Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1896 — Page 6

HARRISON AGITATION His Name Frequently Mentioned In Connection With the Presidency. I . WOULD HAVE INDIANA’S SUPPORT I’evlves the Vj-tlHtiou of the yiu-M---l ton of <'iil>:in Belligerency -Numerous Citizen!. ol the I nite.l States Keeognired >n Bronze bj X eneziiela Mil.' Create a Lient i'iiii nt Generalship. Washington, April 4. —Agitation of tiwjidssible nomination of ex-President Marrison by the St. Lottis convention I,a-been one of tin' tilings attracting oitenlimi about 1 hi 1 capital the past lew days. One of the. peculiarities ot the sot nation is the absence ot any expres».jon Oil the subject by the coterie ot t xilit iciu ns who are recognized opponents ml’ Major MVjxitiley. I’his class is "sawing wood” and allowing other peotije to’. > the talking. Whether it is Irani fi ..v that ii favorable declaration might re ill. as has some of the •'favorite son" movements. or whether because

t-w .

w CENFUAI. HAItEIsON. ids ry are totally distrusted. is apolitical problemas yet unsolved. There is a well founded belief 'in Washingttin, however, that then* will , Harrison votes cast, in the convention, and that these will come in con- ‘ ■siderable number if there is anything | lake a deadlock shown bv the first lew ' ballots.- -2 ' I It is also c'eir that this pur; cose is not being engineered from the Indiana end »)f the line. All Headers-here express "he utmost respect tor and belief in the sincrity of the ex-president's letter of ■ inclination, but other people who would T»e pleased to have another candidate rhairMcKinley cannot but revert to the i {possibility of fulfillment of rhe condi- I Fioris applied in that remark credited to ! Mr. Harrison—“it is one thing to vol- ! unt-er and quite, another to be drafted. ’’ ; All the Indiana members of congress 1 mow in the city have -beeji interviewed on the Harrison letter ami the probable t attitude of the Indiana delegation to the ‘ national convention. ' They unhesitat- , tngly say the Indiana man is n.ot a can- ■ didate and mea: r what he said in ad- , <dressing the public on the subject. But s-hey fur! her say that they would like ’■« sen him lead another battle, and thift ! .f.ritr ball is started to roll in his direc- | tinn by some other delegates, the men ' from his own st afb will without‘doubt ami ,'v. it h mstifiable •propriety give to f Bum---n .their eaim-sr spppi-ri. This, . i. spite the instructions’ to sonic for Ale* Kim. y. it being' argued that there y be t'o l.r itch in disroLtirding in* strimtions for a home man who at the , rime such instrueti-ons were,given was i sn carded as being otit of tlie,yaeS. ttl’.AN 111 ’Oil TUI". -——V 9 ion Eli’vivid lit .fly* ' Hoii.-K' but ' W- nt <Her Till i o.ia .. ’■ A’a-:n\-. in, April 4. —J lie homk ivet tnv tat nos the question irf -. Caban ■ belligerency.hr connection with t;i. voiiirieiii’e report on the Cuban ' t-.'t.bl.ui i'.'iis. It Avas not expected that" • - would be. much debate, but Mr. il iiitei]’-, by his vi; oi.ous opposition, pre- •••> niedaeimn y sterility and t he chances . t< w are.that rhe debate will run all to- j ’■.1... ar. 1 lit t, cliairmturoi the foreign '. i comi rittee, in presenting thy eon- i .report- made a'every temperate ; :*y. ; i-eh in course of whieji hej,expressed i ■ I;, gj. ite-t confidence that- the nresi- I at: m. although the' resolutions being I vineurrenf had no binding effect, on the i •x' -'n*ive, w.mild -iiot .''lA.so teer'ant t ; o i , ;«> im y ,a> to disregard me express wish odricoiigfesS. ” • ' '• :! Ho, tn fact. refused to entertain the ! Aug-■ stton -that Mr. Cleveland might ; am; _ recognize file, .belligerency of the 1 a result