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Show .. , ' r . , - iXlJll ioAJUl .JuAllJJ llMJiki. s&&rA - v. ..... o- - --u , VOL.5 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY. JANUARY 21), 1891;" . NO. 101. I SILVER AND LEAD QUOTATIONS. Silver, New York 1.03 S Sllvtr, honriaa 47 Lead, N.w York 4.21 3 BILLION AND OUK RECEIPTS. Wells. Fargo & Co. Bullion. 11.100. MeCorniek & Co. Lead and silver ores, $10,300. Salt Lake Clearing noun. Today's bank eleaaings amounted to $3:i2,4.-,H- ; cash balances, $228,r0S. Ffinws. The Colonies of Australia Uocom-n- g Restless Under tlie Kule of the Little Island. Tbe Bnmori of Gladstone's Betirement Declsred to be Without foundation. ETBAUD MAY 8 AVE HIS NECK- - A Terrible Storm Causes Awful Loss of Life Along the Ked Sea ('oiiutry. The Italian Budget Shows a Deficit and a Number of Economies Are Proposed- - FRENCH SQUADRON SENT TO CHILI. News Gathered From Many Lands and Telegraphed to The Times Tbe K.e d of a Day. London, Jan. 29. The colonies of Australia have asked the home govern-ment to accord them privilege of nego-tiating commercial treaties with foreign countries under the sanction of the foreign office. The Daily News declares that the rumors of tho retirement of Gladstone are without foundation. BELLICERENT JOHN W. MACKEY. Doos t'p a Man Ulio Wu Talking too Much About Mr, Maekey, San Fuancisco, Jan. 211. John W. Mackey mads the following statement when spoken to in regard to an en-counter which occurred Monday in tho Nevada bank between himself and C. W. Bonyingo, a capitalist, formerly a member of the San Francisco stock exchange, and of late years a resident of Loudon: "Long ago I suspected that Bonyinge was the instigator of certain attacks on Mrs. Mackey, which appeared iu certain papers in New York and London. Having procured proof that this was true, 1 determined to punish him the next time I met him, nnd yesterdav when entering the presi-dent's room in the Nevada oank 1 saw Benjamin sitting at the desk with Mr. llillman. As 1 entered Bonyingo turned and saw me. He liad a niaiignant look on his face and made a threatening movement. I struck out with my right and hit him in the left eve. Thru 1 let him up again and called on him to put up his lists and fight like a man. In-stead of doing so, he fell and clasped me about the knees like a coward. Tho blood, which was flowing from his nose, poured all over my pantaloons and upon tho floor. My clerks then rushed in and removed him. The sound thrash-ing ho received he well deserved, for circulating those stories about Mrs. Mackay." THE IDAHO LAW MAKERS. Th . Agricultural College Hill Is Up to th. Unas. Today. Boise City, Idaho, Jan. 29. Special to The Times. Senate bills passed: For the the paying of a bounty for the killing of wild animals; appropri-ating $1000 to pay tbe deficit for the past year in the expenses of the state guards; $10,000 to carry on the insane asylum, for grounds, buildings and im-provements; allowing the voters of Bear Lake county to holding a special election In May to decide on the moving of the county seat from Paris to Mont-pelie- r, provided two thirds of tho votes cast are in favor; a bill was also intro-duced and passed as an emergency, granting to railroad corporations the right to bridge navigable streams and waters. In the house bills were passed re-quiring the state ollicers absenting themselves over thirty dcys to be auth-orized to do so by the governor. This afternoon th agricultural col-lege bill is up frr the location of the college at Lewiston. Tho debate will continue the remainder of the day. Werser. Boise and Mountain Homo are also after It. and there it a likelihood of final notion being postponed for sometime. The city is full of lobby-ists working for this and also for and against the numerous county division bills. TIIESNOWSTOliM Business in the Clreat Central Valley lilockuded by the Klusr of Winter. Telegraphic Communication in All Di-rections Almost Completely Para-lyzed by the Storm. TEAINS INDEFINITELY DELATED. Street Car Traflic Suspended at Hastings With a Blizzard Reported Farther West. Passenger Trains for the West Bun in Two Sections With Two Engines Each. A HEAVY FOG HANGS OVER CHICACO. Snow Reportsd From All Polnti la Mln-ot- a, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado. Chicago, Jan. 29. A heavy fog overhung this city and the adjacent country last night and continues this morning. Telegraphio communication in all directions is almost completely paralyzed. Dispatches from Minne-sota, Northern Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska