid any Injurious con
traction of the currency.
"Seventh To avoid the issue of interest-bearing
bonds, except in case of
unlooked for emergency, but to confer
the power to issue bonds when neces
sary for the preservation of the credit
of the Government.
"Eighth To accomplish these ends
by a plan which would lead from our
K present confused and uncertain situ
ation by gradual and progressive
steps, without shock or violent change,
to a monetary system which will be
thoroughly safe and good, and capable
of growth to any extent that the coun
try may require."
KILL.BD 11 V APACHES.
Gold Hunters in Mexico Come to
Grier ni, the Hands of Indium.
Jimlcez, State or Chihuahua, Mexico.
Jon. 26. Henry "Worth, James Coleman,
and E. E. Rollins, three young men from
T'-xas, about fix weeks ago passed through
here on their way to the Yaqui gold
country.
Word reached lieic today from Parral,
100 miles west of here, that "Worth had
returned thre badly wounded, and that
lie reported that they had had a fight
with a ban 1 of Apache Indians, in which
his two companions were killed. Worth
Is badly injured, aud bib long walk over
the mountains caused him great buffering.
"THE OREAT PROVIDERS."
AN
ULTRA-BARGAIN IN
ROCKERS.
We have not a great many of them,
but we espect that they -will hold out
till tonight Anyway, it's safest for
ou to secure one as early as possible.
This price is less than half what, jou
usually pay.
A large and handsome
Hocker, In polished oak or
mahogany linish. .3 is the
regular price ....
-'CASH OR CREDIT.
1.25
MAYER & PETITT,
415417 Seventh St.
Frank Xlbbey & Company,
Sixth btreet and Sew York avenue.
Wo 1 0 j JT
cn.vHr.Es r. ckisp marrled.
"Wedding of the Ex-Coiigrossrunii at
Amcrlcus, Gn.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 20. lion. Charles
R. Crisp, son of the late Speaker Crisp,
was married here tonight to Miss Lucy
Shcffield.a popular young society woman
or this city, .
Mr. Crisp was Ills distinguished father's
private secretary, and on his death was
elected by Ills father's constituents to fill
out the unexpired term in Congress. He
made a good record as Representative.
Miss .Sheffield belongs to one of the
best families of the State. Gen. Clement
A. Evans, an old friend of the family,
pel formed the ceremony.
SHE SAILS FOR KEY WEST
The -fflarbteliead Reaves Port an
Prince.
A Great Oeal of Interest ut Havana
Over the Elaine's Arrival
Spunlsli Warships Cuming".
The event relating to the North Atlantic
squadron yesterday was that the Matble
head, which has been at Port au Prince, has
left, that port and sailed for Key West.
It is nob so btated in the orders, but it is
believed that the Castlne, which i s coming
up the cast coast of South America, is
destined lo become a partof the squadron.
All the news from the squadron through
the State and Navy Departments yester
day was or a social nature. Capt. SIgsbee,
of the Maine, telegraphed Secretary Long
that therewasa greatdcalof interestshown
by the citizens or Havan i oh the arrival of
the Maine, but tliat there was "no demon
stratloiu" By this Capt. SiKsbcc Is under
stood to mean that there was no hostile
reception. Capt-Slgsbe" will visit touay the
captain-genera l'.s palace. Later iu the day
Consul General Lee telegraphed that at 1!
p. 111. all was quiet and orderly.
The proposed visit to the ports or this
country or Spanish vessels, although not
reported officially to the .State or Navy
departments, is not regarded as anything
extraordinary. On the-ronlrary. Secretary
Long expressed himself as very much
pleased over the contemplated vill of
these foreign ships.
.S'ich visits are nothing new, he said.
as they cone and go at pleasure. Last
June Spanish ships were in New York Har
lxr, and thir officers and crews partici
pated in the Grantcelelira tion. The Spanish
admiral also visited Washington, calling
on Secretary Long, who accompanied him
to the White House and presented him
to tile President. The Secretary expected
that the American iraval officers would
1 courteously received at Havana, and
that they would icciprocate courtesies ex
tended to them by Spanish officers.
lNSUHANCE MEN PROTEST,
CoimnixMoiKM-.s Hear Them Itugiiril
lug tlie Higher License.
