Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1890, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2( 1890 DUR COLUMBUS ENTERTAINED, Honry M. Stanley and Party Are Driven Through the City. THER VISIT TO THE BEE BUILDING Notes of the Impression the New Omaha Makes Upon the Explorer “A Ride with Him From Plattsmouth, Yesterday morning Mrs. Henry M. Stan- {ey and r, Mrs, Tennant, attended service in Trinity cathedral, having been es- corted thither by Mr. B, Roscwater of Tae Ber. It was their intention to aveid notp- rfety and they succeeded admirably, bocause but few of the worshippers were aware of ence, afternoon Mr, Stanley, his wife, Mrs, Tennant, Major and Mrs. Pond were given a drive through the city. The party was met at the Millard at 2 o'clock by a com- mittee consisting of Mr. E. Rosewater of Tue ¥ Dr. 8. D. Mercer and Mr, Clement Chase of the KExcelsior They visited the exposition hall, where they listened with great interest tosome voeal selections rendered by the pupils of the Nebraska institute for the deaf and dumb. Mrs, Stanley expressed herself as being highly delighted with the unique entertain- ment. The distinguished guests wero then con- voyed to Tne Ber building, wherethey spent balf an hour in visiting all tho departments, They had searcely entered the vestibule when Mr, Stanley stood and looked around upon the marvle walls with astonishment. The beauty and richness of the place was a surprise which he was not able to conceal. Mrs, Stanley, in her expressive man- ner, exclaimed, ““O, how beautiful How, how beautiful” and followed tuue exclamation with a series of questions somprehending the cost, the age and other facts regarding the structure, This,” said one of the Oniaha people, ad- dressing Mr. Stanloy, “is the finest news- paper building” in the country, if not the World, of which I told you. Mr. Stanley odded his head afivmatively, as appreciat- ng the truth of the remark. “Don’t you think we acted wisely In re- uaining ovor iy Omatat? asked Mujor Pond, y way of showing how greatly he admired the structure, “The party then asconded the marble stairs to the business office; where the marble counters, mosaic tiling and iron framework scended to the roof whence y in all directions. considered the wonderful ex- pansion Omana had enjoyed since he had seen it last, remarkin twenty-three years ago there were few if any hou west of where he stood, and Douglas street, then the principal_thoroughfare, now strug- gling with a dozen other streets for the palm of business activ’ He was shown the high school by Mr. Rose- water and told that it occupied vhe site upon which had formerly stood the old territorial capitol, of which he had written in his letter on “Omaha City” to the New York Herald in 1867, It was from that hill that the great explorer took his view of Omaha when he wrote the letter veferred to. Major Pond pointed out several places of interest in the ecity, which he had visited under theescort of the late Charles H. Dewey, whose death at the same time he greatly de- lored. He spoke of the love which Mr, wey had for his home city aund the pride with which he referrad to it when he tray- eled abroad. The party then descended to the rooms of the Omaha press club, which are beatifully furnished and on the seventh floor of the building. In this room had been brought the Stanley .@esk, already referred to and irlustrated in theso columns. It was placed against the north wall of the apartment and sadly contrasted with the beauty of the other features, It was dark, dirty,dingy and old. It was crazy-quilted with patches and scraps of paper, ?'lmhca of ink and scratches and scars of vandal penkuives, It was, in- deed, o relic of the past, voth as to form and feature. Mr. Stanley sat In a large arm chair before it, and n thoughtful expression spread over his feature ‘With the ardor of an enthusi- ast and with an artistic appreciation of the situation, Mrs. Stanley dropped into a chair and sat before the very desk her hus- band had used in this city nearly 8 quarter of acentury ago. For & moment there was nothing said. The lady leaned her hands upon the dusty table and looked as if she was ondeavoring to picture to herself the un- known scribe of the past. Then suddenly turning to her husband with features evine- ing the greatest ingerest, enquired: +'Do you recognize it (" Mr. Stanley nodded afirmatively and re- plied: “Ido He, toc, had been looking Into the past from which he was aroused by a number of -natured queries by Major Pond, such as,’ n which of those drawers didyou keep your money in those days{” “Did you carry the key around with you, or did you give 1t to some other person to keep?” “Did you paste any of those papers on there” “1 remember it well,” said Mr. Stanley. ““That part on top,” indicating & cover which could be raised, disclosing @ number of ‘pigeon holes,’ and which Ms. Stunley did raise, ‘‘used to be filled with papers. at tuat calendar,” indicating one pasted on the insido of the backing; ‘‘there used to be & calendar there then, too.”” Mrs. Stanley looked at the calendar, but it was one on which her husband had eyver gazed in the early day. It had been placed there in 1885 by some other moulder of public o!flulm. Mr. Kosewater made an exawination of some of the other scraps on the ends, but none of them gave .evidence of antiquity, Thore was nothing there to remind the great traveler of the past save the desk ftself, and that was doubtless suffi cient' to recall an epoch which, without 1t would have lost a great deal of its interest, The party then descended to the editorial floor, visiting the sanctum of the editor-in- chief, Mr. Rosewater. This room affords an excellent view of the southern and south- eastern part of the city, The beauty of the prospect was commented W The ladies ‘were particularly interested in two beautiful l)lmwxrnphx- of Mme. Adelina Patti and Miss Swmma Juch, Both were of the samo size and framed in the same general style. The sutographic dedication of each was read with nterest, Mr. Rosewater ex- aining that Mme. Patti nad visited the uilding last March and had sent the photo- §H h as o souvenir of the event. Emma uch had visited the ofice later and had seen Patti's coutribution to its . treasures. She had resolved to be not less gengrous and hud sent the beautiful portrait of her which had been paizted by the sun. Mrs. Stanley noted with interest sev- eral works on