Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1887, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. the free coinage of silver, idered at the prese . There is no indication that the subject of bimetallism has re rious consideration outside of a small circle ach country named as the probabie or possible remedy for the existing causes of the alleged depr 4. There is no will be seriously culed it, denounced it and voted against it t'time by them. The president sharply defined the often less than While under proper man- ¥ might be placed upon As it is at present there is government being able to of the amount point and that its carnings ar its fixed charge. agement the properd issue between the two and he (Vest), endorsed that message from begining to end. pared o go into the canvas upon it, and what- ever the result might be, he declared now, that if the president had done nothing I than write that message, he had proven him- self to be an honest, brave, HARD KNOCKS FOR DEMOCRATS | Sonator Plumb Scores the Policy of the Administration. RECESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The Senate Finally Concurs in the House Resolution. intelligent or He was pre- hope of the pllect any gr ore recomi existing Thurman fixed portion of the gross carnings to be paid into the treas- ury of the United regard to the net income of the property. NEBRASKA AND 10WA MEASURES, the house to- s that private bills may be ork at any time, instead of rmally itroduced, had the effect of an inflow from Nebraska and Iowa. Among those introduced were the following the relief of W, , Henry Van Blancom, Columbia Bosterder, sph Logan, J, James Barner and Jacob and William Titus, By Mr. Henderson of Towa corge Bennett, Albert Loepers, William npson, H. C. Markleman, Albert Meable, Henry' A, Paus, June pssion in trade. lerable politically or- ganized body of influential persons in either country with whom a combination could be made, if such combination or co-operation were desirable on the part of a similar body tates for promoting any defi- racticable measures of legislation to briug about the adoption of the bimetallic It would be unwise and inexpedient for the United States again to take the initia- tive in promoting action for the general adop- etallic legal tender coupled w er for the reason nstrued and KICKING ON AN ADJOURNMENT. requiring A HOT DEBATE INDULGED riotic man and annually without tory of this counitry, isfled that tHe surplus up if the only Mr. Stewart was s would continue to be remedy was that suggested by the president A Sensational Rumor Afloat nection With the Report of the Pacific Raile road Commission, Plumb of Kansas Protests Ags ‘What He Considers an Unnec sary Waste of Time— Beck Takes Part. Forthcoming The adoptio day which | handed to the ¢ sented to the Amgrican people b, dent was whethe own work and hire it out. Mr. Allison said the senate could not pro- mote public interests by remaining in sess while the house was in ized condition. of getting rid of the ‘surplus, way presented by the and a very good Way it was: unother was to increase the was to modit would stop doing its b Arraigns the Administration. WASHINGTON BUrear 1 513 ForrTeesTn St By Mr. Dorsey Johuson, De coinage of silv such action is mis retard rather than promote the object aimed -Mr. Spooner offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on privileges and elections to inquire into the expedicn by the scnate, for the gu tives of the several state: dentials of election of United States sen- There were but three ways Lydia Train, enator from ate to-day, but. the life was very differcnt from that of yes- Senator Plumb, of Kansas, who is hitters on the r ts up with a long y shortly after noon to ‘ted on vesterday to the 'or Westerners, 21, —[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—The following pensions were Nebraskans of Franklin case —Isaae Fountain, Os , Indianola. Pensions for lowans field, widow of William mont; Nancy Ann, widow of Abrabam Shid- Original — William of the adoption dance of the execu- of a form of cre- oy el | Wasutxaroy, De ‘ the tux laws, iginate in the house of repr from the beginning of 18 Revenue meas- slizabeth S, Saylor, Thomas and David T. Ed Conger of lowa Mrs. D. Moal, Cynthia J. Carlton, Guelich, W. D. Clarke one of the hardest entatives, and Hill now 1o revenue measure the house and none would come ¢ fore the 4th of Junuar, Senator Plumb said journ without the and would therefo) lution was rejected. xpressed contempt which the senate was ation and hypoerisy For the relief of d come from ola; William The resolution offered by Mr. Beck on the directing the postofiice committee to inquire into the advisabili the rate of letter postage to 1 cent was taken up and referred to that committee. Mr. Allison called up the holiday