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condemn that act a an Attempt to distract the friends of boncat bimetallism, and denounce It m calculated to debaee our currency, contract the circulating medium and reck tho confidence and safety of tae business world. FKEPARINO FOU THE CAMPAIGN. Republican Chooso Congressional Corawlttee 3Ir. Johnson th Indiana Mmbrr. Washington, March 8L RepresontatiT Henderson, of Illinois. cLairman of the Hocso caucus, called the joint Republican caucus of Senators and Representatives to order to-night in tbe Senate chamber. Senator Culloni was elected to preside over tbe caucus, and Representative Dalzoll. of Pennsylvania, elected secretary. It vas agreed that as each State was called the delegation should present tho name of its representative on tho Republican con sressiona! campaign committee, and where no name was presented from any State at to-night's meeting, liberty should be given to present tbe name to tno secretary in the future. Following is a list of tbe names of the members ot tho Republican congressional campaign committee handed, in at to sight's caucus: California, Representative John T. Cutting; Delaware, Senator lliggins; Idano. Representative Willis Sweet; Illinois. Kepressntative Robert Hitt; Indiaua. Representative Henry U. Johnson; Iowa. Representative J. A. T. Hull; Kansas. Senator Perkins; Kentucky, Representative John II. Wilson; . Mamo, Representative IJoutelle; Michigan. Representative James O'lJonnell; Montana, Senator Saunders; New Hampshire, Senator Chandler; New York, Representative J. II. Ketcham; North Carolina. Representative Henry P. Cheatham: North Dakota. Representative M. N. Johnson; Obio. John A. Caldwell; Pennsylvania. Representative Myron 11. Wright: South Dakota. Senator Petti grew; Tennessee, representative John C. Houk; Vermont, Representative William M. Grout; Washington. Representative J. L. Wilson; Wisconsin. Representative N. P. Haugen, Wyoming, Senator Carey, Oklahoma, David A. Harvey. MIL AMES'S POSITION.

He Is Not Sound on the Tariff, bat Wants to Go to .Minneapolis. Boston, March SI. Ex-Governor Ames announces that he will be a candidate for delegate at large before tbe Republican convention. He says: "I understood that my name was considered by the central State committee, but was rejected because, in tbe opinion of tbe committee, I was not sound on the tariff question. As that statement baa gone forth I am willing to go be- , fore the State convention as a candidate, that I may asoortain how large a 1 proportion of delegates agree with mo in my views on tho tariff. Slany prominent Kopublieans have assured me that they agre? with me, and many of those who left ' the Republican nartr on tho tarift issue have said to me that if the party ebould Indorse my stand ou tbe question tbey would be pleased to leave their Democratic associates nnd retnrn to the Republican party. I do not believe iu making tbe party any smaller than it is. If a tmin is to be read ont of tbe party because be does not believe m every line of the McKinley hill; because he belierca in free iron ore and ample duties on pig-iron, and is opposed to prohibitive duties, then tho Republican party will soon be small enough." Alger Is In to Stay. Detroit, Mich.. March SI. Gen. Rnssel A. Alger's attention was to-day called to the dispatch of yesterday announcing Senator Cullom's withdrawal from the contest for the presidential nomination. He was asked what eflecr, if any, th's circumstance would have upon his own candidacy. "Senator Cullom's withdrawal cannot pasinly have . any eflect upon my candidacy.1' said General Alger, "for as I said in an interview nearly a month ago. I am in the field to stay. I Tezard it as vital to the success of . tbe Republican party in the national cam paign of this year tbat its judgment as to tho nominee for the presidency be made np after careful deliberation at Minneapolis, and I should be recreant to my settled convictions upon this point wero I to leave the field while expressions of good will and pledges of support are coming to mo from earnest Republicans in all parts of the country. Von may say that I shall bo in the field for tbe nomination nntil the judgment of tbe national convention shall have t been expressed." The Rhode Inland Campaign. Providence, R. I.. March 31. Both Republicans and Democrats claim that next Wednesday will give them the victory, and the campaign is being prosecuted in a more energetic manner than has been witnessed iu this State since tho defeat of the Republicans in 1637. The Democrats are Tery enthusiastic over the visit of ex-President Cleveland to this city Saturday, and tbe Republicans, by bringing Messrs. McKinley and Reed here, are working hard for the success of Senator Aldrioh. Political Motes. G. C. Matthews, formerly of Indianapo lis, now editor of the Memphis Avalanche, is at Washington. He says Cleveland will be renominated, and is the strongest man . in his party. Third congressional district Repnblioans of North Carolina have selected Georgo C. Sculock and A. 1L Middleton delegates to the Minneapolis convention. Both are colored and both are for Harrison. It is stated that the resolutions of the '. Kentucky Republican convention, as finally worded, did not instruct for Harrison, but recommended that tbe delegates vote , for his renomination.. Tbey are all ardent Harrison men, however. