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VOL. XX. PICKENS, S. C., 'ill ISDAY, FE I'ARY 3, 1891.- NO work done by the Senate in the last ses sion in conmarison1 with the work done by the House, the so-called buisness branch of Congress, and this amount of business was done, lie said, without any cloture rule. In the course ofra long speech Senator Cockrell read in full Senator Hoar's ar ticle published in the Boston Youths' Companion as to the importance of tin fettered debate in the Senate, and said he would move to have it printed as a pub lic document with a wide margin to enable its being farmed and hung up in parlors an(d libraries for the education of the young. Sonic of the leading points in the ar ticle Senator Cockell read more than once and with nuch emphasis, particu larly a sentence that ''the previous ques tion and every device to cut oil debate was unknown to Senate proceedings." Senator Dawes, who seemed to be a close and interested listener, rose and said that in the absence of his colleague Why, your colleague is right here,'' Senator Cockrell remarked, looking to wiards Senator Iloar, who was sitting on the Democratic side. "1I am here, and I never enjoyed 1yq self so much in my life,'' said Senator IIoar. "The inquiry I wish to make was,' said Senator Dawes. "If the Senator from Missouri does not draw a distinc tion between freedom of debate and an eternity of talk.'' [Laughter.] Senator 1Hoar delended himself from tlhc iniputation of inconsistency. There is nothing in the article, lie said. Ohat says that by reason freedom of debate it shall be in order for the minority of' the Senate to spend days and nights and weeks in talking about something else than the subject before the Senate, and thereby overthrowig the great con stitutional functions of the Senate as a legislativu body. There is not a phrase in it which I do not stand upon and will not defend. It is a notorious fact that the Senator form Rhode Island has been told that if his amendment were brought in as it was orginally proposed amed ients enghi would be ofered on the Diemocratic side ofrthe chamber to con stune the enitire time till the 4th of March next. Tie attempt to defeat the wilt of the people expressed through by Con gress the process ofrlong debate and tak ing up time (as we have seen it this very session) is as much a conspiracy against the Constitution and national authority as was the Rebel congress that met in lRichnond. [Applause in the galier les.] Sciator Gray : NWas that true it 18S79 whien that side of the chamber lili buistereCd * '' -Notices of ameniOments to the pro potied rule were given by Senators Stew ar1 Id Gibson. Senator Stewart's amendnient looks t allowing other than pending aniendmneut. to the, measure to be oil'ered and( voted on also to allow motions to recommit ant lay on the table, and Senator Gibs.n'8 reg(tures the demand for closure debat( to he seconded by two-thirds, instead 01 Smajoirsty, of the Senators present. Without concluding his r6marks Sen ator Cockrell yielded to Senator Aidrich, on whose motion at 6 1. M. the Senate took a recess till 11 A. I. to morrow. The object of taking a recess instea(1 of adjourning is supposed to be to avoiI questions being raised] as to the correc tion of the Journal as there will be nc Journal until the legislative day of the 22d is finished, which may not be until the pundig iuestion is finally disposed of1. NIA' Youx, Jan. 28.-The Clark Thread conipanty has managed to in duce sixty-seven men to go t.o Newark to take the pilaces of the strikers, but at no timne since the strike has the numbier at work exceeded twenty-four and the others have r'efused to stay uiponl learning that their liberty was tc be curtailed, arid that they would have to eat and sleep in this hose house of the Newark miill. 'Those who re, miain live un11imiuted beer, and musica enitertati nments are furnished for their almiost u'very night. Thhey are guardet! I roini int:' usion or attack by a corps oi special otlicers e'inployed by the coin pany, and all the fresh air they catct wile I crossing the yardl to the mill. The itnannler otf getting the niew spin ner's in to thie mill h as heen) a puzzle tt he stikeirs uintil it leaked out thal they were tiaken in b)etween bales o' (c)tton oni 0one of thle coiipany's truckhs The bales are' built uip onl the truick a< I hat a space for' the men Is left in Liin cnt re, and thle load go.is thriou gh tin strets L to the mill yardl without, any body suspecting that the mien are con ('eal(ed ini it. The spininers who are on a strike sa) that it is nec'essary to keep the nev men in ]inorance of the trite cond(iti<xr of' affairs, be'nuse the strikers, whei they ennt cet a few mninutes' conversa tiIon w fith the netw'omtuers, ca~n alwayt ii, lhillee themi to tiut back. "Ti1'mekfutl":' not Ioul.tI A l'Ol'STA, .Janiuary '25.