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Hut ma K think a great giuiaj aud they propose to stand by him in the Keiubhcan Convention un til tftfTast. Recent political developments have made penator Elkins more than a pos sibility. The planof his managers is to ."la Ylow'r during the first few bal lots, nd allow Morton and Harrison and Ke'.d and McKinley and Allison to kill each other off. It is not a bad plan, ind there are many reasons -sVhy it mat succeed. : Senator Klkins is one of the most re markable men in the country, although not iii the sense. that Jefferson B-ick held that honor. He was very-jioor ouce To-day he is estimated to be worth $15,000,000 and some think that in tinie he will be the richest man in the I'lnite.d States, His property ijon sists, first, of vast tracts of coal land in Vv'est Virginia. This property will be enormously Valuable in afdecade. The Senator is a stockholder in nu merous Southern railways. lie has large I sums invested on mortgage in New York and Pennsylvania. He is a banker on a very large scale. j . Tht Senator some twenty years ago )narred "Ilallie" Davis, daughter of Senatbr Davis, of West Virginia. Tlxis lady is one of the most beautiful mem bers bf the official set at Washington. It was she who planned 'the princely home! called ILalliehurst, at Elkins, West perb Virginia, which is the most! su- private residence in the South, not exceeded ven by G.eorge Vander- bilt's vate I?iltmore in splendor. This :pri- residenee is one of the how t, ple of tlte "South. It is situated in the center of a. vast stret-ch of moun tain ind .table land. The grounds-for milesQj.md ure laid otit in parks land .rni-cliiTiR, pcntde txnd --n-jiter-IallS. rihe l)resett-ves are stocked with gam of tvery description. Once a year ! the Senaior invites a party of friends to uamcnurst, auu ine lestivities con- tinue for weeks.v IThe entrance1 hall of place, is the most spacious in this America. The largest open fire-place ever prtilt is on one side, -and an oaken and brass staircase is on thej other. The illumination .is by; means of wax candlies. ... '..-',"- ' :i Alt hough the Senator is a self-made man, he is what many self-made men axe npt a scholar. His library iai the finest! collection of books ever made bv a prirvate maiviaual in this countrv. It cojmprises 25,000 volumes, and' the or reads most of the time. He is accomplished in Greek he .taught Greek for a living once. He is also a very clever Horatian scholar, andiwas the fi rst to call attention to the clev erness or Jugene i; leld s translations of th odes of the Sabine bard. When the Senator was 19 he won a prize for the best.Latin verse in imitation1 of the Cam Jen Saequlare of Horace. The Senator also edited an edition of SaT- pho, kind another of the first book of Thucydides published for the use of schodls some years aco. I In It brew the Senator's attainments are even more sumnsinsr. His studies of 0 xl Testament manuscripts have been prosecuted with vicor. and he and lienati corresponded for fully a year befoije the latter's death, having been brouji' nt together by their labors in the samel field. Should Mr. Elkins- be elected to the hi-ef magistracy; he "will unddutitedly be the most scholarly presi Sent we have ever had. 'I ,Sei itor Elkins is retMiy a territorial niiuri ate. He owns a railroad nearly 200 that Ills liniles lone-, which" runs for half .l.'stance over his own coal 'mines. ort-.c s are of the very ..finest breed, Whit. Jlrs. Klkins is the member, of the fan y most addicted to their u.se.fThe Sena tor. himself, like most verv rich mpiL of li is very unostentatious in hisway In the--'middle' west' the movement in lavor of the Senator's nomination is very COjLt sibJe strong. He has been careful to 1 ia tc publ ic sentiment iii all rpos- ways, and he" has avoided con of any description. He is not an tesUs avow! el candidate lor the Presidency. On the contrary, he has srone toi the length of saying that there are many candidates-preferable to himself: but for all that it is believed that he would be intensely grattfied bv the nomina tion, lie does not fro out of his wav to attract public attention. He likes his post in the Senate, and knows that he can remain there! indefinitelv. r Tlije "West Virginians believe he will secure the nomination, owing to his marvelous talent, as a practical n. It was Mr. Elkins who t about Blaine's nomination in vas the controlling influence in tjie nomination of Harrison four years later. He is sacarions in maifinnr political deals, and so, not a single failifre has diminished the luster of his record as a tactitian. Mrs. Elkins is a potent factor in th succ k-ss of her husband. She is a leader of W ashington society. Her fame as a hostess has spread over the whole Soulh. When she married Mr. rairina lu vt as a young representative injCou- gresi and she the "belle of Washintrton. for her father was serving in the! Uni ted States Senate. The rise of Elkins has been steady ever since. i Tltti Senator ow ns entire tnwtis "in i Ti Tipiilitv no nsnirarit for the chief I frifitfaoy can vie with StepWn lucrHf , , euiau ing - I 4 XVJR. T 1 PL 1 J- . ;ikini in respect of money. They 1 .TmV' "ones' alseu mm ; e deal of Uira in West Vir- iUK-l'i A"c ,ulS' u "F""" .mutu ? m- own i polity nroiisHj 18S4. 