The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 1

PRICE TWO CENTS. PO KANSAS CITY. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1889. 1:30 O'CLOCK.

I VOL. 10, NO. 86. I HOLMAN MAY STEP DOWN. son to quit smoking while on the floor.

The deputy did as requeted, whereupon Mr. Am derson blew a cloud of smoke into the air and inquired, "What objection La the speaker to my "Why, it's against the Hex," "Weil, you go back and tell the speaker that I make the point of order that this house has no rules, and shall smoke where I please." I MILLS LIKELY TO BE CHOSEN LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATS. this Is the Outgrowth ot the Unpleasantness tu the Democrat le Camp Brought About by Mr. illolonatiNt Misjudging the Tent. per of the New House.

THE NEED OF MORE ROOM. POSTMASTER NOFSINGER SENDS SOMI INFORMATION TO sefeekoil, What Um Nalco Naa Now, What It Segall's and What lit Will Require la Ton Kansas thy. Population and Preto perityComparativo Statistic, 4 Postmaster No (singer to-day sent to It James Windrim, supervising architeet at 1Vashington, his reply to the questions salmi by Mr. It'indrim its reference to a new government building here. Dr.

Notsinger's letter is as follows: In answer to your favor of the 17tb. teerdint new government building at this plat, I bars Old honor to report the following: Aniount of postal business dune id 1878 77.241.53 Amount Of Wale in ism uniber of perssus employed in it pastatfice 134 Number of liersons on pay roll, ineliiik --tug ekrks, tibout. 82 5 ii 323 WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? Mysterious Lessee in the Stamp Department or the Chicago Poste Mee. Cnic AGO, Dee. 1.1U.Ever since last July there has been a mystetious loss of money in the retail stamp department of the postoffice.

Four clerks are engaged in retailing sattnps. These clerks receive a salary of from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. They sell about ri00 or $000 worth of stamps and envelopes every due. last Jule each clerk has been falling short about a month. The matter was put into the hands of detectives, who have worked themselves nearly into insanity trying to solve the mystery.

but are no nearer a solution now than months ago. The clerks are all people of tried honesty, and yet the sitttatiou is so peculiar that it makes them feel that they must be the objets of suspicion. It looks as if some one of theta was stealing from the other three, but nobody can conceive how they could do it, even if they were dishonest. One of the clerks, having made up his mind that it was the money that was taken, kept an inventory of every piece of money received, but his preeautions were rewarded with a loss of $'20 for that day alone. Last Monday, (luring a great rush of business, Johnny Lnglish, the postmaster's pri.

vote secretary, was sent to sell stamps in the new department separate from other clerks. Ile undertook the job mainly for the purpose of showing how the work could be done with. out a loss if a person were careful. Ile sold stamps for two hours and then took an account of stock and found that be we. short just $12.

1 THE corsrrs 342 SALOONS. Only TWO Outiddo Use City LimitsThirty Added to the City by Extension. There are new 540 lagoons within the city limits. While all of them have county antil state licenses those in the territory recently added to the city haven city licenses. All the county licenses expire January 4 and there will probably -be no opposition to the renewing of all of them by the county court.

In addition to the 540 in the city to be renewed there are two saloons outside the city the licensee of which expire at the same time. The county license is 500 a year and the state license, whieh is also collected by the county officials and at the same time as the county license, is $.10 a year. As the licenses are issued for six months at a time there is therefore to be colleeted for licenses by the county offielats as quiekly as possible utter January Of amount 135,600 goes into the county treasury and 13,450 to the mate. t'ountv and state licenses expire January 4 anti Jule 4. While there are now 540 saloons in the city lieensed by the county there are only 46.7 of them licensed by the cite.

The die. crepancy is accounted for partially by the feet that a number of saloons were taken into the city in the recent extension of the limits. There has beeu a lulling otf of forty eity saloon licenses since lost May, when there were 507 licensed saloons in die city. The city license is 250 a year. Cite saloon licenses formerly expired on May 1 and November but at the renewing of them about the latter date time police coinmissioners concluded -that it would be more convenient to have them expire at, the same time as the county licenses anti changed the dates of expiration accordingly.

Most of the saloonkeepers theta took out licenses running until July 4, but between fifty and sixty of them took out short term licenses which expire January 4. The police eommissioners will have to again consent to the renewal of these licenses. A new condition will confront the police commissioners in issuing saloon lieenses hereafter. It is whether they shall license a saloon to be run on the same premises with billiard or pool tables. fly refusing to do to they could bring about a rigid obeervanee of the Newberry law.

They will consider this question before the licenses are renewed. City License Inspector Lampe says that there are only about thirty saloons in time new territory just taken into the city. lie thinks that a good 'UMW S11100118 which secured coun-, ty licenses on imily 4, or as soon thereafter as possible, have since closed up. WASHINGTON, Dee. 211.A special to the Chicago Tribune from Washington bays: It is not improbable that Mr.

Holman will resign the position of chairman of the Democratic caucus and that Mr. Mills will be elected to that position. This is the outgrowth of some unpleasantness in the Democratic camp. Mr. Holman has resumed his old tactics of obstruction on matters involving expenditures of money, a thoroughly unpopular role, and one which he practically abandoned during the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses.

The difficulty arose over the salary to be drawn by Colonel 'gime R. Hill, special employee on the Democratic side of the house. After it had once been fixed at $2,000 an effort was mole to raise the of Mr. Clancy, who occupies a corresponding position on the Republican side anti who receives $1,500 per annum, to the same figure. To this Con Mr.

