Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1890, Page 1

TWENTIETH YEAR. \! "OMAHA. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1890 WAR CLUBS FOR ARGUMENTS. A Deadly Fight Precipitated in the Hostile Camp, RIVAL FACTIONS COME TO BLOVS. Several of the Braves Bito the Dust— ¥ankton Charlie's Story--The Military Preparing to Move on the RRebels. Pixe Rinae Acexcy, 8. D. (via Rushville, Neb.}, D special Telegram to Tne Bee. ] ~The troops have received orders 1o be in perfect readiness by tomorrow to march to the bad lands. Officers and men have been flying about with all the rapidity possible and not attract particular attention on the part of the alleged friendlies here to the fact “that the war department’s patience with the hosti is at last at an end, and that the soldiers had finally been ordered to use force The confidence that General Brooke has seemed to repose in the idea that the council neld on Saturday settled the matter, and that control of the friendlies could be secured in a peaceable manner, was doubtless shaken when three days had passed without a word from any of the six scouts whom he sent back with the Lostile chiefs Saturday night with orders for one to report tohim every day. But whether or not his faith began to waver as carly as Tuesday, 1t is certain that it re- ccived a shock when at an e hour this morning one of the scouts, Yankton Charl returned and gave his report. The general received the mwessenger in bed, it being not yet sunvise when the latter arrived, and the general's anxiety having been worked up to a bigh piteh. First the scout explained that neither he nor any of his associates had come before, simply because after having succeeded in getting into the hos- tiles' camp they were mnot allowed to leave. He had made his escape only by tak- ing desperate chances, Soon after the re- turn of the party sent in to counsel with Gen- eral Brooke & grand conclave was held by the hostiles among themselves, Two Strike and his little band urged peace, while Short Bull, Kicking Bear and other chiefs, representing a majority of the camp stood for a continuance of the hostile and war like stana until they either con- quered or the military had conquered them. Everything that had been said in the council here at the agency with General Brooke was gone over in great detuil. Two Strike made @ great effort to impress his war-hungry brothers that the general would treat them right and perfectly sutisfactorily if they ac- ceeded to his request to ,abandon the war path. But the more Two Strike pleaded with them the greater their opposition. After a session of many hours the council finally broke up in a row, followed by a hand-to-hand fieht between the opposing factions. While the fight, carried on with war clubs, was at1ts heighth, and after see ing several Indians on both sides killed, Yankton Charley, who is a full- blooded Yankton Sioux, and who was in Indian costume, made his escape. He became separated from the other scouts early in the trouble and does not know what be- came of them. When he attempted his es- cape, he says that he never expected to ac- complish it, but thought that under the cir- cumstances the best thing he could do was to muke the break, since the entire camp of over two thousand armed braves had be- come aroused 1o a pitch of frenzy, This report had great effect upon General Brooke, as Yankton Charlie is one of the old- est and most reliable of scouts. One way in which the tidings affected the General was shown in the secret giving of orvders to hasten the preparations of the military to move. As 1 write this dispatch I glance out of the window, and over at the quartermaster’s headquarters see the colored cavalry- men loading the pack mules for the murch, The idea now is to take all the troops to the bad lands except one or two companles of infantry, which will be left as o guard for the agency. The battery, con- sisting of six thirteen-shell guns, a Hotchkiss and gatling, will also be taken to the front. A temporary buse of supplies will be estab- lished near the White river. Whether or not General Brooke will take the field in person caunot he ascertained. Reports have been recelved that the cow- boys all through the vicinity surrounding the bad lands are massing to lend assistance to the troops. As every one in this part of tho country affirms with great emphasis that the Indians consider the cowboys a foe more to be feared than the military, by reason of their * bravery and thorough knowledge of Indian tactics, trails, hauats, ete., there seems to be good ground for supposing that their services ‘will prove very valuable. Reliable reports continue to pour in that bands of fully armea braves from all the other agencies are daily seen sneaking across the country headed for the bad lands, - ..plainly to reinforce the hostiles, and this suggests mention of @& fact which is impressing itself more and more upon the minds of every one, namely, that the hostiles have undoubtedly allowed none of the scouts to. discover their real strength, and that they have hundreds of armed men who have been concealed and whose presence in the bad lands has never become known to the agency or military ofi- cers C. H.C. Hostile Chiefs to Bo A rrested. Rapm Crry, 8. D, Dee. 10, —[Special Tele- gram to Tiue Bew.]—The situation from lat- est courler reports remains unchanged in the wvicinity of the Cheyenne river, Battle creek and the hostlle camp at Grass Basin, At daylight this morning a party of Sioux Indi- ans were seen going north and were given chase by a party of ranchers from Smith- ville. Severai shots wero exchanged, but the Indians disappeared into the hills. A dis- tch was received here today that Short g:m and Kicking Bear with some of the hos- tile Sioux Indians had broken away from the Indians coming in from White river and went back to the bad lands. It is surmised that they will gonorth into other agencies. Three more troops of cavalry, viz: A, K and I, of the Bixth cavalry, under the command of Major Tupper, with 180 men and horses, will leave Geueral Carr's headguarters early tomorrow morning for White river and Vll:illll{ to capture, if possible, Short Bull and Kicking Bear, The department commander directs that should the hostile element break up it may be expected that several of the principal ones will endeavor to escape, and he there- fore dirocts that the troops take such pre- cautions as will anticipate and intercept any small bands who attempt to get away, General Mil dvices. ‘WasmiNaroy, Dee, 11.