Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1890, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BEE TWENTIETH YEAR OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19 NORE SKIRMISHES REPORTED. | Oolonel Day's Sconting Tour Along Butte and 8pring Crocks. HE HAD FOUR BRUSHES WITH INDIANS. Government Wagons Attacked and One Soldier Wounded, But the Reds Driven Away With- out Loss of ldfe. Rarm Ciry, 8, D., Dee. 18— [Special Telo- gram to Tre Bre.|—The Indian situation along the Cheyenne is practically unchanged, Troop F, Sixth cavalry, joined General Carr today and tomorrow morning two companies of the Seventeenth infantry will leave for his camp at the mouth of Rapid creek, Major Perry’s command has been joined by Scout Gus Crave, who reports that near Smithville a large number of Indians were scen and shots exchanged between them and the escort of the wagon train, About forty Indians attacked the government wagons and over one hundred shots were exchanged. Oue soldier was wounded and another shot through the cap. A troop of Cantain Wells’ cavalry came to the rescue and the Indians decamped. Colonel M. H. Day .of this city, who has scouted during the past week in the vicinity of Battie and Spring creeks, came in at noon. His command of cowboys and ranchers, num- bering sixty-two, had four skirmishes with the Indians, On Monday eighteen of the force crossed the Cheyenne and advanced fourteen. miles up Battle creck draw to the Mesa, on which one hostile camp is located. The Indians came out in force and drove them back across the river. Colonel Day gives the details of the night at- tack on Phinneys ranch, where with ten men he stood off the Indians four four hours. The savages set firo to the corrall and poured in a brisk fire. While Colonel Day and a ranchman were putting it out they fired the prairie in‘all directions, but a change in the wind saved the ranch buildings. Colonel Day says that there ave from eight huadred to one thousand fight- fng Indians in the bad lands The largest camp is six miles north of the table where the principal camp was supposed 0 be located. “The Indians wanted to fight,” said he, “and came out to meet us, well armed and mounted, whea we approached their camps,” General Miles has been extremely busy during the day. When asked by a corre- spondent what the situation was tomight he said it was more favorable than earlier in the ay. Whe thousand Indfans seen by s scoutcross- ing from Standing Rock to the bad lands dwindles to seventy according to ofticial dis- patches, fifteen of Sitting Bull’s band having yoturned to that agency. General Brooke wires that 500 friendly Indians will start Fri- day morning for the Brule camp to attempt 10 bring in the 120 lodges, the estimatod force of the hostiles now in the bad lands. The infantry stationed at Pierre has started to cross the reservation to fill _the gap on the northeast. General Carr and the commands at Oclrichs and French creek have recelved instructions to keep a sharp outlook for bands nm\'lnf northward. e ad- vance reported from Pine Ridge will probably be postponed until the re- sult of _the fic errand of the friendly Indians , which will not be hefore the first of the week.: % The opinion {s freely expressed here among ranchmen that many Indians have bit the dust duriog the past weelk, as many of the gottlers were engaged inthe skirmishes at Dailey's and Phinney’s and near the hostile camps who are crack rifle shots, REDS VERSUS REDS, A Band Sent from Pine Ridge to the Bad Lan Pixe Rivor Acexcy, S. D. (via Rushville, Neb.), Dec. 18.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.)—Another move to make Indian con- quer Indian materialized here this morning {n apparently very robust shape. Itis a rep- etition of the effort of aweek ago, onlyan moro substantial form. A rustle is being made to get together a company of about, five hundred of these friendlies, arm them and send them to the bad lands with advices—no one says orders—to induce thoe hostiles to let g0 of their penchant for war and join their good brothers here at the agency. This second move to pit red and red is the result of @ big council held late last night In _the vicinity of Red Cloud's camp and attended by @ large number of in- fluential Indians. So far as learned no whites were present. The idea of making up a purse of ponies and provisions to be offered the hos- tiles as an inducement to come in was favor- ably considered and will undoubtedly form @ foature of the expedition. The plan seems 1o be, so far as itis possible to ascertain at thns writing, to make a final proposition of peace, including & Presentation of the bribe, " 1f Short Bull and Kicking Bear, the now recognized leaders of the bad lands gang, elevate their nostrils at this, then tho peace- makers will go in and try apd clean them out, 88 o prominent official has it, providing of course that tho braves of the two B’s don’t ump in and massacre them while the ques- oxn of special inducements is under consider- tion. *Tho rosult will, it is_expectod, be known *— by Saturday night. Whether in the mcan- tame General Miles will make a move by him- seli remains to be seen. Should a scout. come Aushing in about tomorrow night and an- nounce that the 500 had resorted to force, the military will rush to the rescue. In the meantime—and let the public at large mark well the fact—Two Strike and his band of 1084, who by slow stages were coaxed to leave the bad lands, are camped here within @ stone's throw of the ageney buildings and bhave been allowed to retain every one of their guns, all their ammunition, their scalp- ing knives and everything else. ' All of the 1, are not men, but 400 of them are. A large number of them are riding around in T¥ont of town about all the time on_ thelr ron,lu and carrymg their Winchesters on heir ) Fort; of the Indian scouts recently en- listed here and admirably drilled by Lieuten- ant Tailor of thé Ninth cavalry, were sent to Rapld City this noon in response to a tele- gram from General Miles, C. H.C Another Outbreak Threatened. Courax, Wash.,, Dec. 18,—The Indians near Almota threaten an outbreak because the sheriff of Adams county has seized a number of horses belonging to a chief be- cause of default in taxes. The situation is serious, WANT HOSTILES PED OUT. That is the Sentiment in Congress and the War Department, Wasuxaroy, Dee, 18.