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DEFENDING DIABOLISM.

The Bemarkabte Spectacle PreBented in the National House of BepresentativeB.

Debate Forced on the Ex-Confeder-ates, They Defend Obliteration of Union Memorial Tablets. Wj?M

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THE REBEL YELL.

II la Balled Against Commemorating the Victories of Union Troops. WASHINGTON, January 22.—The session of the hoase was opened this mornip.g by a lively discussion on the resolution of Bontelle, of Maine, calling on the secretary of the navy for information relative to alleged erasures of inscriptions and dismissals of union soldiera at the Norfolk navy yard. As heretofore reported, the committee amended the resolution, extending the inquiry to dismissals made at the navy yard end the light house district at Norfolk during (he terms of the predecessors of Ihe present •«ect%tary.

Mr. Herbert reported the resolution to the house as agreed upon by the naval committee, and immediately dcomided jje previous question. This the rcpnbiios resisted by resorting to filibustering. \rbert remarked that the tr-ntieiiie.u on

Wher side evidently did not want own interrogations answered [palause on ths democratic sid »ud R'Ked to withdraw the resolution tflu- er held that the request could not I* granted w'thout leave of the Ln»e. [\ppJ wtuse on the republican Mr. Heed suggested that the chairman of the committee, Herbert, allow the amendments to be offered, which Herbert declined. A call of the holise was demanded, a quorum not having voted on motion for the previous question, and •was ordered, yeas, 153 nays. 123. The roll call showed 296 members present, there being but twenty nine absentees. On motion of Mr. Herbert the sergeant-sit-arms was directed to arrest and bring "to the bar of the house snch membe as were absent without leave.

Immeeiately Mr. Beed moved that all farther proceedings under the call be dispensed with. He called attention to the fact that there was an unusually full jattendance of members. The sole question which now existed was a question of the liberty of debate. No unreasonable time was asked ior by the minority. It will not be that gentlemen on the o'her side with a lunjorhy of 40 were desitous of suppressing djbate froijj fear auy consequences. N hartu ever canw iti a country from a freo disctu^iou of .-i i-giti-mate pr poniiiott. Mr.. Hertwit suited tuat the rules of the house prescrib. da reasonable time for debate on a resolution of this charHcter. Tbir'y minutes were allowed,'fitteen for each side, after the previous question was ordered. It was simply a resolution of inquiry and there was nothing to debate until the inquiry had been answered. Mr. Beed suggested that the committee on naval affairs had added an amendment to the resoultion, which debate would show to be a mistake entirely futile, Mr. Herbert retorted that his side of the house was entirely willing to accept the cona quances of any mistake which might have been made by amending the resolution. If the additional inquiry was made futile, the answer of the secretary of the navy would show it. Mr. Beed insisted that the house had the right to debate any question coming before it and it was not for any man, or any set of men to de eide whether a provision was {proper to be answered.

Mr. Beed's motion was voted down, and after a short time the sergeant at-arms brought to the bar of the house Messrs. ^Hiwlen, Biggs and Bingham. After being considerably guyed by their associates the excuses presented by these gentlemen were deemed satisfactory and they were released from custody. At 2:30 Mr. Herbert thought he had secured a quorum of democrats and accordingly further proceedings under the call were dispensed with. The previous queetion was then ordered on the resolution yeas, 159 nays, 91. Then commenced a political debate which was opened bv Mr. Boutelle who promised his direct speech upon the resolution with a remark, calling attention to the fact that the first legislative act of the house had been the passage by unanimous consent of a bill removing the political disabilities of an ex-confederate who had waited more than twenty years before he discovered a desire to be placed in the line of elegibility to an appointment under the executive department of the United States. In contrast with this he (Boutelle) had been tauntingly informed that fifteen minutes of time was an ample allowance in which to present the case of the outrageous dismissal of disabled soldiers of the union army from the employment of the government, and the obliteration and removal of inscriptions commemorative of the success of the union army. A Norfolk paper had stated that Commandant Truxton in place of censure was entitled to praise. The, paper said that when he had taken charge of the Norfolk navy yard he had found inscriptions intending to keep alive the bitter memories of civil strife, and had patriotically ordered thfem down. Mr. Boutelle then referred to the removal of tW superintendent of machinery at the i^aivy yard, because of his demurring to ihe defacement of the dry dock, and the appointment of a man whose title to the position was based on a service in the confederate army. If, said Mr. Boutelle, the time had come, or should come, to obliterate the memories of the rebellion, the monuments of the rebellion itself should be first turned dawn.

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knd rebellion The soldier who came Washington .lght wander in throughout the re lit art repository of the city looking for the counterfeit presentment of one of the heroes who sustained the flag of the union. He wotild find that the only men who were remembered in the art gallery were Itobt Lee and Stonewall Jackson. There was no justice in the claim that abroad patriottsm required the obliteration of the records of the grandest triumph ever made for humanity since the Morning Stars sang together. [Applause on tlie republican side.] The people of die country ought to say, as old General Dix did in regard to the American flag, "If any man attempts to pull down a memorial of the great triumphs of the loyal people of this country, ehoot him on the spot." [Prolonged applause on the republican side.] Whether his position were that of a member of congress or a citizen in private life, he entered his protest against this morbid sentimentality, against this false sense of magnanimity which would for one moment tolerate the laying of the hands of desecration on the memorials of the triumphs of the

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Union arms. In the case of the Norfolk navy yard and custom bouse gallant and efficient employes who were faithful public servants and who had followed the flag of their country across a hundred battle fields had been turned out that their places might be given to men who had fought to destroy the ment.

