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SEVENTH YEAR-NO. 321 KANSAS CITY. KANSAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25.

1893. PRICE TWO CENTS. AT THE CHURCHES. LIND'S DISCOVERY. PROP.

OLIN HONORED. THE TREASURY. COMPLIMENTARY TO HUGHES. VERDICT OF THE LAW. MR.

MANVEL DEAD. MAGKAY SHOT. The Bonanza Millionaire Snot by a Crazy Man. The Republican House Passes a Resolution of Admiration of Coi. Hashes' Conduct.

Topeka, Feb. 25. M. W. Sutton submitted the following resolution commendatory of the conduct of CoL J.

W. F. Huirhes in the recent revolu tion, which was adopted by the repub lican house: Whereas, The constitution of the state of Kansas provides that '-the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power," and, further, -the governor shall be commander-in-chief and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws and suppress insurrection and repel invasion; and Whereas, The covernor hasTlo right to call out the militia for any other purpose than as stated in the constitutional provisions herein named: and. Whereas, On the 13th day ot February, 1893, the governor of Kansas did, ia violation of the law, call out the militia of the state and did. In violation and in defiance of law, issue an order to CoL J.

W. F. Hughes, commanding the militia of Kansas, directing and commanding said Col. J. W.

F. Hughes to take his troops and forcibly eject the legally constituted house Of representatives from its hall: and, Whereas, Col J. F. W. Hughes, inspired by patriotic sentiments, knowing full well that such an order was trampling under foot the constitution and the laws, "making the civil power subordinate to the military power," did refuse to obey said illegal order, and did by his lirmusss, wisdom and patriotism prevent anarchy and bloodshed: therefore, hei it Kesolved, That the thanks of this house are hereby extended to CoL J.

F. W. Hughes for his brave, wise and manly course in refusing to obey said illegal order, and that by his patriotic action in that matter he deserves the thanks ot all law-abidiiifr and peace-loving people of the state of Kansas. Kesolved, further, That a copy of this resolution, duly enrolled and certilied by the speaker and chief clerk of this house, be presented to CoL J. W.

F. Hughes. Nothing For the Republicans. Tofeka, Feb. 25.

Representative Warner, of Cherokee county, acting upon the authority of the Douglass house, visited the office of the state treasurer to ascertain the amount of money paid out under the legislative appropriation act of the Dunsmore house. State Treasurer ISiddle declined to make the statement demanded but said he would take the subject under advisement and give his answer this morning. This morning Mr. Biddle told a reporter that he had decided to refuse the demand. He said that in his judgment the Douglass house had no legislative or lawful standing, and it was therefore not his duty to expose the affairs of his office to the scrutiny of a committee appointed by it There could uot be two bodies lawfully claiming the same authority, and it was his policy to recognize the Dunsmore house.

There was nothing to conceal about the payments made under the legislative appropriation act but on principle he must stand against the demand of the Douglass house and would so report to Mr. Warner. For Free Text Hooks. Topeka, Feb 25. The populist house was in committee of the whole all morning on the free textbook bill introduced by the committee on education, and finally recommended its passage, it creates an appointive commission composed of four members and the state superintendent to make contracts with book publishing firms for books to be furnished free to pupils.

If the commission finds that the state can print books cheaper thau it can buy them they are empowered to buy manuscripts and publish the books. No contracts are to be made with firms employing non-union labor. One hundred thousand dollars is appropriated for the fund. The populist house election committee has dismissed the contest case of Vilroy Gleason vs. E.

W. Claycomb. Claycomb is a member of the republican house from Greenwood county. The Australian xystem For Kansas. Topeka, Feb.

25. The senate this morning passed the Australian secret ballot bill on a party vote, the populist senators voting for the bilL It provides for the printing and distribution of ballots at public expense; that candidates must be nominated by nominating papers signed by at least 500 qualified voters of the state, and that the nomination papers of candidates for county offices must be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified voters. Resolution of Adjournment. Topeka, Feb. 25.

A concurrent resolution was adopted by the populist house fixing Thursday, March 2, as the day for final adjournment This is taken to mean that no attention is to be paid to the decision of the supreme court should it be adverse to the populists. Important Measures Defeated. Tho Dunsmore house has passed the bill restoring the old name of Davis to Geary county; the anti-Pinkerton bill; the bill providing for the assessment of property at its actual value; the" weekly payment of wages bill; the reduction of fees and salaries bills and others of minor importance. The senate in committee of the whole cut the salary of the warden of the penitentiary from $2,500 to of the physicians from $1,400 to $1,000, and of the superintendent of the prison mines from $2,000 to $1,500. Consideration of John Sea ton's resolution to declare the seats of fifty-six populists vacant was postponed by the Douglass house this morning until 2 o'clock to-morrow, because the supreme court's decision of the test case has not yet been announced.

Mohammedan Webb. New Yop.k, Feb 25. Alexander Russell Webb is here. He is the American Mohammedan, whom the wealthy Mus-selmans of India and tifc east have sent to introduce the faith of Islam among the "civilized" Christians of the west The Mohammedans hope and expect to establish their religion in the United States. The rich Mohammedans of Bombay have guaranteed 1150,000 for the purpose of erecting a mosque in America.

