Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, INGLE COPY FIVE CEN’ GREAT BRITALN STORM SWEPT Bhips Wrecked on All Parts of the Coast and Many Lives Lost, ABOUT ONE KUNDRED PERSONS MISSING Many Mouses In Dubiin and the Suburbs of that City Wrecked—Telegraphic Communieation Interrapted with Scotland, LONDON, Dec. 23.—Reports from various parts of Great Britain show that the gale is abating. The storm raged with the greatest fury all day. Telegraphic communication with Scotlind is completely interrupted, while the wires in the midland countles and Ircland are more or less damaged. There I1s hardly a town of any size but reports personal casualiies and damage to property. Manufacturing towns in the north and west suffered badly. Roofs were torn off and chimneys collapsed, crashing through adjoining bulldings and killing and injuring a number of werking people. A number of fishing boats are missing. Three boa's were swamped off Stornaway and twenty-two oc- cupants drocwned. Much damage was done to houses n Dublin and the suburbs of that elty. People In the Donegal hills are reported to be suffering terribly, their cottages being | wrecked and flooded. The ships I\mrrh-nl and the Mary E. Marshal went ashore near Greenock. The Arkalow was driven ashore In Scalpsie bay and has nine feet of water in her hold. Tt is expected she will be a total loss. All around the coast vessels are reported to be stranded or in the greatest danger. The ship STr Michael was wrecked off Holy- head and five of her crew . were drowned The other six men on her were rescued with much difficulty. The four-masted County of Kinross, for Hartlepool, was seen off that port, lying on her beam ends and apparently sinking. Her crew was seen on her with life belts on. The actual number of deaths is unknown, but it is expected that the list will not be much less than 100, The American ship Kennebec, from Port Blakely, which had discharged her cargo at Belfast, broke adrift and sank a tug and damaged another vessel. HIGH WIND CAUSES THE WRECK. Disastrous Accident Cost Ten LONDON, Dec. 23.—The Manchester ex- press on the London & Northwestern railway, Wwhich was wrecked at Chelford last night, consisted of two engines and sixteen coaches, filled chiefly with people bound from Man- chester for London to spend the holidays. A number of frelght cars were being shifted near Chelford, when the wind, which was blowing with great violence, started of 'them back on the rails. runaway car was driven slantwise across the main line just as the express appracched. The engincer of the express, which was, run- ning at the rate of forty miles an hour, saw dimly aread a hugs obstruction approaching, and the brakes wer applicd and the engines ‘eversed, but the momentum of the heavy in.was s0 great that its speed was not auickly checked. The engines and - three coachss goa cler of the points before the car struck the express. The soaches which were hit by the wagon were completely smashed, while those fol- Jowing were derailed and partially shattered. All the lights were extinguished, and this ‘added to the fears of the passengers. The scene was a horrible one, the in- Jured passengers screaming, the wounded groaning and the guards and porters hoarsely shouting for assistance, Men with lanterns were sent to flag an- other train that was approaching the scene of the wreck. Fires were lighter along- side the line to enable the rescuers to pursue thelr work. Those passengers who had not been hurt scrambled out of the cars and formed a rellef party. Thirteen bodies were taken from the wreck. Some of them were badly mutilated. A number of those on the train had narrow escapes. All the officlals except the fireman of the first engine escaped death, but most of them were injured. The sccond eugine was derailed and overternud, Its engineer was only slightly hurt. Medicine and other ald arirved from Crewe .and the Injured, who numbered over fifty, were attended to. -Scveral of those injured Will die. One carrlage that was derailed by the force of the collision, struck and com- pletely - demolished a signal box beside the line. A special train brought them to Lon- don, anchester one The FLOODS IN HOLLAND, Btorm Causes the Rivers to Overflow and ¢ Much Damage Results. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 23.—Heavy floods have been caused by the storm in Holland. The rivers Maas and Rotte rose twelve feet, inundating parts of Rotterdam. Boats were used In the streets and In the market places, which were like lakes. Many of the dykes threatened to give way under the heavy pounding of the sea. In several placss the water succeeded in breaking through, and the country in the vicinity of the breaks is flooded. Nine houses col- lapsed, their foundations being undermined, At Utrecht scveral persons were drowned by the capsizing of a boat. Telegraph and telephone wires were everywher: broken. The bark Caroline, from Savannah for Ham- burg, went ashore near Egmondsee and bicame a totul wreck. Her cargo is being Washed up on the beach. Part of her crew were drowned. BRUSSELS, Dec. 23.