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BOARDING HOUSES Having Spare Room Skould Tell VISITORS to the CARNIVAL OFTHE FACT IN THE Globe's "Want" Page! VOL. X. A BIG BOOMERANG. Eoutwell's Battle-Flag. Reso lution to Plague the Republicans. Bishop Ireland Delivers an Eloquent Address on the Evils of Intemperance. Opposition to the Disorgani zation of Counties Clause in Springer's Bill. The Pipe of Peace Has Been Passed Between Day and Johnson. Special to the Globe. whim. ton. .lan. 20.— The war de partment reply to Congressman Bout well's battle-flag resolution is about completed, and will probably be for warded to the bouse early this week. An army officer says that the answer will show the resolution to have devel oped into a boomerang. It will show that, If any law has been violated by this administration by the return of cap tured trophies, some of the former sec retaries of war are equally guilty, for the lists compiled, and which will form part of the department's reply, show that many more flags were delivered by Secretary Stanton ami some of his suc cessors than under the present regime. BISHOP IRELAND ELOQUENT In His Remarks Upon the Evils of Intemperance. special to the Globe. Washington, Jan. Bishop Ire land officiated at li o'clock mass to-day at st. Patrick's. This evening he fol lowed the eminent and eloquent Bishop Keane, ot Richmond, in addressing an immense audience at Harris" Bijou theater on temperance. Bishop Keane was for many years assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church here, and was from that humble position exalted to i the episcopate of the see of Bich mond. He is exceedingly popular here ami always receives most generous ap plause whenever be appears in public in this city. Under the circumstances it must he understood that no man of ordinary ability could afford to stand upon the same platform with him. Fair ness and candor compel the statement that Bishop Inland did not excel the eloquence of Bishop Keane. but his most ardent friends and admirers would have been satisfied to have heard his '■ magnificent address and to know from the rounds alter rounds of applause that Bishop Ireland appeared fully the equal of ihe distinguished ' and popular Keane. Some of the most eloquent passages in the address of the bishop of Richmond were his al lusions to the occasions when Bishop Ireland has presided at banquets where no wine was used, and he concluded by sayinz: "< 'old water is good enough for Bishop Inland^ banquets, and it is certainly good enough for the priests of Washington.*' Bishop Ireland said: "(it-eater woe than any plague is wrought by intemperance. The i plagues come and go, leaving leithsoaie tracks of misery in their wake, but intemperance, like the poor, seems to be always with us. 1 wish I could by some magic spell con jure up before your eyes the premature age, shameful death and eternal damna tion of souls caused by the alcohol demon, It is said that the temperance orators overdraw the picture and are fanatics. Oh, my friends, we do not tell half the story, because we never see half the misery. Let each man and woman here STJ'DV HISTORY ln his own neighborhood, go to police court and prisons. Ask in these places and in the poor houses why the victims are there; why, in this land of plenty, there is poverty everywhere. Ask the waifs in the streets and the lost woman in dark places, of the cause of poverty, Buffering, evil and sin, and you will, in some form, receive the uniform answer, •there was drink and drunkenness in the home.' Let me tell you that, in the name of humanity, virtue, heaven and universal love, 1 hate alcohol in all tonus, ami only regret that I have not strength and intensity of nature to hate it more, It is useless in such a warfare as this to mince words and fear to wound any man, or any class of men, and hence on occasions such as this 1 have neither sympathy nor sadness of heart, nor any fueling of regret for those who engage in the liquor traffic. Year after year this traffic increases more rapidly than the increase of population Justifies. During the last five years the population of Washington ban increased 15 per cent, but the liquor traffic has in creased 40 per cent. There is profit in the business to warrant this increase. boo pays the profit? Who foots the bills? The poor men, usually the laboring men. and if you ask the ill-fed women and half-clad children you will find the terrible results. There* is a race of young drunkards growing up here to be a terror to the society of the future, because minor- are not only served, but their patronage is sought by the saloon keepers, and even Sunday is mocked by the liquor dealers. They grow fat and rich upon the ruin of young and old, careless as to the sins, degradation and poverty of their victims. They lay hold upon the vitals of legislation, and if this republic shall ever crumble into ruin, upon its epitaph must be writ ten,' Killed by the unrestricted liquor traffic' Nominations to legislatures and to congress are made in the saloons and elections are controlled by them, and we all know it. Can God smile upon a gov ernment thus conducted? I tell you, saloon keeping is a dangerous, disrepu table business, and our soverign pointiff has sent his blessing through an Amer ican bishop to all those who spread and work for total abstinence. 1 wish, from the center of American life, to say that our church frowns upon the liquor traffic and blesses the promoter of the principles of total absti nent. Some of my hearers are descendants . of that noble race whose history glitters with virtue and nobility, and by token of that ancestry of theirs 1 claim that no Irishman has a right to be a drunkard and no Irishman should be a saloonkeeper, and 1 tell you there are too many of my race in the*in famous business: and if but one of them in one city of America were be hind a bar, thai one would be too many. There is a new era for the Irish race at home and abroad : and that the struggles of the noble men in ' parliament, all of them tetotalers, may be enhanced, let. the Irshmen of America be sober like them. Liquor has rained Ireland, and pure cold water is washing out the stains of political slav ery. . The Irish race has but one puis sant enemy that it can't oveivome.and that enemy is the insidious demon, Alcohol.