THE AIIGUS, MOM DA It ,'JANUAKY '2. 1893. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. 5 L A WOMAN IN BLACK Rhinebeck, N. Y., Has a Myste rious Sensation. - '.am. Baku I. V ABSOLUTELY PURE MONTANA POLITICS. A Decidedly Warm Temperature at the Capital. THE STBUGGLE N EARING THE CRISIS Two Legislatures Ahnoit a Foregone Con clusion llccmise of the ISoi Filler Squab lle Majority or Republicans on the Kolls A Final Supreme Conrt Derision in Wyoming Gives the Democrat the I'nited States Senator Murphy About Sure of the Senatorial Toga from New York Legislative Notes. IlKLKNA, Mont., .Ta?i. 2. Xo such excite ment as exists in Helena has been known 4i the Montana capital in many years. The city is full of members of the "legisla ture determined to get the best of the con test which Is to begin to-day. Every thing centers around tlie United States lcnatorship, and nt 9 o'clock last night all Uie indications pointed to a dual house, pf course, the senate will have no quarrel. It is composed of sixteen members, ten of Whom are Democrats ml six Republicans, nd there are oo contests. In the bouse, however, a ery strained situation exists. The membership of the body is fifty-five. The Democrats hold twenty-six certificates ol election, the Republicans lwenty-ix, nd the Populists thre. The Noted Cox F.lder Case. A serious complication has arisen over the now famous Box Klder case. The Choteau county canvassing boanl declared A- la. Hamilton. Democrat, elected by throwing out the vote of Box Klder pre cinct. Had this precinct been counted 'V. J. Leech, Republican, would have been elected. The matter was carried to the supreme court, which after a bitter fight lasting several weeks ordered the canvass ing board of Choteau county to reassemble and count the precinct which had been thrown out. The canvassers, upon hear ing the decision, ran away to Washington, the British possessions, and North Dakota. Marshals were dispatched from Helena to ' Ft. Benton and elsewhere in Choteau ooun- ' ty, but before they could find any of t; men they wanted the time in which the writs were to be served expired, and they were obliged to return to Helena. Leech Ha a Slight Advautnge. The supreme court immediately issued new writs, but up to last night the mar shals had been unable to serve them. Both Hamilton and Leech have come here to be eated. Hamilton still holds the certificate of election, but the state auditor has placed the name of Leech on the house roll. The Democrats claim that if Hamilton can be regularly sworn in ns a member from Cho teau county before the recouut is nuule the question of who is entitled ro 'he seat must be settled by the house itself. The pro gramme of the Itepubliear.s is to si'ut Leech and organize the Louse with the aid of two I'upulists. Thi- ih-y vlair.. e,:j give them twenty-!)!::; ...e-;. !,...-,. a ieal majority of the body. Democrats lo ! the liolt. The Democrat- .-ay they will assemble in the regular way and take the oath of ollics. but that it tlie name of I.eech is found on the regular li-t they will go in a body to another hull and organize us tht lower house of th Montana legislature. This they will do they say, beca'is-; Leech as yet has no certificate of election whatever, and that he has u'j standing before the legisla ture except as ' a contestant So fur as known, but one of the Populists will act with the Democrat The Democrats will therefore have but twenty-seven members in their houe. all told, and it is difficult to see now they cun transact business un less they can induce another of the Popu lists to act with them, thus giving them the necessary twenty-eight iust . majority. DEMOCRAT FROM WYOMING. Hlli Sit In the Flitted Stutes Senate Tb Carbon Decision. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 2. The supreme court Saturday decided the Carbon county cases, holding thnt while there were tech nical defects in the certificate? of nomina tion, still they were not of such a vital na ture as to invalidate the election. A per emptory mandate was issued to the state canvassing board compelling it to count the Carbon county returns, thus giving the certificates of election to the Democrats in the house. While the Republicans still have one mnjority on a joint ballot, the house will never seat tliia one because his certificate was secured through a clerical error. It is now conceded that tlie Demo crats and Populists will elect the next United States senator. The Governorship Again Every member of the supreme court is a Republican. The question of the govern orship is again at the front. Acting Gov ernor Barber last week signed a pardon for James Moore. The pardon wns sent to the warden of the penitentiary at Laramie and returned with the information that it must be signed by Governor Osborne to be of any force at that institution. A peti tion for a writ of habeas corpus was pre sented to the supreme court and the writ was granted. The mutter came up for hearing during Saturday. A decis ion in this case by the highest tribunal In the state will settle the vexed question of who was governor of Wyoming. Os borne has full possession of the office now, Barber having stepped out as soon as the supreme court decision permitted the official rote to be announced. The Senatorship in Michigan. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 2. The struggle before the legislature, which meets Jan. 4, for the United States senatorship soon to become vacant by the expiration of Sena tor Stockbrldge's term, is conspicuous for the unknown quantities that it contains. The Republicans have 138 votes and only need 67. Senator Stockbridge is making a strong fight, for re-election and expresses LiuuMJt as confident vp wiuuiutc His lJflwt oppoAm- -ft' ex-Oovornor Cyru.3 i' ex- re'"! 4 . i-.ucev tlie. " farmers candidate. Ex- rodder Congressman .T"ay nr. tocii anr Congressmen Burrows and O'Douuell are also coming to the front as candidates, anr. the latest to be heard from are Benton Hanchett, of Saginaw, and J. .T. Woodman, of Paw Paw. Murphy Will Get 1 here. Al.liANY, X. V., Jan. .3 he election of Edward Murphy, Jr., to the I'nited States senate is assured, it being evident that he has at lea.-t stjout of the totd of 91 Demo cratic votes in the new legislature, and he Is likely to have all of the ! 1. If he has but the 0 he will still have 5 more than a majority on joint ballot. New Senator from I.i-uisiun. Baton I:.i ck. La., Jan. !. Donaldson CatTrey, of St. Mary's parish, was Saturday nppoint-V) oy Governor Foster to be senator of the t'::"ed frtii'es to f:l! the unexpired term of th? l ite Senator Gib-ton, deceased. Mr. OnTrey was boni in the parish of St. Mary, Lotii-i.-ini, Se.;r. 10, ;v;:j.j. He was educated at St. M try's co!!e,' Maryland, and graduated with honors, lie began lifa :is a pioneer fanner in Griyson count", Tex., but returned to his native state in ls.V He was admitted to the bar in the lullowing year. Illinois Legislature. .-'PiJlXUFIELP, Ills., Jan. ..-Everything is in readiues.s for the meeting of the legis lature, which Hssembles We luesday. The principal candidates for legislative posi tions are E. P. Kimball, of Vitden, for sec retary of the senate no opposition so far; Colonel Phocion Howard, for sergeant-at-arni.s of the house outlook a walkover: Clayton K. Crafts for speaker of the house has a "cinch." For chief clerk of the house there are W. B. Mor is, of Golcon da; James E. Vail, of Mt.comb, W. E. Handy, of Tolono. For door ieeper Edgar Brown, of LaSalle, and Tern Brewer,' of Springfield. The postmastership will be given to a woman, but who has not trans pired. Miss Lizzie Kennedy will be as sistant. Will Need Populist Vote. San I'iiAN-cisco, Jan. 2. The struggle for I'uited states senator to succeed Felton from California, which will begin in earn est today at Sacramento, promises to be the liveliest fight seen .here for years. The balance of power lies in th.; hands of the eight Populists, whose course of action is still uncertain. These Populists, most of whom are from southern California, have already declared that they will vote as a unit for Thomas Carter. The Democrats cannot elect without someol them. Can't fall Her Off the Trail. Toi'liKA, Kits., Jan. 2. Governor-elect Lewelling announces that I e has decided to olTer Mrs. M. E. Lease a jiosition on the state board of charities. It will be one of the first appointments he will make. It is reported here that Mrs. Lease has mani fested her willingness to aecept the posi tion, but it is said to be wt 11 understood beforehand that in accepting this position she does not in any way i elinqnish her claims to the senatorship. Indiana Legislature. Inic.anai'oI.is, Jan. 