Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1892, Page 1

ECOND YEAR. TWENTY— OMATA, MONDAY IORNING. DECEMBER 5, 1892, NUMBER 168, tures at_every done with great barrassing the coming democratic tration, there may be man and much feeling aroused befc result is obtained In connection the pension 1 ugrgrestions look ned to 1 ted 1 i f point, but as th e, in order te must be \void em dminis shates od CONGRESS MEETS AT NOON Ohanoes That the Opening Session of the House Will Be 8limly Attended. redhe d with the appropriation and there will be no lack char in the | the cnor ws ONLY THE LEADERS NOW ON THE GROUND " reg closc n that r the ition for preser pernl Foreeast of What May e in the Way of © ton of the Calenda Little Work. Vo Condi- dation ration 1o neake veat ironcli It will be hard to e ind the T Work Will Begin Quietly. Spectal Tel vorl ) will by Wasnixaros, D. € gram to Tie Bee the deserted rday a8 ey the den pro el will mittee to wait notify him that that 100N LOMOFTow of th appearine THi would o this the inf will day w 1tions one fnag con ition was yot four weeks distan i the tors have been coming ent t ther Pre 1o order tomorrow trary, will well large number of vepres on late trains tonight the morning, but it is at present there 100 representa are Speaker the ways and \airman Holman and nearly all of the members of the Mr. MeMillan of virtual 1 Farmer word, as in with such prompt bt f Morton call I'he ho o muster a quorum ness th when Viee will b W vicant seats that body on the con tions of respect members of the who have died dur Sl is feared that by v 4 ‘I ot death of Senator P ported to b dangerously i Tuesday general belief that | the president's message will be read and than likely to fill out the legislative day them | On the first page of the senate calendar stands the anti-options bill,the such apprehension on the part of the boards of trade throughout the country the un finished busi o take it up does not require o wotion: at the call of the regular 10 presiding officer must lay it before the senate and that will precipitate a war of for the opposition is alert and vigor- ind will resist the measure to the bitter perhaps based to the memory of house of representa the recess, or it ason of the ne the Gibson, who s now re upon lent ) Lhe A | tive in is are scarcely more Among Spring means committee, ¢ ives in town Crisp, Chairman et ¢ of tis priations committec nness s the the house last session; “silver Dollar™ Bland vate” John Allen of Mis this Most of us On the republican side ¢ Brackett keed s here well as rows of Michi Colonel € ¢ husctts and other The indication hotse tomorow “leaders,” with very fow of the of i Dull 8¢ wler Hatel Pri ippi e norning leaders are “The plan of camp: . fined, a8 no one knows just what Senator s Wasliburn, the promoter of the bill will do, ! "t th i exeep! 1t he asserts his intention of press- ing the bill, but if the measure is taken up in the scnate the entive w will be con sumed in its discussion, unlc lisplaced by other business, There ccial order madc last July the consideration of the bill to ratify the agreement with the Chero kee Indians of the Indian Tervitor whether it will prevail or 1 depend largely upon the managers of the anti-options bill m has not yet heen Speake leading republicans. therefore ar 8 it Ty isa will consis Ay Openi si¢ in Washington for opening of gree that Men years and more than never in the who have been h a ve witnessed th score of sessior Legaey of the Last Session. the part of the members of \ tardiness to report I r on for the absence of many membe lies in the fact tha the relyin on their enormous i suic there been on When the house of ill find itself confronted with davs the legacy of the first s Iifty-second ¢ Upont upon the state of the union pository of all bills and propositions making appropriations, there are almost 200 meas ures awaiting 1 A lar; )] the v ' are bills for the e they buildings throughout the tecl in have any chance of pass ssion. The | A lavee red the bills of h do not crim of these are of the pros is not ve “0t less than 1,000 pension and claim bills longuishing upon the private calenda and thirty-two pension bills are awaitin the action of the ealendar of unfinished busi 1t is probable that nothine ¢ mee will be taken up for action by the during the fivst week of the sceond principal efforts of the leaders the majority will be to elear matters coming over from lust that the house may get into good working trim. On_Monday the house will hold a brief session, during which the customary resolutions will be adopted for the appoini- ment of ajoint committee to notify the president that congress is ready for business. Two representatives have died during the reeess, Messes, Warwick of Ohio and Me- Donald of New Jersey. The house will ad- jourti as a mark of respeet 1o their memory as soon as the intellizence is ofticially coni- municated to it. Tuesday the house will hear the president’s message and adjourn: Oth fon of the reneral L 88 wdar the re the « ity in the hou d themselves that their own indiv presence is unnecessary, while trant republicans, knowing that neither effect or hinder logi hurry to come on 10” Washin number of letters have b Washington - f hoth 1 Aemocrats, giving reasous for their abs until after the holidays. 