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J. VAN SLYKE, Edltar art Publish* ftoKENBY ;lv THE NEWS RECORD ftVKNTPUL HAPPENINGS HERE AND THERE. Ittoal, ConmmUl and Industrial N«wi from All Over the I'Mid-IliM, Aocl- ^entg sad Cria»*»--Th© lib'* Um tO AMEND THE 8aMor Plumb Sugg'st j a Chang" ^ . Measure. Ik the Senate on the 9th Mr. Plumb gave notice of an amendment to the finance bill limiting to $1,000 the compulsory require­ ment of deposit of United States bonds for every national bank. [This not to apply to the deposit of bonds to secure public moneys In the national banks.] The bill WW, on motion of Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, laid aside Informally and the House bill to pro­ vide for an additional Associate Justice of ,tfce Supreme Court of Arizona was taken from the calendar and passed, with an amendment. fpnference reports ou byjs for public buildings at Youngslown, Ohio, and Fort Dodge, Iowa, were presented and agreed to. Mr. Dolph moved to take up another bill, but Mr. Edmunds insisted on the regular order, and remarked that It Iras due to those who wanted to |dis- cuss the finance bill that they should have the opportunity to do so. The finance bill was therefore taken up again, -anil Mr. Blackburn addressed the Senate in advocacy of Mr. Stewart's amendment for the free coinage of silver. Mr. Harvey of Oklahoma called up in the House the bill authorizing Oklahoma City to issue bonds to provide a right of way to the Choctaw Coal and Railroad Company through the city. The bill was passed. The House then went Into committee of the whole (Mr. Al|en of Michigan In the chair) on the pri­ vate calendar. • STORM RAVAGES ABROAD. Suffering and Many Death* Canted by the Cold. It Is now the seventh week of the prev­ alence of frost throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, With no signs of abatement of the sever­ ity of the weather. From John O'Groat's House to Land's End the country is wrapped in snow, and canals and streets are frozen fast For duration of the frost period this is the greatest winter of the century, and In point of severity the winters of 1813 and 1814 alone ex­ ceeded it Fairs were then held on the Thames. Severn and Type, and Tweed. Booths were raised on the ice and all the usual fair frolics were held thereon. Numerous deaths have result- Ad from the extreme cold, several of them at the very gates of workhouses where groups of poor people were wait­ ing for shelter. Midland newspapers de­ clare that thousands of persons in that region are in a condition of semi-starva­ tion, many laborers being compulsoriiy idle, without fire9 or food. Mayors of cities, with the aid of local boards, are directing an organized distribution of bread and coal and are starting relief kitchens, still they fail to reach a host of cases of distress. Numerous in­ stances occur of coroner's inquests on the bodies of people found dead in bed, where the verdict is that death re­ sulted from cold and hunger. In every country on the continent there, is suffer-' •lag because of the severe weather. The of Belgium, Holland, and North ly ai£ blocked with ice. In the lyigation is at a standstill ice. At the North Cnxhaven twenty-nine ind. Pilots are unable with vessels on account making the harbor in- AFRAID OF FREE COINAGE. Baa 8ay» the Basinets M*n Fear I** EITfti. B. G. Dux &. Co.'a weekly review of trade says: The year opens with the expected Im­ provement in the money markets and hi collections resulting front annual dishur.se- BMts which have been larger than usual The hopeful feeling in most branches of trade continues also, and the railroad out­ look is improved. It is becoming clearer every day that the one great obstacle to prosperity is the fear that debasement of the dollar may produce violent contraction, withdrawal of foreign investments, collapse of credits, and a disaster which will be felt by every branch of trade and Industry. The Iron and steel manufacture has been so rap- Idly extended that shrinkage of credits has traced sales in many cases at prices below cost. On the whole the prospect Is consid- •tably less brtgbt than it has been for many years in this industry. Reports of trade from different cities are still much influ­ enced by reviews of last year's great busi­ ness, but generally indicate a large volume of traffic in progress for the season, with marked Improvement since the monetary Pressure abated. Boston notes larger sales of boots and shoes and of leather, and stronger sides, firmer wool, and quiet lumber. At lladelphla the leather and shoe trades ull, wool is in little demand, some an­ te seen regarding obligations in cco, but better collections in paints. At ago receipts of grain equal last year's; laee Is seen in butter and cheese, hides wool, but decrease in dressed beef, cared meats, and lard ; dry goods and cloth­ ing sales exceed last year's, with excellent payments, and the shot? trade increases Indiana Charged with Forgerv. Advicks from Solomville, Arizona, Stat,. that Modoc Wind and two other Apache Indians were held to answer by United States Commissioner Blake on a ckarge of forging Capt Bullis' name to a Government check for $125. The forgery was so well executed it was not detected until presented to the Assistant United States Treasurer at San Fi»n- ciaco. T The Big f-hoe 8trik* Knd»<t. Tax great shoe strike at Rochester, N. Ym has been declared off. The men have agreed to the rules of the Manu­ facturers' Association, an,d also agree to give up their membership in the Boot and Shoe Workers' International Union unless the Cox strike be declared off by that organization. All shops wjll be running with a full force in a few days. Maryland Oyitcr-Bed* Exhausted. Commander Smith, of the Maryland Oyster Bay, has announced that he will Mslgn his position. He says the law is not being observed nor can It be en­ forced, and that Maryland's Industry has been totally ruined. The packers at Oxford