'Candidates for speaker of the lower house of the legis lature have taken rooms at he hotels, and a uumber of the members-i lect have ar rived to attend the session, which opens on Thursday. The candidates are apiMirently confident of success, and the contest prom ises to be very -.lose between James Curtis, of this city, and Frank Ader, of Putnam county. Wieonsln Senator-diip. Madison, Wis., Jan. S. The legislature opens Jan. 11, and the interest is in the United States senatorship. Thecandidates are: John L. Mitchell, of Milwaukee; Colonel J. 11. Knight, of Ashland, aud General Bragg. Bragg hai a nucleus of about a third of the Democratic members, and a good nucleus, as his friends are some of the doughtiest political warriors of the party. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Senator Vest puts himself on record in a letter to a friend calling Indian Commis sioner Morgan narrow-minded bigot." George G. Howe, who has just finished a three-year term iu the Ohio state's prison for horse-stealing, will go to work for the V. M. C. A. und lecture on prison life. William Sloss, of Jimto vn, Col., was killed in a snow slide six n.iles from that place. Tlie brokers of the Xew Vork Stock ex change Saturday celebrated Xew Year's with a big Christmas tree and a Santa Claus. David Fruiley and Join. Austin were playing cards at Herrick, His., when a dis pute arose, and Frailey shot Austin iu the hip and leg. He then escaj ed. The college of electors me.'ts to cast the vote for president Jan. !. Presideut-Elect Cleveland attended the banquet of the Plavers' club at Xew York and made nn address. General Horace Porter h.us been chosen to run for president of the Xew York city Union League club. Fifteen per cent, increase in the mail busine.ts of that city is reported for 1SU by Postmaster Sexton, of Chicago. The St. Louis council has accented the resignation of City Treasure.- Foerstel. Walter Gaynor, one of tie tramps who held up a brace of detectives iu a C. and E. I. suburban train a short tit le ago, at Chi cago has beeu arrested. The government of France has presented to Whitelaw Keid a large and valuable Sevres vase, in token of its appreciation of his course while United States minister at Paris. The Canadian government is talking about reducing duties on Btitish products, Canada to receive preferential treatment from Great Britain in turn. The state's prison at Little Rock has been found to be in a terrible sanitary con dition and the arrest of every officer has been ordered by the mayor of the city, the charge being violation of t le sanitary or dinances. L. Blank, a German liv ng at Covert, Mich., murdered his wife with an ax aud then swallowed too much Paris green for the earth to be rid of miicreants. He ia now in jail. The couple have six children, ail awav at scnooL . SHE IS GHOSTLY AND VESY TALL. ftretche tt Her Long Arm and Makea No Souud but a Hiss Many See Her, bat Do Not Stop for an Interview, Which Would Soem to Indicate That lie porter la the One Thing Needful In That Region Seems liullet-rroof, Too. Rhinebeck, X. , Jan. 2. The story as Irving tells It of the headless horseman who spread consternation through Sleepy Hollow is well known by readers. Xew, here is a story of a mysterious Woman in Black who is exciting as much fear among the people of this peaceful village, sixty miles further up the beautiful valley, ss did Irvinz's ghost. It is the story of s strange creature who glides noiselessly' along the country roads at dead of night. She has never been known to address any body, although she has met many. Her language is the language of signs. She in variably halts long enough to stretch out her long arm from beneath a black veil and make a hissing noise. She might say more if anybody hesitated long snough to give her the chance, but nobody has tarriei as yet. Ghostly, Thin, and O I'eet 4 Inches High. This strange apparition is described by those who have seen it as a thin