Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1892 — Page 1

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SECRETS OF 1888

Disclosed by Men "on the Inside." How the Great Boodle Campaign Was "Run." Benjamin Harrison as Manager-in-Chief. DUDLEY'S GREAT WORK. A Trick He Played on Guileless Business Men. His"Fifteen Hundred Democratic Repeaters" Fake. He Handled No Money, but He Did the Business. WHERE "SOAP" CAME FROM Some Memorable Conferences at the Hotel Denison. An Occasion When Mr. Harrison Left the Room. What Happened Immediately After the Election. Why Jud e "Woods Gave His First Charge to the Grand Jury and Why He Reversed It What Matt Hill of Monroe County Told the Presidentelect and Ei-Attorncy-General Miller The Presbyterian Klder "Who Burned Dudley's Letter Two Hours Before Swearing to the Grand Jury That He Had Never Received It A Good Many Tilings "Which Explain a Good Many Other Things. Anions Them the Itecent Appointment of "William A. "Woods as a Circuit Judge or the United States "What Would Have Happened if Woods Had Done His Duty and Adhered to His First Charge. There was in the city recently a young, republican lawyer from one of the strong democratic counties of southern Indiana who thinks Dudley is a 6aint when compared to President Harrison. Attorney-General Miller and Jude Woods. This young man id well known as a stalwart republican in his own county and his voice has frequently been heard in Etate conventions. Ilia name is withheld at his request because he is retained in a ca?e w hich will goon be heard in Judge Woods' court. Fronting by the experience of other lawvera, he does not caro to put the interests of his clients in jeopardy by inviting the hostility of tho court. "If JuJgo Woods derived his power from the people for a stated term instead of holding on for life by appointment of the president, bo that there might bo a chance to depose him from his arbitrary throne, many of the secrets of tho last campaign would have leaked out long ago," said he. "But 'murder wi:l out.,' and when Benjamin Harrison retired from the white house Dudley will stand better in the estimation of the public than the ex-president. Miller Ilandlott tiie Mnnay. "Dudley wrote the 'blocks-of-five' letter.it is true, but he never touched a dollar of tho money raided to convert floaters to Harri- ' eon. lie mapped out the campaign and indicated where the money could be had. Can President Harrieon and AttorneyGeneral Mi.ler say as much? They would not dare to eay upon oath that corruption money did not touch their lingers, for there are too many people living in this etate who remember that Law Partner Miller attended personally to the distribution of tho money to the various counties. Mr. Miller himself handed the allotment to the representative from my county. I was present at the time. In one instance, I am told, there was a disagreement aa to the amount a certain county should receive and Mr. Harrison settled the matter. I was not the chairman of my county, nor did the chairman hare anything to do with the financial part of the campaign. The Harrison people did not trust him because of his Grebham proclivities. The secretary of tho committee was an elder in hia church a man of the Harrison type on a email pcale who held family prayers and believed that it was his duty to his God and country to beat the democratic party even by buying votes. Under Arthur's administration, Senator Harrison had him appointed to a minor federal office. He was willing to do anything for Harrison. He was the only member of the county committee intrusted with the eecre ts of the campaign. I myself and two other outsiders, together with the secretarv.constituted what you might call a. 'junta.' Dudley addressed all his correspondence to the secretary. I eaw every letter and telegram that Dudley eent to our count. A Hartley So ham. "Dudley is a wenderful man. Ho would wire us information about noma ba:k townships, showing that he knew more about our county than we did. I learned afterward that Dudley had special agents traveling all over the state reporting to him, unknown to us. Pome of these agents went from house to housi as peddlers, others as stock buyers. It was a common occurrence to receive a dispatch from Dudley telline us that John Hmith of Blank township, who had always voted the republican ticket, was olF and re

questing that a certain relative of his in I

