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WINNIPEG JEWELER TAKES A DEADLY DOSE OF NITRIC ACID. A COMPROMISE CURRENCY BILL. Archbishop Ireland Answers Robert Q. Ingersoll. VOL. XVIII.— TWO CENT?— { *££ .'«**»} MID FIRE AND FROST. Great Keystone Conflagration - With the Thermometer at Zero. tHE FIRE LOSS $100,000. Over One Hundred Firemen Are Frostbitten While at Work. MANY NARROW ESCAPES. Some of Those Frozen Are in a Very Critical Con dition. Bradford, Pa.. Jan. 13.— At G:45 this morning fire broke out in the Shee han house, 99 Mechanic street. The cause of the fire is said to have been au overheated stove. An alarm was sent in, and the department responded promptly. When Chief Kopp arrived on the scene he saw the conflagration was one that would necessitate the force of the entire department. So a general alarm was sent in, and the in dependent companies arrived quickly. Considerable time was lost in getting water on account, of the severe cold weather, which froze some of the drips in the hydrants. The fire spread rap idly to the adjoining wooden buildings north occupied by Mrs. Peterson, who lived ip stairs, and was the owner. The ground floor was used as a barber shop by Stephen Foley. In the rear was the livery stable owned by the Bar nsdall brothers. On the south, 1. Rothstein, clothing store; S. Fello, barber shop; G. Gardella, fruits; John Fitzgibbons, butter store, and Egbert & Ryan, the corner store. The above named tenants were in what is known ns the Columbia block, owned by D. F. Rosenberg. Most of those named in the Columbia block saved their goods. Egbert & Ryan will sutler heavy loss by water, which damaged a good portion of the stock not saved. .The tire extended from the rear of the store to Nusbaum: & Steinbergers grocery, 3 aud £0 Main street; M. Rothsteiu's pawnshop, 7 Main; Dean Place's photograph gal lery, over Rothstein's store; Smith Bros.' grocery store, 9 Main street. All of these buildings were gutted. The extent of the conflagration takes in two buildings on Mechanic street, south of 90 Mechanic street, the Columbia block, the Nusbaum block. M. Rothstein's pawnbroker store, Smith Bros', grocery. A number of firemen are suffering from frozen hands and feet. Mrs. Peterson's two daughters and son, who lived over Foley's barber shop, had a narrow es cape.'! hey saved nothing and were given clothing by the neighbors. Mary Calla han, a guest at the Sheehan house, was aroused by the cry of tire and ran to the head of the stairs and lost her footing. She fell down the stairs and broke her arm and leg. She was removed to a neighboring house. The lire raged for four hours, and it was with the most heroic work of the fire department that the lire was prevented from spreading. A high wind was blowing at the time and the thermometer registered zero, making it difficult work for the depart ment. Several of the firemen were taken to places of shelter with frost bitten ears and fingers, and two had to be conveyed in a carriage, being unable to walk. A baby was reported missing from the Rothstein building during the excitement, but it was found at another neighbors house, well and happy. The loss foots up over $100,000. One hun dred firemen were frost-bitten. J. F. McQuiston's hands were badly burned and afterwards frozen. Robert Sisco and Robert Helm, of Citizens' Hose company, are so badly frozeu that their condition is critical. "2AKNESVILIiIi.'S BLAZE. ft Amounts to something Like $100,000. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 13.— At an .early hour yesterday morning the town of Barnesville, 0., thirty miles west of this place, experienced the most disas trous conflagration in the history of the place, the loss being estimated at from §75,000 to 8100,000. The fire is supposed to have started from a natural gas tire in the novelty store of M. T. Ward, ou Main street, and quickly spread to the Enterprise printing office and other ad joining business houses. When the lire department, one steamer only, arrived on the scene, tiie fire had a big start, and the volunteer department was en tirely inadequate to the occasion, the very cold weather adding to the difficulties of the occasion. Tele graphic appeals tor aid to the Wheeling, Cambridge and Zanesville fire depart ments were at once sent out, but in a short time the cistern that supplied the engines went dry and the request was countermanded. The fire was only stopped when it reached the fireproof Bradfield block at about 3 a. in. VESSEL WRECKED, Cut Its Name Is Not Yet Discov ered. Port Town-send, Wash., Jan. 13.— An unknown vessel is believed to have foundered last night during a gale near Point Wilson. The steamer Rosalie re ports seeing a large quantity of fresh wreckage, including a large binnacle box. ship furniture, etc. The gale and heavy seas prevented any wreckage being secured for identification. The gale is reported to have been the sever est ever experienced on the straits, and several steamers were forced to lie in harbor and wait for the storm to abate. Nine Children Frozen. ... Ji;i FF.rsox, la., Jan. 13.— The house of J. 11. Baldridge. near this city, and part of its contents were burned last night, It was very cold at the time, and nine children, from three to sixteen years old. froze their feet and hands. The family is destitute and the children are iv a critical condition. SCHEME OF RELIEF. One Is Devised by the State Officials of South Dakota. FLOAT FUNDING WARRANTS In Anticipation of $400,000 of Expected Tax Re turns'. BIG RECEIPTS ALREADY From- the Counties by the Auditor-- Schools to Be Closed. *■*. Special to the Globe. Pierre, S. D.. Jan. 13.