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VOL. IX. WAR TO THE KNIFE Bismarck Treated to a Legislative Sensation of Unusual Size and Exceeding Interest. Hobart Vowed Vengeance Because He Was Euchred Out of the Eailway Chairmanship, So He Secured Six Allies From Among His Friends in the South Dakota Delegation. These Joined Hands With the Men From the North Yesterday and Eaised a Peculiar Row. "Which May End In Upsetting the Entire Organization of the Lower House. The Revolutionists Thirslinj* For Gore and Resolved on Having Xo Compromise. Special to the Globe. Bismarck, Dak., Jan. 17. — John llo bart's indignation at being shut out of the chairmanship of the committee on railroads has worked up a combination that this afternoon put a stop to all legislation in the house of representatives and held the mem bers in the chamber under locked doors from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until late in the night. "Xude" John, as he is called, comes of fighting stock, and he did not pro pose to swallow a slice of cold shoulder without a vigorous protest, and he has made it in a way that will be remembered for many years among the politicians of this territory. He was backed by friends in South Dakota who would FOLLOW HIM LIKE SHEEP and when he said he had been promised the chairmanship of the committee on railroads and was left out of the deal entirely he and his friends swore vengeance, and early this morning they began caucusing, and before the hour tor convening a combination was made up and a scheme laid that bids fair to create the greatest revolution known in the political history of Dakota. Seven South Dakota members, wit.i Hobart in the lead, made overtures to the North Dakota men, and agreed to stand by them, if they would give support to a motion to reconsider the vote taken upon Monday to adopt the re port of the committee of the whole, which had under consideration the rules of the house as submitted by the special committee appointed for the pur pose. These seven South Dakotians were: Hobart, of Moody; Milltiinore, of Hanson; Sullivan, of Aurora; Jones, of Charles Mix; Mentzer, of Davidson; Ruggles, of Edmunds, and Berry, of Clark. North Dakota had eighteen solid representatives in the house, and with this addition of seven from the south, it gave her twenty rive votes, which is A MAJORITY OF ONE, and would enable her to carry any measure that she chose. The object of reconsider ing the vote was to give North Dakota an opportunity to amend the rules and get the reapp( iutinent of committees, by placing the power of appointment in the hands of the house. In these committees the seven South Dakotians who allied themselves •with the north are to be given tlie chairmanships of good committees, and North Dakota educational and public in stitutions are to be given liberal appropria tions, with the exception, it is understood, of the school of mines at Rapid City, which is virtually a South Dakota institution and will be left out in the cold. It is rumored that even a bolder move is on foot and that is for the deposition of Sjw?aker Ors>sse, Chief Clerk Eak/m .and the sergeant-at inns. A motion, if carried, will do this, and it is not at all improbable that this Is the scheme, altliough tlie . brakes may be applied and the train of revolution stopped at an aiiienduieiuof the rules which will give North Dakota as much power as though she had a representative in the speaker's chair. This is the scheme as it is now seen by careful observers.' This afternoon the heuse was called to order at 2 o'clock, with a majority of tlie members. IGXORAXT OF THE F.OMIi that waV 9o soon to be cast into their midst. Prayer was listened to and the roll called, when Jones, of Charles Mis, jumped up and moved that the vote taken upon the motion to adopt the report of tlie committee of tlie whole, which had under consideration the mlesof the house as sub mitted by the special committee appointed for that purpose, be now reconsidered. Before the mover had sunk into his seat. Williams, of Burleigh, arose and moved a ?all of the house. The motion was sec onded, and it was found that Buggies, of Edmunds county, was absent. The ser geant-at arms was ordered to bring him in, but he could not be found, ami ttie wheel could not turn until he was present. Elliott. McDonnell and Hawk, all Ncrth Dakota men, who had been excused, as tlie train from the East was late and they had gone home Saturday night and would not be here until the 3 o'clock train arrived, were not yet in their seats, nud it sjoii became apparent why Ruggles had so suddenly dropped out of the tight. Mr. Fletcher moved that further proceed ings be suspended, but the North Dakot a men, with their Southern allies and the eloquence of Williams, voted the motion down and, as the motion to adjourn was not in order, the only thing to do was to re main in statu quo until Kuggles was found. THE DOOMS WERE CLOSED and the sergeant -at-arms instructed not to allow any member of the house to pass without permission of the speaker. It is one of the greatest pieces of uolitical diplomacy ever undertaken in the territory, and looks as though the legislature was in the grip of North Dakota, and would stay there, as the breach in the South Dakota ranks is a bad one. As matters stand now there is no fear that Bismarck will lose the capital and North Dakota can have everything she wants. When the train brings iv the North Dakotians, Kuggles will be promptly brought out. It is rumored now that he is down stairs in a vault, beyond reach of the sergeant-at-arms. Now, at 7 o'clock p. m., the members of the house are whiting away tlie time as best they can. None of them have had supper, and They are not liable to get any, as the journal cannot be taken until Kuggles is found, la the council nothing of importance was done. ALEX M'KEXZIE'S FIXGER-MARKS arc noticeable throughout the scheme, and undoubtedly he is at the bottom of it. He has not been seen at ilie capitol today, having contented himself with filling a chair at the hotel and talking in a low tone of voice with men who are with him in tne deal. The senreant-at-arms ami a deputy have been scouring the city for Kuggles. the missing member, without success. About 3 o'clock this afternoon he drove to his boarding place in a close carriage, alighted, spent a few minutes in the house, climbed into the carriage again and was driven out on the prairie in the direction of Mandan, where it is thought he is concealed. A bus