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til -Mini Ay KO.v 286. CHICAGO, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 'PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. D.f irvfi, ak v- Down and i His Crime. i KILL HfMSELF.

rs, Ballou Is Safd to Be peeplyJnvjfrfved. Li. (i if VESTED TOO. Sii' ulV octor Dehles hole "Story. His Aged Mother I Reported Dying net His Wife Is Coins Mad; NEARINQ THE OALLOWS.

DxirrM, Jan. 8. Special Telegram. In the annals of American criminal history there has nerer been an Instance where such swift retribution has (overtaken the guilty as in the case of Dr. T.

Thatcher Graves, charged with the murder of thej late Josephine B. Barnaby. At 10 o'clock last night the prisoner was declared guilty of murder in the first degree. On the way to the jail be confessed having tent the bottle of poison, and at the same time accused Lawyer Daniel K. Ballon, of Providence, R.

of having been the instigator of the crime. i' Ballou left Denver last night for Chicago, and will be arrested by the time this appears inpriot The home of Dr. Graves has also suffered. Bis aged mother is at death's while his wife is going mad. Immediately after the jury rendered a verdict last night Deputy Sheriffs James Wilson and George W.

Means removed the prisoner to the county jaiL In telling the story this afternoon, Wilson said "Means and myself took Dr. Graves from the court-house to the county jail. I suggested getting Into a carriage tojfo over to the jail, but Dr. Graves objected. 'Please let me he said, 'it may make(me feel better.

i sboix rot aura "Noting the despairing condition of the prisoner, we began to ply him with question. We found an easy subject. yielded to the first inducement, I said to him 'Now, Doctor, you have been convicted after a fair trial -and your" only hope lies in making a clean breast it and relying on the clemency 6f the Governor. "Dr. Graves at once exclaimed I am not to blame gentlemen I am not to blame.

Ballou was the author of the entire plot. Be ebb. We were- behind with Mrs. out of the difficulty, he said, and that was the way we adopted. Ballon planned the entire f'l then turned to Deputy Means and asked him to note Dr.

Graves was saying. Graves stopped us, and facing us both he said emphatically: what I have just said. Ballou was the author of this I wanted to testify on the 'stand that I sent a bottle of good whisky, but they wouldn't let me. If they had, it would have saved me." At that, Da. emAvu axtxio ako rax into my arms, and for a minute he could scarcely breathe.

"Immediately after delivering the prisoner over to Jailer Hopkins, the prisoner cried "The condemned man on the way to jail acted as if thoroughly dated and bewildered. Once be be said, absently: -ine wnoie twelve said guilty, did tbeyT He appeared to hope that one man would hold out for "At the jail Dr. Graves gave way He sank down in the chair inside the iron bars, like one in a faint. The terri ble strain of the bitter trial at-Jast bore him down. The dawning picture of bis fate completed the wreck.

Dr. Graves 'wept, and was helpless as a child. yi 'I wished Ballou had -never come out he whispered once. Someone asked why. He only shook his V' "One of the officers asked the condemned man if he wanted a new trial.

The Doctor eyes and. said 'I'll never live for a new "As be sat in the jail office he was the picture of resigned and reckless despair. The iron doors rattled, but he eeemed not to hear them. The efficers moved about him, but he did not see Only the awful 'guilty seemed to powea him. "Dr.

Graves was out in' the condemned cell. All his clothing was removed and new garments substituted. The jailer and deputy sheriffs made a thorough search through his clothes. SCVKKAX. SMALL VIALS WTBS They were filled with liquids, which Dr.

i i "In his cell i he orisoner dimmed on to the cot and turned his face away from the light 1 That was all." -r "Deputy Sheriff Joe Holland went on guard by tbt side of the Doctor in the condemned cjll and preparations were-Tnado for a constant and close ajuaid. f- Judge Furman, counsel for Dr. Graves, called at the county jail this" afternoon for the "purpose of learning as to 1jB truth or falsity of the alleged confession. This evening he said "On seeing Dr. Graves I told hun that 1 didn't Ihink Judge Rising would grant a new trial.

I inferred this from his' manner on the bench the triaL He appeared much prejudiced. I told Dr. Graves to tell me the trulh that be bad millions to contend with, snd it was not advisable to conceal anything. My client then said "I can cot truthfully altar any statement I have made. I never told a living soul that I sent a bottle of poison.

They plied me with questions which I refused to answer. -1 appreciate the force against me and doubt if I can fight it much longer. I still possess Puritan blood, within my veins, and if I go to the gallows my last word- will be, 'I am innocent and the victim of, a strange chain of I propose to go to the gallows like a tnn; I am strong and pray God to give mo courae. "I den that Colonel Ballou is implicated in anything, and that he, like myielt, is another persecuted man. I would not care a particle ii it weret for my poor mother and wife.

