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) J. H. KBTILL. President. j
TRIED TO KILL SAGE.
ALmticEijMEsaßoi
ii Bis Office.
IEE CRANK BLOWN TO AW
A Caller Soon Dies from a
Fractured Skull
OTHER DEATHS EXPECTED.
Sage Escapes With
Slight Injuries
Tbe Dynamiter Called Mr. Sage from
His Frivate Offloe and Demanded the
Immediate Payment of $1,250,000.
The Explosion Threatened in Case of
Refusal In a Letter He Presented,
"he Man an Escaped Lunatic.
New York, Deo. 4, 4 p. m.— At 12:15
o’clock this afternoon a poorly dressed man,
carrying a brown sachel, entered the office
of Russell Sage at Nos. 71 and 73 Broadway
and demanded a private interview with Mr.
Sage. W. R. Laidlaw, Mr. Sage’s clerk,
told him that Mr. Sage was busy and could
notbeseon. The man persisted and con
tinued to talk iu a loud tone. Mr. Sage, who
was in an inner office, came out to see
what was the matter, lie asked the man
what was wanted. The man said: “I de
mand a private interview with you." Mr.
Sago replied that it would beimpossibie for
him to see the man then, but he might
possibiy do so later in the day. The man
contiuued to demand a private interview
then and there, and Mr. Sage ordered hitn
to leave the office.
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
On this the man dropped a leather bag
and an oxplosiou which shook the entire
block instantly followed. Mr. Sage was
thrown acrosi the room and stunned, Mr.
Laidlaw, who had turned, a way and was
stunding within a few feet of the two, was
also thrown across the office
and had one leg badly lacerated. The
stranger was thrown against the
partition wall and was so badly injured that
ho has since died. In Mr. Sage’s office at
tbe time of the oxposion were Col. J. J.
Slocum, F. C. Osborn, D. W. Osborn, F. C.
Menziesand B. C. Norton. Mr. Norton
was badly injured and was taken in an
ambulance to St. Vincent’s hospital, whore
be died.
PEOPLE BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Pieces of several bodies were pinked up on
the second floor of the building near the
scene of the explosion and placed in the fire
department life saviug net. Humors are
rife as to the number of persons killed, but
as far as can be learned only four are lost.
One of the pieces of bodies pioked up was
dead, with the face intact. It was that of a
young man, with brown hair growing
thickly upon the head. As both Mr. Menzies
and D. W. Osborn aro missing it is supposed
they compose a portion of tbe tangled heap.
Among the fragments of bodies found
was a leg which the police think was that
of a woinau. Mr. Sage’s woman type
writer is reported among the killed. The
injured people were at once removed to a
drug st< re opposite and attended to.
NATURE OF MR, SAOB’S INJURIES,
There it was found that Mr. Sage’s in
juries were not serious, but very extensive
and painful. Mr. Sage was able to con
verse. Ha said that the man with the haud
bag was a total stranger to him. He in
sisted upon presenting Mr. Sage with his
card, but he deolined to accept it. Mr. Sage
was completely covered with grime and dust
and bis clothing was blown into tatters and
his hands, face and clothing were covered
with blood. Mr. Sage’s injuries mainly
consist of a out and bruise upon the fore
head while his face and hands were filled
with small cuts as if he had received a vol
ley of gravel stones from a shotgun.
PLENTY OF HELP SUMMONED.
Both fire and auibulance oalls were at
once sent out, and a few minutes after the
explosion the building was surrounded by
fire engines, ambulances and policemen.
The news spread through Wall street,
and, in fact, ail over downtown, and
every street in the neighborhood was
soon thronged with excited thousands
of men. The wildest rumors prevailed and
the number of killed and wounded reported
was soon upward of a hundred. Police
baptain McLaughlin immediately took
c vrge of the police arrangements and the
search for the dead and wounded began.
THREE ROOMS WRECKED.
The three rooms, No. 35 and the two ad
joining, were totally wreoked. All that
remained unimpaired in the office of Mr.
age was his desk and office chair. The win
dows on the Hector street side of the build
ng were blown out, and those on the other
side shattered. It is said that the name of
the bomb-thrower is Lord. The safe in Mr.
aga s office was broken open and securities
" ra scattered over the building and
streets.
THE DYNAMITER’S ENTRY,
xw \ ORE, Dec. 4, Bp. M.—When the
„° r eutere< ! Mr. Sage’s office he
” 6 tbe cldrk a card which bore the
-me °f H. D. Wilson. When the police
* . I*** wr ®oked offioe, there was
o Just inside of the general office the
of a man in a state
irr f onderol recognition nearly
teptasiblo, the head having been
beerß 6d fr ° m th 9 body ’ A pointed reddish
m t * l6 appearance of an educated
hair 'a*! 10b Was enhaD oed by brown curls of
than D a heavy mustache that adorned
tbe upper bp. This i, the only person killed
Wbf IRofning
outright so far as known, and the body la
supposed to be tb&t of tbe dynamiter.
had a companion.
As the investigation proceeds it appears
that Wilson had a companion when he
entered the building and inquired for Mr.
Sage’s office. Late in the afternoon the
firemen found among the debris a leg
which was thought to be that of a
woman. If it is or not has not been
learned, but Mr. Sage never employed a
woman typewriter, and as this fact is well
established, the supposition is that if the leg
is that of a woman it is ail that is left of
one of his "put and call" customers, who
was in the office at the time.
