Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1894, Page 1

DAILY ESTABLISHED JUNE OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1894. m——— the Bulgarian atrocities. The Kurds are as much savages as red Indians. They be- lleve the government approves of the out- range, and unless they are dealt with as the Canadian or American government would deal under similar circumstances they are incapable of understanding to the contrary. If Great Britain and Russia jointly insist upon reforms there will be a fair chance cf success, because in case of need they can compel attention. NEW CHANCELLOR'S POLICY Hohenlohe Makes His Maiden Speech in the Reichstag, FINANC'AL REFORM TO THE FORE DAWN OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Continuation of the Present Colonlal Pol- ley ® Necessity—Strengthening the Army and Navy—Ald to Be Given the Agriculturists. Frances Joseph's Consent to the Eccle! tieal Bills Recelved by the Relchsrath BUDA-PESTH, Deec. 11.—There was scene of unparalleled excitement in the Reichgrath today when Dr. Wekerle, the prime minister, announced that the king of Hungary (Emperor Franz Josef), had given his sanction to the ecclesiastical bills. The members rose In a body and cheered for | several minutes. The house rapidly emptied | and the members passed around Iul\ll N[m» 5 5 ange | gratulatea Dr. Wekerle and the Hungarian | lobbies. ever, in every case follow in the footsteps | that the firm position they have maintained of his predecessor, but he would loyally fulfill on the ecclesiastical measures will enable his duties. The chancellor dwelt upon the them to carry out further reforms. They have arranged to hold a mass meeting on necessity of financial reform, the maintenance | LS of the colonial policy, the necessity of | Thursday. On the evening of that day there will be a torchlight procession and the city strengthening the navy, and promised that | will be illuminated in honor of the victory Just demands of the agrarians would be sat- | they have won. The eccleslastical bills, to isfled. In soclal questions, he added, the| Which the royal sanction has been given, in- protection of the weak would be made the | clude measures legalizing civil marriages, al- Rret consideration of the government, which | Iowing the conversion of Christians to Juda- would also endeavor to maintain peace. The | ism, granting religious lierty to 'licl)l:o\\ni applause was confined to the members of the | and removing the restrictions with Fesfrd right, except during a passage In the speech :(p'o”'fxfi:m,],:fh:f.{ m'(fnc_d ng::‘rnrlmvh- m'?ulg:! Shanity af o-oparation betweon. the Mato and | {reedom in Hungary. ~All Uhe measures, with emibers. o t he exception of th e ¥ ;f,‘,‘:‘;(',";,n?,:"’.';,,,"'.‘,’,‘,,,',f:n’l'(f" e meracians apr | dren of mixed marriages, were bitterly op- Dlaided the reference to atale aid to hus. | bosed by the clericals. Not only the Roman [RRAFy: - Many. membsts. of. the Relohstag | Catholioh but the Gresk orthodox bishops Wors hsont, notably the soctallst menmbers, | fousht dgainat the adoption of the measures Bifiise’ Sibhssiotie's letiar relating to the | At oneitime it looksd as though the oppos request of the public prosecutor that the | #itlon would win. Reichastag authorize the prosecution of so- clalist members who remained seated and re- fused to cheer for the emperor cn Thursiay last was referred to the standing orders, with in- structions to deal with it without delay. At | the conclusion of the chancellor’s speech Count Posadowski opened the budget discus- sfon. Count Posadowsky dwelt upon the necessity of reform in the present financial system in order to put the finances of the individual states upon a sounder basis, Bachem, on behalf of the center party, #ald they met the mew chancellor without prejudice, But they were opposed to new taxes and urged that penal action against the soclalists conld have no effect. Richter, on behalf of the radicals, criti- cised the budget and protested against the costly colonial policy and the excessive ex- penditures for the army and navy. He de- manded information as to the causes which led to the change in the chancellorship. Touching upon the financlal question, the chancellor said the matricular contributions of the individual states toward the imperial expenditures, which had originally been con- sidered to be of a transitory character, now involved serious danger. The empire had no deficit to fear, but the fluctuating amounts of the matricular contributions induced a con- Qitlon of great uncertainty. Financial re- form, therefore, was indispensable. 1In re- gard to the necessity of adhering to the colonial policy the chancellor referred to the possibility of Germany creating fresh mar- kets throughout other colonies, Moreover, the colonial pollcy was a material factor of the policy of German unity in strengthening of family feeling. With reference to the social- ist agitations, the chancellor spoke of the dangers threatening the vital nerve of the state, which danger would be warded off, not by exceptional laws, but by strengthening the provisions of the common law. a BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Prince Hohenlohe made & declaration of his policy as chancellor of Germany to the Reichstag today. His appear- ance in the chamber elicited no demonstra- tion, Prince Hohenlohe said that his entry not Russia’s Diplomatic C| LONDON, Dec. 11.—A dispatch to the Standard from Berlin states that Count Muravieff, Russian minister to Denmark, will succeed Count von Schouvaloff as Russian ambassador to Germany. 0ss Board. Yamagata Not Dead. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 11.—A report that has gained currency to the effect that Field Marshal Yamageta, commander of the first Japanese army, was dead is officially de- clared to be untrue. Diamonds in Tasmania. HOBARTTOWN, Tasmanla, Dec. 11.— Numbers of stones which have been found at Corrina have proved to be diamonds. ST AT BUTCHERED BY A MANIAC, David Spragg Marders His Wife and Two Children and Cuts flis Own Throat. RIDGEWAY, Mo., Dec. 11.