A large number or Insurance men, rep
resenting local and outside companies of
all kinds, had a formal hearing before the
District Commissioners yesterday on the
proposed new Insurance law for the Dis
trict. It Is recognized by everybody that the
present law i very defective, and the
hearing yesterday was for the purpose or
talking over the provision of tiie hill the
Commissioners have drafted" rattier than
to object to the pasuigeor the law. The
meeting lahted two hours, aud several
prominent i-isurance men were heard.
The question or the amount or license
fee to be charged came In Tor most dis
cussion, as some of tho-e heard weie
of the opinion that the tax of $100 a
year upon every solicitor ib too high.
The question or the industrial companies
which collect small amounts, compara
tively, and employ a great many solicitors
at small wages was also discussed, the
opinion being that the rate of $100 for
each solicitor la these cases would Ik; pro
hibitive.
Mr. W. II. Smith, representing the Un
derwriters' lssociation. was heard first.
He said the association approves the hill
and suggested only minor verbal altera
tions.
Mr. L. G. Fonse, representing the Fidelity
Mutual Life Association, of Philadelphia,
said that he did not object to taxing the
insurance companies to pay for their
proper, careful supervision, but he did not
believe there should be any taxation for
revenue purposes. He said the Jass of
people who nsure themselves are thrifty
and good citizens, almost without ex
ception, and that insurance tends to the
development of habits or thrift, and that
a tax on insurance would be harmful.
Mr. A. B. Huvall differed with Mr.
Fonse- He said real estate people pay a
license fee and that the taxes have to be
paid by the thrifty people who own
property.
Mr. Smith and others suggested that
the industrial insurance companies would
be prohibited from doing business if their
solicitors were taxed $100 each. They
employ large numbers or solicitors and
collect their premiums weekly. Some
companies have a hundred or more so
licitors and collect a relatively very
small amount of premiums. There are
5Q0 or more solicitors of these companies.
John Kedmond Sails.
New York. Jan. 20. John Redmond, the
Irish leader in the British Parliament, sailed
for England todayon the steamship Majestic.
There were several members ot the Irish
societies at the pier to sec him off. Mr.
Redmond delivered several lectures in this
country lo arouse interest in the coming
centennial celebrations or the Irish revolu
tion. CAUTION!
Beware of substitutes for Gayton Coal,
as some unprincipled dealers are offer
ing inferior coals as Gayton at Gayton
price, namely, $5.25 per 2,1140 pounds,
delivered, and sending short weight. Do
not be deceived. Gayton is a very dull
looking coal. If you want a first-class
fuel, ask for Gayton Coal stove, egg, nut
or furnace and insist on having it at
$5.25 per 2,240 pounds, delivered- Pow
hatan Coal Co., 1368 C st- uw. 'Phone
620. JalG-tf
IV JT BUSINESS COLLEGE Sth and K.
None bettor; $25 a year; day-or-night.
All our lumber is bright and heart.
"We never keep black, sap-stained lumber.
THE nCHT TO BE 01 SILWEB
Mr. Hoar Makes an Important
Statement in the Senate.
IT WILL BE THE ISSUE IN 1900
The Mnssaehiih"etts',SenhW Admits
Thntthe Republican? Cannot Side
track It Messrs. Teller and Dan
iel Argue for "a1 Suit Treatment
of the White "Merai'.v
The declaration by Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, yestcrdav afternoon, on the
floor or the Senate", that the rinancial
question wojld be the issue in the cam
paign of 1900, was pleasing news to the
Democratic Senators- They have believed
for some time that the Republicans would
endeavor to trump up some other so
called issue, to draw the minds of the
voters away from the Issue of greatest
importance to the people
Senator Hoar made' the assertion tliat
the money question would be the issue
in the next Presidential campaign, so
emphatically tliat there was no mistaking
what he said. Coming from a man of his
standing in the party, the announcement
may bo considerd authoritative- Mr. Ho.ir
made it at the ' conclusion of Senator
Teller's s pooch.
The body, arter transacting the usunl
morning business plunged into the discus
sion or the Teller resolution, which pro
vides tliat the bond obligations of the
Government, Ioth principal and interest,
shall be paid in silver, at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Treasury. There
is no doubt of the passage of this resolu
tion, and yt its opponents are very vig
orous in placing themselves on record
against it
Senator Teller made the opening ad
dress. He talked in his usual earnest
and forcible manner, and left no doubt
in the minds or those who heard him
that he was a sincere believer in the
wisdom of establishing silver as one of
the money metals ot the nation.
