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

— TWENTY ABUUL UNITED STATES MAIL. Postmaster General Wanamakor Writes fome Very Interestiog Information, HIS PLANS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY, Much Advancement Made and More Buggested—Postal Control of T graph and Telcphone Rec It ndel~The Report. Wasmikaroy, D. C,, Dec. 5. —The postmas- ter geucral's annual report, made public today, shows that the postal deficit of £6,000,- 000 is surely disappearing, notwi ling enormous losses by a reduction of the postage receipts due to a discontinuance of the lot tery business, and that the servico will probably be self-sustaining on July 1, 1803, In the introduction Mr. Wanamaker say In this, my s ementof a full your's work of the P o departiient under your sdministration. I shall endenvor to show thut the postal sc fs better In some respects Wite, but thitt it is eapable of aimost surable fmprovement. It will not be iccesses or fallures cong thouzh | or of curry Into effect At lesisntion passed av the hus been an administr: of proposed I hive had th BOmo very impe Within the department (tself several new things have been undertuken. The ereation of the office of fourth assistint has periitted a thorouzh reorganlzation of the depurt- mental forces to he made. The scheme for promotions on merit, already innngurated sasfuily in the department, hus been or d to be extended 1o the Inrzer postofiices s fur us pracuicable, to the rallwiy madl. e opinion is & the good of~ s of this s Wil Inevitably be felt hout the e service. s fuilen t suforeo the anti- il p 1 session. Ar- rosts and indictments beeu secured ey crywhere, hut only aing 1o the pli nnd inperative duty of the departient, the muuter of the lottery companies is Kno to be practically drivon ot of the muils. An- other NSLOFIe aet of the Iast conzress wis the postal ald bill. That 1 awm taylng to exeente FIRST YEAR. G, DECEMBER 4, 1891 voto for Sprinzer, Hato and fifty-nine second choiea sure. with the sixty-soven wo now have, gives us or ten more 7'hat would be 105 for or a majority of twenty-one. will get nearly bis entire strength while much comparativ McMillan, wo RONNING NECK AND NECK, K to realize the tal service of mutie Visits, which would ncerus sulity by these syst wore $o patelot checrfully to ¢ enough to nominate. Mills and Crisp Making a Great Race for the Epaakership. Judsment thut th very valuabl unties {n th arly 09,000 postoffices of the Mills vote may be locked up with Springer and othoer Ll o DG b ] Crisp's Friends Talk. long beforo this statement adquarters, where it was the subjoct of much discussion. following statement, Catehings of Mississippl, 'Was issucd on bo- halfof Mr. Crisp's supporters There is not in our opinion now, and thers question as to Judgoe If a vote could be taken candidates running, h y 10west two votes to SPRINGER CROWDING THE LEADERS. es conveniently loeated stoflies inconyenle hange of location su Postofiices weil kept. cle ot well kept, et unts and reports i I promptly writte Indiana's Delegatic rise on the Mills Sen Statesman Will N a Walkaway. Springs a Sur- propared by Mr., Crisp's nomination, would have at the v Wasmizaro, D, C., Dec. i Colonel Mills' one, ship contost today shows iner and it is evident rapidly approaching. directed so much to the rolative claims of the as to speculation witharawal of the w arlous headquarters of the five candidates this morning it was conceded that from pres- ent indications, with every man remauing in the field, no nomination would be possible on the first ballot. With four-fifths of the demo- cratic congressmen in tho city this morning s are no longer possivle, since nearly every man is now quite free to express reference for his favorite candidate, The relative positions of the various candi- dates at the present writing seem to follows: Crisp, firs! Postofice not a loungin ~The speaker- asing activity ihat the crisi I duily mull servi understand of gentlemen who have authorized put them down as his earnest supporters. We have never given out that any of the house would vote for him had authority todo so. support of no gentleman at any time cl On the contrary, our list has stoad- rown, until now a gain of twelve votes would give us a majority. didate withd er devotes all time to the rogarding the Ostun st dues not devote il his e . 2% g D R e akor aspirants, Ll el Postmuster has mad 1S 0 i Servi POstiister his not provements in service of his office Oftices which coull be discontinued and supplied from some other offico Two of the w, Judgo Cris would be inevitable upon the first ballot.”” Tho llinots again unanimousty adopsed continuo to work for Mr. Spriuger, Fithian, Forman, Newbgrry and Wike vot- g to stand firm for him. 's pomination ftems which vister wis asked the distanco fron the post= ttelegraph offic resolution to TOpOTE UpON W office to the ne distance to the n distances, roported (n varions t indefinite clain GUNS AND SMOKELESS POWDER. ills, second : Springer, third; MeMillan, fourth, ana Hateh, fifth, Dispute as to T An awkward dispute has arisen to mar the it is possiblo Report of the Chief of the Bureau of crunh office to the near Wasmixaroy, D. C. Folger, chief of the bureau of ordnauce, in his annual roport to the secrotary of the navy, estimatos the expenses of the bureau for tho next fiscal year at $4,830,201, of which total the sum of 4,185, toward the armament of .the new vessels au- The number of guns re- quired to arm tho new vessels is placec at 347, ranging in caliber from four to thirteen Commodore st tetesraph offive. 