Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1891, Page 1

{ | TW ) move several miles further from here. < Bt ELVE PAGES THE OMAHA SunDAY BEE e 'v;l‘ WENTIETH YEAR. AHE ROAR OF CANNON. 1t is Heard at Gordon and Calls Evergbody into the Field, —— | CHIEF RED CLOUD HELD BY HOSTILES, | Tndisn Warrlors Gontinually Oiroling Near | the Agency. TROUBLE FOR THOSE WHO BURY THE DEAD Bishop Hare and Father Stephavie Arrive al the Scene, HOW THE MILITIA WILL BE WLLCOMED, A Report from Rushville Gives the avernor Hearty Applanse for His Promptness in Sending Ov the Guards, onvoy, Neo,, Jan, 4.—[Special to Tue Bee]-A battle is about north place, of Telogram now raging of this can ten miles and The distinctly he The wildest exci of state troops is expected cast booming cannon be rd, Ever) under arms, A body is ement exists, t12 company tonight KED CLOUD COERCED. B to Hench the Agency Angers the Hostil Acescy, S, D, (via Rushyille, Neb,) Jan, Spociul Telegram to Tie Bre,|—Twenty-one of the wounded soldicrs, three of the officers and eighteen men will have to be taken to Fort Tow uight by spec Tare have Prve R Riley, Kan., tomor- 1 train. been no new developments today regarding the hostiles except that old Red Cloud tried to slip away from them and rer g tothe When the fact was i 1uwlby the hostiles they shot all of his ponies, numbering aboat fifteen, placed a guard over the old chief and proceeded to This last move places their within but a fow miles of the but the warriors, aceording to the n bad lands, orts of scouts, keep circling within ten or a dozen camp miles of here all the time Tt/ considered as among the probabilities at the party that went out this morning to ury the dead Tudians at Wounded Knee will encounter trouble with hostile scouts before ¥ get. their big job completed. Jim Stephenson of Omaha, who has fif fourhorse teams, a total of two hundred horses engaged in army work her, is at the agency. He returns home tonight, Fred Remington, artist for Harper's or- rived this mormng to sketeh the fields of the | recent battles, particularly that of Wounded {Knee, Bishop Hare of South Dalota, and Father Stephanie of New York arrived this evening The wounded Indians were this afternoon removed from the Episcopal churen to the Catholie school house about a block distant Oneof the little babies found at the battie field yesterday died today. 0. H. Cressey. FEELING AT RUSHVILLE. Everybody Relieved at the Report That the Guards Are Ordered O Rusnviie, Neb, Jun. 8.—[Special gram to Tue Bee.]—Dr. Martin, state super- intendent of relief supplies, arrived nere yesterday and has since been busily engaged in distributing the first consignment of goods to the needy settlers, He has received word from headquarters at Lincoln that farther consignments are ‘on tne way to Chadron and other points as well as this, Universally, the feeling here is one of gratitude to the donors for this sub- stantiul evidence of their interest and settlers are warm in their praises of Goverror Thayer, Tie Bee and all others who have taken great interest in reliof matters, News received this morning from Governor Thayer that he bad sent several companies of militia to protect the settlements border- ing on the Indian country elicited hearty ap- plause and already & much better feeling pre- vails, No oue who has ing the past few days can begin to understand the degreo of excitement and the srtain that settlors have endured, The report that people here do not. waut militia or think that the best possible measures of safety should not be taken are absolutely false. They realize cnly too painfully the lack of suficient protection heretofore exist- ing all along this border and Governor Thayer has never yet performed an act wherein he was accorded greater general support than in this matter, MOVEMENTS OF THE MILITIA. not been here dur- Company A, Commanded by Licut. Osborne, Leave for the Field Yok, Neb., Jan, 3.—[Special to Tue Bee. | —Company A, First regiment, Nebraska Na- tional guards, in command of Lacutenant ¥, F. Osborn, left at 11 o'clock this morning on o Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley special for Rushville. The boys were jubilantat the prospect of going to the frout, and the com pany's ranks were swelled by now enlist- ments. A large crowd accompanied the com- pany to the depot, and as the train pulled out they were cheered to the echo, P ified, Nepraska Crry, Neb., Jan. 8—[Special Telegram to Tuk Bee,|—Company C of the stato militia has been notified to be in readi- ness to be called to the seat of the Iudian troubles during the next twenty-four hours. En Route to the Front. Bran, Neb.. Jan. 8.—[Special to Tue Bek.] ~—The Tekamah guards, under Captain Beck, passed through Blair today en route to Gor- don, Neb. There was one and one-balf hours between trains, and the boys made a rush for the sccond-hand stores and hardware stores, and about cleaned the town out of revolvers. One young man, when asked hew he liked going to fight the Indians, remarked that ho guessed when he joined the guards he “bit off more than he could chow up.” There were about forty in tho :ompany, Cheered on Their Way. , Neb,, Jan, 8.—[Spocial Tel —Tywo or throe thousand citizens ed out to the depot this fore- noon o seo company E, Nebraska national guards, off for the Indian country. The com- pany was escorted to the depot by MobLer 2\ " OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1801 —~TWEL it was drawn upin line and photographed. Company H of Tekamah, under command of Captain Beck wer forw on the sam train, Asthe train pulied out three hear cheers went up from the assembled mniti- tude. s Noufled, , Jan. 3.~The Sixth regi- tional_guards, has been or- readiness to march to the gainst the Indians. Tow Misox Ciry, In ment, Towa X dered o be in frout for service s Four Indinns Kilted Dexven, Colo, Jan, i.