Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1892, Page 1

_'l’\\'l')\’l’\'— ECOND Y1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. AR TRENBLING 1N THE BALANCE Life of Hon. James G. Blaine Almost ¢ Despaired of. DISTRESSING FEATURES OF THE CASE Physlelns (he Dying Man Admit the Trouble Due to Brights' Disease the Slek Cha Yesterday. of WasniNGte the life of bling in the the wil of his i mitte tory Brigt lain incapable now sudid wi when bons paid L and other his il recent fricndl the disty all el overpower « in v nt o trouble been one sanic Bright's disease late by @ 1 dently venturing ¢ and by malu gravated as it has ted ing two we contri while impru L 1 fever, and nt ired by Lo years o Ul these constitution in nearly contin things are now tacitly a The phy but th tom Wil 1 I sickness itted icians assert that there h Lemorrh i has been almest the only alarn Wois now denied. The hed between 10 and 11 His his pl or to the wh nornin I the st wa called around the sent messenger o fami bedsid after messen with prescripti estdruz store hasty attention s reg Phought the End Dad Con The distin and o all appearances o betore 1 o'clock there rally. s pulsc st when there b wished pationt lay uncons ing until shor when WS Qs had v han hin me a perceptible consciousness toved Drs. J. W s0 much improved as to ronder at the bedside had been no change in was nd Hyatt consider theiy Johinson attend Whil condition upon which hopes of ul stant sary his recovery could be bused there the immediate crisis 1 passed At 2:10 this \mies G Blaine, Jr He said that his father's ing was very bad and cved afternoon n reporter suw at the family resid aftack this mory ted the gravestap: prehensions, His condition becine so weak that it was feared that in feeblod condition a vecurrence he gravest cansequences Mis. Hale, wife of Scnator Hale of one of Mrs. Blaine's closest friends the hic and made view must involve M was at s for several hours during the day in the afternoon L Senator he & second eall late About & oclock she left and s Hale called. Mr. Hale's left the house as to Mr. Blaine's condition that Mr. B scemed a little more vtable than he had been cavher in th but his conditionappeared to be eritical His Mind cetly Cle STt may be he said, Sthat cover, bt all those who have iy him have reason to e alavmed, In fact, condition is alarming, The trouble is o eral physical breaking up. When a cold it brings on a consuning fever awd he | nd it wion atewent as to was comf d will » erest in he his gen- | he takes is not in w condition to withst there ave the ordinary mind is perfectly elear” The house was lighted the lower shutters closed re to meet 1 comp! up ecarly and Drs. Hyatt and Jolmison, who v the house for Y s a consultation between ¥ oand s o'clock were sent for just before b o'clock Dr. Hyatt was the fiest reached the house about Band was followed soon The fact that both Des, ) wore summoned give vi the paticit was suffering tack of exhaustion. This, tobe an error and the statement thoritatively made at 7:30 p. m. that not in the of & relapse had oceurred While the Mr condition is but slight and not sufticient to afford any great amovnt of encouragement to his fumily and friends, the reaction has seemed to wodify the apprehension immediate fatal termination It is an H=Fated Mansion. James G. Blaine. nue th fternoon patrolled the avenie he old red mansion brated for its historical ce fatalities which have made ity Sickles-Keyes tragedy which Than a thirvd of 120, the attempted ussa Seward during 1 He es after Dr. Johuson and Hyatt et another a to arrive. five min by to the run from ho ever, proved improvement i Blaine's any walked down the ave AL day reporters have d carefully watched setion and the ted, Prom the followed by of Secretury tyear of the civil war, down to the present tinie, the pall of ill-fate s hung over the mansion. During the loss han four years’ occupancy of this h the Blaine family, his daughter the Colonel Coppingér, — Walter Bluin Enmons Bliin coref it B , have died Adittle after 6 o'clo v, Hyatt saying that Me showed a slight i ing. They did issue another bulle Dr, Hyatt said that wiis 1o doubt that My through the night, but at the same time he is undoubtedly evitically il and any compli cations that may avise would doubtless ca a fatal termination to his illness, Statement of His Son, A little after 630 o'clock M. Blaine, jv., came out and 10t ors: CWe think father is considerably bet ter than he was this morning. He w gerously i1 this morning. Duving th noon, however, he s o have somewhat. Tho piy have this evening and we now think he will ) fnge the night and we hope for the best the said that he is very danger sination wife of and the 1y is i both doc Blaine's ¢ Iprovement over | consider it in loft dition morn necessary to he thought Blaine