100 10 Uho neir serenity of the some bad feeling may bo engondered before it can b amicably adjusted. Indiana, who i distance to the 0 miles: average dis- bank, i miles Arest suving Mr. Holman of the chairman of the caucus, is not expected in the city until tomorrow ning and tho forn has not been issued. Ithas been generally reported that tho caucus will be held at wph office, 7 rifles; is to ve applied to the nearest suvings hunk, Pacitic Slope states egraph oflice, 1 e distince to the thorized to be built. the caucus graph an'l Tho postmaster goneral recommends this year the adaptation of tho tel raph, to the postal AL m. Saturday, and seems to please all the candidates ‘That gentloman hone, as well tem, show- In crder to facilitate interchange of am- munition in case of war, it is recommended Uhe sea postoflices have proved u distinet succoss. and incoming fo ail 18 now dis- putched throughout the couniry anywhere Flom two hours o n woek quicker than 1t used 1o be. I recommend the employment of steam tug in New York harbor. 1 should like 1o see il f the dead lettor office estah- Tished b save thue and ex- pens 1eross the con- e nd 1 resie mend it T eommend fourth olass shed by suj . fur- 5,10 i of con- gress und of th ters tl iselves. v s 1 good thir 1 recommend the wholition of versonal surctyships of post- IASters. as too n ny of them under obli= ations which prevent the strictest perform- ance of their best work; and finally, as still another measure for the usefuiness of the wervice in all its ramifications, 1 recoins, m W ve extonsion ol the moncy order give the roasons wiy. Tho exploits of th isportation and raliwiy madl bureaus n riy be a_source of pride Kenticn lirze of them. Iy 1,000 miles i additional vl service established durine tho three-tourths were appied to thern st City mail has bee rs for fustant distribu acy of the ks is shown b; hizher than ever before of error is not much 1 one-hulf of what it was In the preceding vear, I should like to urge more strongly. in v.ow of this undeniable success, & reorganization of the service, and 1 plead espectally for some wmeans Ly which the dependents of killed and naimed” postal clerks may be saved from poverty und suffering. ‘i postmaster wonoral says that the pos- tal deficiency is gradually and surely disap- pearing, and that, the service being now in full running order, so great an. outlay will not be required for the next five years Improved Civil Service. As Intimated in my last report, 1 have en- ored to improve the civil sorvice within depurtmental servico by i system of pro- potlons ind ihe gqualizition of sulariey to lnbor performed. ‘L plan wont into operi- tlon July 1L ISL Tt has st that T Duve concluded, after consultat on With 0 number of the postmasters of leading cities, (o extend a similar &eheme to all post- offices with fifty or more employes and to en- n ceded so well ErAfUIL upon the railway mail, adjusting it 10 the present system of nents by s fons. 1 felt cortuin there but or of efliciency in the cleri. i to Al the positive assurince th vine it o reducet thit uny pe cuitied and apy be dismissed If found unfit after pro but such u course is costly, demoralizing and discourngin,s when the sime procedure fora new appointent isonly to be followed with Perhups the sumo result. The Postal \ useun The project of a postal museum started lust ar bids fair to exceed all expectations, both 0 respect to the number and value of the artie os contributed and in respect to the gon- ernlintorest ifke.y to be excited by the ex- Bibits, us also fn the benclicial results of o wider knowledee of the postal aftai [ olzn countries, which havo si fraternal BRIriLin furthérance of the enterpriso The oxceution of the et of Septomber 1, 1600, concerning lotteries hus boeen effoctive enotigh wimost entiroly to divorce the niuls from the business of the 10Ltery companies. Btutisties show that during the cilendar yoar of ‘880 there wore recelvil at the dead lotter oflice 1,266 10ttery 10Lers, Or an wverage of @8 letters per month. During the fiest six months of 150 565 lottery letters were ro- celved, oF an uveraze of 917 per month. Dui- Ing the next ive nonths of the siie yoir— these include about two and w half niouth: succeeding tho datoof the approval of th ANU-IOLLErY fet—thero waro received 2,007 et hn £ 500 per month. During sinning with Decemt L INLL 685 lett & lottory ckets ware roc of only 6% per month. At pr ByCrnze inless thin 4 To curry Amerl ider the Amer- noflag was tne ob of the postul W bl pussed by the Fifty-fiest conzross. The Postoflice department, under oxistin laws [imiting compensation 10 sei and inland POSLIZE, OF 10 501 DOSLARD O1ily, 48 Lhe case mIght o, could not commund iny ocoan s vice. 1teould only use such service us offered and was entirely dependent upon commieroiul conditions as 10 dwtes of suiilng. Those con- siderations und the manifest desire of the eop.