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THE! INDIANAPOLIS NEWS

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FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1896.

IPO VETS EDITION—(" v ?»i^**}TWO CENTS.

FIELD WILL NOT RETIRE.

AK W Il.l. NOT CAHHV OIT SKNATOH

WHire’s FLAN.

I * • ( Ing upon our foreign policy.- For'Chi» rca- I , son a him has been passed over io Chap- ! lain Oouden that he should pm S*ss spice 1 | in the morainic prayer. t HARHISON1N t Ol itT TO-^A Y. He Attract* Great Attention—A IHr

t'rowtl to See Him.

! WashinKton. D. C.. January 24.-|The Su- ' rreme Court room was th^ centar of at- , traction at the Capitol to-day. T|he news that ex-President Harrison would appear 1 drew thottsands through the njnd and rain to the Capitol, and for two l^urs before neon the halls were thronged? and the doors were besieged. Owing to |he very limited space in- the old Senate Chamber, where the Supreme Court sits, ttte public was generally disappointed, and jEew t>t r-

Waahington. D. C.. January 24.-Sen- } sons gained admission. In the co|rt-room . California was seated at were quite a number of Senators $nd Rep•tor White, of CaHforn.a, was seateu ai ^ j , emc 0 f the mo^t pronu- • table in a Washington cafe, a few even- of thc bar of the Country, tngs ago, with some friends, and told inc j U( jj nB jjr. Joseph Choate, Of Kew

them * story of bow he had Just effected York,

reconciliation between the President

fbe Negotiations Failed—The Supervising Architect — HarrUon la

Court To-day—Other News. y , From Washington.

Special to Ttie IndUnaiH.tis News.

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and Associate Justice Field. The information was quite a surprise, for the President and the venerable Jurist have, until quite recently, had a quarrel which dated back to the first Cleveland administration. The origin of It was the refusal of th* President, in his first administration. to elevate Justice Field to the place of chief justice to succeed Waite. The feeling was increased when the President Ignored some of Justice Field’s recommendations for the offices in California. Before Mr. Cleveland left the Whits House, at the close of hi* nrst term, he tried to persuade Justice Field to retire and permitNi younger and more active Democrat to take his place. This the venerable jurist, declined to do. The persuasion of men of Influence failed to move him to the step, and when Mr. Cleveland returned for his second term, he renewed his efforts to secure the retirement of the aged Jurist, who is now

nearly! is I

complete physical wreck. But they failed Naturally, there was much surprise when Senator White announced that he had not only effected a reconciliation, but that Justice Field had practically agreed to retire and permit Ersklne M. Ross, a Federal circuit Judge la California, and a former law partner of Senator White,

Mr. Harrison appeared Just after the marshal had called the court to older. He took a seat at a table Immediately in front of the chief Justice, anffl fitting there In the presence of many famous men he Immediately became the targej of all eyes. It was his first public appearance In Washington since he left White House three years ago. His appearance has changed but slightly. The careworn look has disappeared and time ^emingly has dealt kindly with him. T$ere w is the same soft gray hair and bearil almost white, the cleat pallid complexion and the bright gray eyes. He wore i%. pair of ordinary spectacles and consulfed hts notes freely,, while Mr. Rhodes, * ho had preceded him, was speaking. | "BUCK” KIIXiORR’S ROMANCE. It* Sequel Developed In Hts Own

Coart Recently. |

Special to The Indianapolis NeWs. Washington. D. C., January 24.t-Unlted

nearly eighty years old and an almost | States Judge Constantine Buckley KJ1-

“ 'gore, of Indian Territory, who bps revisiting the scenes of his congressional labors the past week, has been tiling a romantic story of one of his eacly love affairs which had its sequel In theiJudge's court recently. When Mr. Kilgore was a young Texas lawyer, struggling for

. . .clients, he fell in love with oneW the to be appointed as his successor. The in- handsomest belles In the Indian Territory.

formation was kept a secret for a few day*, but this week the newspapers published It. No sooner did Jusflce Field read the statement in the press than he gave out an Interview, aaying that the announcement was unaXithorired and premature. and declared ft was, the same old conspiracy of his enemies at work to se-i

cure his retirement.

There la much disappointment in administration circles over the sudden and

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She was of Cherokee blood and her beauty and charms were celebrated throughout the southwestern country. Young'Kilgore laid siege to the heart of this Cherokee maiden and sought her hand In niarriage. But she refused him and roarrieij'a man of wealth and prominence wddeljf. known on the border. Kilgore, by an herculean effort, managed to forget her. Recently a wo\tnan was brought Into hll court

explosive ending of Senator White’s .peace ( charged with misdemeanors, among them negotiation*, and the chagrin and the ! giving aid to outlaws. The woman bqrv disappointment Is shared, it is said, by ! a semi-barbarous aspect and was poorly

some of Justice Field's colleagues on the

Supreme bench, to whom his age and Infirmities are often an embarrassment in

the deliberations of the court.

TOO MIUH WORK FOR HIM.

—

The Supervising Architect Hn* More

Thun He Can Do.

Syeclsi to The Indianapolis News.

Washington. D. C.. January 24 —Congress has Just passed a Joint 'esoiutlon authorising an expenditure of $55,000 for the work of drawing the plans for the Chic«gt> public building. A part of this is to be paid to a special architect, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. This resolution was passed at the suggestion oj Secretary Carlisle as a piece of urgent* legislation, because it was found that the offic* of the supervising architect was several months behind In its work, and the Government was meanwhile'pay* ing a rental of «28,000 a year for offices in

clad. Under the prosecutor’s questioning she admitted nearly all of the charges, told a shocking story of her owij misdoings and finally admitted that she had killed her own husband. After tjie close of the trial, as Judge Kilgore was^passing from the court-room, the prisoner called

to him.

“Is not this ’Buck’ Kilgore?” she asked. “It is.” he replied. "But I don?* recall

you.”

"Why, is it possible that you dflin’t remember your old sweetheart?" | Judge Kilgore says it was one;of the most startling revelations he e«er experienced, but he took consolation out of the fact that the woman attribijjted her degradation to an unhappy marriage and a brutal husband whom she had td murder In self-defense. '.