would live therd $dun after vallied been her ously “Phese wore th trongest s that had yet been made wihe fumd physi elans s to the condition of the ex-secretiry President [fvison, accompanicd by his private secretary, Mr. Haltord, walled over from the white hovse 1o the ex-seeretary’ rvesidence this o pers as to his condi ind ex e gratification at infor had beeu some abatement of fng sympton The ex fntense i tion spread WS DU vapid sale Ve nally inquire sed roliof and od that there the more alarm on | throus of M. ugh it OXLIUS, hout the eity was | the new Blaine's cond wis Sunday which fou a1 s5U 1a Bought the End Had Come. 1rom an intimate friend of the fawmily it was learned that it was only when Mr. Blaine was suddealy seized with a sinking spell 118 morning which thrcatened forsom minutes to terminate in heart failure, that his family fully vealized how near he was to death, Fora'Tew scconds he scemed to bo ju extremis, and the watchers bent anx- iously over him. The emaciated face of the wis white us marble and ing statesman fila " eaturcs sadly drawn. At times lm‘1 | terd: seeretury | e | sary | to the medical yemed Comfort of a Loving life with M. Cla I Botl 1l failed. 1 am that Mr. Bl higher in the este fu thun that of Mr. Clay. Both ablemen and have loft their 1 upon the times in whicl Views of the Physiciens. ALY with Mr. and 11 snid: <M night than i\ docte L rdporter v o mort nature of 11 ot in his \ I My Tt NG 2oy Bla ceted om whi organs are manifest 1 Mr. Blaine's hen he 1wo weeks ago terioration of For some day has di < prior Lo i o h the effcets of the « night he was ontirely pulse beating strongly quite gratifyin he had an ill-turi: his heart more indistinet and ivve, more Iangzuid and foss obsery he rallicd from that toms disippeared, e during the a he better wnild stronger and the i is brighter Muy Prolong His Lit dissolution then his | ability to rosins his i enough obviat > that of noti n his . off Referving to a o current, and into print, Dy, spected that d 1 have swered AL, Mr. Blai tion the Mr. Blaine scems tively from his v and appears o be a within the past week sible to say what e hiand take Larmir w no Jolin following statemes to h well ion an be said 11 pow Ariven rapidl mansion, (rot Blaine, M Dodge (Gail The ladies we i s which a Dirosch Hamilton), and © closel litc MAINTAINING Secretury Foster Was NG D ( Preasury Charles himself frecly to a m felt in fina gold expor sity iting oN Dec, 18 reporter il i He awi his retivenent be until v My dut st of the public Wifare a to nd wi d silver will next 1 it my time was not SOUPCC AL Iy Com th yded by Luw about the cved o 1 be perfor Ve i e ean obtain gold 1 without pay e money thus receis ‘There is & the tary of the treg 10 to the gold ey situation as to tl permit the free old to again ol rold reserve b | vight ry naintain trei such s to ceived for SWill the 1t will be most emphisis the resources at the comn went 1shall not be serio maintaining it 1 recon my annual report that h creased from #10.000.000 1o & As Lhe SCCTCHIry s ICport w fore the present ihs Europe started tar claimed eredit \ prosent pre I takin Lo meet it 1 fivly by e Minl Cla Pre e In the WastNGroN 18 nanred fourth- t L Dyer Rolfe, la Sheldon tion, T Rapids Neb, - IRIBUTE 10 Fricnds of at Lesington, Ky, D Lex Senator Randa ToN B 6 o'clock this afternoc woved to the residence of Ce S0 0 city limits, whence they St Paul Catholie church at 11 o'clock, where the take place T'he delegation wi appointed b preseut at the bivial and pay the last tribute Gibson_ arrived here of respect o tonight and re 1ator od at the A uumber of friends frou: New Orleaus aud elsewhere are ulso hiove, cinns th leart to perform le Wering 1he i including yes: was 1 from nd This morning, | tla condition, rioon and tond ction quite marked u apprebend no danger of immediate if he maintaing nourishment to overcome o |y that should car onie of which had alvead Johnson was o aceur tonizht reason to expeet ity he ve out Whild v ke plice a closed carriage and veiled THE GOLD RESERVE, Not Alarmed Over the nancial Stuation. sid i simply @ from oflice; h ond be availed for it can rec vested el bond vin th Phis was stit nd of the cmbarra " vmal drain o | all precautions fiices will be raised January 1 T mour Leroy, SENALOR GIBSON, the Dead Statesman (W the Harrods! urg pike, Just beyond the DLOITOW o) funeral services will OMAIA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, it o SILVER LEGISLATION Congress Not Likely to Consider the Subject at This Session, EFFECT OF THE MONETARY CONFERENCE Present Recess Rogarded as the tver Men Adiy 1y Nothing 1 Movement Absolut Wil ¢ ¥ ! et of t t That Do | NTISTREE - D D will P hen later date, av never admit wccomplis thoy expect g of the ilts men een od not do an cmh mit nmittee will 10 Dills before Sherman