Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1894, Page 1

{ PART I, | — ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. FIVE CEN MAY BE ONLY A RUSE Germans Suspioious that the Split Among the Socialists is Prearranged. DIFFERENCES APPARENTLY VERY BITTER Liebknecht Outs Loose from His Former Friend, Herr Bebel, PROF. BERING MAKES ANOTHER DISCOVERY His Latest Remedy Said to Be a Certain Cure for Typhus Fever, GERMAN BUDGET SHOWS /N INCREASt Principal Ttem of Expense Is the Army and Navy—Emperor William on a Hunt- ing Trip—Italian Crown Prince In Berlin. (Copyrighted 1504 by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, Nov. 2i.—Pending the opening of the Reichstag, which now is keenly awalted, as the politiclans are anxious to see how Prince Hohenlohe will figure as chancellor, public attention is mainly occu- pled with the split in the ranks of the soclalist party. The dissensions whi characterized the Frankfort cong shadowed the present trouble. The and Liebknecht scction there overcame sheer strength of votes the vigorous oppo- sition of the Bavarian and south Germun delegates, who wanted the liberty accorded them of carrying out the soclalist program in their districts as they understood it, ana especially in regard to the agitation amo, the peasantry. They contended that the speclal conditions prevailing in Bavaria and south Germany required speclal treatment of the socialist If the movement was to spread there. Bebel and his party, the delegates from north and central Germany, imposed the will of the majority on them and denled them the right of modifying the soclalist program according to circum- stances. Now the south German and Ba- varian soclalists, with Vollmar and Grillen- berger at their head, have virtually broken loose from the national party traces. Voll- mar and Grillenberger, in the newspapers ©of Munich, charge Bebel with being solely responsible for this disruption of the party. Grillenberger, In an especlally violent at- tack, warns Bebel that he is not the czar and that the soclalist party is not the Rus- slan empire. Bebel has replied with bitter words, both in speech and in papers, de- nying any intention to arrogate the social- 1st party. The Vorwaerts prints an article written by Herr Liebknecht, declaring himself in favor of the south Germans #nd regretting to have to throw his weight against an old friend, with whom he has fought shoulder to shoulder for so long, and makes the remark that German social democracy s #o well educated and the worship of indi- widuals is so thoroughly eliminated from its ranks that no member, however influential, can succeed in pushing it aside from the path lald down by its principles, experience and history and injure its general interests for the sake of a single man. MIGHT BE A SHREWD SCHEME. A remarkable, though plausible, statement 18 going the rounds in connection with tne soclallst situation. It is to the effect that the feud between the two sections, even if it 1s not prearranged, is in no way so bitter as the socialists attempt to make it appear. But the soclalists are playing a subtle, concerted game, and they are magnifying it as much as possible before the eyes of the general public in order to forestall anti- revolutionary legislation, which, if the Relchstag, by this maneuver, could be con- winced that the soclalists only need to be left alone in order to split into fragments by internal dissension, would probably be rejected. This scheme, characteristic of the socialistic wire pullers, it it actually exists, has already borne fruit, for the moderate parties, and especially the national liberas: have fallen into the trap and are inno- cently taking the ‘part allotted to them by the soclalists and are declaring that the antl-revolutionary laws are entirely unnec- essary in view of the disruption and conse- quent weakness of the socialist party. Prof. Bering has come out with a new Aiscovery, typhold serum. He claims it acvs curatively (in the case of typhus fever) Wwith about as large a percentage of success a8 In the treatment of diphtheria serum, The typhold serum has not yet been placed upon the market, as it cannot yet be pro- duced as cheaply and as perfectly as de- sirable. SIZE OF THE IMPERIAL BUDGET. The imperial budget for 1894-95 is now fixed at 75,000,000 marks, 70,000,000 marks above the budget of last year. This is owing 1o the new army law and the increased needs of the navy. Of this sum 567,000,00 marks are put down for the expenses of the army. The budget will continue Increasing for the same reasons every year until 1899, when it will reach the sum of 860,000,000 marks, In certaln districts of Silesia, notably in the district around Glogau, cholera has again broken out, and in the small town of Jaetshau a score of people are prostrated. An examination showed the presence of baceill In the river. Emperor William, after visiting his mother, the dowager Empress Fredericka, at Rumpenhelm, to congratulate her upon her birthday, proceeded to his shooting ren- dezvous at Letsinglin on Thursday, where yesterday and today he has been engaged in shooting deer and wild boar. Johanna Gadskl has been engaged by Walter Damrosch for the German opera season at the Metropolitan opera house, New York. She sings youthful dramatic parts in Wagnerian opera. The prince of Naples, crown prince of Italy, arrived here today from St. Peters- burg, where he has been attending the funeral of Alexander 1IL At Emperor Wil- Mlem's request the prince will prolong his stay until tomorrow evening and will lunch with his majesty, Chamber Passed the War Credit, PARIS, Nov. 24.