—Genepal Schofleid today roceived s dispateh from General Miles stating that reports from Generals Brooke and Ruger were of a favorable na- ture. The presence of troops had a cooling effect on the Indians. Captain Everts nas rought Chief Huul[) into Fort Bennett. W‘u Rood service with the whites in e the Nez Porcos campatin, and Miles expec ! to muke good use of him to bring in others. General Brooke reports that the Indians near White river aro turning loose the stolen stock and coming in. Similar reports come from Colonel Sumner The Bottom Dropping Out. Cricaao, Dee. 11.—Colonel Corbin of Gen- eral Milos' staff says the tenor of the dis- pitches from the Indian country leads him 1 belicve the bottom is dropping out of the threatened uprising. Stealing Custen, 8. D., Do al Telegram to Tie Ber,|—Hostile Sioux are raiding the western part of Custer county. Within the last two dags 200 horses and 600 cattle have been stolen and driven into the bad lands, Several houses have been robbed, and the ng and coming into town, ies of United States troops © just arrived and are stationed near the ation in Custer county, An Indian battle is imminent. Major McLaughlin's Opinion. BirsManck, . D., Deec. 11.—Major Me- Laughlin, agent at Standing Rock Indian agency, is in town today. He says thero is no danger of an outbreak and never has been. Sitting Buil and his followers are still keeping up the ghost dance on Grand river, but the wild en- thusiassm is rapidly abating. The major thinks a week more of cold weather will stop the dancing. Ho says he can arrest Sitting Bull without “any trouble but that there is no occasion for taking him into custody. He says roports from Standing Rock Indians state t 1at the report of a cattle stampede by the Indians and an exchange of shots near Buffalo Gap is a canard. No cat- tle hiave been run off by the Indians except their own stock. The Okl 'homa In Arcisoy, Kan,, Dec. 11, gram to Lk Ber)—Dr. H, Vou Luettwitz of the United States army, stationed at Fort Reno, Indian Territory, passed through Atch- ison today to Pine Ridge agency, S. D.,where ho has been ordered to report. Dr. Von Luettwitz says that all the uncivilized Indi- ans of the territory have the Messiah craze, and they are all dancing. No one is especially alarmed, however, us there are enough soldicrs 10 keep down all trouble. The news- paper_correspondents, he says, print many lies. He anticipates no trouble until spring, when ne predicts one of tho greatost upris- angs in the history of the country. Even the government scouts have been participating in the ghost dances. He says there aro 9,000 young: bucks in the territory who are cager for glory, and the old chiefs " encourage them by telling stories of former victovies, He tolls of three young squaws who went to school three years, and as soonus they re- turned they puton a blanket and joined in the ghost dance, Ho made the statement that the Indians were better armed than the whites. inns, Special Tele- g CLAKK IS RETICENT. He Has Little to Say About the Fue ture Union Pacific Policy. S, Louts, Mo., Dec. 11,—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—S8, H. H. Clark, first vice pres- ideut and general manager of ¢the Missonri Pacific, and the recently appointed gen- eral manager of the Umon Pa- cifie, arrived home today from New York. Mr. Clark was very reticent about the new policy that will be pursued in the affairs of the Union Pacific, and had lit- tleto say. It was learned, however, that Mr. Clark conferred with the trafic man- agers of the Union Pacific, and that they in turn had a ccnference with the freight traffic manager of the Missouri Pacific, Tron Mountain and Texas & Pacific, It is inferred that the matter of traffic arrangements be- tween the roads was discussed at the confer- ence. George C. Smith, assistant to Vice President Ciark, will be appointed assistant geueral manager of the Missouri Pacifie. A SILVER ADDRESS. The National Exccutive Committee Issues One to Congress. Wasmixatoy, Dec. 11.—The national exec- utive silver committee today issued an ad- dress to congress. The commitiee believes that the present money stringency and the breaking down of credit on both sides of the Atlantic is due matuly, if not entirely, to an attempt to conduct the world’s growing busi- ness on & narrowing basis of gold as a single money standard, and again appeals to con- gress to delay no longer the restoraticn of silver to unlimited use as money, with all tho rights of colnuge and legal tender possessed by gold. Al attempts to relieve the present situation by increasing tho volume of credit currency can afford but temporary relief. With tho gold supply constuntly dimin- ishing, the population increasing and busincss rapldly expanding, a recur- rence of the present situation’' must come forcing a periodical adjustment of prices an, business to the ever-contracting scale of a single gold standard, What 1s needed 1s a broader basis of primary moaey, constantand adequato in supply. Bi-metallism must_bo re-cstablished, Therc never hus been and is not likely to be in the future too much_gold and silver to supply tho world's nceds for money. To supply the probablo population of the United States alone for the next cen- tury with tho sumo por capita, wo now havo will require a production of the metals as great as the entire production of the Ameri- can continent sinco its discovery by Colum- bus. With the froo conago of Silvor. tho dif- ference between silver bullion and silver coin must atonce disappear and endsilyer specula- tion. Ifeverybody can have silver metal converted into coin free of cost at the rate of 713 grains to the dollar, then, of course, there can be no difference between the value of the given welght of silver in bullion or coin. The committee belioves that the fear that free coinage would destroy the parity of gold and silver on our ratio of i6 to 1 is not well founded, Certainly this cannot, take place and continue permanently until enongh silver has been coined to provide us with our full distributive share of the world's money nde- endently of gold. Our share at_present is £17500,000,000, o vwhich at loast 850,000,000 1s gold. ' Silver enough must be coined, then, to give us full §1,500,000,000 besides gold and be- sides enough’ to 'talke the place of retired bank notes and supply the requirements of our increasing population and growing in- dustrics, Besides, the proposed issu6 of new paper money will tend ia the same degree to displace gold that silver will. Which, then, is the best, metallic money, constint in supply, self-fogulating and that needs no re- demption, or an additional credit money to be some time redeemed in gold that becomes constantly dearer us the demands upon it in- creased] The people demand thelr consti- ttlonal rigats to have recourso to both gold and silver for money to be restored to them, e S L Colyar's Star Engagement. Nasuviie, Tean., Dec, 11,—|Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee.|—A. C. Colyar, jr., son ef A. S. Colyar of this city, returned home from Mexico Sunday. He gave himself up to the authorities and was taken to Manchester, Coffee county, last night to stand trial for the larceny of a horse committed some months ago. Young Colyar played a star en- gagement in Mexico, passing himself off as Jonn G. Carlisle, ' jr, son of Senator Carlisle of Kentucky., He lived hignh in the City of Mexico and was toasted and received most royally. General Frisbee called upon him ana invited him to be his uest. ‘The young American accepted all ospitalities and gave Miss Frisbee a box parly at the theater, and obtained the eneral's indorsement of a raft Senator Carlisle. 10 have #,000 of this money now on deposit in a Mexican bank. 1t is said that this has been surrendered and the deficit will be made good. $10, He 1s said o e i The Death Roll, Pans, Dee, 11,—Senator Edmoud de La- fayette, grandson of the Marquis de La- fayette, died today. PARNELL'S TOUR IN IRELAND. It Does Not Prove to Bo the Triumphal March That. Was Anticipated. MET AND SPED WITH GROANS AT MALLOW. The Reception at Cork and His Speech to His Constituents— Kilkenny Win Ten the Tale. [Copyright 180 by James Gordon Bennstt.) Corg, Dee. 11,—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tne B ~Parncll's star jis on the wane. Audacious effrontery may carry the day at the start, but it cannot last. In Ireland Parnell's apparent success is a flash inthe pan. His reception at Dublin last night was_to be expected. The publicans are for Parnell and the priests ave for the patriots. The publicans with the unthinking, and particularly among the young, make & loud noise and much show. They did lust night. Still it was only a small proportion of the population of Dublin, though headed by the lord mayor, McCarthy's supporters are quict and yet without headquarters aud an organ, but they will soon have both; but for a couple of weeks, or perhaps more, Parnell will bave his own way. He met with a terrible check today. His journey to Cork was intended to be a triumphal march. Be fore beginniug it he captured United Ireland for the second time, He capture it first on Wednesday, and at 3 o'clock this morning the patriots retook Parnell is greatly exer- cised at the carelessness of his heutenants. 1was with Healy today when he got word that another attack was coutemplated, but he got there too late. United Ireland was once more in the hands of Parnell. It is a curious contest in which physical force is the arbiter and likely to remain so for some time, as neither cares to invoke the law and both dislike the assistance of the police. In spite of the loss of the paper, McCarthy and his followers are confident of victory, They say they have all good citizens with themand that Parnell could not carry Cork if he went to the people, The reception last night looked much better on paper than otherwise. The people at it were not representative. Itis easy to raise a crowd in Dublin and money was no object, Having recaptured United Ireland, Parnell took the train for Cork. About a hundred people at the station cheered and wanted a speech, and he spoke a few words. The train was very slow. It traveled at the rate of thirty miles an hour and stopped at every station, apparently In order to give the sur- rounding country a chance to gather and Parnell’s lieutenants were always on hand oand called for three cheers. The gatherings were very small until Thur- les was reached. There was a crowd of one hundred. Thurles is the residence of Archbishop Croke.' Heretofore whenever Parnell has made a tour his reception has always been the charge of the priest. Not a singlo priest was seen at any station today. At Limerick Junction a crowd of 200 met the train,» Every man was armed with a stick. The crowd was evenly aivided and it looked like war, but nobody was hurt, Great preparation was made for the recep- tion at Mallow. This is William O'Brien’s constituency. The reception will not soon be forgotten by Parneil. At the head of the procession was a large portrait of O'Brien with the inscription, “O'Brien Forever.” Fivo thousund people were on the platform when tho train drew up. There were terrific cheers for O'Brien and Dillon and terrific groans for Parnell. An address was pre- sented by the town commissioners and the people of Mallow to Parnell. They begged him to listen *‘to a few outspoken words.” Some of these were: *Your audacious claim to be the leader of the Irish race we spurn with infinite disgust.” Tho address referred to his seizare of United Ireland as an outrageous tyranuy and wound up with the notice that the people of Mallow would fight him to the death. The address having been read, the people cheercd for O'Brien and Dillon with terrific energy, A man called out, “You rufau, you did what Balfour would not do.” This was followed with awful groans for Parnell and a rush for the carriage in which he sat. Attempts were made to pull him out of the carriage, and would have succeeded but for the inference of those with him assisted by some outsiders. The train left Mallow amid a storm of groans, ‘When the train arrived at Cork Parnell was met by a torchlight procession and by a crowd, including several bands, all of which wore hired. He spoke in the chamber of commerce and the Victoria hotel. He said: “If you are satisfied with me, I care not for all the world besides; if you are satisfled with me, Ircland will be satisfied with me, 1 am happy with your approval., As fellow- citizens I would not be falseto you. I will win this battle and then we must win trlumph and victory for Ire- land, and you, men of Corlk, my constituents, will then be the proudest of the proud, since it fell to our lot on this day to be brave and true for the cause of our country.” Kilkenny will tell the tale. Parnell goes theve tomorrow accompanied by Nolan, Har- rison, Fitzgerald and others, If there is no blood spilled there I will be surprised. e A Tough Gang. DexveR, Colo,, Dee. 11.