resolution and moved its adoption. Mr. Plumb said he would vote against the resolution because he thought the proposed recess was against the public nte gress would be in session till the d part of the ¢ would be in the midst of a heated There wis 1o explain why he obje consideration of the house concurrent ¢ tion to adjoul ary 4 for the hol this thing of and Robert MeNutt, Fuller of Towa xican war—Win- he house couldn’t ad- currcnce of the seuate, > g0 to work if the reso- ’ ¢ of reducing For the relief of chael Burns, Henry B, Shaw and Mathias a fortnight out of the best part of the session was merely to waste time. reason that the senators and members v to %o to their homes to spend the holiday: when, in fact, not one in Besides this, it Nearly all of the above are for pensions or se of pensitas. CONDITION OF OMAIA'S NATIONAL BANKS, The following is an made to the col tion of the national banks close of business on the 7th day of December, ans and discounts, & 411, 31N: United States bonds the disgusting spes presenting for affe It was done bstract of the re) Lawrence, Union; dward W, Grinst Jacob F. Martin, Galion. who_did not that all that was said senate remaining in session wis absolute bosh and idlest, flimsiest, shallowest b ever witnessed. Mr. Plumb resented the position of publie censor nssumed by the senator from South with their families e woould leave the city. very ill beeame the democratic house of rep- resentatives to send to a re k m advance, a pro had recently ident and othe existed for action to reduce the surplus and He for one was willl nxious—to stay right alon and do something, congress would rem Army News. —[Special Telogram :.)—Second Lieutenant Elisha Ben- has been granted one Licutenant Rich has been granted WasniNgToy, Dee, idential canvass. members of congress should go home In fact, that was mere pre- Not onie member in a_dozen (at least of those living west of the Ohio river), would o home during the holidays. 0 Mr. Pughs for the holidays. ure. deposits, sition to waste time lared, through its stocks, bond: froin approve from other national banks, £71 and bankers, furniture and fixtures, penses and taxes paid, month's leave. Strong, Fourth artiller, ten days extension of leave. Major S. 8. Summer, Eighth cavalry, has been ordered to Forts € on public busines The reportof the inspector of rifle practice, artment of Dakota, show rage of merit of i Mr. Sherman g it was hardl deny the hous d with Mr. Butler that worth wlhile for the senate to the usual privilege of a holi- day adjournment, but he did not_agree with him as to the character of to-day's debate, On the contrary, he (Sherman), ch interested i it. plution that congres not adjourn until action was taken for the disposal of the surplus in the treasury, and said he did not agree with the president in many of his statements in_ his late annual Sage, und he said he did not at ull agree with him in saying that the responsibilit non-aetion on the matter of the surplus FOSE Ol CONKICSS, the customs dues. nby and Stevenson prospects were that in 1 session until the dog days and into the heat of an exciting m, when all would It had brought to the of the senate the faults of some bills of other n; tional currend 4 loss in the 3 per cent for e, including cadenavoring to hout the condition of :, fortunately there wa ,000,000'in - the tr indeed want to be 1 Senator Plumb directed his attontion for a half hour to one of the most tions of the financial poli heard in cong ve him their undivided ator began by the president came into office with a national bank president as a se and a national bank That he pretended to be for the people, yet ssumed to know more about what the people and the country wanted and necded than congress, for he refused to car provisions of congress, which requ to reduce the natioual d¢ £10,000,000 a month and pe cumulate 80 he might point to it as a Licutenant E. L. Sealinski, Fifth ar- : iplaced on detached scryice with permission to retain his quartersat Fort Hamilton, New York harbor. create scare and alarn condition of the treasury rested, he thought, with the pre: United States, who totally disregarded |Ih bitter excori pital stock paid in,; the adwinistration All of the scnators g by the president, ought not to ad- He (Sherman), did An Enormous Raft Afloat. Dece 21.