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Gen. R. B. HAYES DEAD.
Having Lived the Allotted Days OF
Man He Goes TO His Long
f Home.
Brave Soldier in War, He Also
Served in Different Civic
Positions.
Nineteenth President Of the Unitsd States,
Though His Right 70 tho ONCE
Was Disputed.

FREMONT. O.. Jan. 17-Gen. Rutherfort
Is. Hayes died at IL O'Clock Tonight. bu
information of his death was not known
Tor some time later. - everything was KEEP
exceedingly quiss in the vicinity of tht
Hayes mansion. Early report that the
condition Of the ex-president Was imprav-
Ing nicely and that he was rsst-
ing easily allayed suspicious. &C
the sudden announcement by Webt
Hayes that his father had Just died proved
shock to all. From Mr.. Hayes it i.
learned that the condition of his father
took sudden change early in the evening
and rapid dissolution followed. His sick
ness had been watched during tho day and
avening BY DR.. Hillish and friends OF
the general. and 40 is usually the case many
conflicting rumors were ahoat. but an inter
view early in the evening with Rutherford
r. Hayes appeared to reduce the facts to
the statement that his condition was pruc-
ticallv unchanged. Members of the family
had spent the day quietly at home and
nothing seemed to indicate that the death
Of the general was expected.
Webb Hayes won't to tho bank where be
is employed as usual this morning. The
family has all = ,ong been reticent concern
ing his condition and the attending physi.
clan has followed the same course. The
exact seriousness, therefore. could not be
ascertained. There seemed to be great
deal Of anxiety expressed by friends Of the
family % TO the true condition of the
patient
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ON THIS SIDE,
The Weather Is Not Less Severe Tim. 4.
Eurone.

The Weather Is Not Less Severe Tha. 4.
Europe.
NEW YORK, Jan 17.--Aocordine TO the old
est inhabitants of Manhattan Island this
winter has not had an equal in point of Sc
verify for the past twenty-five years, The
worst of it is, the weather official
here SAYS, no thaw is in sight.
The cold spell to-day extended
from Maine to Florida. In MARYLAND.
North and South Carolina. the present gen.
GRAFTON has not before experienced such
cold weather or 80 much snow, and Ala
oama tonight reports heavy fall. and
s4ill showing. At Newport, II. l., tho inner
harbor is closed and ice is fast enoroachinp
upon the waters of the outer
harbor. Communication with the
torpedo station is practically shut off.
Vineyard sound is full Of heavy ice and
navigation IL not safe to sailing vessels
through Stonehouse shoals. Ice for five
miles north of Nantucket is heavily packed
In. fleet of sound steamers from Provi-
denee, Fail River and New Haven, bound
for New York. is blocked in ice off White
stone. and was unable to proceed this morn
ing.
The Providence, of the Fall River line. a
slue whseler. came along and broke new
track through the ice and led the other
steamers in procession to New York.
Heavy ice piled into Delaware Breakwater
to-day and caused much trouble TO
shipping. The German bark Pacific.
wi with c"nu snsa'' ussso.;, was driven by ice
lies in leaking condition Several other
vessels were forced ashore by the ice, which
is very heavy, and tugs find it difficult
work to rescue shipping. Much damage
Is apprehended If the gorge continues.
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HIS LATTER DAYS.
Impressions of u Journalist Who Lately
Visited His HoMe.

Impressions of Journalist Who Lately
Visited His Home.
Frank g. Carpenter. tho we'll known co.,
respondent, who recently visited MIR. Hayes
at his home in Fremont Farm. writes of his
personal appearance and home life: He
was OF medium size. as straight as au arrow
and his only sign of AGE appeared in tho
white OF his hair and i'll his beard of frosted
ailyer. His blue eyes, which looked at me
from under his slouch hat, were full OF fire,
and his cheeks were rosy with health. He
wore an overooat we'll buttonod up at the
tn oat. and hc threw this open al he en-
tered tho room. l recognized him at once
1t was ex- esident Hayes, who is now more
than 40 years old. but has as much vigor
as he had when he presided over the affairs
of the nation in the White House md
who ID as business like now as he was then.
He IL live man i'll every sanse of the word
and the world IL not out of JOINT for him.
Hs Is u good story teller. can quote the
speeches and words of Others, and can
initiate tho accent of the characters whose
conversation he repeats. found him full
of business, and upon telling him that
wanted to got some photographs of himself
and his house he gave me- note for IN y self
and photographer to Mrs. Webb Hayes,
telling her to let us take pictures of any
thing In the house from garret to cellar
and gave me An appointment for my talk.
The town of Fremont, whero President
Hayes lives, IL one OF tha most beautiful
little cities sin Ohio. 1t contains about
5000 people snd IL n city Of beautiful
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The Effect Of a Bill Ordered Favora.
bly, Reported to the
Senate.
Friends OF Silver Do Not Believe
That It Will Become
Law.
A Lively Meeting Of the Senate Finance
Committse At Which the Subject
Was Discussed.