8uppoaed Attempt at Suicide. Wellington, Feb. 25. J. Smith, a prominent clothing merchant of this city, was found wandering in an alley in the rear of his residence half dressed and with a bullet wound in his head, the ball having glanced around the skull, anJ lodged ia his arm.

He would give no clew to the cause of the shooting, but it is thought to be the outcome of an attempt at suicide. President-elect Cleveland has appointed Henry T. Thurber, of Detroit as his private secretary. ft Max Mare's Neat, Hot the Representative Thinks the Sherman Amend ment Will Contract the Currency. Washingtos, Feb.

23. Representative Lind, of Minnesota, has discovered in the Sherman bond purchasing amendment to the sundry civil bill an objection which he says will defeat the bill unless the senate recedes. He claims that under this amendment the secretary of the treasury will have power to retire the entire greenback circulation of $360,000,000. The Sherman amendment provides for this issue of bonds under the resumption act of 1S75. That act provided for the cancellation of the greenbacks when they were re deemed.

There was an amendment to the resumption act, passed early in the SO's, which provided that the greenbacks as soon as redeemed might be reissued. The Sherman amendment makes no reference to the amendatory reissue act. and Lind holds that all greenbacks redeemed under the Sherman amendment must be canceled, and that the currency will be contracted to the amount of the redemption. As there is nothing in the Sherman amendment to prevent the issue of national bank notes upon the bonds it provides for, although an attempt was made to prevent it, supposition is that they will be used for this purpose. Mr.

Lind says that the result of the enactment of the Sherman amendment will mean that greenbacks' will be exchanged for bonds by all capitalists who prefer 3 per cent investments in safe United States securities, and that the currency will naturally be contracted to the amount of the present greenback circulation. He says the amendment can never be agreed to in the house. CANADIAN LEPROSY. The Terrible Disease Spreading in Districts Hitherto Unaffected. Ottawa, Ont, Feb.

25. The report of the minister of agriculture, presented to the house, contains among other things Hon. Mr. Auger's summary of the report of Dr. Smith on the Tracadie lazaretto, which gives the startling information that leprosy is spreading in districts hitherto unaffected.

The summary is as follows: "Dr. A. C. Smith, the inspecting physician at the leprosy reports the same number tf-W-mates as in 1S91, fourteen being -male's and eight females. Nine of the patients are in the early stages of the disease, the remainder are in various advanced stages, the disease running usual course till death supervenes.

During the past year three patients died and three new cases were admitted one from Nequea, one from Caraquet and one from the vicinity of Tracadie. In the latter district Dr. Smith reports the disease as having died out, only one suspected case being there to his knowledge. The new admissions are from outlying districts and families who had previously removed from Tracadie. In his report for this year Dr.

Smith does not speak as hopefully as he did last year of stamping out, the disease. He says, while on a tour; of inspection dur ing 1893, he found leprosy cropping out in unexpected places, and he fears that" for years to come new cases will be met with, and that only by permanent detention and isolation can it be kept in check or stamped out, as -the disease is now known to spread from centers of contagion and to gain a foothold with' out attracting attention. The Man-Eater Will stay in Prison. Canos City, Feb. 25.

Alfred Packer, "the man-eater," who was sentenced from Hinsdale county years ago for the killing of a number of companions and alleged cannibalism, will have to remain in the penitentiary. Packer's attorneys applied for Packer's release i a writ of habeas corpus on the round that he had served eight years. the sentence imposed for the murder of Bell, one of the victims. Packer was sent up for eight years each on five charges of murder. The attorneys claimed that the sentence was irregular and that Packer had served the total time in serving the first eight years.

The court held that it had no right to criticise the action of another district court and refused the writ. The case will be appealed. No Appeal From Satolli. New York, Feb. 25.

There is no ap peal from a decision by Mgr. Satolli, papal delegate. The fact became known through the controversy be tween Father Treacy and Joseph O'Far-rell, of the diocese of Trenton. An American Vatican has practically been established and its dictum on all ecclesiastical controversies will prevaiL By this it is not meant that a priest or prelate dissatisfied with the legate's decision cannot appeal to Rome. A formal letter may be written and forwarded, but Mgr.

Satolli is the court of last re sort and the holy see will decline to examine into a question that has been passed upon by the pope's personal representative in America. Allen G. Tharman's Idea. Columbus, Feb. 25.

Allen Q. Thurman has thought of a plan which he thinks will dispose of the currency question. His proposition is that silver dollars shall be the basis for national bank circulation. The banks are to be required to deposit in the United States treasury 90 per cent, in such dollars up on which they are to be permitted to issue 100 per cent of the notes. These would always insure payments and give the banks a profit on their circulation, which they do not now enjoy.