an adjoining township be hired to 'fix' him. "Dudley never failed in an emergency. A few days before tho 'blocks-of-five' letter was exposed, we wired him that we could not get our prominent business men to contribute. The next morning we received a long telegram stating that l.OOO democratic repeaters from St. Louis were on their way to Indiana and would be distributed all along the O. J x M. railroad and imploring us to raise money to put detectives on their track to prevent tho outrage. Immediately, as per instruction of Dudley, we wired "a list of business men to Mr. Miller, and before sundown every man on the list had received a telegram, signed by Mr, Harrison, asking him to attend a meeting at our committee room that night. These men felt flattered at being personally recognized by Mr. Harrison. At the meeting 1 read tho Dudley telegram and declaimed at some length upon the outrage that the wicked democrats were going to perpetrate upon honest voters and taxpayers. Within fifteen minutes $1,000 waa subscribed by these indignant business men. Some of them were so worked up that they lost 6leep that night, and from that time on to the closing of the polls we had no trouble to tret any of them to neglect their business to drive out in the country fifteen miles to see some one they could influence. "But, I repeat it, not a dollar use 1 in the county came from Dudley. With the exception of the amount raised in the county every dollar came from Messrs. Harrison and Miller." "How ibout the 1.500 repeaters?" "Of course they existed only in imagination, but the scare had the desired etlect." The Drncun Iturned th Letter. "Was there a 'blocks-of-Iivo' letter received in your county?" "Yes, the secretary before referred to received one. When he was eubpcnivd before the grand jury to testify in this matter he came to me for advice. I came with him to Indianapolis. Two hours before ho took the witness etand, where ho testified under oath that he had never received one. he burned the letter upon my advice. I advised him to tell the truth about the matter, and having no letter in his possession, of course lie could not swear that the letter he received was identical with the one in possession of the grand jury. However, jit betöre going to the federal court he met Home one in the Denigon who told him if he testified that he had received a 'blocks-of-five letter he w ould never receive an appointment from Mr. Harrison, lie didn't get as big an office as he expected, but he has been well taken care of. "Hy the way, every man w ho received a 'blocks-of-five' letter is in office today, from Smiley X. Chambers down to Sam Kercheval. The latter came very near being left in the cold, for he was charged with having lost, through carelessness, his letter, and that it fell into tho hands of a democrat. But it appears that .Sara cleared himself of the charge, for Le now holds a fat place. "There is one thing that is not generally known about this Dudley letter. It is a fact, however, that when Tiik Sentinel published tho letter. Judgo Woods and Law Partner Miller advised Gen. Harrison to come out in a card denouncing Dudley. Mr. Harrison was very indignant at Dudley and had made up his mind to publicly denounce him, when Stanton J. l'eelle, Attorney-General Michener and certain members of the slick blx threatened to make trouble ii Judge Woods' advice was followed. Harrison knew that Indiana could not be carried without money, and if he issued a proclamation against the Dudley letter the workers would have allowed the floaters to take caro of themselves. This was explained to Harrison forcibly by Michener. "After the election Meters. Harrison and Miller tried to make a scape goat of Dudley. They advised Julge Woods to deliver to the firtt federal grand jury what is now known in history as the first charge. That's what made Dudley angry at the whole crowd. That charge was uncalled for and even if Woods did take it back Fubse quently Dudley will never forgive him for it. Judge Woods thought that he would rehabilitate Harrison with a cloak of virtue by dragging Dudley before tho grand jury. Bat this hypocritical trick of Harrison, Miller and Woods soon caused Harrison much worry. Dudley is a broader man and endowed with greater resources than the president, and he Boon gave him to understand that in the end Harrison would come out of the ordeal the worse disfigured of the two. In other words he had 'dynamite in his pockets.' liMtrlaon Ordered tlia Second Charge. "The idea generally prevails that Dudley forced Judge Woods to deliver his second charge. This is not true. Benjamin Harrison himself caused Judge Woods to reverse his first charge. He did eo when he found out that Dudley intended to explode his dynamite. "Dudley today stands before the public as a man guilty of a crime and who escaped punishment by a technicality. And Harrison, through Judge Woods' uncalledfor first .charge, ia responsible for this stigma. Judge Woods charged Dudley with a crime, but did not give him a chance to clear himself. Dudley despises the president and Judge Woods, and were it not for the fact that Dudley's pull in the departments at Washington is worth $100,000 annually he would not allow Woods to be confirmed. I have it from reliable authority that Judge Woods would have been appointed on the supreme bench had not Dudley interposed. Dudley will be vindicated, but not till after the next election. Then Harrison will leave the white house under a cloud." HARRISON