The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 74. — PRICE FIVE CENTS. QUEEN VICTORIA'S SPEECH READ. Reassembling of England’s Parliament After a Long Recess. AN IMPORTANT SESSION. In Both Branches Replies to the Address Are Made st Once. VENEZUELA AND TRANSVAAL Questions That the British States- men Promise to Settle Soon and Amicably. LONDON, -Exc., Feb. 11.—Parliament assembled to-day, after a recessof 160days, far what promises to be one of the most important sessions of recent years. There were the usual crowds about Westminster, and the best known of theé members as they made their appearance on foot or in vehicles were heartily cheered.” Especially demonstrative were the receptions given to the Marquis of Salisbury, Henry Broad- hurst, the workingmen’s representative, Anthony Mundella, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Herbert Gladstone, Thomas Burt, the miner, John Burns and Explorer Stanley. Both houses filled up unusually early, and with few exceptions every member of the Commons was in his place when the gentleman usher of the Black Rod, Ad- miral Sir Edmund Commerill, made his appearance and with the usunal formalities summoned them to appear in the House of Lords for the purpose of hearing the Queen’s speech, which was as follows: My Lords and Gentlemen: I continue to re- om other powers assurances of friendly ents. An agreement has been con- between my Government and France, ipal object of which is to secure the ment of the independence of Siam. Commissioners of the delimitation of the frontier which separates my Indian em- pire and Afghanistan trom Russia have agreed upon a line which has been accepted by my- self and the Emperor of Russia, The Government of the United States of America has expressed a wish to co-operate in the termination of the differences which, have existed for many years between my Govern- ent and the republic of Venezuela upon the uestion of tEe" boundary hétween that cotin- try and the colony of British Guiana. 1 have expressed my sympathy with the de- sire to come to an equitable arfangement, and trust that further negotiations will lead to a satisfactory result. The Sultan of Turkey has senctioned the principal refprms in the gov- ernment of Armenian provinces, for which, jointly with the Emperor of Russia and the President of the French Republic, I have felt itmy duty to press. I deeply regret the fanat- ical outbreak on the part of a section of the Turkish population which has resulted in s series of massacres which have caused the aeepest indignation in this country. A sudden incursion into the South African Republic by &n armed force from the territory under control of the British South Africa Com- pany resulted in a deplorable collision with the burgher forces. My Ministers at the earliest possible moment intervened to prohibit, through the Govern- ment, this hostile action and to warn all my subjects in South Africa agamst taking part in it. The origan and circumstances of these pro- ceedings will be made the subject of a search- ing investigation. dent of the South Af g in this matter with moderation and wis- , has agreed to place the prisoners in the hands of my Government. Ihave undertaken 10 bring to trial the leaders of the expedition. The conduct of the President of the South African Republic upon this occasion and the assurances which he has voluntarily given lead me.to believe thathe recognizes the im- portance of redressing the legitimate griey- ances of which complaint has been made by a majority of thé persons inhabiting the Trans- vasl The condition of affairs in Ashentee and the violation by the King, at Kumasi, of the pro- visions of the treaty of 1874, as regarded the suppression of the practice of offering human sacrifices, the freedom of trade and the main- tenace of communications, have for some years engaged the serious attention of my Govern- ment. All endeavors to induce the King to observe his engagements proved fruitless, and it became necessary to send an armed expedi- tion to Kumesi to enforce the conditions of the treaty. While I rejoice to announce that the objects of the expedition have been dchieved without bloodshed, I have to deplore the loss from the severities of the climate of some valuable lives, including thatof my beloved son-in-law;- Prince Henry of Battenberg, who volunteered Mis ‘services. 1 and my dear daughter are greatly touched and comforted by-the widespread sympathy which has been shown by my subjects throughout the Empre, at home and abroad. Géetiemen of the House of Commons: I habe directed the estimates for service for the year 1o be .laid before you. They have been prevared with the utmost regard to economy, but the exigencies of the times require an ine creased expenditure. My lords and gentlemen: The extensionand improvement of the naval defenses of the em. pire is the most important subject to which vour efforts can be airected and will doubtless occupy your most earnest attention. Iregret 10 say that the condition of sgriculture is dis- astrous beyond recent experience. Measures will be l2id before you with the ob- ject of mitigating the distress of the classes en- gaged in that industry. Measures will also be submitted 10 you for the creation of voluntary schools for the regulations of alien psuper im- migration and for the construction of light railways of the rural districts. You will also be esked to consider the employers’ limited Jisbility bifl, an Irish land bill and & measure for the formation of an Irish board of agricul- ture. 1 commend these weighty matters to your ex- perienced judgment and pray that your labors mey be blessed by the guidance and favor of Almighty God. The House of Commons after listening to the Queen's speech in the House of Lords resumed its sitting at 4 o’clock, the usual hour of -assembling, except on ‘Wednesdays, when the House meets at noon. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamber- lain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entered the House shortly after it had been called to order, and was vociferously cheered. Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced that on February 13 the Government would introduce a bill providing for the construction of works for naval purposes. The announcement was received with cheers from all sections of the House. Mr. George Goschen Jr., son of the Right Hon. George J. Goschen, Member for the East Grinstead Division of Sussex, moved the address in reply to the speech from the throne, and the motion was seconded by Sir Herpert E. Maxwell, member for Wig- townshire. Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the late Ministry and leader of the opposition in the House, said he bad never in all his experience met such critical circumstances as thote with which they were confronted. It was in the highest degree desirable, he said, that the misunderstanding between Great Britain and the United States over the Monroe doctrine should be removed in both coun- tries at the earliest possible moment. The Government of the United States had ex- pressed a desire to co-operate in a friendly solution of the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela, and he was re- joiced to see in the speech from the throne that the prospect was welcomed. The only practical question remaining was whether, in the Venezuelan difficulty, there had been any invasion of the rights of the United States, as upon that point no pro- nouncement had been mude by the United States Government. It was, in his judgment, a doubtful question whether the United States could justly co-operate in the settlement of the Venezuelan difference in default of that Government having in is possession all of the information bearing thereon which was at England’s disposal. He therefore regretted the delay in the publication of the case ‘of Great Britain and demanded that a prompt and honorable conclusion of the affair be arrived at. The Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury and Government leader in tne House, followed Sir William Harcourt. “8ir William,” he said, “has attacked some opinions that were never held by the ministerial side. We never suggested for a moment that the United States intended to insult Great Britain in inquiring into the Venezuelan boundary matter. The Government does not see any reasons for offering any criticism of the Monroe doc- trine. So far from looking at the appoint- ment of the American commission as an insnlt, the TUnited States Gov- ernment having appealed to us in ordinary diplomatic intercourse te aid them with all the information at our dis- posal, at the earliest moment we shall give it, but'when Sir William Harcourt says that the Venezuelan boundary is in ob- scurity and no clear view can be taken, let me remind him that since 1844 England hus made serious and honest attempts to get it settied, for reasons not connected with English politics, ambition or greed. Each attempt failed. We will not be pre- vented by diplomatic punctillios or false pride from trying to finally settle it [Cheers.] “Itis impossible to foresee what gene- ral conclusions the American commission or those who are inquiringinto the British case here may arrive at, but I am certain that every one, American- or British, who is impartially considering the subject, will be convinced fhat there mever has been and is not now the slightest intention on the part of England to violently attack the substance of the Monroe doctrine. No illegitimate ambition nor unworthy greed for territory or desire to step beyond the due limits or irontiers of the empire has ever animated the British policy through- out this long controversy. “I can only add that I shall rejoice that the country and the public opinion of the world will rejoice, if out of this toil shall spring the good fruit of a generai system of arbitration. If that shall be the result of these controversies, I shall feel that all the evil done will have been more than compensated for, and that a permanent guarantee of the good will of the English- speaking peoples cn both sides of the Atlantic will have been obtained for all time.” [Cheers.] In the House of Lords the address in reply to the Queen’s speech was moved by Lord Stanmore and seconded by the Earl of Rosslyn. Lord Rosebery said he was glad to see that the negotiations for the settlement of the difficulties in the Transvaal were pro- gressing. . He expressed his approval of the conduct of Mr. Chamberlain, Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, who had exhibited statesmanlike courage and promptitude of decision. He greatly deplored the recent utter- ances of Lord Salisbury which, on the part of tne Boers, had tended to a fecling of distrust of England’s good faith, and would lead to belief that the sympathy of the Government was with the invaders of the territory of the South African