Mr. Thurman argues that silver and gold would, with free coinage, and this amendment to the national banking law, be at a parity in 24 hours, and the strife between the two metals cease. Pennsylvania a man has been fined $1,000 for calling another a "Molly Maguire." A Michigan man quit smoking on the 18th of January this year, and in one week's time he claimed to have gained four pounds of flesh. A Fbexch merchant, the victim of several defaulting cashiers, now advertises for "a cashier as honest as possible and paralyzed in both legs," There are now living within a radius of ten miles of Ashland, eight American women who are the mothers of one hundred and two children, eighty of whom are living in the enjoyment of good health and sound minds. The pastors of the Methodist Episcopa churches in this locautv, as well as in au tu churches in the conference, will preach theii "farewell" sermons tomorrow.

The coniereno meets at Baldwin City next week. It is quit probable, however, that with nearly all tht local pastors the sermons tomorrow will Ix "farewell" in name onlv, as a strong effort wu be made to retain them for another year. Tht local M. E. ministers are Rev.

John W. Aider man, of the Washington Avenue church; Rev. John A. Simpson, of the Wood Street church Rev. W.

H. Osborn, of the Highland Park mrch; Rev. George Angleman, of the Londcn tleighte church; Rev. N. A.

Swickard, of the Armourdale church; Rev. fcdwin Liocae, oi mi-Argentine church, and Rev. W. H. Turner, ol the liosedalu church.

The Rev. Edwin Locke, pastor of the Argen tine M. E. chnrch. in secretary of the confer ence.

His work at Argentine has been highly satisfactory, about sixty names having been a duo a to the membership reus uunug mi jear. A petition asking that he be reiurnei will be presented to the conference. An effort will be made by the Washington avenue people to have the Rev. J. W.

Aider-man returned for the coming conference year. Rev. Alderman waa appointed to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Rev. Robb, some time ago, and it is the opinion of tho members that he will be returned without any argument being necessary. Some of the other ministers, however, have served their congregations two years, and as the Methodist min-i iters seldom retain their charges for a longer period than that time, they will doubtless be assigned to newer fields.

The Union revival meetings at the Washin ton Avenue M. E. church, will close tomorrow night Leigh Vernon, the evangelist, speaks this evening at the First Presbyterian church on "Infidels and Infidelity." ibis lecture has been very highly commended by those who hare heard it delivered. Admission is free to alL On Sunday afternoon there will be a meeting for all in the Presbyterian church, at which Mr. Vernon will address the new con verts especially.

In the evening there will be a service the i'resbytenan house at ana a service in the Methodist house at 8, Mr. Vernon speaking at both services. These will be the closing services of the union meetings which have been in progress a little more than four weeks and have brought new light into many homes and new power into many lives. The pastors of the six churches under whose auspices the revival meetings nave been con' ducted yesterdav issued the following: The undersigned pastors of the six churches that have been united for three weeks in evangelistic services under the lead of Rev. Leigh Vernon, take pleasure in commending him to any pastors or churches desiring an able and efficient evangelist He is a preacher of unusual ability.

He sees things clearly and has the power to make his audience see what he sees and feel what he teels. He puts plain Bible truths in a vigorous wav and yet not so as to offend any person's denominational preferences. His manner is attractive. He dwells ohiefly on the love of God as a motive of repentance, yet also urges the eternal peril of those who refuse or reject the offer of mercy. His discourses abound in illustrations.all skill fully used to enforce the truth presented.never overshadowing or obscuring that truth.

As a result of his work with us, Christians have been very much quickened and strengthened and many persons have been hopefully con verted. J. W. Alderman, Pastor of the Washington Avenue M.E. Church.

W. D. Kelley, Pastor of the Seventh Street iL K. Churoh. F.

P. Berbv, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. E. H. Stote, Pastor of the Third Baptist Chnrch.

B. Q. Dknham, Pastor of the Central Christina Church. James G. Dougherty, Pastor of the First Cougregaiiuaiii Ununih.

Rev. B. Q. Denham, pastor of the Central Christian church, will begin a series of revival services at that church, Monday February 27. Services every night next week, at 7:45 p.

m. The probable order of sermons during the week will be: "Be Ye Renewed," "Work ol the Holy Spirit," "What is Salvationr" "How to be ree," "The Power of a Life." No services Saturday night Sunday school at the Life Line mission at 2.30 p. m. Monday evening there will be a business meeting. Tuesday evening the regular gospel meetings will be recommenced, the union revival being then over.

All interested in union gospel work are cordially invited. Bancroft's Tabernacle The usual exercises afternoon and evening at the Tabernacle, corner of Seventh and State avenue. The three Tabernacle Sunday schools will meet at 'the usual time and places. First Baptist church, corner Eighth street and Grandview avenue. W.

W. Eaton of Ottawa, Kansas, will preach in the morning at 11 a. evening at 3 J. Sunday school It 10 a. m.

"What Constitutes Readiness to Begin the Christian Life," will be Rev. B. Q. Denbam's subject at the Central Christian church, Seventh and Tauromee avenue, at 11 a. m.

The People's (old Congregational) church Rev. A. H. Tevis, D. pastor, will preach morning and evening.

Sunday school 2:45 p. in. St. Paul's Church. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock.

Subject: '-The Syro-Phccnician Woman." Evening prayer and sormon at 7:30 o'clock. Subject: "Running With the Footmen." A upocial invitation is extended to men to attend the evening services. Evening prayer leaflets provided for strangers. AU are welcome. Every seat free.