BULLDOZED. Doodlers Who Told It Im II Knew How tho Money Wmm Spent, Recently, in conversation with a Sentinel reporter, a well-known Gresham republican, a man who is on the most intimate personal terms with the judze, and who occupies a prominent position in the legal and political circles of the Btate, said : "This talk about Judge Gresham being displeased with Judgo Woods' appoint ment is a, mistake. It is a matter which gives him no concern and in which he takes no interest whatever. He is simply content to do his duty as best he can and then bo judged by his record. Happily it is not necessary for him to be on close r.ersonal relations with all whom ho may be called upon to associate with in his judicial capacity. Harrieon Adleed the l'-e of Blonejr. "The appointment of Judge Woods re calls certain events that to us, in Indiana, are especially interesting. It is a matter of common notoriety that the electoral void of this etato was secured lor llarrispa

by tho improper and corrupt use of money during the week ira-i ediately preceding and on the day of election. It is a so well known that Mr. Harrison, in the Denison hotel, counseled and advised with large numbers of republican politicians from all over the etate regarding the use ot money at the election, and that he told them in so many words that it would be necessary to do this to save the electoral vote of Indiana. Workers were brought together

by the hundred to hear these statements from the lips of the republican candidate. Spiep, l'arsons et al.. the anarchists hanized at Chicago, suffered because, in public speech, they had ad vised a resort to force as a means of bettering the condition of the working people and redressing their wrongs. They had nothing directly to do with the throwing of bombs in tho Haymarket. All during the campaign of 1SS.S Benjamin Harrison counseled regarding the use of money at the election w ith men w ho afterward went out and bought, or superintended the get ting of, votee. Moreover, Mr. Harrison, through his agents, supplied men with the money with which they made the purchases. For instance: "Matt Hill, chairman of the republican committee in Monroe county, and Joseph G, McPheeters of the same county came to Indianapolis during the campaign of 1SS3 and paw Gen. Harrison and Michener. Hill told them his plans of operation in his county and the amount of money he would need to put it through, buvi-g votes, etc. Harrison and Michener were satisfied, and said Hill should have tho money and it was given him. Just before he received it, however, Harrison left the room, saying it might be as well if he was net present w hen the money was paid. 11:11 and Ilnrrlioa "After election a number of men in Monroe county, who had been influenced by the money obtained by Hill and some who had aided him in his management, were indicted by the federal grand jury. Hill then came to Indianapolis and again met Harrison and Michener told them what had occurred, and demanded that something be done. They both said they did not understand that Hill had obtained the money to be used improperly. Hill became angry; to d Harrison and Michener that would not do; that ho had fully informed them of his pianB, etc Michener then said: 'We will see what can be done.' "Thereupon Hill said to Michener: 'If these prosecutions are pressed tho defendants and myself will go to tho penitentiary; it can't bo avoided, and if I go to Jeilersonville you w ill go there too instead of going to Washington.' "The visit of Law Partner Miller and Russell Harrison to Chicago in quest f funds a few days before tho presidential election need not be recalled here. At the close of the campaign of 1SSS there were a number of men in Indiana w ho knew enough of the doings of Benjamin Harrison in that campaign to have Becured his conviction, had he been indicted for conspiracy, the object of w hich was to corrupt and debauch the voters of Indiana, at an election of which a representative in congress was voted for, and further aiding, counseling and advising thereto. If Dudley Hitd Keen Indicted. "Samuel K. Perkins, Simoon Coy, Henry Spaan, John II. Counselman, Charles X. Metealf, W. A. F. Bernhamer and John L. Reardon were jointly indicted for conspiring to accomplish a certain object, their purpose not being, how ever, to affect the congressional election. Dudley's indictment under the firstc barge of Judge Woods was certain. A certain republican member of the grand jury stated before the Christmas holidays that an indictment would positively be returned against Dudley. If Dudley had been indicted, facts would have been elicited that would have compelled the indictment of Benjamin Harrison, and tho proof could havo been brought much closer to him than to Dudley, independently of the evidence that tiie explosion of Dudley's dynamite would have furnished. Tho outlook to I'enjamir. Harrison immediately following his election was really most distressing. That ho comprehended the