Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1892, Page 1

TWENTY-SECO DY TALKED OF IT FOR THREE DAYS | Henator George at Last Uoncludes His Argu- ment on the Anti-Option Bill. FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MEASURE Other Senators Express a Desire to Talk on the Subject Before the Bill Is P'ut Vote In the " D, C., Dee. 1 in favor rrahan case Mr. Hunton WARHINGTON, strong presentati of the famous Me( in the senate today by The main point made by him was hearing before Mr. Lincoln, in which both sides were represented by coun Mr. Lincoln had support of iim and had dirceted the issuance of a patent; that the patent was actually filled out and signed, and that it was afterwar (before MeGarrahan knew of its existence) mutilated in the land office of the Tnterior | department. The morning hour expired be fore the avgument was concluded and the | bill went over, without action, until Monday next, in the morning hour. . George brought to a close his three | day's speech in favor of the anti-option bill, and Mr. Washburn determined but fruitless effort day next week fixed for a vote upon it. He had, early in the day's session, fought against a motion to adjourn over until Monday next, in which fight he was defeated only by the casting vote of Vice President Morton, which vote was greeted with laughter and applause the opponents of the antioption bill. Tl bill went o er without action until Monday next and there iwill then be but four days left until the holidays begin, and as four | senators have given notice of their. intention 1o discuss the measure, there is little proba ity that a vote can be reached until after 15.—<A very of the claimant was made of Vir decided in made have a York Cotton Exeha in continning his speech in favor of the anti-option bill, opened with the congratulatory stutement that, although the price of cotton had gone down in the New York Cotton exchange onaccount of the bill, it had gone up again yesteraay. Much of Mr. George's specch was addr as on the two previous days, to i on the New York Cotton exchange, re, he said, falschood, chicanery and tri were used for the purpose of influencing prices and he quoted from the testimony of Mr Kueeland, a prominent member of the New York Produce exchunge, before the senate committee, in which this cxpression is us “They cannot get up a bear lie that I cannot get up a bull lie to equal it.” A prominent confession, he said, that lies were used on both sides for the purpose of raising and de- pressing prices. “That makes honors remarked. In conclusion M ton raisers of th and the corn raisers consideration at the hands of the American senate. They have complained in their con ventions, ‘their public meetings, thei granges and their lodges of the future sys tem. They know that there has been great depression, a great lowering of prices. They feel that their business has not only become unprofitable, but that it is prose- cuted at u loss, Morteage is on the home stead, debt is pressing. They have tried again and again to_emancipate themselves from the shackles of this futw system. They find prices of their product i lower and lower. They find that dealers in futuves in New York and ar by v decredsing “They think | ntial with rican people self-zovern- tthis my we ought remarks, 1 Lum con- e (c George said: “The cot- wheat raisers re entitled to some i huses of purchases of real cotton. that their voice sought to be us. They think that if the Ar are to e considered as fit for ment we oo L to conclude th 18 @ proper one for thein and t to give it to them. With the: subnrit_{he argunient, as far as cerned.” Want to Speak on the Bill. Me, Washburn made an effort to v fixed next weel fora vote to on'the bill, but objections wor and the effort was abandoned. Notice of an intention to speak on the bill was given by Senators White, Palmer, Harveis and Vilas. The bill went over until Monday next “The house coneurrent resolution for the holiday recess was prosented und referred %o the committee on appropriations. The house amendment to the senate bill of last session, exterding to Duluth, Minu., the privilege of the first seotion of the *imme diate transportation of dutiable goods® 't was presented and concurred in “The senate then went into Cscentive ses- sion and soon adjourncd until Monday. have a be taken numerous IN THE HOUSE, Conslderation of Indian Aftuirs Takes Up the Greater Part of the Day. WaAsHING D. €., Dec. 15, —The house today agreed toa resolution fora holiday | recy from Thursday befor Christmas until Wednesday afte w o Years, and then proceeded through a lution brought in by the committee on rules, to apportion the days before the re g its various committees, Today was a to the committee on Indinn affairs, A Dbill relative to bills of lading was passed without any outspoken opposition 58 am izned | but | which he depr | ques | cent t | into the ¢ | ing Cullom bill to am "Phe measures called up by the committee on Indian affairs consumed the remainder of the day “The next bill ing the s into the tr called up was one authoriz tary of Lhe treasury to cover asury $48,800 of the approprin- tion for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, Passed. Then was called up a house resolu- tion, giving (in response toa request for in- formation by the president in message of February 17, 1842,) the opinion of the house that there is not sufficient veason for inter fercnco of the due execution of the law for tho paynient to the Choetaw and Chickasaw nations their interest in the Cheyenucdind Arvapahoe reservations, After some discus sion the resolution was ugreed to. A bill was passed to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territor Mr. Holman (demoerat, from Indiana) | moyed that when the house adjourned today it be fo meet on Saturday. A similar mo- tion had been previously ninde by Mr. W. A Stone (republican, from Pennsylvania), but had boen voted down. ‘The motion was agreed to, and the house then adjourncd | until Saturday REPUBLICAN SENATORS CAUCUS, They Will Take un Cont S States, WasmINGTON, D. (., Dee. 15, —The repub Jican senatoviul coucus et again this moring and after considering the question