of the adoption of :'/e resolutions. In this connection Air. ; I‘a ; le.rson (Dem.,.. Tenn.), 'who is rec--:i/.cd as one of the administration ! . mmi le.rs on the floor, made a significantStatement, . • . ,j “If the Cubans are united,’’ he asked, -iii thwemise of independence. they arm i Tiititled to autonomy and if' thee. | United States would - interfere -to pre- I ’. ent Spain from ticquiring new terri- i tnry in this hemisphere,_w.hy sltxinld we ' ■not; interfere to prevent her fri>m re- j taming territory by w Air. Boutell.c, on lite other hand,. 1 * nahitymou that it was an_op.emsmit ; .t I ■fimt the administralio:) was opposed to i igranting belligerency to the Cubans. . There were several exciting iiiciden’ts *lnrin'g lus speech. ' ' ._ •UEI.II A XHIHT v .SESSION. Slight P<*ii-si<».n Bills Were Favorably Ac.toiXl poll .AfU-r .Much 1 ’W-Amrrxfno.x, AjTriT 4.—At - th<- pcip «ioii session of the! house last night several members attacked Mr. Erdman (Dem.' Paj, a member of the invalid pension eomniitl.ee, for blocking pension -Itiilk. Mr. Erdman in. his reply dm dared that favored im ritorous bills, -but that he. hud bpiAosi'd,-. anil would tbojipose, bills-to .pension ream-. " lolloxyi rs; "photos raplters, desdrfers and othv-i'Sxs'howcic nog justly di titled to p. n --ions, ti i :<■ • ; iril lii.ttnp pension bi I's passr-u wit w-n \ esterday afternoon (overrium iurftiber) as a feast spread by tlm house for tiA benefit of deserters, photographers and bounty ■ O- a ,i?t ' 1 -

I , ' _____ junipers. Eight bills were favorably acted upon. Among them was one to pension the widow of Brigadier Edward Jordjne. f VENEZF FLA'S I BIEN 111. V FEELING. Bronze Column In Honor of < nite.l Stilles < ilizens. Washington, April 4. — President Crespo of Venezuela has taken another Step toward the conspicuous honoring of American citizens by issuing a decree directing the erection of a bronze column in honor of the citizens of the United States who aided Venezuela in the first struggle for independence. The decree lias just been received at the Venezuelan legation here. \ enezuela hits honored this government heretofore by erecting a statue ot' Washington, and projecting another statue to President Monroe commemorative ot the Monroe doctrine. s<) that the erection of this bronze column isa further evidence, of the friendly filing existing. The, decree states that the column is a, memorial to rhe following eitizej'.s ot the United States: Captain Donahue. Lieutenant Billop, Privates James Gardner. Charles Johnson, Gustavus Bugrud, Paul T. George. Daniel Kemper. Miles I T. Hall. John Ferris ami sub-Lieuten- ■ ant Francis Paripieharson. liib iM’st ing to Army (Mlieers. Washington. April 4.—Army officers t are displacing much interest in the bill before congress to revive the grade of lieutenant general and cooler that , rank upon Major General Miles, Ihe house committee on military affairs has, ( decided to invito persons who are in- I .forested in the bill to present theirviews to the committee before it takes any | action toward making a report to the house. • Judge’s Salary Cannot Br Retained. Washington, April-4.—Judge Reeve, I : the solicitor of the treasury, in an opin- , 4 ion just rendered, holds that the salary : I of a United States judge cannot be reI taiued m satisfaction of a bon'd to the , government upon which he is a surety. I He also holds’that this rule applies to j members of congress. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. -- s a I Train Parts on a Railroad Bridge and i Two Men are Killed. Wheeting. April 4.