ITS FORCE TERRIFIC.
New York, D*c. 4. 11 p. m.— The interior
of the office plainly showed that the force
of the explosion was something terrific. All
the partition wails were blown down, and
the sashes and wlndo w frames were forced
outward. The ceiling had been blown
down aDd the floor forced downward,
rendering it unsafe to walk upon. Desks and
chairs were overturned and hurled into au
indescribable mass and every piece of glass
in tbe big air shaft that rau to tbe roof was
shivered into thousands of particles.
MR. NORTON’S DEATH.
Benjamin F. Noiton, who was blown
through a window, a clerk in the office of
Mr. Sage, was removed to Chambors street
hospital where be died while under au
operation for fracture of the skull. He was
a resident of Far Rockaway, L. I.
The following injured wore taken to the
hospital:
Frank Robertson, 20 years old, living at
Bergen Point, and employed as clerk for
Imbrie & Cos,, brokers. He was in Mr.
Sago’s office at the time of tbe explosion.
His '.kull was fractured and be will prob
ably die.
Charles W. Osborn, Mr. Sage’s oashier,
of 198 Berkeley place, Brooklyn, fractured
skull. He will probably die.
Charles J. Calhoun, a clerk, of 105 Deane
street, Brooklyn, lacerated wound of tbe
head.
William It. Laidlaw, who was in the
building at tbe time, received a fracture of
tbe leg. He was takeo to St. Vincent's hos
pital.
THE SAFE LEFT OPEN.
Col. J. J. Slocum, a brother-in-law of
Mr. Sage, and his chief clerk, was badly cut
about tbe head and face, and when bis
wounds were dressed returned to the scene
declaring that he had left the door of the
safe open, and was fearful that the securi,
ties in it bad been blown out and lost
Quickly gathering together what he found
ha placed them iu a small safe, and bad it
removed to tbe office of the Manhattan
Railroad Company, in the same building
a caller’s experience.
Charles E. James, a railroad man and a
resident of Chattanooga, Tenn., had an ap
pointment with Mr. Sage at 12 o’clock, and
nad an oxper.eaoe that he will not soon for
get. Hs said: "I called at Mr. Sage’s
office at 12 o’clock and found him out. A
seat was offered me in tbe main offloe near
a desk. I took it and waited on a bench
near the wall. I noticed a man
perhaps 5 feet 8 inches in hightb. He wore
a plug bat and had a pointed beard and
heavy brown mustachs. At about 12:15
o’clock Mr. Sage came in, and greeting me
ploasautly asked me into his private office.
Mr. Sage had just rera ;ved bis ooat and
asked me to be seated wben one of bis
clerkß entered and said something to him
that I did not hear. Turning to me he
said: ‘Excuse me for a moment,’ and passed
through the door into the main office. The
door closed behind him, and 1 pushing my
chair over to the wall sat faoing the door
through which he had gone.
THE EXPLOSION.
”‘lt might have been two or three minutes
when the explosion came. I was blown up
nearly to the ceiling and the chair on which
I sat was smashed to places. I came down
all in a heap. Dust and small particles of
plas'er and smoke filled the room. I was
completely dared and did not know what to
do. 1 remember making my way through
the doorway where the explosion
had blown the door from its hinges
into the main office. There I met Mr. Sage,
blood trickling down his face and hands,
his clothes tom and covered with dirt and
dust. When he saw me he
said: ‘How shall we get out?’
‘Wait,’l replied,’ *until this dust settles, and
I think we will be all right, as the worst
must be over.’ Then I recovered my senses
and takiug him by the arm led him down
the stairway into the street.”
- THE DYNAMITER’S DEATH.
AmoDg the debris in the wrecked offices
was found the remains of a silk hat,evident
ly worn by the man who gave his name as
Wilson, and lu one corner of Mr. Sage’s
private office where Mr. James was sitting
alone at the time of tho explosion a man’s
hand. The coroner mado an examination
of the mangled remains of the man found
in Mr. Sage's office, and from the mass of
flesh and clothing took a 7-chamber bull
dog revolver. This was all that could be
found by which an identification could
be made. What was left by the explosion
of the madman’s body—at least it
k as so labeled and accepted by the police
and coroner—was laid out in Undertaker
Duffy s office at No. 82 Greenwich street.
It was not much. The head was there
blackened, but neither cut nor disfigured in
anyway. It was cut off at the top of the
neck and looked for all the world like a
mask of a man 35 or 40 years oid, with a
full beard that might have bson long, but
was now burned close to the chin and
check.
DISMEMBERED LIMBS.
Then there|was a leg, the right and left
foot, one hand, and that was all. Tho body
proper was gone. Of neither ohest or abdo
men was there a trace found. The leg that
was there was broken and twisted. Such
shreds of clothing as wore found showed
that the man had worn trousers of a blue-*
black plaid, a black overcoat and
long black stockings, that might have
started the story that o woman’s leg
was found. Ho had been careful to rid him
self of everything that might disclose his
identity. His name had been written in
a corner of his high black hat, hut he had
cut it out with a knife. There was a hole
in the lining where it had been.
Crowds came and went, looking at the
face, but no one know it. When darkness
fell the undertaker, tired of the sight,
threw a cloth over it and shut his door.