Rev. David V. Howard, Rector. Salt Against the Forresters. Mary E.

Mills is the plaintiff in a suit filed in the common pleas court yesterday against the Supreme Court Independent Order Forresters and Court "Remember" No. 69G of this city, to recover $500 on an endowment certificate taken out by her son William Mills, now deceased. Mrs. Mills says in her petition that she received $500 on the $1,000 insurance held by her son, but that the other beneficiary named in the certificate being dead, she is lawfully entitled to the remaining $500. which the officers of the court are holding for some other person.

She asks, in addition to the $500 and interest that the officers of Court Remember" be enjoined from paying out the money until the legality of her olaim is determined. A Relic of Sager's Peculations. Cashier Trickett, of the Wyandotte National bank on behalf of a customer, yesterday presented a piece of old city scrip to the city clerk for payment It bore date of 1874, and was a reminder of the days of old Wyandotte when Charles Hains was mayor and William Albright was city clerk. The scrip had been stamped paid and of course payment was refused. It is supposed to have been a portion of the funds and securities that disappeared several years ago about the time City Cierk Sager made himself scarce in these parts.

The Surprise Almost Killed Her. Miss Ida Gavin arrived in the city from Colorado yesterday to spend a few weeks visiting her relatives. Miss Gavin's visit was unannounced. She had planned a happy surprise on her sister, Mrs. James Sullivan, but when she learned that her sister waa dead the shock was so great that she was prostrated with grief.

Although word had been scat to Colorado several days previous to the death of Mrs. bullivan telling of her fatal illness, Miss Gavin had not received it The Evidence Was InioAelent. John Lyons of Riverview, and a man named Lane were taken before United States Commissioner Hanks yesterday on the charge of selling intoxicating liquor without government license at a colored picnic on July 4. last There was no evidence to show that the men really did sell Liquor and they were acquitted. Appointed One of the Regent of tho State University.

Prof. A. S. Olin, superintendaot of the public schools of Kansas City, Kansas, was today appointed one of the regents of the state university by Governor Lewelling. The other members of the board appointed are ex-Governor Charles Robinson of Lawrence and P.

Sams of h'emeha county. GIRLS DO NOT KNOW. They Sometime Reject the Most Brilliant and Best or Suitors. Rejected lovers may find consolation from the knowledge that some of the cleverest and handsomest men have been refused, and that they have nevertheless managed to live on and win fame and fortune, says the Brandon Banner. Shakespeare is credited with considerable knowledge of humanity and its ways, and he describes Romeo, the prince of lovers, as being rejected by the fair Rosalind only just before Juliet fell in love with him.

A certain John Scott once proposed to a Miss Allgood. While smarting1 from her disdain he happened to enter a village church during divine service and there, for the first time, he saw the pretty Miss Surtees. He wooed her and, as the father would have nothing to say to him, he induced her to elope, and this though three wealthy suitors were already at her feet. John Scott lived to be the carl of Eldon and lord high chancellor and never regretted the day Miss Allgood rejected him. Byron was refused several times.

He proposed to Miss Millbanke, a great heiress, and wa rejected, though the lady expressed a wish to correspond with him. He then proposed to another lady and his suit was rejected, too. Nothing daunted, he renewed his proposal to Miss Millbanke, and this time received a very flattering acceptance. They lived together, however, very unhappily. One of the most persistent suitors who ever proposed and was rejected was the eccentric Cruden, compiler of the concordance to the Bible.

Miss Abney, who had inherited a large fortune, was the subject of his attentions. For months and months he pestered her with calls and letters. When she left home he had papers printed, which he distributed in various places of worship, asking the congregation to pray for her safe return, and when she returned home he issued others asking the worshipers to return thanks. Miss Abner never became Mrs. Cruden.

TALES OF TWO TOWNS. Poor is running the Ryus Hotel. Sam Harris of the Harris Clothing has returned from Chicago. A case of scarlet ferer is reported at 318 Troup avenue. The suit of Hadley against Brown, an action for attorney's fees, was decided by the common pleas jury today in favor of the defendant Mary Ginter, the East side woman whom N.

S. Peters charges with attempting to poison his horse by putting carbolic acid in the feed box, was unable to give bond and was sent to jail by Justice Hanks to await trial next Wed nesday. The woman claims she is innocent of the charge against hor. A colored man named White is being tried before Justice Hanks this afternoon charged with the theft of a pair of tinner's shears from Geo. H.

White. The Grigsby assault case waa continued for ten days by Judge Hanks. The Potter Mansion Will be Rebuilt. Mr. Eli Potter, the well known Penn Mutual Life Insurance company's agent, whose elegant mansion at the corner of Eighth street and State avenue was destroyed by fire last fall today took out a permit for the work of rebuilding that structure.

Work will be commenced in a few days. It is Mr. Potter's purpose to build a finer residence than the one that was burned, which is saying a good deal, for the Potter mansion that used to be was one of the handsomest buildings iu the west and cost upward of $75,000. It was an shaped affair, four stories in height and contained 120 rooms. Every appointment in the structure was perfect in detail and the rooms were carpeted and furnished in exquisite style.