1t is the general ex sion will be very dull. The only committec that has any work before it is the appropria. tions. "The ways and means has nothing to The pensions committee and the claims committee have already on the calendar suflicient bills to occupy the house during the session. The public' buildi committce, which expeeted so much in this session, has been practically warned in advance by Mr Holman that it need expect no consideration, a decrce, howevery against which it is safc to predict a sful revolt. The river and harbor committecmen know that it not worth while to framea bill of which there is no hope of passage, Hence there is 1o temptation for the averige congressuin to hurry away from home before the holi days, tion of ction of publie d few hort ch s but v count durin endit public eharze upon tion 1o onie to Ul a character, N veceived SntagT lins eig considerable ir h m iblicans 1SS, Some importance, but being enacted into law ition that the ses are WHAT IT MAY DO, hat b5 Lald Out for the Session So Larux Is Known, Wasningrox, D. €., Dec. 4 of th ty-second cor 1o be more vemarkable for discussion than for action. Not that there not many things to be done, if the bulky calen dars of the senate and house are put in dence, but principally wise of lack of op- portunity or of inclination. The thing that must be done and will be done is to provide the means for the maintenance of the goy Work The second oss is likely Features of the Session, sessior “The proceedings on the other days of the week will depend upon civeumstin they develop from day to day. There considerable number of private bills, ch granting pensions, on which the question has been ordered. Bifte debate s permitted on cach of these bills und it is quite likely that the house will make haste slowly and may spend cousider | able time in action on them ments may probably be the order of 1he day ernment, and it helieved that | quvi'tha w The District of Columbia the regula annual appropriation bills will | appropriation bill may be reported toward represent nearly all of the positive achieve- | the close of the week, but havdly in time for ments that can be eredited to this session ac IIxM| :w--nHv the follow Inghves Ik [t ST, 1) T e _ Besides these pension bills there ave pr Ihoro may, however, bo several importan | yyeed reports- on the culendar. from. th exceptions. One of them relates to the sub- | Raum and Wittson invostigating committees ject of immigration The public interest in | Fach has special parliamentary vihts and this subject, which was awakened last sum- | iy be called up atiny tne, bt as set no mer by the fear of {he cholera epidemic, determination with reference to thein : been reached by the e . been stimulated by the radical sugzestion of | e roscied by the gentlemen in- charg the senate immigration committeo that all | A bill to permit railroads to give com fmmigration be suspended for one year. Un | cial travelers special bagzage priviloges his R i influences. will be | @ favorable parliamentary status and may b brought to bear to compass the defeat of any | 4Hed up during the we bill cmbodying. such . proposition, but it may be that the great public. sentiment be hind it will oblige congre the measure s, s e i fly previous 1 minutes a very vi- Larly adjourn is generall has powe PENNSYLVANIA I EXCITED, s «to pass Disastrous Cave-In ¢ uses Alurm in g Min- ing 1 ity. Pa.. Dee. 4 two miles into great ex Ot SHENANDOAT, Lost Creck, thrown how portunt Residents of here, were sment at an carly this morning by the sudden caving upon o |-9F about 300 feet of surfuce and 100 feet vepeat- | Wide, divectly underncath the Lehigh Valley s namely | vallway tracks down with the foet, and the Fos i store in the mining v Wright & Co., narrowl Tlie southern walls of the and a lavge part of the hungs the in nse ¢ company is teying to fill s 1o be enabled to v Measures, A strong effort will cortainly b procure the repeal of the Sunday closing clause of the World's faiv act. It may 100, that will be taken subject to which the president edly ealled the the desiral roud eniployesfrom th vesulting from the vices Lo couple These Judgmen of made to yost be, some action has ttention of congros lity of log acks were carried th of twenty-five the 1il owned | 1) st building slution to protect rail numerous casualtios suitable de id stop freight trains watters comprise whit the concedes to be all of the probabili ties of original legislation on the part of th second session of the Fifty-second Looking toward the prospective subjc discussion, however, and taking into the measures which have already passed « or the other of the two - houses, the ficld wide, No one expects any either house, but the subject is so much in volved in the rovenue question and in the appropriations to be made that mdve or less division on that topic may be expected Reports Upon the Tariit The senate finance committee lus not completed the formiduble task it last session, which was the series of clabors ariff systems tr Theso reports store cost B iction fell out now over. in. e Lehigh ip the rondbed WOLToW mornis Fhe people are in o f dread as night approaches, being in f of u still furthe tling. The caving was oceasioned by the robbing of pillar which haas been carvied on for some time some of the breasts of the Lehigh Valley's packer collierics, by which wion the cative valley is honey-combed. Accidents have been of froquent o e in the alley from Lost Creck to Shenandogh for some years past, but none of them equal in extent to the fall of toduy - IN EARTHQUAKE. absence of S ts of tariff legislatic 33 ye undertook compilation of a te veports upon the different In_the Dnited States ably will bo most inter. esting 1o the ut of political economy, | ¢ and 1y under discussion at period of the session Then there ave bi New Moxico to stutel pussed both thase i ng for the aduission of New the senate calendar fuye the territories conn the comittoe is op may he that New Mexico union by the act of the republican seiite An anti-options bill has advanced so far to bocomo the unfinished busin ate. 1t was kuown to have a li of that body in its favor diveet yote, if one could hiye but it is threatened with a venewal of the termined and