HOI MK POSTAL BOARS

nf rnonev to be nald Washington. D. C„ January 24.The I master-General Wilson has Issue* a ; L.,JLfntinn irirLdv eral order providing that in all ciliei

for the work of preparing plans is to t»e deducted from the appropriation already authorised for the Chicago building. It was apparent from the discussion in the House on the Chicago resolution that the supervising architect’s office is not a satisfactory institution. The law authorizes a salary of only *4.600 a year for the supervising architect, and it Is difficult to find a man to take the office at so small a salary. The law directs that all plans for Qoverriment buildings shall be under the direction of the supervising architect Special legislation is always necessary to

xst'a-s*™ a:

ogress

an under

ingress has author! Idlngs in the last five

a prihorized

f/overnmetTt* archUect'Th

very few public butld&gs In the last nvo vears* and yet there are nearly- a hundred

They Are To Be Provided |u Indlunnpolls—Necessity For T|»eiu.

Postgen-

ei|ies and

towns having free delivery postalIsarvlce, the postal system be extended to* Include house-to-house collections. For tjie convenience of the department, howeVer, the introduction of boxes In the houses until further orders will be confined to itwemyflve places, one of which is Indianapolis. The Indianapolis postoffice did npt know that house boxefc were contemplated in this city. The first information ca$>e from the newspapers. This office has b*en trying to get more carriers and Was submitted statements showing that Xrith its suburbs the population of Indianapolis has grown to about 166,000, and that the force of carriers is unable to serve all of these people in the eight hours fallowed by law. The house box delivery- Is supposed to be one -of the means of relief proposed by the Government. The postmaster said he knew nothing of the merits of the boxes and had received no official

Information on the subject.

Mr. Deery, superintendent of farriers, said that he thought the boxeA would prove a time-saving device. He had not

Ish the office of supervising arcnueui "... i Bet . n them, but he thought the pljtn pro- >“ 1,1 yidjj u-ffp’KVA" sfo, T ?„’

accessible place out doori They

retarv “ ,e Intended for residences only. The loss _ t iw-ru.riment It ° r time 1° the collection and delivery of Curtis, of the Treasury Deparimeiu. ( maU is alrnoat wholly in the residepce pores as coi tf■d e r e $/i 1 v. t ^.ln^re<.sm:in Aldrich tions, where there are long waits at doors been reintroduced by (angressrnan^AlUrira. , ^ (o the carr f ers . r1ri|5 or (le . formerLy provides for the lay* from other causes consequent upon the city of b ? thf President of^commis- the carriers going to the door. |

PeuMiunn For India nlanai Special to Thc Indianapolis Netjfg.

Washington, D. C., January 24.—Pensions have been granted to the following Citizens

of Indiana:

Original—Jerome Burbank. Nljchigaa Olty; Francis Roldenbarger, Dqnnison; George W. Sheumaker. E.-ansville-j Supplemental—Patrick Ferry. Hege. Renewal and Increase—Charlton frough-

nan. Marion.

Increase—Benjamin F. Drale, Nfadison; Warren O. Gardner, Indianapolis ;i George H. Robinson, Lawrenceburg; Seymour R. Allen. Rldgev.lle; Charles Johnson. M’s

VYi3lr:2* WIH1 a! i ’Vx q f K

M’sha-

arch.- | on^na] Widows, Eic.-Ann.e Sdhlosser. Plymouth; minor of Jesse Holt. .Indianapolis; Hannah Crandall, Pilot Kmib; Re-

■scmmlssion Is deslgned to take the place S^.'»5T^ :K h M “i. 0 /or'^ buildings to he hereafter erected by the G The cSmmission is to be convened at the will of the Secretary of the Treasury and shall receive and decide in a competUon for the contract / preparing ,plans for public buildings. For every public budding the limit of cost of which is aoove llw.OOO the commission shall select, by ballot, five architects, to prepare designs in competition, for each building. In the case

of a bi

C&miBiw—- — r—

itcct Without competiton. No , tect shall be eligible as competitor who has not had

least ten

lr-chief.

be palf Jp

tils traveling expenses', additional. PRAYERS OF THE CHAPLAIN.

Aw Effort Being Made To Place a

Limitation Upon Them.. Special tt> The Indtawipolla New*-

Washington, D. C., January 24.—For the first time in the history of Congress, so far as can be learned, there has been some - serious talk this week among the lea lers of the House about Instructing the chaplain a* to the limitation to be put on his prayers. Dr. Milbur.i, who was f •ral years "the blind chaplain” of the House, and who is at present chaplain of the debate, departed from the formal invocation frequently, and in hts appeals to the Deity trenched upon current events of national importance. The present chaplain of the House, the blind Dr. Couden, Of Michigan, has been alluding to InternaUonal questions very freely of late, and with a freedom that has caused the Speaker and some of the House leaders uneasiness. file has prayed for the success of

years experience is architect- K bjck!n«m 5 Bherbyrille? A^fa A. Under the bill an architect shall ! xa*™., . .

pa'.a for hts services a fee of u per cent, of the total cost of the building and

Adams, Plainfield; Lucy A. Hardink, Shel-

by v! lie.

Renewfl—Minor of George W.; Ham, Winslow.

New ConsainteN Provided For. ■Washington, IX C., January 24.-The House committee on foreign affairs has approved the diplomatic and consular bill. In the bill another second secretary of legation for Mexico is allowedj the-consul-ate at Swansea Is made a salaried office at 12,600; the consuls at Weimar. Trjjnldade, Glanchau, Curacoa are salaried a* $2.00u, and those at Freiburg, H uj| and St. Johns at *2.500. A consular^ is to

for sev- be established at Chung Khing, life China

salary *3,000. as the city is In the .district where demonstrations have beeir made against foreigners, and is a center of missionary work. Interpreters are provided for the consulates at Erzeroom arid Harpoot. but as thc Sultan has declined to recognize the United States consuls accredited to those points, the interpreters

may not be needed.

The Kriocson Accepted

■

SilMJ

feTing Armen is judgment

Miss Barton’s mission td Armenia; has frequently appealed *o divine mercy for ’he suffering Armenians, and implored a rigiu-

upon the offenses of the Veaesuelan crisis gradu-

before the

each

to fit each new phase. |<rf the country has been ‘ds and muskets and proforeign policy, the House-

war and bloodshed One day this Week advanced stand on j hnU showed a decided

’ WWgvrenoy idea and sn the Speaker and the

* were exerting ail » I the hot blood of NNka v ere loud In mw** mity to vote

•ignition reso-

tary Herbert has deckled to accept the torpedo heat Erlccson from the bplkler-’. the Iowa iron-works, subject to h doc it trial at Now London, to demonstrate that her engines are In good order, anfti have

he" country,""the beon reiialred properly since her la^st mlsday adjusted the l The department is satisfied tiftat the

boat, w hen properly handled, rai* make

leaning that at

at least twenty-five knots per hour, or a half knot more than is required 'by the contract, »o that another toeed trial at sea will not l>e called for. The <gily deductions made from the contract prk-* of *120.000 w ill be *16,000 on account at delay

