Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1884, Page 1

_ WASHINGTON NEWS. Seorctary Clandler's Aunnal Repert Concerping the Nevy. Heo WantsMore New Ships--The Crippled Navy, ~ Frauds in_the Bureau "of Medi- oine and Surgery. $124.136 Worth of Medical Sup- plies Never Seen. ¢ ! . The Expenditures for the Fiscal r—Recommendations as to the Navy. Yards, WASHINGTON NOTE WasiixgToN, December 5, — The annusl 1eport of the secrotary of the mavy was made piblic to-day. Secretary Chandler says the dopartment is contivmed in_the opinion that the criticisms advanced last year against new ships were of little moment or based upon theories at variance with the progress of mod ern ship building. Comparisons of epeed be. tween the new cruisors and great Trans-At lantic racing steamers are untair, because the latter sttain their speed only by sacrificing oualities essential to ship war. ‘They are un- protected, unweildly, and of enormous draft and dimonsions, The number of them pos. very high speed is small and the new cruisers could overtake minety- six per cent of the merchait steamers in the world, The rate of speed as- siguod the new ships are based on very con servative culoulations at their probable per- formance and they will undoubtadly exceed the estimate, but the first nnarmored cruisers of the new American fleet are not intended for comparisen in speed with the unprotected racing ships of enormous size or in the defen- sive power with the modern iron clads, The socretary recommends the construction of seven modern cruisers annually for a period of ton years, Such a plan, he says, while conforning_to the conservative demands of sossing our mational policy and afford- ing ample time for _ adopting every mew device in the construction would give the country, at a moderate cost, and an_adequate training of its officers and maintain its safety and honor. Tn regardto the existing navy Chandler says: *‘It appears from the condition of the fleet that at the end of the next fifteen years the only cruising vessels on the present list re- wmainivg will bothreo small iron vessels—tho Monocacy, Alert and ranger. The real explanation of disproportion between the expendituce and ihe resuits accomplished by the local aiministration isto be found in the policy of attemptiug, at a great cest, to rehabilitate worn out structures under the nawe of repairs, Repair and construction in the absence of the fixed limit are terms easily interchangeable, and the published Istateront of expenditures under the first name during many years, ehow it is only too apt to mean the second, ' Lhe bureaus are un- p" {restricted in their expenditures for ro- "' pairs, except by the gross amount I\ thei annual appropriations, I‘:()l'll'l‘lil*‘,N'l‘ll YEAR. written a decision on this eame subject. 1 decision had not reached his private offic The that il for per diem y and d - not be wed, but it was allowed in other ases he objected to the payment of the claims a8 illegal Joy too were ailowed. | called the attention of “the chief of the division to n irregular vouchers, He told me it was none of my business, Where othe connts for £11,000 as tho re of tho atar route trials, 1 told the comptroller they were illogal, he said ho signed them without L namination. 1 thiok the ge influ enced the comptroller to allow the £11,000 poointed the &nb-committee inveatigats the matters ref to by Baker, The committes requested tha secre- tary of the treasury to furnish them with copies of all vouchers covering the payments to United States Marahal Wright for general and special deputy marshals at the October election in sonthern Obio, WASHIGTON, Dacomber 5 -The Star says it seems to have settled down toa certainty that this will be a working session and much im. vortant matter will come before the house and its committees, and will be disposed of during the winter, Bockner says the bunking and eurrency committes will try to pass through the house soms bill to secura the National bank system, and avert the fican depression, he expects to meet with opposition, but says that some. thing must be dene. Whatever action is taken, however, raust be before the 15th, for after that 1t will ba too late to get a day as- ned, The inver state commorce bill will probably not ocoupy _more than two davs. Cobb will make an effort to pass some addi- tional land grants. For the feature ef the hillln;l effort will be made to pass a bankrupt cy bill, )Thu canal men will fight to get their bills through this session. Ths hardest work will be done by thuse interested in ths Hennepin, I and and Delaware can; The Nie men will attempt the same to advance their interests, An effort will also be madeto pass a bill for the restriction of the coinage of silver dollars, iER'S INVESTIGATING MILL, Special Telegram to the Bre, The commit: he practice of reconstructing vessels under numwe of repair is only a pretext upon which our overgrown navy yard establish- mauts could be justificd, und it appears instead ot maintaiving our yards for the ad- vantage and benefit of our ships. the ships have dragged out a protracted existence for the benefit of the yards. Concerning navy . yards, the eecretary holds only two naval . work-shops should be maintaized on the . Atlantic coust and one { tho Pacific, namely, New York, Norfolk and Mare islaud. These would need * cortain improvements in organization; first, all politics ehould be excluded from their gement; secondly, responsibility for must be moro detinitely fixed, secretary reports & from Siberia of the bodies commander De Long of the Jeanstte and his compunions and give the history of the Gireely relief expedition, the expenditures for w! were 5. Tnthe preparation of tho ex- padition thera was no omission or mishap add its success reflected high honor and credit upon tha American navy. The gua foundry board vasreconvened in April to