Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1888, Page 1

e > T e Bt e et e — s EIGHTEENTH YEAR. MBER 177 = WILL THEY PIGEON-HOLE IT? The Senate Substitute and the Ways and Means Committee. THURSTON'S PROSPECTS POOR. lis Oil Room Record Against Him Poor Outlook I Outh- Waite Bill — Inconsiderate Republican Objectors, v the NOTOX BUREAU THE OMATA BR 513 FOURTRENTH STRERT, } Wasmixoro, D. C., Dec! 5. 1t was statod to.day, upon the highest democratic authArity in the house, that the majority of the members of the commitee on ways and means were very seriously consil ering the question of refusing to go into con- Wasn ference on the senate tariff bill when it shall be transmitted to the house, He said that the senate bill could in no w; be con sidered as an amendment to the house bil that the proposed changes in the bill to be re turned by the senate,were so radical and con- trary to the spirit of the house bill, that the house, in justico to itself, would be compelled 10 discuss it seriously in committes, It is believed that the proposition: to refer the bill to the committee on ways and m instead of agreeing to a conferen vigorously opposed by the republicans, aided by some of tho protection democrats, and thatithe committee hopes to whin the party into line. The real cause of this almost un- precedented course of action, is belie to be a fear that enough democrats will vote with the republicans for the bill to pass it. It it is allowed to come to a vote once in com- mittee the bill will be pigeon-holed. THURSTON'S PROSPECTS, Interviews with prominent republicans on the Thurston candidacy are nov favorable to the chances of the Union Pacific general at torney, even if Clarkson's nowmination was not considered as good as settled. The ex ression of opinion is very general th Phurston’s position usa corporation attor and his _previous. record as u promoter of railroad legislation at home, as developed in the Pacific railroad commission report,would make the consideration of his candidacy for secretary of the interior impossible. General Clarkson is to-night attending a banquet in fil\lliumrr to General Kings, who led the aryland republicans to various victories last mouth, THE OUTHWAITE BILL. The Outhwaite bill for the refunding of the Pacific railroad debts, is getting some protty hard blows now-a‘days, and there is very little if any probability that it can get through this congress, Scnator Plumb and Mr. Outhwaite say it has no chance of sus cess, A circular was distributed to-da, charging that the bill docs not pay th proper amount to the government by 10,000 000; that the Union Pacific, since the i Journment of the last session of congress, hus issued $4.400,000 bonds, in violation of the law of 1573, and is conspiring to form a trust to violate theinter-state commerce act. It alleges various suspicious and illegal facts, and intimates that the intention is to rob the government. The fight is becoming so strong against the measure thatits friends do not believe it can pass, INCONSIDERATE OBIECTING, “It seems to me that the two or three re- public: in the house who are, without any authority, offering objections to all of Springer’s propositions to consider his omni- bus territorial statehood bill, are making a very serious error,” said Delegate Gifford this afternoon. “If the bill could ouly be gotten up,” he continued, “I am quite sure that Dakota would be divided and at least the southern half adwitted to statehood, while Montana and Washington territories would become stutes. This is nearly all the republicans ask for, The democratic side of the house is ready to go to pieces on thissub- ject, and none of its leaders can control it. Besides, it is better that weshould get simply a division of Dakota or a division and admis- sion of half of it to statehood at this session than nothing. We have a republican senate a breakwater. . I think there will be some new states even at confident that there will be an extr of the Iifty-first congress, for the, little, if any, probability of a ing this coung 3 and of course an extra session means at least four new stutes—all republican, MANDERSON'S MANEUVERS, General Manderson, who engineered through the senate the bill for the admission of southern Dakota as a state, is now devot- ing his time to securing the pussage of a similar measure for the benefit of Montana and i8 looking for a chance to call it up b tween the discussions on the tariff bill, so as 10 get it through without any fuss or debate, Tlere is no opposition to the measure on the republican side and very little on the demo- oratic side, us the territory of Montana is supposed to be politically doubtful and has ~usually sent a democratic delegate to con- gress. Mr. Manderson has abandored the hove of passing his bill for the reorganization of the army and wil devote himself entirely to ter- ritorial legislation and to assisting’ his col- league, Mr. Paddock, in securing tho p sage of the bill to erect a government buiid- ing for tho use of the postoftice in every town and city where the postoffice receipts oxcecd $3,000 & year, This bill, which was intro- duced \?v Mr. Paddock, has been reported favorably from the committee on public buildings and grounds, and has received the hearty endorsement of the president in his late message. It is one of the most popular measures now before congress, and ought pass before the 18t of Mareh, because nearly evory town of any size in the country is di- rectly interested, and every bricklayer and earpentor sees in it some individual benefit for himself. Mr. Vest has the bill in char, having reported it from the committee, and I asked him to-day when he was going to call itup, ‘*Tho very fivst chance Iget,” he re- plied. I do not know that t S uny op- position to it, although some of the folks muy want to make changes in the details of the measure, The president nas given it Lis en- dorsement, and Ido not see why it snould not ass both houses tnis session and become aw before the 4th of March. A PROMOTION SCHEME. There is a project on foor to revive the rank of lioutenant general for Major General Schofield. This would promote Terry to be major general, Schofield hus a great deal of democratio influence, being an ardent demo- crat, and Terry is influential among republi- cans. Friends of the two warrigrs believe that betwecn them both can come up in