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. ' The Philadelphia Russian relief fund now amounts to $lltf.':G7. ' The Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations will be opened on April 15. John Mullin?. white, was hanged by an . Alabama mob for murder nnd arson. Burglars blow open the Eafo iu Hart's Bank ut Elroy, Wis., and got away with 3,.'0J. Between 1,500 and 2.0C0 employes of river steamship companies went on strike at St. Louis yesterday. The Rubber Trust has taken out articles of incorporotion in New Jersey. Tho capital stock is 550.0JO.a0. The Kentucky Senato has adopted the separate coach bill for colored people by a vote of eighteen to ten. Many silver mines in Colorado aro preparing to suspend work, owinit to tho low price of the white metal. A bill looking to the disrupting of tbe Sugar Trust it is claimed, will bo introduced in Congress to-day. Forty - thousand persons witnessed the launching of the cruiser Raleigh at the Norfolk navy -yard yejterday. Samuel Bishop, of Berrien Springs, 3Iich., forged the name of his father-in-law, Jacob Krall. to S7.000 worth of paper. The stockholders of tho Sfandard Oil Company have decided to increase the capi- . tal stock from $..0O).(X0 to $7,000. Goo, to consist of seventy thousand hures of the par value of $!00 each. Clans Spreokels has left Philadelphia with his family, having marie $7,00O.00u by . selling out to the Sugar Trust. Ho is on : his way to San Francisco in a gorgeously htted-up special car. Mayor Graves, of Fltchburg. Mass.. has been fouud snilty of fraudulently obtaining from tbe county of Worcester $W He has been prohibited from practicing an ' an attorney and counsellor-at-law for one ; Jear. Mexican Woman Dead at 150. , Phcenix. A. T., March 31. Carmen Roderique, a Mexican woman 150 years oM, died at Tucson last night. Senora Rod- . erique was maid of honor at the Mexican vice-regal court nnder Spanish rub. Later , she was attached to the honsehold of Maxmillian and afterwards followed tbe fort- . unes of Kmoeror lturbide. "Thank You, la what Mrs. Paisley, of New bur. N. Y., always says to Hood's Sariaparilla. It enrtd her of a severe case of scrofula and eczema, and aha has reason to be grateful. li you are bilious take Hood's Pills.

DESERVES TIIE GUILLOTINE

Anarchist Bavachol's Bloody Crimes Almost Number Those of Deeming. Confusion of an Accomplice That Will Remit in tbe Speed Conviction of the Chief Domb-ThroTTcr and Garroter. A COLD-BLOODED VILLAIN. Evidence that IlaTaeliot, the Anarchist, la One of the Most Dangerous Criminals. Paris. March 31. The government looks upon the arrest of Ravaebul as of tbe greatest importance, not only in that it has thrown to its hands a man already condemned to death for murder, but it is believed hia capture will put an end to the dynamite outrages in Pans.. No doubt is entertained tbat he is a most dangerous criminal, and his Incarceration has removed a great source of trouble and uneasiness. Ravacbol's examination, which was held last night, occupied live hours. It chiefly related to hia past life, and he was subjected to a string of questions that revealed that he was a greater villain than even the police supposed. He confessed the murder of the old hermit of Notro Dame de Uracs. He denied the murders of nn old man servant at Varizelle in 1SS5. and bis. former wife in li8. His denial of these crimes, however, was not very strong, and many discrepancies appeared In his replies to the questions put to him in relation to them, 'ihe polico believe tbey will yet discovor evidence bhowiug that bo killed both these persons. Some time ago an old man was killed with an ax which belonged to the victim. The murderer stole a sum of money and a quantity of valuables, and elVectod bis escape. liavachol was questioned as to this crime, and here, too. his denial was very weak. He admitted that he was a grave-yard ghoul, and told of a number ot graves tbat r.e had robbed. When tho polico searched his lodgings yesterday tbey found among other evidences of bis criminal operations a set of counterfeiters' tools. When questioned regarding the possession of these unlawful belongings he coolly acknowledged that he belonged to a gang of counterfeiters, but he persistently refused to make any admission that would lead to the detection of his confederates. The chief deteotive asserts that Chaumartin, an accomplice of Ravachol, who is now undor arrest, betrayed hia leader, and told tbe police tbat Kavacbol intended to blow np tbe house of M. Booiet, one of tbe prosecuting counsel in the recent Anarchist trials. M. Boulet'a residence, it will be recalled, was at No. 39 Rue Clichy, the scene of the destructive oxplosion on Sunday morning latt. Kavachol lived at St. Mande, near tho wood of Vincenues, four miles southeast of Paris. He was seen going to Paris Sunday mornlug, carrying with him a small portmanteau. Ravaobol ia watched in prison night and day by three detectives. He is tbe illegitimate son of German parents, aud was born in France. Tbe Anarchist prisoners who were concerned in the explosions in tho boulevard St. Germain und at the Lotsau Barracks have made a detailed confession. They say that Ravachol was concerned in a mnrder aud robbery at Mont Brison, by which he realized oO.OOO francs. He gavo tbe bulk of the money to associates in St. Etennie. drawing sums when required for dynamite purposes. Ravachol assisted in stealing and burying tho dynamite