law nuncial leaders of both th 1 this conar Wil 1 vdwell, a pre CommLiec on post that the nded b ble, and hy ment to in te of e wevery half ounce nee for 2 cents ations apenny cin it one ounce. of a half reduce the re, Mot open to the ob, urged agrainst penny pe Politjcians proposition of Philadelphia to national dinner from the U They sa I'ho were 1 income they | ction in win Ha already Union P hortly af white house, b ve Contiden Drs. Jolinson Dr. Johnson ctly better to view are the ve sident the attack, that it is there will bea rep Union League will place nation for present chairman ¢ Wilys and means nominate M the Thurman banguet. shortly tivement from the whit the national toattend the dinner, many heee that this to he pursucd by the republi allso expected by many that 1 plican banquet Harrison just than weakness all the heart makes [ the house been such that boten days hou causing a d ade from overing fever and fever his condition cast the futy beats became and he was Howover Sy ishine and 1 His pulse will make four years hence. No Tariw o tavify agitat expected in the The democrat house committes means has abandoned th free coul, free iron ore which were still befor when congress adjourned Whatever time the committee have and | q nt the I memby nof the treasury in the hope ing adeticit terday by Chaivman Sprin himsclf, Messes, Wilson and erats, while ex-Speaker 1 rows are the two republican presence of these two disting licans on the committec wil ions and the vepo some interest whatever contained prompily de Burrows in thei A o € P there is him < vumors that ed a ked if he foritis quite partisan tut in the Hyatt saw for” publica: nd nis: ma rej wered or morning s atany time it is ot d's Cabi ClL informatic whinct, he has those whose advice e will sidering the membe hold that he does not Hattie | single secretary who Abizail | Mr Dimrosch ¢ While President-clect given any defin sonnel of his o5 vela in 0 be in no ime wis the Blaine Miss, Miss Mo, | is Cleveland claims that termination not by any he study of the constitution. the constitution of the United seribes that the president and v must be native Amerieans. 1t of the qualifications of the me the president’s cabinet It therefo law enaeted a fe de wy of sed the d upon ¢ in which the vin (1o the presiden might be a foreien cecd to the presidential chair. the grave question. would as to the eligibidity of President Harrison s a0 rospecting I8 veranticip Jooked a shectator =1 am sand March he in that e said e 4ih of med i 5 Vi native born citizens instance even for his cabin though the as | ¢ lvery p of 1o L con Western Ponsions, John Additional widows, ete Aun Sears, Iliz winia T Thomas J. Pe Sith, Jacob m 1L Sculler Riley and incréase Ford, Orie Nebraska: M. Piervce. e pomay - Oviginal the treasuy Mary il it th v T Mons R 1 Oriinal o Cooper, Jdohn 1 T Additional—Willi g Inerease —Gideon Wright, - Keissue Jones, William A ete.—Jesnnette Dow liue Brown (nother), Eliza (mother), Sarab McClélland South Dakota: Additional Tarbell. Oviginal widows, etc. (father), o Original neces. The e in d od with the ut feve that with epart ed in s in in o INCREASING Tl REY 5,000, i prepared be to easonubly pating the Repr ture Defleits, Wasiinegron, D, ¢, Dee. 18 tive Owen Scott of Illinois i figures ton facts the holidays re committed bill and uest the to accord him a the W The fo owing increasing whisky Th ation of | but it has throughout 1808 Grand || its attitude la tracted the country pect it upoh the attention of all tho considerabl ans of increasing th Gathering enucs, The bill the t spirits from 80 conts 10 §1.25 per regard to his bill, Mr., Scott evident aesire of the country Juxuries and, so far as sarics go fr Will Ine re of ns increases irvived here ey were nel Hart sl is possible he taken to ling i 30,000,000 annually congress to be revenue, or u total of F125, 00, titled spivits alone. This will the Loss of revenue by the su e MeKiuley bill This sugar Jug Pheonix hotel suid that M co-operation in pre that ab: by ove My P it for the e, 18, ) wch the nat interna hat | but us reassembled lutely the noin con the mference . Bacon on bank that now the confer weeed toa vepeal but it is the opinion of 1o house and 1 I in Lalf be absolutely no silver ninent Ohio member of and post tage pro master Ger annual report, is will therefor ostoftice ppropria v postage Bie propo sent kit test proy fre i extent and is the oo m lett there that has been past discussing the League club of | definitely « Harrison a | his 1 and claim to sce in sinception of a Harvison movement for 189 1ik speaker board as m Cle wdersof the party are expected is supposed Legislation, m of any character present session of congn etivement it kely at that the wi n_nomi- did the mittee on veland at his re All IS by esident Harri- son will, in his