—A special from Chey ennc to the Rocky Mountain lews says a dispateh from White nver tells of a fight bo tween K troop, Sixth cavalry, and & party of Indians. Four Indians were lkilled, with no 1085 to the troops How Th MisNEsPOLIS, Jan. § to the Tribune from Mandan, ' Com- pany B, Twenty-second infantry, ordered to Fort Yates from Canion Ball, has reported that friendly bucks at Standing Rock have gone out to join tho hostiles, They told Agent McLaughlin they w bo Ald sooner killed in war than slaughtered in peace, s1ys The Banl Plyed. RuvENSA, Neb,, Jan. 3. —|Special Telegram to Tur: Bee.) Two hundred people were as- sembled at the B. & M. depot depot thiseven: ing to see the train load of militia, The train stopped ten minutes to change engines, dur- ing which timo theRavenna band played “Marching Through _Georgia," *“Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching,” and other appropriate selections, . An Army Ready. Onp, Neb., Jan. 3.—[Special Teleg T Bex.|—~Company B of the Net tional guiards of this city left this evening on u special train via the B. & M., via Craw- ford, Neb,, where they have been ordered by Governor Thayer to protect the Nebraska frontier. The company numbers forty-six able-bodied men and was under the command of First Lieutenant J. L., McDonough and Second Licatenant (. W. Hall. Captain Wedst, who is now in 1llinois, will join the company at Crawford. Fifteen hundred more men will be ready for action within twenty-four hours’ notice. to A Report from Picrre, Pierge, S. D, Jan. 3.—[Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|-It is reliably reported that hostile Tndians lave sent out runners to the Indian camps, notifying them of a battlo and calling upon them for aid. One of the Indians has made his appearance among the Indiaus up Bad river and has been using every means to incite them into joining in the conflict. The proper army oficials have been notified and ave no doubt on the lookout for the red rascals. The principak indian trader at Fort Pierre, Mr. Ketehum, says he has sold more red paint to Indians it the last few days than for years. The Indians are engaged in cavrying large quantities of sup- plies between he d 1ot Benuwett. Colo- nel Tossin has telegraphed for rations for cighty people in Fort Pierre who have left their bomes on account of the Tudian trouble, GUARDS . LONG PINE, of the Boys Do Not Fecl as Hilarious as Usual, o Loxa Pixe, Neb., Jan. §,—[Special Tele: gram to Tus Bre.—An_order was peceived by Company G, Second regiment, Nebraska natimal guards from General Colby top itself in readiness to march on short notice, They assembled at the armory again today and are on duty awaiting further orders from headquarters, Captain W.'J. Court- wright was elected major to fill the vacanc of Major ('ross on December 26, 1800, and to- day Lieutenant C, ¥\, Ingalls was clected cap- tain of Company G. Captain Ingalls was In Wauley vesponded immedia frovernor. Some , TIL, ana cly upon the call of the Company E of Fremont and Com- pany H of Tekemah took supper at Long Pine tonight and they seemed to be — in tol. bly good spirits, but the novelty nad nearly worn off by the time they reachied hero and some of the boys wore fuaces that indicated wore scriousness than love of ~adveature en- tities them to wear ™ HIIE RIVER BATTLE. News of it is Confirmed in News from the Pine Ridge District. Pixe Rinee, Jan. 3.—The engagement be- tween General Carr's commands and the Indians on White river is confirmed. 1t is belioved 1o one was killed, though several Indians were wounded. An Indian courier brings a nessage from the hostile camp, the substance of which is a demand that all soldiers be withdrawn from the locality, and further that they will treat with no one for peace but the vice president of the United States on the commissioner of Indian _affai This message came direct, from the hitherto supposed friendly chief, 1Red Cloud, Koving bands continio to scour the coun- try in the vicinity of Pine Ridge. Many per- sons coming in tell of narrow escapes. The Indin training school at Pine Ridge was burued last night, noloss of life resulting. MUST HAVE PROTECIION, Appeals for More Troops from North- western Nebraska Towns Lixcory, Neb, Jan, 8.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee. ]~ Governor Thayer received the followmg dispatch this morning : Cinnroy, Neb, Jan The county is being depopulated and” stock s dying for wantof care. Farmers are buddied in the city, Businessis suspended, There are no guns, ammunition or troops here, Bands of hostile Indians are within striking distance, Wemust have a second rogiment quick for the safety of the town and country, L. A. DoiiNarox, AND Five Orners. General Cole replied that the Fremont militia was on_its way to Chadron to proteet thateity, This moruing the Central City and Ord militia companies left for the front. They will be stationed at Crawford, The Tekamah company left for Gordon and the York and Geneva companies for Rushville. The governor has reccived from Hay Springs anappeal for three gompanies of ~militia, Oneor two will probably be sent this afternoon, Gene; Cole telegraphed to General Miles asking for additlonal guns, but Miles replicd this morning that he had none. Agent Royer's Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. §.