Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1886, Page 1

IXTEENTH YEAI DIED DOING THEIR DUIY. Tale of the Terrible Loss of Life Battling With the Waves, A LIFEBOAT SAILOR'S STORY. How Twenty-One Brave Fellows Gave vp An Investigas Three Ie- Cri Their Lives on to Be Had markabl e, Southport's Sad Bereavement, Copuright 188 by James Gordon Bennett.) LivERIoor, Dee, 12.—[New York Ilerald Cable—Special to the Brr.]—Southport, to thenorthward, 5o gay a watering place in summer, 1 found on a visit there this morn- ing pervaded with great sadness over the loss of twenty-one liteboat sailors through the inexeusable neglect of the government in providing worthless “lifeboats.” “They were death traps,”” said John Jackson, a sur- vivor, as he looked down, with lustrous eyes and the rings of exhaustion under them, on acurly headed daughter on his knee, She is only four years old and ignorant of how near she came to being an orphan, THE STORM, Before giving the interview let me promise t an hour, when South- nort society wasat a reception given by the mayor and mayoress, crowds of people were hing the sea and storm on the beach and 1 off the cc Thie waves were rush- ing upon the beach with a deafening roar, dashing clouds of spray over the promenade nd seething like the boiling contents of a gigantic caldron. Above the dirgeful din was heard a danger gun, while the bright flame, “heralds of distressat sea,” irom the rockets, continuously burst upon the dark- ness. In a brief time honest, sturdy men were pushing forward around the li boat house volunteering on the perilous voy- age that was to end so tragically, married and eight unmarried men” so made up the crew of the lifeboat Elizabeth Turn- st A SURVIVOR'S TAT 1 was one of them,” began Jackson “Ihirteen have gone alof and one was my brother, but Henry Robinson, saved with me, has lost two brothers. and two brothers were also drowned in another lifeboat, the Starne, further up the coast. Only last week Iwasata jolly merry-making for her erew for having in the weck before saved a ship's crew. Oddly enough, thirteen of them were also lost, a fateful number some people Sixteen times have 1 handled an oar in the Elizabeth Turn 1saw what proved to be the Mexico at 3 o'clock in the atternoon, but riding at anchor, and nonody thought she was in danger. About half past 9 she gave signals of distress, and we got the boat out about ten minutes to 10, the vessel not being above half a mileout. When we ot to her wesaw a light on her mizzen mast, the for- ward and main wast having been carried away, There was a terrible gale blowing and the sea was awfully rough, We could hear no shouting—nothing but the ron ing. 'The vessel scemed drifting about, and we kept drifting toward Southport. When about thirty vards off the vessel the sea caught us and the lifeboat went over to the portside. 1 was just about throwing out the anchor when she capsized. Sowe scrambled out as well as they could, but the others could not. There were several in the sea clinging to the ropes alongside the boat. Richard Robinson was beside me. Ile got exhausted and I held him up until came and carried him away. I never himagain. Then Igot exhausted and got under the boat for a rest. 1 spoke to Henry Robinson and to my brother, Jackson. 1 said: *I think she will never life b should, and drowned. “Robinson said: ‘Aye, every man of us.’ “Lthen felt the boat toueh bottom and I got on my feet and got outside, but 1 durst not leaveher, I stuck toher for half an hour and then found 1 couldn’t free myselt and was buffeted ashore, Some time 1 laid down on the sand torest myself, I was that done up L don’t know how I got home, 1 spoke to my brother just before [ left. He was under the boat still, but he never answered me. 1 did not know anyone was suved besides myself, though Tsaw two or three struggling in the water. All who ded did from exhaustion, because the boat drifted into three feet of water. They lost strength to hold on or scramble along. ‘The vessel, the Mexico, a German ehap 1 hear. going from Livernool to South Amerlea, think how she was driven out of her conrse 1 am giad her erew was rescued by another lifcboat—one only two week’s oldand good patttern—though it has taken two dozen lives to save less than that num- ber,” right herself as s we will all be A MOUBNFUL SIGIT, After hearing Jackson's story I visited the temporary mortuary. There, in a long row, lay the thirteen bodies, at the head of the group heing Charles Hodge, coxswain, a tall, powerful man with a beard, While the rela- tions crowied the place the police lad the greatest difileuity in keeping back the erowd. Mothers who on ‘Thursday night saw their boys leave howe in their brisk manly vigor now wept over their corpses. ‘Ihe same sons’ wives, with their babies in thew franti chated the eold hands, while the young daughter lovingly laid the Bead of her dead father in ker lap, smooth- ing down the wet hair with gentie tender n A wmore moving sight than that of the thirtesn bodies ranged along the clean straw, with the groups of mourning und wailing friends around them, has per haps never before been witness An Investigation O [Copyright 185 by J nes ¢ 5 LoNboy, Dee, 12—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre|—The board of trade has ordered an ofticial inquiry to ascer- tain how it came about that the lifeboats did not right themsclves when turned over, Captain Chetwynd has left London to a tend the investigation in behalf of the na- tional lifeboat institution, AN OFFICEL TALKS, An ofticer of the National Liteboat mstitu- tion said yesterday: “During the past thirty- two years our self-ri feboats ha been launched nearly five thousand times and saved upwards of twelyve thousand lives, L'tie boats have been capsized altogether forty times, but only ain oceasions has there been of life. The number lives counting the twenty-six men perished —in the recent disasters to the Southport and St litehoats, amounts to only eight cight, including twelve shipwrecked pers: Neventy-siv ifeboat men Tepresent about o in N0 men employed in boat e apsizing were on h of the 120 lifeboats have Within the same Liives, and arms, on any | I who of on the sery at the rate of rvice launches. Tie been on veriod of thirty-two years 10 loss uf only 1505 0f also exvreise eig FHANKS FOR AID. ‘Thie mayor of Shuthiport wi Daily "Pelo.vuph, which started. a subseription on Saturday afternoon. for the fanulies of the Wi dost iw the recent storw, Fhask you | Ile of Thauet tor parliment, bas ed leay- es t0 the i enerous help, We shall The widowsand families in many heartily for your need large support. of those brave fellows are badly off cases, Up to the time of going to press the Tele- graph had received €200 in a few hours, Windham, the actor, sending twenty guineas, and announcing a benetit at his theatre for the object in view. All the papers printed interviews with the survivors, THREE SINGULAR CRIMES, A Deliberate My One and Tt VinssA, Dee, 12.