1 l irgmia. lney are built on tue approved sanitary . principles, aire sold for sums that appear ridicu ously low to easterners. Every business enterprise with which Mr. Elkins has concerned himself,1 has amazingly successful. ' There to be no end to the develop- proved seems ment is not bf his resources. The ; Senator fond of having his great wealth adv erted to for he fears it may injure hinf pbl itically, but there can be no gettm over the fact that he is to-day the ri(f hest aspirant to the Presidency of the United States. . KILLED A PROMINENT MAN He, Was Taken from the Officers on Bis Way to Jail and Swung to a Tree and Riddled With Bullets Uluefield, W, Va., Jan. 23. Alex jones a negro sperado, boarded n passenger train t Keystone last night. He was Swider thr influence of Vhiskey, very boisterous and quar- relsome. Conductor McCullough came censea, ana tneja an attempt was made. to eject him. he pulled two re volvers from a belt and began firing promiscuously through the train which Mas (jrowded with passengers. He emptied bothr revolvers and attempted to reload, but was overpowered by trainnen. When the smoke had clear ed avj-ay, and the - excitement had abated, it was discovered I that W. II. Strother, postmaster at Elkhorn, was shot 'through- the abdomen. The wount. resulted in almost instant death. Conductor McCullough was shot i l the side, but not seriousllyi in jured, and Peter Eice, a colored miner, was shot through the right breast, and probably fatally injured. I Jones was incarcerated in the Elk- horn jail to await the arrival of a'tr&ta lw wViUf'h o pnnvpv Viim A TTiiti! nerfym for sMe-keeping. The train arriyed i at 2 m., and the officers and prisoner boarded the train without molesta tion. Meanwhile a mob had been or ganized at Welch, 15 miles west 1 of Keystone and had marched to Hemp hill, a, small station one mile west! of Welch:. The train was flagged by a danger signal and the mob, numbering one hundred men, boarded it, and j at the point of Winchesters, forced the officers, to release the prisoner. They dragged Jones a short distance to a tree Vhere lie was swung to a limb, and bis body was riddled with bullets, the fallowing note being attacked: "Thiis deed was done for the purpose of exjample and warning to negroes. So beVvare." I j Soine of the most prominent and in fluenljial citizens of this section com posed! the mob. Jones, it is alleged, had filled three, men prior to his last offense. Excitement is at a high pitch. An effort was made by Jones' friends to rescue him from the angry mob, but it prqved to be futile. ' j W. H. Strother was one of the best known men in this section, and had numerous friends. He had just suc ceeded Paul Fletcher, who was killed a short time ago, as postmaster at El norn GEN. GOMEZ IS HARD PRESSED. The Situation of the Insurgent Chif Still Critical. j Hat-ana, Jan 28. Gn. Maximo Gomez has passed the village of Salud, south of Bejucal, this Province going westward apparently to the assistance of Gen. Antonio Maceo, who has beejn reported to be hard iressed by the Spanish troops inlie Province of Pinar del Bio. j The insurgents hdve burned some splendid farm houses at Vaguaramas, near Trinidad; Province of Santa Clara, and the cane mills about San Luis. J Ma$eo s position continues to be re garded here as critical, and it is con sidered certa'in that Gomez's attempt to march Avest is for the purpose Of -succoring him. ; Spanish columns pursue Gomez closely and harrass his f orce, compelling them to fight daily and i. is claimed here that they are b comijrg demoralized. Grave reports are circulated of Gomez's sickness, antl this, jcoinbined with the stores which his naen attempt to carry, is said to make their advance slower than it would otherwisehe. ! f The leaders,. Cay ito and Alvarez, are oier4ting in Santa. Clara, the policy being' to threaten small towns anjl keep Jthe country stirred up as much as possible, and thus make" it necessary to lessen the forces that can operate agaiijst Maceo and Gomez. It is no admitted that this policy "has beerj very Successful. , . '.... The government claims to be exj pectihg news of important successes1 from! Pinar del Rio province. j Th news of the loss of the filibuster ing with steamer Hawkins was received immense satisfaction. ! ALL QUIET IN VENEZUELA. .v-V ,. :; Resolutions of Thanks to President j - Cleveland Passed. yashington, Jan 23. Minister Andreade received to-day his regular nrivaJte " and newsnaoer mail from Venezuela to-day. There- was a lackf of official communications owing to the erious illness .of Mr. Eo jas, . the miniiter of foreign affairs. There js apparently no abatement of the strong r i - e x ' f i T ' .' 