MR. SAOB’S STORY.
Mr. Sage made the following statement
to Inspector Byrnes this afternoon l * I
came out of my offico, having been sent for*
I found there a man with a sacbel. He
ha ded me a carl bearing the name ‘H. D.
Wilson.’ He said he came from John D.
Rockefeller, and at the same time handed
me a typewritten letter in a sealed envelope
It was addressed to me. I opened it and
found that it was a demand
upon me for tho immediate payment
of n, 250,000. Tho letter stated
that if the money was not given up at once
to the presenter of the letter that he would
blow me, himself and the entire office up
with dynamite. I read the Utter, and
placing it iu an envelope, handed it back
to him and turned to go into mv private
office when the explosion occurred.
Inspector Byrnes placed in a basket the
head of the man found in the wrecked
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1891.
office and took it to Mr. Sage’s bedroom.
Mr. Sage identified it as that of the man
who demanded the money from him and
then threw the bomb. Mr. Sage said to
night that he probably would be on Wall
street to-morrow.
WHO THE LUNATIC WAS.
Albany, N. Y., Deo. 4.—The dynamite
crank is thought fo be Hiram D. Wilson,
aged 46, an escaped lunatic and a native of
Gleun’s Falls, Warren county. Wilson had
escaped previously from the Middletown
and Utica asylums. He was very strong
and of l|g::t complexion. Wilson, after
short terms in the insane asylums, had been
discharged as oured. or escaped. He had
generally celebrated his freedom by mak
ing attempts to kill someone who refused
to meet his demands for money, tjavoral
years ago he attempted to kill a man whom
he asked for money to ifet him up in bnsi
nes*. On another occasion wben W. J.
Arkeil was in Albany, Wilson made a de
maud on him and even attempted
to assault him in bis office. He
has also threatened the life of
Goodwin Brown,one of the state lunacy
commissioners. It was loss of money which
made him crazy. W ilson was arrested here
about a year ago for threatening to kill
someone.
A FLOOD OF PENSION CHECKS.
A Departure in the Manner of Cashing
Them at Washington.
Washington, Deo. 4. —There was con
siderable excitement among the small army
of pensioners in this city this morning. By
a recent order of the Secretary of the
Treasury the money appropriated for
the payment of [tensions through the
agency in this city has been
deposited with the assistant United States
treasurer in New York with a view to con
centrating in the sub-treasury at that city
all the pension funds. Heretofore it lias
been the practice of the Washington agent
to [tey pensions by ohecks on the United
States treasurer, but under the new rule
the ohecks ore drawn on the assistant treas
urer at New York.
BANKS FAIL TO CASH THEM.
In anticipation of this change the agent
asked the Washington banks if they would
be willing to cash these ohecks, and he un
derstood them to assent, and so notified the
pensioners when they received tboir quar
ter’s pension this morning. When,
however, a procsession of S,OOO
or more bearers of tbe cheokg began
to invade tbe bank it was learned
that no checks would be paid unlees the
holders were duly identified. The agent
regarded identification as complote when
lie indorsed the check with ills initials.
The banks, however, declined to accept this
us sufficient identification and decline 1 pay
ment.
PRIVATE BANKS CRT QUITS.
Two private banks announced that they
would pay all checks presented, but in a
few hours owing to the crowd tbe obstruc
tion to their business became so great that
they declined to continue payment.
A large majority of the 1 pension
ers were unable to get their money at once
and wore loud in their complaints. It is
expected that the merchants of the city and
others will cash the checks os presented so
that no great inconvenience, to tbe pension
ers will result.
ORDERS OF THE OROISEB3.
The Newark, Chicago, Atlanta and
Bennington Going South.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Secretary Tracy
to-day issued an order detaching the New
ark from the squadron of evolution, and
directing Admiral Walker to proceed at
once with the Chicago, Atlanta and Ben*
nington to the South Atlantio station
and assume command. The order assign
ing Admiral Benham to the command of
that station is revoked, and he will
probably remain in the United States
on waiting ordors. The Newark will, it is
expected, be placed in Admiral Gherardi’s
oommand as part of the North Atlantic
equadron. Admiral Walker’s command
will comprise five vessels, his flagship, the
Chicago, Atlanta, Bennington, Yantio and
Essex, and with headquarters at Monte
video he will have an effective fleet ready
for immediate service in either the South
Atlantio or South Pacific.
A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
It Will Meet To-night to Nominate a
Candidate for Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The republican
members of the House of Representative*
will meet in caucus to-morrow night at
7:80 o’clock for the purpose of nominating
their candidate for the speakership, as well
as for minor offices of the House. The
task will be but a perfunctory oue, and all
the old officers will undoubtedly
be placed in nomination. Tho caucus will
be held in the hall of the House if the dem
ocratic caucus adjourns in time, otherwise
it will be held in the room of the committee
on judiciary. The call will probably b*
issued by Representative Henderson of
Illinois, chairman of the caucus.
Reed to Be Rsnominated.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Thomas B. Reed
is not as much interested in the speakership
as he was this time two years ago. He will
not even arrive in town until to-morrow. The
republican caucus will renominate Mr.
Reed unanimously, and will renominate
Clerk MoPherson and the other old officers.