Holman made the amendment that Colonel Hill's salary be reduced to $1,500 per annum, and equalize matters in this way. Mr. Holman's party associates believe that be did this merely as a formality and lint for the purpose of reducing Colonel Hill's salary, but the temper of a new house is easily misjudged and the atimitiment was carried. This retillit was sasperating to the Democrats, betause it upset a secondary purpose. The Intention was to raise Cohmel Hill's salary, if the house Would agree to it, to $2,500 re aft hum CO that he could afford to employ assistance in hunting up Democratic members when the deatilovits begin over the contested election cases.

There was a quiet understanding to this effect between the Democratic and Republican managers, and it would have gone through without any trouble. THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. Num Ger of square' feet, lloor area, now oectipied by postothee 8.1050 Same, corridor. 1,024 Number of square feet, floor area, need- ed to amiuttuodate the present bustnese 15,000 Number of square feet, door area, need- ed to provide proper semoninodatioss for prospeetive increase tu postal bust ness ilk the nest ten years 45,000 Rent paid for postotheeaccoinnowlations at stations A and 411,840 Probable mist of land, central and convenient in location to businem and the pubile. suitable for sits, for the building, from POO to per front foot, Popitlation of the city In 50,12011 iti Estimated population of the city in 1900 500.000 As to the prospective commercial growth of Kamm City in the next ten years I wall simple say that while her commerrial growth the past ten years istut been phenomenal, there is every reason to belitva that her commercial growth in the next years alit equal if not surpass that ol the past ten years.

Jr. Nofsinger, in a postseript to his letter, calls the attention of the department to rota. punitive statistics compiled from the Post. master General's report of ISMS. Eleven cities were selected, the number of carriers in each given, aggregate number of pieces of aunt handled, gross receipts, net profit and per.

centage of profit. The cities selected were: Kansas City, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleve. lend, Detroit, New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington, Louisville, Milwaukee and Min. neapolis. There are many striking comparisons.

Kan. as City'srreentage of profits on gross re. eel pts is ,2, while that of Vashington is only 20 per cent. The nearest to Kansas City in this line is Detroit with 08 per cent, 4 pot Cent less. Katiliall City, with fifty-two earriers, handled over 1 million more pieces of mail than Cincinnati dill with 127 carriers.

Kansas City handled, with six less carriers, seven times as many pieces as Milwaukee. It hen. died, with fourteen less earners, nearly double the RUM ber of pieces Detroit did. With sixteen less carriers Kansas Cit handled over 10 million more pieces than Cleveland did. Baltiworet with 174 carriers, 3111 times as many as Kansas City had, handled only 12 million more pleees than Kansas City.

makes many pretensions as a competitor of Kansastity. The statistics sent by Dr. Nofsinger to the department show that Kansas Citv's net profits lacked only about $16,000 of tieing as much as Minneapolia's entire gross receipt and still Minneapolis as hatiN, one ore carrier than Kans City. lAinis. idle bad the same number of carriers as Kan.

sus Cite, still Kansas Citv's net profits were $13,070 more than Louisville's grilse reetipta. Postmaster Nolainger devoted much time and care to his report and his estimates are conservative. Everything about the office in. divines that the proportion of increase of hue. iness in the future will be equal if not greater titan that of the past.

If it is true the next report of the Postmaster General will give figures more startling thou the last one, It coats less per piece to handle mail miter ill Kansas City than any other city in America. An Iowa Collexe Burned, TOLEDO, Dee. 26.The main building of the 1Vestern college burned early this morn. ing. This WILA one of the finest college build.

ings in the state. Loss, insiiranee, $22,500. It is not known how the tire originated. The people of Toledo are holding a meeting this alternoon to arrange for the immediate erection of a new building. 1,11214 1.5,000 45,000 1,848 ren ient table for 4 KAM Ling irik 1 ea en, fire in the The Clouse Begins Leginlative Work Before It Has Butes to Work Under.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 26.Ex-Speaker Carlisle, in commenting upon the elnitaof the Republicans that they have in the present house already advanced legislation beyond any stage hitherto attained, says that the progress is more apparent than real. "This is the first instanee," said Mr. Carlisle, "in which the speaker has been authorized to appoint the committees On ways and means and appropriations in advance of the where. It has been customarv to make early announcement of the committees on rules, mileage, accounts and ennilled bills, but the committees intrusted with the preparation of actual legislation have hitherto all been an, pounced at the Same time.

But up to the present time no mien have been adopted and no material progress can he made in legislaHen until after the adoption of rules. "The only rear- ditkrenee between the method pursued by the Democrats in the recent congress and that of the Republieana in this is that the latter have deferred the adoption of rules until after the holiday recess. But they really gain nothing by that. The rules must be adopted before the actual, earnest business of the session call beacted upon, and what material difference does it make whether this is done at the outset or later? Upon the reassembling of the house the tinte necessary to the establishment of rules must be consumed, and that before legislation can be advanced. "In the ease of the present house it hasbeen simply beginning legislative work before being in a condition to carry it forward, and after the recess all legislation must wait for the rules.

Hence it is just as broad as it is long, end, as I have said, nothing is gained." tOT4 IA PERNAMBUCO MAY REVOLT. THE ABIDING UNITY OF THE BRAZILIAN STATES THREATENED. The People of Pernambuco Ready, at the Word of Their Leader, Mariano, to his Against the Provisional Other States Would Likely Follow. WASIIINGTON, Dec. 26.Brazilians in the United States are watching with grave concern the news from Their native country.