- Touch not. taste not, handle not alcohol and the Irishman is every where invincible. The life of this re public depends upon temperance and total abstinence, and the true men of ail races will join in swelling the tide which is sweeping on to virtue. This, 1 say, is the cause of charity, patriotism and virtue. It is the crusade which is to redeem the world, the kingdoms of Europe as well as the people of Amer ica." • COL. THOMPSON'S VIEWS. He Objects to the Springer Bill on Account ofthe Clause Providing For the Disorganization of Coun ties. Special to the Globe. Washington, Jan. 99.— "1 am not entirely satisfied with the Springer hill," said Col. Win. Thompson, of Bis marck, in the National hotel lobby this morning. "What is there in it that displeases you?" "While 1 can not say that 1 am dis pleased," he replied, "I must say that 1 am not entirely satisfied with that clause which provides for the disorgan ization to counties. Mr. Springer has wade a mistake in that particular, and 1 bone he will correct it." ''Please explain the error into which he has fallen?" "He provides for the abolition of all counties having less than 3,000 popula tion, and their annexation to contiguous counties. If that clause remains in the bill, it is calculated to work great hard ship as well as harm. You see, in the first place; people become as much at tached to their counties and" the names of their counties as they do to their states, even more so." "But that is a mere sentimental hard ship. Wherein is the harm?" "It would temporarily wreck all land titles in the disorganized counties, and permanently ruin some of them where their owners might prove too illiterate and uninformed to look after their own rights and interests. It would give grounds for barratry and lead to almost endless litigation. It would make an ex cellent harvest-field for lawyers, and re duce some honest, prosperous toilers to penury. It is wrong in principle, as iris UNWISE AND UNNECESSARY.'^ "But what are you going to do about it. colonel?" "I am going to see Mr. Springer as soon as I can without imposing on his time, and I shall have a conference with him upon the subject. He is one of the fairest men in the land, a good friend of Dakota, a personal friend of mine, and as honest as he is brilliant and able. When the matter is brought to his attention in the manner which I have outlined to you I am certain that he will amend his bill by striking out that clause." "How do you like the Johnson bill for admission?'' "Very well, indeed, except in the clause which provides for location of circuit courts at Fargo and Mitchell. The business which will naturally come before those courts will always origi nate lb the Missouri river . valley in the Indian and military reservations." Hence the courts should be located at Pierre and Bismarck. It is no selfishness nor captiousness which makes me oiler that suggestion, as 1 care not personally for a court at Bismarck. But I believe the two points named would be more con venient for citizens and for witnesses than either Fargo or Mitchell. As soon as the Sioux reservation is opened there will be an immense business done at Pierre, and the court should be there instead of at Mitchell, which is not lo cated centrally, or will not be when im migration flows across the river towards the hills.'' SOME DIVISION GOSSIP. . Ordway Johnson and Day Have Buried the Hatchet— How Sur roundings Influence a Politi cian. Special to the 0 Washington, Jan. -29.— Hon. L. (1. Johnson, of Aberdeen, will leave, the city in a few days, having accomplished his mission to his own satisfaction, as well as to the gratification of his friends. He says: 1 have not been here on a mission of warfare this time. The war is over. Two years ago there was an effort made to down Ordway Johnson, and a big lire was kept up all along the line. There was nothing too mean for Day and his friends to say of me; and I was not slow in talking back. But, when the con vention which met at Aberdeen in 1886 nominated M. 11. Day for delegate, 1 pulled off my coat and* went to work for him. The other fellows were sulking in their stalls, but 1 1 went to work at once. Ever since their DAY AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS; or at least not enemies. Hence, there has been no warfare here this time. "How does Day stand on the division question?"' "I suppose he stands as he always has, for division. It is said that he will appear before the house committee on territories next Wednesday and argue for division. He will probably say all he can against my arguments, but he will not say anything against me per sonally. Ido no not see how any Dem ocrat can work lor the division of Da kota; but I presume that the section in which he lives has no little influence on Day's mind. When Charlie McCoy was down there he was a dhisionist; but as soon as he got away from the surround ings of the political ring in the south, he came out squarely for admission as a whole. That is what any fair-minded man will do if he is not wrongly swayed by bad influences." WASTING TIME. Neither House of Congress In clined to Do Much Work. Special to the Globe. Washington, Jan. 21).— 50 little is being accomplished in the way of gen eral legislation by congress that mem bers are beginning to comment on it. In the senate men have 'politics. law and private business calling them from their legislative duties much ot the time, while in the house everything seems to await the tariff bill, the introduction of which is promised some time during the present week. For the first time in many years the house has adjourned over business days in the early part of the session, and a number of times the senate had adjourned from Thursday till Monday. There seems to be » dis positon all" round to put as little busi ness on the calendar as possible and to only take up measures when nothing else can be found to consume time. The senate has already given about three weeks to the consideration of the Blair educational bill. A week ago it promised that only a few days would elapse before it would be finally dis posed of, but the prospects are that the end of the present week and even ten days may elapse and find it at the head of the calendar as unfinished business. The senate especially seems loth to take up the general legislation on the calen dar. The undervaluation bill has a promise front: the committee on finance of early consideration, and it may 3 fig ure in the proceedings of .