1 over the attitude of this Government respecting the boundary dispute.1 The legislatures of the States of Zulia, Berrikuda and Miranda have" passed resolutions - of thanks Cleveland and promise to tlie government of case of - an emergency. to President their support Venezuela in . Thjere is" nothing in "the newspapers to show any disturbances in the republic, but on' the contrary every thin1 is tranquil and quiet. . Washington, Jan. 28. The Treasury lost j$70,000 in gold coin and $16,000 m gcjld bars to-day, making tffe reserve I a 1 1 1 . ' , (Per. o- A r West most and TEN MEI WERE LOST Wreck of the Filibuster Steam ship Hawkins. OFF LONG ISLAND COAST She Was on Her Way to Cuba With 150 Men. AND IN COMMAND OF GARCIA The Vessel Sailed from New York Sunday Ostensibly to Take an Ex- . cursion Party to Bermuda but Sprung a Leak. . .. r ; Vineyard Haven, X. Y., Jan. 28. A nartT of twenty-five men who were picked up from open boats off Long Island, Monday morning, by the schooner Helen II. Benedict, landed here late last night and left early to-day for. Wbodsholl, N. Y., whence they sailed last Sunday. The men were the'part of the survivors of the teamer J. W. Hawkins, recently pur chased at P.altimore for an alleged Cuban cruise, and she sailed from New York last Sunday night, having on board between seventy-five and one hundred men bound, it is claimed, to join the Cuban insergents. The rescued men report that when the steamer was off the; stern end of Long Island she sprang a, serious leak, and the water gained so rapidly on her that all hands were obliged to take to the boats. ; On Monday morning the men were picked up by the schooner Benedict, bound from Norfolk to Boston, with coal, getting twenty-five of them. - The J. W. Hawkins was a steamer of 125 tons net. She was built at Ken nebunk, Maine, in 1880, andhailedfrom Onacock, Va. The steamer has been T "r.L"c "?""s-i'UBJ"r1?- uu harbor for some months. Two weeks ago. a Mr. Tinsley appeared in Balti more, and offered to purchase the steamer for a Mr. Smith, of New York. Those interested in the sale noticed that plenty of money for' ihe purchase vyas apparently at hand, and that the buyers seemingly, wanted, to get the steamer away as soon as possible. A great deal of money w as owed by the steamer to Baltimore parties. An old account of the crew and other ex penses were promptly paid, and an open account of a ship yard was also settled, lwo firms threatened libel suits for rKJhey due them, and their bills were promptly paid. The sellers asked no questions and the buyers did not volunteer any information of the future -of the steamer. This is the vessel mentioned in -Associated Press despatches vesterd ay con cerning which the Spanish ; minister notihed tle btate department claim ing the Hawkins left Xew York with an expedition of 150 meii, arms and stores, in command of Calixto Garcia 1 Si , t . ' aim was goinir routn to take more men and arms at Palm Beach, Fla., or elsewhere and convey them to Cuba. the schooner Alicia B. Crosby v.kich arrived here later in the day, brought l.i more men from the Hawkins. The men .displayed great back to Xew' York and would have very little to say about; their affairs. It was learned, however' that ten of their number had been lost. The men were transferred to Woodsholl as soon as possible after their arrival here and proceeded to New lork by; the earliest train. ' - Particulars of the wreck of the Haw kins had been gleaned f rbm the men by the officers of the rescuing vessel-As nearly as could be ' ascertained, the story is that the steamer sailed from New York oil Sunday, ostensibly bound toi Bernnida on a winter excursion. SK carried," however, 80 men mostly Span ui-rds and several hundred jjounds of ammunition. It, was Intimated that several ...weal thy Cubans w ere in the party. . Early Monday morning, they ran in to a northeast gale and the heavy cross seas, -which swept the steamer, caused' her seams to open and