Nthile they do not appear to be at all anxious for a restoration of the empire, it is evident that many of them look for trouble of a sort suggested by the recent disquieting dispatches concerning disturbances in the provinces. The reluctance of some of the most prominent men of liberal opinion to give their adhesion to the provisional goveniment of Da Fonseca is taken as an indication that these men have intimated that it will be advisable to ascertain whether the new authorities will be entitled to general confidence or whether they have undertaken something that they are not broad enough and strong enough to carry out. A most significant thing in the estimation of well-informed persons was the refusal of Don Jose Mariano, in Pernambuco, to aecept the governorship of Pernambuco. Mariano is described as a man of immense intluenee in a province that has interests almost absolutely apart from those of the province south of the San Francisco river. the aristocratic families of Pernambuco, as well as with the masses in that city, Mariano is a man whose judgment is as thoroughly respected and followed as his readiness to fight, if necessary, is acknowledged.

The people of Pernambuco read their own papers and care nothing for what is said by those of other sections of Brazil. The pity is the commercial and financial metropolis of the North. Very much de-pends, according to the Brazilian authority, upon the course that Mariano advises the people of Pernambuco to take in the early future. If he should say there is no sort of doubt that Pernambuco would refuse to abide by the decrees of the provisional government at Rio, and that it would be joined by neighboring provinces in establishing a new government of the northern provinces. The withdrawal of one pro.

vinee might be expected to be followed by the refusal of theta to yield obedience to the commands of the Da 'Fonseca government and possibly lead to a general break up and a melancholy state of disorder in all of the provinces not controlled by the military forces. A careful compilation of the expressions of the press shows that there is not one paper that has said anything critieal of Dom Pedro. There have been many expressions of doubt the expediency or timeliness of the declaration of the republic. Conservative Bra, idiom, who believe that the empire was care- fully governed and who thought it wise to continue it as long as Dom Pedro was alive, say that the most powerful intluenee against the declaration of the republic in Brazil has been the disorderliness of the republies that are its neighbors, while the empire, a Mow arch), only in name, has been free front con-1 vulsions for more than thirty years. 'there is hope among the Brazilians that a better disposition toward the republic may be uninifested, but there is a plain mistrust of the ability of the Rio administration to give assurances that will be aeceptable.

There is no fear of intervention by tiermany or any other European government. Even if tier-many dared to expose herself at home by undertaking any important foreign enterprise of this sort, it is believed that a hostile demonstration against Brazil would bring all the provinees together and develop a aini' of the South American republics that wont be astonishing and perhaps unprofitable to all foreign netions interested in Brazilian affairs. INCINENT REBELLION Dec. 26.Dispate1tes from Rio tie 'ianiero received in cipher by the newspaper Noeidathts contain important and deeply interesting facts about the political upheaval reported there as havingoccurred on the I Salt inst. The provisional government found itself confronted with a very formidable Kull aetive opposition among the members, among which were numbered many soldiers, a good contingency from the navy, backed np by several officers from both of the service, and numerous eitirens who favored the monarchy.

These banded together and paraded the principal streets, giving full aggressive show of their sentiments, and very serious fighting resulted. The revolt was not suppressed until the morning of the 30th Olen the regularly organized troops overcame and dispersed the monarchists. the provisional authorities arrested quite a number of participants in the revolt. IN Rio DE JANERIO. NEW l'oaK, Bee.

26.The steamship Sirius, which left Rio Janeiro Pecember 4 and arrived here today, reports that several foreign war ships, among them the tnited States steamer Richmond, had arrived in the harbor and that quietnesa reigned in the city. A riot had taken place in the Rio Grande' district, although no partieulars could be learned up to the time of sailing. Captain Fisher of the Sirius was seen by a reporter and said: "When we were at kin everything was quiet in the city and no one wouid linagine that any change of government had taken plaee. Business was going on as usual, although tile banks were a hit wary and drafts of over IMO would not be honored. There was, however, an tindercurrent of discontent manifested and I am not surprised to hear of an outbreak there since we W.

R. Grace CO. to-doe received a cable from Rio that exchenge ibere is quoted at 21,2 pence, which is fall of since Dom Pedro was deposed. Rubber has gone tip 2 mills and 44s) eels to-day. Mn (mane said that he VAR nnt an alarmist, but the indications were that grievous trouble was brewing.

lie believed that Brazil cow mined more corrupt otheials than 1111r other country on the face of the globe. If the press hod the same liberty as in this country, ram. eighty would be exposed in a way that would be surprising. A RECEPTIoN 10 lintIVER. Atchison to tho New Supremo Jon-nett ittostiny ATutiuson, Dee.

20.The Hon. 1). J. who host recently been elevated to the supreme bench of the United States, has Necepted on invitntion te be the guest of the people of Atehison Tuesday night, when reception will he given in his honor at the residence of Moyor B. P.

Woggener. Mrs. Brewer is MAO speeted. Among other flistinguished gtievts will he Chief Justiee and Mrs. Horton of Kansan', United Stat('! tout Mrs.

C. .1. Foster of Statml District judge sod Mrs. Doody of Nelormita, nod the stnte officers and their wires of both Kansas and 'Nebraska. Judge Brewer will trove for Washington to fluorite his new duties on the 3 loot of this month.

Ile will return to Kansas in rebut. nry to paek his things for his final deportnre. tie annonnees that tie will resideneo in 1Vashington for the present bolt will board, as his unmarried eltildren are In toehold. neottioetten of a Wleory. toe A Ititl.t.N, is reported that the It adeati winery, near this eity, was destroyed yeliteritay, together With lin to worth of swine, hy the breaking of the levee on the FOS Antreleg river.

nonth et rimminont flotteentlem CINCINNATI, Item F. Covington, I prominent man, died to-day at his resiilenee in Madisonville after a tiniterimt ill. if was viee president nt the Globe Ilimuriince company. RACE RIOTS IN THE SOUTH. SERIOUS AFFRAYS IN FOUR GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE TOWNS.