God give v'm strength enough to survive this ib if. 4 shock, and once more and for always I swear before my God that I am an innocent man." In making thosj remarks Judge Furmaa said eaATKS WAS OOLXJBCTED and only broke down when he referred to his mother and wife. These two ladies are both reported very ill. Last night when Mrs. Dr.

Graves reached her room she complained of fleVAfil Mini in Ka. fiA.d mnA Inf a. i inM I go mad don't place me in an aylum.n oinoe uiat ume sue nas been nytericpi, wniie the elder Mrs. Graves ia reported to be Tery low, About 8 o'clock this morning Dr. Graves ia VAnnrtjvl tr hv.

marl mn mmmifc suicide by swallowing a small vial, but was proTcuieu nj we tune inierierenoe oi a guard. This act is accounted for by last night's confession, which was made while in a state of great excitement The two deputies have made depositions, and will accompany Judge Rising and District Attorney Stevens to the county jail to-morrow morning, when an effort will be made to get a full confession. All the afternoon counsel for the prosecution have been drawing up papers against Lawyer Ballou, which will be laid before the grand jury to-morrow morning. Public sentiment in Colorado has been against the accused from the first, but since the evidence did hot warrant a conviction in the first degree a disagreement had been expected. Editorially the Sun says "So quick an agreement was scarcely expected, especially upon the most solemn verdict that could, be reached.

This case has from the first been a remarkable one. The circumstances of the death were strangely tragic. They were such as to impress all with the feeling that if a minder had, been committed it was in its deliberateness and its CABNTTL AND CCHimiQ FLAITSIXa the very extreme of wickedness and cruelty. "The sending of the instrumentality of death many hundreds of miles was a new and weird thing in crime. It was a new and strange illustration of insatiable greed and wicked malice.

All these striking things in the case made it one of National interest" The Xew says: "The little things of the crime, as they were fitted into the web of other circumstances, grew as large as mountains and as ponderous as truth. Strange movements, uncanny language, gruesome threats against the woman for whom he should have entertained nothing but gratitude seemed inconsistent with any notion of innocence. "Whatever doubt remained was banished when the accused became a witness for himself; for his manner, his self-contradictions, his extraordinary lapses of memory, his sweeping accusations of all who testified against him, brought forth the universal reflections, always put into'words with a sigh, that he was either guilty or erasy. "We have no doubt that intelligent public opinion will strongly approve the verdict found by the jury. Exceptional care was taken in that selection of the jurors, the trial was full and fair in every particular, the defendant had the benefit of able counsel who exhausted all the resources of their profession to at least raue a reasonable doubt in the mind of some juryman as to his guilt, and the only fair assumption now is that be committed the crime for which he stood charged, wnxraxr axi ihubxbatxi.1.

"Looking at it in this way, and we believe it is the only way in which any fair, sane mind can view it, Graves must be regarded more as a monstrosity than a man." Less than an hour after the verdict a number of those interested in the great trial were assembled in room No. 826 at the Albany Hotel. The king-pin of the group was Mr. Conrad, the Butte City son-in-law of Mrs. Barnaby.

Judge Belford, Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilson, and several others were with him. Everybody was smoking and drinking. District Attorney Stevens was telephoned for, but bad not arrived when Th lima Ocxaw correspondent made his visit to No. 826. Sending his card to Judge Belford, with the statement that he desired an interview, a favorable answer was received, whereupon the reporter was shown to the door.

There was the sharp click of a key being turned and Mr. Conrad appeared with a frown on his Unshed face. The celerity with which Mr. Conxad conducted the reporter through the murky atmosphere of cigar smoke was startling. A reporter, passing cigar-boxes and bottles, reached Judge Belford.

bring me a chair; I want a chair," demanded Judge Belford. Again the process of unlocking and opening a door ensued. Mr. Conrad implored Judge Belford to explain everything to the reporter "out the other door." While that gentleman was talking, a bellboy, summoned from below, timidly asked "How many glasses shall I bring, sit?" "Twelve and four," replied Conrad. Such was the DOB CABOTCVAL BTELD in exultation over the downfall of a wretched Edward Grace, proprietor of the Broadway Hotel, who was one of the jurymen in the Graves murder trial, said this "There, was nothing that at any time suggested a disagreement There was no doubt of the prisoner's guilt by any of the jurors, and only one objected to the verdict as it was rendered.