{he week. Chairman Davis, of the committee on pensions, says he intends to call up during the week the bill introduced by Mr. Manderson and known as the (i. A. I!, pension bill, granting pensions' to ex-soldiers and sailor? -^ who are incapacitated from the performance of manual labor and providing for pen sions for dependent relatives of de ceased soldiers and sailors. It is much , the same hill that the president vetoed during the last congress, and is referred to as the ''dependent pension bill." Messrs. Davis and Manderson arc pre pared to make strong speeches in sup port of the measure, in which they are expected to criticise the attitude of the administration on pension matters in general, and the vetoes in particular. Mr. Voorhees is expected to defend the administration, and the debate may be animated and consume several days be fore it is finally finished. The little de ficiency bill may be received from the house during the week and acted upon by the senate. Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, will speak on the tariff, the surplus, etc., in reply to the speech of Mr. Sherman, delivered some days ago. IX THE BOUSE the little deficiency bill will be reported from the committee on appropriations to-morrow, and will likely be called up for immediate action. Deficiency bills always provoke more or less debate. The pension appropriation bill, which has been on the calander for some time, is to be taken up during the week and disposed of. The committee on elec tions will report the Lowry-White con tested case from the Twelfth district of Indiana, which declares Mr. White not eligible, on account of his inability to prove by record evidence that he is a naturalized citizen, and declares Lowry not entitled to the seat because he did not receive a majority of the legal votes cast. There will be a division on this case. All the Republicans and probably some Democrats will argue that White should be permitted to prove naturalization by parole testimony. A very hard fight in this case is looked for. Mr. Wilkinsmay remind the house at times that his bill increasing the circulation of. -national hanks to the par value of bonds depos ited is unfinished business, and push it to a final vote. The ayes and nays have already been ordered on the bill. New bills have been prepared, and will probably be introduced in the two houses of congress for the establishment of a new rate of pay for all line officers of the navy. The new scheme is the result of considerable correspondence and discussion among line officers, and was framed by a regularly organized committee appointed for the purpose. It is supposed to have the support of the majority of the officers concerned. The main features of the bill increase the pay of officers at sea and on shore duty, but materially reduce their pay while on leave or waiting orders. All duty on board ship, whether sea-going or not, is regarded as giving sea pay, and for each year's service on shore or at sea.one month's leave on shore pay is allowed. This allowance of leave may he cumulative. Insomuch as only a small percentage of the officeis are on leave or waiting orders at any time, their aggregate pay will not be dimin ished by the bill. The benefit will be in the longevity increase for all grades below commodore. The officers who framed the bill say that no comparison is made between the present or pro posed pay of the line and that of the staff officers of the navy, officers of the army or of the marine corps, nor is there any intention of attacking directly or indirectly the pay or emoluments of those classes. A STRICT LICENSE LAW Is What Representative Campbell Would Have. Washington, Jan. 29.— house*' committee on the alcoholic liquor traffic has instructed its chairman, Beprcsent ative Campbell, of Ohio, to call the speaker's attention to the fact that bills relating to the liquor business have been referred to committees on the judiciary, the ways and means and the District of Columbia instead of the com mittee on alcoholic liquor traffic, which committee, it is contended, properly lias jurisdiction of all bills a (Tee ting" the liquor question. On the 9th of Febru ary the committee will give a hearing to a delegation from the National Tem perance alliance on the hill to create a commission to inquire into the liquor traffic. Representative Campbell said to-night that while he could not speak for the full committee, he personally was not in favor of prohibition. He continued: "You cannot make men temperate by statute. A strict license law will prove effective. It stops the sale of liquor to minors and drunken men; it stops Sunday selling and closes disorderly saloons." PLEUKO-PN E UMON I A. Another Letter on the Subject by Commissioner Cnlman. Washington, Jan. 29.— 1n response to a request from the senate c.mmittee on agriculture and forestry, Coufmisoner Column has written a long letter to Sen ator Rainier, chairman of the commit tee, setting forth his views with regard to the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia. He reviews at some length the history and method of work of the bureau of animal industry and says that "congress should clearly under stand that this method of work is abso lutely essential to wipe out the disease, and that any law which falls short in any one particular will fail of its pur pose and money expended under it will be thrown away." Commissioner Col man expresses the belief that the plan of state co-operation is preferable to the one which relies solely upon national authority and says that the work of ex tirpating pleuro-pneumonia, which is now being done by .the bureau of ani mal industry, is going on smoothly, harmoniously and effectively, by means of state co-operation. He thinks that this work should be continued upon the same lines where it is now moving and that.it will be unfortunate and ill-ad vised if any new and untried plan be adopted. . ,_ /...'.. Wants It Rejected. Special to the Globe. v Washington, Jan. 29.— plea for the rejection of the proposed extradi j tion treaty between the Russian and j United States governments has been j sent to Senator Joseph R. Hawley, of j Connecticut, and P. S. Heath, a news- I paper correspondent of this city, by I Sergius M. Stepniak, the Russian exile, | nihilist and revolutionist, now located I in London, whom these gentlemen met ;in Russia last summer. Stepniak j makes a special request that the mat tei be laid before the senate committee on foreign relations, and it is considered one of the strongest, if not most violent, arguments that could be made against the alliance between this and the Rus sian governments. Stepniak, who is a noted author, lays down as his text that it is the roll' with all civilized nations that nobody can be condemned without being heard in his defense; that the projected extradition treaty with .the. Russian government, if ratified by the. American senate, will be a wholesale condemnation to capital punishment, and worse, of any number of Russian patriotic people, designated as nihilists, who may seek refuge from the despot ism of the czar. . -v ;..:.;.