of senatovial contests in severul of he west e states, decided 1o appoint a committeo of five to consider the wisdom and propr of senatbrial interference in these contests The senators who participuted in the d cusslon were Messrs. Sanders, Perkins, Du- | boise, Wuwrren, Manderson, Patdock, Hoar, Hale, Hawley, Morreill, Carey and Sherman, Phe consensus of opinion expressed was that while the senators did not desive uor intend | to interfere with the states in corrying out the will of the people, it was the duty of th republican senators 1o vescut strenuously tho ussertions of the democrats who ar 10w, 48 they churge, trying to pervert public sentiment 1t was shown to the satisfaction of the caucus that the democratic “steering com it ad no ground upon which to stani | wheu it gave out the authorized mwvhm&n‘ . | destin | the beoy EAR. New York and in corrobor: figures were produced. In said by the speakers that the democrats had four members in the entire legislature and in Kansas but seventcen. In North Dakota the republicans had a clear majority nine in both hranches, and in Wyoming In California id Montana the vote is with the populists holdiv he balance of power. nator Motrill mad nted th on of this some speech, in rtions made by the democrats, and urged that the republi cans do whatever might be necessary to make plain the fact that such assertions were based upon assunptions of the most violent character, and_insulting to the in tegrity and honesty of the republican part One of the active members of the cancus tid it was not the intention of the republi wns to appoint any so-called “steering com mittee,” for the reason that the only purpose of such committee would be to excrcise an improper influence upon legislatures in the states in question tho READING INVESTIGATION. Testimony Given Yesterday Before the ITouse Committec Washington Notes, Wasmisarox, D.C, Dec The e ittee appointed to investigate Reading ra 4 anthry coal bine, resumed this m in meree committee room the ingy subject during the recess in Philadelphia and elsewhere William 1. Joyce, weneral agent of the DPennsylvania company in his testimony that the Reading company had made agreements with a number of mine and shippers and it was. therefore, necessiry for the Pennsylvania railway to do likewise if it were to secure the product of collerie® that had heretofore shipped overits lines. These contracts gave shippers for their conl 60 per cont of the prices obtained at tidewater, The letter st «d that the Pennsylvania compin would, thercfore, reduce its price for carrying coal to tidewater, Witness said that the price over the road was_determined by the law of supply and demand Mr. Patterson ihen asked o number of fons de d 1o bring out the fact that the Reading, p| h Valley and Jersey £'en tral met and, | ert of action rhitrar ily dotermined prices and that the Pennsyl- vania then followed suit by naming the same rates, thereby preventing the operation of the natural law of supply and dema Eekley B. Cox of the coil operating firm fCox & Co., mining more than 0.000 ton oal per annum, was asked whether, speaking very broadly. the 1- producing business was’ profitable in recent years, or was it tending toward bankruptey? 1lis unswer was: [ think the people wiio have put their money in cc ince the war have not, on the whole, made a fair interest on their money. Until a comparatively ne, out of ten men who have gon Lproducing business. nine hay fail It is the most risky business I know of. Until the business got into the hands of the biggompanics T think the failures ave aged mueh lavger than in any other caliin Tn the view of Mr. Cox the fivst union of transporting and of coal producing compunics s due to business necessities and compe- tition, arising from tl the trans porters and the organizition of big companics were menacing them, Then, he added, af the union of these two inter fected, and the horse was stolen, the of Pennsylvania, by a lwn\!ll\l(mly.\llun\\ll— tion, prohibited future consolidations. Mi Patterson—Wouldict it be a veli the people if they could go into the mar of the world and get their coal duty free? Witliess—It would be a great relief to their feelings if 1 are demoerats [laughter]. but it would not do them any other good; that is. except, perhaps, a fow people. up in New England, who get coal from Nova urned. Fopulists Are populists in alarm ot certain measures aimed interstate commerce act, and ave fearfal that determined effort is to be made to de- tulize that most bencficent picee of legisla- o, us they regard it Senator Peffer of Kansas is the fivst to see workings of the plan. This morning he aid that he wished to call attention to some guificant faets in conmection with the pend i the act. ‘This billy he said, was 1 1 “introduced by re- quest.” and he intimated that it was done at the réquest of the railway people. 1t was introduced the day before yesterday and was not printed until “yesterday morning; yet a meeting of the commmittee was held to’ hear the railroad people almost Lefore the bill wats off the press. Looking at the bill itself, Senator Peffer said it was framed o achieve the very thing that the interstate act was framed” to prevent, which was pooling. Under its terms the people would surrender the control they now had over the railroads ud the latter would onee more be author- zed to wake and maiuts y rates they chose to fix. ‘Then the amendinents to se tion 10 would fix the penalty clause so that there would be practically no punishment for the violation of the very essence of the act. Altogether, Senator Peffer regards the Dill as a most dangerons measure, and an- nounces his purpose to fight it at'all points. Will Plesd for the Nicaragua Caval. smimittee composed of Walter ( Charles M. Shelly ¢ ybury of Michigan, gin of " linois, J. 1) house the cite com in the com- iry into this New Y freight Railroad ted The, have taken at the th sham Alabama, Edward 1. Cra Odendahl of Louisiana and Richard L. Idwards of New York made its appearance in the city this worning to promote the Nicaragua canal project in- con- gress. This committee wis appointed by the national Nicaragua convention to present to