He was in favor of a verdict that Would carry with it a sentence of life im prisonment but finally concluded that such a verdict could not be given under the instructions of the court It had to be murder in the Ffirst degree or acquittal. "There were several who expressed a wish that they might fix the penalty at life imprisonment myself among the number. I would gladly sign a petition' to the Governor for commutation of sentence, not because I doubt the man guilt nor because I am opposed to capital punishment but because I feel that it is a terrible thing to be responsible for even a murderer death. "We are prepared to receive much public ccsscaa ton th tebdict we have given. We expected it before we made our final decision.

It was a case that could not be properly judged unless one heard all the evidence as it fell from the lips of the witnesses and saw the expressions of their faces while they were on the stand. "District Attorney Stevens made a great fight for the prosecution, and was ably assisted by Judge Belford and Lafe Pence, all great lawyers. the other side Judge Furman fought the battle almost alone. Colonel Ballou was a stranger, and being also a witness in tlie case as well did not take so prominent a part" Under the Colorado law the prisoner is sentenced in the term at which he is convicted. This term ends in about a week.

The ques tion of a supersedeas or continuance for the arguments for a new trial and arrest of judgment are being prepared by Judge Furman, and the application for a new trial will be made about Wednesday. It ia safe to state the motion wil be denied by Judge-Rising, and after a sentence has been announced the case will go to the Supreme Court The arrest of Daniel Ballon in Chicago to-morrow will be the commencement of one of the greatest criminal trials ever known in the West Money will be no object and it will be a fight to the death. The grand jury will be asked to return an indictment to-morrow afternoon in time to intercept Mr. Ballou from leaving over the Pennsylvania route for Jersey City. FATALITY AT A FIRE.

An Early Morning Blaze at The Waverly Hotel. A QUEST INSTANTLY KILLED. Three Persons Make a Perilous Flight, Panto and Many Narrow Eaoapai List 'of th Slumbering IN THE WAVERLY HOTEL A fire, the origin of which will remain a mystery, broke out in the Waverly Hotel, No. 263 South 'I Clark street shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. Paul Wood, a youth 19 years of age, was killed outright by the fall of the elevator as he was trying to escape, and his father, S.

F. Wood, an employe of the Haddock, Valletta "Latimer Company, was so badly injured by the downward flight of the elevator, that he, too, will probably die. The fire started somewhere in the basement, according to the story of Clerk Latimer, and with the first burst of steam, smoke, and fire the clerk sent the alarm through the hotel. The bouse, at the time, fortunately was not full, but as it was, the panic was intense, The flames burst through the flooring of the restaurant enveloped, the compartment in half a minute and leaped across the hall and out into the street Dense clouds of smoke crept up the shaft of the elevator and through the halls of the four tenanted floors above. 'An automatic fire annunciator bad aroused such of the guests as were not too deeply enmeshed in sleep, and the wails, shrieks and cries thoee thus awakened, added to the efficacy of the alarm, awakened the balance, F.

Wood and wife and their son Paul, occupied a suit of rooms alongside of the elevator on the fourth floor; Mr. Wood was the first to awaken, and had to drag his wife out of bed. She had partially succumbed to suffocation already. Mr. Wood dragged her out into the hall and then broke into the room adjoining his on the south, occupied by his son PauL The boy lay almost dead from the stifling smoke half way out of the window.

He bad locked the door and misplaced the key. Mr. Wood took the boy by the arms and dragging him out into the ball wrenched open the grated door to the' elevator and threw the- limp body of his son into the car. Then Mrs. Wood was assisted in, and with a jerk which dislocated the gearing of the hoist, the trio shot down through the shaft The mechanism of the elevator had given way, and uninterruptedly it dropped downward.

The start was so violent that the prostrate body of the boy was jostled out over the side of the car, and in this way, his already mangled body adhering to its position between the car and the side of the shaft, the hurried trip downward was made. When the ground floor was reached, the ear was caught between Wood's body and a- projection, and then came to a standstill. Mrs. Woods was carried off in a faint to McCoy's Hotel, badly, though not seriously hurt, while her husband, absolutely speech-lets with fright was lifted into a stretcher and carried to the Grand Pacific Hotel drug The register of the hotel showed that the following were asleep in the hotel when the fire broke outt E. Reeves, Kirkiand, IU.

1 J. Meredith, Chicago. Watson, Chicago. E. E.

Gard, Springfield. Ohio. H. F. D.

Corinvan. St Louis, Mo. N. Frank, Sturpfs, Mich. J.

E. Butlong, Englewood. E-. F. Brown, Eng'ewood.

S. R. Ramsey, Englewood. C. U.

Peterson, New Carlisle, E. Dexter, Chicago. J. R. Clay, Stuart, Iowa.