report a severe snow storm raged in those sections yesterday and continues today. Omaha reports the traffic of all rail-roads west suspeuded. The Union Pacific trains from the west are indefi-nitely behind time. Passenger trains for tho west are run in two sections with two engines each. The Golden Gate express is reported blocked at Columbus. Hastings, Nebraska, reports that street car traffic is suspended on ac-count of the storm, with a blizzard further west. il'ilSipTil Kcapport ionnn'iit Hill lassel In the Senate by a Strict Tarty Vole. Amendment Increasing Bepresentation of Arkansas, Minnesota, Misseuri and New York Eejectal t;he doings in the house. Owenby Failed to Materialize IK'lbre the Silver Tool Coni-inltl- ee Today. And Chairman Dingley Asks That H Be Compelled to Obey the Subpoena. OTHER NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. The I'sual Wrangle Over the Journal Attain Omitted Dolugs In Committee and departmental Washington, Jan 29. In the senate today the bill creating tho oilice of fourth assistant postmaster general passed . The senate then proceeded to the consideration of the apportionment bill nnd Kdiuunds addressed the senate. The amendment! proposing to increase the representation of Arkansas, Min-nesota. Missouri, and New York were rejected. The bill then passed without amendment by a strict party vote. IIOtSE. In the house today the journal was approved without objection. The bill was passed providing for the issuing of a commission to P. C. John-son as rear admiral. Dingley, chairman of the committee investing the alleged silver pool, pre-sented a special report. The commit-tee report states that a subpoena to ap-pear before the committee was served upon J. A. Owenby, and that said Owenby refused or neglected to obey the subpoena. He asked the speaker to compel his attendance. DEFEATED THE CHARGE. Th. Controversy Hetween Clark and War-ner at an Kad. At the conclusion of the examination of A. S. Clark on a charge of having embezzled a note, the face value of which was $94, Commissioner Pratt dis-charged the defendant. The evidence disclosed that tho defendant was in the employ of Hush Warner, an insurance agent and that between them wan an open account. That the uote had been discounted at the bank was admitted, but Clark had an interest in it and the moneys wore applied to the satisfaction of tho other paper in which he and Warren were jointly interested. The court supplied tlie theory that monies in which the parties were jointly interested could not be embezzled by either, and the defendant was accord-ingly discharged. Mr. Clark and his friends are thoroughly satisfied with his vindication. It seems to have been a matter for civil and not for criminal proceodure. Ej.Goiernor Crawford of Kansas Pead. Gkano Junction, Colo., Jan. 29. Crawford of Kansas died here today of hemorrhage of tho lungs. A BAY OF LIGHT. An Illlnnle Pemncrat Votes With th. Re. publicans and f. M. It. A. SniiiNC.riF.LD, 111., Jan. 28 The bal-loting in joint session for United Statea senator was resumed without change. After the forty-eight- ballot, on motion to adjourn. Gehn, democrat, caused a sonsation by voting with the republi-cans and F. M. B. A. men. The mo-tion was carried, 104 to 100. Their Wants Almost as Number-- 0 less as t he Sands of the W Seashore. r The Government of the United States is NoJ Good Enough For n Them. w THEY WILL POBM A THIBD PABTY. z Demand the Privilege of Borrow- - O lug Money- From Uncle Sam's Surplus Funds. C"1 M And They Want the Government Ifort-- Q gages on the Pacific Bailroads Pore- - h closed at Once, fH WANT NATIONAL BANKS ABOLISHED. CD They Reelare That Women Should be Kepreeented at the rolls Still A Other Demand Hade. Omaha. Jan. 29. At yesterday af. If moon's session of the national fann-ers' alliance tho report of the commit-tee on resolutions was considered by paragraphs and adopted. It begins with the following preamble: WiMnre-u- . Owing to tbe oppression that has been he.iped upon us by KrarfpluK monopolism, rapititlM.v tru.