decide on full plans and estimates to carry out its recommendations It has obtsined information that there arc tesponsible steel manufactures in this country who, although not provided at present with the necossmy plant, are willing to construct the same and make bids for contracts with the government for a supply of material for the heaviest guns if guaranteed an order of sufti cient magnitude, with a positive appropriation covering a series of years shall be made by vongress, Socretary Chandler details facts in connection with frauds in the bureau of mec cine and surgery, Tho amount of sus- ted vouchers i extending "The surgaon eral neglected to reqnire the customary dence that the goods had been received, frauds were made ensier by the frequent use of the exigency clause, under which pur chases are wmade without advertising, The expenditure of the department for the fisc ~car ended June 50, 1 imates for ordinary purchases and pu work for the next fiscal year are $17,800,650, and the estimate for the increase of the navy is 815,071,072, Of this latter sum about one- hali would be needed the comng fiseal year, The secretary comments severoly upon tho existing practice of securing the solicitations of persons possessed of politicial or social in- fluence in behalf of officers, whether for the purposa of securing agreeabls duty oreffecting a restoration by legislation of those whohave been chsmssed for drunkenness or other miscon- duct or for incapacity. He says such restora- tions demoralize the wervice, Public opinion should sternly condemn ail who have boen vullty of misconduct in office as well a3 those who lend themselves to efforts for the restora- tion of officers removed. In discussing this sub- ject hio refers to the president’s veto me sssage on he Fitz John Porter bill as *‘pointing out the anconstitutionality of such legislation and showing the constitution has previded aod effectual barrierto any restoration by legisla- ture of particuiar officers,” In conclusion Chandler dwells upon the close conuection between the improvement of the navy and development of the Merchant marine service and proceeds to show that to make the latter commensurate with our trade, our coast line, aud numbdr and wealth of our commercial cities, we must bave great lines of ocean stesmships of higher speed and large capacity for carrying our flag to she most distant lands and saviog to our ,l.'mn[vlu the vast profits of the carrying trade, he only way to accomplish this, he says, is through direct encoursgement given by the goverament, either in the form of bounties upun construction, or payment for carrying mails, so that American capitalists will be in- duced to embark in the business, The recent enactments repealivg the laws requiring all * American vessels arbitrarily to carry foreign mails he said should be “supplemented , by a provision that contracts for carrying such + | anails on American lines of stesmers over all the principal ocean highways shou'd be let for " terms of years to the lowest bidder, Ade- W uate compensation therefor to be paid by the overnment upon the same principle aa that lopted in establishiog our great national Post routes on land, WasHINGTON, December 6. —At a mesting of the committee on expenditures of the de- artment of to-day, Chairman ringer read a letter from J, Barker, a for- r treasury clerk, reiterating the charges o by him some days ago against the man 8 of the office of the first comptroller of freasury. Lu explanation of the charges, r said that he called the attention of the oller to what he cousidered an alleged OWAnGes per dicws, e said that he bad N justica WaSHINGTON, December 5.—Mr, ‘Springer will probably set his Investigation mill to grinding pretty oarly this setsion. It is ex- pected that the sub-committee will be sent to cinnati to take some testimony befora the holiday rece: Itis said that part of the “game” will be to take enough testimony be- fore the expiration of the next thirty days to enable Mr. Follett to file a notice of contest, if there are sufficient grounds to give him tho whost of a show for one. But about thirty days remain in whieh this notice can be filed, and Springer will gec to it that ma‘erial on which to base it is forthcoming if there is any to be had of the nature The river and harbor committee held a meeting this morning and_begun_work on the river aud harbor appropriation bill, getting through the New Evgland list. Talk with mwembers of the committee elicit the statement that there will erobably be little if any effort at this session 1n favor of the Hennepin canal project, The failure of the senate yesterday to con- firm Secretary MeCulloch creates much talk, and has brought out the fact that there is a OMAIIA, NEB., SATURDAY MOKNING, DECE FAST MAILS, THEY 10 NOT THE GOVENNMENT A CENT Wasnix 3.The St, Lonis Globe-Democrat neation The Chicago pay ropentedly as public that the fa ils do not government an extra dollar. What 761 avkod by the post ial facilition on trunk] lines mear The answer is a just what the report of th very i one, 1t means tmaster general ways it means, Me Hatton, postweastor gen eral, having had his attention called to the it iry of the Louts Globs-Democeat to: decided opposition to him, Senator Redde- berger, who is pronounced in his opposition, says that Blaino lost several thousand votes in Virginia in consequence of McCulloch’s appointment in the cabinet, he having ex- preesed himself very hostile to tha read;just- ers in Virginia at & tims when the state debt was under consileration by the legislature. Nutwithstanding the opposition manifested, McOulloch wil' undoubtedly be coufirmed when the vote is reached next week, Don Cameron is against him, and Representative Kelley says that McCulloch wes appointed «olely because he was a free trader. Senator Ldmuuds talks of retiring from public life at the end of his term in the senate, and ex- presses much annoyance at tha criticism of the Vermont republican newspapers for his refusal to take part in the lute campaign, JUDGE LAWBENCE'S OPINIOM, WASHINGTON, December 5.