Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 17, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. ITALY'S POLITICAL ~ CRISIS | e Opposition Protest Against Proroguing the DEMAND AN APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY King Hombert Summons the Leaders to a Conference — Suspended for Abstract- ROME, that ex-Prime Minister Giolettl sald to be will be arrested. been hurrledly summoned, and are al ready arriving to have Rome. A meeting, members of the Chamber of Deputies, held this afternoon, ex-prime minister, ported by Siguor Ibrien, Cavalotti and Sean- The purpose of discussing agalist the ardelll. protest quis address a result of the is stated because of the speakers Insisted upon the country, as the Crispl and the parllamentary prorogation is regarded as the inevitable prelude of dis bert has summoned the confer with Riforma, proves the demand of the opposition that an |and appeal be made to the country. A decree definitely pressed and peal to Signor The nected ROBERT End Came Suddenly and Left n Half-Com- AUCKLANDS, N. Z, from Apia, Samoa, of date of December 8, are to the effect that the well known novel- ist, Robert Louis Stevenson, had died sud- denly from apoplexy. interred upon the summit of Pala mountain, 1,300 feet high. Everyone knows that Mr. Stevenson had consumption. to get rid of it; but letters have been re- ceived from him at his stating that he was in the best of health and Mr. Stevenson's readers are of the rare kind who have a genuine enthusiasm for the author's work. ers becomes hearty with every new book that comes from To these readers who, like Philip Gllbert Hamerton, find him *‘one of the most perfoct writers living,” any faots which af- ford a glimpse of his personality must be interesting and of moment. Robert Louls Balfour Stevenson was in 45th year, a Scotchman, born in Edinburgh, November 13, 1850, and proud of his nation- ality, it need hardly be said. lot ‘on earth,” he says in one of his books, “is to be born a Scotchman, for it in many ways, as for all other advan- tages on earth. phrases and the shorter catechism; you gen- | the erally take to drink; your youth, so far as I can find out, against soclety, of more outery and tears and turmoil, than it you were born, for instance, in England. and closer, the hearth burns more redly, the lights of home shine softer on the very names endeared and music cling mearer round our hearts.” The author's father—Thomas was for many years, and probably Is still, an inspector of lighthouses; and the author one of his volumes to whose devices the great sea-lights in every of the globe spirits, his pen. street, dedicates quarter brightly.” At the time of his death, Mr. Stevenson completed the One of his earliest wirks was an ac- count of Iris travels in California, but the work which established his reputation as a writer of fiction was “Treasure Island,” pub- lished in 1883, his werks is which was dramatized and played at the Lyceum in Lond:n in 1888, and subscquently in the United works are “Kidnapped,” * had half novel. Nights there. ments, Case of drcamed by M He saw saw awakened by the The dream was (00 vivid to be forgotten, but the gem of the story lay when it Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which was | plece in fiction Mr, Stevcnson poss:ssed the quality of fregh- | the town of Wa ness 10 a degree which makes it difficult to classify is genius. path, we shall have (o trust to bim to keep his own ago. recess, year begten road. Stock Yards (n the City of M or ME nounced here officlally that the will grant @ concession to 0. R 0. H. Nels and Kansas ¢l lishment of extensive stock ' yards iy th It 18 the intention of the ori; of ‘the enterprise to bring lurge quantities American them on Lapeciall pose of ciry city. of fine plic men the ministers, diplomat bers of the bled In tha court of ho- . I llnwrhan& s et ol donar of the I'aluis wect declared that the police plicated in the abstraction of documents con- with nor Mazzino, a member of Deputies, letters protesting the contents of clettl affair. LONDON, Chronlcle from Rome says ai Rudini, Cavelotl and Tmbriani have decided a Joint manifesto to the electors against: the prorogation of Parliament. and “The Black Arrow." ago Mr. Stevenson, who was suffering from lung trouble, went to the S-uth Pacific for his health, Samcan islands and decided to take up h's residence and spend the rest of his days He took a close interest in Samoan affairs, and has written many letters to the newspapers in favor of the natives as against the treaty powers under whos= directirn the government of the islands is conducted, Many scenes of his boyhood are touched upon in his charming book, turesque N-tes,” education, studied law and was admitted to the bar, ‘altbough he never practiced. His earliest work was publi; ple Bar, and other English magazines, of the famillar * appeared in the New Quarterly, Macmillan's | last that the Fr and Cornhill, and the short st:ries that fol- low at the end of the ““New Arablan Nights' first sow the I'ght in Cornhill, Temple Bar and other monthlies, The origin of two of his books—perhaps the most popular oncs—Is interesting adventurous _story, written at the suggestion of o small boy, a protege of the author's who was continually asking why M, something Crusoe.” written and Tho ehiel incident in “The Dr. Jekyll e wday services, ception to the Ohamber of Deputies, glving a Police OMcials Ing Documents, leged Dec. 16.—The Messagre reports others ndals troops | civilians and implicated in the bank The paper says that facts reinforce the garrison in | S°ldiers in Second, attended by 150 opposition was hird the Marquis di Rudini, [ Previou presiding. He was sup- Fourth, was convened for the | highly the advisability of a proroguation, The mar- that it was his Intention to protest to his constituents. The meeting 1s not known, but it that great Indignation was ex- the government’s action an ap- Judge between cpposition. As a meeting ated, The anese tion to the Port Arthur, various leaders to the situation. Crispi's him on Signor which have organ, ap (s¥iied believe tha officials has been suspending in- who were im- troops the Banca Romana trial - | emplary at the Chamb: of several others have written agalnst the divulging of private letters in the Gi- [ Who were Dee. 16—A dlspatch to the that the Marquis Brin, - Zanardelli, | G, C0 to 18sue | yooations protesting [ i its capture, and Sigs. Sl strictest will pleted Novel. Dec. 16.