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Committees Organizing.

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Mr. Randall has
not vet issued call for the asSemblage of
the appropriations committee. The new
select committee of American shipping in
tereStS is at present without a meeting
room. The same state of affairs exists as
TO several of the select committees. and the
speaker is experiencing some trouble i'm his
efforts 10 provide suitable committee rooms.
The committee of commerce organized this
morning and fixed Tuesdays and Fridays as
the days for meeting. The committee on
naval affairs was organized and named
Wednesdays and Fridays as their DAYS for
meeting. In view of the additional import
ance of the work of the committee growing
out of the assignment to it of the duty of
preparing the naval appropriation bill, it
was decided to subdiyide the work. Ac-
cordingly Chairman Herbert was instructed
To prepare plan of subdivision for submis-
sion to the committee. From the tone of
discussion this morning il seems probable
that the members will be divided into six
subcommittee. The full committee will
call on Monday in a body upon the secre-
tary of the navy to paw its respects.
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ment, and the students rushed from their
rooms into the street. clad simply in their
night garments. The night is very cold,
and 1t IS difficult 10 get water into the build
ing. Two steamers are now at work. and
it is thought the buildings in the vlcin-
ity will be saved. The hall Is
a wreck, the fire at this time having
consumed the two upper floors. The build
ing is about one hundred feet square and is
worth about $50, O00 including contents,
and Is insured. The fire originated in the
attic. Last night people on the upper floors
Smelled smoke. but vigorous search failed
To locate whence the smoke came. 1t is now
supposed that the cause of the fire was 4
defective fue. The students on the lower
floor We're successful in saving nearly ali
their effects. At this hour, 2:30, the tire is
under control.
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Frightened Passengers.

TAMAQUA, Pa, Jan. S.-The dam across
the Wabash creek at Reeyesdale, near this
place, burst this morning. A passenger
train from Pottsville was just opposite the
dam when it broke. The back water struck
the cars and ran into the heaters under
them, causing vast volume of steam to
arise and envelope the entire train. The
passengers were much frightened. The
engine, however, escaped the food and
pulled the train safely through the water
The tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading
were much washed and completely inun-
dated, delaying all trains. The burst was
caused by the breaking of an old tunnel in
the abandoned Reeyesdale colliery.
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GOV. HILL BANQUETED.
He Asserts that His Relations With
the President are Cordial.

the President are Cordial.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A banquet was
rendered to Gov. Hill tonight at Delmon-
ico's by the Business Mems Democratic as
sociation of the city. There were fifty
invited guests outside of the guests of the
evening, and the 200 promoters of the COM
piiment. The banquet hall was tastefully
decorated and the tables richly laid. Back
of the guests table hung a portrait of An
drew jackson, and the yelvet-bOund menu
cards contained portraits of ''Old Hickory
and the guest of the evening. After the
edibleS had been discussed Il tiers of regret
were read from Hon. Samuel j. Tilden.
the members of the national cabi-
net Gen. Hancock, Gov. Pattison of
Pennsylvania. Gov. Albeit of New jersey.
Gov. Lee of Virginia, Charles a. Dana,
editor of the Sun, and others. None of
them were Of any political significance, the
cabinet officers pleading pressure of public
duties, while others were prevented from
being present by previous engagements or
by i'll health. Gov. Hill IN replying to the
toast to
THE GUEST OF THE EVENING
enunciated the principles of hts admins
tratiOn as he enuncated them in his mes
sage to the legislature, and then said:
Those who expect me Ia antagonize the na-
uonal administration will be disappointed
That administration needs no defense at my
hands. IL is administering the government
wisely, safely, successfully and TO the salts
faction of the people. OF President Cleve-
lands honesty, courage and true Democracy
there can be no question. had the honor
Of being associated with him in the state
government for two years and our relations
were and have ever since been of the most
pleasant and cordial character. L respect
his sincerely of purpose, his sterling integ-
rity and hearty fealty.
The governor then proceeded to enumerate
several things which the new Democratic
administration had not done, which. it was
said, would be done. Among them it had
not returned the negro to slavery, nor as
sumed the Confederate debt. 1t had not
levied political assessments and had re-
tanned in Office Republicans who performed
their duties faithfully. The banquet lasted
till late hour.
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Heavy Fire Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. s.-Fire broke out
this afternoon in the wholesale grocery
house of T. ii. Bush dE Co. There was a
heavy wind and the department, owing to
an error in the alarm, went to the rear of
the town before locating the fire. The fire
quickly consumed all the stOrehOuses in the
block and damaged the stores on the OppO-
site side of Michael street, occupied by
Little. Wilkeston q Co., grocers and COM
mission merchants. The stores destroyed
were Nos. IS, 40 and 42 Commerce street,
occupied by G.. NJ. Forsheim 81 Co., gro
GERS. who had S75, 900 stock; Nos. 46, As.
so and 50, occupied by L. G. Bush q Co.,
stock S75, 900. and a number of smaller
dealers and cotton factors. The total loss
is S16O, 900; insurance, S110, 600.
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The Judge Advocate muddIe.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Sit is rumored in
army circles that the president will shortly
recommend to congress the passage of a
bill authorizing him to fill the Office of
judge advocate general of the army. Gen.
Swain. who formerly held that Office. was
sentenced by court martial to suspension
for twelve years. at the end of which period
he will be placed on the retired list. 1t is
said that the president desires to fill the
Office, but is uncertain as to his powers in
the premises. a plan has been suggested
that he nominate a person for the Office and
let the senate pass on the legal questions at
issue.
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COFFEx's MANY MURDERS.
LOng-Delayed Evidence Against q
PittSburg Villain Found.