speceli before the club, fore e of his party and lay down the lines of policy on which the repu their fight for a return to icans power on ways and | st s during 1 o months they will devote to the examina of The committee appoint ner, sl I make of the committec riaiy cints free tin plate the committee | August of that he next discover- d yos- msists of deno Mr. Bur- 5. The “d repub of that may b will be sdand refuted by Reed and minority report ind S s w S n Int immediately was 50 thoroughly bued with the American spirit that he i et thought of ssion may never have oceurred to him, M i ) Samuel W nal Margaret Grify Bu J¢ i has 1ot 15 to the per- icated to ask when con of his official house- | intend to not Americ point a n horn to this . narrow spirit of Amcericanism,” but as the result of a careful | . 11 known tates pre- president s nothing who form the ox 1 suc his event \rise REVES im in cvery 1eDonald, Lucius yuthia L. beth Winslade, Williams. K, David Raygor. hn Clary W illinm 1. widows e migardner g | cations and District of s quite possible in view of the | nami retaries can sie that oneof they citizen cou who | The case is now on appeal to th Bates | ntative Seott’s View of Avoiding Fu- Representa will immediate internal revenuc gullon let 0 Mr, Scott Mlecting After ys and hearing of tux s far the committee has given no indi toward this measu attention i ssivin, rval rov distilled 1n that the tax the neces Revenue, present tax on whisky produces about The increase 1 this bill will give almost 40 per cent more proposed from dis partially sup s schedule Seott, | whereby the sugar materials,and the sugar, costs tha tr revenue annually This must b& madewp and could nowhere be done casier on his peopte than by an in crease of the tax on distilled spirits I'n proposition does not involve any increase in the expense of collection. It N0 more 1o collect €125 per gallon than M0 cents docs. The government already has all the revenue macnhinery for this collection There would therefore” be an absolute net increase of about 33,000,000 annually This bill might easily pass this y ngress unless the f providing any means iy of the thraatened o trust is given free raw msmer taxed for refined asiry some §60,000,000 of of the a8 sena ir. Scott also th 1y b tax ik that ot large btained by a_similar her alcohidlic products and increase the on ot tobaceo, READY FOR CHRISTMAS, Islators Thinking More of the Moliduys Than Business Now, Wasniseros, D €., Dec With the ap wch of the holidays the attendance in both n conee 18 I secti of s is steadily diminishin and it i n can be maintained in cither the senate or the house during the few days that remain the In this of is improbable that any business tion will undertaken, which negatives the possibility of action on any subject of large popular in terest In the senate an adjournment will by immediately after prayer o wark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Gibson of Louisiana In the morning hour, vahan bill will be further measure has been allowed morning hour by unanimous as anyone cared to speak doubtful whether a que e for Christmas exodus begit the case, it that promises to areuse op be tuken tomorrow Puesday, the MeGar. This the nt as long Senator and & made a thorough discussed to oceupy upon it Wilson of Towa has entered th he 1s understood to have udy of the famous elaim, his remarks —to. it v owith the rejoinders that will be made—mag prevent the senate from reach ing a vote o the proposition to pass the bill over the veto until after the holidays A5 to the Anti-Option Bill, The anti-option bill still langs over the Tieads of the senators as the unfinished busi ness and will come up for fuether disceussion after the morning hour on each of the three working days remaining before the reces: but it is not expected that a vote ean be veached in that time. The programme of the house has been tlined for three of the fow on which congress will be insession b the holiday recess, MOrTowW St and the will be called and given cach committee to pass one bill, provided it can secure a two-thirds vote and 1pe a4 point of “no quorum™ by even one wember. The eall rests with the committee on - atents, which at the last suspension day deaded 1o pass o bill for the relief of a patentee named Wimans, The two pension eommittees and the three luims committees, viz wai claims and private land claims, are next in order on the committee voll. The temper of the house is not favorable to an increase at this time of the private obligations of the gov- ernment and it is doubtful if any pension or claims Dbill of mueh importance can get gh. - days ore is committec roll of committees an opportunity claims, Progeam for Lon; Tuesday is made a special order for bills from the committee on public lands, and Wednesday nsimilarly ailotted