© to stronzthen our nuvil flects rosultad nthe pussuge of the Uill of March & After conferonces with representatives of the ship- Ring intercsts of wll the Iiportnt ports, the depurtiient, on July 15, lust. advertised for BLy-throo 1nes of sorvice T was not expeeted thit bids would be en lines, and naturally could not b much cow petition for lui- nediate with the very few Auier.cin- bulit vessols in oxistenco the propasals oftered are with tw ex s upon old routes of travel, oach 13 for tioully new sorvice n UWo respects: 1 st oF & perentory. prowpt nnd regularsery foe; and second, for qulckoned servies, shortening o time between ports, The son postofiice sorvice has bocome one of the most (mportant postal departures of the our, realizing the highest expoctations of its ity und suggesting still inrzor possibilities of prictionl value. Itis Loped thut some ur Fungement may be wado to axsort the Enziish and EFrench uiitls in transit, and overturos hiave boen made to the postial wuthorities of these forein governments 1o adopt the sys- 100 10W In force betweon Americ Tany. Tho seu postoflico may su ol “to vessels salling under t f Thore 15 o1 Pobulirizo the rogistry sys Word w lmited indemnity N Dospite the ute ey syst $ome hesita the publie fo patron- 120 It. b IVCERIIUIL ASSULICS 10 T Bpons bl rluge of maticr, il Lulls 1 o fford indeninity for losses Tho four of 1088 has chused svsiom of lisur- anco by Drivite PrISe Of 1atier conmits ted 10 the malis The private insurer, of conrse, does nothing tocontribute to the safoty of tho Wil nor Lo ald In the recovery of lost watter, 1o stply charges for assuniing t chinces of loss, and the fact thathe Is onil 10 do u profitable business at w noderate chiarze is the best possible trhuto to vhe witi- clency uud security of the mall service, v formore than Bt t County Seat Visitations. It occurred to me after a good deal of thought that tho (nterest of the postimasters themselves might bo relied upou to ylold cod rosults in the direction of supervision. Porsonally slgned credentinls of th ter genorwl were sont to ewch ) eouLty seat postiuusters in the United Sta morning declared that 7:30 p. m. Saturday should be tho hour namod. didates are unable to agroe upon tho hour tho caucus, Mr. Holman will_probably wiro for a decision from Messrs. Wilson and Blauchard, the secretaries of the caucus, who will b callod upon to settle the dispute. If there is a dofection give hope to either Mr. Mills or Mr. Crisp in the ranks of Mossrs. Springer, McMillan or Hateh, it was not this ovening Isach of the three minor candidates is quito as well satistiod as ever in his dotermination 10 stay to the finish, and ataong the followers of Messrs. Springer and McMillan thero is apparent fecling of checrfuiness and en- couragement over the outlook. Trying to Weaken Springer. At ono time today there wvas every tion of a gradual disintegration of te_forces The Iowa delegation, ap- ing that it is not only a constitutional priv- k2 but @ duty of conzress to utilize ull the science for quickenicg the He says upon In case the can- used by tho army and uniform sizes and modes of moder :nsmission of intelligence. The trials of smokeless powder invented und manufactured at the forpedo station aro said to have resultod satie factorily, and it 1s believed that in a very short time the use of the old gunpowder will bg doned in calibers of six fnches and below it, being replaced by smokeless powder. An order for 50,000 pou; the best known high exp; has been placed with the Duponts on condi- tion_that a complate piant be erected. Ccondition has been acc2pted and a plant cap- able of turning out 1,000 pounds a day will bo in operation in two months. After describing succassful trials with emmensite, the report says: bureau’s intention to recommend the adoption of a relatively short gun of largo calivor, using powder as the propulsive charge and firing a projectile contalning a large emmen- site of gun cotton, for a feature of the arma- ment of vessels, with & view of utilizing an arsenal, or submarine torpedo effect at ranges which the question of. fire is absolutely all caliber smoke- geney und the only one that ns boyond our reach is eiectriclty. stcal value has boen . but the depart tion to'1t wh business of the pendent upon ele would scriously afect that exists; yot serious enough to et stands In entively aban- s tod 1y so de- ity that its ive for nuval usc, e, which by its cquipment e 'to miake t use of it 15 8o Hniite 1dopt the slowes ey insan K pay #10 voar.l while b uthority thav it iseo must stop six waits on_tho tservants for the the telezraph. re- wint 1o see the t Mr. Si 2 ble, the postofli of Me Buiinger prehiensive of the election of Mr. first baliot, neld a meoting and shortly Hayes antounced that ne and his colleagues bad dec:ded to dron tho_first baliot, and supnort Mr. Mills, in case the election of Mr. Crisp_seemed imminent. o to Mr. Mills until you aro convinced that, otherwise, Mr. Crisp's cloction will upon the first ballot, I am quite content,” neither Mr. Crisp nor any other man wil! be elected upon Thus the matter rested, with Mr. Springer acquiescent and the lowa congressmen hesitating. For a tima it seomed as if the Iowa delega~ tion had the key to the situation, seemed no likelihood of defoction in the ranks Hatch, and the break from tho Springer camp, if made at all, was to be initiated by the Hawkoyo meu. Just here the unexpocted occurred. threatened move of the lowa congressmen was chockmated—not by the Illinois delega- vringer, but by the little Indiana delozation of Springer mon led i These four gentlem a'meeting, and at its conclusion Mr. Shively announced that the lowa dolegation at their desertion of Mr. Springer would be the sig- nal for his Indiaua followers