Special to the Globe.
PITrsBURG, Jan. S.-The arrest of Ed
ward Slattery, who was brought here from
Chicago last week. for the murder of Henr
Myers, at Arsenal park last June. has de-
veloped story of crime which will startle
the entire community. The police have
discovered Edward COffey, now under sem
tence of death for the killing of Policeman
John Evans. is the real slayer of the young
German, and that Slattery was only an ac-
ceSSory. Chief of Police Blackmore yester-
day made information for murder against
COhey, Slattery, Edward COyle and Harry
Sinclair, alias Hall. The last named three
were with Coffey when he shot Myers. and
were implicated In the robbery which led
to the shooting. Besides these two muir
ders it is now believed TO be certainty that
COfey murdered Nicholas Jacoby. for
which Frank Small, CofTey's companion,
was hanged several years ago. Several
other crimes are also charged against Cof-
fey, one of the latest being the shooting OF
Mcdonald, Chicago drummer, in front OF
Fourth avenue dive, just prior to the kill
ing of Evans. All this
STARTLING EVIDENCE
has been discovered since the capture of
Slattery from persons who were witnesses
w tAC clio''ttti5 VI MYERS, DuL VINO were
afraid to talk as long as Coffey was at
large
Il have half-a-dozen Witnesses" said Chief
Blackmore, ''who will swear they saw Coffey
shoot Myers"
Chief Blackmore was asked if he would
explain the silence of witnesses of the
Myers murder even after Coffey was tried,
convicted and sentenced for killing Evans,
as he shot Myers in June, and the murder
OF Evans occurred in August.
They had nothing to fear from Coffey,
since he was safe in prison, and still they let
several months pass without saying IL word"
said the reporter.
"The reason they did not give this informa-
ton sooner" replied the chief, lis because
they thought there was no need of it. Cofey
was under sentence of death aud Slattery had
not been captured. When Detective Kiley
brought Slattery here with n charge of mur-
der hanging over his head, the witnesses, who
are all friends of Slattery, saw that some
thing must be done, and voluntary gav tho
information we have been looking for 50
long"
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GIRLS In NIGHT GARMENTS.
Burning of the Ladies' Hall of Ober-
lin College.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan.9.-At 20 o'clock
this morning fire was discovered in the
third story of the ladies' hall. connected
with the college at Oberlin, o. The build
ing is brick structure, three stories high.
and is owned by the college. A man
named Hatch manages it and accommodates
130 female and 100 male students.
The men board at the hall,
while the women lodge there. The fire
rapidly spread, and it is reported here that
all the inmates of the building escaped
without injury. There was great excite
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Democratic Senatorial Hopes.