Mr. Teller touched first on the attitude
and policy of the present Administration
In reference to silver, as ascertained by
the expressed polioy of Secretary Gage.
Mr. Teller bald:
"The Secretary or the Treasury gives
this committee a summary of the amount
of currency that Is to be redeemed In gold,
and he puts It at $9:50,000,000, and to get
that amount he must include the silver
certificates, or the silver dollars themselves-,
one or the other, for there Is ouly
about $.'1-10,000,000 In greenbacks, and
a little over $200,000,000 in national bank
notes. Now, iu order to make up this
$930,000,000, he will have to include
the $100,000,000 in silver certificates.
Silver certificates are receipts for standard
silver dollars deposited in the Tieasury,
and are redeemable in such dollars only.
"Now, 1 want to call the attention of the
Senate to the position of a man who will
oppose tills i evolution on the ground that
ltis in derogation ofgoYxl morals to pay our
obligations iu the money that the law says
we may pay them in. Wliat i8 the ob
jection to doing tills'.' Today silver Is the
equal of go'd In every particular, and why
should we not pay In if." "When we have
millions or it in the Treasury, why should
we sell bonds'." Senator Allison prides
hlmseir that we are keeping this silver
at par with gold. Now, the bondholder
want even nore than that. Silver money
will buy just as much as gold, but they de
mand the gold, and' they do this, in my
judgment, because they want It the only
standard of value In this country."
Senator Ftirbankshcrc wanted Mr. Teller
to inform him if the Secretary of the Treas
ury was paying out only gold. Mr. Teller
replied that he was not a londholder and
had not the slightest idea, except that he
knew the gold disappeared.
Mr.Fairbanksthensnldthatou January 1
$9,000,000 worth or bonds fell due, and
that the Secretary of the Trpabury had In
formed him that nearly the entire amount
had been paid In money other than gold.
Mr. Teller then said: "We were told yes
terday by those opposing the resolution
tliat it was the heightor dishonor , and almost
if not quite akin to putting our hand into
the pocket of the landholder and robbing
him to pay these bonds hi any money but
gold."
After touching briefly on the Cleveland
bond deal, and showing that bonds were
issued when there was ample silver coin
in the Treasury to meet the demands, Mi.
Teller said:
'These Senators might as well walk
up to the cannon's mouth and meet this
question squarely. We have reached a
polntno w where the GoveTninen t announces
that we are to put everything on to the
gold standard.""
This brought feeWoflttllsbu to his
feet, and lie statedwt1iafc' '(here was no
other obligation, as lie understood It, ex
cept to maintain the parity between the
two metals. ! , ' 'r'r
Mr. Teller replied: "I realize the em
barrassment of the Senator from Iowa. I
realize that he led us in 1878, and that
I followed him. Not willingly, Mr. chair
manfor I was not a believer" in his
bill but I was a new man, and he had
been long n public lire and announced
himselt an ardent bimetalllst. I voted
for his bill with reluctance, hut I voted
for this resolution without reluctance
There were men here at that time who
had great experience, and who were
qualified to Instruct. I came here as a
bimetallist; I had never been in public
life, and had never dealt with these great
questions, but I had been generally in
formed on these things for years. I
When you hec bright nice "lumber
at any building, it came from us.
think I may uy without any egotism
that my whole life hns been that or a
student. I have burned as many mid
night lamps at1 anybody, and there was
not a question coming up that I did not
'try to ucquaint myself with." '
Mr. Teller then ftpoke of the gradual
decline of prices aiid the shrinking of all
kinds or property except gold, and predicted
a state of 'ndutrlnl shuery nB being not
far nlicad of the gold standurd nations of
the world.
Senator Hoar then made a short speech,
in which he said 'that this' question Avould
without doubt be the issue in the campaign
or 1900.
Senator Daniel was the la-t speaker or
the day, uipl did not conclude his reinatks
until long utter 'the usunl hour for ad
journment. He sain: "There lsmo .standard of morals
for one setor. men auu anotner for another
set of men. That wnich f 6tand for is tne
universal honor anil rectitude ot the men
who make contracts .'ind expect to redeem
them in the terms In wnleh they were made.