—[Special Telegram to Tnr Bee |—W. C. Rogers, alias “‘Omaha Billy;" Minnie Rogers, his wife; Tomn King, alias ‘‘Potato Tom,” and John Trainer, all of whom are well known in Omana as hard characters, and who were run out of town ahout a aonth ago, are now under arrest in this city. Rogers was arrested last night as a fugitive from justice, being wanted in Wil- ber, Saline_county, Neb., for jail breaking. He s one of the men who was~ in Murphy's saloon when Clow was shot and was sus- pected of having stolen the diamond stud from Clow's shirt front. He finally confessed that be had taken the diamond and expressed & willingness to give it up. Hoasked per- mission, however, to send ove of his friends after it. This was granted and the diamond was turned over to the detectives, Shortly afterward a raid was made on Rogers' room in the Copper block and Mrs. Hogers, King and Trainer were arrested as accomplices, T Steamship Arrivals, At Philadelphla—The British Princess, from Liverpool, At New York—The France, from London; the State of Pennsylvunia, from Glasgo At Southampton—The Aller, from York, 3 The Weather Foreoast For Omaha and vicinity—Fair; colder, For Nebraska and Iowa-Fair; northerly winds; colder. For South Cakota—Fair; winds shifting to easterly ; warmer, ¢ —— A a Confirmations, Wisiixaroy, Dee, 11.—The president today sent to the senate the followin g nominations : Nuval Constructor ‘I'heodore D. Wilson, chief of the g of construction and repaurs and chief constructor of the navy with the rela- tive rank of commodore. Postmasters: Towa —William B. Means, Boone; Samuel Daniel, Marion. Ilinois—Henry C. Cullom, Joliet, Nevraska--Christinn Rupp, West Point. Contirminations: Ronusldo Pacheco of California, minister to the Central American states. Postmasters: Ilinois—H. C, Cul- lom, Joliet. towa—J. W, Stocker, Logan. South Dakota—C. E. Baldwin, Columbia, et tontaibeny DORSEY'S BANKING BILL, The House Will Be Requested to Pass the Measure. Wasniyaroy, Dee, 11.--The house commit- tee on banking and currency has adopted a resolution to request the house to set apurt for consideration and disposition Chmrman Dorsey's bill to reduce te §1,000 the minimum amount of United States bouds which national banks shall be required to keep on deposit and to permit the issue of circulating notes by natfonal banks o the full amount of the par value of bonds deposited. This would, it is said, increase the amount of money in civculation by 818,000,000 and would result in a freer issuc of national bank note ‘When the bill comes up fn the house Chair- man Dorsey will move an amendment to pro- vide for the issue of geeenbacks whenever the national bank cireulation falls below $155,000,000. Morrill of Kansas was authorized to report favorably the bill to subject national bank and United States treasury notes to state taxation, ow A Bold Robbery at Dubaque. Dunuque, Ta., Dec. 10.—[Special Telegram —At Richardsville, a small vil- lago in this county, a sianger wearing & mask appeared at the residence of John Beckes, @ prominent ‘busmess man, last night and demanded of Mrs. Beckds, who responded to his knook, ail the money fn the house, at the same time Jresenting rovol vor at ber head. She banaed him $12,50 taken from a bureau drawer, whereupon he said, *You have more thdn this, Give it to me or I will kill you.", The frightened woman then produced 31040 more, and the robber left after threatenige to kill her if she raised an alarm. There ifno clue to the robber, \ More Claims Against thi Stoux Ciry, Ta.,, Dec. 11,48 gram to Tur Bee.)—More m were filed today in the Dakota c court against the Pacific:Short I Seeley has aclaim for §24,400 for' along the line, The Sioux City and N Pontoon bridge company claim $12,000° W use of the temporary railway bridge put in at a cost of £30,000 especially for the Short Line, and Rathborne, Lord & Co. want_$180 for depot_stoves. This makes about $0,000 in licns filed during the past two days, and the claimants express little hope of realizing any- thing. hort Line. ecial Tele- nics’ liens district At His Old Trioks. Dunuque, Ta., Dee. 11.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee]—A fellow called “Jack the Pincher,” who terrified all the women in the upper part of this city some two yeurs ago, has resumed operations by suddenly goingup to all unattended women on the street after dark and pinching them viciously on the arms and other parts of thobody. The police are urying to catch him, . The Boone Elopers Captured. BooxE, Ta,, Dec. 11.—[Speclal Telegram to Tir Bee.]—Deveraux, the bpgus detective, and Mrs. Davis, wife of a Boone upholsterer, who eloped together a few days ago after being bagtized and ‘:owz&. urch, were captured in Janesville to A brought to Boone this evening. Davls, the woman's husband, will prosecute them to the full ex- tent of the law. A Sioux City Suicld Siovx Ciny, Ia, Dec. 11.—|Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]—Carl Paegar, aged thirty, was found this morning hanging in a new house on Nebraska streot, near Seven- teenth, He was a laborer and had evidently grown tired of battling with the world, and being out of work took his life, leaving his wife and two smull children fu poverty. The Horticulturists. AmiaNTic, Ta., Dee. 11.—[Special Telogram to Tue Bee]—This was the last day of the western Town horticultural meeting. Several intoresting essays were read. The meetings have been attended by large numbers of fac- mers and citizens, in addition to the regular members of the society. The meeting will ve held at Council Bluffs iext year, Fire at MarshalHtown, MarsiALLTOWN, 1a.,.Dec, 11.