—The most hor- rible human butchery ever recorded in this gection was committed five miles southwest of this city this afternoon. David G. Spragg, in a fit of insanity, murdered his wife and two children ard mortally wounded his two step-children, then tcok his own life. The weapon used was a large butcher knife. The nearest neighbor of the Spraggs lived almost a mile distant, and it was some time before the news of the crime spread. In a few hours numbers of people arrived from town and an investigation of the scene was made. The most sickening sight met their gaze. In the yard near the gate were the remains of Mrs. Spragg, mutilated almost beyond recognition, and her disheveled hair lying i the pool 6f blood surrounding her. In the little dwelliug, in one corner of the sitting room, lay the lifeless body of little Caley, 6 years old, and in another, Albert, a d-yéar-old boy, Albert's head, resting on the slate with which he had been playing, was a mass of coagulated blood and brains, while blood still oozed from the gaping wounds In the throats of each. On the Kitchen floor, with blood besmeared all over his hands and face, and still clenching the knife in his bony hands, lay the author of the awful scene. Great pools of blocd had congulated on the floor, making more sick- ening and terrible the scene. Two step- children of Spragg's, both under § vears old, were taken to the home of a neighbor, where they are dylng from dozens of cuis that cover their ‘llll\‘ bodies. Evidence of a ter- vible struggle were plainly visible in the Spragg home. The walls, books, stove and furniture were spattered with blood, chairs were upset, the oll can overturned and things generally turned upside down, The particulars of the butchery are iearned from Dora Onstatt, a step-daughter of Spragg. She is a child of 11 years, and after eluding her step-father's murderous grasp, escaped to a neighbor's and gave the @larm. Her statement, somewhat broken because of the intense excitement under which she labored, I substantially as fol. lows: Spragg had been complaining all morning of an aching head, and his nearest neighbor, Mr. Meyers, was $ent to R'dg=way for a physician. Soon after Meyers' de- parture Spragg tied Caley's hands behind him and deliberately cut his throat. Mrs, Spragg rushed into the room at this point and attempted to interfere, when Spragg made a lurge at her. She ran out into the yard, around the hcuse and then into it again, closely followed by Spragg. In the house he caught her and a desperate struggle ensued. He literally hacked her head and face into slices, and then, cutting her head almost from the body, dragged her by the hair into the yard. Covered with gore and every minute becoming more frenzied, the human monster now returned to the house again to continue his work. Dora, who was sick in bed, had climbed out of ‘a window in the mesntime and escaped. When the people began to arrive, they were deterred from entering by Spragg, who £tood in the doorway with a loaded shotgun. Finally he locked the door, and it was then that he butchered his step-children. Just as the crowd was preparing to break into the house two sho! were heard, and when the door was finally forced open Spragg was dead and the scene as described was presented to view. The two step-children, who were still alive, were cared for, but cannot recover, e WAS RAISED WITH CLEVELAND, TO PROSECUTE UNLOYAL SOCIALISTS. Request of the Public Prosecutor in Ger- many Severely Censured. BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Prince Hobenlohe, the chancellor, ‘has communicated to Herr von Levetzow, the president of the Relchstag, @ request from the public prosecutor that the Relchstag sanction the criminal prosecution of the soclalist deputies who remained seated on Thursday last when Herr von Levetzow called for cheers for the emperor. It is un- derstood the deputies will be charged with lese majeste. This request from the public prosecutor has aroused a storm of discussion in the press. The Natlonal Zeitung says: “If the Reichstag were to authorize the prosecu tlons further action would depend upon the decision of judicial authorities upon the doubtful question as to what constitutes lese majeste.” The Boersén, Courler remarks: “There fs no doubt that the Reichstag will emphati- cally reject the request. If the government intends to dissolve Parliament let it be done before unpleasantnesses arise.” The Vossische Zeitung thinks that ‘the harm that wil be done will outwelgh the advantage which will be derived from prose- cuting the oclalists.” The Tageblatt states: “The soclalists stand in great need of a weapon with which 1o stir up the masses, and the government is going the best way to supply it.”" The Kreuz Zeltung expresses its opini that “even if the Relchstag refuses to gr the request of the public prosecutor pro- ceedings can bo taken after the session, as the oftense was not covered by parllamentary privilege.” The Vorwaerts, organ of the socialists, says: “Article 27 of the constitution re- serves to the Reichstag alone the right of regulating its discipline. The public prose- cutor is not entitled to interfere with what the deputies do in the precinets of the house,” FOREIGNERS 1IN DANGER. Native Population of Peking Showing In- crensed Feeling. PEKING, Dec. 11.—The angry fecling of the Chinese population here against for- elgners 18 Increasing. LONDON, Dec. 11.—The Globe this after- noon prints a letter from d British resident In China who occuples an important position wh'ch brings him in touch with the man- darins and the masses. The writer says: “A tragedy may occur any day, and when the Japanese come within sight of the capital I Teel certuin that every foreigner will be massacred. The foreign ministers will incur a_perfectly iusane rizk if they remain there fter tho fce has closed the port of Tien- Tsin. The greatest danger is in the fact that nearly all the soldiers are members of se- t socleties which are ready to break out first chance.” Lonesome Democrat in thy Kensas House o Former Companion of the Prosiden TOPEKA, Dec. 11.—(Special.)—John Schly- e of Ellis county, who will be the only straight-out democrat in the Kansas house of representatives, and whose county was the only one which gave the democratic state ticket a plurality November 6, learned his democracy from Grover Cleveland. They were young men together in Buffalo, N. Y., where Schiyer was a butcher and Cleveland o lawyer. Schiyer early took rank as a leader among the Germans of Erie county, thereby attracting the attention of the poll- ticians. He thus became acquainted with Cleveland, and when the latter was a can- didate for sheriff was one of his most ar- dent supporters. The friendship thus formed s continued after Schlyer's removal to Kansas, and when Cleveland became presi- dent the first time he made his old friend recelver of the United States land office at ‘Wakeeney, Schiyer came to Kansas In 1872 and be- came a buffalo hunter. He continued in that avocation so long as it was profitable, when ho settled at Hays City, in Ellis county, pre-empting a_quarter section of land near y. Soon he was appointed to be @ deputy sheriff and afterwards was elected sheriff. Ho continued in the office four vears at a time when Hays City was on the frontier and was infested with desperadoes and gam- blers. He then became county treasurer for four years, and is now engaged in stock raising and in conducting a large agricul- tural implement house, He 1s the wealthiest man (n Bilis county. ‘Schlyer has no use for popullsts, and prob- ably will vote with the republicans on all political questions. He is & business man, ure and simple, and it is expected will a useful member of the house. —_—— Stoawmship Arriv. Decevber 11, At New York—Arrived—Amsterdam, from Rotterdam; Moravia, from Hamburg; Baum- well, from Naples. At Liverpool—Arrived—Catalonia, Boston; Storm King, from Montrea At Philadelphia—Arrived—Assyrian, Glasgow. At Barcelona—Arrived—Baltimore City, from Savannah. At Gibraltar—Arrived—Kaser Wilhelm 111, trom New York. At Scuthampton—Arrived—Lahn, New York At Qu compared with ! New Yu. ENGLAND WILL INVESTIGATE. That Country Has Declded to Send a Special Delegation to Armenin. LONDON, Dee. 11.