skillful tructiy which then proved suceessful, and th is still doubtful Interesting Fiy There will probably be and much taik this scs: CAUNE OF o Sel i, IATTANOOGA, Tenness Mists G Morn s the ¢ v morning. It turns out atly Puzzled 1x's Shoek, Dec. 4 Over Great mys Rmii| AN Arizona Frid house has | entirely local. Lo provid- | puszled. While s is on th wing in of the v i fron limestone cavern, other nan of would have caused such u shock without but lavge sinking of the crust of the ¢ Nearly all other theorios fo! ) the cirth have ne of the 1ke shock felt to have been much Y 1o admit . The and the il scientists are on Moxico report chai bill, me hold it was it of ey ubly that a cave-in The 1t the vh will § of faint-hearted ones n the idden voleano under Ly 0 1 t forth caus th ountain is 10 bui coted with Diphther Dec. 4.1 . NEw has Yi rived 1d 20 i unship Giara ht . from wer wmder here with ¢ Four g diphtheria during 1h Propos suvied at sea. The ve h oking to 1 the twenty day quaranting in the national banking laws, the necessity Phe Scundia, which also mwived, bro of which is said to be indicated by the Key- | | 471 steerage passengcrs and the g stone and Maverick banlk failure ¢ o fl-esninia i The state bank tax may also be o TS/ theme of discussion, and the liars s the Boutl tors and _ropresentitives wi Dee. 4.—One hundred sowe of the radical prop Wisconsin nd Dakota These matters, howeyer, are likely to be | wrvived heve last night. The simply themes for discussion without sction urand lefi for Savaunah. The party will Btrong efforts will be wade by the house ap- | go 1o Florida. They will be entertained at propriations comwitiee o retrench expendi- | Auluuty on the retwn wip. el Questions. died many held m ht Alesia 0. fruitiul alliance sena be heard upon sitious. Northe ATLANTA, Gab venty-fiy and 8¢ cditors remaizod oue ABOUT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN Secretary Noble's Report on the Business of the Interior Department, THOUSANDS OF NEW PATENTS ISSUED Millions of Ac lividual Owners s — W Bureau D Iy Vested in National es Now Form Preseevin of the v & the Year, D. C., Dee, 4 tary Noble to the and in detail the op partment I'he volume of work accomplished the present greatly exceed that The presiden ment and fully rations of this great de WadHINGTON annual report of Secre an inte during o preceding administration wi of an and will, probably, also other like period hereafter history of the In th there were pending 3 like perio that of an to oceur in the Jartment general land oftice on June 50, 033 final entries, and lily increasing. These During the pres agricultural pat 162,754 in the 1S, representing an exeess 840 uer Nearly four of public lands than du the and the has mineral conl Wbl nd in 1888, the aceumulation ste have all been disposed of. ent administration 595,128 ents have been issued against preceding four v in acreage of 47,05 s, sater sury four eat issued lands by thi nal fmpr * work of quantity times g has been previous been a aren ved years, in selectic ng and s of wl exceeded The total publie lands disposed of during the past year by cash sales and mi entries was 13,004,019 acres, and there total of cash receipts of 4,860, 100,69, cultural patents were issued during the to th 15,420,500 acres, and pa aceount of railroad land Surveys of publi lounted to 1 increase The, for educati vements have greatly patents ny previous years o of cellancous year onts 018, for the Through Rail grants D53 acres. lands year 103 acres o Ereat. Northern under act of the last of congress, whereby the railroad is to to the negotintions road company ve settlers and receive in icu thereof lands elsewhere, the great in- justice whi wis linble to fall upon settlers in the Red River valley of North Dakota has been prevented The system of the arid lands of the n greatly advanced lection of for rescrvoirs, and by extending these irrizating systems in conjunetion with forest preserves. The ben- ficial results of this p already ex tensively shown by cor « sand vegetal rown in abundance, on what desert Tand, und the finest crop one side of the hedge, whe tior while only sage bru found on the other sites appear on there s in L and cactus Reserving Forests u The po western reatly ch y of waking forest rc wies and territories ha dvanced during the past yea ves have been ereated by presid on, making an_area of 260 acres. This policy will be furthe vied into effect and will be most_beneficent and far-reaching in its results. The secre- tary recommends that these forest preserye should tection from the army or through watchmen or custodians, for whose compensation appropriations should be made, in order that they be protected from fives and depredations. The public parks in the United State under control of the Interior department ar the Yellowstoue National park, the Yosemite National park, the Sequoin National park, U. 8. Grant National pavk and the Hot Springs reservation in” Arkansas, These rks, the latter, are under guard of special details from the army, and w well protected and rapidly gaining in nat attractiveness, except ¥ proper, which by California,” and which has not received the full cave it deserves. In the Yellowstone park therd bout 400" buffalo and many thousand elk. Sequoin and Gen National parks | for years he cen used as her ind for ca p, and the military detail in- charge has cat trouble in restraining the cattle and herders from destroying the ve tation, Such has also been the case with regard the Yosemite park. The sh herders are nearly all foreizners who care nothing for the park or the country, and the sheep are destructive of grasses. flowers, shrubs and all smaller vegetable growth These nuisances, however, ave being con trolled, and it is believed that in the future