—Advices were taken Arthur fell. Hig remains were He went to Samoa in order place at Vocilema cial bodies all the clt dwelt upo; The circle of admir- larger and the regard more possessions. Barcelon; “The happiest You must pay You have to learn the para- | its opinion is a time "of louder war But, somehow, life is warmer LONDON, the rainy in verse Thomps Stevenson— per, the C: him chantress shine out more writing of a new Among the most popular of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"” No Tru States, CITY OF mong his other he New Arabian Some time He became enraptured with the | away. party rango, Edinburgh: Pic- He recelved a Cambridge ot hed in Cornhill, Tem- Most tudies of Men and Books' ROME, The “Treasure Island,” was zette. Stevenson did not write as Intcresting as “Robinson ““Treasure 1:land” was accordingly certainly filled these require- Strange and Mr. Hyde" was Stevenson over filteen years Hyd him the rush into a mysterious | that' it take the drug and was | Mn terror of what followed. | Of Mrs. dormant for ten too small was’ elaborated into “Th untly’ recognized as a master- | o V" He was wholly off the Bays an American critic, and xlee, Dec. 16.-1t 18 an- government | his Jones and | from of Pucblo olo., v respectively, Tor thé estahe 100, assocl cattlemen nators | Moy, cutile into the exhibliion in some designed for the purp. country. locality > and dig- m to Mexican breeders and duiry- New York, 16.—Preside) wtors and mem- |, At “hamber of Deputice, assem- | 41 gun the last token of 1 urdea Aug ux, president of ) York, Chamber last. that y fled. armed with rifles and fired on the Japanese the mikado's the fallen stronghold, were xclted to find that the bod'es of their 1 been fearfully mutil- garrison Port Arthur was doomed, had put the Jap- prisoners to victors fund fellow soldiers rippe not yet in o olution, King Hum- | fair, but the and without molest Japanese government and its representa- tives have no disposition to conceal the facts, but on the contrary have cause investigation, be made public, These atrocities and the meniory of others committed by the Chinose since the begin- ning of the war, enraged the Japanese bey na endurance, yet nearly 400 Chinese prisoncrs the Japan Thes> will be as kindly treated as others have been, wounded Chinese prisoners are treated well, the emperor’s own physician be of the capital. promptly were given yi fin containing the finally closed. " | brobable the by will crulser Blenhelm in tie Solent today with the que WENY STORIL that they marched int captured_comrades Chinese been misleading. blocdshed the J times by resentatives, will night tonight, to examine the doci Chamber of Deputi assures me the committee wa documents. shameless fabrication political crisis. “The wife of Prime Minister Cris bring a libel action in her own name.’ LONDON, Dec rid to the Time ——— Not Mrs, Notson's Shoe. A woman's shoe was found yesterday aft- ernoon on the river bank about 300 yard south of the place w Notsen, the missing school teacher, entered V: was lytng When it the police station last night it was thought #hoe that It was taken to the residence who said had not belonged to her daughter, as it was It water, might K, —————— Children Died 1o the Storm, WAUPUN, Wis., Dec, 16. who disappeared from the jail This was de ing of their counsel. e — its of Seagolug Vessels, Dec. 16. At _ Liverpool—A: trom Philadelphia; Pastime, At Havre—Arrived—La Bourgogne, Francisco—. (rxln Honolulu, t Liverpool—Arrived—-Etruria, from Ne of Deputies, n There were no_religious All the high officials, with the ex- of President cemetery. a silent and ri Japanese Claim Thos, Arthur Wero All Soldiers, SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 16.—The Chionicle today received the following cablegram from Its speclal corresp:ndent, now at Hiroshima, strong butchery of Chinese civilians at Port Arthur after the forts were taken: HIROSHIMA, Dec. 16 massacre sured by Ito Myogl, secretary gene! Imper‘al cabinet gerated, He at Port that asks First, that a majori eald %0 troops In plain lished by scores that to hav Those the rocities The gove sgion of full detalls of th infermation shows conclusively that some of the reports circulated conduct of the Japancse trcops are exaggerated Was unnecessary t cannot but heen some in- citing cause for the behavior of the Japanese as hitherto they had been most ex- under circums| culated to excite feelinge of the deepest re- sentment and animos ty. fact that the great majority of those Chinese killed at peaceful inhabitants, but Chinese soldiers dis- guised in civilian dre:s, tants fled from the place several days before and at the suing If there panese governmen there mus are pu Ministers Urge Confidence. ST. JOHNS, N. F, Dec. 1 holders of the Commercial T foundland are preparing for a lively meet- ing tomorrow. Several been formed to wate the crisis, dence and self-reliance, good, and a determing the people to work to It is probable to consider the condition o will be held during the woeek, Nothing New lu the Documents. LONDON, Dec. 17.—The correspondent of the Times at Rome te “The president of the committee appointed uments furnished to the es by ex-Premier Giolittl unanimous in that there was nothing new in The whole Sir John Thompson's Coflin S Dec. 17.—The Times says orders sterday afternoon for the cof- remains of Sir John n, prime minister of Canada, to b This wus done in the ence of Miss Thomp on and Sir Charles Tup- dian high commiss service special convey! Newfoundland Legisiature Convenes. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 16.—The legisla- ture opened yesterday afternoon, ernor's speech, was devoted alme troubles. He the govérnment to appoint a s tee to consider the whole tigate banks and adopt som: tablishing & circulating currency. delivered from solely to announced In the Keported MEXICO, Dee. newspapers are fight between Guatemalan Nineteenth Mexican cavalry, whe iment was in Chihuahua, hundr It is absolutely untrue that the Huntington has bought the Iron Mountain at Du- Only One Minister Resigned, 16.—A dispatch from Mad- says that as a result of an interview Prime Minister Sagasta had today resignation of Senor Salvador, minister of finance, was ac- Her majesty would accept no other changes in the ministry. n_regent, Froneh Ocoupy Tamative, PARIS, Dec. 16,—Dispatches received here confirm the announcement made on Tue nch expedition force ope ating in Madagascar occupled Tamative on December 1. Ltalian Chamber Prorogued, Dec. roguing the session of the Chamber of Depu- tles was published today In the official g 16.