sne be gan to fill rapidly. Signals of distress were 'set.but before those on board had time to do more than clear the boats, she went down, about 65 miles South east of Sandy Hook lightship. The. schooner Leander ; V. Bcche Alicia B. Crosby and Helen' IJ . -.Bene dict, had seen the Hawkins signals and immediately bore down on f her The crew and passengers had already taken to the boats and they were luck ed up with much difficulty on account of the gale and high seas., The Bene dict picked up 25 men and among them being the steamer's first officers and steward. ' The Crosby saved 13 out of 23 out of another boat, but the other ten were unable to paddle the boat in rough seas and were lost. The rescued men were nearly exhausted. The Beebe succeeded in rescuing" those in the other boats, but she put bad. probably for Delaware Break Water or some other middle Atlantic port. It is claimed by the men that the Haw kins was unseaworthy and should neveryhave undertaken the voyage. . A CUBAN'S STORY OF THE. WRECK Over 580,000 Worth of Arms Were , Thrown Overboard. .'e w.York, Jan. 2S.-Jose C. Ilovuaii dez a Cuban who was on board the steamship J. W. Hawkins, Tan alleged filibusterer which was wrecked off the Eastern end of Long island las Sun day night told the following story to a reporter of the World to-day: . f "We left Is ew York m the Hawkins last Saturday night. The steamship belonged to the Cuban revolutionary party having been purchased recently by them for filibustering work against the Spaniards. J . "On board her were 120 men of the Cuban revolutionary party. In addi tion to this was a crew of 16 men. The' ship was commanded by Captain Hall C. H. Crowell was mate. V "We left New York at midriight las Saturday, from the foot of 138th street-East River, - ! "We put ont quietly in the dead of night, and in a few .-minutes' were steaming for 'the sound. We ran smoothly enough that right and all the next day. 'We had no trouble until 3 o'clock Monday morning. Jit that time the sea was -beginning; to get pretty rough and the engineer asked for help, . lie said that the engine room had sprung a leak and that the pumps were choked. , Two men from the revolutionary party"were detailed to assist in bailing the engine room "out with buckets. ..... ; - "Later more men were detailed for the same purpose, but the water kept gaining on them. At last the water came into the engine room so fast that Capt. nail told us to lighten the ship by throwing, overboard bags of coal. "The coal was piled up on deck. We threw it over as fast as we could, but it did not seem to do any good. .''Then we began to throw over the cases of arms , and ammunition. We had a great quantity on board. There j were oyer $SO,000 worth of arms alone. We had two Hotchkiss guns, 1,200 Remington and Winchester rifles, and one million rounds of ammunition. In addition to this there were 3,000 pounds of dynamite and a lot of raw material for making heavy explosives. All these things we threw into .the sea,1 which, by this time, Was" boiling around us and sending great waves over the decks. "We- worked all night and when day light came we had -thrown all of the cargo and coal overt card. Still the water continued to gain on us in the engine room, and at last it put out the fires. "At intervals, "all through the hours of darkness, we burned rockets and fired signals of distress. But it was not until about 8 o'clock in the morn ing that we saw any other vessel. At that time we sighted (three., schooners and they sailed as close to ns as they could with safety. Then it was that we were ordered to take to the boats. There were six small boats on the steamship, but only five of them were available. The sixth was so covered with wreckage, which had been thrown over it by us in; the efforts to get at the arms and coal, that we could not launch her in time. - We got into our boats as fast as we could, but there was a terrible sea by this time and the work was dangerous and slow. V 'Calixto Garcia was in command of the revolutionists, and his son, Car los Garcia, was second in command. Gen. Iiosa was also on board. These officers ordered Us to take to the boats, and we did so. "I was in the first boat. There were about twenty men besides myself in the boat, and it was greatly over crowded and hard to manage in the rough sea ; - -, "The other sixij' odd men came in the other two boats. Six were drown ed in trying to gfet into the last two boats. "We left the ship at 9 o'clock on Mon day morning, and" twenty minutes later we saw her go dow-n. She gave a great lurch to one side and then set tled into the sea. "There were no Americans on board