C. Witherell, Rock Island. A. Thompson, Chicago. C.

J. Johnson, Chicago. H. M. Ingham and wife, Cleveland, Ohio.

J. L. Cadwallader, La Porte, Ind. B. V.

Kidd, New York. Neither could speak, and the body of the boy was left under the elevator, a corpse, to be discovered half an hour later by Herman Rennitch, a reporter. The roster of the unfortunates caught Paul Wood, Chicago, 19 years old, killed. S. F.

Wood, father of above, injured by fall of elevator about head and internally; may die. Mrs. S. F. Wood, mother of Paul, injured about head and shoulders, also by smoke; not rerious-' 1 1 John Meredith, 60 years old, overcome by smoke and bent- Recovery doubtful.

Mrs. Edward C. Dwyer, overcome by fright and emoke. Not serious. 3.

R. Clay, overcome by heat Mrs. J. E. Smith, overcome by smoke.

N. Frank, slightly injured about the shoulders by falling. One of the guests of the hotel, who would not give his name, said "I was in my room on the fourth floor when I heard the cries of fire. I rushed out, not stopping to dress, and saw men and women rushing hither and thither in a frantic effort to escape. I niched down stairs and got out of the building.

I aaw Meredith lying on the floor in a fit" A Pinkerton Watchman who was passing the building at the time the fire started said "I rushed in and beard a great commotion upstairs. 1 at once thought that a panic was about to occur, and made my, way through the smoke to the second floor, and was met by a crowd of bewildered guests who were rushing down the stairs, tumbling over each other in their frantic efforts to get out I do not think anyone was badly hurt in the rush." C. Witheral, of Rock Island, 111., occupied a room on the fourth floor. He escaped with difficulty and was very weak when he reached the lower floor. A.

B. Barnes and wife, of LaToeca, were on the second floor, heard the cries of "fire" and hurried out in their night-clothing. Near the bottom of the stairs Mrs. Barnes fainted and was carried down and out by her husband. Among others who were partially overcome by beat and wiioko were Mrs.

M. C. Tomlin-son, Syracuse, Mrs. G. C- Coo pel, city; Mary Risley, chambermaid TillieLay-naan Mrs.

J. Smith, and J. R. Clay. The guests all returned to the building after the panic subsided -and quiet was restored.

The loss to' the, building will not be over OTHER CHICAGO FIRES, Two tall chimneys are all that now mark the site of one of Irving Park's oldest landmarks the two-story frame house built many years ago by George Jones, at the corner of Selwyn avenue and Irving Park boulevard. It was destroyed by fix ywterday afternoon, entailing a loss of $3,000, and the insufficiency of the fire department in that part of the city was demonstrated. The house ia owned by Allan Gregory, of the 8 took Yards, and was occupied as a residence by H. A. Sherwood.

The fire was discovered by Mrs. Sherwood as she entered the house returning from An overheated chimney bad set fire to a partition and the flames were already gaining headway. One of the children ran to the bom-house two or three blocks distant and gave the alarm, and soon the chemical engine, Irving Park's only hope ht time of fire, was on the scene. v- Mr. Sherwood estimates his loss on furniture at $300, and says that it was due to the efficient work of the policemen that it was not total.

He is insured for $2,000. The house was worth and was insured. "The house might have been saved had there been adequate fire protection here, or even if the streets here were paved so that the companies in the vicinity could run to a fire with some dispatch," said a resident of Irving' Park yesterday. "The Englewood company had to rest its horses twice while coming here. We are waiting in patience for paved streets, and in the meantime soma of our houses will have to burn down," r' The explosion of a barrel of crude oil standing in the alley between State and Dearborn streets, near Washington, which set fire to the woodwork on the, windows at No.

67 Washington street, -occupied by Cranston Stowe, book publishers, gave rise to the rumor that another incendiary, plot had been concocted. It was found, however, that no such plot had been formed, as the barrel of oil had been standing in the alley, and several boys had built a fire near it The fire department was called, and immediately put out the blase. The loss was $10. Two frame cottages on Warren avenue were partially destroyed by fire lastight the total loss being $2,500. They were occupied by the families W.

Baylies and E. Thompson. CRUSHED mf SNOW. Building Collapse Lader the Groat Praas-nrw MIbm sad Railroads Blacked. Sax FnAacisco, CaL, Jan.

Z.Speciai TtU-ffrani. Details have been feceived of a terrific snowstorm in the mountains of Northern California. A vast amount of damage was done in the town of Yreka and its vicinity. The streets were blockaded, hundreds of. shade trees falling from the weight of snow.