SptcldI 10 Tue OIOUCs
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-The Democrats
are figuring very carefully on the makeup
of the senate in the next congress. The
developments in New York recently
strengthened their hopes of Democratic
senator from that state to succeed Warner
Miller. This reliance is largely upon the
chance that fights between Republican fac
tions will give them a majority in the leg
islature. Ex-senator Plat is waging Bit
ter fight for control of the legislature elected
last fall, part of the membership of which
votes for senator, his object
being to defeat Miller's election.
if possible to restore himself to the place
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points are in generally disabled condition
and In many cases commication is cut of
entirely or maintained only BY circuitous
routes. The mercury in this city stands at
e2 below tonight and a strong wind
blows from tue plains. The full severity
Of the storm has not been felt here.
AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, Tex. Jan. S.-An exceed
ingly cold wave struck this CITY at about ;
o'clock yesterday afternoon. and the wind
blew heavy gale until long after mid
night. Toward morning the storm turned
into veritable Dakota blizzard. and at 6
a. m. to-day the thermometer registered
IL : above zero. The signal service officer
says this is the lowest temperature on the
gulf coast since the station was established
here IN 1871. The previous registry is
lS- in December. 1850. The velocity of
the wind has averaged thirty-five miles per
hour for the past twenty-four hours. The
water in Galveston bay is lower than the
Oldest resident remembers having seen.
AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o.. Jan. Sit has been
showing in this vicinity since o'clock this
afternoon. and about four inches is the av-
erage depth tonight. with snow still fall
ing The temperature is about 2Oo above
this evening, but is falling.
AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. s.-A cold wave
struck Memphis about daylight this morn
ing. Ii has been showing since 10 o'clock
last night, and a bleak wind from the
northwest adds to the disagreeable condi-
ton OF affairs.
AT MOBILE.
MOBILE, Ala, Jan. Sit is the coolest
night ever recorded at the signal offices.
Two persons have been found in the streets
badly frozen.
AT ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. s.-The first snow
OF the season fell here to-day. The ther-
mometer has fallen % to-day.
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Drowned in the Missouri.

SpeclaI 10 the GIODe-
YANKToN, Dak., Jan. 9.-Last night
about 10 o'clock DR.. Quinlan of Niobrara
was drowned in the Missouri river in trying
to cross TO the Running w ater side to see a
patient. Diligent search was made this
morning, and his cap and medicine case
were found near where he fell in, but so lar
they have been unable to find the body.
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Valuable VaIises.

BOsToN, Mass, Jan. S.-State Detective
Dyson arrived from Rutland this morning
with the valiSes containing the property
stolen from the Lancaster National bank by
President Mcneil, which were found Sc
creted at TinmOuth yesterday. One bag was
found to contain $50, 900 in interest bearing
bonds of the West Rutland Marble company
and a quantity of bonds and certificates Of
the Wyoming Beef company and the Low
Cattle company. In the other bag was
found nearly SIS, 900 in bank bills. DIR. r.
NJ. Nelson, president of the West Rutland
Marble company. was arrested while in bed
this morning on suspicion of completely in
the Lancaster bank embeZZlement. He is
Frustrated by excitement. and is under
guard at his house.
Reflected Upon the Vicar General.
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-The case against NJ.
j. Cahill, editor of the Chicago Pilot,
charged with criminal libel by Very Rev.
III. j. Conway, vicar general of the Cath
Olic archdiocese of Chicago, came up to-
day before Justice BraytOn, who held the
defendant over to the criminal court in
bonds of $500. The charge was based on
an article in the Pilot rejecting upon the
vicar generals disposition of certain church
funds.
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ne along with COnkling vacated in 1881.
Platt will probably succeed in preventing
Miller's reelection. and Republicans fear
that contests in the Republican ranks will
give the Democrats votes enough TO elect 4
United States senator. As there is fight
ing chance for q senator in Connecticut,
New jersey, California and Michigan, san
guine Democrats do not abandon hope that
with the aid of Indiana they will have
majority in the last half of Cleyeland's
term
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Across The XYaIer.