—Lord Rosebery had a long conference today with the earl of Kim- herley, secretary of state for forelgn affairs, in reference to Armenia, and as a result it has been decided that the British govern- ment will immediately send an independent dlegation to investigate the reports of Turk- 18l atrocities in that country. German Soclalists Get Together. LONDON, Dec. 11.—A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says that In the face of a common danger the morth and south German soclallsts have temporarily patched up their quarrel. Bebel, the leader of the porth German section of the party, has written to the Vorwaerts, the soclallst or- an, agreeing to postpone discussion of the snp\uu\ points until the end of the session of the Relchstag. Kurds Are Like Ked Indlavs. LONDON, Dee. 11.—The Dally News today publishes a three-column letter from Con- stantinople on the Armenlan outrages. The writer says that from all the evidence that he has been nbh.l& gather, in wlntlfl IAh number killed villages burned, r meaian outrages can nol me from from from ¥ = Arrived—Majestle, from The liberals have the highest hopes | JAPAN'S HIGHEST MISSION Humane Directions Given by the Com- mander-in-Ohief to the Invading Hosts, CARRYING CIVILIZATICN INTO CHINA Orders to the Army to Avold Barbarities 7 the Enemy's Country for the Honor of the Vietors—Kin Kanku Assassinated. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The instructions glven by Lieutenant General Sakuma to the second Japanese army, governing the treat- | ment of the enemy in the pending ‘war, are contained in an fssue of the Yokohama Mail which was recently received here. General Sakuma said that Japan being the “first country of the east which had adopted civ- {lizatlon as her path, held the responsible position to lead other hitherto uncivilized na- tions into the way of civilization. So what- ever way the enemy may act, Japan must tread the way of justice and while carrying reform Into a barbarous country the dignity of Japan must be upheld in the world.” He then specified the following conditions to be cbserved by the army: 1. That the people of the enemy's country who do not offer resistance should be con- goled as much as possible. 2. No such act is to be committed as to in- sult the wounded captives, or those who have surrendered or to deprive such of their clothes or properties. 3. The enemy's dead shall not be be- headed, their noses cut off or their eyes taken out. In short, Japanese soldiers are warned against perpetrating acts of brutal- ity. 4. That fire shall without due cause, 5. The dwellings and cultivated flelds of the enemy’s country shall not be destroyed 6. Females in the enemy's country shall not be violated, or other indecent acts com- mitted. 7. In the enemy's country tombs are not to be dug out or damaged. 8. Private property of the people shall not be_plundered. 9. No forced sale or purchase effected. 10. Our enemy being the Chinese army, people of other nationalities should be loved and friendship shown to them, and our oldiers should not be guilty of violent or rash acts 11. Besides the above, deeds unworthy of the honor of our army shall mot be perpe- trated. The same paper says that Kin Kanku, leader of the Japanese party and who wa vice minister of Japan in Corea, ~was assassinated at his house on the 31st of Oc tober. The deceased was regarded by mar as the most able among the new minister Financial Panie in St. Johns. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 11.—1t is stated that two mcre of the largest concerns in this city will make assignment tomorro The fecling of insecurity increases hourly. It is'feared the Union bank will be unable {to sustain the strain. It is publicly an- nounced that the Commercial bank of Ne foundland, the suspension of which was announced yesterday, will be wound up today. Its liabilities are as yet unknown. Duder’s indebtnedness to the bank is over $300,000, a sum greater than the bank's capi- tal steek. England Pensions Chiof Clarence. COLON, Dec. 11.—Ex-Chief Clarence, the former ruler of the Mosquito territory, has been granted a maintenance of $22 per day by the British government. The Nicaraguan government has issued a decree granting amnesty to all the members of the defunct Mcsquito territory government, with the exception of ex-Chief Clarence, ‘Turkish Cablnet May Resign. VIENNA, Dec. 11.—A dispatch from Con- stantinople today says the Turkish cabinet held a long meeting yesterday, at which Armenian affairs were almost exclusively Qiscussed. It is considered probable that the ministry will resign. not be set to places Steamselp Lines Consolidute. HAMBURG, Dec. 11.—The Hamburg- American line of steamships and the Thing- line of .steamers today consolidated their inte; Silver Imports in China. CALCUTTA, Dec. 11.—The imports of sill ver into India for the month of November amounted to 27 lakhs of rupees, against 60 lakhs in October. § Our Mury is All Right. LONDON, Dec. 1L.—The sensational re- ports circulated in regard to the condition of Mrs. Mary Anderson Navarro are with- out foundation. e GRIP CARS COLLIDED, Many People Injured in the Washington Street Tunnel in Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—In a collision between cable cars in the Washington street tunnel this evening one man was fatally hurt,fifteen more were seriously injured and a score of others more or less bruised. The cars were set on fire by the stoves, and for a time there was a fearful panic around the scene. The most seriously injured are: John Smith, Internally injured and both legs broken, will die; George Newman, head and face badly cut; Willlam Joyce, right leg broken and se- Verely bruised; James McDonald, left side of face erushed and head cut; John Frems, leg twisted, bad bruises about the hips nose broken; James McGinty, sel bruized about the face and shoulders; Mrs. Thomas Beeman, seriously bruised, head and face cut; Mrs. George Relss, head hurt and temporarily deranged by ‘the shock; Mrs. Willilam Parker, both ankles broken and severe bruis John Donahue, head and face cut; William Mulrooney, teeth knocked out and jaw broken; J. B. Burtle, head hurt and face crushed; A." Aikens, nose crushed and body bruised; Mrs. lEstella V men, injured about the shoulders and hips; Harry Doddard, face cut, head cut and legs hurt; T. H. Moran, gripian, badly bruised and ‘injured internally; Nellfe Schott, head cut and badly bruised; C. B. Barton, face fearfully lacerated and teeth