Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1892, Page 1

INTY- NEW YORK'S SENATORSHIP Interesting Questions Which Will Be Bronght Up by the Contest. DAVE HILL'S INFLUENCE IN THE SENATE Relieved 1o ition to sting It Is Greater Than Generally Will Not Be @ Cleveland Washington Gossip, Open Oppd 20, The Starsays ind Cl natorship WasnixaToN, D, C., Dec The open fight between the Hill land people over the New York brings i he intere tion of what the relations between ( land and the New York s ing the next administration SHill's much greater though it may contention with measuve, Hill | i the s that Gorman lost in Chicago IHill gained, and this him suflicient power in the senate to make himself quite disagrecable to the administration if he de sires to a0 so. Notwithstanding the bitter ness of feeling which New York senatovial fizht pended upon that Me. Hill antagonistic in the sonate. He will support the administration in most matters. Whe trouble is looked for by thos skim min, over the the confirmations friends he general opposition thing and democracy ve close review ting ques w nators will be dur influence senal than 1y not be strong cno in t is gen velieved, h for In nan a the administration s taken the ate. All the rives may be d not appear it will who are with relation to o poll but approve person passing his t bolieved that th w s to guard to H n mp surface, is In will this parti his follow will sy ) voery st of It thing he has in 3 prevent the pref hates a mugs who is nomi will be fought have the men who would fight “Bourke Cockran morning for New Y lieved that he i atorship fizht amainst N Cleveland people hav tryin indu I n to permit the use of his nan BN it is believed that it had been avranged for him to enter the ight be fore Mr. Cleveland came out in the interview opposing Mr. Murphy.” Repubt is nly em of mu, nps. ap and the first mu ed any imix ooth and nail by Hill of to make foir tant an socret assistan not ¢ ny pen left Was \ k. It is ally wephy. Some of th for somo duys be this n Nenators, The r point resent Toar, senate caucns will ring commi committee, composed McMillan, Chandler, Teller and Mitchell, will be continued iu force and will conduct all the business that would come within the provinee of a steering committee, “The committee is not assuming any dic powers,” said Mr. Mitehell this morni On contrary, we are acting simply 15 an ady board. We are gath ering all the inforn m we can and v ing both sides of the case, so that wh contests reach the senate. as they will, | haps, we will be in possession of understand th merits better would otherwise. S0 far as the republican members of the senate are concerned. it is their intention to see that the legal choice of the states is the man elected 1o the se regavdless of what his politics may be. No Danger of "T'he attentionof the Nig Washington, Senor Don was today called to a | ing that the boundary dispute Costa Rica and Nicavagua was ass threatening dimensions, between the two republics might begin at any moment, He said: That is all wrong. and 1 wish you would give it the fullest contradietion, - The que ton of establishing the boundaries between the two coun was submitted to the arbi- tration of Mr. Cleveland, and he decided in favor of the treaty. That settled the dis pute.© When the "question of ruuning the poundary line came up later, some lttle diffcultics have arisen from time-to t in details, but nothing of a character to threaten war or anything | it xtension of Classified Civil Service. A gentleman who has talked with the president on the subject, the people who are expecting o large i in the the classified civil service L the admin- istration changes will be very sadly disap pointed He said that the president strongly inclined to extend the civil scrvice rules in connection with the postofiice de- rtment. but thut he hus practically aban- doned the purpose of any general extension such as the inclusion of the employes of the government printing oftice, or the customs service. Al employes now blican n new st Tl of the facts than_we ublo, nan minister in Horatio Czuman, nama dispateh ¢ ming reuse e outside the protecting lines of the civil service regulations are using every endeavor to have themselves en- trenched against democratic interferens but so far without success, There §s o snag in the way of the exten- sion of the civil service classification to the government printing oflice, in the form of op- position by the Typographical union. The objection 1o the ¢xtension of the service is sod that if appointments are made upon form of examination which not recognizo membership of the union as a ey qualification, it will result m what i would call *rats” getting into the overmment employ. The government is ardly prepared 1o declare that none but union men shall be qualiticd for employinent and the union_will certainly object to any employment within that class of persons not belonging to the union TO MANUFACTURE ARMOR PLATE, Orgunization of a Company at cisco fo Wasuisaros, D. cifie const is to have an armor plate plant, accord ing toa local paper. ‘Ihe story is as follows 1t is stated on relinble authority that a con cern has boen incorporated at San Francisco and has half of its working capital alve subscribad for the establishmentof an arvmor plate plant in that city, 'he plant, it is understood, will be on a lavge scale and will be capable of producing not only the heaviest armor, but will equipped for the munufacture of guns, shot and shell, and heavy forgings of all deserip tons. T'his project is said to be the result of the policy of distribution which has boen ob served by the Nuvy department in awarding the coutracts for the ships of the n navy San Fran- Need for Such a Vlant, The noed of a plant for the manufactuve of armor plates and other heavy forgings on the Pacificcoust was mado apparent when the gontract for the construction of th Charleston was awarde works in 1856, Tl Plates, shafts and other heavy water Bich entered that vessel, as well as the San Francisco. which was given to the same fiem, in the followi year and the Monterey, Ore and Olympi Which have since been awarded them, wa manufactured in the cast The transportation of the material to the Pacific coast added materially t the cost of these vessels, and it is said that tl tion of the Oregon and Olympia will be re tarded by the deluy in the furnishing of their armor. Whe establishinent of a pl on the Pucifle coast is regarded with great favor in naval circles, and its want has been n'a:]uvnu,\'---m.,m.»