Mr. Wise, of Virginia, said that the secretary of the navy was called upon report if any tablet had been destroyed the Norfolk navy yard which commemorates that the dry dock at Portsmouth had been destroyed. He was glad of the chance to inform the gentleman from Maine that the dry dock at Portsmouth had never been destroyed. [Applause on the democratic side]. The gentleman asked the secretary of the navy if the inscriptions had been removed from the cannon captured from the confederate army. He would inform the gentleman from Maine that no cannons with snch inscription had ever been in the Ports mouth navy yard. [Applause on the democratic side]. The gentleman from Maine wanted to know if a union soldier had been discharged and a confederate put in his place. He would inform him that the man who was discharged had never been in the union army, had never been within a thousand miles of a line of battle, had never heard the music of a minnie bullet. [Applause and laughter on the democratic side].

Mr. Boutelle, "did he not render great service to his country?" "No, sir," replied Mr. Wise, "he was in receipt of a large salary'in a bomb-proof position, while brave men fought the battles of the country."

Mr. Brady, of Virginia, asked permission to propound a question. "No, sir, no sir," exclamed Mr. ^Wise. "I will give my attention to yon in one minute. The confederate, or the one whom you (Mr. Boutelle) allege^ was appointed on account of his service in the confederate army, was appointed by a competitive examination, and the man to whom you refer was removed for beastly intoxication. [Applause on the democratic side One other fact I commend to your consideration: During the Arthur administration the postmaster at Portsmouth, who was a union soldier, twice wounded, and twice promoted for gallantry was removed at the dictation of Wm. Mahone. [Applause on the democratic side] Ah, Mr. Speaker, it is a good thing to raise a fuss over this, isn't it? Your fellow-citieens of Maine," addressing Mr. Boutelle, "are anxious to know if a confederate has been appointed in the Norfolk navy yard by this administration. Have you forgotten that during the Grant administration and during the administrations of Hayes and Arthur you sent the captain of the confederate guerillas, John S. Mosby to represent the government of the United States in a foreign country? [Applause on the democratic side] Have you forgotten Longstreet! A confederate lieutenant-general was selected by your republican administration for the most important office in Georgia. Why is it, I will ask the gentleman from Maine, that we have not heard a howl from that ice-bound region about these appointments [Laughter on democratic side.] "Does the gentleman want a reply asked Mr. Boutelle. "No, sir," exclaimed Wise. "Go read the speech of the senator of the United States who, with all kindness, is, in the estimation of the whole country, abetter man than you are. Go read the speech of Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts." "if Charles Sumner knew that his magnanimous suggestions would be quoted by you for such a purpose he would turn in his grave,'' exclaimed Boutelle, amid much confusion. "Go," continued Wise, "read the speech of Chas. Sumner of Massachussets. If I mistake not he was the first in the country who declared some fifteen years ago that the time had come for peace and that the bitter memories of the war should be removed and mark the contrast between the leader of the federal army and the gentleman from Maine. The last words spoken by that great leader on his dying bed at McGregor were that he thanked God that he closed his eyes on the world believing that peace had returned to a distracted country. [Applause on the democratic side.] Now Mr. Speaker I want to say one word more word to the gentleman from Maine. While we sit here and voie pensions to our soldiers." "Our soldiers 1" exclaimed Mr, Boutelle. ''Yes," replied Mr. Wise, "our soldiets. We are in the house of our fathers and we have come to stay [applause on the democratic side]. While we are ready and- willing to vote pensions to honorably discharged soldiers who served their country in time of war, we will never consent that it shall be held and proclaimed on high that one who happened to have been in the confederate army is forever debarred from the service of his ceuntry. I protest that these honorable soldiers of the Union army shall never again be subjected to the treatment that they were subjected to under the last administration when men who had fought bravely for the union under the circular bearing the name of Wm. M. Mahone as chairman and as. D. Brady, the present member of this house, as secretary." "There was no such circular" interrupted Mr. Brady. "I challenge him to produce the circular. "When," continued Mr. Wise, not heeding the interruption. "They were required under the whip of a master to' give mouey for partisan purposes, required like slaves to hold their ballots up that their bosses minions might see whether they voted right. Oh, what an attitude in which to place a discharged soldier of the union under the whip and the lash of a confederate bridadier. [Loud and continued applause on the democratic side and in the galleries.] The resolution as amended .by the committee on naval affairs was then adopted and the house recessed, the evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills, psp

NATIONAL WATER WAYS.