Twenty Negroes Killed at Jessup, Ga.The Military Called Out at Clarksville, Tenn. Augusta, Police Attacked by Drunken Negroes. SAVANNAH, Dee. riot occurred yesterday at Jessup, fifty-seven miles south of here, in which two white men were killed, two others were seriously wounded and several negroes are reported killed. The Georgia hussars troop of the First regiment of Georgia cavalry sent two detachments of men to Jessup last night and more trouble Is apprehended.

Adviees received from Jessup at midnight say: The situation is somewhat quieter at this hour, but no occasional shot is heard. The streets are still paraded by armed men. A negro was found dead in an alley a few moments ago, and two others of the wounded are reported to be dying. Fear is now enter-hailed for the safety of the people remaining in the neighboring towns, but as all the ncgroes and whites seem to be congregating here, very little danger need be apprehended. TWENTY NEGROES REPORTED HALED.

SAVANNAH, Dee. 26. Twenty negroes were killed in the riot at and around Jessup, yesterday, before darkness came on. The Georgia Hussars of this city, under command of Captain W. W.

Gordon, are patrolling the village. There is intense excitement over the killing of Deputy Marshal Matthew Barnhill and Lumberman W. Woods. Marshal D. Leggett and Station Agent M.

J. Woods, who were badly wounded, are resting easily to-day and it is expected that both will recover. While the negroes were retreating to the swamp several of their white pursuers were slightly wounded. Armed reinforeements from neighboring villages arrived promptly, and with nearly all the able-bodied whites Of Jessup and many negroes a descent was made on the rioters. The negroes were well supplied with Winchesters and revolvers and made a sortie from one side of the swamp.

They Mood their ground for a very short time, as the scrub trees did not afford much protection. Several were shot down in the scramble from shelter on their retreat to the dense canebrake. During the night an occasional shot was beard in the village. A negro was found dead in an alley a few moments ago and two others of the wounded are reported dying. Fear is now entertained for the safety of the people remaining in the neighboring towns, but as all the negroes and whites seem to be congregating here, very little danger need be apprehended in those places.

AN ARREST LEADS TO MOT. total Affray Between OMeers and a Mob of Negroes at Jessup, Ga. NASHVILLE, Dee. last night intelligence AS received here of trouble in Clarksville between officers and a colored mob, two members of which were shot, one fatally and the other veriously wounded. Grave fears of a riot are entertained.

Frank Morrison a speeial policeman, at- tempted to arrest Bob MeCnteheon, colored, when other negroes interfered. Several polieemen came to the assistonee of Morron, whereupon Joe Foeman, colored, assaulted Chief of Police Stafford with a stick, striking him over the head. The officers drew their rovolvers and fired. One bullet struck Joe Meriweather, colored, in the back. lie will die.

Foeman tried to escape, but wits pursued lu the chief, who shot him in the stomach. lie will recover. The reports of the drew an immense crowd of negroes to the scene, awl Chief of Police Stafford had to be taken to jail for safety. The excitement rapidly in-crewed a9d a large number of extra officers were sworn in, while the Clarksville City Onanis were called out and lodged in the court house, where they are in readiness to respond to a call. A RIOT AT Pollee Attacked by Drunken Negroes-One Negro Killed.

AtateTA, Dec. 213.When Officers Williams and Crawford went to arrest a party of drunken wegroes yesterday they resisted, disarmed the policemen and beat them badly with their clubs. The polka were subsequently reinforced arid half a dozen of the negro ringleaders were arrested and locked np in the engine house. A large number of citizens, white and black, collected about the place and great excitement prevailed timing the afternoon. The negroes were subsequently removed from the engine house to the jail.

When the offiecrs started to the jail with the prisoners a difficulty occurred between a negro and several whites. in which first clubs were used, then pistols. One negro was killed outright and another badly wounded. Three Neirroett Killed at lliernesville MACON, Dee. 26.There 'was a riot at Barnesville, forty miles north of here, last night.

Three negroes were killed. The cause of the trouble is not known. The military of this city are now awaiting orders to repair to the scene of the trouble. ROBBERS MAKE A Three Mao hell Mee Intimidate a Woman While They lleareh the tionmt. Nottnousg, Dec.

masked men entered the dwelling of M. F. Sewielty of this place, Tuesday night about 7 o'cloelt and demanded of Mrs. Sewicky the money that was in the house. They told her to keep quiet until they went through the house and she should not be hurt.

After looking through all the beds and bureau drawers they left, taking only one overcoat, wliieh they left in the yard. Mrs. Sewicky is an invalid and was alone at the time. ear Wanted in the moth. Iteeeivet Eddy of the Mittotirt, Kantite Texas railroad company, passed through this eity this morning on his way to Sedalia from Leavenworth, where he had passed Christmas.

Receiver El id, said that the dearth of ears was just as great in the South ati it wag in the West. The Widow of General homy; thee. Pee. 26.The widow of fienerel George II. Thomas died I last night at her residenee here.

She had not been in good health for two year. Mrs. Thomas passed away as quietly as did her difltiiigtiIl really years ego at San Ira 'wise. Dr. Heiden Goes to Jain.

LEBAstrist, Dee. It R. Widen, an unusually brilliant man, at one time the leading physielan in the enmity, is in jail, baring failed to PI cure bond at hie preliminary hearing in the mom of $5,000 no the charge of bigemy and the abduetion of I I 7-year-ol4 daughter of Caleb Cahn, a prominent fernier. A tat Itird ne hwitt Re a Leon Owns City Comptroller Thomas, Deputy Comptroller E. S.