WARRINGTON, Jan. 17.-Perhaps the mos
important meeting Of tho finance commit
tee of the senate held during this congress
was that OF this morning, which resulted in
decision to favorably report the Sherman
bill to repeal the purchase Of silver. Sub
sequently Sherman reported the bill and II
was placed on the calendar. The
meeting was largely attended. every
member being present. but Senator
Jones and Senator Vance, who are i'll.
While majority Was in favor OF tho ac-
tion taken. vigorous opposition was mani
tested by Harris. OF Tennessee. and Voor-
hees of Indiana. Those who voted to re-
port tho bill fayorably we're Morrill,. Sher-
man, Allison. Aldrioh, Hiscock.
McPherson. Carlisle. Senators Voor-
hses and Harris entered emphatic protest
against the proposed action Of the commit.
tee and would have been joined by Senators
Jones and Vance had they been present.
The meeting il said to have been interest
ing. This IL probably referring to the
speeches made by Harris and Vorhees.
They were out-voted, however, and the dis
cussion will now be transferred to the
floor Of the senate.
Senator Mcpherson said the bill Ia salts
factory to him. although he would rather
have his resolution reported. One featu 9
which he did not approve is that which
postponed the time to Jan. l. 1884, but
still he thought it afforded relief,
for people would know that at
that time at least the never ceasinR
imitation of currency would end, and the
country return to currency and money not
deceased. Teller and Voorhees, do not be-
lieve the bill can pass and Voorhees, ia cred-
tied with saying that not ton democratic
senators will vote for it.
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POOLING, PRO AND CON.
Two Reports on tho Proposed Section
Allowing tho Practice.

Two Reports on tho Proposed Section
Allowing tho Practice
| WASHINGTON, Jan. I.-Mr. Patterson, of
Tennessee, in the report of the majority of
the house commerce committee on the bill
allowing pooling, says the committee is of
tho opinion that uuder the arrangement
provided for pooling no harm will befall
the public and opportunity will be given
to intelllRently solve this much mootod
| problem.
Lind. of Minnesota, and Mallory, of
Florida, represent the minority and report
that they feel duty bound TO protest sghinss
the pooling section Of the bill and call at
tention to some Of their objections to il,
They say: 1.-The bill takes away the only
safeguard We have had heretofore against
rail Dad extortion. The competition of
water routes frustrated many we'll laid
schemes to oppress the public; this emil mr..
rassment the bill removes. An annual
million dollar bonus to tho Pacific Mail
steamship company to refrain from compe-
ion may hereafter be paid IN pu suancs of
law"
III conclusion it is said 10 be unfair TO
the interstate commerce commission to
subject them to the importuning and
pressure this bill will should it become law.
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BONDS, BANKS, BULLION.
Measure introduced in the House Con
cerning Them.