—It is learned here by, who is now m New ommodore Gherardi, of the New York navy gard, national bank notes dividends uny #40; United ts of United certainly a demo journ over the holianys. id, #481:individ WASHINGTON, that Secret its, FR4061 1 dep bursing ofticers, $215 national bunks, §1,6:25,9 discounted, & the provision of law was found in an appro- priation bill and was the dent’s opinion), merely a He (Plumb), did not know any war distinguishing between laws passed by congress and saying that one provision of law was less mandatory on him The president, in his message, had omitted to state one important fact, which was that the last law requiring him afirmati 000,000 a month in the discharge of the pub- lic debt and that the president had put that Dill in his pocket, thus preventing its becom- He beleved the language of the president entirely too strong. He thought it but reasonable and right that humbug by which ore (in the p v of the treasury a8 a treusurer due to state banks was sought be punctured, He did not re- enormous raft from No Eurapean v 1 them of its presence, and, if possiblc, tow it I for the president exploded or explainc gret the speeches made te ry good speeches. ion_the adjourument in—yeas, 87: nays, ey, Blair, Bowen, : ANOTHER BLOVES Washington_preduc s more abnormalities Alairs generally, than an United States. ago the grand-daughter of George Bun the venerable historian, eloped and mar was scarcely known to the family, in spite of the fact that she was_en waged to another man, whose name the croft house hold announced with pride. than anotber. o few weeks Custom-House Holidays. WasHINGTON, Dec. issued an order to-day for the closing of all customs houses on the 26th He also ordered the closing of the asury department at noon the 24th and resolution was concurred ted the surpl Chandler, Da: mitted the surplus Ingalls, * Manderson, , Platt, Plumb, Riddleberger, same president has, during the y posited with the national banks ove 000, for which the people get nothing, but which the banks loan out at a good round in- There is a law which requires the ent to apply this surplus the banks are getting—to t of the national debt by ast year, de- remarked that the president had : Blair educational bill was taken up than that bill re- paid money out even fast eloped wnd 1 renowned dude. tures of these es the elopement daughter of Judge Cur rassie Bulkley, ry Wall, the world To-day the pri pades were duplicated in Bessie Hilly s J. Hillyer. oungest son of This elopement, as and the bride, to be of another. is Will Trenholm, son of the comptroller of the cu g been printed and were ready announcing the marri Mr. Trenholm six weeks hen unexpected clandestine mar has set society in an u proar. woman says she did not love holm, that he was *‘an acquired taste, d not love the man she n but it scemed to be Statesmen. 21. — Representatives Moffatt, and Butterworth, who are detained from the house on account of sickness, are both somewhat better this morning. session the senate adjourned. Plumb rogarded that as only another = that the president had for sa thoughst he could do better himself than con- gress_knew how to tell him. from Missouri WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, Randall of vania, from the committee on rules, report recommends the adoption of the rules of the Forty-ninth congress until with the following changes “A standing committe consist of thirteen members to be known as “tho-committee on merchaft marine and this money, Vost] had made the welkin ring all over this state in denunciation of the national banks as the vampires that were sucking the substance of the people. wondered whether that senator did not smile to himself when he saw a democratic pres- ident bring with him_into his administration the president of ‘a5~ ireasurer-of hier of auother n- He woillu call that senator's attention now to andther fact in that same line, the fact that the secretary was to-day 000,000 of the alleged surplus anks, to be loan the extingui the redemption usual, was to Baltimore Postal Changes. in style, was the afflan, [Special Telegram ¢.|—Urbans Engleman was to-day postmaster at Oseland, JAdams county, Nebraska, vice Alex Rodgers re- WasHiNGTON, De further orders, spoke in the same vein, ar ministration in such a way that M democrats who attemp! y made failures of their efforts, din, and both houses of congress will adjourn for the holi for circulation, established to e of Miss Hillyer to as secretary a national b the United States t! tional bank. —_— N MANUF age of to-duy R GIUR LR They Mcet in New York City and Formally Organize. W Youk, Dec. 21.