—The caused much damage Many of the Bel ing. Tha storm has throughout Belgium, lglan fishing boats are miss- town of Dendermonda, at the confluence of the Dender and Scheldt rivirs, was inundated by the over- flowing of the Dender. The Inhabitants wre aroused by the tocsin and escaped, but the property loks is great. The vl lages of Audegeme, Denderviile, Mespelacre, Appels and Baesrod> were also inundated. HAMBURG, Dec. he river Elbe has overflown its banks and inundated the lower parts of the town. The water is so deep that tram cars are unabl> to run, Czar Nichs PARIS, Dec, Was sent as s’ Me at Paris. 2. —~General Teherkoff, who relal envoy to announce the accession of Czar Nicholas to the throne of Russia, arrived here this afterncon. He was réceived with military” honors. Thirty thousand people were assembied ajong the | ets through which t(he general passed | and ho was heartily cheered. He wilt President C. erler tomorrow | Finos on Awericin hips Aboiished MADRID, Dec. 23.-In consequence of the urgent protests of the United States min- Ister, the minister of the colonies has de- elded to take tmmediate uction in the set- tlement of the fines imposed up n American shipping by the authorities of Cuba and Forto Rico, and further fines will be abol- Ished. iy | Chalera in the ntin 1 BUENOS AYRES. De Several cases | of cholers are reported in Rosar veat | precautions haye been tuken to prevent the | prcud of the di » MARSEILLES, Dee. ¥.—Lord Rundoiph | Churehill has breome ratioral since hiy ar- | or ataxia have appeared. Nevertheless he was detei mined ‘to proceed to London, and accom- panied by his wife and physiclans, he started for Parls tonight, GERMANY'S POLITICAL OUTLOOK, Nothing More Will Bo Heurd Scelalist Incident, LONDON, Dec. 23.~The correspondent of the Times at Berlin says he does not think that the political situation in Germany Is 80 gloomy as it s generally supposed. He adds that Chancellor von Hohenlohe has perceived that he has made a mis'ake, and will turn back before it Is too late. There Is reason to hope that nothing more will be heard of the soclalist incident, except the strengthening of the disciplinary powers of the Reichstag. The Cologne Gazette, in an inspired article, says that Chancellor von Hohenlohe is not a man to run his head against a wall; on the contrary, he will leave no stone unturned to obtain from the Reichstag by calm negotiations what he re- quires in order to fulfill that on which he lays most weight. Any conflict with the Reichstag would render the attainment of his ends difficult, It not impossible. WILL ASSIST THE COMMISSION, ot the Forelgn Delegutes Will fHa, Investigating the Ar ian Atrocities, CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. The Porte has agreed to instruct the foreign delegates who will accompany the Armenian com- mission that they are empowered, not only to suggest questions to the witnesses, but also to personally examine them. Abdu Pasha has withdrawn from the presidency of the commission at the last moment, and has been replaced by two officials from the ministry of justice, who will start today for Erzroum,” where the other members of the commission are already assembled. Ab- dullah’s recall fs supposed to be due to the representations that he is inferior in rank to Zedki Pasha, who, it is alleged, com- mitted the atrocities, and will have to be examined. Sir hn Thompson's Remains Earonte, LONDON, Dec. 23.—The cruiser Blenheim, having on board the remains of Sir John hompson, prime minister of Canada, salled rom Portsmouth this morning for Halifax. The gale which prevailed yesterday has subsided, No Trouble In Fre ch Traitor ~uleides. PARIS, Dec. 2%.—An unverified report is current that Captain Dreyfus, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life for re- vealing' French military secrets to forelgn powers has committed suiclde in prison. EMALAN BORDER TROUBLES. GUAT, In a Disturbed Condition and Natives Are ¥ dy for \War, OAXACA, Mex., Dec. Z.—A courier from the Guatemalan border reports that there is such a disturbed condition of affairs on the frontler that farms and ranches are being abandoned and the peoy King places of safety from the depredations and crimes that are constantly being committed by the bandits and outlaws foliowing in the wake of the soldlers. The Guatemalan forces are belng strengthensd all along the line and the Indians and other natives of the coun- try are being pressed into military service, The volunteer troons of this state, as wel] as of the state of Chipas, are equipped and ready to march to the frontier as soon as war is declared, ACAPULCO, Mex., Dec. 23.