The wordsof thcopponentsof this resolution
imply that the laws for the government of
of the conduct of the officers of this Gov
ernment contain within themselves some
ttiiugrcpreheiislblf'andodins. They acknowl
edge that the law demands payment of our
obligations in either gold or Eilver, and yet
they say that a Secretary or the Treasurj
who would pay out silver would be dis
honorable if not dishonest. And they con
tend that the resolutions of the Congress or
the United Stateiiarc reprehensible in their
moral creed. Whatdeeper stain could be put
upon the character of this Government than
to contend that the men who support this
resolution to carry out the established luvr
of the land, will, in so doing, cust discredit
on the nai ion's honor?"
In speaking of the statement made by
Senator Hoar, that it was our duty to pay
back to the landholder exactly what we
received fronl him, Mr. Daniel said:
"May I not remind him that these !onds
were bought fort from t.0 to 7o per cent
or their face value-"
"The Senator from Massachusetts wants
to know," lie continued,''!! we Mould treat
our creditors like ppeculatorsV If the
law gives you the option, would you be
so dlsregardful of the high notion of honor
as to pay the bondholder a cheaper cur
rency, aud thus to speculate on him'.'
"I say, Mr. Plesident. there is a mani
fold answer to this question. In the first
place, there is no currency which we
could pay the bondbe'der In that lie would
not get back as good curir-nuyas he gave,
and iu the second place this option was
not accorded to these pet bondholders
it wa3 an option that is inherent in the
system ot currency established in the phil
osophical principles and in strict accord
ance with the Constitution tinder which
w,e Jive. This dption was a valuable
consideration', paid for in advunce, cash
down. If you will take up tile message
ot tle late President, Mr. Cleveland, in
whlqli he wrote to Congress In defense
of .his $02,100,000 gold bond Issue, and
you will find that, in seeking to induce
the Congress of the United States to allow
the word 'gold' to be written in the
bond, he held, up tills argument, that
ir that $02,000,000 were made a
gold debt Instead of a debt according to our
prior system, redeemable in either gold
or silver, it Would save this country the
enormous sum of $10,000,000. And if
3-ou will look upon thp debt which wan
fastened on this country by that adminis
tration, $12,000,000. you will perceive
that, according to the presidential cal
culations, this amount would have saved
something like $75,000,000 by agreeing
to put In the word gold. Now, then, If we
have an option today to discharge that
debt iif either gol'dor eilver, it is an option
for which we paid" cash down, but which Is
going into the pockets' Of those who con
ceded it to us.''
Mr. Daniel's speech cloi-ed the debate
for the day.
GEXEHAi: BOOTH TALKS.
!No PoaMhility of a Hcnnioti iu Sal
vation A rray.
Montreal, Jan- 26. For the first time
since his arrival from England, Gcn."
William Booth, of the Salvation Army,
consented to be interviewed today on the
subject of the split in the ranks or the
army iu the United States- He says there
is no possibility of a reunion or recon
ciliation between the Army and the Ameri
can Volontcorsf, ot which his bon, Balling
tou Booth, js the head, unless the dls'
sentcrs return to the fold- The Salvation
Army, he says, is stronger than ever. It
is his intention fo dispatcli a large de
tachment ot the army to the Klondike
next month.
THE INITIAL CONTRIBUTION
3Ir. Bryan cdves :siOO-to the Ne
braska Cuban Relief Fund.
Omaha. Neb., Jan. 20. The rirst con
tribution to Hie Nebraska Cuban roller fund
received by the commission appointed by
George Holco'nb, cornea from W. J. Bryan,
with the following lettef:
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21.-Jobn E. Utt,
esq., president Cuban .Belief Commission:
Hear Sir: Inclosed find check for $100.
The suffering of the Cubans appeal to the
hearts ot our people, as their strtigcle for
liberty has for many months to the sympa
thies ot those wtio love free government.
Yours trtily- W. J. BRYAN.
ADRIFT ON AN ICE FLOE.
Exciting Experience of Charles
Enney of Sandusky.