Buildings begun falling, and fire bells were rung to call out the citizens. Martin A large carnage-house was the first to fall with, a destructive crash on a large number of horses and. carnages. Iivan A Lemay's factory tumbled like a. house of cards.

Many dwellings were, damaged, and barns caved in, killing horse and cattle, At the village of Humbug an avalanche came down on the buildings of the Spencer quart? mine and swept them off, a complete wreck. Three men. asleep at the time had a narrow escape from death, The cook was buried in the debris for about seven hours, luckily dropping in the crevice just below the steep mountain side, rolled up in his blanket He was buried without injury, but was badly frightened. The men ee. caping and those from the tunnel had to dig through twelve feet of snow and wreckage of buildings to reach him.

Most of the hands were at work in the mine at tha tiirje. All blacksmith, carpenter, and other shops in Yroaa eaved ia with a crash from the weight of the snow. The snowstorm was accompanied by a terrific wind, which bordered on a cyclone, as evidenced by the fact that tops of box cars were blown away at Julien. Trains ana mails all through that section have been delayed. A number of men are reported as having perished in the snow, which in many places was fully fifteen feet deep.

The express driver from Oak Bar arrived at Yreka 03 horseback, it being impossible to travel the road' With any of wheeled vehicle or sleigh, owing to the numerous tree covering the road along Rider Gulch and all the way over Little Humbug divide to Klamath River. For forty-eight hours ia Yreka snow shovel-era were" in great demand at $1 an hour clearing off roofs and making paths through the mainstreeta of the town. -1 Owing to the heavy -snow mining operations have been suspended. JVBT TWO IX THE RACE. Sana tor Qnav Bays the RepabUeajt Nominee Will Ila Blaise or Harrison, PrrrsBCao, Jan, 8.

Special Telegram. Senator M. S. Quay arrived in Pittsburg at 8 o'clock this afternoon and left at 9 o'clock for Washington. While at the hotel a number of politicians called on the Senator.

Ex-Collector D. Warmcastle called by appointment and Attorney J. W. Reed, of Clarion, who ia a candidate for Judge Reed's place on the district bench, was early on hand and had a long conference relative to his cand idacy Senator Quay said he would indorse Judge Fetterman for District Judge, that is if' it doesn't jeopardize his chances," continued he. "If my indorsement of a man acts like they say Senator Cameron's does that is to injure him rather than help him I shall not care about indorsing Judge Fetterman, as I wouldn't want to do him any harm." The Senator thought that Joseph Buffing-ton, of Kittanning, would get the appointment however.

Senator Quay did not think the Democrats in Congress would antagonize his bill providing for a survey for the Lake Erie Ship Banal, as it only called for an appropriation of $10,000 to pay the cost of the survey. He repeated his statement that he was not yet a candidate for Senator. "Dalsell and Robinson are the only candi dates I have heard of, with Robinson in the lead," he said. The Senator does not take much stock in the reports of General Alger's candidacy for the Presidential nomination. "I don't believe General Alger will be a candidate," was his There are only two names spoken of in connection with the coming nomination, Harrison and Blaine.

If the convention were held to-morrow I think President Harrison would be nominated, but there is no telling what may occur between now and June. I am confident though, that Blaine will accept the nomination if it is given him." Colonel W. W. Dudley, of Indiana, in Pittsburg to-day holding a conference with Senator Quay and C. L.

Magee. Mr. Dudley refused to talk. When asked if Harrison would carry Indiana this year he replied. "I give it up." 1 DOXT INTEND TO STRIKE.

Elgix, HL, Dec. 8. Special Telegram. There fi no foundation for- the sensational article in a Chicago morning paper about the Elgin watch factory. strike has occurred, and the factory is not closed.

In one department a few men's wages have been reduced a trifle, but they are still able to earn from $3 to over. $4 per day. "Movements of Ocean SteasnsMpa. Jan. 3.

Arrived, Lord Clive, from ITiiladelphia, Losdox, Jan. 3. Sighted, Rug ia. Havki, Jan. 8.

Arrived, Gasoogne, from New Liverpool, Jan. 3. Arrived, Bostonian from Boston. Nzw koax, Jan. 8.

Arrived, 'Suevia, from Hamburg. GRIPPE ANDvGRIP. GAMBLING IN GRAIN. Senator Washburn Replies to Mr. Counselman.

HE ASKS FOR CRITICISM. His Object Is to Benefit the American Farmer. Legitimate Trad Injured Toy the Parnloloua System of "Short Sailing. TO PROTECT THE PRODUCER, Senator W. D.