they ean be entively abated The boundary line between the states of North and South Dakota has been surveyed from the eastern line of the Missouri rive and the remainder of the line will be com: pleted before the close of the present sur. veying scason.This line isanarked by mon- uments of quartzite, and will remain one of the most conspicuous works of the land tl Indian Afirs, ucational work among the u greatly inereased and improved in efticiency. There has been an_inerease of over 1 per cent in attendance of children in the schools, the total for 1502 being 19,708 cholars. New Indian reservation boarding schools have been established duving the present adwinistration, and move are in progress which it is anticipated will be opened soon. Nonrescrvation s have also been established and others © been planned. Strict discipline has e forced and better education fostered form system of text nd course of study has been adopted, and the compilation of the rules for the conduct of the sch has been preseribed, thus cstablishi thorough and uniform system. The we and interest of the Indian and his adva ment have been a constant and this has vesulted in bringing him nearer to eiviliza- tion. is physical condition hus been im proyed by eithér supplying him with better food, clothing or shelter, or by encouvaging him to labor for thke meliovation of his own condition Under the pol of negotiations.with fourte present administeation has resuited in the opening up for public settlement of nearly 20,000,000 aeres of land. — Other negotiations which arve pending will, when ratified, add 10,000,000 acres more. Allotments of lands in severalty to the Indians have made in very lurge numbers 5,400, to whom patents | been issued have, by operation of law come citizons of ‘the United States. million acres of land formerly oceupi the great Sioux nation of Dakota have opened to the public domain, and the disin tegration of the tribal relations of that great warlike tribe has been m by dividin ands and wembers into five smaller ing them on separate and reduced re tions. The sume veduction of In dian reservations progress in other seetions of The reseryation nup, and system is being rapic suficient quantity to allotments of land i enable cach i to have afarm, has de veloped a sense of individual importance and appreciation of personal power that 1y disintegrating the trit rel; tention is culled to the inadequate provisi 1o the absence of pital accommodations for the sicl and helpless of the Indian pop and also the absence of proper a for’ the treatment of the deaf, blind and curables. “Formerly ‘there was 1wuch com plaint that the quality of the goods deliy ved was far below that of the samples fur nished Indians has been Indian allotments, n tribes, during the been and Ve rva process of in Iy D is tions Lution ylums insane Geologieal Survey. The sdretury states that the work of geological survey has been carricd on great eficl In_the topographic by 180,000 square wiles have been sur ing the past year, making a tot, thi with is controlled | square_miles surveged up to the present time. Three hundred Mage atlas sheets have been constructed, and All this work h, more_ the bly and earcfully done than ever befor Reservoir sites for irrigation purposes have been Toeated and surveyed to the number of 187, embracing 4.2 | The increase in value of mine shown during the past year. and the inerease in the thirteen years o survey is &100,000,000, showing these produc have in this time more than than doubled while population. has inereased only 50 por cent. Geologie fnvestizations and ~ surve have t n - carried n b the burvean 1 nearly u the e n ield coal. iron and precious me ind sy examinations have been made of localitics yielding phosphate, building and ornamenta R id The hydrographi s of measurements of the daily of important streams in nd of the yearly rainfall and apparatus specially designed work were employed. Thie report states it has been deterinined by trinnzulat 1 t of Mount St. Klins 1e of 15,100 foet above the the highest polnt on the « cortain - unmeasured volean should prove to be higher. This great land mark lies justa little on our_side of the boundary between Alaska and British Amer | 1 and will bear the United States flag Education. A very considerable labot | by the burcau of education i ization and report res 1 colleges, preliminary to ments of the appropriation made by act of cor August 30, 1890, Within ' eloven months the se y was thus enabled to certify forty-two states and te or asen titled to share in the funds and to draw war rants for the payment to them of three sop. installments of the si nounti 50,000 for: the benefit of fifty-six coll » white and «l youth are alike u mitted, 'The statistieal investigations of th educational progress of our country have been followed up steadily. The library h from 53,000 to 45000 volumes and is uscd iving the special information clsewhere obtainable. Investigation been extended in the diveetion of forcien ¢ tional s, ems. Several articles have been prepared upon the oldest existing pib- lic sehools of Burope, those of Scotland, and upon the strongly eontrasting conditions in Russin. Special studics have been under: talken in the relation of education to poverty and ¢ as been rions was performed in making the cting agricul the disbursc have Pensions and Estimates, The volume of business handled and dis by the pension office during the past year is shown to have been enormous, There wer June 80, 1802, STR008 pensioners sorne upon the rolls, being 199908 more t were on the rolls at the el the last 1 oyear. Among these are twenty-two widows and daugliters of soldiers of the rev- | olution and 165 survivors of the war of 1812, "The total amount expended f ing the year was ¥ ed that the ap 1l leave up to spriation for 1803 of deficiency. There date of October 15 Jun u these vee of persons ain_ num- the fmme- diate direction of the commissioner, other | under the deputy commissioners and’ chief Some ided of the magnitude of the u be Torited from the fact that du: - 5,315,120 pieces of mail were and 4,316,618 picces sent out. The nization tre force has been brought to high state of effielency under its present management and % number of important | improvements made ir. the various methods | A “daily fivancial statement of tho office is now made showing the cost of cich pension certifieate as to the amount of first payment and monthly rate and these are consolidated from month to month The total number of certificates issued dur ing the year was 311589, The total nuwmber of pensioners dropped from the rolls was 25,206, The average annual value of each pension on the roll is $133.41, It has been the policy of t s justic cd to nand, 1o assipn 4 farger portion of the oficial force upon original claims of those who were not receiving any pensions, thin upon inerease claims, and it is believed that | if this policy be continued for two years | Tonger the adjudication of the original cluims of the oftice will be substantially completed and mude current, sud by that time the highest number of pensioners cver to be borne on_the rolls will have been placed there. Under the provisions of the act of June 1500, many claimants who were seriously disabled and living upon char ity, but who could not establish service ori winl of their disability, have been able to s needed assistance and financial wrough this great ood it has donc worthy claimints, ap rs.to have justitied expectations of those who enacted it. The commissioner recom- mends the appointment of an actuary to col late cortain’ statistics relative to the ques- tion of the effect of army service upon the expectation of lives of soldicrs and the prob o duration of the pension roll, which it is thought will be a valuable contribution to science. The estimate for the doficiency this year is £10.508,621, ind the estimate for fiscal year ending June 30, 1504, s £165,000, 000 This is based on careful consideration of all the fuc nto the question, ilvonds. of LS5 cortifieates. The f pension oftice_consists of 2,00 assizned 1o ffteen divisions. a o1 berof these divisions are undoer ‘ Th ds hias been employed | in secking conclusions as to the best treat | ment the government should give to the debt | of subsidized railrouds now appronching maturity. Full reports have been submitted to congress as to the gaarantees of stocks or bonds and payment of indebtedness of the | various roads, The suzgestions made in the commissioner's veport look to an extension of the debt und an inerease of security. A his tory of the railways of the United Statcs and tables of statistics showing the effect of rail way constriction upon populition, wealth and development was furnished the international Amcrican conference, The lines of bonded vailronds have been carefully in cach year and - extensions and iniprove noted. The books and accounts of roads have been thoroughly exumined and v such chavges allowed for ox) were proper deductions from the e in making up the statement of ne report of the gavernment divectors of the Union Pacifie Railroad company shows that they coincide with the commissioner in recommending an extension of the vather than foreclosore. Much given by the secretary to the discussion of this very important and pressing business . SECRETARY ELKINS' KEPON Cindition of the Army and P Its Lmprovement. Wasnixarox, D, C., Dec. 4.—The report of of War Elkins, after oposals for Secretury stuting the 0 maintaing the necessity bill, providing fo; infaniry The personn howt in the ur the passage of the reor wetillery arms of the 1 of the army, he L decided improverent, owing care exercised in 1 few of the undesivabie forinerly s0 numerous cun now b the service, It is difiieult, though to secure material for filling the noncommissioned officers, and i these posts of responsibility are is because of the inade the marked difference between the eariings of un_energetic man in private lite and the sanie man in the vy tary on this point says Che army, under 1d be one of 1l ith, aud there bright ifit w the pending anizition of the and service says, has 10 L ing. Onlya charaeters found in n place nuwber vacant. 1t ey of the pay and vory of of faxgrable condit most desirable tr an scarely be a doubt adventurous young men s in cousiderable numn e nerally understood that wrige und werit would be suitably re warded. Under present conditions there is scircely any pecuniary benefit to attract a wan to the ranks W com wissioned grades are necessavily few and the difference between the pay of @ pri th wou Promotions [CONTINUED ON 58 OND FAGE. | SHOT DEAD 1N Ja 1S TRACKS ames Cooper of Bassett Killod While Re- sisting Arrest, WAS PREPARED TO SHOOT THE SHERIFF gram to T and inst w W Jo Ve N 1 « th and before Cooper could five the year ago last summer te quarrcl with John Beahr of this place tl 1 Disgr 1 ) £ yard until they tho put 4 leaving I v B st expect to h of i W Subjects of W for N o1 W th fors mi cepted. The 1 be is forty fr center of the table in he b B m; w W ar 8] an W ing sh Vi I 51 Q R i ju 1 by bein, ) S has aceepted the call and will be ins i I 'l w al | e bt | I w al an te fic u night | Ber I al t ro It M B r R s Revolver Almed at Moment of 1is Death Vietim's Om the Ofcer at the Ming of the Record, Newront, Neb. Bri Dec. 4.