knccked out; Miss Olga Schroeder, fingers smashed and head cut; N. Peterson, left arm broken; John Speth, face lacerated and nose mashed flat; M. Nelson, knee cap torn off and badly brulsed. In addition there was a large number of people who sustained painful injuries and smashed fingers, knocked out teeth, sprained ankles and wrists. Hoth the West Madison street and the Milwaukee avenue cable run through the tunnel, and at the time the accident oc- curred, 6:30 o’clock, all the westbound cars are jummed to suftocation with people re- turning from business on the south side. A Madison street cable train, consisting of ‘a grip car and two trallers, was two-thirds of the way down the cline toward the bot- tom of the tunnel, when a cable train on the Milwaukee avénue line, also consisting of three cars, entered the tunnel, ~Almost immediately after starting down the slope Gripman Moran of the Milwaukee avenue line lost his hold on the cable and the slipped forward down the steep inclin Moran rang his alarm bell and he and th conductor set all the brakes on the train, | but were unable to hold it, and just as the bottom of the tunnel was reachéd the run- away cars struck the Madison street cars With awful force, smashing the rear car into splinters and demolishing the Milwau- kee avenue grip car. Both cars were piled up In & heap, from which such passengers 48 were capable -of moving crawled out, battered and bleeding. Each of the two wrecked cars held about seventy-five pas- sengers, and that a number of thera were not instantly killed was a wonder. To add to the horror of the accident, one of the wrecked cars caught fire and began to blaze furiously. All the people injured on both cars had been removed before the fire became dangerous however. A number of people were pinioned in the wreck and oth- ors were held fast between the wreckage and the walls of the tunnel. Al of them Were quickly removed and the fire extin- guished by an engine company. The calise of the accident was the breaking of the grip of the Milwaukee avenue grip car. purind by et sy \or Delegates Go Around the DENVER, De Looy. . 11.—The delegates to the Jan excursion around the loop. Tomorrow Federation of Labor returned tonight from | morning at 10 o'clock they again assem- ble for business. A resolytion will be pre- sented on behalf of 'the’golored men of Amerjca. This resolution ggntains a num- ber of arguments, and closég with the state- ment that the negro. problem lies in the olution of the labor question, It urges that unless some method I8 found that will fur- pish work for all, rewgriss of race the future of the colored nmi is doomed. On Thursday afternoon the delexates will again lay aside thelr work-and' be given a trip about the city on the tramway line by the Chamber of Commerce. THEIR PRAYER ANSWERED. Rosewater Accepts an Urgent Invitation to Enlighten the State of Heatrice. OMAHA, Dec. 10.—Rditor Beatrice Ex- press, Beatrice, Neb.: Dear Sir—On my re- turn to Omaha, after an absence of nearly three weeks, I find the fallowing clipping from your paper: “No man knows the reason why, but Roscwater seems to slight malice aforethought. ~ He made several seches during the campaign, but did not come here, although urgently, even prayer- tully, invted to come. How can he expect his paper to maintain a circulation here if he doesn't show a living interest in the town? He should come down here now and make a speech and explain why he still calls himself a republican. We would like to have this vital question gettled before an- other campaigh rolls around, and there is but one man who can settle it.” 1 do not want to slight Beatrice or disap- point you and the other railroad republicans who are so anxious to hear me. Will you please announce that 1 will deliver an address at Beatrice next Friday evening, December 14, at Paddock opera house, and make the ex- planation which you so anxiously desire. I hope on this occasion to settle this question 80 that the boys who have been making Rosewater their target in every campalgn will not have occasion to indulge in another ghost dance at the expense of republican candidates. Very respectfully, E. ROSEWATER. i, MADE A CLEAN SWEEP. Robbers Took Eversthing In Sight from the Express Car to the Rear Sleeper. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 11.—-At midnight last night the north-bound Rock Island express, due here at 5:10 a. m., was held up and robbed near the Red river bridge, two miles gouth of Terrell, I. T., by five men. Con- ductor Cannon and Engineer Smith had charge of the train and Messenger Harring- ton was In the express car. When the train reached the bridge two of the robbers, who were secreted on the tender, commanded the train to be stopped, which' was done. The fircmen and engineer were marched to the express car, where three other bandits joined them. The messenger opened the door and was told by the bandits to “throw up his hands” and “get down:out of there.” Har- rington leaped to the ground and took to the woods, followed by a volley from six-shoot- ers. One of the robbers went through the cxpress car and found the through safe locked. All they secured was the messen- ger's gun, Pullman Conductor —Brown jumped off the sleeper t6 See what had hap- pened and was met by a volley of bullets. One_bullet entered hfs overcoat just over his_heart and lodged in'a bundle of papers nd letters. The robbers then proceeded to g0 through the coaches, beginning at the smoker, and taking everything of value the passengers possessed. About 3500 in money and ten or fifteen watches were secured. After the bandits had gome through the sleeper they fired several vollys and disap- peared into the woods: = Deputy marshals are on the trail with bidodhounds. HENNESSEY, OklL, Dee. il.—Three men, tallying exactly with" descriptions given of members of the gang that held up the Rock Island train at the Red ri st night, were arrested at Terrel, 1. Ty, $His evening. ADRY BEFORE THE GIAND JURY. Mr. Beatrice with Reiterated the Cantession He Made to the . Ofeers. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ta, Dec. 11.—(Special Telegram.)~The mystéry surrounding the bundle of blaody clothing found on the bank of the river at Towa Falls remains as deep as ever. 1t is claimed now that three per- ns at Towa Falls will testify they saw Srickson, who is now under arrest at Min- neapolis for complicity in the Ging murder, at Towa Falls Sunday and Monday. If this is so Erickson had no hand in the murder of the girl, as he did not leave until Tues- day. It is belleved, however, tht Irickson lured Miss Ging from her home on one of the previous occasions, but lacked the nerve to kill her, and went to lowa Falls to es- cape the influence of the congpirators. MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 11.