While the plans for the new mansion will be somewhat changed from those of the old mansion, yet to outward appearances there will be little change. The ruins of the old building will be torn away next week and the ground will be put in order, so that work can be commenced at any time on the structure. Joint Committee Meeting. The joint committee of members of council and citizens, appoiuted by Mayor Hanuan to consider and report on the proposition of Parks Mason, the Kansas City, Ma, bond brokers, with reference to the purchase of the Consolidated electrio light company's securities, met yesterday afternoon. Another meeting will be held soon at which a proposition will be submitted in writing.

Grain Inspection. The official inspectious of grain were as follows IS KANSAS CITT. KANSAS. Wheat-No. 2 Hard a 4 2 Red No.

3 4.. Rejected No. 2 Spring 3 Rejected Corn-No. 3 Total No. Car 28 Corn No.

3 No. 4, No. 2 No. 3 No. 3 yellow.

Oats-No. 2.. Rye-No. 3., 8 1 171 Great Bargains in typewriters for the next thirtv days. New and second hand.

Ribbons, carbons, etc. Hatch 721 Wyandotte treet Telephone, 2352. A LITTLE MISCELLANY. Theke is danger of a -rabbit plague in Kansas similar to that of Australia. Blood travels from the heart through the arteries at the rate of a mile in seven and one-third minutes twelve feet in one second.

Scotland is going to make a special exhibit at the Chicago fair of a hundred stalwart Highlanders in full national costume. They will be picked for size and strength, and not for good looks. After the fair, or before its close if the sensation of their appearance grows weak, they will make a tour of this country. Kansas society made an interesting innovation in anniversary celebrations at Hutchinson recently by celebrating a diamond wedding, from which the bridegroom was absent because of an untimely death. The bride was still alive, however, and capable ef enjoying a good thing, so the anniversary was duly and tecpmingTy celebrated.

President Harrison Determined on Issuing No Bonds A Syndicate Has all the Gold. Washtsgtox, Feb. 25. The president is determined not to allow a bond to be issued under his administration, even if the gold reserve is encroached upon before Mr. Cleveland is inaugurated next Saturday.

The "free gold" in the treasury was below 14,000,000 yesterday, and the shipments abroad to-day will probably reduce it by little more than $3,000,000 margin to run through next week. The crisis was discussed at the cabinet meeting and the probability of a panic in case the integrity of the $100,000,000 gold reserve was not maintained. Greenbacks have been hoarded by the New York banks ever since the United States entered upon the policy of silver purchases, and jt would not take long for $20,000,000 of them to be presented for redemption, reducing the gold reserve by that amount This would send gold to a premium and it would no longer be possible to sell 3 per cent, bonds at a par for gold. The question is whether to issue the bonds while they can be placed at 3 per cent or to wait until gold is at a premium and the government is compelled to pay the equivalent of 4 or 5 per cent, for its money. Letters are pouring into the treasury department inquiring on what terms the new bonds will be sold and whether they will be advertised for bids by the public.

The people would gladly take them at par to many times the amount proposed to be issued. The difficulty is that those who maRe these offers do not have gold with which to buy. The syndicate of New York banks holds the gold and is practically master of the situation. Further delay by President Harrison while the gold is perhaps being "raided" by speculators who possess legal tender notes, will only place the government more than ever at the mercy of the owners of the gold. This view was urged with force at the cabinet meeting, but the president is resolved to do nothing to relieve the situation unless an actual crash comes.

The committee of ways and means has refrained from submitting a report to the house on the depleted condition of the treasury for fear that the actual fact and legitimate comment upon them would hasten a monetary crisis. The committee has prepared a chart showing the course of the free gold in the treasury. The line which marks the rise and fall of the gold reserve starts at 114, 193,359 on the resumption of specie payments January 1, 1ST9, climbs to $146,194,181 in December of that year, drops during the summer of 1880 and then mounts in December, 1881, to $107,429,347. There are big losses after 1881, which leave the gold at 1135, 793,256, when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated on March 4, 1885.

The spring exports of that year caused a slight decline, but from that date the figures of the gold reserve mount steadily upward until $318,818,253 is reached in 1888. A slight decline follows until March 4, when it was l-rom that point its course is passage of the Sherman act operated like the first push given a moving body on a sharp decline. A trifling rally a year ago did not prevent a further fall in the summer of 1892, until the present time, when it has reached bottom. TO RUN AS A RIDER. The Cherokee Ontlet Openlnjj Scheme to Go On the Indian Appropriation Kill.

Washington, Feb. 25. The Cherokee outlet is patiently awaiting the coining of the Indian bill to the senate. The scheme of joining the two in the senate is talked over daily on the senate end, and less trouble will be had and fewer obstacles will be thrown in the way of closing this than was anticipated. Dawes, Piatt, Pettigrew and Jones, of Arkansas, were the four senators with whom Peel first talked and who agreed to it Peffer and Perkins were not regarded as reliable when the rider plan was discussed, but the distrust seems to be unfounded.

Both Peffer and Perkins look on the plan with great kindness, and say that its "anyway to open the strip," so far as they are concerned. "There is no doubt in my mind," said Senator Perkins, "but that will be the outcome. The Cherokee outlet opening bill will be sewed onto the Indian appropriation bill. That is the present plan. I've talked it over with half the senators and there will be no objection.

