The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 04, 1891, Image 1
VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOKO, S. (\, WEDNESDAY, FEB illr All Y 4, 1891. XO.
REPUBLICAN TACTICS, j
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OVERRULING ALL PRECEDENT ANDj
CUTTING OFF DEBATE.
The lt?publica>> Stop nt Nothing to S>?- J
core Control ot the ?l?ction Machinery ;
?r.H Pr?T?nt tli*' f.holr.a of n. Dainoeratlc !
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Pr^sld^at :u 189:i.
1 Washington, Jan. 22.?In the Sen- j
ate to-day, immediately after prayer, the i
Vice President directed the reading of I
the Journal of yesterday's proceedings. J
Senator Faulkner suggested that there ;
was no quorum present and the roll was }
called and disclosed the presence of but J
27 Senators- At half-past ten. however, j
a quorum appeared and the Journal was j
Senator Aldrich inquired whether the
question was on the approval of tae ;
Journal, am! receiving an affirmative re- j
ply said that he wished to address the
Senate briefly. lie continued :
"The Journal, just read, furnished a !
record without parallel in the history of J
the Senate of the United States. It dis- i
-1 3 ^ l? ?* ifrto ilim M n t r. > _ }
Icioseu LUC <n;t mat ib mio uvivi- i
mined policy of the Democratic Senators j
td prevent any legislation or any actien.
unless their wishes as to certain meas- j
ures should obtain consideration and be
acceded to. The Republicans had long i
ago been aware of this act, but net until j
yesterday had all disguise been thrown t
off. This purpose on the part of the
members of the minority was of such a
character that it could not for a moment
be acceded to. To accede to that intolerant
and outrageous domination of the
minority wcjld be to strike a serious
blow at free institutions. The action of
the minority was revolutionany."
Senator Aldrich, at the conclusion of
his remarks, mored that the Senate pro
ceed to the consideratien of the resola- j
^for to amend the rules by the adoption I
of the plan of cloture.
The point of order was made on the j
Democratic side bj Senator Harris that j
the unfinished business was a motion to j
correct the Journal of Tuesday's pro- i
ceedmgs, and that as it involved the
|k status of Senator Aldrich's resolution it
must be first disposed of.
i|pk . AN AFFECTATION OK FAIRNESS.
The Vice President indicated his de^BHRn
sire to hear argument .on the point, and
I the positions on each side were stated ;
H by various Senators, Senator Stewart
BE arguing strongly on the Democratic side.
BffiBs|and Senator Sherman arguing that, al
Ittbougn the motion to corrcct me -j our- j
fcal was a privileged question, it did not i
S|ecessarily follow that it must be first
SBpsidered. Any other subject mijjhti
Btaken up in preference by a majority I
ifte. Up to 1 o'clock a decision on
Boris's point of order had not been
although the Vice President, on
?g|:al occasions, indicated his readiness j
Scide it. But Senator Gorman had j
Ho or for an hour and went oyer the j
8b ground, discussiag general poll- j
v/all attempts to cut him
j V, P^
of these attempt? was made by j
Senator Aldrich at*rf \Tai: met with a
sharn rebuke from Senator Toller, and a I
notification that the Senator foom Rhode
Island "must not assume the role u/JSoss
<- of the Senate."
THE MATTER IN A NUTSHELL ,
Senator Gortaan said: "If the Sena- <
tors on the other side propose to go on
with the public business and to take up \!
m such matters as the whole country is interested
in we will meet vou as we have
j ?: li r? *1
uoae uunuij Luc 5CS5IUU. nu< uiciuvic,
jour fault, and yours alone, if the public :
. business is delayed. We believe the
B - elections bill to be m violation of the ,
H Constitution ot the country and we will
stand here and fight it under these rules
|& with the fullest and freest debate, and <
t whatever consequence come we will :
appeaTtu-Cire" American people to sus- 1
tain us, because we are looking alone to <
their rights." [Applause.]
A VICIOUS RULING. I
The Vice President ruled that Senator
Aldrich's motion to proceed to the !
consideration of the cloture rule was in 1
order, and overruled Senator Harris's j
point of order.
Senator Harris appealed, but the
Chair was sustained?-yes 35. nays 30.
Senators Teller. Wolcott. and Stewart '
voting with the Democrats.
Senator Aldrich moved to proceed to j
the consideration of his resolution (clo- '
ture,) and Senator Gorman moved to '
table the motion.
The Vice President submitted the <
question to the Senate and the rote re-1 j
suited? ye.\s 30, navs 35. So the mo- ,
tion to table was lost, and a vote was ]
taken on Senator Alurich's motion to ]
consider the cloture rule. ;
The roll-call was suspended on Sena- '
tor Kar-om's point of order, that the 1
Tmunoi nf v elmwed that the mat- '
ter had already been taken up. 1
The Chair overruled the point of order, i j
and the Democrats took an appeal!
which was defeated, and the Chair was |
sustained?yeas 3d, nays 27?where-i]
upon Senator German made the further |.
point of order that Senator Aldrich's I.
motion must be in wruing. 11
rTATTTPVTAirWI'P {
p. The Vice Preeident sustained this :
point, and Senator Aldr.ch wrote out 1
r his motion. Senator Aldrich's motion
prevatled?yeas 3$. nays 32. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, joined with the!,
Democrats in opposing it.
Immediately, however. Senator liar- (
against the cloture resolution on Tues- j.
|\ day (that it was not'explicit enough to ;
"....u- I.,:.! ; *
i I.!? [milt. Ill u.l,#! II.1.S U.'. :
33. n<ir? 28.
i pairs announced on aii ;
to-daj in connection with ;
i effort to force the con-'
gfc cloture resolution. Sen- i;
Blears paired with Senator i1
Bajjjpyentjsii
made a statement to t
amount o! xgxiKirc .
^Senate in the la?t *es-'
fcwith the work doue }
g; so-called buisne*s \ >
ft and this amount ofj
wie said, without any ,
speech Senator i1
^Senator Hour's ar- j'
Boston Youths''!
gffinportance of un-1!
^Lotc. and said he i
^^dnsa_pub-j'
to.
jHjKii-'ja'J.oti ?:;
^in the ar-;
Bdi'C than !
ouce and with much emphasis, partieu- ;
larly a senteuce that lithc previous ques- !
Hon aud every device to cut oil' debate I
was uiknown t? Senate proceedings." I
Senator Dawes, who seemed to be a
close and interested listener, rose and i
said that iu the absence of his colleague? j
Why. your colleague is right here," j
( 'a,v-*11 1.tr f A- }
C^uaivi \. VVM wvwards
Scnat&r Hoar, who was sitting on
the Democratic side.
I am here, and I never enjoyed myself
so much in my life," said Senator
Hoar.