rauk. SCARCITY OF BOOMS, Republicans who expect to cut a prominent figure in the programme to be carried out in ‘Washingtou on the 4th of March, and who consequently aro anxious for tirst-class hotel accomuwodations, are expericncing a great deal of difficulty and much annoyance in en- ing rooms. Although it is generally un- erstood thut the tirst-class hotels are pledg- ing quarters at some figure or another, it s not true, , There have been a few rooms en- fiosod b fhe well-kuown hostelrics, but the ndlords posit voly refuse to go intothe bus- iness to any considerable extent. They ex- lain their refusal hire their rooms for the inauguration season by saying that it would discommode their regular patrons and would cut them out of all patronage for many days in advance. They expect tran- sients 1o come in during January and the early part of February for the purpose of se- ouring roows, and occupy thew up w and over inauguration day. Rooms can ve securod at many of the bourding and lodging houses, and. mauy of the fashionable flats can be engaged oven at this early d ‘The result of the refusal of the landlords at the best hotels to cngage rooms this early will be an awful rush for & week before the inauguration, and many who would go into the very best quarters i bave to take inferior ones. THE SOUTHEKN POLIOY. Very little is being said in Washington by the higher class of southern statesmon about #the soutbern policy” of President-elect Hur- thiis session, and I am sossion o TR ORMA who are in congress and the departments | hege, believe tha President-elect ¥ intends to simply appoint the very best re publicans residing in the south to the federal positions there; that he will advocate the adoption of such laws as will guarantee honest elections everywhere and uplift the industrial interests of all sections of the country, and that there his ‘‘south- ern volicy” will end. They believe tha General Harrison does not now, and will not, Ivocato any specitic [aws for the south, and that he will not direct his attention to the adoption or enforcement of laws intended only to affect sections, 0 far as the confederawes are concerned— and these are the men who ar talking so much about the *southern y they are more concerned about their v [ power than anything clse. Th t at the in- coming of President Harrison and the re- apportionment on the census of 1500 means a relegation to the roar for at least aquarter of a century, the demo-confederate party,which €008 0ut f power on March 4 next. A BANKEI'S VIEWS, licy loss President White, of the Fourth National bank, of Cineinnati, said to_your correspond- ent the other that the financial men whom he had met election w nd talked to since the tinga more bountif supply of within a short time after President Harrison is inaugurated than they vo had for many years. He said that the (kkors were now reducing as rapidly possible their capital stock, taking up to the mintmum the bonds they have deposited with the treasurer of the United States to sceure culation, and that more bonds were being offered for sale now than he had ever known. All this, he said, naturally tends towards a greater volume of money, as the redemption of these bonds placed the cash in the hands of those who wanted to use it Even at the tres ent democratic ofticials will frank the incoming of President Harrison means cheaper money to borrowers, They expect t0 sce the redemption of bonds as fast as the surplus accumulates, and the output of the latter just as soon as the new administration gets settled into its berth. On the strength of the outlook bankers and brokers from the west arc ar riving in Washington almost daily for the purpose of making inquiry, and they are pro- coeding eastward with a view to arcanging for the sale of state, county, municipal and real estate bonds, and to sccure investments in wostern real estate by castern capitalists. Ther2 are a number of gentlemen in the cit now from the west ou their way east to in- duce capitalists to invest in man ifacturing enterpriscs. Peiny S, HEATH, Washington Brevities. The pension appropriation bill was com- pleted by the sub-committee of the house ap- propriation committee to-day, and will be re ported to the full committee to-morrow. It appropriates $31,767,500, and 1s alniost iden- tical with last year's bill. In the senate to-day Mr. Butler introduced a jownt resolution, proposing a constitutional amendment enlarging the presidential term of oftice to six years. Laia on the table. The republicin natior ‘utive commit- tee, at the session to-day scussed the pro- pricty of establishing permancnt national headquarters in this city m the building now occupled by the committce. No_decision, however, has yot been reached. The ques tion of prospective contests in West Vir- ginia and other states has not been diseussed by the committee, whatever intorests the tional committee have in these disputed dis tricts being looked after by Chairman Quay who has thus far made no report to the coi mittee. Aunother irregularity has been discovered in the treasury department, arising from the wppearance between the re- iving ofice und the sealing division, of ten uncut sheets of logal tenders, each contaiu- ing four notes of the denom [ 5, and representing £200 in all. While it is possible that the sheets were mislaid, and may be re covered, it is more than possible that they were abstracted by some one familiar with the method of handling them. The notes will readily pass for money, for they lack ouly the treasury seal. bl ey GRS R BURSTED A BIG GUM Disastrons Results Attend the Test of a Cast-Stecl Weapon, [Special Telegram to An- el New Yorg, Dec. 6. Tng Bre]—The Herald's special from napohis, Md., says: The trial of the cast- six-inch gun provided by the Pittsburg St Casting company, took place at the provi grounds here yesterday afternoon, and Ited in the total destruction of the gun the sccond shot, This trial has been looked for with great interest by naval and army ordunance experts. 