—Fire in the rear of the Fremont hotel block this after- noon caused a little damage to the hotel, but the stocks of Bromley, Ingeld & Co., boots and shoes ; Stearns’ clothing store, and Hoyt's grocery house were badly I‘Pamlgcd by water. The losses will aggregate $30,000. An Iowa Man Killed in Arizona. Mixyearol1s, Minn, Dec. 11.—T. S. Thompson of Mason Citwy, Ia., a wealthy stock dealer, has been killed in a railway wreck at Kingman, Ar —_—— Rolling Mill Operatives Laid Off. Cuicago, Dec. 11.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—A large number of men em- ployed by the Illinois steal ompany at South Chicago have been laid off, Comptroller Gray said that the mills were prosperous, but that the company always laid off a num- ber of men at the beginning of winter. Said he: “The men laid off arenearly all outside men, No operatives in the mills have been let out. ‘Ihe mills are running full, so there is not much danger of our laying many operatives off. We have a sliding scale of wages. The men’s P, is based upon the price per ton of ralls for the month, Of course there are always some differences to adjust. These matters are always tallked over and adjusted about the last of the year —the last week in Decembér usually. I don’t know that the company an#icipates’ any seri- ous trouble in making the adjustment this ear.” 4 “Will wages be reduced " “That will depend, under the sliding scale, upon the price of rails. Of course these financtal troubles have a d tho railroads, and the railroads are our jomers, If they buy rails at all they will haye to get them cheap, probably. If raifs” are cheaper the men will get léss money.” | Mlinois Farme Alllln::e. Peoria, 1L, Dee. Il.~The farmers' alli- ance adjourned tonight. iResolutions were adopted denouncing trasts, foreign owner- ship of lands, theliquor traftle, Chicago stock- yards charges, option dgaling in grain; in favor of a 2-cent passenge® fare, government control of railroads and telegraphs, free coin- agd, a uniform series of text books to be sup- plied by the state, and the election of all state officors by a direct vote of the people. They also favor an English education for every child, the Australian ballot system and the Conger lard bill. A. ¥, Brinson of North- ville was elected president. - — The Engiueer Hel@ Responsible, MixxeapoLis, Minn, Dee, 11,—The cor- oner's jury tonight laid the blame for yester- day’s railway accident, resulting in the death of Mr. and Mrs, Podd of Sioux city and their daughter, Mrs, C. E. 'ln&on, onthe engineer of the Omaha train, who admittea that ho was ruaning contrary to_rules. The bodies ‘were sent to Sioux City for burial, Four Oarpenters Serlously Injured. Dovvrn, Mion, Dee. 11.—By the falling of ascaffold av New Duluth four carpenters were precip.tated thirty feet andall seriously 1njured FINANCES TARE PRECEDENCE. They at Present Ocoupy the Attention of National Legislators, THE SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE SAVAGE. A Rumor That Frank Murphy Omaha Will be Appointed—The Original Greenbacker Dead ~Miscellaneous. of 5138 Founree Nt Streer, Wasmiveroy, D, C., Dee. 11 There has heon a great deal of talk around the capitol today about the financial situation in connection with the consideration of vari- ous measures, and especially the election bill. On the house side the action of the committee on banking and currency in de- termining to push the bills giving national banks the full par value of circulation upon bonds deposited, reducing the minimum of circulation required for each national bank t0$1,000 and authorizing the states to tax national bank notes, is regarded as evidence that at least that committee is determined to have some kind of action upon the national bank question at this session of congress. These are all old bills which have been acted upon fayorably by the senate committee and endorsed by Senator Sherman especially. ‘fhere is very little doubt mnow that these three bills will become laws at this session, but just what step will be taken towards free coinage and what will be done in any direction to make money more plentiful is left for the senate. The house awaits the pleasure of the upper branch of congress and expects it to take the initiative. There is a committee of New Engls chants in Washington trying to ind ator Hoar not to press the force bill any longer, but to give some attention to the financlal legislation Rmnling before congre: on the ground that the situation in the money centers requires tho immediate action of con- gress to prevent a panic and theruin of many merchants and manufacturers who may be saved if something is done to quiet the apprehension of the public and settle values, These gentlemen argue that 1t 1s not 80 much what congress does as the moral effect of doing something. Representative Chandler of Massachusetts, who is an old merchant and is now retired from business, accompanied the committee on their call upon the New England senators and supplemented their remarks by some ob- servations of his own to the same effect, that what the country needed now was not politi- cal legislatiod but the passage of some rueas- ure to relieve the money market. Today Representative Dorsey of Nebraska, chairman of the committee on bauking and currency, speaking of the financial situation, said: ‘“T'he circulating medium of the coun- try is too small, Nearly everyone admits thiat, but we could get along as we did before if confidence could be restored, and we hope todo that and to increase the circulation somawhat by the bill we will call up. The banks all have more money in their vaults than they ever had before. All the western members concur in that. Our little banks have twice s much money in their vaults as they for- merly carried. The big banks even discount our bills, and we have to protect ourselves. Then a great deal of money has been taken out of bauks by pcorhl who have become alarmed at the course of legislation and have locked their money in safe deposits, A great deal of money has been sent abroad to buy consols, Only the other day a man told me that he had put_ $1,000,000, about all he had, in English consols. Of course it is foolish, but people are alarmed.” JUDGE SAVAGE'S SUCOESSOR. It is rumored tonight in Nebraska circles that. Frank Murphy of Omaha will be ointed to the Union Pacifie d ip, ately occupied by Judge Savage, deceased. TUE ORIGINAL GREENBACKER DEAD, Spencer