republic. He demanded to know what form the Government’s inquiry would teke in regard to the relations of the chartered British South Africa Company to the transactions 1 which had recently taken place in the Transvaal, and also desired to know why the Government had been ignorant of what had been going on at Mafeking prior to Dr..Jameson’s raid. It was obvious, he said, that the charter of the British South Africa Company must be revised. Turning his attention to the situation in Armenia Lord Rosebery said Lord Salis- bury’s recent statements in regard to the obligations of England under the terms of the treaty of Berlin were absolutely incor- rect. The whole point to be taken into consideration was that the powers signa- tory to the treaty should see to it that the reforms required by that instrument were carried into effect. The ' Cyprus conven- tion laid special obligations upon England and such an expression of impotency as that conveyed by the statement which had been made by the Premier had never be- fore been made by a British Minister, Was there, he asked, peace with honor? Continuing, Lord Rosebery said the action of the Government regarding Ar- menia was most mysterious. He felt forced to helieve, he said, that the Govern- ment had decided to abandon the cause of the Armenians and that Lord Salisbury was prepared to repudiate the utterances made .in his speeches at Brighton and in the Guildhall. : As regards Venezuela, Lord Rosebery maintained that the sending of Maxim guns_to British Guiana had not a little to do with causing the alarm felt by the United States. He hoped, he said, that further explanations would be made with- out delay as to what negotiations were proceeding between England and Vene- zuela, Continuing, Lord Rosebery said he wel- comed the intervention of the United States in the Venezuelan matter,: inas- Continued on Third Page; - How Long Can He Keep Them in the Air? PUT T0 DEATH BY ANGRY MEN. Murderer Grant Atterbury Dragged From a Cell and Hanged. QUICK WORK OF A MOB. The Sheriff Made a Feeble At- tempt to Defend the Prisoner. SHOTS FIRED IN THE AIR. Before Being Hanged From a Tree the Doomed Man Declared He Was Innocent. SULLIVAN, Iun, Feh, 12.—Grant At- terbury, the murderer, was taken from the jail here at 12:45 A. M., dragged to the courthouse in his nightshirt and hanged to a tree. g The preliminaries to the affair were ar- ranged at 11:30 o’clock. The mob at that time numbered but fifteen men. They were fully armed and carried sledge-ham- mers. Few people knew of the meeting and none thought Atterbury would be lynched. The mob acted quickly and marched directly from the school-house to the ijail, which was only protected by the sheriff and one lone deputy. Here the demand for Atterbury was refused and then the door was knocked down and in with sledge hammers. The sheriff feigned resistance, apparently, and fired his pistol in the air. In the meantime crowds of people be- gan gathering about the jail, but no at- tempt was made to help the sheriff. Atter the sheriff fired his revolver the mob opened fire. Amid shots and yells they marched upstairs, leaving a few to keep back the crowd. But two minutes were consumed in breaking down the iron door. Atterbury was dragged from his cell amid the howls of the other prisoners in the jail, who where badly frightened. The prisoner resisted with all his strength and much trouble was experienced in getting him downstairs. He fought like a demon, but when he was finally got out the excitement of the mob was furious. The march was then taken up to the courthouse yard, two blocks away. Amid a perfect fusillade of pistol shots the mob seemed almost frenzied and showed no sympathy. Under the tree to which he was hanged Atterbury began to realize more fully that he was to die. He pleaded piteously, pro- testing his innocence, saying, “Thank God, you are hanging an innocent man.” The mob was wild and restless until the man was strung up in the air, when they instantly dispersed. The gang was well organized and masked with white hand- kerchiefs or pieces of white cloth. They were all heavily armed. The evidence egainst Atterbury was very l strong. The morning after the crime was committed bloodhounds brought 1o the scene and three difie times they went directly to the houséof Grant After- bury. Andther party was' suspectéd; but has not yet been fourd. Atterbury was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Roxy Atterbury and it is thought he committed the crime for the purpose of revenge, Mrs. Atterbury having given some very damaging testi- mony against him when he was on trial, together with her husband, for the mur- der of their father, a little more than a year ago. ’ STOCKHOLDERS NOT L}ABLE. An Interesting Decision Relating to the Purchase of a Los Angeles Cable Line. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 11.—Judge Horton decided to-day that the stockholders of the Pacific Railway Company are, not indi- vidually liatle for: the debts of the com- pany, amounting to about $2,000,000. The suit grew out of the purchase in 1890.by some sixty business men and cap- itulists of Chicago of the stock of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Cable Railway Company, and the formation of a new corporation under the laws of Illinoisto own and op- erate the road under the name of the Pa- cific Railway Comvany., The investment was not a paying one, and the road was sold under foreclosure proceedings, which practically wiped out the assets of the company; buta bill was filed by a num- ber of creditors, principally banks, asking that the stockholders be held liable for the debts of the company. The claims, with one exception, were for money loaned on notes of the company. VIGILANTES ARE ACTIVE Nebraskans Wfip Lynched Bar- ' rett “Scott After Cattle- Thieves. In One Case, However, They Seemed to Have Tortured an Innocent " Man. O’NEILL, Nesr., Feb. 11.