..v.': apon. Not only, it is id, would it arouse an intevest in the nuvy in that section, but would be of inestimuble value in the event of trouble with a foreign power. eruiser the Union Iron 1t of this kind friends | is provoked by the | He will | Senators | 1l that hostilities | ECOND YEAR. | 1 usea cast, and | the w | portance Atest ordinary for such the valu cour mat r cost of erial to under pressure of dive reach the | or ten day of vital importan a lary | i the Tron highly phid Wiy wor i pl deferred York be made the indi both ves clined to continue the law be awarde ders, and Cramps, There Union Irof work Brooklyn to the Cramps, decided u Brooklyn the Pacifi e Willu WA | the allega of Count | Panama canal ir s Bro s ks wtes vy T toc arly tion of distinctly to d in is some talk to now destination Sucha | in carrying o AfTe m of the 1 by th tiwo 1 n the fail to o tha on i » 1y, and the Whil the buildi provi th this orks wi o in the navy is tr 1 the Now Vessels, 1o t bidders on the manufa his des This, however but it is safe to pr pon will Iy by be L Made ing the © N, D Les ched stern coast is an item of no little im In the matter of shot alone such an establishment wo to the gover: of events it ta reach the in les is expec hat the Cr Seeretay fey the west instance the effect that lower i of that factured in the ing them to | A 8o and shell d be of the nt. In th o8 4 mor Pacifie, and 1 they could not < than a week timo would be @ necessity for material h tod his however t will be the Towa )t Phila both the Unton f then for « ps e « it is 8 1st, will be ision iips will ) 1 the habl pleantin vi t it T of distrit new vessels hat they 1 hat means Taust @ bid the bid on the nade by the remains to be seen, lict that if such a step is le San Francisco firm th in the waves o tistatements Concern- na Canal, Dec of wrong ¢ that suspicion of his ent cited membors that some inte did not | tained frof canal | stat represent powering into t able rout oceanic fay atiy a ship isthmus.” Of the eleven member committe Senator FFrye of Maine ruing his impr iness of Count ates in th mony of « | sclect com that de Ly | he had | “Ihadno suspicion 1y what he was repre: the senator, “unti the canal o one requirin fter he had s locks! on the rey structed onthe simple canal, | navy. w tion, - e 1 fe 1 i hat b o 1 1 id ¢ ing inf much L rev in the s ade sol v the cc canal 1 itter ho csseps Nad 1 wits 1 he ‘ntatic ad spe: as and o he struet tor Iy always been repr that chan that it plan 1 believe Lieutenant nt rration o On December 19 When sion of the t some thimus, first placed saspicion | Count de Lesseps had | report showing the pr Kimball told e ih the true coudition of the work t he had ot i wing part the ng on wing ou 1879 in 1 while the e v until now 1o history of th the 1 o 1579, a tee to e suit inter etion of a n of § the erican sorved on the in congress asked today rustworth his associ the testi before the s suid he was picion at the time hie honorable man ented to he he was not ited to be,” s od the plan of the of the 1 his subseription: would be con of asea level Kimball of the time on the in my mind od on for u 1 Lieuten wesented constru and ot on e of “The members of the committee were n [ am sure, suspicious of de Lo were, 15 myself the best route f the Atlantic and the Pacitic inquiry developed in my mind only was that the bette time, ing clusion, | can | oniy prac commitie | ship e been the { bors of | respective projects considered, the | resulted ind 1 project w ica 0w o) the inu that s the ble impressed 1 plan, [ hinions sep abt s Lo dis: v ship s, The one con in Other members It committee wth | tion to the house of & | afy | recomme | this | ti improbub | low. | | has been ury the fi | treasur, | destructic | best | ment 150 pape 1802, | July 1, 15 ment m | Unit | the | January, | 25,700,000, and June 21 tional had na amount year st le ¥ is a m | | obligations, i1 188 . and with the prop representatives for at Will Ne Redemption WASHINGTON, D. C. cently largy a liabi 130, { demption of this vast | All this mone; | presentation of paper L of this paper is key 1 States Treas agreg woul concerning bril , I written pleted condition of the United little or no account has be ot that with cach passin sainer by 1sity of investigatin that some such inquicy may fol or Notes o with th whatever may have indi in idnal * mem ference to the inquiry < more than the preseati seric ming the Monroe doct ndation rthat p ! the matt resolutions e and making no the werits of result i mor N an fully the houso of it is not FOVERNMENT GAINS, e Presented for Interest, 20.