have gone to North Carolina. At Cambridge the houses are closed. Along the Nanticoke nothing is being accom­ plished, and at Crisfield, the best market oil the bay at this time, the results are peaffer and noor. From all parts of the feajr comes the wail of exhausted beds. of the ic accessible Comtfos wealths ht all seasons of the year. TIM «tte passed upon was that of WiiliMa, Wilkinson, who was fined 910 apiece for each of twenty quail he ex­ posed ia 18S©*>afc of season, Wilkinson appealed on the ground that he had bought the birds in Missouri and was therefore not answerable to the Penn­ sylvania game law. The Supreme Court adopts this view and awards judgment for the defense. A final hearing too* place in New York the other day, before Mr. W. H. Willis and Dr. Elliott, Commissioners in Lunacy, and a Sheriff's Jury, to deter­ mine the mental condition of George M. Storrs, son of the late Emory A. Storrs, of Chicago. Old testimony was repeated, and the jury brought in a verdict de­ claring Storrs to be insane. Chief Labor Inspector Mulhol- land, of New York, sent to the District Attorney the Affidavit of an Italian named Garibaldi, who called at the barge office after being a prisoner in the phosphate beds of South Carolina for nearly two years. During that time he and a number of companions were ill- treated, and one of their number shot dead while trying to escape from the place. Celestine di Marco, of East One Hundred and Thirteenth street, New York, is alleged to be mainly responsi­ ble for the for the cruelty and killing of the men. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Justice Hambvkoher has bound S. A. Kean, the Chicago banker who failed a few months ago, over to the Criminal Court in the sum of S3,000. Bail was furnished by W. P. Fennell, the defend­ ant's lawyer, and Joseph H. Kean, brother of the accused. The charge is embezzlement in that he received de­ posits after he knew himself to be in­ solvent, assignment within thirty days being considered by the law as prima- facie evidence. The only witness ex­ amined was W. W. Boyer, the complain­ ing witness, who the day of theslailure put in $600, taking a certificate from Cashier Warne. Advices from Moscow, Idaho, state the Nez Perces Indians are engaging in Khost dances on their reservation near there. The settlers are greatly alarmed. Skbious trouble is threatened among' the miners at the Ruby Mine, at Casey- rille, III., owned and operated by the Consumers' Coal Company, of St Louis. Jan. 1 the company reduced the price of mining coal from 42 cents a box to 25 cents. The men refused to accept the cut and a lockout resulted. The com­ pany, however, has succeeded in obtain­ ing other miners. The old employes threaten personal violence to the new men and the company has called on the Sheriff of St. Clair County for aid in pro­ tecting its property. The annual meeting of the Illinois Dairymen's Association convened at Ash­ ley laet week. "Milk Production" was the subject of a paper presented by Mr. Lespenasse. John G. Sawyer, of Ra- venswood. read a paper on "Care of the Dairy Cow." W. B. Lloyd, of Chicago, made an address on "Dairying on a Lit­ tle Farm." "The Dairy at ttfe World's Fair," by H. Monrad, of Winnetka, brought forth a big discussion. Rumors of a startling move to be made in connection with the recent Sen­ atorial election in Idaho are, heard. Section 6,143, Idaho Revised Statutes, declares it a felony for a member of the Legislature to vote or promise support upon any question or matter in return for the support of another member on any question or matter upon which they may be called to pass officially. It is said warrants will be sworn out under this section for the arrest of several members of the Legislature who were connected with the alleged Shoup- Dubois-McConnell combine, charging them with felonious conspiracy against the legislative power. A dispatch from Pine Ridge, SL IX, says: Gea. Miles has just received official Infer* mation of the killing, near the hostile camp, of Lieut. Casey, of the Twenty-second In­ fantry, who had ventured too near the sav­ ages. He was shot through the head. Qen. Brooke, who sent this startling information, also reports heavy firing in the direction of the hostile camp. Lieut. Casey was one of the brightest youngofficers In the army. The hostile*, according to the reports of scouts, have nearly completed their rifle pits on the bluffs, thirteen miles north of the agency. Every old Indian fighter here says that if Gea. Miles were not hampered at Washington he could end the trouble in two weeks. While it is an actual impossibility to surround the Indians in a wmy that»will effectually prevent some of them from get­ ting through the cordon of troops, yet at the aame time, «o army officers here say, the reds could be so crashed by a central movement of the troops now arouhd them that the mischief done by the escaping few would be reduced to minimum. This was beef day at the agency, and at a little after n5on four bucks, six squaws and eight children came in from the camp of the bostites. The bucks came in looking penitent and so de­ clared themselves, but a noticeable feature of their "get up" was that they had no weapons. These they had left behind for the use of their hostile brethren, and there Is little doubt tmt that after the returned bucks get their fill of beef they will be off to the blults again. purehaMsof materials Prussia# railroads th< lowest tender is in the futun 16 be accepted, if¥eajK>ctive of the nationality of the contractor and that German material is only to be pre­ ferred where the prices asked are the same. The managers of the Bavarian State Railway have had to complain of a similar tendency to extortion on the part of the coal contractors. They have now decreed that in future coal is to be bought at the lowest tender, and this has enabled the Bohemian mine-owners to obtain large orders to the detriment of their Rhenish Westphalian competi­ tors, a fact which causes a good deal of dissatisfaction in quarters interested. 