-State offi cials have devised a plan for straight ening out the finances of South Dakota, despite the great, loss from Taylor's de falcation, and now will have clear sail ing. The revenue committee will to morrow report a bill empowering the treasurer to float funding warrants in anticipation of the expected tax returns, which amount to about ¥400,000, The state will realize from this enough to run the different departments until August, when the state equalization board will be instructed to levy a defi ciency tax sufficient to wipe out the def icit. Within the past two days more than $13,000 have -been received from the counties in reply to the emergency demand made Wednesday by the state auditor for all taxes now in the county treasurers' hands. This amount will probably double within the next week. This will be enough to Cover State Expenses for a month, or until the treasurer floats the funding warrants. The ap propriation committee has appointed a subcommittee to take action in refer once to the state educational institu tions. This committee will report to morrow, and will advise that the stale university at Vermillion, the school of mines ac Rapid City and the normal school at Spearfish be closed. The revenue committee will introduce a bill lev? in? special taxes on certain classes of personal property which now escape, and will probably impose certain licenses. The state treasurer authorizes the statement that all warrants will be paid: that the report that the state would default on auy of its obligations, even for a short time.is absurd, and that he has enough money in sight to take care of all the state needs. li is certain, however, that appropriations will be greatly cut. The exact figures of Tay lor's shortage, as given out today, are ?307,023.54, but of this amount there has been located nearly $24,000, of which 1 sum -53.000 has been received from a let ter to DeDUty Buuniugton, which letter was mailed at New York on the tith inst. Members of the legislature say no proDOSltion has yet beeu made by Tay lor's bondsmen Looki-*-** to a Compromise. although the matter is openly talked of by legislators and state officials. Ex- Gov. Mellette made no investigation of the matter while in Pierre.and has gone East. He lias no authority to make any propositions, and is at a loss to know what course to pursue. The conspiracy phase of the matter is strongly de nounced by some and given credit by others, but it is not generally believed that Taylor's bondsmen were cognizant of all the facts, and they are shocked to find the shortage so great. The fact that the state offers only a small reward for , his capture leads many to believe that compromise is In the minds of those most interested. Taylor's father, in La fayette, lnd.. has not means sufficient to make good the amount embezzled by his son, and is not likely to come to Pierre. The opinion is prevalent that plans will be devised in a few days, if Taylor is not found, whereby sufficient funds will be procured for present needs and to carry on the busiuess of the state until he is brought; back, as it is believed that he will produce at least 5200,000 very soon after his capture. 'Ihe state officials are daily receiving telegrams from various parts of the country Describing Suspects held as probably being Taylor, the de faulting stale treasurer. They have not, however, found any who seem to be the right man. The theory generally entertained is that he is concealed either in Chicago or New York, and is await ing the proper opportunity to have his agent at Pierre malic the state a prop osition tor a compromise granting him immunity. The officials have traced him to very near his probable place of hiding, and they have satisfied them selves of the personality of the princi pal conspirators. Today C. £. Deland, partner of Attorney General Crawford, returned from his trip over the state, during which he attached a large amount of property. He found that Taylor had, in the name ot the North western Mortgage company, of which he is president, given a mortgage for 120,000 ou land in Beadle county to Benedict and Benedict had transferred his mortgage to C. H. Wells, of Chicago. He had done the same with $17,000 worth in Spink county and $16,000 worth in Potter county. All thene mortgages were made on Dec. 31 and filed on Jan. 8. Taylor executed them in Chi cago, and, of course, could not affix the seal. It is also believed that no con sideration was passed for them. The state has attached them all, aud will contest them on the ground of fraud. The state has also attached all of Tay lor's interests in the Redneld bank, the Gettysburg " bank, and. in some fifty quarter sections of land In various counties. Deland also placed attach ments on the hank stock and real estate of Morris & Labrie, proprietors of the Doland bank, and the bank stock and real estate of J. T. McChesney, the New York broker, in Aberdeen. These par ties are on Taylor's bonds. Altogether the property attached "will probably produce §50,000. SEEKING A SETTLEMENT. Bondsmen May Make a Proposi tion to Taylor. v„ 7 Chicago, Jan. -Ex-Gov. Arthur C. Mellette has come down from South Dakota on the supposition that the de faulting state treasurer, W. W. Taylor, may be iv Chicago and anxious to make a settlement. He is interested to the extent of a §50,000 bond in the location of Mr. Taylor, and to start action in the matter he called a meeting of the men who had guaranteed the treasurer's honesty. J. T. McChesney, of New York, who was an equal indorser with the ex-governor, was the first to arrive, and