the Hawkins. They w-ere-all Cubans who had been enlisted here for the cause. We only knew that we were going to Cuba, No one except the Captain and the :. Comander inew what part of Cuba we were boun tTfor," AN AMERICAN'S STATEMENT, He SaystheSteamer Was Over-Ladn With Men and Arms. Xew Bedford, Mass.,' Jan. 28, Thir teen tff the crew of the wrecked steam er, J. W. Hawkins, passed through here to-night abound for Jsew York, lhey were landed by the Alicia B. Crosby. The part y included nine Cubans and four Americans, the former indicating that they could not talk English. The Americans are H. M. Clarity, Thomas Kelly, Frank Thompson and Henry iselsOn. Clarity was the only communicative -member of the party. He said the steamer, he understood, had $100,000 worth of arms and am munition on board. The steamer's destination was some Florida port where more arms were to be obtained, and later she was to ail ior Cuba, Clarity i further states that the steamer was overladen, sinking very deep in the water';' There were 126 on board Sun day. morning when the Hawkins sailed from Port Morris. He knew that ten men were drowned while the Crosby was rescuing one boat load, ne also says Gen. Garcia and sixteen of his staff were on board the Hawkins.. A SUICIDE AT CHARLOTTE. Col. John E. ' Brown Shoots Himself and Will Die. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 28. (Special) --Col. Jno. E. Brown," a lawyer and prominent citizen of this town, shot himself through the head with a 38 calibre pistol at 2 o'clock to-day lit his office. He is fatally wounded and no hope is entertained for him. Ill health and financial trouble seem to be the cause. " - Brown is solicitor for the Criminal court of this place, and has been for years. He leaves a wife and several children. His wife is a sister t? Mrs, Stonewall Jackson. It is quite a shock to the city. BY TURNING OUT DEMOCRATS. That's How Kentucky Republicans May Break the Deadlock. - lrankfort, Ky., Jan. 28. The sixth ballot of the, joint session of the Ken tucky Legislature was taken .to-day and resulted, Hunter C5: Blackburn 56; -Henry Watterson 9; John Brojivn 1; Willson J; total 132. The sound money Democrats voted to-dav for Henry Watterson. ' - ;. '"' A resolution w as drawn up in the Republican caucus -last night provid ing for an investigation of the eligibil ity of certain Democratic members of the nouse. It is said the investiga tion will be ' introduced- and : pushed verv soon, as the Republicans claim to have good cases against a "number of Democratic members. HIT. SUSAH RULES The ConTention of "Woman Suffragists: ORATORS IN PETTICOATS Called Down by the President's Chestnut Bell.- POCKETS JUST LIKE A MAN Amusing Jhings One Sees and Hears . at a Meeting of Women Who Want to Take Charge of Affairs. Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. (Spe cial.) Aunt Susan 'B. Anthony step ped forward and took the gavel from Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, who had been holding down the meeting of the Women Suffragists during her brief absence of a few moments. "Well, we are in the midst of busi ness, I wish somebody'd make a mo tion," said Aunt Susan, dryly. "1 move we adjouru!" responded a sister from over in the corner. "Xo, you can't move that just now, e've got a little more business!" which ruling was accepted without a murmur, and. with a look of apology on the face of the member who seem ed to think she had made a bad break. All tthis happened yesterday after noon in the Universalist church, cor ner 33 and L streets, X. W. Last night there Avas a aivater crowd than in tlie afternoon. There was scarcely standing room. The auditorium was pentagonal in shape, and the -platform ..was almost in . the. centre. . There were vague liunors of a fight1 that occurred in executive session, and while everybody's hair had been smoothed in order to blind the jiblie to any signs of internal fcud.yet . there- were here amf there little outcrop- pings on the part of Aunt Susan which plainly showed those who .had incurr ed her pleasure or displeasure. Sho got her revenge in her introductions.' Miss Emily & Richardson came for ward, a spinster who, had scored at least twice in years, in spite of her titi tempt to conceal it. And here is jnst Where Aunt Susan scored. Said she: "We'll now introduce Miss Emily S. Richardson, who has been helfcrd by us for the last 15 or 1G years. J he hpeakerina came forward. her bang-frizzles trembling with rage. which she tried to. live down by put ting oi a young voice and youug eyes. but Dame Xature was on Aunt Susan's side and fetched Miss Emily ere long. She 'paused presently, grew a trifle