the Indian in Mr. Rosewater’s library, and that gentleman presented her with several volumes of the subject, which the lady graclously accepted. In the meantime, Mr. Stauley had been sitting in an arm chair looking toward the southeastern part of the city, which, i his day, was a place of excitement and interest. « Ho was asked if he rocognized any of the features of the long ago, ana replied that ne did not. Everything seemed strange; every- thing was new. Mr. Rosewater then explained the safety vault feature of the oftico which char acterized the corner of every floor in the building. Mr. Stanley was impressed with the excellence of the design and mar- velled greatly at the perfectuess of the struc- ture. Mr, Rosowater stated that he had endeav- ored to build & perfeet building aud, as he had said on the opening nirut, ho covld not say whether ornot he hed acted wisely in bullding a couple of kundred years ahead of the times, The party then visited the editorial rooms, the com I“‘:m and the stereotyping room, after which they paid a visit to Colenel Sherldan, adjutant general of the department f‘fbm Platte, and exuwmined the military rary. Roser "'Pho mlonel.‘ o&l l}uvlmunn n.ll Mr. Wi T, necompauied the party on the re- MAInAoe of tho tour, el Dr. Mercer made inquiries for Captain y, who, he sald, was “something of an ex- hiwself, and whow: be desired to meoet | Mr. Stanley, Tho captain, however, was not headquarters, The visitors then descended to the court, the grandeur of which impressed every one, even Mr. Stanley, who, it is noedless” to re mark, has seen all that' there is of magnifi- cence In architecture the world over In passing through the composing room an fncident happenca which iilustrated the kind- liness and faculty of Mrs, Stan for seceing poetry und beauty in the most unromantic surroundings. A little girl, the danghter of oneof thelady compositors, stood shyly near the end of tho advertising department of tho n while the arty was possing, She hugged a newly- ought doll which had evidently come to her with Christmas, “\What anice little girl, and what a nice little dolly,” exclaimed - Mrs, Tennant, stop- ping and addressing thelittle one. “What is its name!" asked Mr “Haven't you given it aname! ! ) call it Dorothy, after me, and I'11 be its god- mother,’”” she said as she stooped and kissed the littie one. After leaving Tre_Ber building the party was driven to Dr. Mereer's beautitul resi- dence, The doctor was untiring in his efforts in entertaining his visitors, and Mrs, Stanley was especially fascinated by what stio saw in the greenhouse. In surveying the magnifi- cent cotlection of flowers she would fre quently turn to her mother and say, “This so reminds me of England.” She plied the ,doctor with questions and evinced the keenest interest in everything she Stanle We w. After leaving Dr. Mercer's residence the guests woro driven through the principal streets of the Mr. Stanley expr great surprise at the extraordinary progress that had been made since he was o vesident here in 1867 They then returned to the hotel. Mr. Stanley and party leave this moruing over the Chicago, Rock Tsland and Pacific for Des Moines, where the next lecture will be given. IN THE STANLEY CAR. The Cheerful People Who are Enjoy- - ing Life in It. On the night of Mr. Stanley’s arrival in this city, a Beg reporter met the gentleman's train just as it was pulling out of Platts- mouth on its way from Kansas City. The re- porter sent in his card to Major Pond, the manager, and was ddmitted to the car which has been named after tho great explorer himself. “You're from Tne Ber,” said the manager, “and you want to see Mr. How's Rosewater " The maunager was assured that so far as the editor of Tue Bre was concerned he was all right, “How is Mr. Stanley?" asked thy reporter. “He's all vight, too, If you want to see him yow'vegot to hurry because he'sjust about to dress. Follow me.” Through the opening in the drapery which soparated the drawing room of the car from the berths the reporter caught sight of a most interesting scene. The room was bril- liantly illuminated as if by electric An el- derly lady with a most charming and amiable expression sat upon a luxurious divan, Be- side hor sat a younger lady with ruddy cheeks. The latter was speaking with the vivacity of a young girl detailing a most de- lightful incident. In the latter it was not difficult to detect tho well known features of the amiable young woman who recently be- came the wife of the great explorer, The reporter follow the great, tall manager into the drawing room and was introduced to Stanley and successively Mrs. Stauley and her mother, Mrs, Tennant., The explorer was seated by the window at asmall table quietly smoking a cigar. He was presented with u copy of Tir BVENING Bek containing the portrait and a sketch of both himself and wife. Another copy was also presented the latter and o third to Mrs. Tennant. . & Mrs. Stanley immediately turned to the article relating to herself and looking at the portrait with the eye of the artist that she is, exclaimed ; Chat 18 very good, isw't it she asked ‘e must wrap this up and her mother. ** send it back,” meaniag home. Mr. Stanley in the meantime glanced over the article with the eye of a jourualist and asked to be excused while he read about his past in Omaha. He was attired 1n a heavy white pantaloons and square cut coat with heavy English walking shoes. His features are those of the pictures which his manager had sent anead of him, They are thofeatures of a handsome man. They are regular and expressyve, but in no manuer indicate the strain of the strug- gle he has had inthe past twenty-three yeavs. He would be taken fora well-preserved man who bad been blessed in early life with_a strong constitution and ~ who, by a regular life, had done nothing to impair it. His complexion is marvelously clear und fresh such as might belong to that of an Enghsh lord who delichts in the sports of the woods and field. The eves are of a clear gray, the hair is a erispy white, the mustache black and gray, the former color predominating, while the legs are sturdy and the frame well and solidly set. As was dem- onstrated in the pleasant visit there is a dig- nity about him which is not stiffness and a reserve that is not taciturnly. These charac- teristics are doubtless the result of the pro- longed struggle und the various forces and influences with which he has haa to contend these mu‘l‘x f‘eurs. He has the air of a gen- tlemun and in 1o manner does he try to im- press the visitor with the fact that it is he whom the world now proclaims among the greatest of explorers, After he had ceased reading the paper he asked: “When was Tne BEE established " “Twenty years ago.”