-Th'1lanik fu (lorel i apt.ist Ch~ii reh was closed b' ItIe sher'i'i I his moing,iiL andu Mr. E. F i'uitt-hard wvas apponiited temporary re -eiv;er' by J1 itige lioney. TIhe troutbl is entised by the( d1issat isiaction of th cotngr'egatLion with theu pastor, the tIes Jami tes TI. Jhalbert, whIo, they clat 'o., toou ignori'. I to pireach to ant eductate< congruegat in of' this eiilightened 'tgt andt whiio has denied them'ii thir righit at Con fereiice meetings by allowin1 the in orn ty, who favored his~ views, t rule. Ini oithir words they claim thia the lIeed rule. wh ich has beent so ol ii oilus In politics, has ruled in thei huiirch wit ht TJalbert a.s moderatoi Shihs wvranidoI has bieen goling on sine last October, and will be settled at. heari ng befor'e . Judge Rtney on thi -0th (,f Februiary. - A tl'in tted I es (O1cr, oir 'Iillmnan hias appomnted 11.11. Thiomae oi Sumter' coun ity, a meumber' of' the boar< of state iailroadl commlfissioners, to Ill the vaicanIcy (cauised by the death of' ex Goveirnor lionhami. The Governo states as3 a r'easoni foir the ap)polntmen that its the vacancy occurred in the casa ofl a umembe'r from the middle section c the state, lhe felt compelled to appoin some one fromitbiat section, NN KALAKUA, of the Ilawaii Islands, is (lead. le died suddenly a San Francisco nn day lnst week. REPUBLICAN TACTICS. OVERRULING ALL PRECEDENT AND CUTTING OFF DEBATE. The Republicans Stop at Nothing to So euro Control of the Election MIachinery and Prevent the Choice of a Democratic President In 1892. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-I the SnC ate to-day, immediately after prayer, the Vice President directed the reading of the Journal of 3esterday's proceedings. Senator Faulkner suggested that there was no quorum present and the roll was called and disclose(d the presence of' but 27 Senators. At half-past ten, however, a quorum appeared and the .Journal was read. * Senator Aldrich inquired whether the question was on the approval of tne Journal, and receiving an allirmative re ply said that he wished to address the Senate briefly. IIe continued : "The Journal, just read, furnished a record without parallel in the history of the Senate of the United States. It dis closed the fact that it was the deter mned policy of the Democratic Senators to prevent any legislation or any actien, unless their wishes as to certain icas tires should obtain considerati(n and be acceded to. The Republicans had long ago been aware of this act, but not until yesterday had all disguise been thrown off. This purpose on tie 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 intol crant and outrageous domination of the minority would be to strike a serious blow at free institutions. The action oi' the minority was revolutionany.'' Senator Aldrich, at the conclusion of his remarks, moved that the Senate pro ceed to the consideration of the resolu tion to amend the rules by the adoptioa of the plan of cloture. The point of' order was made on the Democratic side by Senator Harris that the unfinished business was a motion to correct the Journal of Tuesday's pro ceedings, and that as it involve,d the status of Senator Aldrich's resolution it must be first disposed of. AN AFFECTATYON OP FAinNESS. The Vice President indicated his de sire to hear argument on the point, and the positions on each side were stated by various Senators, Senator Stewart arguing stronglv on the )eiocratic si<h', and Senator Sherman arguing that. al though the motion to correct the Jonr nal was a privile-,Led question, it did not necessarily follow that it must he iirst considered. Any other subject might be taken up in preterence by a majority vote. Up to I o'clock a decision on Ilarris's point of order had not been made, although the Vice President, on. several occasions, indicated his readin.i to decide it. But Senator Gormani lhid the floor for an hour and went over the whole ground, discussing general poli tics in spite of' all attempts to cut him on'. One of these attempts was made by -Senator Aldrich and was lnet with L sharp rebuke fron Senator Teller, anda notification that theSenator from liode Island "must not assume the role of Boss of the Senate." THE MATTER IN A NUTS11EI,I Senator Gorman said "If the Seina tors on the other side propose to go on with the publhc business and to take up such matters as the whole country is i terested in we will meet you as we have done during the session. ItL is, thieriorhe, your fault, and yours alone, if' the public business is dlelaye(l. We believe the elections bill to be im violation of the Constitution 01 the countr'y and we will stand here and light it under these rules with the fullest and freest debate, and let whatever consequence come we will appeal to the American people to suis tain us, because we are looking alone to their rights.'' [Applause.] A VICIOUS nU LI N(. The Vice Priesident ruled that. Sena tor Aldrich's motion to prIoceedl to the consideration of the cloture r'ule wa'~s in order, and overruled Senator IiIrris 's point of ordler. Senator IIarris appealed, but the Chair was sustained-yes 35, nays5 30). Senators Teller, Wolcott, and Stewar't 'votimg with the Democrats. Senator Aldrich moved to proceed to the considleration of' his resolution (clo tLure,) and Senator Gormnan moved to table the motion. The Vice President submitted the 'question to the Senate anid tihe vote re suIted-yeas 30, nays 35. So the mio tion to table was lost, and a vote was 'taken on Senator Aldi-ich's mnotioni to consider the cloture rule. The roll-call was susp)ended on Senia tor Ransom's point of