--t and couiblues, we believe It Is time f. r action, ami Whereat,, Tito national farmers' alliance. In, convention di.es most emphatically derliir HK.itnht tin- - present system of govern, ment, at niatiipnhitiHl hy the congress of ttio , tutted Stalos and tlie legislatures of the gov- - cral Hates, therefore. I We ieot ire in favor of holding a convention. February 1:3. IsvJ. to tlx ada'.n anrl place for th holding of a convention to nominate can-didates tor the oilHes of president and vice-pre- a ilcnt of the felted Stati-e- . In tula pre. limlnary convention representation to bo one by delegate from each tt e In the union. The resolution favors the abolition of all nutional banks, and that the sur-plus funds be loaned to individuals up-on land security at a low rato of inter- - est; declares for the Australian ballot law; demands a foreclosure of tho mort-gages held by the government on rail-roads; discountenances gambling in stocks and shares; favors the election of president and vice president by popu- lar vote. They demand the passage of laws t reform, not as party measures, but fer thejgood of the government. The in-terstate law should be so amended and enforced as to allow the railroads a reasonable income on the money in-vested. The resolutions further do mand that the mortgages on the Union and Central Pacific reads be foreclosed I at once, and the roads to be taken I charge of by the government and run I in the interest of the poople, with a I view to extending both lines to the east-- I em seaboard. The free and unlimited coinage of silver is favored and that the volume of currency be increased to $00 per capita. Demand is made that all paper money .. I be placed on an equality with gold, Another resolution declares tAat "Wsr""''', as land owners, pledge ourselves to de-- V-- r mand that the government allow ns to borrow money from the United States at the same rato of interest as do tho banks. United States senators should bo elected by popular vote; the laws re-garding the liquor traffic should bo so amended as to preclue the endangering the morals of our children and destroy-ing tho usefullness of our citizens. Ve believe women have the sama rights as their husbands to hold prop-erty, and we are in sympathy with any law that will give our wives, sisters and daughters full representation at the polls. Our children should be edu-cated for hoDest labor, and agricul-tural colleges should be established in every st;ite." Chicago has been selected as th place for the next meeting of tha national farmers' alliauce. John 15. Powers of Nebraska was elected presi-dent and Augustas Post of Iowa, secre-tary and treasurer. J Harrison and the ladlant. ' New York Express. 1 am told that President Harrison himself planned the general outlines of the campaign that General Miles has pursued in corraling tbe Indians at Pine Kidge Agency. When General was iu Washington before going to tbs scene of difficulty, he went to tho Capi-tol for the purpose of conferring with the president and Secretary Proctor, and it was during these conferences that ths president, I am told, said to him in substance: "Whenever we have had Indian outbreaks heretofore, tha Indians have started across the coun-try, murdering settlers, burning their? cabins and outhouses, driving oil their stock and committing horrible barbarit-ies, the army policy being to put small force of cavalry on their trail and follow them. Now, I want this cam-paign to be a lesson to the Indians that, the United States is strong enough to surround them all, force thorn into ab-solute submission or kill them all, and I want to do it without bloodshed, if possible. If it takes the entire army of t!ie United States to surround them, vou shall have it for that purpose, t do not want haste used to much as I want no mistake made in tho final reult." It is only fair to General Miles to sav that his views coincided with the instructions of the president, and that he received them withmucti satisfaction. People Best to Avoid, Dab's Letter. There are other people to beware of as well as the affable w oman. Beware of the man who wants to kiss vou because he knew your mother bo-or- e she was married. Beware of the woman who want to use your name at the dressmaker's. Beware of tho man who works hard ten days, is in an all the timo and only amiable when he is lazy. Beware of the children who know more than their fathers and mothers. Beware of the Looks that are nasty and stupid. Beware of the people who tell the) truth at all times, because the truth it like a sweet nut it is sometimes bettei covered with a sugar and put away in a bon-bo- box; then let some man with a lantern go around looking for it. It gives tho men something to do, and preserve the truth. Beware of the people who are ready and willing to do everything for you they are usually the ones who wouldn't walk from here to the corner to oblige) you. and who will regard you as material doormat on which to throw of y the dust of their shoes. .' In F.ror ol the Klectlon Rill, HAHiilsBLitu, Pa., Jan. 29. The leg-islature today adopted a resolution calling