to cast their vote solidly for Mr, Crisp, second cholce should Mr. Springer’s chances bo rendered hopeless. Hit the Mills Men Hard. This announcoment was a thunderbolt to It meant that the roposed to tako as a means of defeating Mr. Crisp would bo the signal for a counter movement, which would give Mr. Crisp four moro votes—a significant accossion to & man whose strengti is already conceded by his opponents to be above the dangor line. During the afternoon Mr. extended conference with Mr. Mills, but at he had for the firs atterwards the great postal system of this eniployment greater aggr ustice to'the peo- ple and the costiiers It will be to se Sixty-four millions of 1 ‘If you are not o climinated. The merits of the new i less powder rifle have bagcitie apparent and the navy is only waltisi the action of tho army board to arm the swiors with new small wmonnt of #0.00,000 y to maintain the postoflice plunt. are denfed the rizht to vitalize this machinery with mightiest force g i machinery niost effcetive. fret hallot, litable to our statesmanship 0 sup- port the postal system at such larie expense and fuil to use It ab its full cupicity whon other natfons have > henelit of the people’ with such signal sac- it aarine artillory. the old single tur- ‘ames. river, plaus The report endorses st With.a yiew to uti ret monitors, now in tne have been prepared for new turrets and for modern eight and ten-incn rifles for them. A long uccount is given of the armor tests conducted during the past year, and the re- sults are summed up as follows: netter plate of American manufacture bas produced than the department was ablo to purchiase abroad a year ago, Secondly, It bus develoved & new prin, manufacture origin, which there are good grounds for believing wilt furnish greater protection the vital parts of a vessel of war than any other system hitherto emvloyed. notablo advantage has been developed by the It has been definitely estab- lished that armor of excellent quality may ve peoduced by the rolling process, and that means of the hammer is absolutely necessary, @& matter regarding which grave doubts have existed amoug artilleryists for years. It may be considerod @s probable that within eignteen slight expenditure of money, the product capacity of the United Statés could be quad- rupled in case such expansion should become utilfzed this agency for of Messrs. McMillan or So's00n as the postoffice can blend 165 0w n 8pste i Dy, teiézraphic AdFOIL obponents of postal couple with It es will be red of the rail- the government already cmiploys the riilrosds as post roads, and eaph companies is precisely th o employed railronds The business of freight and passen- purposes of i true of the teleg eversinee thoy the railroad i gors, which or telephione. hoth ted to the service of ¢ who was thoeir ubove tests, the pecple, and this is what the postoflice wus forging by in the proble v anythinz action which thoy necessary 10 1 1ts consti- cumeat that can gitfnst the unfon of the tele- s applics with equ such agencies overnment to porf: tutfonal funict months with a relatively justly be made aph with the postofhis nguinst the adm office ftself by the zovernment. restating the 3 former reports, which swerable, in favor of conslder unan- Hayves held an 1z the telezraph RING TO QUIT, itsconclusion duriog the noncommittal, add, further, me to join to sstoflice the use of the telephon Not a Chimerical Scheme, reh the telephone Secretary Proctor Gotting Ready t) Leave the War Departm WASHINGTON, Proctor is very busy closing up some matters of ofticial business left unfiuished when he Ho is undertaking uo new business, all of which is referred to Assist- ant Secrotary Grant, and expects to be ablo to sever his counection with the War depart- ment tomorrow evening or Saturday. resignation has been in the president’s hands since November 3, and will take effect at the secretary’s pleasure. responsibility of boing the first man todesert Mr. Our present intentions are to remain true to him until the end, unless tho break is first led by some of his other friond: mean that Mossr Newberry and Wike niust first desert the candidate from Texas. Considerable perienced in_ascortaining the complexion of consin delegation, and a good deal of missionary work is directed toward that ihorize its adogtion for com- wenl to Vermont. the people it believe thit in' the s ono immense syndicate will the hundreds of the telegrapl the tivo will promptly to munication among interoretod to phone plants of the country controlled, or and then for the next twenty years the astute attorneys will be le es fn fndiznantly oppo culled attacks of future post 55 vestod rlents, sters goneral The Alabama delegation will meat tonight or temorrow night, and the Michigan deloga- tomorrow morning. made to unite each of these delegations— Alabama on Crisp and Michigan on Springer. The arrival of Goneral John M. Palmer of was the oceasion of o Pensions. Wasmyaros, D. C., Dac. 8. gram to Tne B [Spocial Tolo- —The following list of ponsions granted is raported by Tie B and Examiuer Bu tho possibilities of cheapening se new fucilities o recommended wouid An effort will e ean of Claims : ; thun It would rraph by radlrc Ilinols this afteruoon pleasing recention which, for a time, caused the democrats to forget the asperities of the This evening General pringer’s headquarters at the National hotel, where he was received by