We took the preliminary steps in the committee yesterday." Peel says he will put it through on that line and he means what he says. But Holman says, and other members of house appropriation committees say, they will defeat the whole appropriation bill before they will let the outlet bill go through with it "If the senate tacks the Cherokee outlet bill," said Sayers, "to the Indian bill and tries to force it down our throats that way, we'll defeat the whole business," "Let them defeat it," said Peel when he heard of it, "IIol man's crowd will find that under present conditions and the way we have been used, the Indian committee can be just as reckless as they are. If that's their game and that's their feeling, they can get ready to defeat the Indian bill, for when it gets back from the senate next week they'll find the Cherokee outlet bill in the saddle. We will sink or swim on that programme. We will fight it out now on that line if it takes all summer." Disestablishment For Wales.

London, Feb. 25. Mr. Herbert A-quith, the home secretary, introduced in the house of commons a bill suspending the creation of new interests in churches in Wales. The measure is the first practical step in the direction of disendowing and disestablishing the church in Wales, to which the liberal party is distinctly pledged.

The Memphis road, it is said, will make a $15 cut rate to the inauguration at Washington, Electrical linemen to' the' number of 225 at the world's fair struck because refused an advance In wages. They received Si 50 and asked $3. Eipaas Tab ales prolong Lxfe, The Supreme Court Decides the Gunn Case. REPUBLICANS SUSTAINED. Judge Horton Hand.

Down the Important Decision Today and. Although it Only What All Sensible People iprctjd. It Created a Sen.ation Pop. I i.t in Caucus This Afternoon Having a Stormy Time About What tour in to rurtue Dun.more Lays It All on the Governor and the Senate. TorF.KA, Feb.

25. Special Long before o'clock this morning every available spate in and around the quarter ol tbo supreme court was taken. The crowd was enormous. Chief Justice Horton banded down the decision declaring the Douglass house the legal body, Justice Johnston concurring. Justice Allen dissented.

Tho decision occupied more than an hour and a quarter in delivery. Justice Hor ton reviewed the case from tho br irinniriir and said that it was the most important that had ever come before the supremo court of Kaunas. After carefully go ing over the ground of the organization of the house and citing many authorities showing that tho supremo court bad jurisdiction, and also the precedents of law, Justice Horton said that with these facts recited it was the decision of the court that the body presided over by Speaker Douglass is the only legal house of representatives ol the state of Kansas. It bad been a custom and practice and was a well established law of Kansas and elsewhere that a certificate of election was j'rinie lacie evidence of membership and the right to a seat, and only such members had any right to participate in the organization. Whenever this well established rule has been departed from there has been trouble and agitation leading almost to blood shed.

He then recited the recent disturbance at the capital, and said: "Will any one say to me that a departure from this well established rule is for the best interests of the stateV" The opinion goes on to state that if the governor and the senate had tho right which is claimed there would in the future be only the governor and one branch of the legislature with absolute power, or if that decision was made at the assembling of every legislature there would be heard at the capitol the clash of arms and force would rule. The closing remarks of the chief justice were full of eloquence. He reviewed the threats that unloss tho Dunsmore house waa recognized all the state institutions would be closed and the inmates turned loose for want of support, and said that, disastrous as such a result would be, the evil would be far greater tliat would result from a decision wiping out the legal house of representatives that branch of the legislature that waa closest to the heart of the people. Before he would stultify the office of supreme justice before the people of the state by rendering a decision against the legal house and giving the senate and the governor a power that was not constitutional, he would send his commission back to the people who gave it to him, unsullied and untarnished by such an act Justice1 Allen took the ground that the supreme court had no right to render such an opinion, and that the governor and the senate alone had the power to decide. Immediately alter the rendition of the supreme court decision the populists went into caucus and have been in caucus all afternoon having an exceedingly stormy time.

They are surrounded by guards who will let no outsiders approach. It ia understood that there is a threatened 3olt on the part of some to join the republican House. Speaker Dunsmore in reply to a question said they will go on as they have done, recognizing the governor and the senate as the only supreme court. He said the governor and senate got them into trouble and will have to got them out. MORE FREEZE OUT.

Two Boards of Railroad Commissioners Occupying the Same Room. Tofeka, Feb. 25. Special. Another break waa made by the populists today which brought about a situation similar to the spectacle of the two rival houses in the same ball, only on a small scale.

The newly appoiuted board of railroad conimis-inistumers, and Secretary Osborne moved on the railroad commissioners quarters and commanded the present board to turn over the paraphernalia. Commissioner Mitchell demanded tho would be board not to lay bands on him or any of the property at their peril, and now there is another game ol troeo-out in progress, both boards sitting in tho same room. The populists say they will appeal to the courts, and the present members say they will wait for that decision before they will surrender. MORE HONORS DISPENSED. Urgent Appointed for Three State Institutions.

Tofeka, Feb. 25. Special. Governor Levelling today sent a number of appointments to the senate for confirmation. John Madden of Chase county, J.