Casey end two or three other grit. itemeti (hemmed bird hooting in the comptroller's office this morning. "(Me queer thing about a hird," Paid Mr. Cagey, "is that it thee just as fast no ilitterhues how fat it is." TRE SAME OW ARGUMENTS. Iligh Tariff Men Address the Ways and Means Committee.

WAsittstirroN, Dec. N.The first of the series of tariff hearings mapped out by the house committee on ways and nteans was held this morning, gentlemen interested in metals, ores and coal being permitted to give their views. George It. Ely, president of the Western Into Ore association, which was organized eight years ago oke in favor of the retention of the sputy on iron ore. The duty of 75e a tint, he argued, had been beneficent.

It had been satisfactory. It had promoted the iron and steel interests of the United States in a remarkable degree. As an instance of this beneficent effect lie cited the produ(tion of the tiogebie district, which had increased front MK at tons in I t484 to 14,001) tons during ten months of 'HSI), and of the Minnesota district, which had increased within the same dates from 62,000 to Mitty)Ou tons. In lsf46 the total production of American mines hail been 10 million torts, while the estimated production for It149 was between 14 million null 15 The question of dutv, he Pa id, was a questhm of wages. In the Spanish mines the hours of labor were seventy-two hours a week; in the Lake Superior region the hours were fifty-five hours a week.

In Spain the wages of drillers anti miners were sixty to seventy-two cents a day, anti of common laborers thirty-six to fifty cents; in the Lake Superior mines, the wages for drillers and miners were $2.25 to $2.75 a day and for laborers $1.60 to $2. lie believed in the protection of American labor, and in keeping up the rates of wages to Ameriean workingmen. Ile did not ask for any increase of duty, but he earnestly urged the retention of the present rate. The ditty hail operated to make up iota of the difference between the wages at hoine and abroad. If the duty was high lenough to make a full equivalent for this difference it would be at least $1.50 a ton.

George Tobey of Massachusetts addressed the committee In favor of free importation of iron ore and coal. Commissioner Haunt Quite WASH INGTON, Dee. 26.Commissioner Daum of the pension bureau is quite ill at his home on Rhode Island avenue. Yesterday he had three chills, slightly congestive in charneter, followed by a high fever. He was rest.

less all last night, but is somewhat. better this morning. ENGLISH INVESTMENTS. Colonel Ram 14coit'i Active Negotiations Illritish Gold Easily OPretired. Colonel S.

F. Scott arrived in Kansas City Tuesday night to spend Christmas at home. Mr. Scott is now spending most of his time in New York city, where the general offices of the investment company with which he is connected are located. Captain T.

A. Harris, formerly of City, is secretary of the company. Mr. Scott has been devoting most of his time for the past month to securing the investment of English money in this country. "The amount of English money that has come to Ameriea during the past year," said he this morning, "is something 010111101M LOIliS has got about 12 millions, Cincinnati 8 anti other cities large amounts.

1 leave for Cincinnati to-day tutu there is an Englishman waiting for me there who has already invested 2 million in this conntry during the past year. The English capital that will come into this country next year will be much larger than that which has come over this year. It is the easiest money imaginable to get when one knows how and has good investments to offer, and there is an unlimited amount of Mr. Scott said that besides purchasing for English syndicates a number of breweries and melt property he had placed the bonds for two railroads and a very large amount of the bonds of his Louis street railway in England. Mr.

Scott remarked that he would hardly be able to turn his attention to Kansas dtv this spring, but that he would return to his tirst love later. To TAKE THE BUREAU'S WORK. Important Ittutineos for the Commercial Citsb'm Manufactures Committee. At the next meeting of the board of directors of the Commercial club the question of enlarging the srope and the ways and means of the manufactures connuittee will be discussed. When the Merchants' and 'Manufacturers' bureau dissolved the Purplus in the treasury was turned over to this committee, and it is probable that the elub will decide to take or the work of the bureau through this committee and push it vigorously.

Already a large number of communications have been received by the club in regard to niantqactures locating here, and it is possible that the manufactories corn. mittee Will become as important a committee as the tntusportation committee, which founded the transportation bureau. rim DILLS l'OR 110118E Mitt A Little Question that Agitating the Los eat Legislators. The payment of inspectors for the use of horses and vehicles has been agitating both branches of the local legislature for several months. Claims aggregating 11315 have been put in by Inspeetor of numbing IL L.

Shannon, Inspector of Weights and Measures P. J. Coyne and the assistant plumbing inspector. Each has a claim for '105. The billsare for horses and vehicles employed front May 1.

An ordinance has been drawn authorizing the payment of the claims but it has not yet been approved. A city official said to-day that the passage of the ordinance was not probable. Viremen to Miro non. New Year's eve, Deeember 31, the two ram-panics of the Central tire engine house, Nos. 1 and 2, will give a donee to assist in defraying the debt on the furniture in the headquarters parlors.

The firemen have paid over $3,000 on the of these 1001115 And 4662 tlf he paid. The ball will be held in the large drill hall on the third floor of the liewlyiltrters building. A DIM( tterk'a "orionn MiOnk. Tile eare1eAsne5t, of a drug clerk in sithsti tutinr atropia for piloearpin in a prescription for Mrs. Robert Keith, wife of the well known furniture dealer, roused that lady to hermitic seriously ill, but the discovery of the niistake and the energetic measures taken to eounter.

act the influence of the poisonous drug have now placed her out of danger. Ws Ernetotred. sll Reebe, a patternmaker of Leavenworth, Kfoc, who erlrlie to Kansas City to opend Christmas day, fell in alighting from cable ear while in motion at Ninth and Workington strecto yesterday afternoon and his skull wart fraetured. lie wait taken to the city hospital. licebe is ahout 30 of age, unmarried owl the sole rtopport of hiq widowed mother and two sisters.