-A be a during At Bouthampton—Sailed—Steamer from New Yor At Queenstown Liverpool for New York. Bhields—Salled Casimi he route pectful crowd. went s lined with OF OUTRAGES, Port denial of Concerning the al- as- al of the the rép.rts are exag- consideration these of so-called Chinese by 1y estab- Port clothes, f the slain, the Ching digcard their uniforms when in fligh K most of Arthur were always had were when that atrocious pinioned s open and disembowled while some captives had been burned al've. WASHINGTON, Dec been received at the J panese legation in alleged committed by the Japanese at the capture of at Tokio is The their has been af- hand the cal- It is known to be a Port, not Most of the inhabi- have their ordinary restraint. of the which Port nt to Tokio and The ng in charge The share- nk of New- committees h the interests of of shareholders. churches in their sermons today urged confi- unity for the public ation ‘on the part of their former a public meeting unemployed The steamer vith thrée Canadian bank re arrive have i in D= mid- praphs as follows thing was intended to’ force a pres- The gove the throne, the financial t cammit- t, to inves- ans of e; 16.—American publishing accounts of a troops and the this reg- ds of miles pro- e it is thought Mrs, feet The school chil- pun last Monday whom hundreds of men have daily, were found d woods two miles from the homest lost their wa storm and died from exposure, —— Tebs Will Take a CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-E s will and for been searching ad this afternoon in the hey Monday's snow /. Debs and appeal Woods, tuke sentence ded upon last night at a meet- ved ndia, from Hoston, from Berlin, Satled—Lucania, from lonia, Or- Arrived—Australia, a of 1y to to it in * | tained HARD TO GET AT THE TRUTH Statement Concerning Armenian Affairs by the Missionary Board, FORLIGN NATIONS MUST INVESTIGATE Statements Signed Even by the Armenlans Themselves Cannot e Relled Upon When Coming Through Turkish Sources, BOSTON, Dec. 16.—The American Board of Commissioners for Forelgn Misslonaries more than any other missionary organization In America, centralizes its work in behalt of Armenians in Asiatic Turkey. Its we: ern Turkey mission began In 1810, its east- ern Turkey mission in 1836, and its central Turkey mission in 1847, These slons comprise fifteen station: forty-five missionaries, one medical missionary in eastern Turkey, forty-two mar- rled women and seventy-three unmarrl women. These laborers occupy 299 for stated preaching, secures average congre- gations of 80,747 persons. The Sabbath schools number 26,264, The adherents are estimated at 46,861, There are 112 churches, With a membership of 11,481, of which 489 have been recelved within a year. The edu- cational work !s extensive. There are four | theological schools, twenty-nine theological students, thirty-one colleges, high and board- ing schools for boys, twenty colleges, high and boarding echools for girls, There are 372 common schools, containing 16,833 pu- pils. There 561 others under instruc- tions. The grand total*of persons under in- structions consists of 19,886 persens. The contributions of the natives last year to the Armenian board amounted to 7. These facts do mot include the work in European Turkey. Numerous inquiries have been re- ceived from the press and from the con- gregational constituency in the United States, which has induced Yhis conservative or- ganization to furnish the following state- ment relating (o “Affairs in Turkey:" LOYAL TO THE GOVERNMENT. “We are not concerned about the reports of the massacr2 in eastern Turkey. The pos- tin of the 177 missionaries of the American board within the Turkish empire is an ex- tremely delicate one. Sympathizing desply on the one side with all who are sufferng by reason of poverty, oppression and misrule, they have yet been al to the government under which they have lived and have never ciuntenanced sedition or rebellion. “It has been their blessed privilege while preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to ald the poor, to protect as far as poss'ble the oppressed, and to deliver from unjust officials multitudes who have been arrested cr im- prisoned. It is not necessary for our mis- slonaries, after these scores of years of devo- tion and devoted labor f'r the native race of Turkey, to prove their sympathy with the suf- fering and opressed by joining others who, at a safe distance from th scene of danger, are passing vigorous resolutions in condemnation of the wrongs inflicted. They are d.ing their best amid no little peril to themselves in tha Interest of those for whom they have long labored, but onr readers can well understand that for the sake both cf the helpers and of the helped it is inexpedient for us to pre- sent a full statement of all we hear and be- leve. Some things we may properly say prior to the full investigation of the al. leged atrocitics, which, we will trust, will be made by’ the representatives of both cur government and of the European powers, “In the Sassoun region, south of Moosh plain, there are, or were, many villiges In- habited by Armenians. These people were systematically robbed of thelr flocks by Kurds and in the latter part of the summer the Armenians pursued the robbers in their endeavor to recover their property. In the fight which ensued a dozen of these Kurds were killed, among whom were some who were enrolled as Turkish soldiers, When in- formation was given that the Armenians had killed some of the sultan’s troops the charge of rebellion was made and orders were sent to put down the fnsurrection. The result was these lawless and uncontrolled soldiers made lawless and indiscriminate slaughter of the people who had sought to defend their property. 1In the horrible massacres which followed thouzands were slain, some state 6,000, others 10,000, DETAILS NOT OBTAINABLE, “The detalls of this wretched affair were not obtainable, even by fnose near the neigh- borhood. They will never be obtained, unless forelgn governments msist upon a thorough investigation conducted by foreigners. The poor people are in terror and dare not state the truth unless under protection. A docu ment has been prepared near the scene of the carnage purporting to give the judgment of the people that the thousands slain in Talyoree met their just deserts and express- ing regret that it had been thought best to send consuls to investigate, since there has been no need of their coming. The value of such a document will be understood when the methods for securing signatures are known. But such investigation should be made most vigorously, either to relieve the government from unjust charges if Iits state- ments are incorrect, or, if they be proven, to bring about the cordign punishment of the guilty parties.’ ““Though our missionaries in eastern Tur- key are often on the Moush plain, where there are many out stations in which the evangelical work is conducted by them, yet their work has not extended into the Sas- soun district, and hence they have no di- rect reports from the scene of the massacre. Papers from Constantinople, entirely under the control of the Turkish censors of the press, announce that the sultan has sent one of his Imperial guards to the city of Er- zingan, in eastern Turkey, to carry a deco- ration to Zeki Pasha, the commander of the Fourth army corps, which Is located there. Zeki Pasha is the military commander who led the troops against the defenseless vil- lages In the Sassoun region at the time of the massacre, Ancther envoy carries four banners to the four leading Kurdish chiefs who were assoclated with the military com- mandant in the reported massacre, and who probably were the Instigators of It. After the sultan has thus approved of the actions of his troops and of the Kurds it will be impossible for any commitiee appointed by the Turkish government to investigate the outrage and bring any report that reflects on elther the Kurds or the army. By this act the sultan seems to assume all the re- sponsibility for what has been done. ““These stories of wrong and oppression have aroused the clvilized world. We are glad to learn our government has directed one of its consuls to make an independent investigation of all matters connected with the reported mas acre. But our government does not stand in the same relation to Turkey as do the European powers, that, un. der the treaty of Berlin, secured the right of seeing that good government was main- throughout the Turkish empite. The rights thus guaranteed ought now to be exercised, and the first step should be the most thorough Investigation as to the con- duct of affairs throughout Armenia. We can- not doubt that the Buropean powers will attend to their duty. “The winter is not a favorable time for visiting eastern Turkey, where the =now is often from eight to twelve feet deep. Time and patience will be required ingan which s referred to in the preceding state. ment, 15 a city ninety-six miles southwest of Erzeroum, situated on the Euphrates, in the midst of the mountains. It is noted for the energy of its people, both Turks and Armenlans. An out station is worked from Erzeroum,” TURKS TURNED CANNIBALS. TIFLIS, Russian Transcaucs Dec. 16.— A letter which appeared in a paper here states that for nineteen lays the resients of Armenian villdges where the outrages were perpetraied fought against the Kurds. fhe Armenians lost on'y ten warriors, while three mis. 208 out sta tions, the Kurds lost 669, When the regular troops ' day. | OMctal under Zeki Pasha appéaréd ‘the Armenians were compelled to succumb. After Zeki Pasha's treachery in offerinig peace sixty young Armenian men wert seized and tortured horribly for three Qays. Then all were murdered and their bodies buried in a diteh, ~ Among the Armenian heroes who lost their lives the writer mhentions Dorbe- droz, who with his own hahd' killed seven Kurds In a fair fight. He whe captured and flayed to the walst. Pleces df his flosh were cut off, broiled and eaten by the savage Turks whilo he was still all v PROMISE TO RETURY, Will Take Some Days o Round Up Their Stock and Got Started. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The Ute Indian controversy, which threatened to develop into serious trouble between the Indians and the Utah cattlemen, is practically closed reports announce the consent of the Indians, through Chlef Ignacio, to re- turn to their reservations h Agent Day, who was sent to the invaded section of Utah with Instructions from Secretary Smith to bring them back, and that ths excite- m has congequently subsided, overnor West returned to his home last night, and Colonel Lawton, the inspector general of that department of the arm see that the plan of remo A dispatch from Day, rec bureau y 1 ays thal considerabl time and money will be requit to save the stock In making the return a the bor der line, and suggests that Colonel Lawton remain to assist in the work of removal. Commissioner Browning subsequently tele- graphed his approval of the plan, thorizes all expenditures deemed n The dispatch o 10 cargfulness in s ing th , and urged that no hasty action be taken that would injure the stock. It is expected by the Interior department officials that two weeks will pass before the remo 1s effected. The India party em- bra 0 Utes and an equal number of Nava The latter will_go back to the Navajo agency, which is lccated close by the Southern e agency, Officialg in the rvice attribute the wh blame for the trouble to cattlemen,” especially the *Ditts- burg Cattle company,” who, though them- selves intruders on the land, wanted to pre- ent the Indians from remaining. he following telegram from Mr. Day, dated at Monticello, Utah, Thursday night, As I 1 at the Interior department yester: “'Colonel Lawton and myself noon and found Governor West and part of his Aff here We broke down forty-five miles out, abandoned the baggage, except official paper: and came in bareb: L sixty miles, without sceing a human habitation and thirty-two hours without food. «now is from six to eighteen inches de and the weather sz very cold. The U cannot get out without the loss ¢ sheep and goa They a peaceful and mostly without arms or desire for them, Ignaclo refuses to belleve that orders for his return have been issued. We will council tomo row. Shall utilize every effort to a peace- ful solution, hut all the strife is over th BT . The Utes have not committed any depredations or made any threats. Colonel Lawton will report to General McCook, The latter report, received by General Schofleld yesterday ‘mornitig, announced an agreement of the Utes to relurn as soon as they round up their cattle, which Colonel Lawton says will be accomplished within five or six days, The secretary al s carrien out ived at the Indian arrived at f the interior has forward- ed to the senale a recommendation that the agreement made with the, Gte Indians for their removal from Colorado to Utah be re- jected, and that the bill which passed the house’ providing for the immediate allot- ment in rally of the lamds on their Colo- rado reservation be also rejeeted. The opin- fon of the department was that these In- dians have not yet reachedia staze to justify the purchase of the land§ from them and the opening of the lands:to fettlement, e e Ay JEALOUSY CAUSES 3 MURDER. Thought Reader Takes Revenge on Her NEW be little of the YORK, 16.