on the United States senators lr.m Pennsylvania to support the federal elections bill by all fair and honorable means. PROBATE COURT. The probate court, at its session this morning, transacted the following buainess: Estate of Alexander Hrinker; case continued to Feb. 10. Estate of David O. Calder; claims all allowed and all ordered paid except one claim for (10,087.03, taken under advisement. Adoption of Norah Buck, a minor; decree made granting the prayer of the petitioner. Estate of J. II. Picknell; continued to January 'JO. The Foole in North Carolina. Ralekui, X. C, Jan. 29. The house today passed the sennte resolution de-clining to make an appropriation for the world's fair in the event of the pass-age of the election bill. THE BURiAL Or THE PRINCE. Broieele a City or Mourning Today Kernel at the Cathedral. Hrtssels, Jan, 29. Brussels was truly a city of mourning today, the day of Prince liaudoin's funeral. Black bunting draped flags and crepe being seen on all sides. The funeral was at-tended with the usual scenes of pomp and ceremony. There was an air of genuine and universal mourning in every direction. The stores, banks and public buildings were closed. The center of attraction was around tho cathedral of Saint (indole. At eight o'clock this morning St. Gtidulis was overflowing with an immense congrcgation.'which had as-sembled. This assemblage was allow-ed to remain in the cathedral until 9:30, when the troops marched into the build-ing from the several different doors and cleared it sufficiently to leave space for tho funeral service and for the distin-guished personages invited to be pres-ent at the funeral ceremony. The whole interior of the cathedral was covered with and immense sable hangings fringed with heavy silver bul-lion. The catafalque to receivo the coffin was erected in the center of-t-grand transcept and in front of the chancel. It was covered with a mas-sive black canopy superbly ornamented with silver. The cathedral was ablaze with light. The gorgeous alter formed tho culminating point of one of the most superb scenes ever witnessed within this ancient, historic cathedral. Want to Kerount the Vote. Lincoln, Jan. 2!). A bill was intro-duced in the house this morning pro-viding for a recount of the votes cast at the general election on the prohibition amendment. A WAItNINQ TOCHEKOKEE IIOOMF.ItS The Committee Will See That Tho.e En-tering Illegally Cannot Ifomeeteed. Washington, Jan. 2!). The chair-man, at the suggestion of the house committee on territories, sent the fol-lowing telegram to the chairman of the convention that meets at Arkansas City, Kan., in the interest of opening up the Cherokee outlet; Urge the convention to strongly disapprove the purpose on the part of anv to enter the Cherokee outlet .outrory to law and proclama-tion. The committee on territories will in-sist that any law passed shall provide that no one entering Illegally shall have the right to homestead. ACTION JNJSGUEAT. The Receiver Blazes the Way for Another Descent Upon the Church of Latter-da- y Saints, A DAY WITH A MYBTEEY. That is Finally Unloosed Through the Aid of the Chief Justice and His Colleagues, There was a supplemental sitting of the supreme court upon its adjourn-ment at nood today, in which the of the afternoon dailies were the petitioner. The proceedings were informal, decidedly so. There were motions anil demurrers, but they emanated front the various members of the court, who were now settled down to their respective desks. During the regular proceepings this morning Judge Marshall, counsel for the receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ had thrust A Mysterlooe Ioeument with a pale green folder upon Clerk Bates' desk. Th clerical limb of the court, with d and heartless , deliberation a2i$ tbcjlilo stamp and a moment later the coveted document was lying in chancery. Undaunted the scribblers subsided in their chairs at the reporters' table and awaited adjourn-ment. This came and Chief Justice Zane was besieged. "I have not discussed it yet." replied the jurist, "and don't know whether publicity would be consistent." Dovetailed to the judicial train the reporters trailed them to The Conference Chamber, the document in the meantime having fallen, eu route, into the hands of . Justice Anderson who was lodging complaint against the prevalence of pulmonary troubles and the chilly condition of the court room, in all of which Justice Blackburn con-curred, while Justice Miner threw back the lapels of his cutaway and dissented. "Yes," chimed Justice Blackburn, "Judge Miner, like the librarian, is