—In the Chamber of Dep- utles today the bill providing for the Mada- gascar credit of 65,000,000 francs, introduced by Minister of War Mercier to defray tne expenses of the French expedition, passed first reading by 3% to 112, after an excited discussion, M. Boucher submitted a reso- lution calling for the order of the day. Resolutions passed In favor of the main- tenance of the rights of France, approving the sending of troops to Madagascar and favoring the reinforcement of the squadron. Boucher insisted that the government should make the debate a cabinet question, but Premier Dupuy sald he regarded the vote a8 one of confidence in the government. “Boucher's resolution was then defeated, 321 10 168, and the bill passed its first reading. Weckerle Will See the Emperor, BUDA PESTH, Nov. 20.—Dr, Weckerle, the premler, is about starting for Vienna to confer with Emperor Francis Joseph in re- gard to the political situation in Hungary, which is extremely grave. Government cir- cles admit the existence of a cabinet crisis which s partly due to the ecclesiastical bills and to Kossuth's tours. Dr. Weckerle will ask the emperor for a mark of confidence and If this is granted the crisis will be tided over, Steamer with Mer Cargo on Fire. HAVRE, Nov. 2.-—The French steamer Colonia, from New Orleans, arrived today with her cargo on fire, The extent of tne damage I8 not yet known CORRESPONDENTS FIL 1 DEMURRER Cite Numerous ons Why They Should Not Be Punished for Contempt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Demurrers t indictments against the two newspaper uts, Messrs, John 8. Shriver of the New York Mail and Express and E. Jay Bdwards of the Philadelphia Press, who refused to answer questions as to the source of their information before the sen- ate Sugar trust investigation, were filed to- v by Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer, their coun- sel. The day for the arguments has not yet been set. The demurrers are alike in both cases, Twenty-four separate grounds of ob- ‘ection are set up. These Include those heretofore made in behalf of the brokers who refused to testify, and others particu- larly applicable to correspondents, The de- murrers urge that the senate. resoluticns fail to ehow that the investigating commit- tee was empowered to try any senator for disorderly conduct, or th 1 inquiry was for the purpose of assisting the senate in any legislative or judicial action. It is also set up that to answer the questions pro- pounded to the correspondents would tend to criminate them and render them liable to a_criminal prosecution, fine and penalty; would tend, also, to render them guilty of a contempt of the senate and of its mem- bers and liable to prosecution, fine and pen- alty, and would tend to degrade them in compelling them to disclose private, confi- dential and privileged communications. The point Is also made that the power to punish for refusing to make answer cannot be del- egated by the senate to this court or to any jury of the District of Columbia. The four- teenth cbjection s as follows: “That the laws under which the indictment was found are unconstitutional in that they violate the provision of the constitution of the United States, securing the people in their person, houses, papers and effects against unreason- able searches and seizures and de that no person shall be witness against himseif. —-————— HIRSCHELELD WAS PARTICU the M, R. Plaintiff's Witnesses Testify thst Nothing Was Good Enough for IHer. FARGO, N. D, Nov. 21.—The cross-exam- ination of Aaron Hirschficld was finished early today. Nothing new was brought out, except that the witness contradicted the depositions and evidence of those who swor as to his admitted happiness after mar- riage. Mrs, Peter Connors followed Hirs fileld, and for two hours the court room was kept in a ripple of laughter, even the court joined. The witness testified to conversations with Hirschfield, tending to show that he did not care for his wife. It was brought out that both before and after marriage Hirschfield had purchased the defendant many valuable jewels and other gifts and that he had rented the finest suites of rooms at the hotel, and then she complained they were not rich enough for her. Witness declared the defendant did the choosing herself and he had to acquiesce, Barbetta Braun, Mrs. L. H. Hirschfield's id, testified to conversations she had crheard wherein threats were made by Miss Hogan and her mother against Hirsch- field's life. Anna Cavanaugh was a domebtic at the hotel in Helena, Hirschfield and wife had occupled several rooms, Hirschfield sleeping on a lounge. Mrs. L. H. Hirschfield had got her to testify and paid her expenses. Dr. Campbell of Fargo gave expert testi- mony on nervous diseases, from which he considered Hirschfield to be suffering. He had treated him once about two month A mistaken idea regarding the case has gone abroad. It is not an action for divorce, but an action to annul the marriage con- tract. Should it be decided in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant’s child will be de- clared illegitimate, and it is not in the power of the cou rant alimony, — ———— ARRESTED FOR HIGH TREASON. e Cherokee Indian Will Have to Answer that Charge for Selling Land. GUTHRIE, Okl, Nov —A. J. Black- well, a half-blood Cherokee, who imagines himself a prophet sent of God to proclaim the second coming of Chris!, is under arrest at Claremore, chasged with hig His case is peculiar and his offens the smallest upon which anv (e was ever tried for high treason. Dlackwel', to carry out his belief of calling by God, some time ago founded the town of Blackwell, near the Kansas line, and had buillt a church wherein was to be preached alone his pe- culiar doctrine. A month later he went over Into the Cheokee nation and started the town of David. Since then he has been selling lots all over the territory, and thereby hangs his tale of woe, The Chero- kee council recently passed a law making it high treason for a Cherokee to sell real estate to an outsider. Although Blackwell asserts strongly that his doings have been at the instigation of the Lord, he has been arrested and incarcerated upon a 1most seri- ous charge under the Cherckee law. The day of his trial has not yet been set. e GOODS WERE SHIPPED OUT to Creditors of an Oklahoma Merchant Anxious to Find the Assets. GUTHRIE, Okl, Nov, 2.