to the conmerce committee. Chairman MeRae of the former committee would like very much to pass his swamp lands bill, but if he finds the opposition to it strong may con clude that half a loaf is better than no bread, and attempt to pass the timber cul- ture bill, the Des Moines viver land grant bill or 2 bill for elassitication of lands along the Pacitic vailrond The committee on o worrow to decide on th will attempt to pass. 1F gives pr framing the list to bills thatapparent] little opposition to fear, The most importay bill the committee wish to pass is the omni bus lizhthouse bill, appropriating more than 10,000 for new and ehthouses on the great lakes and the Athntic and Pa cific coasts, 1t is also anxious to pass a bill for the construction of several additional revenue cutters After the Holidays, The hase will probably adjourn on Thurs day over the holidays. After the holidays the appropriation bills will begin to monopo iize the time of the house. ‘Thus far the avmy bill reported by the military commit- tee is the only one of the regular annual ap. propriation bills on which action by the house has been had. The appropriation Committee had expected 1o pass the fortifi Columbia_appropria tion bills befora the holidays, but the neces sity of rigid cconomy in_theiv preparation defayed them. The fortifications appropria tion bill was placed on the calendar yester day. but will not be taken up for the present because of the absenee of its manager, Rep- resentative Breckinridge of Kentucky. who is one of the members of the congressional committee, to attend the funeral services over tho body of the lite Senator Gibson - EIN MEXICO. Tow, merce will list of meet asu to- s i in necessar, TROUBL minen Belie Remove the ¢ New Onieans, La, yune's special from 1 of United States cay Captains Chase and Hunter Laredo tonight from San Antonio. They ¢ the two veteran companics D and K, which were in the lower country during the Garza campaizn A dispateh re ol red Tere last 1 that General Sesten-Rocha, ter at Chapultepee, Mex., is missing and has not been heard from in’ five days. His ab- nay be significant in view of the pres ent uprising. He is a very prominent general in the Mexican armwand it Le saw prop could leadl a larger faction ugainst the pres ent administration than any other man in the republic, " Dee Two troops s command of arrived in wht states military instruc senee ot ta Be shot o, Dee. 13 that ioves Hernandez, who s charged with having aided Garza to escape, would be shot on Monday next is incorrect supremce of the appeal Monday, but has Crry M Colonel The report wilitary court. The hearin was originally fixed for been indetinitely postponed on acedint of the absence of the defendant’s counsel Later information is to the effect that the case of Colonel Hamgadez will be heard in a month - WEATHER FORECAISTS, Pale und Colder for Nebraska and Dilk Wasminaron, D. €., Dec. Monda For Nebraska o Generally fair; north cept in extreme western Dakota }wln on Monday 18, Forecast 1 South 1 winds for oti colder, of ox portion rth Towa—Light north local nds Snows in eastern wave during Local Record. e WEATHER BUrear, Owana Omaha d of temperature and all compared with corresponding day of L four years OFFICE 0¥ 18 e 1892, 1501 e PRt e T AveriEe tomperate | 203 Precipitation 1 15 0 00 Statement showipg the condition of tem ture pltation at Omaha for th und el 1, 1802, as compared rval average Normul tenperature Excess for the day s Deticicney sinee Mavel 1 1 ruad preeipitation Cas fOF The diLy 12 nch Deticieney sinee March 1 308 inch Geoner K Huxi, Local Forecast Ofticial, Muxi M i 03 Incn 892, CWAITING FOR THE Politicians Beginning to Flock to Lincoln In Anticipation of the Fra OPENING THINKS THE COMBINATION IS IMPOSSIBLE One Student of the Sitaation Says the 1 pendents and Togather 1 Demoerats Can Not it o wanizing the House teasons, Bit herself by that is when the Although two e the fth tol hot uming their e embers el Wppeara Miny of the in the last day Who are not e et have many of mbers-elect Al parties e hiere e question of the election of a United is overshadowed by the dis cussion of the Clay and Boyd county tive contests, now pending in the while the probability of the dem and independents being able to combine States senator leyrisla s, suprenie court rats | in the organization of the legislature comes in for its full Concerning the latter question a prominent republican of the state the | of his timoe the politi said this shave. who is devotin or share 1o analyzin situation evening View of the Proposition. | Aftor so mueh about th crati has been said and written combination by which the and independent isdaturc to the legi ing the s) a demo members of the com the a < on the At nation of these dis rhidding ap| or th ing unite for purpose of organizing distribut