—A shocking and fatal accident occurred on the Bellaire, Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge ! across the Ohio river, four miles below I here, which cost two lives. Freight j train No. 99, westbound, with 50 workmen on board, starred across the river, closely followed by a yard engine on which there were also a number of workmen going to their homes in Bellaire. W'heiison the first span of the , bridge the freight train broke in two, ! the caboose and three cars running back i toward the approaching yard engine. ■ The men in the caboose of the parted ■ train realized the danger and jumped, ; many clinging to the iron frame work of the bridge. Frank Salzgaver and ' Patrick Flaherty, however, commenced ' to climb up "the ladder on the rear of I the caboose. but Itefore they reached the . roof the" crash caiiie and both were f crushed to death in the collision with ] the yard engine. SPANISH ATROCITIES. Stories of Shocking PernicifHisne.w Con- j firmed by an American Citizen. I. Ct.k\;-:l\ni>, April 4‘.—The stories i that have been told concerning the tor- i tures uitiietud by tlm .'sjrmnard- in Cuba are more than confirmed by,F. H. Tay- , lor, who’ Ims jest arrived in this city . after .a. resideyce of three years in Ha- I vinm. ’ltfanKwer to immiries regarding the truth of the circulated reports; he said: The worst bus not been told. I have known o; prl.-miTs being .strung up by| the f-hamhs at Moro t.i-lle and left fori days at. i l.inie to t lie ’mercy of Jhe vicious • flies, which were attracted in swarms by molasses. sHi'-ar-d upon-I he vic: i hi-’ faei: amici'.!-: for that purpose.. .Many oilier forms of torture are practiced upon the ' imlortmiate rebels when taken. .These] outrages against hiimanily do occur,'as I any cilFzen irf Havana eaii lcs, ify. In fail, j ■ if tiiey won iii a: low some of t ire perseciped J i wi’elches in the I'iiban iTungeoiis.to t'-stify, : i stoi ies ot liemiisii torture could be im-- ! | .earthed which would shock the Uiil'i-tian , world.. Has Reached Its Highest Point. Cincinnati, April 4. — Th*'- river ■ reached Ji fe- t and 5 inches at i o’clock j last night. It was i'albng at all points i ; above Ironton. Here it remained sta- j , tionaiy at 41 feet and 5 inches for three. , j hmirs up Io JO. o’yilock last night. 'ft | may reach the 47'Cj feet, as predicted in these dispatches, but is not, likely to go higher. . TELEGRAPH TICKS. ■ | S j Schaefer defeated Garnier in their bili liard cinitiin N'-w York iasl- ulglit by a , score of Guo to J',H. Tlie trua.-urv’M;-lerday lost in : gold, which.leaves the true amount of the , .reserve Mminy has broken, out in the--army in : Bolivia, several persons having been ■ killed ami womided. I ■ ... ' ■ - , - .Sixteen persons V.ere drowned by the overflowing of Little SiWl’on and Buffalo creeks near •Bo<weville,.Ky. Rev. I’homas G. Addison, formore than , 25 years rector of I rinii v Prou -iant Episcopal church at Washinglmn, died yes'te Jrday. —-s- —- Tlie controller of the ciirrimcy has given authority for themganizat.ioii rif t he Buck- i eye National bank at Marion. 0., capital, i y „j Zimim r, the ( h velaud catcher who I struck for an increase of salary, has com- j promised with the club management and signed a emit rael . Theodore I,eiiiis, convicted of breaking aplaii . -w- lyoui of a saloon at Lewisville, IIG.. i iii-iug damage of. S6O, was senten i,. .innitentiary for odd year. I he .hiim r , ' i ■,..ioiy._bet ween Secretary Hoke Smith.ami ex,-i>peaker Crisp for tofiny at Grigin.-Ga., Was poslpmied on ac-i < o’unt of trfCucyialii ion pf ttf- throat of the r ex-speaker. .. 7 y , t r - s'■ *'■ Al.<li ],'d of Lawrence, Kan,, has sued the ( general council of the Fraternal Aid; association, alleging that he was wrongfully charged with trying to poison a member of the order.