taken from the factory nt Soissy, declare these informers. Chaumartin asks to be sentenced to imprisonment, as he fears assassination if released. The Senate has approved tbe bill imposing the penalty of death upon persons convicted of nsing dynamite for blowing up buildings and other unlawful purposes. Ravachol will be tried for murder at Kont Bristol. He Is black, aud is covered with bruises, which injuries be received while resisting arrest. His accomplices, no longer fearing revenge, readily consented to reveal what tbey know about RavacboL They said that he glorified m the murder of two women who kept a wine shop near St. Etienne; that he boasted of having - supped in a room where three corpses lay. cutting his food with the bloody knife with which he had murdered them. It was roportcd late to-night that Gustav Mattiu. Ravacbol's most danafcrous accomplice, has been arrested. Ravachol made no trouble in his cell,. He speaks most fluently, although he is not an educated man. He promises to reveal everything tomorrow. The police have learned from informers that Ravachol planned the fcoissy robbery and proposed to kill everybody met ou the way to thedynamite depot who were likely to bear witness against him. Tho Accomplices opposed him, however, and tbe idea was dropped. Ravachol carried tbe bomb used in tbe boulevard .St. Germain and placed it in position. leaving tbe house ouly a few seconds before the explosion. Tho North German Zeitnng, commenting on tbe arrest of Ravachol. makos the following sarcastlo remarks: If tbe French only know where a scapegoat can bo sought more than half the injury they have suffered is forgotten. And tho fastening of tbe blame on. Ravachol, as a German bastard, is so artistic that it is worthy, to be compared with the best culinary performances of France." Bomb Factories In Tills Country. Chicago. March 31. "Thero is a dynamite school here in Chicago," said a prominent labor leader. "There is also one in Boston, and another In New York. The bombs used by Paris Anarchists were made here.'' Polico Inspector Schaak. who knows more about anarchy and its lollowers than anyone else in the city, says: "I am inclined to think tboy are nsintr Chicagomade bombs in Paris, lor several reasons, the principal of which is that the style of bombs made in this city is vastly more destructive than anything the French dynamiters have ever constructed." "Are there any bombs now in Chicago!" the inspector was asked. "Plenty of them. On ono occasion a cart-loitd of bombs were taken away from a certain place whero tboy were manufactured, and no ono has yet been able to locate them. I believe they are in the city, and ready to bo used in case of trouble. There is also a lot of about nine hundred bombs secreted, but where the police have not yet been able to tell. I believe these bombs hro divided up among tbo most faithful and trustworthy. Aside from this stock, there are additional resources for the people who use them. At present there aro probably turo hundred men in this city who know how to make dyuumlto bombs, and who can make them on their own kitchen stoves at night." DINKKLSriKL'S VICTIMS. They Included the XItrateKlng nnd Many Other Prominent Englishmen. London, March SI. Tha career of W. Dinkelspiel, former agent of tho Now York Life Insurance Company, who gained considerable notoriety at Detroit in connection with his insurance methods, and who started in business here, but failed, with liabilities amounting to many thousands of pounds, is attracting much attention. Colonel Tullj. proprietor of tho Insurance Review, told n reporter to day tint he had followed Dinkelepiel's career in America, and. also, sinco ho had come to "work tho racket" hero. Dinkelspiel succeeded in doing a very large business in England, aud probably Lai got the New York Lite otliee into about an much tronblo here a.J in America. It is understood that large premiums had to bo returned on his business by the London managers after Dinkelspiel bad drawn his commission, for which the manager was responsible. The creditors benidV Baron Von Stern include Colonel Worth, tho Nitrate King. $10,000: Sir William Farmer, '.'.010; Fisher Smith, London nmnairer, Sl".000; S. Mac Leavy, London. SiaKO; J. S. Brown, Pittsburg. Pa.. fi.tVA: Peter C. Dollar, livery-stable-keeper. $375; International fur store, $375; Redfern. tailor. 175; Madame Pwabe. court dress-maker. 2.400. Soino of these debts speak for thfinselvrs. Dinkelspiel's method was to get same pro. vincial man to iusuri. as a decoy duck, ou a promise of insurance for nothmc if ho allowed his name to bo used. Dinkelspiel lived iu the West End in luxury. Moat of

the claims againsttbe estate are legitimate. He owes rent for his office. There is no more room for men lUe Dinkelspiel, as fie Equitable, the Mutual and the New York Life companies have entered into arrangements to make their existence impossible. Before the registrar of the London Bankruptcy Court, to-day, Dinkslspiel attributed his failure largely to the big sums of money he bad to pay on many loans, in some cases amonntingto 100 per cent. He never kent a record of hia financial transactions. Altogether, he had received 18,000 in commissions from the New York Life Insurance Company. After an examination, which lasted two hours, Dinkelspiel wai allowed to pass. The next step will be an application for his discharge in bankruptcy. BLOODY BATTLE.