—Jndge Law- rence, first comptroller, in relation to the testimony before the Springer committoo says the complaints nearly all relate to the accounts of districc nttorneys, clerks and marshals, These are all sworn'to by these officers, these submitted to and approved of by the court in the presence of the diatrict ‘attorney whose duty it is to subject to it ary false or illegal item. These accounts were all approved by the first ouditor. Complaint is therefore sgainst the officers, their oaths, the court the auditor and last the comptrollers oftice. It is more likely one man should be mistaken, Lawrence says, than all these, as to exvenses in tho star route cases they were apuroyed by the attorney general whose pproval is conclusive as to the deputy marshals at_elections, the comptroller says they were only paid for balf the time allowed by law. The accounts were sworn to and approved by court, and the marshal had sole control of the time they should serve, WaASHINGTON, December of the systemw Tho changing of compensating the United States court offiials was discussed by the house, —— FOREIGN, AMMUNITION INSTEAD OF BREAD, LoNDoN, December 25,— It has been discov- rod that the vessels hers supposed to be load- ¢ with provisions_are really loading ammu- nitions of war for Chiua MOIE RADICALS KLECTED, Beuxe, Decomber 5. -M, Schenck has been elected president of the Swiss confederation for 1385, and Dobcher vico president. Both are radicals, VASSAGE OF FRANCHISE BILL. LoNDON, December 2.—The franchise bill passed the'third reading in the houss of lords this afternoon, The Eloping Deacon, New Youk, December 5, —Mrs, Terry, wife of G. Mitchell Terry, who eloped with the wife of Rev, Mr, Dowaos pastor of Northville, Long Tsland, church, says she had nov slight- est idea of her husband running away, He had always been very affectionate and treated her well, She did not believe he had left her until last night, when she received a lotter from him dated Hotel Bristol, New York city, December 3, and postmarked Jersey City, where it had evidently been dropped in the letter-box as he was passing throvgh to the cars. In the letter Terry states ho will never return to Northville, that he had deeded his farm to bis wife and enclosed the deed. He slso enclosed a check in her favor ou the Riverhead Savirgs bank for 8354 balance to his credit, Also a number of bills, amounting to several hundred dollars, for her to collect, The farm, buildings and stock are said to be worth 85,000, Mrs Terry thought her husband hak taken about $4,000 in cash with him, having recently sold some rm erty and drawn the money from the oanks, The wife of the Rev, Mr. Downs, the eloping lady, is a daughter of Rev. James Hand, a local preacher of Erideehamton, and related to the wealthiest families in Suffolk county, ——— Counterfeiting Again, Lircuriein, IIL, December 5.—Thomas Heatherby was arrested here to-day charged with counterfeiting silver dollars, Spurious coin and moulds were found in Brewertons house. He is supposed to be an accowplice of Barney Brewerton arrested at Alton, Puritanical Freachers, Haktrorn, December 6,—A large number of Connecticit clergymenadyocat:d before the railroad comwiseioners to.day s restriction upoa Sunday traffic on the railroads, ——— Juy Goula's Denfal, New Yokk, Decewber 5.- Tt Is deolod that Jay Gould hes bought out the postal tele: Rraph, eaid: ere otght not to be any misapprehen- on that subject by any one who has kept trac! of the debates wpon the post-c tlon bills, or who hes read the recent repor the postmaster-general. The statement con. tained in the report of the superintondent of the railway mail service, 8 portionof which is incorporated in tho report of the postmaster zeneral, that the fast mail trains on the trunk ines west from Now York to San Prancisco and to Minneapolis, and on the Northern Pa. citie to the 1 aot, and on the Chicago, Burlington and their lateral uight c1h e Quiney, & branches, do not cost the covernmeut an add tonal dollar, is true in every particular, The Rgovernment Jdoes not ps cent for this west. ern fast mail gorvic ‘The reason why the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road carries the mailat the price it does,w utan increase in tho cost to the government, is becauss the department agreed in consideration of this special service to mass all the mail in that direction upon the & Qu cago, Burlineton d, and to take it trom the other appropriation of §: G ties in for through southern mail from Boston and New York along the Atlantic const to Savannah and Charleston, and thence through to New Orleans Kvery dollar of the 8250,000 asked for last yoar and of the 764 estimated for this year for special faciliti on trunk lives is for the railroads on the At- lantic seaboard from Boston—in fact from Newfoundland—for the servico is expedited all the way to tho Gulf of Mexico. Nota Zollar of the sum asked for this approf riation was expended last year, The department considers the fast mail one of its groatest triumphs, as it has bonefited a vast commu- nity, greatly hortened the distance between New York and San 1'rancisco, for not a cent excess of the usual expenditures for carrying the mails through the same region under the slow method.” iney roa IH Both Hangeda tor Murder, ALINAS, Cal, December Tares and Jose Manuel were ha this morning for the murder of A, H, Dinon the 20th of December last, SanuiNas, California, Decomber 5,—Bef re ascending the scaffold the condemned mer quested that some visiting sheriffs be pormit- tod to perform the lst duties of execution, as the resident sheri#f had been most kind during their_confinoment, they did