4 correspondent who has just re­ turned from Batoum, after two months' traveling in Asia Minor, says that Rus­ sia is steadily preparing for an early move in the Caucasus. Military roads are being pushed on with only such vigor as the Russian can show when a long cherished object is fully in view. On one stretch alone over 5,000 men are em­ ployed, and it is said that the Cossacks will be let loose in the early spring. The Secretary of State has received a dispatch from Teheran, giving many in­ teresting particulars of a recent visit paid by his Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia to the residence of the Ameri­ can missionaries at that capital. His Majesty evinced the greatest interest in the methods of the mission school and bestowed much commendation on the general good appearance of the premi­ ses, not omitting to speak of the American ways of housekeeping. This is the first visit ever made by the Shah to the residence of a foreigner. • Ax officer of the Black Hussars, who eloped from Berlin a few days ago with the daughter of a wealthy, resident of that city, shot the girl dead and then committed suicide with poison. The tragedy occurred at a hotel in Bruns­ wick, and followed the receipt of a letter from the young woman's father, in which he refused to supply her with money, or even to longer recognize her as his child. Another mysterious corpse has turned up in Paris. The body of a well-dre9scd man was found in the river Marne, near Champigny bridge, in the environs of Paris. ThQ dead man was bound by a rope, and bore a remarkable wound in the center of his forehead, formed by two deep cuts in the shape of a cross. It is surmised that the victim, after be­ ing thus wounded, was pinioned and thrown into the river. Manuel Garcia, the Cuban brigand chief, was overtaken by the troops Thursday night and surrounded. His horse was killed under him and he was wounded, but he succeeded in making his escape. Sixto Varelo, Garcia's princi­ pal lieutenant, was shot and killed. In an autograph letter to President Carnot of France the Pope says that his sympathy for the bereaved Empress of Austria creates for-her the first claim upon the golden rose in his fatherly heart. Yet, he adds, that if Providence spares him another year he will not fail to recognize the admirable Christian qualities of Mme. Carnot. It is stated that King Charles I., of Hohenzollcrn, the present ruler of Rou- mania, has decided to abdicate within a short time in favor of his nephew, Prince Ferdinand, known as the Prince of Rou- mania, the second son of the eldgjr,broth­ er of Charles I. ill V eastern occurrences. ft. . Controller Myers of New York %as been served with an order directing him to pay $7.05 to Andrew Campbell, chief cierk in the Corporation Counsel's 1 'office. The amount mentioned was ex­ pended by Campbell for "drinks," eta, while procuring evidence in suits brought by the city. Controller Myers refused to /'3P*F- the claim, and Campbell brought secured a judgment f , Taw Supremo Court of Pennsylvania , has handed down a decision, the effect of Which will be to throw the markets of •W0'. rW *° wm Gthe* SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. The long contest in. the Federal Court at Louisville between the Breck­ inridge Company (limited) of London and Dr. Hugh Kennedy and his heirs has been settled by the purchase of Dr. Kennedy's interest by the Englishmen. The property involved was the cannel mines at Qoverport, Ky.( valued at 93,- 000,000. POLITICAL, PORRIDOR. The deadlock in the Minnesota House of Representatives has been broken by the election of E. T. Champlin (Alliance) Speaker. The Democrats withdrew their candidate, Mr. Stivers, and voted solidly for Mr. Champlin, the vote standing: Champlin 72, Searle 41. The House then adjourned to give the Al­ liance-Democratic combination an oppor­ tunity to agree upon the remainder of its slate. P. J. Smalley, Democrat, of Caledonia, is to be chosen Clerk, and the two parties will alternate on the remain ing offices and the committees. The Senate held a short seslon, during which Senator Dean, of St. Paul, introduced a voluminous bllj to prevent bribery, cor­ ruption, or intimidation at elections. It requires every candidate for office to file an affidavit of the amount of money expended in his election, and makes the violation of the law a misdemeanor, punishable by fine pr imprisonment. I It also makes the candidate forfeit the election in case he has been chosen if the offense is proved against him. It is said the conference of the Alliance and Dem- ocratic members went farther thaw the organization of the House, and contem­ plates a fusion of the Democratic and Alliance parties in 1892, with Ignatius Donnelly for Governor and C. D. O'Brien or Thomas Wilson for United States Senator. • •» FOREIGN GOSSIP* FRESH AND NEWSY, Comment is aroused among navy offi­ cers over the series of orders emanating from the Navy Department within the last few weeks, directing the commis­ sioning of war-ships at San Francisco and the ordering of various other cruis­ ers to Pacific waters. Under the pres­ ent orders no less than eleven war-ships and five revenue cutters will soon be in commission - in the Pacific and ready for duty. If in addi­ tion the rumored chartering and arming of seven steamers for reven&e-cut- ter duty in Behring Sea proves correct, the United States naval force will num­ ber twenty-three" ships, against the five British gunboats and one armored vessel protecting British interests in the North Pacific. It' is now asserted that the Yantic will be sent from New York to the Pacific. This will increase the above force by still another vessel. In view of the present Behring Sea controversy and the rumored chartering of seven steamers for revenue-cutter duty, the above disposition is deemed ominous. As the fishing season