Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 5, 1894, Page 1

1 w " ings. VAILLANT 1S DEAD Paris Dynamiter Paid the Penalty o3 the Guillotine This Morning. PRESIDENT CARNOT DID NOT INTERFERE Friends of the Doomed Anarchist Unable to Help Him, FINAL APPEALS FOR THE BOMB THROWER Ecenes at the Gloomy Prison Where He Was Last Confined, SOME DISTURBANCES WERE ANTICIPATED it Well Prepared to Defeat Any Concerted Demonstration vy Governm, Made the Lawless El to Show P ment eir Disupproval. PARIS, Feb. 5.—Vaillant was executed this mofning at 710, PARIS, Feb. 4.—August Vaillant, the an archist who was convicted and sentenced to death for throwing a dynamite bomb into the C mber of Deputies, will be executed tomorrow morning. This settles the question which has for some days agitated Paris, whether Vaillant would die upon the guillotine or have his sentence commuted to life imprisonment on the Isle of Pens. The decision that he must die is regarded as a defeat for the revoli- tionary party and a triumph for those who since the bomb explosion have been demand- g the enforcement of vigorous measures and the strictest application of the law as a lesson to the anarchists, There is no doubt that President Carnot, Who has been anxious to act in strict ae- cordance with the constitution, lias been con- siderably perplexed as to what course he should take in Vaillant case. All the me- morlals and petitions sent to him by sym- pathizers of Vaillant have been referred by him to the pardoning committee at the Min- fstry of Justice. The fate of Vaillant nom- inally rests with the president, but in such cases he is guided by his adviser, the min- fster of justice, Despite all the efforts of the revolution- ary, soclalist and amarchist newspapers to compel Carnot to assume the responsibility, he hus refused to do 0. Among the most affecting petitions received at the Palals do I'Eleysee was one which it is claimed was writien by Sidoni, the daughter of Valllant, to Mme. Carnot, beseeching the latter to interfere in behalf of the anarchist. Many persons doubt the ability of the child to whlte such a letter, In which expressions are made use of that are hardly childlike. All Paris is intensely excited over the near approach of the execution and a tre- mendous crowd Is looked for in the streets near where the execution will take plac The police continue to make arrests of an- archists, and the searches at the houses of suspected persons are unremiltingly kept up, but notwithstanding the vigilance of the police bombs and infernal machines continue to be foupd in the etreets and in houses where they are placed by anarchists, who, in nearly every instanco, escape detection, The police precautions tomorrow will be on an extraordinary scale, but despite the im- posing show of force, which the officials in- tend to make, it is feared that the execu- tion of Vaillant will be the occasion of fur- ther startling attempts on the part of the anarchists. . WHERE VAILLANT WAS CONFINED. The correspondent of the Associated press today pald a visit to the famous prison de 1a Roguette, where the condemned anarchist Vaillant is awaiting the approach of s ex- ecution. The Roquette 18 a prison for per- sons-sentenced to less than & year's fmpris- onment and is enly a temporary place of detention for thuse undergolng terms. It owes, therefore, its hard reputation to the fact that within'its walls criminals con- demned to death, sometimes as long as four weeks, awalt the reprieve or confirmation of the sentence. The prison is situated at the extreme end of Parls and in one of the poorer “districts. The dismal character of the melghborhood is intensified by the dilap- Idated ~ conditfon of the surrounding wrotched hovels, by the shops containing exclusively funeril monuments with wroathes, etc., and the immediate vieinity ‘Of the: Pere la Chalse cemetery, It is in front of the prison gate on an open space between two small squares that the guillotine is erected on execution mor Flve large granite slabs mark the exact spot upan which it must stand, Not more than tweniy yards from this Bpot a sentry guards the gate and announces visitors, In response to the corporal's call a warden emerged from the side gate, looked at the pass and desired the visitor to cross the yard and knock at another heavy gate. This second gate is the entrance fo the prison proper. The warden"showsd the visitor to an office, where the latter was Fe- quested to wait. He had no time to enter into conversation with the clerks, for “the chief warden came in, introduced himself, and sald that he was at the caller's disposal. The Prison de la Roquette, shich was de- signed by a German, is a threc-story huilding of massive stone. It is surrounded by two squure walls, cach about thirty feet high. ~A walk fifteen feet wide separates the prison from the first wall, and another walk, equally wide, separates this from the-outer wall. Sentrles are on duty day and night on both of these walks. Only the moAt raliuble prisoners are allowed, under escort, to sweep them. Escapes are thus rendered well nigh mpossible. In fact, not even an attempt at an escape has ever n recorded. The prixon proper contains two open: inner courts. The first and the larger of the two 15 surrounded by the four walls with nothing to relieve their monotony other than four rows of heavily barred squaro windows JURNINg In a stralght line, The uniform of the prisoner is cowposed of a gray Jacket with brass buttons, gray trousers anid cap, This. was worn by a clean shaven youtl who, as a distinctive mark, had two red stripes on the top of his jacket. He was basily_enguged in cleaning the yard. In reply Mo a question, he said that prisoners at the prison undergoing imprisonment of over three weoks were shaved. INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS. The ground floor of the prison is occupled by the chapel, the refactor the library and the workshop. The work in the lat- ter In contracted by the government at 30 pence per day. Falf of this is kept to defray the expense of the maintenance of the prisoners and the pther half s accumu- lated and glven to the prisencrs upon their disehar On the ocepsfon of the correspondent's vist, there were more than 100 prisoners polishing