a largo number of his party friouds. nuving thel Alexander C. P nience of th on of their own postofiice izhiborhood stition for telephouing speikership contest. s Crawford, George W. Par Palmer visited Mr. Jamen Craviogs i arks, M. Lee, David . in the light of the events of tho diny, the Wisdom of tha governuient ex- Hugh Berkeley, William J. Roissuo —Diedr ~Lelissa B, Dickinson. Original—William T, bert C. McCay, Ora Lawrauce, Wilfred Al Sturtevant, John K. Nisloy, Theodore Oglo, George B. McDonald, David'B. Kubn, Henry ilson, Henry Shepuell. William F. Kiog, James O Brien, Isanc N, £Ovornment ure also miny who quostion the Kafety of submitting to any private corpora tion of cupitalists the subjects of reciprc povements of naval vessels. Juss g to forelen After dinner a paper favoring the meetlng of the caucus at 2 p. m. Saturday was circu- lated amoug the candidates for their signa- It was not long before all of them had afixed their names, McMillan Tho paper was then sent to arbitration, governments first to sign, Represeatative Holman chairman of the caucus, who reached the city +a subsequently issued e liul und conme whon the sunie sellor of news to the Asso- Joseph Schimo, “Theodore P Thomas Shriever, Steven K. Amrine, Will- iam Diamond, Heury Coultbard, \Relssio—John 1, Original widows, 6te.—Elizabeth J, Wimberly, Maria ‘Tompson, minors of D operations, especially : late this afternoon, the formal caucus call for 2 p. m ystems has been Mr. Holman was asked this evening who was his candidate for speaker. that he wes not committed as yet to any one, but that ho would make up his mind soon, Colonel Charles H. Jones, the editor of the St. Louis Repubtic, is heré and had a long conference with M Hatch tonight rec dated New York, signed by 4, C. Sible Franklin, Pa., and W. R. Allen of Pittsfield, general of each of the two great politie A bilT providing for this sty pussed tho senute Dot roads at ss. aud thouh the bill was def 156 comnittee there wi ommittee on post- the lnst session of ] South Dakoti Reissue—~Aundrew Lowrie, ‘oster Tmproving. The rapld trunsmission of correspondence Is tho business und | postomtice departing WASHINGTON, Foster was able to sit up for several today. but is still too weak to leavo his room. Surgeon Hamilton of the marine hospital ser- vice is in charge ef the cgs0 and has visited the patient several timos & aay ever since ho returned from Now York, oa the 1Sth, sccretary Is out of dange perfecty quiet. as be is come from Ho thinks that tho seor out on Saturday or Sunday if the weather continaes tine, aud if the patlent keeps on improving the ' doctor may let him start south by per duty of the v, and it does not fulfill s or perforn 1ts full duty until )t rapid means ived a dispateh, aperates the of transission of ir PDLY intoresty The farmers of the nation wendent action contributed to the great ma- oty Of tho denocrats In the present house, Ar represontative for union than the pendent In lirge meas nsion should have stood us t respectfully r ven to the postn poF you, the your selectiol Figures from ithority be g iselves and the agriculturists sists that he bo kept still weak aud a_relapse over exertion. way be able Transiiiasion of corrosp raph or telephone o neer postofices as an official headquarters was Representative mado toward irged for sueh cor- 1o be fixad from time to thme by statement from the iven out at @ lute hour by sreckenriage of Arkausns. 1t is as follows stimates have whero from 114 to seventy-five or less, be- figure ana rubnivg A careful summary yet uncommitted. con are for Hatch, this end; the the latter part He wul not"be at the treasury for several weeks. proval of congr varied every Abolish Persor uretyships, - Wasn't Kil ed by Indians. Wasmixgroy, D, wes received at the from General Brooke saying been no Indian disturbances iu Arizonn so far as he is ablo to learn, and that the coroner's inquest in the case of MaDaniel showed that he was killea by white men and not by In- placed forty-two membe Of those committed thy sixteen for McMillan, thirty-six for Springer, fifty-four for Crisp and sixty-seven for Mills. the five candidutes not voting, Watson of Georgia votiug with the alliance and Ryan of Missour: detained at home by & the full democratio course both Crisp rule, under the present wnd should in o over, fu thesq days, wh A telegram War department today | falrness be reducod ) CUPDOFALION SeeNTILY asily ohtatned, 1t is @ wistake to thousands of Womien unknown to the department, usefitlness of wh eh wre iptey and do should uecopt only N, and thist such Ly the government stuntly chunging with 1 beligve the kovernment 1os s honds Tonds should b and not by th 0 “close of the 4 r there were The United roy, D, C., Dec. States steamship Boston arrived wt Monte- video yesterday, may draw from the forty-two votes still un- declared. Our strong point is that we can succeed without way of this vote, Of the JONTINVED ON FIFTH PAGE.