The Morning Call.

TOLTJME LXXIII-KO. 34. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY .'3, 1893— EIGHT PAGES. PBICE FIVE CEI^TS.

A NARROW MARGIN

Fighting :to Control theSenate.

:SHOW THE\u25a0 j PARTIES v STAND.

.f ItWould Seem That = the Republicans .\u25a0':lC°l>:^ila.vi. Small Chanel to Win|

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t;V'3 \u25a0:•":.« \u25a0\u25a0*:\u25a0: - in A»y Event. :-k \u25a0• • i*°.

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Bpeclal to Tits Moknino Cati.

r"%,-i WAtiuv'fTov, D.C, Jan:. Beginning{;c;"]yjithth'e oPwysarHie l^eg.isliuires.df funny .

„tSates "eODytjriewKb- th« Vlectio* .of United."\u25a0\u25a04 :iiStates:jSenators'aß their duty. In.six-[° ©I the ctntests-fif the..far there°

z-XMbattrcvr't^fal, which inYOlves'n'ot only the•°\

*fortunes >of iiven-, but Hi? control. -of tifi*uex'tUuited Stales SvnaJ?. -, frhsseViW)'ntests>fe :In six State:-*, nanie.iy ; Nebraskav

•• ilnnta'nai°CajiJror :niaVJisaAs a3 and Nevada^t

•'..•• TiieSeiVatjis Whoareeextai-n ofjs/ats-af ter'

I- v March ntimlier a* \u25a0 folio.*: Dem&cjais 41, .: Refablicftfts P-jvr.U;l«"ts \u25a0'?..' ;';:•: \"

.} Tbe'forty-.ib;ne 0DemDCTats re^&ade qp of•'those,.wbo - ht»!d .over "• or.-vvh.fi. cpnie.: fromStates whieb h^ive :-ce:rt«.iii- i)«niOcr.atiG.Leg-

'; blature<. °jla '"'.add-on to-tfrese, • two; new\ .Senators'

°from New .Yorl? and

'VVtsconsin--

\u25a0" are inoriWjed.-; -The :Rsr>>ibjicans\u25a0 *\u25a0 "•

ire made iivql.''Mro.se; wlu> hold ovi -r or.who•

%represent oertriii) to clioose Rbpu"s-.;! °.:^li^'Se^jsWi%-:.^n«:cW^Pp :i{it^is.tß^Puffer\\.iuAKy.ie,;hokl over aalii 189G. . 0 ;..- f' ."

:'°°<° J. Thes-e "jSgurea are. the basis, up.6o 'which...-. fno vatious parties miiM ;stan in.their cal-', eolations flh^ecoHng-'dotitrbl'.pf the .next.. v \u25a0^at^':T:he,t6tor^e'nib°ershjp ;

of the Senate.'. eigbty-elght, so"that orti>fiv«Ls-i siajorr-- *Uf.'-fliis;necessary-,, therefore, fnrthe Dem- \u25a0

!ocrats lo.seeiu 'aja. total of forty-four Sena-»; s:torß"ivh"icb»^wJth;th?:vote of,;.*y'jce-I%elidtnt..','=\u25a0. St»ye|isari,;wlllgtv^e tiiem- -.tiiiE| xe/ju'.site ma-• JorUy over the icons -and Povulists'••: combined. Ou Vk? other -hand fhe Reipublj-

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;-!-\u25a0 caos \ihtisi navs-tiie full forty-fife'

\u25a0- •*;Tte Popujjsts, ojf (jours*, have n" cjiahce' e°i.°. V. 'Becnytng a- nia.jnrit)%butt(re.!r power.°.°* rest ia i-eepii/g i>oth-tbe R?i>>jblicans and..-\u25a0. pemoerats Uelcw .the reniris.ite;forty-five

„/ Totes, so tri^tt))*tew PopiflisVSenatoTsJwill•\u25a0'. hold balanceaf power. ".• • j

|r':;' tbeforegpinif itis evident- the.situaUou,p;liich confronts tlited par.-ties is.smujijie^ up thus To.iasure'the-con-tiriuan.ee of Re-pultlican controj of the Sen-,

ate the • .IveDublicaii3.Hi.uit carry all of..tiie.Blxacub'tf«i -«ii'atQriaV conleits.; to Insuretne I)eto<jcr&ts control of- t-ii*.Senate the

\u25a03^B*e»4Crat3:"smnrti <!arryaf ..least three ofdsiibtlu'J Benatohal coatests, and to

insure a Populist Wance: • -power in theSenate--, t.l>©.Popqiists must csrry.at l?astfoar oi the six uqub-tfui senatorial contests.

NEW YORK'S STRUGGLE,--;Everything Must s.Bend to the •Ambi-

.;.-•: ::. tion of Murphy. r'.=\u25a0 °;. ''.;AtBAKV,"S. V.', Jan. \u25a0 The work pr,e-

/ limlnary.to.theorcanriatiDO of the Legisla-'/ ture .was\:erinye;ri.e^.tft}s afternoon by the"arrivaloiVthoNsit Fork.ami Kings countyvinambßrs; V'Judjre Griffiths and other fr.lends-° of Edward Murphy Jri'.6p'ened;lVeadquartersat tbe-t)eiavsin -House, and the secretariesof fceveral -IJeniotraUc'.jCQunty'; committeescanje:|n."wsth reseliifioiis- indorsing ilurpby."

• Kieiard- Croker £al}ed:upon:Seaator/Hi!l"\ thwaiterlioon. Edward' Harphy°.Jr. and:- \u25a0 LJeaieoant-Governor sbe>haa were there

too. and Hiliatjd Crok"er w,ent to New Yorklater, the former j»n route to! WasfiiDg'on.

;Jfbne of th*Icad'era wiH talk-for publica-

tion- . \u25a0 ,; 'l The lippoblican canciis' to-night' nomi-V nated a:ca-na:d?.te lafrSpeoker'.and" thus-. designated the leader of the minority.

Geoxge Malby was selected, byavote of28, to23fo;r"Hamilloa :Ffs:h' It. Hon. Wil-

,• ;. Ham zejr of Sew. York, was nominated by..:,:*ceJamati<ja lo.r Speaker-'at the caucu3 -of"tbe Democrats. The ottier .officers of= the'Hours were al«o aoimuated by acclamation. .

'*. Kew York, Jam. 2.—The Post's Alßaoy\u25a0pecial tays.: '.T-he organization of them:-

:°'cbmiajt^ 'lieg(sl4t.are,";the'' p.r'e)irainaries of

• .-."Which wiHoccur to-night'6caucuses, i«- merely • ihcldenlAl '• to *'the political pra- .gramme •whiy'i;the •Fjow«i>Hiri-!Sheehab*

= Murphy ha* been leagued together\u25a0•

• tocaicry.©Ut,.- Eyety:public interest is to be•trpordinJtted ijr.tiva- attempt to compass the'Troy brewier's translaiion t« the Jialls ofGoDgress. There was 1.-a,period scibn after

•;. ttie recent •ejection. "when- Uie ti&sses de-clared that Murphy would .be the nani-'rooxis ciipice of the Democratic caurus for

'• ';Senator, 'and Uib power ;of the'machine Is>

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'twine «xerted • ja9t •now. in M.urpby's behalfnitscvCT wa^ befare,-