—In all that about the de ates treas- 1 taken of year the the complete y of its outstanding How much this amounts to, the statisticians of the lity he have no means of ascertaining when the government be money, §3,519,619,103 have been issued of all kinds and denominations up to July 1, Within the same period #8524 | have been redeemed, leaving outstandi R, as depart- Since asury n to issue 629 zon 1st the govern- basis for the re- sum is gold and silver m d n vaults awaiting the for rede: will never be pr wwer Hyutt all ot But uted estimated ihe issucs up to be less than tion This estimate did not include the fractional though it has practically gone out of civcula- tion and but little more sented for vodempic fractional eurcency cent shiny Secretary Shermin 1870, a5 euvrency 1510 iss i destroy is hools that mc Ihe aggregate of al and more than £14,000,000, A late estimate departa 000,000 of the liabilitics gressiona be attempted ir letter fr Topeka, | sion a8 this dist | Dalton w 1 ea | them for in the Hon. ( tant i1 this cit the disch the oath A cable was 1y ment fr Hambuwg soven noue iu th ut places the 30 vent, s 1ed ed and Tnit This money « the 1 enactment Was| o G ol <un 10t now nor | dey rict or y th ar eners the U Sy uty | under dey in v \is o f his duties ut once jee in Wisconsin son cases of ¢ e thiut 15 he ever held a comn ited v the trea In | . Atfo'clock this eveni had just veturned from o said that morning he the was doctor y comfortable. sald construed ating that under surer Nebeker, howevs than currency otherwise, estir eatroyed, us not likely to be wption, approximates by these f prepared sum s sivod at the United States Consul this city cent, 10 cent the act of &80T various acts United States v, carries theTull in his port this #15,000,000 of is outstanding than £1,000 was pre- lust y ar 'States currency ited to have presented ures the Treasury high as #20, only be taken out overnment by con his will probably in the near future gta Miller Notes, taday received a tes marshal at William Dalton Stat rshal for Eummet Lob und lor Col Mee and 1 re tained ved them vecently appointed urrive crel upon He tool ten days wd o State depart Estee at there are which one died; Dr. Johuson, who isit to Mr. Blaine, This was the best Mr, At prosent every gun and projectile which | Bluiue bad experienced siuce his illucss, OMATIA, Their Perseoution of the Jews Greater and Harsher Than Ever. , . DESPOTISM OF THE GRAND DUKE SERGIUS Driv Rul Al Procedent iy 0 from Their a4 and Momes, Thelr Basiness Thelr Religions Privileg Stories of Cruelty Without the World's Mistory. De LoNDON. Peter show that the the that forc The latest advices from of Jews St s nof th of the czar Russia and s ofticials toward unanit Six edicts have the Jev con their position and trac W crush m are greater than ever be. been issued 10 of aiming subjects Russia out their religion arc en { with the utn of the everywhere st rigor with The Moscow papers be the beginning of 1801, been converted to orthodoxy The unhappy | many parts empire, and severity ¢ that sing 0,000 Jews have converts who have been driven toa pretended denial of their re- to cseape intolerable perscention have been deported to the dis- trict of Teherkesevo, five miles from Moscow. There they are rigorously gov erned by priests of the Russiin orthodox church, who require them to attend the ser- vices of that church Vit ligious faith in order out with fox i d to comply its ous rules, watching sign of ¢ w1y Th wrotehed fre ny 1sion or repen sts vision of the 1 con o wve to return to 1pon a certificate from the pricsts « that the convert holding such co assured in the faith of the ol wox Closely Watch When thus released their trouhl over, The police and poli reful wateh over the attending to their have entire ony and the allog nly allowed I sup ol Judaisn Moscow el L are not spies keep a and it they fail in | wtions as wembers of the orthodox church they ave reported as recanting to the Jewish faith. Should the chay Lion be blished, the usual punishment is deportation to Siberia Tlie pol have been making a careful vuting of the quarters of the Jews with a view to driving more tiem out of th town, none heing allowed to live in towns s who are converted Crusade received a great hrough the zeal of the grand duke other of the czar and zovernor of against the Jewish religion. ¢ not nut 5 of Moscow have heen given twenty-f hours to return to their native toy merey s shown to any ] no matter how mieritorious, v Lt within the he edicts. Thousunds of working peo ple have thus been from their em. ployment to wderers, Old soldi and gallant treatea with other Jews, veconition given to their claims country, Merchauts of the ing are dviven out like the po and not only deprived of the but robbed of the money that them from their debtors, and the ithorities refuse to pay the de well ware the creditors have virtually ho re- course. Merchants who have been deported heir “birth district.” who were recently in affluence. find themselves helpless and in poverty, with which they may have long been unfamil Anold man of 70 or S0 years who may have left his native town a chiid, must g0 back there and be torn from the arws of his childven wnd his children’s chil- dren, unless they be vieh cuough to accon- pany him, The scencs witnessed in- cons: quence ave most pitiful. and would move, one would think, even the heart of Grand Duke Sergius be brow or s, who wore ser in Russi little as as whatever the nd Laborc business, ing to unjust is upon est st Moscow's Loss, Moscow has lost, in consequence of “he ution there, a mul e of its most able residents. Muny of the Jewish lesmen and ariisans, who have been ven from Moscow have gone to Lod, cea few hours distant by rail from Was- sau and which has vapidly risen to a popula tion of . most of ther Under the impulse of Jewish skill indust Lodz is fast becomin nufue- turing cente the busy t and diy and the manufacturers hay orders for three months uhead. Trade in Moscow is collapsing through the loss of Jewish capital and labor, which had no smull share in building up and maintaining the prosperity of that place In Poland the oppression of the Jews is, for the time being, somewhat relaxed throughout Russin gencrally the treatm of Jews is not on as harsh i scale as in Mos