—The fallure of the Boston store, John Jacobs, proprietor, which was announced in these dispatches last night, has developed much fraud. The store was closed on attachments of several cloth- ing and dry goods houses and it was shown that but $5,000 assets were on hand to show for labilitles amounting to over $50,000. The receiver appointed has ascer- tained that before the fallure large quanti- ties of goods were shipped out of the store to other towns and hurrledly sold out. A search of Jacobs' residence revealed trunks filled with fine bolting, clothes and other goods. Joel Rosenbleet, a brother-in-law of Jacobs, has been arrested in Perr where, In his branch store, was found sev- eral loads of fine goods, and a warrant has been issued for other relatives in St Louis, to whom, it Is alleged, goods were shipped before the failure. ————— NNOT FIND PITZEL, St. Louls Polico Confident He is Not in that City. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.—After a thorough In- vestigation the police are inclined to think B. F. Pitzel, the accomplice of Holmes in his alleged insurance swindles, is not in this city; that no mall to himself or family has been forwarded to Galva, 1l., and that no representative recelves Pitzel's mail here. Chlef of Police Harrigan, who was at first of the opinion that Pitzel was alive, is now In doubt, and George W. Btodden, state manager of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insur- ance assoclation, stated today that within the next forty-elght hours the company will have conclusive evidence as to whether Pitzel 1s dead or alive, i Took Vengeance on the Marshal. CHETOPA, Kan, Nov. 24—A bold and deliberate murder was committed at Fair- land, south of here, In the territory today. A man named Kenney was appointed mar- shal to arrest two outlaws named Bill and Kench West. He made the arrest, but a few days ago Bill West escaped and yester- day he rode to Kenney's blacksmith shop and shot him through the head, killing him instantly, and then made good his escape, He and his gang say they intend to return shortly and clean out Miaml and Fairland, ek Sutiatiatt 01d Time Republican Dead. FARGO, N. D., Nov. 2.—~Waldo M, Pot- ter, one of the organizers of the republican party In western New York in 1534, a jour- nalist contemporary with Weed and Ray- mond for fourteen years, dled in Casselton this evening, aged 71 vears. in which | LOOKING FOR LITTLE Armenians in London Not Satisfied with the Turkish Commission of Inquiry, CLAIM THE CHIZF IS A VERY BAD MAN Abdullah Bey's Evil Personal Record in Asia and Europe is Remsmbered, JOHN BURNS IS ON HIS WAY OVER England's Great Labor Leader Sailed on the Etruria for America Yesterday, HE WILL ONLY REMAIN A FORTNIGHT Political Engagements at Home Prevent His Making an Extended Tour of the United States—He Will Make Sev= eral Speeches, llowever, (Copyrighted 184 by Press Publishing Company LONDON, Nov. 2.—(New York World Cable—Special Telegram.)—The Armenians in London are dissatisfied with the Turkish commission of inquiry into the Armenian atrocities. They allege Abdullah Bey, chief of the commission, has an evil personal record during his commands in both Asia and European provinces. Several radical members of Parliament, interested by the Armenians, have sent a private memorial to the forelgn secretary prot the commission, as only devised to suppre: the truth and offering no guarantees for the protection of witnesses. The government is brim full of profe sympathy, but unwilling to adopt adequate measures to induce the people to carry out article 01 of the Berlin treaty, because it is afrald of internal difficulties. JOHN BURNS' PLANS. John Burns sails teday on the Btruria, as a delegate to the trades union congress of the American Federation of Labor at Den- ver. In talking with your correspondent, he sald his arrangements are in the hands of the Federation of Labor. He regretted po- litical engagements in England precluded his staying longer than a fortnight in America. He had numerous invitations to address labor meetings in great cities, but will probably only be able to speak in New nd Chicago, He hoped to have made an extended tour, but was compelled to defer it to a more favorable. opportunity. Nothing has struck him more than the genercus offers of hospitality recelved from many old shipmates, with whom he worked at the engineer's bench, and from others, persons of wealth and standing, whom he never met. He believes a federation of American and British labor forces an out- come of the not remote future. Owing to the hurried trip, Mrs, Burns will not accom- pany him, but the same ship conveys Wil- liam Benn, M. P., who proposes to study certain aspects of municipal institutions in America. on behalf of the London county council. He is a smart young fellow, and enjoys the distinction of being the only candidate in the election of 1862 who de- feated a cabinet minister. Despite the trials of the Cunard Steam- ship company, it has been virtually de- cided to run fast steamers to Southampton, continuing the service of the slower boats to Liverpool. The change will probably occur next summer, If fast boats leave