brass, binding books and manufae turing women's cheap boas, Among these 100 clean-shaven faces were many with pale aud baggard looks, Auspicing wmore sympathy and ¢ passion < than repulsion, Questioned a8 to the amount of sympathy differcnt classes of prisoners inspire in (he wardens, the guard said that as a result of the imposed sllence, and tho numerous pre occupations which absorb the warden's at- tention, “and the Ignorance of tha crimes hich bring the men to prison. they have no time to discriminate and all priseners are alike to then. The ten small cells wore next visited, No wonder there are not more of the cells, for when & man has been in one of them once, Be nover wants to return. Each is about Alght feet long Ly elght feet wide. One side 48 occupied by a slanting wooden couch, five ]& Aud one-hall feet long by three feet wide, THE OMAHA DAILY For a pillow there is a - sloping block of wood and at the foot a fven to the prisoner, whom the government Tay consign to as many as five weeks in these cells. Their food is bread and water and only once in four days a plate of soup, On the first floor Is the cell in which or- dinary are treated. The old man's ward and the school room are on the same floors. The two floors above, to which ac- cesa s obtained through heavily barred doers, are divided into thirty-slx cell gach fs eleven feet long by elght wide, and contain ly a bedstead. The prisoners must be up at 7 in the mor B, id each must prepare his bed, to which he returns at 7 p.om. The first cell visited was No. 23, This was occupled for a month during the com- mune in 1871 by Mgr. Darbor, archbishop of [HARD LUCK FOR A STATESMAY Paris. He was imprisoned as a hostage and conducted from his cell to the yard to be shot. The prison authorities have never locked another prisoner in that cell; sacred his memory, nor has the now worm eaten ttress or table or chair been removed. The cells, which are built in a row opposite cach other on the two sides of the corridors, sive the light from the court or from the first walk outside the prison Krom this court, the correspondent de- scended to the second and smaller court. This court has a covered rid Under the arcade on the right as one enters the court are built the cells, one of which is occupled by Vaillant, The correspondent desired to visit the cell, but he was met with a refusal. When a cell is occupied, no visitors are allowed in the gallery out of compassion for the man's feel- ings. The gulde next showed the visitor over the ground which the prisoner traverses when he leaves his cell for the guillotine and showed the room i which his hair is cut and the collar removed by the executioner. From this narrow room the condemned man is con- ducted infq the guard room, then through the first, and finally through the outer path beyond where the fatal knife awaits him, TO RE DVER ROME. with fare, Desires of the Pope 1 y's W ROME, Feb. 4.—Count Sodrini, the pope's chamberlain, has written a pamphlet en- titied “Rome and ’K‘ Government During the Past Twenty-Five Years.” The author maintains that it is essential for real liberty that the pope should recover Rome, but adds that Leo XIII will readily discuss other means, if any are suggested, as his dearest wish 4s the welfare of Italy. Reference to Republic orted Ashore. BUENOS AYR Feb. 3.—Advices re- ceived from Brazillan government sources say the fnsurgent warship Republic, consid- ered the best ship in the royal mavy, has been stranded near Paranggue. On the same authority it is reported that Admiral da Gama has ordered one of the officers of the Insurgent army, commanded by General Tavares to be shot as a Peixoto spy. Rumors of peace negotiations between the government and the insurgents continue to reach this city, and the assertion is again made that, in spite of all reports to the con- trary, Peixoto seems to be willing to agree to the terms of conciliation. Will Return to the Service. PARIS, Feb. 4—The Eclair says thatuAd- miral Gervais long ago asked to be allowed to resume active service, and will probably be reappointed to the command of a squadron. Knighted an Artist. LONDON, Feb. 4.—Edward Burne Jones, the artist, has been made baronet, George Frederick Watts, the artist, was also offered a baronetey, but declined. i PEEDY SETTLEME EXPECT A T Honduras Rebels Sald to Be 'Winning - Presl- dent Vasquez Declared to Be Unpopular, WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Central Ameri- can officials resident in this city expect a speedy termination of the troubles in Hon- duras, The chances, it is thought here, are n the side of the rebels and invaders, al- though nobody ventures to express a decided opinion concerning. the issie of the affair. It is: thought,” however, that President Vasquez has probably reached the. full strength of his resources. While the supply of reinforcements from Nicaragua is by no means exhausted and the rebellious party is steadily gaining -strength in Honduras itself, Vasquez, it is sald, is not popular, halng gained and strengthencd his position chiefly by force. His opponent, on the othier hand, is said to be exceedingly popular and of high reputation. He is a youug man about 38 years of age. Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, is now besieged by the rebels and thelr Nicaraguan allies, and it is thought there I8 a prospect of a speedy ter- mination of the revolution, possibly within @ week, although it Is admitted that compli- cations’ may arise at any time to defer the timo of seitlement. Tt is_thought here that the revolution will not spread beyond the border of Honduras. Rumors of uprisings in Nicaragua are not credit as being of importance, although it is admitted that malcontents in that country may see In the present complications a chance to further their own ends. i GOMBERS TO LABORERS Interesting Address of the eederation Presi- dent at New York. NEW YORK, I%b. 4.—President Samuel Gompers of the Amerlcan Federation of Labor spoke tonight before a congregation nity of this ald: I chiefly labor union The t of action i~ essential when capital combines to grind lubor under its heel. How. men and women who are employers of child labor can come to church and do the of the Church of Divine Pate clty. Among other things he desire to emphasize that a comes into cvistence with opposition. conce pious act passes all understanding. They have the blood of imnocent children on their hands “While T do not advocate strikes, T be- leve in them at thmes. 