driver said to-night "that man's where a whole force of I'inkerton detectives couldn't find him.'" and he probably is. At 9 o'clock the trouble is still unsettled and the members are lolling around the repre sentative chamber enjoying themselves as best they can. The South Dakota mem bers who are XOT IX THE DEAL have begun to smell a rat and are skirmish ing to patch the matter up. Koyer and Speaker Crosse are percued on a window ledge arguing the matter on one side of the room, while Dr Stewart, chairman of the tailTftad committee, is on the other side of .._ ''jg&SH" W X^^^ '^J' Varf^^^ *v ' "*} I V^. r"V*C^t the room trying to make some compromise I with Williams, of BurJeigh, who is neck and neck with McKenzie in the scheme. A ' roasted turkey has just been brought :in ' and the half famished representatives are squabbling over its bones. The only way the matter can be patched up is for Dr. Stewart to resign the chairmanship of the railroad committee and allow the speaker to appoint Hobart to that office. It is prob able, however, that Hobart will not agree to that now. as he is red hot for revenge and on the winning side. It is a question if the move on the Dart of North Dakota is a wise one. even if they win their point, for when it comes to making appropriations, South Dakota can make some move on the call of the house and STOP LEGISLATION COMPLETELY. There is blood in the eyes of both fac tions, and from now to the close of the ses sion it will be war to the knife. North Dakota has never been so jubilant since the day she won the capital location fight. THE DEADLOCK BROKEX. 11 p ; m.— The deadlock is broken. At a few nates past 10 o'clock Stewart, of Fail River, made a motion to adjourn, which was declared out of order by the speaker. ■ An appeal from his decision was taken and lost. | Similar motions and motions to suspend all proceedings were made at frequent inter- J I vals, and each time the minority side would gain a vote, until a few minutes ago the North weakened. They wanted sleep and refreshments. When Stewart repeated his motion to adjourn the speaker overruled it as usuaL AX APPEAL ■was made from his decision, and the motion carried. This leaves South. Dakota just where she was this moruing, in danger of being outdone ' by some new scheme to morrow. Dr. Stewart, chairman of the committee on railroads, agreed to resign and give Hobart the position, but the latter would not agree to it. The mighty seven have evidently started out in search of gore, and propose to have it before they give over. Hawk and McDowell, two of the absent North Dakotians. came in to-night on a belated train, and had Elliot come with them North Dakota would hold the power of legislation in the house of representatives in the hollow of her hand. It- may be that Elliot's tardiness will lose her the victory, though the solons will not sleep before they have a scheme cooked and dried with which to worry the house to morrow. It is a merry war. KILLED BY GAS. •-** Three Persons Found Dead and Others Badly Affected. Troy, N. V., Jan. 17.— A singular and fatal accident occured in this city last night. A police officer was told by a restaurant keeper at 393 River street, that he and his family j had been stupefied from the effects of fuel i gas as they entered their apart ments. The gas company's building is near by. The gas was shut off and an examination of the houses in the neighborhood was made. In one room of a tenement house three persons were found dead, sitting about the room as they had been in conversation when the gas overcame them. Their bodies were taken to an undertaker's rooms, and Coroner Cummings was notified. The other families in the neighborhood were aroused, and ordered by the police to leave their houses. A leak in the pipes which run through the district was probably the cause of the accident, the gas being odorless. The names of the three persons suffocated were Mrs. Caroline Bennett. 73 years old: her daughter, Mrs. William Gilfillan, and Charles Pratt. Twenty other persons were more or less affected in the same locality. The sur vivors say they experienced a drowsiness and sickness at the stomach. The authorities are investigating the matter and a special meet ing of the common council has been called to take necessary action. The company has shut off the gas from its main and will not supply it to customers until it can make gas that is not odorless. The board of health will also take action. A few weeks ago in the same vicinity several persons were overcome by gas. , . *- Four Tramps Burned. Louisville, Ky., Jan. --At 2:1". a. m. to-day as a special freight train of nineteen • CRTS, loaded with cotton, was pulling into Pa ducah, Ky., on the line of the Cheseapea>.e, Ohio & Southwestern railway, one of the cars was discovered to be on fire. It was the fif teenth car back from the engine, and had been taken on locked at Memphis, being transported from the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas road at that point. The engineer backed the train onto a side track and the crew endeavored to extinguish the flames with hose attachments. All they succeeded in doing, however, was to prevent the fir c from spreading to the other cars. While removing the debris of the burned car four dead bodies charred beyond recognition were discovered. They are sup posed to have been tramps. Whether white or black it is impossible to say. The car was locked at Memphis, but the men must have entered to their horrible fate through a win dow in the end. which could have been opened from the outside. Fight fora Dine. Franklin, Pa., Jan. 17.— A bloody battle was fought near Raymilton Saturday night between two parties claiming possession of a coal mine. The party in possession, one Clay ton, had received notice to vacate the premi ses by Black Bros., who claim to have a lease of the property. Instead of doing; so, he en listed several miners, whom he armed with an old shot gun and other weapons ot every description, and instructed them to hold the fort at all hazards. When Black Bros, went to take possession, of the mine. They were forcibly ejected from the premises. They returned in the evening, reinforced by several friends, and attempted to take possession by force. A regular pitched battle was the result, duriug which a man rained Sterling was severely beaten with a club over the head and proba bly fatally injured. Several others on both sides were badly hurt by thrown stones be fore the Blacks withdrew to continue the fight in the courts. Bloody Saloon Quarrel, % Special to the Globe. Dubcque, la.. Jan. 17.