Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1891 — Page 1

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AFTEli THE SILVER FOOL

The Investigation Is at Last Begun. How the Charges First Got Circulated. Senator Stewart Said There Was Millions in It. New Testimony Regarding the Refrigerator Company. A Koast at the World Fair Commission. Washington-, Jan. 17. The house silver Tool investigation committee began its inquiry this morning. Mr. Steven?, the principal Washington correspondent of the St. Louis GIoU-Democrat which paper "first printed the charges of a congressional silver pool, was the first witness. The article in the GlobeDancxrat, was shown to Mr. Stevens. He identified it as Laving been prepared by himself from statements made to him by odiers. Witness had an interview with J. W. Owes by, in which the statement g;ven were made. He could cot locate Owenby exactly, but he was managing the Silver Keef mine in Utah, and could, witness thought, be reached without ditheulty. "Witness had no personal knowledge of any senator or representative being entered in a silver pool and never heard any member pay anything with regard to his ownconn- ct ion with the silver. The Owenby interview was not submitted to Owenby after being written. Owenby mentioned pome names which witness left out in the writing. His personal knowledgeas to the conduit of senators and representatives went only to the extent of the interview. Mr. Stevens had a conversation with Col. Joseph K. Kickey of Fulton, Mo. Mr. Li( key said be had bought some silver while the silver legislation was pending and had made some money, but not nearly 60 much as had been reported. Rickey said he let go too toon. He had only 75,000 ounces that he bought at $1.04 or $1.05 and let go at $1.10. Witness could not eay whether or not Rickey stated he bought Eilver in connection with others or as a private speculation. He did not believe Rickey said anything about having furthered l-gis:ation. Mr. Rowel! "Do you know of your own knowledge whether Rickey was wnat is ordinarily called a lobbyist?'' Mr. Stevens "He seems to have a great deal of busine-s about the capito!. I don't know exactlv what it is. He is a banker." Tiie names of David T. Littler and exTreasurer Tanner of Illinois were brouzht out a3 having, on heresay testimony, eome connection with the silver speculation. Witness said he had a conversation with Senator Stewart which, in witness opinion, was confirmatory of fome of the statements which had been made to him. Senator Stewart said he was not personally connected with silver speculation, and witness added. "But I understood him to have personal know. edge of other people being connected with it." Owenby said that, pending silver legislation, agents of "ew York bankers, brokers and eilver dt-alers were in the habit of coming to Washington and having conferences at the Shoreham and Chamberlin's, and directing the p ans of the lobby. In rpone to a request for the names rf these lobbyists, Mr. StevensrepHed that he enonld not like to call them lobbyists. Owenby had given witness a number of Tiames i f person who, he paid, had been r.ssistin legislation. Witness could not recall all ot them, but believed he had rnade a memorandum of them in a note-book and would produce the names if he could find them. Among the names Owenby mention- d were F. G. Newlands, who bought ex-President Cleveland's place, and H. B. Paramo of cw York, cashier of Well, Fargo & Co. The examination was then directed toward conversations with Rickey, at the suggestion of tlie committee names being omitted, and witness said : "I met Rickey in a hotel and he said: 'What is this d d fellow (naming the representative) afier by his rtso ution?' "I aked Iticky what he meient. Rickey replied : I met Smith the journal clerk of the houae ami Smith sa'd your friend (mentioning a senator) is going to pet into trouble. Rickey paid he afked Smith what he meant and Smith replied, Why he's the man that liepresenta tive is after.' Rickey sid he replied: 'I don't know what you mean.' 'Why, Rickey,' said Smith, 'they expect to connect biin with the silver pool.' Rickey said he ref li d to Smith: 'How do you know?' Smith's answer was: 'Why he told a member of congress so." Rickey paid he then retorted: Weil, I know this party never owned an ounce of sdver in its lite, and I wil give yon a new tiv -hundred-dollar gold note if you will produce that represen ta?ivc that said the other representative told him tliat ' Then Rickey went on to eav why he knew his friend was not in it.' "The examination then recurred to Owenby, and witness said that Owenby complained that thos with whom he was associated in speculation had robbed him. Witness wouid Kot like to give the names mentioned by Owenby, because they related to his informant's private affairs. He understood, Mr. Owenby, that there were a number of difiVrent groups interested in silver speculations. These groups each comprised eight or ten men and worked together for the purpose of ejecting the most favorable legislation possible. He gave the names of senators or representatives connected with the groups, but he (witness) preferred not to mention the names. After the invetigating reo utiou was introduced, witness had asked Owenby, in case of an investigation, w bat parties could prove the statements, and Owenby had given some names. The question of requirinz th witness to give the names went over for the present. George II. Apperson, another correspondent of the Glut-Democrat, paid he had heard Owenbr ta k to Stevens and had himself spoken to Owenbr, though not at any great length. Owenby had

told him there was a silver pool, and witness understood it to bo still in existence. Adjourned. THE COMMISSION IS WRONG.