al-ways too warm when it's cold, and too cold when it's warm." Hut the document. Judge Anderson had digested it wit h a glance and passed favorably upon the rcportorial pttition. "Tbe church kuows We Are After Them." said he, "and I don't see how we can embarass the case by letting this into type. The document made several revolu-tions through the intervening space and landed at the shrine of Justice Miner who rivited his eyes upon its contents, frowned an inarticulate dis sent and tossing it over to Justice Blackburn's table remarked that pub-lication at the time would be "to warn the enemy and to defeat all the receiver had in view." "I don't see any particular objection to tho publication of at least a portion of it" said Justice Blackburn Running Through the Document with the expedition of a "latest im-proved reaper" through a forty-acr-iiuld of wheat. "The reporters might eliminate those clauses the location of the several properties at which the in-strument is directed." This was a conditional concurrence a concurrence with a string on it, as it were with Justice Anderson and left the reporters nursing a hollow hope, for at that instant the silvered locks of Chief Justice Zane wero usher-ed into the chamber and the document passing into his hands he ruled against the petitioners. The dialogue that preceded this fatal blow to rcportorial pertinacity how-ever, was suilioient to betray the" Contents of the Paper which is simply the prologue to another action in escheatment, whereby the property of the Church of Eatter-da- Saints in outlying and obscure stakes atld localities is to be attacked upon the same grounds as those that were taken in the original soils It will be remembered by those who followed closely the testimony in the other cases that Uniled States Attorney Varian, representing the government, over-looked no opportunity to unlock the whereabouts of all property to which The Church Claimed Title, and it is upon this that the receiver is now taking steps to proceed, Financial embarrassments are also cited by the receiver and instructions are asked as to what course to pursue that these embarrassments may be overcome. The effort to secure sonio thing more definite through counsel for the re-ceiver failed, that gentleman replying that the document was in tho bauds of the court and that its contents were be-yond his reach at this time. Bancroft's Long Lite. Utica Observer. The vonerablo life of (leorge Ban croft binds us strangely to the past. When Bancroft was horn Abraham Lin-coln had not yet seen the light; the world had yet to wait twenty-tw- years for the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, nine years for Gladstone, thirteen for Ten-nyson, and seven for Longfellow, (ieorge Washington had been dead less than a year, Andrew Jackson had nearly half a century yet to live.Jeffer-soa- r tweuty-si- far,. John-Ada- a like number, Naenlnon twentv-one- , Byron twelve and Wordsworth fifty. Peace npat Helena. Helena, Mont.. Jan. 29. Both houses met together at noon. The democrats have organization and tho republicans have a majority of one. WOULDN'T STAND THE PLAY. Gurdnu'a Therinldor" Kirltes the French so That it Hei to be Withdrawn. Tahis, Jan. 29. After tho second performance of Sardou's "Thermidor" Tuesday night there was a riot in the streets near the theater, caused by the disorderly conduct of tho extreme par-tisans of tho theater. They hissed the audience as it left the theater and shouted: ' Down with Sardou!" "Long live the republic!" In the streets a free fight followed between the extremists and police, and a number of arrests were made. More ' ( violent scenes were expected last night, ' fc. "jut the play was withdrawn. The rais-in- g o( the curtain was the signal for violent rival cries. The tumult t in violence until the younger " Coquelm stepped before the "curtain' and ho was compelled to announce that ihe performance would proceed no furuicr, nnd the ticket money would be rel.irned. The theater loses HOO.000 francs in ad-vance bookings, iu addition to the cost of maintaining the play. In connec-tion with the matter lleinaet will ques-tion the government in the deputies, whether it intends to assure order with-out detriment to liberty iu the dramatic art. Sardou's play, "Thermidor," is as much a political pleading as a purely theatrical piece, llo wanted to depict French society under the "Terreur" regime ami he chose the month of Thermidor, or.lulv, 1794, during which Robespierre, St. .fust and Couthon, the three principal leaders of the revolu-tionary committee of publicsafety