—There can doubt as to the identity officer of the' French army for whose murder at San %as Potosi, Mex., Mile. Marie, or * Blancke : Groiville, thé thought reader of this vify, has been ar- rested. All the evidence procured so far points to the fact that Grolyille's hand has been uplifted against her former partner in the Psichronitism show. He was Arthur Ferman Guibal, a first lleutenant of the French chasseurs. The pair left this city on the 2th of April last for the City of Mexico. A telegram announcing the Groi- ville woman's arrest was received here a few days ago and was the first intima- tion that Guibal's family had of the occur- rence. Guibal was at one time principal of a college of languages in Ireland and met his wife there. He moved from Dublin to London, where he became a_correspondent of the' French paper, Le Temp: While there he w the intimate of such men as David Christie Murray, the novelist; Henry Van Clement Scott, the dramatic critic; John L. Toole, the comedian, and other literary” and dramatic lights. = About this time Verbeck, the wizar arrived in Lon- don from Parls, and Guibal acted as his in- terpreter. In that way he learned many of ‘the tricks of the trade and soon ap- peared in a public ¢ ity as a mind reader. He advertised for a young and beautiful woman, and Mile. Groiville in response. After touring through G Dritain they came to America about th and a half "years ago. Last summn Mrs. Guibal arrived with her three children, and, although Guibal 1 some attention to her, it w. ident he had & predisposition for'the fair assistant he had brought with him. When the news from Potosi was gently broke to Mrs. Guibal, he said! “Well, I am nct astonished, as ehe often sald she would kill him if he left her for another woman." She decided for the prgsent not to tell the children of the Killing and arranged to place the matter In the hands of a Mex!- can consul, MONOPOLY 0. here STORAGE BATTERIES, Philadelphia Company Buys Up Al the Amerlcan Patents, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.—-W. W. Gibbs, president of the Eleetric Storage Battery company of this city, stated tonight that the company has coneummated In New York the pugchase of all patents and patent rights concerning the use of electric stor- age batteries of the Gencral Blectric c pany, the Edison company, the Thomson- Houston, the Brush, the Accumulator com- pany, the Congolidated ‘Tilectric Storage ny and the General Electric Launch company. Mr. Gibbs agserted this secures to the Electric Storage Battery company the sole right to supply in this country electric storage batte '8 of all the various types heretofore developed, as well as the protec. of e y declsion thus far rendered by the federal courts in the interpretation of patents of this kind, S North Seized o Bre: ry. EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn., Dec, 15— Deputy Revenue Collgetor J. R. North of Omaha today selzed thé brewery of Jacob Dobinger in this city for allezed evasion of the government taxes on malt liquors man- ufactur Since the pronibition law in North Dakota took ey\h»- brewery has been ostensibly closgd #ad Dobinger has been operating in Mast Grand Forks, in Minnesota, just across the river. It is al- leged that' he has been fnaking large quin- tities of beer and other liquors, bottling and distributing them thhough the state, he amount of which the government has been <I|'!x'1 uded 1s thought to ount to thou- sands, Inguirer RBuilding, PHILADELPHIA, Dée. 15.—The new building of the Philadelphia Inquirer at 1105 Market street was dedicated today with an elaborate reception, to which 3,000 inyi- tations were Issued, he new edifice is beyond doubt on: of the most completely equipp nd finished news) per bulldings in the United States. It #s six stories high with o basement and sub-basement, and ha depth of 187 feet. ‘The Inoulrer is owned and published by James iy and its manager is his gon, James 11y jr. It employs 233 persons. Ellled the Peacemaker. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 16 Plerce's mill, In Marlon county, Ben How- ell and Ed Cochran, rivals for the hand of Miss Dora Rowls, and fought, Kolves were draw and with Miss Rawls for & witness, the combatants #lashed one another in a horrible fa hion. Presently William Rawls, the girl's brother, stepped ‘between the rivals, only to get & knife stab in his heart. iach combatant charges the other with the kflling. — Judge Seevirs Prostrated. OSKALOOSA, Ia., Dec. 16.—Complete par- alysis of the right side prostrated Judge Seevers last night. He was a former mem- ber of the lows Bupreme court for fourteen years and prominent in lowa sioce an early will remain to | met in the girl's hol 56 | FIGRT TO PAY POLL TAXES Law fays if You Don't Pay Them You Oannot Vota, TIME TOO SHORT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL Rival Parties Hire Toughs to Keep In Line and Pay Taxes for Them—Was One Continual Nrawl Al Day TLong. SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 16.—The most unique, most disorderly, and generally ac- cepted as the most disgraceful period of politics in the history of this city has come | to a breathing pause. Two factional demo cratic candidates are in the field for the mayoralty, the election taking place in Jan- vary. Under the first use of the Australian ballot system | has not here no one can va who | paid all taxes, including those of | this year, and registered. This provision led to a wild scramble at first, and then to pitched battles daily between the larg forces for choice positions in line at tax col- lectors' offices. The collector could only issue about 200 receipts a day, and as the regis- tration closed Saturday it was Inevitable that many citizens would be shut out from voting. The two factions hired two gangs of toughs, each numb:ring about 100, and in- cluding the most desperate whites and ne- groes in the city. These men were paid from $5 to $10 a day. To cach was given a list of six names, the largest number the collector would & ept taxes for from one person, and