congress the memorial adopted by the convention, which et in that city, and to request congress to take such steps s will insure the carly completion of the Nicara gua canal and place it under the control of the movernment The secretary thorized the delivery B0-cont picces 1o the W that being the amount of ex) Vouchers s0_far approved by the wwtment. These coins will be shipped from the mint at Phi delphia tomorrow, N going to New York and £25,000 worth going direct to Chi- cago. The former will reach New York the same day, and the latter will reach their tion Saturday fternoon, but wilt serve only parti to weet the present heavy demand from all points for these coins for use as Christmas wifts, Orders have been issue ¢ the coinugd of these pieces as rapidly is possibie, and it is esti mated that several hundred thousand of them will beart o of 1802 Washington No Senater Sawyer today introduced a bill which imposes heavy penaltios upon persons who either attempt to wreck @ train or rob its passengers Conflrimations: to be Interstate com also the entire list of ar tions made during th The military post, y congress, approved Mg lished af or near the Lewls and Clark county, known and designated is pliment to the presi ates. Mr. R: of the tr of asury Wy i souvenir directory, MeDill of Towa nerce commission and navy p act City of Hele Montana, will 'ort Har leut of the s in be son, in United Talklng fu WASHINGTON, Doc is in W strong @ immediate adn) the territory into the union, that the strength and vitory vapid g Governor hington, ion of He contends vopulation of the ter- i that its late wili is almost phenomenal. The people of the territory, under legislative sanction, have already framed a constitution for u state, which wis submitted to 4 voteof and adopted by« lurge majority, and an adwission act, based upon the cons tution as adopted, is now pending before the Seuate committee on Lerrito it having pussed the house almost unanimously o raco or religious prejudice, he say exist, affecting social und cducational con ditions in Avizona, and he says he finds it dificult to understand why sélf-government should be denied. 1t would not only be a &ross fujustice, but, he thinks, a very serious administrative mistake for the pending ad- mmwu actto be allowed w fail at this are ungliestioned, braska it was | | would | only to overwhelm | ports at the expense of of | 1862, to be estab- | OMAH/ JONES' SILVER AR(I.\!ENTS“ He Makes an Able Address Brussels Conference. Before the HARD FACTS FOR THE MONO-METALISTS s Speech Replete with Tnte and Convincing Figures—Other D Make Propositions and Argaments o of Adjonrnment. Brrssers, Do pointed by the the conferc 15 The committee conference submitted without ap o con to the e sider various plans has reported om mendation Senator Jones of the United States dele gation made a strong speech at the monetary conference today favor of bi metallism. H» said that the cnemies of silver and of every silver currency veform were the very men who directed at- tention to the appreciation of gold. In nature, money was a function rather than a matter, That function, created by law, was vastly more important than the material upon which the money function was con- ferred. The fact that during the period when science built railway and other works were being constructed and w dvar disproved the contention that a fall in p was due to seientific development, reducing the cost of production. The construction of the Suez canal brought to European markets the effective demands of hundreds of mil- lions of Asiatics, of which the tendency to raise prices more than offset the tendency of science to lower prices. American bimetal- did not claim that the two metals legal tender would in lists making RIDAY MORNING, cure stability in prices, but asserted that free coinage over a wide are result in the - fluctuations of the values of gold and silver being considerably lessened. They fully admitted that th unds of the myriad-peopled cast might, se ofa harvest of abundance, so iner the demand for silver bills as to bring silver zht premium over gold. But the fact the competition for whichever metal me fractionally che would _sustain the values of the metals inter had not been questioned at the conference, Afraid of Siiver Yet Undug. The mono-metallists of Lombard when confronted with this argument, spoke of mountains of silver they were told were about to be discovered which would swamp the market for silver with bills sulicient,not the money demand for Lurope, but also to inflate the silver curren- 5 0f 600,000,000 of Orientals. Lvidence taken before the British commis- sions in regard to India showed that the rupee today purchased as much in Tndia as it ever did. If the Indign farmer gets mor vupees for the thirty shillings gold which his wheat realized in- London today than he did for forty shillings ten years ago, how could Burope” and America market their_erop in the fice of such competition? While the collapse Hf silver stimulated Indian e British farmers, it was similarly ercating an_enormous compe- tition, Bombay sending cottons to_China the expense of hire. What Ind gained by falling exchange, she mor than lost by hesitation of British wpitalists to invest. India’s indebted- ness to Great Britain compelled her to sell annually in London at least 80,000,000 ounces or silver—more than was produced by all the mines in America. Could it be said then that England had no inte in the silver question? He would not_ complain of the ttitude of France, which was already wply provided silver cur- with population, a steady and g small castern trade. The French inte ests in_silver could not fo ave with the English. The ngland was driving farms out of tion and putting the landed interest into the hunds of mortgage companies. History was full of warnings. Financial strug- gles had led to socfal struggles, and sometimes to revolution. Govern: ments could undo the mischief governments hid done. Whatever might result of the conference, if some measure of relief was not willingly adopted in the near future, they might rest assured that ultimately, in spite of the craft and cunning wiles of the wicked, the great