| THE OmMmaPA DalLy BEE. THEY ARE ALL 1IN THE FIELD, Speakership Candiditcs Deters to Fight Out the Battle, RESULT OF THE FIRST BALLOT, Mils Will Start in with Three-Fifths of Power but the Withdraw.is Later May Affect e Mutters, [POURTEENTIE STREET, } WasHINGTON, Thore has been little change in the speak ership fight sinco last night. The five candi- dates—Mills, Crisp, McMillan, Springer and Hatch—remain in the field. The last three hoid tho balance of power, but there is no likelihood that either can, under any condi- tiod of circumstances, hold his followers for many ballots, ‘The Springer and Hatch men are ready to disintegrato at any time they cau help thelr choice—Mills or Crisp. It is believed that Mills will have throe-fifths of the support of Hateh and Springer, and fully half of those of McMillan. It looks as though thero would not be much difference between the strength of Mills and Crisp on the fivst ballot if pros- ent conditions remain unchanged, but every step taken to oreak the following ot Hatch and Springer—the free traders from the west —will" 1ure to the benofit of Mills. Colonel , editor of tho St. Louis Republic, is and has sown seed for the dissolution of the Hatch vote, Hateh Wil Help Mills, Tt is to go largely to Milis, for whom Jones is working. Hatch and Jones had a breezy interview this morning in which the former had ‘“words' to say to the editor for in- terferonco with his state delegation. Jones thinks Hateh is frittering away the infiuence of the state delegation, iv which, though, ho 15 probubly right. The contest is quite spir- ited and considerable tocling is being engon- dered. The hoadquarters of the various can- didates ure opoen all night. There coutinues to be offered an amount of money on Mills againt tho field, showing the trend of public opinion as to who will win. Tho coutest is one largely botween Mills and Cloveland on one side for freo trade and Criso and Hill on the other for froe coinage, 1f Mills is elected thera will be a tariff viil framed and a tariff issue formulated for tho democrats next year. 1f Crisp is chosen free coinage is to be pushed to the front. Senator Pettigrew’s Plans, Senator Pettigrew is in Washington for the winter. He bas been getting ready for the winter's work which will be devoted mainly to matters affecting his state. Th ser.ator is preparing an important bill which he will introduce carly in the session provid- ing foran Indian courtto try cases com- mitted by one Indian against abother. Sev- oral efforts have been made in this direction but they have proved unavailing because they did not meet the requirements of the Indian nature. Senator Pettigrew has not yetr perfected his measure out it will probably provide for the appoint- ment of a white man by the dis- trict judge of each state containing Indian tribes who will be a court comumis- sioner aud clothed with the powers of justice of the poace. He will have jurisdiction over crimes up to a certain point, where they are too important, and will be tried before the United States district court. As the matter stands now one Indian has very little protection against another and a large number of petty crimes aro commitred and go unpunished. Thero are Indian de- fense cranks who may offer objections to this sort of a court, as this arrangement will tena toward tho civilization of the Indians, while the cranks are slmost always in favor of retaining the Indian in his native grandeur. Miscellaneous. Henry C. Brown, formerly a practicing lawyer of Ashland, Nev., who was appointed thrée or four years ago as one of the law clerks in the law examining division of the pension oftice, became violently insane a few months since on account of the derangement of his nervous system, resulting from the serious condition of his amputated arm, and is now 1n an insane asylum in Pennsylvania. Senator Paddock today secured the appoiut- mout of his daughter to a position in the Agricultural department, and has been por- sonally pressing his claim for an increase of his pension, to which his increased disability entitlos him. The senator1s confident that the claim will be favorably adjudicated iu a few days. 2 Senator Manderson aud the joint commit- tee of the two houses of congress have been working very hard for the last two or three wocks trying to closo the important in- vestigation which they have becn conducting for some time 80 as 10 bo able to make their report when congress convenes next week Tho prospect for the appointment of G. M. Lambertson as a member of the Interstate commission is very bright. Both seunators think there can hardly be any doubt as to the favorable result of iy candidacy. ‘Senator Paddock will again prosent his puro food bill immediately on the organizat of tho senate and is very confident of securine its early passage. He will also introduce his bill providing for a general law for the co struction of postoftices in towns where t annual gross receipts for the three yoars last passed have reached the maximum of #5000, Assistant Sccretary Chandler today af- firmed the decision of the commissioner of the general land office 1n rejecting an_appli cation to contest the final homestead of the entryman in_the case of Nicholas Marcy against Emily Lewis from the McCook lana district, PSS, H, S RECENT ARMY ORDEKS, Details of the Changes in the Regulir Service Yesterds Wasmiyatoy, D. €., Dee. 8.