Sandusky, Ohio,? J an. 2C Charles En
ney attempted yesterday to make the
passage rroin Kelly's Island to Marble
head on the ice. The rierce wind and
angry waves broke up the ice field when
he had goue hair way, and he found
himselt drifting out on a floe into the
open water,, out of eight ot land.
A rowboat was launched and, after a
struggle with The waves, the rescuers
reached JJmiey, after he had been arioat
ten hoursH
Ecencli Novelist Dead.
4'aris, Jan. 2a. M.Jules EmileRicheboiirg,
awcll-kiipwnFrenih novelist, died at Bougl
val today? He was. sixty-five years old.
Bright heart Inuihor costs us ruoro
but we sell same "price as old black kind.
CHOI 11 NOT DIE
Joyous News-for Him, While
Awaiting Electrocution.
THE REAL MURDERER FOUND
A New York Italian Sentenced to
tlJHyDeafh Chair for SlayinK
Hroguo In Innocent, nr He Pro
tCMtert "When Convicted The
Guilty Man Cuuglit iu Baltimore.
New York, Jan. 26. At the time of
Angelo Carbone's conviction for the
murder of Matale Brogno, on Septem
ber 12 of last year, there was much fa
vorable comment upon the quickness
witli which the trial proceeded. It was
all over in eight hours, and Carbone.
was led from the courtroom vigorously
protesting his innocence. He was sen
tenced to lie in the electric chair at
Sing Sing, in the second week in Feb
ruary.
There ,was a flaw, however, in the
court proceedings. The convicted man
was innocent of the murder. This fact
was settled by the receipt of a tele
gram today from Detective Sergeant
Petrosino, the Italian expert of police
headquarters. It was dated Baltimore,
and announced that Allexandro Ciaro
mello had been arrested and had con
fessed to the killing of Brogno. Instead
of going to the electric chair, the con
demned man will go to the witness
chair and appear against the self-confessed
murderer.
Three policemen saw, on the evening
of September 12, 1S97, an Italian run
ning through Leonard street, pursued
by another Italian. At Center street
the fugitive fell. Instantly the pursuer
was upon him, kicking and striking at
the prostrate form with devilish fury
until the police dragged him off. The
man on the ground was dying. He re
tained consciousness long enough to tell
his own name Natale Brogno and to
gasp out, when asked who his assassin
was, "Angelo Carbone." In less than
half an hour he was dead of a stab
wound. Near where he fell lay a pen
knife, one blade of which was open.
The prisoner did not deny the owner
ship of the knife, and admitted tliat he
was Angelo Carbone, but positively af
firmed that he had not killed Brogno.
To the police, however, the case against
him seemed clear.
Late that night there came to the po
lice station a twelve-year-old boy, Jo
seph Carbone, who said that he had
been in Leonard street at the time of
the tragedy, and had seen . Brogno
stabbed. The wound in the stomach
was inflicted, he .declared, not by An
gelo Carbone, but by Allexandro Ciar
omello, who had jumped- out from the
shadow of a doorway as Brogno passed
and stabbed him. The police laughed
at him.
Young Carbone was not called as a
witness, and although a physician tes
tified that the fatal wound, could not
have been lriade with the knife, tjie
coroner's jury declared against the
prisoner, and he was tried before Jus
tice Smith on December 15.
At the trial Joseph Carbone told his
story of having seen Ciaromello give
the fatal blow. Testimony showing that
there was motive on Ciaromello's part
for killing Brogno, that Ciaromello had
exhibited a knife with which he de
clared his intention of killing Brogno,
and that he had boasted in Philadel
phia, whither he had fled after the
murder, that he had wreaked vengeance
on Brogno, was not admitted by Jus
tice Smith. The testlmonv regaramg
the prisoner's ferocious beating of the
dying man tojd heavily against Car
bone, and lie was convicted promptly.
HIS FEE A THIRD.
Mr. "Miteliell Trying to Get Von
EsKen' Money for the nelrs.
Mr. John T. Mitchell yesterday entered
suit in equity against Stephen E. Essexaud
others, thc'ieirsor Teter Von Essen and
the .District Commissioners, to enjoin the
Commissioners from paying over to the
heirs a Si 2,000 bequest, a bill for the
distribution ot which recently passed Con
gress. The Von isen bequest was originally to
"the pnblic white schools or Georgetown."