A Measure introduced in the House Con
cerning Them.
WASHINGTON. Jan. H.-In the house to-
day Representative Brossius. of Pennsyl-
vania, introduced bill to authorize the
refunding Of four per cent bonds, increase
the circulation of national banks, and dis
continue the purchase OF silver bullion. II
authorizes the secretary Of the treasury to
issue in sums not exceeding in the aggrs-
gate $5O0OOO,0OO registered bonds. in the
denominations of $50 or multiples thereof,
redeemable in coin of standard value at the
pleasure of the United States after forty
years from date of issue, and bearing in-
terest at the rate of two per cent, Such
bonds shall be exempt from taxation. The
secretary shall dispose of these bonds by
exchanging them for four per cent bonds
now outstanding.
Every national banking association that
shall transfer to the treasury bonds author
lied under this act shall be entitled to re-
ceive circulating notes equal in face value
to the par of the bonds 80 depo0ited, and
shall in lieu of the tax assessed upon cir
culating national bank notes under the ex-
istlng law. pay to the treasurer of the
United States Jan. l. each year. a duty of
one quarter of one per cent upon the aver
age amount of its notes in circulation dur
ing the previous year. The law providing
for the purchase of silver bullion is re-
I enled.
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Inc civil war having broken out,
ne -, was. n in june, 1861, made
MAJOR OF regiment OF Ohio volunteers.
HIS reglment was ordered to service in
western Virginia, was subsequently Joined
to the army OF the Potomac under Gen,
Mcclellan. ana took part in the operations
pertaining to the confederate invasion of
Maryland in September, 1862. At the en-
eaRement of South Mountain, just be-
fore the battle of Antietam, Major
recovered from his wound, he was in No
vember. 1862, made colonel of his regiment,
which was subsequently on duty in Ohio
and elsewhere. He was later made bripa-
dier-general, and afterwards major general
OF volunteers. In June, 1866. he esiRn ed
his commission. having been elected rep
resentaltve IN congress from Ohio, taking
his seat in December. 1865. He was re-
elected for the following term, but resigned
in 1867, having been elected governor of
Ohio. to which office he was reelected in
1863, and again in 1876. His repeated sue
cess III Ohio induced the republican ma
tional convention in 1876 to nominate him
date between Mr. Blaine on the one hand
and MIR. Conkling on the other. When the
election had taken place, it seemed certain
shat of tie 369 electoral votes 1S4 would be-
cast for MIR. 1ilden. the democratic
candidate. being one less than ma
JCrlty; 1IS were equally sure for
Mr.. Hayes; but there were thirteen
electors, in respect to whose election there
were grave questions in dispute. In order
to secure the election of Mr.. Hayes, all of
these thirteen votes must be counted for
him. In this emergency, a bill was passed
creating special electoral commission of
fifteen for counting tho votes and he was
declared elected. Mr.. Hayes administra-
ton was conservative one. by the with
drawal of ali national troops from the
southern states he restored to them in its
full entity the right of local self-govern-
ment and thus removed, probably per
manently. tho ''Routhetn question" from
general politics. The republican senators.
led by Mr.. Conkling, vigo ously opposed
his efforts at reform OF the civil
service, 30 that he was able to secure
but little legislation upon the subject,
the bill p ohibiting political assessments
on office holders being the only measure in
that direction passed. He WIS able how
ever to set an example in favor of the re-
form by checking removals except for
cause, and by instituting in tho interior de-
partment i'll Washington and in the post
Office and custom house ut New York COM
pettive examinations for appoint ments,
On March 4, 1881. he was succeeded in the
presidency by Mr.. Garfield, aud has since
resided Rt his home ut Fremont. Ohio.
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Affairs of the Senators,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE McCarraghnn
bill received its death blow for the session
in the senate to-day, an Affirmative vote
falling echs short of tho constitutional
majority. The senate bill extending until
Jan. L. 1894, the time within which pny-
ments may be made by settlers on TO foited
lands of the Northern Pacific railroad be
tween Wnllula and Portland, Oregon, wns
nssed; also the bill for tho abandonment
of Fort Bridger military reservation, in
Wyoming. PETER. of Kansas. resumed his
speech i'll supio of the joint resolution to
amend the constitution so az to limit the
presidential Office to one to IN. The anti
option bill was taken up and Honr. republi-
can. of Massachusetts. resumed his atgu-
ment against 1t on the ground OF its unoou :
st,tutionality. Further argument, against
the constitutionality of the bill were made
by Gray, Of Delaware, Vest, of Missouri
md Platt, Of Connecticut.
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Want No New TESTS.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 1.-THE Cleveland
Presbyterian Union. composed OF all Pres
byterian churches in the city, adopted IA
manifesto tonight dcareoating any effort to
imr ose new tests of orthodoxy or to restrios
the liberty hitherto endorsed by men who
sincerely subscribed to the confession of
faith. The union also expressed the belief
that the interests of the church at large
would be conserved by the cessation of
ecclesiastical trials for heresy OF men who
as an unerring rule OF faith and practice
and entire fidelity to the gospel OF Jesus
Christ rs the son of God. The msnifesto
has reference to the proposed appeal OF the
prosecution of the Briggs case.
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smugslod Cinnamon Convicted.

=. PLArrsHuRa, N. y, Jan. 1.-THE twelve
Cinnamon who tn ee months ago were at
rested on n canal bont at Rouse's Point as
they we're being smuggled into this country
from Canada, were tried before uuited
States District Commissioner Wheeler to-
day. United States District Attorney
Alexander appeared for tho government
and j. c. Thorn. tho Cmnese lawyer of
Brooklyn, FOR the prisouers, Nine OF tho
Cinnamon were sentenced TO the Albany
penitentlary for thirty days and upon their
release to DO deported to their native
country. The Others claiming that they
were students were discharged. An effort
will be made. it i'd said, to into est the
Chinese Ambassador ut Washington III tho
cases Of the nine that were sentenced.
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LEASING TO AN ALIEN.


