Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 3, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 APPROPRIATIONBILLS They Are Now Attracting the Attention of the House of Representatives, TO BE EXPENDED FOR FORTIFICATIONS Nearly $3,000,000 Will Bo Used to Make Our Coasts Dangerous, MONEY TO BE PAID TO THE PENSIONERS Yesterday's Discussion of the Appropriation for that Purpose. AS USUAL A LIVELY ROW IS PREC PITATED mes Near Having Mr. Funk sting and Mr. Moredith of Virgin & Porsonal En r with of Iinols Angry Dialogues WASHINGTON, March 2.—The house to- day entered upon the consideration of appro- priation bills, The fortifications bill, footing hing over $2,000,000, passed and then pension apropriation eame up. This bill 1s to considerable display of feel- ing, and today was no exception. An alter- cation occurred between Mr. Meredith of Virginia and Mr. Funk of Illinois over the former’s attempt to prove that there were many fraudulent pensions on the rolls, which almost resulted in a personal collision. Mr. Meredith, who was the aggressor, rushed over to the place where Mr. Funk was stand- ing and shook his fist in the latter's face. Hot words were spoken, but friends inter- fored and thy speaker restored order before any blows were struck. At the opening the house thls morning Mr. Bank- heal, chairman of the committee on public buildings, offered a resolution for the appointment of a subcommittee to go to Chicago and investigate the postoffice build- ing there with a view to determining its safety, ete. Mr. Bankhead explained the pressing necessity for cxamination. The committce has beer considering the matter and there was a diversity of opinion on all points at issue, whether there should be a new site or a new building orected on the present site. It was also questionable whether suitable quarters could be obtained while the building was being prosecuted, which would require from three to ten years. The amount involved was large and (he committee was unwilling to make a recommendation without a personal investigation. The resolution carried an appropriation of $1,500,000. 1t was passed. Mr. Kilgore then presented his resol tion of yesterday calling upon the sergeant- at-arms for his reasons for not carrying out the provisions of the law, which re- quire that he deduct from the salaries of the members for such time as they are ab- sent. It was referred. Mr. McRae called up from the committee on public lands the bill which has been before several preyicus congresses to pro- Vide for the: sc-agy, ub-certain abandoned military reservatious. Mr. Sayers, chairman of the appropria- tion committee, raised the question of con- sideration again, but the house decided to £o on with the bill, Mr. McRae explained the provisions of the bill. There were plenty of such reserva- tions. The act only applied to reservations of 5,000 wcres arca, and they were to be ¢ ened only to bona fide settlers, to be 1 for at not less than the appraised value. After some debate the bill was passed. On motion of Mr. Holman, ex-p uker Grow, the nowly elected congressmain-at-large from Pennsylvania, was then sworn in. Mr. Hol- man escorted him to the bar where, with upliited hand, the oath was administered. Another round of applause followed him to his seat. JUDGE JENKINS' DECISION. Mr. Boatner asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the resolution to investi- gate the action of Judge Jenkins in granting the Injunction against the employes of the Northern Pacific. Mr. Kilgore objected, and, on motion of Mr. Sayers, the house went into the com- mittee of the whole, Mr. Outhwaite in the ohalr, for the consideration of the fortifica- tions bill. Mr. Livingstone, in charge of the bill, explained its provision. The total sum carrled by the bill is $2,219,654, upon an esti- mate of $7,488,413. The fortifications bill in the Fifty-first congress carried $4,2 He explained the necessity for rigld The comm!ttee arose, after twenty-five min- utes having been occupied in its’ considera- tlon. It was passed by a vote of 70 to 9 The house then went back in committee of the whole for the consideration of the pen- slon appropriation bill. Mr. O'Nell of Massachusetts, in charge of the measure, explained its provisions. The bill carried for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, §14,519,350 less than the. bill last year, The original estimate for the comin fscal year was $162,000,000, but 1t had been revised and cut down later by Commissioner Lochren. Mr. 0'Neil argued that while the appropriations for pensions might waver for a few years, the maximum of pension ap: propriations had been passed, and hereafter thero would be a material reduction in the amount needed. There were on the rolls in 1893, 966,012 pensioners. The annual in- crease had been steadily declining. The first year after the act of 1890, 140,000 had been added to the rolls, the second 100,000, the third year 90,000. Mr took oceasion in the course of his sp defend the course of Commissioner Loc In reply to inquirles he said he believed the amount carried by the bill would meet the demands for all just pensions, “Did T understand you to say (he mavy fraudulent pensioners on the asked Mr. Pickler, “You did not understand me fo say thing of the kind,” roplic r. 0 sharply. “Well,.T say It,” Interposed Mr. Me of Virginia, “and T will give you proof in the morning Mr. Groate of Vermont assault on Commissioner Lochren's action in his wholesale suspension of pensioners. He concluded with a glowing tribute to the valor, bravery and patriotism of the union veterans. Mr. Meredith made a rather sensational specch. He sald he protested ugainst the peusion roll as a roll of dishonor in the name of a state that had pald three times-as much pension as Vermont “That's because there are more of you, suggested Mr. Groate “But we get no Meradith, “That's because you were on the wrong side,” suggested Mr. Johnson of Indiana “Whether a man is a patriot or a rebe retorted Mr. Meredith, “depends upon the result. Success makes him a patriot and defeat a rebel. That was the case in 1776, Mr. Meredith went on to clte cases which ho sald made him believe there were hun- dreds and thousands of fraudulent sloners on the rolls. Later, In ref some cases In his state of negro pensioners Mr. Meredith said that only pensions in