—The representatives of the principal woolen and worsted manu s of the United States met this morn. ing to discuss matters pertinent to their i and to correct certain abuses that crept in, principally those connected with the credit and discount systems, considerable discussion rules were adopted setting forth that “all bills of of the goods, ““The addition of a representation of dele- the committee claims is recommended.” Just before the senate adjourned Senator e brought up again his gric tional billand of relation to th which I spoke in my dispatehes last depositing $40, with national ple at such rates as thei ented through the clerk and given proper reference by that ed to the peo- ssities might riced with falsifying dodging the question, und, finally, w him (Riddleberge Virginia logis took up all the time of the The session of the house was oceup i tial report of the commit- most important p od 10 Was one wi shall be but 100 copies of pri s and that between the two she chose Antonia Nogueras, the Portuguese minister, who is an intimate ciend of Bulkiey, was the only pe witilessed the marriage, med by the Rev. Mr. The following select committees are pro- On reform in the civil service, to consist of thirteen members, it and vice-pre: sentatives in congress, 1o consis United States could be purchased at such a rate as would yield 2! stead of using purpose, it wa used for their profit. otten to take note of the fact that the river and harbor bills, which ap- propriated some £14,000,000, had failed, lack of action by eney bill, covering over £,000,000, iled last session becau: of the democr f representatives, and the would have made a v ent funds of the United States at this juncture. with republican policy reasury department; but that polic 1st coustant and not under being unduly influenced b, Just as fast as the of 10,000,000 in the tr lican administration, it h; cent. and yet, in- the surplus for that given to the nationul banks “The president On the election ident and rej of thirteen depredations claims, to consist of thirteen member liquor trafiic cleven members appointment of depredations but it was finally agre then adopted and the house adjourned. had also for Bulkley let Nogueras latter met him Bulkley is oul of the rule providing for the select committee on Indian d considerable debate The report was date from the cither six months straight or a discount of 1 per cent per month 11 bills to be settled at the her by cash or notes to nce sampics only to be sull other sumples char; pointed to de rules go into effect. member of the firm of mmented on the absence ms of foreign houses, of 1584 was designed to ford sufticiont protection, but we haye b hile the import te bills printed because of an, Washington on shorter time end of thirty days, ¢ v handed in to the ¢ until the calla ate: il introduction of » much time and money. BALLKOAD COMMISSTONERS' REPORT At last the public is to get 11 Pacitic railroad conngssioners, stood that it will go to ¢ But it will not be v stated upon good authority that has been in the hands of or more than o week and that he has shown it to his fricnds, who in unted the erfect certain lobbyist to Washington ind broke the folks gently, but there was ch to their home s upou the ol omfortable addition peopie of the He (Plumb), rs Confirmed. he following post Wasmixeroy, Dec, 21 masters have been confirme Isaac Ficlden, Carmi; William Jumes B. Carter, Dixon; James 1. Doherty, St. Charles; J , Woodstock; report of the iould, and the fathers of the pair soon ultation, the result of which is not wi, but it is announ made to nullify the murriage cluimed that the license was procu S5 0-IOITOW, od that efforts Guillerd & Co., > was asurplus under a repub- been put_out in e of the obligations of the United It never congested there until there was $40,000,000 or - #50,000,000 of WILL NOT BE AOLISHED. r effort will be made to_abolish the Record which tim report of tloors of the two houss d will be publ years yet and in much the same od during the losing ground, ign goods has’ inereased 1 u A conspicuous ¢ itics of the tariff_is found in the diserimination in the rates of duty imposed upon woolen and worsted elothe: s the duty imposed on the finis . is much reason to believe that the man- ted clothes must soon unless the tariff law in this reellus Kune, turn have dis daily gives a procecdinzs alarming manuner. Matthews, Grayville Jumes’ M. Thomas, Sr., ommendations fr ument and w York, he having The ofiicial, necessities of ied it back with him e here for that is stated furthe ot hix information or copy fram the pres dent. The report of the ¢ in the hands of the president a month or purpose to write James P. McGill, Beaver Dar of reforming vhich govern the matte out after consideration . Martin, Chippewn Falls} Joln Meehan, Darlington cabel: Adam Milbrath, Ne Burlington ; in this countr regard is amended Mr. Quillard pi called for a sub a fund for the custom house mmission has been | drain for the rhet who wants to i safe distance with a sens The four or five pages daily needed to quote the titles of m and cousidered and rec 1 have swelled into an averag and the task of winnowing out the 18 becomo 8o luborious that some ‘les which are really escape the attention of the Record, as o channel for publishing Wi us *specches, 1t may be reformed ¢ CONGRESSMEN, might have been ¢ it had never been liable to such at the door of the present administr The trouble with the present administration had no eye to anything (in except what icised in other re sented an agreement which ption of money to organize ment of agents at the p to keep the organiz S to the importations of wool: to ussist in the detection of 1 laws and gener otecting home manufacturers, six firms agreed to contribute various ts for three years. us a permane 1t was his origi ite message upon it, but after e both of the reports sub came to the conclusion that it would r Lis greatriess ill, Oconto; Ed* v, Prairie du Chiei. asures intro- National Capital Notes. 