situation and realized that Dudley's dynamite was directed at him, a brief glance at a few facts in thehietory of the federal courts of Indiana will show conclusively: "First, Benjamin Harrison is a lawyer, and it is conceded on all 6ides that he is a very able one. He is familiar with the practice of tho federal courts and especially with the criminal practice. He was counsel for tho government in the Jennings county case when certain men were indicted for conspiracy to corruptly inlluenca the election of a member of congress. These men were, of course, democrats. Judge Gresham presided in the trial of these cases, and was savagely criticised by Mr. Harrison because ho discharged tho jury that had been packed by a republican deputy U. S. marshal, and ordered a new ven're to be comfiosed of half democrats and half republicans. Three trials resulted in the conviction of one democrat. The Crim of '80. "Coming down to the election frauds in Marion county in 1830, the grand jury having failed to indict, proceedings were begun before U. S. Commissioner Van Buren. The defendant, Perkins, raised the question of jurisdiction by means of a petition for habeas corpus. Judge Gresham held, on the facts as stated, that tiere was no offense against the United States, it being clear and manifest that the only purpose of the crime alleged was to affect the election of a criminal judge in Marion county. For this decision Judtie Gresham was roundly denounced. W. II. II. Miller was counsel for the government in this proceeding. The effort to secure the indictment of Perkins, Coy et al. for conspiracy was continued in the hope that Judge Gresham's decision miuht be got around in some way. It will be remembered that Miller was particularly active in this enterprise. The result was the indictment of these parties. Coy forfeited his recognizance and applied for a writ of habeas corpus, as Judge Gresham's opinion in the Perkins case indicated that, on the facts etated in Coy's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Coy would be released and all his co-defendants discharged. But Judge Gresham declined to hear the application and referred it to Judge Harlan. While Judge Gresham is free to pass on every question that comes before him on the bench and evades no issue, however unpleasant, he is just as free to give tho eupreraa court and his judicial superiors every opportunity to review his action, and when overruled he submits to the decision of the higher court, whether right or wrong, very eracelully. 1 ne most just and righteous decision he ever made was reversed by the supreme court, and this was in a case in which there was very grave doubt whether the defeated party was entitled to an appeal. "Justice Harlan came to Indianapolis, heard Coy's petition, refused the writ, reBand cd Co J to the custody of the mar

shal and pronounced his opinion, which is to be found in the said reports. He said, among other things: 'Still tho inquiry remains as to the intent with which the legislative department enacted these laws. In giving e fleet to the rule that penal statutes must bo strictly construed the courts must not disregard the kindred rule, that tho intent of the lawmakers is to be gathered from the word employed, governs in the construction of all etatutes. It was said by the supreme court of tne United States epeaking by Chief Justice Marshall in V. S. vs. Willberger (5 Whet., 7605) that "though ' penal laws are to bo construed strictly, they are not to be construed eo strictly aa to defeat the obvious intention of the" legislature. The maxim is not to be eo applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature had obviously used them, would comprehend.' " Ti Flrt Charge Good Law. "Subsequently, the supreme court of the United States held these indictments good. Judges Harlan and Woods were sustained. Judge Woods' first charge in the Dudley case was in line and keeping with Judge Harlan's opinion to which I have just referred. With such an opinion as a guide to a judge starting out as vigorously as Woods was with his first instruction, some mighty big game was sure to be treed. The evidence would have been forthcoming. Here was an election in which votes for congressmen and electors were bought by the wholeBale, while in the Coy case, it was admitted on all hands, that there was no desire or purpose to afl'ect the election for congressmen, the solo object being to secure the criminal judge of Marion county. It may be that Judge Harlan now agrees with Judge Woods' second charge, but if so, he departs from the position taken by him in the Coy case and jn which he delivered t written opinion. "The Gresham people have no war to make on Judge Woods. They are not taking a hand in this light on him. They really sympathize with him and have confidence that, no matter whether he is confirmed or remains where he is, his judicial course in the future will be as circumspect and proper as any one could wish for."