—[New York Cable—Special to the Brp.|—Last began with three singular erimes. A shoe- maker's apprentice in the subutbs of Prague, about nineteen years old, named Wenzel Matue, who continualiy asked his poor old father for money, was angrily told the other other day: “Robor murder some one and then you will be locked up and taken care of.” On Sunday noon he came home and found his six-year-old step-brother at home. and beat his brains out with a hamnmer. After covering the corpse with a feather be immediately gave himself upto the police. In Buda-Pesth about 5 o’cloek in the morn- ng five oflicers and several singers {rom the Orpiieum, a much frequented place of amuse- wment, went to the eafe Gutfreund, on the corner of Andrassy street, in the center of the town. Some dispute arising about seats at a table, an artillery lieutenant, Arthus Schneeweigs, asked a little girl of nine vorite Roumanian singer named nu, to move, and on her refusal pointed his revolver at her and laughingly sald, “Take care, Rosa.”” Unfortunately the pistol went off, and Rosa fell dead on the spot. After a moment's hesitation, Schnee- weigs blew out his brains On Sunday evening a man, a woman and a youth went to a hotel in Buda-Pesth, took aroom and had a good supper. Later the youth went out with one of the servants and amused himself royally, though he secmed sad on returing. In the morning all three were found dead in asheap on the bed. It seems from letters left on the table that the man Makke was married, but had fallen in love with a cate girl mnamed lolantha Assetalos, also a married woman, and to sat- isfy her demands had made away with 600 flor ins intrusted to him by the Industrial museumn, As he could not replace the money he shot himself. The woman shot herself for love of him and the youth, who was a cafe waiter named Wagner, aged 1%, had agreed to shoot himself from sympathy for both. A revolver lay by his side with three barrels still loaded. FREEDOM OF SPEECH PREVENTED, Freedom of speech is practieally prevented at Vienna by the conduct of the anti-semitie party in forcing their way into electoral meetings, shouting and yelling until they cause the meetings to be dissolved by the police. 00 e L an S Herald week A POETIC QUEEN. Itis reported that the queen of oemania, known as a poetess under the name of Ca men Sylvia, intends to give weekly lectures on modern literature in the girls’ high sehool of Bucharist. ‘The queen, who is a member of the Roumania academy, was dissatistied With the instructions on this subject and had already given instructions to fayored pupils, but this excited so much jealousy that, after obtaining the King's consent, she decided on taking charge of the entire literary course of the institutions. Fear Russian Occupation. [Copyright 1886 by James Gordon Bennett.] ViENyA, Dee. 12.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bik.)—The Bulgarian deputies saw to-day the papal nuucio, whe shares the fears of the American Protestant missionaries about the effect of a Russian occupation of Bulgaria, The czar refuses absolutely to allow the delagates to enter Russia. ‘There is a difliculty even about their reception at Berlin, because they | demanded that they shonld bo presented through the Turkish embassy, A gloomy view of the situation is prevalent, 1t is said here that the ligures given yester- day in the German parhament of the num- bers of foreign armies were grossly exagger- ated as against Germany He Stoned the Palace, LCopyright 189 by James Gordon Bennett.] BerLiN, Dee. 12—[New York Ierald Cavle—Special to the Bee.]—This afternoon shabby, hunsry looking man, apparently a workman, tlung a stone into the famous study window of the emperor’s palace - the Unter den Linden. 1o was instantly ar- rested and marched off to prizon before the bystanders fairly had time to realize what was happening, The Kaiser was not hit or seared, ‘The prisoner denied that he riously intended to injure the ciny e Brussels U (Copuright 1856 by James Gordon Bennelt,] Loxnos, Dee. 12.—{New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bie.]—The Brussels fasting man, Senior, has broken down after the eleventh day. He had violent pains in the stomach which compelled him to take food, Lle attributes his failure to il Lealth, independent of the fast, end asserts that he will shortly renew the experiment in Bel- gium, with the certainty of success, But the public are sceptical on this point. st Expelled, Jamea Gordon Beanet?,] Brussiis, Dee. 13, 4. a, m. ew York Herald Cable—Special to the Bik,|—The Belgium government has expelied a French journalist, M. St. Patrick, the editor o Le Mousquetaire de Seribe, the organ of the Comte de Paris, because 1t called upon France to counterbalance theloss of Alsace and Lormaine by unnexing Belgium, rna [ Copyr i by A Workingman's Victory. Buussers, Dee. 12— New York Herald Cable—Special to tne Bek, |—For the first e in the history of Belgium, o working- man was elected today jmou counsel- lor. ‘Ihisisthe cause of wreat exultation among the trades, The successtul caudidate is not alist, ent Preparations, 12.