his country. That s because they wer ple who were loyal," sald Mr. Hampshire. “According to your idea of loyalty," re- plied Mr. Meredith, “there were no loyal men in wy country, and I am proud of it." MORE EXCITING SCENES. Toward the end of Mr. Meredith's speech A _wore exciting scene occurred, which al- som the usually e of the session of for scme time, were roils followed with an benefit,” returned Mr, negroes got the only p Baker of New most eventuated fn a_personal collision be- tween him and Mr. Funk of Illinois. Mr. Mercdith was still talking about fraudulent pensions an s having an animated alter- cation with Mr. Baker over a case which had come under his (Meredith's) personal observation, where a union soldier was ob. taining a pension for a disability which he (Meredith) claimed he did not have. “If T can judge from the fact that a man seems healthy, strong and vigorous,' sald he, “and he getg a pension by reason of a disability which, when I see day after day and week by week and year by year, in my plain, homespun country way of speaking, 1 say that I belleve the man lied when he went before the officials and swore he had been crippled in the army “I want to say that if the gentleman is honest,” Interrupted Mr. Funk, rising in his place, “and is stating what he believes to be true, that if he does not make the case known to the proper authorities he not a good citizen." ‘I want to say this, returned Mr. Mere- dith, hotly, “that if the gentleman undel takes to fnsinuate that I am dishonest, if the gentleman undertakes to- Y Without completing his sentence Mr. Mere. dith left his place and hurried over to where Mr, Funk was standing. “I did not say protested Mr. Funk, as Mr. Mere- dith advanced toward him in a threatening manner, “You had Meredith, nal e 80, better not say returned still advancing. counter was N s crowded down about ents amidst the most intense and confusion. They were both talking at the same time. Finally Mr. Wleredith clinched his fist and shook it under the nose of his adversa Members who had crowded around Meredith took him by the shoulders to prevent a blow from heing atruck. All this time Mr. Outhwaite, who was_presiding over the mittee of the whole, was pounding vigorously for order, but, without effect, and Speaker Crisp, who had heen hurriedly sent for, mounted the rostrum and assumed the gavel. “I undertake to say you are not my Kkeeper,” shouted Mr. Meredith, as he was backed,down the aisle by his friend: “I stand by that proposition, back Mr. Funk, who was held on one side by Mr. Doolittle and on the other by Payne, “cither here or anywhere elsc A few sharp raps of the speaker's gavel produced a measure of quiet. The hou ognized the hand of the presiding officer. he sergeant-at-arms will cause the gem tlemen to be seated,’said the speaker in firm tone, “Every gentleman will be seated.” The asslstant sergeani-at-arms rapidly cleared the aisles and members resumed their seats. The excitement quieted down. After or- der had been restored Mr. Meredith arose and protested, amid langhter, that he was not excited, but that gentlemen could hardiy do here what they might do elsewhere. With this parting shot he closed his speech and immediately, the house which was at a high tension, on motion of Mr. Sayers took a recess until § o'clock. The night gession was devoted to the con- “deration of private pension bills, Several were favorably reported, but no vote was taken on any of them. Adjourned. Mr. fmminent. the bellige excitement shouted e ON PRISON FARE. akfast in Sing Sing— titieatos. This morning when Boss McKan First Br His Doctor's SING SING, March 2 the convicts In Sing Sing prison were marched from their cells to the lower deck the last man on the line was John Y. Me- Kane. His hands rested on the shoulders of a horse thief from New York. McKane, with his companions, filed into the large breukfast room and down on a rude wooden stool. In front of him was a tin cup with a pint of black coffee, made of burnt bread.-crusts, .and two slices of unbuttered bread. This was McKane's first breakfast in prison. Unlike “BIft” Ellison and Francls Weeks, McKane ate his breakfast. As soon as breakfast was over McKane was marched to the clothing shop, where he was placed in the hands of the instructor, who was to give him his first legson in cutting (rousers, McKane spent a sleepless night in his cell, and was one of the first men up when the gong sounded in his gallery. He anxionsly inquired if there was any danger of the smallpox spreading. He w not. Me- Kane braught up a certif sician, Dr. Hill of Gravesend, stating that McKane was suffering from heart trouble, lung trouble and Kidney disease. S SABBATH REST FOR THOUSANDS, sat Erle and Other Roads Take a Kadical Step Toward This End. CHICAGO, March 2.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Four thousand railroad men who have been working seven days a week for years will get a holiday Sunday. For the first time in the history of the trunk lines in this country an order has been issued by the Erie road to hold all common freight trains in the yards from 12 o'clock Saturday night to 12 o'clock Sunday night, every weelc in the year. The order will go into effect midnight, and nearly all the men handling freight on the New York, Lake Erie & Western railroad, the New York, Pennsyl- & Ohio and the Chicago & Erie rail- will be given a day off Sunday. Only the necessary crews to handle fast freight and perishable freight will be kept at work. The passenger service will also be cut down 50 that the station agents and telegraph operators may get a few hours extra rest on Sunday. The order affects nearly 8,000 men, half of whom will get a day's rest, the others being compelled to work for two or three hours on the Sabbath. at railroad E ity T SCARED THE CATHOLICS. ous Letter Threatening to Burn a Church Recelved at Rockford, ROCKFORD, TIL., March 2.