=but tbe results are

.\u25a0• di»appTiih:ting:tpt*ebosfses. :j' : ; •

•:Thi& disheartening faci:has been made

°'.\ . more apparent lhan ever .to-day through the- ,expresii(;.b3- *nj.attiiiidn of the le^islatOTS• who hayereaehed the. city thus far. There': are Indicaticn-s of discontent on every side,

• :*«id-.ia.Euch prop&rrians has the ;spirit of-"\u25a0• re'^oit'^ro wn lhat certain .Democratic.mem-

bers bavo actiiaily• e:xpresß.ed.. themselves/ ;detenqiiied to,(to unpledged 'jn-io,t|ie Legis-:] •!. fativt.and' Senat' rial \then it is-,'• recalled tbat pnd'er the despotic d&minalion

J. cl thjs.macfcmefblrilt up by Hiiino Demo-': jciatic legislator has heretofore ever been

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other th*ti•an automaton :when- the' willof\u25a0 the basses was Ito be registered this latest'

.eyiden-e'e'of the warriaz of boss rule takes% •a s-peciai significance. ;..; • •""•\u25a0 •° ;

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"•:.•'::.) .^' OLEASON jioLDs ON.:,

c He "Will Be Mayor of Long IslandX'"l '\u25a0 '.'\u25a0s ':.:: City Another Term. I-

:. ,L<Kf°<j:;Jsi>.AJ?D City, Jan. \u25a0%—Mayor*: Glea«on rode to the City Hall tbU [Qrornlnp

and was- loudlycheered all along the route.• • •; When he arrived .there he fourtd a large\'.„'b^dij:olpclice on guard. . At.rioon jthe rival

!•• claimant to,thevpfflce'i TI. s!.Saniford, ap-:l° peared and the rivals hanus, and San-

\u25a0' ford entered formal claim' to. the offica'

jc.;.- Gieason replied be had been legaJly .[.••'/•lectis'd.Hb the -cf&ce, had received .the certt-• °

ficat6'^rfdbeon;B)vornlh,'and...that 'he would- • continue to discharge the duties of the ofQce.1 -\ for anoUi*r term." •Itis expgcled that quo-

warranio jroce?tiings':]^iir <^)eij2Stituted,J and.:• there are likely to drag.alflng till the term, \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0"• for which Mayor •is elected

ashall have

;s expired. Vj %° .....'4 ..•..".- \u25a0[: V'v . .

:,:"'['. \u25a0:i;:ptrr" ON THE SHELF.How the Wicked of Kansas Dis-

posed of Mrs. Lease.'..'°;; Topeka, Kaib, Jan. '2.—The intensity of\ i.[tiifchj^erjsVlpithl Sght.for.&Bnator in Krjj-=

c'e'•aihas^rs.ciiPaHy pyershada.wed all ques-'• 'tiohso^llejristitlbjD..The legislative ses&ion.\ does' not'ojien. «utjl a week .henie, and all?;matter regarding its organization and proba-

ble action \u25a0is 'In;a chaotic state. Both the/"senftto'iefaj-arid 'legrilative. questions hinge

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Brwn" organization of th« Douse. o TJiec KeM>bllcanfr hiiVe a safe maiprityjxjf one In

th« House, ahfJ there seems to be every rea- •

\ \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0" Bon to bejieve ttjat.HbVy willsucceed inor-\.% \ ganiztrjg that braneb.;?rhat ;done they.wiir

have pf'ver tn unseat enough Pepuli3ts ;to''y «ecar^ a:-major3ty;:on'3oiritbalbt and elect aif Republican successor to Senator Perkins.

[ \u25a0 On the other hand th.e;PopoUstyhaT"e a ma-• jority iis tl-.n 'Sehale '.of. three, ;and will be

\u25a0 r. able to unseat th« enrire minority of eleven -\u25a0" \u25a0•• Tnerjjberi ifnec«s«ary.f Both' parties, how-'•"

c ever, dt&cUimlany •iDte'Qtfop* of unseating.":•a'nybodii In that event ;the Repub-;»

c licans I'will,\u25a0; be ;•able, "\u25a0 cto-;:organ

• the -House, and the Populli:s; will have a'-. majority of three in the Senate.-, Thus the'*

= four etraiglit on..Democrats, Uireb'in the'•"'*. Ilouse. sod one In the Senate; will hold the

\u25a0S balance of r power,von" |Mat ballot, •the;•! parties in jointsessiou pttaz dividoil.'as-.°fol-. 'low.*:' Republicans Beyenty-three;Po;iullstS:

ieventv-three, pemoe'riits fi>ur. ;= * '• •:SenatorFerklnsVis- a.cfindidate fur re--

election by tie \u25a0EepTiblicans...lle has jnoopposition, antiwill witho it doubt > securethe Eepubllcan nor iinatioii. There

. are odoiencapaldatesVwhQlwill' go before:.:"."-.the

-Populist .cauci *.

'The \u25a0 leaders among

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them now seeni to be Judiie John Martin of. Topeka- Chairman BreuSenthal of thePopulist State central committee. Mrs.

.Lease Is.not -seriously a candidate. 'She h.assignified iie'r.acJceptanc'e of a place on theState Board 6t Charities, and that is regarded

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'as .disposing ol her Senatorial -ambition.She naively announced, however, that shewillresign from the B.oafd of Charities ifshe is ieh-eteq to represent the. State in theSfnate. :\u25a0; . . .*\u25a0 •' • \u25a0

ThJo>ituatl'on as regards the Senatorial'fight\villbe! further complicated to-morrow

-.wheii it becomes 'certain- that tlm Rtspiibli-

.'cans'vill favor fusion ,wttu the "Populists ifsuch a",step should. become necessary to de-fea* any plan having forIts object the elec-tion.-of a Democrat. ..:A dispatch from

•=\V'i.c)ii3astates :that auch.a proposition hasbeen, canvassed in the s<ut!iwest aud hasmet iriJ h favor. _..f. SENATORIAL SQUABBLES.

• How a Deadlock •Is Being Created in''•\u25a0'.-"• ° *• 'Nebraska.

':-. Li.wo-i.v..N'ebr., Jau. 2.—Tho GeneralAssembly, meets to-morrow an.d will haveqne.of: the prettiest: three-cornered* fightsonils hands ever witnessed 1n a legislativebbdy. There are three parties, and neitherhtts.enough strength to organize either

•House without help frxiinor*e of the other".. Thuafar no o|an of .coml'inution has been

agreed upon, but it is. possible that, theDemdcrHts anil independents may.-g et to-g-ei'l.er before the -session opens. \ ThisLegislature wi-l! elect a successor to UnitedStates Senator Paddock, and will be calledtut.'toj -enact important railroad legislationand to deal with other matters of vitalinipb;tanee : to the State, so it isimportant to each- party to be ab!e

\u25a0to V:direct tjiis.' work. It has beensuggested that the &Bti-monbpoly members,

irrespective of organize the body and• letth'a Senatorial fi^iiti take care of itself,and in this cennretion there peculiar'

feature in KnbxCpunty. By the decision ofthe Supreme Court on Saturday a Republi-can .'ivill be sent to the House from thatcounty instead of "an Independent, but toaocotTrplisJi this it is necessary to serve thecourt's writ on the County Clerk, of KncxCoiioty, The latter Is aii Independent, andlearning that the bailiff was coming to servetlie writ, dec&inped and the bailiff is* now.cbashig the fuguive clerk from place toplace.