cow, although severe and most intolerable everywh The regulations especially and universally enforced throughout: Russia ave the limiting of the residences of the Jews within certain fixed localities, the prohibition of Jewish artisans from working in places beyond the control of ofticial boards of trade, and the » strietion of unauthorized churches, “The con dition of the Jews, except in Lodz and a few other places, is becoming steadily worse, particularly in the case of those who have no means to bribe the Russian oficials. STARTLED PAR J and wn import tories the W Dynamiters Com Again Operations Pauts, Dec. 20, the cor of of police at 1 ing windows, —An explosion ocenrred in the office of the prefecture 0 this morning, break dumiging wool tearing down some plasterine. hurt. experts shows explosion was the work of anavchists, who placed & bomb in the hall heavily charged with chiorate powder. The incident causes much alarm lest the dynawite campaign is about to be rencwed agments of cast ivon, which had formed the shell of the bomb, were found about the place. They were fitted to cach other as well as could be done, and showed the bomb hud been of sufficient size to contain two pounds of explosive material The explosion was badly timed. Had it is no doubt work and Nobody was Investigation | the eccurred at an earlier hout' ther that many persons would have been killed PROY TING NOTABLES, | Gladstone and Asquith Guarded b, tives When They Go Out. Dec. 20.—The authoritics appear to be so strongly convinced that the Dublin by which Detective Synott part of the work of a bund of d they have sent a det to Biaritz to keep guard over Mr. G and proteet him from outrage. Mr. Glad stone has not been made awire of the pre caution taken, as it is known that he would ut any protection of the kind, should he wware of it Home Scepetary Asquith i when he goes out in public civil attire, who koeps near fere in the event of Asquith. In_ vie tuken the opinion that the authe ties are in receipt ‘of definite and inport information as to the existence able dynamite conspiracy De Loxnox explosion lost his life, was pirators, tive lstone b attack 1 My he wtions Vietoria Co atulates Gladstone. Loxvoy, Dec. 20.—-Queen Vietoria amon the carliest to congratulate Hon. William E. Gladstone on the arrival of his Nied bivthday. Her majesty’s note unusually gracious in tone. was Right Attracting Attention. Dee, 20.—Cables from States in rogard to the differen in_existence there | wacting more RoxE the United s of opinion among Catholics are at- | attention among Rowan | FRIDAY 'CRUEL, INHUMAN RUSSIANS | lesiastes than any other foreign topic Some of these reportsare construed as indi- ating insubordination. VICTINS OF MONTE CARLO, rtunate Gamblers Lose Their Money and Commit Sulcide, Dee. ~From Monte Carlo comes the news of two tragic events, in one of which an A an was the vietim. The merican, seribed a ung man § years old good appearance, lost £3.500 belon his mother, which she h his care. Luck went the first and he liope of recovering When the last gold ne he walked silently casino, attracting no attention more than other unfortunate gambl Going to__ Vintimigla, about shiteen miles from Nice, the distracted young man threw hizaself on the railrond in i of an approaching train and was crushed to death under the whee Another gambler, whose nationality is not stated and who had lost nearly everything in the casino, took the train from Montc Cavlo, apparently with the intention of re- turning home, and_shot himself dead with a revalver while on the train e gambling tables at doing o flourishing business. Un LoONDON 1o who is ¢ nd sa of to to fron in_the in: entrusted gafnst him ple wildly his loss pie wis [ the tof howeve Monte Carlo ave M. CAS LBONE'S TESTIMONY, Having Recelyed Money fro ma Canal Comyp Pants, De M. Castelbone, who was in the list of the twenty-six Thicre checks as having veceived a check for 20,000 francs from Baron de Reinach, was a witness be- fore the Panama commission of the Chamber of Deputies today. The previous explana- tion in veward to this cheek had been that M Castelbone was about to start apaper called the lla Presse, and that Scnator Paul had given Castelbone \latter of introduction to Baron de Reinach with the view of having Castelbone assisted by de Reinach in his' entery Castelbone had received Reinach for the purpose of aiding start the paper, Deves cashing the check The Liber le says that Deves was to lave been the beneficiary of the check, which ~ Deves deniesi ‘Today, however, Caste admitted that when Deves cashed the check he (Castelbone) handed back D 15,000 of the 20,000 francs Th caused a senation, He Admit the to a rs in Caba. Shortly after landing here yesterday the commission appointed by e United Stat to examine the Cuban quarantine and other subjects of a similar chavacter visitea the governor gen- wal. They were promised government us- wee in their inyestigations, Mr. Ramon O. Williams, the consul general here, has petitioned ecrnor general to appoint comuittee of physicians toconfer with ittee with e to the_chief contagious diseases that provail here, The governor general appointed such 4 committec it is expected that the first conference will be held tomo row. Ameriean Commissior HavaNa, Dee. 29, S congress si American the gov- e win tablish Rolling Mills, Crry or Mexico, D “he plant for a rre ivon foundry has been imported from nrland. The works wi ished at Zactlan, forty s nort of Puebla. nused will come Plalixsibilla ec, 24, from mount Appointed Ont., Dec, C. H. Oral has heen appointed govertpr of the Novthwest terntory. TORONTO, - ~ S WILL NOT ISSUIZ BONDS. evident Harrison te Upscts See ‘s Finenelal Plans. New Yok, Dec. 20.