—The comaissioner of Indian affairs today received from Agent Royer the following telegram, dated Pine Ridge Agency, 8. D., January “Number Two and Three day school buildings and the Episcopal church, a1l located on White Clay creck some distance from the agency, have been burned by hostile Indians. Isaac Miller, @ white man’ und former employe on tho beef herd, was killed by Iudians ten miles north of the ' agency. About three thousand men, womeén and children are camped neay the mouth of Grass creek, fifteen miles northeast of the agency who are hostile and refuse to come into the agency as requestod. They are com- mitting all kinds of dopreautions und driving off qur agency beer herd. Little Wound, Big Road and Red Cloud with their peopio are among them, and it is reported they want to come into the agency, but the others object nd say thoy will kill ihe first one that starts for the agency,” What General Miles Says. WismiNero, Jan. 3. —General Schofield this morning received the following telegram from General Miles dated yesterday: “There is & report from the Iudian camp this morn- iug that Red Cloud and Little Wound are de- | termined to come iu with their following. Their lives have been threatened by the hostiles who are determived to go to war. There is also a report from the same son post, Grand Army of the Repuolic, when | source ofan cngugereut between the ludiaus and cavalry. in which quite a number of sol- diers wero killed and some Indians, If this is correct the battle was prabably on the White river. General Brooke has ‘command of that line.”” Tne general said nothing addi tional had been received up to the present time, Cure's Skirmish, PINE Rivas Acexey, S, D., Jan. 3.—~Moro definite rumors relative to the reported en- gagement between General Carr's command and the Indians in the bad lands have been received, These would indicate that the ro0ps were driven back and a numberkilled but it cannot be considered authentic, Scouts whoh urned from other hostile camps, however, are bearing anything but ressur- ingreports. The lndians will not listen to peace propositions. e parties sent out to bring in the dead bodies found 108 lving on the ficld An_at- s mado to remove the dead to Pino Ridge Ageney, but. b the task was com- pleted the rescuing party was attacked by a roving band of hostiles and driven away. XPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP. AnAccident That Will RResult in the Death of Forty M Viexya, Jan A terrible explosion of fire damp occurred tolay in the Trimty pit, near the Polish town of Ostrau. Fifteen bodies have been recovered and twenty-four miners are missing, Itis now known that many miners are still imorisoned in the pit. ~ Itis feared that the accident will result in the death of forty miners — READY FOR THE FRAY. Politicians of A1l at Li Lixcory, Neb,, Jan, 3. —[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|~There arcfifty-one indepen: dents in the house and of theseonly one has led to put in an appearance upto this time, The missing membver is J. G, Kruse of Knox, There are independents in - tho senate and these have ar- rived on the ground. The independents have established their headquarters at the Lindell hotel, though a numverof them aro quartered in other hostelrics throughout the city. Tonight they held a conference, as they called 1t, at the Lindell, and at miduight they ave still v session. The object of this conference is to decide upon the temporary speakership of the house. Thereare several candidates, among them being Sheoeder of Logan, Elder of Clay and Taylor of Johuson, “The last mentioned seems to be in the lead at this writing. _Horman of Saline, the Knights of Labor candidate, and Stewart of York are the dark horses, The fight seems to bo upon the organization of the house, Very few democrats and republicans have arrived, but a number of them are expected on the early trains Monday. ortson the Grounds coln. ehiteen all of ey Opium Smugglers Enjoy a Boom St Pavt, Minn,, Jan. 3.—A Pione Seattle, Wash,, special says: “Inv by caveful mensent from here to shows more than twenty opium retiner full Dblast besides many small Chi nese establishments which fry out small amounts, For the three months onding September 18, 45,359 pounds of crude opium lauded at_Vavcouver from Chinese steam ships. Of this amount 5,479 pounds were forwarded to New Westminster, 1,30 r mains at_Vancouver and 41,369 pounds were ent to Victoria, wh it was refined and smuggled across the American line, Dur. ing these months not a single pound of opium was lawfully passed through the cus- tom houses. Smuggling is going forward all the time by sloops, schooners and steamers, and the opium business alone amounts to over £1,000,000 a year. Besides this, Chinese are being smuggled over constantly. It is be lieved that weaitby residents of Victoria are backing the smugglers and share in the profits. AL AL An Estate in Bad Shape. Kaxsas Crry, Mo, Dee. 8.—~Guardian Hugh Lynch, appointed to take chaage of Bernard Dounelly and his estate upon Dounelly being declared insane, is being overrun by claims rainst the estate for sums ageregating al- ady $40,000, 1 present indications vuch is of the opinion that the estate will pay only a very small per cent of what is due from1it, and many persons will be great losers who can ill afford the loss, being mostly personal friends of Donnelly who en- trustéd their money to him for investment, One Loyal Chief. SAN Fraxcisco, Jan, 3.—The schooner W, H. Beebe, which arnved from the Marshall islands, brings intelligence tending to con- firm the rumor that the German government has taken possession of the islands. The chiefs were compelled to sign a petition re- questing Germany to establish a protectorate over the group, One chief, however, who declared himself in favor of allegiance to the United States refusedto sign tho petition, which was forwarded to Berlin, e Disinherited His i eautiful Niece. CLEVELAND, O, Jan. 3.—The will of Selah Chamberlain was probated in Payne today. The only public bequest out of the estate was a small one to Lane theological seminery at Cincinnati. The remainder of the vast estate will go to his two nephews, who reside here. His niece, the famous beauty, kuown as Jennie Chamberlain before her marriage in England to Mr. Naylor- Leylan, is not mentioned in the will, e Decided Not to Publish It Minri, Jan, 8.