In the ctnvplction of the craft. f The Forestry Assoclatiog-

Washington, January 24.—The fifteenth annual meeting of the American Forestry Association began here to-day. The main object of the gathering' is to secure the enactment of a law for the proper administration of the forest reserves; in the

anxiety In regard l United State* which aggregate 1*.568,100 utterances at the acre*, and to secure the protectionthe * upon by forests on public lands. Two businass sts-g’-.-en un- stems were held to-day. Forestry protectls * bear- j tlon will be discussed and speeches jS'ill be

the chaplain km. bat ia the

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made by Secretary of /igriouiture Morton, f pr-sklent of the associ*tlon; Senator Du- | bo's, Representatives iJacey and M r Ru-, and others. The Monroe Doctrine Resolution. Washington, D. C., January 21.—Senator Lodge has made a canvass of the Senate on the Davis resolution, affirming the | Monroe doctrine, and says that he has not i been able to find more than eight votes I that will be cast ugalna|t it. He says there are still a large number of speeches to be made on the subject, and that It is too early to say when the vote will be taken, but that the debate wiill be pressed along rapidly after the bond bill is disposed of. \n I ml in a in n I’romoleil. .special to The Indianapolis News. Washington. IX O., January 24,—Edward R. Magill. of Indiana, has been promoted from u J9M0 to a *l,2(|t) clerkship In the Department of Justice.

HD FOR THE ARMENIANS

MISS BARTON WILL HE PERMITTED TO DISTRIBl TE IT.

PeuNloulnH: Exuni in I me Surtreon. Special to The Indiknapoiis News. Washington. I). C.. January 24.-Dr. Thophitua Stembel wan to-day appointed pension examining s irgeon at Fowler, Ind.

Conilitiona ImiMtMcd lly the Turkish Governnient—An Earnest Discnsslons of the \riiienlHii lleanlutlou In tlie Senate To-Day. i

THE TURKEY RUSSIA TREATY. Much Dlscusseil In I.ontlon—Probable Effects of It. Copyright by the Press publishing Company, New York World. London. January 24.-/The Hail Mall Gazette's allegation that Russia and Turkey have concluded an dffeiisive and defensive alliance may be true, in spite of denials. In the present kaleidoscopic condition of Furoj.‘-an politics, any surprise i* posilhle. Gieat Britain has no friends anywhere on the continent. If it Is able to form nn alliance, it will be only because the interest of the other signatory nation is purchased by It. Russia has struggled for a century for ati open seaport. Cbnstantlnople, of course, preferred above all others. Great Britain has heretofore been the chief power to block this desire. . Sixty-three years ago* Russia and Turkey made e. similar treaty to this one, but joint action by England and France mad* It Inoperative. Fourteen years ago, England, as the result of a secret intrigue with Turkey, not altogether honest as toward the other powers, again thwarted Russia In this direction! We have lately had sfcme seml-inapired intimations that Great Britain has entered upon, or was conjemplating an understanding, with Russia. Possibly such an agreement as this between Russ'a and Turkey might be part o2 thad understanding. Otherwise, Great. Briitaln, if it is consistent with its pojicy j for the la?t ccntm-v, must resist th surrender of Constantinople to the point of jwar. ^1 cabled you a few dayjs slAce the fact of a remarkable change jn popular sentiment In Influential circles here, concerning a surrender of Constantinople to Russia in return for Its support. The editor of the Pall Mall Gazette was recently in Constantinople, and being an exceedingly alert newspaper man, very likely arranged there sources or Information better than those of his slow-coach English contemporales. He declares editorially that he believes implicitly in hi* news. There are then further probable speculations if such a treaty has been signed. If Turkey becomes a vassgl of Russia England would probably retort by hoisting the British flag at Cairo, and France would take Syria, but Austria would be very directly affected, and the question is whether such a treaty would not come wlthlir the terms of the triple alliance, so that Austria could call on Germany and Italy to aid her In resisting jit. Though England would projbably not declare war under existing; circumstances if Russia got hold of Turkey lit seems improbable that the conrequdnt action of the different powers iri endeavoring to readjust the balance could pass off wltnout a general European conflagration. Merely nn nderstfimltnit." New York, January 24.1-A (special to the Herald from Berlin says; A Turkish functionary asserts that no alliance exists between Russia and (Turkey, but that there Is an understanding between Jhe two countries of such ain intimate character that it practically amounts to the same.

THIS IS HANGMAN’S DAY.

George Ward, An Indian, und Henry

Foster, u Negro, Executed.

Van Buren, Ark.. January 24.—George Ward, a Cherokee Indian, was hanged to-day for murdening Henry Bacon in

July of last year. He was a noted desperado and all-round erknmjll, and killed

a man n< last year.

ran .

a man named Ellison i^t Houston, Tex.,

ist year. j

Chicago, January 24.-4Murderer Henry C. Foster (colored) wap hanged in the county Jail here to-dai. Ffo&ter was a Jockey on the Southern dircult some years ago. but after drifting toj Chicago was arrested many times for Jnore or less serious offenses. The critpe for which he was executed was the • shooting of sa-loon-keeper George W.; Wells, wh# attempted to save a citizen Foster had waylaid and was robbing In the street in front of Wells's saloon.. On the scaffold Foster confessed his guilt,; and said he hoped his execution would pe a lesson to all. The drop did not (break hts neck,

and he strangled to dea(h. Cincinnati's Nejvr Flag-

Cincinnati, January 24.)-A committee of artists appointed by Mayor Caldwell selected a design to-day 'for a municipal flag. The flag is to be pure white, while the ground or foundation tl f lh « design is to be red, with wavlrig stripes of blue running through It. In tjie center of the design Is the seal of Cincinnati, while at the top is a bunch of 'buckeye leaves, symbolic of Ohio. The, successful competitor Is Emil Rothengptter, fifty years old, who was born in Germany.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Avatole France, the: noted French author, has been elected to the Paris Academy. A receiver is asked for the Lincoln (Neb.) Savings Bank and Safe Deposit Company. George W. Powell, visiting his parents at Freesport after an absence of eight .years, committed suicide by shooting. John C. Richardson,! postmaster of Prairie Farm, Wis., returning from the 'burial of his father, was killed by a train. Thieves blew the postotlioe safe at Ellwood. Pa., with dynamite and secured Jl.OUO in stamps, money and registered let-

ters.