BURNED IN A WRECK. Sleeping Car Derailed with Terrible Results Intense Cold. Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 15. A frightful railroad accident occurred on the Northern Pacific road 6even miles east of Brainerd at 4 o'clock this morning. The second section of No. 9, with the Andrews opera company on board, left West Superior at midnight for Grand Forks. Near Jonesville the train struck a broken rail, the engine and baggage car passing over in safety, but tho eloeping car was derailed and ran some three hundred feet over the ties, when it toppled over, breaking loose from the - train tmd TJ!licg down an embankment some five feet high. The Pullman conductor, Herbert C. Scott, was one of the first to get outside, and when he did so no fire was visible, but as soon as windows were broken to liberate those inside, flames ehot out and in a very 6hort time the car was enveloped. Willing hands of trainmen soon liberated those who were unable to extricate themselves, but none were able to save their clothes, and, the night being the coldest of the season, the thermometer reaching forty-six below, their Buffering was terrible. At this time it was diecovered that Mrs. Ed Andrews and Lillie Was were missing but no human effort could render them assistance, as tho car was a mass of fiamee. The injured were placed in a baggage car and brought to Brainerd and quartered at the Earlington hotel. A list of the dead and injured, as far as obtainable, is as follows: Mr. ED ANDREWS (known as Miss Nannie Wilkinson), burned to death. Mrs. LILLIE WALLACE of Minneapolis, burned to death. Florence Joy, severely bnrned on back. May Douglass, burned on head and arms, will probably reeover. Miss Letitia EitiTCir, burned on hands and arm!. Mri. L. F. Barker, shoulder dislocated. Miss Marie Koe, slightly burned and bruised. George Akdkews, bnrned on arms. Miss Ella Harris, burned on neck and arms. J. A. Taylor, cut and braised, 11. Allen, burned on neck. Frid Allex, bruised. Miss Jo Shearer, slightly brurned. W. E. Barker, burned on hands and face. W. A. U'kith, slightly injured. Bert Linxoln, arm fractured. (. E. Moody, slightly burned. Mrs. Al. Wakefisld, feet frozen. C V. Andrews, badly burned and cut. Miss Grace Hale, slightly burned. Willey Rhys, hands slightly injured. Etxa Burning, feet frozen. Mrs. Eniieare, badly burned. C. A. Parker, back injured. J. L. Watsox, feet frozen. It is thought none of the injured will die. Miss Douglass, when she was brought from the car, was literally enveloped in flames, her hair being on fire. The women were nearly nude, but were wrapped up as they were taken out. The bodies of the two women burned to death were charred beyond recognition, hands, legs and arms being entirely gone. Ld Andrews rescued his little baby and supposed bis wife was safe until a Count was made. He ia wild with grief. The members of the company lost all they possessed except stage clothes, including musical instruments, watches and money. The patients were removed to the Northern Pacific sanitarium as apon as possible. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Negro Murderer Lynched By on Infuriated Mob. Cincinnati, Jan. ll. Henry Corbin, the negro who murdered Mrs. Georgetta Horner at Oxford, O., last Tuesday night, was lynched there at 10 o'clock tonight. He had been hiding ever since Tuesday in a shed within a law hundred feet of the Elaco where he had commttedthe murder, rowinfl hungry he had sent a negro boy up town to get him something to eat, and the boy told that he was getting food for Corbin, and told where the murderer was hiding. Ilarrlaoo JTt In It. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12. As a result of the republican primaries held here tonight to elect delegates to the state convention that will elect delegates to the national convention, fifty-five out of fiftyeight delegates were elected with instructions to vote for James G. Blaine for president.