—~'Lhe wwission, 1 noini i open to all mewbers of one hundred of whom present each day. Genewal endortt, Prussian minister of war, pears w be possessed of no informat worth concealing, dle eari upon seciecy Te strateg utaps showil in cast toward Russia Tout Germany toward tenor of his rei crament it BOWENEE, @ S0 Beltige BrRLIN, De septeniate ¢ seeret, have & reichstag, ove meeti of the ally the have \Von m sted ou beey Sel waps and Germany western wi din Toutes and Fian n in the uged ot the of the the German ng hastened, u equipped is now nieibers of < already be rins, s the Fi upies Alsace-Lorraine eiil, which ceivi 1e g Two London Failures voy, Dee, 19.—A petition filed to-worrow werchants, London, ties neatly a million pounds, Raymond Edwond Davis, a West End so- Licitor, who at three eleetions * contested tlie L ruptey Sons, general in bank by Lark & Lial ing liabilities of £100,000. He is a brother o the notorious Ben Davis, who absconded three years ago owing half a million pounds. Terrible Dynamite Explosion, BromAnest, Dec, 12.—A box containing 200 pounds of dynamite exploded to-day, against the king's summer residence at Cat- racene, destroy the palace, building was smashed of a strange man was found There is no other clue to the culprits, Opposition Irish Meetings, Dunity, Dee. 12.<The tenants on Lord O'Neill's estate in Antrim have called a meet - ing for Monday to consider the plan of the campaign and “the Ogengemen have suin: moned a counter meetin th meetings will probably be prohibited. Offered a Cabinet Position, PARIs, Dec, 12.=The portfolio of foreign affairs has been offered M. Cambon, French ambassador at Madrid, He will probably de- cline. Lvery window in the The mangled corpse in the vieinity, (=] Another Cardinal Dead. Rose, Dec. 12,—Cardinal Giovanni Rat- tista Franzein is dead. He was seventy years old, BANK CLEARINGS, Omaha Thirteenth in the List With the Larvgest Increase. Bostoy, Dee. 12— [Speeial Telegram to the Buk.,]—The following table, compiled from special dispatehes to the Post from the mar gers of the leading clearing houses of the Uni ted States, gives the gross exchanges at each point for the week ending December 11, 1586, in comparison with the corresponding week in 1855 CITIES. CARINGS, Increase. Chieago....., St. Louis. San Fran Baltimore nsas City. .. uisville... .10 Omaha... Providen Milwaulee Minneapolis, De Indianapoii Denver. Cleveland Memphis *Galveston. Columbus. artford Now Haven. Portland.... Peoria. ... St Josephi. Worceste Springtield. Lowell. Syracuse. . Total . Outside Newv York *Galveston partly estimated. WALL STREET. 867,350 160,000|. 1,100,740| 1,160,000 THE WEEK I Advances in Prices Checked Lower Stocks the Kule. Dee, 12, —[Special Telegram to —In a single week the advance in prices, as indicated by the stock exchange quotations, has been set back to the figures of the last of October. A week azo the aver- age prices of the stocks most active were at the highest point of the vear; now they are lower than they have been since the 29th of October, and the progress of six weeks has been wiped out. but a great deal more money has been made in buying stocks dur- ing the six weeks than has been lost by | ing to sell them in the past six days. This has been a conservative market and many who were buying during the past month lave taken their profitsand let them accumu- late, waiting for another chance, while pe ple who have sold outat a loss are in the ery small minority. 1t was time for a re- action. One of the most brilliant and confi- dent brokers on exehanze, a menber of a house that has probably done a larger com- mission business than any other one stoc broker this year, telegraphed a reply to on of the biggest traders in Chicago in respone to an mquiry; *I think that i the bre that we ¢ had, stocks have passed into weaker hands; usually on” a decline they fall into the boxes of stronger people, but those who can hold them best have very litile on their hands, feel conservative and, on the whole, prefer to wait.” W hat cxused the deeline? The determined opposition of the moneyed interest to any thing like flighty specnlation. whieh would culminate in a crash and put a damper on i vestments in stocks tor six months to com lien, too, banks and trust companies, who have been trying 1o loan money at a rate Righer than 2 per cent for the past two years, were stimulated to make what they could ol of their idle funds and get as hizh a interest as possible without taking chances collateral. Money has ruled high on the hange from 4 to 12 per cent, and the aver- ge has been 7. On short time loans for thirty days, the rate has been 6, but only upon al with a very broad and dech gilt Z time loans have been done at 6 mmercial paper is sent out of fown, Few people cry at the decline: many weleome the fact that an unbealthy speculi- t1on In stoeks, that have only a most indeti nite prowise of the future, has been checked, Lhere were other features of the market minor interest, but it is enoneh to say that it is stronzer than it looks. \We may’ lower the market, but the decling will be checked by thie covering of shorts, and the advan will be hastened as they —get frightel here is a very healthy fecling and s sfeady. Trading is apt on a smaller seale for the next” three and settlements at the elose of the year will disclose no sore pli On the Whole, it looks as if 1t would be Very safe to gambleé on aJanuvary rise, — - CABINET ¢ Manning and [ weeks, MORS, and Garland Sald Ready to Retire. NEw Youk, Dec, 1 [Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The Star this morning prints the following Washington speclal prominently “There are intimations coming from what is considered an authoritative source which in dicate that important changes in the cabinoet are contemplated, It is expected that Man ning will resign beeause of his health, which has not been and s not so good as the public has been led to believe, In the preparation of lils report it by s necessary for him to rely greatly on the assistance of Manton Marble, Sidney Webster, and, of course, upon Assistant Seeretary Fairehild, As disigree- able as this intelliJence must prove to the public, itis likely “they will soon lose the able and valuable services of the present secretary of the treasury. It is believed, too, that Garland is tired atier 80 long and continued publie service, and that e wid re- tire, seek much needed t, and be a candidate tor the senate from Arkansas two years hence, ‘Lhere