—The Cuban delegates have formally submitted to the Spanish gov- ernment’ their conclusions as to the best economic and fiseal policy for Cuba, The government has decided not to publish the report for fear it mignt prove detrimental the negotiations with the United States gov- ment looking to the establishment of a reci- provity treaty relative to Cuba. One Killed and Four Injured, PirrssurG, Pa., Jan, 8.—The Philadelphia express on the Peinsylvania railroad this morning struck four men walking on the track near Thirty-third street. John Young of Allegheny City was instantly killed, and Charles O'Hara. Joseph Henderson ana D, Martelma severely injured. T Will Wage a Legitimate Fight, Wasmixatoy, D. €., Jan, 8.—-At an in- formal conference of democratic leaders to- night, it is understood thatit was agreed to uso all legitimato parliamentury neans to de- feat the federal election and proposed cloture scheme, e Caused by a Misplaced Switch, CLevELAYD, O, Jan. 8.—A misplaced switch caused a collision between the Lake Shore fast mail and an engine at Elyria to- night. Several trainmen were badly hurt and the postal cars were much damaged, e Ll A Defaulting Treasurer. SrocknuDGE, Mass,, Jan, 8.— Charles Wil lis, for fifteen years treasurer of the Stock- bridge Savings bank, is & defaulter to t tent of £25,000 or more. Willis is now pros b ex. He will plead guilty, ated at his home. O tertained Minister Lincoln, Puiavecenis, Jan, 3.-Vice President Thompson of the Pennsylvauia railroad com- pany tonight entertained Robert T. Liucoln, miulster to- England, at Corker Hill, his beautiful country seat at Merion, —_— Kean’s Assignees Deny. Cmicaco, 1L, Ja Kean's assiguee’s today issued & card donying the roport that they had offered 4 settlement at fifty cents on the dollar, - The Fire Record, Y, Jan, §.—Tue Oswego Falls burned this afterncon, Loss, | WILLIAM'S POLICY ATTACKED. The German Press Indulges in Bitter Oriti- cism of the Emparer, CHANCELLOR CAPRIVI GETS A WARNING. Prof. Koch Growing Angry at the In- creased Severity of Professional Criticism at Home and Abroad. e Apctated Pros) ‘The relations between the jority in the fandtag and tho government increase in hostility, The Colog zotte, Humburg Nmchrichten and other organs of the opposition attack tho emperor's policy all avounds A review of tho year became a protext for bitter eriti- cisms in contrasting the emperor's promises of reforms with negative results, The zette warns Chancellor Caprivi t nothing 15 more dangerous than un- reilized promises. The goveenment, it says, > Princo Bismarck's Fetivement has achieved nothing. The projests for labor re- form, alteration of the system of taxation, new seliool system, new custéms systom aud new communal legislation has opened up a prospect of internal conflict of which it is impossible to foreseo the consequences. Munich semi-official - papezs.refer openly to the internal policy of the emperor and declare itis tending toa crisis, : The treaty with Austriais threatening the influx of Hungarian corn, and the emperor's dalliance with labor laws has made the Hui- garian members of the reichstag tura a long- ing eye unon Friedrichsrube. The year prom- ises to be a stormy parliamestary period for the government, with the probable reappear- ance of Bismarck in the fore front. Mrs. Shaw, the American whistler, has met with br it success in her concerts in St Petershure. The Russian government is about to estab- lish diplomatic relations with Mexico. A legation will shortly leave Sti Potersburg for the Mexican capital. The quantity of frost is abating. The death rate has notably increased. The baptismof the infant princeis fixed for January 2. The king ang queen of Ttaly will be sponsors. Prof. Koch is in ill-humor@yer.the increas- ing severity of professional griticisms here andabroad. It is understood that he has asked Minister Von Gosslens$o relieve him from his pledge to surrender to the state his right to the discovery. Vom Gossler was opposed to publishing the cemposition of the remedy until foreign goverminents were com- municated with as to the precautions nece sary to sccure the production of the genuine lymph. When the landtag resumes itssitting an ofMicial declaration will be ‘made repudiat- inga desire on the part of the government to retain any advantage thronghi the production of the lymph and expressing_@ readiness to communicate the process of the manufacture through other governments ' which are able to guaranteo against an abuserof it. In the meantime the anger of muiel eircles arising from privileged trafic in th> ymph s grow- Ang fn warinth, b - Dr. Pettenkofer, a leading Bavarian phy- siclan, while declaring recently his belief in the suceess of Koch's method in the treat- ment of lupus and tuberenlosis of the joints added that it was a deplomble blot upon Ge man science that some Berlin phy: abused Koch's discovery for pecuniary ends He suggested that the stato fix a regular price foreach injection of the lymph. The Tageblatt asserts tbat while man patients are awaiting treatment alarge quan- tity of the lymph remains unused in the Lib- bertz laboratory and that Drs. Cornell, Dengell and Plibl have a practi- cal monomoly of the use of the lymph. Dr. Cornell, it says, besides his private clinic in Charlottenburg, a suburb of Berlin, will form a similar estab- lishment in the center of the city for high class patients, This, it adds, makes the fourth place where injections are eiven, and all four are under the control of Dr. Cornell. The Tageblatte’s statewent is somewhat exaggerated and ignores the fact thata daily increasiug quantity of thelymph is sent out to the German and foreign hospitals, The Libbertz laboratory is chiefly drawn upon