—[Special Telegram to Tk Be, |—The following army orders were issued today: Cuptain Charles Shaler, ordnance depart wont, will proceed to Frankford arsenal at Philudelphia, Pa, and from that place to Lexington, Ky, On completion of the duty assigned he will return to this city. The leave of absence granivd Captain Thomas Lloyd, Eighteenth infautry, October 15, 1891, is extended six months. The superinteu- eent of the recruiting sorvice will causo forty recruits to be assigned as follows aund for- warded under proper charge to such po ut or points in the Department of Dakota us tho commanding general of the aepartment shall dosignate: ‘Twenty to the First cavalry and twenty to the Eighth cavalry After their armwval in that depart ment the recruits will be distributed as equally as practicable among the troops of the respective regiments serving the o superintendent of the recruiting service will cause thirty recruits to be assigned at Co- lumbus Barracks, O., to the Twenticth | fantry and forwarded unaer proper charge to such point or points in the department of Duakota as the commanding general of the aepartment shull desiguate. After arrival in that dapartment the recruits will be dis tributed as equally ns practicable amoug tho companies of tho regimont The superintendent of the recruiting sor- vice will cause thirty recruits to be ussigned at David's Island, New York harbor, Lo the Eightecntn infantry snd forwarded under proper charge to such point or poiuts iu the Departmont of Texas as the commandjug general of the department shull desiguate. The superintendent of the re cruiting service will ause ten recruits w0 be assigned at Davia's Island, New York harbor, to company E. lenth infantry, sud’ forwarded under charge of a noucommissioned ofticer tw kort Stanton, N. M. The loave of absence granted Piest Licutenant Frederick W. Sio ley, adjutant, Second cavalry, in special orders No. 183, November 4, 1801, Dopart ment of Arizons, is extended threo month. l'l'llu following transfers in tho Eighth cav- 'y are made: First Licutenaut William NUMBER 169, HAYWOOD GULCH, 1 to troop I Paddock, fr | tenant Richard B, Presidentinl Postoftic Wasniaroy, 0. €., Do Wyoming Ranchman Assass Usknown Person, at.d by an presidential class Towa, Garner, Oolw SUSPECTED OF BEING A RUSTLER. Mr. Losewater's Addr Property of the Murdered Man Cone New York Ele w York, Dee. w8 Defore His Horses Shot County Tragedy, Government CHEYENNE, gram to Tue Br. | Wyo., Dec. 8 [Special Tole- Nows hae just reached assassination near Buffalo, v, about 250 miles north Tisdule, w small ranchman, living near Pow Buffato buyine supplies. od home with his wagon ana two- horso team, his purchases including Christmas presents for his Monuay night be spentat the Six Mile this sido of Buffalo. day morning be had reached & point known as Haywood guleh on his way hom. ted to climb the hill the report of a riflo was heard. bas recontly mpde an lnvestigation of the systems of govel a commission maker, postmaster showing tho workings of various coun- dor river, was in tho telograph systems in the supnort of his of wovernment telephones in the control the niore socure would have botter and choapor facilities for transacting business, Under the extensive telogr the European countries with v onjoyed here, the business has astonishing passing that of the United States, Srastus Wiman, Juited States, oxtent, far sur loft shoulder and scoming one of the horses slight wound, supposed to have been ouly tho toam, ana leading guleh, shot both of them, Soon after the wagon was found standing it %vas Tisdale's dead vice president of Among the prominent porsons presont we Wiman, Allen T'ho murderor, for there 1s bureau; George of the Commerc president of the Postal Te . W. Page of eraph company al Power, C. W. ames Wetzlor John 1, Cham- aneis Train, al Eugineer, waited for a long time the arri trail was found Ceslio of the Manhattan 13 cetrie Ligut com- weil beaten paced up and down, The affair caused ‘intense excitoment in Buffalo, and many diro threats are floating “Lisdalo haa the roputation of being w As tho focling against that class During his sp Rosawater said: integral part of our postal facilities with the pueumatic tubo To the public the great- tube system 18 its cheap- In New York, a city message of ten words or less costs you post us an adjunct. picions are cast in thatdirection, it was latoly undorstood that Tisdalo and a gang of rustlers had fallen out, but this was supposed to have 1t 15 barely possible, furnish some No arrosts had been made up WOras as you cau been a ruse. would Yave timo to copy it, clue to the tho postage stamp atteched dropped 1nto any postoflice box in_any city of Great Britain will be delivered from the nearest telegraph station just the same as if the sender had A telegram with perpetrators. to Tuosday nignt. nuo rolation to State Tisdale, who lives in tho same vicinity, Omaha Appealed To for Aid to Save the Town. At 1:30 o'clock this morning the Blair city to Chief Galligan for help, reporting that the town was burning. The clief sent back word saying that he could not possibly get any of his men thero inside of three hours and asked if that would do any good. Iu case tho call for firemen Mayor Cushing will give the order and Chiet Gallighn will send two hose companies by spacial tyain, i - At8a. w. no answor to Chief Galligan's last message bad been recoived. No details of the firo could be learned, ex- cept it caught in a drugstore and was sproad- ing rapidly beforo a high wind. patrons who use the telograpn frequently, stamped blanks are supplied at a tr extra charge for | aro enjoyed b many, Austr Similar conveniences the peoplo of France, Ge 1d other countries of Eu- “Che impression has prevailed in this country that the postal tel Europe does not aflord as good faeilit as cheap rates to the press as do the tele- araph lines of America. erroneous,” oficials toleg cgraph servi This, 1 found to be K KILLED, 15 repeated very of an Engineer Averts a Ter- rible Accident. N. J.,, Dec. 3.