. SECTARIAN DEBATE \ Proposed Appropriation to an Institution Causes Much Talk, I COMMITTEE FAVORING ELLIOT. Battleship Indiana Will Be Given Her Final Trial Trip Next Week—Army PnrchnsinK Sint ion Abolished — lixliHtia ClerkH Get a Kai«e In Selary—General Washington News. Washington, April 3 — The question id'appropriating public money for private or sectarian inst.ttutions, which was debated for several days during the consideration of the District of Colum- ' bin appropriation bill in connection with some appropriations for charitable instil ill ions in Washington, was again fought over for four hours in the house yesterday. On the former occasion tjm contest was managed by Mr. Lmton | (Hep.. Mich.), who is one of the pro-, i iiounei’d A. ,P. A. members in congress, i i That eonte.-l'Yvas successful, apd by a vote of 143 to i::.’i the bill was recommitted. Yesterday the bone of contention was the Howard University, a colored institution of Washington, for ■ which an appropriation of b3'-‘JK)O was ; insert ed in tlie sundry civil bill Wednes- ’ day on motion of Mr. Evans (Rep., Ky.i I There was no opposition and no debate on the item Wednesday. Yesterday Mr. I Hainer (Rep., Neb ), in whose tem)Hir- ■ ary absense the amendmlmt was adopted, rallied his forces against the appi'oj priation on the ground that it was both a private ami a swtarian institution, a i sell <»l of theology being maintained by the university. The appropriation was | coupled with a pfwiso that no part of it i should be used for religious teaching, i but Mr. Hainer insisted that it could n >t ■ be denied that it was. in a sense arelig- , j ious inst itution. Mr. Cannon and Air. Evans and other members who supported the amend- . ment, on the other baud, declared that they were opposed to appropriating pub- , lie money for sectarian institutions, but argued that the proviso freed it from this criticism Politics, of course, were injected liberally into the debate. Mr. ; Saveli and Mr. Hepburti were especially prominent. Each insisted that his party was more particularly the friend of the black man. The house voted 120 to 105 to retain the appropriation. thusTlia measure reversing its action when the i district bill was tip. An analysis of the vote shows that 107 Republicans. 109 Democrats and three Populists voted for the amendment and 55 Republicans, 47 i Democrats and thri>‘ Populists against it. The sundry civil bill as amended Wits passed. Today the house takes up the conference rejMirt in the Cuban resolutions. - All KR.U-ELIJOT CONTEST. Understanding Is That Elliot Will Be Permitted to Retain His Seat. ■Washington, April 3.—The Murray- I Elliot election contest from the F’irst , district of South Carolina, was practic- | 1 ally decided yesterday by an under-. 1 standing reached by the. house elections i committee which, has the-case in charge. , j that the present member, William Elliot, ' I who is a Democrat, be permitted to re- ' tain his seat. This is a reversal of the ■ ! recommendations of tlm subcommittee i which jeported in favor of seating : George Wasbiiigtoii Murray, the. colored ! contestant. No report will be niaiie to ' the house for some lime because sevigyl ' members of the eommittee are to leave ' the city. Cmisiilerable interest attaches I to file case because Murray with tli.y only e lored memb'-r of the last <;on ; ; gre.-s, and would havdiad the same disrim.'tiqii in this congress if the committee had sustained ins claims to the scat. | BAt ! Li>llll’ INDIANA. Big War Vessel to Be (iiven Her Final 1 j jal Next Week. Washing .on, April The iiavy departmnet has been notified that th“ in- i (liana will be taken out of the Port : Royal drydock next Tuesday on the 1 "bld" tidy, it is the intention of tht 1 . department to have the 4S-hour sea trial i of the battleship immediately after she , emnes out. it may bi”: made on the run upto Fort .Monroe. -Thisjis the final i trial required by The rimtract ■ to make sure that the vessel is well constructed I ami Die machinery is Strong, amt suf-' tr c-.ii in every resjx-ct. Probably the ' Walker board, which is now considering : i the arrangement of main batteries for | l new bal tleslups, will take advantage cf ; this oppo.il unity lo go to sea on the ' Imiianu-ami watch her per for malice. bA.Y IJTTHE SENATE; I PostApproprintion Bill Brings Out Sharp Dismission. Washington, Ajirii 3.