—The Holt County vigilantes, the same band which a year ago lynched Barrett Scott, are very active again. Lateiy they have turned their attention to alleged cattle-thieves. Joseph Ryan, a reputable young stock- man, is the latest to feel the weight of their displeasure. Ryan was in O'Neill to-day and tells a thrilling story of an experience he had vesterday. He had been in the vicinity of Niobrara River to look at some cattle for sale by a man named Bilger. He and Bil- ger were out on the prairie when suddenly six masked men rode up and drawing six- shooters commanded the two to surrender. Ryan continued: “We were taken from our horses and blindfolded My hands were then tied behind my back and one of the men told another to brin‘f a long rope. The ro was brought and placed arouund my xncrxe They then asked me what I knew abou: attle-rustling. I told them I knew noth- ing but what I had heard. They said that would not do; they would have to take me to the river and put me under the ice. They did not seem to want to talk' much, but wanted me to do it all. . “They asked me about a good many cat- tle that I had bought-and I'told them all I knew. While talking they continuall threw out hints to make it appear that was in the hands of Barrett Scott’s friends and swore at different ‘men. known to be members of the vigilantes, but I knew who some of the men were.”’ e 5 s I KENTUCKYS LEGSLATURE There Is a Break in the Forces Supporting Dr. Hunter. CAN'T ELECT A SENATOR. Meanwhile There Is a Quiet Rally of the Hunting- ton Lobbyists. NO WEAK POINTS OVERLOOKED. There Is a Promise of a Desperate Battle to Retain the Southern Pacific’s Charter. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 11.—The in- creased crowd in the lobbies and galleries to-day denoted a returning interest in the balioting for Senator. Rollcall showed 122 present and 16 paired; necessary to choice, 62. > Considerable surprise was occasioned when R, A. Carpenter (R.) voted for Judge Frank Bennet of Greenup. This break was followed by the reading of a long ex- planation from Senator Hissem (R.) of Campbeil, in which he said he believed the election of Hunter was impossible. The vote resulted : Hunter, 57; Blackburn, 56; scattering, 9; no election. The wildest excitement prevailed during the break in the Hunter lines. It is taken asan indication that sooner or later the Republican caucus will withdraw Hunter and put up some other candidate. Senator Thomas Hays, who is leading the opposition to the Southern Pacific repeal bill, said to THE CALL correspondent this evening, after words of commendation for Huntington in the railroaa projects, in which he claimed Huntington had never been a ‘‘wrecker” for personal gain, as others he referred to: *‘I do not care to tell the exact strengzth of the opposition in the Senate. It will not prevent the passage of the bill, however. The bill will go to the House Committee.” There Hays stopped a moment. “What then will become of it?'’ “It will be considered,” replied the Senator. “The opposition will present a strong case, and it is not expected to reach any further. There are great merits and justice in that charter.” The Huntington people are rallying and severnl other lobbyists against the bill arrived to-day, under the guise of having legal business before the courts. A story is quietly told that ex-Governor West will return shortly to assist in the opposition. Senator Goebel and friends of the bill will call the measure up from the orders of the day at the first opportunity and compel speedy action in the Senate. Letters have been received from San Francisco ad- dressed to every member of the House, with the heavy red letters printed on the envelopes ‘‘Huntington: plaving tunes to Congress.”” The Huntington people haye written, but use plain envelopes. It you would balieve Tom Hays, Collid P. Huntington is a great philanthropist, | who engages in railroad building for the sole purpose of benefiting his fellow-men. He says that Huntington has never been a railroad-wrecker for personal gain; for what time was hea wrecker? That he has | been one the Senator knows from the his- tory of the old Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad, which now forms a part of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern. Three or four of the men who were alluded to in Mr. Huntington’s letter to the Courier-Journal as assisting him in getting the Southern Pacitic charter were the incorporators of that road, and it was not long before it -fell into Mr. Huntington's hands. It was well understood in Ken- tucky at the time that these incorporators were dummies. The Senator is under many obligations to Huntington and Echols, and his presence in the Senate at this time is a pretty good proof of the fact. The Sena- tor was one of the incorporators of the road from Elizabethtown to Hodginville, which, he and a couple of associates turned over to Huntington as soon as fin- ished for a consideration. His