Washburn, the author of the option bill by him in the Senate last month, stopped at the Grand Pacific a few hours yesterday en route to Washington from his Minneapolis home, where he spent the holidays. To a reporter for Thb Inn Ocaur the Senator extended a cordial hand, with the remark 1 have just finished reading the in torviewia your paper with Mr. Counselman in which that gentleman severely criticises the bill introduced by me to prevent grain gambling. I am not surprised at that gentleman's hostility nor at all disturbed by the sarcastic reference to my philanthropy in the premises, for any effort directed toward a curtailment of the great evil known as "short selling' can be expected to call down the wrath of all dealers in illegitimate or fiat grain. But Mr.Counselman wholly misunderstands the sit-nation when be assumes that this bill is put forth as a perfect.

bill in all its details. I recognize the extreme difficulty ia drawing the line between what is hurtful and what is helpful to the producer, and I it early to draw out criticism and suggestions from all quarters. 1 already see places that I think are weak, and before the discussion, which I am glad Tan bmta Ocaia is. starting up, is over I may see other places that should be improved. 'tbm itiuas saxijxa of real gram is perfectly legitimate, and should not be interfered with Ia fact, to prevent a man from contracting his grain for future delivery would be ruinous in its effects on the producer, and no one is seeking to encompass that.

"What I want to do," said the Senator, "is to stop this thoroughly pernicious and demoralising practice known in gambling parlance as 'short where a man can go on the board without a kernel of grain, either real or prospective, and sell millions of bushels, thus depressing the market the same as if so much real grain had been dumped on. Why, Mr. Pills bury, the largest buyer of real wheat in the world, tells me that here are men in Minneapolis with their offices in their hats who sell more wheat in a year than he buys and that there are days in Chicago when men sell more than he will buy in a whole year, and yet these men have the audacity to claim they are Bxunita tbm naxaT." Referring to a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce called Saturday at Minneapolis for a conference with the Senator, Senator Washburn said "Of course the Board of Trade folks up there occupy the same position as does the Chicago Board, they claiming to believe that the bill means the utter demolition of all trading in futures, but they will find their mistake when the bill formally becomes a law and goes into effect. I was especially surprised at the statement made then by President of the Sawyer Elevator Company, when he said that not over 10 per cent of the sales made on the Boards of Trade in the country were of the gambling character. I had not the data with me but I find to-day on looking the matter up that a quite different state of affairs exists.

No board furnishes any data to make a pomparison from except the New Tork is small compared to the Chicago Board, but even then the fig-urea are startling. "Here is a very interesting table that I came across the other day. It shows that during ten days of the summer of 1890 the real and bogus sales of wheat were as follows 8aleofae Opt'n sales tual wheat. Of fictitious wheat, bus. 18.400,000 1,000,000 1 10.0AO.OOO 44.000.000 8,000,000 6.400,000 4,000,000 8,000.000 4,600,000 Date 1890.

April April April U.i April 14........ Sept. Sept. 4. Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. 14...... Total.1;.,....

83700 125,720,000 "The facta are that for during the days named. for each bushel of wheat sold, New York market-Wreckers sold 372 bushels of fiat grain, and that it would require but thirty-six days for them to sell options equaling in amount an average wheat crop. "An expert, writing on the subject, says: 'It is not unusual for as much fiat wheat to be sold in a day as there is of aeUial grain received ia a year. For instance On the 11th 3.0U0 UflOO 1,400 6,000 8,000 62,000 12,000 4.000 85,000 of April, 1890, New Tork speculators sold 44y 000,000 bushels of fiat wheat, probably more tnan twice as much as reached that city dur ing the year. While the "offerings" in a sin gle day, at either Chicago or New Tork.

are said to often exceed 300,000,000 bushels, such offerings having the intended effect of de pressing "What would wheat have been worth bad it not been for the board of trade methods?" "Well, I think that every bushel would be worta 20 cents more to-day. In fact, aix XTraora rs astoitisrko that it ia getting our wheat to-day for the ridiculously low price considering all the cir cumstances. They expected to pay more, and it is an outrage upon the producer that he should thus be sacrificed to the relentless greed and disreputable deals of the 'short seller on our boards of trade. Tea, air, you can say to Taa Inn Ocur readers that, in my opinion, some kind of relief will be granted our producer in a restrictive law that will preserve all the good features in future dealings and eliminate the bad. By taking up this question, as Taa Iirraa Ocajur purposes doingAnd drawing in the views from all sides.

it will vender a great service to the people of the Northwest. What we want intelligent. honest investigation, and something good will come out of it," CUU'i 3few Cabinet. Paxis, Jan. S.