Cleveland Says He Has Learned Something Since He Became President. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.—The delegation from the South Atlantic harbor improvement convention, which met in Savannah, Ga., in November, last, representatives from seven southern states, reached here Wednesday. To-day they appeared before the house river and harbor committee and presented their memorial. This afternoon they called upon President Cleveland and were cordially received. The president expressed much interest in the object of the convention and said his views had changed much since, as governor of New York, he expressed his ideas regarding the transportation question. He is now, he said, probably impressed with the importance of developing the natural water ways of the country and believes that public money judiciously expended upon such improvements is wisely expended. The reason whyj he had not treated the subject in his message was not because he underestimated its importance but because he did not have time to give it the close and careful study without which he was reluctant to commit himself to recommendations upon a point of public policy. He said he hopaa to see the commercial facilities of every section im-

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Commerce In Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.— The house committee on commerce this morning determined to begin the hearing of~ arguments on the inter-state commerce bills on Friday next. A. hearing was "given members of the national board of trade, now in session here, by the committee on shipping to-day in general.

Among the resolutions adopted by the national board of trade was one_ introduced by Mr. Murphy,, of Cincinnati, that the "central system current in Liverpool and the Pacific states of this country, representing 100 pounjls averdupois is hereby approved and recommended for general adoption by this and other countries as a standard for "grain measure. At this point the board took a recess for the purpose paying their respects to President Cleveland. After the recess the board received, and after a long debate adopted by a vote of 22_ to 8. the report from a special committee on inter-state traffic recommended the bill to regulate commerce introduced in the senate by its special committee on January 18th, 1886, and known as the senate bill 1,093, subject to few" exceptions, among which are that the salary of each commissioner should not be lees than $10,000 per annum. The following offered by the Chicago board of trade was adopted: Resolved, that the national board of trade reaffirms its action of last year in regard to foreign' discrimination against -American pork and urges the prompt passage of house bill, No. 38,799, that provides for the inspection of live stock, hog products and dressed beef for export. The postal telegraph failed of endorsement.

$126,000,000 for Fortifications. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.— The secretary of war to-day submitted to the president the report of the fortifications board. It is along document and describes fully the necessity and advantages of better coast defenses. It is estimated that it will require about $126,000,000 to establish a good system of defenses. A recommendation is made that an appropriation of $21,000,000 be made at the present session of conjpess secure the necessary plant for beginning the construction of such heavy ordnance as il be required. The board also suggests the establishment of two government foundries and recommends the construction of torpedo boats for harbor protection.

Pensions Limitation Clause. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.— The house committee on invalid pensions to-day agreed to report favorably a bill to extend the limitation clause of the arrears of pension act to January lst.1886. The bill will be favorably reported to the house at the first opportunity with a view of relieving the widow pension ^bill of amendments intended to accomplish the same object, it being the opinion of the committee that the measures should be separately discussed in the house. The committee also discussed a bill to pension all disabled soldiers depending on their manual labor for support, but final action on this question was not taked.

The Telephone Snit.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.— Solicitor General Goode to-day received from the interior department all the papers bearing on the Bell Telephone company. He says that he will consider the matter at once, and will probably direct the institution of a suit tb test the validity of the Bell patents early next week. He has not yet decided where the suit shall be brought, but is understood to prefer Washington, as the most convenient for the purposes of the government. The attorney general declined to take any part in the case, and has placed its entire management in the hands of the solicitor general.

A Resignation.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.—Mr. Cannon, comptroller of the currency, tendered his resignation to the president to-day, to take effect F#ruary 1st, in order to accept the office or vice president of the National Bank of the Bepublic, of New York.

National Notes.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.—Z. M. Lawrence, of Mississippi, chief of the division in the first comptroller's officei died suddenly this morning at his residence, in this city.

The house at the evening session passed sixteen pension bills and two disability bills and adjourned until Monday.

The board of supervising inspectors of steam vessels voted to repeal the rule relating to the use of upright tubular boilers adopted at the last annual meeting.

Messrs. Boynton, Eagla and Johnson, of Dakota, argued before the house committee on territories this morning in favor of the admission of the entire territory as a state and against division. They took the ground that if the division was decided upon, the Missouri river should be made the dividing line and the territory divided from north to south instead of from east to west

Dr. J. F. Smith, of Kokomo, is here for the purpose of having removed from the postal service Martin McCracken, of that place, who, it is alleged, made disparaging remarks about the late Vice-president HendrickB when he died. Smith has brought with him abundant affidavits verifying the utterances. Smith, with Senator Voorhees, called upon the postmaster general to-day and requested MeCrackeirB dismissal.

Business Failures.

ST. JOSEPH, MO., January 22.—The extensive dry goods firm of J. W. Bailey closed its doors to-day for the second time in two years. The liabilities are $54,771 and the assets are about $40,000.

SAN FKANCISCO, Cal., January 22.— Heniy T. Bedstein & Co., cloth importers at No. 516 Market street, have failed. Liabilities are $14,000, actual assets about $5,300. Among the principal creditors are Stein & Co.. of New York $4,300, and Millar, Scram A Co.. of New York, $3,100.

NKW YORK, N. Y., January 22.—The firm of Nichols Bros & Co., fur dealers and manufacturers, 555 Broadway, made an assigment to-day, for the benefit of creditors, to Wm. P. Dixon, with preferences amounting to $51,800.

Chicago fires.

CHICAGO, January 22.—Two fires tonight, one on Monroe street and the otheron Water street caused the following losses: Duck & Wilcox, paper box factory, $30,000 Geo. H. Taylor & Co., paper warehouse $20,000 and building $10,000, fully- insured. The losses on the other fire are Wagner & Son. butter merchants, $10,000 Page & Ostatage, butter merchants. $10,000 building, $15,000 inurance unknown.