producing m the civilized world would erystallize into law their impe- vial vl Senator Jones spoke for two hours, Mr. Allard's Pla M. Allard of the Belgian delegation then spoke in support of his own plan, which pro- poses an international agreement for the purchase, under @ common account, of stocks of silver, against which treasury notes shall be issued h\ the contracting states, none of which would be obliged to iin the ver thus purchased or to modify its existing legislation. the treasury notes to have inter- national civeulation, In the course of his speech M plained of the obstructive British delegatos Scnor Osma of the Spanish delegation, and M. Raffaloviteh of the Russian delegation, wrged the American delegates not to press i vote on the main question at the present stage. Short speeches were made by Prof, Andrews and Senator Allison of the’ United States delegation. - Senator Allison spoke with some warmth, He said that he and his colleagues did not ask for a vote on the muin question, They fully appreciated the cordiality with which (he question had been approiclied by all sce- tious of the conference, The proposals Iready presented to the confi were of sueh a_chavacter that they would, il adopted, impose a heavy burden upon America. The American’ delegates sions without compen- mendments. He believed that the ratio between gold nd silver was 15 to 1, and he wished to repeat that if ther wils any intention to vesume the conferenc luter the United States would be willing to £0 s far as possible, with due regard to its own just interests, to. satisfy the expecta- tious of urope. He promised that the United States would accept any scheme that met with general approval. The next, and probably the last, session, for the present, will be held on Tues A proposal will then be made that the confer ence adjourn to June 6, without dissolving. The delegates will be photographed in a body tomorrow befor ng the fete to be given in theiv honor at the town hall, strect, stat bank rate Allard com- tactics of the - THE DEATH ROL Senator Ginson of Loulsia Away -Others ¢ Hor Seiines, Ark, Dee. 15.—After a lingering, but appavently painless illness, Senator R. L. Gibson died at 3:15 p. m. At the time of his death he was surrounded by the members of his family and several close friends, who wept bitterly when it was seen that the noble-hearted statesman was dead, Senator Gibson passed away as though he 1 Passes Quictly | being had merely gone to sleep. ‘There was no struggle, no suffering. He had been confined 10 his bed he the 12th of November, since which time his death has been expected daily. I accordance with his wishes, the remains will be buried in Lexington, Ky., by the side of his wife, who died some yeurs ugo. The funeral train bearing his remains will leave here for Lexington tomorrow. Bostoy, Mas., Dec Leopold Morse died at his house, 203 Com monwealth avenue, tonight. e —-— Figuring on Kunsas' Senato Toreks, Kan, Dec, 15.—Democ) ers from all parts of the state to attend the meeting of the central committee to decide the senatorial question, Numerous candidates ave in the | field, but John Martin secms W hav Ix-Congressman atic lead- are here democratie | of which is hard to overoomo, the belief being | [ RIBOT'S MINISTRY IS DOOMED democrat the | that he can best unite all membe party. With the aid 8f one popiilists can elect n samator, and makes it impossible to elect any democrat other than a fusionist, and the populist caucus will de- cide who that fusionist will be. s of the P s i WYOMING'S CONTESTS, Defendants in $he Case Explain ent Position. Creyesse, Wyo, Doc. 15.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie BER.|—The first stand taken by the defendants in the case of 8, B, Bennott and Harry A. Chapman, candidates for the slature in Carbon county, against Amos Barber, Charles W. Burdick and Otto constituting the state canvassing board, was presented in the form of o motion before the supreme court to quash the alternative writ of mandamus issued against the defend 8 by Chief Justice Grosbeck last week. The grounds relied upon for the sustainin »f the motion was that a justics of the supreme court has no power to issue a writ during vacation. Counsel for the de- fendants insisted that the constitution of the state gave to the court and not the judges the power to issue writsof mandamus against state ofy The judges, they maintained, had powers to issue writs of habeas corpus only. Sev es had held that a power given to o \nl would not be exercised by a judge in cation, Counsel fnsisted that the power conferred on thom by Atatute and the consti- tution gave to the supreme court original jurisdiction in mandamus suits nst the State officers. 'This being the hold the writ could not be issued wtion Would be to hold that the writ could not issue at all, thus denying justice to the peo- ple, or would compel the supreme court to rewiain in_ perpetual session. In case the motion could be sustained a now writ will at once be issued by the court and the main questions considered. heir Pres- Gramm EfMorts of Jall Breakers Frustrated. CHEVENNE, Wyo., Dec. pecial Tele- gram to Tk Bee.]—Three prisoners in jail here evolved g home to effect a general jail delivery. The leading spirits in the plot were three men condemued on charges pun ishable by imprisonment in the pen tiary. They had not, however, re- ceived *their sentences and expeeted @ 1ot me o elapse we being sentenced and _sent to the pen. This alone uted the success of the plot had,_procured n_saw toeuta number of the cell doors, which would afford them an opportunity to overpower the night guard when making his regular vound. The preparations were not complete yesterday when thoy were taken fnto court and sen- tenced. Tmmediately after they were taken to the penitentiavy. *Bix Shooter” Smith, who is in the fail feared the saw in his po session would be discoyered and gave it up, the same time disclosing the plot so nar- frustrated. be Building a Railroad. Wyo., Dec. 15.