—The extended stay In this harbor 'of the Bnglish cruisers Royal Arthur, Champion, Satellite and Nymph is a matter of much speculation as to the plans of England with its warships in this part of the Pacific. The most gen- erally accepted belief is that the commis- sioners have some designs for the govern- ment in connection with the present bound- dary dispute between Guatemala and Mex- ico, and especially in view of the uncom- municative policy being followed by the commanders of the boats. = The probable attitude of the United States in the event of meddling on the part of England is also a matter being indus- triously discussed in some quarters. The cruisers have been lying idle at anchor in this harbor for a month and there is no in- dication of an early departure, e BOUND T0 SEE THE HANGING. Tennessee Feople Tear Down a Stockade to Witness a Doublo Event, MAYNARDSVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2.— Clarence Cox and John Stanley, two men aged respectively 26 and 23, were executed here yesterday aftersoon. The execution was witnessed by fully 8,500 people. Under the laws of Tennessee executions are to be private, only a few persons specified by the law being allowed to witness the execu- tions. Such was not the case today. An enclosure had been erected in a valley one mile from the jail. It was twenty feet wide and forty feet long. Inside this the execu- tion was to take place on a double gallows, Sheriff John Shipe had sworn In a speciai guard of 100 men to protect the prisoners and keep the crowd back. The crowd, how- ever, was drinking and became unruly. Shortly before 1 o'clock the guards left the stockade for the jail. While away the mob made a rush forthe stockade, and in less time than it takes to tell it, the stockade was razed to the ground, as if a cyclone had struck it. The excitement was intense, and it looked for a few moments as if bloodshed weuld be the result, but cooler heads prevalled and everything passed off all right. SAYS THE POPE 18 WELL. Dr. Rooker Denles tho Reporc (s Holiness 1s Suff ng from Catarrl OW YORK, Dee. 25.—Dr. Z. Rooker, formerly vice president of the American college at Rome, and who has recently been appointed secrtary to the apostolic dele- gation in America, to succeed Secretary Pappl, arrived in this city on the Cunard liner Lucania yesterday. Speaking of the pope's health, he said: I never saw the pobe in better health than at present, and the report that he is sufferiog with catarrh is not true. The pope had just received the first copies of the oriental encyclical, which had been prepared during the last days of my stay at Rome, and copl of which 1 bear to Mgr. Satolll. The oriental encyclical concerns the steps that have been taken in 4he east to bring into the Roman holic fold many of the inhabitants of Armenia and the countries, who, though practically Catholics, still refuse to acknowledge the supremacy of the bishop of Rome. Dy es- tablishing schocls and permitting the natives of these countries to relain many of their 0ld customs In the celebration of mass the pope hopes to bring them into the church. CHANGES 0. BURLINGTON, rints the Statement that P resident Perkins Will Retire. CINCINNATI, Dee. 2.—The Enquirer, re- ferring to the statement recently made that President Perkins of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy rallroad would resign on Jan- uary 1, strongly intimates this rumor is founded on fact. It says furthermore, that President George B. Harris will suc e presidency, that General Ma *. Merril will succeed to the vice in place of Harris; that W, C. seneral manager of the Burlington Misscuri and Kansas, will be Mr, AMervil's “successor; that Howard Elliott, gencral relght agent of the St. Louls & Keokuk Northwestern rallway will succeed Mr. Brown, and will have his office in St Joseph, Mo, Mr. Elliott is o tephew of Presidint Perkins. BURLINGTON, 'la., Dec. 2.—The Hawk- eve announces that the report from Cin- nnati thot President Perkins of the Chi- cago, Burlipgton & Quiney railroad is about to resign Iy cnly @ repetition current in western newspapers for several wecks past and {5 wholly without foundation 1l Cook Dyl His Woands. WICHITA, K 2.—A speclal the Eagle from Muscogee says Bill Coo the ncted outlaw, 18 sald to be lying at the point of death in the fastnesses of 1 sountry, between that place His noted sister, "Lou, has and is nursing him.” He 15 from two wounds, and the deputy have traced him by castaway blo dy bandage They are now within tweity-four milcs of the bindits, and when they arvive trouble Is expected, as Cook is Cinelunatl Enquirer Brown lines in A in the mldst of 4 strong force of his half- breed sympathizers. Cherokee Bill was | alga wounded in the hip, and both were car- 1 cver thirty niles on litters by Ihe‘l’ fricnds THEIR CLAIMs EXCESSIVE Owners of Ships Seized in Bering Sea Want Too Much Money. COUNTING ON DAMAGES TO BUSINESS Representative Nitt Fighting the “Probable Enrnings" Featare of the Demands— United States Expected to Fay Half a Millio; WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.