Gold Going,

NBW York, N. Y., January 22.— Brown Bros. St Co. have engaged $500,000 gold bars for shipment to-morrow by the steamer Oregon.

DOWN IN A GOAL MINE.

Thirty-nine Miners in West Virginia Killed by Fire Damp Explosion.

Itn, Hides and Mine Cars Bloitn Into a Heap by the Terriffle Conclusion.

Three Men Killed by Wreck on the B. & O. Road Near Pittaburn—Other Casual ties.

NEWBURY MINE.

At Least Thirty-five and Probably FortyFive Lives Lost. CHICAGO, January 22.—A special from Newbury, W. Va., sent. after midnight* gives the following additional particulars of yesterday's coal mine explosion: From present appearances, at least thirty-five lives, and in all probability ten morfc have been sacrificed, many of the dead being our most respected citizens. About the hour named, while the day shift of miners were at work in the mine, which is located near the outskirts of town, the air was suddenly rent with a most tremendous explosion, the force of which knocked men down in the streets half a mile away, shattered windows and doors all oyer town, and even crushed the stout sides of frame houses for along distance around the mouth of the coal mines, while from the deep shaft of the colliery a dense cloud of mingled smoke and va-

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arose three hundred feet in the air.' was at once made for the mouth of the mine. In a moment hundreds of citizens had congregated about the shaft, their faces filled with consternation and alarm. The shock was heard two miles away. It is now supposed that thirty-sJVen men are imprisoned, and the prevailing opinion is that all are dead, although a few mineu express the hope that some of them may have escaped the effects of the explosion and have been able to reach a place free from the fatal black-damp, which always follows an explosion of the kind. The scene, about tne mouth of the mine at midnight was one calculated to bring tears to the strongest eyes. Fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters of the dead were filling the air with their lamentations, while hoping against fate that their loved ones may be restored to them. The O'Neil Coal company was formed in 1856, when the Hiscock & Bushley Coal company was brought out The superintendent is Lawrence Henry, who was appointed at the time the mine changed hands. The slope where the accident occurred is but two years old, and is about a mile from the other outlets to the mine. For twenty-five years the company has averaged 250 tons of coal per day, and was the powerful indusiry of this place, affording employment to about 250 men. The company has a large force of men, divided into suitable reliefs, at work at the mines.

WHEELING, W. Va., January 22.— Special telegrams to the Intelligencier say: Literally Newburg, West Virginia, stands on the Bhadow of a great grief and her sorrow has inraded home3 for fifty miles along the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, for many little communities are represented at the bottom of the pit. As I reached the spot the men were still at work repairing the shattered timbers of the shut and other men were jn„ the, bucket"£oing going down the hole into the blacken deep below. Betuining they brought no tidings for the anxious crowd, but soon the rumor spread that the search party had found at tne bottom of the shaft Danl. Miller the eager and his BOU 15 years, old, a driver young Timmons, a trapper, and young Clark, a driver. One of the party was quoted as saying that they found Kinney's mule blown sixty feet out of the stables with his halter on. The searchers themselves would say nothing. It was thought better to keep the dreadful secrets that the lamps revealed below until a wider search brought more definite news. There could Hb no certainty as to the identity of the blackened bodies. The bucket went down and up. The men re paired the breaks in the air shaft as they found them. The crowd grew bigger "and bigger and pressed harder on the ropes put about the shaft, so eager were the people to get even a look down that terrible hole. A temporary fence of rough boards was hurriedly put up to make an enclosure in which work might go on without interference. As soon as the shaft was sufficiently repaired a cage was put on to take down a larger working force in the hope of bringing up some of the bodies. The coroner called a jury to be present at the works at 5 o'clook, but the progress was slower than the coroner expected and the inquest was put off for an hour. It then became apparent that there was little probability of any bodies being brought up to-night, and the inquest was adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. The work in the mine will be continued through the night by relief parties, composed in part of men who have fathers and brothers below. The origin of the disaster is variously determined by experts. The generally accepted theory, which is that of the company's representative, is that Nick Williams, who was cutting a ditch through the brattis at the extreme end of the working, to let the water off, knocked down a door to give him abetter chance at this work. The door played an important part in the system of ventilation, which was thus deranged. The foul gas collected in great volume, and was fired by a miner's lamp. Immediately after the explosion the men tried to go down in the bucket, but they only got part way, for their lamps went out. At the bottom of the shaft the scene of the wreck and confusion was horrible. Men, mules, shattered cars and *11 sorts of debris were piled up in confusion. The men trod on a body before they knew how near they were to the dead. It is supposed the explosion was violent enough to blow the men out of the most remote rooms, though the experts differ as to whether the shock would necessarily be fatal. The idea is advanced by the most experienbed minors knowing the nature of gas that if the men were not killed at once they would have thrown themselves on their faces, there being^the least foul air on the floor. This gives the friends some grounds for hope, but it is so slight that it is not encouraged. It is believed by some men who are familiar with the mines that the rooms in the extreme portions of a "working," are comparatively free from gas, and that they may have afforded refuge to those in or near them.

RAILROAD WRECK.