forthe supply, The Austrian goverament has forbidden the use of any lymph except that from the Libbertz laboratory and has also ordered physicians 10 report every death that occurs from reaction and to hold a post- mortem examination in each case, Dr. Cheyne of London has been here sev- eral weeks studying the eficacy of the rem- edy in cases of leprosy. He has become con- vinced of its value and he will proceed to St, Petersburg, where he will inoculate lepers. The lepers under the treatment of Prof, Fewmanof Vienna show improvement in their condition, ‘f'he National Gazette, as the organ of the colonial party, explains the reasons for the complaints of Stoies, the Enelish trader, pe- garding Emin Pasha, It appears thatStokes left Saadani w June under orders from Baron Wissman, taking goods on Lis own ac- count to the value of §50,00 besides $10,000 worth on behalf of a Zanzibar firm. Emin's warlike plays preventedStokes from disposing of these goods, hencethe trader's wrath, The National Gazette does not gllege that Wiss- man was interested in Stokes' venture, but i statement sugeests that the baron did have an interest in the enterprise, The Freisinige, commentimg on the work- men's accident insurance law, which came into operution on January I, says that if a plebiscite should be taken §5 per cent of the people would pronounce agahust the measure, [Copyright 2891 by New ¥ Berry, Jan, conservative m r MARRIED THE HIGE KICKER. A Wealthy Denver Duse Creates a Sensation by Wedding an Actress, exven, Col, Jan, 8.—{Smecal Telogram BeE.)—A genuine sensution was created here this morning by the announce ment that Clarence M. Dow, son of C. H. Dow, president of the Commercial Natioudl bauk of this clty, had been married to Miss Millie Price, the dauseuse of the “Natural Gas" _company now playmg at the Tabor Grand. The coremony was performed at the Windsor hotel, Justice of the Peace Palmer ofiiciating. The groom gives his age at twenty-two, but his father says he is only nincteen, Hemet Miss Price only two days ago. Hels known as considerauié of u dude, The elder Dow is & gentleman of large wealth and is interested it banks in Kansas | City, St. Joseph, Salt Lake and other points | beside Denver. Tho affait is the talk of the | town. Miss Price appeared as'Jenuic last | night as usual and exéeutod ner sky-scrapaug | aance with her accustomed agility and grace - - | Rivers Falling at Pictaburg, | Pirrsuone, Jan. dAL dunger of 4 flood | in this vicinity has passed wod the rivers are | now fulling, | e e | rlends of the Bucket 8hop. | CiicaGo, Jan, §.—A cauclis of that portion | of the bourd of trade members who are op- | NUMBER 200. ent managemont, particularly in the matter of removing tho telegraph wires from the trading floor In order to orevent bucket shops from securing quotations, was held today. Tt was decided not to put a candidate in the fleld against President Baker in the coming election, but candidates for vice ident and fiye directors were named, The expect by elocting these directors to cause @ return to the former methods, - MMNA ABBOIT DYING. She 15 Stricken Dow monia atSalt b att Laks, Utal, Jan, 8. [Special Tele- gram to Tie Bie.|-Emma Abbott, the wreat prima donna, is dying in thiscity, She came here tofill a four nights' engagement, and despite the advice of her physicians, went on the first night, The next dayshe was taken alarmingly ill with pneumonia and has been failing rapidly eersinee, Her phy- sicians say wnightat 9 o'clock that she can- not live, “She is totally unconscious aud the end is not far off, with ke City Pneus - THE SHAH WAS INTERESTED. He Visits the Residence of American Missonaries at Tohoran. WasnNGrox, Jan. The secrotary of state has received a dispatch from Tehoran, giving many interosting particulars of the re- cent visit paid by the shah of Persia to the residences of the American missionaries at that capital, His majesty evinced the great- estinterest fn the methods of the mission school aud bestowed much commendation on the general good appearance of the premises, not omitting to speak of the Awmercan ways of “*housekeeping,” The first artesian wel ever drilled in Persia was being sunic on t premises and bad reached a depth of ove two hundred feet at the timo of his visit. This is the first visit ever made by the shak atthe residence of any foreigner. -——— RIBLEEND, HIS TER A Chic Dies of Confident of Re. Cricigo, Jan. 8.—[Spocial Telagram to Tur: B Henry Bankwitz, a Polish resi- dent of Avondale, was bitten six weeks ago by a vicious bull dog. He paid little atten- tion to the matter and suffered no discomfort from the wound until last Tuesday afternoon, when he was seized by afit and fell to the floor. He ralied from tho attack but was s0on seized with asecond, and at short inter- als afterward until yesterday, when he died, completely extausted. Dr. Rose, who was called tosee the patient when ho was first, attacked, and who remained with himn until his death, deseribes the suffering of Bunkwitz as soinething horrvibloe, “One thing that I never knew before in a case of rabies,” sail doctor, “was the strange fact of the consciousness at intervals of the patient even up tothe point of death In fact, he died_conscious, conversing with i , buthis aervous system com- reome and he died from sheer ex- Rabies While overy. zonn »nscious moments Banlwit was a man of strong will, combatted the of death and five minutes before the end came told the doctor that the convulsion must cease soon and thathe would then re cover, wh ide: Erns S DEMPSEY AND FITZSIMIONS, Their Approaching Battle Arc Great Interest. W ORLEANS, La., Jan. 8.