several days will be spent in a con ference over ways and means and an examination into the exact condition of affairs. The men from the North now estimate the shortage at 5370,000, which is $20,000 more than the bond, It is the opinion in Huron and Pierre that Tay lor will produce $200,1100 as soon as he is found, and a willingness to do this and remove the embarrassment of the present treasurer would probably secure much leniency as to the remain iug **170,000. There are seventeen men on the Taylor bond, most of whom have been asked to the conference. "It is a question now." said Mr. Mel lette today, "whether Mr. Taylor is iv this country or Europe. There is much difference of opinion, but 1 am of the opinion he is here and may try to make a settlement. He disposed of his Evans ton and Chicago real estate before he dropped from notice. This is taken both as a sign that he wanted all the ready money possible for Ins travels, and that he was getting his collaterals into cash for a possible settlement. There is, as yet, no plan of action, but the indications are that a settlement is most desired. The state needs money at once." ■q»- FLOOD IS THE FRAZER. It Is Doing Enormous Damage in the Great Valley. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 13.— The highest tide occurred this morning, and it is expected from now on the flood in the Frazer valley will assume alarming 1 proportions. The Associated Press cor respondent at Victoria paid a visit to the flooded district at Northarm, at the mouth of the Fi'azer. this afternoon, and found the damage had not been in the least exaggerated. At 1 a. m. the water was six feet above the main road, which runs alongside a tributary of the Frazer. Port Deposit, Md., Jan. 13.— Today has been an anxious one with many residents of this city. The Susque hanna river rose steadily during the night, and this morning the water front of the town was submerged. The ice from up the river broke up, broken by a heavy rain, and was packed in a solid mass in front of tho town, and much property was endangered. Late in tho day a channel was made for the ice, and it was gradually broken up. Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 13. —At 11 o'clock tonight the water in the Ohio became stationary, with 43 feet <7- 2 inches above low water. The air is still- the sky clear and the mercury 9 deg above and rising slowly. There were snow flurries day and evening until nearly 10 o'clock. Houston, Tex., Jan. 13.— The weath er all over the South has been colder than for years, with thin ice ponds every morning. No good rain has fallen since August, and from ali over come complaints that the ground is too hard for ploughing. The freeze has stopped the growth of the second crop of cotton and' put a stop to pickiug. In many sections th<* range has been devastated by prairie fires, and the cattle have suf fered considerably during the last two cold snaps, which have come iv quick succession. Bellefonte. Pa., Jau. 13.— The cold snap and blizzard struck here last night iv all its fury, snow falling to the depth of eight inches and the mercury drop ping fifty degress in less than six hours. Tonight a high wind is blowing and the roads will be blocked by morning. New York. Jan. 13.— A foot of snow has fallen at Dawsville, N. V., and ad vices from Medina and Troy report the country roads blocked and railroad trains at a standstill. The temperature is very low. ■ SHORT SOUTH DAKOTAN. Treasurer Tun ley a Feeble Imi tation of Taylor. Hot Springs, S. D., Jan. 13.— The county commissioners of Custer county met yesterday to settle the county af fairs for the year and turn over the booKs to the new county officers. They were astonished when Benjamin Tun ley, the county treasurer for the past four years, confessed that upon exam ination his books would show a short age of -53.200. Tunley is a very popular man and has always borne a good repu tation. A committee was appointed to examine his books and report. Tunley's bondsmeu are fully responsible. This is the second experience of Custer county with this sort of thing, Tunley's predecessor being shott $15,000. FOOD FOR NEBRASKANS. „ People of the south Taking a Lively Hand. Baltimore, Jan. 13,. -R. H. Ed monds, who was the first to propose that the South should contribute a train load or more of provisions to suffering Nebraska, is advised that nearly a full train of rice, sugar, molasses and other state produce has been made up in Louisiana. Five or six New Orleans firms have each contributed a full car load from their wares. The train will leave New Orleans this week. A train load of grain and meat contributed by the people of Georgia will leave At lanta Tuesday, — «» Buckeye Miners Suffer. Columbus, 0., Jan. 13.— C0l ambus citizens will tomorrow send a car load of provisions to Gloucester for the relief of distressed miners, and will send another car later. Cincinnati will send a car load of provisions to Nelsonville and another to Shawnee. It is becoming ap parent that the greatest disstress pre vails in Perry county, the miners at Hemlock and "Buckingham especially having suffered great privations. Dr. Stanton Hall Dead. Port Chester, N. V., Jan. 13.— Dr. Stanton L. Hall, a leading homeopathic physician of this place, died this morn ing at his home on Westchester avenue from cancer. He , was fifty-two years of. age. - Until recently Dr. Hall was professor of physical and differential diagnosis at Cleveland, 0., homeopathic college . ________ Big Nebraska Blaze. Omaha. Neb., Jan. 13.