does not begin earlier than May the concentration of the twelve war-ships can be -effected be­ fore the revenue cutters are ready to proceed to the Behring Sea. It is be­ lieved the whole United States force in the Pacific will then concentrate off Port Town send. Concerning the Omaha, it ia thought, even if this vessel is subjected t© repairs in San Francisco, she can be got ready to Join the Pacific fleet in the spring. Mr. Sears, of Melrose, Mass., is a man whose greatest ambition is to pos­ sess the best St. Bernard dog in the world. After repeated offers be has at length persuaded the owner of the acknowledged champion an England Co dispose of him. For two years Sir Bedl- vere, as this paragon of the caaine race Is dubbed, has held undisputed sway among the celebrities of Great Britain, and so renowned did he become that an English enthusiast tendered his owner $7,500 in cash. It is thought Mr, Bears paid 910,000 for him. MA KKETBlfOBW. * CHICAGO. Cattle--Common to Prime.... 43.2s 4a 5,75 Hoob--Shipping Grades Sheep. Wawr-No. aitod'..'.!"""],'"' Com-So. 2.... ' " Oato--No. a..., Br*--No. 2. ..." Bottkb--Choice Creamery!..**J Chkbse--FuM CrsMo, flats. Egg*---Fresh, Potatoes--Western, per tm.: INDIANAPOLIS. Hogs--Choice Light. Shkep--Common to l1 rime Wheat--No. 2 Bed *" "" Cobm--Mo. 1 White Oats--No. 2 White BT. LOUIS. Oattx* Hooh. Wh«at--No. 2Bad. .'.'.""I"" cobn--Not a. Oat»--No. % ' B ablet--Mtnneaote CINCINNATI Cattle Hoofl. Sheep Whkat--No. a Bad.. Cobn--No. a ... Oats--No. 3 Mixed *'.* „r MILWAUKEE. Wheat--No. 3 Spring Corn--No. 3 Oats-No. 3 Whit® /.'.'.V.'.'.I Rte--No. 1 Barley--No. & DKTBOIT. Cattle HOttB. Sheep Wheat--No. 3 Red. 1".'.!!*" Corn--No. 2 Yellow " Oats-No. S White.... TOLEDO. , Wheat Corn--Cash Oats--No. 2 White BUFFALO. Cattle--Good to Prime. • «. « 4. 8.00 & 5.2S .93 .93^ .<3 & .48 .«1 « .68 At & .27 .so <m .05 S.6Q 0 4.75 S.00 & * 75 &00 (9 4.75 .96 .50 <*>*& .« loo @ u.<m MU 0 3.7* - •51 MM # >.00 MO 5*S % .91 4.50 -.75 ..30 s* M .40 S3 fS:83 M <0 .6# *.00 • 4.90 3.00 3.75 t.00 0 4.00 M <9 MU .3» .46 .* 0 .51 t» •483*8 4.00 0 6.00 ^ > A' T, ( The German Railway Minister has de­ clared war against the iron barons. The latter, having by high tariffs succeeded to a certain extent in getting rid of foreign competition, next set to work to dictate exorbitant prices to the German Govern- 1 Hogs' ment, while they sold to foreign coun- I Khkep. tries at comparatively cheaper rates. It bas now been decreed that is ail »nd. • • • • • •' | 4.35 Wheat-»-No, 1 Hard Cobn--No. 2. EABT LIBEET£ Cattle--Common to Prime. Hoos--liEht Sheep--Medium to Good*. Lambs NEW YORK. " Cattle 1.06 •67 V,® Wheat--No. 3 Bed Cobs--No, 2 ... Oats--Mixed Western... 150 S.35 4.00 5.(|0 •W0 8.35 4.0Q 1.03 » 5.00 & 4.36 0 6.30 & 6.50 & 5.30 m 4.00 & 4.75 & 1.06 §t*** ABBOTT, THE VOCAUST; IS DEAD. She Said Ser Mnt 8ong WsaU B* 8a*g ta H«s*»b, ud the Silent Henungcr #«« Affker Sent His Snmmau-BrM tt* •fti ailliy of the Great Singer. Emma Abbott (Mrs. Eugene Wether* ell), the i lifted and well-known opera singer, difd of pneumonia In Salt Lake City, Utah, after an illness of but two days' diaraflon. Mis® Abbott's career had been a re­ markable One. She was born in Chicago In 1850 land went with her parents to Peoria, III., when four years Of age. Here her early life was spent. Her taste for music was hereditary, her father having been a music teacher. He was not very successful fina&clally, however, but before she was ten years old Emma was able to give him consid­ erable aid in keeping tho family by sing- % at concerts, accompanying herself • $ • 'PT* • -- • k"v:* • '•:> KKHA ABBOTT. on the guitar. She sang and played at country town concerts for several years, gradually widening the circle of her tours, and at sixteen gave it up for a while and settled down as a school teacher in Peoria. After a time she resumed her musical performances* and at Toledo, Ohio, in 1870, she attracted the atten­ tion of Clara Louise Kellogg, who was struck with her talent and took an inter­ est in her. ftjiss Kellogg sent her to New York, where she studied under Errani, and after a tilhe was engaged as soprano at the Church of the Diviqe Pa­ ternity. of which Rev. Dr. |L H. Chapin was pastor. There she attracted the at­ tention of many prominent people, among whom Were Horace Greeley, G D. Hunt­ ington, George G. Lake and others. Mrs. Lake took her to her house, and an organized effort was made to give her a thorough training. She was sent to Italy in 1872, where she studied for some months under Giovanni at Milan, and then by the advice of Christine Nilsson, whose attention she had attracted, she went to Paris. There* she took lessons in vocalization from Wartel and at the same time took lessons in French, Ital­ ian, dancing, fencing and acting at the Conservatoire and Opera Comique. Miss Abbott made her debut at Flor­ ence and was enthusiastically encored. She then went to England and made her first appearance • at the Royal Italian Opera, Convent Garden, and was re­ ceived with great warmth. Then she went to the Crystal Palace, where her singing brought her to the favorable no­ tice of Col. Mapleson, who engaged her for three years. She sang in all the principal towas in England, Ireland, and Scotland, ainbecame a $reat favorite. She had*already achieved a reputation abroad befonb her own country had an opportunity of hearing her after her voice and taste had been thoroughly trained, She returned to the United States la 1880, and made her first appearance in N<ew York, turning over the proceeds to a charity connected with the church through which she had been enabled to go to Italy. From that time on she be­ came a general favorite all over the United States. She married Eugene Wetherell, her business manager, and organized a Company of her own, which soon became very successful. Miss Ab­ bott always selected her own assistants, tried their voices and assigned to them their parts. Her company was run