frank admission that the opposition in the Senate is not strong enough to pre- vent the passage of the bill shorid not for a moment be allowed to deceive any one. They will delay the bill in the Senate till they are ready for it in the House. The “strong case’” will be presented there when they think they have enough votes pledged to defeat it. Senator Hays has endeavored to get the influence of some of the old bosses in Louisville by introducing a bill to pension the firemen of that city aftar a certain term of service, and this .would have been a good trick for him but for the fact that the Democratic Mayor, Mr. Tyler, died a.short time ago and s Republican Mayor was elected in his place, and hav- ing the City Council almost. solidly with him has set about making wholesale changes in the ranks of city officers and employes, especially the firemen and po- lice, and the major’s plans have miscar- ried.- He and the others are, however, trying to arrange matters on a new basis, but it will pe hard for' them to control .the Louisville delegation in the House as they are men who have never been in politics before and don’t owe their election to any of the city bosses. The attendance of the members was much more prompt and a little’fuller than yesterday, as the vote shows. The joint session met promptly at noon, with Sena- tor Goebel in the chair. The chamber of the House was packed to suffocation. The same crowd that was present last week to see an election or a fight was down agsin to-day, Louisville, Lexington, Harrodsburg, Covington and other places contributing their quota of politicians. big and little, and sensation- seekers. The session ended, however, without any sign of a “‘scrap,” nothing more hurtful than words being set in mo- tion, which don’t kill directly, but some- times lead to Kkilling in cases like these. Nothing of the sort, however, has hap- pened in the Kentucky Tegislature since long before' the war, and it is devontly ta be. wisbed that the sky will clear this time without any such lament- able oceurrence. ' i It can but be attended with disgrace and disaster to the State. The situation is very much strained, however, and it will not take much to set the trouble afoot. There was something very much like a sigh of relief went up from the bosoms of most of the people present when the House went into the "joint session without any move toward calling up the contest cases. The crisis is only postponed, however, for some action must be taken soon if an election is to be had during this session by either party._ If the Republicans drop Hunter and take up Willson, they stand a chance of electing him at once. If they take ex- Chief Justice Holt they have the same chance. “Tony” Carroll, the only Demo- cratic representative from Louisville, and who has been voting for ‘“‘scattering” from the first, married Judge Holt’s daughter, and, of course, he would vote for his father- in-law, but Dr. Hunter persists in staying on the track, though he sees that he can- not be elected unless Kaufman from Lex- ington and Tompkins from Owensboro are unseated and replaced with their Repub- lican contestants. This the Republicans say they have a legal right to do, as they have had formal investigations and reports. There were no contests in the Senate and there have been no committees of investigation ap- pointed, yet the Democrats announce that when the unseating game begins they are prepared to “see the ante’’ and ‘“‘go it two better” and play the game to the end and wide open and without any limit. Any collision is to be avoided if possible, for one .could not occur without a good many people getting hurt. Blackburn has a strong and a devoted following of brave men at his side, and Hunter is looked after| very closely by such men as Captain Jack Chinn, Captain Jim Williams and others of “that ilk.” The ballot to-day made the seventieth taken since the Blackburn-Hunter contest opened and yet it continues todraw a good crowd of local and foreign spectators. More would be present but that they fear being caught in a row. This particular kind of a fight is new in Frankfort, a Re- publican running against a Democrat for Senator in the Kentucky Legislature—and leading the race, too. Indeed, tbe spectacle seems to draw nearly as well as a circus, and last week as the news spread around in the country parties of “'hill billies” came in one after another to see the untoward sight. They did not seem much edified, however, as they saw no difference, as far as they could judge, between the Republicansand Demo- crats, and as they did not understand what was going on they soon withdrew. One of them was heard to remark that “he didn’'t see nohow why tiuey had to ‘peal’ Bill over again, butif he wasn’t doing right why th_ef just.ought to pesl him and | repeal him till they make a good job of it— but he didn’t like to see Bas Duke mixed up with ‘them thar’ Republicans and biled- shirt fellars that way, specially when they are fighting Joe Blackburn. HURLED INTO THE RIVER. One ‘House Carried Away by the Burst- ing of a Pipe. CLEVELAND, Onmo, February 11.