Legal Transaction Prior to the Act of
March, 1854
BolsE, Ida. Jan, II Tho supreme court
to-day rendered decision i'll the case of
All Klee and other Chinese against A. G..
Mclean. In 1892 James Witt leased some
placer claims to kiee and associates at Elk
City. Idaho county. Mclean dispossessed
tho Chinese and jumped the claim. klee
brought suit against Mclean and Witt
Mclean demurrod on the ground that klee
was IN alien and tho demurrer WAS sus-
tanned by Judge Sweet. The supreme
court overruled Sweets deoision and re-
msnds the case to tho district court with
instructions to overrue the demurrer aud
permit defendants to answer. Klees
possession, tho court holds. was ns tenant
OF Witt and prior to the act of March, 1854,
there was no law prohibiting the leasing of
a mineral claim to an Alien
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ON PLEASURE BENT.
Eut tho Trip Was Ono with n TerrIh
Ending

But tho Trip Was Ono With n Terrible
Ending.
Providence. H. l., Jan. 17.-Word has
just reached here that freight train
crashed into large sleigh load of people
at Lonadale. killing eight of ths
occupants and injuring q dozen
others. dispatch from Lonsdale
gives the following names of killed
i'll the accident: Robert Cook. Henry Ora.
per. Annie Wilson and n oung lady friend,
name unknown. MIR. and Miss Gowan and
the driver OF the sleigh, name
unknown. all residents of Paw
tucket. Sixteen were injured. ten believed
to be fatally. The dispatch saws
tho sloiChing perty from Pawtucket was
returning from Woonsocket after enjoying
a supper and dance, and while crossing the
track near Lonsdale the locomotive of a
freight train dashed into the sleigh, with
the above result.
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a Town Treasurer short.

BnRKnLEY, CAL, Jan. 17.--Thomas Hanna.
town treasurer. is short in his accounts to a
considerable amount. He gave check on
the Berkeley bank for So GOO to tho German
Savings and Loan bank. OF San Francisco,
in paymens for electric light bonds. The
Berkeley bank refused tho check, az the
town had no money on deposit. Hanna
says he has used the towns money In his
own business and has no idea how his af-
fairs stand. He has turned property val
ued at about $25. 900 over 10 his pondsmsn
and an expert ID examining his books.
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postofilcs Affairs.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The house COM
mitteo on postotficeH and post roads today
acted favorably on numbsr OF important
me sures. The senate bill to classify and
Tx tho salaries Of railway ostal clerks as
follows: Fl at Glass; $500 per annnm; sec
ond class. vi 900; thi Il class, $1,000: fourth
81 ss Si,30o; fifth class. 81. 600; sixth class.
81 Guo aud seventh c!ass, 81, 100. The bill
by Wilson. of Missouri. for the clns4ihca-
tion of ii st and second class postotiices
and fixing salaries, was also ordered favor
ably repo ted.
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In StAtA Quu at rGnssn.

TOPEKA, Ram. Jan. 1.-THE committee
yesterday to devise means to reach settle
ment of the difficulties which have divided
the house. reported TINT 1t had been una bio
to rcnch an agreement. and was discharged.
The settlement of the question OF which is
the legally organized house will bo tested
in tho courts. Tho republicans will enjoin
tho payment OF app, ,opriations made by the
populist house.
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His Dominlons Extend Far and
Wide, His Rule Is Hard
Indeed.
Snow Unusually Deep In Europe
and the Weather Intensely
Gold.
Along She Atlantic Coast On This Side tho
Oldest Inhnbitant Can't Recall
tho Like.