—[Special Telegram o Tur Ber,]—The United States troops will be sustained by congress and the war depart- ment if they avail themselves of the opportu- nity and wipe oft the face of the earth the reds who have fled to the bad lands for the purpose of deviltry of all sorts. The pinion here is that it 1s time to teach the dians o lesson which even their posterity not forget and which will be wholesome. Thekilling of Sitting Bull is especially matter of satisfaction among statesmen. Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts, chairman of the senate committoe ou Indian affairs, says: “Sitting Bull never seomed to have any of these gualities which in theIndian have won eituer the admiration or respect of the white people, All bis ipstincts sid iwipulses like his whole lifo were low. He had nothing in him of the courage of the real Indian. His influence on the Indians has been bad from the beginning and he has done all in his power to check the progress of the race to which he belonged." Senator Sanders of Montana says: “Most of the work Sitting Bull did was performed by somebody else, His fighting was univer- sally by proxy and the domestic labor per- taining to his’ home was entirely vicarious, as his squaws can testify. He was anews- uper Indian, craving notoriety and dead- ead advertisement. 1 knew him as a war- rior and can say truthfully that when he was not taking any risks he exposed bhimself fearlessly. " Senator Paddock said: “As far as lis de- cease is concerned, I am satisfied, but I have yory serious approhensions a8 to what may follow. If the Tndians think it necessary to avenge his taking off they will not seek out the individuals who actually killed him. They will attack the first white people they meet The consequences may be most serious to sottlers iu the northwest.” Sitting Bull's Followers. Pienne, S, D., Dec. 18.—An Indian Scout arrived at Fort Bennett bringing word that Sitting Bull's followers who had escaped when their chief was killed had camped tho night before at the mouth of Turner creek of the Moreau river, being on their way to the bad lands, Colonel Merriam's command of the Seventh regiment has started to intercept the bostiles, A storeman in today says Sitting Bull's men with stragglers picked up amounting in all to about three hundred warriors, were seen today going south under the leadership of Old Rainin The Face. There is little doubt they were bound for the bad lands. Eacer to Move. VaLeNTINE. Neb., Dec. 18.—[Special Telo- eram to Tue Bee.|—-Everything ison the move at Rosebud. There s a gattling and Hotchkiss gun drill.daily. The cavalry is prepared to mowe on short notice. Recruits are drilling on the skirmish drill constantly. The whole cinmand-isin good health and spirits and eagei to move, Bull Head Dead., St. PAuL, Minn,, Dec. 18.—A special from Fort Yates says: Bull Head, the licutenant of Indian police who led in the capture of Sitting Bull, died this evening, Reports at the agency fonight indicate that the fugi- tives from Sitting Bull's camp are preparing 10 return to their abandoned homes. Kiowas and Comanches Dancing. Ausmiy, Tex., Dec. 18.—The governor has information from the border that the Kiowas and Comanches are engaged in a “smoke’ dance and the settlers are becoming alarmed. The governor has ordered arms and ammuni- tion sent to the settlers in Greer county. Negroes Catch the Craze. MiNNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, Dec, 18.—The Journal’s Bismarck (N. D.) special says: It is reported that the negroes in Mandan are affected with the Messiah craze and that they are holding nightly meetings in an empty government building. THE FINANCIAL BILL, It is Revorted to the Senate from the Committee. ¥ ‘Wasnixerox, Dec. 18.—Senator ‘Sherman reported to the senate from the finance com- mittee this morning the financial bill agreed upon by the republican caucus last night, and it was recommitted to the finance com- mitteo. The only change of consequence was to limit to bauks having a capital of $50,000 cach the gperation of the provision reducing 1,000 the compul requirement of de- ‘.t.h the treasury, lnualmto features of "the bill here- tofore described the measure contains a re- quirement upon the secretary of the treasury 10 i8sue treasury notes to the amount of $10,- 000,000, based upon abraded and otherwise uncurrent subsidiary silver coin not in the treasury also Seaator Allison's proposition for an international arrangement to secure uniformity in the ratio in silver coinage with [y vaisiun for the appointment of three com- missioners to represent the United States, JEWISH PERSECUTIONIN RUSSIA Carilinal Gibbons Writes a Letter in Reference to It. BAvuTIMORE, Md., Dec. 18,—The Jewish Ex- ponent will publish tomorrow a letter from Cardinal Gibbons on the subject of perse- cution of Jews in Russia. In the letter the cardinal says that everybody who is a friend of humanity must deplore this persecution. For his part he cannot conceive how Chris- tians can entertain that kind of sentiment toward the Hebrew race when it is consid- ered how much we are indebted to them. We have from them the inspired volume of the old testament. Christ, the founder of our religion, His blessed mother as well as the apostles were all Jews, and those facts attach him strongly to the Jewish race. Long ex- perience has shown that no race or people can be exterminated by persecution, it A ot A WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH, Only One of Her Legs Left to Tell the Story of Her Fate. New Yorxk, Dec. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue BEE,]—The engineer of a train on the Staten Island railroad was startled last nicht as the train struck the urestle work between Livingston and the Snug Harbor to see flash out in the glare of his headlight what he took to be a red danger signal moving in short quick jerks. He stopped his train and investigated. He was horror-stricken to find, not a danger signal, but a human leg wrapped in a piece of red flannel petticoat. The leg was cut off close to the thigh, It was evi- dent that & woman had been struck by a wrain, her leg cut off and the body thrown into the river by the motion of the train. The rest of vhe body has not been recovered and was undoubtedly carried off by the swift fiowing tide. R TR ESCAPED IN NIGHTCLOTHES., o Guests in a Burning English Hot:l Have a Close Call. Loxpoy, Dec. 