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Father McMahon, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, the largest in the city ved an anonymous letter late this afterncon stating that the church would be burned or blown up with dynamite within the next few nights, and that Joseph J. Gravelin of this city was at the head of the gang who would do the work. With Chief Tisdale, Father McMahon went to Mayor Hutchins, who Is at the head of the local camp of the Amerlean Protective asso ciation, and said he desired to turn the prop erty over to the city for protection from the bugs. Gravelin, who 1s a Frenchman and a for- mer member of the Catholle ehurch, denied being connected with any conspiracy “This man belongs 1o your orde Father McMahon to Mayor Hutehin you ought to look after lilm and pro -—— WENT FOR T HE DEFENSE. Anony re said “and ct us Attorney Hottum's Address in Coughlin Case. CHICAGO, March 2.—Assistant S At- torney Bottum continued his address toda He energetically attacked expert testimony, called Attorney W. S “monomaniae on the oundly scored the pectators crowded the argument State's the medical Forest a death,” and methods of the defense. the court room during cause of - - CHATRMAN WILSON'S ILLNESS, as Left Him and He Now Only Nursing und Rest CITY OF MEXICO, March 2 man Wilson, who Is ill at Guadalajara, is re- covering satisfactorily and the typhoid at tack of fever has left him. He now needs only nursing and rest. Dr. M. P says that after ten to fourteen nvales cence Mr. ‘Wilson can start home in his car Election Froubles in U MONTEVIDEO, March excitement In Uruguay in connection with the election. In anticipation of serious trouble, the troops have been confined to barracks, Fever Ne uguay. There Is much OMAHAMAY HAVE THE BRANCH House Committee on Indian Affairs Settles the Supply Depot Question, CHICAGO IS TO HAVE HEADQUARTERS ¢ Conduets a Winning t € Representative Mery Fight—Opinien of the Assista missioner on the Adv ' of Omalm ws a Si WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEB, 513 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON, March 2. Representative Mercer appeared before the Indian committee of the house this morning, and made a showing in favor of Om 8 a propef place in which to establish the Indian supply depot. General Arm.strong, ass) ant commissioner of Indian affalrs, also occupied the time of the committe nd during his examination he sald Omah the best city in the United States in which establish such a depot. He in- formed the committee that the govarnment paid each year for headquarters at New York City $6,500 for rent, $2,000 a year for superintendent’s salary, and amployed other persons in managing the business at that point; that the goods now purchased in New York could be obtained as cheaply at Chi- cago and Omaha, and cost of transporta- tion would be saved There scems a disposition on the part of the committee to remove the supply depot from New York and locate it at Chicago and make Omaha the branch supply depot. In other words, it is to be Chicago and Omaha instead of New York and Chicago. Representative Mercer is laboring with the Illinois and other western members in favor of the Chicago-Omaha combination, as by this means alone can Omaha be recog- nized at all. After making his argument before the committee, Mr. Mercer had an interview with the chairman of the commit- tee on Inlian affairs, and was assured by him that New York would be abandoned as an Indian supply depot by the adoption of the bill, as it will be finally submitted by (he committee on Indian affairs that Chicago and Omaha will be the places at which the depots will be established, and that until Omaha can arrange for a ware- house the government corral can be used. GYMNASTICS WITH THE TARIFF. Wherever the senate finance committee proposes any increase of the duties upon a raw material in the tariff bill, it makes a corresponding reduction in manufactu from that material. For instance, it fs proposed to place a duty of 40 cents per ton upon iron ore and coal and three-guarters of a cent upon lead in the ore, and sharp reductions are made from the house figures in the iron schedule and it is proposed to put the products of lead on the free list. This is protecting the mine owners, but minimizing the slight prote by the house bill. If any duty should be placed on wool the very life would be cut out of the woolen manufacturers. Chalrman Voorhees stated today that he had not, as reported, lost his fight for an increase of the whisky tax to $1.20 per gal- lon and an extension of the bonded perlod to eight years. This is exactly what the Whisky trust and bourbon distillers of Ken- tucky and elsewhere want. The chairman of the finance committee said that when the bill becomes public it would contain this increase of the tax and this extension of the bonded period. If the senate should agree to these provisions, it is hoped that the conference- commitiee will reduce the tax to $1.10 and fix the bonded period at five or six years as a compromise. Senator Voor- hees alms to make these high enough by his committee to have a margin upon which to trade In conference. The plan now Is to get the changes which the Kickers have de- manded completed so that the democratic members of the senate can view the meas ure between tomorrow night and Monday morning. If the d atisfaction expressed with the modification is not so general and bitter as to threaten the fate of the bill, the measure will be laid before the full finance committee on Monday or Tuesday morning and given to the public, but if the Kickers are yet much dissatisfied another conference or cauncus will be called. The bill as it stands fixes a single duty ot 1 cent a pound upon sugar of all grades. Since duties have been placed upon & num- ber of articles made free by the house bill and duties reduced upon manufactures in a way to largely increase the revenues under the law proposed, it is found that a duty for revenue upon sugar will not be necessary and it is now simply a question whether the provision in the bill as it stands will be al- lowed to remain or shall be stricken out and all grades of sugar made absolutely free. IN A GENERAL WAY. The Indians, the half breeds und whites in Nebraska who are affected by the recent decision against the allotment of lands and annuities to half breeds are showerlng in on congress a perfect flood of protests. The Nebraska delegation has recelved a large number of communications from is con- stituents who want the law amended ia way so as to preserve their interesis. Nebraska delegation In congress, or i the republican members of 1t,” will take some uniform action on’ the shortly M. J. Huglres of West Point, Neb., through friends today filed at the Treasury depart- ment an application for appointment to tho position of special agent of the treasury. Fourth class postmasters were appointed today as follows: South Dakota—Windom, P. H. Fowler, vice A. W. Burnett, resigned. Utah—Woodland, Summit county, Robert Mitchie, vice T. P. Potts, resigned. ming—Afton, Uintah county, . Roberts, viee John Wilkes, remoyed; G. H. Cross, Beaver, Conve county, vice Charles Rice, resigned 1daho—Clayton, Custer county McWilliams, viee A. J. Cook, r cil Valley Washington county, Gray, vice Willlam Peschfield, Lionel, Kootenai county, Mrs Long, vice Emma Miller, resi; Kootenal county, 1It. 1. Tow Kelly, resigned; Old Mission, count Cornelius Mc vy, Vice Halpin, resigned; Samaria, Onelda John Jenkins, vice Florence E moved. 