— Two men and a minor entered a saloon attached to the Miller house iv East Dubuque, Sunday, and called for beer. Two glasses were set out, the bar keeper refusing to furnish the third one as the applicant was under age, and to give him one would be a violation of the law. The men refused to pay. A fight resulted, and one of them was threshed soundly. To-day his brother, Asa Mahoney, took up the quarrel on the street, and during the nieloe Bra bocker, an attache of the Miller house, shot Mahoney in the breast with a revolver, in flicting wounds considered ratal. Brabooker was arrested and taken to Galena to await, in jail, the result of the victim's injuries. ■/•► Fought Over a Girl. Salmon Falls, X. H., Jan. 17. — A girl's whim resulted yesterday in a probable homi cide. Tillie Perron, a pretty girl living here, was called upon yesterday by her two lovers, each of whom had a team and wanted to take her riding. Daniel Kennedy and Willium Collins were the callers. "Go and wrestle," said Tillie, "aud the man who comes out on top shall have my company for the day." In the contest which followed Kennedy was the winner. This so annoyed Collins that, it is said, he drew a knife and stabbed his antago nist four times, causing injuries that are likely to prove fatal. Doubly a Villain. Raleigh, N. C Jan. 17. — No autopsy was held on the body of Miss Turlington, the murdered deaf m v te, by the jury of inquest. After the removal of the" body to Wilmington however, a private examination was made by two of the family physicians, and it was dis covered that the murderer had attempted another crime than that of murder, It is re ported here to-night that Bmgham, who is charped with the murder, is in custody, but exactly where is not divulged. Taken to Sin? Sinsr. New York, Jan. 17.— The covicted boodle alderman, Arthur J. McQuade. was taken from the Toombs prison n few minutes after 1 p. m. by two deputy sheriffs, who accom panied him in a couch to tne Grand Central depot, where the party took a train . for Sing Sing. The prisoner on arriving at Sing Sing I was delivered to the prison authorities, , and will be set to work in the laundry department J to-morrow.: . i ST. PAUL, TUESDAY MORSTESTa JA3TTAHY 18, 1887. A VEST CLOSE SHAVE. The House Barely Musters A Quorum, Owing to the Snow Blockade on the Railroads. Ignatius Donnelly Introduces the Grain Bill and Proceeds to Point Out Its Leading Features. Some Little Interviews Which Show the Presidential Preferences of the Minnesota Legislators. The First Batch of Bills Passed Regu larly by the Senate — small Appropriations Asked. Candidates for United States Senator To Be Presented and Voted For by Full Houses. Democrats in Caucus at the Merchants Decide to Defer Action Until To-Day. When the hour came for the assembling of the house there was no quorum present, and Speaker Merriaui had to wait about ten minutes before he couid indulge in the pleasure of rapping his gavel on the desk. The members straggled in during that time, but when the role was called there were but few more than a quorum present. The intensely cold weather prevented a good many from showing up who were in the city, they preferring to enjoy the comfort of a pleasant couch or the luxury of a warm cup of coffee and the morning paper rather than tramp through the snow or face the chilling blast. And they could not be blamed for enjoying their predilec tions. A good many of the members, who had gone home after adjournment on Satur day, could not get back owing to the snowstorm, which had blockaded some railroads and delayed the trains on others. This latter, more than the other cause, was responsible for the narrow escape from having no session at all. But the stragglers filled up the ranks, and a day belonging to the taxpayers was not wasted. There were very few petitions for the pro hibition amendment, and the introduction of bills was soon reached. The record is as follows: By Mr. Donnelly, of Providing: for the regulation of lees for jurors in justice's courts. Judiciary. By Mr. Donnelly, of Dakota — In relation to jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Judi ciary. By Mr. Newell, of — Providing for the repeal of the section regarding payment of costs in the supreme court. Judiciary. By Mr. Emery, or" Wabasha— Relating to in spection of the state prison and providing for the appointment of live inspectors by the Rove mi: Judiciary. By jMr. Donnelly, of Dakota— Regulating the grain and warehouse business of the state. Referred to committee on grain in spection. By Mr. Champlin, of Blue Earth— regard to tax sales. Taxes. By Mr. Plowman, of Otter Tail— To appro priate $1,000 to build a bridge in the town of liobart. Finance. By Mr. Gregory, of Washington — Providing for the taking of depositions of people resid ing outside of Minnesota. Judiciary. By Mr. Rogers, of Ramsey For furnishing 400 copies of Alexander's Digest of Minnesota reports, at a cost not exceeding S3 each. By Mr. Potter, of Houston—That the elec tion of United States senator be made the special order for Tuesday noon. By Mr. Parrott, of Winona— Relating to the punishment of crimes against women. Edu cation. Gov. McGill gave notice that he had signed the bills appropriating money for the expenses of the legislature and authorizing Crow Wing county to issue bonds to build a bridge at Brainerd. Mr. Tousley, of Fill more- county, was allowed 324 miles instead of 230, the mile age committee having been in error. . The committee on printing recommended that 300 copies of that portion of the gov ernor's message relating to waterways be printed, but the house refused to concur. Ad journed to 10 a. m. Tuesday. THE GRAIN BILL. air. Donnelly Rives a Lucid Explan ation of its meaning' and Sect. Ignatius Donnelly, asked to explain the grain and warehouse bill introduced by him, made following the statement to a Globe reporter: BQB The bill is largely the same recommended by the railroad and grain commission in their last report. It differs, however, in some im portant particulars. It provides that tbero shall be aDpointed in each county, by the county commissioners, not more than three local inspectors, at the principal grain mar kets in the county, who shall act as a sort of referees whenever disputes arise between the seller and the buyer of grain to determine the grade thereof. The present system of in spection amply protects the elevator man in tbo