-.-;■ ; B'nai Keith. . New Yoi'ik, Jan. 2*.».— Delegates rep resenting lodges of the Independent Order of B'nai Brith throughout' .New England, New York and Canada met at Fernando ball to-day and began the an nual convention of District Grand Lodge No. 1. Officers were elected and in stalled. The convention will remain in session several days. SAINT PAUL, MINN. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1888. A HOSPITAL ON FIRE. ■ S& ?-'/ Conflagration in a New York Building* Occupied by v Crippled Children. g Mary Donnelly, a Cook, Dies From Suffocation in Her ; Room. Three Hundred Thousand Dol lars' Worth of Pittsburg" Property Burned. Malone, N. V., a Sufferer From the Fire Fiend— Other U Casualties. v "■% New York; Jan. 27.— 1n the hospital for the ruptured and crippled at Lexing ton avenue and Forty-second street there are 103 . crippled children under treatment. About 0:45 o'clock this even ing the younger of the children were in bed, others were preparing to retire and a few of the older children were eating their supper in the basement. Two of the latter, Louisa Fehlig, aged twelve, and Mary Greely, aged ten, started up stairs to, go to bed. On reaching the second floor they were suddenly envel-; opod hi clouds of smoke. Both children are suffering from spinal 5 disease and can • walk only with' difficulty. Without screaming or mani festing fright in any way they hurried as rapidly as possible to the third floor and found a nurse, Ellen Dougherty,! and told her the building was on fire. The nurse told them not to tell any of; the children, and sent them to their rooms. She then sent word by an as sistant to Matron Weliber, who in turn notified Dr. Gibney, through whom, an alarm was sent out. As rapidly as pos sible the doctor, nurses, police and fire-; men, as well as a number of citizens,: carried the children from the burning building. The guests in the Vanderbilt hotel, opposite . : ; • ; GAVE IP THEIR rooms, ! and 143 of the little sufferers were put; to bed there. The others found shelter; in private houses in the vicinity.! There was much excitement among the spec tators in the street, anion? whom it was rumored that several of the children had been burned to death. Fortunately all the children were removed in safety. Meanwhile the firemen fought the flames; and after a stubborn battle sub dued them. The fire originated in a bath room on the first floor from some unknown cause.' The damage it caused" is estimated at $2,500. When the fire had been extinguished, the lifeless body of Mary Donnelly, a cook in the hospital, forty-five years old, was found in her room on the fifth floor, where she had died | from suffocation. Ten-y ear-old v Max Schwartz, who is suffering fronl hip disease, tried to carry out John A. I Burke, a little deaf and dumb cripple,-' but the boy was too heavy.- lie then dragged him out to the halfway, where lie met a policeman, who carried both boys down. During the fire Michael McCarthy, the elevator boy, was over come by smoke and fell into the elevator pit. lie was discovered there by Miss Jessie Stranger, a young waitress in the hospital, who dragged him out into the air, where he revived. A BIG PITTSBURG BLAZE. Fire Sweeps Things on Fifth Av enue in the Smoky City. Special to the Globe. Pittsburg, Jan. 29.— lire, originat ing from a defective flue on the first floor of the . four-story building No. T 42 Fifth 'avenue, occupied by Urling & Sons, tailors, and Heerin Bros., manu facturing jewelers, at 3:30 o'clock this morning, resulted in a greater loss of - property than in any one fire in this city in a number of years. Every fire engine in the city was summoned, but ' not until after 0 o'clock did the firemen > gain control of the conflagration. The entire building was enveloped inflames before the firemen got rightly to work. At this juncture it was learned' that two men, C. P. Theis and C. Neibert, were sleeping on the third floor. They were employes of Heerin Bros., who oc cupied the upper portion of the build ing. A ladder was placed to the window '" of their room and the firemen rescued and brought them safely down. They knew nothing of the fire until awakened by the firemen. In the meantime the flames had rapidly spread and the en tire block was thought to be doomed and . the two , fire companies from Allegheny City responded to a re quest for assistance. By the time of" their arrival the fire had worked its way. into the large grocery store of ilaslage & Sons, on East Dia mond square, and the rear of which reached to the Urling building. Once i getting started in the Haslage building, the flames spread with even greater rapidity than in the other. It was soon discovered that it was utterly impossi* ble to save either building, and atteit? tion was turned to saving property on - either, side and along Diamond street. ' The.Haslage building was damaged to 1 the extent of $20,000, and the stock;' i valued at $100,000, was totally destroyed.' The insurance on the building is $20,000 and on .stock $10,000. Mr. Haslage carried the finest line of Japanese goods' in the western part of the state, alone J valued at $25,000, occupying two floors. The first and fourth floors " were filled * j with a choice line of fine groceries. j Heerin Bros. & Co., the next heaviest : losers, were engaged in manufacturing J j and jobbing jewelry of all kinds.' They v occupied the.second, third and fourth- j ; floors _ of 42 Fifth avenue, r and' | carried a stock valued at $110,000. --j 'there was only $50,000 insurance. : The slock will not be a total loss. Five; j i huge safes on the second floor were •filled with watches and fine jewelry, ; which is probably uninjured. Another! j safe on lie fourth lioor.that fell through • to the cellar, also contains over $2,000 i worth of jewels and fine stones. C. (f. ; ■illussey, owner of the building occupied f by riling and Heerin & Co., estimates ! his lo.ss at $40,030, fully covered by insur ance. Urling & Sons lose about $12,000; I insurance, 110,000. Degleman it Black, furnishing goods, 40 Fifth avenue, lose $10,000 by- water: fully insured. The buildings were, completely gutted. The firemen suffered greatly from the cold. Fireman James Lawler was knocked off a ladder, falling fifteen- feet, and was fatally injured. -•... .;:, '*'" s. • " . . ill . York. Pa., Catches It. \ r? York, Pa., Jan. 20.