isalso one more possible retirement, though the information I' get in regard 10 1t i8 not sullicient to Justify publi- cation, - A Rawpant Socialist, MILWAUKEE, Dee. 12—Paul Grottkow the soclalistie leader recently on trial for in citing riots, addressed a mass meeting this afternoon, bitterly attacking the authorities and the “eapitalistic press.” Grottkaw will bearrainged to-morrow on a charge of per jury and contempt of court and theére will be an investization of the chal s that witnes- ses agalnst him were furced 0 e for their It is supposed the intention was to | UTAR'S TERRIBLE EXAMPLE. Anti-Mormon Representatives Bring on a Reformed Saint to Influence Congrees, WORTHLESS MILITARY SHOES " rs Prospect of an Investigation the Leavenworth Manufactory and's Social De- parture, Horrors of Mormonism, NGTON, Dee, 12, Special Telegram to the Bre Utah has sent her anti-Mor mon representatives here again, and they re port every indication of the passage of their bill making the Edmunds act more radical The Bk correspondent is informed that tl Utah workers have with them ‘‘an awlul example” of the effects ot Mormonism and polyamy. One would naturally sup- pose it was one of the numerous wives of some old Mormon elder, but it isnot. Itis a full fledzed Mormon man. e is a relative of the late Brigham Young and has had a large ex perience in Mormon ways of life. He is still a young man, but he'has passed the ervor ot his ways, discharged his superfluons wives, and 1s now in this city the “terrible ex ample.” When he goes befove the congres- sional committee the frightful tales he will tell of his life with his numerous wives will so startie the members that the anti-Mor- mon’s claim relief will begiven them at once. Atpresent this “awful example” is kept auletly housed, because the anti-Mormons do not want him interviewed. Ihiey want him to tell his terrible “hen-pecked” tale first to members of congress, Miss Kate Field is also taking great interest in the Mormon question this session, as she always las, and she opens her canrpaign on Wednesday night with a lecture on the “Horrors of Mormon- 1sm.” This is her first lecture in this city for some time and no doubt will lelp the cause wreatly. as TTOSE WORTIILESS SITOES, In General Miles’ report on the Apache war lie states that the army was very wwuch em- barrassed because of the poor quality of the shoes furnished the soldiers, which were made cof rotten letter and so badly sewed that they would fall to pieces after a few days of wear. This was considered a reflec- tion upon General Drum, who has eharge of the army shoe factory at the Leavenworth military prison. The superintendent of this factory was, until recently, a man named Budlong, a nephew of General Drum. He is now post trader at Fort Leavenworth, The board of commissioners of the prison, con- sisting of General Terry. General Drumm, and Judge Advocate General Barr, made an in- cation, and in his annual report, the seeretary of war announced that they found General Miles complaints to be unjustitied General Miles’ has taken pains to seeure afli davits trom hundreds ot soldiers and ofiicers who wore the shoes, and the they were worse than useles was so rotten that the stitehes would not hold. Companies that went off_fc campalgn with new shoes on come back footed. General Bragg, chairman or the house military committee, proposes to have an investigation ana 1s supposed to Lo in communication with General Miles and other officers, whose experience with the Leaven- worth Shoes is simflar, Brage has also been Jooking up the cost of furnishing shoes for the army and finds that it now amounts to thiee or four times as much annu 7 it did when they were bought by eon SIS, CLEVELAND'S WOLS, Speakiog of her every day annoyances by the publie, Mrs. Cleveland is quoted t a saying: “Yoh ean have no idea how many letters I receive daily. 1 get letters by hun- dreds alm letters from every secfion of the country, und about every thing under the sun that ean be written of.” They are mostly trom women and one half of them are d ited to adviee upon one matter or anothe; The temperance women of the west are favoring me with a great deal of advice just now. They are warning us to shun the flowing bowl, by which I suppose they mean to disstade us { wine drinking: butas I m taste it, expostulation is (uite un- sary. ‘There are a few persons—women ould —who imagine the white house is ult to manageand they offer sugzestions. ood deal is said to me respecting my example 1 this or that respeet. Oecasionaily 1 do get a letter from some good, kind soule woman who really weites because she thinks shemay do somegood. Such letters always fmpress me and are very full of sugzestive thoughts, Of ecourse 1don’t answer any of them, 1 'did writeone or two letters 1o per- sons who had written me about something that 1 fancied required a reply, but 1 usually found my letter reproduced in the loeal news- paper nearest the reeipient. | now don’t reply to any unknown correspondent.” MES. CLEVELAND'S SOCTAL PLANS, Soclal cireles aro somewhat stirred up the announcement that Mis, Cleveland™ pro- »ses Lo institite an entirely new order of things at the white house this winter by wiving dancinz reeeptions at which the most charn- ing rosebuds in the garden of capital society will be the features. This is very gratiiying news to the young people, many of whouw ave often expressed the Wish o try the. fes tive waltz in the commodious east Toom, and the preterence shown by the wistress of tne wnsion for the company of persons near lier own age seems to givea justitiable color to the story now on its rounds, "It v fre- quently regretted at the receptions hitherto lield white house that the splendid danee music of the Marine band shoulid be al- lowed to to waste, and if the new order es into effect this organization of musical yiuses, Wil be more popular than ever h Ihere has been some cavil over the absence Mrs. Cleveland from - Washington while hushand was sick, and it been fre- tently 1 that she conld not think much hini o 20 off on asure trip even it one of the party was the famous Cousin Ben Fol som. Conxul Stewurt, who made. the third member of the party_‘thut left Washinzton several day of New York, hecanie noted by presenfing Mrs. Cleveland with'a' French poodle, and the presid ih an ont clock, and besides he showed the Tuture first lady of the land numerons attentions shet was on the othier side of the big I got ting ready for her wedding, It hus kept the cortesponidents busy for the week aflinning and denyini the prese Cleveland in this' eity, and varacions chronicler of history ¢ven went so far as to it the lady on a Deshrosses street forry boat bound for Jerscey City three days before shu actually returned o the white house. 