—[Special Tel gram to Tue B, |—As the date forthe gr Dempsey-Fitzsimmons fight at the Olym club approaches the interest begins to grow, 2 thejndications axe_tiat a, iaxger asson- blage of people will attend the mill than have ever been seen at a battle before in this sec- tion of the country. Messrs, Noel, Shorland Dardes, the contest committee for the Olym- pic club, has left no stone unturued tosce that thie patrons of the club enjoy every com- fort possible on the night of tho mill. “Large pictures of the cub honse, ring and oficers h been forwarded to inquiring friends and news- paper men as far away as Sydiey, Mel- bourne and London, and no expense is_ being spaved to make the approuching b best managed affairof the kiud ever in the annals of pugilism. Dempsey Fitzsimmons are doing nicely, and the with his characteristic good humor, refers to the mill with an airof confidence that would rorize a less game and experienced man than the Nowpareil. The ree will be chosen a couple of days before the fight, avd he will be _a prominent Olympic club member. Neither contestant objects. Dompsey is the favorite for a small odd. Much money has already been wagered. Jack MeAulifte and Denny Costigran will see- ond Dempsey and Jimmy Carroll, Doc O'Con- nell and John Grifin, the Braintree, Mass., featheweight, will 100k after Fitsimmons. Erroncous reports have been made regarding the price of admission to the fight. No man will be able tosee the mill for less than §10. There will be but one price —-—— THE RAILWAY PRESIDENTS, sing Great Difficulty Experienced in Com- ing to an Agree Cricaco, Jun. 3.—[ Special T Tue Bre.|—The railway press bur ys 2 The western railroad presidents had two protracted sessions today, The fast contin- ued until after 6 o'clock, and at its conclusion asettlenent seemed almost as faroff as it did Monday. That the presidents arein carnest, however, is evidencel bythe fact that they concluded to break every railroad precedent and hold a session on Sunday, to- morrow, The seutiments of the presidents have undergone & * marked change nce Monday. At that time all were perfectly confidont that the New York meeting uext Thursday would end in the formation of a gilt-cdzed associa- tion which would satisfactorily take the place of old existing western railroad associations. At the close of this afternoon’s session it was the general opinion that the St. Paul, Rock Island and Northwestern would all have to posed o the methods ompluyed by ths pros: | settle their disputes with the Union Pacific before the agreement could be formed. One of the presidents said : “We have been aiscussing the proposed agreement, and so far_have only agreed on the minor features. Wa can come together in New York, however, if Mr. Gould can us- sure us he means to honestly carry out the ment. It may also be necessary for him to first settle his quarrcls with western roads.” ' _President Cable of the Rock Island left for New York tonight, If the agreement. is not formed he will go to - Washington and carry the war into Egypt by blocking any con- grosstonal _aid for the Union Pacific. He is loaded with facts which it is thought will bring Gould to time in his warfare on his his conneeting lines, All the western roads have adopted the report of the committes of mauugers concern- ing free transportation, sud the plan recom- mendedis now in force, 1t provides that amnual or time passes shall not be issied to employes of foreign roads ain service, station or trafiic departments, except upon the 1equest of the proper ofMicials of such roads; thatanuual half fare permits be good only in the state in which the holder : that annual, time, or single trip 11 not be issued to'the world's fair commissioners, to representatives of street car or cable roads, agents engaged in the sale of commodities to 'roads, grand urmy people, or any United States army oficers, except the command of the department of the Mis- sourt, or his inmediate staf. -~ The Weather | For Omaha and vicinity For Nebraska ana Iowa winds. For South Dakota recast, Fair; warme Fuir ;- southerly Fair: winds shifting to westerly ; warmor in northeast, stationary temperature in southwest portion. —_— Derailed by a Brok C.evElann, 0., Jan. —The limiwed ex- press, cast-bound, on the Fort Wayne roud, Jumped the track today near Massillon while running forty miles an hour. The vestibule attachments proventod the cars from topling overand not a singlo person was injur od Theuccident was caused by the breaking of a frog. UGG o Ordered Into th Deanwoon, 8 D., Jan, 8,—|Special Tele- gramto Tie Ber|—Abo Jones of Jones Bros, who have a herd of horses 1n the vi- cinity of Twin Buttes, Harding county, reached Deadwood late lwst night and e ports that his firm yesterday recolved or- ders from Colonel Otis of Fort Meade o bring these horses in at once. Several set tlersall along the_valley of Bear Butte creck have also been ordercd into the fort. — - Fredk of a Lunatic Deanwoon, 8. D, Jan, 8.—[Special Telo- gram to Tue Bre.]—At 10 o’clock last 1 Jotm Bueler, a grocery manof the Fivst wanl, was attracted 1o his front door by the shrick ingof & woman, o had no head out of doors than the wornan a revolverin bis faco and fired, The sim was poor and Bueler escaped untarmed. The wouan, who proved to be Carrie Jansen, rushed ‘up the street, and meeting a polics officer gave him her pistol and surrendered herself, saving that she had killed Bu She was placed in jail and is now a raviig maniac, No reason for herassoult on Bueler is known, s t, sooner put his poluted a s il RUNS THE PRISON, State of Affvirs Reported 1 Thomaston, Me. BostoN, Mass, Jan. §.