A Very Liberal Rousting for the World's Fnlr t'ommlulon, Representative Chandler, chairman of the select committee on the World's fair, today presented to the house tho report of the sub-committee that went to Chicago to examine into the condition of matters there in relation to the World's fair. The report savs.that in the expenditure of public, money the powers assumed by the World's Co umhian commission had produced confus on, as well as caused unnecessary expenditure of public money, which had been intended by cougref-s to pay the expenses of the government exhibit, and not to pay excessive salaries to tho officers of the commisdon. Provision, the report says, had been inade to pay the pres. dent, secretary and director general, annual salaries of $12,'XX, $10,000 and $15,000 respectively, and also c,00'.) to the vicechairman of the executive committee. These salaries, in the opinion of the committee, are excessive and should not be continued. Excessive exnense has also been incurred in the appointment of such a largo number of women on the board of lady managers and tho calling together of the board when the duties which wiil devolve upon it were not ready for its attention. The report says: Your committee ia of the decided opinion that the fair canuot well he conducted to a euccrtsful termination under the dual mitnagewent which ia now in operation in consequence of the construction placed epon the law by the World's Columbian. rominis:on. The com mi v aion haa exceeded ita power by the appointment of officer and committee to conduct the management of the fair in ita executive details, which in the committee's interpretation oi the law belongs ao e y to the Word s Columbian expotiliou and its oilicers. The comraitMon bas been given a quasi veto power and not that of taking chare of the execution of the plana for the fair. From the (act that the commission is honorary aud without salary, the conclusion is reaaonable that its duties were not intended to be e xncting ami continuous so that they would seriously interfere with private businms of member. The duties of the Cf mtuission may be classed os affirmative and iietrUTe, uatioual and international, preliminary and continuous. The committee tried to impress upon both organizations while in Chicago its views of the matter of jurisdiction, and it is pleased to report that its efforts met with pome degree of success. Tho report says that the progress in the preparation of the government exhibit is as great as couUl have been expected, and that the result of the work of the board of government control haa taken tangible and satisfactory shape. RAUM IN A BAD BOX. The Testimony Agalnvt Hliu la Very Vara, aging. BCRFAC OF TnE SENTINEL "1 No. 1427 F-st.. N. W Washington, P. C. Jan. 19. ) Before the Raum investigating committee Mr. Cooper forced the assistant secretary of the interior, Gen. Bussey, to admit that he was a stockholder in the Raum refrigerating company ; that he paid nothing for his stock but lent his aid and influence in organizing the company. Buseey said he took the stock without hesitation because of the standing cf Gen. Raum. Miss Carrie Rush, the type-writer, admitted that her former statement was incorrect; that 6he had done other work for the refrigerating company, and left the stand after having impressed all who hetrd her that she had made a reat effort to save Raum and at the same time to commit as little perjury as possible. If Raum is saved by her testimony it will be similar to the cas-j of perjury that saved him when he was commissioner of in'ernal revenue. Green H. Itaum, jr., had to admit that a man named O'Donnell that he appointed messenger in the pension ollice at a salary of $70 per month had done nothing else since May but take care of two saddle horses belonging to him (Raum . The investigation will bo continued Thursday. The Kaum investigation was resumed this morning. Assistant Secretary Bus-ey of the interior department testified that he did not now have and never did have any interest in the refrigerating company. Mr. Raum once asked him to allow the use of his name in organizing a company in order to comply with the new law. and, believing Commissioner Raum to be a thoroughly reputable man, he had no hesitation in attending a meeting at Alexandria, at which a company was organized. He did not intend to be a stockholder, and so far as he knew no stock had ever ben assigned to him. Bradley Tanner, Commissioner Raum's private secretary, testified that he was secretary and treasurer of the District of Columbia refrig. rator company, of which the Universal refrigera ingcetnpany is the parent company. No