The inquiry 1 wish to make was,"
said Senator Dawes. "If the Senator
from Missouri does not draw a distinction
between freedom of debate and anj,
eternity of talk." [Laughter.]
Senator iioar defended himself from I
the imputation of inconsistency. There [
'.s nothing in the article, he said, i-hat j
says that by reason freedom of debate it j
shall be in order for the minority of the j
Senate to ?p*nd days and nights and |
weeks in talking about something else j
than the subject before t!ie Senate, and j
thereby overthrowing the great con- j
stitutional functions of the Senate as aj
legislative body. There is not a phrase .
in it which I do not stand upon and will j i
not defend. It is a notorious fact that f
the Senator form Rhode Island has been
told that if his amendment were brought '
in as it was orginally proposed amendments
euough would be offered on the .
Democratic side of the chamber to con-1
sume tiie eati'T lime till the 4th of March
next. The attempt to defeat the will of
the people expressed through by Congress
the process of long debate and uik
ing up time (as we have seen it this rery :
session) is as much a conspiracy against
the Constitution and national authority ;
as was the Rebel congress that met in <
Richmond. [Applause m tlir gauer!es.]
Senator Gray : "Was that true iu
1879 when that side of the chamber Jillbustered?"
Notices of amendments to the proposed
rule were given by Senators Stewart
and Gibson.
Senator Stewart's amendment looks to
allowing other than pending amendments
to the measure to be offered and vote. ] on, :
also to allow motions to recommit and
lay on the table, and Senator Gibson's
requires the demand lor closure debate
to be seconded by two-thirds, instead of
h majorsty, of the Senators present.
Without concluding his remarks Senator
Cockrell yielded to Senator Aidrich,
on whose motion at G P. M, the Senate
took a recess till 11 A. M. to morrow.
The object of takin; a recess instead
of adjourning is supposed to be to aroid
questions being raised as to the correction
of ihe Journal, as thtre will be no
Journal until ihe legislative day of the
22d is finished, which may not be until 1
the pending question is finally disposed
of.
3et\vo?n C?tton
Net/ York, Jan. 28.?The Clark
Thread company has managed to induce
sixty-seven men to go to Newark
to take the places of the strikers, but
at no time since the strike has the
number at work exceeded twenty-iour,
and the others hare refused to stay
upon learning that their liberty was to
be curtailed, and that they would have .
to. eat and sleep in ths" hose house ;
of the Newark mill. Those who reunain
have unlimited beer, and musical
entero ainm?nts are furnished for them
almost night. They are guarded
from intrusion'w .attack bv a corps of f
special officers employ-eif the company,
and ail the fresh air titer catch
while crossing the yard to the rmrl^
The manner of ge'tting the new spYsi ers
into the mill has been a puzzle to
the strikers until it leaked out that s
thej were taken in between bales of <
cotton on one of the company's trucks, i
The bales are built up on the truck so (
that a space for the men is left in the
centre, and the load goas through the streets
to the mill yard without any- (
bodv susDectinsr that the men are con
:eaied in it.
The spinners who are on a strike say
that it is necessary to keep the ntw J
men in ignorance of the true condition 5
jf affairs, because the strikers, when J
thfcj can get a few minutes' conversa- (
lion with the newcomers, can always Influence
them to turn back.
The Force Bill. j
Washington, Jan. 29.?It n*as a mat- (
:er of talk about the Capitol to-day
ihat several Republican Senators?suf- l,
icient in number t? meet the needs of .
:he Democrats?had assured the Demo- \
iratlc managers in the Senate that un- '
ier no circumstances would they vote 1
*gain to take up the election bill this <
session. An inquiry shorvs that there
is a basis of truth in the report. It i
jaunot be learned that anything like 11
formai pledges on the subject have ,
passed, but it is certainly a matter ot , |
isstirance among the Democratic Sena- <
:ors that the bill is not to arise again [
:o trouble them, and they have notified
Lheir party friends m the II?use that r
there is no longer any necessity to let j1
:he possibility of the return of "theelec- [{
Lion bill to the House enter into their jj
calculation when considering the order business
in that body. So, too, it is t
learned on the Itenublican side of the I
Senate chamber that any effort to re- i
sume the consideration of the bill will >t
l.? />?rf-oin !??mi tilif>?n? ,
J toiottu C'J UHMUi I I
Western liepuMicans,?though these t
^saators do not care to be quoted in j t
the mxtter. |t
Victorious Crns?d?rs.
Maktinsvillk, Ind.. .Ian. 2(j.?The](
torvn or Mitchell, one of the most law- j 1
1?rs places in the .State, has been I
changcd to a peaceful community by a i <
crusade of wornm. The numerous sa-! j
loons say they are doinrj no business, |i
uml r. co*nic opera company playing]
there ^as forced to disband. Asa result.
Fred iirown placed his stock of .
liquors m a shantr boat and started j
low p. White iliver to ^Vililaais, a few j I
miles beiow: where tht boat was inch- .
>red. He did a thriving business for '
i lew oars. The ladies had Drown !
sent toyai: *n-.I oneSimpson lined. One \
S. the women's husbands, named jtiol- >
io?, who ha?! b?eu ;rettinff drunk on '
the shantr boat, was hauled ashore
with a rope and toid to promise to care j c
for his family or lie would be hanged. J
lis promised. Thr shanty boat and} i
liquors ir?re destroyed, ami norr the la* jc
lirs are masters of the situation.
. j
'Thankful" rot 1'hnnkfut. j J
Ai"(?u>TA, January 23?Thankful I
I', lored Baptist Church was closed by j I
rh? sh.*riti tl.:s nioruin?. and Mr. E. E.! r
I'ritehard was appointed temporary re- j t
:eirer by .Iiuijo iioney. The trouble i
is caused by the dissatisfaction of the I ]
:ongregation with the pastor, the Iier. J j
James T. .1albert, who, they claim, is j
too ignorant to preach to an educated i j
congregation of this enlightened 'ige,! (
ind who has denied them their rights |
it Conference meetings by allowing I
the minority, who favored his views, to \
-..1- 7.. ... tU.-* I I
rule. in uujvi ?u;ud uiuj i:auu wiau j
the Heed rule, which has been so ob-;1
noxious in politics, has ruled in their H
:hurch vrith Talbert as moderator.fi
This wrangle has been golnjf on since l [
last October, and will L?e settled at a!
hearing before Judge Ilon^y on the
Oth of February. j s
" SIDE TRACKED AGAIN.
THE REPUBLICANS DEFEATED IN
THEIR INFAMOUS SCHEME.
Tli? Democrat* With the Aid of Six K?tpnblican
Senator* Lay Aside the Closure
Xulo-The N>w Kflcelved \TIth Wild
Che?r* lit the House.