—The 4 o'clock train from New York, oo the Readwg, col- lided with a construction train at Penning- ton this afternoon and made a terrible wreck. Fred McLaren of Philadelpnia, Michael Ma- loney of Trenton, and Thom: Philadelphia, the crew of the were all killed. All were marriod. Seven others s Pitzpatrick of gravel train phono exchange was cut out, and Fremont more or less. of Germantown, were injured Churles Wilson Roderiquez of Philudelphia, Philadelphia, Dr. A. Philadeiphia, could Jearn nothing. AU 3:10 & messago was received saying the fire was under control and help would not be Mariquis of uton, Charles Druidon Oscar 'Passner of Philadelphia and John Wara of Trento Rodorerquiz was engineer of the express and was probably as firemen and was seriously injured. re broughtto tiio morgue here. The injured were taken to their homes. ess nad the construction train was slow in getting to the The engine of the express train und o thrown from the track futally injured. to Try Dr. The dead we When Judgo Ris- ing took his seat this morning it was under- stood that the prosccution and defonso had ed to accept the cleven men in the jury box, and that it required but oue more man to completo tho ( the smoking car we an embankment. construction from the caboose and suved their livos. The engineer of the passenger train, which consisted of a baggage threo others, oue of them a parior car, know- was 1mpossible to slow up, engine and This one name, mportant question b the attorneys might wrangle and cliy the trial for days to eomo. ition had but one peremptory challenge left and the defense two. osmen present, out of o venire of seventy- five drawn last night, and the luwyers we to work upon these men with a will which shovred they had a sincero desire to finish <00m a8 possible. Tho talesmen were quickly examined and excused until only two out of the twenty fe- mamed. The nincteenth man, John J. Poters ur, smoking car and accident from The passeugers collected a purse of $100 for him. lars of the accident aro diflicult to obtain here because of the reticence of the Is, who refuse to give any in- being much railroad oficf formation whatever. opinion, was not opposed to capital punish- Some of the pas U circumstantial evi- t, & model Juror and was accepted by both sides, aud the jury n ase was complote, after nine day’s tedious work. wames of tho men who are to try raves for his life aro: . Adair, liguor; engors were move or less and could aces brought to this city was stopped at an up. town station and_those seriously hurt were homes or to” hospitals in flenry Tsaacs, Brandywino wud nis nephew, 1 Sterling, hardwaro; North Sixth'str ho former Las © pain- riously hupt. ful wound on the h ter's left arm is and he is otherwise injured, farmer; T, | Riordan, willor; M s5ton, tino keepor; Poters, cabinetmaker, swearing them in and giv- how they were its Instructions to the officers who would have churge of them and d court until tomorrow, Attornoy Stevens wiil presentation of his case to the jury tomorrow providing Judge Rising, who s suf- Youn L grippe, s able to attend court, nov a recess will reul estato; on Porriue, The court, afic ing them some expected 1o act, gave WEATHII FORECAST, Orrice or WeATHER BUReav, “The storm has boen g and is now an unusually severe one, with center in Wisconsit Paul the barometer r promises to be very severe as it crosses the upp wormally warm weather east of the fallen in tho La Crosse a be takeu until Hlinois Republicans. The republican state central committee valloy general cloudiness with mor Thu question of time and from about Duluth south- westward to Colorado temporature was below freezing point area now eludes the greater portion of the Unitad States, ity of the committeo seo ago or Springhield, Members of the gurding presidential candidate, it being gen- ; conceded that if Blaine (s a candidate for president the vote of Nlinois in the national conv An_eudeavor 1s being Seautor Cullom in second place on the ticket. 1 vicinity —Colde as tho place, stormy weather, followed by clearing today. Wasmixatoy, D. C., Jlearing avd colder weather, west winds, o moderate cold way For Missouri republicans ution should be cast for For the Dakotas ) north winds; colder. For Kansas and {duy and Saturday; north winds: Oceasional snows, ains of two nt land slide 1 the debris in G o5 woro David McLean and Threatening weathor and $now; hast portions ; wing during tho uight ro found today with a cold high north winds, fuir on Suturday., “or Colorado becn counted. The workmen still insist there are sevoral more of their nuwbel under the dobris, IPair, north winds, bec warmer in north, stationary tem: perature in south most disastrous history, aud the total 50,000 and $200,- visited tonight by oue of the a commission conflagrations loss will foot up betw The Hoyco ostate loses fully $100,000, half by insurance, the Cherokees i Cuerokee swip, proposition gard to the sal the provisions of their former proposition and positively re fuse to consiaor covered one proposed that if the Cherokecs tho priceoffered them it may bo axre questions will be s the commission and the price ba remand s for fiual adjustment, 10 not accept Queenstown without stopping because of the gale, and ia proceeding Lo Liverpool, all tho collateral