Mr. Von KRsen died many years ago, when
the ssliQoteof Georgetown were poorly pro
vided for. The $12,000 was never paid
over to Llieochool, and is now in the Treas
ury Department. The disposition of the be
quest finally went to Congress, nndlast week
a bill was passed giving the money to the
heirs of Peter Von Essen Instead or to the
Georgetown schools.
"The District Commissioners were in favor
of giving the money to the schools ac
cording to the terms of the bequest, and
recommended this action to Congress.
Mr. Mitchell has been the attorney for the
liiurs. In his bill lie nasrrts that accord
ing to his agreement with them, if he ob
tained the bequesG he should receive a third
iiare of it. He asserts that he secured
the passage of the bill through Congress
in their behalf.
QUARREL ENDS IN MURDER.
IUvftls Mret by Appointment on a
ilallroad Trestle.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 20. Sam John
son and Sam Drake, young men living
near Ensley City, quarreled Ia6t night at
n dance, the result of the bestowal of
their affections upon the same young
woman. Friends interfered and prevented
a fight. Today theyet by appointment
on a railroad trestle sixty feet high to
let superior physical strength settle their
dirrerences. In the contest Johnson drew
a hammer from his pocket and struck
Drake on the head, knocking him trom
the trestle to the rocks below, where his
brains were dashed out. The murderer
escaped.
FREE MINERS' CERTIFICATES.
Dominion Government "Will Charge
n Fee of Only $10.
Montreal Jan. 26. The names or persons
who have been authorized by the Dominion
government to issue free miners' certificates
for the Yukon have been made public. The
certificate Isgoodfor one year from itslssue.
The fee for a certificate is $10, but for a
company having a nominal capital up to
$100,000. thefec is$50, and for acompnny
having acapltal of over $100,000, thefee Is
$100. Certificates will only be issued lo
thi applicants in person, and are not
transferable.
Bright heart lumber will last
50 years. "We keep this kuvU
TAYLOIl IS GAINING.
Tlie Governor Ik Now Second in the
Democratic Caucun.
Nashville, Tenu., Jan. 26. The dead
lock In the Democratic caucus over the
nomination of a candidate for United States
Senator was not broken by any of the
seventeen ballots taken tonight. Seven
sessions of the caucus have been held,
and a nomination is apparently as far off
as it was on the first ballot.
The first hallot tonignt, ti.e eighty-sixth,
gave McMiUin,37;Turley, 27, aim Taylor,
20. Gov. Taylor, who started on the Mrst
ballot with 19 votes, received 27 on the
eighty-seventh ballot, 2(5 going to Turley,
and 37 to McMIHIn.
Up to this time Taylor had been third,
but he now took second place, and he was
second when the last ballot was taken.
McMilllu lost one vote on the ninety
fifth ballot, and Taylor and Turley were
equal, each receiving 27 votes. There was
no change until th2 101st ballot, when Mc
Mlllin received .15, a loss of one vote;
Taylor got 28, a gain of one, and Turley
received 27- There was no change on the
succeeding ballot, and the caucus ad
journed unlit tomorrow night.
When the senate aud house met in Joint
convention today to count the vote taken
yesterday for Senator, the vote was an
nounced, and there being no election,
nominations were declared in order. Mr.
Warner nominated G. N. Tillman, of Nash
ville, the Kepulllcan candidate for governor
in the last election. Messrs. McMilliu,
Turley and Taylor 'were then placed in
nomination. The ballot resulted: Tillman.
35; McMillin.o; Taylor, 2; Turley, 3, the
rest scattering.
MAItriAXD OFFICES.
Effect ttiu Senatorial Fight TVill
Have on Their Distribution.
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 20. The Maryland
legislature, after getting through with the
Senatorial question, adjourned until next
Tuesday. All the committees will then have
been .-elected, and both houses of the as
sembly will settle down to business.
Gov. Lowndes, who is a friend of Senator
clcct McComas, said that under no circum
stances would he appoint a ny of those mem
bers who had voted for Judge McComas to
orfice. The governor, vrtio. himself, was a
cantlidats earlyin the seMon , bu t withdrew,
Faid the appointment to portions of these
men wouldltad many to helleve that he was
dispensing patronage to secure votes for the
Senatorship. This he repudiated, and said
if anypromliJis were made to secure votes for
Judge McComas, they were without his
knowledge or consent.