not wish him to mar his past conduct toward them. In ac- cordance with their wishes sheriffs Dakin and Bennott adjusted the nooses and caps. When the trap fell Torres dropped and broke his nock, and died in six minutes. Soto fainted, presumably from_strangulation, tha noose be- ing drawn too tight. He had to be pushed off the phitform, e dicd from strangul tion in nine minutes. Two hundred and filly wit- nessed the exécution, among thom a number of Chinese. The Cotton Orop. Meypris, December 5,—The cotton erop report for the Memphis district, which em. braces West Tennessee, North Arkansas, North Mississlppi and North Alabama, is to be igkued to-morrow by Messrs, ITill, Fontaine & Co.,and it will say: A roview of the season will enable an interestod person to better comprehend the true situation, As is well known planting, owing to unfavorable > ) % 2 N J ( ~N » & S MBER 6, 1884, GENERAL NE ¢S, i e seiss o wEUomds urLY pois s A \.»‘1 t 1 y.w;\l.\ .\v]:.\"n“l“‘ u m‘ ";‘\1\7‘ l'.‘.“.y. Tucidentl Nows O GTOSEURY ALl fhe,Miwimiond sivernt e, e ars the building of th f 1 ylvania has ! Over the World, {*"", il 3”1?‘.;3‘,'.," 2 P | beon appointed chief enginecr charge of the construction uor the stock of the company A Sonsational Coutt "'raced Yy on the market 1mtil the o Cloointbtl rond, Capital stock fifty two o | —— B A Omupromise, \ 1rrencia, Docomber 5,—The suit of the A Lover Shoots Himsif 11-.‘\nu: Exposition s His Botrothd . o Largy Number of {oty against the London & Pro | vinolal insurance company, of Londo { and Union tosurance company, of Califoruia, ! for tha recovery of insurance cn the exposi ! tion building ~destroyod by fire in Ostober, | 1883, was compromised to-day upon the de- | 3 agreaing o pay the costs and n sum of £10,600 upon the two suits on trisl, without interest, within thirty days. The amcuot claimed'tn the two suite was 23,000, The | compromise was brought about by the sudden | llnees of tho jury, Thoe suit waw rogarded as o test onme, the insurance companica baving rofusad pagment of clatms alleging tho fire was cansed by negligence. , Eng An Unusual The Western Unior Now York. — Jolored Chilla. Ootton Crop Report—Feank Hatton | Alabama 1o Educate ¢ and the “Times” - Moulton's ru- ren, netal—Fires, Urimesyetc, Moxtaonery, Als,, Docember b,—A reso- lution, adopted by tho Alabama senate to- o o1t day, thet as reflectivg the foalings and senti- A CINCINNALL TRAGEDY, ments of ‘tho white people of Alabama, the senate s most earnestly and heartily in favor of the largest appropiiations Ly the state, compatible with the existing tinancial condi tions, for the support of the Alabama pube lic ols. Tho resolution aspacially and solomnly expross tha obligation and” fixed parpose of the white people of Alabama to in tha education of the colored children in onr midst. CixoiNNavi, Decombor B.—-A shocking tragedy ceeurred to-day fn Magistrato Dum. wings’ court room whon the oass of Louis Kellor was called. Keller waa chargod with having threatened to musder Miss Kate Immer to whom he had leen engaged to marry until a quarrel ended the courtship and Keller commenced to make tha threats come plained of, As the young lady was about to —— A Pogilistio Minlstor, uake the stand, her oyes et thoss of hor ¥ : former lover, and the Iatter, with & muttered | 1:0GANSPORT, Ind,, December 5,—Sunday curse, drew a revolyor aud rushed | before the elcotion the Rev. W. L. Loucke, ab hor “Tho court offieale acattored | puator of tho Kirst Proabytorian church, in every direction with - the ¢ excoption | e Yo ® Tio Thstive Do who T aprang botaeen | Preached a sormon to which B. F. Louthain, oditor of the daily Pharos, took exception and retorted by printing wmsionations against the character of Loucks, The paper twico rotracted the charges, but Louthain again re- peated them, for which he was knocked down by the minister. Since the street encounter the Pharos has continued ita assanlts on Re Loncks and to-day the latter filad & complai of alandor, claiming 510,000 damagos. Loucks’ church is the largest in the city, and he is well known throughout the west: e — Contempt of Conrt, CiNorsyati, Decembor 5. —Judge Baxter, in the United States ceurt, to-day issuod rule against the Hocking Valley railroad to pair and called on Keller and patup the weap- on, The furious man paused second, then, puinting the pistolat his own breast, fired the bullet penetrating his heart. As Koller's corpse dropped so the Hoor his clothes wore ited from the flash of the weapon and com- od burning briskly as tixe body lay thore motionlees, until the blaze was _extinguished with a pitcher of water. Miss Imnmor ey hib- itod 1o emotion whatever when the pistol was pointed at her, she neither screamed nor fninted and stood silently watching the thios or four men who picked up the still smoulder- iog remainn of her lover and laid them on a table, she then walked from the court room without looking back. n NEW YOR ITEMS show cause by Decomber 13th, why it should A DETERVINKD SUICIDE—BAWE VINING GETS A | 00t be punished for coutewpt in failivg to DIVORCE—FUNERAL OF FRANK D, wovr | ©Ary W. P Rend & Co.'s conl without ¢ or diseriminetion. Rend's fivon s not u ber of the Hocking Valley co —— TON. Niw Yok, Dacember B.—Johu Purscht, aged 31 yenrs, suicided last night, o first took a dose of oxulic acid and then hacked his hoad sevaral times with an wxe, and finally sent a bullot into his braws Judge Lawrenca gramted an absolate di- voree in the onse of Mary Louise Dewolf (Bebie Vining) against Hary'd C. Dawol, Trancis D. Moulion was buried from his late residence on Lexington avenue, to-day. Rov. E. B, Cos, of tho Fifth avenns Iisformed church officiated. Among uh e pre nt wero many of the deceased’s emplgyees - 'y tormer partners, J, P. and Geoigl Kouiion, und Franklin Woodruff, Charles A, Dana, com- mittees from the produze and merchants ex- changes and wany other persons. ART GALLERIES —MERCHANTS MASS MEETING — A BANQUET: w Yonk, Decomber 5.