! “So soof after my leaving the city, in- deed.” “I understand,” he said, ‘‘the Republican is published no more.” he reporter told him that the sheet had lately been revived. “fs Mr. Balcombe there still 2" ‘The scribe informed him that the major had gone south on a visit. “And Major Bird! He was city editor, T think, when I was in Omaha." Major Bird, he was informed, was in San Francisco. ““How many people have you in Omahat ““One hundred and fiftythousand,” was the answer. “Indeed, that {s seven or eight times as many as the city had whep I was there.” *Can you recall any of Jour acquintances of those old times ! asked the reporter. “Oh yes, I remember Mr. Rosewater, Judge Estabrook, Dr, Miller and Mayor Brown. Where is ' Mayor Brown! Iseé you quote him on the trial of my case before him in my difficulty with that other journalist. Let me see. What was his namei" Stanloy Africanus had actually forgotten the name of the littls man who hiad had him arrested, though the names of both and the circumstances of their coming together are known to almost every citizen of Omaha. He was informed that Little Mac had passed away. Mr. Stanley was desirous of ascertaining things about Omaba and it was evident that nearly all he had formerly kuown about it had been obliterated from his mind. “When did you come to Omaha?” asked the reporter. “I went there in the fall of 1566." “When did_you leave " “Tu the spring of 1867." B " Where did you come from 1" 1 came from St Louis. Ihad been or- dered here by Mr. Bennet to look after the Indians. [\was to act with the peabe com- mission with Shermau. Mr. Seymour who had been in charge of the bireau retired and then I was substituted, having authority all along the line.” “Whcre did you go after you left Omaha?” “1 was ordered direct to New York and in three months I was in Abyssinia. That was twenty-three years ago. It is a long time in aman's life. Mr. Stanley then withdrew to his sleeping apartwent to dress_and after about ten min- utes reappeared in full evening dress, Taking a seat upon the divan he relighted his eigar and commented upon the number of faces which the papers bad given him. Some made him appear young, others old: some smiling and others with a frown. His wife handed him a copy of Tur Ber und the writer asked him whether he considered the likeness accurate. “1t is perhaps bottor than nine out of ten of the pictures that are published, Where did you got it? The desired information was given “Mr. Stanley, do you fntend to reside in this country or lave vou yet concluded where you will establish Four home " The explorer smiled and emitted a small cloud of fragraut Havanua smoke. The oyes of his wife wero directod _toward his, while Mrs. Tonnant seemed to feel that a leading tion had been put. “Indoed, I can't su snid the explorer, Again he pansed. “Shakespeare, you Know, says that every place is o howe o a man wiien furoishes him a harbor of refuge and safety and rest.” “Will you ever go to Africa againt" “No man can tell. I'vo been there now soven times in twenty-three years.” Mus. Stanley then referred to the fact that she had expressed a desiro to see some In- dians, but her husband feared that she would not be able to find any in Omaha. She that a gentleman in Kan- s had presented her with a pive ch had been used by Sitting Bull but she did it and that shie prized it very much not know thow he could smoke it because o0 heavy. S, anley is a tall and graceful lady with asweet facs familiar already to tho thousa Brx's readers, It is sucn o face with which women fall in love. It s th u face as will natarally cause all men to pay respectful homage. the vivaciousness of a wirl, ancy indeed seems to well from an - exhaustible source. She seems to be inexpressibly happy in the possession of tho explorer’s love, She told about her visit to the Smithsonian institute, the Indian implements she had seen , especially the Sioux and White River ns; her trip to St. Louis and Kunsas She wanted to kndw all about the ian churches of Omaha, the time at were held and a hundred m She spoke about the condi- tion of the Indians, the prospeets of amelior- ating their condition, the present difficulty they were occasioning and what would be the outcome of it. She spoke with the earnest- ness of an enthusiast, as of one who would delight to see the Inaian’s condition im- proved, and with the coafidence of the woman who, in her walks among the lowly, had caused all Belgravia to ®o a-slumming. Regarding a photograph of her husband ‘which had been 1867 in Omaha, she expressed the g rest, and was puined to leamn through Tue Bee that it was not thought likely that the negative could be found. While Mr. Stanley was dressing, Mrs, Tenuant displayed an interest akin to that of her dsughter ‘in the Indian. She also in- quired regarding the condition of the citizens generally in Omaha in thriftiness, the nu ber of those of foreign birth, the relative strength of the several religious denomina- tions and finally for what Omaha was distin- guished in manufactures, The question was answered and referenco being made also to the smelting works, which were characterized as the largest iu tho world, Mrs, Tennant was delighted with the information. She spoke as a woman who was well acquainted with the swelling busi- ness in hor own country and wished to know a great deal more on the subject than the re- porter could advance—what was ssmelted, where the ores come from, the condition in which they came, the method employed in redacing them, the cost of coal, the nativity of the assayers, the matter of strikes, what was done with the slag, and indeed every- thing relating to the work, When the train rounded the curve below the depot, Major Pond announced that Omaha bad been reached and immediately os donned their wraps and Mr. Stan- sy put on his heavy coat, and when the cars stopped the party was taken in charge by the comunittee on reception M She talks and acts Her buoy- with GONE TO THE WALL, The Parisian Cloaik Store the Eiscman Fai The feilure of the Henry Eiseman & Co. house of Council Bluffs caught ono man in the whirl, but by a