Three Hundred Venezuelan Rebels Left Dead on the Field Near Caracas. Crucial to the Indlanatdis Journal. Panama, March SI. A French steamship which arrived here to-day brings authentic news of tbo uprising in Venezuela against President Paheo. The officers say tbat tbe country is an anarchic condition and tbat life and property in the vicinity of Caracas aro in constant peril. Tbe rumors of a recent battle between President Palico's troops and tho insurcents nnder Gen. Joaquin Crcspo, are confirmed. Tho battle was fought near Caracas, and lasted for three hours. At first Crcspo's foroes were successful and drove the government troops steadily back on tbe road to tbe city. The reinforcements for Palico's army arrived as the retreat was becoming a rout, and the government troops made a stand on the wooded hill. Crcspo's men wero outnumbered almost three to one. tho government having 7.500 troops to their three thousand. Tbey tried to storm tho position on tbe knoll three times but were driven hack with a loss of three hundred. The government troops then took tho offensive and followed tho insurgent, who retreated, leaving three hundred dead ou the field. The insurgents retreated toward eastern Z,amora, with the Intention of joining another insurgent army, which is said to be 0.000 strong. Detachments of the govcrpment troops went in pursnit, and several skirmishes took place, in which the revolutionists repulsed Palico's men. Tho revolution is spreading, and the insurgent forces are augmented daily. In eastern Zamora the people are taking sides with Crespo and many soldiers have deserted tbe government. Crespo, tho French officers say. has the reputation of beinc: tbe best general in Venezuela. He is a brave lighter, but his policy at present is to remain inactive while bis forces are swelled by deserters from Palico's army and by discontented citizens. The Situation In Venezuela. Washington, March 3L General Bolet Peraza. tbe Venezuelan minister at Washington, this afternoon received a cable dispatch from his government in which ho is authorized and directed to declare that some -recently published statements concerning Venezuela are without foundation. He is informed that there has been a bittie fought near Caracas; tbat peace is almost restored in the republic: that the regular course of business has not beeu interrupted; that the new Cabinetappointed by President Palacio enjoys the conlidonco of the people, and that the situation is far from being a violent ono. Her Child Must Be Born In Prison, London, March 31. In the House of Commons, to-day, Mr. Campbell asked whether, in view of the condition of Mrs. Florence Ethel Osborne, who is serving a ninemonths' sentence in connection with the great "pearl case," and the danger to her unborn child, a pardon would be granted to her. Mr. Matthews replied that he was owaroofMrs. Osborne's condition, but it was not tbo rule to discharge pregnant female prisoners unless there were .special medical reasons, which did not exist in the present case. The Fire at Mandalay. Rangoon. India, March 81. The fire at Mandalay broke out at 0 o'clock Wednesday morning and raged for fourteen hours. Tbe whole city wa9 destroyed, from China street to Obo, a distance of two miles and a half. Tho central telegraph station, built at a cost of 20,000 rupees, was destroyed. The other government buildings, bazars and houses escaped. There was no loss of life. Many thousands are homeless, and extensive relief works will be necessary. The Kaiser's Troublesome Ear. Berlin, March 31. Rnmors that the Emperor has been obliged to undergo an operation for an abscess in his ear are revived, but cannot be traced to any positive source. His health seems much better than previons to his sojourn at Hubertusstock, but whether the improvement is due to surgical relief or to the general effects of exercise aud relaxation is a mooted point among tbe gossips. Her nit Feared at Rio De Janeiro. Paius, 'March 31. A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says: "All the troops here and at Pernambnco are kept confined to their barraoks. The police have been ordered to be on the watch to suppress ex pected disturbances. A revolt is feared." Not Tet Settled. Rome, Maroh 81. The report published in American papers that a settlement has been effected in the matter of tbe New Orleans lynching indemnity, is premature. Negotiations are still pending. Cable Notes. The German Reichstag ' was prorogued yesterday. The speech closing tbe session was delivered by Dr. Von Boetticher. At Freiburg, a city in the Grand Duchy of Baden, eight persons were burned to death in a house. Tho fire was caused by an explosion of petroleum. Tbe Chinese government has garrisoned all the mission districts in China and has promised to severely punish tho perpetrators of outrages in the future Minister Egan has presented to tbe Chilian Foreijrn Othce at Santiago a claim on behalf of tbo liquidators of the American house of Alsop. The claim amounts to nearly 81,000,000 in silver. Great indignation has been caused in the court of Vienna and Munich by the announcement that the Duke Louis, of Bavaria, is about to take to himself another wifo, tho popular actress, Clara Hesc. A dispatch lrom Porto Novo states that a body of two hundred Dahomeyans have attacked Kezcnsu. fifteen kilometres from that place. It is believed that tho natives meditate attacks upon Porto Novo and Kolonn and the French authorities have taken measures to repel the attacks should they be made. A dispatch from Stratford on Avonstatos that tbo Sbakspeare birthplace trustees have agreed to purchase Anue Hathway's cottage for $l.".0O0. This action of the trustees i taken to check the oilers of American bidders. Two of the largest bids have come from Americans who are anxious to transport the cottage to Chicago. At a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday the Kt. Hon. Sir lohn Lubbock said tbat the volume of trade in the countrv had fallen oil" in 3S01. Tho McKinley bill has a fleeted tradn to a certain extent, but it aftectcd the United States moro than it did tho United Kingdom. Tho exports of domestic produce in IKK) amounted to i?,00 0.000. In lJl these exports amounted to only 27.000,000. Accident nt Theater. Rocnr.STKir, N. Y., March 81. "The Can't Be Worse Dramatic Company" attempted to give a performance at the Bijou Theater to-night called "The Defeated Candidates." During tho performance the audienca began pelting tho actors with eggs, carrots and brickbats from tbe galleries, and in tbe excitement the li rat balcony gavo way, throwing n number of people to the lower iloor, a distance of fifteen feet. Several wero injured aud have been taken to tbe hospital. The following were seriously injured: Alex. Jacobwitz, Frank McGann and Jacob Fnllsclagcr. Until further notice the rate from IndianapoliN to Chicago will be &it by the Pennsylvania Line. Pullman bullet parlor car I on day traius aud Pullman sleeping car on i night trains.