"Itis too late now to comply with the

court's order<n. time for the Republicanmember to be present at the openine, and so

\u25a0probably there willbe dilatory tactics untilbe-arjives. =

* :••. Lax-sino, Mich., Jan. 2. —Several candi-dates'for United States Senator have ar-rived, here, among them Senator Stock-bridge, hopes to succeed himself, andex-Governor Luce. Boih claim to be-confi-

.dent of winning. The Republican caucuswillbe held to-morrow, but if some of theRepublicans cibelt, tne cbances are that adark;horse wHI win.

Indianapolis. Jan. 2.—The Legislature,\vhica assembles here on Thursday, wili

"hkye ncthitiglbut whafmay be denominatedday work before it. Senator Turpie willpe. re-elected without opposition. '= St. Paul, Minn.. Jau. The Republi-can members of the House met to-night andselected W. A. Lee Speaker and F. A.Johnson chief clerk. Tiieciuciis nomina-tion Is equivalent to an election.* One ofthe matters of chief interest is the electionof a United States Senator, aud there seaius

to be no question that C K. Dav.s willsuc-ceed himself. ffß

THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE.ItAssembles and .Effects Its Organi-

•zation.

: Boise, Idaho, Jan. 2.—The Idaho Legis-lature met to day at noon. The House* wasor^inized by the election of the Republicancaucus nominees ps follows: D. T. Millerof Bcijse; speaker; James A.Locke of Bell-jiie,sergean't-at-arms. and Monroe Daggettof Kootenai County, doorkeeper. After theapcointment of a committee to wait on theGovernor the' House adjourned till to-mor-.row. Iv the. Senate tern pr.rary organizationonly was effected. J. H. WicVersbam (D.)was chosen secretary and George Williams.(P.) sergeant-nt-arm*. Governor McCon-nell and other State officers were sworn into-day without ceremony,

POLITICAL DRIFT.Tbe-Republicans Capture the North" * ••Dakota Legislature.. Bismarck,' N. D, Jan. 2.—The membersof the Nqrtb D.ikota Legislature, which

. convenes to-morrow, spent the day in caii-cusing, and a redhot fight between thefriends of the three-candidates for Speakeraazed all day. Itlooks now as if the Re-publicans.wi 11 organize both house*.. Cheyexxe, Wyo., Jan- John Osborne,wlioseized the executive office at the capitala month ago is now recognized as Governor,

cßarber havrn-g relinquished the office to hisDemocratic: successor. borne has filedliis oath with the Secretary of State.•Pittsbuplg. Jan. The natiou.il legis-

lative co!i»u>i!tee ol the Junior Order of.American -Mechanics met here to-day and'too.k the initiative steps in an aggressivecrusade that, is to be inaugurated againstforeign immigration. Tne proceedingwere guarded with the utmost secrecy, butitis lean.cd that only the preliminary steps

were taken.'. •

THE DAY WAS QUIET.

Washington Opens the New Yearin a Host Unusual Way.

•There: Was Mourning at the White','}\u25a0' House and the Social Leaders

Received No Quests.

.: ppecla! to TbeMobkiks-Calz. ..o

"Washington, Jan. 2.— To-day was the

quietest New Ye»r Washington ha 3ex-perienced withinlivingmemory. The White.Uouse'fs not oo!y a bouse of mourning butis quarantined byreason of infectious fever.

,The Cabinei officers and leading oftirials ofthe Government followed the example oftheChiefExecutive, and no official receptionswere held. Speaker Crisp beins sick, thoughbot^eriouslyso. Mis. Crisp did not receive,and at. neatly all the leading hotel3thecustom which has l/een observed for manyyears by the -lady guost& of holding recep-tions in Ibo parlors was this year quitted.Very few private residences kept openhouse.

* •• New York, Jan. 2—President-electCleveland passed .New Year's day veryquietly at home, .He dined at home this

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evening and afterward -received a few for-mal callsfrom friends.

..' PHENOMENAL GAYETY.The Duke of York Gets a Handsome

.• :' New Year's Gift.'".:Loudox, Jan. 2,

—There was phenomenal

New Year's gayety at Osborne House thisvyeniufr. All the children of the royalfamily w.ere preeeut/ A concert was givenby the military band early in the evenand later ttie Duke and lJuchess rf Con- jnaught, the Princess Louise and the Mar-

.quis Of JLorne and several others gavetableaux vlvants. The Duke of York waspromoted to a canlaincy of the navy." C">

Trial of the Rustlers.\u25a0 Cdeten-ne, Wyjo.*, Jan. 2.—The cattlfl-tiien's trial for tha'Johnsoh County murders

.:was'besun Leforo Judge Scott tbls mtfrnlniMAbout fifteen ct the tuea -indicted failed to:apptat and their biil was fo:feited. -^A:ruction lor a continuance was;mads by thedefense on accounf-of the absence of Mar-shal Williams, and after hearing argumentJudge Scott took tbe matter under ad?iie-

'.ment until to-niorrow morning.-:i: . " • -—-—

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;An Editor Dead.

New Yokk. Jan. 2.— Mrs. Martha J.Lamb, editor of the Magaziue ol AmericanHistory, died here to-day.

WARNED BY KINGS

Indiscreet Utterances ofthe Kaiser.

EVEN HIS PRAISE NOT WISE.

This Is the Speech-Making Season,and AllGermany Trembles

in Apprehension.

Sffc!*'. to Thk Morning Call.

New Yor.K, Jan. 2.—Edmund Yatescables to. the Tribune from London: TnoGerman Emueror ha3announced his inten-tion of pnyln'c another visit to Cowes thisyear, and he intends to bo there for theroyril yacht squadron's regattas which be-gin August I. The Emperor willcome overin his new yacht, which is being built atElding and is no-v nearly finished. 11*5 isreported to have received a caution fromthe King of Saxony and Grand Dukft ofBaden against any further public euloK>esof his Brandenburgers. The partialitywnlch he evinced so stentitiously for Mieinhabitants of that province and his fre-quent extravagant 'j'anegyrics on their loy-alty and bravery have provoked a feeling

of angry resentment throughout all theother provinces of Prursia and also In Sax-ony, Bavaria and other States of the em-pin-, to .whose assistance the Empeior's

Grandfather was so nuch Indebted in 1870.The speech-making season in Berlin is nowbeginning, and in. court and official circlesit is earnestly hoped that the Emperor willbe more discreet in Ins public utterancesthan bn was last winter.

The Prince of Wales' new racing cutterIs to be built by Messrs. Ilendersou of theAnchor line, in their eadowside yard onthe Clyde, and they are also constructing afirst-class composite yacht, eighty-five leetover all, for the Earl of Dunraven.

According to the newspapers the Dublinpolice are satisfied that the dynamite ex-plosion on Christmas evening was.a purelytrade outrage and without any politicaluig-nificance. -. i^ffißOP

Ever since the election the conviction hasbeen gaining ground Rtnong the rank audfile of the Liberal party that the Ghdstonegovernment cannot long retain office. Longago one of the mon clear-sighted Gladston-lans epigrammatically expressed his seriousbelief that "they would net live through theaddress." This belief Is now general, botham one

'Liberals and Conservatives.