— large build- " ing occupied by the York Daily . I'ub lishing company as a printing office, I). H. Welsh, clothier and U. F. Polagfc, jeweler, was burned this morning. The fire appeared to have been of incendiary origin, and when discovered had made considerable headway in-, one of the lower rooms of the printing office, -The losses and insurance • are as follows: 1 Stork Daily, lyss. $30,000, insurance, 000; 1). 11. Welsh.loss $20,000, insurance 511,000-, R. P. Polack, loss on building ?7,000, insurance $5,000, on stock $10, --000, insured; K. W. Spangler, loss en law office $2,000, insurance $1,000. Messsrs. Bittenger, Bentzel and Boss are fully insured. They occupied law offices in the building and suffered con siderable loss.' The Daily will be issued in about its usual form to-morrow morn. ing from the press and type of the Age. MALONE BADLY SCORCHED. A Disastrous Fire at the Home of an Ex-Vico President. Utica, . N. V., Jan. Malone, Franklin county, N. V., was. visited by a terrible, fire early this morning. It was first discovered in tbe crockery store of M. C. Fuller, situated in the Empire or Howard house block, and was then under full headway. Owing to the hydrants being frozen, no water could be obtained from them, and the long delay caused from the fact that connec tions had to be made at the river and the water forced up by steamers. Mean while the fire had completely gutted the above store and . communicated to the Howard house, - one of the finest hotels in Northern New York, and was under good headway when the water was ready to pour on the flames. Dur ing the burning of the Howard house an explosion, presumably of gas, oc curred, blowing out a portion of the brick walls and killing Isaac Chester, a prominent business man of Malone, who was coming out of the bank, and injur ing several others. The whole Empire block, including hotel, opera house and all the stores in the block, was com pletely destroyed. . An estimate of the total loss places it at $200,000, with prob ably about $75,000 insurance. Killed by the Cars. Cincinnati, Jan. 29.— At 9 o'clock this morning a fatal accident occurred at Dixon, Ky., a small station south of here. Two buggies, each containing couples, were on their way to the vil lage church to attend a funeral. In at tempting to cross the railroad track a north-bound passenger train struck the first buggy, throwing the occupants, Henry Conrad and Miss Katie Cahiil, to the ground. Both were brought to this city and taken to the Good Samaritan hospital. Conrad died at 5 o'clock this evening. Miss Cahiil is still alive, but in a precarious condition. Broke His Neck. Norwich, Conn., Jan. Gardner's tenement house was damaged to the ex tent of $500 by fire to-night. Fred Spicer, a fireman, while helping fight the flames, slipped and fell against a hydrant, striking upon his nose with such force as to break his neck. He died instantly. He was twenty-nine years old and leaves a widow and one child. The Engineer Killed. ; Jesup, Jan. 29.— second section 'of a passenger train ran into the first section near Screven,' on the Savannah, Florida & Western railroad last, even ing, killing Engiueer Devine and seriously injuring his fireman. Four sleeping cars were burned. No other details are yet obtainable. . V .- 7 ' "'.; ':'■' J Froze to -Death. , : ;-" .' • ■ '\] ANTICOKE^Ma^s^Jan ;>^ Charles \ H. Neil was found this morning lying* in the road, frozen so badly that he died soon: afterwards. His pockets were torn, and it is suspected that he had been robbed and disabled and left to perish of cold. Peoria Has a .Fire, Too. Peoria* 111., Jan. 29.— The chamber of commerce building ; was • damaged $40,000 by fire this evening. The West ern Union and Postal Telegraph offices were damaged by smoke and. water. Mill Burned. ... Troy, N. V., Jan. 29.-rOttman Bros. grist mill at Fort Edward was burned last night. Loss $30,000; insurance $15,000. THE READING T RESPONSIBLE For the Strike on Its Lines, Says John L. Lee. Special to the Globe. Baltimore, Jan. • 29.— large and /enthusiastic meeting 'of workingmen was held at the Front Street theater this afternoon in aid of : th'; Philadelphia &' Beading railroad and coal strikers. Jerome Murphy, of Baltimore, presided. Messrs. John L. Lee, of Philadelphia, chairman of the executive committee of the Beading railroad employes; John H. Davis, of Mount Carmel, Pa., chairman of the joint committee representing the railroaders and miners, anil Hugh McGarvey, of Beaver Meadow, Pa., of the joint committe, addressed the assemblage. The sum of 5407.1 l was contributed to the relief fund and the various local ' assemblies will take the matter up and endeavor to raise a large fund in aid of the strikers in Pennsyl vania. Mr. Lee, in a vigorous speech, said the strike on the Beading railroad and in the coal fields was premeditated by the company. The ruinous policy of Franklin & Gowen was the cause of throwing the road into the hands of receivers, and, to restore it to the com pany, Mr. Corbin, upon becoming presi dent, inaugurated an extreme economy. Mr. McLeod was appointed general manager, and he began the cleaning out process instantly. Men who had grown gray in the service were thrown aside to make place for new blood. Mr. Lee went on to show that the Beading company was directly respon sible for the strike. Mr. Lee said to night that he and his colleagues would visit Washington to-morrow and en deavor to enlist the president of the United States on the roll of those who are trying to make the Beading com pany submit to arbitration. He also stated that steps would be taken to prevent the loading of Beading colliers at the port of Baltimore with bitu minous coal. No Coal Famine. . •- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 39,— Pub lic Ledger, in its financial article to morrow, will say: The situation of the anthracite coal trade has not changed materially during the past week. All fears of a coal famine have been dis pelled by the largely increased output of anthracite in the Wyoming region. The receipts of coal from that region in this city and vicinity have been suffi cient to quiet the anxiety of consumers and dealers, and the anthracite trade, • both wholesale' and retail, Is now at least quiet If not dull. mt . Invited to Florida. ... Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 29.— A del egation, consisting of Mayor Burbridgc. President Kreamer, of ihe sub-tropic ex position, and John Stockton, represent ing the board of trade., left here for. Washington to invite the. president and Mrs. Cleveland to visit Florida on or about Feb. 22. Confidence is felt that the invitation will be. accepted. Wv Steamship Arrivals. New Germanic and Queen from Liverpool, Lydian Monarch from joiidon. La .Champagne from Havre, Albany from Japan and China. •-J^Queenslown— Aurania from Liver pool lor New York. LASHES WELL LAID. The Indiana Method of Deal ing with Men who Desert Their Families. Knoxville, Term., the Scene of a Bloody Fight— Three Men Wounded. A Louisiana Negro Lynched for Brutally Assaulting 1 A White Girl. Curious Suit Brought by a Chicago Drummer Against Kansas City. Bosrox, Ind., Jan. 29.— Charles Cre celins, nephew of two well-to-do and re spected farmers living near here, was taken out last night by White Caps and treated to fifty lashes on the bare back. 1 He has been married for some time and has four children. About a year ago Crecelins suddenly deserted his home, taking with him and unmarried girl named Laswell, whom he induced to elope. Their flight became known to the girl's relatives at once and pursuit resulted in her capture and return home after an absence of three days. Mr. Laswell armed himself and started out to kill Crecelins, but the latter received timely warning and fled, remaning away until a short tine ago, his wife mean while being without support. It became known that he was in the neighborhood and the White Caps determined to punish him. Ac cordingly last night about half a score of the regulators, having learned that their man was at the house of one Mor gan, called there, disguised and heavily armed. Crecelins met them, revolver in hand, but the weapon was taken away from him. He was then taken out to a tree near by and tied up. the fifty lashes being administered with a will to the screaming captive. He was then directed to go home to his wife and children and take care of them, the White Caps' spokesman informing him that any attempt to leave the neighbor hood would be frustrated and visited with greater punishment still. He promised to do as ordered, and was set at liberty. ■ BULLETS AND KNIVES. Disgraceful Sunday Affair at Knoxville, Teun. Knoxville, TeniL, Jan. 29.— A shooting affray occurred here this morning in front of St. John's Episco pal church, which" resulted "in the wounding of three men, one of them fatally. As James F. Pule, the city editor of the Knoxville Journal, was entering the church, accompanied by his wife,- was accosted by three men -'who- wanted to -speak with him. He . walked to the opposite side of the street with them, where all four stood talking some minutes. The three men were John West, William West and a friend of theirs, named Goodman. They at tacked Rule on account of a communi cation which appeared in the Morning Journal reflecting upon Dr. T. A. West, city physician, and father of John and William West. Rule refused to give the name of the author of the communication or to make any satisfactory answer to questions. West struck Rule and attempted to bear him to the ground. Rule drew a re volver and shot John West through the the body. William West then fired on Rule, the ball passing through Rule's wrist. John West then cut Rule in the back seven times. William West placed his revolver at Rule's forehead and fired, but Rule knocked the pistol up, receiving only a scalp wound. Rule then fired two more shots, one of them taking effect in THE SHOULDER of Goodman, who seemed to be attempt ing to separate the combatants. A num ber of men rushed from the church and stopped the bloody fight. William West ran away uninjured. Rule was able to get up and walk to the church, but John Vest was carried home in a dying con dition. Rule's injuries are not fatal, and Goodman is not seriously wounded. Rule's wife, -who had entered the church, knew nothing of the difficulty till all was over. The organ drowned the noise of the pistol shots. The cir cumstance which called out the news paper article was the election of Dr. T. A. West to be city physician by the city council. West is not a graduate of a medical college and the council had re pealed an ordinance for the purpose of making him eligible. This fact aroused the indignatian of the regular physi cians of the city and was denounced by the medical society. The article which caused the bloody affray was written by a physician and contained very severe reflections upon Dr. West and the coun cil. The West boys and Goodman went to Rule's house early this morning, but did not find him. Rule was afterwards warned that they were seeking him and making threats. The entire community sides with Rule in the matter. William West has been arrested. Goodman made no attempt toescape. Because He Was Bobbed. Kansas City, Jan. 29.— George 11. Clarkson, the Chicago drummer who, at Twelfth and Perm streets a short time since, was robbed of $55 in cash, a re volver, a gold watch worth $150 and a gold chain worth $80, is about to enter suit against the city for $5,000 damages. His claim is that the city is responsible for the safety of life and property of citizens and strangers. The "case is probably without precedent. Will Be Cremated. Chicago, Jan. 29.— Frank Wetzel, a medical student, took his own life last evening at 6 o'clock by firing a bullet into his breast. For the last year he suffered severely from a disease; and in consequence became despondent. The suicide, a few days ago, sent for a woman who had been an old-time friend. To her he confided that in his will there was a certain clause which he wanted carried out. The will was \ opened after the suicide's death. The clause referred to was an order that his body be cremated after death. The wishes of the deceased will be carried out. The body will be taken to the Pittsburg crematory Monday evening. Militia Called Out. Louisville, Ky., „' Jan. 29.