1f employers did not fear strikes they would crush their em- ployes more than they d At Madison Square gavden last Tuesday the clergymen who spoke to the labor meet- ing there came to me and sald the pulplt is belng aroused on behalf of labor rey of Inwa Present. Feb, 4 morning. The ¢ « rnor NEW ORLIEANS, Lancers arrived thi nental Guards were on hand to receive the Boston military. After an hange of greetings the visitors were escorted to the steamer Jesse K. Hell, which was lyving at the wharf in front of the depot. A sumptu- ous feast was seryed on hoard. Elaborate preparations have been made by the local) military for the entertainment of thelr Buest Q In nor's Dubuque, Ta., this morni were accom- local goldiers as an escort of and marched to the Military club on al street, which will be' their headquar- ters while hére. T TED IN NEW Y0, e came panioa by th hon: ARRE; Sterling Will Be ¥ Hobbing the No Susplel th Platte Poxtofiic, NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—George Sterling, who was arrested on the Howery with nearly $2,000 worth of stamps In a bag he carried, will soon be extradited and sent on his way to North Platte, Neb. Inspector McLaughlin sent telegrams to the police all over the country asking them to roport any postoffice robbery. He recolved word from North Platte that the postoffice there had been robbed of $2,180 worth of postage stamps_and §90 In money. The robbery occurred on January 12, Inspector MeLangh¥h found that Sterling had money on his person besides stamps and a rallvay time table onwhich the time that tralns leave North Platte was warked in_pencil Sterling denfes that ho stole the. stamps He admitted, however, that he had been in North Platte. He sald to Iuspector Me- Laughlin: “It is one thing to find the staaps on me and another to prove that I committed & burglary,” [ John Griffin Carlisle Marked for Slaughter by S8ome New Found Enemies, INTERESTS ANTAGONIZED BY HIS COURSE Whisky Men Ark Sore Beeause of His Re- endations to Congress, and Poor Men and Capitalists Alike De- the Bonds, nou WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BE! 513 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON, Feb, John Grifin Carlisle of Kentucky, secro- tary of the treasury, is going to suffer more by the adoption of the Wilson tarift bill and the new i e of bonds than anybody else. The whisky men are roundly denouncing Mr. Carlisle for the flasco in the house when an effort was made to sccure for them an ex- of the bonded period from elght years. When Mr. Carlisle in his roport to congress recommended that there should be an increase of tax upon whisky and the goods in bond should bear the increase, the whisky men howled [3 tension three to with rage. They declared that it was un- lawful and unjust for the government to break its contract; that when whisky was placed in bond a solemn contract, backed up by security, was entered into by the owner to the cffect that within three years he would pay 90 .cents per gallon for the whisky bonded. The whisky men expected their special champion to stand by them. Very little benefit would acerue to whisky owners out- side of Kentucky by an extension of the bonded period, because nearly all of the bourbon whisky is made in that state, and that grade of whirky, more than any other, is required to ripen by age and mature with time before it can be properly consumed. The secretary of the treasury undoubtedly had in mind some compensation to the gov- ernment In granting the extension of the bonded period. To grant an extension with- out m ng the goods in bond pay an in- crease of tax would be to clearly give to the whisky men everything. The house stuck 10 the secretary’s recommendation of an in- crease of tax and the proposition to make bonded whisky pay the increase, but it re- fused to give any extension of the bonded period. Now the whisky men will be com- pelied to carry the worst end of the bargain. Almost every person in the country op- posed to any increase of the intcrest bear- ing debt of the United Stafes is sending his or her protest to Washington in opposition to the new issue of bonds, and in doing 0 is holding John Grifin Carlisle individually responsible for the act he has just consum- mated. With the whisky men and the oppo- sition to an_increase of the bond issue against Mr. Carlisle, his presidential pros- pects appear at this time to be not only glim- mering, but it looks as though his own state of Kentucky had gone back on him, and that when he retires from the Treasury depart- ment he cannot even come back to con- gress. The legislaturé of his state having passed a resolution instructing the two Ken- tucky senators to vote against President Cleveland’s nomination for the supreme bench, which nomination is most cordially endorsed by Sccretary Carlisle, there can be no doubt of the fact that the Kentucky legislature is now opposed to the present secretary of the treasury. And even more than all this, the bankers and capitalists of New York have gone back on Mr. Carlisle. He announced when he concluded to make a new issue of hbnds that he proposed to make a popular ifsue; that he must have a premium upon them of over 17 per cent, and that he Intended to ignore the bankers. He came so near fail- ing in this design that he was compelled to finally appeal to the bankers, but they had become disgusted and refused to co-opdrate with him. Mr. Carlisle seems to be playing in very sad luck with this administration. VOORHEES ON TRUSTS, Chairman Voorhees of the senate finance committee says ho Intends to smash the trusts in revising the Wilson tariff bill, it it proves the last act of his life. The sena- tor's opinion of mational banks has been stated by him in language more lurid and pleturesque than _beautiful. His opinion of the trusts, he sa¥s, is no less lurid. When told that the Sugar trust intended to secure a_discriminating_duty on refined sugar the chairman of the finance committee sald: “It will get not a mill. A duty upon re- fined sugar is solely protection to the most corrupt, grinding and oppressive monopoly in the country. 