Thero is, however, a very strong

aversion on both sides of the Ilouse toanother general election for at least twelvemonths. The funds are pretty well ex-hausted, and electioneering energy find en-thusiasm are in need of a, pericd of:recu-peration. What will happen then .ifGladstone suffers defeat, ns It is quielikely he may do within three innntl.softhe reassembling of Parliament? Thequery cannot be auswered with any posi-

tiveness as yet. But it Is worth while toput it on iecord that under the circum-stances itis highly probable that the Queenwould -invite trio Duke of Devonshire toform a ministry, which would only De in-tended 88 a step-gat ,but which might doniucli good work. This course is not accept-able to the Conservatives, and whether itwillprove feasible time must show.Ihave had an opportunity of seeing the

complete li»t of the pictures already se-lected to represent British art ct theChicago Exhibition. It is strongly repre-sentative, and reflects great credit, on SirHeiiry Wend aud Mr.Beck, who hare, h;td

the matter in band. It hut, however, itsweak spots, as these gentlemen frankly

admit. For instance, it lacks a really first-class Hook. There teems a possibility thatLuke Fil<>s may not be repre*ented. Thecommittee is most anxious to obtain aworthy specimen of his work, but so farhas not been success'ul.Inote that the Queeri has promised to

send to Chicago Lady Butler's "801lCall"and Charlton's "Jubilee Procession" an-i"Freemason." The Prince of Wales alsocontributes, and nearly all our great col-teeton are represented, including the latestacquisition of McCulloch, of Broken Hillfame, who has acain become a tampertoast in a certain corner of Hanover Sj'iaroby reason of his commission for six-f > utcrsand even, if Iam not misinformed, nine-footers against his return from Australia.

Apprehension* have been expressed,serious in some quarters, humorous inother*, as to what would happen in casethe ship conveying these artistic treasuresshould never reach her destination. Iamable to assure intending exhibitors andothers concerned tint the Dtctures willbesent over in «evernl ships. The risk in anycase would be small, as any one desiring toinsure could easily satisfy himself. Still,it is just as well tlmt an irreducible mini-mum should be attained, as it will be bythis procedure of the committee.

SPANISH ANARCHISTS.

Cool Heads Avert a Dangerous Demon-stration.

Barcelona, Spam. Jan. 2.—

Fifteenhundred anarchists here held a reunionlast eveniug to celebrate the new year.

'J hero was much talk of a most incendiarydescription, and several ol the speakers,including the noted female leader, TheresaClaremunt, predicted a reign of bloodshedand terror In Spain during the year justopened. These incenriiary utterances weremet with shouts of the most enthusiasticapproval and a dangerous demonstrationwas ouly averted by the counsels of coolerheads. The authorities had not attemptedto Interfere with the meeting, but m^deextraordinary preparations for the possi-bilityof an uprising.

The Minister of the Interior has Intelli-gence that several hundred pounds of dynamite have disappeared from the mines inSouth Spain, and the authorities continueto receive threatening letters both here andin the provinces. The police are closelywatching the anarchists In every part ofSpain, and particularly in Valencia, whichis regarded as the active center of themovement.

TO SUCCEED FRANCE.An American Diplomat After the

Panama Concession.Panama, Jan. 2—F. ISushnell, special

Commissioner of the United States, is here,o-ier.-sibly to inquire Into the quarantineregulations of Colombia, but It is rumoredthat he has a murh more delicate and im-portant mission, namely that of preparingthe wny for a diversion to the United Statesof Ihe Panama canal concession, tfushnellis the editor of the Lincoln (Xebr.) Call, andwas selected, it is said, by Egan, Ministerto Chile. It is understood that Busbnell isempowered to treat with Colombia in casethe French Company releases its conces-sion, which the- State Department at Wash-ington fullyexpects willbe the case.

Paris, Jan. 2.—The Economisto lays thedecline of securities on the European ex-changes since the beginning of the Panamaproceedings amounts to at least 2,800, G00,000francs.

UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER.Why the Gallia Did Not Stop to Help

the I'mbria.Queenstown, Jan. 2.

—The Cnnard

steamer Gallia, whose captain refused tostand by whon the captain of the disabledsteamer Umbria signaled for assistance,arrived hero this morning. When asked bythe Associated Piess as to hit reasons forrefusing to help the Umbria, Captain Fer-guson declined Umake any statement untilhe lirt'l communicated with headquarters.It is said unofficially that the Umbria didnot signal the Gallia to stand by to save life,and that therefore the Gallia proceeded onher voyage. There Is a crowing: impressionthat ttia Gallia end Umbria understood eachotiier, and tnat the Umbria mead that its

signals should be interpreted and acted onjust as they were by the Gillia, the com-manders of both vessels being satisfied thatthe Unibria could make her way to NewYork una ded.

FIGHTING THE SALOONS.

Women of Canada Engaged in a Cru-sade at the Polls.

Niagara Falls Ontario, Jan. 2.—Mu-nicipal elections were held in all tin" towns

and cities of Ontario to-day. In Londonthe isrue wtis a proposition to close all thesalo'>n3 every evening after 7 o'clock.Women property-owners are entitled tovote, and there are 950 names of such onthe lists. Under the leadership of Mrs.Daniel Holme?, an American woman, theyand their friends were actively at work forthe enactment of this law, and made ahouse-to-house canvass. The saloon audhotel men have about given up the contest.

WHEAT IN LONDON.

On the Whole Prices Have ImprovedDuring the Year.

London, Jan. .2.—The Mark Lane-Eit-press says: Owing to small deliveriesEnglish wheat* are iv increased deumiii!.and prices are better. Another week'sfrost willprobnUy cause v;ilues to increaseIs Gd. The review of last year's tradeshows .a fall during tlinyear ol lOs 7<l perquarter. Indian wheat is 9:!, Russian andred winter 64, and fine white foreign 2ddearer. - : • : ;

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TROUBLE IN EGYPT.The Mahdists Are Again Active Along

the Upper Nile.Cairo, Jan. St.—On Saturday a larg« party

of dervishes attacked the village ol Gemai,near Wady Haifa, but were repulsed after afierce fight. In which several were hilled.On Sunday a second attack was made, butthe raiders were again driven off altei anumber of them were killed.

ROUTED THE TROOPS.

Desperation of the Unemployedin Holland.

They Put the Police to Flight and Re-pulsed the Soldiers Sent to

Quell Them.

Ppeclal to The Morning Cam.

Amstekdam, Jan. 2.—Tho unemployed ofZwarUluis, in Overyssel,; held an outdoormeeting to-day, and after listening to sev-eral anarchist speeches began rioting. Theyvisited all the finest houses, smashing win-dows and . stoned several conspicuous resi-dents of the town. When the police ap-proached the rio'ers attacked them with,sticks, and stones. ,Arioter,was shot deadby the police, at whon lie. was aiming acarbine, and two policumen were beateninto unconsciousness, and many rioterswere wounded. About thirty of thd rioterswere arrested.

Similar riots took place at PeVlla andStpperuiper. The police were put to flightby the ni tb in Sap'pefmeer after six police-men had been wounded. The militarywere called out and charged the raob, butthey were repulsed, leaving behind them asoldier who was almost beaten to deat:i.They then opened fire. , Two of the rioterswere killed, five othars severely woundt-dand many slightly wounded. Twenty in*vwere arrested.

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The Kaiser Will Not Tolerate It InGermany.

Bebi.ix, Jan. 2.— Tho serious characterof the coal-miners' strike* in Sears districthas constrained the authorities to send four,battalions of troops and a large force ofgendarmes to the scene. The strikers haveincreased in number to 22,000. Many ofthem are armed, ami serious rioting is re.ported at several places in the district!Many men willing, to work have beeuforced to quit. The socialists and anarchistsare behind the movement. The Kaiser hasgiven orders to have the rioting suppressedat any cost.