'I'o given color of truth to the story he cven wentso furas to bmve Colonel Lamont ar company her when #s & fact the president’s righi bow not out of i : chief ma during My 1 absence, rayed from iy inal proposition regarding dancing “at white house, w would be simply a re newal of similar events, when Miss’ Nellie Grant was within the time honored wa No one secs any varticular objection to Mrs, Clovelund giving u dancing p: ( of dancing receptions dur g the short allotted for soclal festivities this winter w [ nd in the minds of many W be a decided fmprovement upon stitl awkward handshaking ordeals thro which the mistress of th of he orig the tile at it e attr sented uties and beaux of the KAy ciul cirele hiere whir g inthe mazes of the dance to the inspl strains of t Marine band orehestra and even the stately winuet could with the utwost propriety be again as in the early days of the repubfic a feature at w presidential party, Some of ihe dowagers might object Lo such sacritice of dignity on the part of the president’s wife, but unquestionably the young people v unanimously seeond an innovation +Mrs. Cleveland does not want to be tied down to the companionsuip ol her seniors remarked & leader of your corr spundent, Vot st cannol lilp tealizing tat she 13 comparatively 1 from school and could be b ne that would be ical east roowm of tie bex society to | thinks that she ought-to be allowed o enjoy herself. It is in deference 1o this very sengi wment that Mra, Secretary Whiiney, with rare tact and good taste, always wakes it & poiut | gh any e of the her parties the partici number of young people s rent she may” give in honor young bride, and c¢onsequently are always voted delightful by pants SENATOR HARRISON TALKS, Senator Harrison was by your correspon- dent to-night shown an Indianapolis dispateh in _to-day's New York Sun stating that he had become disgusted at the “disrepnt able work of hiis party” to_ sccure a_majority of the legislature and had withdrawn from the senatorial race, believing that it e con- tinued in it he would be injured in his presi- dential boom, The senator said that here was vo truth whatever in the statement. (n the ~first place, he was not a presidential andidate and, therefore, did not need to look after a presidential boom or consider that question As In any way affecting the senatorship. Seconly, e did not know of any disreputa bie political work having been done in In- diana, except by the deiocrats, He did not think the authors of gorrymander would make an anp pt upon the record they have alre de. Senator Harrison ‘said he had_thoroughly ani heartily supported the republicans of Lndiana in their determination to maintain their rights in the legislature even in- the face of the blood and thunder threats being ful winated in some qu of the opposition. Not one of the statements made in- the des- pateh seut from Indianapolis last night is true. Senator Harrison is with his party in their demaind for fairness and fonesty and intends to stay with it. FHE MESSAGE DISREGARDED ¢ is understood tiat none ot the specific or important recommendations of the president in liis message to congress will be taken up for fuliillment by the house conimitiee on ways and means, ‘The document has been laid before the committee, which finds that there is so much in it to elicit prolonged and acrimonious debate that the reconmenda tions seriatim will not, s is customary, be given attention, The various committees fiaving approprintion bills to prepnre will O as far as possible in eratifying the presi- dent’s desires, But the rule adopted at the last session which prohibits new lation in appropriation bills will muke it impossible tor any very potent legislation to be enacted as theresult of the president's message. The friends of Chairman Morrison, of ways and means, say that jtis not true’ that his w friendiiness to the president is the cause of the infention of the committee to not give customary atcention to the messaze. A CHANCE FOI WHITNEY . I'he rule proposed in the house the other day by Chairman Herbert, of the committee on naval aflairs, providing for the almost im- mediate consideration of appropriation bills after introduction, is taken as an indication of intention on the part of Geveral Herbert 1o attenpt to enlarge the powers of the seere- tary of the navy in naval reconstruction, ‘Ihe carrent appropriations for this purpose sim- ply give a fair start to o new navy, and it is resumed that Mr. Whitney wants to take ong strides in his work before another year passes: but just what this is has not been as- cetuined. BALM FOR DEFEAT. Quite a number of democratic” representa- tives who failed to secure re-clection at the polls last month, or who were not eandidates for re-clection, are spoken of for diplouatic positions. There are at least fifteen of them and if all were to get positions it would re quire an almost complete overturning of dip- lomatic oflice holders. Among those most prominently spoken of are Mr. Mottisan of llinois, Mr. Cobb of Indiana, Randolph wker of Virginia, M. Willis of Kentucky, General Warren of 'Oliio. Mr.Curtin of Peni sylvania, Mr. Wellborn of Texas, Ben Le Fevre of Ohio, Frank Hurd, another Ohio statesman, was spoken of, but has declaved that he would not leave the’ practice of law for any federal position. The others nanied, and any more, have not vetoed the an- nouncements made by their friends that they would accept appoiniments. LIGHT COMMITTEE WO Not over a dozen liouse committees other than those which will compile appropriation bills will nave rezular meetings during the session, and