Show AT THE CAPITAL Tho llorUslairilouseSpcctal Coat Dltlee Holds Its First Meeting BURNING GLCRETARY PnOCTOR IN EffIGY Land OUcc llefjnltcrs iVelghcd ln the Balance and Found AVantlnj NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION AT I PiTS BURG PA Seslon cfthe Senate fctlcct Com fcilttcp Ou Land Beclama lion Dr Tel nrh to the > cir > 1 wAstiiteros snns The Tforid rape l uinilllrr Tlie Comlllton Apacbeludlaan WASIIIQTDV Jan 21The rpe t1herp cal cvmmlttro e > n the Worlds Fan iteli I its first meeting tins morning Mr Springer called I up his resolution providing that the llouie proceed I next Turn to Klieta Situ for the I fair by ballot and it was dkcused for au hour Mr Springer urged the j I ut Importance cfSjctUy action hi 11lJrnl I I Itton pa tti t proposltou He held that by iu a < > tlon o the Cannon resolution the Hou e has virtually decided thai the matter mast Bo settles t m1 na early 10 ttld as i possible and that the rry l practically under Instructions nud was as much bound T08 ond by tu < m as though they had been lomsulated He argued that theJIoum couldjiot leone In the mUcr until It cuhlc settled Where the tr w asto beheld > r the r Hut also declared in favor of immediate selection of a cite ty I the lou e and pointed out how ie ly ouJ Jtopardizo the chances of the fair ir IWtrUwuEut thedatefixeJ for balloting on the Srringer fxO tion Thursday net wa a little soon lit suggested that n Utie ton 00 reported providjus llu nfork prohug ur a del one bate hourand de-l iu the Ilouro a half next to be Monday ohirnycel for the presentation of the claims of onTucsday each ciiy to befoilowed by balloting that Mr 1rnk 01I1 n resolution theSpnIngereolution theSlr6ue oIUUonprovld tog fur blutoi in tile IIou next ThutJ 00 referred to a sub com mtttee cf three to report at tile net meeting of Use committee After much debate Afr te this was > wa adopted and a tubcommittee c = appointed as follow Chairman Chandler and MesstxHitt and Flower H iwcron i > EFFior I waj the rumored Cabinet here this morning proposed to tae cognizance of the projed fereJ to Insul recently of fel Secretary1 Proctor at Aber Secret Pdor den Miss bccau ieirjiUi refusal take ofi ru1 to takeofllchai omclallote of the death of deth o Jiflerxm Davis It was stated I that ci tin n of that phn WI draj d the Fed ofbotJLdJlI < eral builJingin mouruiniInlionorof Davis and placed the phc flag at half mast They theft lg hnf < ristufled an old suit of clothes and labeled llr Secretary of Star War and suspended tile ttligy I from a rope stretched elg street between strtbtIn HIM r l < ii nL And a I stctui tlte il tl suiject was not even nientioned mntIonr l tyo meeting anti further mtng > r that It is not f tot to receive any official consideration unIt I is tabIlohed conIder1ton tahlhetf tLlt FetjeraJ ohlicehoiders Feeral cholders IXtieipated In I tccnactio IJIdptt the IUJD OFFICE DEFALTTER3 Set Noble through agents of the Interior Department spnial I lisa foroome Dprent J me Urns Icat bee I lnvelj Ja InvttI i gat the accounts of a large j nl lar num bet of b receivers of public In dtfj rent parta of the moneys hetI country The accounts or a number were I found short and In Ebor these cases I r j vjgorouo aton 1 be token Upon the recommendation of the Seers j tary tim President has tost the following peremptory removals Humlnllt R W Mulching u Cals ipu f hortage 5000 JrcJ Io J M Swill Tucson Aria alleged shortage theUnltcd Elate 23000 and to private individuals I about J23000 more bterllns 8 Smith h Devils 5yfDai1rgetiPh1ortct I about S12S7 Francis L Anderson at Del Node Cute shortage about 3000 About ten others who have been found short n ill probably removed In a few days A dispatch from Woodstock Ya oys extouator RiddleUrger Is very Uidllt howandhlo case Is considered hole jets 1 thephyticlans ItFIEtrATn 30HI was chosen by l the house commltlee I on commerce to speck upon the pt pn long and short haul clause of the Inter State commerce law J > i rrow at n drawn presented i report 11lt r conference of the Imslnes men of San rancisco last August In which they recites the eAbtacle Interposed by section o of the InterState Commerce Com-merce law to through liuMncu nnJ cotniibln that competition with the possible Canadian 1aclflc railroad I not ADCMAI A Toronto dispatch stali that Mr Farrar a CanadLiu newspaper man has been secretly before the I republican members of tliu beuate committee on relations with Canada Can-ada and influenced them In opjxni ton to the commercial union bill In order to force annexation Senator Sen-ator Hale Mid the story was sensational sensa-tional and absurd The republican munUrs of the committee heard no one in secret session Senator Dolpli a1 member of the committee Also denied the fif trrr rauix cnA > DY Senator Hearst has IutroJuciil a bill to amend the net relating tc of Tn tills 1 production of fruit brandy The blllprovUts that any gripe brandy removed in bond may Upoi Its arrival ar-rival at a special bonded warehoUSe be dipojitcd thereupon making such entrie fllingl > ouds and giving inch other securities as bliall be pnecrllml bJ the Coniml = ioucr of Internal Revenue I hal be one of ttc condition of the warehousing bond covering te riilrits I that the principal t fedti In the font shall pay a tax on the spirit as specified In the entry to 0 paid before l withdrawal with-drawal Tho bill also provides