rapid flank movement he managed to cover himself in short order. Some time ago Eisoman established the Parisian cloak storein the Ramge block at corner of Fifteenth and Harney streets, and in order to carry on the business negotiated 8 loan on October 24 of §,500 from the Mer- chants' nationul bauk. There were two notes given, one for $2,000, aue in sixty days and the other for $1,500, due in ninety days, The Omaha house was @ regular customer- of the Merchants’ national bank, keeping their deposits thore, but of late their accaunt has run low aud during the past week has amounted to little, or nothing. The officials of the bank thought nothing of this, supposing the money received on the sales was being used in the business, but Closed by e Wednesday afternoon a circumstance occurred that opened their oyes. After clearing house hours and just beforo the bank closed, a clerk from the Omaha National bank pre- sented a check, drawn by Officer & Pussey of Council Bluffs, at the Merchants’ National bauk for the purpose of drawing out the small balance the Parisian store had on de posit. The officials of the banlk - thought this a pe- culiar transaction and refused payment on the grounds that tho check was presented atter banking hours. Ben B. Wood of the Merchants' National at once proceeded to Council Bluffs, and after a diligent search succeeded in finding Mr, Kiseman, who informed bim that an assign- ment of the stock in both the Council Bluffs and Omaha stores _had been made to 8. P, McConnell. As thero wis not a dollar in sight, Mr. Wood returned home, and just be- foro midnight Wednesday night Judge Doane issued a warrant of attachment and the stock of the Parisian store was put in the hands of the sheriff. Early yesterday morning a number of chattel mortgages were presented to County Clerk O'Malley to be filed. Among them is one to Oftin & Pussey for 813,836 ; another to Simon Benberger of Sult Lake for 811,770 and one to Rice, Stix & Co. of St. Louis for $25,- 862, The stock in the store on this side of the river is valued at_$30,000, while the total liabilities of the firm will reach in the neigh- borhood of §260,000. L S ANOTHER MOTOR ACOIDENT. A Hack Driver Severely Injured and His Horse Killed. At 8:30 last night William Ainsley, a hack driver, attempted to cross the track of the motor cars at Sixteenth and Jackson streets just as a train came by and missed his calcu- laton. The motor struck the team, killing one hovse and_crippling the other. Ainsley thrown to the pavement and sustained several painful bruises. The front wheels of the carriage were smashed to pieces. ————— PERSONAL FPARAGRAPHS. C. R. Hutton of Paxton is at the Millard. L. E. Dayis of Sioux City is at the Paston, J. M. Ackley of Davenport is at the Barker. Robert Dunlay of Orleans is at the Casey. J. O. Rice of St. Paul is at the Merchadts, C. G. Bullock of Lincoln was at the Casey last night. J.J. Harm of Henderson 1s in the city, at the Casey. J. W. Fowler of Rapid City, S. D., is at the Paxton. J. H, Barron of Wyoming 1s 1n the city, at the Paxton. George King of St. Louis Is registered at the Barker. R. W. Fisk and wife of Grand Island are at the Murray. 0. D, Jones of Columbus, O., is in the city, at the Murray. C, £. Montaine of New York isin the city, at the Barker. J. M. Kampoell of Brock isin the city, at the Merchants. James Carter and wife of Ottumwa, Ta, is at the Merchants, 0. H, Applegate of St. Lows was at the Millard lust night. C. B. Wainright of Philadelpbia was at the Burker last night. W E. Davidson of Kearney was at the Paxton last night. ", A. Martin of Liucoln was' at Merchants last night. P. H. Shoomaker of Concord, N. H., is in the city, at the Millard, J. M. Sewell of Hastings was in the city last night, at the Millara, D. D. Merritt of Denver was in the city last night, at the Murray. * William R. Smith of Atchinson, Kan., was ‘Bt the Murray lust night. L. P. Sirre, editor of the Woeaping Water Republican, i3 in the city, at the Casey. frs. William Whittaker left last night tor Wisconsin, accompanied by her brother, W. Bailey of Ashland, Neb. - The Death Roll, Duxkink, N. Y., Dec. 25, —Very Rov. Beno} ict Murname, provincial of the Passevuist order in the United States, died last night. the ANUSEMESTS, i A large and wol pleased audience wit. nessed Roland Reed's “Woman Hater" last night at the Boyd. 'The comedian is at his best in this pls qualities of the piéce aro rirst class and numerous, ) “Held by the Fnémy" drew a large sudi- ence at t irand r‘n era house last night. The play is not a we® one in Omahg, but it is popular aud was well put on last night. ot et DR, HARPEI'S SCHENE, It will Provide for the Education of all Students, Rich or Poor. Cutcaao, Dec. [Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—It is now scitled that the new etlucational schemo submitted by Dr. Harper through tho committee on organization for the new Baptist university will be a by the trustees at theie next meoting. Goodspeed, one of the trustees, said: “The plan of Dr, Harper is one for college exten- sion. It is provosed to bring the higher edu- cation within the reach of the common peo- ple, and to do 50 it will be the purpose of the new university to operato through a system of branch schools or academies scattered through the country. This plan has beon gonerally misundersiood. Thesé branches will bo nothing more than preparatory, with 10 power of conferring diplomas or degrees, Allof these branches will, however, be un- der the suvervision of the central institution of learning. Our great object will not be so much o graduate as to edncate, and we hope to accomplish the greatest good by bringing the meams of bigher education within the of the poorer ho plan as 1 understund it said Dr. Goodspeed *4s nct patterned after now in but ’l with Dr, But that portion of Dr. Harper's plan which im- presses the trustecs most favorably is that which dispenses with a régular _elrri and gives the brighter students the pr of completing their college course and rec ing their full complement of degr and hon- ors in less time than the mediocre can accom- plish this. Students will be given the full benefit of their own energy in this direction and may complete tho work in short or long term, s their circumstances or ambitions may direct. The plan of organization will doubtless be adopted at the next meeting of the board. PRI B B Lucky Territorial Governors. WASHINGTON, Dy enator Squire of Washington territory left the city today to £0 to Seattle, his home, for the purpose of looking after his re-election, as he drew tne short term in the senate. He is one of the quartette of governors appointed from the cast to the territories which were recently admitted as states, Jivery one of these gov- ernors came vp to the senate upon the sion of their states by as short and e tothe United States senate as was ever known in United States politics. To arrive at the high post of United States senator is ordinarily a work of a long number of yi in a scttled state. Ttis rare that a man is elected to th ate froma state who has not had long experience in cennection with its interests and who has not served it in minor offices, Settled commuvities do not take kindly to strangers. 