—The grand jury has put in the day hearing the evidence in the Ging murder case. Mayor Eustis, who has the evidence at his finger ends, related the story at length to the jurors. Later in the aftérncon Sheriff Ege appeared with Adry Hayward, who repeated to the jury the confession as to his brother's schémes which he had given to the officers. Claus Blixt is a good deal calmer today, though he seems to have a morbid desire {0 repeat the story of the murder whenever he can get an officer to Jisten to him. VISITING THE BLACK HILLS, Omaha Business Men Wanderlog Through One of Nature's Great Treasure Houses, DEA , 8. Dec. pecial Telegram.)— guided by Allen B. Smith, assistant gen- eral passenger agent of the B, & M., who have been taking in the towns along that route, arrived in Deadwood this afternoon and were accorded a hearty welcome. The afternoon was spent In visiting the smelters and other points of interest in the city. To- morrow they will visit Spearfish, and the next day will be devoted to investigating the big mills at Lead City, after which they will leave for home. HOT SPRINGS, 8. D, Dec. 11.—(Special.) —Yesterday morning the Omaha jobbers veached here from Bdgemont —and Sheridan, having spent Sunday at the latter lace, The party visited the mines at §I||~r- rdfln and looked over the interests of Edge- mont, Here they took in the hotels and bathing places. Many of the members never having visited this great resort, were struck with its many advantages. In fact, all seem to have been greatly instructed by this trip through the west. pleimii ik LA BANK 4 ST, JOI 16 Has leen Losing Money Time. ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 11,—The Commercial bank went Into the hands of Arthur Kirk- patrick tonight, he belng selected as as- signee. The papers were filed at 11 p. m., and the announcement cpeated no surprise here, as it has been Khawn for some time that the bank was loslag money. The capi- tal Is $125,000, and by late losses on loans has been impaired ong-hIf. The directors decided that it would Beymore profitable to close now than to mal ithe deficit. The assets are $325,000 and dlahilities $270,000, prin- cipally being due depositors. Pricr to the assignment the bank attached the stock of George L. Roberts, dealer in_dry goods, to secure a claim of 318,40 Colonel N.' P. Ogden was president’ mod M. M. Riggs cashier of the bank. No other St." Joseph 1rnmulmun- are affected dnd no trouble s eared. for Some [ . Tolcomb Banqueted «t Kearney. KEARNEY, Neb,, Dee, 1l.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—The Kearney membera of the Buf- falo county bar and court ofticers gave Gov- ernor-Elect Holeomb a al reception at the Midway hotel tonight ere were thirty plates spread and a sumptuous banquet was served. Ira D. Marston acted as toastmas- ter, and responses were made as follows: “The Bar'' H. M, Sinelair; “The Judi: ciary,” J. N. Dryden; *The District Judge, F. G, Halmer; "The Governor Elect: Ma He Guide the ‘Ship of Btate on a Peaceful, Prosperous and_Pleasant Voyage." W. L Greene; “Free Silver,” W. D. Oldham, and “Our Guest: We Meet to Honor Him," Nor- ris Brown. The governor-eleet was spoken of by all as an honest, pure, patient, cour- ageous judge, and the 'members of the bar parted with him with regret. The judge made u few appropriate and pleasing re- marks at the close. Lee SLLEE Pennsylvanin Miners May §trike. REYNOLDSVILLE, Pp., Dee. 11.—A notic: was posted today by the United Mine Workers assoclation ealling on the men to resist the 5 per cent yeducfion inaugurated by elght of the coslimine owners n {his aistrict December The situstion s lfl:oflyd”u it m.y.rqgm [l -c«rlke aftect- LITTLE USE FOR POPULISM Octogenerian Senator from Vermont Tells ‘What He Thinks of Them, PEFFER'S FINANCIAL BILLS HIS TEXT Nine of Them Indefinitely FPostponed— Dolph and Sherman Advocate the Nicaragua Canal Bill-Arme- nian Correspondence. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—After approval of the journal the president pro tem, Harris, democrat of Tennessee, laid before the ate a communication from tne secretary sen- of we have too much Wilsonism. The tariff pendulum swings to and fro between protec- tion and free trade, tiring ogt even the presi- dent in dreaming dreams, Mas, of ‘iron and coal." " Mr. Morrill then discussed the financial sit- uation and the question of silver, crop and prices. He concluded by saying: ‘I do not imagine that any political party long exists without some defectz and one of the duties of their members should be some effort to cure such defects and make the party to which they have, on the whole, the great- est affinity an ideal political assoclation. True, we do not see our sins as others see them, and our vision of the motes in any brother's eye is much sharpened by the light of the party torch held in the hand. The chiet potency of third parties s destructive fruft of majority and, however eccentric the measures of a third party may be, they are apt to be toler ated by some greater party, though in the | minority, in order to conquer the majority. Thus the smallest of three parties may some- times impose decrees upon the country which the treasury transmitting the report of the | no other party holds itself responsible for.” superintendent of the coast and geodetic sur- vey, also one from the secretary of war trans- mitting a report showing the number of allens and naturalized citizens in the army. Mr. Dolph, republican of Oregon, presented a memorfal from the citizens of Phoenlx, Ariz, asking for relief in the matter of In- dian depredation claims. Mr. Berry, democrat of Arkansas, presented a few remarks urging the passing of the bill introduced by him last week to establish the territory of Indianola out of Indian territory. Mr. Morrill, republican of Vermont, in ac- cordance with notice he had given, then ad- dressed the senate. Having indicated his purpose of briefly ad- dressing the senate today upon ‘‘some mar- velous senatorial bills and quack panac:as for real and imaginary grievances” Mr. Morrill said: “I hold in my hand nine senate bills which I have been directed by the committee on finance to report adversely and to ask fcr thelr indefinite postponement. In order that the senate may have concep- tion of these bilis I shall ask the clerk to read the list.” All the bills were Introduced by Senator Pefter of Kanhsas and provide for the issue of great sums of greenbacks for various pur- poses. The senatcr continued: “It is hardly nec- essary to say that these hungry bills, big, bigger and biggest, nine of them, asking for nine or ten times more money than there is now in use by the whole world, were unani- mously reported adversely by the committee on finance. Nothing more, as the committee concelved, could have been expected save brief post mortem obituaries. The bills, many of them, may have been reluctantly intioduced by 'requests and therefore not very tenderly nursed, even by their able and eminent godfather. Responsibility for such eccentricities ought not to be asked of senators and shculd any