Wilmington’s Broken Bank.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The controller of
the treasury, Mr. Lacey, to-day received a
letter from the examiuer In charge of the
First National Bank of Wilmington, N. C.,
but declined to disolose its contents. He
said, however, that the bank would proba
bly be placed in the hand* of a receiver.
Name of tho New Cruiser.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The new United
States cruiser to be launched to-morrow at
Baltimore has been named by Secretary
Tracy the Montgomery, in honor of tho
capital of Alabama.
TWENTY MEN DROWNED.
Twelve Barges Loaded with Brick
Sink in the Hudson.
New York, Dec. 4. —The Tribune’s Hav
erstraw dispatch says: “Twelve barges
loaded with brick, towed by the Cornell
Towing Company's steamboat Townsend,
were coming down the Hudson, and when op
posite Croton Point were upset at about 9
o’clock this evening and twenty persons
were drowned. When at Croton Point the
swash of the river was so great that the
tug was compelled to round to, thus
forcing the barges to ride each other. Be
ing loaded, and the tide washing high, they
immediately upset There were sixty meu
on the twelve barges, and only about thirty
have come ashore. The accident is attri
buted by many to carelessness of the pilot
of the tug/]
Hon. Wylie Harris Dead.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 4.—Hon. Wylie
Harris, one of the most distinguished citi
-7.9ns of Mississippi, died lost night, aged 70.
He was a member of congress in tho 'sos
and has for forty years been a prominent
figure in the state.
ONE BALLOT WON’T END IT
NONE OF THE CANDIDATES APT TO
WITHDRAW.
The Final Heat Between Mills end
Crisp May be Close, but a General
Belief That the Georgian Will win.
The Candidates AU Figuring Close
Now.
Washington, Deo, 4.— The activity in
tbe speakership contest mounted to tbe top
of the thermometer to-day, with the gen
eral recognition of the fact, with the caucus
only tweaty-four hours away, that the fight
was plainly between Messrs. Mills and
Crisp. The doubting and doubtful mem
bers all began to realise that this afternoon,
and the consequence was that the air was
full of rumors of withdrawals on the port
of the three minor candidates and their fol
lowers. Nothing happened during the day,
but the work of the lieutenants of Messrs.
Mills and Crisp became more intense as oven
ing drew near. Most of tbe meinbers-elect
were here, the only notable absentee being
Mr. Turner of Georgia, who had sent no
word to Mr. Blount as to when ho would be
here. The revision of tbe check lists went
on all day, as members ara arriving who
have been counted without their leave or
who had changed theeir minds. There was
less jovialty and less noise, but much more
business at the headquarters. The labors
of tbe Missourians became mors strenuous,
and the work behind the scene more zealous
aud also mere effective.
THE FRIENDS OF SILLS.
The friends of Mr. Mills who, besides his
lieutenants, numbered to-day (Senator
Carlisle, ex-Secretary Vilas nr.d D It.
Dickson, Mr. Morrison, W. L. Wilson, Mr.
Bynum and tbo two Breckinridge* were
working to bring about the break in the
three secondary forces, without which they
realize that Mr. Mills cannot be elected. The
friends of Mr. Crisp who recognized that it
would be better for him, believing, as be
sincerely does, that he wifi have the
lead on the first ballot, to keep
the three secondary candidates in the
flelct for one ballot, were laboring to pre
vent any break, but at tbe bame time were
looking out for the Crisp votes thev ex
pected to get If the break came. Tbe press
ure of tbe Mills men was stronger tbau tbe
Springer forces, and the pressure was
severely felt all day, coming os it did from
so many quarters. Early iu the ovenlng
the Mills man were rejoiced by
tbe appearance of Judge Holman
of Indiana iu Mr. Mills’ headquarters
and his assurance to Mr. Mills that he was
for him. With Judge Holman came the
promise of getting all the Indiana votes,
except, perhaps, Mr. Shively’s, but tbe
feeling was that the shrewd old man
thought that Mr. Mills was going to be
elected or ho would not have gotten down
off tbe fence on the Mills
side. It cheered the Mills men
out of all proportion to the number of votes
involved. At Mr. Crispb headquarters it
was denied that it would take from Mr.
Crisp a siugle one of the 97 votes he is
counting on having.
Mr. Crisp assured the Morning News
correspondent that he was as good as elec
ted speaker, that be would lead on the first
liallot and might be elected before it was
finished.
CANDIDATES GIVE OUT FIGURES.
By the Associated Press .
Washington, Dec. 4.—The hotels of the
capital are thronged with members of con
gress to-day, and the speakership contest
has reached fever heat. Rumors are no
longer a commodity iu the political mart,
and facts and figures are now demanded
before any prediction receives credence.
Yielding to popular inquiry, all the
candidates or their friends have at
last given out the figures upon
which they base their hopes of
suooess and those figures have been supple
mented by the names of their respective sup
porters. The estimates show material dis
crepancies. but they are more nearly in
accord than any which have preceded them.
Upon the face of these estimates and upon
the concessions of the candidates themselves,
oue fact is evident, that no nomination is’
possible upon the first ballot if all the as
pirants remain in the field. That this will
by the case, and that the five candidates
will enter to-morrow’s caucus there is no
longer good cause to doubt.
SPRINGER STRENGTHENED.