—Secretary Gresham's communication to congress rela- tive to paying $425,000 for Bering sea scizure is occasloning much discussion among those who have been giving attention to the sub- Ject. Representative Hitt of Iilinois, who introduced the resolution calling for the in- formation, is not yet satisfied that the United States should pay the lump sum of $425,000 for the seizure, as he says the positive evi- dence already adduced shows this amount to be extremely excessive, Mr. Hitt points out that the original claims, as filed, foot up to $439,000, which is little more than the amount of the proposed compromise, Of this $139,000, Mr. Hitt says, $357,000 is for “probable earnings,” “estimated catch," ete. That is, the ships claim large dam- ages for what they might have earrred if they had not been selzed, so that three- fourths of their claim is for prospective or remote damages, and only one-fourii for damages actually sustained. Mr. Hitt says this theory of prospective damages was expressly repudiated befor the famous Alabama awards commission. It was then held that the United States could not recover for what a number of American ships might have done if they had not been seized. The congressman says this prece- dent and others settles the principle of inter- national law, that remote damages cannot be collected. It is also shown that of the cighteen ships claiming damages ten were American ships. Some of these American sealers were flying the British flag merely for the sake of avoiding detection. Mr. Hitt urges that it is not for Great Britain to collect alleged dam- ages to American ships, The claims of these American ships are included in the settle- ment of $425,000, although Mr. Hitt says that the United States should deal with its awn ships in j's own way, and not through Great Britain as an Intermediary. After deducting the $357,000 for ‘‘probable ecarn- ings” and further deducting the claims of the ten American ships, Mr. Hill holds that there is very little left of the original claim, and that $425,000 is far in excess of what it cught to be. ORDNANCE BUREAU REPORT. Satisfactory Progress Has Been Made Dur- ing the Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The annual re- port of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifi- cations, sent to congress yesterday by Sec- retary Lamont, contains descriptions of the various experiments and tests that have been made during the year ended October 31, The year, the board reports, has been one cf positive and satisfactory advance. The want of a suitable disappearirig car- riage for the eight-inch and ten-inch high power guns, which has so long retarded the completion of emplacements has been cb- viated, so that we now have carriages of American invention unequalled for rapidity of action by anything heretofore invented. The suppply of seacoast guns is congggntly increasing, and the mounts are fully de- veloped for each of the calibers. That there are additional candidates for favor need not delay the supply of those already tested and approved for the sites to which they are adapted. The development and test of auxiliary de- fenses, such as submarine mines, movable torpedoes, rapid-firing guns and range and position finders, are sald ‘to have reached a stage where we have only to make a choice of the best. All are in good condition and in a high state of advancement, Among the fields to be further explored are the investigation and development of smokeless powders, further experiments with high ex- plosives to determine one or mcre that can be safely fired with the highest velocily now obtained from high power guns; new types of center-pintle carriages for the eight- inch guns and ten-inch guns, with reference to the greatest cover, compactness and speed of maneuvering; the possible development cf a disappearing carriage for twelve-inch guns; the development of armored casement bat- teries and turrets for eight-inch guns, which are all the department requires of them; the development and test of new projectiles and armor plates. The board, the report concludes, feels justi- fled in recommending, as it now does, that far more liberal appropriations than here- tofore be made for the construction and arm- ament of our works of defense. The esti- mates of the board for experimental work for the coming year aggregate $300,000, of which §50,000 is for smokeless powder tests, and $100,000 for procuring experimental gun carriages, POSTOFFICES OUT OF POLITICS, Connecticut Congressmen Would Them Under Civil Service Rules, WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Representative Forest of Connecticut, chairman of the house commiitee on civil service, has introduced a bill to “exclude political influence in the appointment of postmasters.” It provides that all postmasters now in office or here- after to be appointed shall hold their offices during the session. The president is au- thorized, however, to remove, first, second or third-class postmasters, “for cause com- municated to the senate” at the seszion fol- lowing the removal. The postmaster general is al:o authorized to remove fourth-class postmasters for “‘cause communicated in the letter of removal.’ Section 3 provides that neither the president or postmaster general shall appoint or remove & postmaster upon political grounds, “‘nor shall any postofiice inspector recommend any application for re- moval — or appointment upon political grounds,” The bill directs that the United States be divided Into portoffice districts, each dis- trict to be presided over by a postoffice in- spector. - Where there fs a fourth-class va- cancy in' the district, the inspector publishes notice of the vacancy and issues blanks for applicants, The latter must show thelr cap- abilities of election, health, business, ete., for the place, No reference whatever is to be made to politics and no paper bearing on politics {3 to be received. The Inspector then makes a report to the postmaster gen- eral and the appointment is made strictly on merit, HERBELT AC() Place ED THE PLATES, Stretched a Polut in the Case of the Armor for the Oregon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Andrew Carnegle called at the navy departmeént yesterday and had an interview with Secretary Her- bert, His purpose was to know what the de- partment requires with respect to the lot of armor plate Intended for the forward bar- bette of the battleship Oregon, the test plate of which had been recommended for rejection as the result of the unsuccessful trial at Indian head. The secretary, however, last evening decided to accept the entire lot of plates. His reasons for doing so were that the cracking of the plates in the test was due to a projectile superfor to the o:dinary sery ice shot; that the Carnegie company was en- titled to the same concssions made to the Bethlehem company in the case of their eighteen-inch plate, namely, that a crack | under the first shot only should not of itself be sufficient for the rcjection of the plate, and finally because the inspectors at the steel works reported that the plate submitted | lands in gaid state. to test was undoubtedly far iaferior to the rest of the lot. Consequently, the entire lot of 420 tons will be at once shipped to the Union Iron works and put ip place on the Oregon, the contractor for which has been chafing for some time at the delay imposed upon his work by the noniarrival of the armor. TO HELP ALONG 1RRIGATION, Text of Senator Manderson's Bl to Give Government Land to the State. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—(Special.)—Men- tion was made in Bee gpecials last week of the bill introduced by Senator Manderson providing for the transfer from the general government to the state of Nebraska of all public domain within the state, the samo to be used in alding irigation. The full text of the bill is: A bill granting to the state of Nebraska for the irrigation and reclamation of semi- arld lands, and for cther purposes, the pubiic Be it enacted by ‘the senate and house of representativi of the United States of America in- congress assembled, that all public lands belonging to the United States Situate in the state of Nebraska be, and the same are hereby, granted to ihe sald state of Nebraska, for the purpose of aiding in the irrigation and reclamation thereof and of other semi-arid lands of sajd state, upon the following conditions, namely . First, That such state shall proceed, with- out unnecessary delay, to divide (ts area ints irrigation districts and« to provide for the distribution of ~ surface and underground to said districts, and, further, to age in the actual work of reclaiming said Tands by conducting water thercon, b the construction of requisite wells, canals, reservoirs and all other. necessary irrigation works, £0 a8 to accomplish actual and suc- cessful cultivation of agrigultural products, so far as such lands may be capable of reclamation by a proper water supply; and said state shall continuously engage in good faith, according to its ability, in the work of such frrigation and reclamation until the whole area capable thereof shall have been reclaimed for th purposes aforesaid. Second, That if, at any. time after the ex- piration Of ten years from the date of this act, in the judgment of the president of the United States, said state is not proceeding or continuing in good faith with