1 intend to make it my especial duty to see that these trusts are smashed. You can depend on one thing certain, that whatever is done in the way of changing duties raised by the Wilson bill, there will be no changes which will help any trusts. The dejnocratic party has for a quarter of a century been inveighing against trusts and monopolics and it has been trying to kill them by legislation. 1 hardly think it will now foster them by tarift measures.” Chairman Sayers is overrun bers of the house and others who make criticisms on_the sundry civil appropria- tions bill. Several of the members find fault with the scarcity of the appropriations for the survey of western lands and a dozen others have called to find out why this thing or that thing wes left out. The Nebraska with mem- and South Dakota much put out at the treatment given thelr states in public land matters. The bill will be bitterly fought in both brauches of congre P Chairman committee, TION. n of the ways and means accomparn by Representative Tarsney, will leave with their wives on Wednesday evening for Mesico, and on Sat- urday night will probably address the dem crats of Kanzas City. They will remain ab sent about three v he trip has been arranged because gentlemien feel the need of rest, after their arduous labors in preparing and carrying the tariff bill thzough the house. It is barely possible that in ro- turning they may go up through the north- west, mund Omaha citizens m ket a Wils glimpse .of the author of the democratic tarift measure. Nebraskans hore are much gratified over the action of the president yesterday in ap- pointing_George B. Dandy, jr. a cadet-at- large to the United States Military academy. Dandy is:from Omaha, and is the son of George B! Dandy, Meputy quartermaster goneral of the army. This appointment ex- hausts the quota of cadets-at-large. Dandy's appointment was cordially recommended by Nebraskans In congress. 1t is confidéntly expected that Judge W. C. Graybill will be nominated the first of the week to the position of r of the United States lan in, 8. D. Judge Graybill has spent a part of the winter in Washington and has made many friends here. He is well fitted for the place and is earnestly recommended for it by the leading demacrats of South Dakota, PERRY 8. IIBATH, FEDERAL ¥ {CTIONS BY his Week of Other Business. Feb. 4.—Tho first two days of the present week in the senate will be taken up with the federal elections bill to the exclusion of everything else e Senate Wil Discuss the Measn; to E: i the routno mornlng business, which include only the introduction of bills und the presentation of reports and petitions. The senate has agreed that the discussion of the bohd resolution of Senator Stewart, which under ordinary circumstances woull have the right of way up to 2 o'clock of each duy until disposed of, shall go over uatil Wednes- day to permit the uninterrupted continuation of the debate ou the elections bill, ugon | "OMAHA, MONDAY MORN which the vote will Be taken Tuesday after- noon. The agreement provides that the senate shall sit Tuesday untll this measure is disposed of, and in all probability it will be observed. There Is & bare possibility, how- ever, that the debate may not be exhausted by that time, and that the disposition of it will_not be accomplished then, as agree- ments of this kind in the senate are not always considered ar inviolate, There Is also an agroement that the dis- cussion of the bond resolution shall be re- sumed on Wednesday, and the week is likely to produce several sppeches on this question. Senator Berry has given notice of an inten- tion to call up on Tuesday the bill concerning the rights of way) granted to railroads through the public laiids in territories; Sena- tor Vest, of his wish to take up the bill for the increase of the accommodations for the government printing office on Wednesday and Senator Quay of & desire to have an hour set apart on Thursday for eulogies on the late Representative Mutchler, but all of these orders are liable to change, It is, indeed, quite certain that Senator Berry's bill will go over because of the order concerning the elections bill. It is possible that the Hawallan resolution introduced by Senator Turple from the foreign relations committee and the house resolution on the same subject, which will probably be read in the senate during e week, will receive a degree of attention,“but it is hardly possible that much, if any, thne will be given it, be- cause of the other subjects pressing for at- tention, BU WE IN CONGRESS. Some Important Tapics to Come Up for Final Settlement, WASHINGTON, ‘Feb, 4.—The Hawaiian debate, Mr. Bland’s bill for the coinage of the silver selgniofage in .the treasury, the O'Neill-Joy cohtested election cas and, perhaps, the fortifications appropr tion bill will occupy the attention of the house during the @oming week. By an arangement agreed upon just before the arrangement’ agrreed upon just before the debate is to be extended until :30 Tues- day afternoon, ‘the special consideration having been modifled so as to include a pro- vision for a vote \pon the Boutelle resolu- tion as well as the McCreary and Iitt reso- lutions, The extension of the time will serve the purpose of definitely disposing of Hawaiian affairs in the house, iasmuch as on Tuesday, had the order not been modified, it was Mr. Boutelle's intention to come to the front wtih his resolution. As it was a privileged question it could not have been put aside and might have resulted in additional complica- tions. The leaders concluded last night that the shortest way out of the difficulty would be to agree to a compromise. As yet no democratic member has broken over party lines on the Hawailan matter as far as the debate Is concerned and it seems likely that the McCreary resolution will pass by practically a striet party vote. HOLMAN IS DETERMINED. Mr. Holman, however, is still bent upon of- fering his resolution condemning the action of Mr. Stevens, but at the same time reprobat- ing the course of the administration in attempting the restoration of the deposed queen. How mueh democratic strength, if any, this resolution will command, is still problematic. On