—The postolfice aj ( pr< jii'iai hsi bill served to bring out . seine sharp discussion in the senate yesterday on the propriety., of abolishing country postotlices and absorbing them ! as bianehes of city offices. Air. Gorman opposed the plan as,undemocratic. After a speech by Mr. Elkins, mtvocating subsidies ami other means of (xb niiing , American commerce on the seas, the postoflice bill went over. During the dav Mr. George closed ins speech cover- ■ jug three days in opposition to Mr. Du- . pout's claim' to a'seat. The resolution for invt'Stigaliilg 4 the bond sitie aJtuin went over on Mr. Hill’s objection. I Army J’urchasiim Station A’l>oilHhe<l, Washington, April 3, —Orders have ' been issued from the war department to I break up the army pnri'hasing station at Loa Angeles, ami Major William Ijljdorkin, the commissi r.v iq charge hasjiemi ordered to San Antonio. Tex., to take charge of that statu a’. yiodsiers’ Sa lari *s 1 nercased. Washington, April 3. —P- J> Gulden of Indiana has been pnnnoted from ’ J 720 to S9OO in the bureau.of animal industry ;, Morton Brown of Indiana inesF.eiiger iu the weather bureau, has been promoted from $l5O to S6OO. Committee on American Republics. , Washington, April 3.—Secretary 01bmv has designated the following 1 com-

mittee to arrange it plan for the future work of rhe bureau of American republics in pursuance of the direction of the conference Wednesday: Seiior Mendonca. Brazilian ministerjSenor Romero, Mexican minister; Senor Ati'iago, < iiinfi'i mttlitn minister, and Senor (kilvo, t'osta • Rican fillister. This committee is I under instruct urns to re|Hirt in two weeks to the conference. To Meet DiM riitiimil ion. Washington. April 3. —Representative Meiklejohn us Nebraska yesterday introduced a bill providing that the president may meet, discrimination against the United Slates by any means, by increasing the rate of duty on the produets of the country, making the discrimination to an amount equal to' 1 the discrimination made. I’onl master* For Three Stiilo*. W xshing i'on, April 3. - -The senate yesterday continued the following postmakers: T. A. Weger, at Delphos, O.;’ J. M. Ballard, at Marion, 1ml.; T. G. Boyer, at Altammint, Ills. EXPLORERS MEET DEATH. Federal Employes Drowned While Looking for 1 imber*Hiieycs. Minni'.ai’oi.is, A|fri| A special | from Crookston states that letters re- I tened I here, from Rainy river, on the Canadian boundary, repmt the death ot I Colonel A. F. Naif, special agent ot the i interior de]iurtment, aTid his entire party of explorers, hi all probably eight, men. They were on their way to investigate rijMirts of the timber stealing by Canadians alonxVhe boundary and tributary waters and were ascending the Rainy by sleighs. They are reported to have broken through tlie iee and to have been Jost. Information is very meager and [ the only name given is that of Nall', who I is well known over all the western | United Slates. Colonel Naff was appointed from ■ i Tennessee and had his headquarters at I Crookston. His special duties were to ! investigate alleged timber de| redatiom. No informatson has reached the interior i department on the subject. ANOTHER NEW STORY. Witness Claims He Has Been Advised Not to Testily. Cincinnati, April 3.—A sensational turn took place in the Bryan muruer case yesterday in the otiice of Chief Deitsch. Alien Joh.-on.the cob 'red porter and expugilist. who will testily as to the presence of Jackson and Walling and Pearl Bryan in” Wallingford’s saloon on the fatal night, was before the chief. Johnson said that late Wednesday afternoon'he was in the saloon of William Biiyd. at George and John streets. i Two Lawyers interested in the case were I there, lie says. He claims that these i two attorneys talked to him about the ' case and one of them suggested that there was no law compelling him to go ] to Newport and testify. I “But lam going,’’ Johnson claims he I said. I Johnson claims that dm> lawyer.then said that he (Johnson) would be paid 10 times as much as he would make ip witness fees if he would stay away. The negro said that he finally ednseiited to meet the men next Sunday morping in Boyd’s saloon, at which time definite arrangements would be made. He also said that the barkeeper, a man named Schott, overheard the ; conyers'ition. ; Detective Phil Streilf was sent after | Schott, who told Chief Deitsch that two men had seem Johnson ami that he beard tlimn talk to the porter. He claims that he could not hear everything that" Was said, but he says he heard the woytl money immt limed sev- | . oral times. All 1 his-.was told to Mayor Caldwell. After a conversation will, the mayor, ' Chief Deitsch decided to e l nd Johnson . ami Schott-over to NewptJi t to Sheriff Phimmer.