MB. OWEN NOT RESPONSIBLE

fie Had Nothing to Do with Bringing Charges Against General Xettleton. Congress Was In J need to Investigate Immigration Affairs b j RpregentatlTe Stump lbs Uoosier Official Vindicated. Special Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 0. Following is the full text of the important testimony given oy the Hon. William D. Owen, of Indiana, Superiutendent of Immigration, before tho joint immigration com" mittee of Congress on Tuesday evening last, and which answers some of the most salient charges preferred by Assistant Sec rotary Nettleton: The Chairman Did you have anything to do with instigating or bringing about this investigation! Mr. Owen Nothing whatever. The Chairman Did you furnish, to your knowledge, any material to be used as a basis for bringing about the investigation? Mr. Owen I did not. The Chairman You have noticed tho resolution tbat passed the House of Representatives calling for a statement of expenaiturcs and other information from tbe Treasury Department. Did yon have anything to do with that resolution or its adoption? Mr. Owen No, sir. The Chairman Did you know of its passage or tbat it was projected until it was otlerod? Mr. Owen I had been told that it was going to be oflered. The Chairman Did yon furuish any data for framing tbe resolution? Mr. Owen No. sir. The Chairman Since this Investigation began have you had any thing to do with the fnrnishiug of material or information in connection with it? Mr. Owen Not one word. Tho Chairman Have you suggested any questions to be asked or prepared any queHtions to be askodF Mc Owen I have not. ( I prepared some questions for myself, which I have not delivered to any member of the committee, and which, the next day after tbey were prepared, were cast aside never used nor suggested to any one. The Chairman Have you fnrnished anything except tbe table of persons barred that is contained in the record from your oihce? Mr. Owen Nothing whatever. All tbat was prepared was furnished in reply to a request by members of this committee. The Chairman Do yon know of any questions prepared to bo yut toyou by anybody? Air. Owen I do not. The Chairman That is all I wish to ask yon at this time. Mr. Owen Nor questions tbat I prepared to have put to anybody else! The Chairman I take occasion to say tbat as far as 1 am concerned. Mr. Owen's statement is correct aud true. 1 have sen him but few times nnd havo asked him bnt a few questions. I havo obtained little or no information from him. I do hot know what Mr. Stump has to say on that subject. KESrONSlBILITY FOU Till JNQUIKY. Representative Stump I will say the same thing, and will say further tbat during the last session of Congress Mr. Owon was chairman of this committee, and occupied the sarao position that I do now. During that period a friendship grow up between ns, which I suppose was renewed when 1 came back to Washington tjiis session. But the moment this investigation was even thought of Mr. Owen withdrew himself, and tho consequence is tbat I have not even had friendly intercourse with him. He was so circumspect in his actions that he has fnrnished no information to me. aud no questions and no suggestions. 1 will further say that . the making of this investigation is the' result of personal investigation of my own. When I was aopot'nted chairman of this committee it vras ju'st before the holidays. I generally , spend my holidays in New York, and I took occasion when in New York during the holidays to spend two days at Ellis island. I visited the barge otlice, where I was known, and I also visited the island. I saw sufficient there to think tbat the sum of $450,000, or thereabouts, which was reported as the sum expended under the supervising architect's report, was a very large sum, cud subsequently, when 1 learned that instead of tbe improvement costing $4)0,000 that it had cost $012,0 X), 1 thought there should be an investigation. The typhus fever resolution came up. I tbinkit was introduced in the Senate first by Mr. Chandler, and it was thought tbat wo could then, as a joint committee, go and look, and the committee did go and look, and I beliove that it was tho unanimous consent of tho committee that an investigation should be had. I believe at tbat time there would have been no investigation at all if members of tbeoommittce individually had not expressed the opinion that there was a groat deal of money spent there that should not nave been spent. These are the facts as far as I know them. 1 have been a great deal hampered for the want of means of ascertaining the methods of conducting business in the Treasury Departineut. and Senator Chandler tho chairman, agreed to take tbat branch of the work, while I investigated the actual expenditures and expenses at Ellis island. The Chairman Does any member of tbe committee wish to ask Mr. Owen any questions? Senator Hale I have not been present at all the meetings of this committee. Has Mr. Owen been examined heretofore by the committee? The Chairman No. not before this. Senator Hale I would like