Mortou Clark, the man who de- signed and printed the first greenback, died at his home near Washington erday at the age of elghty years, He was in the oMice of thesupervising architect of the treasury, when, on August 20, 1862, it was decided to issue paper money by the government, Mr. Clark suggested the form and design to & tary Chase and was _authorized to orgamzo the bureau of engraving and printing, which isnow one of the largest establishments under the government. A PEMALE REFORMER, Charlotte Smith, the female labor agitator, is out with a circular, which she was handing to thesenators and representatives today as the head of the Woman’s National league, She protests agaiust ignoring “women’ on the world's fair board and recognizing only “ladies.”” She declares that these lady man- agers took mo part in securing the representation o women at the fair except & few ‘“parlor meetings." She gives along list of women such as Helen Campbell. Grace Dodge, Marion Todd and others distinguished in women’s work who have been 1gnored to give place to *‘ladies.” She adds: ‘‘All these women and many others who represent the industrial women of the United States have been complotely ignored and only a few ladies of natlonal reputation have been appointed in conse- quence of their political influence in the two leading parties, ignoring completely thogreat independent political labor® organization: such as organized labor, the alliance, tho leagues, the granges, the Knights of Labor, the federations, the unions, the prohibition® ists, ete.” In conclusion she says that as the Chicago board is to be made up of *‘ladies,” the wage-workers will have an industrial fair of their own, either at Washington or New York. She’ appeals to labor leagues, farmers’ alliance bodles, ete., to support this protest against what she says is an indignity to working women and a combine for an out- side woman’s fair, A ‘‘mass meeting’’ to con- sider the matter is announced to be held in New York on January 25. Charlotte Smith has prepared a bill, which Senator Blair will introduce, providing that 25 per cent of the typesetters in the government printing office s{ull be women, WESTERN BANKS SOUND, The New York Mail and Express has this editorial based upon an_interview with the editor of Tur Bee: “Editor Rosewater of Tue OMana Ber, as our Washington dis- hes today inform us, treats contemptu- £ Senator Gorman’s wild talk about financial dangers inthe west. Mr. Rose- water says that the western banks are sound and strong, and that business in general is in a healtby condition." 10WA JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, The bill introduced by Representative Kerr of Iowa, amending the act of July 20, 1882 dividing the state of Iowa.into two judicial districts, has been reported from the house committoe on ‘iml&clnry with favorable recom- mendation and an amendment. The bill pro- vides that the counties of Cedar, Johnston, Towa and Tama shall be transferred to the northern judicial district and the counties of Grunay, Hardiz, Batler, Bremer, Black Hawk, Benton, Lynn, Jones and Clinton shall constitute & new division in the northern dis- trict, called the Cedar Rapids division, the terws of which shall be held at Cecar Rap- ids, The amendment provides that all.cases and proceedings, civil and crimival, from other counties nawed now pending in other courts shall be continued to final adjudication or settlement in the courts where now pend- ing unless changed by order of the court. HEORGANIZATION OF THE INPANTRY, For six years now Senator Manderson has been trying hard to secure the passage of o bill for the reorgenization of the infantry mtore siments of twelve companies each in- iead of ton. "oday he is detlebted with tha prospect of ultimate succes: ‘The status of the case is just this: The house the latter partof last” session passed a bill to increase the number of artillery regiments from five ) seven and providiog for an fucrease of the oMeers and men in the artillery, Senator Manderson succeeding in placing on' that by l tho votes of the majority of the military his Wasnixarox Bureav Tiwe Ovam Bee, } three batallion infantry bill, which means the, organization of infantry regiments into twelve companies instead of ten, making it possiblo to organize three equal batallions n each regiment and conform to the cavalry and artillery arms of the sery This was done last session, but nothing ever came of the matter until today. Several yoars ago, when General Logan wi at the head of the military - committeo, Sena tor Manderson succecded in getting bis three battalion bills through the house committee and afterwards bhe succeoded in - passing it through t snate, but it never passed the house. The scheme has been urged forward by every general of thoarmy since the days of Grant, aud every secretary of war for many years back has scrongly advised the necessit ility of ‘this change. This moraing the seer of warand Gen- eral Scofield went before the military affairs committee of tho s reasons for desiring that this change should be made, and they finally agreed. There was some opposition on the part of members, © but the senator con- quered these by adding 8 proviso hat four second lieutenanteies in each regi- tof infantry were to be left vacant, thus saving an expense of a hundred second’ Jicu- tenants, Another feature which was added provides that no less than two thousand [n- dians shall be enlisted in the army as sol dic The steength of the army has also been increased by the bill to 10,000 men. MISCELLANEOUS, By aslip of the pencil somewhere Inter- state Commerce Commissioner Schoonmaker of New York was spoken of as & republican in theso dispatehes the other day in connec- tion with his retention on the commssion, whereus he should have been recorded as a democrat. It is believed that it would be better to retain Mr. Schoonmaker, who is a very capable democrat and lawyer, and make the political change when the commission of Mr. Morrison of Illinois, another democrat, expires. Representative Connell today introduced a Dill to retire national bank circulation and to issue gold and silver certificates instead. John S. King of Chamberlain, S. D., a rail- road commissioner of that state, is here. Christian Rupp was today appointed post- master at West