country town from being defrauded by the elevator man at Duluth, Minneapolis or St. Paul, but there was nothing- in the law to protect the man who raised the main from being defrauded by the local elevator man. Under his bill, if a farmer was not satisfied with the grade given him at the elevator there would be, near at hand, a local inspector on whom he could call, probably a well-posted mer chant in whom everybody had confidence, who would come forward and grade the wheat. He would receive a fee of 20 cents per wagon-load, to be paid by the party to the dispute against whom he decided. The same man would also be local inspector of weights. If the warehouseman was cheating the farmeis the local inspector would prose cute him. and the line.not more than $100 nor less than $25, would be divided between the inspector and the state inspecton fund, half and half. Thus the local inspector would have an interest in securing honest weights lor the farmers. The local inspector would receive a small salary, say $300 per year, in addition to his fees. This would come out of the grain inspection fund, to be raised by an inspection charge on all grain passing through St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, large enough to support the whole system in the state. If fifty counties in tne state had three local inspectors each this would make 150 in all, and the salaries of these at $300 each would amount to $13,000. If 40,000,000 bush els were inspected, a charge of ? 4 ' of a cent per bushel would yield $100,000, and this }i of a cent would probably save the farmers a loss of 5 or 10 cents per bushel in stealage on grades. There was so difficulty in getting men to take $300 postoffices, and there would be none in getting local merchants, who were familiar with wheat grades, to take the office of local inspector at that salary and the fees. The bill provides that every warehouse shall be licensed, and if the warehouseman is caught cneatinsr his license will be revoked and never renewed. The local inspectors will publish annually a report showing how many bushels of No. 1 wheat went into the warehouse and how many went out, and the railroad and warehouse commission will investigate any bouse where less No. 1 wheat went iv then went out. If at the end of the year the ware houseman's books showed that he had a large surplus on hand, which he could not account for, as compared with the amount received, the presumption would be that he had stolen it from ■ the people by false weights, and the local inspector would sue for and recover the value of the same for the benefit of the state wheat inspection fund. Publicity would be given to all the acts of a warehouseman, and the shameless system of robbery on weight aud grades, to which the farmers have been subjected for twenty years, would be brought to an end. •How do you do when the elevator man is not satisfied with the grade given by the inspector?" "In that case he has a right of appeal to the chief inspector at St. Paul. A small sample sack of the grain is made up and sealed and sent to St. Paul. In the meantime the eleva tor man is obliged to issue a ticket to the farmer for the grade fixed by the local in spector, but the ticket will state on its face that appeal lias been taken and that the grade named is liable to be changed. The bill is carefully guarded at every point to do exact justice between the warehouse man and the farmer, and if passed will be a ; i great boon to the grain growers of the state." It is very much the same system Mr. Donnelly advocated when a member of the" i state senate ten or fifteen years ; ago. The house ordered double the usual 'number of copies printed, so that warehousemen and farmers could have have a chance to ex amine it before it is acted upon. PRESIDENTIAL. PREFERENCES. How Koine Legislator* and Promi nent Citizens Feel About li. The members of the legislature are ex ! ceedingly coy, and it looks very much as if " a large proportion of them had political am bition and were afraid to place themselves on record. A canvass of the senate and , house, for the purpose of ascertaining their presidential preferences, has not resulted very satisfactory. Two-thirds of the mem bers decline to express their sentiments one for this reason and the other for that. ■ It is ten to one that nine-tenths of theni want to be delegates to the next national convention and are afraid to move until they know which way the cat will jump. Those who were not afraid to go on record i 1 were as follows: REPUBLICANS. Senator Goodrich— Blaine for president, in case he could be elected. I haven't thought of a man for vice president. Senator Clark — Rlaine or Gresham for pres ident. John Sherman for vice president. Senator Hurd— Blaine and Lucius Fairchild, ' of Wisconsin. > Senator Finseth— Gresham and Robert Lin coln. Senator Scheffer— Lucius Fairchild and Roscoe Conkling. ) Senator Crandall— John Sherman, of Ohio, and Senator Harrison, of Indiana. Senator Day —Roscoe Conkling- (if he can be elected) and Allison, of lowa, on a tariff re l form platform. • Senator Ward— Blame «md Lincoln. Senator Comstock — Blame, Gresham, Sher man or Edmunds for president; no preference for vice president. Senator Daniels — or John Sherman ; [ don't care about vice president. Senator Ives — Biaine for president: no choice for vice president. • Senator Hall— Blame a.nd Lucius Fan-child. Senator Hixson — Gresham or Edmunds: no choice for vice president. Senator Wallmark— Blaine; no choice for vice president. Senator Edwards — Blame for president; the , next best man for rice president. Representative Pettit— Robert Lincoln and an Eastern man for vice president. Representative Dunne— Edmunds: for vice ' president, no choice. Representative Johnsrud — no choice for vice president. l Representative Swartwoudt — Blame and , John Sherman. Representative Potter — Donnelly or some other good fellow. " Representative Lvm — Blaiue and C. K. ' Davis. Representative — Blame and C. K. 1 Davis. Representative Freeman— Blame and C. K. Davis. Representative Blame and C. K. Davis. Representative Wilson— Blame and C. K. ' Davis. Representative Arnold — and Win dom. Representative Wollan— Sherman: no choice for vice president. Representative Iverson — Blaino aud Gresham. Representative Swenson — Gresham and Windom. Representative Barker ßlaine and For . aker. Representative — Blame and Robert Lincoln. Representative Shuler — Blame and Gresham. Representative Shoemaker— Blaiue and C. K. Davis. DEMOCRATS. Senator Oswald— Cleveland. , Senator — Cleveland. Senator — Cleveland. Senator Cleveland and McDonald, Senator — Cleveland. Representative Smith— Cleveland and Mc- Donald. Representative Parirott— Cleveland and Vila;-. .' •:■ .