true situation not come an i tan sposcd parties to hold a few h decide upon plan parcel out over the ml \rmonions for united tees, and of the republican 15y seems, it is much easier to | ibont than to aceomplish, The men who conceived the idea and who have labory 50 4 it into peactical for defeat which has al two meetings, action, chuckle sicduously to shap, Knowledee thie ready been predicted In order to insw posed combination it w the co-operation of democratic member-cleet of the cominge lature. Tosay thatno effort has been spa Lo secure this much needed co-oper ciast an undeserved aspersion upon t political sagacity of the men who ave nowledeed leader both parties have tricd and failed. They kuow to ertainty that an even members, lacking one. will refuse to go into the cor bination. These men ave all independents | and their refusal is based upon their nat ural disteust of the democrats, who pro posed to become their allic | | Who the Men Are, “TIor instan: re is P12 Oleson, elected to the legis S NOCeSSALY 10 SeCU every independent and dozen i from W. H. Dech's own county, un independent born into the party | and nurtured under Dech's tenderest so | tude. He is fearful that the democr ity | | desive to make use of the independents long | | enough to secure the cleetion of a denocr: |*United senator. He can see no | and sufticient reason why fifty-five inde: pendents should turm in-and assist sixteen | | demoerats divide the phinder among the selves. Rather than' this he prefers to s the democrats form the same kind of an allianee with the republicans that he im- | agines they formed two years agzo hen there is L. H. Suter of Nelieh is one of the independents who' refuscs walle into tho little parlor that has been handsomely furnished by the democrats, and | this in spite of the fact that he was a demo erat before he joined the independents. e will be deterred by the fear that, while the combination might possibly give the inde pendents a temporary advintage Uhis winte it will greatly damage t ¥ in another campaign SWLI Porter of member of th i and 1 presume cut. for he is He county was a gisliture two years g he had his political eye teeth w emphiatically opposed o i coalition with the demo rany purpose He sees nothing but disuster to the inde pendent party in a combination, and | is one of the ho wen of that party who do mot believe in o sacrificing principles for spoils. o has never forgiven Governor Boyd for his veto of the Newherry bill, and as long as the demoeratic party | does not repudiate Boyd e is agaiust the fusion S, Fulton of Alma is another independent who is opposed to fusion. He is o plain, blunt wan and - when he chavacterizes the scheme as d—d_ poor policy’ the othe lows know just what | “G. W, Beal is fhe ¢ County Beacon, and a ture. 1 don't know Brother Deciv don’t with the opposition About ats neans, itor of the Cu: member of the i where ®e stands. but Dech elasses | him | M tder, “And let me fell you that ex-Speakcr 1 is giving his independent” bretheen more trouble than any wember of the floc He blows hot and colid on the proposition form a conlition with the democrats, but if M. Elder is not the combination favorite for speadeer then S0 ML Elder is not for the combination. There are several more inde pendents who are in-disfavor ‘by reason ¢ their refusal 1o join hands with the demo crats in the proposed raid on the spoils You may depend upon it the wen who started the idea have given up ali hopes of | sceing the combination cfeeted The situation will be much elearer when the supreme court decides the cont pending. A deeision is expected Tu !.. 1S now sulity CAUGHT FAST IN A FROG, wee of a1 at Crab Oreh Beatnice, Neb, Dee, 18 gram to Tne Bee.| 10, ¢ man on the B, & M., at Crab Orehard, twenty City, last evening, caught i before | by wangled wedgzed Tervible lington 15 . | S Tele- | Morriso while ko- | 1 brale uncoupling cars of this \ frog m his foot it s cast in » could release it he ul his His foot wa §0 the that ed with the aid of | was run | terribly | bad down cur 4 Jogr frog it apin teain wud it v us po could | libar wits only e vied to Beatrice as f m ool h decii " by about mid A M4 yen | B roud yut four years, being formerly 1h khorn at Cha He the Burlington only u short s pliced on th hw ible, where an examinati and awpu n The injured m night, and the Morrison is aged married, His home 1 hits been e braska for with vis made | Ak Heo | No wwed inora hiat while ron Leen News Notes from Hustings. HastinGs, Neb., D Special to Tng Bee. ] - Deputy clerk COUIT, A 1. Bratto: A extended teip in Missowi Friday. Shevilt George Crane { hive for part L dn the di trict who acc time. veturned The Citiz erecti e ) barn o1 N A NCW Car o avenu new increased The L inge 1 in th The u tierean Literar | was hicld'in the colicge chia St vd