While playing with a box of matches, Charlie Ray. the threeiyear-old son of William Ray. of Sioux City, la., was fatally burned. Thieves chloroformed knd robbed families of Alvin Culver a fid James Muir, farmers at Plano, III., sjecurlng considerable money. Lasker has won the irjternatlonal chess tournament, his score being eleven won and six lost. Pillsbury is second, Stelnitz third and Tschegorin foiirth. The Brookline (Mass.) Baptist church has voted to call the Rev. William M. Lawrence, of the Second Baptist church of Chicago, to Its pastorate. Mrs. Emma Worman, wife of one of the principal owners of Opting, committed suicide in New York, las: night, the result, It Is supposed, of worry over the condition of her son. The Orange Judd Farmer places the value of farm animals In the United States at *l,864,420,i»0, or *82,139,000 less than In 1894. The heavjv decline has principally been in horses and mules. New York society hits snubbed Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, formerly Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. A musicaile .n aid of a hospital has been declared off, the patronesses refusing to serve when they learned It was to be held at her house. The Manufacturers' Association concluded its meeting at Chicago yesterday. It will meet in Phlladfilphla next year. Theodore C. Search, of that city, was elected president. F. E. Studebaker is the vice-president from Indiana.

Washington, D. C., January 24.—Owing to the energetic representations of United States Minister Terrell, MJas Barton and her party will be permitted by the Turk'sh government to distribute relief to the distressed Armenians, although the Red Cross Itself will not figure in the work. This news came to the State Department to-day in a cablegram from the minister to Secretary Olney, in which he says that, wh'le the Porte refuses such permission to the Red Cross, or to the members of the Red Cross as such, and thereby declines to officially recognize that society, it will permit any person whom the minister names and approves, to distribute relief in the Interior of Turkey, provided the Turkish authorities are kept Informed of what they are doing. There can be no question that Miss Barton and her party will be so designated ty Minister Terrell, but, it is apprehended tfiat they will encounter almost insurmountable obstacles in reaching the field cf action, as the mountain passes between the seaboard and the interior, are now practically impassable, owing to the deep snows. THE ARMENIAN RESOLUTION. An Euriient DiMciiMslon of It In the Senate To-Du>. Washington, D. C\, January 24.—Many memorials concerning the Turkish and Armenian questions were presented to the Senate to-day. This led Mr. Hill (Dem.), New York, to ask what had become of the resolutions for energetic action by the President. Mr. Cullom (Rep.), Illinois, who reported the Turkish resolution from the committee' on foreign relations, said he desired the speediest possible action, and later in the day would ask for a vote on the lesolutlons. There was a brief rturry when Mr. Cullom sought to secure Hie passage of a joint resolution amending the act relative to the Bloomington (III.) public building. Mr. Allen (Pop.), Nebraska, said there seemed to be a little ring In the Senate as to favorable action on public buildings. The East* secured public buildings, but the States of the far West did not. Mr. Gallinger (Rep.), New Hampshire, protested against the extravagance of Mr. Allen's language, and there was an extended debate as to the sections which had received public buildings. Mr. Cullom suggested that Bloomington was the home of the Vice-President, the presiding officer of the Senate, whereupon Mr. Allen said he would yield to such an appeal, ami the resolution was passed. Mr. Caffery (Dem.), Ixmlslana, called the attention ot the judiciary committee to the Importance of the sugar bounty question which had been referred to that-com-mittee, saying the subject Involved the grave question of the right of subordinate officials to nullify an appropriation made by Congress. The Turkish-Armenian resolution was then called up by Mr. Cullom, who spoke of thc serious condition prevailing In Turkey, saying he was appalled by the carnival of blood prevailing. The massacre of Innocents unparalleled for age# had been perpetrated. The evidence of the bloody enormities was given by all classes and nationalities until It was beyond the slightest doubt. A Turkish army had bayoneted, robbed, murdered and flayed alive the people of Armenia. There was no war but a pitiless and merciless tornado of ruin, bloodshed and death. The demon of fanaticism had been let loose. There was responsibility somewhere, but It did not rest with the slavish ruler of Turkey, the Sultan. Back of this were the disputes of the countries of the European alliances seeking their territorial advantages. These countries were responsible, and the Sultan was but a puppet in their hands. It was a matter of regret and embarrassment, continued Mr. Cullom, that the policy of the United States was such as to prevent the sending of a fleet to Turkish waters to put a stop to the bloody rule. But Euiope had assumed the obligation of protection to Armenia. The people of the United States were Intensely interested in seeing the obligation executed, and the purpose of this resolution was to plead with the greatest earnestness for the protection of Armenia. It was amazing to people of the United States to witness the appalling slaughter and at the same time to see the Indifference of the Christian powers. - 0 There was a double obligation upon England, and yet nothing had been done to stay the hand of the Sultan, except by fruitless diplomatic correspondence. The powers, said Mr. Cullom, appear to be waiting for the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, birt he expressed doubt as to the reported alliance between Russia and Turkey. Mr. Cullom said the United States had no purpose to Interfere in the affairs of Europe, except in protection of American citizens and in the name of humanity. The United States had spoken in the name of humanity in the affairs of Greece and of Hungary. No event of the centuries called so loudly to the civilized' world as this slaughter in Turkey, th£ greatest, the Senator believed, in the history of the world. Mr. Blanchard (Dem.). Louisiana, said that for more than a year the world had been shocked by the massacres In Turkey. Not only was there murder and massacre, but In the case of women worse than massacre. As a great free nation, It was the duty of the United States to express its official repudiation and protest against the course of Turkey. Mr. Frye’s Speech. Mr. Frye (Rep.), Maine, took the floor at this'qjoint for a speech of such vehemence that the galleries quickly filled to overflowing, and he was repeatedly Interrupted by long-continued applause. He spoke of the earnestness with which the committee on foreign relations had sought to ieal with this question. Thrjf had hetmvl |\rmenian missionaries, who stated tbtXmJme establishment of United States consulates at Erzeroom and Karpoot would give effective protection. Consuls to these points were speedily appointed. but they were not allowed to serve. "If the American flag had been raised over a consulate at Karpoot,” continued Mr. Frye, with dramatic emphasis, "it would have saved 20,000 lives.” He proceeded to show the great amount of American capital invested in Christian missions in Turkey. “And yet,” said he, "six millions of invested American capital in Turkey was held up. The American College at Karpoot was burned and its American directors were compelled to flee for theilr lives. "If I had my way,” said Mr. Frye, “after these European powers had stood eyeing each other for a year, I would have sent a congressional memorial to Russia ard said to that great power. ‘Take Armenia into your possession and protect those Christians, and the United States win stand behind you with all Its power and resources.’ ” (Long applause In the galleries.) Mr. Call offered a radical resolution demanding that by either peaceful negotiation or force of arms, the Armenian atrocities be stopped. The resolution was defeated without division, and the resolution reported by the committee on foreign relations passed unanimously. The Committee's Annouuoenient. New York. January 24.—The national Armenian relief committee has issued an announcement, which is In part as fol-

lows:

"Now that the president of the American National Red Cross, Miss Clara Barton, and her staff have left for Turkey, the general work of raising funds and of organizing Armenia relief committees throughout the United States will be pushed with redoubled efforts by the national Armenian relief committee. The president of this committee is Justice Brewer, of the Su*

i preme Court of the United States, and the I tr astirers are Brown Bros. & Co., of New* : York, Boston and Philadelphia. The i executive committee consists of Spencer Trask, chairman; Chauncey M. Depew, ! Alexander K. Orr, William H. Ward and Everett P. Wheeler, of New York." In case the Red Cross should be prevented from entering upon the work of distribution, the committee says It Is able to give assurance that all the funds at Ita disposal will reach the sufferers through responsible agencies. All Individual and local committees Interested are urged by the national committee to communicate ar once with it at its offices. No. 45 William street. In order that information may be given them as to the best rmthods of organizing and raising funds. Committees have already been formed, and are actively at work In New York, Boston. Baltimore, Washington. Chicago, Detroit. New

Havtn and many other places. TBE MORTUARY RECORD.

LIQUOR BILL IN OHIO.

THE MEASURE 1 HOED BY THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE. _

Den I li of Dr. Wlaitleavt orth, Judge 1 fit on nail Ex-Gov. Ryersou.

Boston, January 24.—Dr. Edward Wigglesworth, the noted dermatologist, died yesterday from apoplexy, age fifty-five. He was a graduate of the Harvard class of 1861 and the medical school in 1866. In 1862 he became medical assistant for the United States sanitary committee before Richmond, joined the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, was mustered July 7, 1863. and in June, 1864, entered the Army of the Potomac as a volunteer surgeon, being stationed ui the Ninth Artillery Corps Hospital at White House, Ya. Dr. Wiggles worth, as dermatologist, has been regarded as one of the eminent physicians In his profession. Washington. D. C., January 24.-William Upton, who was appointed justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon in 1865 and subsequently became chief justice, died at his residence here, age seventy-eight years. He was a member of the Michigan Legislature and later of thetCallfornia Legislature and prosecuting attorney of Sacramento county. In 1865 he moved to Portland, Ore., and held several public offices. He was appointed second comptroller of the treasury in 1877, and had lived here since that time. „ San Diego, Cal., January 24.—George Ryerson, late Governor of Lower California and well known in this State and Mexico, died here, age seventy-two. He was a native of New' Jersey, and was connected with the Ryerson family of Chicago. He had been a resident of Lower California since 1852, and owned the famous Val1 echos ranch of llO.OOp acres. He leaves a widow at Ensenada. Governor Ryerson was a man of great ability, ond was highly esteemed by President Diaz and the late Gen. Carlos Pacheso, Secretary of the Interior. Oakland, Cal., January 24.—The Rev. F. A. Archibald. Pacific coast manager of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, died here. Mr. Archibald was born in 1854 and has been in California for nine years. For seventeen years he was a Methodist minister, but was forced to retire on account of loss of voice. He was pastor of Broadway M. E. church in Cleveland and manager of the Methodist Book Concern In Cincinnati. Colorado Springs. Colo., January 24.— Charles Edward Tracy died suddenly about midnight of a hemorrhage. He had been entertaining friends during the evening and seemed In the best of spirits. Mr. Tracey came to Colorado Springs in November, 1894, for his health. Before that he was an active member of the law firm of Stetson, Tracey, Jennings & Russell, of New York city. He was a close friend of President Cleveland, with whom he was formerly associated in the law business.

PropoMetl LevlMlntlun That Will Greatly Add To the Revenues of the State — Some of Its important Pro visions.

the slam is severely blamed for losing her presence of mind. The manager cf the theater hss been arrested, and is held a prisoner, pending the termination of the official Investigation into the cause of ths fire. There are severe penilttes for not having the exits of the theaters ready for use, but In winter in most parts of Russia the—rules bearing upon this subject are frequently disregarded. OFFIE DOWNS A HERO.

A Little Hoy’s tNaolness Prevented An Awful Panic.

A FIRE IN CHICAGO.

Many Inmates of the Hu tiding: Had Narrow Escapes. Chicago, January 24.—Fire, which broke out in the old Stock Exchange building, at the northeast corner of Dearborn and Mpnroe streets to-day, caused a panic among the occupants. The building is a six-story structure, and the location is one of the most crowded street corners in the city. The people on the fifth floor when the flames were first discovered, found their way to the stair-case barred by smoke, and resorted to the fire-escapes. One woman, '•ompletely, unnerved, appeared at a w’indow on the Monroe-street side and ende&vortd to leap to the street. She was seized by a man who held her until the firemen raised a ladder and rescued her. The scenes attending the efforts of the people In the building to escape were witnessed by a throng of thousands which quickly gathered. All the occupants were finally rescued by the firemen. The loss on the building was comparatively trifling. J. 8. Robinson, who has an office in the building, was quite seriously burned in th« face and hands while making his way out. H. Barton Lindley, an employe of the Chicago Tribune, was loudly cheered by the crowd when he emerged from the smoke safely, carrying his father in his arms. Mr. Lindley, Sr., Is seventy-five years old, and lives at Chillleothe, O. TO RACE WITH A TRAIN.

A Sextuple Rond Machine To Be the Contestant.

New York, January 24.—Among the more interesting exhibits at the bicycle exposition this week is a splendid specimen of the sextuple road machine. This particular machine, which weighs about 160 pounds, and is geared to 152, Is to figure in the decision of a wager that has been made during the week between certain exhibitors in the garden. The maker and some of his friends have bet a sum of money that they can select a crew of six men who can beat the Empire express train on the New’ York Central railroad in a run of half a mile. The attempt is to be made some time in May. A level stretch of about three miles along tne railroad, track will be selected and carefully laid out, track fashion, to a width of five feet, and some fine day, when the engineer of the train least expects it, the sextuple will start on its task; of course, with a flying start. AN ENTIRE FAMILY DROWNED.

The Father, Mother and Two Children Lose Their Lives.