Wednesday Mr. Bland will call up his bill for colnage of the silver seignioriage in the treasury, amounting to over $55,000,000, that sum to bo made immediately available it necessary to imeei the wants of the treasury by the Issuance of treasury notes, similar to those feeued under the act of 1890. Mr. Bland and pany of his democratis colleagues who are bitterly opposed to the bond issue want to relieve the treasury in this way rather thun by the issue of bonds, and it is probable that during the debate there will be a heavy outcropping of criti- cism of the action of Secretary Carlisle in 80 far as it related to the uge of the pro- ceeds of the sale of bonds to pay current ex- penses of the govermiiient, The republicans will take the position in- dicated by the minority report, that there is no silver seigniorage in the -treasury, the bullion against which notes were is- sued under the act of 1890 not having been coined. ‘They will also take the position that while the coinage value of the siiver in the treasury is $181,914,961, its actual mar- ket value is but $97,156052, or in other words that the silver obligations of the gov- ernment, uncoined or-coined, if issued upon the full coinage value as if silver were at par (§1.29 per an ounce), would only be worth about 55 cents on the dollar and could only be sustained by the credit of the govern- ment. Mr. Bland expects that the debate upon his bill will no€ last over two da: CONTESTED BLECTION CASES. On Friday the O'Neill-Joy contested elec- tion case will come up, and if disposed of on that day will be followed by the fortification appropriation bill, it being the intention of the appropriation committee to crowd the appropriation bill forward as soon as the op- portunity offers. During the week & row will probably be participated in over the publication now going on in the Congressional Record, in “serfal form, of Prof. George Gunton's “Social - Economics.” During the last congress, . it will be remem- bered that under the ‘“general leave to print” granted in connection with the free wool bill, a coterie ~of democrats, led by Representative Tom Johnson of Ohio, printed (several chapters at a time) the whole of Henry George's volume “Progress and Poverty.” By printing it as part of the Con- gressional Rocord, it hecame subject (o the free franking privilege of members and in pamphlet form several million copies were distributed free through the mails as ca paign docu The abuse of the privilege of publication in the Record then widely commented upon. Within the 1ast few days the demo- crats have noticed that chapters of Prof. Gunton’s book, ten or fifteen pages at a time, have appearcd_in connection with re- publican speeches, @nd they are trying to devise some metbod. by which a repetition of Henry George trick of last session od The republicans, of course, claim action is justified by the democratic prece- dents, and when the matter comes up, as it probably will this week, the debate will no doubt be highly entertaining. The democrats want to stop further publication before the completoin of the yoluhe in order to destroy its value as a canipaign document, R CHICIGO WATCHENAN MURDERED, the can be chec Pounded ito Irou; Bar. CHICAGO, Web!” f.<Johu Roos, W years His Head Je! y with an old and a watchmian in the San Diego building, 47 River glveef, was murdercd early this morning, bis head and face being pounded fnto a Jelly’ with an iron bar When E. G. AndeNo: engineer of the bullding, entered the' engine room at o'clock this m Mag he found Iying upon the floor and breathing faintly. He was at once takem o but died Wwithout regaining eonscionsness. Ior a time the police were unable to de- termine how the ¢Amé was committed, but finally found an 'Wow bar used in shaking hospital, the furnace grates. 1 was covered with blood und hajr and was undoubtedly the weapon used by thé murderer Roos was a sobery industrious man, and was no reasgn Why any one should attempt his life. The p are looking for Charles watch Who was dischivrged ing his place. Th Kern, u young man “who an of the bullding before Roos o cause. He ls ngalnet Roos A belleve th wi and hown tak- crime was committed . notwithstand- ing that 811 o w weekly salary, was tuken from the body, ——— Want the Asslgnee Removed, DENVER, Feb, &—At # meeting of the depositors of the defunct Colorado Savings bank last night & commitiee waus appointed to petition the cowrt for the removal of Assigne nk Datters. The investigatis committee yeported that the oficers of the bapk had loancd its funds to themselves and reccived deposits when they knew it was lnsolvent and thut Butters' service as president was partly Tesponsible for quandering hard-earned savings of 3,00 depositors. GRIEF ALMOST NATIONAL Many Tributes Paid to tne Memory of George W, Ohilds, FOR PREPARATIONS THE FUNERAL Members of the Public Ledger Offce Fx- press Tt steem—Was a Friend to All Mank pecinl Tralng on Several Ro PHILADELPRIA, Feb. 4.—There was probably not a single church in this city in which some touching allusion was not made today to the memory of George W. Childs At St. James Protestant Episcopal church, of which the deceased was a vestry man, an eloquent tribute was paid by the pastor, Joseph N. Blanchard. There were few callers at the house today and these. consisted of intimate friends of the family, The arrangements for the funeral are nearly completed. There will be brief private services at the residence, to be followed by a public service at St. James church at 1 o'clock on Tuesday Bishop Pyth of New York, for many years an Inti- mate friend of Mr. Childs, will officiate. He will be assisted by Bishop Whitaker of Philadelphia and Rev. Dr. Blanchard, the pastor of the church. The remains will be temporarily Interred in the Drexel mauso- leum at Wood cemetery, the body to be placed in the catacomb next the one oc- cupled by the remains of late A, Drexel. The employes of the Ledger will attend the funeral in a body. The list of honorary pall- bearers is completed, but J. W. Paul, who i8 In charge of the arrangements, will not announce the names until he has recefved ac- geptances. There will be about thirty on the it Arrangements are being made for special trains from New York and Washiogton to