— Five build ings, comprising practically all of the business part of the town of Harbine, Neb., burned this morning, entailing a loss of $18,000. The heaviest single loss is that of L. C. Schloss, general merchant. The origin of the hie is unknown. SAINT PAUL, : , : . MINN., MONDAY? MORNING, JANUARY li, 1895. DIAMONDS AND DUST. '.*■'"' '7— 1 Wholesale Cheek Forger Op erates on St. Cloud Mer chants. GETS ONE GOOD CHECK, Uses It for Copy, an-i Quickly Writes About Thirty Others. HE BUYS OUT THE TOWN, Starts to Skip, and Is Capt ured in a Sauk Rapids Depot. Special to the Globe. St. Cloed, Minn., Jan. 13.- A whole sale check forgery was perpetrated here Saturday evening, and ouly for the vig ilance of one of the victimized mer chants, the forger would have escaped. Bert Hallet, a young man of twenty two, came here from Minneapolis some time last summer and found a position in a livery barn owned by John Coates, his uncle. For some time Hallet car ried the mails from the postoffice to trains, but, missing his trains fre quently, Coates "discharged him and told him he would board him until he found another situation. His continued reckless career became tiresome to his uncle, and Saturday afternoon he was - told by Coates to leave the city. Coates gave a check for $25, with which to pay traveling ex penses. This check Hallet used as copy, and, going to the German-Amer ican bank, procured about thirty blank checks, all of which he filled out in sums ranging from $6 to MO, signing Coates' name to them. After 6 o'clock he proceeded to have them cashed, and before 10 o'clock nearly every business man in the city was in possession of the worthless checks. Hallet, iv the mean time, dressed himself in a lumberman's suit and went to Sauk liapids, where ho awaited the arrival of the . west-bound Northern Pacific passenger, in this city the police were notified of the wholesale forgery, and Chief of Police Craig and D.S.Abie?, a clothier, fol lowed him and found him waiting in the Sauk Kapids depot. He -. was brought back, and nearly $300 in cash, besides a diamond ring, a new suit of clothes and other articles which he pur chased during the evening, were found on his person. When examined at the jail Hallet admitted his guilt. It/is said that he is a deserter from the United States navy, and from his oper ations here it is certain he is a hard case. ■• MRS. HUNT HONORED. She Is Made Minnesota's Repre sentative at Atlanta. Special to the Globe. Mankato, Minn., Jan. 13.— About a month ago Mrs. L. P. Hunt received a letter from Mrs. A. B. Steel, secretary of the board of women managers of the Cotton States and International exposi tion, saying: "I am instructed by the president of our board to write the governor of your , state requesting him to make you state representative from Minnesota to our woman's department." Last evening Mrs. Hunt received the following: Executive Department, St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 11. — My Dear Madam: Knowing your practical experience in and practical Ul-vo . tiou to the interests of the women of Minne sota, I take very great pleasure in mailing you this day, under another cover, a com mission appointing you as lady representa tive for this state to the Cotton States aud International exposition, to be . held at At lanta, Ga., from Sept. 18 to Dec. 31,1893. Please accept this appointment with my compliments. Yours sincerely. Knots Nelson". During her stay at the werld's fair Mrs. Hunt became a personal friend of several leading ladies interested in this great Southern enterprise, and Gov. Nelson has chosen wisely in granting their request by appointing Mrs. Hunt, who has shown herself well fitted to represent the .North Star state in this great exposition. FOR ABANDONMENT. — Mrs. Conrad Finally Secures Her Divorce. Helena. Mont., Jan. 13. A decree of divorce has been granted to Mrs. Mabel BarnabyConrad, daughter of Mrs. Barnaby, whom Dr. T. Thaeher- Graves was acquitted of murdering at Denver, from John Howard Conrad. Charges of a most outrageous nature were made aaainst each of them by Mr. and Mrs. Conrad when the husband began suit a year ago. In order to avoid further scandal this suit was dropped aud Mrs. Conrad began - another for abandon ment. In granting her a decree Judge Ruck awarded her the custody of her three children. Work on the Missouri. - Special to the Globe. Chambeblain, S. D., Jan. 13.—Pre liminary arrangements are being made for the commencement of the work of improving the Missouri river at Pierre and Fort Pierre, for which $50,000 was appropriated by congress at its last ses sion. The specifications call for 3,341 cubic yards of stone to be placed ou either bank of the Missouri "river, at points designated by the chief engi neer. Made Special Examiner. Special to the Globe. St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 13.— S. S. Chute, formerly "surveyor of Steams county, has been appointed special ex aminer under the surveyor general of Minnesota,, with headquarters at Bed Lake reservation. The appointment is considered a good oue. Chute has prominent relatives in Minneapolis, To Jail for Six Months. Special to the Globe. .. . 71 7 Chamberlain, S. D„ Jan. 13. —James B. Frick, of Charles Mix- county ,:bas been placed in . Jail | here by a deputy* United States marshal to serves a sen tence of six mouths' imprisonment fori the illegal cutting and selling of timber? from an Indian reservation. IT MEANT WASHBURN Congressman Hall Thus In terprets Minnesota's Last Election. LET PEOPLE VOTE DIRECT. Maj. Pickler. Makes a Trade * for Senator Kyle's Seat. PBEDICTED BY C. K. DAVIS. Secretary Smith's Indian Pol - icy—National Capital Gossip. Special to the Globe. [Washington, Jan. 13.