on business principles. Mr. Wetherell died In Kansas City about a year ago while his wife was in Denver, and she retired lor a time from the stage. She contem­ plated a permanent retirement, but was induced to give up the idea. Miss Abbott was very wealthy, her fortune being esti­ mated at over $1,000,000. Tit* Xose for NeWa. Fraak Ottarsen was night editor one night. About 11 o'clock Mr. Greeley said to him: "Qt tar son, there will be such and such a paper from this State by the mall te-night, and there will be a nomi­ nation in it, and I want you to get It in the Tribune.'" The expected nomination was from a Congressional district to which there was a great deal of interest attached. The paper came, and "Ot" looked over it but could not find the nomination, so the Tribune went to press without it. 2fext morning Greeley asked for Ottarson. Mr. Rooker seat for him and said: "Greeley wants to see you. There's something wrong." "Oh, I know what it is,w sald^Ot." "He wanted me to get a nomination out of a (paper that came, and it was not in." "Well, let's see what It is," said Mr. Hooker. They went to Mr. Greeley, who hailed the night editor with: *Why didn't you get that nomination typ?" "It didn't came.* "You lie. Here it is tm the Time*. I know it came." "Well," said poor old "Ot," "I don't know where they got it. I looked all through and couldn't find it." "Show ma the paper,* oaM- Mr. Gree- ley. The paper aras hunted «p, and Mr. Greeley looked, at It and immediately Bald: iT. "Thene it ia • "Well, I didn't see it," said Ottarson. "See it!" was the reply. "You ought to smell it You ought to smell news." .9654 .61* .44* 06H 68* i Ctoalp A beet Womw. Ten question of higher schools for girls In London has recently been at­ tracting much attention. There are now women students at the universities of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiow, Charkow and Odessa. The Queen of the Belgians ia an ex­ cellent linguist and has jnst accomplished the task of learning the Walloon lan­ guage. Pbincess Beatiuck is engaged upon a birthday book, which will soon be pub­ lished, but it is only to be privately cir­ culated. Some fond mothers are holding off the christening until they hear the full re­ turns, after which some baby boy will bear the name of the winner. Miss Grace Hakbiman, an English woman who has started a scheme for employing womeh as market gardeners, has subscribed all the capital for starting the work. The Silver Cross Circle of King's Daughters proposes soon to open a house where apartments of one, two or three rooms will be rented at the lowest pos- rtWerate jp... FitlL cWW*e» to annnort, V «ite to 1 ' 3 .A; JL .<£ THftVOBT THE WORST OF IT IN NEBRASKA. Between juifm**'** the One Hand and the Republican? DMMcnti on the Other the Farmers L«M 111 the First Battle--They Witt *»y It Again. [Xincoln (Neb.) dispatch.] When It became known yesterday/ mqrning that Lieut.-Gov. Meiklejohn in­ tended to preside over the joint conven­ tion, and that he would refuse to enter­ tain any motloh looking to the transac­ tion of any other business than the mere ministerial act of canvassing the returns of the vote, it was apparent that unless Meiklejohn could be deposed Boyd would be inaugurated without delay. The great struggle, therefore, was over the ques­ tion of who should preside. All the doors of the Representative hall were closely guarded, and none but members of the Legislature, State offi­ cers and persons having business inside Were admitted. All members were on hand promptly/ although thef found great difficulty in pushing their way through the crowds that filled the corri­ dors and besiege4 the Capitol at all points. The Alliance members had taken possession of the House at 5 o'clock in the morning. They placed the Speaker in tho chair and placed a cordon of as­ sistant Sergeant-at-arms around him. Lieutenant Governor Meikeljohn got in through the cloak-room and was served with an order of ejectment. Both sides had a force of sergeant-at-arms within call, and any attempt on either side to proceed with the canvass would have precipitated a row. To avoid this a committee from each party was sent with a statement of the case to the Supremo Court, and the House waited several hours in suspense for a decision as to which officer had the constitutional right to preside. » , The first and second floors of the State House were crowded with people who were becoming demonstrative. Meikle­ john and Elder agreed not to call the session to order till 11 o'clock. In the meantime four Republicans, four Demo­ crats, and four Independents were out as a non-offlcial committee attempting to patch up the trouble. Elder and his Sergeant-at-Arms held the Speaker's stand, while Jiel& J&B die­ tary s desk. J. W; Love attempted to go to Meiklejohn's side, but the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms halted him. Love thrust the official aside and .proudly marched* to the Lieutenant-Governor's deslt. The crowd became so disorderly that ah attempt was made to force the doors, but a crowd of Independents held them fast Gardner of Douglas rushed to the door, followed by a crowd of Democrats and Republicans. A fight ensued. Gard­ ner was seized by half a dozen Independ­ ents, and an equal number of Democrats and Republicans went to his assistance. Blows were exchanged. "Pap" Hastings and Marshal McCloy locked arms around each other, and a crowd from the hall­ way, led by "Bud* Llndsey of Lincoln and "Eat" Brown of Omaha, fought their way through the crowd, breaking down the doors and clubbing their way to the Speakers' stand. Gardner was the vic­ tim, receiving several painful scratches As Hastings and McCloy reached the Speaker's stand Meiklejohn called the joint session to order. He ordered every member to his seat and the roll was called. Every pane of glass in the two big doors was shattered. The battle at the doorway lasted five minutes only, but it seemed an hour. Tho