—The Times states that Secretary Foster's trip to this city was not on private busincss as was given out offfeially, but was for the purpose of consult- ing Wall strect magnates on the to relieve the money market and export of gold by having th issue from £,000,000 to $100,000,0 The Wall strect men scheme, but the speculative contingent were in high feather. The president’s co-opers tion had been counted on as sure, but this ctary F proposition check the vernment of bonds, were in favor of the dence was suddenly discovercd to be de- | 1 lusive. According to Wall street reports Secret Foster, before he suddenly left town te west, is eredited with having reccived this dispatel from Washington 1 want no new houds issued under winistraction, Takeno steps. Do nothi B HARRISO; pster met the y nd- The Times says Wall tmenat a club housc on 1ifth avenne and had . prolonged conference. Some of the most notable men in the street are said to have been present and an agrec ment was formed on the financial pe the government. The action of Presideny Harrison upset their plans cntively and there is now no prospect of an issue of bonds to stop the stringency in the money market. that Mr. I MEXICO'S I in from con, The Times- Tex., special rchant of this city who has shipped several thousand bushels of corn to Mexico during the past returned from thatcountry today. Hesays: “In the City of Mexico the corn m completely demor and is about bushel ican The wor of corn standing on in the city when I left which unlonded” on account of 1l shippers to pay the freight. The Mexi vouds will mo’ longer aceept corn shipm unless the frelghts uro paid and the shipp agree Lo unload the cars immediately upon their arival at destination, The new corn crop of Mexico is coming into market and no further demand for the grain will be made upon the United Ste tos. The state of Mich 1 has produced, it s reliably estim ; 000,000 bush of corn this season, which amount alone is suffeient to supply all of Mexico with corn’ for the ensuing year if necessar the Redu De Democrat’s San Antonio, A prominent u season ot is @ for Amer carloads tracks selli in 200 side had [ uts per not heen OUR QUTPUT, r Water Power Responsible for a Light ¥ of the Mianeapolis Mills, Mixsearorts, Minm,, De The North- western Miller says: The poor water power of last week ca the flour output 1o vun down to 160,080 barrels, the smallest amount ground in any week since carly in July, More severe weather during the past four days has still fwrther curtailed the sup- ply of water, and_the production this will doubtless show considerable decrease, even as compared with last weels, The sal of flour is extremely slow. Millers probably would not complain at the volume of busi ness done, were prices not so terribly low Millers do not try to sell low grades for xport any longer, 08 they ave worth more i this country for feed thau can be got for thew abroad.” Direct export shipments by mills last week were only 21,630 barrels \inst 45,230 the preceding week. The out put_of flour by the Min mills for 1802 will exceed 9,750,000 Linst 70,000 for 1501 E week It S Pa., De Order_of Solons are now receiver, the Mercantile Under the court ther I Recelver, The affairs of the in the hands T'vust compan y ands of a expression of opinion will be no effort made to sy wind up the affaivs. The receive: will o lect the assessments und mouney due the order aud pay the Ws of the order, by which time it is expected all the internal !1ylxl> will be settled und harmony restored The receiver may then be discharged. by the auy MBER 30, 1 v of | st | aflure of the | NO NEWS FROM THE UMBRIA Anxioty For the Missing Steamer Increasing as the Days Pass, SPOKEN TO BY THE STEAMSHIP GALLILEO ssed on the ¢ © th Tnstant Disabled But List of the Passengers on 1o in a Disabled ndition ot Unmanages able- Loxnos, Dec. As the with no tidings of the increases h Umbria, s lengghen the anxiety Relatives and friends of those on board continually visit the oftic of the com: pany or ask by telegraph for inte While the company agents profess to have no foar o the of the vessel, underwriters upon lier as an as the oxtra sufety look hazardous and re rates rose since yesterday from 12 guineas premium, a very high rate, to 20 guineas, A broken shaft would account for Rhe del dmen fear she may have struck a floating wrock, a number of which have been reported lately. Her sai though suficient to work her, are rather limited, and she would make slow headway by wind, risk, insurar ¥, but ves Sighted at Sea. New York, Dec. 20. —The steamship G leo, from Hull, arrived here this mornit She had continuous northwest gales and zh head scas throughout, ith freq t snow squalls, Captain Coloman died on the voyage and buried at December 25, at p. m, lat tude megitude Nt hted the steamer Umbr disabled, bear- ing northwest, She boi to her. She exhibited theee red 1 that she wis unmanageable but not vequiring as sistance, though a heavy She lay quite easy and comfortable wind blowing 1= wils seu . appavently r down close 18, showi sen was ranning with the 1t was ed and aivs. The next two eastbound Stiff northwest gra supposed the machinery was d she was lying to, making v morning the Gallileo passed steaners which would render if needed, Captain Jones says th no alarm regarding her safety. Havieax, 90/—A 1o wns in cireuln tion here tonight that the disabled steamer Umbrin_had reached Barrington in @ sink ing coudition, but inquiry at the New Yor | ageney there shows that the story is false. Nothing has been scen of the steame there. The ship has not been sighted any- where off the Nova Scotia coast., Passen, s of the U Dee, 20.