Ft. Worth, Tex., January 24.—News was received here this morning of the drowning of an entire family In Prairie Dog fork of the Red.river in Randall county. Joe Wicker, wife and two children. attempted to ford the stream In a covered w.!gon. The father attempted to swim ashore with one child on his back, but he sank to the bottom, and both he and the child were drowned. The mother and other child remained in the wagon until it was overturned, and both were also drowned. Another family in a second wagon turned back in time to save themselves, but could give no assistance to the Wickers. A Fatal Collision. Knoxville, Tenn., January 24.—An electric car on the Knoxville street railway and a twitch engine on the Southern railway were in collision at Asylum-street crossing at noon, to-day. Several persons were Injured, two perhaps fatally. The injured are: Mrs. T. B. Davis, Mrs. Girton, .Mrs. Gettys, Mis* Anderson, conductor Branch and motormen Monday and Keastl. The car was going down a steep grade, and the motomvan was unable to stop it. -"—Q ■ r " "‘ A Horse Raiser Falls. Lexington, Ky„ January 24.—Capt. B. J. Treacy, famous horseman, assigned today because of poor prices and the oversupply of trotting stock. Treacy has trotters In England. France and Germany. He was also a thoroughbred breeder. His assets are *73,000; liabilities, *65,000. Capt. Treacy has real estate enough to meet the liabilities on a fair market, but he can not realize on It now.

The Steamship Arrivals. Southampton, January 24.—Arrived: Parts, from New York. New York, January 24.—Arrived: Columbia, from Genoa.

Chicago. January 24.—The Record’s Columbus (O.) special says: Perhaps the most absorbing topic of interest among the voters of this State is the Haskell bill, which has been introduced h. the Legislature. The Haskell bill is about three years old, and was introduced in the Assembly two years ago. It was defeated then, because the Republicans openly declared that they did not Intend for the Democrats to push them Into a controversy with the liquor elements in the face of a pending senatorial campaign. So the bill was referred Indefinitely, which meant its defeat. The present Haskell bill Is backed by the Anti-Salcon League—In many respects one of the most remarkable organizations ever known -in Ohio. It had a small beginning, but now it ie one of the most formidable movements organized by the advocates of temperance. The headquarters of the league are In this city, and every matter pertaining to the campaign Is under he direct control of the Rev. Howard Russell. He is as absolute in his rulings as it is possible for a man to be. He has as his assistants a corps of twelve preachers, who are known as field secretaries, und whosj business it is to beat the bushes over the State and scare the temperance rabbit out. In addition to these men, he has a corps of secretaries and clerks who are kept busy sending out documents and circulars to every quarter of the State. A remarkable feature of the case Is the willingness of people to pay out their money for literature to convert them on the subject of temperance. All tracts, circulars, books, sermons and other matter pertaining to the work of the league are sold and the money used in carrying on the warfare against liquor. The reverend gentlemen are entertaining some extravagant notions about the probable conduct of their 'enemies. On Sunday mglu ot this week all the churches v ere regaled with sermons on this subject a-s a prelude to trie great winter congress which the league Is now holding rere, with hundreds of peen'e present. Among other assertions made by some of the enthusiastic brethren is that the brtiwers and the liquor men ot the State have raised *500,(XX) to defeat the Haskell bill, and that they are prepared to give each mender of tire Legislature who is on the fence a lump of Uto.OOU to vote therr way. / Liquor Men Have Done Nothing;. On thc other hand, the opponents of the measure—who have, In reality, raised nothing, and who stem to be In a very disorganized state^say that the ministers are simply telling these stories to excite the temperance people, and to make them come up with still greater sutnn of money' than they have yet given. Since the organization of the league. *60,000 has been raised by it, und in the call for funds this year Mr. Russell has made a requisition for *40,000. A sample of the work done by the league was furnished by the s*peakers on Sunday night last, when they declared that in Ohio alone they have closed enough saloons to stretch two miles, allowing each place a frontage of twentyfive feet. Nearly every fchurch in Ohio has leen called upon to contribute, and in the published reports of the treasurer it Is seen that the responses are, in the main, very generous. In several cases Individuals have subscribed *1,000 a year and others *500. All subscriptions are to be paid In installments. The league is divide into agitation, leg.slalive. enforcement, organization for boyrf and financial departments. As a result Of the agitation department within six months after the organization 275.000 persons affixed their names to a petition for rhe passage bf the bill. The majority of these, however, were women and non-vot-6 Now that the bill has been introduced the question is: Will it pass? There are In the House, of the old members, twenty-one who voted against it two years ago. while those who voted for It number sixteen. Its ftte is entirely in the hands of the new members. The Issue is extremely doubtful There are 112 members in the Houstf, of which seventy-five are new member*. It has been supposed all along that most of the new members were favorable to the b‘ll. as th? league forced them to commit themselves to the measure before they would suport them at the polls. Despite this precaution, some interesting figures have been given out, show.ng that r.e’ther side can, with any degree of confidence, claim a majority. On the part of the enemies of the bill It is asserted that fiftv members will vote against it from the start. Included among these are the twen-ty-five Democrats, with the single exception of the Rev. Mr. Ludwig, from Darke county. To this number are added fifteen members from Cincinnati and Cleve-, lend, with those from such cities as Dayton, Toledo and others where the rural influence has not permeated the minds of statesmen. Another e.greement said to have been made relates to a deal with the doctors, who have crowded Into the Legislature for the purpose of putting through a b li to prevent the advertising doctor from do’ng business by compelling>.im to pass a sort of examination. It Is a measure aimed at quackery. It is said that the doctors have agreed to help defeat the Haskell bill If its enemies will assist them in fighting the quack doctors. Its Effect Ob Revenues. The Haskell bill is a matter of great concern to the taxpayers, for, from figures given out in the State House, 11,250,000 more money will be asked for by the State than was ever allowed before. Saloon licenses last year put Into the State treasury the sum of *527,000. In addition to this amount, which was the share of the State alone, $2,200,000 more went to the local funds of the counties and cities, and in addition to that about *3,000,000 was collected in taxes. The Haskell bill following assert that they are not out for a compromise, but that they propose to fight until every saloon in the State Is destroyed, regardless of the revenue. This matter gf finance is bound to Influence a great many votes, for Governor Bushnell plainly says that the duty of the Legislature Is not to destroy revenue, but to increase It. AN AWFUL THEATER DISASTER.

Seventy People Killed In a Wild Pamie la Russia.