1f the gun bad proved (o be the equal of the built-up gun there would have been @ saving of time and expenss s0 great as to revo lutionize gun manufacture, The gun on trial was about sixteen feet long and its woight was live tons; weight of the pro jectile, about one hundred pounds: powder, charge of forty-eight pounds. It was mounted on a solid ok platforin, As a precautionury meus. ure the officers and others engased in the test remained at a considerable distance. It was lucky they did. The first shot was made with only thirty-nine pounds of pow- The regulation charge w then uscd, ischarge was followed by the complete break-up of the breech of the guun, there being nearly two dozen pieces in thé part abaft the trunnions, the fore part fell for. ward in only one piece, while the platform was wrecked in an udescribable manuner. The total damage to the government property amounted to more than §4,000, ey A Patho-Biological Laboratory. WasniNagroy, Dec. 6, —Senator Manderson to-day introduced a bill for the establishment of a national patho-biological laboratory at Washington for the study and investigation of the nature and cause of contugious and in- fectious diseascs which threaten and en- danger the health of the people and live stock interests of the country, The laboratory is 10 be under the general supervision of the surgeon general of the marine hospital ser- vice, and under the special direction of two directors, one of whom shall be skilled in human and the other in auimal discases, A chemist, distinguished for learning, alsoto be employed. An appropriation of $550,000 is made for the purchase of ground, the erection of & building, und the purchase of the necos- sary apparavus and appliances < e Mpr. Cazener Going East. Savr Lake Crry, Utah, Deec. 6.—[Special Telegram to Tt Brr]—A. R. Cazener, second grand ussistant engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginocers, ar- rived yesterday from his home at Oakland, Cal., and left for Denver this morning over the Denver & Rio Grande route. He goes east for the purpose of making, if possible, a settlement between the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the strikers who have been out'so long. The ¢ - Suicide of a Minister, Osweao, N. Y., Dec, 6,—It is known al- most to a certainty that Kev. W, L, Parker, rector of Christ Episcopal church in this city, who disappeared Friday, committed suicide. He was seen on the sea wall near the riveron the day of his disappearance, and a hat that belonged to him was picked up on the river the saue day. - New lowa Postinasters, WAsmINGTON, Dec. 6.—[Special Telegram 8 Bes]—The following lowa postmas- ters have been appointed: John F, Mark, Northwood, Worth county,vice J. B. Adams, resigned, and J. 8. Loughertz, Packwood, Jefterson county, vice Charles' L. Johnson, left tue place. e Paddy Gorman Knocked Out, SAN Fraxcisco, Dee. 6.—Paddy Gorwman, of Australia, was knocked out in the twenty- seventh round by young Mitchell, of this clty, in @ r'l\we vontest “last nignt for the middleweight championship of the Pacifi ) «‘;mxm&w\“flmflmnm A o | CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Senate Rosumes Consideration of the Tariff Bill. TWO SCHEDULES DISPOSED . OF A Lively Discnssion of the Direct Tax Bill In Committee of the Whole = Other Busines ransacted. Senate. Wasiiveroy, Dec. 6.—A communieation from the secretary of state, with a certified copy of the final ascertainment of presi- dential eclectors in Kansas, was presented. After considerable discussion as to what to do with them, the paper was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Mz, Plumb gave notice that hie would at an carly date ask the senate to cousider the Des Moines ri ver lands bill. Resolutions for continuing the select com- mittees on meat products and on the rela- tions with Canada were reported back from the committee on contingent expenses, with amendments, Numerous bills were introdnced ferred, including the following: For the establishment of the national biological laboratory: to organize govern- ment bureaus of information relating to em- ployments, occupation, wants, means of live- lihood and homes. j The senate at 1:05 resumed consideration of the tariff bill, beginning with the schedule which covers earthenware and glussware. Mr. Plumb called attention to_ the para- graph as to silvered glass (No. 115), and said that such gluss was largely used by furni- ture manufacturers and was almost entirely and ro- of foreign make, because the siivering of such glass in_the United States was not durable. The duty added $2 or 23 to the cost of the article, and 1f the article was not mader 1 this country he did not see why the duty should not be reduced. Mr. Allison did not know why such glass could not be properly silvered in the United States, and suggested that it might be on count of the duty bemg tor low—it being only equal to 10 per cent ad valorem. The se en procecded to a considera- tion of C, relating to motals. Mr. Plumb calied attention to the paragraph as to beams, girders and joists, and spoke of the iron and steel combinauons in - this country, and_instanced the cases of the gov- croment_building at Wichita and the state house of Texas, where a large saving had been effected by contracting for such work abroad. He moved to amend by reducing the rate from 1.1 cents per pound to .8 cent Mr. Harrs moved to place the rate at cents. Mr. Allison opposed Mr. Harris’ amend- ment, saying it wegt to the root of the whole iron and steel ;schedule. He had no doubt that if the present rate was maintained the competition would be sufiicient in a short time to break down price Messrs. Aldrich, Reagan, Harris, Hoar, Butler, Plumb and s Payne continued the di cussion, but no vote was taken on the pend- ing amendments, and the bill was laid aside, the progress for the day being about eight pages. Aujourned until Mond y. House WasnixaToy, Dec. 6—The speaker stated t0 the house that he had received a communi- cation from Hou. Perry Belmont informing him that he had sent to the governor of New York lus resignation as a member of con- ss from the First congressional district ow York. The speaker dirccted the clerk to drop Mr. Belmont’s name from the roll of the house. The usual resolution for distributing the president’s messages to_appropriute com- mittees was reported from the committee on ways and means and adopted. “The order relative to the consideration of the direet tax bill was so modified as to make the measure a special order for to-day, Tues day and Wednesday next, it being the des; of miany members that adjournment be taken over Satur “The housc then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair, on the direct tax bill Mr. Caswell explained that the simple purpose m the bill was to refund to the state: and indiyiduals who paid taxes that por tion of the direct tax which was collected. After careful computation ho wle 1o State that the bill carried 815 aid not include the 15 per cent commis allowed the states or persons who paid tax. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, said that the first round of his opposition to the m ure was that there was no authority conferred upon congr by the constitution to pass the bill, or make the appropriation provided for, He contended, not for a strict construction of the constitution, but for the observance of it. When himitation was dis- regarded, and the unbridled bill of congress was substituted for it, the people no longer had any guarautee for the rights to a state and people. The money collected under the act of 1561 had been illegally collected and expended for the legal purpose of the com- mon defense, and the bill was therefore a donation unjustified by the constitution, His sccond objection was that it was unjust in its provisions. The money collected from the people could never be returned to those who paid it; and at this late day it was m- possible Lo restore it to those from whom it was taken. It was urged as a reason for re- imbursing that some of the states had never paid the tax: it was the intention to pass this bill in grder to equalize taxation. ‘Chen he in- sisted that congress skould go further and re- fund the cotton tax and correct other abuses more glaring than had ever arisen under the act of 1861, He sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a sories of amendments, which he proposed to offer at the proper tim The first refunds the cotton tax, the second permits persons who paid tax to bring suit to recover the amount paid, the third revives the right of action in the court of claims under the provisions of the captured and abandoned property act, and the fourth directs the sec- retary of the treasurer, in muking payment and settlement of the direct tax, to take into account and set off any amount due by any state to the United States under the act of June 30, 1830, to regulate deposits of public moneys, After some further debate Mr, Enloe, of Tenuessee, sent to the desk and had read for information the proposed amendment re. funding the cotton tax, and providing that such amount as cau be paid o persons who paud the tax shall be turned over to the school fund of the states interested, Pending further debate the committee rose and the bouse adjourued. - Livery Stable Burned. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, Dec. 6,—[Special Tele- gram to Tue BEE, | —A five occurred at the Kansas City bansom cab and livery stables, at Fifth street and Grand avenue, about midnight last night, wiich resulted in twen- ty-three horses being burned outright and one or two more will probably die from the effects of burns received. The fire is sup- posed to have originated n the northwest coruer of the stable, where the harness room is locate d, and adjoining the Grand avenue entrance. It spread rapidly and in a few minutes the entire stable was in flames. The exits, which were supposed to be ample to admit of the escape of the horses, were soon shut off by the flames, and made it almost impossible to get a horse out. The total loss amounts to $12,500, and all except a few indi- vidual borse-owners ave fully covered by in- surance. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, as it is known that McCarthy, the manager of the hansom cab company, bad many enemies among former ewployes. The Weather Iedications. For Nebraska and Iowa: Fair, colder, northwesterly winds, For Dakota: Falr, colder, northwesterly winds, AL, MACHINE. One Sent to & Cubag Judge and His Wife Wounded. AvaNy, Dee. [Special Telegram to Tre Ber, |—An outrageous crime has caused consternation among the people of Havana. The victim is one of Havana's most distin- guished ladics. About' 2 p. m. yesterday there appeared at the residence of Don Domingo Olivia, eriminal judge for the dis. trict ot La Cathedral, & megro bringing a small writing desk richly adorned with red and blue satin ribbons and with a tiny key attache addressed to ‘‘Domingo Oliv Handing the vackage to a servant, the negro requested that it be delivered to Senor Olivia. The package was set on the parlor table, where a few mo ments later Mrs, \'w..ma'buvm. the judge's wife, and their seventeen-year-old daughter, Gabriela, found it and began to admwire its beauty, “The younger lady tried to open the desk with the ‘little key, but with little suc- cess. She handed the key to her mother. Mrs. Olivia drew the chair in which she was sitting up to the table x*d tried to open the desk. At last she violently turned the key to the right, when an éxplosion, similar to the roar of a cannon, took place and Mrs, Olivia was wounded severely in several places, The desk contained un infernal ma- chine, intended without doubt to murder Olivia. There is no clew to the perpetrators, el Brutal Treatment of Prisoners. MixsearoLts, Doc. 6.—[Special Telogram to The Bek.]—A prisoner at the county jail tells astory of the way things are conducted there, which looks ugly for the jailors. The prisoner, Charles Smith, was sent to empty a box outside the jail on Saturdav and tried to escape. He s confined in the dungeon without food or drink from 4 p. . on Saturday to 7 p. m. on Sun- day. He was kicked about by Jailor Johnson before being locked up. Sunday night Smith tried to commit suicide, For that he was handcuffed and his hands tied to the grating of the door as high as he could reach and compelled to stand there for about an hour, He was then chained to the iron cage and compelied to sit there all night, Smith sa; the jailors are in the habit of taking their vorites around town and coming back intoxi cated. Several prisoners have been allowed to escape, and nothing. has been done about it. Whisky has been furnished to prisoners by the jailo Prisoners have been allowed to do work outside of the jail for friends of the jailors. Ole Simulson, another prisone corroborates everything that Smith Several of the prisoners admitted, though T luctantly, that they had been furnished with whisky by the jailors, Jailors Johnson and Riley do not specificaliy deny these state- ments, but call them a pack of lies, — «deration of Railroaders, PrrrsnurG, Dec. 6.