the money to pay their taxes Each morning, for ten days past, th have slugged each other in front of and the court house, hundreds of citizens gathering from all paris of the city daily to witness the big mills. For two weeks, at least, no citizens paid taxes for hims:lf, all intrusting thelr names and money to the hired heelers, At times nearly the entire police force of the city had to be called to establish order, and for over a week the presence of about forty polics 1 has Dbeen constantly re- quired at the tax collector'’s office. The armies of heelers were fed at the rival headquarters, where many of them remained all night, going out early each morning to resume the batile at the court house, where becr, whisky, coffee and sandwiches were given them. Two or three times a day a number of the workers skipped with their lists and money, disfranchising many citi- ns. It is calculated that the cost of keep- ing up the two armies, which in the last few days have been increased to about 300, to fight for poll tax receipts, was over $10,000. They were disbanded early this morning. The next legislature will b> asked to amend the law so as to prevent any repetition of these scenes, ANKTON S10UX IN LUCK, By Treaty Stipulation They Are Rendered Independent for Years to Come, CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Dec. 16.—(Spe- clal.)—The treaty negotiated by the govern- ment with the Yankton tribe of Sioux In- dians renders this tribe one of the most wealthy in the country if they exercise ordinary judgment. The treaty was com- pleted December 31, 1892, and by its pro- visions the Indians ‘will receive $600,000 as payment for the 170,000 acres relinquished to the government, and to be opened to White settlement whenever President Cleye- land issues a proclamation to that effect, which will probably not be until next spring. Fifty-one Yankton Indians acted as scouts for ‘General Alfred Sully in 1864, and for additional compensation were by the treaty granted 3225 each, or a total of $11,475. This amount has already been distribufed dmong them. The difficulty now existing Is over the payment of $i00,000, the first payment by the government ‘for the land surrendered, The treaty says the amount is to be paid nd divided among the Indians per capita. ‘The disbursing officer who is now at the agency, commenced paying the Indians with checks, as is customary, and this caused a protest on the part of the Indians. It was understood among the bankers in the ad- joining towns that the checks would be cashed without discount, but the Indians appear not to relish the’ trip which would be necessary in_going from the agency. As the whims of Indians are usually ac- ceded to, it Is likely that they will win their point. The remaining $500,000, placed to the credit of the tribe, shall be payable to the Indians at the pleasure of the United States after the expiration of twenty-five years. But during the trust period of twenty-five years, if the necessity of the Indians shall requir it, the United s may pay such part of e | tary of the interior may recommend, but not exceeding $20,000 in r. 'Upon the of ‘such s amount shall be d from the princiy the United States in- on the re . Not to exceed to be expended each year for the nce of ‘orphans, the aged and in- fim, or such cther helpless members of the tribe as may be unable to take care of themselves, ind for £chools and educational purposes of the tribe, also for courts of Justice, Each person who signed the treaty is to recelve a $20 gold piece, struck in the year 1892, as a memorial of the year in_which the' treaty was negotiated. These Indians have taken their ~aliotments of land in severalty, and it is the surplus which is to be opened to settlement. The treaty pro- vides that where any Indian cannot culti- vate his land or otherwise use it advantage- ously it may b2 leased for one or more yea at a time. To prevent the possibility of land sharks securing p fon of the land, all leages must be approved by the Indian agent, by and with the consenf of the c missioner of Indlan affairs. This provision applies alike to both sexes and to all age parents acting for their who under their control, and the an a acting for minor orphans hav. guardians. A peculiar paragraph In the treaty reads as follows: ““When this agreement shall have been ratified by congrees, an officinl copy of the act of ratification shall be en- grossed, in copying fnk * * * ang gent to the Yankton Indian agent, to be copied by letter press in the ‘Agreement Book' of the Yankton Indlans'” This shows the natural childishness of the Indlans, and that they must be dealt with simply as heless, the Yankton Indians aside ‘the traditions and habits of st and have adopted the mode of living of thelr white neighbors, They are lligent, as a rule, dress in the garb of ¢ and mang of them have turned their energies to farming and stock raising It is a difficult matter for any Indian, how- ever well civillzed and progressive, 1o suve his money. “They are natural horn spend- thrifts, and permit money to slip thro their fingers in exchange for all sorts of useless articles, The result of the past cash payments to the Indlan tribes by the g y- ernment has been that within a very short expended all their e penniless. Whether 1he nkton tribe will reverse this rule remaing to be seen, Should they do o there i8 no reason why they should not be in good cir- cumstances for who have . king & Diamond & PITTSBURG, Dec. 16.—The police have been Informed by a victim of the trick that a Chicago 1 located on La Balle street is carrying o a diamor swindle that is catchy this holiday time of the year. The of the rm is described as the C. 0. D, to persons whose names have been s cured in some wa sealed boxes purporting to contain din monds. When the boxes are opened the dlamonds prove to be worth about 10 cents each. The hoxes bear the firm name of ru, Wright & Co., Chicago. Hundreds of these packages are said (o have reached here, with exiiess charges ranging from §i $400. Bome have been delivere but o to the timely notice given the police any emain In the express offic The ams Express company agent has telo. graphed to Chic king that an inves- tigation be set ¢ T Wants a Divorce from His Actress Wife, NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-8uit for absolute divorce on statutory grounds has been begun Thomas Burchell against his wife, Della ey, who I8 a leading lady in the Char- ley's ‘Aunt company, belonging to Charles Frohman, which