The adherents of both Messrs. Mills and
Crisp agree this morning that the arrival
and effective missionary work of Senator
Palmer last night has so streagi heneu and
encouraged the forces of Mr. Springer that
the withdrawal of the Iliinoisian is now in
deed a remote possibility. As all the efforts
have been directed iu an attempt to effect
the disintegration of Mr. Springer’s phulaux
and as these efforts have proved futile it is
generally accepted that the two other
minor candidates, Messrs. McMillin and
Hatch, will . also remain in
the fight to the finish. Indeed,
so far as is known no serious attempt has
been made to stampede the followers of Mr.
McMillin, as the claims of the other candi
dates render it very uncertain as to whether
Mr. Mills or Mr. Crisp would be the gainer
by the withdrawal of the Tennessee candi
date. A strong attempt has been mide,
and is still being made, to persuade Mr.
Hatoh to withdraw, but that gentleman
quite tenaciously and even indignantly in
sisted this morniug that he would be a hope
ful candidate long after Sjine of his prouder
competitors have retired in humiliation
from the contest.
crisp’s strength.
Mr. Crisp’s friends estimate that he has
at least 130 first and second choice votes. At
the headquarters of the other candidates
the retirement of any of them on tho
second ballot was scouted and the candi
dates themselves declared that all
such expectations began with
the initial and vital mistake
of assuming their withdrawal, which they
asserted would not happen, for they ex
pected to gather strength after the first bal
lot or two, and were looking for a stubborn
fight. Messrs. Springer. ' McMillin and
Hatch expressed themselves as being
quite as confident that the sec
ond ballot will develop only
unsubstantiality in the support of Messrs.
Mills and Crisp aud result in the selection of
a third man, as are the two loading candi
dates that the contest is limited to the selec
tion of either Mr. Mills or Mr. Crisp.
springer’s expectations.
Mr. Springer claim* 57 votes on the
first ballot, aud says that number will be
swelled by desertions from Mr. Milis to 65
on the second and to 70 on the third.
Mr. McMillin says his 87 votes on the first
ballot will be mcreas and to 36 on the second
ballot and so on until be receives the nomi
nation.
Mr. Hatch’s friends says hit 16 or 17 votes
on the first ballot will be Increased by de
sertions from Messrs. Mills and Crisp to 20
on the second and nearly double that on tho
third.
Mr. Crisp has selected Mr. Blouat of
Georgia to put his name in nomination, and
if any seconding is permitted Mr. Raynor
of Maryland will perforin this office fur the
Georgia candidate.
Mr. Culbertson will nominate his col
league, Mr. Mills, and Mr. Breckinridge of
Kentucky and Mr. Williams of Massa
chusetts have been cbossa to seoond the
nomination.
Mr. Springer will be nominated by Mr.
Newberry, and seoonded by Mr. Bryan of
Nebraska.
Mr. Hatch’s nomination will be mads by
Mr. Bland.
Mr. McMlllin bad not mode a 101601100,80
far as could be learned.
NORTH CAROLINA FOR CRISP.
The North Carolina delegation met during
tlio afternoon and resolved to stand firmly
by Mr. Crisp, though one member was not
present,'and is claimed by Mr. Springer.
The session of the Mtchigan delegation
lasted several hours and ended with six
votes for Mr. Springer and one for Mr. Me-
Millin. In the event of a break the most
reliable Information obtainable places the
de.egation two each for Messrs. Mills and
Crisp, two in doubt, with opposite tenden
cies, and one, Mr. Chipmau, unalterably
for Mr. McMillln.
Senator Vilas has worked the last two
days with tbo Wisconsin delegation in the
interest of Mr. Mills, and it is claimed that
these efforts have been entirely aud com
pletely successful iu the event of Mr.
Springer’s cause becoming hopeless, though 1
definite information is not given out.
A DARK HORSE.
There is some talk about Mr. Wilson of
West Virginia as a possible dark horse. Mr.
W ilson. however, has not heard of this sug
gestion.
The day olosed with neither Mr. Crisp nor
Mr. Mills less oonfUlont of winning.
Representative Bayers of who has
worked hard for Mr. Mills, said this even
ing: "I tell you I know Mr. Mills will bo
elected. lam sure of it.”
"How many ballots will it take?” he was
asked.
‘‘Mr. Mills will bo elected speaker of the
House on the seoond ballot. I cannot give
you any figures or tell you how it will be
done, but I feel certain of it. ”
WHAT MILLS COUNTS ON.
Inquiry directed in other quarters with a
view of ascertaining the cause of
this confidence shows that it is based on the
belief that the retirement after tbe ballot
ing begins of Messrs. Springer, McMillin
and Hatch is inevitable aud that Mr. Mills
cau win when the contest narrows down to
two candidates. A list, said t> be
very fcrefully and conservatively
made os to the result of the elimination
from tue Held of three gentlemen named
was given, footing up 119 for Mr. Mills and
111 for Mr. Crisp. It was asserted that any
deviation from these figures would be favor
able to Mr. Mills. Tbit list included tho
names of tbe five candidates, and would
represent a total voting strength of 230.
Go the other hand, Mr. Blount of Geor
gia and Mr. Hemphill of South Carolina
said that they did not see how any combina
tion of circumstances could bring about Mr.
Crisp’s defeat. Mr. Crisp bad, they rea
soned, so nearly a majority of the total vote
and was so well protected with seoond
choice votes that his election would ensue
tho moment a break oimo. Everything
was, of course, possible, but they did not
believe Mr. Crisp’s defeat to he any more
than barely possible.