The Voltaire prints an interview with Senor Matta. late the Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, touching the composition of the new Cabinet in Choi, and the policy that the government propose to adopt. "The new ministry, said Senor Matta, "ia constituted with the view of protecting the interests of Chili, while, at the same time its endeavor will be to. inspire foreign governments with confidence in its stability. government would a large majo rity in Congress, and would thus be abie to institute without delay accessary measures of Among the measures to be introduced in Congrees at an early date are bills for the re-establishment of a gold currency.

and the restoration of the public credit." Se nor Matta. in conclusion, predicted a rapid increase 01 ininan trade. THE "WEATHER. Wamvr ana Generally Fair The rroWblll. ties for To-day.

Forecast for twenty-four hours, andica p. nu. Jan. 4: For Chkvto and.Vicinity Warmer, andlzraer- allr fair, mds mostly southerly. For Northern Illinois and Northwestern In diana Wanner, and fair.

For Indiana and Illinois Fair, warmer south winds. For Lower Kichigaa and Wisconsin Generally lair, alicnuy warmer soatb winds. Upper Michigan Light snow; war met; south winds. For. Minaesotta and Iowa Generally fair; silently warmer: soota winds, The following were the teneral observations throughout the country ymsrday, taken at the same moment of time at an the stations named.

beinc p- m. Chicago time, eorreapondwg ia all eases to p. waaoinctoa timet Kaoa ow oaaaava- 2 AMlane CO Clear 2l 14 W. Clear an NV Clear AMnlboina A w. Clear Albany S.

W. Cloudy baker City 2S.W V. W. Kain iiKmnarc A.V) Zs K. W.

Cloudy bo. ton 44 S. W. Clear 1' Hr, Snow .06 Bufnrd, -4 42 S. W.

Clear Slds S. Cloudy 2aS4 li N. W. Clear U2 an 42 V. Clear j4 X.W.Clear Chryeana, 5 S.

W. Fair Cnlcarn. 1 S. Clondy Cincinnati xuti X.W.Clear Cleveland v. (Cloudy .01 Concordia 44 w.

Kalr S. 1 is Is. E. Cloudy Denver. ami at six W.

Kalr Dm Molaaa. 3U2 84 t9. E. Clear Detroit. Ht V.

Clear IoiraCttj. 4SI 64 VT. (Clear 14 1. X.n'lear av HIS. E.

Snow JB F.rle 39.3 Gal Teuton aojs Clear Grand Harea 9) r' S. K. Cloudy Green M.N 14 lW.W. Clondy Helena W. bloody Huron 28.14 i Clondr Indianapolis 91 w.

Cloudy 4i Clear Kansas City 29. 40'S. I-alr Keokuk tl S. E. Clear 24 fit' Clear 23.M yt'S.

Cloudy .04 Little aiiM tri S.1 Clear Lnul.lll.......... U4 IK S. W. fair li M. Cloudy f.

SO N.W. Snow Memphl a.is. W. Clear Mile City 20 a'W. Cloudy .14 Cloudy Mlnnedoaa.

U.W 12 Clear Montreal 25.3-S SJ Cloudy Monti-o. an.il 14 Clear Mom-head- 2S.W it Clear KewOrieana. Ti.Jt i MS. W. Clear ewlork 82.

W. Clear North PlaUa ralr SiJ); avs, clear Omaha a4 yi 'S. Clear (we-o 14 a Snow Sil f4i Pierre -j. 4 W. Cloudy sv.f S' W.

Clear Vort Huron VI Crt KiW. Clear 2.i ttS, Clear hi. -JSfM IH. Clear (iUPaul -1. i S.

K.tClnndy hU Vincent 1J Clear (alt Lake City S4'i4. Clear ban Antonio 54 F- Ciear Santa 3ft 4't'alui Clear Fault Ste. JV.O! -4 X2-S. P'lreveport l. S.

tinudy Slom City JfM a s- Clear Ppr'nefinld. Ill -Mill 'S. Clear t-lirlncliold. Mo 4-ls. W.

T.ilwl.i W. Ciear Valentine :li.ti4 i4 Calm Clear Si 11 W. Clear Vlghltn 1 4-i j. Cluar 1 taca oi rauimii. NO FEAR OF WAR Peaceful Settlement of the Chil- Ian Affair Probable.

EG AN IS DISREGARDED. The Government Negotiates Through Minister Montt CHILI HAS MADE ADVANCES. England Strives to Restore Friendly Relations. Corrai pondsmca to Be Sant to Con- sresa aa Soon as tho House Is In yLrMng Order. AT.L'1 WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

Washuiotox. Jan. S. Snecial Telegram. Peace between Chili and the United States tonight asems The diplomatic neirotiations are no lonoet conducted at long rans.