LONDON, Jan. s.-The gale continues
with unabated fury. In Scotland the
snow in some places has drifted into enor-
nous banks and a number of trains are re-
ported to be blocked. An unknown
steamer has foundered in the English chan
mel and a mass of wreckage has been
washed ashore. The French bark Reni has
been wrecked in Bristol channel and four
of her crew have been drowned.
IN PARIS.
PARIS, Jan. s.-A severe snow storm set
in to-day and has caused a cessation of
traffic. Many accidents have been re-
ported.
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Much Talk on silver Suspension.

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-The silver ques-
tion continues to attract attention. The
members who came back from their con-
stitueRts came full of it, They say the
people are opposed to the suspension of
the coinage of the silver dollar. They want
it TO continue. At the same time the more
thoughtful of the members see the impro-
priety of maintaining two standards so
widely dissimilar in value.
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The Utah bin as it passed the senate to-day
is substantially as reported from the com
mittee, and is published in the morning papers
of Dec. 22. The only change of consequence
is the addition of a section providing that
marriage between persons within the fourth
degree of consanguinity, but not including
that degree, shall be deemed incest and pun
ished as such.
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Reflected Upon the vicar General.
SmuggIed s25 200 worth Of Goods.

PLATTsBURG, n. Y, Jan. S.-The hear
ing in the case of DIilleri, the Montreal
tailor, charged with smuggling clothing
into this country, has been set for hearing
Feb. 2. A number of New York brokers
and prominent ladies of Fifth avenue
who have bought clothing and riding habits
from him have been subpGnaed to testify.
The federal officers claim to have traced
S25, 600 worth of smuggled goods to him.
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YEAS.
, Democrats.

Mr.. Hoar. explaining his vote, said he
voted against the bill only because of the
section disfranchising women; but, even
with that section in, he would have voted
for the bill had his vote been necessary to
secure its passage. The senate then ad-
journed till Monday.
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He TnOk sIS,OOO.

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. S.-William
Rose, the embezzler, boOkkeeper of Painter,
Tongue & Co., was arrested this afternoon
charged with having embezzled SIS, 900.
Rose states the amount he took was S1S,-
uOO
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Lottie Griffin, q colored woman who claimed
to be over 120 years of age, died Thursday at
Hannibal, Mo. She has daughter here over
SO years of age. Several old citizens place
her age at from 1l0 TO 100.
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Something wrong somewhere.

Burlington Free Press.
A Philadelphia man was recently ar
rested for sticking needles into his wife.
And yet the man who gets his arm filled
with pins hugging somebody else's wife has
no redress at the hands of the law.
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I'm the East.
AT MONTREAL.

MONTREAL, Jan. s.-The weather
throughout Canada is very cold, the ther-
mometer ranging from : to SO below
zero. Trains from the East are from eight
10 twelve hours late.
The St Lawrence river continues TO rise
rapidly and flood is feared. Cellars i'm
st. Paul and Commission streets are now
Hooded. but in most cases the merchants
had anticipated and removed their goods
The water is above the main floors of some
OF the farm houses on the south shore of
the river.
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Twenty-eight hundred Bulgarian prisoneu
escorted by Servian guards are returning u
Bulgaria.
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In the Northwest.
AT CALEDONIA.
GDecial 10 the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CALEDONIA, Mimi, Jan. S.-A fierce
blizzard from the Northwest has prevailed
through the day. All trains are abandoned
on the Preston branch of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul. Snow is flying and
drifting badly. The main wagon roads are
fast filling up, with probability of travel
temperature Is below zero and rapidly fall
ing
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AT WASHINGTON.

w WASHINGTON, Jan. .S.-The first snow Of
the season began to fall here shortly after
o'clock this evening, and continued until
midnight, when it reached depth of five
inches. The weather has also turned ex-
tremelV cold
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THE WALLS FEEL IN.
serious ConfIagraIiOn and Three
Lives The KeNuII.


LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. Slate this
afternoon during the heavy snowstorm the
front and middle part of the large four-story
warehouses occupied by IL. p. FOrwood II
Co., Trabue IL Co. and j. b. Balmforth d
Co., all cotton and commission merchants,
fell suddenly, and, oyerturning a stove,
started a destructive fire. The building was
filled with cotton, tobacco, mOlaSSes and dry
goods storage, and the flame spread all over
the place instantly covered by the debris of
the building. 1t burned iiercely. The
building is the center of fine block of large
wholesale houses, and it looked for a
time as if there was to be big cOnfagra-
ton, as the fire department was unable TO
get at the flames on account of the wreck.
1t soon got to work, however, and kept the
flames confined to the fallen building. At
o'clock the fire was out The third floor
WAS
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AT PITTsBURG.

PITTsBURG, Jan. S.-The heaviest snow
storm of the season set in at 6 this evening
and at midnight snow to the depth of six
inches had fallen. Travelling on street rail-
ways is greatly impeded and trains are all
DELAYED
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NO BODIES FOUND.

At 10 o'clock tonight there is scarcely a
doubt but that Maj. Wright and Mr.. Balms-
forth periShed in the wreck. Their bodies
have not been recovered, but men are at
work removing the debris. Both men were
leading men IN commercial circles here.
Mai. Wright was graduate of West Point
and had charge of the Confederate ord
nance works in Georgia during the war.
He was about fifty-SiX years old. and has a
wife and several children, one being a son
now at West Point. Wright was a MEM
Der of tine once large cotton firm of Mcneil
Il Wright. Balmsforth IS about thirty-five
years old, and belongs to one of the wealth.
lest families in the state. He leaves a
family. Facts in regard to the losses are
very meagre. The loss on the building is
estimated at S25, 900; insured. The goods
stored in the warehouse belonged TO many
parties, and the total loss is estimated at
$50, 900, partially insured. This is the
third time the building on this site has been
burned. During the war it was govern
ment hospital, and was destroyed, it is
thought. to get rid of some records. The
city barely escaped a eOnflagration at the
time. 1t was rebuilt and burned accident
ally few years ago. The total loss is
S11O, 900; insurance. S95. 900.
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STORED WITH COTTON,

and it was this that gave way, falling on
the second floor, which in turn fell, and
then, after tOttering a moment the whole
front and middle part of the building fell
and blOckaded half the street. There were
eleven persons in the building when the
third floor fell. Peter Perkins, a porter,
heard the crash and gave warning to seven
men on the second floor, who escaped by
jumping from back window on to a shed.
Charles Stanforth, cOlored porter, gave
the alarm on the first floor and started for
the front door. 1t is thought he was caught
and killed by the falling walls. NJ. III.
Wright, the manager of the place, and j.
b. BalmfOrth, one of the proprietOrs, were
in their Offices on the first floor and started
for the door, but it is believed that they are
still in the wreck, as they have not been
seen and cannot be found.
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AT DULUTH.
Cnao; ol 10 tho Globa


Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. S.-The most
severe snow storm of the winter is raging
at present. A heavy northwest wind COM
menced blowing about noon and increased
in velocity so that now it is blowing a per-
feet gale. The mercury fell from 20 > above
zero at noon. to 100 below, where it is now.
Trains on all roads have been delayed.
AT ELLENDALE.
Special to the Globe.
GLENDALE, Oak. Jan. S.-The storm
aas ceased. There is slight north wind
md but little snow. The thermometer at s
Iclock is 800 below zero. The streets are
deserted.
AT SIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY, Jan. S.-The high wind
md extreme cold continues and the weather
pronounced the most severe ever eXper-
lenced. 1t is not usual for the mercury to
fall SO low during the prevalence OF high
nd, the thermometer indicating an aver
age temperature of 20 below during the
day, with cutting wind. All trains are
practically abandoned The Sioux City &
Pacific is open, but makes no connections
with the Northwestern, which is blocked
tight. The weather is too cold to permit
of any effort being made to open the roads.
AT PEMBINA.
Special TO the Globe.
PEMBINA, OAK. Jan. S.-A heavy storm
is passing over this point. A temperature
of 40~ telow zero was reached and the
weather shows no signs of abating.
AT ROCHESTER,.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Jan. S.-A cold
wave struck this vicinity last evening. The
thermometer registered II below zero at