accommodate the crowds. It is not yet an- nounced, but it is expected President Cleve- land with his cabinet and several scnators will attend. A meeting of the employes of the Ledger was held this afternoon. Colonel Muckle, who has been employed on the paper over fifty years, acted as chairman. Addresses were ‘made, at which a minute indicating the esteem in which the deceased liad becn held was adopted. The minute is as follows: “The employes of the Public Ledger, hay ing lost by the death of George W. Child one who has stood to them in the relation of a kind and considerate father, find it im- possible to express in formal resolutions a due sense of their great loss, but neverthe- less seek to record in this minute their high appreciation of hix character as it had been revealed to them in daily intercourse. He was the embodiment of kindness and benevo- lence; his broad sympathies made him a citi- zen of the world, and not merely those asso- olated with him socully and in business, but humanity itself lost a generous friend and noble example by his death. “It would be unjust to his memory, how- ever, to allaw it to be supposed that the most_obvious charpeteristic of his nature— the possession of a sympathetic heart that knew no impulses that were not kindly was his sole claim to distinction. o was broad-minded and hefpful in every way. All his writings and publications were well considered efforts (o uplift humanity, to pro- mote ‘Peace on earth and good will {o mej to strengthen and succor the downfallen; to help and encourage the ambitious. He was a philanthropist, it is true, but he was more than that—he 'was guide, consellor and friend to all who came within the scope of his wide reaching influence. “Mr. Childs may be sajd of, as he said of Mr. Drexel, ‘We, to whom ho gave much that was vital, such as affection, friendship, faith, can scarcely think of him as dead, but rather as one who has gone in another life, into a fuller, better life than he ever knew, as one we shall happlly met in that far coun- try.” WASHINGTON LODGE the RIBUTEL Members of the Craft Express Appreciation of Childs., | WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.—The following resolutions were adopted by the Columbian Typographical union No. 101 at a meeting their Hi, heir High this afternoon in memory of George W. Childs: “An_ honorary member of Columbia Typographical union No. 101 has answered the sweet angels' call of time. The soul of George W. Childs has departed and his spirit is now a sublime factor of that place where all fs heavenly and pure. The announcement of his death {8 heard with keenest, painful sorrow and we mourn his loss with u grief stricken people. He was a true friend to the union printer and his name is honored by every consistent member of the craft. The magnanimity of the departed philan- thropist had reached its zenith in a co-gift to the mother institution of our or- ganization and we shall ever revere the memory of he who mow holds sweet communion with the heavenly subjects of his Maker. The tranquility of his death was a beautiful exemplification of the grand and magnificent life. To the de- voted and Christian housewife, we extend our sincerest symputhies and condole with her in her hour of affliction and bereavement. It was her sweet influence that in part directed and persuaded the many kindnesses of him whose death we deeply mourn. “Resolved, That the above minutes be incorporated in the proceedi id an eng ' grossed copy thereof be transmitted to the widow DENVER, TFeb. 4.—The Denver Typo- graphical union today adopted resolutions declaring that “in the death of George W. Childs the union printers of the country have lost a true and valued friend,” and tendering condolence to his family MEMPHIS, Keb. 4.—At the regular monthly meeting today the members of the Typographical union pa resolutions ot condolence on the death of George W. Childs, which were teleg hed to the family nthropist. s HUNTING GROUNDS. 'n Utes Desire to Be Removed fry of the dece; sed phila WANT NED Sout « » to Utal, DENVER, Feb., 4.—Chief Ignacio of the Southern Utes passed throngh Denver last Washington to testify at 10 on the question of outhern Utes from ado to the eastern to hearing ebruary of th fon in Cold night enroute the h. says the Utes all want to go becoming restless on account delay in carrying out the 1y in the xouthern part of Colorado ut exhausted and the Indlans are pining for the hunting ground in Utah, where game is abundant and white peoplé not numerous, el . INDLINS AND A SCOUT FIGHT. the The game Kid and His Band at Thelr Bloody Work Agaln. TUCSON, Ar Peb. 4.—Authentic ad- vices reached here last night of a battle th other day In the Buuker Hill mining dis- trict, about sixty-five miles from Tucson, between Hualapal Clark, a well known ex- United States scout, and a small band of Indians _under the leadership of the rene- gade, Kid, which resulted in oo . squuw being killed. A number of cattlemen and miners are now in p t of the Indians - - E Fire Recor G0W, Mo, Feb. 4.—Part of the busi- ness portion of this city was desiroyed by firo today. Los insurance, wbout $30,000 CHICAGO, Feb, 4,—John Brewster, one of | sale arrest EE. the best known turfmen in & » United States and secretary of the Wasl = fton Park club, died suddenly at 3 o'clocky moraing. He has been the active manage the W hing- ton Park track ever since 1 as built. e - ALABAMA'S €Y INE. Much; Damage Wrounght o evernl Lives Taken by the Storm. ST. LOUIS, Feb., 4.—A spe public from Birmingham, Ala., says: Fur- ther detalls of last night's storm which swept over this section of morth Alabama, the damage to have been far the greater than was at first supposed., At North Birmingham half a dozen houses were blown down, James Smith, a railroad section foreman, fatally injured by the rool of his house falling in. On the East- lake railroad three depots were blown down. At Eastlake one house was blown fifty yards and upset. Its occupants escaped un- hurt The worst damage was at Gate City, whero the Congregational church was blown down. The Christian Endeavor soclet with fity persons fn atten was hold- ing a meeting, and not one of them es- caped unhurt. Mrs. R. H. Pritchard was crushed by falling beams and died at midnight. A young man named Willlams died today from his Injuries. Charles Olson and James Hartshorn were also considerably injured to forty others reccived injuries of a less serfous character. Nearly every house in Gate City was dam- aged by the storm. An fmmense amount of fimber in the track of the storm wus destroyed, Tlhe damage will amount to a large sum. At Hast Birmingham a churgh and church building were wrecked. Chilocco a tree fell on Mrs, *J. Dowell's house, killing her instantly. Telegraph wires were blown " down, many trecs fell across railroad tracks. far four deaths have been reported.” 