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PARNELLITE RIOTERS.Too Much New-Year Celebration in the

Town of Killrush.Dublin*, Jan. 2.— A party of Parnellists

at Killrush, County Clare, celebrating thenew year last night, started out to see thetown, and a* there were no police riotedthrough the streets most of the night, ston-ing the houses of anti-Parnollites, breakingwindows and doing other damage, friclit-ening the inmates of resi-lences and threat-ening them with all sort* of violence.Among the houses attacked were tho Work-lngmen's Club, the Temperance Hall andthe residences of the Town Commissionersand other: who have been active opponentsof the Tarnellltes. A number of rioterswere arrested to-dny.

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YO TAMBIEN'S BROTHER.Sold for the Highest Price Ever Paid

for a Yearling.Ni.av Yohk, Jan. 2.— A special from Lex-

Ineton. Ky., says that the Kendnl stable hassecured from the California breeder, Theo-dore Winter*, the refusal of a *urklin£studcflr, a full brother to the Hying filly.YoTambien. for the reputed price of $45,(>C0,the transfer to take place in the colt's year-ling form. The sum named is not onlygreater than any yearling has yet sold for inAmerica, but tops the world's best recordIn that respect The colt is said to be theexact counterpart of his sensational sister.

:*URGE DENIES IT.He Courts the Fullest Investigation

of All Charges.Boston, Jan. 2.—Dick Burge. through his

backers, has Issued a denial of the chargesniHiin against him which purported toemanate from George McDonald. Bureesays the statements are false even to theminutest details. lie courts the fullest in-quiry, *nd calls for the publication of allletters taid to come from him.

.».Gathering for a Lynching.

Bakkksiif.lo, N. C, Jan. 2.— There ismuch excitement here over a threa'eneel at-tack on the jail for the purpose of lynchingCalvin Snipes, confined for the murder ofIsaac Osborn. Twenty-five deputies areguarding the jail. A small mob has alreadybeen repulsed, but a larger one is gather-ing, and a fight is anticipated.

Swindled a Mine-Owner.Vienna, Jan. 2.—A warrant has been

Issued for the arrest of Ernest Roederer, npretended journalist, who is accused ofswindling John Simon Bergheim, an Amer-ican mine-owner, out of $100,000.

Threatened Dissolution.Berlin, Jan. 2.—At his New Year's re»

ception yesterday Emperor William, in thecourse of his address, said the Reichstagwould be dissolved unless it passed thearmy bilL

Death of a Baptist Divine.Augusta, Ga., Jan. 2.—Key. John T.

Burrows, J> D., who had attained a nationalreputation for eloquence and efficiency inthe Baptist pulpit, died to-day at the ageof 79.

An Entomologist Dead.London, Jan. 2.—John Obadiah West-

wood, the honorary president of the BritishEntomological Society, died to-d»y.

A Dying Cardinal.Taius, Jan. 2.—Charles

'Philip.Place,

Cardinal, priest and Archbishop ofRennos,Is dying."/ ;;'.\u25a0.: ..',';'.-.:'L:

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FEAR OF CHOLERA.

The Strange Disease ofthe Convicts.

NO TRACE OF POISON FOUND.

Dr. Robertson Proposes to IsolateHimself With the Stricken Men

and Do Battle With Death.

Special to The Mobnino CftUk

Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 2.—Dr. J. J.Robertson, the penitentiary physician,returned this morning from St. Loui«,whfie he ha» been for the past week await-ing tha result of the chemicTl annlysi* ofthe vital organs of the two convicts whinemysterious death occurred on Monday.Dr. Curtman made eieht tests and found notraces of poison in any of the organ*. Inhis report ho suegpsted that a bacteriolo-gist be consulted for further explanation ofthe caiise of death. As soon as Dr. B bert-soa arrived here this morning lie visitedthe Mayor's office and siiKge^ted that thepenitentiary bo quarantined ani said thathe would go within the inclosure and staythere until the disease was completelyBtnmpnil out.

There are 3CO convicts in the prison, andall are in a healthy condition except forty-eight, only two of whom are dangerously ill.Two new cases developed this morning.The men were taken with diarrhea amiwere at once placed iv the hospital. Everyprecaiiti.ui is being t.ikcn to confine tiiodic-ense to the renitentiary inclusure.

Washington. I).C, Jan. 2.— The MarineHospital service has kept posted as to theprojrre^a .f the disease among the convictsat Little liock, and has taken steps to de-termine its nature. Surgeon Giddins leftyesterday and willmake n thorough exam-ination, and ascertain the exact nature ofthe fatal disease.

ALARM ABROAD.Mexico Is Keeping Up a Most Rigid

Quarantine.City of MEXICO, Jan. 2.—Dr. Lyoasra,

president of the Board of Health, in an in-terview to-day said that the anti-choieraprecautions had not heen relaxed.

SOCIETY IS ALARMED.A Divorce Suit in St. Louis That

Promises Some Sensations.St. Louis, Jan. 2.—At a little after 3

o'clock this afleinoon Harry H. Morgan ofthe Laclede Gaslight Company, a man highin local society, shot and «o badly woundedhis brother-in-law, A. F. Eilgerton, that itcannot now be told whether he willliveordie. The parlies concerned are among themost prominent society people of tliis city.Morgan i*a sbn'of 'Judgw Morgan of NewYork. The trouble began som« time backwith dissensions between Morgan and hiswife, Mr3. Morgan charging her husbandwith subjecting her to indignities and withcruelty.

'He, iv turn, charged her with re-

ceiving attentions from other men, and saidthat he intended to bring suit for a divorce,threatening to summon as co-respondentsfive of the best-known society men in thecity, whose nair.es he mentioned at thetime. A truce was declared, how'evT, anda separation was determined upon, theonly livingchild remaining with tho mother.I. Last Xovember Morgan kidnaped, thechild, and Mrs. Morgan sought legal advice.Ou Saturday a warrant was secured . forabandonment and" another for abduction,and a writof habeas corpus was also servedupon Morcan requiring him to produce th*>chilJ. To-night EdgertoD, Mrs. Morgan'sbrother, and Morgan met and hot aad angrywords followed. Morgan drew a pistol audfired, with the result already told. Mrs.Morgan will ene for divorce, and it is ex-pected that sensational allegttions will bemade by the husband in his cross-bill.

THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.Delegate Andrews Hopeful of Results

From the Meeting.Pkovipencf, K. 1., Jan. 2.

—Tresident E.

Benjamin Andrew! of Urown Universityarrived in Frov.dence, from tlie MonetaryConference, to-nijjht. He expressed him-self as pleased with the result of the con-ference thus far, and cave itas his convic-tion that Rome practical re?ult would bereached when the confeieiico reassemble*.The American delegates, he says, were verycordially received and treated with muchmore deference even thau they expected.

Andrews said ttiat if no other pood re-sul'.ed the United States might feel herselfwell repaid by the understanding whichEurope received that the United Sjtate3would not give up god and adopt a silverbasis. The featuie of the c< nfTence, sofar, be thought, had been the interest GreatBritain had shown in sustaining the price ofsilver by international iigreemeut.

AT FATE'S FEET.

Samuel Mulvey Would Seem to HaveBeen Spurned AllAround.

Wichita, Kans., Jan. 2.—Samuel Mu!-vey df Arkansas City, Kans., came here onSaturday and bought a lot in Maple droveCemetery, paid the sexton to dig a grave,bought a coffin and paid a man $5 to drive ahearse when called for.