—[Special Tele- .] —Colonel John Weir, head of the Soda Lake syndieate and the proposed Casper-Hanna railroad, left this morning for Johnstown ou the Sweetwater, headquarters of the company. The survey having been made last summer, contracts will now be let for grading, tics and bridge timb It is already reported that a Lander firm will supply several million of the latter, The business men will make a move for a branch line into nm.m and from present appear- ances with'a v air prospect of success. Important Legal Decisions. Cueyexsg, Wyo., Bee. 15~=[Special Tele- eram to Tue Br Several important ques- tions were determined in the decisions of the supreme court handed down today. power of the trial judge to sign a bill ceptions after the close of his term was firmed. It held that the judge of a dis- trict had power to adjourn court in one county, go to another county in his district and hold court and then reopen court in the first county. RAWLINS, gram to Tur Br - E DESIRED, buth Dakota Miners Satisied with Present State Liws. Despwoon, S. D., Dee. [Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—Delegates of miners and prospectors to the number of 500 representing every mining camp and district in the Black Hills, assembled in the city hall at 10 o'clock this morning in response to a call for a mining congress. The purpose of the congress, as expressed in the call, was to discuss the merits of certain amendments proposed to the mining laws of the state. thoroughly ‘debating the subject the believing the new bill might be in the interest only of corporations and rich in- dividuals, and being sutisfied with the pres- ent code, by a rising vote adopted the follow- ing Be it resolyed b mining districts a at Deadwood, 8. 1 1802, that where now exist, havin court_and fully sions havin by the United 8 therefore be it ived, That we, as miners, are opposed to Langd in the laws as they now exist and it IS our_unanimons expression that our rep- resentafves in the next legislature assembled donot make any change in the local or state aws affecting the mining laws as they now exist, Among the notables present was Prof. Jenny, whose report, made at the instance of the government in’ 1875, first established the existence of gold in the Black Hills, then part of theSioux Indian reservation, and led to its openhg o settlement in 1877, n the Bank, Ravio Ciry, 8. D., Dec, 15.—[Special Tele- am o Tie Bee, ] ~Itis learned from a liwble source that the Black Hills National banke, whose suspension last Tuesday caused such consternation fn business civeles, will be reopencd within thivty days. Nationul Bank Examiner Diamond still has charge of the affairs of the ipstitution, but expects to completo his work of examination in a few auys. Charles J. Buell, chairman of the board of directors, states that us soon as largze collections dud ¢an be made the bank will resume business. OBSTRU the miners of the various the Black Hills, asscmbled his 150 day of December, luws, us they sen passed upon by the adjudicated and such deci- n endorsed and adopted tes land office departuient, Will Reo Damage toa Missouri Pacific Bridge Closes the Ackunsas River, Sr. Lovts, Mo., Dee 15,— A Little Rock dis patch states that a queer complication sists at the Missouri Pacific bridge across the Arkausas viver, where several 20 4 freight cur jumped the track on the Lr idge, damaging the draw 8o that to move it will result in the collapse of the structure, Yes- terday the Mary Morgan approached the bridge and gave the customary signal, but no attention was. paid to it though repeated several times. No satisfuctory explar forthcoming from the byl ofticers, the boat's capiaia reported the case to Captain Tabor of the United States en gineering corps, ‘That offi this morning proceeded to give the Mavy Morgan the right of way of the channel, and in personal ud of the boat slowly drifted in the direction of the obstruction. When within about fifty rds af the bridge, he ordered the American flag hoisted nd after the |rilnl had blown four distinct whistles Captain Tabor standing upon the deck, de- manded of the bridge attendant in the name of the United & l ates to open the draw. The man in charge paid no attention to the order of the feder lunk er. Tabor sent an ofticial report to the Wi depavtment explaining the situation and entering complaint against th Missouri Pacific for Obstructing the channel he Arkansas vive e owners of the b sue the bridge compur e New York Exchiange Quotations. New Youk, Dec. 15.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee. ] —New York exchange was quoted s follows: Chicag tion at the levee or damages will DEC I,Mm‘ R 20¢ premium; Boston, | a lead | par to 8¢ discount; St. Louis, 20¢ discount. 16, 1892, Saved by Voting for Itself Yesterday, it Will Fall to Earth Today. FRENCH POLITICS GROWING MORE DARK Rumors Afloat in rest of arls Concerning the Ar- f the Pannma Canal seand nagers Now More Revelations Promised. Company 15 and [Copyrighted 1892 by James Panis, Dec. 15.—[Now Cable~Special to " Bre rumor afloat to the effeet that ment has decided to arrest the the Panama Canal company complicity in the alleged fr be arraigned, it said assize, * Gordon Bennett.) York Herald There is o | the govern- | managers of charged with They will the court of uds, is at The situation grows the ministry will resign Either ommittee all reality in gravity or the investigating tomorrow, I i the ministry in the vote in the Chamber today — was the minority, since there was anapparent majority of six votes, The vote of the eleht ministers wi only a vote for themselves which was con to all precedent. New ndals, more nounced for tomorrow. Threo of these talked about are politicians and one of them isin the cabinet, 1t will dential e and the cabinet. in revelations are an- il end in a presi- vesignation of the Jacques St. CERE, STORMY SCENES, Discusston of the Confusion in the annl Seandal Causes French Chamber, Panis, Dec, 15, -At a eabinet meeting held Jysee today, M. Bourgeois, minister of announced that he would oppose in the Chamber of Deputies the proposal of M Bourquerry de Boissevein to invest the in- vestigation commission with judicial powers The conflict between the Panama investi ting committee and the judicature still con tinues with a vengeance, M. Quesney de Beaurepaive was outspoken on the subject, and