*:7*^ Representative.' Cnamplain — of New York, and Holman, of Indian a. Representative Quijriey— Cleveland. Representative Powers — Joseph E. Mc- Donald or J. B. Weaver for president; T. V. Powderly for vice president. Representative Boedigheimer — Hill, of New York, and Thurman, of Ohio. Representative Light Cleveland and Tilas. s Representative Teubert Cleveland and Vilas. Representative Emery— Cleveland and Mc- Donald. Representative. Dickmann — Representative Faricy — Cleveland and Thurman. Representative. — Cleveland. Representative Ryan — Powderly and Henry George. MCDEST OR TIMID. Senator Buckmau — The good presidential timber seems to have died. . Senator Akin — Couldn't say. Senator — Haven't decided. Senator Clough l was a terribly strong Blame man. Lieut. Gov. Rice — I was for Logan for pres ident, but he's dead. It's too soon to talk about a vice president. Representative Hanson haven't made up my mind yet. Representative Newell— l do not wish to go on record just yet. Chaplain Harrington— Too previous. Representative Elmquist — Blame or Cleve land, and C. K. Davis or Randall. SUMMARY. For President — Blame '. 23 Edmunds 1 Gresham 3 Cleveland 14 Fairchild 1 Hill 2 Sherman 2. McDonald 1 Conkling 1 Powderly 1 Lincoln 1 Donnelly 1 For Vice President j Lincoln 3 Greshom 2 Sherman 2 ; Foraker 1 Fairchild 2 McDonald v 3 Davis Ci Vilas 3 Conkling .1 i Holman 1 Harrison 1 Powderly .....1 Allison ljThurinan 2 Wiudoin 2 Henry George. 1 • <•"•=*- THE SENATE. Passage of Bills Upon Third Read in? Continence* With Six to Start With. Bills for appropriations for local, improve ments made their first appearance in the senate yesterday, Senator - Keller, of Steams, asking for $15,000 for a bridge across Sank river; Senator Ward, of Wa seca, for $15,000 .to widen and deepen Crane creek, in the town of Steele; Senator Lende, of yellow Medicine, for a bridge between Yellow Medicine and Chippewa counties, and Senator Day, of Martin, for 5550 for a small bridge. All these and similar bills will probably be taken in hand by the committee on roads and bridges, and an omnibus general bill be drafted to cover them. Four other bills introduced were: Mr. Thaeker. of Pope— Appropriating - $5, --000 to reimburse settlers defending suits brought by railroad companies against per sons claiming lands embraced in the re linquishment made in pursuance of section 10, chapter 201, special laws of IS7T. Claims. Mr. Johnson, M.— Providing for the sale of lands acquired by the state from the United States, the proceeds to be devoted to the erec tion of a soldiers' home. . Soldiers' home. Mr. Sehetfer — Providing for the correction of descriptions of lands and conveyances. Judiciary. Mr. Keller— Amending section 43.. chapter 33. general statutes of 187S, relating to banks, to prevent private banks from doing business under coporate names. „ Banks. • The judiciary committee recommended indefinite postponement of the bill to vacate a territorial road in Hennepin county. The senate concurred in the joint resolu tion from the house asking for a report on the agricultural college, also in the joint | memorial requesting the Minnesota delega ; tion in congress to support the Miller ; pleuro-pneumonia bill. The house bill re j quiring each town in Brown county to sup ! port its own poor was passed under suspen ! sion of rules, and the house bill to estab ■ lish a municipal court in Brainerd was sent to the judiciary committee. The following senate bills were then passed on third read ing: Day's school holiday bill; Goodrich's amend ment, to the penal . code relating to the de- Continued on Fourth rage. WOMAN WITH A WHIP. She rinds Her Husband Enjoying Himself Hugely in the Company of a Pretty Employe, And Turns Loose With a Rawhide, Badly Scoring the Naked Shoulders of Her Eival. The Scandal and Sensation the Blr eest Kansas City Has Known of L.ate. Nina Van Zandt in Trouble Regard ing Her Betrothal to Spies, the Anarchist. Special to the Globe. Kaxsas City, Mo., Jan. 17.— A ■ sup pressed sensation of the largest local mag nitude has just come to light and upperten dem society is in the throes of expectancy and quiveing with anxiety. The principals to the affair are the recognzed leaders of Kansas City's wealth and fashion. The scene is the largest and most pretentious hotel in the West. Champagne and a keen I cutting rawhide wielded by an exasperated and almost wild femald cut no insignifi cant part in this most sensational affair. Any one who has even visited the metropo lis of the far west, or is at all acquainted there, has most certainly heard of and seen the palatial dry goods house of millionaire G. Y. Smith, of the firm of Dagget & Smith. For years this firm has been the recognized head in their line west of Chi cago, St. Louis not excepted. In this dry goods emporium of six stories and marble front are over 100 PRETTY WOMEN', salesladies, bsokkeepers, foreladies and ex pert dressmakers. At the head of these latter is the beauteous and young Mrs. Lusby, a widow of recent date. Hei ex pertness in clothing the female form divine is demonstrated from the superb manner with which she clothes her own queenly form. Her salary is said to be $300 per month. In face and form the young widow is faultless, and she has long been the admired of all the susceptible dudes and bald-headed mashers in the city. Beyond a kindly nod or a pleasant word, none of her admirers, however, has even succeeded in establishing a close acquaintance. Wine suppers, ball parties aud operas were alike refused when timidly tendered by the love-struck money bags. There was one, however, whose PLEASANT LITTLE SUPPERS, quiet little rides and tete-a-ietes were never refused. This was her millionaire em ployer, G. G. Smith, who is also a deacon in the leading fashionable church in this city. For sometime it has been rumored that the dry goods merchant and deacon had cast a sheep's eye at his pretty forelady, and that iv return she coyly smiled upon his sly advances and in other manners encouraged him. So bold and deeply smitten did Mr. Smith, who, by the way, is all of 50 years of age, become that it was remarked among his female em ployes. It was noticed that he lin gered near his place of busi ness later than was usual, and that the queenly