pale, and then with a ges ture almost peiutant, she went down in her clothes; and got out a pair of specs, at which a laugh of triumph, heard all over the house, issued from Aunt Susan's sarcophagus, a kind of resurrection-day laugh as warped in tone as a crack in a coffin, j But Aunt Susan soon threw off this mood, and brought her lips together until her mouth, looked like ra large knife-wound that had been sewed up by a surlgeon. Miss Richardson con tinued, tmd was just in the middle of her sentence, when she was startled by a stroke of a bell, which seemed to be in Aunt Susan's clothes. It sounded like a chestnut-bell, and Aunt Susan had given it a sharp stroke. It was the "hurry-call" that was rung on nearly, all the speakers during : the evening1. - . ! When -Aunt usan rung it on Mrs. Miller, of Maryland, that lady turned around w-ith her manuscript, "skinned" three sheets of her notes one over an other as if she were sampling a poker hand, and looked appealingly at Aunt Susan to let her finish. Mrs.- Miller deserves more than passing mention Aunt-Susak introduced her as a daugh ter of Maryland, whereas she looked like a grandmother oiUVirginia and Maryland . combined. Presently Aunt Susan interjected the remark that the speaker, was a Quaker, and was for peace. Mrs. Miller stopped m stantlv and whispered to Aunt Susan, who announced to the audience that the speaker Vanted it understood that she was a "fighting Quaker," which brought down the house. Mrs. Miller received so much applause that Aunt Susan found her reputation growing too rapidly and rapped the lell of , time, but Mrs Miller had captured the convention sneakinsr of the men. She w as as raw- boned as Abraham Lincoln", as long armed as Henry Clay, with a face like Mrs. Partington, m never iu her mo ments of greatest triumph, once cracked a smile. Instead she threw- her blue 3res over her spectacles by way of danger signals that hotter stuff was coming, and it arrived on schedule time. She had on a little black "poke" bonnet tied under a- grandmother's chin with narrow black ribbons, and the bow-knot underneath gradually went to pieces. The audience grevy wild under her eloquence, which was Henry Clay at first hand and by the by, the old lady said that she was born in Virginia. All this time the new United States Senator Cannon, just sworn in yester day, was sitting pn the platform, the only man among them. He1 had mad 5 hin speech, which brought down Aunt Susan's folks with a smile, which was the highest mark of her approval. ' The" crowd was great, and. women were pursed against the walls. -"Aunt Susan got up with no foolishness in her face. Said she: "It may be against th law, but if it ain't, we'll just have a row of chairs put down this a.isle." There was a pause, bu no chairs were forthcoming. Aunt Susan churned her thoughts a while,and exclaimed; "Now the time was when five women could sit on, a seat, aed now w ith your-puff-d sleevef. you can only get three on a seat; you'll just have to squeeze your selves together to make way for the other women standing up." Thn the tjht came over tbi last order. Some of the women wio were in favor of the free, independent and unlimited Kpansioa of sleeves, refused to obey, a4 got vp and left, while others went together like the two hoods on the platforms of a vestibule " train, and more were seated.! Thus order was Itemporarily restored for the introduction of : the Attorney General (by marriage) of Montana; for Aunt Susan explained that this ticket for Attorney lady ran on one General as Miss Ella Knowles, while Haskell ran on the other ticket for the same office. Mr.- Haskell was Miss Knowles. and elected, married made her assistant Attorney General. She was a heavy orator, with aerated sleeves, surmounjted with stiff, trian gular affairs that shot out like two jibs over the .shoulders. One would have thought that the legal atmosphere of this speaker wonld have bothered Aunt Susan. But did it? The bell sjruck the bull's eye of one of the orator's greatest sen tences, and she turned. upon Aunt Su san as if she was in contempt. 