A HORSESHOE AND TWO RABBIT FEET.
A horseshoe with two rabbit feet on each
heel was sent to Mr, Crisp’s headquarters to
day by a lady from tho south, and with this
a- üblo omblom of good luck one of Mr.
Crisp’s supporters jokingly askod how auy
one could any longer doubt the result.
The farme s’ alliance members who have
resolved to constitute the third party in the
House,will unite on Representative Thomas
E. Watson of Georgia as their candidate for
the speakorship. Representative Jerry
Bimpsoa of Kansas thinks this is the best
policy for the alliance members, but this
conclusion does not prevent him from
joining Henry George in doing effective
missionary work among the democrats in
support of Mr.|Mi!ls. Mr.JSimpson, good
naturedly, remarks that since tho chances
are not encouraging fur the success of Mr.
Watson, he prefers the next best man, who,
in his opinion, is tho gentleman from Texas.
THE MINOR OFFICES.
In the struggle for the speakership tho
minor offices of the House are being almost
forgotten. Indeed, the selection of most of
these officials turns so much upon the out
come of tho speakership contest that pre
dictions iu most instances would be quite
unreliable. For the clerkship of the House,
ex-Representative Kerr of Pennsylvania,
Gen. Clark of Missouri and
Mr. Crutchfield of Kentucky are
still in the race. The friends
of Mr. Kerr claim that their candidate has
fullyjtwo-thirds of the entire caucus and Mr
Kerr himself seems quite complacent over
the outlook. For doorkeeper of the House,
ex-Representative Turner of New York,
will have the solid support of tho delega
gation of the Empire state, but
Gen. Colt is still making a stubborn
fight. Ex-Representative Yoder of Ohio,
expects to be nominated for eergeant-at
aruis on the first ballot, but he has an active
opponent in ox-Representative Murphy of
lowa, nod other powerful candidates may
suddenly develop before the contest
is settled by the caucus. For
postmaster of the House Lvcurgus G. Dal
ton of Indiana is prominent, but he has
competitors in Col. Yoder and James R.
Fisher of Virginia. New candidates for
some of the offices are, however, appearing
nearly every hour, but many of them will
be content with subordinate appointments.
ILLINOIS’ DELEGATION IN SESSION.
Washington, Nov. 5, 8 a. m.— At 1
o’cl ok this morning tho Illinois delegation,
at the instance of Newberry, Flthian, Fore
man and Wike, passed a res elution by a vote
of Bto 5, expressing u conviction that Mr.
Springer could not bo electod speaker. Mr.
Springer was then invited to appear before
the delegation and give hit opinion on the
situation and the best courso to be pursued.
It is not yet known whether Mr. Springer
will withdraw or whether he will insist
upon his delegation going into the caucus
and giving him loyal Buppjrt. The meet
ing of the delegation still continues and
may lost most of the night.
SPRINGER STILL IN IT.
Washington, Dec. 5, 2:30 a. m.— A little
before 2 o’clock the meeting of the Illinois
delegation came to an end. “You may
say,” said Mr. Springor, addressing a rep
resentative of the Associated Fross,
“that I< am still in the race
and that my delegation will be
for me to-morrow. In other words,
that the status quo prevails, and that my
candidacy is still as much a factor in the
contest as it ever has been.”
Thus the matter stands, the various mem
bers of Springer’s delegation refusing to sav
anything for publioation as to the detailso’f
their conference.
The Alabama delegation stands six for
Mr. Crisp, with Messrs. Cobb and Wheeler
not committed.
A LIVERY STABLE BLOWN DOWN.
One Man Killed end One Seriously
Injured by the Collapse.
Roanoke, Va., Dec. 4.—A heavy wind
and rain storm passed over this city tbi9
morning. A brick budding being erected
for a livery stable was blown down. L. B.
Herring, formerly of Mount Airy, N. C.,
was killod instautly. Mr. Lovelace was
seriously Injured. The building was poorly
constructed. The coroner’s jury is examin
ing into the case. The rainfall was unusually
heavy, aud streets and many cellars are
flooded.
ACTION AGAINST CHINA.
The Proposition of France Not Favor
ably Received.
(Copyright 1891, by tbe ,V. Y. Amociatcd Prut.)
London, Deo. 4.—The Frenoh govern
ment’s overtures to the powers for joint
diplomatic action at Pekin, accompanied by
a naval demonstration at the treaty ports,
have met with a distinct rebuff from
the English and German govern
ments. Semi-official telegrams assert
that Foreign Minister Kihot made no
definite proposals, but merely designed to
ascertain tbe views of the different powers.
Hie view differs from the view which the
English foreign offices takes. Several com
munications have been received at the
foreign office through the French embassy,
giving tho French consular reports ou the
state of affairs in China and urging that
England and Franco t unite to exert
pressure at Pekin. Minister Kibot has bad
similar communications with the govern
ments at Berlin, Rome and Vienna, and fie
has presented the position of the Chinese
government in tho worst possiblo light. It
needed no special diplomatic sagacity to
perceive the French government’s game.
A DIPLOMATIC 80HEME.