—A movement is on ca federation of all the railronad cmployes in the United States excepting conductors, and a meeting looking to that end will be held in this city early in Junu- ary. The union will embrace the brothe Loods of locomotive engineers, firemen, brake- wen, switchmen and yardmen, and it is as serted that it will havea membership of 100,000, Secret mectings have already been held ut Columbus and Chicago and the plan of federation 180w in the hands of the grand chiefs of all the organizatjons enumerated. Among the features will be an ipsurance and strike fund, and one of the ifiperative rules of the federation will bo th organization will be allowed to quit work without gaining the consent of the generalboard of the federa- tion. This will resulthin fewer sirikes, bt whenever they do occuf they will be of ' tre- mendous power, as the railroads of the en- tire country can be $led up if necessary to secure justice and victory to the men. While the federa theoretically unite all railroaders into one organization, vet the autonomy of every scparate brotherhood is to be carefully preserved. Buithois o3 o A Leaaville Tragedy. LEeapviLLe, Colo., Dec. 6.—|Special Telo- gram to Tne Bee.|—Thompson Phillipson was shot and killed at 8 o’clock this morning at Joe Vivian’s saloon, on Iast Sixth street, by a man named William Reilly. The latter had, during the night, a quarrel with the proprictor of the saloon touching the pay- ment for some lquor, and had been pretty badly handled by the burly proprietor, Leaving the saloon, he repaired to his lodg- ings, sccured a six-shvoter and returned to toe saloori about 3 o'dlock n the morning in a very intoxicated condition, Opening the front door he omptied the barrels of his gun into the crowd there assembled, one shot taking effect in the bady of Phillipson, from the effects of which he died within five min- utes. Reilly then sanntered down the street and gave himself up to Deputy Sheriff Byers. The preliminary trial will oceur to-morrow. The victim is an Englishman and inoffensive, though addicted to dfink. The shot which killed him was doubtless intended for Joe Vivian, with whom the slayer had had the row. Deceased bhas, a sister, aunt and brother-in-law living av Platteville, Wis., who have been notified, L General Harrison's Hunt, INDIANAPOLIS, Dee, 6.—General Harrison and the hunting party returned to the city this evening. The general expressed himself as having greatly enjoyed his two days’ out- ing., They had good weather, and quail were fairly plentiful, The two days' tramp and osure appear to have benefitted the gen- eral. The wind bronzed his tace a little and he looked the picture of health to-night, as he sat telling th neidents of his hunt. When the party reached Dana this afternoon to take the train for home they found fully 500 farmers and others congregated about the car patiently awaiting the arrival of Gen- cral Harrisgn, whe shook hands with e one and chafted with them about his hunt, plite L Must Cease Paying Commissions. NEW York, Dec. 6, -At a joint mecting of the committee of trunk lines to-day a resolu- tion was adopted stating that it believed that certain lines resumed the payment of com- missions for the sale of passenger tickets, and recommending that the executive com- mittee proceed without delay to lay the sub- ject before the managing ofMcers of all such lines, and endeavor by all reasonable means to secure assurances from them that they will immediately discoatinue and nercaft refrain from such payments, - A Bookkeeper's Heavy Defalcation, ek A, Kan,, Dec, 6.—[Special Telegram to —It was made public to-day that A. P, Stanley, bookkeeper for the Mat- lach dry good s company, at Arkansas City, is a defaulter to the amount of 9,500, It was discovered a few diays ago by u member of the firm thav Stanlay stealing from them, and when chagged with the matter he confessed that he had been taking from $5 t0 $20 & day for three years past. He has goue to Cunada. S Anarchists Tnreaten Ogleshy, SerixaricLy, IiL, Dec. 6.—Since the con- viction of Hronek, the Chicago anarchist, eacl mail at the eapital is bringing threaten- ing letters to the governor, not only from Chicago gbut from cities in the east. The lotters are anonymous and of @ character similar to those received during the time petitions for the lives of Spies and the other anarchists were pending before his excel- leney. e — Failed to Indict Saloonists, Srovx Fauws, Dak, Dec, 6.—The grand jury which has been in session two weeks considering the complaints @against the saloonkeepers of Sioux Falls for violation of the local option liquor law during the last summer, last eveniag reported no indict- ment. The judge istructed the clerk to bind over all the defendauts iu these cuses Lo the next grand jury, A KANSAS BURGLAR BOLD. All Fort Scott is Arming Itself to Cateh Him. A BIG DEMAND FOR REVOLVERS. Henry Gillig As a Pugilist— Infer nal Machine in Cuba—Electrics al Executions—The Cast- Steel Gun a Failure, Robbed Fifteen Houscs, me Scorr. Kan, Dee. 6.—The fact that one man can create a genuine reign of terror in a place as large as this, is shown by the present situation here. The eutire police force is on duty; the sheriff and his deputies are doubly watchful; the city council has offered a reward of §100 for the man's cap ture, and the public at large have created such a demand for revolvers and cartridges that one firm has run entirely out and has twlegraphed east for a large supply to be sent by fast express—yet, despite all these exer- tions, the man has not been captured. Now the people are talking of forming a vigilance committee, and the nucieus of one patrolled the streets to-night. The lond burglar is either a black man or has his face discolored in_order to disguise his identity. He has, so far as known, en- tered fifteen houses and carried off what he wanted. He prefors the homes of def less widows, but has not attempted criminal assaults, His weapon of att: and defense is a common spade. With it he pries open windows or doors, und when sur- prised he uses it as a weapon, In one in- stance he cut off half the ear of his assailant and injured the drum and sense of hearing 80 baaly that fears ure entertained that the injury “wiil be permunent. The women of the city are badly frightened and many of them are arming themselves, This morning at 4 o'clock the watchman of the Huntington hotel discovered the man in the kitchen and ran to the ofiice for a revol- ver, When he returned he saw the man_fiy ing up the alley, spade in hand. Two shots were fired at him, but without effect. 