'olonel Moutgomery Bryant, Thirteenth infantry, having served over thirty years in the army, Is retired. Special orders regard- ing the recruiting officer at San Francisco are revoked, PERRY 8. HEATH. to like subject Roberts count Mrs. Clara Mrs. Effie resigned; Jennie ned; Ne vice M. Kootenai Jeremiah county, IR MEN NO England’s Action on the Reasse Monetury Conference Don't Alarm Fhem, WASHINGTON, March None of the silver representatives in the house expressed any surprise when told of the discouraging remarks of the British chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Vernon Harcourt, on the out- look for the reassembling of the monetary conference. Representative McCreary of Kentucky, who was a delegate from the United States to the canference, sald: - “The outlook does not indicate that an interna tional conference will be held this year. There Is, however, a growing feellng In Europe in favor of the enlarged use of sil ver. England has been in favor of gold monometallism for a number of years, but there are many able men like Mr. Baifour, Sir Willlam Holdsworth, Sir Henry Ma Thompson and others who favor interna tionul bimetallism. England has blockaded the way more than any other nation and provented an international agreement for many years, but I belicve there will be, after & while, such 4 demand for interna- tional bimetallism that another conference must be held at Parls or Brussels. But it s probably impossible that It can assemble until several leading countries of Europe in dicate .a desire for the conference,” Representative Newlands of Nevada said that be bad no expectation thyt England SILY SURPRISID, ling of the fon_given labor | | but us the company was responsibl igned; Coun- | MORNING, would move for a reassembling of the con- ference while the Iberals remain in power. It the conservatives cowld secure control he would consider the Prospects brighter for an international agreement, since Balfour and other prominent memn of that party were favorable to silver. He was confident that under this administration the initfative would not be taken by the United States. Representative Bryan of Nebraska sald “Those In this country who are opposed to any further use of silver in the United States, except by International agreement, are waliting gland's consent his dis- patch indicates that England does not in- tend to join us. Speaking for myself, 1 have not expected England to join the movement 80 long as she I8 g0 largely a creditor nation and, therefore, interested in the approcia- tion of gold. 1 am in favor now, as I have always been, of our legislating for our own people, without regard to the wishes or threats of other mations, and I hope the American sentiment will soon be strong enough to enable us to establish our own standard and provide sufficient money for our uses “Do you think this government is likely to propose another conference?” “I have not seen any indication of such action and there geems to be no encourage- ment from abroad.' enator Alligon, last conference, read a comment that he had that the United States another conference. Representative Bland said that the action of England was immaterial. He believed the United States should stand on its own feet. pok any stock in this international he added. I belleve it Is all another the dispatch, known_ all would not Qelegate to with the the time propose busines: humbug.” ARMOR CONTRACTS, Carnegie Company Has 1 Furnishing Poor Quality of Good WASHINGTON, March 2. -For some time past it has been known that the Carnegie Steel compuny, which hax been supplying a large portion of the steel plate used for naval armor, had been in trouble with the Naval department respecting certain jrregus larities in the quality of plate supplied for the armor of the new battleships and mon- itors. The exact nature of these irregulari- ties were not knowniuntil today, when Sec- retary Herbert made the following menttouching the suibject: 3 “Tarly In September last the Navy de- partment ascertaingd that illegal practices were being resorted fo by some of the em- ployes of the Carnegle Steel company at Pittsburg, Pa., in the manufacture of armor for the government, und that these irregu- larities had been continued for some time, A thorough investigation was set on foot once, It was ascartained that, while the armor manufactured for {he move ment excelled the lowest limit of tolerance in specifications, yet that portions of it were not up to the highest possible mark of e cellence, which, by e cont the com- pany was bound tofattain. i “After some timé &pent in negotiations the Carnegle comphny appealed from the secretary of the navy-to the president, who, on January 10, -##sessed the damages against the company at $140,450.01, and the company on Januagy |17, 1591, settled with the department. Theére was no evidence showing or even temiling to show that any of the officers save thoee immediately su- perintending the fempering and héating were at all cognizant of these {rregularitien, for the e damages to that extent acts of its empl t'the company and the were assessed agal contracts continued: oo = APPROPHIATION BILLS. The WASHINGTON, Mareh 2.—The great ap- propriation bills Wil mngage the attention of the house, now that the Bland silver bill is disposed of. 