Russia has declared tier intention to hold
off from any Interference, but her European
nlly, acting for her, aims to involve Eng
land Iu hostile treatment of tba Chinese
government, with which before long Bug
land may find it advisable to eonoert oom
mon action against a common enemy. The
overtures of France were intimated to the
Chi nose embassy, and wore also wired to Sir
John Walsham, the British minister to
China, whose cabled reply enabled Lord
Salisbury to tell M. Ribot that there was no
necessity for joint or any other interference
in Cbiim. Sir John Walsham advises Inde
pendent English action, if any be required,
under an understanding with tho Poklu
government,
Italy’s reply - .
Paris, Dec 4. —The Italian government
has replied to France’s note proposing com
bined action on tbo part of the European
powers against China to compel that coun
try to mako reparation for the outrages
that have baen committed on foreigners,
and to guarantee their protection iu the
future. In her reply Italv says that as she
is not directly interested in the matter she
will wait until tho other powors decide
upon the course they will pursue before she
decides wbat she will do.
ENGLISH LEGISLATION.
Committees of the Cabinet Shaping
Important Bills.
(Copyright , 1891, by the I V. Y. Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 4. —The committee of the
cabinet consisting of Mr. Balfour, Lord
Ashbourne, Mr. Goschen and Mr. Jackson,
is shaping an Irish local government bill.
Another committee, including Messrs.
Goschen, Chuplin, Balfour and
Ritchie, presided over by Lord
Salisbury is considering the proposed
English land bill. This system ef cabinet
committees la superseding formal cabinet
councils. Mr, Ritchie, who has been pros
trated with influenza since Monday is at
present unable to work. Messrs. Goschen
and Chaplin lake divergent views in regard
to the scope of tho land bill, and it is im
probable that the measure will be so ex
pedited as to be ready for
presentation on the meeting of parlia
ment. As soon as tho House of
Commons opens, the opposition will demand
information os to whether the government
will adhere to the practioe established for a
century of dissolving ;>arllament at the end
of the session, or whother it will insist upon
taking full advantage of the septennial
act. If the ministers refuse to slate their
intention, tho liberals, under the assent of
their leaders, will carry on obstructive
tactics to tho farthest possible extant.
Mr. Goschen will not promote a bill giv
ing effect to his gold reserve schemo unless
assured that it will pass without much op-
Kosition, and tho plan will be dropped un
is* it meets with general and ready accept
ance.
A PANIC IN AUSTRALIA.
Several Small Banks and Building
Associations Fall.
Melrourne, Doc. 4.—A run was started
on the Standard Bank of Australia yester
day owing to the uneasy feeling growing
out of tho suspension of a number of
smaller banks and building associations, and
the result was that the Standard Back bad
to closo its doors and announce its
suspension. The tmuk had a capital
of £1,000,000, of which annum £250,000
was culled. A better feeling prevails in
financial and business circles t >-day, and it
is believed that the crisis has been passed.
The leading assurance society of Melbourne
has offered to render assistance wherever
financial aid is required.
Last night the colonial parliament passed
a bill introduced by the government to pre
vent loss to depositors through compulsory
winding up of building associations con
trary to the wishes of their depositors,
DOM PEDRO DEAD.
The Ex-Emperor of Brazil Passes Away
at Paris.
Paris, Dec. 4.—Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro
of Brazil is dead.
Dom Pedro d’Alcantara, ex-Emperor of
Brazil, was born in 1825, succeeded to the
throne in 1631, and was crowned in 1841.
He was a humane, patriotic and enlightened
ruler—a man of cultivated tastes aud gen
eral culture. He win deposed a little more
than a year ago and went to Portugal. He
watched tho progress of the republic
with great interest, and when the revolt
against President Fonseca bogan he thought
the empire would be re-established and that
ho would he recalled. The treatment he
received from the Brazilian people de
pressed him greatly, and doubtless hastened
his death.
Earl Russell Victorious.
London, Deo. 4.— The suit of Countess
Russell for separation from her liU3baud,
Earl Russell, which has been the social
sensation of London for o week, terminated
to-davina verdict against the countess.
Tho iady is also condemned to pay the costs,
which are very hervy.
Influenza in Cornwall.
London, Deo. 4.—lnfluenza is epidemic in
Cornwall, the county forming the south
west extremity of England, and hundreds of
the inhabitants are prostrated with the
disease.
Fire on the Amaryllis.
London, Deo. 4. —The British steamer
Amaryllis, from Savannah with cotton, has
arrived off Genoa with fire raging in the
main hold. The hatches have not yet been
opened.
The Fire on the Teelln Head.
London, Dec.4.—The fire which broke out
on the steamer TeelinHead ißi itish) which ar
rived at Liverpool Deo. 2. from Savannah,
has been quenched. Tho damage is un
known.
Leminlor Dead.
Paris, Nov. 4. —M. Lemiuier, president
of the International League of Peace, is
dead.
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FOUR TRAINS IK A HEAP.
A HAD WRECK WITH LOS3 OF LIFE
NEAR WOON BUCKET.
The Ball Bet In Motion by a Collision
I etween a Special and a Local
Freight —An Express Train Next
Crashes Into tbs Wreck Another
Express Then Runs Into tbe Pile.