—[Spe James Coopor Bassott oper ial Tole wias shot antl this « and onin hile Cor th into a th ng of a horse, ( o slash Cormany with a razor, It Cooper and then the bone ped in o a Tid oper W in: e May ea way from him when took the razor pulled a ball very Coopor Yo nd fived, shattering slver on May strilin v Lay's 1c 1 hen the sherii s ooper tury he sherift st with his rev pointed but the ofti at vd hot 1 was on sheri im dead in his tracks. Cooper was one of the gang arrested here a or civenlating coun vl the money, and unty fail at Omaha served a He term in into a About in iree years ago and shot n his ant onist he i He is about 22 years old msidered an all avound toueh and was THEY USED CLUBS, ol Fawmily Row i Which ) Women Do the Fighting. Fa1 Neb., D 4 | vam to Tue Ber ws reached wo MONT Tele this city clal night of 4 family row at the residence of a Hodson, living four miles south of day night. Mrs. Hodson and the girls, it bound the old gentleman and be. it pulled him from his bed to the and procecded o beat him with clubs iht he had cnough. when back 1o bed in a bloody condition, him bound until noon, when one of is sons appeared and released him. A war- it has been sworn out against Mis, Hod nand she will have & hearing tomorrow here West Polnt News. West Poixt, Neb., Dec. 4.—[Special to The i) —1rank Hahn and his estimable wifo wted for Oldahoma Thursday, where they their futur A Hahin the prominent business men and both he and me 1s becn one of this place for four years is wife leave many warm friends, December 1 and 15 a farmers institute ill be held in the court house in this city interest will be leety veral university professor ill_speak on “Crasses and I vasku.” Prof. Ingersoll L “Science and the Dairy ill speak on_horticult €. Busset will also be h The meeting held Wednesday ie Neligh house was attended the women of this county ud desiens for the table to be te board at the World's f. itted by John . Neligh, which were ac- ousiderable funds have been ised by the ladies, but much more will be uired to carry out the accepted design. ible is to be made at West Point and > confract will call for completion on or ore the 15th of April. 1803 The following a brief deseription of the design: Siz wo inches: height, thirty-fowe inches ioze, six inches: style, Renaisanee, In the will e w raised dins, show state seal. The seal will b Jdd - in position by four escuteheons, aving the numes of Beemer neroft, Wisner and West Point, The re. ainder of the table surface will be inlaid ith various colored moand grains after 1 elaborate Mosaic desizn, Four of itique pattern will be vichly ornamented in orn, and underneath the ole will be a here showing the voyi of Columbus wl the nawe of our county. The sphere ill be supported by four brackets projeet from the legs of the table. All is to be wellaced and polished with a smooth, hard wnish finish home will le Prof. Taylor cal topies and Hon rnoon at by about Plans 1 by the were sub- g the News Notes from Ord. Onn. Neb., Dec. 4.—[Special to Tie Bre, | 1o district court for Valley county was in m all last week. The cases of neral public interest before the court were the Ch Bur Omalia & Republican Valley nies. Henry ¢ Wolf.a drum former for £10,000 damages for to his knee in a collision at od April 0, 1591, The ilway company red to compromise for 0, which was refused by Mr. Wolf. The ry awarded him dam: s of £100, The other was that of Mrs Crow, widow of Jonathan S, Cr as killed in the Union Pacific and Islind on the night of March being run over by a switeh mount sucd for wits £,000. out it 10 Ao The | leym of ¢ ssi lits uiney and th 1ilws nst ngton L Marilla W yards at 3, ine. ] Phe jury, after nieht, brought in a verdict for tist church has ealled Rev eveland, O, o be its pastor John He ed in sy The s of Preshyt revival vian ehureh s holding a ser weetings conducted by the wstor, Rev. (! H. Mitcheln sted by ov. . (L Tewin of North Platte. Presiding Elder Rev. G. L. Haight is holding quarterly conference Méthodist 1pi at opal chureh this weel Sus Cr 1 the Superintendent, Neb, Dee, 4 I'hie county Board of Superyis as in session here last week and 1 of Saturday in the sachment proceedings iy am, superintendent of 4is brought by D. ). idgingten of i, an d teacher, on the und of being refused \ examination for cexificate, th ndent claiming the ap¥icant w d on account of his age d u nervous oubl notwithstanding e had taught sveral years in the county and appa 1y ave atisfuctic The board finul d Mr. Graham Another conte Mr. W Cray e B special to rs occupicd hearing of the inst N. M, Gra schools. The case n disquali Sup L was commeneed her M. Clark fi who was defeated at 1. L. Epperson i clear majority of fifty-five tice on Mr. Epperson 10 that ht, after e o 1o hed 1 fifth contes on il 1it looks 1 I the uted s sion the vepublican votes, served ot Irida, I'his mavk in Clay count have present unt ballots wi Tecu u, Neb The ne was dedicated toda ructure of X0 )00t 210,000 and s New Church, Dec. 4 (e Proshyterian church at th It TECUM Special to e - clegant ontal y Sunday sehoo library. The s preached at 11w, m. by o N L City, and the d s of the Sunday school v. Niles of Tabl at r. Kul Cit ening Tekumuh Odd Fellows. Pekaval, Neb., Dec. 4 EE At the last v N ular mecting of Orvange 2, Independent v of Odd e ank B, Ward cretary ; H Jame oble grand B. Telyc b sk -.Vlht' Record Asuraxp, Neb.,, Dec, 4.—[Special to Tus & | who | - Bee. ]~ Fire Mu. AL Stein was started by some blown under the by the prompt acti before much damage about £200, wh by lence of The fire os ina bonfire being The fire was pu the T house. 