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Ber ecial 10 the Herald from Thomaston, Me., chronicles a novel condition of things atthe state prison there in, that Wi m 1. Gould, serving a ten years sentence for embezzling 8180,000 while cashicr of the First National bank, practically runs the institution, It is alleged that Gould has unlimited power and 1s virtually warden He pays all bills, including the ofticers' sal aries, veceives all money and buys all goods, runs the commissary department and the deputy punishes merion nis complaint, Ho is ot locked upin a cell as others are, and has privileges accorded him, it is stated never given prisoncrsin any institution. Ho tills the position of clork, assistant libravian, choir member, sssistant yhysician and assist: ant watchman, and it is” also _saia that he makes out the wnual report of the prison. URGED 10 RETUR The Presence of Rey Demanded in Washington, WASHINGTON, Jan, §.--The news t ator Ingalls has started castward in re- sponse tourgent telegrams from Edmunds and Hoar was received with someenthusiasm by the friends of the elections bill in the sen ate. The aunouncement had been made that Ingalls iutended to remain in Topeka until the leeisliture had elected his successor, and the republican managers were very much [ that they would not have a quorum of republican senators lere next week, Pad. dock says he cannot be here next week, and Squire also has announced his intention of re maining in the westfora week or more Urgent telegrams have been scut to them aud they may be pursiaded to retuen. Every republican vote will be needed in the seuate next week, as itis not unlikely that an effort will be made to “setont’’ the eloctions bill and the democratic senators ean be counted on to break a quorumif possible by absenting themselves from the chaniber. As stated by Haleand Teller during the recent debate in the seaate, nothing hus been done publicly by the demoerats to indicate that they - tended tofilibuster aguiust the bill. As bear- i on that point the assertion of & leadin, democratic senator. recently may be quote to the effect that nis party would *use ev faivand honovable meansto beat the bill," with the supplemental statement that_the democratic leaders had not put. forward their heaviest speakers yet, - 5 POSITION. HE A Curious e iblican Senators - No Personal Ambition, But the Coun- y's Welfare Influene s Him, Pans, Jan. 8,—~[Special Cablegram to Tnx Ber)--In an figerview tolay on thesitua tion in the Argentine Republie, General Mitre expressed configence that the erisis in that country cannot last long. The agree ment between the Eughsh financial commit. tee and the government of tne Argentino ®Republic, he said, promised to relabilitate the finances of the republie, Three years hence the flnancial position will again be normal, The effect of the crisls on commerce will be only transiory. The republic possesses im menso resources which as yet have been merely tapped. Regarding his candidature for the presidency of Argentine, General Migre said that bo would notstand as acandi- daf® for that oftice unless he found, after his arrvival in Buenos Ayres, that his election would tend to_secure the welfar and pros- pericy of the country, He was grateful, he said, for the deuonStration by the people ot Buenos Ayres in_ favor of his candidatu but he must postpone coming to a defin decision onthe matter until he had met and talked with his compatriots, A e Steamship Arrivals, Bremen--Arrived, Steamer Joln from New York, Hamburg—Amived, Steaner Dania from New York. New York trom Liverpool. At Quecnstown from New York tor Passed the Lizrd—-The Spain, from York for London, the New York for Havre, Passed Kinsalo—The France, from New York for Liverpool At New York—Armived, Adriatic, from Liverpool. Arrived, Steamer Wisconsin (midnight) Liverpool The Servia, W LuBourgoyne from The Weather Crop Bulletin, WsHINGTON, Jan, 8.—The weather crop bulletin for the month ending December 81 says: The absence of moisture and the usual high temperature in the central valleys has left the wheat crop in a less favorable condi. tion than reported Decomber 1. The heavy rains which ave now prevailing over this re- glon will relieve the drought condition, but the sudden freeze which followed may result in injury to the crop in localities not pro- tected by snow. B Leprosy and Lymph, Maokin, Jan. 8.—(Special Cablegram to Tue BEe.|-A number of persons suffering from leprosy have wéoently been treated in this city according tothe method employed by Dr. Koch. The last leper who has re ceiven injections of the lymph hias been suf- fering from sharp attacks of fever atintor- vals of from six to eight hours, since the remedy has been applied. The condition of the other paticnts has been much improved, - Senator Hearst’s Friends Alarm d. WasiINGTON, Jan, §.—~The colleagues and friends of Senator Hearst aro much alarmed at his continued ilness. He has been ill sev. cral weeks, and though ne occasionally ral- lies his condition is not improved. Ho re. maius very weak, and the complaint, whi is an affection of the stomach aud bow does ot yield readily to treatment. More: ever, he is subject to spells of depression that diminish his strength, - Looking for a Child Steal r. Watertows, N, Y, Jan, Excitement continues of theyoungdaughterof Brayton Bungerford of this city by & wan named Reed. The police and citizens are searching for hin and a re ward has been offe for his capture, Noth. Ing bus yet beeu hé®Ad of tho villan. - & . The Chess Contest, New Yoik, Jan, 3. Played another draw todag, this sectlon over the abduction | Steinitz and Gunsborg | JRE ARROWS IN HIS UIVER, Gladstone Will Not Go Down with the Loss of Homo Rulo, A SHAFT MARKED DISESTABLISHMENT, WhatWill Result when the Bow-Steing Twangs—Parnell's Droama Thing of the Past— Salisbury mildent, 1CopIrright 1891 by James Gordon Bennett.n Loxboy, Jun, [Now York Herald Cable-Special to Tur Bk ]—An absurd rumor was started yesterday, indicating tho Immediate rotivement of Gladstone from pube lic 1ife such intention has crossed bis mind or else he has kept it a profound secret from his closest friends and supportors Ho cannot but seo that