1t would take along time for any Western man to make his way upward in an eastern state. But in tho new states nearly all'are strangers, and the governor being the principal dignitary natur- ally comes in for the earlicst honor. It was President Arthur who gave Senator Squire his start in politics by appointing him gover- nor of Washington, Territory. e made large investments at Seattle and has s i fortune increasing with great rapidity through the cnormous increase of values in that swiftly developing section. The senator says that Seattle has increased 1,200 per cent, in'population in the lust ten years, Seattle has a population of about 45,000. Tucoma. the rival city of this state, has about 40,000. The only point in the contest against Senator Squires comes from Ta- coma. He is from Seattie, and naturally the rival city wishes to have o senator. Senator Squive says that this state is going ahead with wonderful strides #nd that it must over- shadow ina short time Calilornia as its natural resourses ave much greater and its coast has & more natural point of departure for the Asiatic trade than California. The climate is even better than that of England, It is softened and tempered by the great Japanese current which is many times larger than the gulf stream. The territory is par- y rich in iron ore, and the quality is superior to that produced in _any other part of the country. The lands of the interior are very rich in agricultural possibilities. A R duction of Wages. Brussets, Dec, 25.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Ber.|—Coal mining companies through- out the coal districts, after fully discussing the matter from its various standpoints, to- day came to the decision that on and after December 30 there must be & general reduc- tion of the wages of their employes. This step has been contemplated for some time l;;\ll. and preparations have been made both y the companies and by the workmen in re- gard to the possible outcome of the policy now determined upon. fhe coai com- anies having made the first move n this new struggle between capital and labor, it is considered certain the miners’ federation will almost immedi- ately renew the agitation of thne past. As a commencement the federation has replied to the action of the coal companies by iss\lin.{ a proclamation to the effect that a general strike will be ordered unless parliament so revises the constitution as to give the miners protection against arbitrary action upon the part of the companies, g W Found What Ailed the Mule, Mempis, Tenn., Dec. 25,—A negro named Will Grosvenor was killed this afternoon by leaning up against an iron post to which was tied u loose telephone wire, The wire was crossed with an electric hght wire and the full force of the current went into the post. A mule which the negro was driving had touched the post with its nose and fallen to the ground. The negro got down from the wagon to see what was the matter with the mule and leaned against the iron post, with He died almost in the result as stated. stantly. legislature adjourned last night. It has passed a completo code of laws—a composition of the Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska and Tllinois stat- utes. The cabitol question was_uppermost in the minds of the members. Every other measure was secondary, but when they found that Governor Steele would not approve the capitol removal bill they got down to work in earucat and did pll ey’ oould to adopt o code of laws best sitaplé to the people of Oklahoma. RN 1 PR After Abandon -d Farms, HaveuniLi, Mass., Dec. 25, —[Special Tele: gram to Tue Ber.|“The statement is made on good authority tiat'the French Canadians living near the state' fihe ave forming organi- zations with a view, {4 obtaining mauy of the abandoned farms of this state and Vermont. 1t 15 belioved there will be considerable emi- gration from the lower part of Canada into the states in the coy \L[‘ g spring. The move- mont Ia well organt/el and commitices bavo been sent to buy up.abandoned far ms, ol e i To Pay for 'ty Concession. ax, Nov. 25:4:{Bpecial Cablegram ot —~The Refthsanxeiger says that payment will bo mtidd to a representative of the sultan of Zanzibar ia London on Decem- for the concesslon of terfitory to Ge After thaty date the German com- mission will formally take possession of the German East African coast. Goods imported to the maiutand from Zanaibar will be liable to duty the samo as foreign goods. i e o Death Allegd from Crusity. Loxpoy, Dee, 85, —[Spocial Cablegram to Tus Bee.] -Patrick MoCabe, couvicted of complicity in the plot to blow up the oW gasworks in 1553, has died in prison at Porth, He had boen insane for two years. His friends allego that his death was duc to the cruelty of the keepers of the prison. b, s sl s Parnell Will cngeatulate O'Brien, Dusriy, Dec. 25, —Paruell said today that he would go from here to Paris to offer con- | v, and the fun producing | gratulations to O'Brien on the success of the Intter's mission to Ameriea. In regard to himself, he said he would not recedo one inch from his position. After his return from France he proposes to resume the cam- | pafign, beginning at Limerick. The Newark's Coal Consnmption. Pmitaprienra, Pa, Dec. 25.