s ock hail ever been issued. The incorporators were Commissioner Raum, Mr. Bussey, Hallett Kilbourn, Joseph Tyssowski, Richard W. Tyler and himself. Green B. Raum. jr.. was asked by Mr. Cooper the name of the man who took care of his horses. He replied that his name was O'Donnell, and when asked if the roan was in the pension office said: "That's none of your buaiit ness. Tho committee admitted tho questions and Mr. Raum stated that O'Donnell was a mes enger in the pension office at $70 a a month. He had been appointed by witness' father. O'Dunnell did his duty and attended to witness' two riding horses after ollice hours, for which witness paid him. He refused to teil the compensation, saying it was none of Mr. Cooler's business. Adjourned until Thursday. A TOVN BURNED OUT. Morton, Kas., tho fecms of at Disastrous Bin IP. Horton, Kas., Jan. 18. The greatest fire in the history of Ilorton occurred early this morning. All the buildings along tho east side of Main-st. from Front-st. to Vera et. with the exception of one small building were destroyed, a were also several on K. Front-Pt. " The bank of Ilorton, erected at a cost of SoO.000, was totally destroyed, also the Saulter block oil Front "st. The following are the other heaviest losses: Peutehe Bros., dry goods, $20,00(1; Craig Bro's fc Co., SJo.000; Subtler, drugs, $40,000; Hemphill, drv (roods, $10,000; ilorton Commercial, $3,000. Tho total loss is SJOO.OOOl All the losses were insured. A DAY'S CASUALTIES. Several stores at West Fairfield, Ta., burned ; loss $-10,000. Wyiio Brofc'single mill, Saginaw, Mich., burned; loss $18,0J0. Walbridge & Co.' hardware house, Buffalo, burned. Loss, $JJo,000. Nora Wilson, aged ten, shot and killed her sister, Sylvia, with an unloaded (?) revolver at Ottawa, Kaa.

NAPOLEON IS ON TOP.

The Great Man From Posey Vindicated. A Square Slap at the Administration. Voorhees Nominated By Acclamation. How They Elect a United States Senator. Governor Hill Nominated Other Political Notes. The largest and the most harmonious caucus ever held in the state of Indiana for the purpose of nominating a U. S senator was the one held last night in the hall of representatives by the demo cratic senators and representatives. Representative Howell was elected chairman of the joint caucus and Senator Byrd secretary. Thirty-four senators and seventyfour representatives answered to the rollcall. The democrats wero all there. Chairman Howell stated that the nomination of a U. S. senator was in order. Representative Kester from Vito, Vermibion an 1 Sulbvan then arose and in a brief speech nominated Senator Voorlues: "I have the honor to present the ramo of a man that is known wherever the American ting floats." said he. "While he may have h;s equal arnonjr t-tatesmen, he has no superior. He has always stood by the people and zealously advocated the right of self-government. His name isDanitl W. Voorhees, tho Tall Sycamore of tha Wabai. " At the conclusion of Mr. Kester's brief non inating speech, the 108 democratic members rose to their feet and made tho capitol echo from one end to the other by their cheering. Senator Burke of Clark then arose and in a few words seconded the nomination of Senator Voorhees. He said, "I desire, in lehalf of a constituency that has never been represented by a republican, a constituency that has for fifteen years always sent t' the democratic caucus a representative, to second his vote for the pentleraan jut named, in behalf of the patriotic people of Clark, I second the nomination ot Daniel W. Voorhees." The applause was r newed. Chairman Harrell then aked if there were anv other nominations. There being no other candidates presented, .Senator Voorhees was nominated by acclamat on and the caucus adjourned. The speeches were brief and few, because tho members preferred to reserve their orations lor the election today. R&PUBLICAN CAUCUS. Hore Nom'nnt 1 to llrcaive the Complimentary Vote tor L'. S S-nator. Forty republican members met at the supremo court-room last night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of naming a candidate to receive the complimentary vote for U. S. senator today. It was the most diminutive caucus ever held by ono of the leading political parties in the state. What they lacked in numbers they made up in discord. The caucus was" in session two hours. The corridors were crowded by local tepubbcans waiting for ''returns." Long after their p.ttience had been exhausted Senator Hays came out and announced that Governor Hovey bad been nominated. Not a cheer was sent up by the . crowd. "Oh " exclaimed a mail-carrier who stood loaning against a pidar. The door of tho