member be charged with_their real authorship I hope he would be able to plead In defense an alibl. With no reason offered for the introduction of these multitudinous billion-dollar bills a sufficlent reascn for the adverse report would appear to have been that they were all death- stricken from an_ overdose of legal tender nostrum at their birth, administered by the accoucheur. One of these bills proposed an issue of legal tender money forty times greater per capita than any we have ever had. Another to purchase all the silver bullion that may be cffered at $1.00.29 per ounce, though it fetches now in any market only 62 cents per ounce. Figuratively speak- ing, the bills were all of one brood and of the same father, birds of inflation, none game, none worth a charge’ cf powder, but Icgislative dodoes, unlikely ever to be seen on earth again. POLITICAL TOMFOOLERIES. “I do not suppose there are more vagaries or ‘political tomfooleries put afloat here than in cther countries. Occasionally they come forth here withcut fatherhood, frisk about through the dog days and then disappear, leaving no bubble in sight to show where they- sank. We also have some pushing fanatical theorles wearing the mask of polit- fcal reform, and assured to give the world the millennium and not more so than was the philosopher’s stone to turn everything it touched into gold. “‘Some minor political parties come and go like these diseases which afflict nobody but once. Such parties are usually destitute of constitutional principles or ephemeral and are soon compelled to holst any flag and set sall for ‘Cowes and a market’ A recent example of such ephemeral advertised with as much technical veracity as any patent medicine, the ‘populist,’ after leading astray many good men, seems to have politically pock-marked and discredited two or three of cur sister states, but the grotesqueness of its face is likely to prove a deterrent against its further domination. . “Some crude and unhealthy theories are separated from the bills cf adversity re- ported by such thin partitions that it must seem invidious to give them no general or particular attention, especially as their sup- porters might prefer—like Lord Brougham-— to go without commendation rather than without any notice at all. Short-lived partisans, fertile in the invention and swift in the repetition of derogatory slanders, aim by its use to defame and defeat those who happen to be in possession of the public con- fldence. By this class of growlers the splenetic charge is made that great wealth has been wrongfully distributed—especially o senators—and has created abounding plutocrats, or kings of wealth, although no entalled wealth under our constitution is al- lowed and we have no ladders here to the upper region of riches not free to all. Here the children of the wealthy, trained n-t to ecoromy nor to labor, often exchange places In succeeding generations with the children of the poor, schooled in_industry and frugality. Thus the ti ebb and flow of accumulation and dissipation goes on forever. Those who may be at the bottom of the wheel of fortune today often rise to the top tomorrow. Such wealthy celebrities as were Captain Clapp of Port- land, Billy Gray of Boston, Stephen Girard of Philadelphia, Garrett of Baltimore, and Corcoran of Washington, all reckoned among the ‘worthies' of their day, recelved few or no political decorations, and the Astors, Van- derbilts and Goulds of our great commercial metropolis appear to be equally neglected, or possibly equally descitute of political am- bition. SENATORS NOT ALL MILLIONAIRES, “The financial fortunes of nearly all our presidents were limited and the fortunes of those foremost in popular favor, like Jeffer- son, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln and Grant were especlally limited. Persons of moderate wealth living in the United States have their estates largely overestimated. From the loud braying of long-eared donkeys many have supposed that the senate of the United States was a selected body of millionaires, when perhaps not more than two or three of its elghty odd members have any title to that much envied epithev of opprobrium. Though few were ‘born with a silver spoon in their mouth' the most part of the members achieved in eary vocations some substantial success, and yet, it is probable that a large majority of the body would be unable to main- tain their familles in Washington during the sesslons of congress but for their salaries. They have the blessing of Agur, neither pov- erty nor riches. “Tt is also to be feared that we are over- stocked with mature cobblers, eager in every emergency to bring out from the profound recesses of their vest pockets ready made constitutional amendments adapted, when slightly lubricated, to thelr own pecul'ar cir- cumstances, Madison, a statesman for all time, never dreamed how flippantly the con- stitution made by him, and signed by Wash- ington, would be blasphemed and perverted. Rich in her country’s historlc fame as the 0ld Dominion may be, she can ill afford to {mpeach and discard her anclent and priceless Jewels, ‘that on the outstretched forefinger of all time' were placed to sparkle forever, ““The tariff was claimed by those in power to have been excessive on forelgn trade and productive of too much revenue, but the pro- tracted agony and Caesarian delivery of tarifft reform bantling and the progressive treasury deficiency thus provoked, far transcends the sentimental agany of a surplus which long ago ceased to vex any flnanciers, It is alwaye something too much, whether & surplus or a deficlency. Two years ago some thought we bad too much McKinleylsm, More gow think | BILLS INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. At the conclusion of the speech Mr. Peffer said that the senator from Vermont had left out_one bill which he, Peffer, thought might be disposed of at the time with those of which the senator had spoken. This bill had been introduced by Palmer of Illinols, and was to_establish a bureau for the loan of money. Mr. Palmer remarked that the bill had been introduced by him for a constituent of his. All the bills were then Indefinitely postponed except Mr. Palmer's, which was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Carey, republican of Wyoming, the senate agreed to the conference report authorizing the secretary of the in- terior to sell reservoir sites and gravel pits to railroads. Mr. Higgins presented a resolution calling on the president and secretary of state for correspondence on the subject of mediation on the part of the United States between China and Japan. It was laid over until tomorrow upon the suggestion of Mr. Morgan of Alabama. Mr. Call gave notice that tomorrow he would ask the senate to appoint a committee to investigate the operations of the Honduras Lottery company of Florida. The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived the senate proceeded to the