Point, Neb, B. T. Lito has been appointed a fourth class postmaster at Lowell, Henry county, Towa, vice A. S, Williamson, removed. J. N. H. Patrick, Herman Drake and o8 Yost of Omaha are here. Mr. Yost is going to New York on telephone business, whilo 5 15 looking after the vacant Union Pacific directorship for Henry W. Yates, This evening's Star says: ptain John . Bourke, who has been on special duty in this city for several years, has been ordered to rejoin his regiment, The order does not take effect until spring, Captain Bourke was on duty with the Pan-American congress and was one of the most efficient factors of the success of the great tourof the delegates throughout the country. He has lately beea working on the records of the congress and will les when that duty is completed, In the claim of J. . Parrett of Rapid Cit y, 8. D., the secretary of the iuterior today de- cided'that the losses sustamed by the claim- ant on account of Indian depredations in 1577 aggregate $3,3%0 and that he be awarded damages to the amount Ufltl,bil ERRY Heari, ~—— GRESHAM UPHOLDS BLODGETT. Counselman and Peasley in Contempt for Refusing to Testif CuieaGo, Dee, 11.—Judge Gresham this morning decided the petition for habeas cor- pus presented on behalf of Charles Counsel- man, the board of trade man, and James C. Peasley, treasurer of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad company, and held in both cases that the orders of the district court adjudg- 1ng both gentlemen in contempt and that they should be fined and imprisoned, was ou- thorized. Mr. Counselman and Mr. Peasley were remanded to the marsba | and the opinions in each case explain the|whole matter. The attorneys for the petitioners will ap- peal to the United States supreme court, In his decision Judge Gresham finds that Cou selman can be m to testify before a grand jury because o is fully protected against punishment on his own evidence in that sec- tion 860 of the revised statutes Provents ax evidence he may give under such procedure from ever being used to criminate him. In the Peasley case the petitioaer is placed in the same attitude. The force of Judge Gres- ham's ruling 1s very great, It is looked upon by the most eminent lawyers as firmly cstab lishing the interstate commerce law by pro- viding an avenue by which to reach violators. Changing Union Pacitic Methods. PiirApeLeiis, Dec, 11,.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.]—The first effect of Jay Gould's acquisition of the Union Pacific road felt in this city was a letter from the general freight agont of the company to the Philadelphia con- tracting agent, received yesterday, instruct- ing him to closo up his office December 41 and report in New York for duty. The Union Pa- cific has maintained an expensive oftice here for years, and now rents a fine suite of rooms- in the Bullit building, where several clerks and soliciting agents are employed. The leaso will be given up and the employes traus- ferred to other cities, The abolition of this office s in pursuance of Gould’s plan, which will be undoubtedly adopted at. Lhfigrunhlenl&' meeting, for rosmriuf harmony and establish- ing a uniformity of rates' among _western lines, Instedd of @ separate and expen- sive organization of soliciting agents for cach western road in every eastern :city, there will be but one commissioner in Chi- cago. All business . originating in Phila- delphia designed for western points will bo forwarded by whatever line the Philadelphia sub-commissioncr may select. He will take care, of course, to divide the business equit- ably among the roads in the association. There will therofore be no occasion for the services of any soliciting agents, The Switchmen's Strike at Ogden. OopEN, Utah, Dec. 11.—|Special Telogram w Tue Bek,|—There were no new develop- ments in the switchmen’s strike in the Unlon Pacific yards here today. The officials of the aivision did the work as. they had done yes- terday and probably will do today. They claim that they moved 200 cars today ahd will move fifty more tomorrow, They deny that there is anything like a blockade here and no loud complaiuts have been heard from the public. No attempts were made today to compromise the dificulties by negotiation, The switchmen are holding a meeting tonight but refuse to state what, if any, decisions were arrived at. Three brakemen who assaulted Yardmaster Nicholson on Wednesday were held on pre- liminary examination today to the grand jury. They gave a bond of $40. 'The charge was assault with intent to do great bodily injury. ! A New Western Railroad, Saur LakE, Utah, Dec. 11, —[Special Tele- gram to Tnr Ber.]—The Seattle, Boise City & Salt Lake railroad company filed articles of incorporation yesterday. The capital stock is §20,000,000, divided into200,000 shares of the par value of §100 each. It will run from Seattle to Spokane Falls, thence through the Pelouse valley to Lewiston, through the Seven Devils country to Fayette, thence to Boise City, toMountaiu Home and Salt Lake. The ofticers are I. K. Fulton, president; A. B, Moss, vice president; J. W. Bates, general managey; Joseph Pinkham, treasurcr; M. L. Sproat, sceretary, The road will be bonded for $17,000 permile. Surveyors ave here now, and work will be commenced a8 soon as the depot Jfrm.mgls and right-of-way can be secured. Boise City will contribute liberally to this road. el Rallway Bonds at Anction. New York, Deo. 11.