supreme court was then thrown open and the crowd waited to enter and wait for the arrival of Governor Hovey, who had been eent for to make a speech. Only a few entered. After a long recess Governor Hovey arrived, escorted by Assistant Governor Roberts. Gen. Groe, the chairman of the caucus, introduced him. "I have been honored before, both in civil life and on the battlelild, but the honor which you have just conferred upon me is the greatest one I have ever received. I shall try to in the future, as I bav done in the past, serva my country faithfully. I thank you. Good-night." That was all the governor paid in accepting the nomination. Ho then took his pos.tion by the door with Assistant Roberts by his side. As the members passed out he received a few congratulation. Representative Lindemuth and others refused to extend their hands as they passed by. Only two candidates were put in nomination, Governor Hovey and C. W. Fairbanks. Thre ballots were taken. On the first ballot Hovey received twenty votes, Fairbanks fourteen, Huston three, Butler two, Cumba:-k one. The second ballot tood: Hovey, 19 j; Fairbanks, 17; Huaton, 1, Butler, l". On the third ballot Governor Hovey was nominated, receiving 22 votes to Fairbanks' 18. Tho nomination of Hovey was a great surprise to tho Gresham men as wed as the administration men. Up to noon the friends of Fairbanks were confident ; but then telegrams from all parts of the state U'gan to accumulate upon the republican members' desks imploring them not to vote for Fairbanks beennse he was a corporation lawyer. ThesJ telegrams were signed by alleged workingmen, and it is charge! that this scheme was sprung upon the caucus by Private Secretary Roberts. Ever since tho legislature met Mr. Roberts has been working all sorts of clan-trap schemes to capture votes for his boss. The thirteen world's fair commissioners have all been promised in exchange for votes. Michener was really a candidate up to Sunday niht. Bruce Carr and Lafullctte, after hard work with the members, could do no better than secure seven votes for Michener, and so they wired him Sunday night that It j would be useless to present his name. HOW THEY ELECT U. S. SENATOR. Mannsr In Which th 0nral Assembly Fills this Important OfMe. There is a popular belief that the two legislative bodies will meet in joint session today to elect a U. S. senator. This is a mistake. The two bodies wiil this afternoon take a separate vote upon the matter. They will meet in joint session tomorrow at noon, and their respective journals showing the result on the senatorial question will be read. The candidate receivinz the highest number of votes will then be d-dared elected. This method of electing a U. H. eenator

is in accordance with an act passed by congress July 2, I SoO As Senator Voorhees will receive a majority of each house today, there will be no speech-making or vote taken. Mr. Voorhees will be declared i . t 1 1. t ; ii i,A ;,,,, I

will have to do. Sei.ator Voorhees will be placed in nomination in the houpe bv Mr. Beasley. Speeches seconding tho nomination will be nindo bv Messrs. Keilev, 0;penbeim. Harrell, Faulkner and lioauehainp and Lee of Vigo. In the. senate the nominating speech will probably be made by Senator Grimes of Vigo, while Messrs. JJairee, Burke and others will make seconding speeches. Representative Morris will present the name of Governor Hovey in the house, and speeches wi l be made by Messrs. Lindemuth, Gutherie and others. He will be placed in nomination in the senate by Mr. Boyd, while Messrs. hockney, Hays; Hubb'-il and Mount will make seconding speeches. HILL. NOMINATED. Tho Senators Mp In w York Settled Political Sote. Auuny, N. Y., Jan. 1. The democrats of the senate and assembly tonisht met in caucus to choose a senatorial nominee to the place now held by the Hon. William M Evarts. Assemblyman Jacbi of Brok lyn presided; Spa aker William F. Sheehan of Bullulo. placed Governor Hill in nomination, and Senator Cartor of New York seconded the name The republicans in joint caucus named the Hon. William M. Evarts as their candidate. Both nominations were unanimously approved. The election wid take place Wednesday and tho democrats have exactly enough to elect. The 'rbrimkA Trouble. Lincoln-, ck, Jan. 19. Notice was served today on Governor Boyd mat exGovernor Thayer would apply to the supreme court for an injunction restraining In in from actintr as Governor. The injunction wiil come up in court Jan. 21). Th.iyer's petition alleges that he was forced to" give up his apartments by fear that he would be removed by force and with violence. This petition was signed by the ex-povernor