10 took offieial noti financial wa bauking interest of Ne not the part of the executive to assume that did not intend that cer inly marked out in law tended to be carried out. competency of congress to say ue of the govy sxtinetion of national d was extinguished, president to the contry related to the w York city. Secretary Fair duy of theé report that whole matter gress withou! therefore be unhampe tion upon the suject. companied by during the sammer in M Omaha and the place of miners din framing legisl; The reports voluminous testimony, v York, San Fran- organization “The Associ and Worsted Manufactur and Commission Houscs, collectors of ¢ felphia, Boston and Balti- instructing them to be v venting any violation of It was within the Alien contract at the time mor Pattison’s report is b He finds himself unable to & 3 Pennsytvania Wool Growers. 21.—At a mecting of the 7 s introduced in the senate to-day There are three v 1o authoriz r a and Tilinois to sue the Unite States in the supreme. court for any claimed to be due them on account of sales of Nrw Castre, Dec withstanding, n_ Buttcrworth. f Michigan, Major Butter- said he did not propose to go into zard to the president a resolution for a holiday adjourn there were some ought to know in connce de by the senator fi senator had nottold policy of the republican party, und maintaining unnec had produced the treasur the same party was detérmined to hold it to-day, a platform of principles was adopted “unstatesmanlik ¢ that part of the recent condemning a Mr. Moffatt, while slightly improved graut roads ' be instituted in mittee on public rted favorabl, omimends that ourts by the sultation of physi dece hospital tion of Mr. M wool on the the train of ans was held v a8 to the condi- d building not to exceed #1,200,000 or 1,100,000, in case the by imposing evils to wool the tariff changes made four nouncing as demagoguery th congress to reduce the hout a measure of tariff protection an_ market, the business of wool growing can not be success fully carried on. erowing wh shall take char nds have but little b ive Maflitt, of Pennsylvania, m Nervous prostration and upon of his frieuds has gone home for a period of per surplus and that to the liquids He is vory seve couduct of ‘the ent of the Union recent efforts of ont indebtednoss. iticisms upon the War Among Oyste Bavrivone, Dec Central Pacific, 1y that. criminal proc ainst them if pos Anderson and Litt'e and it s u ve ympliments the present manage and holds that (e " adjusted the debts of the United States that they could not be paid by brought by high to Baltimor :s and ammunition, Turner says h Swanpoint by dredgers, to Swanpoint to drive the dred, forbidden grounds, when from about twenty ie smoke stacl was | pilot door riddled 1but a small supply of ammunition and arms, and was obl dredgers in possession of the disputed oys- Senator Mande Representative and John McKaig rhraska to-morrow, Richardson, of David City, Neb., is taxution into the iums were paid might demand. llevated Accident. —[Special Telegram a foot's lemgth of sign the ma, holders as they dent had paid every dollar of the s that were payable without paying the mium which the bondholders wight see fit The democratic par was endeavorin taxes so that so large a surplus sh come into the treasury dent had said was that it was not the proper thing to pay &130 or $150 fc d that it was the duty uce the tuxation of the people down to such a point that there would not be The Hamilton went s away from » Union Pacifi gentlemen now in control of the | honestly and ably 4 om 1o be not only to practice the but the devotion of the Senator Paddock will morrow night and r him will come a ¢ Represcutativ will spend the 1 er and his son forated with bullets elevated from going into the street just below tstation yestes The spreading of a rail that was insufficient- ly fastened down caused the whole train to jump the track,and before it could be brought 10 a stop the wheels of one car were nearly Franklin str Wy afternoon. carnings to pay the LMk frionds i “The road, they say, has loy of the hunds of the men to whom the subsi who permitted the lue and the All that the presi- at, leaving the e passed out sy . M. Dickinson was at the postofi gain to-day and met a numt the ofticials of the departm svery £100 of