'Did Aunt Susan win'ei-;? The gong sound ed again and the orator sparred, for time. There was a moment's confer ence: "Well," said Aunt Susan, "you can finish that sentence." Rev. Anna Howard Shaw is a new star who is pOshing Aunt Susan close. Miss Shaw said she wanted the women to go down in their pockets and get their money out'' for the collections. She didn't believe in women's pockets; she had her pockets made by a n'an tailor, and she stuck her hands in them, and the women applauded; they were in the same place men's pant's pockets arc: she said the tailor had gotten down on his llees to take her measure, the first man who had vor gotten on his knees to her. Miss Virginia I). Young from, South Carolina was quite gay with a new- bronze-colored si k that had just Iwen blown up into proper shape seeming ly by a bvcicle pnilumatic tire air- pump. She became awfully interested as she proceeded, but Aunt Susan kept her hand on the spring to drop anchor it the proper moment. The "alarm went off, but M s's loung turning a- round said,. "Oh, yes, just a few more minutes, 1 promt sed to finish a sdorv of the Tennessee.-. mountains which I began"- Saturday s ind I just must finish it, and she plun, ,'ed up the lennessee mountain but Aunt Susan pulled Hie gun on her again, and the story fell dead as a winge d pheasant; "for.1 said Aunt Susan had a chance to Mrs. Stetson hasn't speak yet," but Mrs. Stetson couldn't be found ; . she had just switched h er way out in hign dudgeon, and the closing moments were now fast approaching: for it Svas nearly eleven o clock. Senator Brown. one of the "news!" fiom Utah couldn't lie found. "Let Senator Brown stand up if he is iu -the House," said Aunt Susan. But he Hum t make tv stand In fact Senator Trown looked y ester day when he was walked m from' sworn in as if he. had Utah. If Women in V tali marry men tie danger of 1 for looks, there is lit rown s ever oeing a inonosramist even . He looked vester day like a lost dyspepsia. soul suffering with All distinguished themselves, and sat thoroughly jeontent on the plat form, the "Daughters of Maryland. among them, "prim, and pa'wing the "round for another half-mile dash, she the beginning of her oration, "I eay to 'you all right plain' row, I claim no fame and no notoriety and very little prestige," and wjth this she freed her hands from the pent-up Utica of her gloves and made the feathers fly in a way, perhaps, that thev flew for n0 "other orator, of the evening. W. E. CHRISTIAN. ABASSADO RUNVON DEAD. Suddenly Expires of Heart' Faiire at the German Capital. Washington Jjan. 27. Theodore Run yon, United States Ambassador to Ger many, expired suddenly antl unexpecT edly at Berlin yesterday of heart fa?l ure. Mr. Runyon had been in some what feeble health for some time past, but no immediate fatal results were anticipated. . No" longer ago than last Tuesday evening lie was present at a dinner given in hts honor by Lx-Empress Frederick, mothjer of Emperor Wil liam. Last sumiper he had planned to make an extended trip through Nor way, but on the advice of his physi cian he. abandoned this trip, and in stead went to Carlsbad, where he took the. cure He subseuently went to Axenstein, in Switzerland, for the pur pose of taking an after cure. Since that time, however, he has manifested great activity in the dis charge of the duties of his office, which have been. more jthan usually onerous on account of the complications in Lu ronean affairs, which have more or less demanded the attention and care of the diplomatic representatives of all nations. His death" will come as a great shock to Official and social cir cles in ISerlin, Adhere he w as, a great favorite. Theodore Runyon was bora at Som trville, N. J., October 25, 1S22. He graduated fromJYale College in 1842, and in 1840 was! admitted to the bar. in 1856 city councillor of New ark, N. J., in -85fi city councillor of Newark, N-J , a osition he retained until 1864, when he Weame mayor of the city. He was appointed in 1856 a commis sioner to revise apd codify the military laws of New Jerse3', and in 1857 wa made Brigadier j General and subse quently Major General of he ;New Jer sey National Gtujird. At the outbreak of the civil war lie was placed in com mand of a New Jersey brigade of vol unteers. In 18cj he was Democratic candidate for Governor of this State, but was not elected. From 1873 to 1887 he was Chancellor of New Jersey. In March, 1893J he was appointed by President Clevelajnd United States Min ister to Germany, and shortly after was made Ambassador, in accordance with a law of the United States Con gress that the United States represen tatives in Germany should le raised to the rank of Ambassador, recipro cally with similar action on the part of the' German jGovernrnent concern ing its representative in the United States. A degree of LL. D. was con ferred upon himby Yale, Rutgers, and Wcsleyan colleges. TURKEY AI1D SILVER -1 .'