Next Wednesday a caucus will be held to
select candidates for State treasurer and
police commissioner. It Is Relieved that
Thomas J. Shryock will be re-elected treas
urer. He was a candidate for the United
States Senatorship, receiving two votes, but
withdrew in favor or McComas. His only
oppomntis Joshua Horner.aMalster man.
The pollcecoinmlssionershlpls in doubt.
IIEAHING A KNOX FIRE CASK.
Mr. Glassie's Suit Begun in .ludgo
McCouhis's Court.
One of the Ivifox fire cases -rc-as on
trial yesterday In Judge McComas's court
that or Daniel W. G lassie against the
Knox Express Company, filed May 9, 189o.
The case is one or those growinpout of
the fire, but the grounds of the suit are
dissimilar to those of the other cases,
and it ha3 not been consolidated with
them.
Mr. Gla&eie asserts that he turned a
large amount or goods, law books, plants,
drawings and office furniture, valued at
$10,000, o-er to the company, not for
storage, but to re hauled from his office
in the LeDroit Building to the Stewart
Building. No. 402 Sixth street north-west,
on April 25, 1894, and that. Instead of
delivering them, the companr took them
to their hijiiding, which was arterward
burned in July. Messrs. Adolph G. Wolf
ami H. W. Glassie represent Mr. Glassie.
and Mr. A. S. Worthlngton and Mr. J. J.
Darlington the company.
His Instinct, to Kill.
Lyons, Jan. 2C The shepherd, who is
under arret on the charge or having mur
dered thIrty-eightperons within three years,
madeasuddcnruriousonsluughton a warden
last night. As the warden entered the cell
occupied by Vacher the latter.pning towards
him flourishing a heavy chair. Before the
warden could retreat Vacher hit him with
the chair, felling him to the floor, and then
almost beat him to death before other prison
guards could overpower the prisoner.
Harbor Free of Ice.
St. Johns, N. K Jan. 20. A change in
the wind to lay freed theharbor or ire, ena
bllngthe ste lmers Grand Lake, for Halifax;
Portia, for New York, and Numidian, for
Liverpool, fo sail. The Numidian arrived
at noon, and sailed two hours later. The
steamers Pictou aud Park-more and a fleet
of merchantvessels will sail tomorrow.
A Sugar Conference.
Berlin, Jan. 26. In the Reichstag to
day, Baron on Thlelinan, secretary or the
treasury, announced that an International
sugar conference would meet three weeks
hence. Germany and Austria, he added,
were ln co npiete accord, and the govern
ment would to its utmost to benefit the
r sugar it:d lttry
Gin Into the Niger Country.
Paris, Jan. 26. The Temps accuses the
Royal Niger Company, which is the chler
representative of British power andinfluence
iu Western Africa, with importing 4,000
hogsheads or gin into the Niger Territory
in four months.
WILL ASCEND THE MISSISSIPPI
Torpedo Bouts to Visit St. Louis
From the Atlantic.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 20. -The United States
torpedo boat Porter arrived late this arter
noon from Tampa. She will go on the
dry dock tomorrow and bo cleaned. The
torpedo boats Erlccson and Dupont will
arrive tomorrow to go on the dry docks.
These boats will then go up the Mississippi
to St. Louis. The Foote was to have ac
companied them, but the accident which
befell her yrf the North Carolina coast
will cause a delay-
Sale of ."g." Stetsoti Hats for $2.30.
192 sample $5 Tourist Hats go on sale
for $2.50! At Joscpa Auerbach's, GCa
Pennsylvania avenue.
Biitck, sappygttinljer has already
commenced to rofcV,DdnHbuy it.
IT iy 610105 TO 5PIII
Would Have The Times Corre
spondent Expelled.
THE TRUTH HURTS DESPOTS
Ln Lucua, an Autonomist Organ,
Takes Ij-huc With Ito Contem
porary, ami IVonld Not Suppress
the Only Hel.'nble New Sent
Out From the Inland.
Havana, Jan. 2C The Dairio de la
Marinapriutsa letter fromits correspondent
In New l'ork, asking the Spanish govern
ment to expel from the island some Ameri
can corre?iK)iidenb. The letter Is espe
cially directed against The Washington
Times and the New l'ork Sun.