1f the scoundrel is caught he will probably be lynched, so excited are the people. e TO RELIEVE DISTRESS, The Object of a Bill Introduced By Senator Biair, enator Blair intro- duced a bill to-day providing that there shail be established by the president, on recom- mendation of the commissioner of labor, throughout the United States in geographical seetions which shall include a population of not less than 100,000 nor more than 200,000 inhabitants, bureaus of information reluting to the employment, occupation, wants, means of livelihoods and homes. Provision is made for the publication at le once a month of an abstract giving information specifically asked for by any citizen of the United States, It is also made the duty of the chiefs of burcaus to make known throughout their districts instances of extreme poverty, hard- ship and distress, without_ needless exposure of the names of the parties, and also to re- port the same to the commissioner of labor, who shall report. such information briefly to congress, with the recommendations of such means of relief as m\w;:gumw im to be wise and necessary. It is madéthé duty of burcaus of information to muke special in- quiry in relation to the condition, wunts and necessitios of women and children, and_pub- lish the results of their investigations with a view of arousing and directing charitable or other effort, and thereby securing cmploy- ment, homes, education and such other relief as cach case may require. The president and heads of the department are required to give employment on public works only to American citizens, and to give preference in employment to porsous resid- ing 10 the vicinity of the work to be done, s ———— Killed by His Prisoner, Cneyexyg, Wyo., Dec. 6.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—This community was shocked to-day by the anvouncement of the finding of the dead body of W, J, Vanuice, secretary of the Y, M, C. A. The residence of Mr.Vannice was robbed this morning by a tramp, who, immediately after committing the robbery, left town, taking the road towards Fort Laramie. Mr. Vannice started in pursuit and captured the man at a ranch five miles north of the city. He surted to bring his captive to town in a phacton, Several hours later his team was found on the plains by some cowboys, with his dead body in the bottom of the carriage. The tramp had evidently overpowered him after a terrible struggle, taken his pistol and olown his brains out. A posse of citizens are in pursuit of the murderer. If caught he will probably be lynclied. Mr. Vannice was formerly a prominent 11linois politician, and was sheriff of Henry county for several terms. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and highly rvespected in this com- munity, L L L More Anti-League Testimony. Loxpoy, Dee. 6.—Upon the reassembling of the Parnell commission to-day, Patrick Molloy, who had been arrested in Dublin for refusing to obey a subpwna calling upon him to give evidence, was brought before the justice, who committed him to prison until further orders. A laborer named Burke testified that at meetings i Clonbar, of the branch of the league of which he was a member, it was decided that Lord Mount Morris should be done away with, Later im the night he saw one of the members of the league, who said he had done away with Lord Mount Morris. On cross-examination witness said he could not swear there was a branch of the league at Clonbar before the murder. There was some kind of a branch, but it might have been @ secret society, the same which witness had joined fourtcen or fiftecn years ago. He could not rememwber the name of the society. R T Hog Packers Form a Trust. 8. Louts, Dee. 6.—Special Telegram to Tue Bee]--A rumor gained currency in this city yesterday that Chicago hog packers were at work forming a monster trust, to embrace the leading packers of Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul, Des Moines, Omaha, Sioux Cit Kansas City and Cincinnati, About three weeks ago the East St. Louis packing compuny sold its eutire plant to gentlemen who represent the trust or combi- nation of leading Chicago packers, There are only two packing houses here. Francis Whittaker & Sons were approuched and invited to come 1uto the combine, but re. fused. The houses at Des Moines, Kansus City and Omaha are owned by Chicago men, and will, it is aileged, form the nucleus of the pool.” Business Las not been profituble of late, e Denied at Chicago, Cmicaco, Dec. 6.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A dispatch from St. Louis was printed here to-day, alleging that a packers' trust was being formed, to include establish- ments in St. Louis, Chicago, Oiuaha and Kaunsas City. A reporter called on several leading packers this afternoon and as com- plete an inquiry as possible *vas made into the matter, with the result that every one seen denies any knowledge of the projected organization. The packers i expressed surprise, and said that the idea was propos- terous. - Servia's New Constitutic Beronape, Dec. 6,—The new Servian con stitution declares the kingdom hereditary with popular representation, and the religion Greek. The electoral franchise is granted 10 persons payiog direct taxes of 15 dinars (a dinar being equal to the French florin) yearly. itary sexvice is compulsory, BARRY'S NEW ORDE Aims and Purposes of the Brotherhood of United Labor, Cricaao, Dec, 6.—The Times will to-mor- row publish the text of an address issued by Thomas B. Barry, outlining the aims and purposes of the new organization which he proposes to form and which is to be known as the “Brotherhood of United Labor.” In the address Barry says he is not advocating the formation of this new order for the pur pose of fighting the Kuights of Labor, or to eratify his personal ambition, but to “‘estab lish honesty in and place. the labor move ment on a decentralized basis, which will make it forever almost impossiblo for cliques and rings to bo formed to destroy in mouths the labor of years. The or it1s said, will be estab- lished on a decentralized basis, It will leave 10 trades or central branches complete juris diction and control over their own affairs. It digputes or controversies arise between mem- bers and their employers they will be settled by those most conversant with the trouble, and not by those who know nothing about the cause of complaint. The order will maintain relations with all legitimate orga zations. It will,"* says the address, “draw the line closely on seabs and scabism. It will urge the study of co-operation and the means of bringing 1t into practice, ana will insist upon manbers giving fair manufac- turers the prefercnce when purchasing the ssries of life, il pursue a progressive educational 10 bring into practice and have enacted into a practical law its platform of principles, The cardinal principles of the brotherhood will be land, currency and transportation re- form. 1. The right of man earth, 2. Tuking from usurers and right to control our currency. 