- who will Report the mutter to Judge di.-Im. Detective Charley Vickers took them over. *—r . j Garnivr Badly Beaten. New Yoilk. April 3.—Tim fourth : game of the international billiard tournament at 18-incb balk line billiards, was played last night in the MailisonJSipiare. concert hall. The contestants’ were Fiank Ives ami Albert Garnier. Ives i won the game. Score: Ives', 600; Giir- , nier. 103. ' . Weather. Indiana ami Illinois—Fair: warmer. TELEGRAPH TICKS. I The wife of Rm'. -I. s. Stone, rector of 1 St. James’ cliXireh, Chicago, died suddenly | 1 yesterday. I A corps Os Bullington Bo >t h's Salvation ' Army 'followers, is to be organized inCleveland Sunday. I Petei' E. ('oakling of Middletown, N. Y.. died yesterday,at the age. of 106. He had , . rio living relatives. j 'Tlie treasury yesterday lost $269,300 in I j gold, winch leaves t he true amount of the , reserve |12K.105,0H4. Bellefontaine ((•>.) citizens claim to know | nothing of (,’liloe lleiihlm. the young ivohian who is-.lid lo h;tve been kidnaped i at Denver. The Canadian Pacitid railway earnings for the week epdi'm,'" I.irch 31 were $463,- . (Mill, ns eompaied with S:;<>.IGO for the cor- : responding period of last,year, an increase ; of $78,000. J “Brick” Poinerov? the, noted’ printer. ■ edilia- and promoter, is dying of dropsy at Blyl heboiiriie, L. I. He made himself famous during the war while publishing Pomeroy’s Democrat at La (Irons,rWis. The smallpox pestilence at Dayton, 0., is practically over. I’.it.ienls iir the work-, house and city have been removed to mi emergency pesthou-e mid the board, of healt h has i-sueil 20,pp0 free cert i lie ales for vaccination, - Mrs. W. D. Salmi of Dmi-in.L. Alic4j..m~ leading 'exponent of the iloet line of Christian science, was yesterday st rickeirdowp wit h paralysis whiliyaudre.-.-ingsi eompuny .of ladiesat her hoiiieZirpon 'the subject of the cure of ills In fait h. 'The mkiim i>f Ti sgimony-ngainst .John 1). Hart, Benjamin J—Guerra, Bernardo J. Bueno and ( ajiGiins l amm I Hugtlw-and Lawrence Brabazon for Violating the neutrality laws in connect :oif with the alleged Cuban fllUiustering steamer Bermuda,was begun yesterday in New York,

SPIRITED DIALOGUES Senators Get Warmed Up Over the Postoffice Bill. DEFEATS WALL OTT AMENDMENT. -- ■ J Merits of Civil tiervive Reform l»liwi<*i.<«. House Working on a BIH to Fix /he Stiiniliud of Weights anil Meitsures. Resolution In Belialf of Mrs. Maybriclc. General Wasliiugton News. AY (suington, April B.—Tim postoffice appnipriation bill, which has en- 1 grossed the attention of the senate for almost a week, was passed by that bo<V just previous tn adjournment yesterday. 1 Tlie eptire day, with the exception of a few minutes at tin 1 beginning of the session, was devoted to debate and vot-; Ing upon the amendments proposed to the bill, the Wolcott amendment for the consolidation of smaller offices with larger ones receiving the greater share j of attention. The disenssmp.i oi.li this; i proposition again took the form ot n de- 1 I bate upon the merits ot civil service n - I form, and was part icipated in by Messrs. ! Vilas, Wolcott. Allen, Hill, Gorman, ; Hoar, Stewart ami others. There were ; some rather spirited dialogues between Messrs. Vilas and Allen and between Messrs. Wob'ott and Hill. Mr. Wolcott criticised Secret ary Smit h for his participating in the Georgia campaign and was replied toby Mr. Hill. I'lie amendment x\us debated by a decisive vote, receiving only seven votes in its support. — SENATOR MORGAN IS ILE. Lying ut Hi* Home Sufleriug From a Liver Complication. | W ashington, April 81—Senator Mor. I gan of .Alabama is lying ill at his resi- ; deuce in this city suffering from a liver i complication, lie has nor been well tor the last fortnight and has lately been l compelled to keep to his bed. He Was

A m A- „■ pUT"/// SENATOR MORGAN.