GRIM VSAGED WAR

Showing Its Horrid Front a Little Bit. The Navy Department Now Very Active And All Indications Point to Hostilities. THE PRESIDENT IS BUSY Getting Hfs Special Message Ready for Congress. He Locks Himself In a Quiet Room in the White House And Refuses to Receive Any Callers Whatever. Secretary Tracy in Consultation "with the Heads of the Departments Unusual Activity Shown at AH the Navy Yards The Refugees on Doard the Yorktown Will Bo Taken to Cnllao Secretary Illalno and Senor Montt Have a Conference, But Nothing Comes of It An Uneasy Feeling Manifest in Official Circles Tho Local Militia In Good Shape to Bo Called Into Immediate Service. New Yors, Jan. 19. A Washington dispatch printed here eays that Capt. Evans has reported to the department that four of the best cruisers in tho Chilian navy will leave Valparaiso Jan. 20 for the Etraita of Magellan with a torpedo boat. Besides, from an officer, comes the additional information that the captain of one of the English ships of war in those waters said that the Chilian commander informed him that the fleet was going "on a special mission." "You may be astonished before long," he said. This news is interpreted to mean that Admiral Walker's fleet may be halted there and directed to turn back or risk a fight. This is the most serious indication of Chili's hostile intentions that the navy department has received. Naval officers say it can only mean one thing, which is that Chili intends opening the ball herself. The vessels to go are said to be the Esmeralda, the Almirante Cochrane, the Pinto, a new unarmored cruiser, whose sailing rate is nineteen knots, and the Condell, the famous last torpedo boat that blew up the Blanco Encaldo. Admiral Walker in his flagship, the Chicago, arrived at Montevideo Jan. 11. He was today informed of what might happen him and warned to make ready for it. For the first time' there is real alarm here at the threatened danger to Admiral Walker. His squadron is not equipped with torpedoes and the Chicago might be blown up in spite of the utmost vigilance. It would be a daring and plucky attempt, but so was the successful attempt on the Blanco Encalda. Capt. Evans also informs the department that he is taking the most extreme precautions on account, of what he has been told for the safety of the Yorktown. He does not intend to be blown out of the water if he can help it. Washington, Jan. 18. The navy department today is still the scene of activity. Secretary Tracy has frequent consultations with the chief of ordnance, the chief of navigation and the chief of construction, and occasionally he calls for the chief engineer. Other bureau chiefs also flit back and forth through his doors, and these are but the outward and visible signs of the real work that is going on. In the bureaus themselves clerks are working at their top speed with typewriters and skimming through ledgers, making calculations and greatly increasing the volume of business. But in the office of the chief of the bureau of navigation, Commodore Ramsay, the bustle is greatest. Three or four of his assistants have been detailed to translate cipher dispatches and they are kept busy putting messages into shape for transmission and making intelligible the cablegrams that come in from the outh. The navy code is one of the most intricate ever devised. It is numeral is character and it has never yet been detected. Its inconvenience, therefore, is tolerated because of its safety, a consideration, of course, of the first importance at such a time as this, and at present its use is the main work of tho navigation bureau. The othcen sit in a small room adjoining the office of tiie chief with closed doors, their desks covered by the large flat code book, for which a foreign enemy would give the price of a man of wur. A grist of half dozen cablegrams will constitute nearly a day's work and- so all the available force of the bureau is put upon the task. Meanwhile Commodore Ramsey devotes considerable time in communication with the chief of the hyrdographic office, Commander Glover, who has in hia oifict accurate charts of both continents. They are especially valuable now, and great care is being taken in their study. By this means every mile of the South American shore can be watched and advantage is thus taken of the materials that have been patiently collected in former years. The greatest pressure, however, is being brought to bear on the ordnance bureau, which represents the fighting arm of the navy. The chief of that bureau is getting moat satisfactory results from the gunmaking slant at the Wtfihinetoa lard,