disturbance became so great that Company D of the National Guard was ordered out The sight of the militia­ men, with breech-loading guns, awed the croi^d for a time, but it was not un­ til a squad of forty police arrived that the crowd was convinced that business was meant. The crowd knew full well that the soldiers did not bear loaded guns, and the toes of the militiamen were trampled on with impunity. The militia finally cleared the ground, but a howling mob still surrounded the Capitol. The Democrat and Republican mem­ bers agreed to return if Elder would publish the returns. Elder accordingly convassed the vote. At 2:30 o'clock the Independents were In their seats, but transacted no busi­ ness until the full body was present and the Lieutenant Governor appeared and called the convention to order. A num­ ber of conciliatory speeches were made, and the Independents seeing that they could not gain the returns, a resolution was then passed receiving the full Alli­ ance vote, declaring that the canvass had been conducted under protest, and that the Legislature in nowise recog­ nized the election of the officers who had been returned as receiving the high­ est number of votes. The officers, how­ ever, were sworn in promptly by Chief Justice Cobb. The contest will now go on as pre­ scribed by law. There is a prospect that the Legislature will unseat every one of the new officers. Gov. Thayer has barricaded the Ex­ ecutive office and remains inside with po­ licemen and a company of militia on guard. The result of it all is that after two days' wrangling the Speaker has can­ vassed the vote in the preseuce of the two Houses, the contestees have been de­ clared elected, and this evening Boyd and the balance of the State ticket filed their bonds and took the oath of office required by tho Constitution, and the contestants are out. They say that they will not give up hope and that the con­ test proceedings will be pushed for all they are worth. It Is understood that the Supreme Court will be asked to pass on the ques­ tion of Boyd's citizenship. This will de­ lay the formal inauguration and may re­ sult In declaring him ineligible. TWO MAMMOTH THEATERS Ruined by flames. The Fifth Avenne and Herrmann'* »e- etrojre4--Half a Doren Firemen Mjrae- itlMair Kicape »eath -- Twe«»ty-«*ree CoMfianies en the #wi»--Ut|» *rop- eiif JLoM. . A " [New York dispatch.] Fire which it was fcartod would result ih the loss of the lives of at least half a dozen brave firemen broke out in the Fifth Avenue Theater shortly after mid­ night this morning. Within an hour that famous playhouse was practically destroyed. Herrmann's Theater was in flames, and the entire block in grave peril. The fire -broke out under the stage of the Fifth Avenue Theater. At half past 12 o'clock an ex­ plosion was heard in the building, and a moment later the upper part of the city was illuminated by a huge sheet of flame which rose to the roof of the theater, en­ veloping the entire building and Herr­ mann's Theater immediately adjoining. Six firemen had gone through Herr- man's Theater to the roof and had just *succeeded in hoisting a length of hose up when the furnace opened directly at •heir feet. When from the crowd went .. jStSaJtalii,, *'J •, . i , 'V ,.vi\ ' v * ' ':.-L 1 Current Notes. The lawyer believes in millions for de­ fense, and the same amount for prosecu­ tion.--Puck. , If Diogenes had lived to-day, he would have solved the honest-man problem by buying a mirror. --Milwaukee Sentinel. Thebe Is one very pleasant feature about a slelgh-rlde on a cold night--and that is the arrival home.--Norriatown HeraM. "What a recherche sort of affliction you have," said Good word to the man with a boil. "Such a swell gathering." --New York World. A touch of love makes the most mat­ ter-of-fact man a poet, or, what amounts to the same thing, makes him think he is a poet--Indianapolis Journal. Disappointment first comes in life to tho baby who has a horn given to him for a present, and then finds he hasn't wind enough to blow it --SomeivUlc Journal. ' "O. I'm so disappointed! Henry prom­ ised me a sealskin this winter; but he didn't get it" "I don't wonder you feel bad. Hope defurred maketh the&eart sick."--Puck. "I'd have you know I was well brought up!" exclaimed the small man to the large disputant "That mat be," re­ plied the latter, "but you were not brought up far. "--Harper's Bazar. He--"Didn't you regard the medium as a very pretty girl?" She--"Her face was certainly comely enough, but the shades she called up didn't match her complexion. •--New York Herald. \ j up a great shftif for the scaling-ladders they were quickly run up and a vain ef­ fort made to reach the Imperiled men. A deadly silence that lasted for a full minute resulted, and then a moan of agony arose from the crowd. Firemen were seen to bend their heads and wipe away the tears that they could not pre­ vent from flowing. It was thought that the men had certainly been hurled Into the raging furnace beneath, and they were given up as lost. But from the crowd on the Twenty-eighth street side a few moments later went up a cheer. It announced the rescue of the firemen by means which seemed miraculous. At this time the whole block, fiom Twenty-eighth street to Twenty-ninth street, was in flames. Guests of the Brower House were early turned into the street. Tho Sturtevant House, op­ posite the Broadway entrance to the burning theater, was in serious danger. For miles around the flames could be seen shooting high into the heavens, and an encrmous crowd gathered and crowded the neighboring streets. At 1 o'clock the scene was one of mag­ nificence, the entire block on Broadway and 150 feet on both Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets was like a seeth­ ing furnace. From the roof of the Fifth Avenue Theater the flames ran along the cornices of Prof. Herrmann's new theater, which had recently been completed and was one of the prettiest and most