were tent to the guillotine. Sardou, a for-mer favorite of the imperial court and author of the play "Kabagas," in which ho attempted to caricature (iambetta, .handled without gloves those irreat re- - publican revolutionists. They had as a colleague Carnot, grandfather of the man who is now president of the French republic, and despite the terriolo deeds forced npon their will by patriotic ne-cessity, they hare been most admired anil forgiven in a measure by such im-perial or conservative historians as Michelet and Lamartine. M. Sardou having painted the epoch of "Terreur" in still darker colors than was warranted by strict impartiality, might have expected that the liberal nnd republic sentiment in the Paris schools, workshops, and studios would loudly protest against his "Thermidor." JVRcQrJS IN THE CULF. Many Lives Lost During th. Last Week of D ceniher. Mobile, Ala , Jan. 29. The captain of the schooner Georgiana reported three wrecks in the lower part of the gulf of Mexico during the last days of December. The first was the foundering of a bark at Chaigman December 25th, name unknown, six of the crew lost. The American schooner Maggie E. Gray, was wrecked on Little Chaigman island; vessel and cargo a total loss. The schooner Contest from .Kuatan for Jamaica canw.ed on theiiid. Eight lives lost including tlie captain's wife. REGARDING CANADIAN KECIPKOCITT A Prominent Leader of That Country Con-sul- ts With Secretary Illaiae. Washington, Jan. 29. It is stated that an informal conference was hold yesterday at the residence of Secretary Blaine between the secretary and Con-gressman Hitt and Hon. Edward Far-rar- , editor of the Toronto Globe and a prominent leader of the liberal party in Canada. The subject under discussion was that of Canadian recipiocity. F"ar-rar'- s visit is believed to be for the pur-yos- e of obtaining assurance from party leaders in this country that reciprocity will be acceptable to tho L'uited States at this time. The Grawtn of London. Wa are too frequently disposed to think of the rapid growth of our Ameri-can cities as merely incidental to the settlement of a new country, and to re-gard the European cities ns old and sta-tionary. It is tmo that their nuclei ara ancient, but so far as tho greater part of their built up area is concerned they are almost or quito as new as the American cities. They, like our own population centers, have grown unprecedentedly iu recent decades an the result of modern transportation and industrial systems. Thus London today is five times as large as it was at the opening of the present centnry. From 900,000 at that time the population of London grew to 1,500,000 in 18;)0, and by 1855 it bad increased to 2,500,000. Since 1805 it has more than doubled. Tho present sovereign has witnessed a gain of 200 per cent, or more since she began to reign. There are three or four dwelling houses now for every one that was visible at the date of her corona-tion. In the pust forty years from 2,000 to 2,500 miles of new streets have been formed in London. Who, study-ing the growth of foreign cities, can doubt the continued growth of our own? London is not an exception. All the other great towns of England have grown up as if by magic within this century. Tho same statement applies to those of tho continent. Paris is fivo times as largo as it was in the year 1800. Berlin has grown much more rapidly than Paris. Vienna has expanded marvel-ousl- y since 1840. This is a digression, but I shall coutinuo it enough further to remark that an exaniiuation of tho causes which have built up these Euro- - pean centers enrily justifies the judg- - ment that none of our twenty leading American cities baa begun to approach its maximum size. Dr. Albert Shaw in Century. ITALY'S FINANCES SHOW A DEFICIT. And Signor Grlinaldi Proposes a Number of Economies. Home, Jan. 29. Signor Grimaldi presented his annual financial state-ment to the chamber of deputies yester-terd.i- It shows a deficit for isl of six million francs. A deficit of 40,000,-00- 0 francs yearly is expected for the next three years. Increased duties are proposed on oil seeds ami mineral oils, as well as various economies, chiefly in military and public works budgets. The McKinlcy law, he stated, has had no damaging effect upon Italy. A commercial understanding with France is hoped for. CALIFORNIA FRUIT CANNERS. They Form a Combine with a Capital of S, 000,000. San Francisco. Jan. 29. The Chron-icle states that with one exception all the fruit canners of the state have formed a combine with $.i,000.