La Lucha answers the Dlario, declaring
that such measures are not proper for a
liberal andautonomistgovernmentto under
take. A general pardon was granted today to
all Cuban exiles who are suffering under
sentences for political crimes I n the Spanish
P2nal colony of Ccuta, Atrica. Among them
is the well-known Cuban JournnlKt, Juan
Gualberto Gomez, who played an important
role in theuprlMug of February 24, 1S90.
"VVKYLEH'S FRIEND A FELON.
He Is Recognized n an Escaped
Convict at Corunn, Spuin.
Havana, Jan. 2G.-A dispatch from
Coruna, Spain, just received by the press
In Havana, 'says that Alberto Escalante, a
well-known Inspector of police of this city
during the times of Gen. Weyler, and
who was charged here with having com
mitted man crimes against peaceful and
Innocent person", has been arrested ln
that port because Ecalante was au as
sumed name, and he Is, in fact, Jose Serra
y Romero, a common criminal, who some
time ago escaped from the penal colony
of Melilla, where he was under sentence
of hard labor for robbing and murdering a
woman In Malaga, Spain.
Escalante, or Romero, was deeply hated
In Havana. He was the favorite inpesur
or police of Weyler.
LEK VISITS SIGSBKE.
He Ts Accompanied on Board the
Matin- by His Vice Con-.nl.
Havana, Ian. 26. This afternoon Con-
'sul General Xee and the American vice
consul, Mr. Springer, visited the American
battleship Maine. Tomorrow, Capt. Sig8
bee, of the Maine, will lsit Gen- Gonzales
Parrado, acting governor general of Cuba.
The press here declares that the viait
of the Maine to Havana was decided upon
by the American Administration to
give satisfaction to the Spanish govern
ment for the recent speeches pronounced
against Spain in the House of Representa
tives, at AVashjngton.
"OIT-VES" IS ON EXHIBITION.
The Hide of the Fiimons XoMM
Dog Mounted.
"Owney," the pet dog r.t the postal
service, now poses in the museum of tno
Postofrice Department- He was the nunc
famous -tramp dog that ever lived.
"Owney," hungry, ragged, and forlo i,
followed a mail delivery wagon into the,
postoffice, at Albany, n- Y. The people
at the postoffice were glad to see him, and
caressed him -with fond pattmgs and sub
stantial food- "He shall be our dog,"
said one of the clerks- Hence he was
called "Owney." He followed a mall
wagon to the railroad station one day.
There a postal car caught his fancy, and
hi Jumped in- From that day until his
death"Owney" traveled. He went through
every State and Territory in the Union
several times, and made trips to Japan,
Ha-waii, Xev Zealand, and Australia, and
to many of the ports of Europe. His last
visit to "Washington was in 189-1.
A t Minneapolis last year, he bit a little
girl, vrhose intentions toward him were
the beat, and for this grievous error was
shot- His hide was mounted at the Smith
sonian Institution, and yesterday was
placed on exhibition in the postal museum
"Owney" was an Irish terrier.
THREE LABOR MEASURES.
Committee Reports on Them to He
Submitted to the Ilou.e.
Mr. Gardner, of New Jersey, will today
report from the Committee on Lalor a bill
"authorizing the appointment of a non
partisan commission to c.illate information
and toconMdsr and recommend legislation to
meet the problems presented by labor, agri
culture, and capital."
He will also report a bill making eight,
hours a day's work for all "laborers and
mechanics employed upon the public works
of the Government and of the District oC
Colli tnbla."
A third bill to be reported by him 1 ono
"To protect free labor and the industries
in which it is employed from the injurious "
effect of convict competition by tonfining
the sale of goods, wares and merchandise
manufactured by convict labor to the State
or Territory ln which they are produced."
Boston's Contribution to Cuba.
The Cuban relief fund, which up to yes
terday amounted to about $t5,00o, jumped
to more than $21,000 b' the subscriptions
ot the citizens of Boston, which wer
handed by check to the Secretary of State
by Senator Hoar. The amount of the
Boston subscription Is $6,01-1.60, and was
transmitted to Senator Hoar by George
H Lyman, trustee, of Boston, The sum
ot $150 was also received yesterday from
two subscribers.
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