expensive play­ houses in the city. In an instant the entire roof was ablaze. A high wind sprang up and carried the fire with a rapidity defying the twenty-three fire companies which were there to fight it A low block of stores adjoins Herr­ mann's Theater, and to these the flames quickly spread. Within an hour of .the Bounding of the first alarm the row was in flames and the firemen in despair. Then the wind veered from north to east, and the top story of the Sturtevant House caught fire from embers from across Broadway, and a good part of the root of the Sturtevant was destroyed. The estimated loss on the Fifth Ave­ nue Theater was $100,000, by H. C. Miner and $500,000 by the Gilsey estate. Miss Fanny Davenport loses $50,000, exclusive of her costumes, and Prof. Herrmann's loss is placed at 950,000. DECREASE OF THE PUBLIC DEBT ti Has Gone Down 911,005,398 During the Lait Month. The following ia the public debt state­ ment for December: IKTER£8T-BEAB1H0 DOT. Bonds at 4% per cent $ 60,177,660 Bonds at 4 per cent 839,742,700 Brfunding certificates at 4 per cent 990,400 Aggregate of interest-bearing debt exclusive of V. S. bonds issued to Pacific railroads.... 9619,019,740 Debt on whioh interest has ceased siuce maturity, 1,689,605 DEBT BEASINO HO XN Legal-tender notes 9646,681,016 Ola demand. no tea 66,032 National bank note*-- Redemption account (deposited In Treasury under act or July 14, 1690)....,. 61,323,090 Fractional currency, less $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed.... 6,910,096 Aggregate of debt bearing no In- . , terest, including national " bank fund deposited in the' Treasury under act of July 14, 1 of irt ' 1890 Certificates issued on deposits of gold and silver coin and legal-ten­ der notes: Gold certificates Silver certificates Currency certificates...^....:.*.... Treasury notes of 1890 #404,970,704 176,431,969 809,865,778 6,820,000 24,090,500 AKgrega by cas ^ „ jte of certificates ofltet >y cash in the Treasury 1016,198,217 Aggregate of debt, Including osrtifi- oates, IJecTSI, 1890. *1,541,871,198 Decrease of bonded debt during the »oath.„ ;4 7,4ftU8l « CASH IN TREASURY. * Be«®rvea for redemption of United States notes, acts of Jan. 14, 1876, * ">nofi'gof<l .^^•100,000,000 175,431,969 •oo.e&.ftt 6,820,000 14,000,500 6.670,597 roryedeiapticm of'suVm affEfflStS F<& wSwmpttoaof currency oertiit oates issued...... :r...., ,t, Star redemption of Treasury notes. art July 14, 1890 r»! vet matured debt, aoertied interest, and interest due and unpaid..... * Total cash reserved for above . purposes................tssMNJli AVAILABLE FOB OTELEH ipunpotw. ftaotional silver, tract!dhal cur­ rency, and minor coin not full le­ gal tender..... "t Net oaah balance, including $54,207,. 975, national bank fund de­ posited in the Treasury under act Ol July 14, 1800. 88,418,806 -^<><*1 6679,440,65A Debt, less oaah in the Treasury Dee. 31, 1890 869,430.541 Debt, leg»cash in the TrAaury, Not. 879,433,939 Het increase ot debt during the month... «U,006£9S May Be" Fanny, May Be Hot. There will be both a Ketcham and a Cheatham in the next Congress, just as thgre are in this ona--Boston Herald. Two of the hardest things to keep in this life are a new diary and a sharp lead-pencil.--Norristcrwn Herald. It is not wise to say everything you know, but how can some people help It Journal. j WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW­ MAKERS. • '-C'!"• - 4 r' Proeeedlngrs or the Senate and Ho«n ef Kepretentative* -- Important Mewrant pis^MMd and Acted Upon--Gist th» Business. Ths Senate met at noon on the 5th, with the Vice President In the chair, and with a full­ er attendance of members than on any ether- day at th'e same hour since the seesioik began. The galleries were also well tiled with spectators. The journal of the 2d fmst. weir read, an d was of the briefest possible* character, consisting of tuu) short sentence- Scores of petitions for and against the Con­ ger lard bill were presented, and for and; against the Torrey bankruptcy bill. On Mo­ tion of Senator Stewart the election bill was- laid aside and the financial bill v. as taken up. The vote was 34 to 28. eight Republi­ can Senators voting with the Democrats.. This practically kills the election bill and: means the passage of a free silver bill by the Senate. Inquiry among Republicans Senators develops the fact that they were all surprised at the displacement of the; election bill. One Western Senator, who» personally regards the 1)111 with indiffer­ ence, but who was not willing to abandon it now that it was a party measure, said that the friends of the bill did not know what to think or do now, for they had been 4. v so surprised they had npt had time to cosi- sider the situation. The Senator safd b» " regarded the vote as decisive of the fate of * \ the bill, and that was the opinion of the i majority 0/ his colleagues with whom he> > J had talked. Senator Spooner, one of the : ^ •S- foremost advocates of the election bill, was seen but would say nothing. Of the Re- < Oj publican Senators voting to bury the electfon ' bill Washburn was the only one who was , ?