or'der, that the Journal ofT1uesday showed that the immt ter had already been takent up. The Chair overruled the poin t of ordter', and the D)emocr'ats !.ook ant aippelI which was dlefeated, and th~e Chair was sustained-yeas 36, anayhi 27-where upon Senator German made Ithe furthier' point of order that Senat.or Aldr'ichi's motion must be in wvri,ing. The Vice Preident sustainedl this point, and Senator' Aldich wrote out, his mot,ion. Senator Aldrich's sIiotioni prevatled-yens 38, nays 32. Senator Jones, of Nevada, joined with the Democrats in opposinig it. Immediately, however, Senator IHar ris called up his point of ordler made against the cloture r'esohitioni on Tues (lay (that it wvas not, explicit enough to meet the rules.) The Vice P'resident ruled against, hinu. but Senat,ir Hlarris took an appe i and was permitted to debate it. lie Soon began reading from an apparently in exhaustible mass of manuscript. At Senator Alrc' instance Senator Harris's appeal from the dleelsioni of thie Chair against his point of order was laid on the table-yeas 33, nays 28. Among the pairs announced on all votes taken to-dlay in connection with the Republican effort to force tihe coni sideration of the cloture resolution, Sen ator Allison appears paired wvith Senator Ingafl, who is absent. Senator Cockrell made a statement to show thn large amount of' legislative SIDE TRACKED AGAIN. B1 THE REPUBLICANS DEFEATED IN THEIR INFAMOUS SCHEME. de The Denaocrat Vith the Aid of Six Ite pnublican Senators Lay Ashde the Closure til Rule-The New Itaceived Witta Wild Cheers In the House. to WASIIINGTON, Jani. 20.-TheSenate V met at noon in continuation of the le- h islatve day of Thursday last, the pend- "'J ing question being the resultion to sa amend the rules by providing a method for closing debate. nbe Morgai resumed the floor anu con- t tinuedi his argument he began Saturday ca in opposition to the proposed rule and Oil to the election bill, both of which icas- pa ure lie claimed (on the authority of the wC New York Times) to be for the advance- if ment of Ilarrison's project for a re-elec- th4 tion. tihl At 1:20 Wolcott asked Morgan to ce' yield the floor to him so that he might an move to take up the apportionmeni bill. thi Morgan said that he would do so although he was at a very interesting 1ne point in his specch which lie trusted he would never have the opportunity to resume. TI Wolcott, then made that motion and Dolph moved to lay it on the tab!e. The point of order against the latter motion was made on the Democratic side, but the presihing olicer overruled it and held that the motion was in order. I)r, The vote was proceeded with amid great excitement an( there was Mucli confusion and some ill feeling in rela- N tion to the pairs. Daniel said that lie had been paired " with Squire. but as he was informed by the Senator from Nevada (Stewart) that do the Senator from California (Stanford) jo was in favor of proceeding with ,he business he would transfer Squire's pair lie to Standford and would himself vote. to Aldrich objected to the proposed s transfer and insisted that there was no i., authority for it.. Stewart admitted that lie had no direct cr authority to pair Standford with the Sen- ca ator in favor of the proposed rule, but ki; said that Stanford told him bef6re leav ing the citv for New York that lie was in favor of taking up the,apportionment bill. Aldrich asserted, on the contrary, that Stanlord had toll him distinctly on sev eral occasions that lie was in flavor of the pending resolution and of its conl sideration, and he (Aldrich) intimated that the proposed transfer would be taking an unfair advantage of Standford' i absence. The controversy developed some acri Imonious feeling on both sides, but, the matter was settled by Danel saying that, It there was any doubt or dispute about it lie would let his pair with Sqeire stand I -and that was the upshot of it. Soie question also arose as to the tc pairs of Shoup and Moody ; %ut the final result was that the pairs stood as fol- n lows: Pierce and krown, Plumb anid tr * Gibsoin, P~ettigrew and( Pasco, Squire and( Datfiel, Shoup and Colquitt, Sanders and Ingalls, Chandler and 13lodgett, Moody 7 and IIearst, Iiggins and Voorhees. Standford stands as absent aind not re paired. Tie 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 aind in G the galleries. This was resented by PC Edmnunds, who insiSted that the chair w should enforce the rules of' the Senate, K: and that it' there was any repetition of to the disturbance the galleries shiouldl be th~ cleared. The following is the vote in detail : al Yeas-Alrich, Allein, Alllsoni, Bllair, SC Carey, Casey, Ciillom, Davis, I)awes, m~ Dixon, D)olph, Edmunds, Evarts, Far- to well, Frye, Ihale, llawvley, Iliscock, tl or. Stockbridge, Warren, Wilson of Iowa n<( -34. bi INays-liarbour, Bate. Berry', Black- He burn, Butler, Call, ('ameron, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, Fustis, Faulkner, gi George, Gorman, Gray, IIalmpton, Ilar- ge ris, Jones of Arkansan, .Jones oftNevada, fa Kenina, McPherson, Morg.