— present contest for the United States senator ship will, in the opinion of Congressman Hall, of the Third district, hasten the growth of the sentiment favoring the election of United States senators di rectly by the people. The last Demo cratic state platform pronounced for this reform in no uncertain manner, as did nearly every congressional district declaration of principles. In accepting his renomination at South St. Paul, on the 26th of last September, Congressman Hall made a ringing demand for a change, and in all his speeches through out the campaign he called the atten tion of the people to the necessity of re form or the senate. . Since Gov, Nelson's strange proceed ing the Third district member is more than ever convinced that there are other reasons for a change in the mode of election. .."No one at all acquainted with the conditions in Minnesota in the late cam paign," said Mr. Hall, "will question the statement that Senator Washburu, if running as a regularly nominated candidate for the senate, ' Would Have Been Elected by substantially the regular party plu rality, and he would, of course, have been given the nomination by the con vention that renominated Got. Nelson. This being the case, 1 am uuable to un derstand how the opponents of Senator Washburn who are supporting Gov. Nelson can reconcile their actions with any decent conception of fairness and h0n0r."...:. Now that the attention of all the state's lawmakers is centered entirely: onkhis matter of choosing a member of the tipper house ot the national legis lature to the exclusion of matters of value aud importance to the state, the following from Mr. Hall's South St. Paul speech will prove interesting to the people: "l am one of those who believe,'.' he said, "that the reform of the United. States senate can best be accomplished by a constitutional amendment provid ing for the election of senators by the direct, vote of the people of each state. This would take national politics out of the state legislature; it would take the United States senate out of the hands of the trusts." : Under this proposed reform there would be no contest on in Minnesota, and i- the legislature could proceed at once to the transaction of the business of legislating. :*>l-ij. Pickler's Ambition. ' Up to the middle of last summer it was -generally supposed that Congress man Pickler, of South Dakota, would be a candidate for the senate a«*aiiist Senator Pettigrew, but a compromise was made— if Pickler were not such an ardent reformer this would be given the vulgar name of a "deal"— by the terms of which Pickler was to be renominated for congress, and then, with the aid of the "Pickerel" statesman, he is to be come Senator Kyle's successor. The term of Kyle will expire twoyear3 from next March, and the political firm of Pickler and Pettigrew is quite confident that the Republicans will have no diffi culty in retaining their grip on the state. Ex-Gov. Mellette, of Watertown, is not exactly in harmony with this new combination, nor is Capt. Lu cas, Maj. Pickler's colleague in the present congress, who was so shame fully turned down by the state conven tion last summer. Lucas lays the blame for his defeat at the doors of Pettigrew and Pickler, and he will be found work ing with Mellette or any one else to bring to naught the schemes of the new "combine." 7 Believes In All the ■•'lsms.'' 7 Pickler is, by the way, one of .the cheapest demagogues in congress. He is a believer in all the "ims" that orig inate in lowa and permeate to South Dakota. Woman suffrage, prohibition and, until the recent election, the free coinage of silver are some of his pet hobbies. He believes in news paper advertising, and the days are -few and far between that he does not introduce some nonsensical bill or resolution merely for the adver tisement there is in it. The other day, for example, he introduced a bill allow ing settlers on the public lands to make their final proofs before any notary 'public a. their homes. As the law now standi., fin ii proofs may be made before 'the clerk of the court of the county in which -the settler .- resides; but Maj. •Fickler wants his constituents to believe thai only, a cruel, hard-hearted govern ment stands between the settler and a \Picklerian reform that would allow, or rather compel, Uncle Sara to carry the land office to each and every quarter "section. And so the good work of ad vertising Maj. Pickler.of South Dakota, -goes on. Smith's Indian Policy. For the first time in the history of the government an honest effort is being made to adopt a practical and common sense plan for dealing with the Indian wards of the nation. Ever since Sec retary Hoke Smith entered the cabinet he has been studying the. Indian ques tion.- He* made up his mind to leave a record in this line that will make his administration memorable, and he is 'going to do it. He is keeping in close Touch with the agents, and at the recen conference which he had with the agents from the Northwest he gained an insight into the practical workings of the problem, and at the same time told the agents just what he expected them to do. The Indians are to be made self-supporting, if possible, and all the efforts of the Indian office are to be turned in that direction. Each year as many boys and girls at possible are to be placed with farmers aud other people who care to take them to assist in any practical and useful employment. After learning how to farm, for instance, it is expected that if the Indians return to their reservations they will be able to teach their people. In other