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee]—The Grand hotel at Margate caught fire last night and despite the efforts to extinguish the flames the hotel was de- stroyed. The fire broke out after the inmates had retired and the flames spread with such rapidity that when they were awakened thoy bad no time to save their clothing or personal effects, but were compelled to rush from the burning building in their nightclothes, Great excitement prevailed and many of the guests had narrow escapes. No lives were lost and theonly person reported hurt is a barmaid ‘who was injured by jumping from a window. — ———— IDAHO ELECTS SENATORS, Ex-Delegate Dubois . Gets Year Term, Boise Crry, ldaho, Dec, 18,—In the jomnt session of the legislature today Governor Shoup, W. J. McConnell and: Fred T. Dubols were elected United States senators. Shoup and McCounell got the short terms, ending March 4, 1891, und March 4, 1803, while Du- bois gets the full term of six years from March 4 next. the Six- The Weather Forecast, For Omaba and vicinity—Fair; stationary temperature, For Nebraska and Iowa-Fair; southerly winds ; warmer except in western Nebraska; colder. For South Dakota—Warmer; fair; east to south winds, e Strike of Freight Handlers. LupiNaToy, Mich,, Dec, 18.~Freight trafic over the Flint & Pierre Marquette railroad was tied up today by a striko of freight biaudiers agatust reduction of wages. A FATAL WRECK IV CANADA. Terrible Accident to the Fast Express on the Intercolonial Road, SIX KILLED AND OVER FORTY INJURED, Thirteen of the Latter Will Probably Die—A Passenger Train Goes Through a Trestle in Ohio. Quenec, Dec. 18.—When the fast express train from Halifax on the Intercolonial road was passing St. Joseph station this morning the secoad class car jumped the track, dragged the first class carand sleeper with it, and also derailed the mail car and baggage car abead. The sccond class car struck the west- ern abutment of the bridge and was smashed 10 atoms against the solid stone. The first class car was badly shattered. The sleeper fortunately turned asido and did not telescope the wrecked cars, The mail car went down the embankment, Tho engino and derailed baggage car continued on_for a few hundred yards, The dead are five in number. _Their names are, Dionne, Gauvin, Blais, Leclair and Winner, Conductor Walker was badl hurt and very few of the passengers escap: without more or less injury, Later—At midnight the” work of clearing away the debris had not been completed. One more body has been taken out, a Jewish peddlar, namounknown. It is believed that two or three more bodies will be found when the wreckage is all cleared. Not less than forty people were injured. Of these Mr., Mrs, and Miss Fuller of Hali- fax, John Cole of St. Gervais, Thomas Foley of Halifax, Michael Lebet Kamouriska, Brakeman Beaucleu, Everest Coyett, John Simpson of Montieal, Mrs, Beauche- min, B. J. Farrold, Abbey Mignault and’ another priest form Sandy Bay will vrovably die. ~The remainder of the injured are suffermg from broken limbs, severe scalp wounds and concussions. Incomming trains brought hundreds of relatives of the killed and wounded, and the excitement is intense, Went Through a Trestle. NorwALk, O., Dec. 18.—A passenger train on the Wheeling & Lake Erie broke through a trestlo near Boliver this afternoon and killed Mrs, Ada Hall of Sharrodsville, O., Harry Hill and Miss Carrie Hill of Shelby county, Tllinois, and one unknown woman. A dozen or more passengers were severely burt. Mrs, Pepper, ono of the injured, can- not recover, and Mr. Conrad’s chances are also doubtful, Tho rails spread as the train was passing over the trestle, but only the last codch of the train went down. The car pluned into the Tuscorawas river, thirty feet below. The scene of the wreck was a long distance from a telegraph station and details are hard to obtain, The latest report tonight is that none of the injured save Charles Conrad will die. The others escaped with broken limbs and bruises, SOUTHERN 1MMIGRATION, Opening of the Interstate Convention at Asheville. Asuevinie, N, C., Dec. 18,—The interstate immigration convention began business this morning. Tiwo resolutions were introduced deprecating sectional animosity and protest- 1ng against the passage of the elections bill, Both were referred. ng the over and extending to brethren in the norti and west invitations to come and make their homes and aid the southeruers in developing this, the richest country in natural resources, climate and location of any sec- tion on the face of the earth. The resolutions end with a call for half a million sons of toil and half a mil- lion manufacturers of the north and west *‘to make their homes with us and join in the de- velopment of this land.” Referred. The committee on railroad matters made a report favoring “home seckers” and land ex- cursion tickets to Yromobfi and encourage 1m- migration and asking that a committee be ap- pointed to apply to several railroad associa- tions for an extention of the sale of such tickets. As tne practice of scalping or ticket brokerage makes these tickets hazard- ous to the revenue of the rail- ronds in many instances, the com- mittee recommends that the convention nemorialize congress to prohibit scalping or ticket brokerage by an amendment to the in- terstate commerce lmv; also recommends that edach state delegation bring the matter strongly to the attention of thelr congress- men and legislatures, This resolution was adonted. General Manager Chilton of the southern interstate association, in .his annual rc&xm.. referred to the gooa work accomplished by the Florida bureau in sending exhibits to the north, A great deal has been done in the ad- vertising line, and southern products have been displayed in several northern states and Canada, If the means will justify the association proposes to engage speakers to address meetings in the north, east and west and contend against the prejudice toward the south. 