woman, at. least 0 feet 4 inches tall, wit h a slight stoop and a long stride. The Woman in Black, as the apparition is known, first made her appearance in Rhinebeck about six weeks ago. JohnJudson, who lives in Chestnut street, was the first to behold her here. As he was going home late one night he heard a noise in Waller W. Snell's front yard. He looked around and was startled to see a tall black object standing perfectly still. Judson hurried home. Tlie next day the news was all over Rhinebeck. The women and children shivered andthe menjlaughed. but that same night as David Ackert, one of the best known business men in the vil lage, was going home he met the black robed object in Main street. Ackert Mann't a I!it Scared. Ackert is six feet tall himself aud hesays be had to look up at the woman. She shrank from him with a hissing souud, he declares, and he passed on without saying a word or again looking around. David Ackert's word is as good as an affidavit in Rhinebeck. 'd wasu't scared, boys," he said to a group of listeners the next day, "but I felt a shivering sensation, for she was so tall and slim and piratical-looking." The four village constables and a uight watchmau heard Ackert's story and vowed to capture the creature that very night. But the woman discreetly kept off the highways and was not seen the following night either. Didn't Stop to Sf.eak I'ori-ot. Thomas Sinclair was the next reliable person to encounter the strange woman. He met her on the outskirts of the village about 10 o'clock at night. She was pac ing in the middle of the road with her head bent low and her long arms clasped behind her. Xext James Traster met the mystc rieus creature in a side street about ID o'clock nt night. He did not stop and speak to her because, as he says, he didn't think of it until after she had disappeared. Things have been running along in this way ever since. Xo one has taken ad vantage of his opportunity to address the woman, and no one, so far as can be learned, has deliberately set about an in vestigation. IlHd Itusiness Somewhere KUc The first woman to see the black appari tion was Miss Florence Welch, the teacher at Miller's school, a mile and a half from here. Miss Welch dismissed her pupils at 4 o'clock on last Thursday and then went to call on Mrs Herman Aher, who lives on a farm near by. She remained there until shortly after 5 o'clock, when she started to walk home. It was about dusk as she passed her school house, aud she glanced through the window. There sat the.Woman in Black on one of the benches. Miss Welch remembered distinctly that she had locked the school -house door. She did not stop to see if it had been opened, but ran for her life. She is sure she was not laboring under a delusion. OPENED WITH HIS ARTILLERY. An I'ngallant Native Tries the Vi.tue of Cold I-ead Didn't Work. Nathaniel Post, who works for Frauk Kern, went to Rhinecliff on Saturday even ing to meet Mrs. Kern. In the flats, while they were driving home, the Woman in Black suddenly sprang into the middle of the road. Post pulled up the horses and asked Mrs Kern to hold the reins while he jumped out to fathom the mystery. Mrs. Kern was too frightened to give her con sent, and the woman scaled the fence and started across the meadow. Charlie Mar tin, who carries the mail, met the woman in almost the same place on the following night. Robert Shriver, the village black smith, who had been spending Friday night with friends in Rhineclill, started for Rhinebeck at 10 o'clock. In the out skirts of the village he saw a tall black ob ject standing beside the roadway. Three Bullets That Were a Dead Loss. He didn't stop to give warning, but drawing his pistol, fired tiiree shots at it. It was the Woman in Black and she ran across the meadows. The next day being Sunday, the villagers had a good chance to discuss the subject of the intruder. Sev eral of them decided to ask ex-Constable Quick to go to work on the case. He hesi tated and still hesitates, but he stated Friday that he guessed he would take up the matter and if he-did he would soon get at the bottom of it. T won't stand any monkey business," he said. "I've got my suspicions. Of course they are merely sup positions and