t ninodit uight. | Despite The Wednesday Priyer bt discuss Clearing triins In additic tee isu number of prominent bankers from Chicago. and ot tions b ran conven during is for a i full far lowed Delowa ta the an Lit i) o o 5. Shuw Alg West 1 Tue B vey Re There Smith's, young W Pro down f while I e rety Otto to turned The Teachers' city on ro danght Friday norml friends Tra 'l candida Point Thursc his rece Augu this cit Gent week transferri ounty company to the Gos pany. 2100, b Horse ( concer has hee SUDOSC 1o be pl (Rl Prai Tne B taleen | and deg Dalton discharged inhabit gun James Kra near fie terants farm an flourished ¢ hinn ove £200. NEni i3y heeame i taker Wi irol be pl a Tur By for he e is in D the dee Miss Pue B proved follows senior more, ( IR Wal [ prophet s B la ane wo M New Domoer A disp detachment of ¢ arveste were 1 striigh case 1l both M has sing cans W tioni AL N At At 1 L3ostou, who may b Membe tend th e A heavy snow o good size o Seout,” e K Weod Frightful Result of a Wreck on the Gread North FIRE ADDS TERROR TO bein THE DISASTER NEBRASKA BANKERS, WHE Hold a Convention In Lineoln Three Victims Bur in th d Beyond Recognition Debris COLLISION OCCURRED Wrecking Have Cansed the T ON A CURVE Carclessness of a w faid ta able, THEY PAID FOR IT WITH THEIR LIVES Canticld Staty Worst Accident in the iston st the Caboose Crowded with Sleeps v oot Dive il 1ol hotel ers Smashed and Enveloped Decenhor 21, 10 ¢ K m Adddvess by on. J. stertimg Morton Afternoon cxearsion provided by Tlonse assoctation. Speckal n " MiNsEArons, Minn, Do Nanden 18 A special to Minn, say the Great at te ALYy the Tribune from Al tthat ther Pogram will the commi be present ssur A frightful acciden Northern station, ocenrred on railroad this morning of Killed and There had Friday mormug at Nols CHES W Lers from whotn responses to invita Nelson | been received in time for pro expected to address the intevesting 1 V8 TiE five miles cast of hore, in which cight n five tion upon subject nowere wore serie its two sessi wrangenient made with the raikeoads il d one-thivd fare for the round s will be expeeted to pay the coming and the r vill he Thie ponccrtificate on return trip tes at the time of py ke ke a receipt from th agent for ount so paid wquarte ommi room I iis onsly injured been a collision! m,and 4 number of wreeked wieek train had been three days cloars ahicati 1D the wreck and was mak up. prepare At wreck train's the about f the committee will | this *oon the fivst wsed of the following gentlemoen N wood, 1. M 1vmond, Johin B, Wright W. mb, Elmer Stephens ML Crawford, ¢ W. M Mille H. ). Walsh, . Burnhan 1 aders, C. B Waite, 13, R, Tiagley, C v, W, Stull tloor of | eaboose was teft standing on the main track, An casthound freighty »about 1:08 o'clock with a number of cars was d ind had orders to { heve ab freight train tells ok idetrack for the passenger train du on the 20, fircman 1 as follows - Story of an Byewitness., News Notes, i Dec, 18, Special R rs has suceceded Ha S Ll Nobra State bank Priday night at W. 11 town, to which many people were invited. An enjoyable as had by those present Lawrence Bruner of - Lincoln ¢ vom Norfolk Wedhesday ¢ iere tools in the faviiers wrned Lo Lincoln Thursday Holz, who was down i funeral of George West 1 nxt, Neb. Zoed Brig orin the sapart north of it “There is a vy erade west of the stas It with thivty-six londs’ c ot Conductor William Nickey and Engincer James M pproached the off and brak perceptible de Nickey, climbed out of the eaboose where he was ana! began 10 tion and as 0 und wdin charg switeh the engine led There was shut for of was no and Conductor enin, institute 4 setting brakes, but the speed was too Harting Rosker, great to stop. When within a train's length! of the caboose they suw the wis full Wit crow jumped.” re- Poldn track next g County in this of the Cuy seiation will_conven the first Saturday in March J. A Collins, accompanied o, of Hooper, came upon b While an instructor in the recent institute here Mr. Collins made miany who ave glad to greet him 2 Phomias of Oakland, late democratic ite for state treasurver, was in West ¢ lookiug none the worse for Sossion ahead and the froi The enging K train the caboose on top of the wreel struck the wr threw by , sCte his 1 car ting them on fiv the There were fourteen men | on car. Five were hurt; three were burned beyond killed. One was totally sizn of his rem, List The names recognition and four were burned up, not ins being found, ent defe: st Henry Rosker died at his home in 1 the Victims. y Tuesday of pneumonia. the killed werve: it NELS ODEKEN of Nelson. cotts Blufi County Real Bstate, CHRIST MARTENSON of O Dee. 18— [Special to Tue | gy rod was vecorded this | 00 S aeres of lnd in thi JOHN ENGSTRAND of Sprac JOHN AKERSON of Sprace il ENGETRAND'S NEPHEW, nawe unknowny CON