feeling better yesterday but last night he had quiet a set back but was improv-1 ; ed again today. ' Rumors were current last evening that he was alarmingly ill, i but in response to inquiries at his house the reply was made that he was better and sleeping. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. House Discusses a Bill to I-’ix the Standar<i of These. Washington, April B.—The house spent the day debating" a bill to lix the I standard of -weights ami measures by! ! the adoption’of the metric system on ' ' and after July 1. I'B9B, and a proposition ’ that the government share with the Districtof Columbia the expense of ere- j ating and maintaining a public, library • in the city of Washington. Tiie latter i was defeated 113 to Tli and the fate of I the metric system bill hangs oh tile bal- 1 mice. On a rising vote it was defeated ■ i. 65 to 80, but C. W. Stone (Pa.), chair-' inan of the committee on- coinage,' weights and measures, avJio has given ; the subject much attention and who warmlWsupported it. secured the ayes . ; and noes and pending the rollcall the j j house adjourned. I JN MBS. MAYBRICK’S BEHALF. Represent ive tmderwood Endeavoring to Secure Her Liberation. | Washington, April B.—A resolution I was introduced in the house yesterday -by Representative Underwood of Alabama calling upon the secretary ol state for information in regard to Mrs. Maybrick, who is imprisoned in Eqgland up- > on a cbargeof poisiining. The secretary i is directed to transmit to the house all | tlm information in Ijie possesion of the j department in regard to her imprison- . nmnt and to slate, what steps have been i taki-si Im our government to secure her ' liberation, or an inquiry byyfche government of Great Britain into the merits I of the case in which she was condemned. i Airs. Alaybrick was formerly a resident of Aibbiie, Ala. Has the President’s Approval. " Washington, April B.—The. president hae approved the joint resolut ions auj thorizing the immediate use of the unI expended appropriation for the canal at the cascades of the Columbia forpro- " teeting works and piroyidicg for the imi mediate destruction of income tax returns. , Judge Holt’s Will. Washington, April ft.—The long delayed trial of the contest oyer the mysterious will of .the late Judge Hoit,..whose finding in t he register of wills office last August created a sensation, has been set for Ma.i~lff~rmxfe-before-dtttige-Bradley of the circuit court. Bank Can Organize. - _ Washington. April B,—The controller of the currency lias authorized the Organization Os the ('ommercial .National bank at Steubenville, 0-, capital iji.l.2-'),-090. ' " ■ - Granted mi A iix-ricaii Register. Washington. April 8. — The house eommitiee on merchant marine has reported favorably a bill granting an American register to the steamer Kalu* lui of San Eram -sco. Ain«<ican Interests Protected. Washington’, April 8. —Tlie 'navy department has received a cablegrain from .’la I'mb X.,i) S ivmlor, nn’ioujieihg v-i— . . ... —-k: . - --- —. r _ - - - - — • -- - - --

that all is ifiiiet at that place. The <ii«- W 1 patch is frdm Captain Franklin HimI ford, commanding nne of the United * I States ships in Hie waters of Central ' America, who also says that Americau interests are protected. l—• ITo Exhii.lhc Soldier Home*. "Washington, April 8. —Representative Blue of Kansas has introduced a reftohition to appoint a committee of five ' I members to examine mid report upon i the workings and management of national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers. The western branch is especially mimed in this connection. Armor Pliitv Inion. "Washington, April B.—The senate ! committee on naval affairs continued its investigation of the armor plate matj ter yesterday, tkimiminder Fol ger was further examined as to the plates accepted while he was chief of ordnance. , Fraud Order Issued. ' "Washing ion,' April fraud order has been issued bv the postoflice depart- ! ment against W. Stanton of St. Louis. FACTIONAL WARFARE. It Schoolhouse Burned and Dynamited by Dissatisfied Element, Bei.i i i'onti:, Pa., April. B.