Southampton at the same time the Ameri- can liners leave they will land passengers for breakfast in New York every Friday. The Northwestern Rallway company offered inducements to the Cunard company to land passengers and malils at Holyhead, but the Cunard company decided on South- ampton ‘as the only alternative with Liver- pool. HER SPORT WAS COSTLY. The death of the famous sporting duchess of Montrose was due entirely to mental dis- tress over money matters, arising from obligations to pay £5,000 a year, under a marriage settlement, to her third husband. After a difference some time since with Milner, the duchess sought legal advice to discover a possible way of breaking the settlement, but without avail. His annuity remains the first claim on her estate, which, owing to turf losses, is not sufficient to pay it wouthout selling everything, including the famaus pearls. Though Milner's relu- tions with the duchess’ family are not cor- dial, he won't force a sale, but will awalt whatever settlement the family raay make. John Redmond is in indifferent health and has been ordered on a sea voyage. He will probably sail to the cape next Satur- day. He has recently undergone a severe operation for a dental trouble and his strength is affected, He will be absent six weeks, MYSTERIOUSLY LOST IN PARIS, Amerlean $oys Have Disappeared from Kriends in the Gay Fronch Metropolls. (Copyrighted 1894 by Press Publishing Company.) PARIS, Nov. 24.—(New York Word Cable—Special Telegram.)—The Americ consulate is engaged in tracing sev American boys who have mysteriously dis- appeared. One, John Sheldon, arrived here from New York last summer. He met on board the boat Prof. Benton of Minne- apolls, who advised him to stop at a cheap east end hotel. When Benton called there a long time after, he was told that Sheldon, on the day after his arrival, hired a bicycle and went off. He has not been heard of since, His family communicated with the consul and asked him to trace him. The matter was placed in the hands of a de- tective, A similar case is that of George Deforest of Ohlo, who stopped near the Champs Elysees. His mother has writte to the consulate to find him, This case ¥s also in the hands of detectives. The consul says he has a number of such cases on hand, and the American public should be warned not to send boys who don't know French unless accompanled by a responsi- ble friend, ' Princess Waldemar of Denmark, who has Just left here for Stowe, is reported to have gone out of her mind. She used to prom- enade the boulevards attended by two women, who would laugh and giggle with the men she met. She ran away from Copenhagen on account of her eccentricity. She used to dress in a man’'s fire uniform and attend fires. She gave portraits of her- self in that costume to admirers, She is in disgarce at the Danish court. Princess Waldemar of Denmark is the wife of the third son of the king of Denmark. She Is verging on 30 years of age, and was mar- ried nine years ago. She is the eldest of the four children of the duke of Chartres, brother of the late count of Paris, Revolt Agalnst Turkish Rule. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2.—A rising against Turkish rule is reported from Van, Armenta, in which district the recent mas- sacres occurred. The outbreak is sald to be due to the failure of the porte to convene the Armenian national assembly to elect a new patriarch in succession to Mgr. Achlakim, who resigned in consequence of a dispute with the Turkish government The patriarch’s locum tenes also resigned. Turkestan Wants Protectlon, ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24.—Advic from Khohand (Ferghana), Aslatic Russ\ say that Turkestan cotton is threatened by the low price of American cotton, and the arbitrage committee his petitioned the gov- ernment to ralse the duties on American eotton, JAPS STORMED THE WORKS, Port Arthur Only Captured After Eighteen Mours Continnous Fighti LONDON, Nov. 24.—It s announced that the earl of Kimberley, the secretary of state for foreign affal's, has recelved a short dispatch from the British minister at Tokio coffirming the capture of Port Ar- thur. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from the Chefoo says that the British war ship Porpoise has arrived there, and brings con- firmation of the announcement made by the Assoclated press that Port Arthur has been captured by the Japanese, A dispatch from Bhanghal asserts that twenty-three Japanese torpedo boats made a concerted rush upon the entrace of the harbor of Port Arthur, and that at the same time the Japanese land forces attacked the place from the rear, while a heavy artil- lery fire was poured into the Chinese forts. The Japanese infantry then stormed defense after defense. The Chinese resisted feebly, There were a fw hand-to-hand fights, but finally the Chinese became panic stricken and the Japanese carried everything before them, A dispatch to the Times from Shanghal irms the Times dispatch from Chefoo saying that the Japanese troops are re-em- barking at Port Arthur. Another dispatch from Shanghal says that the third Japanese army. which left Japan on November 20 (according to this corre- spondent), {8 supposed to have been sent to attack Wel-Hal-Wel, where a portion of the Chinese navy remains. The dispatch adds that the place will be easi'v captured, as the Chinese soldiers who are camped for its de- fense at Chi-Li ure desertin; in thousanas, The whole place js £aid to be in a state of utter collapse and coufusion. Yesterday dispatch to the Associated press from Yoko- hama sald it was rumored that this force was intended to operate In the Yang- Kiang district of China. A dispatch to the London Times from Chefoo last night, sald