M. A. Pie Tenet Kereption. There will be a New Year's reeeption at the Y. M.

U. beginning at 2 o'clock In the afternoon of Jannory 1, and concluding at 10 o'clock in the evening. A HUSBAND'S AWFUL CHIME. He Kills His Wire While She is Asleep send Then Attempt. Suicide.

SPRINGFIELD, Dec. VALnisi morning at Ludlow, John Bassette, a mill hand, killed his wife and attempted suicide. Bassette was insanely jealous of his wife and had frequently threatened her life. He bought a revolver a few weeks ago with the avowed purpose of killing her, and set her Sunday bonnet upon a pole as a target, shoots int: it to pieces and closing hist performance midi the remark that he wished her head was in it. At 3 o'clock this morning Bassett went to lieer Trombley's house and surrendered himself, saying that he had killed his wife.

He Raid he was suffering from wounds she had indicted on him, but said he had finished her tip in good shape." Six wounds were foundtwo stabs near the heart, two in the left side and two deep jagged gashes over the stomach, from which he has little: if any, chance of recovery. Leaving him in a doctors bands, the officer went to Bassette's house, where he found Bus- sette's wife stone dead, lying in an easy pots tore on her left side, the right side of her head crushed in. There was no sign of a struggle. Evidently, the blow was given while site was asleep. An axe was found in the cellar stained with blood.

There was no sign of blood from Bassette's wounds, and as his clothing is not cut it is thought that he raised his clothing and in-dieted the wounds while on the street. Bassette was not drunk when he committed the crime. He and his wife had six children, two sons and four daughters, all grown up. BLOWN DOWN BY 4 CYCLOE. A Ittreet Car Barn Partly DestroyedOne Man Killed and Several 'okayed.

SvgActsE, N. Dee. 26.A cyclone from the southwest swept aeoss Onondaga lake Anita 10 o'clock this forenoon and reaelting land prostrated many structures. It caught up and carried a great vulunte of water wildly before it. The PtOrrit' struck the horse barn 'of the People's street Railway company, carrying allay the cornice and roof of the building and overtlinoving the front walls.

A mass of brick and timber was hurled into the building. Charles A. Nichols, assistant superintend. eta. aged about 40, was instantiv lilies IVond, a workman, had his collarbone broken, and he was otherwise hurt.

Ills eon dition, however, is not dangerous. Joseph Forkeimer was hurt internally and his head was bruised. Sevend other workmen were slightly injured. The damage to the building am several thousand dollars. AN FATALLY STABBED.

He Poses as a Peacemaker Among (lemma. log Toughs and no Provokes an Assault. HOCK Is LAN Dee. Mart, a Moline, I IL, painter, plunged a knife into Wi Warn Chatterton, leading man of a traveling dramatic company, yesterday, and the doctors say the victim cannot recover. Mart, with some other men, bad been throw.

log diee in a saloon and, becoming quarrelsome, they were ordered out. Angry words were repeated on the sidewalk. Chatterton heard the disturbance from his room in the hotel and went down to quiet the crowd. Its was acting as peaeemaker, when Mart drew a knife and stabbed him twice. BIG FIRE AT HOLT', 110 The Hooper illnek 1)etetro7edLome111000 Ineentlieriem Suopoeted.

MILT, Dee. 4:30 o'cloelt this morning the Hooper block was discovered to be on tire and burned so rapidly that every effort to stop the flames was unavailing. The total loss is about $12,000, divided between (treason Downing, hardware and general merchandise; J. P. Stowers, druas, and G.

D. Cooper, barber; no insurance. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incem. diary. 10 the almost superhuman efforts of the people other buildings were saved from destruction.

EnillAATED 11.IPPILL lb. tonteavergy Between Noyes lend Pnlie tonantioAtenets settled. Dee. controversy between Mayor Waggener and the Metropolitan police commisaioners was settled beility. The city avers to dismiss the mandamus snit against the commissioners, and the commissioners agree to torn over to the eity the surplus motifs in their hands, and to settle with the eity hereafter montlity.

Thus what promised to he en ugly litigation collies to a happy termination. thrtatmos by Onvernne Front's. EFFtItS0111 Dee. aecordance with the long established custom of granting pardons to POro fon; itervire convicts on Christmas (lay, lovernor Franeis at noon yesterday freed lleorge P. Masters and Felix Bacon, the former from Jitekson enunt under sentenee from February 15, 1477, of twenty-three years for robbery in the first degree and and a MAlet prisoner in every wee, and the latter for thirty years from Man 27, 7, for killing a men named Donahue in a brawl in Venteville, near Charles.

In point of length of time served these two men were the Ideal inhabitants of the institution. the Cnotinoor Hetet tot Itionolniighter, Hammitt, Nett, tee. 2t1.The roraner's Jury whieh investigated the recent railroad collisitin in this city between Burlington Missouri railroad Oyer and a freight train on the St, Joseph I irnisit hland railway, after being out ten hours, brought in a verdict vettterday of manslaughter against Engineer Stetson of the Burlington road. lite reused general omrproke. nit plumed tinder lie will be tried January a Joseph Millman, 3tt9 Front Prow eiwo, says that he has given Bradyerotine to PP Iwo I friends tor the litattlitelle, and in every intenee it has work like a charm.

NOMA: AND AL11.14ON Ott. The Senator Thinks He Seem Nobles Hand in tholiltsbe-Detnnernro" rcontion. WssfitxGrox, Pee. special to the Chicago Herold says: There are serious differences between Secretary Noble and Senator Allison, said to bad their origin in the failure of ex-Governor 1Villiam A. stone Iowa, assistant CODIaliaManes of the land office, to be advanced to the cotomissionership upon the retiretnent of S.