a week or so ago, but was not presented until to-day. His lawyers are goinz ahead with the cas?, although Mr. Thayer is still out of his head as a result of nervous prostration. He is better today, and there are hopes that he will recover. r otitic 1 Notes. Colorado republicans nominated Teller for re-election as senator. New Hamrshire democrats nominated Charles A. Sinclair for senator. Senator Tierce of North Dakota will probably be defeated for re-election. The democratic caucus of the Pennsylvania legislature nominated Chauncey F. Black for senator. Representative Taszart will make a strong tight for Don Cameron's seat in the senate and may get it. Moody was nominated for senator in the South Dakota republican caucus; but fifteen members were absent. ' "The Kansas alliance' members of the legislature in caucus nominated Edwin II. Snow for Ptate printer. This menus the defeat of Ingail. Connecticnt democrats made no caucus nomination for senator and Piatt may bo beaten. Governor Bu kley has warned everybody against recognizing the democratic state olficers. The executive committee of the Kansas farmer's alliance exonerated President McGrath on the charg s of bribery in connection with Congressman Twiner's atf tempt to buy the senatorship. AFTER M'KINLEY'S BILL. Suits BrousM In St. L-iu.s to Test the w T.irltT Law. St. Lons, Mo., Jan. 19. Several St. Louifl importers, through their agent?, Wyman & Co., have riled suit acainst the C S. government to test the constitutionality of the McKinley law. These firms bought goods in Europe since the passage of the McKinley bill, which went into effeet October, and were assessed the increased dutyon them when they were taken out of bond. They paid the excess duty under protest to the board f appraisers in New ork City. The board decides that the duty imposed was properly n.essed under the tariff known a the McKin'ey bid. There will be no defendant in the case and it will be fil'-d as ' in the mat'er of Charles Wymnn & Co. and the board of appraisers." The law will bo attacked from several points. KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE. Forty Lives Lost In Tiro Algerlno VII. Iftget. Algiers, Jan. 18. Further details of the destruction wrought by the seere earthquake in Algeria, reported on the loth inst., have been received here. The towns of Couraya and Ville Hourg wero practically destroyed by the shocks, and forty persons were killed by the falling of walls. The amount of damage dono to prooerty is 2),000. A DYING KINCi. Kalakaua Dreathlmr His Lnit in San l'ran rlaro. San Francisco, Jan. 10. King Kalakaua of the fliawaiian islands is lying at the point of death at the Palace hotel here, suffering from Bright's disease and urameia. CRIMES OF A DAY. Ex-Countv Clerk M. D. Hamilton of San Diego, Cal., is short $o,000. Five hundred pounds of smuggled opium was seized at San Francisco. Lewis Robinson, a minstrel, fatally shot Tom Dunn, a pugilist, at Peoria, 111." Ellsworth Burcham brained John Belcher with a billiard cue at Brooklyn, III. S. J. Mines, ex-president of the National bank of Gatesville., Tex., is short several thousand dollars. John O'Leary, who pot $3,000 on a forged check from a New Orleans bank, has been captured at Laredo. It is claimed that Attorney J. C. Hall of San Francisco is short to Mrs. M. A. Baldwin $80,000 of trust funds. John S. Cross, a Memphis real estate man. ia under arrest for forgeries ami frauds to tho extent of $30,000. Banker Leonard Perrin of New London, Wis., got off with a $100 fine for receiving the money stolen from the bank at Hurley, Wis. Geonre II. Pawlinson, a Sunday-school superintendent of Mankato, Minn., has disappeared with SIO.OUO belonging to his emp oyer. Pat Ford, son of State Representative Ford, shot and fatally wounded a young fellow known as Billytthe Kid in a barroom row at Omaha.

SCOT HIS M-IAW. The Drunken Crime of a Tennessee Judge.

He Shoots His Daughter and Her Husband. In Turn Hs Is Probably Fatally Shot Himself. A Woman Hires a Negro to Kill Her Husband. Poisoned Her Rival Other Crime News. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. IS. A horrible trazedy occurred here today. S. M. Fugette, cashier of the South Chattanooga pavings bank, was shot and killed by his father-in-law, Judge J. A. Warder, who is city attorney of Chattauoogo. Judge Warder is shot in two places, one ball penetrating his breast at the right nipple and the other took off the index finger of the left hand. Mrs. Fugette ia the only child of Judge Warder and is shot in the right thieh, a very dangerous wound. From tho evidence at the coroner's inquest it appears that Judge Wardercame home at 1 o'clock in a very drunken condition and immediately went to Mr. and Mrs. Fugette's room w here tho shooting took place as soon as he entered. Mr. and Mrs. Fugette lived with Judge and Mrs. Warder on Collcge-st. There were seven shots fired, five by Judge Warder and two by Mr. Fugette. It appears Mr. Fugette was the first person shot and Fugette then fell dead, shot through the heart, lie was found with a newspaper in one hand and a pi-toi with two empty chambers in the other. .Mrs. Fugette was lying over him with her arms entwining him piteously crying for some one to save him. Judge Warder stggered into a neighbor's hou-e and is now there in a precarious condition. Mrs. Fugette is a'so unable to speak and what took p'aco in the room aside fro ti the shooting is not known. From evidence before the coroner's jury it appears that Judge Warder frequently came home drunk and abused his wife and daughter and the women would bdpeal for protection to Mr. Fugette. Such a trouble occurred late Saturday night and Mr. Fugette quieted his father-in law. Mr. and Mrs. Fugette have been married but two years, have been living happily together and have a five-raonths'-old baity. Mr. Fugette was a young man of about thirty years of age, popular and a successful business man. Mrs. Fugette is a very handsome woman. Judge Warder is one of the best known lawyers in this state. For bix years he was U. S. district attorney for themiddlo district of Tennessee, appointed by President Hayes. He was a brave, gal ant union soldier and is one of the mo?t prominent of republican politicians in this state. He owns considerable property, and has a largo lucrative practice in this city. He is a man of the highest culture, of most polished and affable manners. His domestic afiairs wore always supposed to bo of the happiest. The affair has created a great sensation here, and the opinion seems to be general that it was tho result of a crazy drunk. HIRED TO KILL HER HUSBAND. The Startling Confetln Matle by an Omaha fro. Lincoln. Neb., Jan. IS. A negro barber named Monday McFarland was arrested yesterday on a charge of beiug the murderer of John sheedy, a wealthy gambler who was assasfinatcd lr.st week. Monday todav confessed the crime, stating he was hired by Mrs. Sheedy to commit the deed. He was'to b. paid Sio.tXK). Mrs. fcdieedy was a divorced woman. She left her former husband, a poor carpenter, to marry Sheedy, who was old f-nongh to bo her father." Recently Mrs. Sheedy l ad become infatuated with a young man, and it was for the purpose of marrying; him that she hired McFarland to kill her husband. She also allowed McFarland to become criminally intimate with her that she might have him more under her power. The day before the murder Mrs. Sheedy visited McFarland and comp'eted arrangements for the murder. As Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy were entering their home after returning from the opera on Monday night, McFarland struck Hieedy on the head with a loaded cane, crushing, h s skull. McFarland dropped his cane, which was the only clue tho detectives had. Mr. Sheedy, the murdered man, was worth from S'0.,000 to $100,000. Five times before attempts had been made to kill him, but up to this time no trace of the assassin had been discovered. lie was a brother of Dennis Sheedy, president of the Colorado national bank of Denver, and cousin of Pat Sheedy, the noted Chicago gambler. Mrs. Sheedy and her supposed paramour, Harry Walstrom, of Buffalo, . Y., were placed" under arrest this afternoon. It is asserted by McFarland that Mrs. Sheedy poisoned her husband after the ncitroes assault so as to make enre of his death. The coroner has disinterred tho remains and a chemical analysis of tho contents of the stomach will bo made. POISONED BY A RIVAL. A Wisconsin Girl Kills m IXtctor'i Wife and Sweetheart. Richland Center, Wis., Jan. IS. The arrest of Miss Rose Zoldosky, a young Polish milliner, on the chargo of poisoning Miss Ella Mally, a well known youDg lady, has caused a great sensation here. Miss Zoldosky lived at the house of Dr. Mitchell, whose wife died suddenly about a year ago. Ten days ago she gave a tea-partr, at which Miss Mally was a guest. On her way home the latter became very ill and, died tho next morning in great 'agony. Her 6tomach was sent to Chicago for analysis and traces of strrchnine were fouud. It is reported that Miss Zoldosky was in love with Dr. Mitchell and was jealous of his attentions to Miss Mally, and it is now feared Mrs. Mitchell, too,

was joisoned. Her bodv will be exhumed and examined. Miss Zoldc&ky is in jail awaiting examination. WARDEN MURDOCK TALKS.