8. Mcliath of Mitchell county, and N. K. Stanley of Sedgwick county, were appointed a board of regent of the state normal school. S.

B. Se-creat of Kiley county, E. D. Stewart of Butler county, W. D.

Street of Decatur county, and Harrison Kelley of Coffey county, were appointed regents of the agricultural college. IX-Governor Charles Robinson, Trot A. 8. VUa of Wyandotte county, and P. Sams of Neineha, were named as regents for the university.

Ben Movall Want. Big Damages, Benjamin S. Stovall, janitor of the court ol common pleas, filed suit yesterday against the Masons' and Odd Fellows' association, (col.) to recover $5000 damage for false imprisonment. On February 2 the defendants, through their gent. F.

P. Jennings, caused the arrest of btovall on the charge of stealing a chandelier valued at $12. Stovall was acquitted in the justice court The plaintiff claims that his hrrest and imprisonment has greatly injured his credit and reputation, and has brought him into disgrace this community. He thinks that amount he sues for will heal his The Head the Santa Fe System Passes Iway. IT WAS BRIGHT'S DISEASE.

The Great Railroader's End Comes Sud denly But Few Persons Aware ot the Serious Nature oT Uto Sickness- Sketch ot His Career. SAs DIego, CaL. Feb. 25. Allen Man-veL president of the Santa Fe railroad, died early yesterday morning at the Hotel del Coronado, where, accompanied by his wife, he arrived three weeks ago from St Paul for the benefit of his failing health.

It is believed the cause of his death was Bright's disease. He has recently had several attacks of nervous prostration, supposed by his friends to be the result of overwork in connection with the management of the great system of railroads of which he has been the chief executive officer since July, 1SS9. His family was with him at the time of his death, and the remains will be buried at San Diego. The city was taken by surprise by President ManvePs death, as his illness was not known to be serious. The end ALLEN MANVEL.

also came suddenly to his family. Mr. ManvePs two daughters and his brother are here. All Thursday Mr. Manville was delirious, and three physicians re mained at his bedside.

Late at night he became conscious for awhile and called for his family, and it is believed. bade them farewell. The end was peaceful. The remains were embalmed at the hotel, and the funeral services will be held this afternoon. BIOGRAPHICAL.

Mr. Manvel was born at Alexander. Genesee )mty. K. in 1BS7, of French Unguenot fam- iiy.

his lamer was a nurseryman ana gave ms boy' a good common school education, but at 16 he entered a country store where he remained for five years In a clerical position. In 1859 he caught the western fever and went to Chicago, where he entered the employ ot the Rock Island road as a clerk to the purchasing agent He had no friends to push him forward, but was ambitious and persevering, and tbese two qualities made him so popular with bis superiors that he was soon made purchasing agent and assistant superintendent of the road and eventually advanced to superintendent In this position he remained until May, 1881, when, after a continuous service in the employ ot the Rock Island road extending over twentv-two years, he was Invited to go to. St Paul as assistant general manager of the Manitoba. One incident connected with his duties as purchasing agent of the Rock Island will suffice to show the integrity of the man. He was in the market for ra'l3 and an was the custom the contract was given to the lowest bidder.

It chanced that the representative of the successful firm had promised the purchasing agent a personal commission should his house be given the order. This was before the bids were opened, but being the lowest bidder bis house was naturally awarded the contract When the voucher for the first month's delivery of rails was presented to the purchasing agent for approval he wrote in pencil on the margin "less per cent promised me for personal use," and sent the voucher on for payment Needless to say, the Rock Island received the full benefit of this side transaction. In the second year of his connection with the Manitoba Mr. Manvel was made general manager of the road, a position for which he had proved himself amply fitted. During the next five years, under his vigorous management the Manitoba grew from a small road of less than 690 miles to the respectable prosortionof a big system with over 3,009 miles of track and a reputation for aggressiveness and an increasing popularity that caused the Northern Paoific much inward commotion.

In the spring of 1844 its hard-working manager, accompanied by one of his daughters, took a much-needed vacation abroad, returning to his home in the northwest invigorated and refreshed by the trip In 1887 he was elected first vice-president and general manager of the Manitoba, in which position he remained until September, 1889. When the financial affairs of the great Santa Pe system trembled in the balance in 1889 and the road was threatened with a receiver, a party of eastern capitalists, headed by the Baring Bros, and George C. Magoun, of Boston, agreed to come forward and furnish what money was necessary to tide over the difficulty, provided the stockholders were willing to defer to their judgment in the selection of a president capable of properly handling the complex interests of the largest railroad in the world. To their financial saviors the stockholders gave unanimous consent and it was presently announced that Allen Manvel, general manager of Jim Hill's Manitoba line, had been elected manager of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad system. In six months after taking charge President Manvel had made himself thorough master of the Santa Fe's situation and knew the road intimately from Chicago to the Pacific coast including all its consolidated lines the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe, the New Mexico 4: Arizona, the Sonora Railway Atlantic Pacific, St Louis San Francisco and the Colorado Midland, of all ot which roads Allen Manvel was the president and chief executive officer in fact as well as in name.