—At 7:830 o'clock Tuesday the Newark got under way from her anchorage in the Delaware off Brandywino light and stood out to sea with two boilers in use, in order to learn the amount of coal consumed per hour when under full power. It was found that the coal on board woula be too nearly run of eight hours, aud therefore the coal consumption trial was limited to four hours. The weight of each bucket of coal was ensily found, but a mer nt of the buckets was not regarded as suficiently accurate, Each bucket was filled and put on the scales which wereset to a known welght—either seventy-five or ninety pounds—and the coal was either then taken from or added to the bucket as might be aecessary to make it weigh the exact figure, The amount of coal burned in the four hous was only a few pounds less than twenty wns, showing a consumption of five tons per hour- This would give ten tons an hour as the coal consumption under all four boilers,or 230 tons @ day—a moderate umount in pro- portion to the horse power developed. Dur- ng the trial the steam pressure averaged 130 pounds, the revolutions 100 a minute, and the air pressure in the fire room 25{ inches. et et A Salvation Army Resignation, Loxpox, Dec, 25,—~The Times aunounces that Commissioner Smith of the Salvation army has resigned. The resignation, the Times says, is most important because he formed a substautial guarantee that an earnestand business-like effort would be made to execute the practicable part of General Booth's scheme of social reform. The authorship of “In Darkest England” is now common knowled, but the charitable assign General Booth credit for having writ- ten at least two chapters of the book. Booth's explanation is tuat he supplied a professional writer with materials for the work. The Times believes that swhen the whole story is told it will be found thac substantial parts of the scheme of city ana farm colonies originated with Commissioner Smith, Nothing buta sense of duty, the Times adds, could haveinduced Commssioner Smith to resign at so important a juncture. There must be something wr ng with the scheme or the funds. Those who promised donations are now entitled to withhold them until a full and satisfactory account of Smith's vesiga- tion is given. He was the life and soul of the sovial reform wing of the army. It is li®ly ment of t-e that his resignation is destined to be the death blow to Booth's more ambitious schemes. ool A Somewhat Different Story. St. Pavt, Minn,, Dec. 25.—Developments in the Mickel tragedy today show & some- what different story from that told last night. Silas Mickel, colored, has been sepa from his wife for several months. Recently he repeatedly tried to effect a reconciliation but without avail. Last night, after anot futile attempt, he attacked her with o knife, His stepdaughiter, Emma McLeod, came to her mother's defense, when the infuriated man attacked both women with a revolver and knife. Mrs. Mickel shot_in the abdomen and had her throat cut, while h daughter was stabbed five times in the bod Sho daughter digd in a short time, but the mother is still allve. Mickel blew his brains out. ——— Ccok County Maniacs Scared. Curcaco, Dec. 25.—The hundreds of pa- tients and attendants in the Ccok county nospital were given a scare today by a fire that started in the drying room and threat- ened the institution, An investigation of the lack of fire apparatus at the hospital was made a few days ago and the inmates were Ieenly alive to their peril. Prompt action by Warden Phelan confined the flames to the drying roowm. oA French Anarchists Sentenced. Panis, Dec, 25.—The trial of La Bruyere, the anarchistic French journalist, Mme. Duquercy, and Gregoire, the three charged with & conspiracy to deféat justice by aiding in the escape of the Russian anarchist Padewiski, alleged murdercr of General Sel- warskoff, has been coucluded. La Bruyere was sentenced to thivteen months, Duquer to two months and Gregoire to cight months imprisonment. e Clearing Out the Diseased, Beruiy, ‘Dec. 2.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee.[—The police authorities of this city have given notice to all anlicensed sani- tariums, hotels, ctc., that consumptives und other paticnts suffering from infectious dis- eases who may be stopping at such®places must be gone within eight days or the piaces will be closed. The measure will seriously aftect private clinies. ) A Socialist's Brusstrs, Dec [Speci Tur Ber.] ~The funeral of Cavsar de Paepe, the Belgian socialist, took place today. The remains were followed to the grave by an enormous coucourse of people. In the pro- cession were deputations from 500 socialist associations, These delegates carried banuers and were headed by bands of music, —— A Football Game, ©NEw York, Dec. 25.—[Speclal Telegram to Tue Bk, —A football match between the teams from the Irish-American and Gaelics socleties was played at the new polo grounds this afternoon. ‘Lhe game was played under Gaelic association rules. The Irish-Ameri- cans won the game by 10 points to3. No goals were made Cablegram to AT CLIFTON, First race—-Monsoon, Australand. Second race —Prinee Karl, Lady M. Third race—Houri, Zed. Fourth race—Prince James, Prince Ed- ward. Fifth race—Fiddlehead, Louise. Sixth race—Cynosure, Grimaldi. LS Liable to Play With Fire, Panis, Dec, 25.—Regarding Emperor Wil- helm’s proposed visit to this city, La Liberte, although sure that a majonty of the peaple will abstain from offensive demonstration, thinks the German emperor, in coming to Paris, will be playing with fire. Bulnidnhy A Satisfactory Issue Foreseen, Viexxa, Dec. 25.—[Special Cablegram to Tne Bee. 'he suspension for the Christ- mas holidays of the negotiations relative to the Austro-Germany treaty of commerce finds them so far advanced that a satisfactory issue is foreseen.o Raised Duti in Uruguay. Moxtevineo, Dee. 35.—[Special — Cable- gram to Tme Bee.]-The government has introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies raising the dutios on spirits, sugar, perfum- ery, sills, tinned provisions and tobicco. e abd diddad o Spain's Ganff rolicy. Mapiiv, Dec. 2%.-—In consequenco of the voport of Senor Morel, president of the tarift commission, the government has resolved to innugurate & policy of protection before the general election. William Went to Church, Dec. ~[Special Cablegram to Christmas service held in the garrison church today. Dr. Stoecker preached in the Berlin cathodral. — s Troub'es, Peowi, 1L, D ~Samuel E. Gorton, dealer in toys, pletures and notions, failel yesterday. Liabilities, $15,000; assets, avout $15,000. Fusin sl Koeh Takes a Vacation. Benruiy, pecial Cabls has lelt Berlin Dec, f .1—Prof. Koch @ vacation of ten duys, A Ministerial Decr e, Mannin, Do The minister of finunco has issued docroe declaring that Spain must follow the protection movement of America and Europe, ropeal portions of the existing 2. for 25, exhausted in a | tariffs and horsos, mules meats, flour, next. rgely Increaso the dutice on d cattlo, presorved and salted ce and ceronls from January 1 . " Forced to Commit Murder, New Yonk, Dec. 25.