Woonsocket, R. 1., Dec. 4.—Whst il
probably tbe worst wreck tbe New York
and New England railroad ever experienced
occurred at East Thompson this morning
Four traius, two passenger and two freight,
lie piled up near tbe overhead highway
bridge about an eighth of a milt
east of tho station. From Information
gained from passengers by a Woonsocket
Reporter reprecentative, it appears that tba
accident might be divided lute three dlvis
ians. First, the west-bound "South Bridge
special,” a freight which had been made up
at East Thompson, crashed into
a epocial local freight on the
main line, bound east, piling up
ears in groat confusion. Soon after the
Norwioh boat express train, bound east,
which left Put-am at 5:30 o’clock, while af
full speed,crashed into tho wreck, adding Ml
tbo already bad smashnp. Then the east
ward l.ong Island express came along, and
mounting the wreck piled its ears into tba
confused mass. The wreck took fire and
one car on the boat train was entirely cona
sunied, one victim being cremated.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
The killed are Harry Taber, engineer oC
the Long Island express; his fireman, Jerry
Fitzgerald, and an uuknown man who was
in tho sleeper of the train at tho time.
The injured are Engineer Wild and Fire*
man Bayers of tho special freight, i otk
seriously; a man mimed Chandler of Chests
nut Hill, Boston; Express Messenger Mar
shall of the boat express, shoulder Injured;
and Baggagemaster Chase of tbe Bame
train.
The four enginos are total wrecks.
Some of the coaches and freight cars
burned to ashes, with their contents.
The wreck was soon a mass of flames,
cotton and other merchandise burning
fiercely and spreading rapidly. An appeM
was sent to Webstor for assistance from its
fire department.
Large crowds assembled, a special train
from Boston having picked up large num
bers at each station to assist.
KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
Five to Ten Men Lose Their Lives in
tbe Ruins of a Fire.
Bt. Paul, Minn., Deo. 4.—Shortly after
10 o'clock this morning tbe center wall of
the west section of the burned Shepherd'
building, recently occupied by Farwell,
Ozmun & Kirk, fell In, burying the work
men beneath tbe ruins. There is supposed
to have been fifteen men beneath the wall
when it fell and a majority of them were
killed or received injuries which will prove
fata). In less than half au hour workmeo
had taken out ten men, five dead and five
injured, ono so severely that physiolanl
stated that he could not live until he reached
a hospital.
Later Contractor Wlloox was taken out
dead.
The cause of the accident, as near as cap
be learned, was that the wall, whloh wis
weakened by the fire, became top-heavy
from the large amount of debris removed
from the bottom, and fell over of its own
weight. For seine time it has been can
sldered dangerous.
TRUST KINGS INDICTED.
An ElTort to Ooerce Dealers Leads td
Legal Action.
New Orleans, La., Dee. 4.—A special
to the Timet-Democrat from Galveston
says: ‘‘.T. B. Duke, president of the Ameri
can Tobacoo Company of New York, aud
William Marburg of Baltimore, a promi
nent member of the company, were in
dicted by the recent grand jury of this county
for violation of the anti-trust law of Texas
and warrants havo been issued for their ar
rest. These indictments grew out of efforts
made by the American Tobacco Company
to force the wholesale grocers of this city
to accede to the demands of the tobacco
trust, whloh were that grocers should
handle no goods but those manufactured by
the trust."
WILD WIND AND BAIN.
A Damaging Storm ii Now York an 4
Pennsylvania.
Nyack, N Y., Deo. 4.—A wild, dam
aging storm of wind and rain prevails along
tho lower Hudson to-night. Many small
boats have been swamped, and in som
places docks have been flooded. Steam*
boats are delayed several hours. The ran*
fail is heavy.
rain at wilkrsbarrb.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 4.—A terrifla
rain and wind storm swept over the Wyo
ming valley to-day, doing great damage to
the outlying districts. The storm began at
8 o’clock this morning, and from that time
until 5 O’clock this evening ralD peltod down
in sheets. The Susquehanna river has risen
three feet and is still rising.
FOUR NEGROES DROWNED.
Their Boat Oapslzed by a Sudden Gals
on the Mississippi.
Memphis, Tenn., Deo. 4.—Four negroes
were drowned in the Mississippi river neaa
thie city yesterday. Their names aret
Ashley Witherly, James Moes, Ed Will
iamson and HeDry Mosely. They were
laborers employed on the government
works near Hopefield, Ark., and were oa
their way to work when their boat was
etruck by a sudden gale and capsized. The
bodies have not been recovered.
Miners Returning to Work.
Chicago, Dec. 4.—A dispaoth front
Brazil, lnd., says: “The miners aro gradu
ally returning to work in the block coal
mines of this district. Many who are needy
say they will work at any price in prefer*
ence to suffering their children to go hungry.
The miners are also returning to work iu •
other mines.”
Killed By a Falling Scaffold.
Richmond, Va., Doc. 4.—A special front
Durham, N. C., to the Dispatch, states
that by the fall of a scaffold to the Bmoke
stack at one of Duke’s tobacco warehouses
today, W. T. Remington was instantly
killed, and J. W. Williams was so severoljr
injured that he lived but an hour. Three
other workmen were severely injured.
A Dry Goods Store Burned.
Richmond, Va., Dac. 4.— The drygoods
and fancy store of A Ganns & Cos., at No,
113 East Brood street, was burned to-night.
The lose is about {40,000. The proprety is
insured.
Gov. Campbell 111.
Columbus, 0., Doc. 4.—Gov. Campbell
was not so well to-day. Ho had a high
fever and paroxysms of coughing.