words, independence and in dustry are to be developed more than in the past, and added to this there is to be the most careful attention given to the business methods of the agents and contractors. Refused to Trade With Them. From time to time during the past two years the public has been informed by disappointed Democratic congress men that the president has been using the patronage to secure support for various measures favored by him. The last man to reiterate this stale charge was Congressman Sibley, of Pennsylvania, who has a way of talking in the most extraordinary manner, prin cipally to hear himself talk. He is very wealthy, having made a fortune in oil, and, while a shrewd business man, he is a great crank on nearly every public question. V 7 But the remarkable thing about the charges that President Cleveland has used the patronage to help pass so called administration measures, next to the all-important one that it is not true, is the fact that these charges have, as a rule, been made by members of con gress who have demanded the earth in the way of offices, and then got mad be cause they could not get all they want ed. This is the only thing that has dis gruntled a lot of Southern members, like Snodgrass, of Tennessee: Ellis, of Kentucky, and a number of others. The truth is that the congressmen who have been standing loyally by the administration have hardly fared as well as the men who have either secretly or openly opposed the plans of the president. Some time since an administration member claimed that -a colleague on the other side was faring better than he, but the president refused to change his policy, saying that both were Democrats and both entitled to consideration if they recom mended good and reputable men. Men who are thoroughly posted have all aloug claimed that the main trouble with the president has been his failure to use the patronage or anything else at hand in order to secure action from congress. Predicted by Davis. Senator Davis has not in late years been considered a particularly clever or well-posted politician, but a gentleman who stood very close to him three years ago.Jwhen been deavored to prevent the political resurrection of Gov. Nelson, tells a story that shows that the senior senator is either a very geod prophet or else that he can see as far ahead in pol itics as any of them when he gets down to a study of the .subject. '•Senator Davis," said this gentle man, "predicted all this three years ago when they first began to talK about Nel sou for governor. He knew Nelson perfectly, and he also knew that if placed in the position of governor he would certainly become a candidate for senator. When Senator Davis found that the leaders were determined to nominate Nelson and thus rehabilitate I him in Minnesota politics, he deter- i mined to get the state convention to ex- ! press its sentiment on the senatorial question, and also to follow this up with indorsements of his candidacy for re election in every legislative convention possible. He anticipated trouble with the wily Knute and prepared for it, and 1 am satisfied that if he had not been so strongly intrenched Nelson would now be senator, or at any rate Davis would not be holding the seat." "Davis," said this gentleman, in con clusion, "is a much better politician than he is given credit for being. I have known him for nearly twenty years, and I know that he has been pretty near right on the various moves that have been made. Frequently he has been overruled by his friends or has not had the courage to make a fight, but his judgment is good." COOK IS CAPTURED. The Desperado in the Hands of* Officers. Roswell,N. M.. Jan. 13.— Desperado Bill Cook was captured in Yates Carrel, near Sebo Greys, five miles from Fort Stanton, at daylight yesterday by Sher iff Perry, of Koswell. He was placed in Koswell jail this morning, and has l/len identified by several persons. Santa Fe. N. M., Jan. 13.— United States Marshal Hall today received a dispatch from Sheriff Perry, of Shaves county, who - yesterday captured Bill Cook, the notorious oulhiw, stat ing that the prisoner had been safely landed in the county jail at Ros weil this forenoon. The outlaw's cap ture was effected at an isolated cattle ranch on the great plains a few miles southeast of old Fort Sumner. Perry and two deputies were in search of horsethieves yesterday, when they met and recognized Cook at first glance. Quicker than a flash Perry and his men had their Winchesters up, and Cook was so thoroughly surprised that he lost his nerve, and. although he had two six-shooters at his waist, hi* hands went up at the command of the sheriff. Handcuffs were put on his wrists, and he was mounted and strapped on his own horse, which was found to be on the plains near a cabin. One led the animal, while Sheriff Perry and his other deputy rode behind them. Thus the trip to Koswell was made, a distance of sixty-live miles. Marshal Hall expects to hear from the United States district attorneys of Oklahoma. Arkansas and Texas, to whom he wired last night announcing Cook's capture. it is said, with the state, express and railroad company offers, there is a re ward of 115,000 for Cook's capture. "PLAYING DOCTOR." How a Little Boy Killed His Sister. * - Louisville. Ky.. Jan. 13.— Yesterday at Charlestown, lnd., twelve miles from Jeffersonville, Charles Botteroff's little son gave his. sister, who was sick, a deadly poison: while "playing doctor." Shortlyatterward the doctor, who keeps a drug store, came in and found the girl in convulsions. The boy told bis father what ho had done, but .after replacing the bottle in the prescription case was unable to again find it. The child lin gered in intense agony for several hours before death relieved it. . „ . * "' «a-*» — : Mayor's Residence Burned. Little Falls. Minn., Jan. 13.