'Phghe are four appropria- tion bills now on! i calendar, an unusual advance at_ this ] n A session. Repre- sentative Sayers, chalrinan of the appropri- ations committee, has now arranged to begin on the fortifications bill and to follow it With the pension bill, District of Columbia bill and_sundry civil bill, in the order named. These measures have the right of way without a & wnd their con- sideration will y day to day until all four are passed. Mr. Sayers codnts on passing the fortifi- cations bill in about an hour, as he anticl- pates no opnosition. Tt a total of about $5,000.000 for sea and rious fortifications. The pension appropriation bill. which will come next, carries about $131000,000. This measure Is likely to hring out animated de- bate on the pension system. The total of the Dill Is $15,000,000 less than (he appropria- tion last year. JUDGE JENKINS' DECISION ation Recommended | Judiclary Committe WASHINGTON, March 2-The house fudiclary committee declded today not to recommend the Investigation of decisions rendered by Judges Brewer, Taft, Dun Pardee and others, In connection with the Investigation of Judge Jenking' decision straining railway employes, Representative Some of Wisconsin ap- peared before the committee and argued at it was unfair to single out the Jenkins Tta Inyvest the House TARC decision. He sald there was no oppositic to the Jenkins Investigation, hut the inquir should at least include the decision of Judge Dundy, whose decision was more se- > on employes than was the Jenkins de- cision. The committee concluded, however, not to complicate the Jenkins investigation by going into other decisions, and a report 10 that effect will be made to the house, Tt i Necessary. WASHINGTON, March 2—The call for a democratic caucus to strengthen the rules discloses a idable array of signatures of leading democratic members of the house. It is a result of the delays and qi orderly scenes which have marked recent legislition and indicates that a very consid- erable proportion of the majority in the house fayors a strong rule to Secure a quornm and to suppress future delay and confusion. Chairman Holman will call the caucus for next Monday or Tuesday night Yaying for Indian Supplies. INGTON, March 2.—Acting terior Sims has issued payment of $2,42 to Thomas Harvey of Saginaw, Mich., for miscel- ineous supplies for the Indlan reservation delivered a1 Chicago between January 8 and 15, 159}, under the contract of June 1, 1803 R KILLED IN A COAL Two Miners Mcet Deathand Seve Are Badly Injured KANSAS CITY, Mareh 2—Two men w instantly killed, two. fatally burned and five others dangeronsly hurt in an explosion at the Kansas City Clay Coal com- pany's conl mine mesr Leeds, six miles southeast of Kunsas City, this afternoon. The dead are GIENT PARKER, colored JGINS, aged 21 are: O, Ta Wilson burned wbout arms and body and head, fa- tally. West Satterly, aged 2, legs fractured and otherwise Injured by coal Nft; he leaves 4 family. Williim Fuller, seriously burned about arms, body and fuce, 8. Farrel, col- ored, fearfully burned about the body. Ben- jamin Mardest, colored, internal’ injurie badly bruised by fiying debris. William Harrls, colored, burned from hips up. Wil- liam Murray, white, badly burncd on back and will die. The mine had been In an unsafe condi- tion for some time and had been condemned Ly the state mine inspector. The fans wel out of repalr and stopped frequently, und this afternoon were stopped for haif an hour just before the explosion - ~ N BLOODSHED, WAS| y of the 1 rant for the war- 1IN al Others and jured aged b, Squatters in Logan County, W, Va., Refuse to Be Eviel BLUEFIELD, W. Va., March 2—The en- tire coal field belt of West Virginia is agl- tated over the squatters’ war in Logan county. Hostilities are expected tomorrow The squatters are thoroughly equipped and have a supply of dynamite in addition to their Winchesters. They declare they will blow up the first camp which the deputy marshals make on the contested lund. Most of the deputies engaged are mountaineers who will not hesitate to fight, T at ters have been beaten in the courts, but cannot be prevajled upon (o leave peace ably. They have held the disputed property for generations, and some of thelr improve ments are of & substantial character, ‘" WON'T SERVE UNDER A PEER Another Interesting Phase in the World of English Politics, RADICALS PROTEST AGAINST ROSEBERY They Insist the that Gladstone's Snceessor in Shall 1 Wil De n Com- t the Premiership or They Party and Caus moner LONDON, March 2.—Ry queen Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone to Windsor castle this afternoon main as the guests of her majesty until to. morrow. At noon tomorrow a meeting of the Privy council will be held at Windsor castle, and upon this Mr. Gladstone will tender his res ation of the premiership. The earl of Kimberley, lord pi ident of the council, Earl Spencer, first lord of the ad miralty, and the ministers, with the exception of Lord Rosebery, will be present. Mr. G excellent health spirits and for quictly home. The radicals, headed by Mr. Labouchere, are firmly determined not to serve under any peer, and they state that if Lord Rosebery is made premier the existence of the new ministry is limited to a week. Mr. La bouchere has written a letter to Rt. Hon. Edward Majoribanks, the liberal whip, saying that the feeling against a peer assuming the premiership is strong with the liberals as as with the radicals. Continuing, Labouchere says “During the y administration the fact that the premier was in the House of Lords was a stock complaint of the radi- cals in and out of Parliament Mr. Glad- stone's popularity was larg due to the fact that he was regarded as the people's minister, scorning even old age, while hold ing the premiership. Except in the House of Commons the party could not consult in regard to its future leader and we cannc for a moment admit that the queen or the cabinet can select our leader in secret con- clav It is obvious the queen will select the man most grateful to the court instead of to the people. The secrecy maintained in regard to Mr. Gladstone, the semi-official denials up to the last moment, the manner in which his successor was sprung upon us and the house not sitting, have a very ugly aspect and smacks of cabal and intrigue. “That the queen has a right to select the premier is more true in theory than in fact, and it is probable that within the next few years, if we remain u ed, we shall sweep away the hereditary chamber. When we welcome them in the House of Commons as clected members they will have the same claim as others to lead