not over a dozen nl have more than threo or four meetings cach. Ways and means, coumerce and_judiciary, will meet more frequently than any other commiitiees not having the preparation ot propriation bills, Public buildings grounds. which has done very little du the present session of congicss, is not ex- peeted to have any working meetings. This CONEIESS SECIS L0 be Yery mueh ayerse o ap- propriating money for goyernment structires throughout the eountry in the way of publ buildings, but is very much in_favor of tl Wore questionable form of rivers and har- hors, pgether will NUMEROUS POSTAL CITANGES. Ttisannouneed at the postoflice depart- ment that forty vacancies occir every day on the average from death, resiznation or other reasons in postoftices throuehout the country. There have been suspended and more postoflices during the past monthis than there were during the four yo inmediately preceding the ianguration of Presivent Cleveland, ‘The number of poste fices is wradually decreasing, ‘Lhis is ex plained by the fact that a great many resi nations oceur ¢ I the polities of the winistration, the old officers not_desiing to serve, and there being a difficuity in procur- inz new ofticers, the offices are suspended I these suspensions a less number are re juvenated than are closes A POWDERLESS | To-days Herald says: From Fort Sidney, askn, a recent lettec di ner'n peculiar state of aflairs for a_military post as received, in common with all other military posts throughout the United States, to fire minute guns during the day of ex-President Arthur's funeial, but as the magazine was emnty of powder the order could not be complied with.” A NEBRASKAN'S WEDDING Cards have been issued by Mr.and Mrs, Warien 1. Orentt of ths city to the wodding ceremony of their daughter, Lillian, and dward” Steele, of York, Neb, nt the jureh of the retormation, Capital’ 1ill, on Wednesday morning, December 15, at 9 o'clock. IER FORT. - NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR GROVEIR. Cleveland's Christmas Py Av J iously Small. CurcaGo, Dee, 12,—[Special Telegram to the Bk, —A New York special The visit to this city last week of Mrs.” Frances Cleveland, wife of the president, has ereated wuch smail talk in official and soviety cireles, Hithert ciiever Mrs, Cleveland eame to the metronolis, the fact has been announced at least several days before, On this oc jon the lady can'e unheralted, 1t is stated that Mrs, Cleveland made some very notable purchises while here. A elerks in one of t ho came on to bily Christmas precents )i the president, but from what I lave heard { the president’s build 1 should think thiat purehases wonld be rather a tizht fit.” S es: and hardly warm enongh for with rheumatisw,” gizgled lier comp: A clerk i another well known store lias this to tell: Wit a dear little wan Mr. Cleveland must be. Sueh a little foot as the dear good min must have - about o dong [and the young woman weasured off on her fingef about one sie- cessive inchil; and what a cunning little night eap he must wear, too, all of luce and pink ribbons, and about big enoush for a good sized doll. Mr. Cleveland must look too cunning for anything in one of them, But 1 shouldn't think he would want o wear them on the street,” Mrs. Cleveland 15 atso eredited with having pureliased a little silk lace cloak about lar.e foralairy, se al tiny suits of lamb's § e trinmid baby diesses, ving bib'attachments, Certain it I8 that Mrs, Cleveland took back to Washington with her one more trunk than she had en e 1o New York, and it the dapper and blushing salesladies tell the toth that truak contalned an outit that even most aristoeratic French doll out 1o be 10 pussess as @ CHristmas preseit. - Driving Out Chinese. \mii, N, J. Dee 1 by the Kuigits of La iries from this wroprictor of th recd to di golians in his ¢ tory b first place s ¢ ? My rehases nan on, A being 1 i county. Casbolt laundry, Las o hundred m ousidered & great it v Chinge Belleville eral as th e labor Nebraska and 1 For Nebra exly winds, nearly statipnary For lowa: Fair weather l wikds, stationary i perature, a Weather. northerwe: e north ka: Fuli weather Ture. sterly | | nes< ot the senate and | speet to rig | fames wer AS €O What the Week ir Probably Rring Forth, Wasminaros, Dee. 12, -Senator M anti-tarif resolution is the Mr. Dawes Nextto this ol way come e Ilatt tion tor open executiye sessions, ure seers to be a stumbling block, doomed {o e n h floor for a specch on it eat whenever 1t comes te butthe majority are reluctant to recerd out of accord of universal publi timent. It stoo for several wi laid aside from until it was taken into caten under alisi of preferred that theze was vo possibility of betore hie end of ston. Ther Laspecial ordor for its co on the Sthof the present month the time came the senate speedily to nest Monday, By the cir of the senate, Mr. Morrill was given as Sof the last session, and sme measures o untinished t as in S Both Houses Will husi the e resolu This meas- 1t is fore b vote, make I i renching Platt sideration \ W a son “unfinished business' eing e to time for other matters ed long 1 journed QALY courtesy the op- portunity to nake his tarilf speech, and ad- journt his resol as incentive to Sunfinisiied business, likely to hold during halt the session, understood that Platt will from time to fine thereaftor, 10 his resolution and sugest taken upon it The remaining speeial for the present week wre: Scnator 1 joint resolution autiorizing the secre war to aceept the Highwood tract of in Lake comnty, Ilinois, donnted Commercial elib of Chicago for nury bill, and the house bill in_charge of Van Wyck for the reliet of settl Nebraska and Kansas, 1t tebate, in the eall to-motrow, tention that a vote be it followed in sucha way as to make n, with its limitless possibilities position which position it 18 It of is and ors an's { by is not sae to pre- v of 00 acres the military ses: Senator Beck's railtoad attorney Se ator of dict that any of the special orders will be reached during the week, the event depend- ing largely upon the willingness of debates Lo suspond temporartly however, retain sueh undetine their position on the spec them until a vacant honr