His Hands Are Clmii and lie Courts an Investlznt.ot-.. Warden Murdock of the northern prison was seen at the Grand hotel lat evening and talked freely about the attack mado upon him by Governor Hovey. He said: "I am ready to meet an investigation, and have been ready every moment since I was warden of the prison. I have conducted the affairs f that institution ever Bince I became the Lend of it upon 6triet business principles, and just as I would have ruanpged my own affairs. Every charge made against me. w hether by the governor or in the public prest in so far as it implies auy dishonesty or sharp fractice on my part, ia al-s-utelv false. All my bank books, checks, accounts, papers and vouchers are at the disposal of any committee tliat may be sent to the prison. I am ready to submit my official record to the closest scrutiny of fair men of whatever party, and to abide by their judgment. If I have violated the law in any way the violation has been purely technical, in accordance wi h tho practices of my predecessors, and not for any personal advantage. In some matters a rigid comp'iance with the lette r of the law would have been detrimental to the interest of ihe state; in fact, could only have resulted in the impairment of discipdno and the loss of thouMnds of dollars to the stale. I have fed the prisoners we'l, have abolished cruel an I inhuman punishment, have maintained discipline, have bui t additions and male improvements which no competent architect on earth will -ny could have been 'provided at a smaller cost, have shown a handsome pr fit every vear on the operations of the prison, and have never profited to the extent of a penny on anv contract made by me in my official capacity. My hands arc absolutely clean. I have nothing to conceal. No doubt convicts or ex-convicts can be f und who w ill make unfavorable btatements regarding my management of affairs, and no doubt InstanecH can be shown of failures to dot i's or cross t's in strict accordance with the letter of the statute. But it wili not bo found that I have ever been guilt)' of, or connived at, anv fraud, peculation or dishonesty of any kind. I have spent tho greater portion "of ray life in Indiana, and have always, I believe, been regarded as an honest man by all who knew me. I have no fesr that anyone whose opinion I care for will think me o;herwise, because of anything that can now be proven against me by testimony that would not have a feather's w. ight in a chicken eae in any court of justice iu the land." CHOPPED UP HIS VICTIM. The Fiendish Crime f an American Sailor In Sauion. San Fkancisco, Jan. 17. Advices from Samoa eay that at Pagopngo two men from the U. S. steamship Iroquois swam ashore at night, and spent some time playing cards. In the mornir.gons of them, named Barren, returned to the vessel, saying he had left his companion on shore. The latter, whose name was Powell, was coxswain of the captain's gig, and was weM known, having been one of the crew of Admiral Kimberiy's barge. Two days la er a body was observed floating by tha ship and was picked up. The arms, b-cs and head bad been cut oir, but from marks on the body the remains were identified as those of Powell. Suspicion fell upon Barren, and he was placed in custody. A full investigation is to be made ehortly. MISCELLANEOUS DESPATCHES. Itouen's palace of justice burned. Mrs. Mary Yagner died of hydrophobia at Chicago. The Phillip's block at Princeton, Mo., burned ; loss O.OOO. Four mon were killed by the giving way of a dock at Victoria, B. C. The death of Charies Hastings Eussell, ninth duke of Bedford, is announced. The death of Aime Milla, tho French sculptor, is announced. He was born in Paris in 18115. The Wisconsin legislature assembled Wednesday. J. II. Haganof Lacrosse was elect d speaker. A subscription of 550 bas bren received from Mr. Gladstone toward the Zet'and-Iiadour fund. Ex-Governor Pacheco, recently appointed minister to Guatemala to succeed Mizner, bas sailed for his po.t. The Chicago stoni? yards are completely tied up, the stone cutters union having called out all the foremen and apprentices. Mrs. Amelia Townsend McTyeire, wifo of the senior bishop of the Southern methodist church, died Monday at Nashvide, Tenn. The total appraised va'ua of both separate and community property of the la e Dr. M. A. Dauphin, president of the Louisiaua lottery companv, amounts t $147,000. The Seamen's union in session at Detroit, has decided to withdraw from the K. of L. and form an independent society which will amalgamate with tho Nanien s organizations on the Atlantic and lVxific coasts. The seamship Oceanic, which arrived Wednes lay in San Francisco from Hong Kong, Yokahama, and Honolulu made the passage in seventeen days and six hours including stops, which is the fastest time on record. The sheriff has levied upon the office furniture of the United electric traction company. New York, under attachments aggregating about $1,00 h The total amount of unsecured indebtedness is said to be $150,000. The Northern California citron fair opened at Marysville Tuesday and 30,00d oranges were used for decorative purposes. The historic Sutter's f.-rt,the center ot" tho nrly gold excitement, is built of oranges. Raisins and olives galore are displayed. The British schooner Otter went ashoro at Heliport, I I., and two men were lost. The Angus block at Montreal, occupied by the Chadaick spool company, Hughes & Stevenson, plumbers; Southern 6i Carey, printers, and Waters & Co., printers, burned : loss $125,000. The viticultural commissioner in his annual report says the raisin business is the chief interest of grape growers of the San Joaquin valley. There are?2,lXK) vineyard proprietors "in the valley. There ire 5fi,43J acres planted in raisin grapes, 20,000 of which are in bearing, but not half of these in full bearing. It is announced that several British army officers, a number of whom are said to be personal friends of tho Hon. William F. Cody (Pullalo Bill) have started from England for the Pine Eidge agency with tbe intention of offering their services to Col. Cody in righting the ' hostile Indians of that section of the United States.