~an, Payne, re Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Stewart, T1eller, uii ITurp)ic, Vance, Vest, Walthall. Wash- A burne, Wilson, ot Maryland, Wolcott- of 35. tu T1he vote was thon taken oii Wolcott's .w 'motion to take up the apportionment A bill and it, was carried by a like vote- N( yeas 35s, nays 34-the onl y divergence wV being that Pettigrew's pair wvas trans- !ce ferred from Pasco to Call. ni There was no distinct outbreak of - applause at the final success of the P movement, against the election hill and the p)roposed rule, but. the~ feeling of jtubilation was no less great on the h~ D)emocratic side ; and( Blair initeiposed pi t,he remark that, when a man was ownvi l that was the time to get up, and so now lai .t,his was the time to take up and pass tI the education bill. [Cri'*s of "O)rder'' Ii a tromi the Democratic side.] Si 3 The resolution for the amewnilient, of (I -the rules having been thus displaced and " relegated to the calendar (as the election0 Ibill had previously been) the Senate pro- Q c ceed( to the considlerationi of tihe app~ior Stionment bill, * TJhie reading of the bill and thes report, e ,conitinuedI till 3 o'clock and the bill was . then laid aside till to-morrow at 2 o'clock p r when it conmes uip as unlinuished buisness. TI The Good News in tihe Iioua,e p s When the vote was taken in the Seni- ti iate the House was taking a vote oii the li B same question, and the Clerk had called '0 but a few names when Mainsur aind Hleardt, returning from thle Senate side, -spoke a few words to their D)emocratic colicagues, whereupon Rogers rose, anid jinterrupting the call, informed the Ilouse y that the force bill had been dlefeatedl. te -Then the Democrats gave cheer after cc cheer. g rT1hue Sp)eaker's effort was iineffectualg for some moment,a to check the Demo .crats in t,heir ent.husiasm. bl t "Another Bull Run.'' e jaculated 'a Brewer. a Hatch suggested the proprie ty of dis- i penseing with the further anuling of the wv roll. There was no longer an y necessi- et ty fohe rNmon1 c_l in The roll call was continued andl(I the muse weN t Ito colunmittec of the whole. it the battle was not yet over. Breckinridge of' Arkansas, in eriticis- I ; AlcKinley's action in cutting ol' the bate oin the approval of' the joitinal. liouiced the McKinley bill. Kelley of Kansas said that, the gentle in on the other side had said that good ws had been received From the Senate. did not dloubt tlat it Was good news thle assassinsi of .lhn AL. Cla vtonl. cmiocratic hi*sses.] They Would 'ov il) their hats andel ceer and say 'hat will ,ive us further power to as- n minlate anld kill.'' ri Somethiing hid heenl sad about the trayal of' party pledges. Ile knew of suel bet1rayal so fir as this Cid of tle iitol was coI.Cncerned. The gentleietn it the other side who had betiraVed their C rty pledges (it they had beeli betrayed) 0 re responsible to their coistituenits t there was any betrayal it cam froln ti )SO mleti Who had been in1structed b'y 0 ir State Legislatures to vote for il 'aln bill, and Vlho had turned around V I voted ag-nainlst it. ie lad no0 doubt it tle person4 whilo killed younl.. ittiews of Mississi.pid coubl take tle vs as good lews. Lewis declared that the killing of ittliews grew out of'no in>litical causes. C causes were purely persolnal. A Imnauco of tho War. 0 PITrsitua, .ran., 25.-,Nlilo (Gaston t d his bride arrived here last tuiglt from t orgia, and they are spending their t norynoon with Mr. MeLain, (astoin's d Alier-in-law. Mc Lain tells this ro mitic story : c "Ill I kG2 Gastonl, who is a native of r ,w 11ampshllire.jointed a regiment 1 fronm it, State anid went to tle froit. Ile :1 s captured, and while on his way to -S idersonville prison e,scaped. Ile wan- 1 red about through woods and swam ps t nearly three weeks. Whei filiishied it hungt1-er maid crazed by what he lie- m ved to be cont iued purslut le decided I) givc himself up. One evening le atnibled out of the thicke. and made m way to a large uold-fiashiomned south i h1onme. A embl rain had set in. aid < rimng little w ltr he lived or died, he I Lked boldly up the driveway and t ocked. "'le place seciled deserted. A flew%v C mintes later he became conscious that t Ale one was scrutinizing him irom a ( ndow a few feet away. Ile wvas finally r tm1itted by a young wonmal Who Car- I d a revolver iil her hand. She .!ot t ut soie fitpper and said she was alone the ouse, iut Oxpeeted 1her lather, 10 wvas h0tie fri4in the conitfeerate tyll I a siCk leave. to return at any Ine. "he s(ecled to a l ti iltvest in austoni. atil laid h1im itl a iirk corner ol v garret. Thete she li-d hini for two eekhs alnd showel hii Low to) get in il out at. nht tiawithout . arousinig her Lreits, till he 1,iallY ("-:aped. "*Alter tle war he retiurntied to Elher n and heard th,m1 his beneitetress had arried. Gaston is now . railroad con ictor. Last silillcr he was buiihn branch on the Geija P'acilic e when le 1ined that his old love wasa widow dI had a 1i,1imily of five childiren. He < Imediately vent to the old home neat' bertonl, made himself kiiown. aniid the t itilt wis a mnarriage,. which took place sterldav. The pair will soonl leave tir r. Gasilt s I Iomie ill New York. Thte W'ir ane ithe' F'orro tinu. WAV.uil ix cT-oN, dan. '.5.