consideration, Mr. Blair has given that he will at an early day ask the se) act_upon his woman's sufir: and Le may do this before th it Senator Brown, its tormer has not ye! arift liey will, rights as order st gives reached for their notice e to e resolution, send of e we spponent, who rived, makes his appearance. Kk Ihe intér-stato commeree bill is likely to be reported by (he of the week business nterees betore and may then pending, If, howeve or, the middle pernaps displace all the senators desire to study the’ conference re- port, the matter will be suffered to lie upon the table until next week. adjourn to-morrow as a mark of ‘e senate will respect to Representative Downey, but the announ, ment will probabably be' delay afternoon, Tle we lieavy one. day the fioor tee on the District of Columbia, wh call up watters of local imvortance ing the whole day. ‘Tuesday and After the will he ac 1l ot h ed il late in kin the honse promises to be a states on Mon- orded to tiie commit- will npy- Wednoes- day will probably be devoted to the consider- ation of the sundry civil bill, with a bility of final action on Wednesday the Special orders the bill creating the ¢ ment of agrienlture and lab e of being unfinished business. e Hawel, who has the measure in will endeavor to secure a vote on it day. Unless some matter of high micrvencs, Friday will be devoted sidering private bills, WALKING ON WATER. pr oba- Among part- has the advan- arge, s privilege to con- Alfronso King Makes a Pedestrian our of Burrano, N, Y. gram 1o the Brk. tagar: Dee. 12.—|Speclal Tele- —Alfronso King, the “water walker,” succeeded yesterday in half crossing the torrent in Ningara gorge below the falls,but was overset and nearly drowned in the “boil fish,” as he calls them, an suit and a tall hat, thirty inches long, nine inches high. The fe King wore a pair of *gold evening dr The fish are of zie, \ehes wide and t slip down in them through holes in the top, and when in the water the quee submerzed as to still water King says he an hour, made on a Webh, the_theatrieal wanager, and Rowe, a New York politician. was necessary for King to walk at Iy feet on the surface of the strear tance he wade, with 200 feet ter of an hour. Some The attempt to cross the gor wager of orters in n Supports are so wieh resemble goll fishes. on an walk three miles vas S150 a side Dy Henry Ihomas "o win it 100 which dis- reina quar row boat accompanied the water pedestiian to pack him up in ease by Slow progress across 1 near the center, gether, he got into an eddy up from below and twisted around until hie was thrown off lis fc psized, The veaturesome mian cued and again essayed to make the is i Lo ede him than beforc in trying the L and he again, but wits King made e channel, and when where the currents come to- which churned lish wl res made even quicker prey was pulled into Despite lis failure, King persisted the rchorters did not want & corpse o their hands and took i ashore Il ada trom Maid ot Superintendent Welsh, tion, would not let the this'side of the river, skin, but game, the Mist landi King was wet - Robbers Lynche Ten Dee. 12, Incend CITATTANOO! night about 11 1o visited the jail at Ringgold in county, Georgia, and after overpoweri jailer tool named Sparks and Monroe Smith, both ne taking them to a point near sonth of town hanged them them where they were © down by the authorities, loth been engazed in robbing and buining in north Georgia for some wonths ans ne to be a terror to the community conlessed the erime of which the 1we Bad been guilty, Phe latest erime wi bing anduttenipting to burn & dence near Ring on which A, out two prisoners, to I body inthe hotise and rob the then tive it, There i of the lynchers, building 10 clie 1o the Toxas ¥ Rohb Forr Wonrm, Tex,, Dec, 12 bound passenger train on the Fort W Denver railvoad, while stopping at B vesterday morning for water by three robbers who took from the gors eight watehes and $104 in money thre were unmasked and di pparently, Wien the train they searched the engineer and firema Len, with drawn went the train. They had been seen befo train stopped and about $12,000 and awelty were pla £1,000 woith of keeping of the ladies The robbers left and a few article Wiidh the t at Bellevue ofticers were at once dis In pursuit ot the robbers for each of rewerd of 8250 was offered, they will soon b reliended fekly, getting onl A New P WASHINGTON National ¢ lin y 1ate wh object ivo-EPneumonia i Dee A delegatg eiation m intraduction the sion of p carefully diaw apliol val 12—A Sprin 0, De Al to the Da erected 4,000,000 stat early this morning and tl illed with a dense, b ined o oue the rich frescoing throuzhout . the bis This is denied by the custodians who the dimage at $10.000 or less. The i wabed i @ pllejol painters’ watcil itis Teared L of (he state res cat boatiempted from to a. a ho i S tamily oeeasion a they hid plotted to murder every 1 witho 10} 1. 1t is 1 " of I in wrt liad been made from Ca for va Last amob of masked men Catoosa the 1 railroad tree v this morning and eut negroes hiwd had mith nen Toh identity wits boarded passen The it ed throl ut the who were not searched $100) A arviyed s o | panies doing NUMBER 178, 'THE 10WA RAILROAD FIGHT, Brilliant Talent Oontesting tha Constitue tionality of the Sweeney Law. DOINGS AMONG POLITICIANS, | Plans Already Being Laid For the Coming State Blection- A Lite e ogal Difficulty— Other lowa News, Testing the Railroad Law. Morxnes, la., Dee, 12 I to the When the last legislature passed law compelling all foreign come business in lowa to incor porate under the laws of this state, it per formed a duty demanded by almost univer- sal public opinion. ‘The prineipal reason for this demand was the feeling that so long ag toreign companies, 1ailroads espeeially, were not subject to state jurisdiction and stato courts, it was arather hard matter for the average citizen o get justice if ever brought into litigation with them, The common pracs tice of the roads of transterring th lita at onee to the federal courts where the exe pense involved and the lon: delays attending would tire out private citizens, has been very annoying and was one ot the reasons that led to this legislation. It