(lli0 capital stock. All the canneries will be purchased for two thirds cash and one third stock. Committee on Comme-c- e. Washington, Jan. 29. The senate committee on commerce today ordered a favorable report on tho house bill au-thorizing the construction of a tunnel under cw York bay, and on the seuate bill to allow American citizens resid-ing abroad to register thoir vessels in tho Ucited States. CHIEF OF THE BRICK LAYERS. The Next International Meeting will be Held at IiKllnaipolls. Toiionto, Jan. 29. John Iloartz was elected president of the international brick layers and stono masons union. Tho next annual meeting will be held at Indianapolis. Quay Will Keply. Washington, Jan. 29. Senator Quay is about to make a public reply to the charges of malfeasance in office made against him sometime past. The me-dium through which the senator will make his reply to the United States senate, his friends assert, will make a sensation. OWNS HALF THE TOWN. The Augusta. Kan , Hank and a Mercan-tile Company Fall. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 29. The Farm-ers' bank of Augusta, capital $25,000, and the Augusta Mercantile company failed this morning. Both were con-trolled by K. R. Grant, who owns half the town of Augusta. No statement. ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. Terrible Storms Followed by Floods In Massowah. Cairo, Jan. 29. Advices from Mas-sowah on the Bed sea state that a terri-ble storm followed by Hoods has caused enormous damage throughout Masso wah. Over one hundred' persons lost their lives. The Mission to Mexlcn. Washington', Jan. 29. Senator Fryo proposed an amendment to the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, raising the mission to Mexico to the first class and making an appropri-tio-of $87,000 to meet the expenses of the legation. Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition. Piiilaoki.i U!A, Jan. 29. Special to The Times.j The sixty-firs- t annual exhibit! n or the Pennsylvania Acad-emy of Fine arts was opened today. It will not close until March 7. The scope of tho exhibition is broad, includ-ing tapestries, carvings, architectural models, as well as original works by living artists, or artists who have died within the past five vears. i --L A STAR ROUTE ECHO. Deed, and Mortgages Covering fttiO.000 Given by J. W. Parker. Kansas Citv, Jan. 29. A special to tho Star from Atchison, Kan., says: James "VV. Parker has given deeds and mortgages covering real estate in this county and city aggregating $110,000. Paker is president and practically owner of the National Mail company", which ho,s mail contracts in nearly cvury state of tho union. He is one of the defendants in the famous "Star . Route," but escaped judgment. To Save Eyraud's Meek. Paris, Jan. 29. The Rappell today announces that the. committee on par-dons favor commuting tho sentence of death passed upon Michael Eyraud to life imprisonment. , An Idaho Postmaster. Washington, Jan. 29. The presi-den- t sent to the senate the following nominations today: Postmasters Cal- - ifornia. Alvin W. Cox at Santa Maria; Idaho, Wilbur S, Badlcy at Caldwell. French Squadron Ordered to Chill. Paris, Jan. 29. The French Siuad-ro- u in the waters of New Zealand has been ordered to Chili. Amateur Actor. Chicago, Jan. 29. Special to The Times. The pupils of tho dramatic department of the Chicago conserva-tory this afternoon gave their second exhibition at the Columbia theater. The programme consisted of three one-ac- t pieces, in which all the principal parts were assumed by tho new pupils of the conservatory. Owenby failed to Appear. Washington. Jan. 29 No witnesses were present this morning to testify be-fore the silver pool investigation, Ow-Steamship Arrivals enby failing to appear. Soithami'Ton, Jan. 29. Arrived, steamer Lahn from New York. TWENTY-THRE- E MORE MEN MISSINC. fhls yill Swell the List of the Dead to One Hundred and Thirty. . PiTlsiiritG, Jan. 29. A special from the Mammoth mines says: This after-noon it was discovered by the rolls of tho company that twenty-thre- e more , men were missing in addition to the 107 found dsd. This increases the tntal dead to 130. Twenty-seve- more lead miners were buried today. Chicago Ma k 's. Chicago, .Inn. 8 . At the rlo-iin- tolay : Wheat-Stead- y: rash, Si;,iSi. May, ; July, cas. Co-- Firm: anh, 4 Hi: May. 15SS". Oat a K.y: cauli, 4l: May, iVf. Hr:ev. ,.'n 70. Pork s;a iy; to.rr.: May. Ifl0.2ie3'i. Lard- - Stsady; c.ish. fs.70; May W. 00(.5 '. Wheelmen do to Bermuda. New York, Jan. 29. Special to The Times. Fifty wheelmen from all parts of tho country sailed today for Bermuda. They will