1 to the Re- show of and school Near " Me- and 8o THEY OBJECTED TO THE MAN. ¥ Archbistiop Traland Would Not Attend A Meeting with a Baptist Minister, MINNEAPOLIS, Feb, 4.—A few days since E. Keeley of Dwight, 1L, lectured ‘e and he was endorzed and asslsted by many many prominent men in the Twin Citles. Archbishop Ireland was announced to speak, but did not do so,and no expluna- tion of his absence was made at the meet- ing. Rev. M. L. Morrill of Calvary Baptist church was originally announced to open the meting with prayer. He did not do s0, but Mr. Morrill spoke, and it is said that here lies the reason for the nonappearance of Archbishop Ireland and the absence of the Catholic clergy on the platform, Rev. J. McCleary had notified the managers of the meeting of Archbishop Ireland’s ob- jection to Rev. Morrill saying the entire Catholic clergy were opposed to Morrill, “whom they consider as a theatrical mounte- bank in the pulpit, whose language is that of a blackguard and a disgrace to his call- ing.” The speech for which Fathor Cleary denounces Mr. Morrill was given before the local Orange soclely. In it the speaker re- Leslie he ferred to Satolli as follows: “So far as I understand the American Protective association it stands for morality; it stands for education and does not believe ignorance should be the basis of our devotions. It believes that an Italian dago, Satolli by name, should not undertake to dictate to American people as to how they shall be educated. Mgr. Sa- tolli is to come here and enter a country district sciool. Let him learn his A. B. C’s until he can analyze the sentence, ‘If any one attempts to haul down the Amerl- can flag shoot him on the spot.” Then let him stay here six months and get natural- ized; then let him send for his wife and children and set up decent housekeeping. In the meantime we will be able to get along without his advice.” . DISTURBED BY A ME e Nevada and California People Witness a It markable Sight. CARSON, Nev,, Feb. 4.—On the night of February 1, about 10:20 o'clock, a brilliant meteor shot over western Nevada and east- <é#ivy California, lluminating the heayens for several seconds, The illumination was followed by a low, rumbling sound and a shock as If an earthquake. It has now been ascertained that the meteor struck about five miles from Candelaria, a railway sta- tion in Fsmeralda county, about 140" miles from h People there who saw it as an immense body of fire, with n tail like a comet. As it rushed through the air it made a roise like the sound of 4 sk rocket just_gs jt starts upward. At Ca delaria midkspeople were greatly alarmed at the sudden appearance of o great ball of fire. Suddenly {t scemed to burst in the air and then the light disappeared. Then came a strange rumbling nofse und also o shak: ing of the carth. the meteor describe de wild estimites of the meteor, Some, -in_their ex- nust have weighed 100,000 he sy it tons to cause such a shaking of the earth, Friday mort a party .wias or started in search of the metc evening the searchers began o find broken branches which had been knocked from trees by flylng fragments, sage brush torn up by the roots and holes. gouged in the earth by pieces of the metedr. Finally they come upon a huge hole nearly 100 feet acr It struc “ where the larger portion had fallen, and ound th on_a bare knoll comp: and rocks. The report Is that the g was hot about the hole and hence xamination was impossible. found in the nelghborhood with, e n mile In diameter. The surface earth for hundred vards is rred by pied wie stone. ed of i rat to y Sherifrs, eb. 4.~ A Morrel Two, [ NO, € Flight FR between I fight Bandits Evans and Morrel and Deputy Sher: in aceurred the ifts Timming and Boyd Slippery Rock country, ity miles cast of Dinuba this afternoon. The officers were looking for the bandits in that nelghborhood (o and were riding In a cart when they got near the place of a rancher named Rob- immins alighted and started for the house. He had only gone a short distance when Evans and Morrel came out of St. Cliar's house near by and opened fire on the officers. The latter had the advantage of being separated, and could e fired on the bandits from both sides. It is reported the officers took flight, the bandits firing upon them. After the officers had fled some distance they returned a .few sho without, however, ceasing to fiy’ In their flight Timmins and Boyd becam® separated, the former finally turning up at Pmube and the latter at Reedley. Timmins telographed news of the flight to the sheriff, who started at once. Another report has it that the offl cers made a bold stand, but the bandits were under cover. No particulars cap be had at present. - GANG OF THIEVES CAPTURKED, pvered by tity of Valuuble Booty Re Sult Lake Dotective SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 4.—(Special Tole- gram to The Bee)—A den of thieves, with hoards of valuable booty, was discovered In this city early this morning by detectives who have been working up the case for rov- eral weeks. The principal partuers in th thleving industry are Fritz Relpson, fc merly proprietor of an Omaha hotel, and later proprietor of the largest beer hall and garden in the west t Lake, Harry Ste phenson, a noted g and H. L. Adams, portable merchandise, were a hack driver. The goods consisted of dry woods, elothing and nearly every kind of portuble merchandise and fancy articles. All the above named parties wero arrested and a confession from Stephenson elicitel in formation that will probably lead to whole- Qu t ubler, INGLE COPY l"l\'l'lr ('HN;H. RI0 HARBOR SAFE Action of the United States Admiral Proe duces a Material Change, INSURGENTS ARE MORE CAREFUL NOW Some Regard Paid to American Shipping at the Wharf, | CAUSE OF THE RECENT EXCHANGE OF SHOTS Rebels Were Anxious to Destroy Peixoto's Chief Source of Revenue, MINISTER THOMPSON ~ WAS IGNORED 18 of Benhnm, However, Quickly Accome e Rep- of thestar Spangled Banner Failed to Do, LCopuriphtea, 1894, by 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, F clated pross corry made as thorough Associated Uress.] b, 4.