that all brandy made from grapes found elsewhere than In l dltlllcry not having been removed from I ae eonliu tola w shall h forfeited to Lhe Government THE HlKSIDtT has sent to the Senate the report i made by ijeneral Crock and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Howard upon the condition of the A pachc prisoners at 11 Vernon Ver-non Barrack AbUitm The President Presi-dent rerommeinls that provision It I made fur locating these Indiaiis upon lands In Tudian Territory dud ytSome Some of the Indians have rend ered good service to the government in the pursuit and capture of the murderous lund that followed Ge ronlmo Itisa reproach that they should IOt In cur treatment of them lie distinguished from the cruel and bloody nnraliors of the tribe now confined with the The President has also ent to the Slate a memorial prepared by a committee of the American At < xl ntlon for tho Advancement of Science Sci-ence relating to preservation of fore i3 uiou the public domain The President approve the sentiments expressed in the mi mortal and recommends commends that legislation b provided vided to pretent the rapid and needles destruction of our great forests CONFIHM VTIOVV Receivers Public Money A J VIIey Humboldt CaL Otis Perrln Stockton CaL Gore H Fisher of Delaware first auditor Fishers nomination firt udlor FihcA loml na ton has been hung up In the room of the Committee on Finance for sonic time because ofcrrtftln chatgej but the rommit t t lU W i not be confirmed and E reported to the Senate this atternoon with the remit noted dSlllnCILDSO SHIPEITIIDIM7 i Irving > I ricott of the Union IronWorks Iron-Works cf tin Franel co gave sonic Interesting facb today l + for the house comnitlteu ou naval aflalrs concerning the Inc facilities for building war vessels I ut that citj The Itrgrtt battle thli he MII 1 those of 10000 or 12000 ton could i 0 built there For theprotectlon of Inland rUScott recommends that the government rlngle lurntc l monitors be remodeled I1 the turrets tur-rets were removed and the Vefelt armed with disappearing pins of heavy enllbretlie uouldbe thought give I very efficient protection Very Uliea Vlmlr LONDOV Jon 22 Xothlng has been published hvre in regard to the report that the batik of JngIind ha recently IjoiH n heavj urchater of Mlver bullion and is conteuiplitlnir the isue of j ound notes redeemable in silver as soon as he necenry thority could obtained Careful Inquiries in financial circles this morning resulted In showing that a few had hcarJ of the report and they were Incredulous as to its nccuncj Chief finauchlau thorities exprettetl the opinion that the report wag wholly without totlnifl III fact they usertwl positively that hit Hack lrtt lr land had made no uch jrarcliaSe of bullion and mo not buying silver tine > Portlier tLcn thl slnr clared that purchases of tlfvr were tc I not being made by any London ban with reference to the al legs Intention of tho Bank I of Inland to IMUC f sund notes AttiSntian wastlmwn to the fact that neither tile Bank of EnnJana nor any other banV In rMnl i mii issue hoOCh nttcs witliout ypwial h authority to that end by act of Par liament I was considered doubtful whether 10 conservative an institu tion as the Bank of England weuM be mating preparations 50W = ngpr for 50r n departure from its previous history before tor bforu definite authority hid been secured Silver bullion is I oneeighth of a lie liny lower per ounce today The I Bank r England rate of elUzount has continued at 0 per cent for some lime put PonMrs Arlit land mil ismsoTtw Jan 22ea The 1 Senate KjcU committee 2 Irriga lion and reclamation of arid lands held a fcession last evening Major ennlnl fjor Powell director of the if S Geo logical Survey explained by the tle aid of the alt maps drainage area of the arid region artesian well dls tricts and localities tret lceuiiticcnncj at some length elucidated his views 1me eluc atC hi iwl on Intel frriplion districts in connection connecton with the wil diainage areas of the regIon Tie Major read to the committee a bill Uraltcd < bi < by him which pro vi j < for a toographiic and lydro pr graphic survey of the arid region all for the HIUon of reion same Into irngable potoral and timber Pptoral land the tw latter to remain the property of the United States for me oCie pesple of Irrigation distibets The ill insaidma for flJ1 control or Inictthte waters contl Intette and the for ination nfwater districts trol of teStJt df Terr InJcr ort cn Sittarnl < nt EXelobois I PmsiiuHa Pa Jan 22 22An explosion of natural gag this room log complete raked n three story frame duelling Tohn thre dclfng Slip aged 25 was killed Mrs Slp Ile Theo JJInger r K years wu Thc I crushed and turned she badly will Miss Annie Slip < Very wl dIe Injured seriously and flx others were wounded WOtUdl explosion tome seriously The IIPl on was caused I in the by a leak te cellar Mrs l started down Into ll Ringer srtI the tO cellar with a lighted celor candle Ihlt cndl As she i the foot of the stairs the reached r atllr I and tl6 gas ignited a terrific nfc nnl terifc explosIon which shook oil cpl followed vicinity 11 buiiuiugs In t o Ticnly house was Its foundation Ii lifted fro1 n ounaton nod bloinr to At the tune blowl fleet i f thcrti tmn thee were ten In jcriO1 ia j the building J and all bUdI butaninfa an lulls al were more or lees Injured Inf at t I |