I. Stockslager. When Mr. Stone accepted the assistant commissionership it was with en understanding that he was to retain it only while being broken in for the eommissionership. At any rate this was the idea of the friends of Mr.

Stone. The crowding of Stone into second place led to seine rather plain talk between the secretary and the senator, which is emOutsized by the attitude of the St. Louis Globe hemot-al, published in Noble's home and edited by the seeretary's personal It. Islet iiIIa.h, whieh IA hostile to Allison, and advises Iowa Republicans to dispeme with it. services.

"Senator Allison knows where these attacks originate," Pays one olbis warmest friends in the senate, "and he will not endure them patiently. Ile is chairman of the senate cone mince on appropriations, and Dave Henderson is on the same committee in the house. Just hear in mind what I say, and see if every one of the pet appropriations of the secretary is not pared right down to the core." MAJOR WINORAM To RESIGN. 4 OBJECT TO THE POUND. Impounder Southareo Corral Declared to Be a Twenty-five or thirty men, living in the vicinity of Twentieth anti Oak streets, called at the mayor's otliee to-day and protested against the present location of the pound, which was last week removed from Twenty-first and Main to Twentieth and ttak.

The protesting gentlemen said that the pound was a compound of sevend nuisances. At times the pound contains numbers of nearly all domestic animals--degs, hogs, cows, horses and goats. The dogs are said to be the worst offenders, howling incessantly at night and making sleep next to impossible. The tenants near the pound are clamoring for relief, and unless a change is made there promises to be a wholesale emigration. layor Davenport said that the city is praetiealiv helpless, as the pound is a private institutIon under the control of Impounder Southard.

lie said that an ordinance had been introduced for the ommxruction by the city of a pound on the west Work of the workhouse property. Ile telephoned t'ity Clerk Phenis, who gave a history of the OrtlittanCe which was introduced December ch, and referred to the finance committee, xviifen, en December Id, reported favorably. 7Alderman 1)eveney moved to strike out the words "workhouse grounds," The motion was lost and the ordinance was put on its passage and lost, Aldermen Thomson, Iloliert, Muehischuster, Vannon and Mitchell voting aye and Aldermen Deveney, Wyne awl Patterson nay. On motion of Alderman Wpm the vote was reconsidered, and on motion of Mr. Cannon the ordinance was laid over.

At the last meeting of the council the ordinance was read a second time and referred to the workhouse committee where it now is. SANTA CLAUS FATALLY BURNED. A Terrible Accident at a Christmas Enter. tainmentMeny Veep lo Hurt. Trfte0LA, EL, Dec.

a Christmas entertainnient last night Silas Bitable', was enacting the part of Santa Claus and was dressed in the tonal costume, composed largely of raw The cotton accidentally caught fire and in an instant Birdsley we enveloped in flames. He endeavored to reach the open air and plunged into the dense crowd, mostly women and children, that thronged the room, and a terrible panic ensued. Viten the victim of the flames was reached by those retaining presence of mind enough to aid him he wm in a pitiable condition, being burned from hand to foot in a shocking manlier. He can not live. A number of WOMPII and eltildren were quite seriously hurt by being knocked down and trampled upon.

Mrs. "Jim" Iftsk Misfortune. NORTHAMPTON, Dee, house in which the widow of "Jim" Fisk has resided, at North Hatfield, for the last two years, burned last night, together with four barns containing a large quantity of tolateco and many farming implements. The house was a tine one, and the loss is over Mrs. Fisk losta large part of her tamable Plfeetn.

Since Mrs. Fisk has lived in the house there have been several fires. A Bankrupt tines in Jmill. COLUMBIA, S. Dee.

T. Nix, the most extensive merchant in Irpper Carolina, failed in Greenville several weeks ago. His assets were his liabilities Mmut He has now been arrested and locked up on the charge of securing goods from creditors anti fraudulently disposing of the money derived from the sale of the same without settling accounts. A rblemso Misontneturtna Concern I nits. Cu maw), Dee.

Wahmh Man ti fee-toting company made an assignment to-day. Liabilities, assets, little less than that. The failure grows out of the re. cent failure of the affiliated firms of J. Q.

Preble and shetheld who are in the same line of business in New York. An Embeastina tionkkeeper Arrested. it.rtiMistl, Dee. tinnitts, jr, confidential bookkeeper and accountant for the Cineinnati, Wabash Baltimore, Balti. more and Ohio end Ohio Mississippi rail.

way enmraniegg, was arte.tedi resterdny on the chume of embezzling $1,060. acknowledged his guilt. An Wino Emberstee ta amine City. Sheriff Griswold of Litehfiehl, Montgomery comity, arrived in the city yesterday with a requisition for George McPherson, an employee Of Bradley, Wheeler against whom there is a charge of embezzlement in Litchfield. MePherson was arrested and taken to Litehfielii last night.

Pant Morton Quits Railentod Ewan's. Cnicatid, Dee. resignation of Patti Morton as general freight agent of the Chientro, Burlington Quitter' railroad will Ro into etfet on February I. He will then be. eome president of the Colorado Friel and CORI etimpany, with headqunrters in hieago.

Ito you stiffer from catarrh? Yon ran be cured if yon take Illoodi Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. Sold by all druggists. NEWS NOTES. The Kansas Teachers association began Its annual meeting at 'Topeka yeaterday. Herr Vottalwens, vice president of the Bas 'setae chamber uf representatives, is deed.