— Adjt. Gen. Hill this morning telegraphed to the Lexington guards of Lexington ot prepare to go to Pike county to preserve order between the McCoys, of that county, and the llatlields, of « Logan county. West Virginia. This afternoon he received the order with a view of going first personally to investigate the feud between the two border clans. Wants Her Husband Pardoned. Galena, 111., Jan. 29.— wife of Joe Mackin, now in Joliet prison for "line work" iv Chicago elections, has been in this section of late on business connected with her efforts to secure the pardon of her husband. The lady was at Savanna Thursday, under the name of Mrs. Neigleson, of Chicago, and secured the name to her petition of K. 11. Welch, now of that place, one of the jury Who convicted her husband. From Savanna Mrs. Mackin came to Scales Mount, this county, to secure the signature and aid of James Carr, the assemblyman from this district. COULDN'T QUIT GAMBLING. Suicide of the Principal of an Ohio School. Cleveland, .0., Jan. Eugene Tafel, principal of the Fulton street school at Columbus, 0., who absconded last Friday with 1800 which had been entrusted to him to pay the teachers un der his control, shot and killed himself in a room at the Johnson house this morning. The bullet from a thirty-two caliber revolver passed directly through his head, going in one temple and com ing out the other. Death must have . been instantaneous. On the bureau in the suicide's room were found three let ters, one of which was addressed to Key. Spahr, president of the Columbus board of education. It was as follows: Dear Sir: lam here with only two alterna tives, penitentiary or death. i will choose tbe latter. Please carry the news to my poor wife, and she will probably tell you "how I was addicted to gambling. " I have but $00 of all the money. The balance I lost Friday night and Saturday in a gambling place on West Broad street," kept, 1 think by a certain Long and vat. Maybe some can be recov ered from them. Do with my body as you please. 1 have an uncle in Louisville, Ky.. who might be notified. He is rich, and so is my father. Probably they will do something i for my wife. My uncle's address is "Carl I Tafel, corner of Main and Preston, druggist.'' ) My father's address is "Julius Tafel, Nurem i berg. Bavaria." 1 have, Mr. Spahr, no ex cuse for my conduct except an Insane, un ! governable disposition to gamble, i thank J you for all you, as I see through the papers, do for my wife. Yours, £. T. Tafel arrived here by an early morn ing train and shot himself soon after he had written the letters found in his room. Crimes in Kentucky. Louisvile, Ky., Jan. 29.— A letter re ceived by John Martin of the Rowan county Martin-Tolliver feud, says that in a row at a party at Mrs. Nellie Walk er's, near Morehead, on January 24th, three men were seriously wounded. James Martin during the evening at tempted to kill Mrs. Walker, and she resented fiercely. In the melee the lamps were overturned, and In the darkness several shots were fired. When ; a light was made John Walker was j found shot through the left lung. Pet Williams through the neck, and Ned Lawler in the abdomen. The same letter says the nine-year old-daughter of Samuel Carter, a well ; to-do farmer of Rowan county, was out i raged on the morning of Jan. 21st by an j unknown negro. Bob Tenders, of the neighborhood, was suspected and a mini , her of farmers went to bis cabin and hanged him to the beam above his door. ! Just as Venders was in the throes of death, word was brought that not he but John Hooper was guilty, and Venders was cut down. Two Fatally Shot.. '•^New Youk, Jan.29.— A fracas which ' occurred in Fitzpatriek's hotel back of | Dobb's ferry, and near * shaft No. 15 of I the new aqueduct, oh Saturday after j noon is likely to result in the death of ; two colored men. Patrick Tyler and William Hart, who were shot hy an other negro named Smith Murphy. Fitzpatrick's place is frequented by the aqueduct employes, and Saturday Tyler and Hart got into an altercation with Murphy, but before any blows were struck Murphy whipped out a revolver and shot Tyler. Tyler staggered against the bar, exclaiming: "Smithy, you've done me up." Murphy, without making any response, tired at Hart. Both were shot in the breast. Murphy escaped Stopped the Fight. Philadelphia, Jan. 29.— At an early hour this morning the saloon of Jack Fogarty, at No. 815 Vine street, was raided by a squad of police, who cap tured two men in (he midst of a hot light and six spectators, including a brother of Fogarty, who has been run ning the place in Jack's absence. The fighteis were Michael Higgins and Will iam Ryan, two local sports, who were stripped to the waist and were in the sixth round of a "mill with bare knuckles for a small purse. Idleness, Murder. Suicide. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 29.— At Snow den, shortly after 0 o'clock this even ing, Christian Feick, formerly pit boss at Snowden's mines, killed his wife with a shotgun and then committed suicide by shooting himself. The only witnesses to the terrible affair were the six children of the couple, the eldest of whom was but fourteen years of age and the youngest a six-months-old babe. It is thought that 1-Yiek committed the deed while laboring under temporary insanity, the result of brooding over his poverty. Six months ago he was dis charged from his position and has been idle ever since. Narrowly Escaped Lynching. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 89.— This after noon Louis Bulling, who had been forced to marry about a year ago and separated from his wife, went to the Herbert house, where she was working, locked her ami himself in her room and shot her, killing her instantly. He was at once arrested, and narrowly escaped j lynching. The people are reported ; much excited, and trouble is feared to night. - r : : '*f \ Hanged to a Tree. Amite City, 1.a., Jan. 29.— Ben Ed wards, colored, who so grossly assaulted Miss Catharine Hughes, a white girl living near here, Friday last, was cap tured by the sheriff and lodged in jail Saturday night. Subsequently a body of armed citizens, numbering; about 100, compelled the sheriff to give them the keys to the jail. They then took Ed wards out, carried him about 100 yards from the lail and hanged him to a tree. A BITTER WRANGLE In the New York Central Labor Union. New York, Jan. 29.