the property to depree Collision o the Milwaukee Road. : evening Wis- minister af distmetion iu church circies. kY 8. Hear, management ement of the ent policy is pur e a marked ine under full speed the consequences can be was, the train was ing up tostop at a station. The engineer applied the air, and the tr is entitled to the encoura srnment as I sued and anticip value of the Mr. Dolph argued that if proper appropria were made for i public buildings, for coast-line fortifications, for dependent pensipners, for the encourage and for the Nincarauguan canal, there would be 1o sur- plus in the treasury, and he thought such a policy would be preferred to a reduction of casily imagined. two passenger trains on rs and harboi on Bi-Metalism, Mhe president WasiiNGToN, Dec day trausmitted to Edward Atkinson, of Massachusetts, who was d to visit the finan certain the feasibility of Ulishing, by an international standard, atio between the two metals n of the west bound train ar en fatally injured storm all trains ar ticulars of the accident recominend that embarrassment passed by conzress indebtodnoss in 4 p There was a momenta aches, but this soon subside of all Who soon piled out ion platform wore rather white Owing to a | that a bill be panie i the ¢ the government Eh aggregute to b Hut the major . Vest said there wis a bill ut the mujor behalf of a line steamships, owned cntirely by American citigens, giving the sixteen steumships ruder the Amer- ican flag, and he under oue republican senator would record his vote of that bill, the republican senators did I infamous navigation laws or make a k in the sobid compaet which they had made with the protecte country by tarft legislation Mr. Plumb's eriticism of the preside vetoing the river and harbor bill, b the senator that he (Piumb), had fought thut bill by sections and in the aggregate had ridi- in Coliison, or fifty years. the comipission share with the wernor Patte d been repairing the road, and this purtiewlar rail had been left temporarily fastened with only three or four spikes, —_— The Alton's Hummer. ~The Chicago & d has arranged to put on a fast train knowitas “The Humwmer.” will leave Chicago at 6 p. m., areiving in Ka sas City at 9 a. m, next day The train lea . m.and derives in Chicago next day The schedule goes into effect Cliristmas eXpPresses 1o- sment of the Central gton-Crocker-Stan- into Conductor at Lukefield, ¢ a blinding suow storm ight, hiad both legs cut off, and died. Scarles, of the other t cly cut, but not fatally injur sumumarizes the results of his inquiries under Pacifie, and ospect of any ¢ the present monetary system of the road to other lines owned and operated by them, meanir Pacific and Sunset route. tral Pacific property has by extravigunl nings as well as the rol stock being diverted to other purposes. commisslon repr depleted treasu financial policy of the United States at the industries of In respouse to dications of any in the policy of the financial authorities of the soveral states visited which warrant any pectation that the subject of o brmetalli treaty for common legal teuder. coupled with Riddleberger's Su Riciyoxn, Va, D of the Virginia declared John Stats senator, thus saving. fi Khnsas City ut 4 2L.—The joint session legislature to-day Barbour elected United the cause of the of the road is simply that o~ ROCHESTER SHAKEN UP. Terriffic Explosion of Naptha Gas e People, Killed. Rocurster, N. Y., Dee. 2 Lortly before half-past 3 this afternoon a terrific explosion occurred in front of the Poole Hour milis on Mill street, at the footof Factory street, which was felt fora long distance. A few seconds after, other explosions followed in rapid succession. Instantly flames burst from the Poole mill and the rear walls fellin. The fire burned with great fury, and although they hastened to get out itis feared some must have perished in the ruins. L1 few minutes the flames spread to several otfer buildings burning with great rapidity. The explosion was caused by naphtha gas iu sewers. Four teen thousand gallons had been pumped through the pipe line from the il works: to the gas house and some breaks in the line al- lowed a considerable quantity to escape into adjoining sewers. When they became sur- charged with gas it made its’ way into the mill and _exploded apd the fire then com- municated through the mains in the middle of the strect. The explosions continued at such frequent intervals for the first half hour that people were deterred from going anywhere near the fire. Women and children were rushing about, frantically caming for their relatives ' whom th supposed o have been burned in the mills. 