A Fireman, Brakeman and Flagman Buried In a Wreck on the B. A O. PITTSBURG, Pa., January 22.—About 4 o'clock this morning a heavily-loaded freight train on the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad stopped en the main track between Laytyn and Oakdale stations to make some repairs to the engine. The second section, drawn by engine 304, was unable to check its speed and crashed

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into the rear of the first section. The caboose and seven cars of freight were thrown over the bank and completely wrecked. The fireman of engine 304 was instantly killed as were also the flagman and rear brakeman of the first section who were in the caboose when the collision occurred. Their bodies are still in the wreck. The engineer of engine 304 stuck to his poet of duty and was seriously, probably fatally, injured. The track was still blockaded at 10 a. m. Information was brought to the city by a gentleman who was unable to learn the names of the victims.

Pittsburg Casualties.

PrrrsBtTBG, Pa., January 22.—James Broderick and Wm. Barry were fatally injured last night while coasting on Webster avenue, by colliding with a heavy wagon.

A furnace at the Linden steel works caved in yesterday afternoon killing Wm. Jehnson and a Polander named Wisauski.

A SHOCKING AFFAIR.

A Little School Girl Mangled on the Ballroad—Both Legs Cut Off. A few minutes after school was dismissed for the noon hour to-day several little girls attending school on north Fifth street, started for their homes in the North End. Among them-was Zerelda Christerberry, 12 years old, whose parents live near the hoop factory. They started to cross the Vandalia track between Fourth and Fifth streets, in front of an E. & T. H. yard engine that was running at a high rate of speed. Several of the girls reached the north side of the track, but the. Christenberry girl was playfully pushed by a girl following her, and she fell on the track. The engine passed over her, cutting off both legs and one arm. She wascuried to Willison'B drug store, corner of Fourth and Vandalia, where she was attended by several physicians. Dr. Link was summoned, and the case was turned over to him. She will probably die.

The injured child was taken to her parent's home on Water street near the hoop factory. She had been placed under powerful spirits and was unconscious. At 6:30 o'clock a consultation of physicians was had at the child's home, at which were present Drs. Link, Jenkins, Mann, Wright and Waters. It had been decided at first to have her removed to the hospital where she could receive proper oare and nursing. This idea was abandoned as being liable to hasten the death of the child, and she was accordingly made as comfortable as circumstances would permit in her poor home. At 9 o'clock she was still alive, and as the reaction from the accident had not fully set in, it was deemed inadvisable to perform the operation of amputation. Every possible facility for the cure of the unfortnnate child had in the meanwhile been provided, the matter of her death was considered to be a question of merely a few hours at moat.

At midnight the little girl was still alive, but was not expected to survive through the night.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A Wealthy Young Harried Man of Chicago Shoots his Mistress and Hlms»lf. •"-CHICAGO, 111.,-January 22.—Charles A. Clowes, a wealthy young married man, shot and killed "Blanche Grey," in a disreputable house at No. 441 South Clark street this morning and then killed himself. .Clowes' father died at Springfield about a year ago and left him a fortune estimated at $100,000. For several years he has spent much time.

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made many acquaintatt- spending money freely. He was a very handsome man, of strong build, fine eyes and rich dark hair and a mustache. His mother now lives in Hyde Park, and with her is Clowes' young wife, whom he married only three months ago. The girl whom he shet had been an inmate of the house two years. She was very pretty, with a wealth of black hair and large, lustrous eyes. She had a petite form and dressed in good taste. She is described as having been quiet and temperate. At the house it was said that she had been Clbwes' mistress for six years. He associated with her in Peoria and Springfield and brought her to Chicago. It is said that the direct cause of the shooting was the girl's upbraiding him for his marriage. The wife whom Clowes married a short time ago is said to be a most estimable lady, and the shame and horror of the occurrence utterly prostrated her, and fears are entertained for her 'ife.

When the coroner's jury went to Clowes' late home to view the body, they found his wife supporting his body on her breast, her arms tightly clasped about it. She was finally indutvd to leave the remains, so that she could give her testimony. It was very brief, and the only

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oint of interest in it was that she met husband in New York, while they were both stopping in a hotel. He was sick, and she nursed him. It was in this way they became acquainted. The jury found that Clowes killed his mistress and than himself.

The Pittsburg Iron Market, PITTSBUBG, Pa., January 22.—There is a continued fair degree of activity in the general iron and steel markets, but orders for finished products are not coming forward quite as freely as was expected, but this is attributed in a large part to the recent snow blockades and extreme cold weather. Prices are maintained, but some well-informed operators aver that the general feeling is not near as boomish as it was at the close of the year. There is an entire absence of anything like speculation. A favorable feature, as a boom, like "that of 1878-9, which was soon followed by a collapse, is not desired. Sales of old iron rails $25 cash,the highest reached as yet in the market. Old steel rails at $22 to $22.50 for mixed and $23 to $23.20 for long length. The trouble at the Edgar Thompson mills has been fully settled and the mill and furnaces will soctJ be started up again in full blast.

Dynamiters Sentenced to Jail. SAN FBANCKCO, Cal., January S2.— The dynamiters, Weissman, Koosher and Mittlesradt, who were convicted on January -6 of having illegally stored gunpowder within the city limits, were sentenced to six months each in tne house of correction.