us. A peer for the premiership would wreck the party. If such an outrage is attempted it is the duty of every radical to resist such a high-handed and pernicious proceeding.” The general opinion in official cireles is that the queen will summon Lord Rosebery. Mr. Henry Labouchere, in an interview today, was asked what he would say If Lord Rose- bery was premicr. In reply he said if the conservatives moved want of confidence in such a government he would not support the government, and he thought at least that twenty members were in full sympathy with his view of the situation, and if they were driven to extremes they would even averturn a govermment headed by a peer. Mr. Bayard, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Bayard were among the guests who dined with the queen at Windsor castle this evening. In consultation with the queen, Mr. Glad- stone explained fully to her majesty the rea- for his retirement. The queen ex ed her regret that the country should lose his services, and offered him a pecrage. This Mr. Gladstone declined to accept. M Gladstone recommended that Lord Rose- bery be appointed as his successor. A tele- gram was sent later to Lord Rosebery, who {s at Epsom, summoning him to Windsor for 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. It is un- derstood he will accept the premiership, but that there will be only two other changes in the cabinet, The Times s “Her majesty's choice for Gladstone's ‘successor appears to be be- tween Sir Willlam Harcourt, the earl of Kimberly and Lord Roseber. Al the ministers, with the possible exception of Sir William ~ Harcourt, are willing to serve under Lord Rosebery. The feeling is that If the premier is to be a peer, which is undesirable, but probably inevitable, the choice should fall on Lord Rosebery.” The Dally News in an editorial says decply and carnestly deplore the fact that Mr. Gladstone has felt it incumbent upon himself to retire. Nobody is able to see from his outward demeanor and his conduct of business any necessity for it. The lib- erals would have preferred to retain him upon whatever terms dictated. But of course he must be his own judge. The Parnellite members regard the retirement of Mr. Gladstone as a betrayal of the Irish cause and are inclined to oppose any min- istry of which Mr. Gladstone is not a mem- ber." command of the will proceed and will re occasion othe wdstone Is in the and spent noon at “We POPE LEO'S BIR' rated at the Vatican Yesterday alations, DAY, It Was Cele —His Reply to Congra ROME, March 2.—The pope today cele- brated his 84th birthday and the sixtcenth anniversary of his coronation. Cardinal Raffacle Mon la Vallette offered the congratulations of the sacred college, and the pope, who was in good health, pressed his thanks. “We are in the decline of life,” he said in his reply, “but shall continue to’ the last day of our life to devote ourselyes to making the beneficent action of the church universally felt “The need of this is great, for all the old conception of purity, jJustice, authority, lib- erty, soclal rights and social duties have heen overthrown. lhe church must seek » recall the nations to the principles of moral faith, point out the causes of the exist- ing evils, denounce the designs of Iree Masonry, imbue the different classes of soclety With a feeling of equity and charity, inspire rulers with rectitude and the gov- erned with submission, and instill in all an ardor for peace. “It s for the ex- study in Christian encyclical hureh to revive accordance with the dictates of wisdom, as advised in the recent interpretation of the seripture, We pray that the germs sown the action of the church may bring forth abundant harvest. In token of this we give you our benediction.” by e REPULSED THE MOB. s In Saving & Prisoner from a Lynching Party. SCRANTON, Pa., March 2.—A mob of 300 men atempted to force the jail at Strouds- burg this morning for the purpose of lynch- Richard X. Prior, the negro who a week ago murdered Chrlstian Eplers, a storckeeper and his wife in Monroe county. The attack was made at 2 o'clock and was repulsed by the \oriff, who held the mob at bay until the police appeared. The mob retired in a sullen mood and it is feared (1 will be reinforced and will yet succeed in break- ing into the jail and securing the murderer ——— the Bond, the electrlc File Mr. of pany that secks the contract for the light- ing for the next three yesterday filed the bond for $25,000 required by the council It was specified by the council at the meet ing Tuesday evoning that the bond should be filed within three days, and yesterday was the third day Pardee, lighting com- years Steele Mackaye's Funerul Services. NEW YORK, March 2 the remains of § Mackaye, the neld this morning at All The church was crowded Funeral services over ele playwright, were Souls' churel, | =.LE COPY FIVE CENT of them world. Henry Rev. Dr. with friends of the dec i from the theatrical iy There were many floral s Irving sent a wreath of flower Willlama conducted the ceremony -~ - FAILED TO STOP THE TRALN, Robbers Tey the Rock Island Just of St. Joseph. Mo., March 2 Hee)—A daring hold up the ecastbound express train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad at 7:45 tonight. The bers took up their positions at a lonely spot thre st of this city, at a point than one mile distant from where the "Bl train on the Burli ad held up and robbed a little more than a month ago A red lantern was waved across the track in front of the approaching train ju it rounded a curve at a high rate Engincer McKinney reversod his en mediately and applied the air brakes, the speed of the train was greatly reduced. By this time four could be seen crouched alongside the The engineer's suspicions when his train approachied the robbers to enable him red lantern was merely a with a red rag wrapped As soon as the engineer saw this he pre pared for an emergency and released the alr brakes, By this time he could sce that all four men were masked over the faces He at once pulled the throttle wide open, and the train rushed forward with a lunge after it had almost come to a standstil The bandits saw at once they were baffied, and opened-on the train. Fifteen or twenty shots were fired into the cab, but the en gineer and fireman had taken the precaution to crouch belowethe seats. The outlaws were armed with Winchester rifles and are believed to be the same band which has terrorized this section since early in December. No description of the men could be given by Engineer McKinney. The express car carried through packages for Chicago and the east, the value of which I8 estimated at $200,000. 