widow was not so anxious to leave for her hotel of evenings as was her former wont. Once, it is said," the two were seen riding at a rapid rate toward Westport along Grand avenue. No won der, then, that the attentions finally reached the ears of his wife at their pala tial home on the Crest hill. Mrs. Smith is a fierce, INTERMIXED LITTLE WOMAX and to hear was to investigate. In a covert, suppressed manner the liason was talked of at the Smith church, but no one dared give audible utterance to his suspicions or the current rumors. The bubble burst last, night. While the magnificent Coates. hotel was resplendent in the glory of myriad elec tric lights and lovers of the theater wending past to the Coates opera house, which is just opposite the hotel, a scene far more dramatic and tragic than could be seen in the temple of Mounts was being enacted in a gaudily hung room in the hotel. Amid many bottles of fizzing champagne and in the midst of a dainty little dinner were the millionaire and the widow. Their enjoyment, from the looks of the room, was, to say the least, huge. At the height of the stolen and supposed secret festivities, a wild-eyed little woman burst into the room and with a cry of sppressed rage, pulled from the folds of her silk-vel vet dress a lawhide and began belaboring THE EXPO>RD SHOULDERS of the affrighted and screaming widow, who after the third blow fell to the floor in a faint. Still the frenzied wife beat the despoiler of her happiness. With face of an ashen color and quaking limbs the millionaire dropped against the wall powerless to move. The table was overturned goblets and tiny glasses broken, liquor and champagne spilled on the car pet, and the chandelier was broken. The night clerk ran to the room, the proprietor was called, a hasty consultation held and a few minutes later a dejected millionaire took • a coupe for his home. His wife stepped into her carriage. and . a swooning, hysteric, suffering beauty was carried to her room. The local papers have suppressed the affair and society speaks of it in whispers. Neither the millionaire nor the widow were at the dry goods emporium to-day. The next step is awaited anxiously. IN A PECK OF TROUBLE. Spies » Betrothed Disinherited and Diiotvned by Her Wealthy Rela tives. Chicago, Jan. — Marriage License Clerk Eugene Seeger received the following dispatch this afternon from Pittshurg, Pa. : Issue no license to Miss Van Zandt and Spies to be married. All forbid the marriage. Mks. Jobs Arthurs. After reading the above Mr. Seeger said: I shall refer the matter to County Clerk Wolff, and act under his instructions. Per sonally Ido not think a license should be issued. Mr. Seeger added that he understood the lady sending the telegram is Miss Van Zandt's grandmother, and is quite wealthy. The dispatch from Mrs. Arthurs was read to Miss Van Zandt at her home to-night by a reporter. The young woman's mother and an elderly gentleman friend of the family were present. Miss Van Zandt turned to her mother and said, "Mamma, I will have to ASK YOU TO LEAVE THE ROOM." The mother gently remonstrated. "Then I must not be interrupted." Mrs. Van Zandt reminded Nina that her aunt had always loved her dearly, and nothing must be said that ought not to be. Not heeding, the young lady turned to the re porter as if about to hurl a deadly missile, and said: "Are you ready?" "1 am," resolutely replied the reporter. Miss Van Zandt threw back her shoulders, lifted her chin a trifle . and said: "I consider it an unwarrantable outrage; there, now." In vain Mrs. Van Zandt mildly interposed. "If you interrupt me, mamma, you or I will have to leave the room," she continued, with flashing eyes. "That message from Pittsburg I con ! sider an unwarrantable interference, and it will not deter me in the least. Now," she added, altering her manner, "I have a bomb ready to be published. •It was written by Mr. Spies and is an account of his life, and will also contain all the letters I written to me. I have written the preface ! myself. : It will be published by Nina Van i Zandt, which will be something of ; a nov elty, don't you know, for at that time there will;., be ?no such person. I shall then be Mrs. Spies." The prospective bride added that it « had become necessary to postpone the marriage again somewhat and that the i * ceremony would not take place Thursday, but that the delay would not be long. MARRIAGE LICENSE CLERK SEEGER was again seen. He said he was now con firmed in his original intention not to Issue a license until compelled to by legal process. "I believe that this whole thing is gotten up by some sharp-witted friends of Spies," said he, "who propose to use an innocent and foolish young girl to create sympathy tor him in the hope that the governor may pardon him or commute his sentence. . The passage in an interview with , Miss Van Zaudt where she says that Spies has experienced a change of heart and will be a better man if he is ever liberated, canvinees me that the scheme is to ■ represent him as reformed and entitled to executive clemency. I know Spies' nature too well to beliovo that he loves the girl. I don't • believe that she . loves him, but she thinks she does. I -think that the real affinity is ■ between Miss Van Zandt, who has nine dogs, and Capt. Black, who has sixty dogs. I regard it as an outrage on decency and an insult to the law that this Spies, with his neck in a halter, should defy all the dictates of honor and manhood and seek to drag dawn to his own disgrace an in nocent and foolish girl, 'and I propose to call on Mr. Van Zandt and represent the thing to him as I look at it. I may be thrown out, but I think if he is the right sort of a man he wil 1 not let his daughter commit ail act which may gain her a little notoriety now. but will be an everlasting disc-race hereafter." AT PITTSBURG. Pittsburg, Jan. — Upon the receipt of the dispatch from Chicago, stating that Mrs. John Arthurs, the aunt of Miss Nina ■ Van Zandt, had telegraphed from this city to Marriage Clerk Seeger forbidding him : issuing a license for the marriage of the young lady to Spies, the anarchist, a repor ter called upon the lady at her lesideiice in Oakland to ascertain the attitude of Miss. Van Zandt's friends in regard to her course of conduct. Mrs. Arthurs seemed heart broken. To the reporter she said: I spent nearly the entire Sabbath on my knees in prayer for that unfortunate girl, and when I opened the paper this morning and saw that Eugene Seeger, the Chicago mar riage