~In response to syndics Montana's Peotest, Briuxas, Mont, December b, A citizens committeo of Yellowstona coanty, Montana, forwarded to Washington this afternoon yrotest against leasing any portion of the Crow reservation to the Colorado syndicate. The protest is fifty-one foot long of closely written signatures — A Cut on the Telographers, Special Telogram to Tk Bk, OHi0AGo; December 6,—The New York Bun aay®: *'Owing to the dullness of business the Western Union telegraph company has eut, off all extra time work 1n this city, This will be a serious blow to the oporators, who, by work- ing over time, could earn abont $30 monthly in addition to their salaries,” o ———— ber, was delayed fully threa weeks. This upled wit2 the drought, which pre- vailed during the latter part of July, extend- ing through August, ent down tho prospective yield whick <0’ promising, and the result i8 now evidunt that the decreagein this dis- trict will Lo Lot 14 per contas compared with last year, The Iron Business Prrrspuncu, December 5~ The projact to restrict the production of pig iron by banking the furnaces tor a month or more has been al- lowed to die quietly instead of further restric tion. The reports received at the offices of the pig iron association in this city are that a number of furnaces will be blown during the next month, 'Tis stated that the stock on hand is much lighter than it has been for years and while thero 15 no prospect ia the immediate future for better prices there is roon for more iron than is piled up in yards at presen, —— Don’t Want Reciprocity, GLOUCKSTKE, Mass,, Decomber 5,—A large meeting of the representative business men of Gloucester considered to-day the propo:ed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada, allowinz the admission of Brit. ish caught fish into our markets. The speakers pointed out the importance of im- medinte and united action to protect Amer- ican fishermen. A committes was appoint- ed toinvite the co-operation of other New England fishing posts, o —— t Matri nial Ven: CHicAGo, December 5. Lovy, the cornetist, was again married last night, his bride this time being Mise Stella Costa, the Bolgian so- prano, member of his concert_company. Levy presentod hus wife with £7,000 worth of ~dia- minds, Levy's nomerous previous mutrimo- nial difficulties have been widely published, his last wifo was Minnie Conway, who pro: cured a divorce from him a short timo ago and married Osmond Tearls, Levy's Linst e. L —— Smugglers Lost, Bos10N, December 5,—A special from Vi toria, B, C., says that five days ago two white wen loft here in a th ton sloop, They left here with ninetecn Chinamen to be smuggled to the American shore, 'he sloop wes swamped and all hands were lost, Seven weeks ago 8 similsr party left Foul bay for the same purpose and have 1ot yot boen heard from. It is supposed that all have been drowned in Owen Sound, s Wages Reduced—On a Btrike—Rolls ing Mills Closed. FastoN, Pa, December 5,—The Bwazye mines reduced the wages from $1.10 to 90c per day. Machine runners who received §1,40 arenow to be paid %1,10, The Springdule foundry and machine works at Catasauqua reduced 10 per cent, Slate men at Pen Argyle are on a strike against & second reduc- tion’ of weges. ‘I'he Ferndale rolling mills near Catasuuqua have closed indefinitely, e — Twenty-tive Iron Works Resume, Creverann, December 5. —Reports of the iron trade given in the past four weeks way that tweuty.five Iron establishments have started up, giving employment to over 15,000 wen, — A Drop in Ol Prrrsnuna, December 5,—Oll is excited and panicky on the rumor that the Mcbrice well at Baldridge was showing for good one aud dropped frow. 78} to 78, e— Diptheria in Canada, WiNnsos, Ontario, Decer! “The dif theria is causing serfous mortality i Saud- wich aud vicinity, — Increased Kallures, New Youk, December b, —The failures for the last seven days are #20, au iucrease of 71 gver last week, of many engaged during the week the American Art nssociation have coneented to open their galleries to the public on Bunday afternoon mext, A meeting of prominent merchants who organized the Cleveland muss meetings and processions du ing the campaign was held this afternoon, It was reselved to hold & bauquet on Friday evening next, About 200 merchants will participate, In- vited guests will nclude George William Suspected of Counterfeitiug, Ciicaco, Decembor 5,—The Daily News Alton, Illinois, special says Barncy Brewers ton, who has always borne a good reputation, was arrested there on a charge of making and puseing counterfeit silver dollars, 1t is be- lieved that he belovgs to o counterfeiting gang at Lichfiold. Cartis, Henry Ward Boecker and Carl TR OV amitery Schurz, All the exchanges and many leading St 8 L merchants will be represented, BeruiN, December 6, —The trial of eight anarchists, accused of being engaged in a dynamite plot against the lives of the emporor and crown prince, has begun at Leipsic, The proceedings oxvite great attention among the workmen of Germuny. —— o Viceroy of Ireland, Tox1ON, Decomber b, — 1t is reported again that Gladstone offercd tho Marquis of Ripon the position of vieeroy of Ireland. Before the marquis accepts, it will o necessary for liamont to pass s bill to enable a Ioman holic to hold the viceroyulty, Tho Vanity rsuys the lords will mever puss such i OUHICAGO NEWS, MONMOUTH BANK OVFICIAL INDIOTED FOR EMBEZZLING $870,000—THE IRAND—LEMAN FRACD INQUIRY — FAILURE OF JONAS STRAURS FOR $10,000— ELECTION FRAUDS, Cuicaco, December 5.