St. Petersburg, January 24.—The official Investigation into the cause of the fire which destroyed the circus theater at Erkaterinoslav, capital of South Russian government of that name, has not been able to establish the real cause of the disaster, which Is believed to have resulted In the loss of over seventy lives. The first alarm was given by an actress, who appeared, terror-stricken, on the stag* during a children’s matinee. She screamed with fright, and threw ihe whole audience into a panic, as the theater Immediately began to fill with amoke and flime. A terrible rush was made for the doors of the building, but only two out of the eight exits were open, the others having been securely closed on account of the cokl weather. The iron roof of the building collapsed, killing a number of persons. The victims were mainly children, and in addition to those burned to death, suffocated by the smoke, or crushed by fall of the roof, many were trampled to death. Bodies are still being recovered from the rums, and the opinion is expressed that the first estimate, that seventy lives were lost, will be shown to be short of the reality. Besides those who lost their lives, a great number of children were more or less injured in the rush toward the doors. All the performers who were in their dressing rooms, or at the back of the stage when the fire broke out, succeeded in escaping. The actress who first gave

Omaha. Neb., January 24.—Offie Downs, the drummer ooy in the Dodge-street school, stopped a panic end prevented a terrible calamity among five hundred children yesterday. He is less than fourteen years old, but the moment he heard the hall gong sound the alarm of fire, he did not-forgat he had important business. It was the crisis for which hts little head had been trained, and his courage in the presence of a rattled principal and excited teachers prevented the-aleath and injury of many children. Y’oung Downs has been the "miUtarjT band” of the school. It was Ifis duly irtlce a day to stand at the bottom of the stairs and play the drum for the children to march out to the step of an army rattle. This exercise was called the "fire drill.” and the pupils, from the Infant class up, were told they must never hesitate when that drum should sound. Each tot knew his place In the line, and so accurately and thoroughly were they trained that Principal Allen boasted that the big building ^could be emptied In two minutes. He was quietly seated In his room about 2 o'clock yesterday when Miss Hughes dashed in with the cry that the building was on fire. There was a stampede, and in the excitement no one remembered the fire rules or the drummer boy. Offl* Downs kept his head. He rapidly passed up the aisles, went down the two flights of stairs on the run and passed the instructors without a word. He wanted that drum and he got It. There were fire engines rattling outside, but Downs stood at Ms post. He picked his way_ to the bottom of the stairs just as the five hundred pupils appeared in a herd at the top. He pounded that drum for dear life. The very first sound from it acted like magic. Mr. Allen pulled three little girls and one boy from under the feet of the rushing children, and commanded them to keep step to the music. The little ones then remembered their lesson, and to the music calmly came down the long flight of stairs, as they had done many times before. Smoke tilled the entire building, but in a minute from the time the “band" began to play there was not a child in it. The boy stood cool and defiant, with the smoke blinding him. He waited until Mr. Allen told him that everybody was safe, and then, he came down the front steos, still rattling away at hla fire call. The crowd cheered, the teachers hugged him, and last nig'u five hundred families sang the praises of his courage. He waa the sole means of the rescue of the children. Several fainted and fell during the first moments of the stampede. The fire started from an over-heated furnace stack. It was easily extinguished by the department, despite the fact that the flames had consumed one floor. '

A STRANGE STORY. Cashier Raniit Said To Have Squandered 100,000 of Trust Fuads. Cincinnati, January 24.-A strange story Is made public to-day of the lean of *160.000 of a special fund deposited by President Charles Flelsohmann, of the Market National Bank, of this city, in the vault in care of cashier R. W. Ramp, Jo be kept) as a special reserve, during the panicky summer of 1893, and only to be used in case of absolute necessity by, the trank, during Mr. Fleischmann's absence on his sumner vacation. The story goes that not long afterward Ramp went to Fleischmann’s attorneys, and made the astonishing confession that he had spent the entire sum In gambling In stocks, racing, etc. Flelschmann, to save the credit of the bank, kept the story quiet, and arranged to have Ramp elected to the State Senate, as an excuse for severing his connection with the bank. What arrangement, if any. Ramp made td repay the money is not yet known, but Flelschmann says that Ramp does not now owe him a dollar. WEATHER BULLETIN. United States Weather Bureau. Indianapolis, Ind., January 24.

Thermometer.

Jan. 24, 1893

Jan. 24. 1896.

7 a.m. 12 m. 2 p.m. I 7 a.m. 12 m. 2 p.m. 8 18 24 | 37 37 35

Barometer. 12 m.—2ATr

-29.74

7 a.m.—29.64 | 12 m.-29.71 | 2 p.m.

Local Condltioas.

j 7J Forecasts for Indianapolis and vlL clnity for the thirty-six hours endpS__l ing 8 p. m., January 25, 1896: Colder; _cloudy; occasional snow Sfe to-night and on Saturday, followed on Saturday afternoon or night by

< fair weather.

General Conditions. The storm area, after remaining central over Indiana and Kentucky during Thursday, moved slowly eastward during the night, with center to West Virginia. The temperature rose in front of the storm area on and near the Atlantic coast, and it fell in Its rear from Indiana. Kentucky. Tennessee, Georgia and Florida westward. Freezing temperature from New Mexico, northern Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi northward; zero to 20 degrees below zero from Montana. South Dakota and central Minnesota northward. Rain fell from the Mississippi eastward to the Atlantic, except in'Tenntsaee, where snow fell. Snow continued from Arkansas northward and in Missouri valley. .

Weather In Other Cities. Obser/aliens taken by the United States Weather Bureau at 8 a. m., seventy-fifth meridDn time:

Bar. Ther. Weth.

Stations.

Bismarck, N. D Boston, Mass Chicago. Ill Cincinnati, O Cleveland, O Jacksonville, Fla. ... Kansas City, Mo Louisville, Ky New Orleans, La New York, • N. Y Omaha. Neb Pittsburg, Pa St. Louis. Mo St. Paul. Minn. ...... St. Vincent. Minn.... Washington, D. C....

30.46

•8

30.26

29.66

29.58

29.60

29.90

29.98

29.70

30 00

29.86

30.04

29.60

29.82

29.9#

30.22

•8

29.68

Snow Cloudy Rafif* Rain Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Rain Cloudy Rain Cloudy Snow Ulqudy Cloudy

* Below Etro. C. F. R. WAPPEXHANS, Local Forecast Official. One Effect of the fltorm. Toronto. Ont., January 24.—This city is cut off from communication with all the rest of Canada and the United States this morning. A sleet storm has rendered thc wires useless. Press and brokers’ wires are cut off In common with regular business.