Wasiiin*(jtok, Jan. 2G.?The Senate
met at noon in continuation of the legi?latve
day of Thursday last, the pendy*
i /-\ r. fAPnlllAn 4 /v
LU0 tilt; ItCUlllVii iI\J
amend th rules by providing a method
for closing debate.
Morgan resumed the lloor ana continued
his argument he began Saturday
in opposition to the proposed rule and
to the election bill, both of which measure
he claimed (on the authority of the
New York Times) to be for the advancement
of Harrison's project for a re-election.
At 1:20 Wolcott asked Morgan to
yield the floor to him so that he might
move to take up the apportionment bill.
Morgan said that lie \rould do so
although he was at a rery interesting
point in his speech which lie trusted he
tvould nerer have the opportunity to
resume.
Wolcott then made that motion and
Dolph moved to lay it on the table.
The point of order against the latter
mniinn was made on the Democratic
?ide, but the presiding oflieer overruled
it and h?ld that the motion was in order.
The vote was proceeded with amid
^reat excitement and there was much ,
sonfusion and some ill feeling in relation
to the pairs.
Daniel said that he htd been paired
with Squire, but as he was informed by
" - < ' t X- ,7? ?l,nf
U1C OCOULUf iiTUlli ^ c> aua ?> ai \jj umir
the Senator from California (Stanford)
was in favor of proceeding with the
business he would transfer Squire's pair
to Standford and w?uld himself vote. 1
Aldrich objected to the proposed,
transfer and insisted that there was no
authority for it.
Stewart admitted that he had 110 direct
authority to pair Standford with the Sen- ator
in favor of the proposed rule, but
said that Stanford told him before leaving
the cilv for Xew York that he was
in favor of taking up Malapportionment1
bill.
Aldrich asserted, on the contrary, that;
Stanford had told bin* distinctly *n sev
eral occasions that he was in favor of
the pending resolution and of its con- j
sideratlon, and he (Aldrich) intimated |
that the proposed transfer would !>ej
taking an unfair advantage of Standford's j
absence.
The controversy developed some acri- j
monious feeling cn both sides, but the |
matter was settled br Daniel saying that j
if there was any doubt or dispute about
it he would let his pair with Sqtire stand ,
?and that was the upshot of it.
Some question also arose as to the
pair* of Shoup anil Moody ; but the final
result was that the pairs stood as follows
: Pierce and iSrovrn, Plumb and
Gibson, Pettigrew and Pasco, Squire and
Daniel, Shoup and Colquitt, Sanders and
Ingalls, Chandler and JBlodgett, Moody
and Hearst, Hisgins and Voorhces.
Standford stands as absent and not
paired.
The result was announced as: Yeas
34. nays 35. So the motion to lay on
the table was rejected.
The announcement was greeted with
applause on the Democratic side and in
the galleries. This was resented by
EV.knunds, who insisted that the chair
should &fttQ?ce the rules of the Senate.
ind that if tfiere wIK* ^Tjicuet^non _o^
,he disturbance the galleries should be
cleared.
The following is the yote in d#tail:
i'eas? Aldricb. Allen, Allison, Blair,
Jarer, Casey, Cullom. Davis. Dawes,
Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, FarYell,
Frye, Hale, Haw ley, Hiscock,
[loar, McConaell, McMillan, Mander>on,
Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Flatt,
Power, Quay, Sawv?r, Sherman. Spoon;r,
Stockbridgc, Warren, Wilson of Iowa
-34.
Xays?Barbour, Date. Berry, Black
jura, .butler, can, Cameron, carnsic,
Jockrell, Coke, Eustis, Eaulkner,
ieerje, Gorman, Gray, Hampton. Ilar is,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones ofXevada,
Evenna, McPherson, Morcan, Payne,
l'usIi. Ransom, Reagan, Stewart, TelL.,
rurpie. Vance, Vest. Walthall, Washjurne,
Wilson, of Maryland, Wolcott?
>5.
The vote was then taken on Wolcott's
notion to take up the apportionment
jill and it was carried by a like vole?
y-eas 30. nays 34?the only divergence
jein*; that Pettigrew's pair was transerred
from Pasco to Call.
mere was no uisunci ouiureaK. ?u
ipplause at the final success of the
movement against the election bill and
-he proposed rule, but the leeling of
ubilation was no leas great on the |
Democratic side ; and lilair interposed
,he remark that when a man was down
;hat was the time to get up, and so now
;his was the lime to take up and pass
.he education bill. [Cries of "Order"
rom the Democratic side.]
The resolution for the amendment of
,he rules haying been thus displaced and
elegated to the calendar (as the election
rill had previously been) th? Senate proceeded
to the consideration of the apportionment
bill.
The reading of U* bill and the report {
:ontinued till 3 o'clock and the bill was 1
.hen laid aside till to-morrow at 2 o'clock |
fvheii it conies up as unfinished buisuess. j
Th? flood Xe\rs In th? H?u?*.
\Vl13n the vote was taken in the Senate
the House was taking a vote on the
same question, and the Clerk had called
but n few names when Mansur and
Heard, returning from the Senate side, j
spoke a few words to their Democratic
colleagues. whereupon lingers rose, and |
Interrupting the call, informed the House i
'hat the force bill had been defeated.!
rhen the Democrats <;ave cheer after
heer.
The Speaker's effort was ineffectual
"or some moments to check the Demo:rats
in their enthusiasm.
"Another Bull Run." ejaculated
Brewer.
II*tch imrsrestfd the propriety of dissensing
wiUi the further :-;u'iing of the i
oil. There was no longer any necessi- |
for the roll call.
The roll call was continued and the j
[louse went into committee of the wiio^. i
[Jut the battle was not yet over.
Brcckinridge of Arkansas. In cnticis-}
n;; McKinley's actiou in cutting oil'the {
;lebate on the approTal of the journal,
I?nounced the McKinley bill.
Keller of Kansas said that the gentlenan
?n the other side had said that <.rood
lews had been received from the Senate.
[Ie did not doubt that it vrns good news
.0 the assassins ot John M. Clayton.
' IVmrcratif h:s*ps_1 Tliev would
throw up their bats aud cheer and say:
"That will give us lurther power to assassinate
and kill."
rSometliin^ had been said about the
betrayal of party pledges. He knew of
i no such betrayal so far as this end of the
I capitol was concerned. The gentlemen
on Liie other side who had betrayed their
j party pied<jes (it they had been betrayed)
[were responsible to their constituents.;
t it there was any ijetrajal it came irom ,
those men \t!io had been instructed by j
their rotate Legislatures to vote for a I
certain bill, and who had turned around
land voted against it. He had no doubt
that the person who killed youn?