—By order of the reor- ganlzation committee, the St. Louis & Chicago rallway company's $350,000 first mortgage bonds and all nghts, title and intevest of the reorganization committee of the road in the new first mortgage bouds and Lhe capital | stock of the North & South railway company of Illinols, have sold at suction, NUMBER 177. CONRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The House Agreos Without Discussion to the Fortification Appropriation Bill, POSTOFFICES AND SAVINGS BANKS, Mitchell Offors a Resolution of Ine quicy Upon the Subject—Wilson of lowa Favors thy Federal Election Measure, Wisiiyaroy, Doe. 11,—Soon after meeting the house it into committeo of the whole on the fortification approvriation bill. The bill was agreed to without discussion, and the comgnittee, having visen, tho bill passed, together with a bill appropriating $400,000 to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding. The house passed the bill amending section 6515 of the revised statutes to provide a penalty forany person having the custody of ballots and returns after an election had been held who shall alter such returns or orase tho name of any candidate for ropresentative or delegate in cong from any ballots fn his custody or in any way alter or deface the same with inteut to affect the result of such election. The bill was then taken up to amend the anti-polygamy law by providing that per- sonal property formerly belonging to the Mormon chureh, which is now in the hands of a receiver, shall bo placed in the common school fund territory, Without completing its consideration the house laid it aside as unfinished business and went into commttea ot the whole on bills from the public land committee, Payson called up the bill to indemnify s of swamp lands and reimburse ral states forlands due them under mp lands act. discussion thecommittee roso toclose * the debate, but Mr. Holman raised the point of 10 quorim and the house adjourned te. WasHixaToy, Dec. 11.—In the senate today the vill appropriating $200,000 to provide and equip a steam vessel for boarding purposes at Chicago, 111, was possed. The action of the senate in concureing fn the house amendment fora public building at Sioux City, 1n., was , considered and then the amenament was non-concurred in aud the bill sent to a conference, Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution (which was agreed to) instructing the postoftice committee to inquire into the feasibility and advisability of a law for postal savings banks in connection with all ov certain classes of postoffices throughout the countrs ‘The resolution offered yecterday for daily meetings of the senate at 11 a. m. and for ro- cesses from 5to 8:50 p.m. was taken up. “The discussion was kept up amid consider- able excitement until 2 o'clock when it went 1t action. ction bill was then taken up and n of Towa addressed tho senato in its advocacy. The question which con- fronted congress was one of duty. In several states not only the right of tho individual citizen had been outruged, but the equality of states in the matter of representation had been denfed, Thus Mississippi and South Caro.dna, with a vote of 341,119, sent fourteen mombers to the house of ' represcutatives while Iowa, with o voting poputatia - 203,255, sent but ecleven members, people of the coontry coula mnot believe that the people of Mississippr and South Caroling were as free to use tho ballst as the people of Towa. Nor wouid the people be content until absolute setety was assured in the use of the ballot, nor unti! fairness and good fuith was shown in the counting of the samein each state. The country must do right, thatevery citizen, be he white or _colored, shall cast his vote us is his right and have it counted as it is cast. 1f congress obeyed the dictates of duty it would establish peace throughout the republic. 1f it refused it would but involve the country in the perils of retributive justice, which was ever the ally of the op- pressed. Mr. Frye said the pending bill was not one- tenth part stringent enough. If in_orderto secure the right of an American citizen to freely cast his ballot and have it counted it wis necessary to put a bayonct behind every ballot he would do so. [Appluuse and hisses in the gallery, which were promptly sup- The Daniel commented on Mr. Frye's declaration, saying it was not the conception of a republic which its founders had, and was not the conception of a republic the American people had today. After an executive session tho senate adjourned. LU S S Wade Hampton's Successor. Coruwia, 8. C., Dec. 11.—J, L. M. Irby was elected United States senator today to succeed Wade Hampton. John Laurens Manning Izby was born in Laurens, 8. €., September 10, 1854, He at- tended the University of Virginia and after- wards Princeton, He practiced law but two - | Il vears, and since then has resided on & planta- tion near Laurens and farmed successfully, When he entered the gglllk'll arena four f'em ago he at once became a prominent leader, He espoused the cause of the farm- ers’ movement at its inception and was an ardent admirer of Captain Tiliman, e Bureau of Animal Industry. WasniNGTON, Dec. 11.—The annual report of the bureau of animal industry say: With the ultimate object in view of discov- ering some method of preventing disease In swine the bureau endeavored to produce ar- tificially a drug which would have the same composition and effect as bacterial products. These researches have been in the main sne- cessful, and the report claims that a sub- stance has been produced which not only resembles the bacterial product of the hog cholera germ in composition, but which has quite the same power of conferring immu- nity from discas ———ee Invahd Pensions. WasmiNGToN, Dec. 11,—Morrill, chairman of the house committe on invalid pensions, today received a note from the pension com- nilssioner, who has just concluded examining the claims, recorded under the new act, show- ing 271,046 original invalid claims, 65828 original widovrs claims und 295,330 claims filed by old claimants. This gives only about 7,000 new claims filed under the late law. Morrill regards this statement as evidence that the ux‘lwudllul'u for pensions under the new act will be much less than anticipated., iy The Relief of Niedy Settlers, 8. D, Dee. 11.—[Special Telegram .| —Consignments of feed and fuel for poluts in the northern part of the state where relicf is needed arve beginning to ar- rive. County officers and. relief committees are urging shipments in order to get supplies to points where oid is urgent while the pres- ent fiue weather continues, The reduced freight rates that have just gone into effect will greatly expedite the work. ' e 1linofs State G Srrixerien, 1L, Dee The state grange today adopted resolutions de-' manding the appointment of ‘George Ball as railroad and warehouse commissioner; the election of United States senators by the ple: placing binders and mowers on the fres ist, and the exclusion of liquor from the world's fuir grounds, A Crocked Clirk. Bostox, Mass,, Dec. 11,—Henry B. Blue, & clerk omployed by Thomas H, Perlins & Co., stock brokers, was arrested at noon today charged with the embezzlewent of $17,000,