1Itis also proposed to use a stereopti- con showing views of interestin the south, ete., and representatives will start out within ninety days. 1If the convention endorses the plan and scope of the work mapped out the association will become the most powerful body of men ever gotten together for the up- building of any country, and the success that will speedily come to the south will be a marvel to the whole world. A vote of thanks was tengdered Chiiton, and he was re-elected general Tnanaget of the bureau, Crmamil ot Emperor William d the Schools. Berwy, Dec, 18, —Emperor William in a speech on Wednesday ut the close of the edu- cational conference, referring to the fact that surprise was expressed because in his speech at the opening of tho conference he made no allusion to religion, said he would make it a sacred duty to see that a Christian spirit was cultivated and increased in the schools. “We are now,” he said, ‘‘in a period of transition, hastening toward a new century. believe I have divined the spirit of time in this matter, as in matters of social reform, and am resolved to venture into paths that if not trodden now we would be forced to tread twenty years hence.! The emperor concluded by agam impressing on his hearers the necessity of paying special attention to the study of modern history. e Two Executed and One Respited. Covomuus, O., Dec. 18.~Thero was to have been a triple execution in the Ohio peniten- tiary tonight, and Governor Campbell last evening gavd his final decision as to why he would not interfere in either case. Smith was convicted of the murder of Stephcn Skid more in Pike county and bas been given four respites ponding wn Investization of bis guilt, Notwithstanding his decision of last night Governor Campbell gave an audience to Bishop Watterson and Attorney Booth, and consented to firaut another respite to March 20 ‘The other two men were ex- ecuted—Elmer Sharkey for the murder of his mother, & widow, near Eston, Preble county, January 12, 1889, and_Houry Popp for the murder of Morris Grether, a -.loonfieepur, at Cauton, i — + Dock Laborers Strike, Grastow, Deo. 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee.|—The dock laborers here have strucl, owing to their employers having notified thém that henceforth they would em- ploy only non-union men. e An Omahan in Luck. WASHINGTON, l)mls.—[Spedu Telegram to Tagk Bee.)—H, L. Seward of Omaha has | NUMBER 184, been, upon the Manderson, appoin the Indians on the ervations, Mr. Se in this work in the Ins splendid satisfaction. e THE GREAT EASTR&N STOKM, Three Miles of Freight Trains Stalled on the Dy, L. & W. Ermma, N. Y, Dés 18,~The heavy snow storm of yesterday has developed into a regu- lar blizzara, All trains ave late and street cars could not be run until noon. Tho Tioga railrond is completely blockaded and there are three miles of Delaware, Lackawana & Western freight trains stalled at Addison, no trains having been sent south since yester- day, and none haviug came from that di- rection, Wirkessanne, Pa, Deée. 18.—The snow storm here is the heaviest experienced in the Wyoming valley for some years, and at noon it continued unabated. A'rains on the various railroads running into this city are snow bound at various places. BeLueroxte, Pa, Dee, 18.—Snow s our {nches deep on & level nere and trains are blockaded. Pirtsnura, Pa,, Dee. 18, —The great snow storm isover. Business H88 been resumed and no move trouble is apprehended unless a sudden thaw or heavy rain sets in. This would cause a disastrous flood. The monetary loss is very great and will reach away up in the thousands, KxoxyitLe, Tenn., Dec. 18.—Snow has been falling in this section since Tuesday, and the schedule of trains on the Norfolk & ‘Western railroad had to be abandoned on ac- count of the deep snow. In southwest Vir- ginia a hoavy snow fall re) " Lock HAvew, Pa. 18,—The storm ceased this moruing, et ng nearly two feet ot snow on the ground, {Great damage wis done to orchatds. A PortuaNp, Me.,, Dec.i18.—A great sleet and snow storm has cove trees and wires with ice, doing great dai e, Three horses were killed this afternoofl by coming in con- tact with a broken electric light wire, A number of vessels have gone ashore along the coast, mostly fishing schooners, of Senator e oensus of d Jocko res- experience Ty and gave 0 i The Storm in Virginia. HarnrisoNnura, Va., Dée.” 18,—A passenger train on the Valley braneh of the Baltimore & Ohio was derailed today by a snow drift. Six trainmen were badly hurt, but the pas- sengers escaped with on aking up. The heaviest snowstorm ful years pre- vailed Tuesday ana Wednesaay, Tho weather is very cold ana the wind blowing a hurri- cane. -~ A building in course of erection was blown “down und roofs ‘erushed in by the weight of the snow. - The fall was nearly twentytwo inches on & level, with drifts eight to ten feet dn:r“ In the mountains west there aro drifts thirky feet high. THE KEAN FAILURE. it An Assignment by thgBank Accord- ing to A, ent. Cnoaao, Deo, 18.5-S§ Kean, doing a bank business under thie aame of S. A, Kean & Co., assigned this as arranged for last night. Fennell, attorpey for the banker, says that the failure was the result of the steady drain on the finandgs of the institution for the past two weel Reports detr- mental to the bank were circulated, result- ing in the withdrawal of funds, Over 200,000 were taken™ gut within that time, While there % “plenty of secur- ities in the bank, jvere not mar- ketable under the present’ monetary condi- tions without sacrificing ney says that the ou liabilities in full. ! It is learned that the do peopl~ who wil] s through. their Iosm.m d!: pusiness with the 4 ments are tigation o tution was begun before Judge Scales afternoon. _According to the replies made by Assignee Jucobs, the assets, exclusive of Kean’s peosonal estate, would aggregate $1,353,000, and the liabilities $1,400,000. The assets consist of land scrip, various municipal and other bonds, cash on hand $7,000, etc. ~Of the liabilities, $500,000 are due depositors and $000,000 dne banks on bonds deposited for loans, Assignee Jacobs is a close friend