— Fire totally destroyed the elegant residence of Mayor Isaac Staples tonight at 10 o'clock. The children in bed up stairs : had a narrow escape. The cause was a stove open in the bath room. The loss is 16,000; insurance $2,500/ PRICE TWO CENTS— { -£?2 B v.*_&r}— 14. SNOWING ET BLOWING A Great Storm Sweeps Down Upon the States of the East. BUFFALO IS THE CENTER. Nearly a Foot of the Beau tiful Falls There in Four teen Hours. OHIO TOWNS ALSO CATCH IT, England Is Storm-Swept— Two Ships' Crews Are Drowned. New Yoke, Jan, 13. — The storm which was advancing on New York from the northwest today had dissi pated, and at 10 o'clock tonight the temperature commenced to rise. Shortl y before that hour, however, the ther mometer registered 9 deg above zero, the lowest thermometer of the day. It is expected that by tomorrow morning the weather will have moderated con siderably, and indications point to a rise iv temperature by that time from 8 to 12 deg. The heaviest snowfall re ported today was at Buffalo, where in fourteen hours eleven inches had de scended. At 10 o'clock tonight it was still snowing there. The snowfall In this city was extremely light, being merely the edge of the storm which cen tered over Buffalo. The fall in tem perature along the Atlantic coast today ranged fiom 10 to 30 (leg. extending from Boston to Tampa, Fla., and the freezing point extended as far south as Savannah. Ga. The weather forecast for Now York city and vicinity for to morrow is for fair and warmer. Cleveland, Jan. 13. —Dispatches from many Ohio towns say that the cold wave began passing away today, and was followed by a heavy fall of snow, the average depth on the level being from a foot to fifteen inches. Every where travel on the street railways was impeded. In this city the storm reached its height about 3 o'clock this after noon, and it snowed furiously for tour hours. Trains on all the railways were from one to two hours late all day. The storm seems now to be abating. Genesee, Ky., Jan. 13.— most terrible blizzard that has visited the Genesee valley for years is now on. Twelve inches of show has fallen on the .eve!, and it is blowing a gale, with no signs of an end. Traffic through the country will be impeded for several days to come. Nashville, Jan. 13.— A rise In tem perature today followed the cold of last night. The day was clear. Tonight the temperature has fallen to about 20 degrees above zero, but it is not accom panied by a cold wind, hater reports from over Middle Tennessee state that , the blizzard of Saturday and Friday iast was exceedingly severe upon farmers and their stock. Lebanon. Pa., Jan. 13.— The coldest weather of the season was experienced here today. After a night of snow storm the temperature fell to 4 degrees below zero. Chattanooga, Term., Jan. 13.— The weather for the past few days has been remarkably cold for the season. The thermometer this morning registered 7 degrees above zero. The weather, how ever, is moderating, with indication that the cold snap. is over. STORM.SWEPT BRITAIN. Considerable Iju-s of Life Is Re ported. London, Jan. 13.— A terrific gale, accompanied by a heavy snowfall, pre vailed throughout the country Saturday night. The cold was intense. The snow drifts in some places were twelve feet deep. The mail carts were stopped. The drivers who attempted to make their trips suffered terribly. The high ways are blocked and railway traffic, is delayed. The telegraph lines are down in ail directions. All the cross-channel steamers were hours late. The Cuuard line steamer Lucania, from Liverpool yesterday for New York, arrived at Queenstown three and a half hours late. Her boatswain mate broke his leg and was landed at Queenstown and taken to a hospital. Several vessels are ashore on the coast of Wales. The bark Brilliant, from Cuba for Bremen, was driven asbure in Poole bay, Dorcestershire. Her crew was rescued by a lifeboat. Some of them were injured. The vessel will probably become a total wreck. It is reported that two ships foundered in the Hum ber and that their crews were drowned. Lifeboats made a search for the men, but it was fruitless. The railway com pany's ferry Erie, opposite Hull, caught tire during the storm and was destroyed. A barge was wrecked off Sandgate, Kent, and the rescue of her crew was accompanied by exciting scenes. The lifeboat men attempted to launch their boat, but the craft got stuck in a snowbank, and it was found im possible to get her into the water. At this juncture a - heroic coast guardsman divested himself of his heavy clothing, and, carrying a life line, sprang into the boiling surf. Swimming with powerful stroke, he, alter a severe struggle, reached the wreck. Then a heavier line was drawn aboard, and soon the crew and their gallant rescuer were safe on shore. The steamer Paradox went ashore at the mouth of the river Tay. All on board of her were saved. Masses of ice are floating down the Tay. A thaw set in -in England today. The wind has dropped in East Scotland, but the snow fall continues. Vessels are putting, into the roadsteads for shelter. Sev eral skating accidents and deaths from exposure are reported. The schooner Balcay capsized today off North Sunderland point and all her 'crew, drowned. The schooners Cosby* Castle, Success aud Duke of York and Lady are ashore uear.Bcau mary, Anglesea, North Wales. A coal laden brig stranded at daybreak this morning at Southwold, a