ride all over the islantl on bicycles and will sail for home about the middlo of next month. Hume. I to Death. PlTTSBi ltG, 4 p. m. Jan. 28. Report has just reached here that at 1 p. in. a large ladle of molten steel in the Dus-qiien- e steel works accidentally upset, and the contents were poured upon four men, burning them to deaih. A WEDDINC AT OCDEN. Willis G. Emerson and Alice Calklne l'uited In Matrimony. OoiiKN. Jan. 29. The marriage of Mr. Willis G. Emerson, one of Ogllen's attorneys and real estate men, and Miss Alice G. Calkins, a leading society lady, w'as celebrated at the Church of the Good Shepherd last evening, Rev. S. L'nsworth, the rector, officiating. How Col. De Frece Managed. Col. Do Frece tells how he managed to make his stage at the Stanley lecture pay him about $1,000. It is a trick worth knowing, although I do not think he intended that the public should be taken into his confidence in relation to it. The colonel went down to Mayor Grant's office and got a list of tho promi-nent citizens who had been named on World's fair committees as represent- - ative New Yorkers when we were try-ing to secure the location of the fair in this city. With this list as a basis ho 6ent out 400 polite notes about as follows: Mv Deab Sir- - You have been selected to serve ' as a member of the committee on recept Ion at the Metropolitan Ojicra House on the occasion of Henry M. Stanley's first lecture In America, Kindly notify ine at once of your acceptance. There were very few replies that were ' not in tbe nature of an acceptance, Every man who got such a note as that felt flattered by tho distinction and sent in his acceptance at once. Thereupon a ' second note was sent to him requesting him to send a check for f 10 for his stage seat. Having accepted the honor he couldn't very well refuse to pay for it, even though he knew and felt he had been tricked. Yet I am told that some gentlemen upon tho receipt of the second letter had tho good sense to write and decline either to serve on the "reception committee" or to send $10 to Col. Do Frece. New York Press. ;V - ".. e FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. William Gay Ballentine, professor of Greek at Oberlin college, was elected president of the college, succeeding Charles S. Fairchilds. j Speaker Witter of the republican! house of the Monlana legislature is dying, and his death may delay a settle-ment of the legislative muddle. Tho democrats of the house by their obstruction of legislation and wanton waste of time, cost the country enough in one week to pay a pension of $12 a month for one year to 200 disabled vet-erans, according to a correspondent's figures. It is stated that the Northern Pacific has secured a contract for a fast mail service between Chicago and San Fran-cisco, the service to begin March 12th. It will be known as tho "White Mail." It was reported in the lobby of the Reichstag that the government is about to rescind the law prohibiting the im-portation of American bacon and hams, at tho same time directing that sueh im-ports be subjected to special inspection at the ports of entry. 'o .v ! ' v ' ;.-- :: v. .. .t The Commercr" et Louisville. Loi isvim.e. Ky., Jan. 20. Special to The Times. The "Commerce" building was formally opened today. Addresses were delivered by the mayor, architect and the builder. New York Money anrl Stocks. New Youk, Jan. 23. The stock mar ket opened dull nnd lower. A slight improvement later set in and this was followed by a decline. At noon the market was dull and stagnant. Money N. wavA.Nav- - Konrs.cou- - j f" lKii"'i 70 poa CO Noith Amer- - Piwli'.c Ue.... TO Jem is'i Atrh s m, ...2J At ;Pa'tiic Mail.Xl't teutn'Ua- - jKock Is- - rii.c so - 1; nd t8 Hurl nuton, sti-- ' 2". - St. IxKit A D 'n ver&Klo 17 Sin Fran- - .irvnd.. ..IK 1 Cisco Nortierul'a- - n St. Paul & line 2H', I- I- Omaha M Northern Pa- - lt Texas Pac- - cirtc prefer- - - Wo... U red "j I'titou Paclf - Northwest- - 7- - tc ern , ft s. For,!0 New Y'.rk ft II E press ('eumil l.OPj Western Un- - Orejion Kail- - k J lou 78 A MISSIONARY SCHOONER WRECKED. All Tiands on nonrd ere Given t'p as Lost. Sav FitANCisru, Jan. 29. Advices from Tahiti report that wreckage has been discovered of what is supposed to the missionary schooner Pho'be 'Chapman, which left Honolulu in charge of F.lder Cnding of Nebraska. All hands are given up as lost. . ' '' i The Sleeting Postponed. St. Loris. Jan. 29. A meeting of the Southwestern Railway and Steam-ship association schedule to be held in this city today was postponed; date to be fixed later ''-'.'.'- ' ; '"V ' '' |