Matthews of Mississippi could take the
news as good news.
Lewis declared that the killing of
Matthews grew out of no political causes.
The causes were purely personal.
A Komnnco of the TTftr.
Prri'SBUiiG. .Tan.. 25.?Miio Gaston
and his bride arrived here last ni^ht from
Ciwrin. and Lhev are spending their
honeymoon with Mr. McLain. (Jaston's
brother-in-law. McLain tells this romantic
story:
"In 1SC2 Gaston, who is a native of
New Hampshire, joined a. regiment from
that State ant! went t? the front. lie
was captured, and while on his way to
Andersonville prison escaped. lie wandered
about through woods and swamps
for nearly three weeks. When famished
with hunger and crazed by what he believed
to be continued pursuit he decided
to give himself up. One evening he
scrambled out of the thicket and made
his way to a large old-fashioned south
era home. A cojd rain had set in. and
caring little whether he lived or died, he
walked boldly up the driveway and
knocked.
"The place seemed deserted. A few
minutes later he became couscioua that
some one was scrutinizing him from a
window a few feet away. lie was finally
admitted by a young woman who carried
a revolver iu her hand. She got
him some supper and said she was alone
in the house, but expected her father,
who was home from the coniiederate
army on a sick leave, to return at any
! time.
"She seemed to tasc an interest in
Gaston, and laid him in a dark corner of
[ the garret. There she fed him for two
weeks and showed him how to get in
and out at night without areusiug her
parents, till he finally escaped.
"After the war he returned to Elberton
and heard that his benefactress had
married. Gaston is now a railroad contractor.
Last summer he was building
a branch on the Georgia Pacific when he
teamed that his old love was a widow
and had a family of five children. lie
immediately went to the old home near
Eiberton, made himself known, and the;
result was a marriage, which took place
yesterday. The pair will soon leave for
Mr. Gaston's home in New l'ork."
Tli? Fiitr and the l-"orc? 15111.
Washington, Jan. 25.?Senator
Gorman characterizes as fiction the re
port lhat a deal lias been arranged by
which the Democratic members of the
Kansas Legislature are to vote for Senator
Ingalls iu return for his opposition to
the force bill.
This same story rrns circulated ee^cral
weeks ago, and it was then said that
Senator Gorman, as leader of the Democracy
in the Senate, was authorized
to pledge certain Democratic votes iu
the Kansas .Legislature to Ingalls if he
would openly oppose the force bill.
W lien ftenaior uormau was lniervicweu
on the subject tonight he said he could
not undertake to assume the responsibility
for all the ingenious statements
sent out from Washington at this time.
The opponents of the force bill are
greatly encouraged in their light by the
general drift ot public sentimentjp?#eir"
la^IS.4iJ\a^5^?t^v^fBtates in
refusing assistance to'the World's Fair
unless the bill is beaten causes alarm in
Administration circles. The promoters
of the Fair now tear that the Legislatures
of Xew Yoik and Xew Jersey
will follow the example of lho3C States.
As the force bill is said to be aimed directly
at Xew York and New Jersey as
well as the Southern States, the Democratic
Legislatures in the North should
not hesitate to join with their Southern
brethren in any scheme calculated to
preserve the rights of their people.
Throe TTrocks in the Gnlf.
Mohilk, Ala., Jan. 28.?Capt. Osborne,
of the schooner Georgians, reportt
three shipwrecks in the lower
part of the Gulf of Mexico during th?
last days of December. The first was
the foundering of a bark at Cayman
Brae, on December 25, name unknown;
six of the crew were drowned, others
drifted ashore on the ship's hoiue. The
se.frtnd riisastftr tvx* f.h* trnintr u<hnrm
of the American schooner Maggie is i
Gray, of Baltimore, on the northwest
end of Little Cayman Island. Capt.
Osborne offered to try to pull her off,
and also offered to save a portion of her
carffo, but he was warned off by G.
Henry Williams, agent of the phosphate
company where the vessel lay.
The schooner soon went to pieces and
proved a total loss. The third case was
the capsizing at sea, fifty miles east of
JJianote, on Decorator 23, of the schooner
Contest, of lluatan. The vessel had |
set sail the day bafore for.Jimaica with j
thirteen persons, including the wife of
ntnt^in ITlrlr P^nnoll Mnlrr t h ram I
WMV l\.ll I\ VVUU^il, V/Ui y WIJ 1 \-v^
persons escaped, mak?njj their way in a
skiff with aa oar for a mast and a shirt
for a sail to the mainland, reaching
there on the 2Gth. One of these was a
colored man narn?d L. Johnson, who
?sve Capt. Osborne information of it.
S?cr*tary Wlnclnm Dies Suddenly, j
Xr.w York. .Ian. Just as Secre-i
tarr VTirulom concluded his speech at!
the Hoard of Trad* dinnrr to-night, he j
grew deadly pale, his eyes shut and i
opened spasmodically and he fell on his
ciinii, tiicnuc in; S>IJ|'|'CU tu uic iiuui,f
where he lay unconscious. The most i
intense t immediately en- j
SUPil.
Judge Amor. ex-Seci-*tary Bayard
ami Captala Snow were the lirst of
several who ran to Mr. Windom's aid.
They found hi:n apparently unconscious.
They lifted him gently '-nd
carried hi in into an ante-room, where
several physicians proceeded at once to
his assistance.
A later dispatch from >?'ew York than
the previous one says Secretary Windom's
attack resulted in death. Mr.
Windom left here to-day in apparent
good health to attend the banquet oi'
his New York Board of Trade, where
he was to respond to the toast: "Our
Country's Prosperity Dependent I pon i
its Instruments of " Commerce." His
address was prepared In advance and
embraced about u,0u0 words.
Ai>x>elnt?<I to Of!lc?.
Columbia, S. C.. Jan. 24.?Govern^!
or Tillmanbas appomtedU.il. Thomas,
oi Sumter county, a member of!he board
of state railroad commissioners, to till j
the vacaucj cauied bj the death of ex-!
Governor ]5onham. The Governor I
states a? a reason for the appointment!
that as the vacaucj occurred in the case j
of a member from the middle section of
the state, he felt compelled to appoint
some one from that section.
I THE BOYCOTT OF THE FAIR.
' Joins in the Protest o* tlie State* Ajfiij:st j
tlia Iniquity of the Force Hill.