consideration of the Nicaraguan bill, and Mr. Dolph of Oregon addressed the senate in favor of the bill. Mr. Dolph said the people of the Pacific coast were a unit in favor of the bill, and dis- cussed the advantages which the canal would bring to the whole country. The canal, if owned and controlled by the United States, would be of great service in time of war. In that event Lake Nicaragua could be so utilized by the navy as to soon reimburse the United States for any outlay made by this country. The main difficulty to be encountered would bo the question as to the amount of money to be paid to the old company for the work done_and the concessions possessed by it. He devoted some time to the consideration of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and declared that Instrument presented no obstacle to the construction of the canal by the United States and to the control of it. In closing, the senator said the United States had adopted a policy, had declared a principle which Is approved by her peaple and well understood by the world, which is just and right, and in the Interest of people of this hemisphere, and will be maintained at all hazards. In a brief speech Mr. Sherman pointed out that the only provision of the Nicaraguan bill that he was not entirely satisfied with was the amount to be paid to the Maritime company, which he thought was entitled only to the amount of the money expended in. the enterprise thus far. He wanted the bill stripped of all doubtful provisions in this respect, and to have, refunded to the com- pany all expenditures made by it. Having pald that, the government could proceed to work constructing without interference by the company. The presiding officer laid before the senate a letter from the president transmitting correspondence relative to the Armenian mas- sacre; also some correspondence regarding the Mora claim, The senate then, at 4:05 p. m., went into executive session, and at 65 p. m. ad- Jjourned. TURKS' SIDE OF THE STORY. All the Troubles in Armenia Are tho Out- growth of Revolutions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1L—The legation has received the following communication: The Armenian agitators who made thelr appearance in the mountains.of Talouri, sit- uated between Sassoum, in the southwest of Moush (village of Bitlis), and the district of Calb, of the Mutessarial of Guendj, com- bined their forces at the instigation of certain_Hampartzoum, who, under the as- sumed name of Mourat, was already giving trouble in these regions. his Hampart- zoum, born in_ Hadjin ge of Adana), has for years studied medicine in the civii medical school and participated in the dis- orders of Coum-Capou, fled to Atheres and thence to Geneva, He afterwards went dis- ulsed and agaln under an assumed name, by way of Alexandretta, from Diarbekir to the neighborhood of Lytlis, and he began then and there hls seditiols agitation, to- gether with five other individuals. He' was giving positive assurances to credulous peo- plo that he was a forelgn agent, backed by all the Buropean powers in his plans to up- set the Turkish authoritics. He succeeded thus in gaining to his criminal ends the Ar- menians in the villages of Siner, Simal, C at, Abl, Hedenk, Sinank, Chekind fard, Moussone, Etek, Akdjeker, as well as those of the small 'borcughs of Talourl, comprising four districts. Now, these insurgents, under the com mand of Hampartzoum, abandoning towar the latter part of July last their respective villages, and after having placed in inac- cessible’ spots their wives, children and b longings and secured the co-operation of other armed insurgents that came from the valley of Moush and from the Casaro Calb and Selvan, assembled together, numbering more than 8,000, at a place called Endouk Dagh. Five or six hundred of them de- cided to fall upon Moush. They began by attacking the tr be (f Dellkan Qmoust Curl'~ nak, in the south of Moush, killed a few women and robbed them of their belongings. All Musselmen that fell into their hands were insulted in their religion and murdered in_a most forcible fashion The regular troops of the neighborhood of Moush were also attacked by these insur- gents, who, however, did not care to attack Moush itself, owing'to the strong military forces of the town. The r then, s arated and assaulted ferociously the tribes close at hand, committing horrible crimes and depredations. They burned. alive the nephew of Bumer Agha and assaulted and murdered Musselmen women of thre four -houses of the village of Gulli-Gu They also tortured many Musselmen, f ing them to kiss the putting their eyes out, cutting their ear it- ting them to the most horr After having broughi consternation death among Musselmen and Ch alike, they refused to surrender and ued ‘their criminal proceedings. Regular troops were gent to the epot to put down the rebellion. The chief, HampartZoum, fled to a high mountain. with eleven of his asso- clat 8. He wa3 capturad al've, not, howeve:, without his killing two soldiers and wound- ing six. By the end of August last all in- surgent bands were dispersed. Women, children and invalids were treated with due consideration, and according to the dictates of Islamism and humanity. The insurgents who were captured will be punished accord- ing to the law. Confirmations by the ¥ennte. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The senate has confirmed the following nominations of post- masters: Turkish official and stinns ont P. Grace, Perr: Grunsfeld, Albuque W. Wiiliams, Mount New Mex- que. Mis Warrensburi; Vernon; J. M. Boy! Ellis, Mountain Gro Rich Hill; James T. A. 8mith, Sarcoxie; Wil- fco—E. souri W. H Seneca; Willlam C Willlam T. Marsh, Riley, Liberty; D. llam R. Bowles, Greenfleld. Surveyors of customs: Milton Welch, Kansas City, Mo, Registers of land office: Thomas B. Ed- wards, Hugo, Colo.; Bdward McLeod, Du- rango, Colo: Tecelvers of moneys: J. J. Key Pueblo, Colo.; Frank E. Ewing, Hugo, Col Indian agent: Peter Coucheman, at Chey. enne .River agency, 8. D. Collector of customs: James W. Ball, dis- trict of Yaquina, Ore Carlisie Bill In the Senate WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Mr. Springer of Tllinols today iIntroduced In the house Sec- retary Carlisle’s banking blll. It was or- public W dered to be printed and referred to the com: imittee ou banking and currency. WHITE PRESENTS HIS PLAN New York Editor Follows Olosely the Lines of the Ealtimore Proposition, SHOULD RETIRE LEGAL TENDER NOTES Sees No Objsction to the Repeal of the Tax on Stato Bank Circulation—Carlisle Presents His Bill and Ex- plains It Further. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The hearing bes | tore the house banking and currency come mittee on the question of revising the cur- rency laws, was resumed in the room of the ways and m tommittee, but did not move oft very promptly. Among those present were Mr. Horace White of the New York Evening Post; Mr. C. G. Homer of Balti- more, chalrman of the committee of national bankers to formulate the so-called Baltimore plan, and R. B. Hepburn of New York, ex- comptroller of the currency. These gentle= men represent the currency ideas embodied in the Baltimore plan, and they were there for the purpose of urging the merits of that plan. It was expected that Secretary Carlisle would be present, but as the secretary was late in arriving, Mr. White opened the hear= ing. In answer to questions he stated that he had drafted a bill on the lines of the Baltimore plan, and it was arranged that this could be placed before the committee. White's statement was read from manuscript and was a carefully prepared review of the banking question, Mr. White began with a reference to the Baltimore plan, calling atiention to the fact that it deals with only one part of the bank= ing business, that of issuing circulating notes, a function not indispensable, but valuable to the people. He held that it was the para- mount right and duty of the state to provide for the safety of the community. Hence it may prescribe the regulations under which circulating notes shall be issued, or gun- powder be stored, or liquor be sold. It is not bound to give equal privijeges to all persons to exerclse these functions. The first half of the address devoted largely to w historical review of banking in this country, and particularly the New York safety fund system of the days prior to the war, which Mr. White extolled at length. The latter part of Mr. White's address was devoted ex- clusively to the Baltimore plan. Referring to the fact that it makes the circulating notes a first lien on the assets of the bank, he sald: “There {3 an outery against this last fea~ ture frem some people who say the poor de- positors will suffer. But what is the condi= tion of the new depositor mow? Are not notes a first lien on the assets? Are not security bonds a part of the assets? Can any depositor get any part of this fund until the notes are paid in full, and supposing that the bonds should ever fail short of paying the notes, could the depositor get any part of the remaining assets until the par value of the notes was deducted? Of course not.* NO OBJECTION TO STATE BANKS. Mr. White said he saw no objection to the repeal of tho 10 per cent tax on state bank notes providing the state banks gomply with all the requirements of the national banking law, and providing the means of enforcing these requirements are lodged with the comp= troller of the currency. But a mere power of .observation without the power of enforcement, he said, he considered unwlise, unsate an sure to cause embarrassment and end in dQisaster. He considered it as desirable, though not dispensable, that the government shall continue as now, to be responsible for the redemption of bank notes. The Baltimore plan simply takes the law as it finds it. It makes a change in the manner of reimburs- ing the government for the redemption of failed notes. The only question s whether the suggested change puts the government to any greater risk. This is a question of mathematics. It is to be answered by the tables of bank mortality in the past thirty= one years, Taking up another branch of the question, Mr, White said: “It has been sald there is no more reason why the government should guarantee the notes of a bank than those of a merchant, a manufacturer or a farmer. This would be true if the notes of the mer- chant, the manufacturer and the farmer wers allowed to circulate as money, but not other- wise.” Mr. White announced himself in favor of the retirement of legal tender notes, notwith- standing the retirement is not included in the Baltimore plan. He would have them extinguished, not merely temporarily with- drawn. “My reason,” he said in conclusion, “for desiring the extinction of the legal tender notes s that they are a constant menace to business in that they have kept political parties in hot water for thirty years, and have obstructed progress and reform.” At the close of Mr. White's statement he submitted his bill on the lines of the Balti- more plan. Mr. Homer stated that the com= mittee of national bankers had not yet formu= lated their bill. Mr. Johnson of Ohio asked Mr. White's opinion on Secvetary Carlisle's currency plan. Mr. White's answer was that he did not think the secretary’s plan would give the olastic currency it sought to secure. It com- pelled the banks to put up 30 cents every time they issued 76 cents. WOULD THE CURRENCY BE SAFE. Mr. Welker of Massachusetts asked it the bill presented by Mr. White would securs & safe and uniform currency. “It will have that tendency,” White. “That is not it,” sald Mr. Walker. “We don't want to provide a tendency toward a safe currency, but the actual safety.” “I am not omnisclent,” suggested Mr. White. He added that in his judgment the bill would secure an elastic currency. Secretary Carlisle came In at this point and was an interested listener to Mr. White's answer to_questions as to the want of el ticity in Mr. Carlisle’s currency bill. Mr. Warner of New York asked what restrictions should be ‘mposed on state banks. Mr. White #ald he would subject state banks to the same regulations as those im- posed on national banks. Mr. Cox of Tennessee asked If this would not do away with the need of state banks. Mr. White answered that it would. He sald he believed fn one uniform banking system, not forty-four systems, there being forty-four states. Mr. Carlisle then took up his statement begun yesterday. He presented the bill he had prepared embodying his plan of revision and read it to the committee, commenting on it as he proceeded. When he had concluded reading the bill Mr. Carlisie explained it in detail. He pointed out the various sections of the present law proposed to be repealed. Concerning the conditions Imposed on state banks, he sald certaln features had been added to meet criticisms made of the plan as outlined in his annual report. SYNOPSIS OF THE BILL. The following {8 a £ynopsis of the bill pre- sented by Horace White: Section 1 provides that no banking asso- clation shall be required to deposit United States bonds, elther as a preliminary to the commencement of banking business or for the security of circulating notes to be hereafter tssued. Section 2 provides that 1o lieu of the de- posits of bonds each national banking asso- clation shall be entitled to receive circulating notes from the comptroller to the amount of (blank) per cent of Its pald up, unimpaired capital, upon paying to the treasurer lawful money to the amount of 2 per cent of wuch clrculating notes, and thereafter a tax at the rate of onc-half of 1 per cent per annum upon the average amount of Its circulation for the yes The 1 per cent and proceeds of the tax are to constitute a guarantee fund for the redemption of notes of Insolvent pa- tional banks and the tax is to be:collected * until the fund amounts to not less than § pew sald Mi.,