One Celebration of the Day. MINDEN, La., January 22.—The exeution of Henry Jackson, colored, occurred here to-day. His deed was the murder of H. A. Britton, July 25, 1885. He shot his victim while be slept, his abject being the robbery.

Death of Ex-UkKed States Senator Farley. JACKSON,Cal.,January 22.—Ex-United States Senator James T. Farley died today, after it long illnen.

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"Penny" Ethington 'After Inch Suffering Passes Away in Agony.

The Coroner's Inquest Begum— The Funeral—Law Points— Notes.

THE DISTILLERY DISASTER.

Death of Ethlngton, Making Five Victims in all—The Funerals. "Penny" Ethington, the fifth victim ef the boiler explosion at the distillery, occurred at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at 619 South First street. During the first part of the night he rested comfortably and it was hoped he would survive. Early in the morning he became unconscious and refused medicine. He had re ceived internal injuries and his right lefj was broken. He was 35 years of age anc was born, in Sugar Creek township. He is a son of James and Nancy Ethington. who have lived in this county most ol their life. Ethington has four brothers, George, Joe, Edward and Lawrence. All are now living in this city with the exception of George, who is in the southern part of the state. Ethington had been working at the distillery for the past seven years. In May 1882, he was married to Miss Sarah Cook. Two children, one three years old and the other four months old, were born to them and are now living.

After Ethington was so seriously scalded by an overflow of the mash-tub several months ago, he was given a life position at the distillery at $1.50 a day. He died in great agony this morning appearing to sufier principally from his internal injuries. He has a large drele of acquaintances in the city and was well respected as a sober, industrious yonng man.

The other injured men with the exception of John Slaven are doing well. He is sixty years old and lives at the corner of First and Oak streets. He is badly cut and bruised. Frank Bryant one of the men in the explosion is a son-in-law of Slaven.

CORONER'S INQUEST/

Tlie Testimony of Those Present at the Explosion-Was McNeils Incompetent.

Coroner Kornman began the inquest yesterday. F. M. Bryant, a fireman, who says he has been in the employ of the distillery five years, testified that the present engineer had been employed for six years he had charge of the engines previous to that time. The gauges indicated plenty of water. He was satisfied that the engineer was perfectly competent, and had not been drinking. Everytbii was in order, and he knew of no negligence.

Patrick McNelis, the chief ^engineer, testified that he had been chief engineer since the middle of* last August. He had acted as engineer off and on for eight years. There was plenty of water in all of the boilers when the explosion occurred. He made it his business to mike an~ inspection*' every twenty minutes. He noticed both front and rear gauges, and they indicated plenty of water. His father was formerly chief engineer, and had worked off and on at the distillery for thirty years. 'The inspector told him personally that the boilers were safe.

John Kingston, superintendent, stated that the inspector recommended some slight repairs to the batteries. He considered the engineer perfectly reliable. After the explosion .the other boilers had plenty of water in them.

G. H. Gregory testified that he was formerly chief engineer at the distillery. He left there the latter part of last August, and was not discharged. His average salarry was $85 a month. He left because he thought he'd do better. He did not know wnat salary the engineer received. To the question if he thought the engineer was competent, he declined to answer. He thought^ he was never employed as chief before, but had acted as fireman. He also testified that he knew what the engineer's habits were, but delined to tell. It was not customary for employes to drink wines or liquors it was against the rules.

Bobert Slaven, who was employed as a coal shoveler, heard what he supposed to be a pipe burst underground, and then followed the explosion.

Mr. C. Fairbanks, president of the distillery company, testified that the chief engineer' inspected the boilers every three or four days. The insurance company's inspector completed his inspection Monday. He recommended some slight repairs on all the batteries. This was attended to on the battery that exploded. He could not state what caused the explosion every precaution was taken to prevent explosions. The water-carrier's duty was to try the gauges every five to ten minutes, and look after the feed pumps connected with the boilers. The engineer has been employed by the distillery ever since Mr. Fairbanks' connection with the distillery. He was thoroughly reliable, attended strictly to business, and was of good habits.

Dr. J. B. Crapo: Testified that he saw and examined Frank Buckingham and considered-that his death was due to injuries received as a result of the explosion.

John Barbazett: Testified that he was employed as foreman, of the cattle department that he had not been in the boiler room during the day and did not know of anything that might have caused the explosion.

E.J. Vesque: Clerk in the distillery office testified to having been employed in the distillery twelve years that he had known Patrick McNeli?, at present, the chief engineer, tor nearly that time, and that he was regarded as a thoroughly competent engineer.

The coroner's inquttc will be concluded, it is thought, this morning, when, it is thought, a verdict will be announced.

In addition to the testimony of Superintendent John Kingston, the substance of.which is given in the report, a statement was made to the coroner, which was subsequently expunged from that officer's record.' It was as follows: "I think the explosion was due to a lack of water in one of the boilers, but just how the water became diminished from the boiler which caused the explosion I do not know. I think it must nave become siphoned out by reason of unequal heat, the boiler -which exploded being nearer the stack."

The Funerals.' ..

The funeral of George Ot term an will occur from the residence, No. 1,625, Oak street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Ten® Haute Lodge No 19, F. & A. M., will attend. Only a few members will go to the residence, the lodge ioining the proroom. The cession as it passes the 1L Knights of Pythias will also attend.