—An altercation took place this afterncon in a livery stable on West Forty-nifth street, during which Michael Galvin, the proprietor, shot and killed James Cummings and seriously wounded Edward Hurley. Galvin was ter- ribly beaten by the men beforo he did the shooting, Killed by a Hat in, w Yomk, Dec%5.—~A peculiar and fatal accident occurred this afternoon on Eleventh avenue, An unknown, elder! woman slipped and feil to the sidewalk. When picked up she was found to be dead, and an examination disclosed the fact thata long hat pin had been driven into hor brain when her hoad struck the sidewaik. I A theater in Portsmouth burned tonight after the performance. No one was infured. CHRISTM IRU. A Sketch by Ex-Mayor W. R. Grace of New York. As the season conscerated by all Chr tian peoples, of whateyer race or clime, draws near; how few of us realize how differently it is observed accos to the position of the ohserveron this globo of our, itself 50 small an atom in the im- mensity of the universe, writes W. R. Grace in the Troy Times. The northern nations of Europe wel- come it with ‘good cheer and social gatherings; the dweliers on English soil with yulelog and mistletoe, our own peo- ple with wreaths of evergreens and holly; and among all these there lingers the fragrance of the ancient traditions good old St. Nicholas, the children’s d burden toys, which the legends tell were nt for distribution among the good children. ther we have outgrown our al- legiance to the sterner letter of such traditions, or our hearts soften to all ho are still privileged to linger within he enchanted kingdom that childhood owns; for as the senson approaches and the gentle snow—fit emblem of forg ness—blots out all the ugly spots friend, with team of reindeer of fills up all the uneven spac with impartiality; so do we we find, nn Ch mas morning, that the little transgre yesterday is as lovingly remembered in the distribution as his angel-tempered sister and his little stockings are as amply filled, There must be something in the influ- ence of the season 1tself, with its search- ing winds and frosty breath, that tends to draw closer at this time the bonds of friendship and of family, which in our busy lives are too often allowed to loosen, for parents and children, broth- ors and cousins now meet who have long been separ: the ed—per! estranged—ana salutation of *) vy Christmas™ more than usual significance whe poken over the grave of a fan injury or the ashes of an old feud. But this is talk too serious for Christ- mas tide. How do our neighbors of warmer climes keep the festival? For them Sunta Claus and his outfit would be too deep to be penetrated. The only snow they have ever scon lies miles away on the slopes of their volcanoes, They hage nover heard the merry jingle of the sleigh bell or the keen ring of a skate on a frosty morning, while n snow storm would astonish them as much as we would be amazed by the importation of one of their earthqualke: Lot us take a peepat Poru, our lovely southern sister. Blessed with a climate almost perfect, whore the hellotrope grows wild on the hillsides and flowers bloom all the year round, there is no more geutle, kindly, hospitable people on earth. Lima, the capital, is re- nowned for the beauty and grace of its ladies, and the children are ike animated Christmas ca Theve no jealousy of the foreigner., He is welcomed, entertained and treated kindly and fairly by the governmentand the people. Life in Poru is of a quieter, gentler character than as we know it in the hurry and rush of our business eagerness, and one who has lived among them and learned to appreciate their lovable qualities will often send back a grateful glance of retrospection, As trav'lers_oft look back at eve, when cast- ard darkly woing, upon_the light they leawe still faint behind them glowin Among tho Anglo-Saxon dwellers in Peru santa Claus is otten, and looked for- \gor expectation in many The fabled shoe of the ancient dame with her numerous pro- To ga geny, the glass slipper of Cinde- vella, and the trials and triumphs of the Sleeping Beauty, are as familiar to them as to our own little ones, Perhaps some who may read these lines may remember a dozen years ago to have seen the parlors of one of the lending families in Lima filled with a delighted audience to witness the debut of the daughter of the house as Cinderelia, tho beautiful child bearing herself with as perfect sell possession as the bride of the prince as she afterward showed when, at the drawing room of her mujesty in London, she bowed before the queen, herself the faivest among them all, But Peru lies a few deg the equator, and whilethe America is burnishing his skates or putting his sled in order, his Peruvian brother is hastening to the seashore and the sum- mer bathing season is at its height, Christmas gifts are not so plontiful, the shops not s0 crowded with puzzled cus- tomers, nor their windows so filled with dazzling novelties as with us, but a beautiful custom obtains there, as t throughout all South American coun- it As the season rolls on apace and tho sacred anniversary deaws nigh, one of tho iargest rooms is set apart and n stage improvised, on whicn is built up, in varying degrees of detail, according to the ability of the family, a ropresen- tion of the scene at Bethlehem, with all its surroundings faithfully shown. In the distance ave the shephords watching i flocks—the wise men of the t in royal robos, hringing gifts rom W in the foreground the humble madger with the holy tamily efouped around the cradle, while the star of Bethlehem shines brightly in the sky above. Gold ver and jewels are lavished on the decoration of the scene, ays are devoted to perfecting its small- st detail, and on Christmas and for inys therenftor, friends and visitors are adimitted to gnze and admirve. s season in Lima—com- ing ns it does in midsumm the skies are cloudiess und the air tempered by the breeze from the I tie, which olls pladidly along the shores of Peru. As the brief twilight of the tropics fades, the joweled cross of the southern hemisphero vises In the sky the avenues of the plaza bogin to fill,” bright