3. The governmental ownership of the means of transporting persons, freight and intelligence and the taking of those engine: of human happiness out of the hands of stock gamblers and speculators andoperate them for the benefit of the producer and consumer, While sceking a settlement of these ques- tions, the order will labor for a reduction of the hours of labor to cight hours per day, the prohibition of child labor, the abolition of convict labor, the abolition of the contract system on national, state and municipal work, the prohibition of forcign labor under contract, the putitication of politics through the adoption of the Australian system of vot ing, ete. All the details of the plan of or ganization ave not yet decided upon, but it will be more of a confederation than a com pact national body like the Knights of Labor, In it there will be 10 woney at the disposal of the gencral or federal ofifcers, for Barry claims that the accumulation of large sums ¢ at a central point, as in the old ordel of the greatest dangers to a labor or- ganization. FIGHTIN to the use of the shylocks the - SEIINANCE RS Henry Gillig Dances Around George Stayner's Prostrare Form. NEew Yoxk, Doc. 6.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee]—Henry I, Gillig, late manager of the American Exchange in London, and George H. Stayner, late vartuer of the Little Napoleon,” Henry S. lves, had a fight in the law oftice of Sullivan Cromwell last evening. Gillig had been making threats against Stayner, when that gentle- man entered. He knocked Stayuer down and danced all around his prostrate body. Then he belabored him with -an umbrella. The spectavors pulled Gillig away and both men were hustled out of the bulldiu}.;.” The TOW avis Ab e " ion T to Cheh e b e L gBie <fRiC e curities were issued by one of the roads i volved in some of the gigantic operations of Henry S, Ives, the ex-Napoleon of finance. Gillig and Stayner each claim to be the rightful custodian of the bonds in trust for Miss Nillson. Stayner scems to have pos- session of them now. A e The Miners' Organization, Corvmnus, O, Dee. 6.—~District assembly No. 185, Knights of Labor, concluded its business this morning and adjourned. A joint convention of the seceding lknights and the federation held a mecting this afternoon and proceeded with work on the constitu- tion. It has been decided that the name of the new organization shall be the National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine L borers, and the organization is to be open, The ofticers 1o be @ president and treas- urer, and a gene executive board of seven members. The vice presidents are to be or- panizers, and all oficers are to be salavied, with th ption of the exceutive board The president will ive 1,200 and the others a less sum, S : From Prosy y to Poverty. StrEATOR, IS, Dec. cial Tele: gram to Tuk Bee, ] —Last evening about 7 o'clock Mrs. William Ross was struck by a train near Pontiac, and instantly killed. About five years ago RRoss and his wife were wealthy and prosperous residents of peka, Kan., living in and associating with the best socicty in that city. An unlucky speculation causcd their downfall, and Ross went from bad to worse, becoming an in- veterate gambler and dead beat, "They came to this city about two years ago, and shortly afterwards Mrs, Ross, by reason of her troubles, became insane. In this condition she wandered away lust evening and met her death, Nebr Rl 5 ska and Lowa Ponsions, WasHINGTON, Dee. f.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.)—An increase of pension was to-day granted to James M. Harland, of Edgar, Nebraska. Pensions for lowans: Restoration—Le Vinton Smith, Lehigh, Increase —Wesley . Hudson, Coldwater; Silus Randall, Des Moines ' (deccased). Reissue—dacoh C. Jerome B3, Summcrs, Des Moincs; ott, Panama; John Holmes, ¢ rison. Reissue and inercase—Charles 1, Stevenson, Avery, Original widows, ote Matilda, widow of Si iali, Des Moines, The Golden Gato S Savt Lakk, Utah, De gram to Tie Bee | —The Golden Gate special reached Ogden on time, at #:30 o'clock, this afternoon. A large crowd of people gath ered at the depot o inspeet the train during its fifteen minutes stop. sral s from Salt Lake boarded the train there, special hus so far wide an average of thir four. miles an hour, and on the Central | citic will ge Lhirty-two wiles, reaching el to-morrow night, e nd ceinl. (Special T - - Silver Statistics Presented, Wasii In the senate to-day a statement from the divector of the mint, in rosponse to Senator Stewart’s resolution of ox, Dec, 0, the last session, a8 to the amount of silver builion offered mouthly to government slce 1575, was presen ud ordercd pringed. - The Belgian 8 rikers, Buussers, Dee, 6—1Lhe strike movement is increasing and the strikers are ever where hecoming restless. Au atlempt was made to-day Lo wreck a train on the H Iway, dynamito cartridges being placed on the track. Fortunately the eartridges were discovered in time to prevent a disaster, - Rates to Be Bestored NeW Yoik, Dec, 6. —Chauncey M. to-night suid that west bou be restored, and that in Depew j will soon the 1d rate probability notice of th e would be scotout within @ week. f A Vietim of Agrarianism. DusLiy, Dec. 6, farmer named Cun plogham was murdered today near lan bridge. The crime resulted from agrarian troubles, Three persons have been arees i connection with the affair, THE 0" CONSPIRACY CASES. Yosterday's Proceedings in the Bauereisen Trial. THE SQUEALER ON THE STAND. Bowles Testifles to the Defendant's Direct Implication in the Plot @ Blow Up tho Burling- ton's Property. Baueroisen's Trial, Grxeva, 11, Dec. 6.