These preliminaries concluded he went toa hotrl and attempted to commit suicidewith morphine. Ho may recover. In theroom wns found a latter which stated thattho writer had b'coine discouraged becausea bo k he had just published had proved afailure, and, "like a true captive, he hadcurled himself at the feet of fate."

AT PEACE.

The Order of Railway Conductors NotLooking for Trouble.

Cedar Ratios, lowa, Jan. 2.—So muchhas been said lately <f the proposed strikeof conductors on the Pennsylvania systemand their purpose to force a concession totheir demands by a general strike duringthe World's Fair that an Associated Pressreporter called on Graud Chief Clark, ofthat order, to-day aud received an explicitdenial on both counts. Clark said that theOrder of Railway Conductors anticipates notrouble with any railway during tho World'sFair and was not preparing for any morethan in any other year cr at any other time.Itwill not hare any trouble with any rail-way unless the same is forced upon it.

JIM HILL'S GAME.Depressing Northern Pacific Stock in

His Own Interest.New Your, Jan. 2.—Henry Clews, Brav-

tm Ives and other Wall-street men repu-diate the report that the committee of in-vestigation desire to chance the presidencyof the Northern Pacific. Itis believed bysome shrewd Wall-street men that the re-port regarding President Oakes was startedfor speculative purposes in the interest ofthe Great Northern Railroad, the most ac-tive competitor of the Northern Pacific.

NOT SNELL'S MURDERER.A Sensational Story That Tascott

Was Only a Scapegoat.Chicago, Jan. 2.—A morning paper has

an interview with Detective Dyer, whoprobably knows mora than anybody elsewith regard to the murder of A. J. Snoll,the millionaire of this city. The interviewgrew out of the statement telegraphed fromthe West to the effect that Ju'.es Beauvais,a miner recently returned from Alaska,bad declared that W. B. Tascott, for whosoarrest as Sneli's murderer a big reward wasat one time offered, was there. Dyer de-clares that Tascott Is not the murderer ofSnel), but thnt he conseuted to act the partof a scapegoat in order to shield the manwho did the killing and who is a prominent

mnn still in Chicago ;u.d hns spent a fortune

in covering up the crln.e. Dyer declaresthat Beauvaia knew Tascr.tt iv Chicago-and therefore should know what he is talk-Ing about. He 6nys that the real murdererhired Tascott to go with him to rob theSnell residence; that Snell heard them andcame downstairs, and tlutt the man men-tioned killed the millionaire. Tascott, hedeclares, c uld have been arrested manytimes over ifhe had really been wanted.

ABOUT AN EXTRA SESSION.

Cleveland Will Not Call One ifNo Ne-cessity Exists for It.

Washington, Jan. 2.—lt is given out ongood authority that unless the financial sit-uation and the condition of the nationaltn-asury render it absolutely necessaryCleveland will not call an extra session ofCongress tillnext fall. The question of ne-cessity is not yet determined, and willnotbe before February. by which time Cleve-land will havo selected the members of hisCabinet. Very soon after tho holii'ny re-cess tile sub-cdinmittee of the House Com-mittee on Ways and Means appointed toinvestigate the condition of the treasurywi.lbegin its work, and on the result of itslabors the calling or not calling of an extrasession may depend. Itis said that only anactual deficit iv the treasury will causeCleveland to alter his decision not to callan extra spring session.It is the opinion of some of the leading

members of the House that the investiga-tion wlilshow that the receipts and expend-itures of the treasury are very nearly equalat present, nnd that there is grave reason tofear an excess of the latter in the coiningfiscal year. In view of this possibility seri-ous consideration is being givon to the ques-tion of increasing the revenue by levyingati additional tax on whisk)'.

TAKING THE CENSUS.It Has Been Much More Expensive

Than Ever Before.Washington-, Dec. 2.—A1l work on the

eleventh census will be completed and thematter turned over to tli»' .Secretary of theInterior by the 31st of December, 1893.This willb*required by the appropriationbill now 1-eing framed by the House sub-committee. Up to date the cott of the cen-sus has been ST.^io.OCO, and Mr. Porter,before the committee, urged the passage ofa bill appropriating 5240.0G0 to carry himfrom the 4'h of March to the end of the fis-cal year. Porter explained that tho ex-pense attached to taking the census hadbeen grenter than had heeii anticipated, be-cause the present consu* had assumed amuch broader field of operation than any ofits predecessors.

BLAINE NOT SO WELL.It Is Scarcely a Relapse, but Some-

thing Approaching It.Washington 1, Dec. 2.—Notwithstanding

tho unfavorable weather Blaino continuesto improve. He passed a very comfortablonight and this morning was reported verymuch beltpr.

"Blaiic is not as well as yesterday," saidDr. Johnston this evening. "He has not,however, suffered a reiapsp, such as thatwhich occurred fifteen days ago. He is sim-ply not so well as he was on Sunday. Thisis nothing in his present condition to excitealarm, and Ido not expect to see him again

to-nicht."W AsniXGTON, Jan. 3.— A1lis quiet in the

Blainemausionat2A.il.

CORRIGAN GETS MAD.

How the Horseman Tried to Runa Chicago Hotel.

A Bellboy's Fall Caused the Turfite

X;Bad Quarter of an Hourat Least.

Ipeclal to The Morvixo Call.

Chicago, Jan. 2.—A sensational quarreloccurred this evening at the WellingtoaHotel between Edward Corrizan of theHawthorne, racetrack, and A. 3. Gage, theproprietor ot the Wellington. Kecently: abellboy at tlie Wellington was arrested forstealing from the guests nf the hotel. Headmitted his guilt, and declared that bet-ting: on horseraeing had caused his ruin.Gage Hereupon denounced hor.seracingvigorously, and his remarks wpr« pub-lished, aiid they i>acl an irritating effect, onCorrigan, who frequented the Wellington.This evening Corrigan had hot words withthe clerk about securing a room, and thematter wbs immediately reported to Mr.Gage. The latter at once wrote to Corri-gan, saying that if he had used thelanguage attributed to him be mustimmediately vacate the room to which hehad been assigned, and Corrigan was alsoinvited to apologize to the cleric. The mas-ter of Hawthorne received ihe uotA while atthe telegraph desk, Gage beiug within afew yards of him.. On r> ading the note Cor-rigan became wild with raijo and calledGago a "cur" and otherwise denouncedhim. A number of Gage's friend?, whoknew Corrican's reputation as a fighter,were close by, and the presence also of twopolicemen evidently prevented trouble.After giving full vent to his rage Corrigaqleft the offico and went to his room, de-claring that he would n«t give itup. LaterIn the evening he reappeared, demandedhis bill and paid it. He. then supperand sat around tlie hotel ofUce all the even-ing with the evident intention of showingthat he would not leave untilhe was readyto do so. '. ;"\u25a0 '-; -'

SOUNDING THE COURT.

Mr. Pillsbury in Washington on aMysterious Mission.

Washington, Jan. 2.— Californians hereare speculating about the mission of LawyerPillsbury of San Fraucisco, who is at theArlington Hotel. Mr. Pillsbury seems verymuch interested in tlie decision of theUnited States Supreme Court in the Chicagolake front case, and he called on JusticeField to-day and had a lengthy talk with him.ItIs not known whether Justice Field ex-pressed any opinion as to whether the Oak-land water-front case was parallel to theChicago case, lie probably gave no opinion.Itis shrewdly surmised that Mr. Pillsburym an emissary of the Southern PacificKailwav Company, aud is here to find cut,ifpossible, how tne Supreme Court wouldstand ifthe Oakland ense came before it.