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place from St Joseph's Catholic church at 9 o'clock, this morning. The Thompson rifles will meet to-night to make arrangements for the burial of Buckingham and Ethington, both popular members of the company. The funeral ceremonies of both men will be held to-morrow. Welker's funeral will take place this afternoon.

Points of Iaw.

A cluster of lawyers were gathered lb the circuit court room yesterday when the question of responsibility for lots of life in the recent explosion was sprung. Said one: I do not believe there are legal grounds for action against the company for damages. Thus far there is nothing to show that the condition of the boilers just proceeding the explosion, was imperfect neither-that there was culpable negligence on the part of those employees —the engineer and water guager—who were more directly responsible for the safe condition of tne boilers. Under a decision of the supreme court of Indiana no corporation can be held responsible for the death of an employe resulting from the negligence of a co-employe. Therefore 1 am donbtful as to there being cause for action in the present case."

Said a young member of the bar: "I remember that at the last session of the legislature the Hon, Eugene Debs introduced a bill which sought to remove the disabilities from employes of corporations, under which they had no redress against their employers where injuries or death, even, resulted from accident proceeding from negligence of co-employes. The bill did not ^ass, and the law as it is found on the statute book to-day, really affords more protection to au employing corporation than to its employes whose lives may be in hourly

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sril in the performance of their duties. doubtful as to the responsibility of the dist*IGtfy company in the present instance."

Notes.

A wake was held over the remains of McNelis last night. %The performance of Damon and Pythias last night and to-night is for the benefit 0} the sufferers.

It is expected by Monday, without doubt, to reeume work with the unimpaired batteries.

Numerous curious people visited the distillery, yesterday, drawn thither by a curiosity to examine the scene of the terrible disaster.

Mr. Knowlton, boiler inspector of the Hartford insurance company, who was telegraphed for is expected to arrive in ihe city to-night.

The internal revenued employes will lose no time in consequence of the explosion, their salaries continuing notwithstanding the unavoidable delay.

Arthur B. Grover, of the Indianapolis Times staff, is in the city, sketching the distillery ruins for the Sunday Times. The paper will be on sale in this city.

Yesterday a large force of laborers were busily employed, from morning until night, keeping the ruins cleared ahead of the bricklayers. Bussell Co. are working as many bricklayers as can be conveniently handled.

Eighteen men have lost their lives^oy the three explosions at this establi hment Two "at the first, eleven at the second and five at the last. One or two died several months after the second explosion from injuries.

The three batteries which are left intact, it is claimed will supply sufficient power for present needs. Steam was started in two of the batteries yesterday as a tent. They were found to be wholly uninjured.

Said an engineer yesterday: "The boilers may have passed inaction all right, and the water supply may have been all right, and yet one little flaw is the iron—impossible to detect, even by minute examination—cause the explosion. Such csrcumstances are of almost daily occurrence."

The accident insurance was held by Biddle & Hamilton, and amounted to $6,000. This was exclusively on the boilers. They solicited accident insur ance on the building, but could not secure it. They also held $2,000 accident insurance on the employes. The insurance on the employes will be paid to the distillery company, and they can dispose oHt as they see fit.

With Her Three Months Old Baby She Jumped Into a Cistern. COVINGTON, Ky., January 22.—Mrs. Georgie Gravener, aged 36, wife of M. A. Gravener, committed suicide this morning, at 1313 Spring street, by jumping into a cistern with her three months old daughter in her arms. Two years ago Mr. Gravener failed in business, and a few months later their 2-year-old child. Buth, died. The accumulated sorrows threw Mrs. Gravener into a state of melancholy, resulting in temporary insanity.

Five Lives Lost in aFire in France, PABIS, January 22.—A number of cabinet factories in Bellevill were destroyed by fire last night. The retreat from ihe buildings was cut off and many workmen were compelled to jump from windows. Others were rescued, by means of ropes. All those who leaped from the windows received severe inju ries. Several bodies were taken from the ruins last night and several more to-day.

Will Be Brought to the City. Last spring Fred Price, 17 years old, a son of Mr. Alfred Price, of Lost Creek township, had his right leg badly mangled in a small mill in that township. Physicians have operated on the injured limb, and now tiie yonng man is able to walk. He will be brought to the city and taken to St Anthony's hospital for further treatment

The Week's Failures.

NEW YORK, N. Y., January 22.— The business failures during- the last seven days as reported to B. O. Dun & Co., number for the United States 303, and for Canada 26, or a total of 329, as against a total of 333 last week and 336 weeks before.

Cause for Alarm.

At a meeting of a ladies church society yesterday a paper was read on the duties of husbands. The men ought to feel a little uneasy by this substitution of them for the heathen.

Reappointed. 2}

Dr J- B. Crapo has been reappointed by the county commissioners secretary of the county board of health. There weie several applicants for the position.

A Divorce Caae.

Sarah H. Yonng has brought suit in the superior court for a diveroe from John H. Young. She alleges abandonment and failure to provide.

And StlU th* Earth Bavotvea. LONDON, January 22.—The queen has returned to her palace at Osborne, Isle «fWight.

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OHIO POLITICS.