Indianapolis, January 27.?The J
| House yesterday, after a long and vig- j
orous debate, adopted the following?
resolutions by a strict party vote:
Whereas, a bill has been introduced
in me ueiierrti /isacujui^ |nunuuig iu. j
the appropriation of $2CU,000 to make a {
display of the industries and resources j
of this State at the World's Fair, to :
be held at Chicago in 18H3; and where-1
as, the measure now pending in the j
United States Senate, known as the j
force bill, is revolutionary, which, if it!
passes the Senate, it is believed will involve
the people of the Southern States j
in a race war, will prostrate the industries
of many of the States of the
Union^vill disrupt amicable comrner!
cial an> oocial relations existing bel
-vr?tv ?j
iweeii uie -l>urtu cinu i;ic cuum, anu
whereas, if said measure shall become
law and such conditions thereby be
brought about, the World's Fair will
fail to adequately display the magnitude
and variety'of our country's resources,
will fall short of the purposes
; for which it was contemplated, and
will bring shame and reproach upon our
whole country; and whereas, it is the
sense of this General Assembly that no
appropriation should be made by the
of Indiana unless it can be made
in fact as well as in name a world's fair,
and can exhibit the magnitude and variety
and advancement; therefore,
Resolved, by the House of Representatives.
the Senate concurring, that no
further consideration of the said appropriation
bill be had until the Senate has
linally disposed of said force bill, that
this Assembly may know what is to be
the character of the exhibition of said
World's Fair.
The Democratic members of the Senate
concurred in the resolution and decided
to vote for them solidly to-day.
new jersey joins the column*.
Trenton, Is. J., Jan. 27.?The Senate
this morning concurred in the resolution
adopted by the House last week
denouncing the Federal elections bill,
and asking New Jersey Congressmen
to oppose the same.
A resolution offered last night, that
New Jersey withhold the appropriations
from the "World's Fair if the elec
lions Dili passes congress, ?<is auupn-u
by the Assembly this morning. The
vote on the resolution was a party one.
illinois is ix earnest.
1 Spring k-iELD, Ills. Jan. 27? In the
House to-day the resolution initructing
.Senators from Illinois to vote against
the Federal election bill was passed by
a strict party vote of 77 to 73, the F. M.
15. A. men not voting.
Mr. .Springer on behalf of the Demo- >
crats cave notice that if the Senators
[from Illinois should vote for the Federal
elections bill, the Democrats in the
State Legislature would not vote a dollar
in aid of the World's Fair.
The Senate this afternoon, after a
| long debate on the merits of the forco
bill, adopted the House resolution not
to make an appropriation for the
World's Fair if the force bill becomes a
law.
NEi'.ltASKA condemns cloture.
Lincoln, Nej5., January 27.? Resolutions
were adopted in both <
of the Legislature thfe filing
proving the actionbenate & j ,?
mg aside the clojjre ruje> ^jie intje.
Pe^d,ei^P^?Cn only three exceptions,
voted democrats. j
wi,T vntOJNIA ]s TllEliE too. ?
,p, y'liESTON, W. Va., January 27.? {'
ine L'S-isiature yesterday, after an acrimoniq,,
rHc^nQsinn nassp.d bv a vote
of 40 to>Q a resoiution that in case of !
Eft ^age of the elections bill the
^tate make n0 "World's Fair ap- 1
propria jon (
north carolina falls ix line.
Washington, January, 27?A special
from Raleigh, 2s". C., says: "The
Genera- Assembly, in session here has 1
passed a resolution opposing the appro- ;
priation for Xorth Carolina's exhibit at
the World's Fair in Chicago until the
elections bill, now pending in the <
United States Senate, is voted down in <
that hotly. The resolutions are very I
strong and passed with high enthusi
asm. Governor Fowle had recom
mended an appropriation of S2r>.<XX) for ;
that pi.rpose."
Imagination Killed H?r,
Cixcinatti, Jan. 28.?a remarkable
instance of the hold superstition has
upon the mind of even the educated
and religious was recently exhibited in
the cas? of Mrs. Rebecca Byrnes, of i
Helena. Ark., a lady noted for her in
tellectiial attainments and pious life.
One morning, arising in what seemed
her usual health and spirits, she summoned
her children to come to her.
One ton was residing in Topeka, Kan.,
one in Xew Orleans, two daughters
were married and living in Sadalia,
Mo., but obidientto their mother's call,
they came at once, though ignorant of
the reason of their summons. When
all were about her the lady Informed
them that she had a dream, in which
her husband, who had been dead for
nearly; fifteen years, had warned her
that *hje had only ten days more of life.
She sent for her children to bid them ,
good-bjre, which she proceeded to do
i.'ifV. A?lmnu? Illlt. W.*ith t.h?? JUT
WAb&l \jCk IftlilJWM, ......
of cnelwho nsd not the slightest doubt!
that she* \ras already dying.
Her friends attempted to reason with j
h?r ani l to point out'the folly of placing i
auch p srfoct confidence in a dream, but j
*11 to 110 purpose, for the lady persisted j
In as* srting that she would deuartj
from e arth on such a day and cxactiy
at a cejrtain hour.
Ilcr pastor remonstrated with her.
?nd e ven brought, the severest, censurto
be nr on her superstitious credulity,!
arid <it last Mrs. Byrnes ceased tospeak j
of tin ? matter, so that her family had
begufi to think that, she had conquer-)
eel hejr fancy. J?he continued in goou
health anj pursued her usual-daily
life, fclut just before th* hour ?*!ie had
predicted would bo that of her death
she sojught her children and bade them
good-Aye, then, seating herself quietly
in an t>rm chair, expired just ;is the
hour rrjasstruck. The physicians declare
that heir death was due solelv to her
iniayiiiaition.?Inquirer
St*allBS Another Slat?.
IIai: tfokd, Jan. 23.?The IIor.se met
and re jelved the report of the committee
r.p jointed to canvass tho vote for
ytate ollicors. The committee finds
that 1, 5SU ballots were rejects for ioaufiicU
mt cause and that In many towns
the nu mber of votes returned exceeds
the to tal number of votes cast. The
committee states that it Is unable to
<1etfcrn|iine that anj person was legally j
choseJ to fill any of the State otlices
r?^Ajgga||te Comptroller's, to which the j
^mHM^rcrtturns indicate that Xicri j
sSiraub, Democrat, was elected. \
Blouse .vcepted the report and,
m|K'(i resolutions offering to join!
^SgBthe Senate in a general recount of
of tVi/? The Senate'.
?out Important action, took a reat
2 o'clock. In the House, after
jresentation of the reports, general
te was opened, which bids fair to
inu? for a day or two.
jsg Kalakita, of the Hawaiian
ids,is dead. He died suddenly at
Francisco one day last week.
1NGALLS MUST GO. |
HIS CHANCES FOR RE-ELECTION TO j
THE SENATE ARE POOR.
The CJ /I. li. I'ctitioun in His Favor In f
Sjiriittti on the Kocordi, Hut Kcported
0:1?Alliance Candidates State Xholr
Qualities to the Canout.