the fighting was con- tinuous from noon of the 20th until Wednes- day evening. The Japanese fleet dld not take part in the engagement, the Times dis- patch adds, though the torpedo boats at- tached to the fle were In action and dis- tracted the attention of the forts while the Japanese troops entered the town. According to a dispatch from Shanghal, a large Chinese crulser broke her propellor while trying to haul the Chinese war ship, Chen-Yuen, off the rocks at Wel-Hai-Wel, and the crulser is now said to be lying use- less at the latter place. It is added that hina now has only four effective war ships left. Sir Robert Hart, Inspector general of the imperial customs office in China, has issued a circular to the customs employes, a Shang- hal dispatch says, n which he says that he is disbursing the money in hand, and that he can only guarantee the payment of retir- ing allowances at half the usual rate. The Japanese, says a Shanghai dis captured 10,000 tons af coal and 3,000,060 taels worth of ammunition at Port Arthur. The Japanese attack upon Port Arthur commenced t daybreak Wednesday. 1t s directed against several forts in tne rear of Port Arthur. The first army ad- vanced from the right side and the Ku- mammoto brigade advanced from the left, while the heavy artillery was concentrated in the center in order to bombard the cas- tle. The first army captured a fort on the west side at 8 o'clock in the morning and entered Port Arthur at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, The Wagonsen.forl was cap- tured at 4 o'clock in the. afternogn. . Fhe Kumammoto brigade tGok the westward forts at 11'o'clock. The fighting was con- tinued through the night and until the next morning, when all the coast forts were in the possession of the Japdnese. The Japan- ese losses were heavy, but it Is thought the Chinese lost 20,000 men. CONFIRMED AT WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 2f.—The fall of Port Arthur, being a military maneuver, will be officially confirmed by the Japanese gov- ment to Lieutenant Miemoka, naval at- tache of the Japanese legation at W h- ington, also to Minister Kurino, whose offce is of a diplomatic character. The lleuten- ant has not vet heard from the officials, but the confirmation is so abundant from other sources that he expects that the offi- clal government announcement will be re- ceived at any time. “It is an achievement of greater relative importance than the battles of Ping Yang or Yalu,” sald he to an Assoclated press re- porter, “and will rank historically with the siege of Metz, Sebastopol or Paris, For six years China has been making Port Arthur impregnable under the direction of General Hannekin, and naval authorities believed he had succeeded. Its loss to China is reahy secondary to its gain by Japan.' Confirmation of the report of the capture of Port Arthur came almost simultaneously to the State and Navy departments, to the former from United States Minister Denby at Peking, and to the latter from Admiral Carpenter on board the U. S. 8. Baltimore at Chefoo, the admiral at the same time notifying the Navy department that the Baltimore was about to sail immediately for Port Arthur, where she doubtless has arrived by this time. It cannot be sald that the fall of Port “Arthur was unex- pected at the State department, although the officials had supposed it would certainly have withstood a protracted siege, particu- larly in view of the fact that the Japanese,as known, had no heayy slege guns and were obliged to rely on light fleld artillery. It is the opinion of military experts that Japan's attack on Port Arthur was a most perilous venture on thelr part. They could not af- ford any conslderable defeat, for the result would have been in the first place to de- termine the Chinese to pursue the war and in the second place to retard the Japanese government in its effort to float a new war loan. But by the victory at Port Arthur the success of the latter Is now assured. As a result of this last campalgn of the war there s but one opiniop, and that is that the speedy restoration of peace 1 almost certain, It is true-that China still possesses the splendid fortifications at Wel-Hal-Wel, sald to be as strong.or. eyen stronger than Port Arthur, and that, the' shore defenses there are strengthened by the Chinese fleet, But with Port Arthur as a base, the Japan- ese now have the praetical control of the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, and they can effectually steal up the water agnfoaches to Tien-Tsin and Peking withous Being under the neces- sity of attacking #he formidable Taku forts at the mouth of the yiver. Moreover, with the Chinese fleet practieally bottled up at Wel-Hai-Wel, the”Japanese are in a poss- tion to detach a portion of their own navy to attack other Chingse coast cities and work enormous damage, Bo it would seem to be madness for the Chinese to persist in the war, reallzing that for every day's delay they must add lo the great Indemnity which they will be obliged to pay to Japan, and it Is believed here that very soon the Chinese will suc for -peaee, through the mediation, directly or indirectly, of the United States minister at Toklo. foes e SOME HALL STONES, Mississippl Fends & Coatribution to Big Storles in that Line. MERIDIAN, Miss., Nov. 24.