home rule 15 hope. lessly discredited for the present, but lo has other arrows in his quiver, and if necssary would not hesitate to bring ono marked establishment,” which would at onco unite the whole body of non-conf rmists around him and gratify nine-teuths of the liberal party, One of the most active Glad. stoniun supporters in the country assures me that the Trish policy is rogarded with aver- sion by the rank and file of the party Patrick Ford’s rovelations will not impart 10 it new lity. His statement leads to the clear inferenco that a considerable part of the funds subseribod forthe evietel ten. ants was expended in buying Uuited Irotand for Willilam O'Brien. It las always been * suspected that loague funds were used for that purpose, but the rank admission of the fact shocks many ardent Giadstonians, Ford’s caustic criticisms upon 0'Brion are also the subject of much comment. The label clapped upon his back, “A political dudewith a small head, {n constant troublo with his breeches,” will stick to him, but how inthe world are the Trish leaders ever. to et over the ridicule and discrodit which they are heaping upon cach other! That s what Gladstone and his supporters would hike someonc to tell them Salisbury will mect parliament stronger than ever. Where are his foes! Hard at worlk seuttling each others’ ships, The very mention of home rule would now excite shouts of laughter in the house of commons, The stars in thelr courses have fought for the Sahisbury ministry. Whenever thoy made a mistake the Irish party fell into one ten times as great and sgielded the govern- ment Salisbury is buoyant and even Smith is in good spirits, Gosclien is worried about his surplus,which appears to bo anything bat secure, “I'he vest of the ministry look on with delight at tho courseof event 3 Paruell has aud throwu demolished home rule mid At the most of his colleagues. The others have dragged down Parnell from his pedestal. Ford has stripped all the fine feathers off O'Brien, The ole party is rolling over in the mud, Ministerialists are in cestacies, It scoms most probable that Salisbury will allow this parliament to live out its natural torm, thus prolonging its existence till 1863, ofectually postponing, if not finally disappoiuting, all of Glaastoue's hopes and pluns, A Mesier or Paniiayest, Parnell's Movements, Dunuy, Jan. 8.—[Special Cablezram to Tur Bre.]~Mr, Parnell left Dublin today for his country seat at Avondale, wheve it is expected e will remain until Monduy morn- ing next. Unless his plans are chunged be- tween now and Monday Mr. Parnell willleave Avondale for Boulegne Sur Mer at an earty tonr on Monday to take part in what is likely to be the final conference betwa=n the Irish leaders, so far as the question of the leadersiip of the Irish party is concerned, e THE DEMAND REFUSED. 'wo Colorado Gentlemeon sont a Silver Brick for Coinage. . Puitanerrina, Jan. 3.—Today Judgo Hare 8. Morseand George C. Merrick of Dens ver, Colo., called at the United States mint in this civy with a brick of silver weighing 5148 ounces fine, presented it to the welgh- g clerk and demanded that it be coined into money for them. Upon the demand bein fused they waited upon Colonel Bosbyshell, superintendent of the mint, and made the s#me demand of him. Colonel Bosbyshell refused to accept a brick for privato coinage, and at their request furnished a written reply, stating that he declined the demand on the ground that itis in violation of thelaws and regulations of the mint service o des posit silver, The Colorado gentlemen pro- pose tomaken test caso of this and carry it to the supreme court. Tho ground upon which they based their demand is, they as- sert, o constitutional one, and_denies’ the right of the government to wake what is kuown as ‘seigniorage’” At present the ot valuo of silver bullion is' 10315 conts o while the mint value of an When the government buys bullion it pays the market bullion price and makes the difference, which is “'seimios tween thut price’ and the legal tens seiguiorage” the gentlemen who presented their silver brick at the mint today think they have much right to as the government. us L FOR THE FRENCH REPUZLIC, Cardinal Lavigeries Declaration Sance tioned by Fronch Dignitaries, Panis, Jan, 8.—Cardinal Lavigerio's dec- aration in favor of the French republic has received the support of the archbishops ot Tours, Combrai and Rouen and several bishops and other clerical dignitaries. In & recent uterview with the pope Monsignor Fuzette, bishop of Rouen, urged that in the interests of the church the French Catholio clergy ought to sever all connection with the monarchial party. The monarchists, he held, were now powerless o conceive or found anything, while they were so far forgetting the diclates of comcieace as o resort to weapons of corruption and conspiracy, His holiness remarked that the republican clery ought to be satisfled with the sentis ments of Cardinal Lay rie's . toast. Fuse zette replied that Cardinal Lavigerie had struck a most fortunate blow in behalf of the church, which conld not identify the cause of religicn with opposition to established gov- e Fuzette's letter reporting this ine terview is countersigned by many \Jh\mlns and is tantamount to the difinitive submise sion of a large section of the clergy o ropube lican government Ihe Latin monetary convention has been prolonged another year, e French grand orlent has declined the overtures of tho German Freemisons fo¥ closer co-operation of European lodges, —— A New French Loan, Panis, Jan, 8.—[Special Cablegram to Tns Ber. | -1t is oficially announced that a new Loan of 569,000,000 francs in - perpotual threes ary 10. The issue price - Blalne Givesa Dinner, Wasmseroy, Jan, §.--Secretary of Stata Blulne gave o dinner tonjght in honor of the president and cabinet. TWELVEPAGES