--.4nia1or >rmain c.aracterizes as 1ition the re rt (hat a deal has been arranged by tl ii 1h )elinerartie membier is of th'eC unsas Louerislatuire are to vote for' Senia * ltngalls in iretuirn fori his opipoiion to) a force htill. TUhis samiie story was circulated sever weeks ago, and it, was then said timt nator Gotrmnan, as leaT i of [lie D e aeracy' in theI Senate, wasx authorized pledge certauint Detmtcrat ie votes in C Kanisas Le.(gislaf ttre to IngtiallIs iflC e >uhll optenly oppose the fotrce bill. hen Seniator G ormanIt was ite rv.iewedl the subject tonuicht lie said lie couldI t undert:aIke to assme11 the Ir esp onisi lity for all thie ingei ouis staitementits Th'ie opponilenlts oif thle for'ce bIll arie caily enrageid in thir i igh t lby thie nerat drift ol plicl senttitaunt. iii ftheim vor. The actittn of' several Slates in fusing aissisthmee to thle Worbil's For ii less the h)ilI is bteatent emiimes alarmin ii lie Fa ir tow lear thaI th Ve L e'isla r'es of' Newv Yorkl miii New~ .ier'sey 11 follo w the exahml de oft IhIose Stat es. s the fihree hill is saidi to be mmtetd irt [ly at. Newv York and New .ler.sey as ('il as thle oth le rin States, thle De~mo1 lfe ILislturites iln the Noth should >t hesitate to jitmt with their Southiernt 'eth ren in ainy schetinte Li alu ld to 'eseive tle ights of their Peilple. 'ThIri. Wrichsi. ini tie Gulimf. ruts tr'ee shipwriiel ini[i i thelowr' tt. of i ih i Guf oif lexiio durinig thet st hia f )eteemher. lihe first. was efounder'intg of a bariik at Caymanit rao, (in )t'-cimber 2'>, naime iunknow ni; x of .the 'rew wterie droiwnei id, other'ts Ift ed ashor'e on [lie shti p's hotus'. 'The 'cond dli,saster wa's thte goiniig aishtor1 the A i eti can; sethooner A'la ggie i. ray, ut hkalt.imor', ont heii northwest id (of Little I 'ymanut Isliand. Capt. irgot, but. , e un. wariied off' by G. Ot')r 'i lilus, tg('nt o,f tthe pho(s lat' coiupatly whiere thle vessel lay. hie sch toone'r tioon wen'it to pieces and m:vedc a totail Iloss. I'Tie fiird case was ie caipsizitg at, sea, fifty iiles cast oft I inlOte, Otn )ee hi er 23, ofI the schtooni Cont est, i't Hu'iatan. 'IThe vessel hado tsail Ithe day bef ore for -bun;itcja with irtetin jt(rsonis, inluinttg the wife of' e captin, Kirk (Cotneltl. Only thtree riSOnis eitaied, iak.tng I heir way in ai Lif wiith an oar for i a itast atndt a sh irt r' a sail to the miaiinlanid, roaching ere onl the 2th. ( )?l oft l ose was a lloredI man11 nameiP L. .loIihnson, who uye Capt. Osbortie iin formtation of' it. World's .Supp,ly of (Oil i.i NEWn Yonl, ,Jan. 21. -'The total visi (e supI ply of cottont for' tie wor'ld is 4, ty,t02, of which 2n,S8i02 is A merlean, a&inst 3,(093,002 atn d 2,ii(5,.i02, respect ely astyea. Ieceiptts of c'ottoni this~ rckatall interior' towns, l1t ,813; re 1 pts from plantationis, If 8,2811; crOps 81 ght. t1,40'7,f b;uthal INGALLS MUST GO. iIS CHANCES FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE SENATE ARE POOR. 'ho G. A. It. Potitlous fin Iths Favor It Sprenim on tile Itecormm, Ittit ICeiorted on-Alliamco Ciadiciatem Stnto Thecir jalities to the Calacui. TOPAE.KA, KA.S., Jan11. 24I.-The c ;Attee to which was referred the memo al from Lincoln Post, G. A. It., of To fka, praying for the election of Ingalls the United State Senate, submitted s report to-day. The coimmittee was ilposed or' three Alliance Ieibers, all Id soldiers. The committee recoi iended that the memorial be spread on le record, but made an adverse report i the prayer of tle petitioners. The ,port was adopted, all the Alliauce men 11ting- inl tle afirniative. I L transpires now that the thirteen lUatice-tieii who voted with tle Repub cans yesterday 1o 4)not favor I ngalls' re luction, but voted as they did yesterday ecause they thought, the reference of ie memorial ', comniiLtee was disre poectlil to the veteran petitioners. As an offset to the petitioi in fivor r Ingalls, a numbei of old soldiers -day present.ed a petition condemning C senator. and beggin- the Leisature elect inl his place all Alliaice cnuli ate. Ingalls arrived last niglt and was in onference all day with the Ilepuliclival ianiager. The first caucus of the Farmers' Alli nce ieml)ers of the Le;,islature on tle enatorial Iiestion proper was held I,) ight. It was governlied by the rules of hle 1ariers' Allianuce, and was strictly star chanber session. The meImllbers rcre pledged to secrecy, and little (li c learned of tle proceedii-s. Tile Allianice senatorial candidates ,-ere called belfore the caucus one by one. Id were permitted to give anl account. 1, their accomplishments and 41ualities -hiehi they thought would entitle them o the lionlor of iucceeding Ingalls. Before a candidate was permitted to veil address the caucus, lie Was obliged U-hind hihmelf by oath to abide by the ecision of' tle caucus and not bol t the -miiiiiation. This leads to the conclu ion that the caucus nominee will receive lie inll party vote. All candidates were on liand to-ni_-ht, hat is, all whit) were Alliance men mid Yho were not ruled out at tle caucus of ast ''liursdav. 'I'lie ineligibles aie Alli invu congressmlen-elect, a1114 those! memil iers of the Alliance who have j oined the >r-mnization since tlie recent election un11 who did not, contribute to tie Alb le! victory on that occasion. Thii rules out .err Sinipson ,()on t,ressimlan-elect froi seventh, tie 111ost )opilar man with the riank and file of' Alliance, and John %)a'is, conLresuisan -leet fron filth district; Col. W. A. larls, ex-Confederate fron L'eaven-. xorth: (,enl. C. WV. Whair, Democrat, -.