played last week at St. THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather Foreanst for Nebrasia— Generally Fair; Warmer; South Winds. Page. 1. Italy's Cablnet Golng to Rack. Amerlean Interests in Armenia. Operation of Law in Savannah, Terrible Tragedy at Cou ohn Burns Coming to Om Story of Hob Kneebs' Silent Purtner. Kansas Investment in Sony Councll Bluffs Loeal Matters. Mrs. Peary's ¢ mas in the North, owa's Next Governor. Editorial and Ca Pender Feols the F1 What May Happen at Washington. In the Local Labor Fleld, Life In the Souda Currency Problem Discussed. Clews Sees n ¢ Books Noti ont arnoy Loss. What 18 Known of 1 of the ¥ w of the Iest Gifts of ¢ Progress of the Great Northwest, —————— e Louis, Bryan Darley of the same company Is named ‘s co-respondent, and hotels vorlous elties, with dates, are given in the complaint. Mr. Burchell is a member of the firm of Darfen & Burchell Dros., at 104 Broadway. He married the pretty actress in July, 1803, after knowing her for more than six y and the marriage was then supposed to be'a purely love aftair, ntbtenl Mt SEELY'S WIFE CAME 10 SE. o, Touching Scene When the Two Jall Otmee, NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Samuel C. Seely, the National Shoe ana Leather bank book- kezper, locked up at the Ludl:w street jail charged with stealing $354,000, saw his w'fe for the first time today since he abandone lier some time in November and fled to Chi- cago. His wife has been very ill since his flight, and the prisoner's chief anxiety has been for her, for the pair are devotedly at- ached. Before allowing Mrs. Seely to see her husband Keeper James E. McMahon went through the formality of announcing to Seely, who was in the reception room, that his ‘wife and brother-In-law desired to see W'm. The prisoner arose from his chair, grasping its back to steady himself. His nervousiess was s> great that it was nearly a minute before he found volice to say: “My wife here? Please, quick, admit her.” A few moments later they were sobbing in each other's embrace. The evening was well ad- vane:d bef re Mrs. Secly went away. Another ad scene was enacted at their parting. The two clung to each other for a long time without saying a word, and then, moaning and supported by her frother, the woman walked slowly out of the ro-m. Sigeerni BECOMING COMMON, Met In the ROBBERI Organized Gang In Moody and Brookings Counties, South Dakota. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 16.—(Special.) —There appears to be a regular organized gang of thieves in Moody and Brookings countles in this state. In the former county a few nights ago George Boles was cbliged at the point of revolvers to give up to two masked men , the contents of his safe. A. E. Winegar, a farmer in Moody county, a short time ago discovered men trying to break into his granary, He rushed out with his_shotgun and commanded them to halt. They had a team, and, whip- PIng up their horses, escaped. Mr. Winegar fired three times, but the men Kept going. About a week after his barn and granary were set on fire. The latter was saved, but the former was destroyed, together with a large amount of grain. ‘Total loss $1,000, with no insurance. In Brookings county several burglaries were committed and the Leary boys were arrcsted. The sheriff allowed them to go and feed their cattle and they never came back. The sheriffs of both counties are on the look- out for the offendes e Patents for Western Inventors, WASHING! —(Special.)—Pat- ents have been issued as follows Jesse D. Sherwood, Winneton, speculum; Fred D. Sherwin, Edgar, dental saliva ejector. " Towa—Edmund W, r. Lyons, chair; Benjimin ¥, Irway, Ma ton, lister cultivator; Isanc slgnor three-fourths to I. N Yeoman and 5 tire heater; Drake, J. M. Gross, Hartley, wagon David' Hattenback, Sioux City, galyanic rifg; Luman C. Ingeroll, Keokulk, timber railway tie; Charles C. Jéwett, de ceased, C. A, Jewett, administratr signor'to Rock Island Plow comp: nd, 1ll, hay loader; John 13, asslgnor to G. H. Hutfonlocher . Gilehrist, Des Molnes, incubator; D. Thackster, Des Mcines, assignor t Dennett, Lynn, Mass., fire escape; Woodburn,” Rock Rapids, chine, - Lamn Explosion Cau JACKSON, Mick -In a wild panic caused by an exploding lamp last night among two score of young children, partieipants in a_ birthe several children were painfully burned and se 1 others narrowly ped cremation. Forty children were at play in the parlor when one of them accldentally upset a stand lamp, which exploded and scatterad the blazing ofl among the entire party. es n Panle. Bad Fire at Rock Springs, CHEYENNE, Wyo,, Dec. 16.—(Special Tel- egram.)—A dispatch from Rock Springs states that the Edgar opera house at that place was burned at 3 o'clock this morning. Two general stores and a saloon on th lower floors of the building were also de- stroved, The loss 7 house fx 318,000 and on the stccks of merchandise 315,00, partially covered by insurance, T e Carts Collide. ROCHESTER, N, Y., Dec. 16.—In re sponding to an alarm of fire this afternoon hose carts Nos, 6 and 9 met in collision at street corner. Hoth carts were golng at full speed and the firemen were thrown in all directions, Louis Rice. the lieutenant instantly killed and Captair Frank Grafton of No. 9 was serfously in- jured and may die e ten by Burglars, Pa, Dec, 16.—Mr. and Mrs, David a wealthy couple living near Edin- ere robbed about midnight by a gang 1 burglars, six in number, who at- d the house and broke down' the door with a rail. They secured between $8,000 and $10,000 in gold and backs and es- caped. 'Mr. Slocum was beaten about the head, Special Orders to Protect Logations. SHANGHAIL Dec. 16.—An imperlal edict been fssued, commanding the s 5 in that city and o the resi- dences of forelgners, The gens d'armes ar directed to immediately arrest any person who attempts to disturb the peace. Reservation Wil e Ope ARMOUR, 8. D, has been ed In the Spring. Dec. 16 recelved here from Washington confirming previous reports that the Yank- ton reservation would not be opened for sets tlement until next March or April. The veservation containg over 209,000 acres Tried the Lavigne Blow, MUSKELON, Mich,, Dec. 15.—John Cliff. an, a farmer, was assaulted today by and Willlam Vanderberg, One of them struck him vicious blow on the jaw which rendered him unconscious. The phys iclans say he cannot cover, Mysterious Stabbing Affray. ROANOKE, Va., Dec, 16.