—The lit- | tie town of Curtin, about 12 miles from here, is in a turmoil of excitement because of the burning mid blowing up by dynamite (if the district schoolhouse. Bad feeling was aroused about two' 1 * years ago over the selection of a site of the schoolhouse and the courts had to deyide the matter. One faction was still dissatisfied. Before dawn yesterday morning about 20 men and boys set j the building on tire. The other faction Was soon on the. scene and tried to quench tlie flames. The incendiajcies , were, however, hiding in the woods amt while some of their enemies were in the burning building they threw dynamite on the roof. The building was completely demolished and t hose , inside naiTowlv escaped with their lives. The two faction-t lien engaged in a pitched battle in tlfe darkness ami some of the i participants were badly cut by thA I woodmen's axes. More trouble is feared ami District Attorney Singer left forrlie sgmie of trouble at once, determined to arrest the belligerents. X .RAYS ON A BALL PLAYER. . I. Photograph Showed a Loom<» Piece of Bone In Peter Cassidy’* Wrist. Lorisvir,i,E, April B.— The first base ball player in the history of the national , v game to be mixed up in any way with the new famous X rays is Peter Cassidy, the Colonel’s new first baseman. Late yesterday afternoon Doctors A’anee and Stucky took a photograph of Cassidy’s wrist with cathode rays. It was a very successful trial. The young man had been suffering with his wrist for some time mid ordinary remedies did not seem to do him any good. Then the X rays was thought , of. The photograph showed that in Cassidy’s wrist then' is a loose piece of bone, a splinter which moves about in the wrist. This whs what caused all the trouble. Every time the wrist got a jar the little piece • offline moved to another part of the member keeping the wrist very sore all • the time. To remove the spiinhT required but a single, operation. Coopers Have Walked <hit. Rockford. Ills.. Anril B—sGvont.v. five coo]>ers. eniployed by Madigan, I Walsh <fc Co. of Peoria, in this city, ■ have gone out on.a striki'. asking an ad- • vance of 2 cents per barrel on slack barrels. 1,0 i'ents on cypress barrels and 50 I cents per day more for trimmings. The" . men claim the rate paid here is less than at Peoria The. company, which i'Tmikes the barrels for' the Rockford : i.Sm'ar Refining ('ompany, will confer i with the men today. Instructed For McKinley. ; doT.U'tWA, S. 0.. April, B.—The Webster faction of the Republican party . held a state convent jon here yesterday. ’ ■ I All of the delegates were negroes, jjjF'ept | • In white men, who have been known in politics in this state ever'since the war. The convention was overwhelmingly i for McKinley, and the fourdelegates at large were instruefed to vote for him I first, last and all the time. 4 Crow's Are Safe. Sr. Johns. N. F., April B.—-Dispatches from Bonne bay report the arrival there of the crews of the sealing schooners Wilhelmin.“r, Mary and Ellen, which t were lost cm St. Patrick's night in the straits of Belle isle, while engaged in seal fishing. Several of the men were ; frostbitten, but no lives were lost. Weather. ‘ ‘J Indiana and Illinois—Cloudy, probably followed by local rains; slightly 1 I xvarnttT in Indiana. SHORT WIRINGS.. ' ST Newark (O.)"Consolidated street railway S was placed in the, hands of a receiver. Lit tie .Esther, daughter of President and Mrs. Cleveland, is suffering from the j measles. 'Die treasury yesterday lost $52,100 J gold, leavirm the true, amount of the re- 1 serve $127,W8.760. President Cleveland has recognized L James E. Buckner, Jr., of Louisville, as t honorary consul at Guatemala. Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, nee Living- g ston, will be piit. on trial in New York T April 20 lor the alleged poisoning of he»?<W ■ mother, Mrs. 151 iss. It, is estimated t hat at least s,(pornen be- j longing to the bn deli tig trades unions in S Cleveland wi 11 demand an 8-hour day from ,1 their employers mi May 1. Rev. C. O. llriivi ii, lycerifTt'acquitted at i San Francisco of uiiministerial conduct, || denies that, he has received ft call from his M old church at Tacoma, Wash. IJ> An expedition of the, Russian (tleo/jM graphical sociefy, equipped for the explore- J.jj tion of the Irkutsk,region of 1 started and " ill be absent for three years. It is feared at Fresno, Cal., that D. K. ,f | Roberts, who went into the Death Valley j] some time ago lo pro-peel for a hidden i mine of’supposedjabulous" value, has been " lost. ~ ' I The bill authorizingthe ArkansasNortfiiTM western Railway company to construpt ij and operate a railway,through Indian Ter- ill ritoty has become a law without the pres- ’’l jtkt-.Y nnil'U .... —1