CRISP'S TROUBLE.Only a Case of Indigestion and Not at

All Serious.Washington*, Jan. 2.— Speaker Crisp's

physician said this morning that the Speak-

er's trouble was a case of indigestion andnothing at all serious.

»Coast Gossip.

Washington, Jan. 2. —It has beendefinitely settled that Captaiu W. T. Simp-son, inspector of ordnance Rt the Washing-ton Navy-yard, is to be chief of the bureauof ordnance in the Navy Department, viceCaptaiu Folger, resigned. Captain Samp-son is well and favorably known on thePacific Coast, where ho resided for someyears.

Senator Felton has returned from Phila-delphia, and Representative Loud fromBoston.

Emancipation Day.Charleston, S. C, Jan. 2.—The negroes

of Charleston took possession of the city to-day aud celebrated Emancipation day withbecoming honors. Thousands of coloredpeople from the surrouading country alsoflocked into the town this afternoon and theFirst Brigade of the National Guard ofSouth Carolina paraded the stroets.

Opened by the King.Lisbon, Jan. 2.-King Carlos to-day

opened in person the session of the Cortes.Tiio sueech from the throne was listened towith the utmost attention.

DUBIOUS OUTLOOK.

Figuring on the Chances\u0084 of White.

THE NECESSARY TWO VOTES.

The Populists- Reiterate That HeNeed Not Look to Them - .'\u25a0' \u25a0

for Support.

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Sacuamento, Jan 2.—The'ro wai no nfc-tcm'pt at orcanizutioir in either

'th* House

or Senate to-day. Both w.ere called tbordp'rat 12 oVlock, the House by; Chief ClerkMa.ron and the Senate by President Red'dick. Nothing was done further -than toadminister the oath of office to th»>newmembers. Then there was an adjournmentand the subjectof theSe-natorial.fi.iht againbecame the all-absofbtug' toDfo." Ev?ri.tue;contest fur Speaker<hip be^n subordi--.nated to tlie greater- one. of how SteveWhite is to obtain ihe t\yu votes tiiat arem-cessary to his ele t;on.

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A ereat deal of the enXhilsiasm iha.t pre-vailed .a rriong 1 White's friends just, afterFoote: witbdtew 'from'; the fieht died -a, way.;with the calm reflection '\u25a0' that .follows a.night's repose, and with the morning*,dawn they were confronted with the coldf^ct that the two necessaiy vote3wer« stijlunattained, ifnot nnattai-n-alle. Tee talk'amonz White's suppoTterS has been quietall day lonjr.. They are still cojitident, that •

victory will come to. them, but the solid•

stand the eight Popufists hay« taken is farfrom reas.su i . ' ;

One of White's mo«t Intimate friends:said this evenine that when the..two.Houses met in joint convention he would

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have sufficient votes to elect. Where, they .were to come from or how-they-were to besecured he would not say. The intimation •

that has gone forth from tiie LosiAngelan's-followers that two or th.reo of the Populists' "

•willfail to them whenever they are neededhas aroused to the utmost thei. ire of .theeieht men and all of the other nyprnbers of:the People's parly who are here as specta-'tors. One of them said l> The Call corr.respondent this evening that ther-e was not.the faintest possibility of .any :one &f the'eight going over to White. ' ' : jß|Bt

"How can they do such a thing?" he ar-gued. "The people tt the entire Sate ofCalilornia are watching them, and if abreak bliould be made, no-matter, wb&tcom-binatiou of circumstances should -impel' it,the cry wnuH iustanlly go up that they hadbeen bought.

''These men who have been elected to sitin this Legislature arc not merchandise tobe knocked down to the highest bidder.They are here representing a great party,

cr one that will be great, and a principlethat is already great. They cannot affordto be untrue and they willnot be. Iknowit is tho popular belief here thht nearlyevery Legislator that comes to the Capitolis purchasable, and the awful disgraces ofthe past tlmt have darkened .the history ofCalifornia have given a strong color tv thebelief. But there are honest men. left nnd Iam confident thai these eight men will re->•-Ist every intluei.ee that may be brought tobear upon them."

There is one fact that everyone here isfree to concede, and that is that tiie PopUtlists hold a strong and impregnable positionin the fight, and if tiiey hold their groundth«re is only ono other way that White caasucceed, and that is in the event <\u25a0! tJieHou^ MKtai the ftemcerat vlioi'snowcontesting McGowan's sear, and Leonard,who c'.aiuis that he is elected instead ofMiller. This would give White sixty voles.Then ho would either have to s*»rureCarlson (Independent) or Burk (Non-Partisan.)

White could win with two more votes ifSenator Wiison had not come out flat-footed and declared that ho would nevervote fora lawyer for United States Senator.He waul* a farmer. A scheme is said tohava been devised, however, whereby Wil-son can bo inveigled into the caucus. Theproposition is to agree to nominate Wilsonhimself in the caucus, and after this com-pliment has been paid him they feel surethat the obstinate old gentleman fromTehamsi wil fall in line without anothermurmur. Wilson has already been spokento about the honor that is in stote for him,and the proposal seems to please him im-mensely.

White has ample time in which te ar-rauge his line of battle, for itis not likelythat \u25a0 joint ballot will be taken until threeweeks from to-day. The law says that thefirst ballot shall be taken on the secondTuesday after the organization of bothHouses. .

Lynch is still in the fi-ihtand keeps hisheadquarters at the G: lden Eagle Hotel.Senator Armes of San Francisco seems to behis only active support* r. He is also acting asthe Sau Franciscan's manaeer. Lynch hasbeen rather cast down to-day, out he wascheered up slightly by the announcementthat a. call is to be made for a caucus, andin that call it will be stipulated that tbecaucus nominee shall be balloted for tentimes in the convention, after which evsryone is frea to break away and vote 38 hechooses. This seems to give Lynch theshadow of a hope, as something might hap-pen to turn the lide in his favor.

The withdrawal of Foote Instead of bet-tering White's chances seems to. have comp-

licated matters, for so long as there weretwo active candidates in the field there wasthe possibility of creating a break seme-where. But now everythiug has settleddown to the cold proposition of gatheringtwo or three votes from a body of men thatare pledged to hold together.

The Populists held a caucus this after-noon and selected Bretz for their candidatefor Speaker of the House.

This has been a night of caucuses. TheDemocrats of the Assembly met in theSupremo Court room and organized withPrice of Butte as chairman. The fight forSpeaker has been a bitter one. and the illfeeling thus created may linger some timeafter the fight is over.

When the San Francisco delegation cau-cussed last evening the members were in-clined to favor Gould, but this morning achange took place, and at the caucus held,this afternoon fourteen cut of fifteen whovoted were for Shanahan. Thecountry wasevidently for Gould with the city standingin solid array for Snanahnn.

This amused the country members, andthey deteriniuea to (show the city peoplethat they could not run things. The resultwas that at the caucus this evenlne Gouldreceived tbe caucus nomination for Speakerby a vote of twenty-five to seventeen forShanahan. This result was accomplishedon the third ballot. Th« first ballot stood:Shanahan 13. Matthews 11, Gould 13. Thesecond one was the same.