LONDON. Jan. 17.-Reports Of extreme
coid come from all parts OF tho continent.
Inc harbor OF Kiel ia com pIetely icsbound.
All over Germany railway traffic ia DELAYED
ana IN some parts suspended. Between
Rome and Genoa railway communication ia
maintained only with the greatest difficulty.
In Vienna this has been the coolest dsv Of
the winter. Few persons ventursd out. al
the dazzling whiteness OF the SNOW was al
most unendurable. A Persons nose or cars
would freeze during fifteen minutes' walk,
In the suburbs it was seven below zero. In
tho south OF France several small railway
accidents were caused by snow drifts. No
trains were run on tho railroads between
Castelnnndary and Nsrbonne, Chartrss and
MaGny. The train which left Chartres
Saturday night ia still embedded In snow.
high winds prevail along the coast OF
Spain. Many fishing boats were wrecked.
hallway traffic is suspended in Galieia and
the biscay provinces. All mails arrive
at Madrid many hours late.
lmmenss snow drifts are piled up aloup
the Swiss frontier. SO communication il in
to r'uptcd. In southern Italy tho vssther
IL severer than before in the last ten years.
Ice forms In the streets and snow drifts
along the highways. A dispatch from Naples
says Vesuvius and other mountains there-
abonts are covered with snow.
Phenominally cold weather contiuuss
throughout Austro-Hungary. Much suffer
Ing 10 reported. dypsies are the worst suf-
ferrefs. A band of these vaudersrs var.
encamped near Koniggrass, Bohemia. this
morning and sixteen of the band vere
frozen to death. At Prague the mercury
was twenty five degrees below zero cent?
grade. soldier who was ON guard duty
morning.
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STATE NEWS.
j. j. Hill and Party stop Over = Day Il
the Falls.

y. d. HiII ana Pnrty Stop Ovor q Day al
the Falls.
GREAT FALLS. Jan. T.-[Speoial. j. j.
Hill and party arrived here this morning in
special train. Ths party visited the
Sand Coulee coal mines. the copper smelte,
and other points of interest. The special
left this evening for the coast. via Havre
and the Pacific extension. Besides Hill
the party consisted of Samuel Hill. M. d.
Grover, Cy Wellington. N. ID. Miller, j. G.
Moore. Of the New York banking house of
Moore & Schley. Messrs. Adams. Mozart
ney and Duff, Now York brokers; Clarkson
Lindley of Minneapolis; E. Nichols, score
tary of the Great Northern, and others.
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VIII Bo Taken to L,y,npston.

ST. PAUL, Dec. ls.--[Special. l--Arthur =
Gardner. a young man with parents living
in Minneapolis, has been arrested in that
city on an order from Livingston, Mont,
charging him with grand larceny. He will
bo held to await the arrival Of an officer
fsom Livingston.
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VAuyhu-DcVee.

M1ssouhA. Jan. H.-[Special. Robert
Vaughn, the well-known capitalist of Groat
Falls and pioneer of Montana, WAS married
this afternoon to Miss Ella De Wee, of Hell
ena, at the residence of l.. Molineli of this
city, Rev. A. d. Raleigh officiating. The
happy couple left on the evening train for
An extended tour ON the Pacific coast,
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DR.. Graves May Go Free.

DENVER Jan. 1L-'rhs supreme court has
granted n new trial to DIR. Thatcher Graves,
who was convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Josephine Barnahy, OF Providence, r.. l..
Tho states attorney who secured tho CON
viotion saws tho Case will never be tried
again and Graves will DO released.
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emigrated from New
England, and his IA
ther dying, he was
adopted by q maternal
uncle. from whom he
ultimately received n
considerable fortune.
He was admitted to the
bar at Marietta, O.. in
1845. and entered upon
practice first at Fre-
mont, o., and subse-
quently at Cincinnati.
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burglary at Big Timber.

B1G TIMBER Jan. 17.-[Special. ]-Busha
& Bailey's hardware store was broken open
last night and about 5000 worth of guns,
rsvolvers, knives and silverware were stolen.
1t was evidently the work of old-timers, as
the job was neatly executed. This il the
first case of this kind that has taken place
he @ for years. As yet no arrests have been
made.
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Baltimore Under Ice blockade.

BALTIMORE, Jan. T.-Baltimors il undo.
blockade by ice. Only tho largest tug
boats can work their WAY through. then
only under full head of steam. lug.
boat men positively refuse 60 move steam
ers from their piers. Work in them is at a
standstill. Oyster commission me chnnts
yesterday received $40 per bushel for
oysters of the kind known MS good straight
ups, the highest price ever known in this
market
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RUTHERFORD r. HAYES.

He Had Served His Country in war and
In Peace.
Rutherford Birchntd Hayes was born at
Delaware. O.. Oct. IA, 1922. and graduated
at Kenyon college in 1912. Heis parents
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Made Justice OF the Peace.

BOHEMIAN, JAN IL Special. A. ID. Nc
Pherson was to-day made justice of the
peace, w. J. Stevenson. elected at last
election, failing to qualify.