even hastened on the pro- ceedings in the Panama anal lost Parliament should get before the law in the matter, attain a dur popularity and creatq precedent for interfering in judicial questions, which would cramp the action of the presiding judges. When the question came up in the Cham- ber of Deputies today the crowded. Every deputy and an atmosphere of pervaded the house. M. Hubbard, member for Scine-at-Oise, opened the discussion by calling for the im- mediate discussion of the de Boissevein pro- posuls, and M. Ribot, premier, supported the motion M. Brisson, president of the investigating committee, moved that the Chamboer ad- journ. The committge, he said, would have no difticulty in fulfillfig its task. 1f, how ever, the de Boissevein proposals were brought to discussion with the approval of the Chamber,the committee would support them. In the name of the committee M. Brisson then made an attack upon M. Ribot and M. Bourgeois. M. Brisson Used Strong Language. M. Brisson's lan times intemperate. M. Bourgeois answered for ment. The ministry, he said, mined to bring the matter to a The question was put to a cision in fayor of procecding cussion .-rhh.-mn in aceo government's d wiis bt Tmmediately after the vote it w that, in consequence of this Brisson would retive from the the committee, The way to the cons 1 bill was cl at Justice, galleries were in his pl intense excitement age was severe and at the govern- was deter- settlement and the the dis ance with the rricd by 124 to s reported eration of the Bois- | ar and M. Bourgeois pro ibly the objeetions of th ministry to it. v 1 to deal with the enemics of the republie, with men whose plan of campaign’ it was to disseminate among the peopl i venomow falsehoods. The ministers wished to have a searchinginguiry, but the scops ¢l cter of this inquiry must conform with the funda mental principles of state. If this matter could not be decided on id forall at the present sitting of the Chamber the cubinet would resigm. son replied that perhaps the min- the power most inimical 1o repub- This inuendo aroused a storm of protests, amid which M. Ribot ar It was of su’ preme moment to the public, he said, that the government should have the support of | the united republicans. The government had decided to institute fresh legal proceed- | ings, caleulated to throw the utmost possible | hi upon the Panama Canal compuny’s affs [Applause.| 1 Ribot closed with an_cloquent appeal to the wepublicans to rally around the flag of the republie, Arraigned the Minister of War, M. de Launey, member for Cotes du who followed M. Ribot, accused M 3 cinet, minister of war, of being rvesponsible toa great extent for th scandals and asked why M. Herz had heen decorated with the cross of the legion of honor at the request of several questionable politicians. M. Clemenceau interrupted the speaker to deny that he had recommended the honor, M. de 1 ruption and proceeide ex-minister of public works, for neglocting to communicate to the Chamber Rosse report of the Punaima seandals M. de Freyeinet in auswering the ¢ as regards the decoration of M. He: clared that the honor had been granted at the recommendation of many scientific men who had praised M. Herz highly for his clectrical work. He was surprised that six years had been allowed to elapse without nybody’s directing attention to the matte fit had really been regarvded as so sus picions. [Applause.] M. Bourgeois promised the investigating committ all possible assistance from the government and reitevated iz exhortations that the Chamber show confidence in the government by rejecting the measire. Vi at the end of discussion was iinst the de Boissevein proposals, rded as tantamount to an expression of confidence in the government, Immediately after the vote th adjourned. Challenged to Fight, The confusion throughout the sitting was unprecedented in recent years. While the vote was being taken, the Boulangist deputy hric for Meurthe-ot-Moselle shoute an insulting remark to the republican deputy | Arcne. Immediately ufter the vote Arvene challenged Gabriel, but the latter refused to | | ek M. Baihant, chambe fight M. Brisson has summoned ing committee to meet tome ud the committeemen of the pected Lo resign Kibot's announcement concerning frosh 1 procecdings refers Lo the impending ninal prosecution of the divectors “The criminal court will permit retrospec tive prosecutions covering the last decide Deputics proved to have sold their yotes will be brought up to answer the charges. Many boudholders ave to appear as eivil plaintifs in a case before the Chamber of up Is for the purpose of demanding the transfer of the case to another court, on the und that a Paris court is not likely to be impartial, in view of the relatio of magistrates to Panawa canal reetors and pontractors, M. Perivicr seript of the court, for instance, is | son_of & former contractor, M. Lefever, | president of the Chamber, is the intimute friend of De Lesseps. The minority of m.-l the investigat- ow, when he xtreme right, Chawber iucludes the entire right and sev- | vepresents | their rivals. T’ | dominati | government p en om the whole is republic night satisfaction is expressed with the vote today M. Roche is about to sue for saying that his name left. The majo La Livro Patrole | appeared on the | stubs of the Thierre checks The narrowness majority had a bourse of the depressing government's effect on the GERMAN POLITICAL GOSSI Triple Alllance Weakening - Russia's New Tarll Race War Growing. (Copyrighted 1892 by James Gordon Bennett.) Berriy, Dec. 15— [New York Herald Cable Special to Tue Bre]—The Ttalian debate on the triple here reckoned fore certain allinnee is having brought to the which exist between Austria Ttaly which herete lay loring The opinion of many is that the alliance been o very much weakened that Germany will have to become strong enou alone. The comments as ealousies and smon have e has to stand mad Signor | Giolletti have been badly ree 1t is given out that the prince archbishop of Breslau will be made a cardinal at the next consistory, Dr. Kopp is a docile instru ment of the government There are evidences of commercial tension once more br out between Germany and Russia. This time it is concerning the Russian differential tarims, which are con idered a sort of threat. General von Wor. will have an early opportunity of show the capacity as a diplomatist, for which credited with possessing by building up and maintaining an advantageous mercial understanding 1 have commented several times upon the blood aroused here in the matter of the Jews. 1 have been approached by both bur the Herald strictly neutral in - all such questions. 