the work of irrigation or reclamation. as herein provided, it shall be lawful €or him by public proc: lamation to so declare, and congress may thereupon declare thal the United States resumes the title to all of such iands hereby granted as shall then remain wholly aimed or not disposed of by state, for the purpose only of continuing ' the work of such irriga- tion and reclamation, and for no other pur- pose whatever, the same to be proceeded With in such manner as congress may there- after provide and determine, according to the intents and purposes of this act. Third, That sald state may lease or sell the lands hereby granted, or such portions of them as may be necessary, for the pur- pose of raising the requisité funds to ac- complish_irrigation and reclamation, Pro- vided, * That said state may enact laws pro- viding for the sale of the hecessary lands for (own sites and for right of way purposcs, Fourth, That when suchlands, or any portion thereof, shali have been reclaimed and thereby made subject to agricultural use, the same shall be sold to actual settlers only, in tracts not exceedihig 160 acres of irrigable land, in addition to which each sottier shall be entitled to acquire by pur- chase nonirrigable lands to such an amount as will increase his holding to a total acre- age of not more than 640 acres, all such entries of irrigable or other lands to be made conformably to legal subdivisions, such lands to be sold to each settler at the prices and under such regulations as to entry and perfecting of tifle as shall be fixed and provided by the state legislature; all irrigable lands to be sold to such settlers at prices not exceeding the cost of reclaim- ing, and on such terms of payment as may be prescribed by law, and nonirrigable lands taken by settlers to be rated at a price not exceeding $2.50 per acte. Fifth, That all lands vot subject to irr- gation 'or reclamation and useful only for pastoral purposes and not. under the foregoing provisions of thiact, may be sold or Igased by said statewunder such reg- ulations “and provisions as.‘the legislature thereof may prescribe. > Sec. 2—That full, accurate and detailed re- ports of the operations of said state shall be made on or before the first day of July in each and every year, to the président of the United States, through the governor thereof, who shall’ certify to the accuracy thereof, and the president may from time to time demand such other and further re- ports thereon as in his judgment may be necessary and proper, and failure to make the reports herein provided, or any of them, for six months after writtén demand there: of, shall be sufficlent cause for the procla- mation by the president as provided in sec- tion one of this act, Sec. 3—That all funds derived from the sale or lease of lands shall be primarily de- voted to the reclamation of lands susceptible of frrigation, and any unexpended residue shall be added to and become a part of the permanent school fund. of the said state; and such funds shall not be expended or disposed of in any other manier. Sec. 4—That upon the ucCPDlIUICEJY)’ the legislature of said state of Nebraska of the terms, conditions and provision: t this act the same shall become. opera=ve in sald state, and thereupon, and from the date of such ‘acceptance, all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the terms of this act shall become Inoperative in said state, Provided, That any and all claims heretofore initiated under the land laws of the United States shall be perfected thereunder by compliance with the terms thereof; all lands, however, the claims to which shall be defeated b cause of noncompliance with law, shall re- vert to and vest in the sald state under the provisions of this act, Bec. 5—That upon the acceptance of the provisions of this act by said state of Nebraska, and from time to time thereafter as occasion may require, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the interior, at the expense of the United States, to cause to be delivered to the proper authorities of said state all maps, records, books and papers, or certified coples thereof, in case it may be necessary to retain the originals in the gen- eral land office, which may be necessary to sald state for the proper control, administra- tion and disposition of such lands, Sec. 6—That upon the acceptance of this act by sald state of Nebraska, in the manner preseribed by gection four hereof, this act and the act of acceptance thercof shall become binding upon the United States and sald state; and this act and such acceptance thereof shall not be altered, amended or repealed in any manner except upon the mutual consent of the United States and of said state, expressed through acts of the legislature thereaf and through congTess. TURKEY 15 DISTURHED, Ommcials of the Government Anxious Settle the Armeniun Troubles, WASHINGTON, Deo, 23.