—Reports from the section of the statq visited by the cy- clone last evening are coming in slowly, owing to prostration of wires, but so far no loss of life has been reported. In the vicin- ity of Newton, Morton and Hickory the damage to property is enormous. Bulldings were swept away, glant trees uprooted and carrled for miles, and fences leveled to the ground. A terrific hail storm accompanied the wind. Stones as large as tea cups fell with such force as to bury themselves in the earth. A number of cows, horses and hogs were killed. In Meridian the streets were strewn with bréken timber, signs, tele- &raph and telephone wires, | LEFT THE BUILDING New York Bank Olerk Takes About Every- thing Else in Sight. SHOE AND LEATHER BANK THE VICTIM Examination of the Books Shows a Shortage of About $364,000, GAVE SECURITY FOR A SMALL AMOUNT Officers Say They Have Enough Left to Pay Depositors in Full, OTHER BANKS FLEDGE THEIR ASSISTANCE That There Is Anything Left Is Evidently Clerk Did nce at the Because the Absconding Not Have u Ch Main Pile of Cash, NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—A bookkeeper in the National Shoe and Leather bank disap- peared a few days ago. A national bank examiner has just finished an investigation which disclosed a defalcation of $364,000. The bank has a capital of $1,000,00 and a surplus of $200,000, leaving an impairment of capital of about $150,000, which will at once be made good by the stockholders. The name of the defaulting clerk is Sam- uel G. Seeley. His residence Is on Halsey street, Brooklyn. John M. Crane, president of the National Shoe and Leather bank, gave out the fol- lowing statement to the public this evening: To the Public—A bookkeeper of this bank has disappeared, and as a result a thorough investigation, at by a national bank examiner, has proven him a defaulter to the amount of $364,000, to meet which the directors called upon the stockholders for an assessment sufficient to amply cover any deficiency. We append a statement by the clearing house committee. JOHN M. CRANE, President. The following circular has “The recent examination of the affairs of the National Shoe and Leather bank by the national bank examiner developed a Ge- fatcation of $364,000, and upon investigation by the clearing house committee this loss is confirmed. The committee is unanimous in opinion that, notwithstanding this loss, the bank is in a sound condition and able to pay Its depositors.” The circular is signed by G. F. Baker, W. W. Sherman, E. H. Perking, jr, G. G. Willlams, mittee. DISCUSSED BY THE OFFICERS. The following bank officers were present during the examination and have pledged the committec assistance: George F. Baker, F. D. Tappen, G. G. Willlams, H, W. Can- non, J. Edward Simmons, E. H. Perkins, Jr., and W. M. Nash. President Crane of the defrauded bank, in speaking of the affair, said: “The default- ing bookkeeper is Samuel G. Secley of 422 Halsey street, Brooklyn. He has been in the employ of the bank for the last fourteen years and was one of our trusted employes. On last Friday afternoon Seeley applied for a leave of absence over Saturday, promis- ing to return Monday morning. A substitute was put to work on his books on Saturday, and as Seeley failed to appear on Monday morning, the same substitute resumed work on the books. These were discovered to be n such a condition that examination of them was immediately made by the offi- cers of the bank. “This was finished and the amount of the defaleation known by Tuesday. On Wednesday we sent for the national bansk examiner, who finished his labors and verl- fled our statement today. Seeley was guar- anteed by the United States Guaranty com- pany for §7,600, and the officers of that com- pany considered him one of thelr best risks. Seeley was o man of very simple habi He has a wife and two children, The whereabouts of Seeley are unknown. His wife 1s prostrated by the shock of his crime and his subsequent flight. She is very 1l we have been told." HE HAD A CONFEDERATE. Secley was alded by a confederate, the bank officials are certain. Indeed, they go so far as to assert that the identity of Seeley's accomplice is known to the police and that detectives either have him in cus- tody or will soon apprehend him. This confederate was not an attache of the bank, though it is intimated he was a depositor. According to Vice President Pease, Seeley has been fleecing the bank for some time past. His method was not ingenlous, nel- ther was it brilliant. It was arduous, diffi- cult and dangerous, but withal successful, According to Mr. Pease's statement, the entire execution of the scheme lay in trans- posing the accounts with the assistance of a confederate. On Thursday, November 15, the bank commenced to prepare for the in- auguration of a new system of bookkeep- ing. This, of course, blocked Secley's game. The introduction of a new method of keep- ing accounts would necessitate a review of the books, and such a review would prob- ably, if not certainly, disclose the defl- clency. Exposure stared Seceley in the face. Mr. Pease and his assoclates suspected nothing wrong until Friday, but when, on the evening of that day, their suspicions were aroused, Seeley had disappeared. “How Seeley accomplished his work fs Qifficult to say. That it required close fig~ uring and accurate calculations is evident. He must have kept a private set of books for his own information—a sort of record of his own shortcomings. “For a short time it was feared the bank depositors wbuld become alarmed over the defaleation, but though a number called at the institution during the afternoon, they were easily assured that all claims would be met without difiiculty. PLANNING TO CATCH HIM, W. D. Van Viick, cashier of the bank, began steps for the apprehension of the bookkeeper and his alleged accomplice. The crime being & federal offense, Mr, Van Viick went to United States District Attor- ney McFarlane, with whom he had a con- ference, They went before United States Commissioner Shields and had some papers signed, which it was understood were war- rants. Whether warrants had really been issued nobody would say. Beeley's opera- tions are sald to have extended through a period of nine years. Lawyer Angel, his made our request have been issued: the com- an THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather Forocast for Nebraska— Fair; Warmer, Varlable Winds, Soclulists Trying a Game on Hohenlohe, Armenians Distrust the Commission. Cashier Takes All but the Vault. Yulo Luck Lasts Long Enough. Michigan Does for the Cornell Crow, Stowards Geot After Ltcky Baldwin, Discussing Plans for County Kellef. nia. for tho New Bonds Opened. Strawn Talks of His Trip. 