TuI'aeka. Kas., Jan. 24.?The c
raiLtcc to which was referred the memo- ,
rial from Lincoln l'ost, G. A. It., of Topeka.
praying for the election of Ingalls
to the United State Senate, submitted
its report to-day. The committee was i
composed of three Alliance members, all 1
old soldiers. The committee recom- 1
mended that the memorial be spread on 1
the rccord, bat made an adrerst report
on the prayer ?f the petitioners. The :l
report was adopted, all the Alliance men '
voting in the affirnative. <
It transpires now that the thirteen !
Alliancsmeu who voted with the Republicans
yesterday do not favor Ingalls7 re- <
election, but voted as they did yesterday
because they theught the reference of <
the memorial to committee was disrespectful
to the v?teran petitioners.
As an oG'set to the petition in iaror
of Ingqlls, a number of old soldiers <
to-day presented a petition condemning 1
the senator, and begging the Legislature
to elect in his place an Alliance candi- 1
date. 1
lugnlls arrirad last night and was in
conference all day with the Republican
managers.
The lint caucus of the Farmers' Alliance
members of the Legislature on the i
senatorial question proper was held tonight.
It was governed by the rules of
the Farmers' Alliance, and was strictly
a ?tar chamber session. The members :
were pledged to secrecy, aud little can
be learned of the proceedings.
The Alliance senatorial candidates
were called before the caucus one by one, ~~
tmA f A mvn on
null "CiC I/V/qHv .
of their accomplishments and qualities
which they thought would entitle them
to the honor of succeeding Ingalls.
.Before a candidate was permitted to i
even address th.e caucus, he wa9 obliged
to bind himielf by oath to abide by the
decision of the caucus aud not bolt the
nomination. Thi? leads to the conclusion
that the caucui nomiuee will receir#
the full party rote.
All candidates were on hand to-mifiht,
that is, all who were Alliance men and
- ?1 - - ? Anf m f <1)4 /-'OM^nQ r?f
WilO TTOie I1UL t UICU UUl ?.U nn,uiuv,u?
last Thursday. The ineligible* are Alliance
congressmen-elcct and those members
of the Alliance who have joined the
organization since the recent election ;
and who did not contribute to the Alhauce
victory on that occasion.
Thif. rules out Jerry .Simpson, con- [j
grcssman-elcct from seventh, the mgj c
popular man with the rank and 0f
Alliance, and John Davis, coc?jgjman. ^
elect from fifth district; (?f'* ^ o
Harris. ei.-Confederatf>|'j.Qra Leaven- v
worth: Gen. C. Blair, Democrat, t
Lx-Govcrnoi\Jftn j0hn. and two a
or three ]??"0thers prominent. d
candidates who appeared before e
;iie caucus and pressed their claims e
tvere: Speaker lacier, 01 tne io\Ter nouse; |
Judge Pfeffer, editor of The Alliance I
Advocate; Judje Doster, judge of the t
district court at Holton; John F. Willets, e
Alliance candidate for gor ernoi at the c
ate election; S. M. Scott, farmer, C.M. ?
jcott. State lecturer, Frank McGratb, j
president of the State Alliance, Judge
fliram Stev?ns of Kansas City, Kan, t
ivho made a rigorous campaign against t
Lngalls at the election, and llev. A. j
L'ole. Kepreitntatire from Hutclnnion's c
district. _ ?
The Chilian CoQvnlal?n. ^
London, January 2.-'.? Dispatches ?
eceived in this city from Chile, ria _
Iiuenos Ayres, brings further partiou- 1
I- ?T a! n 11 An in
lill A. ? ? vjuwwui
Chile, Rebel Chilian war vessels occupied
the roadstead at I'ontoCoquimho
n da}' not specified, but supposed to
be about lour or fire days a.20. The
war vesstls also fired shots into the
town and probably at the troops defending
the coal depot*.
Troops from Valparaiso are ?ccupyin<r
rn Kprenji in force. Coauimko. or
Ponto Coquimbo, is some distance by \
t-ail from La Serena, or Coquimbo City. ?
The Balmaceda troops were quartered 1
in the hospital and schools of La Serena s
and are supposed to hare been driven i
out of Porto Coquimbo. The insurgents <
hare blockaded Tongoy Bay, about 1
thirty miles lrom Coquimbo. Tom;oy is :
connected by rail with Tamaya and
Oralle, the latter town beimr in turn i
connectod by railroad with Coquimbo. [
Tarbsrallit is also announced to be j
blockaded by rebel forces, Three thous- and
Government troops have been s?nt ;
. _ 41.. of T'^r,
IU ICIUiUlCC lUC ^auisuu AU JL t/UJVJ1
Later advices state that it is reported j
that a battle has beiii fought atTongoy. ]
The rebels hare occupied Limache-Al- 1
to. a town only filtecn miles from Val- ]
paraiso. At Limache-Alto the rebel ;,
forces took possession of the national j
factories, and expelled the director and
aduertnts of President JJalmaceda from '
tlie town. The rebels hare also occupi- 1
erl Cjuillota, in the province of Valparaiso
lii'ty miles from Santiago. ?n the Anconagua,
twenty miles from the Pacific.
The property of foreign residents is
sufl'erinsr considerably from the rebellion
in spite of th? afi'orts of the reprasanta- (
tives of foreign powers to protect the
interests of their countries. The diplomatic
representatives, becoming disronra^ad,
have formally informed tlie
Chilian Gorernment that the}- will embark
on hoard of foreign vessels ii' the
conflict continues. President Balmace?:a,
;n reply, has asked the foreign repreKvp*
r.-> d^lsv ftiiibarkation for a
fevv days.
i?hed? Ills Mkln Erory V*ar.
Chicago, Jan. Is.?In one of the
oflii-e rooms of St. Elizabeth's hospital
hangs a frame containing four photographs
representing a man In the act of
shedding his skin. One of the photographs
shows this strange human phenomenon
with his arms outstretched,
trie old skin peeling off and hanging
from his body in shreds like a tattered
< lift now tl'in cm lirflptfirtflfl
by the whiteness of the photograph.
Lust Juiv he left his home at I'hillips1'tirg.
Mont., and arrived in Chicago the
latter part of the month, and as his skin
peeling spell of sickness always beg'ms
July 125 of each year, he decided to use
letter of introduction from a Montana
| riend to J)r. Jacob Frank, of No. 17
Lincoln avenue. lie informed the docj
tor what he expected would happen to
j him shortly and applied l'or a room in
I the hospital. Dr. Frank suspected that
| the mau was insane, but he nevertheless
j gave the patient a room. At the ex- i
i pected time the skin shedding began, and
j in two weeks he was covered with the
i skm winch is to last him another year.