£ not an out-and-out free-coinage man. He> ; ' V justifies his vote on the ground that he has 7t; been opposed to the election measure, and that this was the only opportunity that he^ * -"V" had"to get it out of the way. Besides, tho measure he voted to take up is not a free- coinage bill, but the Sherman compromise bill. It amounts to the same, however, for the Democratic-Republican free-coinage combination will substitute a free-coinage amendment for the Sherman bill. No busi­ ness Qt importance was transacted by the House. In the Senate, on the 6th, Senator TdBer„ of Colorado (Rep.), made a speech oa the-, financial bill. Referring to the condition! of American farmers, and showing it to be- less prosperous than that of the farmers of France, Mr. Teller said that the farmers of America had made themselves- heard last November--to his regret and the re­ gret of Senators on his side of the? chamber. They had been found voting.. almost unanimously, with the Democratic- party. Why? They were not Democrats- to-day. They had not changed their poli­ tics. Rut they had been dissatisfied with, the Republican management of financial affairs. And for one he did not wonder at it. He would give heed to what they said. He had tried last year to have the Senate listen to their voice. He knew 4Jgat they wanted free coinage of silver, and that they were not afraid of the advent of one, two, or three hundred millions of silver any more than he was. Proceeding to discuss the section of the bill providing for the purchase of 12,030,000> ounces of silver, Mr. Teller said that he washed hi* hands of any responsibility for that. He had no interest or sympathy with the men who speculate in silver. It had been said in the public press and in another place (meaning the'House of Representa­ tives) that when the silver bi'l of last ses­ sion passed a large number of Senators wem holders of silver bullion. If that were- so he had never heard of it. The House re- „•*' \ fused to take up the Butterworth anti-' option bill, but the refusal was no indica- tion of the strength or weakness of the ' -\f measure. The majority refusedVto give it ' preference over the subsidy bill. Mr. Funston, of Kansas, Chairman of the Com-- i mittee on Agriculture, says the bill has got - 1; to pass and will pass some time this ses- ? > 4$ slon. He is certain that many Republicans- ; t voted against it who will support it when it .j comes before the House in the regular way. The financial bill was taken up in the '* Senate on the 7th, and Mr. Daniel spoke ia. favor of the absolute free and unlimited! . coinage of silver. Mr. Plumb followed Mr- " lijj Daniel. He credited thd silver act of last session with having had the effect of pre- / venting a universal financial panic. It had! facilitated the purchase of 8100,000,000 of American securities that had been sent back from Europe, and thus the Bank of Engiandr and the other financial institutions of Europe had been able to tide over- the difficulties of the Barings, aris­ ing out of South American finan­ cial trouble. Whatever might be said gya about the sliver bill of last session, and about its shortcomings, its effect on the im- mediate situation had been of a most bene- ficial character. The House went into com-- mittee of the whole for the further consid-- $ eration of the shipping bill. Mr. Dingley : of Maine, reviewing the decadence of Amer- ^ i; lean shipping interests, said that iiLSUch a condition as the country now found itself, ;4( with only 12% per cent, of the foreign car- rying trade, with Great Britain intrench-- ed on every ocean route, it was obvious that f ̂ it was utterly out of tho power of private' individuals, without assistance in some di­ rection, to dislodge the shipping of Great Britalu. Within five years from the estab­ lishment of a subsidy system the steam<ton-- nage of France was doubled. With tho- w HI est extent of coast known to any nation: the United States could reap a benefit from, subsidies far greater than any other na­ tion. Italy adopted a subsidy policy in 1885, and in four years its steam marine had increased 4tS per cent. The maximum expense of the bill the first year would bo f 92,000,000, of which all but about f300,000 or- ; $400,000 would come from postage and ton-- lip ?' nage dues. ' Mn. McConnkli> introduced bills In tber : , Senate, on the 8th inst., for the erection of- » ; public buildings at Lewiston and Boise City,- 1 Idaho. Referred. On motion of Mr. Ed- :' monds a resolution was adopted calling «p- *> on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor­ mation as to what books and documents are in possession of his department relating to the late so-called Confederate States and . as to whether there is any legal objection to' their being placed among the archives' of the War Department. Mr. Piatt- ; gave notice that ho would at the1 \ earliest possible moment call up the copy- 5 right bill for consideration. Allison gave notice that if the Chairman of the ; Committee on Agriculture (who was neces­ sarily absent) did riot at an early day aslc jj for the consideration of tho Conger lard ? bill he (Mr. Allison) would himself do so. In the House a bill was passed authorizing the ; issuance of certificates of service to tele^ i graph operators who were with tjte Unfdm army during the war. Then Mr. Farquhar, of New York, moved to go into committee' of the whole on the shipping bill, and sug­ gested that some arrangement should bo arrived at as to the conclusion of general debate. Failing to secure any agreement Mr. Farquhar moved that general debate"' close at 5 o'clock. After wrangling over' this gojnt for two hours the House ad-- iourneo. . ^ : Illusions of Or i at Afeif/ § Gobthk states that he olio dA?saw the ^ exact counterpart of himself coming to- i ward him. v i ^opk SftW an arm apparently come ^ through the wall* and made Inoniriea -> afUHts owner. | Byron often received visits from a \ specter, but he knew it to be a creation r of the imagination. < Dr. Johnson heard his mother calk his name in a clear voice, though ehe was at - the time in another city. s. Bakon Emmanuel Swedenboro be- I lleved that he had the privilege of inter- I viewing persons in the spirit world. ? _ Descartes was followed by an invisi- \ b e person whose voice he heard urging I truth. cont'nue k'3 researches after I Loyola, lying wounded during the* siege of Pampeluna, saw the Virgin mission C°Urag k'm to prosecute sis • Sm Joshua Reynolds, leaving his ^ house, thought the lamps were trees, and the men and women bashes agitated by the breeze. * R avail LAC, while chanting the "Mis- erere and -De Profundis," fondly be­ lieved that the sounds he emitted were ; ofthenatnra and hadtha fall eflectof^ ̂.>« <:k , - , »' At „i.A, s.A. J, . .. ,».J. l'.SKi - .». ' • • • ' • 1