1y in: - GOvLD T THE MANSTION, Police Guards in Attendance s Until the Int Dee. 4. -Quint to Wateh the Rem New Youk of the crape floated on the cated that the invaded riage mains, which will be front part of the When the pall of chilliness of the s with t ence pervading th mourni he police guards resumed theiv vigil o1 which will be up unti after the remains have been removed for in termen | Mi Gould's brother, Abraham Gould, ar rived in the city this afternoon and went to the house of Mr. Edwin € No. 1 Fas Forty-seventh street, adjoining the residenc of the deceased Russell Sage called at e sur of George Gould to discuss the arrangements for accommodating the people who pected 1o attend th rrow noon. When he eame o 3 s had @ ook at the face of his dea it was very L Mr. Gou en sleeping. and Xin. The bod room on the sceond floor n what was practic casket v black cloth, Tt will't placed in the burial casket in the morning suid M. Sage, and be carvied down to parlor, where the face will b friends and the public after services ar As 1o how many would be pres services, Mr. Sa, snid fe lors to which the acquaintan the dead man would be admitted and the dining i« where the family and intimate friends v sit, would not hold over sons, Wiis sorry h because there were a great many lenown M. Gould would like to theiv last respects. ausc of this it been decided to permit the personl of Mr. Gould who were unable to get in house during the funeral services to afterward and Jook on Mr. Gould Sage said that the sisters of Mr. G Palen, who lives at Tuck Pa., 1 Northrop, who lives in ¢ notarrived yet but are exp morning, as dre also o numberof M fricnds from other cities Mrs. Northrop, o third sister of Mr. Gould the wife of a minister in Los A will not be present, as she cannot make the joun uey in time, The funeral is not to be public. T the house, it will be entirely impossible to accommodate the many who out of curiosity or interest would be d lie funerdl were it public. The funeral will bo | as possible, and so quite in line with ) Gould's unostentatious preferences, 1t will | be at the house at4 o'clock in the afternoo re are no cards of admission Rev. John R. Paxton of the West Prosby- terian ehurch, at which ehureh Jay Gould wi attendant, did not mitke any dir ence to Mr. Gould's death this morning, but suid humanity was prone to do as Pilate did in granting a just consideration to the dead which they refused them in life The Gould mausoleum at Woodlawn is veady for the reception of the body of the dead’ financier. The interior has becen cleaned and renovated. The slab which wiil mark Mr. Gould's eatacomb on the second tier, opposite that of his wife, bears the same inseription as the coftin plate, the let ters being in seroll reliof In the regular death notice yesterday it was stated that the friends and relatives would attend the funcral. A personal fricnd of the family said last night that Geor Gould never had any intention of making a public display A dowil the parlo MOEPOW 1 wed the leeping house of dias in house darknes: s desce emed in o sud mons covered” 1 viewed by the the funcral b the vO i I hivd Pay had who friends B M Mo N Gould's | New Youk, Dee. 4 | doubt will succeed sition. Gould president of his de the meet is father ¢ the Manhattan Railroad con cision was practienlly veached g the reetors of t 1t was a full | ing of board of ¢ which was held Friday ing with_the exception of Jay and Gould. There was 1o formal action taken arding the filling of the vacancy occas ued by the death of Mr. Gould. His suc ssor wits talked of, and it was generally conceded that George Gould was to have the position so suddenly made vacant. His cle tion will probably take place at the meeting of the board, which will be he next Tuesday road meet Always Toilowed by a Deteetive, Loxnoy, Dec. 4.—Prof. Hubert Herkeim in tter to the Daily Telo aph, deseribing Mr. Gould's sittings to him for portrait, e e without a detee tive, His expression always wyed {the idea of ted ey 1 felt that the true index lis po wias the fine fibre of his sensitive nerve structure Undoubtedly he wis a student of humi nature and based his operations on his ment of wen more than events never " his judgment of - BOISTEROUS VALE STUDEN the Prestimen Ca tremes in Many Instances, HaveN, Conn. Dec, 4. The Yale freshmen last night wi 1o extremes. Besides aall, up 4 play at the New Hay house, they broke into played — hay T jod to Ex- Npw o bration of the carried vir breaking opera dime with the tried, unsuccessful into the fair, but 1 by o) of doorkeepers, who, armed with clubs and base ball bats, drove them back. One of the dents received a wound on the neek by a blow of a 5 Are t was next rowdies overturned al compelled won und make o sy eshmen thew repaived to and indulged inoa rush sophomorcs, The celebration the freshmen breaking i number of wine in th ) wof the pirt woere aurested during ing and will b tricd in the city court tomorrow The Yale faculty will investigate and a number of expulsions are ine - SENATOR GIBSON DYING, muscum and propriciors’ chuttels. Lo effect isited the an h Here the furniture and to stand on a En masse, the the campus vith the concluded b, 1 brick the ey norning the matter Only Hours of Life sl Seiis i lif tod St Few Remain for th Hoix It is apparent now remain for S w Orlean, N enator fron leathibed at the Louisinna wha lies upon hi ark hot He hias been nking sinee 2 and dea tion of few hours His relative a who have and fri cent concerning hi now 1o longer attempt to concein but sudl friend bt t grows hour by hour, He do ARy pain, but his vitality i ing uway t all conditi o, truth tonight cer appear 1o suffer gradual) ife which their He - Mining Troubles Settled. Tenn,, Dec, 4.—The ining troubles at Coul Cre The winers resumed work today Kx mon | Yed. 1L Black Di. cl | was STORY OF THE SPREE \\'RECIE Thrilling Account of the Affair by One of the Passengers, ALL EXPECTED TO GO TO THE BOTTOM Water Rushed Into the v fal Nolse essel with a Frights Filled to the Level Ve Third Deck, wi Dyight 1% Moody the disabled which weroe b o with seawater, sailed today. the Btrarin. The Saturday's list proceed by Lloyd others, in- the lip Havel on placed in tho examined by rth Tuc Admiralty divers tomorrow German (1 stean I [ will The Sprec | wit Hor The bullhead s at her moorin kept of the adly strained but it is woll se- i\ frs report on the condition vessel's hd it cannot be decided what, course will be taken. 