The development of the Santa Fe was a big undertaking and only a man in perfect health, whose love for Srork was unbounded, would have dared to assume the duties the position entailed. The close application to his work to which he sacrificed his health at last told on even his Iroa constitution and with the beginning of 1883 he began to show signs of sickness brought on by overwork. It was only a few weeks ago that it was announced that President Manvel was seriously 111 and then the news came that he was in California battling with the deadly Bright's disease. BOBIXSOTT MAT BE ELEVATED. Topeka, Feb.

24. The unexpected vacancy in the presidency of the Santa Fe system has started talk in favor of Mr. Robinson for the place. In the summer of 1886, when there was a vacancy in the office by the retirement of Mr. Strong, there was a disposition among some of the directors to elect Mr.

Robinson, hut they were outvoted. HE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. The Assassin Impelled Br Losses In Stock The Bullet Extracted From Mackay's Back and He May Ite-cover. Sax Fbaxcisco, Feb. 25.

The life of John W. Mackay was attempted yesterday by W. Kippey, an old man, who was undoubtedly insane, and who, after attempting Mr. Mackay's assassination, turned the weapon on himself and inflicted a mortal wound. Shortly after noon two men, one of them an old man, were seen walking; through Lick alley passage througbn Lick house, from Sutter to Post street.) Those who noticed the two men paid, no particular attention to them, until' suddenly two shots in rapid succession) were fired, and the man (who had fired; the older was seen to fall near the end of the alley.

An immense crowd at once assembled' and the police soon arrived. The patroU wagon was called and the wounded man was hurried to the receiving hospital. There the doctor found that the bullet had penetrated above the heart and had passed through the back from under the skin, where it was extracted. At the time of the operation the man was unconscious and pulseless. The wound was pronounced fatal.

There was little on the dying man's person to indicate who he was. He had in his pocket a letter addressed to a morning paper in which the writer stated that he was 73 years of age and signed W. C. Kippey. There was also found upon him an envelope bearing the name of Dr.

L. L. Lincoln. On the back of the envelope were the words. "The end is not yet" Upon a sheet of paper under heading "Food for reflection," were the words: "Paid hundred fifty thousand dollars for one sapphire, to place on the forehead of his wife a sufficient amount to have saved at least five hundred of his victims from suicidal graves, just think of it, inscribe it upon his tomb" When Mr.

Mackay reached his room at the hotel he removed his garments without assistance and waited for a physician. Dr. Kceuey and Dr. John F. Morse arrived about the same time.

After a brief examination' they stated that the wound was not fatal The bullet had entered under the 'right shoulder blade and glanced toward the right It was suggested that the physicians should delay probiDg for the bullet until Mr. Mackay beeauae more composed, but the wounded man insisted that the operation should be proceeded, with immediately. Soon after 2 o'clock the physicians extracted the bullet Dr. Morse said that the bullet entered the right shoulder blade and ranging slightly to the right struck the vertebra) and lodged in one of the spinous processes. Dr.

Morse said that the wound was not necessarily fatal, but that his patient was by no means out of danger. He added that in case of gunshot wounds there was always fear of blood poisoning or lockjaw. When closely questioned Dr. Morse said that it was too soon after the extraction to foretell the termination of the wound, but that Mr. Mackay was resting quietly.

4 Richard V. Dey telegraphed to Mrs. Mackay in London and young Mackay in New York that Mr. Mackay had been shot, but that the wound was not considered dangerous. After the extraction of the bullet he wired giving the above statement of the patient's condition, pffi Shortly before 3 o'clock Dr.

August A. Drossell called at the receiving hospital and identified the dying man as W. C. Kippey. He said: "I knew Kippey very v.elL He used to come tv my place every day to read the papers before he went down town.

He did not come in this morning as usual and he seemed very much distressed over something as he passed about 9 o'clock. He was born in Cincinnati, and leaves a wife and family there. At one time he was worth over $100,000, and made about $50,000 on the Comstock. He came to San Francisco and began gambling in stocks. His money soon began to go and then he opened a cash grocery store.

That venture failed and about four years ago he was running a bar and dining room on a steamer which plies between San Francisco and Stockton. "At one time he lived in Denver and owned quite a lot of property, but it also went in his stock speculations. Latterly the old man was almost without means and was in a very despondent frame of mind. He knew almost all the old timers in California. When no one else could identify a man old; man Rippey was called on and he generally succeeded.

About six months ago he identified a man named Wal-dorn, and two weeks ago identified a man named Maloney, who had jumped off the wharf, Malouey was an old friend of Rippey's, and, like him, had lost every cent he ever had in stocks. Maloney and Rippey were rich men in old days and both committed suicide from the same cause." Condition of Mr. Tanner. Washington, Feb. 25.

Representative Tarsney is reported better to-day. His condition is very bad, however, state it at its best He is too weak to move or turn hand or head to help himself. The doctor says his fever is going down and it is this question of extreme weakness, amounting indeed to prostration, which has to be cooibatted. Xo one is allowed to see him but Mrs. Tarsney and the nurse.

Wagrffener Withdraws. Atchisos, Feb. 25. B. P.

Wag-gener has withdrawn from the senatorial race and so instructed his friends by ware..