was hardly sup- posed at the time the Sweeney law wag 1 that there would be any organized at- tewipt to disregard it. But the leading trunk Tines of the state—all foreign companies but the Rock Island—have pooled their issues and joined hands to resist the operation of the law. The hearing of the habeas corpus cases by the supreme court last week, which was given for the purpose of testing the con= stitutionality of the law, brousht togethex some notable talent in the employ of the roads. The state was ‘representéd only by the attorney-general and tho author of the law, weeney, L the constitution- ality of the statute is sustained, it will be a fine victory for the two gentlemen who had to contend with the kecniest and ablest legal talent of Chicago, Milwaukee and lowa, all in the service of the great corporations. BEGINNING T0 O EARLY, It 15 pretty hard to keep the averaze pols itician quict, even in “ofl " years, Although it is several months before “the nominating couventions, yet the political pot is beginning to boil, and anxious inquiries are being made for the news. It is generally conceded that Governor Larrabee will ba his own successor unless he should decline to serve a second tenm, and there is no indication now that lie will." 11¢ is looking after the publie institu- tions and other business interests of the state with care and fidelity, and the people generally are pleased with' his administras tion. 1le is essentially a business governory with no attempt at splurge or display, but he Keeps up the business of the oflice with promptuess and dispatel, and s looking atter the publie good constantly and elosely. Ihere is conside K about the su- preme judgeship t omes vacant next yeur. Judge Adanis, the present chiel justice, will retire by limitation of law at that time unless re-eleeted. Itis not known whether he is a eandidate for re-clection or not, though if any inference is to be taken from the expression of his colleazues, it 18 to ba presumed that he will, as it is not uncommon 10 wlve the supreme judges four or five terms. He 18 a very able lawyer and has made a good judge, 1o bears the distinction of being called the *wisest looking man in the state of Tow Indeed 1t is said to be a physieal inossibility for any man to be as wise a ulge Adams looks. Pleased or displeased Sad or gay, busy or at leisure, he always wears a serene [ook of judicial composure, pervaded by a cast of trémendous solemnity and profound wisdom, Among other candi= dates mentioned for this place are Judge Jewis, of the Sioux City' district beneh Judee Granger, of the district bench of northwestern lowa, and Senator Rob- inson, of Bucna Vista county, in norths e lowa. ‘The latter is ihe present ehairman of the judiciary committee of the senate, and is a very strong and able lnwye All'of these candidates are from northern lowa. It is safe to assume that the other portions of the stato will come forward with their accustomed promptiess and furnish their full quota of eandidates when' the time comes, e is considerable Dis Brr, | the ctivity also among eandidates for state printer, the oflice which is commonly said to be the most lucrative state office,” They have begun the canvass carly, and " are doing what work they ean amone_the hold-over members of the Jeislas ture. ‘The state printer s eleeted by the legislature at the beginning of each biennial session, The Jeading eandidates so far ans nounecd are: Mr. C. M. Junkin, of the Fal ticld L. Mr. George Razsdale, of the Le Mars Sentinel: Mr, Ernest Hater, of the Staats Zeltung, the new German vepublican er published here; Mr W. Rich, of the Vintor Eagie:and M. J. D, Rower wan of the present state printer. Mr. Rowen wais ehnirman of the repiblican cential coms mittee for this county in the late cam= n,and is not only an active and eners epuiblican, but @ thorough workman mpetent oftieial, ‘There will probably be a very spirited vivalry for (s place, a8 it bl paying oflice, and the incumbent is ustally given three terms, Mr. George Roberts, of Fort Dodge, the present state printer, s not a candidate for re-eleetion, SUARKRING A LAWVER. Judge Given, of the cireait court of thig city, hus just’ ordered procecdings to be bectin for the disbarment of Mr. Sickuon,one of the well-known members ot this I It is very seldom that a procecding of this kind ocents, but in this case, the court scems to think the public good demands it Ihe cise charge is that of wiifully vielating an order of the court, und_committing other uns protessional conduet, 1t 1s just a little singie lar coineidence thal one ~ of tie lawyers inted by the cowrt Lo prepare articles against Mr. Sickmon, was himself the subjeet o a shnilar procecding some years ngo, though the case was never carried (o actual disbarment, Lines ehange, and people with thein, I PHARMACY The state board of some trouble w other folks, They re liad jurisdietion to re registered pharmacis riles, Acting on th the certiticate of a dri and were procecd ing for two drugists at lieved Lo have an abnormal trade in medicinal drinks, when these gentlemen stepped | with # temporary injunetion fron Judige Me Henry of this “eity, restiaining the whole procecding, Judge Melenry isad d the phiarmacy’ comuidssioners t old gentleman’s party sympathies lead him 10 offer what obstruetion he can to their work, and they have decided to po pone further action on the Atlantie cases il gome tme in January after the udge retires from the benel, as he s inthe last wmonth of his term, The'y think by this weans they have outwitted the enjoiner and v expect 1o have no such difiiealty with Uge's or, who is & repifblican, Vissioners are doing something 10 tlewal sale of by drug- ere is n great for themn isa BOAR pha Il w 1S TROUBLE. ey are having wianking ne for 1y decided that they ke the certific wtes of who violated their ruling, they revoked W Famnettsbhurg, 0 the same thing ic whom they bes of deal yet A PEN 1 the that_are annually this eity, pected A convens penmen 10 be e onal ) teac of pen- 1 o cotvens and will days thelr \kling ced that * conyens that All penAnship iitiod about or an in= s preciuta d aigainst vensels whicly suilesd fxow > silige Lo Thi inst,