1t is believed an offort will be made to pump the water out of the flooded compartments, A numberof sacks of mail are aborrd the Spree. They Id not be recovered i time to meet tho Etruria M passen thriiti T'he s in the outer constantly third com- ter pumps are workin, partmen cured of the Until still Godham of Southampton, asaloon von the Spree. in describing the experiences of the disabled steams siid: “The shock was tremendous, vessel shook from stem Lo stern, Sev B the electric lizhts went out. Passen vs vushed out on the deck half dressed, T ind eral 1 and gentlemen in their night vobes v about and asking what had happer Prepared for the Worst. the iin was endeavordn 1 them an ofiicer rushed from below unced that tl i of the tove in and that the v bullihea be ordercd the lifeboats pre- srovisioned. Just then o number ond eabin passeneers rustted from bes wwith the lifebelt on and declared that the water had risen three fect above the cabin K und that the state rooms were flooded. The pumps were not sufficient to cope with the inrush of water. The nfter- hold filled to the level with the thi were st and les until - Saturday even when o wind took her northward again Phrotghout the night there was an enor mous swell and the steamerheaved violently, Several of the passc were injured, None daved to sleep. weather becamo vorse on Sur were tremendous While el i to and vessel had ol was filling sdiately bado filled, ~ Tho hot oen with waier thirty-five n the vessel e, The Mr. Moody's pr. most soféimn version and prayed for or meeting was the Women wept bitterly coor. Par was burnt on the deckat nighit, It was then that we were ishted by the Lake Huron. Kemlen, the Australian who juinped overboard and was. drowned. had left Tudia without his parents’ consent,™ Another account says that after the dent it was i to spread « The vessel shifted so heavily that the the compartments roared like thunder the rolling of the ship. Tt souncd like gun discharged. The storm had so i toward cvening that one could have stepped on the rafts from a row boat. Bags of oil empticd over the side broke the foree of the waves eei- n NOW LOR TIE CHILD, Bet of the de Stod inthe b Copyrighte: ) Panis, Dec. 4 Speeial to Tie Bir Last S wris € Gordon lennett.) New York Herald Cable— A case of peeuliar in terest will shovtly the Paris ulting fvom the decree of divoree ced by the South Dakota courts in v of Mme. de Steuers, wife of the minis- of the Netherlands By the Dakota decree the ot the child was ven Mme. do Steuers, now N Wiott Zborowiski, but Chevalier de s also instituted proceedings for divoree in the Holland which country awarded him the the child rl, who is now in Ler father's hands. The question which the Paris courts will have to decide is whether the Dakota or Dutch decree will be held valid, certainly 4 novel and intricate legal stion. The child is now in the con- school of Sacre Caur here, where she placed by her father. The mother has commenced proceedings to obtain custody the convent been served with an order of the court 1o hold the girl until the question is decided. Mrs. Zborowiski s a strong position, in the fact that de Steuers appeared the Ditkota court and underwent eross-cxamina- tion, and by counsel, 5 in the action before the Duteh court Zborowiski wis not represented ndal to Be come before courts, re prgn fav tor to Paris custody to Ste enstody of vent of the child, and the superior of has before was represented whie Mus, THANKED BY THE QUEEN, @ with the Rendition of ¢ by the Harris Company. Dec, 4o-The performance by Sir Augustus Harris' company iven at Windsor last night be- fore the queen, whoentered the hall promptly ar 9 Grand Duko and Gr Duke and Duchess Princess Heny quis and M Lore and 4 number of the voyal grandehildren and court ladies. In all thiere were sixty guests and members of the household. A~ capital performanco was given, ending shortly after midnight, ‘The audience applauded loudly and the queen swmmoned M. Delazan and Sir Augustus afterwards and graciously thanked them for their admivable rendition of the opera, The company was then given a_ supper in the banquelting rovms near the Waterloo chams ber Royalty Plo men LONDON “Carmen - of wil sl o'cloc 1 Duche of ( pranied by the L Prinee g the M Ser mnig) Battenburs il of hiong Prince Ferdinund to e Cared Fo Bromanest, Dee. 4.--In the Chamber of Deputies o vote of urgency was taken for the diseussion of the proposal to grant Prince Perdinand,crown prince of Roumania, £60,000 10 is provided that a part'of this 1 tust be assigned by the crown | 0 Princess Mary of Edinburgh on the oceasion of her marriage Captured o swindle v, Dt 4-C. H, W ¥ operations have th, hat French polic the British police to 14 and hold him for tempt 10 8 1t lls, whose ndy been told ted at Havre by the been requested by him into custody extradition should he ate IFrench territory, who had Che PETERSBUT c. 4 o 1 demued, The trial by concerned in the July st has prisoners were 1ifLy-six 1o be St court martia cholera vio d, 4 1t Saratof in three of the be hanged and Siberia en went enten imprisoned i Formation of the New Council, Doc. 4. The new National federation count ites, the and th enty-o of the House of Co X council will of the of thirteen civie t-Parnells mons. consist ite member Spain Necds Ameriean Vines, Mannin, Dee. 4.—A decree has been pube lished permitting the free importation of Amieri vines W repairthe losses caused by the loxera in the growing lists of ain