license clerk, had refused the license, so that she could not marry, 1 thanked God for what seemed a direct answer to my prayer, and then the next thin? I did was to send a tele gram to Mr. Seeger, thanking him for his manliness and courage in during to refuse the license. THE FIRST INFORMATION which the relatives had of the existing state of affairs was the announcement made in the papers of Saturday morning last. The shock to Mrs. Arthiusand her distinguished father aad mother can readily be imagined, especially as Miss Van Zandt's mother, who is the only sister of Mrs. Arthurs, had been visiting her parents and sister just two weeks previous, and with the exception of jokingly remarking that Nina expected to marry some nice young man in the spring, had made nothing known and had not given the slightest hint in the true direction. On reading the news so great was the prostration of Mrs. Arthurs' father, William B. Clark, that Mrs. Arthurs was obliged to write to the Van Zandts the message he wished to send. The letter was mailed by 10 o'clock Satur day morning imploring them to prevent the wedding. This was closely followed by another, and the Van Zandt family were informed that henceforth they were not to be considered in the light of relatives. Every connection, socially and financially, was dissolved forever, and Miss Nina utterly disinherited. '"She will receive NO MORE THAN OUR DOG lying on there on the rug; every dollar will be bequeathed to charitable purposes," said Mrs. Arthurs as she wiped the bitter tears . from her eyes. This morning a letter was received from Mrs. Van Zandt, from Chi cago, written before the receipt of those sent from Pittsburg, in which she informs her relatives of Nina's approaching marri age to Spies, the anarchist, and invites them to be present at- the ceremony, which is to be performed on Tuesday in the jail in Chicago, adding, also, that she and Mr. Van Zandt could find no fault in the man, ! and had given their full consent to the nuptials, and that she hoped the friends here would not worry themselves. "This letter." continued Mrs. Arthurs, "which shows'^ ma's parents to be as highly blamed as Nina herself, only made father and all of us more firm in the determination to dis own the family forever." "1 fear," con tinued Mrs. Arthurs, "that it is " HER BRIGHT WAY OF TALKING that has led her into this. . She never saw Spies until that day in the court-room. Then she probably visited him in the jail, and an exchange of words and sentiments led to this. But we cannot account for this complete infatuation unless she and her father and mother have all gone clear crazy, and we think they have.; If Nina is an atheist now, she certainly was riot last summer, as she contemplated at that time joining a church." Mr. Clark will posi tively refuse to have anything more to do with the family. If the marriage; takes place not a dollar will be expended in the way of release for the condemned anarchist. Mr. Clark is lying seriously ill at his ele gant residence in Oakland, prostrated by the news of Miss Nina's intended marriage, and the family fear he will not recover. the i.:u:u«»s CASE. Tbe Defendant Details Her Experi ence in a mad House. ■Washington, Jan. 17.— Mrs. Emmons continued her story to-day, beginning with her experience at Bloomingdale asylum. When she was taken there Dr. Nichols was absent and did not return for nearly a month. Meanwhile Dr. Brown had tried to make her take medicine which she be lieved was doing her harm. She deceived her nurse and concealed the medicine, and began then to get better. Dr. Brown dis covered that she had not taken the medi cine and came to her and said he would make her take it, and talked of "stomach pumps" and things of that kind. She said she made up her mind that he could not make her take it. "Well." she went on, "he was stronger than I, but I made him take a dose of that medicine. He took it and I did not see him for three days. When he came back he was like a c OB that had been whipped, and knew that he couldn't do the same thins again." She said while in the hospital she tried to forget, or not to hear, the shrieks of people who were really mad. So she tried to amuse and' help the poor people about her. "That," she said, "was called a delusion. . Want of apprecia tion of my position. No, it was not. ■• It was because I did not want to go cad; by helping to amuse others I could forget, my own troubles. At night when I wished to sleep," she went on, "I heard the shrieks of those who wero really mad, and then I decided that I must have sleep or go mad myself." . . She said that the lights used to be put out at 9 o'clock. In order to have • something to oc cupy her mind she learned to write in the dark. She used to write little stories and every kind of nonsense that came .into. . her head. Mrs. Emmons then gave an acount of her removal to the Butler hospital at Provi dencd, her release and her return to Wash ington. '•■//f/. : .■'■:'; ■.-•:". Injured at a Fire. ; •"/ ' St. Louis, Mo., Jan., ! 17.— A broke out at 2:45 p. m. to-day, in the Langstros chemical dye works at the corner of Closey street and Park avenue. While the > fire men were attempting to subdue the names several cans of gasoline on the second floor exploded and seriously burned Firemen Berry, Ward, Morgan, Minahan and Yates. The latter was injured Internally by jump ing from the second story window, and Ward and Minahan are, it is thought, fat ally burned. Steamship Arrivals. New — The Alaska and Umbria from Liverpool, and State of Pennsylvania from Glasgow. ". Liverpool The Italy from New York. Parliament Dissolved. Ottawa, Jan. 17.