-'' They Occupied the Attention of the Sqnate Yesterday. - - THE SULTAN DENOUNCED Turpie Wants Resolutions Fol- - lowed Up by a Blow. THREE SPEECHES ON FINANCE Voorhees and Clark Speak in Favor of Remonetization of Silver and 1 Gray in Favor of the Gold Standard. Washington. Jan. 28. Foref fairs; and finance occupied the atten tion of the Senate to-dnv. Mr. Th of Nebraska, vigorously unheld a strong aplication of the Monroe doc trine and was ut times warmly ap plauded for the patriotic ring 'of his sentiments, .senator Turpie, of Ind., touched on the Turkish Atrocities in a brief but ery energetic speeeli; hi which he declared that the resolution just ( passed by Congress should be followed by a blow, a shot. which should crash through the Sultan's ser aglio sweeping back Mohammedanism ami auvance t linstianity. Mr. oorhees. of Ind.. who was until recently C&airman of the Finance Committee, ' spoke in advocacy o the remonetization of silver, and sharply arraigned those responsible for the elimination of silver from the coinage. .Mr. Mray, oi Delaware, urged the ad vantage of a gold standard. . His sneech was notable, in its nreKentrif ton of the fluctuating prices, showing mem. to result irom invention and natural causes and not from silver demonetization. Mr. Clark, of Wvom. -ing, spoke in favor of silver coinage. vnotner vnort was made ty .Mr. Jones; of Arkansas, in charge' of the silver; bond bill, to have the vote fi3ted for Thursday. Mr. Hill objected, how ever, and. Mr. Jones notified Senators to prepare for a test of endurance On Thursday, as he would ask them to sit until a vote was taken. A fruitless discussion of Mr. Call's resolutions to inquire into the arrest of Eugene V. Debs, occurred during the day, but action was deferred until to-morrow. BRIEF SESSION OF THE HOUSE. The Diplomatic and Consular Appro priation Bill Passed. Washington, Jan 28 The session of the House was brief, to-day. Co:i trary.,to general expectation the diplo matic and consular appropriatim bill precipitated no discussion whatever. Nonejof the foreign complications was even mentioned niul the bill .was passed in less than an hour. The ap propriations carried by the bill aw a bout $100,000 hi excess of those appro priation for the current fiscal year. A resolution rejiorted by Mr, O'Dell, (Rep.,IN. Y.), chairman of the com mittee on accounts for the employ ment of an additional clerk in the folding room led to a discussion of tbe number of additional employes carried on the House rolls under the present organization. Mr. pockery,' (Dem., Mo.), contended .that 12 additional of ficers had leen created at salaries ag gregating $15,875 per annum, Mr. C. W. Stone, (Rep. Pa.) replying to Mr. Hockery, called attention to the. fact that five Demoerats hflQ been re tained on the rolls out of courtesy to the t minority. "If we, are to be taunted," said he, "because Vc have employed Democrats, perhaps we can find a way to dispense with their scr vices." ; .. Simmered' down, he said, the in crease amounted to ix. The resolu tion was adopted. The death of Frederick Renann, of the ISth Illinois . district, whd died July 18, 1805, was announced, and the House i adjourned out of respect, to his memory. OUTRAGED AND THEN KILLED. . Dugby, N. S., Jan. 28. The h1y of Annie Kempton,the 16-year-old daugh ter of Isaac Kempton, was found hor ribly mutilated in her home at Dugby to-day. She had been assaulted and murdered while alone in the house luat night. The body was surrounded by the disarranged furniture. Her throat was cut, ami her body terribly bruised. Almot everything in the room v;arf bespattered with blood, showing that a severe struggle had ensued. -T"ere i is no clue. I , ' TARIFF BILL SIDETR ACK HI. - ! ' ' V Washington, Jan. 23.- Senaior Jonca -of Nevada, was-prerent jjt t-lay's meeting of the Senate eomimittee on Finance; but the revenue tarijff bill wa not taken 11 n. It is the understand- ing that the bill will not le ligain con sidered jby the committee until after the silver lnd bill shall hav lte-n di jKised of by the Senate when- it is now believed it willbe promptly rej-oried in some shape. ' I canftpt 'understand how turning over the; State government, ."liOrse, foot and dragoons," to the Republican parti', while we get only the privilege of voting for a presidential candidate who will have not the remotest chance of election, is "co-operating for a great and f undameniar.jprinciple," ivhilfr 1 must admit that this would "avoid our being sCt-cessfuIly, charged with co- operating for. spoils," for there would certainly be no spoils for the rank ind file of the People's party.-;M. L. Wood to Senator Butler. ' Col. In.jersoll wickl ly-'a'.n r' fnat he feci toward thos-e vUt lnie ix'cn praying'for him aivthr girl did toward the young rr.pn who " f-queeed her hand She ; aid: "It j lease h:m and doesn't hurt n!e."Tetter give h'm np. - 4? J
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