—Tho f=deral grand jury to-day returned an indictment against B, T. O, Hubbard and in default of bail he was committed to jail, Hubbard was cashier of the Firet National bank of Moumouth, I, which failed Jast spring for about £400,000, "The charge is that he embezzled or lost in apeculation about $370,000, e disappeared fora time, but was wrrested at Waukegan, Ills., in September, The federal grand jury to day heard a num- ber of witnessos inthe Brand-Leman election of impor- urned till Tuesday, One or two important links in the chain of evidence aro understood to be misting, Jonas Strauss, retail clothing, failed, bilities, $40,000; asscts, §20,0.0. An Tnter Ocean Spiivgfield, IIL, special says that Attorney Goneral James McCartney who defeated the republican candidate for songress in the Sixteonth district, bas filed a notice of contest of Landes sest. He charges Landes with bribery thr.ughout the districts that fraudulent ™ returns were made weveral counties, that the voles A ——— LRepublic, Niw Yonk, Doc It is claimed by men familiar with the provision treaty be- tween the Dominican republic and tho Usited States that the island will bocomo a valuable mmket for American manufactures and will open n way for the investmont of American capital there, The D Line SE— KFled to th Desert, Paiis, Docember 5, —Richopin, the Yrench poet and dramatist, recently became msano and pased a month at Maison Sante in Au- vergues, Ho recovered aud went to Algiors whore his exporienced an aggravated ronows of the attack, Wednesday ho left the house and is supposed to have fled to the desort, FIENDISH MURDER KEOMRN AND TWO WOMEN MURDRIED Spoctal to Tir Brk, | Pt Crerk, Docember 1884, < One of 1 atroc lors that ever oeenrred v this part of Nebraska took Wednenday morning, on the fatm o b Finley, thres Custer county two handsome place on lnst d miles wost of Finloy was a langhtors, the siight and s of his old ag; Fhoy were uaiiod Fanny and Mary, aud wera sixtoen , ol ago revpectively, On the placo lived & young man nawed Fuarquin, and hie, it appoars, was deaply in love with Mary Finley, ~who did uot reciprocate his affecuions, and she was boing covrted by an other yoiuog man named John Willlams, Williama aud s man named Watlios called tho ¢ Tuesday ovening to escort e Finiey girls to o ball given in- Walworth, Chis aroused the green eyed monstor young Furquin, and he avned b ibla-barreled shotgu tly await. the shots came to the door t0 see what was the mattor, when he was hit upon the head and knocked sless by Fuarquin, When all lny motionless and bleading, furjnin, seeing his bloody work was acoomplished, and seem ingly not yot satistied, st tire to the straw stacks, hotso and grass on the prairie, which spread and did much damage. He then went to the river and shot himself through the head, but lived lovg enough to give an outline of tho above facts, This 15 one of the saddest affairs that has ever oocurred in this rogion, and great excite- ment provails theoughout the valley as the nowa spreads, Young Furquin was secming. ly & wosest and inoftonsive young man, and for a timo it was thought he one of t viotinm of a foul wholesala murder, but farther developments and inquiry substantinted the foregorcg facts, Williams lived with his \nmnu four miles north of Walworth, and Watlios was n clerk in town, Further {nui- ries may develop more fvets, as the excitement in ruuning so high at_vresent that everyb.dy has & horror of & ug of it The sheriff has arrived withthe coroner and an inquest will be held, —— The B. & O, Reduce ,the Hours, BALTINORE, December 4,—The force and houas of labor are being reduced in the shops of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, ree and Thore in an old lady in Lynn, Who has cuch o very loug chin She often hangs on it Her shawl and her bonnot When to a friends house €he goos in. Mra. Jane Patterson, of Ringgold, hos just died from a rattlesnake nte received thir- Uy yoars ago, A recent issue of the Rutland (Vt.) Herald was printed on paper made entirely of saw dust, shavings, chips, piecos of wood, and re- fuse of saw-wills, with not a particle of rag n it. The paj er in stroug and tough. An artesian well at Brunswick, Ga, known s the Clevelund well, Ly the way, i3’ beating the nationul record, At a depth of 811 feet it hegan to flow last week at the rate of 400 gal- Lowy & minute, much the biggest artesian well flow in the United States, The wife of Ili Boling, a respoctable colored aan, of Fgg Harbor Oity, who began to turn white twenty years ago, 18 now to all outward appearancos a white woman, the only traces of her African origin being found in her kinky hair and a Mnnrl black speck upon the upper lip, There is & small rivulet near Dorminey mill, in Trwin county, Georgin, that is a pu zlo, Tho stream is governed by the moon dur- ing dry weather. At the last quartor, new moom, and first quarter, it is perfectly dry, but g soon as the moon increases it commences to run, and at full moon it is running boldly, and then geadually declings with the decrease until it runs dry. The room in the Hotel do Ville, Genova, which was occupied by tho arbiteation con: gress, has beon prosorved oxzctly as it was ab the adjournment of that body, now nearly twenly years ago. Tho pussage leading to it i un inclined plane, instead of stairs, made so becauso the ancient bourgeoites were too indolent and too proud to walk up stoirs, hence they were carricd by their servants upon a litter up the inclined passage way. The Reese River valloy in western Novada in wbout 150 miles long, It the river itself 18 vory much longer. The valloy was evidently not intonded to fit the river, but the river to fit the valley, In fact that eccentric stremn runs over and ahout the valley, up and down, sideways and all_other ways, considerably on the surface, but frequently” takiog a dive and pearing through some subterranean chan- nel far milos at a strotch. The stream runs in & continuous series of bold curves and angles, without one atraight section of a dozen yards in ita whole length, If pulled out straight it would be forty times as long s the valley, o