1t is believed that the outlaws learncd of this in some manner in this city. The Rock Island office he was at once notified of all the detail of the attempted robbery and the police at onc went to work on the case. A sheriff's possc was also organized at once and has gone | pursuit of the bandits. road leading into the city Is guarde otectives and officers haye gone o the scene. The police department was armed with Winchester re- peating shotguns on Monday in anticipation of another hold up, as the gang is known to reside in this city. This is the fourth hold up that has been attempted in less than two months within ten miles of St. Joseph, two of which were successful, The police have no clew to the identity of the outlaws at this hour e T FOR HIS IR, Traln ST gram made (Special Tol attempt wa to o'clock rob was of spec e im and soon men track. Jused enough to to that the barnyard lantern around the globe. FOUG DO, Desperate Attempt sey Conviet to Escay N. J., March 2.—J. & s John Malwitz sentern twenty vears in the state prisorn wed the bars of his cell door this morning and gained acc to the corridol He obtained a rope nd then lassoed Keeper James T. Walters and choked hi into uncon- sclousne Center Keeper James B, Lip- pincott ared on the scen nd the con- viet secured the gun of th 1conscions man nd killed Lippincott. was recaptured. No more daring or desper ever been made by a prison to get outside of the strong penal institution and the same the ingenious character of th effort, Standing in front of his 1l Wallwitz awaited the presence of any of the three turnkeys whose duty It is to pasy the corridors heuriy. 1 a moment Turikey ters came along. Like a flash Wallwiiz sprang into his cell #hd instantly he was N the corridor again, this time with a of rope which he had cut from the ventilator, With the rope he formed a noose which he threw over Waters' head. Lassoed like an animal Waters recled and feli and the conviet bound him to the floor but not before Waters made N outery. Waters managed to crawl to an clectric button in_one of the walls and pushed it This sounded an alarm below, where Keeper James B. Lippincott was on duty. The lat- ter ordered Keeper Francis Leonard, who W somewh in the west wing at the time, to investigate, but getting no response from Leonard by signal, Lippincott himself hastened toward the wing. In a recess of an anteroom he took an iron bar out of the door and with this in one hand and with a vevolver in the other he hastened on. He had gone, however, only a few yards when he came face to ‘face with Wallwitz. In his left hand Wallwitz car the ugliest slungshot ever seen In the prison. In his right nd was o revolver, which h had Wi ted from Keeper Walters. The were no witnesse of the terrible encounter that ensued and all that is positively known s that the convict killed Keeper Lippincott by shooting him in the thigh and back that the keeper wounded —the slightly with a bullet from b re Lippincott’s aim was not quite p and_his_bullet only grazed Wallwitz' fore- head. Wallwitz recogni the futility of any further attempt to escape, but he was not cowe Ralsing his voly he fired twice into a bunch of turnkeys but both balls lodged harmlessly in the prison wall. PRISON Unique and of a New Wall- ed to te attempt has A FROM A MEXICA Hugh Bryco Relates un Experience of Per- secution and Injustic PASO, Tex., March 2—Hugh who arrived from Mexico this morning, tells a story of wrong and suffering that almost parallels that of Edmond Dantes in Dumas' *“Count of Monte Cristo.”” Bryce I3 a mechanic who passed through this city nearly four years ao from Pueblo, Colo., where he had been foreman of the shops of Stearns & Rogers. When he arri in Puebla, u city west of the City of Mexico, he says he was arrested on the charge of having murdered prominent Mexican, whose name he sver known. The murder occurred two years before, when he was foreman of the factory ahove mentloned. He was thrown into prison and his feet chained, He has never been al- lowed to speik \ rican, and e could not speak Spanish. He wrote letters to the American consuls at Mexico and Sun Luis Potosi, but never got a reply. To ' his frequent letters to his wite and other friends he had no reply. This convinced him that his letters were intercepted. He never waus called out for trial. At lust h obtained his liberty, he says, by paying to the mayor of the town $3,000 and the chief of police another thousan. was liberated Washington's birth wnd reached todiy. When b cd through golng Into Mexico Bryce de- posited $6,000 in o bank, and with that he hopes to o to Washington and press a claim ugainst the Mexican government for darmuges. He Is known to Masons here as being a thirty-third degree Magon a Shriner and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers. He says that his father is a brother of Senator Brice of Ohlo and that the senator's branch of the family changed the spelling of the name. Bryce appears almost beini again on Ame desire seems to be to he expects to arrive to Neb. Bryce, EL crazed with joy at N soll « his only his wife, whom row from Omaha, e WILL WED A COUN Stebbins of Kansas City Enguged to u Titled Forelgner, KANSAS CITY, March 2.—~A cablegram has been received here from Geneva anounc ing that Miss Florence Stebbins, daught t Mr. W. R. Stebbins, a wealthy Kansas City man, 18 to wed Count Lionel Vonzoy, a men ver of the Relchstag. - FOUR HUNDRED KILLED, Insurgents Defeated by the Gov- t with Heavy Losses S AYRES, March A Rio G do Sul says the insurgents been defeated at Sarand), losing 400 In addition many prisoners and guns captured by the government forces. aged. The Brazillan dispateh from have Killed candia’s St SOUTHAMPTON steamer 1t Da March 2 tain Kopff, arrived here this morning, returning with her shaft damaged. The Scandia sailed from Hawm- burg February 26, bound for New York, Scandla, C England and Nicaragua in a Fair Way to Get Tuto a Dispute, BRITISH MARINES LANDED AT COLON Flimsy Pretext of the British Commander for His Action, TAKEN TO PROTECT A MOSQUITO CHIEF Talk with the Nicarazuan Consul at New York on the Subject, UNITED STATES VERY MUCH INTERESTED Washington Are Somewhag Over the Tacident — Will Probn- bly Insist on the Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. [Conyrighted, (84, by the Assosiated Prow.) COLON, March 2.