—Dr, Hampton, a colored coachman, was fatally stabbed to. ¥ in the Mechanics club by an negro. The club rooms the police, but nothing learned about the crime. e Mortguge Lroker Arrestod CHICAGO, Dee. 16.-Judge Dunn sued a caplas for the arrest of Clement L. Eaton, a wmortgage broker. Rockwell § i“‘ @ financler, clalms Eaton has defrauded him out of §20,096 by means of worthless and fic- titlous notes unknown were searched by definite has been Information | FIVE CEN CLOSED IN DEATH ) \ Bank Conference in a Oouncil Bluffs Ends in a Terrible Tragedy. CLERK ATTEMPTS A DOUBLE MURDER John F. Huntington Wounds Two Men Seriously and Kills Himsolf, RESULT OF A CHECK'S DISATPCARANCE Injured Men Examiners for ths Fidelity and Casualty Insuranco Compeny, WERE QUESTIONING THE YOUNG MAN Investigation of & Mysterions Shortage for Which Nono Had Yet Been Blamod Leads toa Bioody Conclusion— Details as Known At 11 o'clock yesterday m was enacted in the zens State filled many mourning 1ing a tragedy private office of the Citi- bank of Council Bluffs whic homes In Council Blufts with John Huntington, assistant book= keeper and collection clerk, shot C. A. Crom- well of Minneapolis and I, Hayden of Chicago, repre:entatives of the Ride and, Casvalty company of New York, and then emptied his revolver into his own brain, fn- flicting a wound from which he died two hours later. Cromwell and Hayden, it is thought, will recover. Huntington was one of the best known young men in Council Bluffs, and numbered his friends by the hundred. So far as can be learned, he had no bad habits, and that is what makes his terrible act the harder to explain. On the 20th of last July a check of $6500 was turned over to him by Ira F. Hendricks, one of the employes of the bank, In the regular routine of business. Hunting- ton charged up the check to the Union Stock Yards National bank of South Omaha, and from that day to this nothing whatever has been seen or heard of it The day following Huntington left for a vacation trip of several weeks to New York City. The bank offi- clals kept thinking the check would turn up sooner or later, and deferred any action. As time passed on and it became evident that the barik was out §500 they sent a message to the Fidelity and Casualty company, notifying it of the fact, and sugge:ting that inspectors come on at once and make an investigation, The bank officials claim that at the time they had no charges to make against Huntings ton or any employe of the bank in particular. All of their employes were bonded in the Fidelity, and they preferred that the Fidelity, company should make the Investigation rather than make it themselves. Messrs, Cromwell and Hayden arrived in the city last Friday and took rooms at the Grand' hotel. They cross-examined each of the bank eme ployes through whoee hands the missing checlke had passed, and among the rest Huntington, They clalm to have discovered that he had been spending more money than the salary of $16 a month, which he was receiving, would warrant, and on this, together with the fact that the check had been last seen in his hands, they based their suspicions, QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY SHOTS. Huntington and the representatives of the Fldelity company met Saturday night and made arrangements for another meeting at the bank Sunday morning, when the investis gation was to be resumed. At the hour aps pointed they were together, and Cromwell and Hayden commenced to put the young man through a running cross-fire of questions, President J. D. Edmundson and Cashier C. R, Hannan of the bank wers present during most of the interview. The conference had not been in progress more than fifteen mine utes when Huntington rose from his chair, pulled a revolver and commenced firing at the representatives of the Fidelity company. The revclver he used was a 41 caliber that belonged to the bank, and had been Kept in the desk of G. F. Spooner, the paying teller, The first three shots wore fired at Cromwell, who had taken the lead in the interrogation, and all three took effect. The fourth struck Hayden, and Huntington raised the weapon to his own head and fired. He fell to the floor unconscious, and remained o until his death, at 1:10 p, m, The two wounded men ran cut of the bank, down First avenue and into the Grand hotel, blocd dripping from them at every step. They were taken to their rooms, 204 and 205, and Dr. Donald Macrae, jr., was summoned. He found that one of the bule lets had taken effect in Cromwell's back Just to the right of the spine at the walst line, It was found about four inches below, the surface and extracted. The second bule let struck In the left side of his cheek, plowed its way around the right side of the neck, and came to a stop after just missing the carotid artery, ’ The third struck bim in the right wrist, he having thrown up his hand to strike the revolver out of Huntington's hand. It broke one of the bones of the forearm clear In two, and lnbedded itself in the other bone, almost severing it. When the ball was taken. cut it was cut almost in two from the pointed end down. Cromwell will probably, loso the use of his right arm on account of a stiffening of the wrist joint as the res sult of the fracture of the bones, Hayden fared better. The bullet him in the neck, and, after passing around about a way, emerged and imbedded itself in & panel of the door, where It was afterwards found. His wound Is nog considered of a », but a varlas tion of half an fuch would have killed him, HAD PREPARED HIMSELF FOR The bullet that took Hunutiigton's life tered the skull, just behind the and ed back of the right eye, where Its presence was shown by a discoloration of the lid. His having the weapcn in his poge session Indicaied that he lad plunned alj out beforchand, and his cosiness in the face of the terrible deed he was meditating s surprising, all of the mon who were present at the interview testifying that they had not the alightest idea that anything out of the ordinary run of things was thought of by the young man Mr. and Mrs. E. Huntington, the parents of the young man, were al the Presbyteriam church, when a messenger brought the news of their son's decd. They were completely heartbroken over the affair. They started to the baok, but friends Intercepted the mother before she sufiered the added am= guish of looking upon the dying body lying in its own blood. Mr. Huntlngton went inte the room and sat by ks scn's side unti} the end came. ' Hayden, one of the wounded men, saldg “We Lad only been talking & few minulew, then struclké quarter of the gerlous natu car,