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Angel got only $11,000 of the large amount taken. HOW THE GAME WAS WORKED. The Press this morning gives an account of the confession of Bookkeeper Seeley of the National Shoe and Leather bank to his attorney, F. W. Angle, Mr. Angle, who was formerly an assistant United States at- “orney in Brooklyn, had been a personal friend of Secley's for many years. Seeley had called on him Thursday a week ago nd again the following day. “I want to give you a retainer as counsel,” said he on the last call, “so that what I tell you will be a matter of profound secrecy.” “He then told me,” continued Angle, “that he was in trouble with the bank. He was very nervous and told his story bit by bit. When he mentioned the amount, over $300, 000, I told him he was craz; Hhe proved it to me and then told me his accomplice got it all. I pressed him hard for the name of the accomplice, and he gave it to me at length, reluctantly. He then asked me what he had better do. I advised him to give himself up, He refused to do this. His confederate, he sald, was going to stay right In the city and face it down. “I do not believe that my client profited more than $16,000 in all by the forgeries. 1 have evidence which convinces me of the truth of this, The rest went to his confed- erate. says Seeley very mi T Tarddad CAPTAIN RAY'S CASE. 1usists on & Change of Venue from Fremont County, LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 2f.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Captain Ray, acting Indian agent, who was indicted for branding cattle, made application to Judge Knight today for change of venue to Sweetwater county, claiming that the people of Fremont county were prejudiced against him. The applica- tion wes granted. Tricks of an Ex-Conviet. CHEYENNE, Nov. 24.—(Special Telegram.) —C. D. Berceleus, who stole a valuable horse from a ranchman near Greeley, Colo Wednesday morning, was arrested h He had just arrived with the stolen nd was endeavoring to sell it. A certificate was found on his person showing that he had been discharged from the Colo rado penitentiary August 2. He served two years for stealing a team of horses in Denver. e Street Cars Strike a Manhole. CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—A Madison street car drawing a trailer struck a misplaced man- hole covering in the tracks tonight. Both cars were derailed and jammed together with such force and suddenness that one passenger was fatally hurt and three others more or less injured, while of the twenty- five passengers on the train scarcely one escaped without recelving bruises or cuts from the broken glass. The injured are: Timothy Waters, jammed between the trailer and the rear of the grip car; inter- nally injured, will dle. Congressman A. C. Durborrow and Mre, Durborrow were badiy hurt. A S Student Shot for Plifering Apples. REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Nov. 21.—George Carter, a student from Stanford univer- sity, while on the way to visit the college foot ball team in training at Woodford, entered an orchard owned by a man named Gibson to plck some apples. Gibson came out with a shotgun and fired at him, strik- ing Carter, They boy fell to the ground and Gibson fired at him as he iay prostrate, wounding him a second time. Carter was removed to Woodside and a doctor sum- moned. His wounds, while painful, are not fatal, Gibson has not yet been ari ted, el S L, Refused to Carry the Lead. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2.—The Northern Pacific steamer Sikh went to sea with a full cargo of 8,200 tons of freight, five cabin and forty steerage passengers, The shipment of lead for Yokohamna, which has been held here since the salling of the last Pacific liner, did not go out on the Sikh, notwith- standing the decision of the Treasury de- partment that lead Is not contraband of war, Captain Rowley, master of the vessel, refused to risk carrying the lead and the company’s head office at Yokohama out orders not to accept the shipment. AL U Whipped for Egging a Freacher. EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo, Nov. The home of James Tennis and wife, living seven miles east of this place, was visited last evening by a mob of masked men ana Tennis and his wife were severely whippea, Mrs. Tennls was horribly mangled, Pad blood has existed in this neighborhood, caused by a lawsuit in which Tennis was accused of egging o preacher. o s e George M. Irwin Arratgned. NEW YORK, Nov. 2i.—George M. Irwin, the Pittsburg speculator, charged with being a defaulter, was arralgned before Justice Hogan in the Jefferson Market po- lice court today, Irwin was remanded to Jall for ten days, to allow the Pennsylvania authorities opportunity to work up the case. Rl L Pipe Caused a Gi Explosion. LOUISVILLE, Nov. 24.—August Schlicker, a laborer In the employ of the clty, went into a fire clstern at Fourth and Main streets this morning with a lighted pipe in his mouth, There was an accumulation of gas in the cistern and a terrific explosion followed, Bhlicker was crushed to death, Fatal Yankton Hotel Fire, YANKTON, 8. D,, Nov. 24.