—The cabir the steamship Umbria are . Bale, B.T. Bateman, R. Beeehino thur Blackburn, C. Blackburn, H. Bralkoers, William B Bursley, — Robert Butche S, Christian, Percival Chubb mil, C. Cob- lenz, W. Caoper, wen andfamily, T, Crimmins and daughter, John Crowle) Cornelius_Crowley, James Drew, Thomas Dudley, W. Parnsworth, Mys. Dr. Ford, G 1. Hart Frazier, Robert George and wife, J olding, Williim Grady, 1. Grady Gumpf, J. Havden and family, W. I Harper, W. Haughton, Chiavles Hary Julien ' Held, Ofiver ' Hepford, Thomas Hill and ' wife, John i, G. Hughes, B. James and_ wife, W. Jas- per, Willim Johnson, A, Kawakares, Pe Keane, Jay Kearne, General J. W. Kearney and wif \ Kent! H. Loeds, Kert Lower, J.W. Crawford. Lyon, D. Manwell, C. May, nes MeCaldin and famiiy, Kdward Mev W. Mills, J. Henry Mifehell and wife, Ermest Morzanste Joseph Moss, Ru dolph Newnian, mer, William Owen, A. Peyri Edwird Popp, Potter, wife duugliter; B. Raney, J. Renwick, hards P. Scherr, Scherr, J. s Shaw, . Snobobn, Spen - 'Sopwith, Simon terne, Robert Stott, H H. Tallman, I A, Tollman, John ames T I rdlow, B. Watkins, A. Wheatt vshall White, R. Whiteside, liams, A, Wiit, Mrs. S. €. Duston, Mys. S. Kurts, Mrs. H. McVicar, Mrs. 118 Nick: dorft and daughter, A. Riley, Dr. Ellis, Dr KKurts, M. Sou nd wife, Miss if. Burnes, N. Knagenjoly chmilenski, 1. Shosha tuica, Miss . Dartrey, Miss A. Dowdney. On the Second Cabin, Besides the rin. LoNnoN pass Harvey npboell, W. Ci Piteairn, and vices, ton Totty hot 1d, I Johir Wil- wlies, above named f sengers there arve these second sengers: R. Anderson and Thomas and wife, J. Arnold, A. Balch, C. Barber, J. Bobo Calhoun,’A. Cardon and wife ter, A. Chirman, A. Cotlha Davidson. J. Dronsfield, A child, Frank Fox Gerstel, Bdward four sons and_th Edward Hartby it William Holywell, I". Hood, M. Hughes and daughter, R. Kelly, W. Kelly, €. Malcobn ' Liddell, S Longsden. D, M C. Merriwet o Mornis, Henry Pepplow, — Thomas — Poud, and duughter; A, Rhoetto, George Roberts and Otto Runne, Thomas Saville, Shaw, . 1. L Stamper and wife, B, Stamper and_son, W, Stead and J "Thompson, wife and two duaughters, 1sia Waite, William Wannop, J.~ Wiiliimsor Charlds Walkinson, George Wilson, Mrs. Barnes, three daughters and two sons, Mrs. SiCley dgerly, Mrs. L. Green, Mrs, M. Hill, Mrs. M. Hiteh cock, Mrs, amess and - daughter son; Mrs. I yre, Mrs. A. Me nd’ son; Mrs. W." Miller, Hay Richterand danghter; Mrs Mus, J. Ryan, Mrs, 'J three = soms; Mrs. €. Tuwmer and duughter, Miss Baunister, Miss Cart wright, Miss M. Darby, Miss J. Donovan Miss I, Graham, Miss’ Anna Lavson, Miss A. Larson, Miss Annic MeDermott, Miss Nellie Mitchell, Miss Grace Mallurd, Miss Anna Pittman, Miss 1. Taylor. T addition to these passengers, fourte saloon, seven sccond cabin and nineteen age passengers embarked on the steamer at Quecustown | The Umbria has on board mail The value of th rouzhly estimate of which is insurec mainder m Liverpool st cabin puse abin pas ighter, A, A Aylesworth, O. Brown, A. 5 H. S Drons|i and - wife o ughter, 1,049 sucks of Umbria and her cargo is £1,500,000, two-thirds in London, and the re- Movements of Oc At New York—Arrive w00l AL Brow Head—Sighted New York for Liverpool At Humburg—Arvived York At Fastnet - Si Yorlk for Liverpe At Buenos Ayres—Arrived Dec Enchantress from New York At Lizard —Passad —Elbe for Southampton AU Genon— Arrived from New Yok At Boston AL Stettin v ok Germanice from Russia from ited- Naronic from New cmber 28 from New York Kajser Wilhelm 11 Arrived — Norseman Arrvived—-Gothia e Almost Wreeked, Dec. 20 The White Star steamiship Germanie, Captain Nichol left Now York December 21, for Liverpool which Head This after ut of heavy ails at Quecnstown LONDON line which wits sighted off Broy noor 1 wits unable on i pales lund passengers or cr Beechdene (British) New Orleans to Rotter Y today in di encountered territi A hugh sea by ) Ply havin Hamp unput in She weather ¢ Pussay ke over the on Deceml and sod capsiderable damage, carrying away two boats, smashing | amothiex bout wnd & portion of the bridg | hend | ation Charles Car- | and | | with the amo! bulwarks, wheelbox and gutting the chart house, R — FATE OF A ) ISKA GIRL. Murdered by a R In n California Town and Her Body Burned. SAN Fraxcisco, Cal., Dee. 20.—This morn- ing it was discovered that the railroad sta tion at Brighton, five miles southest of here on the Sacramento & Placerville road, in flames. The building was burned to ground. A search was made for Miss Ayres, the telegraph operator, and her romains were found in the corner of the The WAS Unreco The skull was found in pieces near the body,and a pistol was picked up only a fere feef away. A long, heavy iron poker, used in the depot waiting roc to the remains, Miss have considerable money, but she did not fear to live there was armed and ready to take The theory of the was the ruins, where her bedroom had been body nizable. 1, was discovered close Ayres was reputed to N always said alon as she lier own part officers is that she was aroused by some one asking her to send a telographic message. She probably started to answer the summons, taking her pistol with her, and she was then assanlted. Sho cvidently fired one shot, as the cartridges in tho pistol indicate, and then hor assailant pursued her into her room with the iron poker and beat her brains out. This was carly lastnight and it is thought the mur dercr returncd before dayl house and destroy the evider The deceased was 35 years of mother residing tanton, 0 of his crime. o and had a Neb. Killed s M . BRINKLEY, strange mur- ht in castern John Thomas, a 13-year-old boy rd with the murder of his mother on Monday in the Dark Corner north of this p The boy is of unsound mina. He acknowledges the murder, and gives as his reason that his mother got” the gun, gave it to him aud competled him to shoot her under the threat that she would shoot him if he did not do as she told him Medical experts believe the boy's story. He does not seom to realize the enormity of his He was bound over ought to 1 neighborhood, Assassinat Datras, Tex., [ from San Angelo, Miss Ollie Kaufman found in a clump of b about two miles from her fathier's house on her path to school. She had been assussinated s S LEAPED FROM A 29, G0l Girl, A Nows spec says: The body of givl of 16, was Tex., scho WINDOI. Mrs, Jofferson, th Ter i M of n Day, Repents lage. Cureaco, 111, Dec, Winfleld 8. Jef? son, whose bride of a day jumped from a window of the Atlantic hotel to eseape him, pleaded with her ¥, at police headaquar. ters, that he did not care for her money, but loved her for herself and tried to in. duce her to accompany him to his ranch in Oregon. 