The entire question is under consideration by the President and Secretary of State here and the Minister of (Thili. Minister Egan is not used in transacting the negotiations except so far as he may be lbs intermediary for the communication of messages. That even may be doubted, for it if understood that the representations of thif government are made directly to Minister Montt and that he Communicatee them immediately to his own government, so that Minister gan is in a measure disregarded. This has been done for-ranons reaaona. The situation has become so critical that the administration preferred to have immediate control of the situation.

Moreover, Minister Egan has become a source of irritation, and without humiliating' him, it was determined by this government to remove, at least pending negotiations which might result ia peace or war. a possible obstacle. canxi has auna adtabcm since the new Cabinet was formed which are of the most friendly character. The advocates of peace with honor, have had a mostefficient advocate in the representa tive ox the government of Great Britain. The British Minister here.

Sir Julian Paunoefote, acting under express instructions from hit government, has been using hia good in nuences with the Minuter of Chili la the in, tercet of peace. The cable dispatches from London and Chili also show that the British Minister Santiago, Mr. Kennedy, in the like manner under instructions, has been endesv voring to bring about peace. This action of the British Government it not altogether to be ascribed to seal in the interests of humanity. It has a commercia motive, The English public is said to bolti all of the Chilian bonds.

The recent experi ence of British investors South and Centra! America is such as to make it desirable to Great Britain that there shall be no troubU with those countries which shall tend to de- press the price of securities A war betweex Chiil and the United States, would for the moment at least, destroy the value of Chiliar bonds, and. i-; xsyras aamsa uvasiuaa. President Harri9on will undoubtedly senc all the Chilian correspondence to Congress at soon as toe House snail be in working order. But it is possible that this may not be done until the last of the-week. Should there be any delay, there will be good reasons lor it There may, be a disposition on the part of the administration to wait until.

Judge Ad- 1 locate General Kemey has forwarded from ban Francisco the testimony which he may take from the officers and men of the Baltimore, There may be an additional communication from Chili which it may be desirable to incorporate with the correspondence. Moreover, it is not certain that the House will remain continuously in session during the week. The condition Speaker Crisp's health is such thaL. his physician has announced that it will not he safe for him to be present at the House on Tuesday. It is believed that the Democrats, rather -than incur the risk of party friction, will decide to have the cl-rk call the House together on Tuesday and then adjourn until Friday.

By that time the expectation ia that the crisis in the Chilia 1 situatio will have passed, 1 The President will tben be able to determine whether tiMinexsage which shall pany the correspondence shall speak of peace or war. General Cogswell, of Massachusetts, refer-' ring to the aroaa Pxicsm ornxoos; in the Chilian situation, to-night saids 1 "It looks to-night like peace with honor with Chili. If so it ought to be clearly understood that it is owing wholly to the fact that Great Britain. Germany and other nations having large interests in Chili were satisfied that President Harrison meant to fight if Chili persisted in her course. Consequently these, nations have interfered and com.

pelled Chili to do the honorable thing. "This result, will be due entirely to the fact, as everybody familiar with the situation, knows that Harrison was deter mined in his purpose to defend the honor of hi country at any cost, and not to tho skill of anybody else. A determined purpose to fight in an honorable cause is generally mora effective in averting war, than a weak, vacil. luting or compromiinng policy." MATTA'S REPLY DISAVOWED. VaXPABAiso, Chili, Jan, 3.

It is learned on reliable authority that the answer sent by Senor M. A. Matta, at the time Minister of Foreign Affairs to President message "nnd which was' cabled to Chili's ministers in Europe and America as the provisional gov eminent 's reply to the United States, strictly speaking, tras unauthorized. It appears that at a meeting of President Monti's old Cabinet to diwrufs President Harrison's message, Minister Mat. a was authorized to reply to it.

He wrote out tho document and cabled it to the Chilian Minister at Washiju-ton, Senor Montt, without even having submitted it to President Montt or the other members of the Cabinet. It is stated here that the Gorman Emperor will be proposed as an arbitrator ia tha Bulti, more case. llelfl Vp the Ktntte. Hexxa, Mont, Jun. S.

Highwaymen hold up a stage nenrlhe Idaho line Saturduy niflit and secured $6,000 m-orth of jewelry and $100 in cash. The jewelry belonged to a Clik'nj-o wholesale hoie-e. The heaviest loser was Ed 1.. Huntlev. ttf I Chicago, a traTeling man for a wholeralo clothing houe in that city, lie lost wntciirs I and diamonds which he says were worth 1 imccoiucr men and two Wvuaa were robbed,.