1 have previously blamed Ahlwardt, not be wuse he eriticised the guns, but because he made it largely a question of religion. That he did prove much, even in the face of the adverse beneh and powerful brought to bear a the fact of his light tainly think him right by his cleetion. But it tacks the Jews are the semites King com ill sidoes, is machinery is clear f People cor as they have proved Allwardt in his ¢ in fault, cqually so They are Lor the pre ding a hot mp. ainst him il sentency on is now for the them, is le into the enemy's by the laudatory words of the ehancellor on the Locwe guns,and by the injudiciously sovere remarks passed by the judge in the Ahlwardt case against the anti-semites, the semite organs now eall upon the chancellor 10 bring in a law to dec the anti-scmite movement illegal. This means that another Kulturekampf be hegun against no less than threc-quarters of the conservative party, the right and the all-powerful center. The Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung and the Courier de Hannover join in with the Berlin Tageblatt and the Boersen Courier in ealling upon the leaders of the movement to the agitation Caprivi is in king ss which mpaign grave mistake, stop part responsible for the re newal in stirving up of race hatred, for his speech on Monday was over. couched in favor of the semites liave been It would » judicious to leave out race question entirely. An evil institution it may be, but anti-semitism in Germany to- s an enormous power to deal with vy attack upon it adds fucl to the fire Left unnoticed, 1t smolders: stirred up, flames fiercely. 1t1s first-cousin o social- ism. with which it works, and has become o political factor of great and ever force. It permeates the army and circles of the entire country vt trial rave mistake. the of anti-semitism The chancelior's speech wis a mis 1t fanned the than natu ut which the tos feel bodes il tor sional Ahlwa fanned flames take sentmy was cembers into mor re is very for the future. SOUTH AMERICAN NEW est Prison Participants in the Are Kept Clos [Copyrighted 1892 by James Gordon Bennelt,) Varranaso, Chili (via axs)s [By Mexican Cable to the New York Hevald—Special to e Bee]—The pris oners taken in conneetion with the recently discovered revolutionary plot are in prison under a strong military guard, and are denied communication cither with each other or with outside parties. An exami tion of the prisoners ye led little of inter est. They generaily refused to make state- ments compromising others, though it was found that the wife of Claudio Vieuna hud be supplying funds for the plotters. Vieuna is golug to lurope from Buenos Ayres, now that the plot has failed The conservators in con ing for full data from lation to the plot 1 had an interview Nicholas Acosta, ono of porters of the Bolivi support of every liberal Ameriea, Camacho and vesolved to i and muke liberal in al! matters, left for Bolivia Just n crnment is granting Iveston, Dee. 15 intend ask- the govern yesterday the unacho ted the movement in South his party, Bolivin from her progressive and Camacho and Acosta ht. Baptista's gov- permits for the retwm of the exiled deputies. Ex-President Arvce is still watenis any attempt to form a plot aguinst B The Herald correspondent telegraphs that there the Castilhosta chiefs have all federal officers taken prisoncrs shot. On the Urnguayan troops are preserving a neutrality, At Cacimbinhas four federal officers were burned to death, The sure attacking Uru federals facilities, and the i the warpath Uruguay by can only be with sup. snid ehic icneral ( He ns apprec he said, ar for itista in Rio Grande 1o doubt, but given ovders shall b frontier the semblince of heve for allowing the wpers of Montevideo are on and declare that the insult to the government of Rio Grande wiped out by wir with Brazil. President Herrera proposcs to raise i loan for the pur. pose of buying urms aud mununition Senor Quintano resigned from Argenti cabinet Senor Anchor assumes the premiership, o . CHEATED THE GALLOWS, the and i Ity 3 th Waleh and LEAVENWORTH morning C. Benson, Theresa M wurderey, made a vigorous attack with a Jenife upon Captain Morgan, the aged death watch, Benson and cut him the fuce in a tervible manner, The however, are not considered dangerous, obd man pieaded so hard for n 1 said e could not find th ) The disturbance brought the they were coming up the on d the knife twice into his left side sndemued man told them he had taken Sb SOusSTEDer A VAR SAUA Lo BOR. 1t doctors have not discovered the uature of the poison Benson took. At noon he was in an unconscious condition and all efforts to revive him proved fruitiess aud he died this evening. Kan,, Dee. 15 Early this slashed wounds The that Ben heart to kill 1 s ent inre- | NU MRI'R 17¢ S LAST BED | Death of the Distinguished Statesman Only a Matter of a Fow Days, | CALMLY WAITS THE COMING OF THE END | bell Over-excited | lously | the | ! of mild illne Hervald's | church | | | gradually | heard fram forcigners, i | l } floor of the Laf | ters Clearly © s of Mis Aware T) I is Near - Sure by 1S Family What the 1 slclans Have (o Say, Conditt and anded Wasnizaroy, D Telegram to Tie Bry chbing away. It may bo days, but the ond cannot far off. "Tho breakup in his sys- tem, which his family and his physicians feared, has come. His immediato family is about him and they are filled with the gavest anxiety Mr. Blaine is worse tonight is positively known. Y 10 be better, but a change in the last twenty- four hours has given cause to tho most serfous forebodings. There have been re: ports that his mind - wanders and that he is delirious at These are not correet. Mr. Blaine's mind is as clear as & More than this cannot be said, His physical powers ave all waning Mus, Blaine is constantly at James G, Blaine, jr., Miss Hattie Blaine, Mrs. Damrosch and Mr. Blaine's cousin, Miss Dodgee, are all at the family residence. Outside of his family and physicians and possibly his religious advisers, nobody has been able to see My, Blaine. Until the last day or two his family hive boen hopeful that his present attack was only a temporary one, but the signs of lost vitality are sueh’ that liey 1o longer seck to conifort themselves with this hope. ‘Fhey do not give up en tively, bt they vealize that Mr. Blaine is in amuch more dangerous condition than ab any previous time, Dates Biaek Only Te The distinguishod patient’s present illness dates back only ten days. He went out driving then and caught cold, whieh was fol- lowed by a fever. Fov o fow days this did not scen likely to prove more scrious than the previous attacks. Mr. Blaine appars cutly was vallying from it, but the improves ment did not coutinue, He has been grow- ing worse since lust Saturday, though hie has hadone or two_ ter allics and has been bright and che So late as yosterday there seemed hope for improvement. Tonivht no encouragement is held out. Mr. Blaine is said to be suffering from no special malady beyond the general giving away of his physical powers. 1t is possible thitt he may really b a victim of Bright's discase, and that the spells of nervous prosteation to which he has been subjected are due to this cause, yet there is unothing t can be learned definite. Monday Dr. Janeway of New York was here in cone sultation with Dr. W. W. Johuson, Mr Blaine's regular plysic Yesterday Dr Taylor of Philadelphia, who attended My Bliine at Bar H was here. While no statement was given out. the impression left by the visiting physicians has been that they sitw little that was encouraging in Mr. Blaine's case. Mr. Blaine's spells of illness have been 80 frequent that his family have naturally been giving publicity to them. The dinterest in the” foremost private citizen of the republic justifics the states ments which are made regarding his cons dition now. His Recovery Despaired Of. has practically been an invalid for et past, and whether chronic d has been muking ravages on his s, or whether a succession of attacks have weakened him, there 18 question that his vitality uired o that his rvecovery i d of by those who know the 8. pathetic interest is as widespread, as it is decp. From every corner of the land and from atmost every part of Kurope in- quiries come daily to know how Mr. Blaine is. The answer cannot long be made cheer ing During his prosent sickness Cardinal Gibe bons and Pather Ducey of New York have seen M Blaine, but it cannot be learned that their visits hud any reference to his embracing the Catholic faith. The report that suen was_the purpose hus been denied. Father Ducey is still in the city Members of the Blaine family toniht in the i C. Dee. 15 [Speefal Mr. Blaine's 1ifo is be have This much he seemed certain times his bedsido. He se tem no longer any uthered ng room on the main ette street residence and time in social intercourse. There were repeated iy the bell during the ning, bhut callers contented themselves with leavin s and did not intrude upon the privi the occupants of the famous brick mansion. A small onyx to table in the hallway was speedily covere with small picces of pasteboard with one corner turned up to indicate that those whose npames appeared had called in person, About midnight the shut- were closed and the curtains drawn in the rooms used by the family, save in the southern exposed room, where the distinguished patient lies, Through the partly drawn blinds could be discerned a faint lizht, showing that the watch at the bedside was being muintained and the trained nurse prepaved for any cmergency that passed th Rested Easy Last Nigh Dr. Johuson, who is attending Mr. Blaine, Wled i the cinly part of the evenmg, - and when he left he gaid the patient was resting casy and no immediate danger was apparen Mr. Blaine came to Washi 1 about the middle of October, e was suprisec chagrined over the outcome of the tion, but he told his friends that the republican party would survive the defeat, He wado o personal call on ~ President Hurrvison, On the death of the president's wife Mr, Blaine wasone of the first to tender his sympathy. ‘To those to whom he talked he intimated that his remaining years might he spent in literary v 1t is Said that hoe ¢ planning sométhiag of this kind when FLOUR OUTPL Mills Make Another Big Run he Foreign Market. Mixsearorss, Minn,, e western Miller suys Minneapol The Northe The mills made ane other big run last week, the output -being the heaviest in three weeks, o very fair water power aiding thom considerably, The aggregite production for the weel was 194, barre veraging 52,821 barrels daily, against |w Wh barrels the previous week, 152,104 barrels for the corvesponding time in 1801, and 15,085 barrels in 1500 About the \pacity Wednesday as wi and, with ithe wat well, thei S0 wis in motion in operntion o week ago, sower holding up pretiy is 4 prospect that the output this week will show up abou well us that of last week. The flour marlet vemaing dull 1, in sympathy with that of wheat, is settling down. Ior ok back wis qifite an_excess of flour ground the volume of orders. The firms mak- largest amount of flour were the wes maliing lurge sales, The trade in flour the past weel has been largely in ears load lot orders, coming from home markets, Patents ean be sold if low enough prices are made, but littde can be done with low grades, For that reason stocks of the latier two uceumuluting. They cannot be kinds are soid for export, and domestic dealers will oty iy aore for a-good quality ot low grades that for shorts, Very littie is noy ind when the: thiey want the prices thers over, ing th only stonally bid for patent ( considerably below actual cost. Foreign quotations ave, thevefore. lar nominal, Ixport shipments by the mills last weele wore only 40,840 barrels, against 34,456 the preceding week. London .luuuuum per 280 pounds are patents, 256 to 20s; bakare', 178 iid; low grades, 118 o 120,