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And a Whole Dining-Room Was Blown Up. Frightful Natural Gas Explosion at Findlay. A Crowded Hotel the Scene of the Catastrophe. Four Deaths Will Result From the Accident. Many Are Injured Narrow Escape of the Guests. Findi.av. 0., Jan. 13. The first great disaster Findlay has ever exjnenced from the use of natural gas occurred shortly bej fore 2 o'clock this afternoon, while the j guests (.' the hotel Marvin were waiting to be summoned to dinner. This morning it j was discovered that gas was escaping f from a leaking pipe somewhere into the dining-room, and Mr. Marvin, the owner of the building, with the plumbers, spent the entire forenoon trying to locate the leak. At about 2 o'clock they entered a chamber underneath the dining-room and found such an accumulation of gas that they could not breathe, and it was suggested that a hole be sawed through tho iloor into the dining-room in order to obtain fresh air. This was done, and just as the hole was made one of the dining-room girl, who whs sweeping the floor, 6tepped upon a match, and in an instant an explosion occurred which not only wrecked the building, but killed two girls and maimed and injured a dozeYi other employes. Tho force of the explosion was so great that it blew out the name of the ignited gas, and no fire followed the awful ruin which the shock had caused. The whole city rocked as if by an earthquake by the concussion, and all the windows on the square were demolished, w hile the wreck of the hotel building was all but complete, the only rooms in tho house escaping destruction being the parlors and office. Had the explosion occurred ten minutes later, the loss of life would have been frightful, as nearly a hundred people were waiting; i: the rooms to be called to dinner, and a a matter of fact, one of the clerks, Frank Pound-tone, was on his way to make this announcement when the explosion occurred, and he wa9 caught in the falling debris, he being cne of the painfully injured. When the work of removing the dead rescuing the dying was begun it was found that Katie Walters, a waitress, had been kil ed outright, Ella Johnson, a diningroom girl, was found alive under a mass of brick and mortar, but she died shortly after being carried to a place of safety. Kate llooney. another dining-room girl, Avas also fata iy injured but is alive. This makes the list of casualties as follows: Killed: Katie Vaut.f., waitress. I-LLa Jounson, dmiug-rooni cirl. 1 1 j ei red Kate P.ooney, dining-room crl, fatally. Fkank PorNPsTONF, day clerk at the botcL painfully bruised and cut about the neck and lace, but wili rerover. Anson Mai:VIN, owner of the building, who, trith tha plumber, wai uader the dining-room floor when the explosion rceurred. probably fntally injured, a a great deal of the flame from the cak inhnled. ' Al.BBKT FK:ru, i.orter at tbe hotel, cut oa the neck and head, but will recover. KnANK AsPRtws, one of tbe proprietors, rikiht eye knncRed out and ieriouny bruited about the face and throat. Chari.es Graves plumber. Pill MP Weii, plumper. Jack Crmix, plumber. These last three were painfully shocked and stunned, but will soon be themselves . again. Thi9 completes the li;t of the casualties. Tho financial los wih be alout $25,000 on the building and $10,000 on tbe furniture, all fully covered by insurance. It is a question, however, whether any insurance wiil bo realized as none of the destruction was brought on by tire. The excitement throughout the city over this catastrophe has never been equalled since Findlay became a municipality. At 5) o'clock tonight another explosion occurred in the same place as tbe one of this afternoon, setting fire to the already wrecked and badly demolished dining room of the Marvin house. The fire department was quickly summoned, however, and more serious damage averted. The gas f roan t tie main pipe has finally been turned off. The Indian Situation. Tixe Ridge, Jan. IS The host iles today are gloomy and sullen but no trouble is feared, (ien. Miles has issued an address congratulating the troops on the cloee of the campaign. BUSINESS NOTES. W. W. Curdy, dry goods, Topeka, Kas., bas assigned. " LiaLlilitu-s $09,000, assets unknown. , Switzer, Newitter it Co., Vicksburg, Mis., have leen awarded $!,000 in a suit for insurance for damage by fire. McLachter I'ro's & Co.. dry poods, Montreal have failed; liabilities, $700,000 tO$.HKVH0. One hundred employes of Bell Bros', pottery works, Pittcburg, have ftruck against a cut in wages. Michael Kent h. grocer, Grand Fork?, S. D, has assigned. liabilities $o2,000; assets not given. 1L C. Ke' bl it Co., Selma, Ala., have failed. Liabilities, $225,000 ; assets about half as much. The total amount of merchandise, coin and bullion brought into the country for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1800, is $1,773,21,8':. Von Borries fc Co., wholesale cloths, of Louisuile have made an assignment. Liabilities, f 150,000; assets about the same. The local creditors of Itawson Bros., manufacturers, contractors and builders, ot Grand li-ipids, tiled mortgages aggregating $25,000. It is oHicially stated that the affairs of tho Chicago g.ts company will bo wound tip at once and the company reorgaaized in an unquestionably legal shape.