— Early this evening a water main on Frank- lin avenue hill burst, and such a volume of water poured out that several hundred feet of the hill were washed into the river. A frame house, occupied ‘by Mrs. Mary Ravey, was undermined and hurled into the river. Mrs. Ravey was drowned. A New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio freight train was passing the foot of the hill'at the time. The water carried four cars into the river. The water- works pamping ,t.ifion was notified and had the L main cut CROOKED WORK - AT THE CAPITOL, How a Protest Against the Funding Bill Became Ineffective. NEVER REACHED BUDD, Mysteriously Disappeared After It Had Been Passed by the Legislature, LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN, Enemies of the Resolution Found & Way to Muzzle the People’s Sentiments., SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 11.—During the session of the State Legislature in Jan- uary, 1895, Assemblymen Bledsoe and Belshaw introduced two resolutions in the House; known as No. 2 and 3, which were adopted and sent to the Senate. The upm per house, however, repudiated them and adopted a ' substitute, which. was intro- duced by McGowan, and sent it back to the Assembly, where it was laid on the table. These resolutions and the substituie were 1n the nature of a protest against the rdoption by Conzress of a refunding. bill of any sort. When this bill was intro- duced the feeling of the majority of the people of the State was against funding, and many members of both House and Senate went to the Legislature pledged by their constituents to take steps toward any measure which might be introduced in favor of the Reilly funding bill. In spite of the fact that they were so pledred there were many who were ex- tremely loth to move against the interests of the Southern Pacific Company, and almost insurmountable obstacles were thrown into the pathway of ‘these resolu- tions, not but that the ultimate intention was to pass the resolution, but it is claimed that it was thought extremely politic to withhold its passage until the adjournment of Congress, when its utility would be null and void. At that time, it is claimed,: the lobby was full of emissaries of the Southern Pacific Company, who were straining every point in favor of their employer,and itis ssid these lobbyists were largely inw strumental in délaying the passage of the resolution. a2y ¥ Subsequently Belshaw introduced joint resolution No. 7, which was unani- mously adopted by a viva voce vote, and transmitted to the Senate, where it was adopted by thirty-five ayes and no noes. This resolution protested against the Reilly funding bill, which was then be- fore Congress, and recommended morte gage foreclosure and the collection of rail- road debt. Inthe event of failure to do this, it recommended ' that :the United States take possession of the road and operate it. In the regular course of busi- ness, the ergrossing clerk, or one of his assistants, should have taken this to the Governor, but this was evidently not done, or if he did start with it, he lost it on the road. > That the resolution never reached tha Governor's office is an assured fact as the annals of the office fail to show the slight- est record of it, and it could not possibly have become;*lost in the shuffle,” for at no time during the signing of bills did Gov= ernor Budd show the slightest disposition to favor any measure which was in the ife terest of this giant corporation. On the contrary, when Attorney Herrin called upon the executive and requested the signe ing of the San Francisco street railway bi'l he met with a flat refusal. What the fate of this resolution bas been it seems impossible -to.learn. It passed both houses, was telegraphed to Washing- ton and mysteriously disappeared. Per« haps it fluttered from the hand of some careless messenger on Nis way through the lobbies. At any rate it has never been embodied in the annals of the session. TR ey T0 PHOTOGRAPH THE BRAIN. Edison Will Attempt the Work Aftey Midnight. ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 11.—Thomas A. Edison said to-day that he is not yet ready for his attempt to photograph the human brain. He has decided that when every- thing is in readiness the experiment will be made after midnight, when no one will be around but bis workmen, as the pres« ence of others would tend to make the subject nervous. To-day Mr. Edison tested the theory of Thompson, an English scientist, that rays are reaily sound rays or waves. He took a steel funnel a few, inches long and placed it in front of a powerful vacuum tube, the small end ovpposite the plate, and the test was partially successful. He got a clearly defined spot with a penums bra above it and another below it, which showed that the rays had net been deflected. ‘He says that he is puzzled to explain this. Mr. Edison has made interesting experi- ments on thirty different substances and the resnlts show perfect penetration of hard and soft rubber, celluloid, gelatine, shellac, boric acid, amber, camphor and blood albumen, vulcanized fiber and gutta- percha; the penetration of slate, iron and bismuth was trifling. He also found that antimony, iron brass, tin, lead, plati- num and copper showed very faint action and that silver seemed absolutely impervi. ous, Mr. Edison’s next experiment will be that of photographing in the ordinary way the human hand. e i Failure of @ Bank. HUTCHINSON, Kaxs., Feb. 11. — Bank Commissinner Briedenthal took possession of the Valley State Bank here to-day. The bank’s capital is $100,000. Its last report, made in Decemper, showed assets of $234,000 and liabilities of $134,000. Its president is W. E. Hutchinson, and it Las been considered one of the safest banks in the Southwest, ks