beside stimulating the eteel manufacturers to their beet efforts in the rapid production of material. But above all, the greatest activity has prevailed for some time in the bureau of naval intelligence, the acrentsof which are Eaid to have been at work on a plan of a possible campaign, beside collecting all imaginable information from abroad. It is through this bureau that the secretary has kept himself thoroughly informed on the movements of the agents of Chili who, it is rumored, have for some time been ransacking Europe for war material. The comprehensive operations now conducted by the department are largely for the purpose of ascertaining just what the naval system can accomplish in the event of hostilities, beside stimulating everybody to his best efforts as a means of useful training. Secretary Tracy this afternoon sent a cable message to Commander Evans of the Yorktown, at Valparaiso, instructing him to take the Balmaceda refugees now under his protection to Callao and land them there, but to use his discretion as to tho time of hia departure. The secretary eaid this afternoon that no orders have been sent to the Boston at Callao contemplating any ' change in her station. The departure of the Yorktown from Valparaiso would leave tho United States without a single naval vessel in Chilian waters. The Yorktown couid hardly make the trip from Valparaiso to Callao and return in less than a week's time. The distance between the two ports ia about 1,500 miles. As Captain Evans is invested with full discretion, it is not regarded as at all likeiy that he will leave Valparaiso immediately, and, in fact, not until ho is relieved by another vessel, or is satisfied the condition of a:?airs in Chili justifies him in leaving the U. S. minister wi.hon-. means of leaving that country in the event that circumstances made it desirable or necessary to do bo. It if? therefore regarded a9 probable that unless the negotiations take a decidedly favorable turn within a week or so the Boston, which is the nearest ship, will be sent to Valparaiso in order that the Yorktown can safely leave that port with the refugees. It was stated almost positively at tho navy department this afternoon that no orders bearing on the subject have been sent to Admiral Walker at Montevideo. A prominent naval oi'icer said this afternoon that the Chilian minister had no case whatever agaiuet Commander Evans on account of the wählte fired iu honor of the Spanish minister who accompanied two of the refugees. In fact, he eaid, Capt. Evans would have been liable to court-martial if he had not done eo. as tho omission would have been a violation of the naval regulations. The president denied himself to all visitors to-day and worked on the Chilian correspondence. He is preparing his message to congress in the privacy of one of the inner rooms on tne upper floor of tho white house. Monday, though designated as the president's day of comparative isolation, usually finds quite a number of callers at the white house, but today those were denied admission. It is still the belief that the message and correspondence will be eent to congress on Wednesday. Secretary Blaine was somewhat indisposed yesterday and to-dsyr-arrl deemed it wise to remain indoors. His attack was somewhat similar to that of a fortnight atro, but was not so severe, and he recovered quickly from it. Senor Montt, the Chilian minister, visited the etate department this morning in tho hope of obtaining an audience with the secretary, but was obliged to call on him at his home. The secretary received him and the interview lasted about an hour. A rumor waa in circulation in the navy department in the morning to the etfect that Senor Montt had notified the government that an apology from Chili would be forthcoming. This" could not be confirmed, and it was intimated at the state department that there was no basis for the report. Cob Kemy, the naval judge advocate general who has been conducting the investigation into the Baltimore case at San Francisco, is expected to return to this city tomorrow or Wednesday with the concluding portion of tne testimony. A rumor was in circulation here tonight that the U. S. cruiser Yorktown had been fired upon in the harbor of Valparaiso by the Chilians. The startling rumor caused great excitement for awhile, and, frequent calls were made on the Associated Press to ascertain if there was any truth in It. When the story was reported to Secretary Tracy he treated it very lightly and was disposed to ridicule iL He added that he had no news whatever to communicate to the press tonight GRAVES MAY BE INNOCENT.

One of the AVitnesses Reported to Have Made a Confession. Dexver, Jan, 18. The counsel and friends of Dr. Graves assert that they have diecovered important evidence in favor of the doctor. They claim that one of the witnesses of the prosecution, whose name is withheld, told several persons while he was under the influence of liquor, that he had Bent the bottle of poison to Mrs. Barnaby. The man is said to be from the East. The persons to whom he told this give as a reason for not coming forward before and telling what they knew, that they did not care to become mixed up in the case. It is expected that an appeal for a new trial in the Dr. Graves case will be argued before the supreme court Wednesday. Keporta from Canon City say the doctor is in good spirits and spends much of his time in reading. THE DAILY ITEM. Another Man Shoots His Wife and Commits Suicide. Feoma, 111., Jan. IS. About 7 o'clock this evening an awful tragedy occurred at the residence of Mrs. Sarah A. La force, 314 Glendale-ave. Four months ago today her daughter Lizzie, a prepossessing young lady twenty-three years of age and very popular, was married to Harry Johnson. After eight weeks of married life he began to beat his wife and she returned to her mother's home. He followed her a week later. At 7 o'clock tonight be called at the house, drew a revolver and began shooting at his wife. Two of the bullets took eilect, one in the left temple, going nearly through her head, and the other through her right wrist. He then turned the revolver on himself and put a bullet in hia right temple. He died at 9:15 tonight and his wife is steadily sinking. Labedo, Tex., Jan. 13. From private sources it is learned that Garza and fire or eix followers have been located at a point called Loma Trieto (black hills), near the line of Encinal and Duval counties, and if the authorities get down to business he will probably be captured there,