of Kean, Hesaid that_last Saturday Keah came to himand told him the deposits wer@ gomg very fast and ne would like to have some gentlemen look into the affairs uf the bunk and tell him what to do. Over $250,000 had been drawn out within ten days, Kean said some one had circulated reports that'the bank was un- sound and a rush to withdraw deposits fol- lowed. A meeting of bankers was held yes- terday afternoon and-they decided to ican Kean™ $70,000 if he conl 't $30,000 more. They wanted a guarantge for the 70,000, however. Kean and Ji secured a prom- ise of aid from Fowlg® the packer, and William Deering, the ter manufacturer, but could get no one elsa. ~ Then they were wformed that an attachment had been filed against the bank by one of the creditors, and he decided to assign 3 Warrants for the arrest-of Kean and_his cashier were served this afternoon. Both were soon released on bail, Considerable interest was aroused by a re- port that the National :Woman’s Christian Temperance union had been a depositor at the bonk, The Woman's Christian Temperance union is erecting o magnificent temple in Chicago, work on which had been under way but & short time, Investigation this evening showed that not only the Woman's Christian. Temperance Union Building association but nearly all the numerous organizations that oluster around the big temperance union were depositors at the bank. The “gift fund®’ of the templo as- sociation withdrew its aceount a month ago, but returned it again. A deposit of several thousand dollars was made just before the bank closed for the last time. The treasurer of the Woman’s Christiag Temperance union itself had an account, there, as did also the Women’'s temperance publication eompany, the two Woman's Ciiristian Temperanc union restaurants in this city and the treas- urer of the lecture burear ~ Altogevher the temperance organizations have, it is esti- mated, upwards of $30,000 in the institution. Ncnrl{ all the Methodist ministers in the city did their banking with Kean, but it is understood that .most of them have been withdrawing their deposits recently. Provipexce, R, 1. ec, 18,—Owon Bros., nts to the Atlantio mills, bave assigned. Liabilities large. The mills will continue running as usual under ,Manager Stephen 0. Metchalf. The ass of Owen Bros, refuses to give any figu The failure is a serious one, The causesyas the stringency of the money market. Five years ago the syoolen mills at St Croix, N. B,, failed, owjug about 100,000, The concern had been ly backed by Owings Brothers and_th@w.have since boen taking up notes for the ludebtedness, The last of these fell due this month, but owing to the great stringency in. the money market Owens was unable to oblgin the loans neces- sitated by this drain, NasuviLLe, Tenn., Dpé. 18, —McGehels & Co. of Rome, Ga,, Whol erocers and cot- ton factors, have assigis Liabilities, $150,- 000; assots about the . Bostox, Mass,, Deo. the Atlantic mjlls state tas the mills are not affected by the fallure of Owen Bros, and and that the latter's liabilities are $100,000. ~The managers of s ik A Presbyterian Minister's Address. Dusuiy, Dec. 18.-=Rev. Mr. Park, moder- ator of the Presbyterian sssembly at Belfast, bas issyed an address to his brethren in Great Britain in behalf, he says, of 1,200,000 of Irish non-conformists, who are unani- mously opposed to home yule except ib the shape of & local 'government measure con- ferred by’ the lmpe:: pariiament, which 1s alone competent to 1 with any remedial legislation for Ireland, e LR Soap Men Meet. Cuicago, Dec,#'18—~Fhe Northwestern soap manufacturers’ association inet here toduy with delegates from lowa, Wisconsin, Tllinois and the Dakotas to' talk over the question of terms and discounts for the com- ibg year. They declined to make known the result of their confereice. souri P | abd to | rwvee, IT DID NOT PAY EXPENSES.[ The Nebraska & Webtern Railroad in the Hands of a Receiver, AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE FROM THE START. A Violation of the Western Passenger Association Agreement by the Mis- souri Pacific—In Favor of Unl- form Classification. Upon the application of the Manhattan loan and trust company ot New York and the Wyoming construction company of Chey- enne, Judge Dundy last night apyointed I, L. Bierbower receiver of the Nebraska & ‘Western railroad, running from Sloux City, I, to O'Neil, this state, a distance of 130 miles, The indebtedness amounts to §2,800,000, $1,300,000 of which is due the Wyoming com- pany for labor and material in construoting the road-bed. The balance is a mortgage held by the New York company. This latter concern furnished the money to buy the iron and rolling stock. J. L. Webster of this city represents the claimants, and last night, as soon as he had secured his order for a receiver, he started Mr. Bierbower to Sioux Citv.. where this morning he will take vossession of the road and run 1t 1n the interest of the creditors, This road, which was built for the purpose of boomiug Siqux City, was com- pleted a fow months ago and started out with @ flourish, but from the time that tno first wheel was turned it has been a dead load upon the hands of the stockholders, who are nearly all Sioux City men, The road has not only failed to pay the in- terest on the indebtedness, but has failed to pay enough tokeep up the running expenses. Must Forfeit Its Grant. Dunuque, 1a, Dec., 18.—Judge Shiras of United States court decided the important land grant case today of the United States vs the Sioux City & St. Paul railroad company. This company, together with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, is a land grant road and when they crossed at Sheldon their grant of every alternate section conflicted. The two roads made an equitable division, leaving both shortof the amount granted by the government. A case was brought aguinst the Sioux City & St. Paul company to for- feit the grant, which it 1s claimed was not earned, and Judge Shiras decided against the company, thus restoring 800 ucres in Dickinson county and 21,179 acres in O'Brien county to the United States. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company now comes. in and claims enough of this'land to make its shortage good. This case comes up for hear- ing before Judge Shiras in February. Hundreds of settlers have squatted on these lands in coytroversy, thinking eventually they will be restored to the public domain. Violated the Agreement. Cittoaco, Deo. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tug Ber.]—A decision has just been given by Chajrman Finley of the Western Passen- ger association in the case of the Atchison, l'opeka & Santa Fe road against the Missouri Pacific. In October the Atchison peoplo bought in Winfield, Kan., tickets of the Mis- e to St, Louis at the rate of §13.40 1sa8 City at the rate of $8.60, which Dbelow- the were 'vii the piissoutt Pacific’s I explained that the tickets were sold at tariff raves by one route, but that a chan of route was made necessary by a change in train service on the road. Chairman Finley decided that the Missouri Pacifichad violated a provision of the agreement*and as a penalty it must pay over to the asssociation the amount of full tariff rates thavshould have been charged for the tickets, The Iowa Railrond Commission. Des Moixes, Ia., Dec. 18,—The Towa rail- way commission held a conference today with the sub-committee of the uniform classi- fication committee, headed by Chairman Mid- gely. After a long discussion the Iowa com- missioners expressed their position, which has been in a direct line with uniform classi- fication, They would take no definite action, however, before January 1, wishing to look at the matter in all lights. It is probabie, however, that the commission’s action will be in a line with that ot other states. It is probable that uniform classification ifadopted throughout the United States will not go into effett before July L next. A Victory: for Kansas Oities. Torexa, Kan,, Dec. 18—Judge Caldwell todsy made a ruling in the case of the Metro- politan trast company of New York, which secks to fopeclose u mortgage on the Cnicago, Kansas & Nebraska railway, which is a tem- rary viotory for the cities which voted aid or the construction of the road in Kansus. TThese cities asserted that the Rock Island is attempting to render their Bonds worthless by foreclosure of mortgage. Judge Caidwell held that not enough evidence was presented to show that the road was in default in the paymentof the mortgage and that the case must be dismissed or & muster appointed to take further evidence, Immigrant Commissions, New York, Dec. 18.—A meeting of the eastorn passenger agents of trans-continental roads was held today to consider the matter of commissions on immigrant bustness. The agents all announced that _they had no exist- ing contracts for commissions, Tho dis- cussion on tho question of abolishing com- missions finally resulted in the appointment of a committec to draft a plan showing how the present onormous commissions paid scalpers, immigrant agents and boarding house keepers could be stopped. Hatified the Agreem nt. New York, Deo. 18.—The directors of the Northern Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande aud Rio Grande & Western roads have ratified the presidents’ agreement. i i IS ARY The World's Fair Proclamation. WasuINGTON, Dec. 18.—The president. was 50 busy with other matters this week that he has not been able to_complete the examina- tion of the paers of the world's fair Colom- bian exposition, As the preparation of the proclamation will require some time after the resident has decided that it can properly ssue, it looks now as though the proclama- tion will not be issued this week, Viennese Politiclans. Viexya, Deb. 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee.|—The anti-Semitic members of the ‘municipal government have adopted a policy of obstruction to prevent the election of a vice burgomaster, ’l'he{ abscut themselves from the meetings, and by thus preventing a quorum they prevent any action being taken. —— w for a Duel. Rowe, Dec. 18,—[Special Cablogram to Tie Bee.]—During a personal quarrel in the chamber of deputies today, Signoer Sonnio struck and knocked down Signor Indelli, re- cently elected president of the bureau. In- delli has challenged Sonnio and a duel will probably result, B A Raiiroad Treasurer Killed, PuiLapELPlA, Dec, 18, —James H, Stevens, treasurer of the Bound Brook railroad, was killed by a train at Fitler's station tonight. pold o b A Scramble for Land, Wavsav, Wis,, Dec. 18 ~The sale of the so-called water reserve lands in northern { Wisconsin does not begin until Saturday mornRag, but tonight about one hundred and fifty men with papers all made out and equip- F«[ with provisions and blankets made a rush or positions in the court house squaro 8o as to be tirst in line when theoffice opens Satur- day morning. There is great excitement here already, and special polico have been sworn in to preserve order. o> (OMPARAT) QUIET. Only One Incident Disturbs the Oalm of the City of Kilkenny, [Copyright 1890 by James Gordon Hennett.\ KiLKENNY, Deo. 18.—[New York Herald Cable—[Special to Tie Bee.] It has been & wrotched day and no collision hins occurred. Parnell went to Gowlan, where he soke five minutes, and to Gores Bridge, where ho did not speak. Ho used a closed carriage. Kvery- body else an open ono. Davitt went to Wellingfora and Healy to Johnston. The only incident worth mentioning occutred at Kilkenny. A month ago the corporation adopted a resolution of confidence in Parncll. Soon after they rescinded it. Since that time both sides have been making great efforts to pass another resolution. This day of battle a motion of loss of confidence was ready, when the mayor left the chair, vefusing to putit. Five members walked out with him. Seven remained. These resolved that Par- nell was worthy of every confidence, In every city, town, village and house there is & fight, and everywhere Parnell s the cause. AT DEPENDS ON KILK g O'Leary, the Fenian Leader, Talks on the Situation. DusLi%, Dee. 18.—|Special Cablegram to Tne Ber.]