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—The Central hotel took fire from an explosion of gasoline early this morn- Ing and was gutted of everything it con- tained. Lott B. Wolfe, a cripple frem Wothington, Minn, was suffocated aud | taken out & corpse. YALE LUCK TO BLAME Blues' Mascot Sticks by the Team Through a Desperate Ball Game, HARVARD PLAYED NUCH THE BETTER Orimson Lightweights a Revelation to the Orew from New Haven, NEW RULES DID NOT STOP SLUGGING Viotors' Roughness a Very Pronounced Factor in Determining the Result, SEVERAL OF THZ MEN WERE BADLY HURT ualties Unusually Long and usually Serious—Harvard Fluke at the Start Loses the Game Early. SPRINGFIELD, Mass,, Nov. 24.—Aftes each Harvard-Yale foot ball game, for twenty years now, the writers of news his- tory have been obliged to open the annual record of these encounters with the trite statement that, “Yale again defeats Har- vard.” This, to be sure, is not literally the fact, because Harvard has, since 1875, when the record began, wrenched two victorles from the New Haven men. And yet, though again defeated today, ejaculations of hopelet disgust over Harvard's performances are not altogether fair. “Harvard, though beaten today ved good foot ball against fates that might well nigh be seen in the air. A Yale partisan, hoarse with yelling for the Blues, this evening praised the feeling which widely prevailed among the spectators, “It T never before belleved in Yale luck, said the Yale man, “I believe in it now, % assure you that whilo the Yale men had the better team, Harvard played the better foot ball, if anybody can understand what T meafy by that.” Harvard and Yale students, since 1875, with three exceptions, have annuaily strugs gled at foot ball. The excepted years wers 1877 and 1885, when there were no games, and 1889, when Harvard forfeited to Yales The record stands thus: Yale, Harvarg o 18 0 No game. 1885-No game. 1886..... 1887 1888 escockc ms Pmococoo Harvard has won only twice in twenty years and her total of scores is 50. Yale has won sixteen, with an averags of scores of 218. The play since 1883 has been upop Hampden fleld in this city. CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. The rays of a glrizus autumn sun, gleaminy through November mists, lighted the hearts of the foot ball enthusiasts this morning when they first opened thelr eyes, and was a sur= prise after last night's leaden skies and drlze zling rain. By 8 o'clock the heavy mist had risen far enough to allow the blue sky to peep forth so that half an hour later Yale's colop filled the heavens from horizon to horizoms But if the Yale blue was flaunted above thg housetops, the rays of the sun touched up the crimson tinged trees in the city and at Hampe den park, and sent a reflection back to the exs ultant blue. The atmosphere as the streets and flelds dried up was delicious. The chil} of early morning was succeeded by a warmth like that of an early September day. 4 Naturally such exceptional foot ball weathen made everybody extremely happy and the res sult was that the throngs on the strects gave vent to their hilariousness in shouts, songs and college cries. The streets, hotel corrldors and public resorts were thronged. The pushe ing, struggling crowds in the strects were bee decked with the colors of the rival colleges Everybody wore a badge, some but a minias ture, others covering yards of ribbons. The crimson chrysanthemums on the bre of the Harvard admirers were rivaled by the delicate violet on the breasts of the Yale men and in the corsage of Yale women. Thera were parasols of red and parasols of blue, Once in a while to relieve the monotony of colors there would be a flaunt of orange and black as a crowd of Princeton adherents came along, and the red and blue of Pennsylvanis was preminent after that college special had arrived, The betting remained unchanged up to the time the game started at the odds of 2% to 2 in favor of Yale. There was plenty of Harvard money in sight, but the owners would not put it out. At the Massasolt, which was a surging mass of humanity, 100 to 40 was laid and even money that Harvard would mot score = touchdown. The Yals coachers advised the Yale men that it was not safe te glve such fearful odds, but the Yale backers put it out at 2 and 2% to 1 as fast as they could get it. Most of the wagers were 5 to 3 on Yale, and the same man who put $50 even yesterday that Yale would not triple Harvard's score today placed $400 against $1,000 of Yale money on the result, Harvard men were looking for § to 8 odds, with a few Yale men to offer it, The teams lined up as follows at 2 o'clocky Yale, Posith Harvard. Hinckey (capt ft end....Cabot (capt.) Beard............Left tackle.........Hallowell McCrea. Left guard.. Mackle Stillman Center ... ¥. Shawm Hickok ... Right guard.........J, Shaw Murphy.........RIght tackle..........Waters L. Hinckey.......Right end........A. Brewen Adee...... Quarter back. . Wrenn Thorne.... .Right half. C. Brewes Jerrems.............Left half....Wrighingtom Butterworth.....Full _back......... Fairchil§ WAS A VERY WARM GAME, As the morning grew, the alr softened and mellowed fn the sunlight until the lads withi long halr and a longing to see the game walled that the heat would be insufferable to those who should fight in the gridiron battle, The twenly-two men came out over the fences at the far north corners, and & thousand people and more to each shouted an@ screamed at the sight of them, The seating capacity of the stands of Hampden park i 043 persons. Estimates of the numbes of persons who saw the game range from 25,000 to 40,000 people. Finally at 2 o'elock the men lined up. In epite of the new ruley the time consuied this year was greater thay