'This the woman refused to do, and informed Jefferson in very plain terms that sho naver wished to see him again, Jefr sou left, stating that he did not know what lie would do. Mrs. Jefferson had partly 1 the injuries received Sne suays she acted v that it is all over sl the arrival of he home in Kinde woman than when she Hupsox, N. Y., Dec. 20.-In reference to the report which comes from Chicago iu re- lation to the youns widow of Richard Ale: ander, late of Kinderhool, the RRegister this evening says: “The peap! tod covered from by the leap for liberty vy foolishiy, but now is ¢lad of it, und upon fricnds will return to her N. Y., o much wiser loft of this city and county not belicve that she has been guilty of wronz doing. We all know that she assisted her husband in accumulating their moderate fortune and their pretty home in Kind hook. After her husband's death she took charge of lis extensive business, and by encrgy increased it. The burden of care was 100 great for 4 weak woman even of Mus. Alexander's vesolution, She sought reation andarest, and ieried Jefforson, a man unworthy of her. From published counts hie proved o be a scoundrel as well as the el hotel where ed 3oth deserve severe punishment idow of Richard Alexander will find in Columb county the sympathy of fricnds - e wador in Condition of Un Yonk, Dec. 20.—A dispatch Panama says: Beuador is in a conditi is strong approachi very like uprising st W from m of unrest and there an is reason to appre « revolution. The s that of (I against the di President Cor almost despotic the constitution - i be fore tatorship of Balmaceda? dero has assumed powers, overriding alike and the laws. The president is now practi cally dictator, and there is every reason to believe that a revolution will shortly break out, with a view to re-establishing a consti- tutional government. e Result of a Comfortable Dru Nenmasga Crry, Neb., Dee, 29, [Speciat Telegram 1o Tue Bre.|—There has been trouble in the family of A. A. Bartmess, a baker of this city, which nearly culminated ina tragedy tonight. Bartmess got drunk and his wite toole their children and left the house. Bartmess followed and found her ata neighbor's. He attempted to enter the house, but was driven nway by Mrs. Charles Downing with a pitchfork. When Bartmess reached the street he drew a re. volver and fived at Mrs, Downing. but with- out effeet. The police were ealled and Bart mess is now in Jail tie I - - Latest 1 Wr. Blaine, Wasmisaroy, D, (., Dee. pared with previous mornings, the passed was the best Me. Blaine since lie has been ill “ht ho a8 he was lust night.” Phe forezoin t was made by Dr. Johnson it just after le had vetur visit to Mr. Blaine, “The impression prevails, among those sup posed to know, that while Mr. Blaine is very sick man, he is ot in” inmediate dan “As com one just nas had well st at 80 from a o - Mrs, Cleveland Visits BufMalo, W Youk, De 0 Mrs. Grover (leve: land left the eity this evening for Buffalo where she is to pay a visit to her mother, She was accompanied by Mrs. Lamont, Baby 1tuth and her maid, The party tray cled in private car “100," which belongs to President Depew of the New York Central Mr. Depew had courteously placed it at the disposal of Mrs. Cleyeland - At Bartivone, Md sth Gurrett school of s G, Dec. has Miss Mary n 07,000 to the the John Hopking uni versity, in which women shall receive the same opportunity for study as men. This. ntalready in hand, will mak uired by the trusteos for before its establishment iy medical £500,000, the sum 1o the medical school would become a fact - ans in Ci neral « Ren crans toda, vegister of the tr e general ably well and tooking wospheric ehanges from 402 above has .} v tip remark The at below zero 1o is ol a him - a Lt M aged 9 the vivee with a mped i to I'he body Larger boys res each Milo. Dayios years, while skat large party save his sist was lost und cued the givl and was drowned - Consecrated o Bishop, NASHVILLE Dec. 26,—Ney Craue tl elected southern Flovida, was isecrated here today with the claborate und impressive cereinonics of the Episcopal church. Wi vishop of ann am Gray, rece ht to burn the | al will | et on | — NUMBER 193, JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE Warring Olans Now Mustering for the Bloodless Fray at Lincoln, | SIZING UP THE LEGISLATIVE OPENING Coming of & Telangular Straggle for Power and Plunder That Will Last Throughe out the at Liscory, Neb,, Dee, Bre [Special to Tam islative session prom- ises to be intensely exciting. For the first time in the history of the state no party has a majority of either of the two houses, and therefore no party cun organizo either of the two houses without making a combine with members of another party. There will be plots and counterplots, combines and countercombines. There will be con- and investigations. There will smashed slates and wrecked hopes, T'he session promises to be a fight all along the line from start to finish with the ablest political brains and most shrewd political strategists divecting the contests. The irrepressible conflict is to bogin with the opening of the scssion next Tuesday. The advance guard is alveady on the ground and by Sunday night the chiefs of the war- ring clans and a