—John O'Leary, the Fenian leader, who is now in this city, in an interview today said: “Everything really national on both sides of the Atlantic has gone for Parnell while everything against him is agrarian, soclalist or cosmopolitan, His antagonism to the plan of campaign has been to Parnell a Nomesis because. althougk disliking the schome, he failed to adopt it, allowing Dillon and O'Brien with their following ot rogues and fools to desolate whole districts and half ruin Tiperary. Parnell is bound to win. He has most of ‘the raral laborers ou his side. “The extremists are bound to support him be- cause although he does not go so far as they do, he goes much further than the MecCar- thyites besides being firmer and more deter- mined. The farmers are selfish and arc the least national class 1 the communily, In calculating Parnell's chances of success all classes, including the landlords, must be con- sidered. If he wins in Kilkenny he will suc- ceed rapidly everywhere; if he fails there his triumph will be slower. ITED IRELAND. The Bone of Contention Talks on the Political Situation. DubLiy, Dee. 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tur Bee,]—United Ireland says that when the offices of the paper were takeu possession of by Parnell he discharged no member of the staff except Bodkin, acting editor. If afew members of the staff stayed away Parnell cannot be blamed for filling their places with other men. In an article on the political situation United Ireland says that the result of the coming parliamentary elections in Kilkenny touches Ireland’s existence as a nation. The maintenance of the central idea of nation- hood depeuds on freedom from alien dictation. Men of spirit and judgment should have instantly vepudiated Gladstoue's pre- tention, but ‘dissident. ‘Irish leaders with VOICE OF a solitary in” undf" degraae Parnell, the paper_ says, had hatching for some years and the couspirators only awaited a chaice to put their scheme into effect. Personal hatred, vanity, envy or ambition moved many of tho plotters, while others were actuated by baser motives. Healy’s putrid scurrility, Tanuer's -de- bauched rufianism, and Davitt's rancorous lousy, miserable pettiness and sinister Viciousness are significant. The, chapter of the Catholic diocese of Dublin has adopted a resolution urging ecclestical authorities to abstain from taking action in the Parnell matter, the Catholic laiety being divided on the question, A Corporation Uproar. Doy, Dec. 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tur Bee.]—AL a meeting of the corporation of Kilienny today some of the members in- troduced and attempted to pass a resolution declaring in favor of Sir John Pope Hen- nesy the parlinmentary candidate of thie Me- Carthyites. The Parnell men objected to this proceeding and the meeting was soon in an uproar. Someof che Parnellite members in their enthusiastic support of their candi- date _challenged their opponents to fight. Finally tho mayor, who is a McCarthyite, and other supporters of Heunossy withdrew from the mceting, The Parnellites there- upon elected @ chairman and passed @ resolu- tion expressing confidence in their leader, Parnell Leaves Kilkenny. Dusiy, Dec. 17.—Parmnell left Kilkenny to attend the meetings at (ore's Bridge and Gowran._He left the hotel in a closed car- riage. His right eye was covered with bandages, and it Is not expected that he will speak at either meeting. Parnell_went to Gresbridge against the protests of his _doctors, driving twelve miles n the bitger cold. A large crowd met them and a meeting was held. Redman made a speech, in which his references to thelime throwing were greeted with cries of tshame.” Parncll addressed the crowd briefly and later spoke at Gowram, being re- celved with great enthusiasm, el il ool LR Freder| e Unvelled, Loxpox, Dee. ial Cablegram to Tue Bee.|—Av Windsor today the statue of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany was unvelled by the queen. The prince of Wales and other members of the royal family were present at the ceremony. The Skating Championshin. AxstERDAM, Dec. 18.—In the international championshin skating contest today Joseph Donoghue of Newburgh, N. Y. won the three-mile race for the amateur champlon- ship of Holland in 9 minutes and 17 seconds, il He peculated in Stocks, Crteao, Dee. 18.—A local paper says that Nelson C. Jennings, for four yearstcashier of the Chicago branch of the Sunday Creek Coal company, has absvonded with over 5,000, Speculation in stocks was the cause, ot 8 i . He Descrves Death, Cury oF Mexico, Dec. 18.—Antonla Gur- rero, alias Chalequerot, the *“Juck the Rip- per of Mexico, was today convicted of eight murders and fourteen rapes, He was sen- tenced to death. o et Succi's Forty=Third Day. New York, Dec, 18.—Today was the forty- third day of the long fast of Signor Sucel, and the little Ttalian has but two more days 10 complete his fast.. He s gotting along well, A Valuable Stallion Sold. NaweastLe, Pa., Deo, 18,—Powers Brothers of Shadeland, Pa., haye sold to Clark & Book of Newcastle, Pa., the standard stallion St. Vincent, record, 2:30,for $15,000, Tl Arrested for Potsoning Her Children, Braxpexsono, Ky., Deo, 18.—Mvs. Jessio Higbeo was arvested tonight for polsoning her four children. Sbe is believed to be la- sane, S Gunsberg Defcats Sreinita, New Yonk, Dee. 18, -Gurisbery agaiu’ de- feated Stelnitz in vhe chess gome. DISCUSTED THE DICTATOR. ‘wse The Bee Printed <100 Nows, Burrows Bellows the / rH OF HIS STRING, HAS RUN THE Lt . The Bold Attempt to Extingnish Van Wyck Makes M¢ y Friendd for tho General—He \tes His Posl- tion—OMes Installed. LixcoLy, Neb, Dec. 18)~|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee|-The exclusive re- port in Tne Bre this morning of Inst evening's conference of the alliancoe created a profound sensation amoug the delegates today. A feeling of mutual dis- trust has developed and each member glares suspiciously at his neighbor as though ho were i traitor, Burrows is furious and his kinsmen paralyzed to think that the publio has now possession of the complete plan of battle mapped out by the dictator to serve his own ambitions. Two or three innocents have been jerked up and charged with being informers, whileextraordinary measures wero taken this morning to exclude all persons an whom the slightest suspicion rested, The fact that a delegate had a yellow ticket and could whisper the password would not admiy him alone, Bach member had to be indi- . vidually vouched for. 1t is apparent