1L I8 not known yet Low many persons were at work in the’ different buildings nor how many escaped. At midnight the fire is under control. ‘Two men are known to have been killed and some are una unted for, The explosions in the sewer wrecked the pay ment in several streets for some dis- tance from the scene of the fi The aggregate dumage probubly cxcecds SH0,000. At miduight it is believea four persons’ are killed, These are Frederick Wilson, Edward A. Webster, Abram Rogers and John Lee, The injured 'will number at least twenty. Most of them are bruised and cut. A : A DESPERATE SUICIDE. John H. Getz Ends His Oa a Shotgun at Cheyel Citevesse, Wyo., Dec. 21— [Special gram to the Bee.|—~A desperate and deter- mined suivide was committed here this even ng, John H. Getz killing himself by discharg- 1ng a shotgun loaded with buckshot into his heart. < has been drinking heavily for several weeks, and during the past few days has been almost erazed with liguor. About 5:30 this evening he took his gun and locked himself in a bedroom of his house. His wife pushed in the door and found him with the muzzle of the gun at his breast, tryiug to fire the gun by pushing at the trigger with the ram- rod. he took the ramrod from him and struggled to get the gun. He struck her in the head, partly stunning her and rushed to another part of the house, when he obtained apicee of lath, Mrs. Getz sereamed for help and a neighbor came in, but Getz stood him off and again locked himself in the bed room Before further aid could be brought to pre. vent hin_he had discharged the gun into his breast, killing himself instantly. suicide came here a short time ago fr Pueblo. He was fifty-two years of age and leaves a wife and six children, i s e BIG BILLIARDS. Harvey McKenna Beats the World's Record at Boston. Boston, Dec. 21. he first half of the three-ball carom billiard match between Harvey McKenna, of Detroit, and Harry Kames, of this city, was played to-night. McKenna was to make 5,000 to Eames' 5,000 and only half of either score to be made in one night. McKenna won the string, took the spot ball and missed. Eanics mude McKenna slipped up on an easy masse afte scoring three, and Eames duplicated the score, leaving the balls in splendid position in the upper left corner. McKenna took them in hand and never stopped playing, ex- cept for a brief rest, until he had comp! d his firsf 0 points, making the remarkable run of 2,407 and beating the world’s record at that st) v. The whole run occupied one hour and y-fiye minut The best vious to this evening wi made in Paris m two nights by Vignau ekl The New York, Dee. 21— [Special Telegram to the Bee. ]~ At last night's meeting of the ineteenth Gentury club, President Court landt Palmer, whose expressions of sym- pathy with the Chnicago anarchists caused Andrew Car sign from th announced that Rev. Dr. William had accepted the position of vice president made vacant by the resignation of Judge Barrett. The latter, by the way, it is said, resigned out of sympathy with Carnegie, After the announcement was made, Prosi- dent Palmer added: 1 would say this in re- gard to Mr. Carnegic's resignation, that aithough ut first it was my disposition to ac- cent it, on second thought 3 indisposed to do so. Mr. Cart too zeulous and earnest a member of this club to lose. He has been an able and valu- able member of the club, and I for one do not wish to see him retire. His only reason for retiving was that he feared his presence might produce a division in_the club. Inas- much as there is 1o division between him and me, there should be o division between him and the club, and if he will remain, 1 with the sunction of the club, will request himto do.”” Members of club loudly plauded this expression, and such action will be taken. Aales I La 0l The Galesburg Waterworks Case, Cinicaco, Dee, 21—In the ease of the city of Galesburg against the ( urg wate works, on trial before Judg ham, th judge to-day suggested that the bondholders muke a proposition to go on and finish the works, and if not satisfactory, to ullow the contract to be repeated, or that they take the sum paid for their bonds from the city and then turn over the waterworks plant and franchises to the eity of Galesburg. The cit lined the offer, bit said that it would give M0 for the bonds, but this the bondhold: ers refused to do, - Jay Gould's Condition. NEW Yok, Dec 21—[Special Telegram tothe B is discussing re- ports that Jay Gould is more or less seriously sick in pe. The Atalanta, according to current rumors, to go out of commission and much of the rich man’s contemplated trip has been abandoned, for the reason that h finds. himself physically incapable of th tasks of extended travel. Mr, Gould's friends in this city, how y that there is any truth in the tales, - = Ives' Suit For Damages, Dec. 21— President Dexter, of i, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, ed with a summons to-day at the in stance of Ives, who brings suit ainst Dex- ter laying duma £100,000. Dexter was found by an ofti The case will come up in Brooklyn. - Young Lee / Cnicaco, Dec, 2 raigned. W. R. Lee, who shot his step-father, Stephen W. Rawson, the banker, was arraigned in court to-day and pleaded not guiliy to the charge of assu't with intent to kill. He was remanded in $10,000. e - Byrnes' New Youk, Dee. 21.