you. Mr. Owen, to stato just what your relations are in tbe Treasury Department, as you are mado by the act a part of the Treasury Department. Mr. Owen Yes. Senator Hale Andyour office is in the Treasury building! Mr. Owen In the Treasury building. Senator Hale Now what, in brief, is the actual authority tbat you exercise over this subject ot immigration? Mr. Owen Yon will pardon me, but 1 think tbe circular No. 120, of the Secretary of the Treasury, defining tbo duties of the Superintendent of Immigration, would be the best answer. Senator Hale How soon after you took possession of the ottico was that issued? Mr. Owen About six weeks after I took the oath of ofiiee. Senator Hale And the scope of your duties is markod out in that order of tho Secretary, is it? Mr. Owen Yea. Senator Hale Who issued tho order? Mr. Owen It is signed by Secretary Foster. NOTHING TO IK WITH ELLIS ISLAND. Senator Halo What have you done in the way ot managing the business in New York, either iu relation to the work at Ellis island or tho conduct and tbe treatment and management of tho immigrants? Mr. Owon I have had nothing whatever to do with the Ellis island construction matter. I have had nothing whatever to do with the appointment, promotion or dismissal of inspectora or other persons counected with tbo service, I have had to do purely with the immigration matters ulone. nnu in that tbcro baa been in a- sense a conjoint authority. Senator Hale Conjoint with whom? Mr. Owen With Assistant Secretary Nettleton. In other words, to explain: The statute provides that when the commissioner or inspector of immigrants makes a decision bearing; on an immigrant, he can havo an appeal to tho Superintendent of Immigration, which is subject to revision by the Secretary of tUo Treasury. Undcran agreement, when nn appeal comes 1 prepare the decision und sign it. It is then sent to tho Assistant Secretary for his approval cr disapproval. Senator Hale Comes to yon from the commissioner in tho port of New York in this case? : Mr. Owen Yes. sir. . Senator Hale And then you mako your decision and send it to the Assistant Secretary? Mr. Owen For his approval or disapproval. Senator Hale I do not know, this meeting being for a special purpose, but what this examination may be trenching uoou something else. Tho Chairman I intended to defer Mr. Owen's examination to a later time, but it

is perfectly agreeable to us to have you go on now. 8enator Hale This is quito an extended examination, and 1 will take your suggestion about tbat and not proceed with this examination, as General Nettleton is here ready to go on. The Chairman Then I will ask one question while on this subject. How is tbe correspondence concerning immigration matters conducted? What is signed by yon and what is aigped id the Secretary's ofilceT Mr. Owen As near as I havo been possibly able to do so I have followed out the instructions of the circular tbat haa been furnished here this morning. The Chairman What division does that make of the correspondence? Mr. Owen 1 read from the circular All official communications in connection with the immigration service conveying authority to expend money will be signed by tho Secretary, as required by Jaw. Al! rulings or opinions covering new application of the immigration laws, or new questions aming thereunder, and all mortifications of previous rulings will be signed by the secretary, or by an assistant secretary under tho general direction ot tbe Secretary. All Inspection officers in the immigration service after their appointment will le as&icned to duty by the sii'ierlntenrteut, their otlkiul duties and conduct will be supervised by hlui, ami tha correspondence between the department and the inspection officers relative to account, and all routine business vill be conducted by the' superintendent. Senator Hale And it has been your purpose to carry out that circular? Mr. Owen It bas. Senator Hale And you sign certain correspondence and the Secretary or Assisttaut Secretary sign auother correspondence? Mr. Owen Yes sir. Senator Hale That is all I will ask you at this time. Mr. Owen's testimony will be continued before the committee on Friday.

WOMAN LOVES WOMAN. Emma Fox Blows Oat Her Brains Because Birdie Boate Had Grown Cold. Altoona, Pa., March 31. In this city, last night. Miss Emma Fox shot and killed herself with a revolver because Miss Birdie Boate, with whom she had fallen in love, refused to return the atlection. The young Udies aro both of good parentage, and well-to-do. Miss Fox is a brunette, twentyfour years of age, while Miss Boate, who is a perfect blonde, is but twenty-two. Almost a year ago Miss Fox began to show an unnatural affection for Miss Boate, seeming only content when in her presence. When Mfss Boato was attacked by diphtheria Miss Fox nursed her. and after that was continually following Miss Boate, who never returned the love and has lately tried to avoid her. Miss Fox was not to be disconcerted, however, and she even at-' tacked young men she aaw with Miss Boate. Tbo latter bucume frightened aud never went oat unattended. Last night, in company with a relative, she was returning from church, when Miss Fox approached and drawing a revolver, cried: "Birdie. I am before you for tbo last time." Miss Boate ran but heard the revolver crack. Miss Fox was dead when picked np. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of suicide, but assigned no cause. AN AMERICAN'S INVENTION.. Baltimore Man Says the Germans Stole His Plans for Army Air-Ships. - Baltimore, March 31. Prof. William R. Will, of this city, says he believes the warballoons by which tbe Germans have been observing the Russian fortifications and armies are his own invention. He declares that tho descriptions of tbe balloons coincide exactly with plans which he perfected some time ago and submitted to Chief Von Lendenbenr. of the aeronautical department of the German army. The German government, he states, kept bis plans long beyond the time set for their return in case of rejeotion, and a few weeks after they were sent back to him the news tbat tbe novel balloons were hovering over Russia was received. He asserts that ho is convinced that tho Germans have appropriated an American invention without giving either credit or price for it. OBITUARY. Gen. Daniel Dnstln, Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Chicago. Carthage, Mo., March 31. Assistant United States Treasurer at Chicago, Gen. Daniel Dustin, died here yesterday. His home was at Sycamore, HI., and he camo to Carthage one week ago to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Myers. He took a relapse aud soon all hopes of his recovery were abandoned. During tbe campaign of If 88 he made speeches in behalf of Harrison. He was taken ill while so engaged and ever since his health has not been robust For some months he had been scarcely able to attend to his Unties and being advised by his physicians earns here to recuperate. The trip was pleasant, but next day aftor his arrival he began to fail. Daniel Dustin was born in West Topsham, Vt, Oct. 6. 1830. He went to California in 1849, and was a member of the Leislature of that State when it was organized. He moved to Illinois in 1855 or 1550, and had lived there ever since. He entered the army in 1861 as a captain in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, commanded by Col. John F. Farnsworth; was pomoted to major, and returned home .and raised tbe One-hundred-and-lifth Illinois Infantry. In the Atlanta campaign he was promoted to brigadier-general with Benjamin Harrison, and it was in that campaign, drinking from the same canteen, tbat be and . the President became warm, personal friends, friendship that has lasted through all tho years since. Two years ago President Harrison appointed General Dnstin as Assistant Treasurer of tbe United States at Chicago. He was a comrade in tbo Grand Army of the Republic membcrof the Loyal Legion, a Mason. KnigbtTcmplar, and was past grand commander of tbe State of Illinois. Other Deaths. Detroit, Mich.. March SI. John Owen, tho veteran vessel-owner of this city, who came to Detroit liftjvti ve years ago, died this morning. He held several otfices in this State, serving as Slate Treasurer during tho war. Rapid City, S. D., March 31. Judge John W. Nowlin died hero this morning of consumption. He was prominent in politics and widely known in Dakota. Nebraska and Iowa. Baltimohi:, Md., March 31. Judge Peter Wood Crane, Maryland's oldest judge, is dead. Another Danger to Travelers. Lima. O.. March 31. Passengers on tho west-bound Erie train had a thrilling exEerience Inst night The train had just left ew Portage, and the conductor, ou his fare-collecting trip, opened a closet door to see if there was any one inside. As soon as he thrnst his lantern in an explosion occurred which hurled him backward, badly burning and otherwise injuring him. .The coach immediately took lire, tbe flames spreading rapidly. Before the train was stopped the whole coach and ono of the sleeping-cars were iu llames. Paesi-npers barely escaped losing their personal effects, which were in" two cars, both of which were entirely consumed. It is supposed ono of tbe gas reservoirs in the closet epruuga leak. Los; by Fire. PniLADF.i.riiiA, March 81. Theinnurancrs on John Bromley dt Sons rug. chenille nnd laco-curtain manufactory, which was partly destroyed by fire Saturday, aggregates 8770. 7J0. ' The loss is estimated at 837.1,000. Orange. N. J.. March 31. The Spring Hotel, at Cloud West Rnngo. has been destroyed by tire. Loss, giW.OUO; uninsured. Director Sol. I for $75,O0O. Philadelphia, March 31. Mr. A. H. Moore, proprietor of Clovcrdalo stock-farm, has purchased from Monroe Salisbury, of Pleasantoti, Cal., tbe stallion Director, with a record of 2:17, for 815,00(1. Director is tbe aire of Direct, with a record of 2.0ti. Osk way to catch cold is to cultivate the fear of cold-catchimr! Ono of tbe Itest wars to cure a cold is to take Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Salvation Oil is not a bumbuc. but a sclcntiflo combination of pain-healing agents. i!5 cents.