that Burrows has about run the length of his string. There s a strong revulsion of feeling against him for his evi- dent intention of running the machine, Many of the delogates have nwakenca to the consciousness of tho fuct that there is a ring organized at Lincoln, of which Burrows is the head, that has made preparations to the ' alliance as & tool. The at Powers joined with. Burrows ye: e y in the attempt to throttle Van Wyck simply because the general cloimed the right as a delogate to speak has cost tho guberna- torial contestant dearly. Many delegates who came to the convention Powers men have ex- perienced a change of heart and will go uway Van Wyck men. They declare that the action of Mr. Powers as presiding oficer was uot only unparlismentary, but unfair and un- amer) The heroic_deflance by General Van Wyck of any rowdyish methods has won him a Host of admirers and he is the re- cipient of almost continual attentions and compliments. The general said this morning: *“I have fought rebels and 1 have fought railroad rob- bers, and yet I find that the poor negroes for whose liberty Tbattled have more gratitude than some fellows in the alliance for whose interest 1 have worked and who repay me by attempting to throw me out of a convention to which [ havo ovory right to belong.” Among the resolutions passed last night as one favoring a maximum rate bill. There was not a dissenting vou . Church Howe b in attendance throughout the con vention, but has cut very little figure. He has said nothing in the con- vention. Ha has put in his time very faith- fully, however, electioneering for the posi- tion of speaker of the house. He has been attempting to ingratiate himself into the #ood graces of the various alliance logislators- elect, and is promising them auything and everything. A few of the representatives are very suspicious of him and refuse to tie up with him, Howe has two or three lleu- tenants helping him, and his present scheme is to secure a sufficient number of republican m&ruanumvw to join with the alliance Jegis- lators in electing him, A lurwe yumber of the _delegates llvl:? in 1] torn part of the staté lofton the ulter- tered away on the question of resentations Mr, Powers, who is chairman of the com- mittee on revision of the constitution, hus been urging the reduction of representation at the anuual alliance meeting and today ho reported that the committee bad decided to reduce the representation to one delegate for every 200 membersand have the appointe ments made in the county conventions. Just as Mr. Powers was aboutto put the renort of the committee to vote General Van Wyck arose and addressed the chair. Powers scowled and at first did not_apparently sce the general. Fiually Van Wyck, bfter re- peated calls for recognition, secured the oye of the chairman and then in a few brief re- marks _vizorously onp: sed Power’s amend- ment. The general declaved that the plan sug- gested would result in the formaticn of rings at the various county seats and the result would be that the alliances, instead of being properly represented, would fall into the hands of a coterie of ringsters, He offered an amendment that the matter of representa- tion be referred back to the alliances and that each indiviaual organization vote on the matter and instract its representative to re- port accordingly at the next annual conven- tion. Burrows bobbed about like arabbit and tried to work up asentiment against Van Wyck's amendment, but failed. When the general's amendment was put it carried with a shout, while Powers’ proposition was | given asblack eye. This constituted the bulk of the day's’ work, although a number of minor matters came’ up, which, after tedious discussions, 'were scttled to the satisfaction of everybody. The fact that Tur Bee had scored o scoop - on Burrows in printing the report of the con- vention rankled in the dictator's breast. He ! demanded that o committee o secretly ap- pointed by the chaivman to find out how the proceedings of the convention had been printed in full in Tne Bee and partially in the other papers. Powers therefore appointed a committee, und it has;been busy all day doiug the sleuth hound act. Ttis reported this evening that owing to the publicity that has been given to every- thing, Burrows will not attempt to spring any more extreme measures on the conven tion. Onealliance nfan in speaking of the matter was overheard o say : ““Phe jackass got lesson yester ne tried to kick at the lion." The installation of officers which was set for this morning was postponed untii this evening on ount of *the slow manner in which the business of the convention was ex- ecuted. As the alliance is a secret. society it follows the ceremony usual to such institu- tions and this requires considerable time. It is probavle that the convention will adjourn this evening. Not over half of the delegates aro here and they are thoroughly tired out. ot The Raum Investigation. WasmiNaToy, Dec, 18,—At today's session of the Raum investigating committee Com- missioner Raum was asked by Cooper o re- port how it was that calls for infoceation about pension cases made by (fongressmen McClellan and Shively hid not been answated for from three months to a year, and why Mr, McWilliams, a western pension attorney, had been unable for two years to obtain n- formation about cases on file in the pension ofice. Cooper also asked for an order to compel Commissioner Raum to produce the books of the Columwbia refrigerator company, as a subordinate corporation tothe Universal vefrigerator. company. Raum emphatically refused, saying company was not yet organiz and badno connection with fhe present case, He had no doubt Cooper wonid like to know every- thing he (Itaum) bad doucsince he wns born, but hie did not propose to gratify Ceoper. No action was taken on Cooper's request. e i) Bismarck Cheered. Bewiay, Dec, 18.—[Special Cablegram to Tux Bee, |—Prince Bismarck arrived hera from Varzein yesterday en route for Frioder- ichsrube. A crowd at the railway station cheered the ex-chancellor and sang *‘Deutsch- land, I)-‘thlund, Ueber Alles." The prince appeared Yo be in excellent health. the gram to Tie Do |- Goid today was gacted at 200 per cent pre.cint,