The czar of Russia is suffering severely trout intillentra. The king of Portugal is also quite sick with the disease. George Joneto stabbed his brother-in-law, James' Tracey, eleven limes at ()wAMI yesterday afternoon inflicting elPlell fatal wounds. The building business; in New Eng. land during the year now clostng wee good, and the pmspects for nest year are eneouraging, John Cain was Phot in the abdomen yestery morn ine at halt Ileum and died to-day.

Cherie Tates is charged with delete the shootteg. A desperado killed by officers at ItIcKens ste Lake, in It Li believed to he Rube Burrow, the notoriotte Southern ciatthmet. President Dias anti Secretare of the Interior Rubio have tander esinaideration. piano looking: the suppreseion of gambling el every description In MCZieV. At DelVitt, neer Seraeuee, N.

two olti ladies, living by themselves, mire found this morn. In asphyxiated by cost gas. Ono is dead aad the ether will die, It ie reported that the alspute between England and Portliest regarding their African pose redone will be autintitted to Duke Ernest of belies obeli and Gotha for arbitratium The Secretary of the Treeptory hoe the retignation of It. It Mimes, eollettor of custom at Duluth. and that of I.

P. Asiotry, suporeising in greeter of steam vemels it St Louie The universitv at Odessa, Russia, has been losed, owing to the discovery el the fact that atone bee of the ttut.nb were Nihilists and were there'll, revenged spending their propaganda. The eomoilesioner of interne! revenue watt in-dsy informed by telegtiph of the allure ci thd Fresno trine diatillery near Fresno. foe lag treed fraudulent dietilling. Ne pertieuiem were given.

C. If. tAme of Viehite impersonated Santa Claus Tuesday night and his phystriens Pay that the masque he were mitered him le breathe tench bed Welt brought on heart trouble, and ha died at Weitielt yeaterday morning. Jattlee II. Itaticliffe, on trial at Pomeroy.

during the last ton days for murdering hig brotheron-law. 141116 P. Cotterill, It the Hulbert house in Pomeroy, last debreary, was broad guilty of manslatighter this more int The of tirleos upon whieh the makers of itocheeter, N. worked for the Med reit exeirea Jannary li, mei the mythical for a wont agreement I gioreny. Tint shoe factortee tot Reviles.

ter gi Se employment to more thee Ade at menorsousel end boys. ft is stated that Edison sent a phomm grsphic doit as a t. hristniss present Ii, Arehitoolteen Plireheth, ilteighter of the late Cmwn rrteee Kodolph. 'rho toy It said to have weited the inter. est Of the elder members of the Imperial family am its recitations, pone.

ire in constant dossamk Yesterday at Ellensburg, James Henderson and Misty Loess, colored, opterretesi shoot some trivial matter. Henderson threw betchet et Teens The latter ma into a saloon neer by and with revolver bet Ilitudertell fatally. Evens is le Despite the orders issued by the govern. meet prohibiting the hohline of nieetines by Me army ha Swititerland, members of shot ere gionimiten continue to kohl open sir reeettess IS tomete I hese decided to adopt TillotOnS measure, to empress the getheriema Jade l'attereon of the New York etipretnet men to-day banded eosin a dedeion in the suit 01 M. tioroshoon stockholders id thoeld linnet.

tented Itellel compeer, an input, tine restraining the eetrat as trostee, and I. P. likatineton and ethers' issuing shell Of the reorganised Weston a Mead 4- ttlifiti keit, cowpony. rehmen'A Mrothel mire ceterth, tintinebe, Netscalgia, Agthmsene Ike ewer, 'Friit fret at your druggifit'n Pries fit) sesta, 5 nits rIeI int dun flitt Prno the pot. ItZe )tei outs law, eel Felt intit the 1114 lett he Supervining Architect of the Treasury Return to Private Life.

WAsittNovim, Dee. friends of James It. indritn, the supervising architect of the treaeury, say that he will Phortly resign. The reasons aeeigned are the incretoing portanee of Mr. Windrini's private bueinese anti his desire to give it more attention than is now permitted.

1Vhen he accepted the position of supervising architect it 118, at the eattlet4t solicitation of Poetmaeter General Wanamaker and other Philadelphia friends, and he dui so with the understanding that he Pholild he given Plitti'lent time to traneact hie private busineee. When appointed he WWI architect for the ii rani estate, Philadelphia, and hie son now holds' that position. The place is more remunerative than that now held by Mr, Windrim in the employ of the gOVPIIIIIIPM, and ao the eon desires' the father', assistance in earing for the increasing inielnese, the Purervising architect of the treasury expects to resign. isLa'ortticrmcre, the attorneye have decided is.1 he qpilltektonm Id the Girard will neither the Ann nor any other partner may net a andlitect of the estate in phiee of the elder Windrim. Aceordingly the younger IVindrint will be foreed to give up the position until recently held by hie father, and the eupervieing architect of the treasury will return to hie former duties.

The change will occur, it is said, am anon aY the annual cetimates of the supervieing architect's bureau are completed. 1 A "JOKE" Jilt JOIN Atvittitsow. The hatiliaPI Plotesmon to Mop took. log on the 'loot of the flotole WasititttivoN, itee V.John Anderson, the oetimmoopolist representative from Kan. tam, has Refired the first joke of the season.

The vietim, tubily enongh, is tlpeakee The Pact tells th atory thus: The hoit.e hag been nnder general parliamentary rules olive its organization, no rules having been formally adopted. Anderson of KIIIIPOIN JP a great smoker. and has been indulging in the habit while oceitrying his Rent on the fliMr. One of ppeaker Iteeti'm ambition is to pre.erre thor. ninth order lit the house, and Anderson's cigars annoyed him greatly.

liefore the adjournment the Ppeaker told the deputy sergeaut-at-arms to ask Mr. Ander. 1.