—That the Tur- kish government is keeping posted upon the reports in circulation concerning the Arme- nian troubles and that It desires a friendly public opinion, seems evident from the care with which it observes the.reports which se- cure clrculation abroad. It’has made denials of several printed stories,of oppression in Armenia, and today the Turkish minister furnished to the press a.dispatch from his government contradicting - several printed storie . The dispatch s as folfaws: “It has been published that the archbishop of Marash was imprisoned at Alep, that the bishop of Hadjin, the archbishop: ef Zeltoun and Father Jarask of Marash were doomed to to death; that Sister Elizabeth and twenty-five | other prisoners were under-arrest, and that fifteen leading men of Alep were sent (o prison. All these assertions are without the least foundation In fac', nor was the church in Beylan closed, as has ibeen falsely re- ported CLEVELAND'S OUEANG ENDED, Three Hundred Dueiss Killed by the Presi- dent and Hiy Companions. WASHINGTON, DEq. 23.—President Cleve- land and his party of duck hunters returned to the city this morning. The train was due at 7 o'clock, bu: did not arrive until nearly 9 o'clock, all the trafns on the line being late. The president was looking well, being a little browned by his exposure fo the sun and wind, Altogether the party killed about 800 ducks, the prezident being responsible for rather more than half of them. He spoke very apprechatively of his reception at Georgetown yesterday. e Took #ixty-1hree Thousand Dollars. NASHUA, N. H., Dec. 2.—The examiner's report of the embezzlement of Cashler Frank A. McKean of the Indlan Head Na- tlonal bank, shows & shortage of 8,775.0. | their wives and children and for NORE NECROES SLAUGHTERED Murder of a White Man in Georgia Produces a Reign of Terror, ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE INVOLVED Both Sides Heavily Armed and a Collision mminent—All Kinds of Weapons Rendy for Use at o Moment's Notlee, QUITMAN, Ga., seven negroes have been taken in the last twenty-four hours in revenge for that of one white man, and unless all signs fail ut- terly many more lives are in jeopardy. Two bodies of determined men, between 400 and 500 in all, very man being heavily armed and each body about equal in numerical strength to the other, separated by less than a mile of country and liable to clash at any minute—that is the spectacle presented here in Brooks county tonight. One body is made up of stern, determined white men bent on revenge for the brutal murder of one of the best citizens of this colinty, The other is made up of negroes, terror stricken and fearful lest they and their families be made the objects of a sim- flar fato that has already befallen several of their number, and are ready to defend themselves as well as they may be able. What the next twenty-four hours will bring forth no one can predict; that there will be an open clash seems much more than probable at this writing. The authori- tics are powerless and practically no efforts have yet been made to bring about peace, save by the relatives of the man whose mur- der is the cause of it all. On Thursday Joseph Isom, one of Brooks county’s most prosperous farmers and best citizens, was murdered by a party of negroes, and it leaked out that the kill- ing of Isom was a part of a plot to kill all the whites who were in the posse which a few wecks ago arrested Jesse Jeffreth for the killing of T. Moulden. Isom lived ten miles north of here in a part of the county where the negroes outnumber the whites, and the killing caused great excitement. When it developed that the tame gang of negroes had sworn to kill other white men the whites gathered together as if by one accord and the work of death and destruc- tion began. EVERY CROSS ROAD GUARDED. Of the seven who are dead the names of only four could be obtained this after- noon. A reporter visited the scene late this evening. Every cross roads was found picketed with sentinels, and every man in the country is armed to the teeth. When one of these race excitements occur King Terror rules in the homes of whites as well as blacks; and this is such a case. There are probably 500 men in arms, cover- ing an area of about five square miles. About a mile and a half from the home of the Tsoms were about 200 whites, all well armed and breathing all sorts of vengeance. A mile further was a crowd of negroes of about the same size, armed with Winches- ter rifles, pistols, axes, cfubs and every available weapon, walting for the whites to attack them. They are entrenched in and around a lot of negro cabins in the midst of a thin grove, and the latest information is that the whites are advancing on them from two sides. Sam Taylor, Elix Frazer, Sam Pike and Henry Sherard are four negroes