-Governor,John P. St. .John, and two r threv less. others prominent. The (1andidates who aippear-ed befonre he caucus a.id pressed their claimut vere: Spenker Elder, of the lower IIouse; Idge Pfel' editor of T e'I'l Alliance tdvocate; Judge Doster, julge of thie istrict Court at IIolton:.John F". W illets, liiance candidate for governoi at. tlie tLe clection; S. M. Sct itt, larimer, ('. M%. cott, State lecturer, F.rank MIGI'rathi, >resident or the State A liance, . udge Ilirami Stevons of Kansais City, Kant, vhoit made a vigorouns c am paigni againlst ngallis ait the election, llad I ev. A. 'ole, llelprescultat ive fromi1 llttchinion'is listriet. ihiedaa Hit Skina Everny Yeari. CruICA(Io, Jan11. 18X.--Ini one of thie iaigs a f'rame containing four phtio ra'tphs representing a mani In tie act, of hieodinug i s sk ini. Onei of' (lie photo(i r.iahs shiows this stranige humliani phe iomenioni withi his arms.i 1 intst retchied, lie old skini peeling ofl andit haingi'ii r'om his boidy in shreds like a tattered hiir t. whlileI the new skini(li cac heletectedl y thie whiteiiess of (lie phIotograph.lii L ast, .1 ulv lie left his home at( Philhlips urgi, Monit., anid ariv~ed ini(' hilcago the >e(elg spellf of' sielmiess ahvay beg~l)"ins4 l uy 25 of eachI yearii, lhe decided to use rienid to) Iri. .lacobl l-'ranik, otf NO. 17 Anicolni avenue, Ie informed (lie dhoe oar what lie expcted woutii lihapen to 01im shoirtly andil i aphled ihrf'I 'arom in lie hoAspaital. I )r. F"ratnk suspiecte th4 ( at lhe mani was5 inisane, but, lie neerltheleCss ecte tclIimne (lie skiin she<dlitig b egatn, andl ni two weeks( lie was coaveed withu the lie is (lie s'c(tal olest. chihil of aL family if't,hir teeni, all ofl whomn ate hi vinag. II is r~iatidnmothler is a7 yeliar old. lI <a ii :1lbleis to laive his t amei~ tailblished.'i siting A mnoa iher stat o. ITI A IITFO1t(1atln. ..- -'Ithu ollons iiiet andl reeivel tie rieport, 1 of the conaiait t-ie appioinitoil to canv ~ass th vit' f ori State ofiecrs. The 'ominit (pte lids I hlat I,?89baltlots were re'jecte( faor in stfiieneit (causie and0 thiat fi in many townas thie linmber of' votes retu rnetd excieedjs thia (oat alhu niibe r oft votes(' ct. The comiiifttee states (fiat it is un rable to dleterinin re that any person was legally choisenOtiIo Iiifi any of the State otlices except thle Complt.roller's, to which (lie face of' the re'turns i ndl aeate that N ich alas Straub , I )eimocrat, was elcted('. 'hie 1lust nece'ptedI thea rep[ort and1( udopatad resoltitons offerintg to jolin with tihe Seniate in a general recitin t of~ ho vote of' theo State. Tfhie Senate, .vithoint Iimportant aictiocn, took a re :ess at 2 o'clock. In t,he I louse, aifter he presentation otf the reports, genteral lebiate was opleed, which hids fair to ontinute [oar ai day or two). A Duarinag Mafe Robbery. d1 A CEI(ON, TPenn., ,lan. 'Z8.-A daring afre robbhery was commintte'd at Saltit o, TJenn., yesterday mornfng. The afe of' Craven & Williamnson, mer hants, was cracked bay dynamite and everal thousand dollars .stolenu. The ixlionif awoke a nunmber of citizens, mit thet burglars escaped fin a skill~ town the Tennessee rfver. They wore :yidently experts, and it Is believed hey came frnm T onisvIl11 o..,t. T u..a INGALLS'S SUCCESSOR. Pfefler is the Man and lie %wis Noinajjte( by th, Aillauce Cauncuu. TOPEKA, KANS, January 28.-In the House tie ballot for United States Sena. tor resulted as fbliows: lfeler 96, In- ,I all8 23, Blair 5 ; inl the Senate. Iigalls '15, P11ell'er 2. The A lliance cauicus that nominated , ludge Pfefer last nigit for United itates Senater, to succeed Ingalls, did lot ad.journ until 1,15 o'clock this morn- & ug. There were seventeen candidates tlid oil the "6drop-one'' rule it took an lual number of ballots to arrive at a :hoice. 'Tihe list of' candidates In tile w >der of their strength on the first ballot a11 vas is tollows: V. A. Ifeiell'or and Elder, pe _ipvaker of lthe llouse ; Jolin Willets, i .he defeated Alliance caudidate for Gov. mrnor ; .ohn Davis, Congreisman-elee t 'rom the 5th district ; .1. V. BIriden- c Lhal, from Chetopa ; Frank Doster, al udge of tle D)istrict Court ol lolton ; ill A. 11. Snyder, fornmerly I1nion Labor n<( rgainzer ; .Judge Vroomnani, of1 Kansas it Liy ; Gen .1. 11. Rice, of Fort Scott. W. S. Cogswell, David 0vermeyer, a Democrat, of' Topoka ; S. M. Scott, James Maxson, W. A. Olds, .oln Hart, a >f Sedgwick County ; J. It. Osborn, de- fe 'eated Alliance candidate for Secretary ti, >' State, and W. A. llarrIs, a stock rais ,r, of Leavenworth County. On each ballot the candidate receiving Lhe lowest number was dropped from l1 the bottom of' the list in about the order t< tiamed. Balloting finally narr<,wed it- b, ielt dowon to 1'fe01er, Willits, Elderand Nv I)oster. The latter was dropped on tihe S( curteenth ballot. The tnext ballot 1 tc threw out lder', and the final ballot r stood I'elfer 76, Willits 38. The Ehler forces, it is sald, took this defeat very i bitterly. el l'ffer is GO years of age, six feet tall im and silm as Ingalls, with a deep guttural Il though pleasing voice, and slow and de- el liberate in speech. 