Exciting Times in the State Senate-A Conflict ol Authority, COLUMBUS, O, January 22,—In the Ohio senate this morning, the question being on the approval of the Journal, which was tabled by adjournment yesterday morning, the president held that it was regularly before the senate for approval and that the proceedings only were tabled having reference to die resolution to take from the hands of the committee on privileges and elections the Hamilton county contest cases and considering the same in open senate. An appeal was taken from the decision of the chair and the appeal sustained. The Journal of Wednesday did not come up for approval.

Gen. Kennedy, the president, rose to a question of privilege and in along statement, citing authorities as to the scope of his duties as presiding officer, announced that he would perform his duties in ao* rdance with Jaw and precedents regardless of rules which may nave been adopted by the majority, abridging him in his constitutional rights. The statement went to the committee on privileges and elections. Later the committee on privileges and elections made a report asking further authority to make the investigation and the minority of the committee be relieved from further consideration of the contest cases and that the matter be brought back to the senate. On the adoption ef the minority report and all other motions relating thereto, the chair held that the four Hamilton coanty members could not vote. The democrats refused to vote on any question and the chair declared the report adopted by the seventeen republican votes as that would be a majority under his ruling. The feeling grew intense and while numerous motions and appeals were being made, the lieutenant governor put a motion and declared the senate recessed. The president pro tem., O'Neill, took the chair, and the democrats then reversed apart of the proceedings which had been had, 'although they did not reconsider the minority report, and the senate adjourned to 4 p. m. Monday. There is a conflict of authority. The republican portion of the senate adjourned to tomorrow instead of taking arenas. There are really two senates at present About all of the democrats left for their homes to-night. It is suggested that about the only course to be pursued is to adjourn from day to day and ccmpell the attendance of members. It would be impossible to proceed to the consideration of the contest cases in open senate unless the lieutenant governor should hold that in the consideration of these cases seventeen republican members constitute a majority against twenty democrat including the Hamilton county members.

PAYNE COMES DOWN.

He Wants a Chance to Meet 191s Accusers Before the Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 22.— Senator Payne to-night mailed a letter to the chairman of the recently-appointed investigating committee of the lower house of the Ohie legislature, of which the following is a copy:

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 92.

Hon. Thomai JR. Cowgiil, Chairman, CTOTUM. biu, O. SEB: AS one branch of the genei£Kptoi has appointed a special conk-^Lse^ which you are the chairman, to inrertiyate the conduct of the demoerstie caaous, which in Jannsry, lflSi, nominated a candidate for United Statee senator, and as the matter is thns raised and placed til the hands of honorable gentlemen, I propoee t» giro it appropriate attention. For myself I invite the most thorough and rigid soratiny. Uy prirate correspondence and books of Mr •odnts will be cheerfully submitted to yoat inspection if yon desiieit I only insist ia case any testimony is given, whioh in the slightest degree inculpates me, I may be afforded an opportunity of appearing before the committee, 1 am very respectfully

Toor obedient servant,

:W ." H. B. PAXHB. -7'

Wire Nail Association.".

POTSBUBG, Pa., January 22.—At a secret meeting held in New York city, a few. days'ago, tha^5atirtnaJ J9teel Wire association was organized anatheJolfow?'^ ing officers elected: President, H. W. Hartman, Pittsburg secretary, Chas. S. Jones, of Brooklyn treasurer, B. G. Bernrfrad, of New York. Prices varied somewhat during the past year, and, although a list had been arranged, it was not closely observed. At the New York meeting a card of standard steel wire nails was adopted and prices advanced 5 per cent Twenty large firms were represented.

Oowen to Get No Pay.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 22.—It is authoritatively stated that the receivers of the Philadelphia & Beading Bailroad company will not recognize any claim for remuneration for services made by President Gowen or any of the officers elected with or appotnted.by him. None of these people, said an official, to-day, perl or any work that is essential to the operations of the company, while it is in the hands of receivers, and of course their services would not be paid for unieu. owen choses to pay them himtelf.

Egyptian Affairs.

LONDON, January 22.—Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British commissioner to Egypt, has telegraphed the home government from Alexandria requesting inructions with regard to the proposition recently submitted to him by Mouhktar Pasha, Turkish commissioner to Egypt. The Mouhktar proposes that a TurkishEgyptian army supersede the English forces now iu that country, claiming that the maintainance of the latter is too costly.

Wholesale Murder Trials. TOLEDO, O., January 22.—The jury in the case of Jacob Gourne, one of the Polish rioters charged with murder in the second degree late last night, returned a verdict of manslaughter. The penalty is from one to twenty years, and he will doubtless receive the full'extent There are two more Polocks on trial on the same charge, and twenty seven more will be tried the coming week, ten of whom will answer to murder in the first degree*

Stead's Accomplice Dies in Prison. LONDON, January 22.—Madame Louise Mourez, sedtenced with Mr. Stead and others for the indecent assault on the girl Eliza Armstrong, in connection with the famous Pall Mall Gazette scandal case, died in Millbank prison to day of a disease of the kidneys. Mine. Mourei was serving a term of six months at hard labor.,-

Import ot Dry Goods.

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NEW YORK, N. Y., January 22.— The total imports of dry goods at this port during the past week were valued at $1,988,817, and the amount thrown on the market=at ^,817^205.

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