T T " - it.- ~ rtP n Co mil V
iiC 13 lliti bCCULlu umesi wiuiu vi ?* lamnj
of thirteen, all of whom are living. Ilis
, grandmother is 97 years old. lie declines
to have his name published.
INGALLS'S SUCCESSOR.
Pfeft'er is the Mau uiul he \v:is Xomiimtcd
hy the Ailhnco Caucus.
Topkka. Kans, January 2s.?In the i
Houae the ballot for United .States Sena-j
tor resulted as follows : P'etler 90, In- |
galls 23. Blair f>: in the Senate. Iuaalls |
35, Pfefier 2.
Tlie Alliance caucus that nominated j
Judge Pfell'er last nteht for United |
States Sentter, to succeed Imralh. did |
not adjourn until 1,15 o'clock this morn-;
ing. There were seventeen candidates,;
and on the "drop-one" rule it took an
equal number of ballots to arrive at a
choice. The list of candidates m the !
order of their strength on the lirst ballot j
rras as follows: W. A. Pfeller and Elder, j
Speaker of the House; John Willets, j
the defeated Alliance candidate for Gov- J
ernor; John Davis, Congressman-elec 11
from the 5 th district; ~J. W. Bridenthal,
from Chetopa; Frank Doster, j
Judge of the District Court of Holton;
A. H. Snyder, formerly Union Labor
organizer; Judge Vrooman. of Kansas i
City; Gen J. II. Ilice, of Fort Scott;
VY. S. Cogswell, David Overineyer, a
Democrat, of Topoka; S. M. Scott.
James Maxson, W. A. Olds, John Ilart,
of Sedgwick County ; J. K. Osborn, defeated
Alliance candidate for Secretary
nf and W. A. Harris, a stock rais
er, of Leavenworth County.
On each ballot the candidate receiving
the lowest number was dropped from
the bottom of the list in about the order j
named. Balloting finally narrowed itself
dowon to Pfelfer, Willits, Elder and
Doster. The latter was dropped on the
fourteenth ballot. The next ballot j
threw out Elder, and the final ballot i
stood Pfefier 7G, \ViIlits'3S. The Elder j
force*, it is said, took this defeat v?ry ]
bitterly. I
Pfelfer is CO years of age, six feet tall J
and slim as Ingalls, with a deep guttural'
though pleasing voice, and slow and de- i
liberate in speech. Up to a year ago he;
was a staunch Republican. lie favors I
the unlimited coinage of silver and a
r?nn$<?rY*l.ivft prnansion of the currency.
moderate protection of home industries,
but does not believe in protection as a
principle. He favors the Government
loaning money at 2 or 3 per cent en fary
mortgages.
The IIou#e rr as half an hour la?*m as.
sembling this morning. The at^clance
of spectaeors ^ras large. 'senate's
chief dark appeared at ^"o'clock and
presented a requestjgfc the Seiiale that j
the House returg'for further considera- i
tion to the ptS concurrent rcsolu-j
Uen proving fcr a j0int session of the !
t\ro ho^'s tQ.niol-row- at noou, for the I
ot electing a United States sen- j
tor. The request was refused by an j
lyervrhehning vote.
Mr. Douglass, of Sedgwick, moved for j
he reconsideration of the resolution and ;
ranting of the request. The debate de- j
eloped the fact that the Alliance leared \
hut the renueafc of the Senate concealed j
. snare. The motion wss finally voted
lown. There were no nominal in<r speechs.
The result of the ballot was as givn
*bore.
At noon the Senate proceeded to balot
for Senator. There were no nominator
speeches, and the result was as givn
above. Iugalls was declared the
hoice of the Senate amid considerfile j
nthusiasm. and the Senate then adourn?d
till 2 P. M.
There is talk of the Senate declining
o meet with the House in Kepresentaire
hall. Speaker Elder issued all
>asses to outsiders, and the House delinid
to return the Senate joint session
resolution to be amended so as to
)ermit Lieutenant Governor Felt to alo
issue passes. The Republicans are
n caucus this evening to consider the
natter. ]
The Fated Seventh Cavalry.
Toper a Kan, January 2U.?The pariculars
of a bad collision between a
)assenger train and a special bearing
roops from Pine jiidge. which occured
last evening on the Union Pacific
lailroad at Florence, a small station
iear Irving. Kansas, have been received
lere.
The special was carrying about four
mndred soldiers, part of the 7th cavdrv.
and Patterv F. licrht artilierv.
)ound for Fort Riley. The train con- j
listed of seven passenger and twentyion
r freight oars loaded with horses |
md several pieces of artillery and am - {
inition, hauled by t?vo large engines.!
md several cars are a complete wreck.
Many of the soldiers were seriously
md at least two fatally injured. The
lead so far as can be ascertained ar??
Sergt Scharsbalt Battery E, artillery,
;nt all to pieces, and Private Mei'l,
Troop G, 7th cavalry, left leg cut off
ind head mashed.
Among the wounded are (Jap?. Godfrey,
Troop D. 7th cavalry, and tan enlisted
men. Xone of the passengers on
the other train were injured. A brake- j
man was hurt.
The conductor of the military train!
is held responsible for the accident, as j
tie was running: on the express train's j
time. lie lias disappeared. A large|
Dumber of cavalry horses wen; killed. ?
He Loyod His Native Land.
Memphis. Tcnn., Jan. 27.?A crim-j
iual with rather a remarkable history 1
lias been lodged in jail at Lexington, j
Miss. At the December term ot ttie.circuit
Court of ibat County Eugene Story
was convicted of murdering Barney Cleinfelde
and sentenced to be hanged. Ilisa;attornejs
appealed to the Supreme (,'ourt.
and while the appeal was pending Story
was forcibly released by his friends,
lie made his way to Central America,
but did not like the country and returned
to the United States, saying he would
rather be hanged here than lire there,
lie wandered over the South and w as
finally trailed to Gallatain. La., were
last Thursday a detective and a sherilf
walked in on him while he was dining,
lie drew a revolver and fatally shot tho
detective and wounded liie sheriff. and
was himself wounded in the cheek.
Smallpox Kaghisr in Yox::*.
Spofkori). Texas., Jan. 20.?Smallpox
is becoming a raging epidemic
throuirhout the central and Southern
parts of Texas. The (acts have been
withheld from the press on account of the
supposed injury to the commercial interests
of the State. It is learned, however,
that there are at least 50<> cases of
well-developed smallpox in this city.
The city hospital has been converted
into a pest house. The city high school
was yesterday adjourned indefinitely.
Notwithstanding that every precautionary
measure is bcin^' used to stop the
spread of the disease, it ^oes steadily on.
claiming aew victims.