Mlle. Emma Nevaas, ths young operatic utar, who created quite a furors in New York on her first appearance on the stage in thiy country, is & native of Nevada City, Oal,, and changed her name from Wixom to Nevada, because, during her studies in Vienna, she be- came annoyed ut being callod Miss Vi without sny valid claim to such a desi, tion. Ono of the critics says: cast ‘for congressman at large’ was counted for Landes, That the polls in one precinct were opened two hours before the appointed time, that the ballot boxes were removed from the polling places and that chanves in the returns were made where- by Landes gained 1,600 votes more than he wis tled to. It 15 stated that though Mc- Cartney as momber of the stute canvassing board “refused to sign the certifioate of Landes election, it wasg thought to be merely on acoount of a personal feeling and that he wade no objection as to irregularitios before the board, Citicano, December 5,—At & meeting of the citizens committes to night it was decided to advertise in the morning papers & reward of 85,000 for the deteotion of the perpeteators of the election frauds in the second precinct of the eighteenth ward. ! —— A Fatal Joke Doves, N, H., December 5.—Later pre- ticulars from Staffords ssy that Stephan® Young, in whose houss an explosion of dynamite occurred, had & party last night. ished to wcare the r of which caused The and burned A Freuchiian employed by ¥oung was killed outright. Seven wounded, and bonds aumount- | — John McUullougy PiunavkLraia, Debember b,—1t is undor- stood that thers is a movement on foot to place Jobn McCullongh, tragedian, in an asylum, 80 he can receive proper treatment. The effort is attributed to his wife. McCul- lough i now in New York. | —nm— ‘Weather To-Day WasninGrox, Decomber 5,—For the upper Mississippi, partly cloudy weathor, rain or snow, lower tewperature, variable winds, Missouri, partly cloudy weather, rain or snow, followed’ by fair westher, variable winda, nearly stationary {emperature, Qaptured Baundits, Havasa, Deoember, 5,~The gunboat Caridad capturcd off the coast of Mauzarillo a boat contaiaing fifteen men, amoug thawm the Cuban bandits Bon.ches, Varons, Poralts and two others vt —— Another Assignment, 1. Lovis, December o,—Becker & Stern, willors at Millstadt, St. Clair county, Llls., ossigned, Liabilities, $60,000; wssets not stated, e sl Reducing Wages, ing to £30,000 and an mmount of railrond [ T Ty T 0l s The The explosion at Btafford's was uot caused | ©f thelr employes 10 to 20 per cent. a4 reported this morning by one of the com- pany taking whe battery cinvected with the 5yn.m|w, used by Young In digging o well, io his band, The exploson immediate fol. lowed. All' the persons, eight in number, were terribly injured, G, 1. Goodwin died this morning, Ho lea wife and two chil- dren, R s Rioters Sentenced . Dusriy, December 5 —Ten nationulists and slx oranggmen were sentenced for from one to threo months each for participating in the al Taland, recent riots at Co Cle MonrakaL, December 5, Governor Cleve | Jaud declined an invitation to attond the car- nival owing to & pressurs of busiocss, C — i Consolidated Alr Line. SrmiNarkrn, I, Decgwber 5.—The direc tors and stockholders of the Eastern and Western Air Line railroad company, whohave | Blaine Goes to Washington, been in soasion bere seversl daye, have formed ' Ngw Youk, December 5, —Blaing lelt for o consolidation of the five companics that Wasbingtou this worniog, proved to be o somnambulist of virgin purity, and reverlad a light but lovely soprano, fresh and sweet in its tones, perfect in its_training, and of fine penetrative quality. Ilor youth and innooent simplicity upon her first entrance ttend- litule, inpired the interest of an inimense anco, aud at the oloss of the first act ¢ unprotending weatern girl had conquered. Appluuse o groaned with its horticultural display, Neovada the most sprotaneous warmth rowardod her efforts, and for a time the stage OmMAHA DALy - BEE 145. THE MARKETS. The General Stock Vaxjfl Grain Nare ket Unchanged, Oattle Reoeipts Brisk and the Demand Nominal, e Immense Hog Receints=-~The Largest on Re A Wheat Probably Ri o ad the Bottom. equiwy [ the returnof the party, which was about oai io »clock Wednewdny Mornthg, e wa ha Corn Reosipts Small Prives g behind some straw stacks, and when the eclini paity drove up to the door, alighted and Dcchmug. u.-.«l ’n ‘.l|| glr,\l.h ulilux gm-.l' night, this B S - tiond from hus hiding place tived both barrels . 8 of s shotium, heavily losdad with buckshot, | OMS Muled Weak—Forkl % ed Acs into the party. ialay and o tive and Unsettlod—Lsed Willinws wore Killed and Mary 3 wnd Watlies fell_ dying to the gro.ad, Lower, Furquin, fully aroused, with all the uppear- P anes of o domon, sprang’ forward atd began clubbivg bis vietims over the head with the CHICAGO MARKE butt end of his gun, OId man Finly. hoaring CATTLE. Spocial telegram to the Bk, 10460, Docember 5.—The general market remains unchanged. The falling off in ree coipts may havo the effect of steadying prices, but so far wo have little orno chavge t note, and values are generally 15@2%c lower than last week, Plain and common nativa stoers averaging 1,000 pounds and upward are selling around about %4 26@4.50, and fair to good averaging to 1300 and upward, $160@A 80, with good medium steers of 1300 1400 at 85,00@5,20 and choice averaging 1400 1o 1500 and thereabouts, $6.60@5 85, while good Liverpool cattlo may b quoted at $5,90 @ 6,20, or alovg there, Cows and low grade native butchers’ stock were again selling at low pricos, Fair aversge quality of cows, @2.50, and best, $3.50, The Swan Lan: and Cattle company yesterday marketed a drove of Wyomings that averaged 1062 and old for for “$4,10. Giood to choice 1800 to 1000 pounds, $5,40@ 0.0 non to medinm 1100 to 1800 pounds, $4 25@5 20 noas, The largest number of