eyes flash brief glances of vecognition, friends exchange pleasant F\'nolln;{u ns they { meet, the well-trained bands of the gar- vison play soitly in the summer air, until at lust the sweet-voiced bell of the cathedral tolls the *Animas.”” There i u momentary hush, a whispered pray for the souls of Loved onea gone before, the crowd begius to melt sileutly away, and as the moon vises soft and full ov is from the scene, bearing with us a plons- antwemory of a Christinas in Peru, the distant peak of the Andes, we turn ! \STOF THE ROMANTICISTS, A Ohristmas Vision. On the flank of a friendly troop of authors and crities there appeared at no great distance, two figures, writes Will- iam Dean Howells in the ‘*‘Editor's Study'” of Harver's Magazine, The first was that of an extremely decrepid old man, dressed to a fantastle _\u\nh‘nln-\sn‘ with his hair and beard washed to a saffon tint that was not in the least golden, His costume was out of the rag- bag of all epochs, and on his head ho wore a wreath of paper flowers The other was armed as to his head in a huge helmet like that of the secutor who fights with the Roman avenn, and his face was com- pletely hidden: his body was covered with 4 suit of scale armor, as the Study at first imagined. to learn later that the scales were n natural expression of the wear sorpentine natur Instead of asword he carried a vepeating riflo in his band, and from time to time he dropped a panel of tall fence from his shoulder to the ground, and crouching ™mE one seemed inclined to Interfere with, the Study threw up one of his windows, and calldd to a boy who was passing on the pavement below; he proved to be the very boy whom Old Serooge sent to buy the turkey when he woke from his fourful dream and found it was nothing but a dream. “Our good boy,” said the ing the voeative of the editor absurd, but clinging to its woll known fondness for tradi- tion—""Our good boy, will you tell us what is the meaning of that ubominablo person’s behavior in firing into the pro- cossion? Isho a Pinkerton man, and does he mistake it for a parade of strikers? Who is he, anyway, and that que simulaerum with him?” "hose fellows?” asked the boy. “Oh! tudy, find- plural with it the one inthe frontis tho last of the Romanticists, telling the same old story, and the other is the anonymous eritie, firing blank cartridgosatauthors, It’s Christmas, you know, and they Tt the poor old fellows out to _amuse them- solves,” - G e * * * The True and The Beautiful now en- tered the square togethorand performed their famous pas seul a deux. This wu not so difficul it seems wien put in words; for The True and The Beautiful are one and the same; only The True is the one and The Beautiful is the sumo. They faced the study windows first as The True and after performing their dance in that character, wheeled half round and appeared as The Beautiful, in the manner of the person who used to dance as the soldier and the sailor on the stage. Over their head flashed out the words, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” The Anonymous Critic read the legend aloud, and then murmured vindictivoly, “‘Keats! T did for him pretty thoroughly, 1" the Study retorted. *‘You did your worst, but after all you didn’t kill Keats, You hurt him, but_he took you very philosophically, at atime when You wore very much more regarded than You are now.”’ 1t is the nature of the anonymous critic not to he able to bear the slightest con- tradiction. raised his wenpon and immedintely fired a blank cartridge at the study windows, putting on his hel- met at the same time to avoid recogai- tion. The repoyt woke the Last of the Romanticists, who scrambled to his feot excl i ved, saved! They are = s “Who are s A?" asked the with unbroken windows. “The good old-fashioned hero and heroine. Didn’t you heur the minute gun atsen? He urrived with his raft just as her bark was sinking. He fired ono shot, and the miscreant relaxed his hold from her fainting form and fell & corpso at her feet, Tho sharp clap of thunder, preceded by a blinding flash, revealed the path they had lost, and they stood at the castio gate, ina shout that and the brave cowboy rode into their midst with the swooning chatelaine on tho mustang behind him, while the Sar- acens and Apaches discharged a shower study of arrows and then fled in all direc- tions. That shot, which procluimed the suicide of the gambler, in order to give his body for food to the starving companions he had fleeced in the snow-bound Sier doath- knell of the commonplac re they come, dying for each othor! Ah, that is something like! What abundant action! What nobility of motive! What inces- sant self-sncrifice! No analysis there?” The Study could never understand P y how it was managed, but in tho antics” of the fantastic couple who now appeared it was somehow oxpressed that the youth was perpetuntly winning the maiden by deeds A greatost conrago and the most unnecssary and preposterous goodness, while the maiden enacted tho role of the slave at once of duty and of love, When she was not_wildly throw- ing herself into her lover’s arms sho wus letting him marry another givl, though she knew it would make him unhuppyy because she betieved the other girl wanted him, sighed the aunonymous eritic, pofound I;nu\\'fwdgu of the is certheless hie had the air of being extremely bored by the spectacle before him, e The Fire liecord. SAx AvGostig, Tex,, Dee, > busi: @3 portion of tho idences. Loss, $5),000. A R [ town and man A Vicious Dishwasher, Elijah Holmes, a dishwasher at the Den- ver chop housc, got into an altercation with Charles E. Hill, the eook, last uight. Th two men finally @imo 1o blows, and Holmes struck Hill on the d with a meat ax, in tlicting an ugly wound. Holmes was ar rested. —_—— Dr. and Mrs, Frank Dorsey gave a din- ner party at v cosy home on Wool- worth avenue, between Park avenue and Thirtieth street, Christmas eve. Thoss inattendance were Mr, and Mre, James Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Foley and Mr, and Mrs. D. J. Grace, A very pleas- ant evening was spent in playing cards and other games, | | | { POWDER Absolutely Pure. A oream of tartar baklag powder. ighess | ot leavening strengih—U. 8. Goverament Re« | vort Avz. 17, 1894 retiarius in tho | The retain '..:(.'.g,, made tho welkinting - b Pive yess e behind it, fired at some author in the pro-~- , cession, Horrified at this outrage, which no s s PO AT -