The Rainfall. Forecast Officer Wappenhans says this soft weather will not continue much longer. The indications point to lower temperature. While the average citizen believes there has been a good deal of rain recently, the records In the weather bureau ofoce show that the fall of the month ts 1.04 short of normal. The total fall for the twenty-four days of the month Is only 1.20 Inches. The year 1895 ended, leaving a shortage of 11.33 inches. The showing was so bad that the weather bureau ts endeavoring to forget It; everything before the forecast officer now dates from Jannum Tffii WtimHi'i streams are nrartybank-full. but ths larger ones have not been so mucti affected. The reports to the bureau show that there were snow storms west and north of this city yesterday and last night.

SILVERITES’ CONVENTION

IT WILL RE HELD IN UT. LOII# NEXT JULY.

Action By the Conference Yesterdnft —The People’s Party Call—The Senatorial Contests In Ynrlons States.

Washington, D. C.. January 24.—’The conference of silver men yesterday, adopted a long preamble and the follow-

ing resolution:

■’Resolved^. That over and above ail other question^ of policy, we afe In favor of restoring to the people of the United Stales the time-honored money of the constitution-gold and silver, not one, but both—the money of Washington ami Hamilton, and Jefferson and Monroe, and Jackson and Lincoln, torthe ond that ths American peopig may receive honest pay for an honest product: the American debtor pqy his Just obligations In an honest standard and not In a standard that Is appreciated 100 per cent, above the great staples of our country ami to the end, further, that silver standard countries may be deprived of thf unnatural advantages they now en)oy in the difference tn exchange between gold and sltver—an advantage which the tariff legislation .alone can not overcomp. "We, therefore, confidently appeal to th« people of the United States that, leaving in abeyance for the moment all other questions, however' Important* even momentous they may appear, and sundering, if need be, the former party affiliations, they unite in a supreme effort to free themselves and their children from the domination of the money pow«r-» power more destructive than any which haa ever been fastened on the civilized men of any race or !n any age. And upon tha consummation of their desires and effortz we invoke the gracious favor of. Divine

Pro * *

The committee on organization reported in favor of holding a convention In St. Louis, beginning July 22. for the nomination of candidates for Preaident and ViceF’resldent, the basis of representation being one delegate for each Senator and Representative In the United States Congress from the several States and ona delegate for each delegate In Congrea* from the several Territories, and additional delegates for -the several States and Territories based on the silver strength, as ascertained from, the American Bimetallic Union. Under this apportionment Indiana will have forty rep-

resentatives.

No Election In Kenlucky.

Frankfort, Ky., January 24,-The lobbies, galleries and floor of the hall of the House of Representatives were again crowded to-day. Senator Blackburn’s friends hustled around this morning hi o»ier to get a pair for Representative W. F. Horton (Dem.), of Menef.ee, who Is a sick man. They failed, however, and Mr. Horton braved the Inclement weather and man-

aged to get to the House by noon.

The voting heretofore has shown W. O. Hunter short one vote of election, and has also shown that Senator J. C. S. Blackburn's re-election seems almost im-

, —locratg

Blackviews.

possible as four sound money Den have declared they will not support burn on account of his free sliver The roll calls showed 135 members p‘*£ent and voting. The result: Hunter, 67; Blackburn, 68; McCreary, 4; * arjisle, l; W. M. Reed. 1: Buckner 2: Willson 1; Hazlerigg, 1. Edrlngton (Pop.), who voted for Blackburn, seems to be Immovable. Thc assembly adjourned at the announce-

ment of the vote. People Party’s Uall.

Terre Haute. Ind., January 24.—The following is a synopsis of the call of the People'® party for the national convention, which lz to meet In St. Louis,

July 22:

"The members of the People’s party and all others •iho aver Its principles are Invited to assemble In their various States and Territories and choose delegates to the national convention at such time and; places as the State committee In each State shall determine. Each State is given one delegate for each Senator and Congressman and one additional delegate for each two thousand votes rest for th« Populist candidates In 1892, 1894 or 1885,

the highest yote controlling.”

Mississippi’* N«*v Senator.

Jackson. Miss., January 24.-Congress-man H. D. Money was nominated Inst night by the Joint Democratic caucus on the twentieth ballot tu» United States Senator, to succeed J. Z. George. Mr. Money was born in Holmes county, Mississippi, August 26, 1839. He ia an alumnus of the Law School, and was a student In the literary department of the | University of Mississippi. Colonel ! Money was at member of the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth. Forty-sixth, Forty-seveuth ami Fortyeighth Congreasre, and declined a re-elec-tion. In 1892 he was again elected to Congress. defeating Frank Burkett, the Populist candidate, by an overwhelming majority. He waa again re-elected In 1894, and Is now a member of the Fifty-fourth

Congress. Fusion In Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala., January 24.—Th« State executive committee of the Republican and PopuJtat parties In Alabama met In Birmingham yesterday, and each issued a call for a State convention, to meet In separate balls at Montgomery on Monday, April 28, for the purpose of nominating a ticket. The majority of both committee* favor fusing the nomination of a Joint State ticket, but the McKinley Republicans oppose immediate fusion. All indications, how’ever, point to fusion between the two parties In April next

TIRED OF BUNG SCOLDED.

Little Florle Domett Took Polsoa und Will Die. Jacksonville, Fla., January 24.—FIorl« Dorsett, the twelve-year-old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Doraett, mad* what will prove a stieeeBsful attempt to kill herself. The girl is an orphan, and, because of her childish waywardness, has been frequently reproached by her grandmother. I-a»t night Mrs. Dorset! scolded Florle for teasing the cat. The child cried bitterly and went to her room. A few minutes later Florle ealled to her grandmother that she had taken poison. A physician was summoned, and found that the child had taken aconite. She can live only a short time. She knows she Is going to die, but doesn’t seeip to care, saying: "Maybe I won’t be scolded any, m/trt* M

rtilnfi To Have a Fleet. St. Petersburg, January 24 —A special dispatch to the Novoe Vremya from V iadlvostook says that news has been received from Peking that the Chlneze government has assigned a. large sum for the creation of a fleet. The plan of construction la very large. The government Is ordering iron-clads, crulsera'and torpedo boat*. The disturbances in the interior of the country are subsiding. , | • Killed HI* Hon. Atlanta. Qa.. January 24.—At Rutledge, a small town near here* Will Benton went to hia father’s house to take hts aunt away. They became involved in • difficulty, when the son shot hi# father, though not seriously. The father then caught hi* son and cut his throat from ear to ear. "«*»"— ■ .'‘-'-W ■ The Roanoke’* Dlnastrou* Verage. San Francisco, January 24.—Th# American ship Roanoke. Ca£t.‘ Joseph Hamilton, which left New York a? days ago, has at last reached poH, after a season of disasters and delay. Three of her original ciyw were lost In the Atlantic and eightteen were left In the hospital at Kio Janeiro.