— Dominion parlia ment ha 3 been dissolved and v new electors elected. The nominations will take place on the 15th of February, and the polling on the 22d • ....... L":Y-c*:i '■ NO. 1 8 WASHINGTON EVENTS, j Eepresentative Illness Very Serious, Bat the Physicians Still Have Hopes That He May Ultimately Recover and Continue His Career of Brilliant Usefulness. Tlie Mortgage on Mrs. Logan's Home at Chicago Is Now Paid In | ) Full. Arrangements for the Funeral or th* i.ate Gen. Hazen--Xo Show For Irish. Washington, Jan. 17. — The condition of Hon. S. S. Cox is somewhat improved this morning, but he is still quite ill, Mr. I Cox is suffering from pleurisy and catarrh : of the stomach. He is very much emaciated j and his breathing is short and painful. His physicians, Drs. Bliss and Sowders, are frequently at his bedside, and, while ad mitting he is a very sick man, express the opinion that he will recover if something now unforeseen does not occur to occasion a relapse. At 9 o'clock this evening Dr. Bliss re ported Representative Cox's condition a3 considerably improved since the morning consultation. "He has taken move nour ishment to-day than for several days past." said the doctor, "aud while he is by no means out of danger, no adverse complica tions have made their appearance during the day, and we are exceedingly hopeful to night that, from now on, he will rapidly j mend. The intervals between his coughing spells are growing: longer. The pain in his I side has decreased, and he is resting com fortably. I do not expect to see him until to-morrow morning." The Lo;an Fund. Washington, Jan. 17. — The citizens of Chicago having contributed 813,000 to a fund for the payment of incumbrances now resting on the home of Mrs. Logan in this city. Col. M. M. Parker to-day called on her. and, obtaining from her a check on Kiggs & Co., paid off the notes. Later in the day he presented to Mrs. Logan the cancelled notes, and she now owns the house known as Calumet Place, on Colum bia Heights, free from all incnrabrances. Mrs. Logan's gratitude was expressed in a letter to William Perm Nixon, of Chicago, thanking him for his efforts and those who had contributed so generously to her future comfort. To-day the children and heirs of Gen. Logan, his son, John A. Logan, Jr., and his daughter, Mrs. Tucker, "with her husband, Maj. Tucker, united in a deed conveying all their right and interest as heirs in the house to Mrs. Logan, so that the house is her property a solely. As Gen, Logan died intestate, this action on the part; of the heirs was entirely voluntary, . it is expected the movement for a monument to Gen. Logan will originate either with the Grand Army posts or the Army of Ht Tennessee. The latter body meets in De troit in September next, and it is probable that the movement will take definite shape there. Ren. Haven's Funeral. Washington, Jan. 17. — Gen. Hazeii will be buried with military honors on Wed nesday at 13 o'clock, from St. John's church. i His remains will be temporarily interred at Rock Creek or Oak Hill cemeteries. The final interment will be made after Mrs. Hazen's return from Europe, probably at Hiram, 0., his old home. The pall bearers on Wednesday will be Gen. Benet. Adjt. Gen. Drum, Paymaster General Rochester, Quartermaster General Holabird. Gen. Duane, Chief of Engineers, and Surgeon General Moore. Gen. Sheridan has charge •of the, military arrangements of the funeral, but the military escort will be tinder com mand of Col. Gibson, of the Third artillery. The escort will consist of a detachment from the signal corps, the artillery batteries sta tioned here and a detachment from the ma« rine corps. No Show for Irish. Washington, Jan. 17.— 1t is stated thai* the nomination of Charles A. Irish, of lowa, who was designated during the re cess to be surveyor general of Nevada, vice Christopher C. Powning, . suspended, will certainly be reported and probably acted upon adversely. The sentiment of the senate in favor of "home rule," especially in organized states, is strong. The following bill was introduced in the senate to-day by Mr. Allison: To author ize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Sioux City, la., by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad company. Congress. Washington, Jan. 17. — The senate passed the bill appropriating 875,000,000 for pensions. In the house Mr. Lovering, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill grant ing a pension of 825 a month to Walt Whitman, the poet.* Mr. Matson, of In diana, from the committee on invalid pen sions, called up the bill granting relief to the parents of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who are dependant upon their own labor for support. It was passed, aa was also the Mexican pension bill. Coin Examiners. ; Washington, Jan. 17.— The following named gentlemen have . been desiguated, among others, to test and examine- tra weight and fineness of the coin received at the several mints during the year 1886: . Isham G. Harris, United States senator: B. P. Blund, bouse of represensatives; E. E. Burlingame, Denver, Col.: W. L. Dudley, Cincinnati; George S. Eastwick, New Orleans; F. N. Holbrook, El Paso. Tex.: LouisJanm, San Francisco, and N. H. Winchell, Minne apolis, Minn. IS IT A VOLCANO? Phenomena Agitating- the Dweller* in the Forests of Went Virginia. . fIUNTiNGTON, W. Va., Jan. 17.— About a week ago reports were received from coun ties in the southern part of the state, saying that loud detonations had been heard and, violent tremors of the earth felt along the valley of Big Ugly Bun, a tributary to the Gagantalle river. The explosion occurred at night, and produced great consternation among the people of the region, but no plaus ible reason for it could be assigned. A letter has just been received from Lincoln county, however, which clears the mystery. The let ter says that a few days ego, while lumber men were floating logs down Big Ugly creek, they came to an obstruction which did not exist when, they passed up to cut the timber a month before. The bed of the stream was completely filled, with huge fragramts of stone, neatly sepa rated, while similar. fragments were strewn about among the timber at the foot of the mountain, down the side of which they had evidently been rolled, as the timber and underwood was much broken. The top of the mountain mainly on the side towards the stream showed a huge crater-like scar, and the observers could see a laree column of •steam arising from it. The lumbermen were afraid to venture up, but reported the dis covery at Hamlin, the county seat. The letter says the whole country is excited over the matter, and It is regarded aa the source of the tremors and explosions heard and felt. All Went Crazy. Grafton, W. Va., Jan. 17.— A sad outbreak of insanity i 3 reported • from Whiteday, this county. Washington Lake has five grown daughters. Two weeks ago Tabitha.got married and the young people of the neigh borhood, including her four sisters, cele brated the event by a dance, which* lasted all night and nearly all the next day. On the evening of the next day Martha, one of the sisters, lost her reason, and became a raving maniac, and four days later the .bride went stark mad. Since then the three other sis ters have exhibited evidences of insanity and the worst is feared. : •• • ■ ,: . :. • ,■■•-•" •••■•..•• - -