The caucus then proceeded to choose aChief Clork and Sorcennt-at-Arms. Thecountry element evidently did not wish toantagonize the city delegation any further,and so they stood inand gave them T. £.Healey for Sereeaut-at-Arras. George W.Peckham of San Jose received the nomina-tion for Chief Clerk. When tbis work hadbaen accomplished the caucus adjourned.

The KeDiiblicans also caucussed forplaces.Senator Voorhies was elected Chairman.The followingofficers were nominated:

President pro tern., R. B. Carpenter;Secretary, Frank J. Brandon, unanimouslyelected; C. P. Everts, Assistant Secretary;Rlioda Shaw, Assistant Secretary; MinuteClerk, Ray Falk;George Davis, AssistantMinute Clerk; Tom Rogers, Sergeant-at-Arras; William Rice, Assistant Sergeaut-at-Arms; C. S. McMullen, Assistant MinuteClerk; John O'Connor. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms;Enrolling Clerk, Harry Campbell;Assistant Enrolliug Clerk, C. E. Fuller;Engrossing Cierk, Charles Ragsdale; As-sistant Engrossing Clerk, Thomas MafterJr. ;Postmistre.-s, Mrs. M. A. Atklnsoo;

Journal Clerk, L. Fontenrose ;Assistant' .: jQurnalClerk. George A.'Lenox..' .' •'"

Kassdale, Maher. and Campbell, wildamoneihe favored .-ones \ylio:received fatappointment?, the sons of Senators, an'd°whenthis wjisknown in the rotuoda, where

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about 500 diaappointed. place-huaters were• conjrregftfed, there wa3:a vigorous protest*,made and considerable profatiity was ln-dulged in. ...\u25a0•;'

- : • .. "* ".•• The Democrats of thoSr-nate organized lll-

caucus and gaV-e Senator Wilson of- Tchaoi*the complimentary nomination for presidentpro tem.'oftfie Senate.' This w'asdone'with*- °

the that he willchange his mind about; wanting a fanner forUnited SUtes Senator. c

* "The Kepij'b-Mcaus. of . the Assembly lacaucus gave l3!edsoe of Humboldt tnoplimenlary nomination for Speaker of tbeHouse. '.

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.T. 11. Gould of Merced, tlie man who will'

become Speaker of. the Houser to-morrow, I?'•_•;'38 years- of age anil: has been a practicing

-lawyer Inilerced for. ttie past eie'nt yeaM.B"f'>re that he was for three years CountySurveyor of Marippsa County, previous •;to his holding that' office he was a schoul-teacher.'./Hc bears an excellent reputationin. Merce:t and. is sai 1 to be a man of eon- .Bid«rable ability.. His "first appearance in

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public life, was in- the last Legislature and. •

came out of it witha clean record, He'

hf-s been stndy:n<: parliamentary tactic?,and his friends believe. Uiat' ie willmake

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an excellent presiding officer.- •

Hoth houses willorgan z? to-morrow. '.

MISS AYRES' DEATH.• -

It Is Now Believed That She

•*!'.•."' Took:Her Life.-•,

Wedded to an Engineer :Who Was Al-'• ready ;Married—The Bigamist o•'•-. .;Placed. Under Arrest.. - ' ..-. '. • Special ti> ThrMckning Call.

•• Sacramento, Jan; 2.— Some new devel-opments werema'de to-day that give .4 muchruore. sensational aspect to. the Brightontragedy.-. .'. ':.•' ' •

It-;haa been ascertained ,that Ulss Ayreswas married -last July in San -Francisco toGeorge 'Jeffreys, an engineer ou thn trainrunning to'Oa.kland from here. Jeffreys is •a; married :niati, • having a wife'and twochildren in-.San Francisco, which fact caniato the knowledge, of the deceased* •* •'A telegram was tc-day'sent to Oakland to

rarrest. Jeffreys, as there is some suspicionthat he visited Uriehton on the night ol thetragedy. The station wa3 seen barninjr at4 o'clock in-th'e uiorninEr, and at thai hourJeffreys'. was. In.the depot here preparing toleave on Tni- train, at 4:30, so it is not ap-parent how'he cooid have set the fire.

. A doQtor.': passing the station at 2A. m.smelled burning rags, but saw no flaqie andit was two.hours late. r'when .the. fire broke

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Miss AyreV watch, now in the t OB3es«ionoi Superin.te Wright, shows that it

\u25a0 was- stopped; at five, minutes oastli Oao• cartridge in'her pistol had been discharged,and it i/ow'seems quite possible that thewoman jnay.hav.e :shot herself in sodbing se-t fire to the clo.thitig or bedding andtljat the. fire smoldered. aeveral hour&\. Still, owing" to rumors

'that Miss Ayre<

sent- word to.this city for. Jeffreys to ko outthere that night; and on the supposition thathe jdid gO. it- was decided "late.to-day tocangVlus arrest..--.' . . -

:Word was also received this eveninz that

a man living Dear pJa<:ervi'.ie chased atramp answering the description of onester. at t!.e-slat it n the eveninz .before thetravredv. clear to Strnwberry Valley, somefiftymiles, and/is how on the way here witiihiru. • |;

- ' .The suicide theory dow seems more

plausible since ItIs known that the. womanwas married to a.man with another family.

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IN FAVOR OF PIERCE.

The Election of the Oregon Populist:\u25a0 Elector Sustained.

Salem. Or., J.m. 2.— The S-uprema Cnnrtto-day decided the mandamus proceedingsto compel the Secretary of State in makingthe official c.auvass of v«tes cast for Presi-dential electors- at the recent election toabstain from counting the votes cast ivcouuties where the name of Pierce. Populistelector,' appeared twice oil the officialballot. .

T.he \u25a0court- decided' in favor of Pierce,which Rives one electoral vote of the Stateto the Populists. TLe court held that the

'printing (f Tierce's name on tbe ballotmore than .once was contrary to the pro-visions of the statute, but that itwasauerror by the County Cferk. This error,the court hold?, dors not deprive the voterwh6 cast the ballot of the elective franchiseor the candidate for whom it was east ofthe benefit of sue-li vote.

The decision says the law is mandatoryin the sense that itrequires county clerks iathe preparation of the offlctel ballot tostrictly, comply with its provisions, butnotin *be sense that .the votei's right'to exercisethe elective franchise will be lost becauseof some technical mistake of the County

Clerk inprinting the names Of candidatesupon tbe ballot. .

Such construction of tho law would notonly render nn election invalid on accountof an honest mistake of tbe County Clerk,but- would ooen the door to gross fraud. Uwould place- the power in the hands of a.dis-honest. officer to disfranchise tbe voters ofbis county, as well as to cause the defeat ofany particular candidate.

The court remarks, that It is doubtfulw hether the question sought to be litieated

can properly be determined in a mandamusproceeding against the State Can.vassiugBoard, who do not have and are not enti-tled to the inspection of the ballots asprinted or cast at an election. .

JUMPED THE TRACK.

A Mail and Two Expres Cars and anEngine Wrecked.

Tacoma, Jan. 2.—The engine o.f a west-bound passenger train on tho Northern Pa-cific jumped the track a mile below Bucklerto-night and relied ftrty feet dowaan embankment at the approach tothe loop above Cascade Junction.and a mult and two express ears followedthe engine and took fire immediately. Nolives w ere lost. The enjjineer and firemanjumped off the engine cab and the express-man crawled out of the wrecked ear unhurtImmediately after It reached the bottom.The registered mail was saved. Th« aoei-dent occurred where a former bridge hadbeen filled in up to the tie*.

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