are based on what I think, but when it comes to a thing of this kind I usually think pretty near right. Must Have Tall Hoys There. "Now, I have thought that this Woman in Black was no woman at all. I had an idea that she was a boy got up to frighten people. We have several boys in this vil lage who are just about her height. I cross-questioned them pretty closely, and 1 thought I had hit the nail on the head, but darn if one of the villagers didn't come in just then and shout: 'She's been seen not more than ten minutes ago on the river road.' Of course, my suspicious persons had proved an alibi without saying a word." Every resident of Rhinebeck is perfectly satisfied that the Woman in Black is a reality, but not one of them can . i. : 1. ...1 1 1 n.. iuuik, ug sue cuu oe. x ne nearest asy lum is at Pougbkeepsie, sixteen miles away, and no lunatic has escaped from that usutution. lo aoa to the mystery t i-rauge creature is never seen abroad the daylight. Sh- wn our great marl down sale on cloaks, jackets a 1 newmarkets last wppI- J,ac ind iced us to throw Jit 100 MORE (one-hundred) M ses' and on ur half price courier. These remember are to be old at just ONE HAI V th prit i we have been selling them all season. tne ANOTHER LOT Of about 50 (fifty) 50 ladies garments of various kinds. Not Ul the latest stvle S?w Ii 1f 1 YTr Vme frm rhe Sea-Sn befu-ie' uUt a11 warm garments and .1 ai. w.v, u....x,vi iu One lot 6 u fi "'uiCu uv.1, cxFicLc.neavy, warm and substantial should secure some of these extra values, as nor of them ran hP HnnUrati You when the present lots arc o'clock. One lot gray fancy stripe jackets, vary latest style, diwn to Sn,S7. One lot brown mixe'l, Peat back, new warm, heavy melton j:u kets, have been ellins; at 59 50, bought too many, anl will close what we have left at 83.67 a pi. ee. Yon will not .-e atieh vi'nes offered aiii this year or neiL AM mi-cell:ineous lot of biaeW reef, r J.ckets wilh fur collars, fur eibje-l or fur fared. Were S1), were Jti, som were ; W, to ne K, at ii 7 50 All.a'.l, marked .Imvn to o: e price 53 .. Tlie best of there will be likeijr to 20 fust. We fin 1 we now have t -ene 903 garment on hand. M my more tUm w.) expected would be left on Janna-y 1, nml in or.ter to nnkeqtitck files an.t get t-htirp returns, we have carveJand cnt prices nearly sli-aion the hue. Kmsian blouFef, worth $5 wv close it $5.6J. Tr.os- worth 57 50 go a' t3 1:2. Lot or jickets marked dow n from $10 :o 17. 50 sti-l from H toJO. One 1 t plain hi reefer Jf kets. are fill i?ood, and every cue woti' noil at the prxe we ate now asking forttem, bnr for special pnrposes and to ttrengttaon this advertisement wewib s. H the loi (only ooe to each customer) at 2 25. Make early selections, Ilii;h priced garments all shaded down, som a qnarer off, othsri one third off, and still others at one t iif price. DEATH OP tr.-iOVtHNOR BALDWIN. The IVell-Kiiou ii 1U-Iiii:tii Man I'HH-es Away iit tlie Ate of 78. Detkoit. Mich.. Jan J. Kx Governor Henry P. Baldwin, who has been ill f,.r several weeks, died at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon The a use of his death was old age and 1 eomplicatioti of stomach at;.; other trouble ile was born at Coventry, R. I., Feb. JJ. i?'.Y His ancestry was no ticeable. One ot his f .rel'at hers was Na thaniel Baldwin, a Pm tan who settled at Milford. Conn., in :'-;) His paternal grandfather was the H v. Moses Baldw in. the first ;.e:-o!i wh..- eceived eoUeciate honors at Princeton. dic was for more than fifty year.- pastor ..; tee Presbvteriar. church at Paiin-r. Mas- Hi lather wa- Johc Baldwin a graduate of Dartmouth coliege YVas rroinineiit in rolitir. His mother wa a daughter of the Rev Xene.niiah Willtan.s. acaduatei f Harvard pastor of the Congres.ati.inal church at Brimfield, Mass. and a descendant of Koger William, a Prritati, v ho settle ! in Koxb'iry, Mass., ia lilts. Cominit to Detroit in .SS Mr. Baldwin engaged in business pursuits in which b- wa very successful. Beginning with tl.. year In! ' he took a prominent part in state polities, serving in the legislature, and was identi fied with the improvements of ti.e sault Ste. Marie Ship canal. He was elect 'd governor in liniS and re-elected in IST'J. Pis