Fill 1EC V I Terrific Explosion in the Phoenix Powder Mills. Every Vestige of the Plant Wiped Out. NOT A SOUL LEFT ALIVE. All the Men Who Were In the Mill Killed. Thirty-Five Tons of Gunpowder Burned. rive Men Ins'.antly Killed nndThcii Bodies Horribly Mangled One Man Fatally and a Number lladly Wound, cd The Country for Half a Mile Around Strewn with Fragments ot ' the Building and Bodies of the VictimsThe Third Fx plosion in the Mill Within Three Months: Cincinnati, 0., Jan. IS. Specials from near Ceredo, W. Va., tell the news of a terrific explosion of the i'hu-nix powder mills destructive to life this morning. The riuenix mills are situate i at Cer.trd City, near Ceredo, and about ha'f way between Huntington, W. Va., and Cattlt-tebuig, Ky. This is tho third explosion at this mill within the lastthre" months and is by odds the most destructive one. Ihe lactone before this happened eix weeks ago and w as a trilling allair. How the awful wreck of today was brought about will never be known, because not a soul that was in the mill is left alive to tell tho story. AtS:."ri o'clock this morning people in Ironton, twenty-five miles away, beard the terrible, detonating roar. Ia Ceredo, three miles away, windows were broken and wares in the stores wero shaken from the ehelves. In Cattletsburg. nearly ten miles away, the earth shook and people were alarmed. Everybody divined the cause and there was a rush from ail directions to the scene. The local authorities organized and surrounded tho ruins with a cordon of police, through which none of the thousands of epectator3 were permitted to pase. It has been ascertained that the first ex plosion was in the glazing mill, whera there were ten tons of powder. Then successively the packing house, the magazine, the canninz mill and the four wheel mills, and laetly a car loaded with gunpowder went hurling in fragments through tho air. Not a veetige of the entire plant remains, and the country for half a mile around is strewn with fragments of the buildings and of the bodies of five men, victims of the disaster. It is not known definitely, but at the present writing it is believed'that not less than thirtv-five ton of powder were burned in the several ex plosions. The killed are: ARCHIE LIVINGSTONE, a Scotchman, who hu beeo superintendent of the mills lines they started, wm blown to atomt; only his hand wa found and recognued. ED WINTON, the architect nd engineer, who built the worki, wu in the magazine when it exploded, and strange, to eay, his body wa very little mntilated. JOHN BENTÜB, a workman, boJy horribly mangled. JOHN SCHLOSSER, workman, terribly ma tllated. CHARLES SCOTT, workman, terribly ma tilsted. All these are either known or supposed, to have been in the building when the ex plosion occurred. The mortally injured are: IIobekt Cook, a glazing miil hand. lie waa approaching tho glazing mill when it blew np, His o'.othing and his hair and whiskers wer burned ofll He ran 200 yards to a stream and jumped in. He will not live till midnight. The seriously injured are: Reece Estei. John Justice. They happened to be In the vicinity whea the explosions occurred. There are no doubt many slightly injured whose names have not been ascertained. The loss to property by the explosion was $-30,000. TURNED COMPLETELY OVER. Two Coaehss Lt th Track Several Persons Uadlr Injured. Fayetteville, Ark., Jan. 1 8. The north bound passenger train on tho Frisco lina was wrecked half a mile south of Wolsey'l switch this afternoon. The train was run, ning at full speed -when the two real coaches left the track and turned com pletely over. The wounded were brought to Fayetteville and cared for by the local physicians. The fcllcwinjj were hurt: E&xest Coxxiss of VanBurea, Ark, left leg broken. Jons Mitchell, Salem, Mo-.iaould'er-blafia fractured and spine iujured. J, L. Hawkins, fcalem, Mo eat on head and severely bruised. J. M. Eaoak, superintendent of telegraph Springfield, Mo., serious gash in back of tbf bead. ÜKS. Davis of Ft. Smith, bruised about the head and face. O. Echols, Ft. Smith, braised about the arms and shouHer. Sam cbl Williams, Meal Centre, Ku eat ia the head; may die. PICK Coke, brakemao, slightly injuria. DOUBLE LYNCHING. Man and Woman Eadhed Back to Back and Hauged. Ft. Smitit, Ark., Jan. 13. Deputy Ü, 8. Marshal Lisrgitt has just come in from the northern part .of the etate, where he has been chasing moonshiners, and reports a double lynching which occurred in the mountains.' l'eter Taker, a farmer, waa found murdered in his house. His wife and a man named Johnson left the country, but both returned a few days ego. The neighbors euspected them of putting Baker oat of the way and an assault waa at once made on the house and the couple captured. They were lashed together back to back and then hanged on the same limb with the same rope until they I were dead.