BRUMMER of Yaukton, 8. D, ONE UNKNOWN. The injure Neb., MARTENSON of Osukis, brother of the ity 6 War from the receiver of the Union Cattle | AL L Hole Tevisation com pamed was only is almost entirely Mitehell and 10,000 consideration jut as the la to irvigation from the reck canals, its value fully # nership, fav us individual Jed, is virtually thesame, but the nin litization ver sinee the i the Union Cattle company, and it is A thiet this transfor leaves it in shape wed on the market A.M. Brose of St Paul, back and head, Tuovas Weren of disloeated Boston, shoulder - Davio Reen of Nelson, slight injuvies te head ) iased 115 Neighhors wit v, Neb. Dee L Dalton, the insanity 1t subject Wwits an inmate one Tately he ha wnts of the villug 18 of Wal bonrd weinl to <howas MO - Hesny Ross, fireman on castbound freighty AT vesterday | shoulder dislocated aved o for the asylur The coroner which will by of the witne commenced an inquest todayy efore, but was continued n ehasing the Wabash with tomorrow, as some *s could not be found today, Due to the Heavy Gr 1 the worst accident which has ever occurred on this division of the road,' and er caused the avrest of Fritz vesterduy. Both parties live e and Wagner is one of Krampean's Trouble arose over running the W Krampean to enforce his righis revolver, dudge Archer bound or to the district court in the sum of s W This v was due o the heavy grade having cueve, and, perhaps, carelessness in leaving the caboose on the main track, or slownesy’ in applying the brakes Fight of a Lunatic. \ska Crry, Neb.. Dee. 18 £ M. J. Delph, th LA tum at Lincoln iolent, andalthough heavily foughit desperately before he could | d on the train L It is reported thit the train was running per hour when it collided The men ki w pecial to P about twelve n wins | With the wreck tr toda He | wreck suddenly insune days ago in 1s and len the eny 1 i were the O. Berga o the o train Iy asleep in caboose uck it man, foreman had barely was the only one awalke, and 1CCOUNTS, SHORT e time to come to his senses, and iN oIS thus saving himself, but the late wirns Cravel aking His | ing eame too 10 thosc Life, The 15 Walkey who were asleep, to this ding them, injured were promptly removed ¥, T, I ¥ W Cottage place, where physicians are atte The nicen that were it hing wa committed buviodipg talsing morp! His hom No motive s known fo word dropped thit | ented a hore charred. By rible si bLeing literally Tay by W exeept a L 00 draft done 1o alleviate the suffering red by the vailvoad company ofc moning physicians, ete Toswa Ked Alen Elect Officors, surt Vareey, L, Dee. 18 md eouncil Red Mon, elected ofticers as ast evening: Sucl R. J. Mitler; wrmore, 1 RRobiy for sun joc Burbanlc s, O, ker; dceeper of wan A CGeorse Varns o Crav 1 Varren -— | SECRET MEE o 0, HELD ING, Ovder of s Discusy Importans yuestions in Michig wrins, Mich, Dee. 18- A special Democrat from Jackson siys: Rumors ve vife that the cting of locomotive enmineers called here todiy was Lo consider There were 500 engineers press coming on special trains from dificrent points Michigan. The meet- ing las behind closed doors, and at i 1 Avthur denied the ree port that ance considered op that Hi Grasn ol 10 the ners | we i Business Fuilne enr VaLLEY, Ta vievinees Speciul to | e in Indinua and Liive 1]-Ta § nmen ning. nillin liours 1 seciingly 003 Habil my griey wis ted it the miewhit REVOLUFTONISTS exicans Riddled by Te s Bungers on the Border, La., Dee. 1 il from Sar i oot of the order and to concerning its working impicess on thew the necessity and continued united action, throughout the country was des wod as being inan exceedingly health The membership is now 45,000, ixteen new divisions have been organe Lo | i7ed sinee Apr The trouble in the east, he told b hearers, had been settled with entive satisfuction to them. and he could see nothiug ahead 1o mar their hapine Of course, slight differences have i they do i all org but on their rd all been amicably adjusted and we The | happy t id the viddled | One I | wa that Mexi band of reve waded Mexico aares related solely to mate KEPLED. T hten mer as well as to of hurmon Whe order The Tinies Antonio s ORLEANS Al veceived here today states that ondition \ptain Brooks' compiny and terday came upon well armed and o hil M in. 4 Star count The Al Ve bindits, but pparently elensed suspicion of | risen 0 have feel ver; mn Wizations. those e ved at the meetin lutive World's fair trafic. Tha want it sealo of wages and of vailwa inls will be held soon Mt e heen thic ong meetin to adjust the cre nember - - nents of O Avrived —Seg Lia Chinps - Less Than L 0.« Moy ) Steamers Y . 18, -fur the voports th 1eri WaASIINGT e chief statistic num- who arvived in the United wonth euded Novenber 80 ompared with 53,615 fop | uth lust yeur. Liverpool-Axrived—Hostoulan, Trom »,