hogs ever received here in any one day, viz: 68,0.0, camein this morning. ~ There was consequently sharp down turn of 15@20c on nearly all sorts, The tolegraph offices wore besioged from daylight until near midnight with senders of telegrams to the country codveying the condition of the market and future prices, Many of these tolograms conveyed the unwelcomeintellizence that shippers were losing at least $30 per car Then onother serious loss i¥ that of the nume ber that died in the cars from suffocation. Receiving platforms were covered with the doad carcasses of the best and 1atest animals in the car load, Common and rough packers wold around about 4 00; fair to good 4 10a4 20, and within this range ,the bulk were sold to- day; best heavy made 4 25a4 80; plugs and shiy 0 pounds, 41044 20; light 160 to 210 pounds, 3 90ut 00, WHEA Notwithstanding firm advices by oable the stoady and freo receipts at all sprivg wheat mnrkets again bad an adverse effect on local poculation in wheat and tendency throvghout both sessions on 'change whs for lower prices, January delivery closing at 73fc. Lowest figures that option hus yet touched. Outside speculation seemed lacking and the market ruled comparatively dull. First eales on reg- ular board werd at about yesterday's closing, then eased off |¢, rallio] agata o, fluctuated 1 closed on regular board e under torday. On afternoon board agan declin- e, closing for January as stated, with May at Suje. CORN. A good speculative business was transacted in year delivery for corn, but other futures ruled comparatively quict, Receipts were all, and _only thres cars graded contract corn " for year delivery were *Shorts" naturally anxious to cover and nervous, and an unsottled feeling prevailed for this de- livery, prices for which Huctuated rapidly within a range of 1}¢, closing on the regulur board Je below yesterday, and at the fore- noon session another drop of fc occurred, king tho decline 1¢ for the day, year close g at S0ic, January at 8ic, and May at OATH Ruled weak and lower, year closing at 24c, January at 24}c, and May at 24§c, PORK Ruled lower, closing at 1140 for January, 11 b2 for February, LARD 4 for December, 6 75 for Lower at 6 @ Jan uary. NEW VORK, Specinl tolegram to Trr Bre, Cuicaco, December 5, 'he New York wtock exchange market opened A@7c lower, the latter for Kiie seconds, Union Pacifis once more came into lead so far as activity was concerned, and this showed plainly Jugh to experienced eyes that manipulation was the order of the cay, The general list wiss heavy but stubbornly strong dwing the early part of the session, The bull syndicate of room traders, said to have the market in hand and their plan of operation was to take hold of one or two stocks at a time and kept the market up by buying as little as possible, Their tru i idently was Union Pacili and it would not be wise to rell, and no one cared to buy. Woerishoffer was said to be/doing nothin and Gould only u little, Yesterday Gould hi a little game with Missouri Pacitic mostly by himsolf, buying and selling the stock st differ- ont times thruurh the day. In general there were more sellers than bwom,,und it was thought that manipulation alone was keeping ices up. During the forencon Union whs first up to H1je then down to 504c. The Chicago Journal says: * Present strength Catarrh Cured . Catarsh 13 o very prevalent disease, with distressing and offensive symptoms, Hood's Hars: clief and spocdy cure, from the fact it sets through the blood, hes every part of the systen, 1 suffered with eatarsh flteen years. Took Sarsapirillaand ¥ am not troub! y rrhy, and 1y genoral health (s much better” 1, W, Livis, Postal Clerk Chicago & St Louls Rallroad, - e “1 suffered with catarrh 6 or 8 years ; tried many wonderful cures, inbalers, Bpe fng nearly one hundred dollars without benefit. 1 tried Hood's Barsaparilla, and wis greatly Lmproved,” AL A, Assey, Worcester, Mass, Hood's Barsaparilla 1s eharacterized 14 co peculiarities : 18t, the combination ot f nts; 2d, the proportion; 84, the process of sccuring the active medicing qualities. The result s a medicine of unusui strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown Bend for book containing additional evider “ Hood's Sarsaparill syt e, 1ie, und HOMIBON, arilla boats all others, and S0 worth 18 weight i jold.” 1 BARRINGEON, 140 Buuk Blreet, New York City. Hood’s - Sarsaparilla Hold by all drugglsts. $1; six for $5. Mads only by €. L HOOD & €O, Lowell, Mass. 100 °Doses _One Dollar! n Western Union stock stock is deceptive. 1t is given out that its next quarteriy state- ment will be very favorable to the company, nd well it may be, for the country Pus just pusned through o presisential election which Jput & vast amount of business into its 5. That extra service of income, however, is done away, and the eainings of the next quarter as compared with the last must show a large falling off,” LIS I Kalser Wilhelm's Gift in Qourt, cinl Tolegram to tho B ‘Chicaco, December 5,—A royslgem played +in » police court case te-day, Many ety ago Kaiser Wilhelm prosentod » dia- Jond riog to one of the femals cooks in the Yoyal kitchen. Sbo died and left it to Pauline Kchlich, who osme fo go. M Fiedlo roomed with her on the weat side aud Pauling amerts she stole the gem. Martha was held for the grand Jury, but the riog was 206 found, Sy o —— A Toledo Bank Assigns, ToLkno, Ohlo, December 5. — Raynier, rave & Company, private bankers, as- sigued this morning, The cause is deprecia- tion in the real eatate of which they owned an lmmense amount, Secured liabilities are $250,000; unsecured, $150,000, ——— A Reward for Murphy's Assassing, Nkw OnLeans, December b, —Goyernor Me- Knery ordered the promulgation of & prog wation cffering » reward of # thousand dollare for the arrest and convietion of the assassine of A. P, Murpby, who was as:assinated a fow weeks ago.