— There was a bitter wrangling at to-day's meeting of the. Central Labor union between the Knights of Labor and their opponents. The brewer) engineers, who "left the Knights and organized and open union, are seeking admission to the Central Labor union. This is opposed by the Knights on the technicality that they have not been organized six months, as the rules require." To-day the metal workers' sections presented a protest against the admission of the engineers. The light at once began with a motion to table the matter, which was lost by a vote of -43 to 38. | A series of dilatory motions followed and the excitement Increased, several dele -- . •limbing to the platform . and threatening to throw Chairman McKim to the Hour. Finally, the protest of '.lie metal workers was sustained by a vote of 1:1 to 29. several delegates refusing to vote on Hie ground that the question had been improper!) ordered. The tight will conic up again next Sunday. ~;t' >-;-_• STRANGERS IN THE CITY WILL FIND PLEASANT LODGINGS BY BEADING THE GLOBE'S "WANT" PAGE J NO. 30. , A BLOCKADE RAISED. The Relief Train Reached Brown's Valley With Fuel and Provisions. Morris Entirely Out of Wood, But the Supply of Coal Still Lasts. A Sunday Blaze in Winona Does a Good Deal of Damage. Barney Kennedy, of Dubuque-, Must Hang for Murdering His Wife. Special to the Globe. Bno\VN'.sVALLi;Y,Minii.,Jan.?.».-Ths blockade is lifted. About 300 men,witli three engines and a snow plow, arrived here yesterday morning. They were a week shoveling out the road from Mor* ri>, a distance of forty -seven miles. The engineer said the drifts arc unprece dented, frequently live feet above the smokestack and packed in like sand* stone. They had to shovel out the cuts repeatedly, the wind for days Idling the snow in behind and defying advance. The relief train came in last evening, bringing needed groceries and fuel enough to last the people here about a month. Our dealers in fuel say, it i 3 difficult to procure wood or coal; any* where, and that a famine of fuel seems pending in this part of the Northwest Your correspondent has personally eon suited with the agent of the Sissetona? respecting the correctness of ihe report that the Indians are starving. He says he is not aware of any such suffering) and thinks the Idians are in as comfort? able condition as usual. No "Wood at Morris. Special to the Globe. Mounts, Jan. 29.— A fuel famine is now on in Morris. Owing to the block* ade of the L. F. & D.,brancb, over whieb route most of the wood consumed is brought to Morris the supply of wood in all the yards here is -completely ex* hausted. with no prospects of an early rescue. The rotary plow came as far aa Cyrus, nine miles east, on Friday but then broke down and was taken to St, Paul for repairs. Since then work on this branch has been suspended and will probably not be resumed until the rotary returns. Therefore, at this date the people of Morris are in painful sus? pense as to the condition of the fuel market here. At the same time the people of this place, understanding the difficulties of winter railroading and seeing that the Northern Pacific com pany have done their utmost to keep the road - open, have -no complaints to make. All mail for points on the L. F; A 1)., line is sent by St. Paul. For the accommodation of the public the Mani toba company has instructed it- agent hereto sell its coal, which will avoid any danger of suffering in this locality while the blockade on the Northern Pa cific lasts. ,- Quite a Blaze. Special to the Globe. Winona, Minn.. Jan. 29.— The largo shingle shed of the Laird. Norton com pany, corner of Third and Laird streets', burned at 1:30 o'clock this morning, to gether with 2.000,000 ofthe best -!. ingles. Some agricultural implements stored in the shed were also burned. Loss on the shingles 16,500, loss on shed SSOO, on ar ticles stored ?200. Two small barns ad jacent caught tire and also burned, mak ing the total loss nearly $6.00 •. with no insurance. The lire is unquestionably of incendiary origin. When first noticed the east end of the shed was burning, and before an alarm could be sounded the entire building, 150 feet in length, was all ablaze. > Guilty of Murder. Special to the Globe. Drnt QUE, 10., Jan. 29.— The Barney Kennedy murder case, second trial, which has been on the docket of the district court the past two weeks, wag given to the jury Saturday night. After being out eighteen hours they brought in a verdict at 11 o'clock to-day of murder in the first decree. The prisoner received the sentence with stolid indifference. Kennedy is the dairyman who murdered his wife in cold blood a year ago in a suburb of this city and was granted a second trial on an informality. The first verdict was also murder in the first degree. Excited Over the Rotary. Special to tbe Globe. Watki:i<>\vn, Dak., Jan. 29.— The steam rotary plow from Chicago came in this morning about 10:30 amid the ringing of church bells. It was pro pelled by three engines and worked ad mirably. Following came a train drawn by two engines. The train contained Officials of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, and the Milwaukee road. The plow went West and at Aberdeen will go to work ou the Hastings A Dakota branch. Coming Back to Milwaukee. New Yoi:K,Jan.29.— William Hughes, twenty-two years old, who was arrested] in this city yesterday on the charge of killing James Howard, alias 'Slim) Jim," a 'longshoreman in Milwaukee,!*], November last, was remanded to-day to await the arrival of requisition papers from Wisconsin. He acknowledges killing Howard, but says it was in self* defense. Killed Himself. Special to tho Globe. Wisni i:. Neb., Jan. While labor* ing under a temporary fit of insanity, William Durre, a farmer living south of this place, opened the arteries in both of.his wrists and bled to death early this morning His body was found in a neighbor's held, lie has lived on his farm for eighteen years and was ill good circumstances. She Gets $800. . \ Special to Hi Globe. • Faboo, Dale, Jan. 29.— Mrs. L. B. Gibbs, wife of a banker at Mavville, sued the city of F.irgo for 55,000 dam> ages for injuries received a year ago in falling through a defective sidewalk. The jury was out all last night, and this morning brought in a verdict against the cityofSSOO. '- '•. r: •'."•■ Six l*u*se tigers Injured. Special to the Globe. -. ,*£ Cambridge, Neb., Jan. 29.— A mis* placed switch caused a collision at 3 o'clock last evening between the. Burl ington iV Missouri Flyer No. I, bound' west, and a carload of "hogs on a side track. All the hogs In the car were killed. .Several - passenger cars were ditched and the passenger engine badly disabled. Six passengers were injured"; but none fatally.