—Iu the telal of Johm H. Bauereisen, chiof of the aileged Burlings ton dynamite conspirators, the jury panel was completed to-day. JouR Alexandor Bowles, who, it is swid, was & conspiratory and one of the squealors, was put on the stand as the first and most important wit- ness, Bowles testified that he went to worlk as an engineer for the Burlington March 22, 1558, und was raded to quit by his brother April 4. He joined the brotherhood, and was employed by Bauereisen to buy dynamite and placo it on the tracks, und also to buy vitriol and ammonia to vut in the water tanks and dose the engines. Witness went on to tell ho his initiation as brotherhood man, he et Baucrcisen at Aurora, and how the latter told him that dynamite could be used with good effect, giving him .50 to buy the stuff. Bauercisen said that he could nod purchase it in Chicago in small quantities but suceceded in doiug 8o at Noblesville, Ind., where he obtained three sticks, Re- turning to Chicagn, he met Bauereiss leading strike jittee rooms at the eisen wave him §10 nd told him to salesburg with the fgoods.”” Bowles then ated how cordially he was reccived by George A. Clark there, to whom Bauereisen had writton alottor explain- ing the plot. They drove to the Burlington tracks, but were atraid 1o use the explosive. He and Clark buried the dynamite near the waterworks, nnd Bowles then roturned to Aurora to hive unother tulk with Bauercisen, B sen furnished more money, and the trip was taken by the witness to Noblesville and Westtield, Ind., wiere more dynamite, besides fulminating caps and fuses, werd purchased. “On May 16, continued Howles “Bauercisen gave me two silver dollars to hire a rig and visit the Q' tracks. I took Alexander Smith with e and drove to the railrond crossing near the fair grounds, where T pluced a stick of dynamite with a fulminating cap on the track. We drove back to Aurora and heard the explosion a wile away., The next morning Baucreisen said that 1t was wgood job, and that the flange had been blown off the leading truck wheel,”” L weoks after Hoge, Kelly and other at the grievance ¢ and Pacitic. 1 aue 2o to The witness next described how he and Bauvercisen and Smith experimented with a slow fuse in the consultation room of the lall at Aurora. After these experiments Bauerisen wanted Smith and Bowles to put dynamite under @ “scab” boardi known as the Council house, and utoms. They refused, saying it would be murder. Taking a third trip to Noblesville, he bought more dynamite, which he took to Clark, at Galesburg. Makiug anothier trij to Indiana, be told how Bauercisen sent him a checlt r L & letter, which Le hud destroyed, &?’&% pfents - of which were to” the effect to “h up” and get . to Creston, In, unl ake plent ou. | have w en Broder! ; of goods with ) ou come this way (Aurora). to meet you if JoJ. Kelly and 1 would like to buoy some £00ds from you » Another lotter giving advice to Bowlos concerning the Pinkerton detectives, wiio, it was supposed, were shudowing him, was in- troduced. In it the advice sleuth hounds. After detailing the arrest of 13 himself, and before the witness cluded, Judge Wilson adjourncd for the day. waus 1o shoot the crick and had - con the court - > FOLI ADMIS ~10ON, Resolutions Adopted by th Statehood Convent Jamestows, Dak., Dec. 6. Dikota AL the state- hood convention lust e Hng e utions were wdopted for favoring a division of Das Jota territory on the seventh standard pars altel and the adumission of the northern pors tion into the union as North Dakota; that in cuse the Iiftieth congress fails to provide for the adwmission of North Dakots, us re- quested, the presideni-vleet is carnestly re quested to call a special session of the Fifty- first congress for that purpose; that the cighteenth legislative asscmbly of Daiota fereitory 18 urged to provide at the carliest practicable moment after the meeting i January, 153, for @ constitus tional ¢ mtion 1 th Dalko that, South D Montana and Washington are fuily invited to co-operate with North in this wmovemont for admission, Before final adjournment committees were appointed to memorialice congress aud the president-cl. foran exira session to pre- pare a bill for a tonstitutionn! convention to be submitted to the territorial legisiiture, and i committeo to arrange for a tervitorial convention, which will probably be called tor Helenn, Mout., some time in the near future, Th - Burlington's Financial Statement Cucaco, Dee. 6.—~The Chic Buiting- ton & Quiney to-day fssucd its statement of carnings and expenses for the month of Oc- tober, It i8 a very favorable report, showing for the first time this year an increase in the net carning a8 compared withy the nwres sponding month of 17, Tho gross carnings were 22,502, 83482, 04, an iner s of ¥ 1.0.12, Operating exponses, 1,504,060.20, @ (dcerease of §15,200 Not carnings 81,262,250 44, an 620,50, 1or ten’ months ends 81, tho gross wero decrease of 201,13 Operating exii $14,505,207.07, 01, (iCrease of §2,018,27%.05, Net earnings #,055,557.10, & 170,65 e Riot at Bevier, Missonri, decrease of £,0 Macoy, Mo., Dec. 6.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee. | —Thero was o ri at Bevier lust night between the Swedes and tho old winers, which lasted about five hours, T'wo or three men were wounded soverel The Chicago, Burlington & Quiney depot, where the Swedes e ness louses on the side where the stood, were riddled with buiic Pisseng ud the busi old winers Thesherifl and Lis deputy have wone the Smortt By Coal Gas. ‘Coxawaxpa, N. V., Dee. 6.-A neighbop attracted by the nciciiog of a horse in the Larn of John Christzan last evening, found from huuger, ng. he burst the animal sufferiy that something was W Phinking the door of th 150 und discovered Chvist and b onselous in bed, e was full oal g - Wants to Fight Mitcheti New Youk, Dec. 0. —Cuptain James Daly, the swordsman, wanis to flght Charley Mitchell. He said in the office of a_sportin paber this afternoon tiat he would wonl ¥ Mitchell #1,000 to stand before him eight - An International Sealiing Conteat, Buisuask, Dec. G—Arvangements have been wade for an international seulling cons teat, ‘'he first will bo 0. HBeach, iSomp, Swaclo, atieson, Stansbury, Nelsod A Well Kuoiwa Distiller Dead. Lousvity, 1 Dee. 6.--W, H. Mos L wieltsnow distitler of Laur¢ucey d to-nigal of puralysis,