—The British warship Cleopatra arrived here today from Bluefields, Mosquito territory and soon hed this port it Lecame known that her commander had landed and left a force of eighty men, their officess and three boats, with Instructions to protect the Mos= quito chief against any attempt on the part of the raguan gove t break the treaty of 1860, sccuring tw the former aus tonomy. Upon the of the British commander the Cleopatra came here in order to cable tie admirai in command of the British fleet at Jamafca for instrust! Shortly afterward the Cleopatra began coale Ing and as soon as she reesived an answer to the cable sent to Jamafea the warship hure rledly got up steam and put to xea wzain, res turning to Bluefields last night. | NICARAGUA'S POS(TION. 3W YORK, March 2.—Mr. A. D). Strauss, Nicaraguan vice consul, was scen at his this afternoon by the Assoclated press reporter, and after reading the apove Tis- patch Mr. Strauss said: “'Well, that is @ very plausibie story. You see, about three weeks ago a lot of drunken negroes are rived in the Mosquito territory form Jamaica and got into a row with the Mosquito chief, who s a worthless, dranken, good-for-noth- ing fellow and ver te. They ralsed a good deal of a dis . to the annoys ance of the trade . the ma-~ Jority of whom are Americans, and of the remainder the British traders are in the minority. Although the territory has had its autonomy by tren Nicaras guan povernment decided to tho resident trader ared martial law. The Nic s were sent into the Mosquito chief's territory to quell the riots and disturbances, That Is all T know about it. I had not heard of the British soldiers being there until this dispaich was showic me. ir Willilam Booker, the British consul when the telegram was handed him, saids “I have heard nothing about it, but in my opinion the rights of the Mosquito territory are protected under the treaty equally by, Great Britaln and America.” Nicaragna, after she re demand il That Colon Tneldent Viry Likely to Recelve Serlous Attention. WASHINGTON, March 2.—Tho report that the British warship Cleopatra had landed troops at Blueflelds, Nicaragua, and interfered in the dispute between Nicaragua and the reigning Mosquito chief, is regarded with keen Interest in Washington, although' s0 far the government has taken no step beyond keeping informed of the progress of events there through reports from Mr. Brald, the United States consul at San Juan del Norte. The point involved in the prosent dispute 1s not new, but because of the fact that Bluefields is only sixty miies distant from Greytown, the eastern terminus of the Nicaraguan canal, and occupies a location of great strategic importance toward that project, It may be the United States will bes come involved in the dispute in the future. Certainly this Is likely to be the case If the British go beyond the point of asserting a protectorate and seek to secure possession of the place, The latest ofclal news recelved hero from the United States consul at San Juan del Norte is dated February 6 and 10, He res ported that 200 Nicaraguun soldiers were about to leave for Bluefields to overthrow the Mosquito government. This force oe- cupled the town on February 10, The Mosquito chief lodged a protest with the British consul at San Juan del Norte, Mr. Bigham, and besought his assistance in res covering his rights. The United States consul says it is belloved the Nicaragua government docs not intend to incorporate the Mosquito country by force, but an as- sembly of the chiefs will be calied to choose a new council and municipal authorities. The excitement was very great when the British relinquished to Nica nd Hon- duras thelr protectorate over the Mosquito country by the treaty of 1860, and it was with a condition that the Mosquito Indians should be permitted to own govern- ment, Undel (his article the British lave intervened between the Indians and Nicaragua. Hut the United States has always insiste t the British had abso- lutely lost ail » a protectorate and that Nlcaragua leld absolute sovereignty over the Moxquito country. In recent years the native Mosquito population at Blue hes practically disappeared, and the town hias fallen into the hands of Jamaica negrocs and other Britlsh subjects, who have dirceted the government and cstablished British forms of law. The Nicaraguan government has been desirous of asserting its sovers cignty over the place and it was possibly an ttempt of this Kind that caused the landing of Britisher TALKED OF 1> TON, PLEASED, of the Ticetions Restord fldence D, A by Peixotc RIO DE JANEIRO, M 2.~0n all sides here people are congratulat'ng themselves that the electlon passed off quletly, but the action of President Pelxot wonld seem to that further tr and the end of the at hand as at first ixoto today lssued BRAZILIANS reh uble Iy not 10 near President Pes two important decrees, The first Increasing the strength of tho rey ular army and will, therefore, impose add tional burdens upon the people and inc the already heavy taxation to a greater d gree. 'This Inerease of the army s sald to be the first step in a movement to crush out the rebellion in this neighborhood and in the south, and should this object be attained it may be said the additional burden which the people will be called upon to bear will, after all, be o blessing in dixgulse The second decree provides that persons accused of treason shall be tried by a mili= tary court and would seem to indicate res presdive measures nore Keve At the same time it I8 annuonced that martial law will not be prociaimed so long ay the situie tion remaly tranauil n Yellow fever continlies to Yesterday there were from the disease and, in Jeaths from The i denote brewing, revolution i 1o spread hero, ninety deathn addition, twenty, rucorded now say her fevers were this vicinity tighting for their lyes, il At 18 b that it the Pelxoto flect ke & bold swoop down from Bahia ¢ the Insurgent fleet In these result would be a prompt iclory for the government squu nrgen ) frankly that they are