1,'p to a year ago lie was a staunch lepublican. lie favors E the unlimited coinage of' silver and a conservative expansion of the currencY, moderate protection of' home industries, but does not believe in protectioni as a principle. lie favors the (over'nmeieit loaning nioney at 2 or : per cent on farn miort,gage's. i The I louse was hal I' an hour late ini as- (I seIbling this m1orning. The attendance A of spectaeors was large. The Senate's n chief clark appeared at I o'clock and ti presented a request firom the Senate that the Ilouse returns FOr fither considera- V tioin to the Senate its concurrent resolt- s tion providin g f'or a joint session of' the two houtses to-morrow at noon, for the pirlpoue of electing a .'iLed States senl ator. The r11iquest wis resd by an overhilelinllg Vote. Mr'. Doulas., of Sedthwick, moved 1,41r' the reco nsideration of' the resolution and uranting of the request. 'Tle debate de veloped the flh. that thp Alliance leared tit the reqpiuest of the Senate conceiled a snare. The motion wss finally voted down. There were no ionmial in_g speech em. The result of tine ballot was as giv en above. At noon tine Senate proceeded to bal t lot for Senator. There were inom 1o1lina t tilng speeCIhs, and tine result w,as as giV. en11 abjove. Ingal lis was declared the choice of the Selnate amid colsiderbleC entliusasm. and tine Senate (then ad Journed till 2 1'. M. it There is talk of the Sena te declining .d to Ineet with the Ilouse in Iepresent)1- 1u tive hall. Speaker Elder issued all a passes to outsiders, and the Ilouse le. 1 cliind to return thne Senate joint ses- e SIlnCS hitolution to lbe ameile ld so as to piermiit L ieuitenamnt, G overnior F"elt to ali- ( so issue passes. Th'le lanpblic'ans ar'e ini caucus thnis evemning' to coini the matter. A MYSTERY OR' MURDER. A Whn ite Woina~n 1liinppeari nnuc ai N., gro S,aspecnted oft iinng lhen'. timie oni Sturiday a cmolormed man iniform edi the Shner'ifl that Alice McLIeod, a white woman, whvlo hadl been hivinig neariI tine oil works withi a neCgrn inameud Waties Maltinl, h ad d (isappearedi('u fr'om hner' hiomie und(en' circutantttces thfat seemied to ini-' dienate i)il flany. Thie pnolic~e werie like wise tnoti liend of tine fact. ndu anl inves tn gai onl inlto tihe tnuatter was inmmediiate ly istitunteu. F"romi tine stony told by tine wolman's ch iidr'en it appjears [111tt slie left lien' hlne " on -'i<iy even inmg to1 go to tine inii a i train in thatt vicinity to sell s'nne ve''ge tables, Sihe had( hner 'M n b'oy with hen and h is tai.le Is thna. whiist hI ,'vas at the ( n'riIn a mani, wl'om hnnIn slnfpposedl to be , M .intinl *cannie aind diLgen1 men' ol, ainni Ine sawv fo inione of lnen'. 'The olnle i- e d11(0 fliei inadne sear'ei forn thneir muother, n hbnt coul find no tnrace of' hnner. I.atr n nm line evening Mai'tin camnne in withn blood I spots oini mIs iults,~ winlin escnrapneni ofi' w~ih is knife atl pint ashes on.l iIe weint bac'kw~ards amnd1 finiwarI'ns severill limnes, ine(t,1mn1 inn a onalniner to ci'eato su1s ieiloll. Then( sn'areb: nnadie by tine plice gave rIMe to a) tilnimb em of (isenlatiotlal stor'ies iii tine nighorh i ioonI a (1nil al sorts of' dis covrie'(s were'l' rep'lorted, nioiie of whlich w~er'e fouinded nlOI fatct. A II dauy Sumnday thne seai'chi for Mart ', wras omnt inun'd by thie olieers of thinw, a atin oil Siniday nigiht the plaec kept by< L ela llamimndnn on Gervais street was i'aded in tine belief' thnat he wias in h1d-1. ing ati that, poinlt, but Ine could mnot be foumid. It app)eai's, hiowev'er, tihat lie mad bieen thnere Oin Saiturnday iihlt atnd h adl ovem'heard'n tine inquiries of tine p)olice mmin who was on the lookout f'or him.I Late yestenrday af'ten'nooii Policemueni IIl ll(l I Ilamrrison came up) with Mart:ini in a field nnear the Gramiby Quarry, atunI lie was aIt (onie arr'iested and1( taken to the staitioii nouse.-Rtegister. Ho.rned( inn EiMgy, I ''r'rsniURIo, Pa., Jain. 28.--Senar Camneroni's vote to shelve the elections bill has caused the greatest indina- 1 tion among Republicans ini Alfeghenay 1: City. The Senator was burned in elligv t to-night, wvell knowvn liepublicans takl- t ing the leadl imn the ceremonies. A mn brass banrd was engaged and t,here was I a short paradle previous to the tornling. 11 After the ceremnies a petiti on was f: started among the crowd asking thne o Le gislatuire to request tho resIgnation ce of gannn ato amnron. WRECK OF WIRES. UNDREDS OF MILES OF POLES AND WIRES IN A TANGLE. to Groat Siow niti4l -tq 1 ant 'Whii sfori treckedt iltsw W%irs-t.-.-,!( rap:IIlliq- CmII nt eI t I:iCtt41 1% 11 4 U0 I I I'IeI y Iu I t f) If. N-W Yonui,.hin. It is jisi three ,ys Since the territic storill swooped Iwn upon this great city. Tho first authentic account of the -eckage cauised by the snow atd sleet (d gale is givel in the Suni. That pa r devotes nioro than a dozen coltmis describing the situation in New :rk city and state, and srrouiding iutry. The greater part of' this vast ioiunt of informat ion was recei ved by coming trainis and special service it by telegraph, for the wires were all a tangled mass oil the ground. 