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PANIC OX A RIVER STEAMER Five Lives Ljt, and Possibly More, bj tbe Burning of tbe Golden Kulc. Suddenly Enveloped in Flames While About to Start from Cincinnati for New Orleans A Wharfboat Also Destrojed. f rectal te tfce Indianspo'l JonmiL Cincinnati, March Si. The steamer Golden Bule, which was to have left at 5 o'clock this afternoon for New Orleans, caught fire about half an hour before the time for her departure and burned to the water's edge. There were fifty people aboard the vessel and a largo consignment of freight. The Hames spread so rapidly that tho passengers and crew barely escaped with their lives. Several of them jumped into the water, but it is thought all were rescued, with tbe exception of Miss Nellie Maloney, of this city, who was seen to jump into tho swift current and disappear. Second pi ate Frank Kiley and a deck hand named Mat Homer are missing. They were in the hold of the vessel when the tire broke out, and it is supposed tbey were drowned. Two firemen were seriously hurt by timbers falling from tbo roof of tbe wharf-boat. The steamer Keystone State rescued thirtyfive peoplo and steamed across the river. The entire fire department of the elty was on tbe ground, bnt it was powerless to savo the doomed steamer. Tbe wharf-boat of the Memphis Packet Company caught lire from tbe blazing boat and was almost entirely consumed. The hull of the Golden Utile broke loose from her moorings and drifted down the river about two hundred feet, and sunk in twenty feet of water. Tho total loss will approximate $75,000; partly insured. Miss Nellie Maloney was interested in a aress-maklng establishment at 24" West Seventh street. Her only brother was T. J. Maloney. of Memphis, who, private advices eray, started by rail for this city to night Clerk F. M. Bondusant, who had delayed too long to get down tbe stairway of the burning boat, and wbo. after vainly trying to save his books and money, had jumped over tbe aide of tbe steamer into the water, and then clambered on the bargo, saw Miss Moloney's body in the water, lie jumped iu again and made a heroic ctlort to savo her, but she disappeared under the wharf-boat and was lost. Lathi?. Thus far five lives are known to have been lost. These are: Mlis Nellie Maloney; Frank LVilly, second mate; James Madison, made; Nat Homer, white, deck band; an unknown woman. Mrs. Easton. pf Addyston, a suburb of this city, is also missing, and it is feared she is lost, Three or four others who were known to have been on tho boat, but whose names were not obtained, are mismg, and the death list may be increased to ten or more. Nono of the bodies has been reeovered, although searchers aro diligently at work. Miss Maloney jn biped into tbe river between the steamers Golden Rule and Fleetwood, and her body is supposed to be near the sceno of tbe disaster. She lost her presence of mind completely, and could have saved herself by way of the Fleetwood. Miss Minnie Fitzsimmons, of Covington, who was one of the merry party starting for and excursion to Now Orleans, had a narrow escape from being burned and as a result of tho friirht and excitement she has become a raving maniao and it is feared will be permanently insane. Moreutents of Steamers, New York. March 31. Arrived: Pennsylvania, from Antwerp; Germanic, from Liverpool; Bohemia, from Hamburg. The City of Paris, which arrived yesterday, took tbe long course, making miles, tbe trip occupying rive days, twenty-two hours and three minutes. The average speed was 20.10 knots per hour, and if she had come the shorter course, at this speed, the trip wonld have occupied about five days and eighteen hours. Her best previous performance was five days, nineteen hours aud-eighteen minutes. London. March SI. Sighted: Greece, Rogia and Britannio, from New York. Doesn't Waat a Divorce from the Prince. Detroit, Micb., March 31. Prince'' Michael's wife applied to tbe Circuit Court this morning for a separation, not for a divorce, as was expected. All tbat she charges nim with In her bill was extreme cruelty. She mado no mention of his beastly excesses. She said that Mills had property worth 810,000, and that he would Srobably dispose of it unless restrained, ndge Gartner accordingly issued an injunction restraining the "Prince" from selling or otherwise doing away with any of his possessions. Going to "Grind Gray Up. "We intend to grind Gray up and leave his mangled political remains strewn upon the ground before the convention occurs." said a mad Democrat last night "He doesn't cut any iigure in the light at all, and it is nonsense to say there will bo a split in tho Democratic ranks. He left the Republican party and it stili exist: ho coujd bolt tbe Democratic party to-morrow and he wouldn't be able to carry a hundred men along with him. Ho hasn't ben indorsed by any counties, nnd theroaredistrictsinthe State where ho wouldn't get a vote. There's the First, the Twelfth aud tbe Thirteenth. In those districts he won't be 'in it' It is entirely a matter of self-glorification with Isaac Pusuy. this pushing himself forward as a candidato for President Nobody asked him to be a candidato." "A woman best understands a woman's ills." Thousands of women have been benefited by Mrs. Pinkham's advice, and cured by her remedies after all other treatment had failed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been more successful in curing Female Complaints than any remedy the world has ever known. All Dru?Ri? orU it, cr tret ly mf.il. in form cf Fill or Lcxtnjrf i. on receipt of 8 1 .00. Mm rills. 25r. Corrt'pondcnc rtiy irnwrrrd. 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PRICEHfiaiif-ry. 16; r.lcotij-. 2jC; Urtas Circle, 60c; orchestra, 76c; Orchestra Circle. $1. Seats cow ounaie. PLYMOUTH CHURCH 6 111 IS BERMD-IISTDUSS COXCERT COME Cume and npf-il two hours ot unalloyed enjoyment. 1 IToncarlsn Rhapsod! Llstemann Club Liszt 2 Sun. Variation' Mias rrauccs I'.oMeau Vroch 3 M'.nuet Hint L'ArlesW-ne. Uiiet 4 GraudFantasiotorriule- a. li. lioncom FurMenau 0 Theme and Variation-String HnyCn 6 liancfnauCoororUv.lt. Llfctt-nis,nn..H uly 7 lantas)eforVioinncell(v.Kriti(iiee.Herra'S 8 Aria, "JJarbwof eTlllffH KonccnL ltohalnl 9 rreliide t4i -L Dehipe." Clut t4lnt i-aenS 10 Jave'a Dream AItr the Hall" ri,ll Oiibulks 11 f-onir. ThinklnR" Miss nntiAseau.. Yhlt 12 "r'auftV'rarajtlirase-ListenianDClub Oound Seats ou sale at Baldwin's Air.l 2. Admission 50e; no extra charge tor reserved tat. -LUTHER BENSON Will 1.13 CTl JUK at TOMLIN80N HALL. SUNDAY. AVUIL 3, At 3 o'clock. Doors open at 2 o'clock. Admission 3 0 certs. 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