World'B Supply of Cotton,
v..,,. Tor, 91?TIia tntnl visi
1 1/lkA, tnm. ? X. AliW vvv... .
ble supply of cotton for tiie world is J,416,302,
of which 2.885,502 is American,
against 3,093,902 and 2,605,502, respectively
last year. Jieceipts of cotton this
week at all interior towns, I04.SJ3: receipts
from plantations, 148,286; crops
in sight 6,197,842 bales.
WRECK OF WIRES.
HUNDREDS OF MiLES OF POLES AND
WIRES IN A TANGLE. 4
Tits Great Scow aud Sleet and Wind Storm
Wrecked t!ie Wires -Telesraphic Communication
Almost Completely Cut Oil.
Xkw Yokk, Jan. 28.?It is just three
days since the torriiie storm swooped
down upon this <?reat city.
I The iirst authentic account of the
\vrr-fk.'!Tf> f.iusf-d bv the snow and sleet
and gale is given in the Sun. That pa|
per devotes more than a dozen columns
in describing the situation in New
! York city and state, and surrounding
J country. The greater part of this vast
amount of information was received by
| incoming trains and special service?
i not by telegraph, for the wires were all
I in. a tangled mass on the ground.
I The first wire service has just been
established, and other are being righted
i as rapidly* as men can work, and in a
' few hours regular^J^Sfe communica\
tion will be established again. ***' ?"'
I T_ !_ C il.
j ni speaiuusj 01 ui?j siurm, uic oun
j says:
! " "Within the city the wreck of aerial
j lines was unheard of. Rows of poles
: toppled, broke oft' and fell, overborne
J by the snow coating of the wires. Such
j was the maze and tangle of wires of all
! sorts that it might have been manslaughter
to tarn on the arc light currents
last night. The streets were left
to the moon, as they were when the
mayor's ax was falling on the poles.
i After this dose it is not likely that any
electrical company which can get itself
underground will "want t^yjhabit the ?i
upper air. As for the*?jfcftufl
event, look at these *2%*' fnr insf-an/v*Philadelphia
dty to us! *'
Every w ire by^vhich sjie js ^^Uy
reached wa^ne.
p -"pi^lnstrument ;n the office of the
* Seal telegraph was silent, for every
."ire out of the city was lost. Even the
blizzard had not so absolutely demoral-,
ized the service.
The "Western Union could boast of
just three wires in use at b o'clock Sunday
night. These ran to Buffalo and
Albany, and by these routes all business,
north, south, east and west, was
transacted.
The long-distance telephone lines,
which withstood the blizzard bravely,
surrendered completely to this storm.
The state of Xew Jersey is tangle
of wrecked poles and wires from one
end to the other, and it will be a week
before the telegraph service is restored.
I'ive lines of wires across the Xewark
meadows look as if a cyclone had passed
over them, so completely have the damp
~ - vf-' fr?Art
UJL \x\r? IV/ wj&va*.
work.
The destructive effects of the storm
extended over a comparatively limited
area. A short distance below" Philadelphia
was the southern limit of telegraph
demoralization, and Boston was the
northern limit. The storm was practically
coiuined to the coast, and extended
r;o further north in this state
than l'eekskill and Ilaverstraw.
It started as a comparatively harmless
affair down in Texas. At 7 o'clock
on Saturday morning its center was in
Alabama, while the entire gulf was deluged
with rain. By S o'clock on Saturday
night the storm center had jumped
up'to the neighborhood of Capellatteras,
with a lively wind coming down to
meet it from the centre of high barom
etric pressure to the northeast. The
storm slid up from Cape ITatteras un
tier cover ox uarKutss <tu uguuuug
speed, and was upon us before the signal
service folks were ready for it.
Philadelphia caught it early in the "
evening, and the advance guard came
to us in the rain which began at 10.45
p. m. The mercury fell, and snow began
just before midnight, "when the
temperature was just a degree or two
above freezing. That was what played
havoc. The snow had come down
through an upper statum of cold air.
The liakes -took on their most clinging
nature when they got down near the .
earth in a warmer temperature. Everything
was wet with the rain, and the
nnkcs flnncr to whatever they touched.
This condition of things kept up until
10 o'clock Sunday morning, with the
snow coming down continuously and
the mercury trembling around the freezing
point.
The poles began to go down when the
wind freshened from the Xorth. through
the early morning hours. At 4 o'clock
a.m.it was blowing a thirty-five-mile
blast. The-storm centre, though, had
already whipped to the northeast, and
now it is out of the grip of the civil
service men somewhere oil* Halifax.
It was such a storm as the telegraph
companies have not been called upon to _
combat in ten years. Old telegraph ??^
hands say that there has been nothinsr
like it since the 'famous sleet stc :m of
Sunday, Jan. 23.1881. just ten years ago
; almost to a day, when the telegraph
! lines all through the east were paralyzed.
At 11 o'clock Sunday night only one
dispatch had reached the Sun ollice
from its hundreds of telegraphic correspondents
through the country. This
dispatch came from Scranton by way of
Chicago. The correspondent said the
only wire working from Scranton con:
nected with Chicago. Of the-scores-of v^
wires between Chicago and Xew York
one was in working order, and the
.Scranton item readied the Sun by this
roundabout route. The land connections
of the cable service were almost
wholly out of order, though a few
words* were occasionally received.
With all the wreck and tangle there
won- only two persons reported injured.
.Mrs. Catherine McCormack was cut
about lit? face, hands and neck by falli
injy wires. .John J. JSurke was struck
j on the shoulder by a bunch of wire and
| his shoulder was dislocated.
TI:c Gaal's lSlood Cure.
Pauis. January 2f.--])rs. I^rtin and
Ficq, oi the Nantes i'aculty, have created
considerable stir in medical circles '
here. The two doctors, after much
professional discussion ;n and out of
the medical journals, exhibited to-day
toflheir colleagues in this city another
new treatment for tuberculosis. Drs.
.Berlin and Pico explained that they
injected iifteen grams of goat's Mood
into the muscular tissues of the thighs
of two patients and asserted that cures
can bo brought about by renewing such
injections evrry ten days.
A Daring; Safe Kobbery.
.1 acksox, Teen., Jan. 28 ? A daring
safe rubbery was committed at Saltillo.
Tenn., yesterday morning. The
Sillt? Ui V,IclVCil C\, >> ilic.1chants.
was cracked by dynamite and
several thousand dollars stolen. The
explosion awoke a number of citizens,
j but th* burglars escaped in a skiff
i down the Tennessee river. They were
i evidently 'experts, and it is believed
j they came from Louisville or St. Louis.
j This would be a happy land if a
! man's own faults were as apparent to
j himself as to his neighbor.