town .in Suf folk on the North Sea. Her crew with th c exception of one man were rescued by a lifeboat. Two of them died get ling ashore. SOUTH DAKOTA OFFICIALS HAVE- A PLAN .. OF FINANCIAL RELIEF. WEATHER: FAIR; WARMER. Firemen Are Badly Frozen at Bradford, Pa. HE TOOK NITRIC ACID. George Brown, a Winnipeg Jeweler, Deliberately Ends His Life AT THE CAPITBL HOTEL, He Swallows a Tumblerful of a Most Powerful Acid, AND DIES IN GREAT AGONY. He Was Frightfully Burned, and Yet Lived Four Hours. George Brown, a Winnipeg ieweler, ended his life yesterday by swallowing a tumblerful of nitric acid. He sur vived for over four hours in great agony. He died about 10 p. m. at the city hospital. The motive is not known. Mr. Brown took tin* fatal dose at the Capital hotel, 455 Wabasha street, some time between 5:30 and* p.m. Fifteen minutes, at least, elapsed before a physi cian arrived, and then it was far too late to counteract the effect of such a frightful dose. Brown came to the hotel at 7:30 yes terday morning and asked for a room for the day. A room on the fourth floor was assigned to him, and he at once paid for and went to It. His sole bag gage was a hand valise. Brown re mained in his room until some time be tween 3 and 4 o'clock, when he left it and went down stairs and out of the building. It was a few minutes after 5:30 p. m. when he returned and informed the night clerk, John Johnson, that he wanted a room for the night. As he spoke Brown threw out a $10 bill, which the night clerk changed, aud then as* signed him to Room 19 on the third floor. Night Cictk Johnson showed Brown to his room and had his valise and pipe and tobacco brought down from the room Brown occupied on the fourth floor. Brown asked how the lamp worked, and alter the night clerk had explained it he left. In less than fifteen minutes afterward a boarder, named Fetzer, rushed down into the office and said that there War* a Ulan Sick In No. 19. lie had heard him groaning. So had Representative John -M. Geis- - sler, of Freeborn county, who" occu pied a room only two doors dis tant from Brown's. Theodore Jans, the proprietor of the hotel, hur ried up stairs. He first tried the door of No. 19. It was locked. The left side of the room opened upon a skylight shaft. Mr. Jans raised the hall window open ing on the shaft, and reaching diago nally across pried open the ground glass window of Brown's room. As he did so, a shocking sight met his eyes. Brown was rolling over and over upon the floor and wildly waving his arms. When he heard the window raise he struggled to reach his feet, and, at last, managing to do so, he leaned against the wall and half-walked a short distance toward the window, only to fall back upon the floor and wave his arms spasmodically around his head. In the meantime Mr. Jans climbed across* the light shaft from the hall window sill to the bedroom sill, got into the room and opened the door. Mr. Geissler entered and the two went to Mr. Brown's assistance. They lifted him to a chair, while he struck at them and motioned them to cut his throat. He could not speak. The acid had burned his lips until they were cracked wide open, and the front of his coat and vesj was Also Eaten war. On the floor lay an empty sixteen ounce bottle marked "Nitric acid," and designated with the usual skull and crossbones sign. In response to an im mediate summons for a physician. Dr. Martel appeared, but the doctor was powerless to aid the unfortunate man, as the acid had been consuming Brown's stomach for at least fifteen minutes be fore he arrived. Dr. Martel gave Brown some alkali doses, but the result was a mere effervescence. It was too late to save the man's stomach. The patrol wagon arrived soou after, and Brown was removed to the city hospital, where he died about 10 o'clock. Brown bought the nitric acid shortly after 4 p. in. The clerk on duty at Faber's drug store says that a short man with dark hair, eyes, mous tache aud a short chiu growth, entered the store about 4:30 p. m. and asked for eight ounces of nitric acid. There was nothing in his manner to attract atten tion. Nitric acid being used for so many different purposes, the clerk put it up in a sixteen-oitnee bottle and asked no questions. When ho asked the gentleman to register his name, as is the law. the purchaser wrote "'George Brown," the same name and handwrit ing as that on the Capital hotel register. Thereupon he left the drug store. It seems that Brown drank the acid out of a tumbler he had in the room. Dr. Martel did not discover this until he happened to pour some alkali into the tumbler, when the presence of the acid at once became apparent. Deputy Coroner Wheaton viewed the body at the hospital. From papers found in the pockets, it was learned that George Brown lived at 712 King street, Winnipeg, and was a jeweler* by occupation. His tools were found in his valise. . Brown stopped at the Capital hotel once before. He arrived there Dec. 31 last, and staid one night. The next day he ordered his trunk brought there from the union depot, but when it was deoosited on the hotel steps he ordered the expressman to -take it back. He seamed to be suffering from the effects of a spree. ... -. ■ 7 Xitro-Glycerino- Explodes. Cleveland, Jan. 13.— Bulletins from various towns in the Ohio oil field this morning gave rise to the belief that a disastrous explosion had "occurred. It was learned that- 1,500 gui rts of nitro glycerine in a magazine belonging to 'the Ohio and Indiana Torpedo company near Gibsonville had exploded. The magazine was demolished, and a great hole torn in the ground, but nobody in jured. A--1-. '