good many of their follow- ers will bo in their respective quarters, The coming I¢ | tests be Nothing Certain bat Death, ires the logislature to | convene on the fivst Tuesday after the first | Monday in January, but it is decidedly | doubtful whether the legislature will be | fully omganized by the end of the week. Théreare too many complications in the | way. TS a L5 puzzle, and the question © 10 0l oSt of the pigs in The constitution req is, Who caun man the pen? The senatorlal contest comes into play from the outset and blocks the way of the railvond gang from fusing the men with collars of party. For ance, it no trouble to dim vote against wd all railvoad regulating bills wtor Novth can't be induced to vote publican president pro tem; senator from Platte has his eye cock the bigeest ‘plum _in the Neb | orchard within the ¢ift of Grover, He wants to succe John I'eters after the 4th of March and that makes a heap o' difference, as Unele Billy Paxton would say when he sized up & bunch of Texas stecrs, | What is true of North is truc of nearly all | democrats with the possible exception of Senator Babeock of Douglas, He does not | 1ook for fodder at the federal erib so long as he remaing superintendent of the stock yurds. At this moment nobody can tell who will | et on top in the melee over the speakership. | 10arepublican caueus is held the chances are ten to one in favor of Oakloy, but there | willbe no house caneus —at least not as long a8 | it remains a roilroad jughandle, | spectable number of republicans will“posis | tivelydecline to he caught in the caucus trap. They are detormined to break up the ofl- | room all 15, They know they | have no show in the caucus and therefora in the open field, where they et any | but for i e 10 figh | can dictate terms Some Thin:s That Ave Heard. Rumors are almost as thick now as the | smoke will be in the hotel corridors by next | Monday. Tt is rumored that Tom Majors held a consultation with Oakley, Jensen and the Lincoln contingent last night, with a view to withd them from the race and putti new mun for speaker who | would be able to either Majors or | Crounse for the United $tates senatorship. i is pretty well settled that Tom M { will take up his headquarters at the Capital hotel with nis man Friday, Walt Sceley, as his contidentinl negotintor, 1t is rumored that the and in(ll-"umuh nt politicians b ion dy trying to effcet ¢ 1618, sotiied fuct and Governor-cles | the | imored 1 democratic ve been in fusion. that Senator Paddocke Crounse will ave thelr woln at the counter combine of five republicans aud cleven in- pendents has signed an agrecment bind- ng the members to support a maximum rate bill: w bill for the abolition of railroad of Transportation. Itis prevty well settled that mzis to be bounced from vetary of the State Board of Transporta- ion, and that his soft job is to be given to Tom Benton or Charles Magoon, It is rumored that phnson, ex-chief clerk of the house, has offered two voles from the ranks of the independents to the republicans for his re-clection as ehief clerle of the next house. These two votes are sald Swede votes 1t is absolutely scttled that Paul Vander- oort, grand commaunder of the Industrial Lcgion, is to resume busimcss as decoy ex- raordinary and capper plenipotentiary for he combined monopolies, with incidental dabs into all sorts of jobs, at his old stand at the Lindell. WinE AWAKE, ex-Senator his sinecure as v 1 t tl MANY UN ) BIL) State Central Up Campalgn Expenses, Lixcons, Neb., Dee. 20— [Special Telegram | to Pue Bee)—The independent state cen- al committee met at the Lindell hotel in city, most of the members present. The only business trans- acted by the committee was in connection { with the expenditures of the last campaign. | The executive committee held a session this | afternoon and ot which the financial state- | ment was presented. W ort of the treasurer showed receipts und dis | burscments amounting o about $3, 1800 Al expenditures were repres | sented by proper vouchers, ‘The report ! also showed unpaid bills amounting to about | §1.200. “The methols of meeting this deficit were discussed, and it was finally decided to pro rate the amount the seve } counties of the Deaver of Omaha was instructed to deaw up a public address to be issued within a days, and the committee adjourned to meet again in this city on the evening of J ADVEKSE TO THE DF Commlittee Decision Rendered in the Wy Cuses it € Cueyesye, Wyo,, Dee. 20.—[Special Tele- | gram to Tue Beg|—In the Wyoming su- preme court todf : opinion was handed down in the contested election cases adverse | to the democrats upon the question raised | by the attorneys for the state canvassing board upon the regulavity of the nominations of Chapman and Bennett, the petitioners, it was held that before relief could bo granted through a writ of mandamus, the petitioners must show that they had been regularly nominated and the statutes upon the subject complied with by the officers of the nominating senyentions, Leave o reply | was given the petitioners and a reply will be made at a later session of the cour -~ MATEUR BANK ROBBERS, Two Mrothers Muk Kobbing the Mausiars, Mo, | and John Hayner, brothers, a il Dismal Fallure of M Hank, Henry Hayner made a bold at- terpt toduy to vob the bank of the village of Gilllam, near here. They disguised thems selves with false beards. Henry entered the | bank tourishing a revolver, while John kepy | rd outside. Henry ordered the cashier, J. R Kivk, to open the vault, and the cashiel was about 1o obey when Osear Brown, teller, liverted the robber's attention. Kirk the ttacked the robber, und with Brown's assistance made him prisoner. John Hayner | ‘was also captured and both are now in judl, | The brothers live near Gilliam and were, | heretofore, well and favorably known,