—Inspector Byrneshas captured two noted criminals who obtained three cases of silks from the custom house on forged papers Saturday All the stolen goods Liave been recovered. - Secretary Manning's Condition, Avuaxy, Dee. 31.—Ex-Sceretary Manning rested quietly to-day. His physicians do not look for an immediate crisis, but recovery is { improvavle. Inspect THE NORTHWEST'S COLD NIP. Dakota's Chilly Blasts Spreading Over the Country. THE MERCURY'S LIGHTNING DROP le Sam's Soldiers in Texas Doing in & Raging Snowe- Storm - Frigid Weather in San Francisco. Guard Duty Telegram to ce blizzard from the north- midnight last very rapidly and from alinost the mildness of summer to extreme cold was as sudden as any ever known before in Chicago. Throughout 1llinois storm was accompanied by a heavy fall of on all railroads was greatly struck Chicago northwest the snow and tra “We are having no trouble with our wires, uperintendent Tubbs, of the Western Union, “and our lines are open to Des Moines, St. Paul, Duluth and the no; Omaha, and no delay is experienced in send- castern wires hwest and to ing messages are working just as f The signal service officer said biggest drop we have had this winter, the thermometer having gone down 15 degrecs and is now 10 de- g down still fur- ther, to judge from our reports, and will be a number of degrees colder to-night. be kept up until to-morrow morning, but be- drees above zel venport this morning wt 6 'r wits 4 below. by get their weath Tatten, Miny We will probue morning the inhabitunts found the mereury sueaking down to the 20 me temperature was ob- . Colo, and in T than in Ch below mark. served at Mon is Just 24 degrees cold Suam’s soldiers ing snow storm tered as cold w re doiug cuard duty in a rag- thermometer regis- re having right A terrific storm must be raging this morning, for ceived no reports from Moorehead, s Fort Buford, Mcdis o8 are prob- me northwest cine Hat or Winnipeg ably all down. Sin I ceiveden sharc of this cold snap, which se to defy the Rocky bdegrees was regists her for that ¢ The worst of the snow-storm and cold weather seems to be From certain sections leade and Clark coun- of distress from lack food, but the rail- Il to relieve what- and there is no- ing that any serious condi- will be allo d, remark- Kaxsas Cir n this vicinity ties, have come repor and in some re doing good we rsufering may exist, ground for b tion of affair A dispatch from Gordon Cif to-night char- dispaiches about an of food and fuel ns false- hoods, so fur as ihe extreme western portions of the state is St. Pavr, Dec. 23.—The snow-fall here ha: ceased and it is growing colder. Dak., reports trains from the east and west laid up, while Picrre reports railroad traffio entirely suspengled on all except the Sloux alarmingsca Weather Ind : Warmer, fair T, fuir weather, light to I variable winds, generally southerly, mer, fair weather, light to fresh variable winds. A Narther n the West Indies. steamer Za- which arrived here to-d Hayti, reports that a heavy norther swept ising much damage. In all some seventy sting schooner British steamer Nicta lost eight of her crew i the same storm. ing between hero night about : and burned to r Queen of the vessel and sent Captain Lewis, e picked up in but no trace’ conld be found of the eleven remaining mem- Captain Lewis suys when od the men became Most of them jumped four miles off the G two mates and f wis first dis panic stricken. ckle burned away, letting them full intatl grain to the Ber: was pulling ng.John 1. Reese, prominent citizen of tempting to cross the t train, was struck by th Juries which will be crushed from the his skull fractured 10 the wrist and® Reese hus been supers e Crown mines and was about to the pioneers in the mining business of that A Rate W are still in a disturbed stunding the reductions made ted tariff on cotton ity 10 conts lower than the schedule and, in spite of the efforts of the commission titing lines met the rate, ty before the wine breakfast to pris in the county Boyden, two prison- wered the jailor the cell and made Whe jailor fired Lis revolver at th , instantly killing Watermun, den escaped ak for liberty, Is a Spree. ar persons we ing of the Newport News & Mississippi Val- railroad and the Mt at the cross- vling and Owingse onsist d of two and two colored women, all of whom were intoxicated, Steamship Arrivals, New Youk, Dec Amsterdum; the Bohewia, from Humburg MoviLLg, Dec. 21— Arriy i i New York for P nrLvitia b, 4§ d Clive, from L The Aucho-