—The Al pondent In this city has investigation I8 pos< sible under the circumstances as to the causes which led up to the recent de non- strations of Admiral Benham in defense of American shipping, which has subjected for a long time to the reckless firing of the fleet, As a result of the correspondent’s Inquiry, the following facts have been obtained: So long as Admiral de Mello was in charge of the insurgent vessels in Rio bay and the head of the movement, no blockade was per- mitted in Rio harbor. Vessels of other nations were permitted freely to enter the bay, discharge their cargoes at the wharves, reload and quictly depart. When Admiral da Gama, after issuing his | munciamento agalnst President Peixoto, de- serted the government, joined de Mello and issued his imperial manifesto, he announced with a great deal of emphasis that he meant from that tme forward to stop all commerce with Rio harbor, and by that nieans practically destroy the revenue which the Braziliun government was recelving from that source. England, he announce as if on the authority of British offich was anxious for the return of the mon- archy throughout Brazil and the cverthrow of the rcpublic, With this powarful Lack- ing, he appeared to think he was tally war- ranted in his autocratic actions. Following close upon this declaration, he Issuod to all vessels, no matter to what nationality they belonged, an order that they must not attempt to discharge thefr carg '8 or they would rue it Fallowing this example set by their supe- rior officer, the other insurgent leadors made use of (he same threats. When informa- tion of what they had done had reached the ears of the United States minister, Mr. Thompson, he immediately made a vigorous protest, In whieh he insisted that Admira da Gama had no right to institute such a blockade. ... P e CONTINUED TO PROTEST. 1 No matter what the ministers of the other countries thgiht of the order, Mr. Thompson said he felt {t his duty to demand protection for all vesscls flying the flag of his country. He did not rest satisfied with this protest, but promptly paid a visit to Commander Henry F. Picking, who was then in command 0f the American warships here, and asked him iIn the most decided manner to afford protection to all American vessels, In reply to Minister Thompson, Com= mander Picking said If an American was shot while his vessel was Iu the act of dis- cliarging her cargo he would promptly pros ecute the captain of the rebel warship which was responsible for the sailor's death. Bes yond this he seemed unwilling to go and Minister Thompson was thus rendered pow- erless to do anything more for the protection of American ships. Now everything is changed owing to the determined action of Admiral Benham, who has assured the captains of American ves- sels that he will protect their ships and lighters so far as he s able, At the same time, however, he has warned these captaing that ke cannot prevent them from ranning the risk of chance shots at thg wharves, It Is impossible to discharge cargoes else where, v All the tugs used in towing the owned by Brazilians, and’ Admiral ‘dasGama threatens to promptly seize them if thoy tow lighters which are discharging cargoes, Admiral Benham thinks the risk at tha wharves 15 light, but ho refuses at present to advise American captains how they should act. He is determined, however, to afford all the protection he can, The reported sinking of the torpedo hoat on Monday last was ifounded. s ko HEAVY GALES ON THE ATLANTIC, as 0= ls ara Ships Entering the Port of New York Budly Battered. NEW YORK, Feb, 4.—Several badly o due veseels arrlved today and all report heavy gales, high winds and generally rough weather, The German steamer Taors mine, Captain Koch, which salled from g January 23, was ong.of the ar: Her captain reports havi a most tempestuous passage, She presented a remarkable appearance, with only the fores mast standing, her main mast having been way clean at the deck during the ne of Junuary 40 off Sable Islan. ain Koch states that his yessel e perienced a succession of heavy westerly ales dully right up to Sable ‘Island, On uni 4 the wi hifted (o the north= east and blew a perfect hurricane for sey= eral hours, when it shifted to south and afterwards’ dled out to a dead calm for 2bout (wo hour hen the wind came up again from west and novthwest, blowing n perfect hurricane for sixteen hours, with enormous cross seas, which broke over the ship fore and aft, causing her to roll and pitch heavily, On the d1st'at @ p. m. & Mmountalnous sen, broke over the ship, which caused the main Loom to break adrift from its fastenings and swing owing to the vessel's inst "the loe rigiging, carrying it The maln- mast lien bourd, carrying with 1t all ri wched. For- tunately. it v all without doing further da smashing tha rail. The vessel v hove to aml the wreckage cleared away. The Steerage pas sengers were all below at the time, and none of the erew werc injured, although the steward, Fred Hubenet. while coming along the afterdeck, was (hrown againt the port bulwarks when the vessel | hed and serlously injured about the head and body. He 18 still in the ship's hospital The sustained | Ter capstan bein icen, smashed, hridge nd stanchl W and the life als swept overboard, Y rything movable on deck was washed - Trotting on & DENVER, Feb. 4.—J. F. Ish newspaper man, who cago January 2 to make averty B Weiner, a Swods tarted from Chis a trip around the world without a cent in his pocket, arrived 1 Denver last night. The Rio Grande rafls | road has §iven him a pass Across the moun 1 tains, He Intends to take & steamer ut San Franciseo to Yokohana and loutta, working his passage, 1> expects 1o ma the elrcult in five months and thirteen di M ents of Oeean aships Keb. 4. Havre—Arrived--La Bretague, from New York,