'I'he tirst wire service has just been Uablishied, nild othe' are beinlg righitedI rapiidly as len canl wok, w and iin 'a w hours regulaor 4ntside coiiunitica ni will be established again. In speaking of the st, I lie Sun vys: Within the city (te wre-"k ol aerial lis was unleard (i1. I;ws IN (f poles ppled, broke 4ilf anid tell, overb)Orne the snow coating of the wires. Such as the maze and tangle of wires of all rts that it might have been ia aughter to turn (in t le are light -IIr nts last night. 'T'lie streets were left the Imlooni, as they were wlen the ayor's ax was falling onl the poles. fter this dose it is not, likely that any ect rical colmipalny which Calm get itself iderground will want to inhabit the )per air As for the mia,_rnitude of the ent, look at these iteis. for iinstance: lhiladelphia was a dead cit y to us. very wire by which she is isually achle(I was goile. I.very instrument inl the ollice of the ostal telegraph was silent, for every ire out of the city waslo.st. ivenl tilt) izzard had not so absolutely deioral ed theservice. 'Ilie Western Union coulil boast of Ist, t hree virus ill ise at 8 t'clock Sunil ay ilight. I'lese rain to lhiffalo and Ibally, and by these roiutes all blisi L-is, north, south, eam and1[ west, was -anlsacted. Thile lolgl-islaive to-'ephoneo lines, 'Iich withstu(d tle bliz.:Ad bravely, 1ti'reIIdered co llii!etl tIo lhisn t-m111. 'Iie state if' N(w\v . se iVs a t:ingle f wreckedl poles aiid wiries 1f iroi ole ud t4i the otlrI, adilt it will 1 a week o(41e the teh-graV h service is reored. 'ive lines of wil's 'roA the N ewark nedws lo.k as if .1 cEl . elo'o had Issed weve hei. so completlpoly ha\ (. the lamp linl-il n w m st's of S11Mw <i"ne Ihwir. wor .k. t deItstructi;v e l of he I 'II i. tom ,xtendedc ve m al e. opr1 i llimitud Irv.a. A sht. dist.!mwe below; lhiladel >hia was I he sIti h liert i Init .f 1e h-araph lenoralizat iml, :1141 I "Pst; I was t ie torthern liwnit. ThewAorin wa, pra'V ically confinted 14) tile cw:.l. ald ex ended no fiirther north in this s!ate hall I'eeksk.11 ani Ila\ erst raw. It started as a1 com p'naltively ialriim ?ss alTair down in Texa.-.. .\ t 7 o'clock n1 Saturiday ilornlinug its "ete'er was in dabali, while the eit ire:riilf was 0e iged with raini. Hy S o'eock o,n Sat Inr ay night, (the, storil cellter hadl jwIll ett p to it(e leiglhborhooll f l t ter s, with a live.ly wild comining dowi to leet it from the cel trv o, high ar - tic pressure to) the no(rthe(ast. TIhe Lormn slid iii from11 Ca'pe l lat te'ras uin er cover of darkniess at Iligh tin g [leed, and was uipon us before thle sig a I serv ice. folk s were ireaidy 1(or it. Il'hiladehlina (aught it. early ini the veinig, and theI i advance gu aid ca me 4)1us ini the rin lw hic'ihibegani at tol15 in. The i nitecury fell, and sn( w bi1 1e ani just before inidniighit, wheni the ('eperaturie watS just5 ai degree or two) bov'e fr'eez in g. Tha i~t wahs w hatt p)layed brou)Igh an 1upper' statum11 o f cold1( air. hei( thakes too0k oni thieiir 111>)t (lingingi aitutre wheni they gout do4wni near thei atrthi ni a wVartneir t('lepera ure4. vey 'hing wasI wtelt withI lihe in. andl til heiti Ihi mecry ivremin g aron the fIIcreez big po(int. TheIi plets began t (4 go) downi w~hien the ind f11 resheneid4l11 fom thei N ort hi. through hie earily morning hiouris. At 4 o'clock .im. it was low4ling a thir ty-iv'e-muile Iready whlipped to the northeast, and 0ow it is ouit of the grip (of the civil erv ice menCl sEometwherie off IIlalifaix. It wats sucoh a storin as5 the telegraph)l ompilanies hlave not been called upon01 to omtbait ini teni yeairs. Old( telegraphtl ands(1 saty that thter' has be,en notiir ke it since the0 famous sleet storin of tiiday, .1 an. 23, 18X1, just ten years ago linost to a day, whieii the telegraph imes all through the east ~vero >ar-~ lyzed. A t 1 1 o'clock Sunday0 ' toi n -romi its hniiIjh.T iU h .. sof telIegra~phice corres )0loudets , brouigh1 the counbt ry. Th'is~ i spaLt)fcame from Sermitoni by way' of hfg.The correspond(enlt said the )ily ire wor'king f'rom Scranton (cn '1(ctedl with (Chien~go. Of thle scoires of ,vires bet ween (Chiicago andio New York mel wais ini work inig orEdr, and thle scr'anton item'I reac(h el thie Sit biIy thiiis jells otf tho cable service wer'e almost vhiolly out of' order, though a few VOrdsi were olccasiiinllyciv ed(. With all the wirek :iial t angle there vere (only t wo persons1 repor4)ted'1 ijur ied. \I rs. ( at,br Alen Io' rilimek was ('lt 11bent the4 f'ace. hlII5ands a neck by fall ng wires. .IEohn ,1. I hirke wais struick( mi the shloiibter by a bunciih of' wire 111nd uis shioulder' was1 ilisloCntedl. lTo (htb nlitum Ciitre. P'A RilS, ,Ianhuairy 29. -I)rs. Ih'ert in andi 'i1g, of the N aittes facuilty, have ere Lted constiEral'ue stirI l inimedical circles cre. Tlhe t wo doctors, alter much rofessional discussion in and out of' lie mledical jouirnalIs, exhibited to-day nltheir colleagues ill this city anot,ber ewi treatment for' tutberculosls. Urs. Bertin and Ilcq explaIned that they 'ijectedl fifteen grams of goat's blood( ito thle muscular tissutes of' the thighs r two pattints aind a~sertedI that ctures in be brought about bly reneowingsuich lientns every tnn (layv.