terms of office were signalized by splend.d advances in the state's affairs. Owing t . Zachariah Chandler's sudden death in lt70. there occurred a vacancy in the state representa tion in the I'nited States senate which ex Governor Baldwin wjis chosen to fill. CHOSE. "SYSTEM" FEDERATION. Thr Kailw-ar Fuinloves C'onrltide Their l abors it ( edar llapida. Ckdau KapH'S. :cwa. Jan. 2. The rep resentatives oi' . i-t-in-Z'-'d railroad employ es, in session in thi- city, agreed Satur day night on 'system" federation. The term "system" i- used in contradistinction to "national." and means that the mem bers of the organizations on any one rail road system will be left free to form a union or not. Such a union w hen formed will be binding upon them alone. Under the new system, win;: the employes of any railroad feel that taey have a grievance against their employers, the matter will first be referred to tie ricvan-e committee of the order. Makes It KeH Kasy to strike. It will be the duty -f this committee to put forth every eiTort toward securing an amicable adjustment of thn differences. Should this be foun I impossible the chief executive of that oicer will then be called upon, and not unti both of these have failed will the execl.tive heads of the var ious orders in the leiieratiou be called into consultation. No s.rike can be ordered without the unanimous consent of these chief officers, but wur.i a strike is ordered all the orders must k : out. The members of the federation are conductors, switchmen firemen, trainmen, and telegraphers. Fatally Hurt i.y Kobber. Moolto Hill, ind., Jan. 2. Captain James Mi Knight, one of the oldest citizens in the place, was found dying in his house from injuries received at the hands of a robber Saturday. Captain McKnight was 60 years old and lived alone in one side of a double house. His room had been searched and a large sum of money which he was known to have in the house was missing. He died une hour after being found. Wound Up the Year with. Suicide. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 2. Thomas B. Mulligan, aged 15, was found banging in his room Saturday dead. The Weather We May Expect. Washington, Jan. 2. The following are the weather indications for twenty-fonr hoars from 8 p. m. yesterdayt For In diana and Illinois Fair weather; cooler in northern portions; northwesterly winds, be coming variable. For Michigan Generally fair, colder weather; northwesterly winds. For Wisconsin Fair, colder weather; north westerly winds. For Iowa Fair, warmer weather, except cooler in northern portion; winds shifting to southerly. . yi 1 ap.ctv., -vc iasc. closed, Sale begins promptly on BED , Itwasourgoolfo-uicc the other day to buy some 250 pairs bed 1. at.kets ah a di. count of 20 per cent be'ow e:irH pri-.i-s. o,:r jod for une is yours for this savin. u goes to our customers. Vearly t! e entire :o a-egre.- a , i colored blan kets and the rro-t d wc have had this h. opportunity was ou : irahle :,,t noil. At:. I bkles of which we are in pes : tin to ; , below early prices. his is u shouul interest all in". :id!n; h : ., just eo much clear ca-h in yo::r , Something Xe-A lar-e l.-t 0 all wool scar let twi'.l flmnels by the ponnd . Lot One-Heavy twil', pure c hiieal scarlet dye, in lengths two to C ey.ls. a; 4; an onnce or 6tc a pound. Lot Two Ine and L ejvy p.ire sea let twiil, etcelledtq iallty, Brra at 1 -"tron. Tic per ounce or 8i)c a po m 1 . Y u r u i p iec of Diamond Jewelry, You wish a Watch, You wish a Clock, You wish a Fiae Pin, You wish a pair of Far Einge, You wish something in Solid Silver, You wish a pair of Opera Glaeses, You wish a pair of Gold Spectacles, You wish anything in our line IF You can surely find it at Cor. Tnird and Brady Sts., Davenport, Iowa. DEDROOM SUITS, -) -Bedroom Suits- Never before heard of prices, At G. O. HUCKSTAEDT'S, 1809 and 1811 Second Avenue. 7 u um t. -&rtrfl.rfi ft 1: aw lU un r77i r JAMIWIHLV run b iZJin take your pick Si Tuesday morning at 8:30 (TS. ef nierchan-iNe ' r exceptional 'ed Comforts, :-t 17 p?r cent s mething that 1 t:s It shows 'kets. McOABE BROS. 1720, 1722 and 1724 Second Avenue. AT- ! SV7 :4fci4 ?-t&vmM.Hxg -JT-SVA- eV- t e- mm .i f 4 v V 1 4 i ' I I r, I - I I