known to have been killed. It is understood that Waverly Pike, Jim McCall and a negro named Herring were probably the others. The country is comparatively sparsely set- tled, and the facilities for securing informa- tion are very meager. Pike is the negro who killed Isom. He has been in hiding near where the trouble has occurred. When the reporter left the scene there seemed every likelihood of a pitched battle tonight. Captain E. Tillman, brother-in- law of Isom, was, however, doing everythirg in his power to restrain the whites, He had hurried messengers all over the county | summoning to his aid conservative men in | the hope that they would prevent further bloodshed. It will b2 impossible to know tonight how well they succeeded. DETAILS OF THE KILLING, Details of -the killing of the seven negroes are very meager. Taylor, Frazer, Pike and Sherard were together about sunset last night. They were regarded as four of the ringleaders of the conspiracy to kil and burn, and were being espe- clally sought for. A half dozen whites, one of whom is sald to have been Isom’s brother-in-law, came upon them sud- denly, and ordered them to submit to ar- rest. One of the negroes answered with a shot that struck one of the whites, and four of the blacks were shot down in their tracks, The other three were caught, one at a time. Many of Isom's neighbors are in the crowd, and will not listen to any peaceful talk. They declare that for the sakes of their own safety they must stamp out the gang that has sworn to murder, and tonight that spirit seems the predominant one, If the fight comes, it will be a desperate one. The killing of Isom occurred in the public road, mot far from his home, and the cir- cumstances attending 1t seemed to throw doubt on the conspiracy theory. Mr. Isom was here Thursday, and while in town had some words with Waverly Pikg, a negro living In his vicinity. Apparently everything was smoothed over when he left for home, After arriving there he started with Henry Timmon, his brother-in-law, for Captain Timmon’s home, about half a mile from L:om's. They met four negroes. Pike and West McCall were on horseback, the two Herrlng boys in a wagon. They came near riding over lsom, remons'rated. He sald: “Look out; run over me,” and had stepped out of the way. Just then Pike drew a plstol, and without a word fired, the bullet piercing Isom’s heart. Pike and McCall fired three shots at the pros- trate body of Isom, and then broke for their horses. Pike made his escape, but Me- Call and the Herrings were arrested, and are in jail. In this present excitement there is grave danger of the three being lynched BN MO Dee. The lives of who don't QUIETED A S0UTH Addresse of Prominent Georgla Citlzens *ave s Murderer's Neck. AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 23.—Hon. W. H Fleming, speaker of the Georgia house, and Judge Wililam Feve of the county court, have finished addresses to a mob of 300 citizens that are gathered around the county jall with the intention of lynching Jake Wiggins. It is believed better couns:l has prevailed, and there will be no assault on the jail. Saturday night Wiggins kiled a negro ourageous named Anderson Willlams, ucross the river In Carolina. He was tracked to Angusta by a negro spotter, and the Augusta police wera told of his whereabouts, A posse of police surrounded the house in the upper part of Augusta and broke in the door. Wiggins opened fire on the officers with pistols, one in each hand. Detective Joe Murray was shot in the head and is dying at the hospital. Policeman Stringer was also shot In ihe head and can probably not recover. Policeman Wrenn was shob in the leg. John Davie, a spectator, was shot in the region of the heart and died in less than an hour. The negro escaped, but a littlo later was held up by a youth named Jordan and finally arrested. B During the melee at the house and ‘the flight of the negro when the fugitive was under fire from many persons, over 150 shots were fired, but the man was only slightly wounded in the left side. At 9 o'clock the crowd at the fail had | Increased to 1,000 There is no leader, and it is not thought any attempt will be made | to enter the jail, which is a strong struc- | ture, and will protect him. The sheriff and | mayor vow there shall be no lynching in Augusta tonight or any other night. it SNOW BLOCKADE RIS 1. California Trains Moving Agaln but More Trouble is Antlelpated. Cal,, Dec The blockade be- tween this e and Dunsmulr has been temporarily raised. TLast night 200 snow shovelers and an extra train passed through Sisson en route to the big snow drift some SISSON, the mnorthbound v through, follow the other de- layed nger The storm has | abated, but the indications are that consid- more snow will fall' before tomor- DUNSMUIR, Cal, Dec, 23.—The blockade | caused by the heavy fall of snow | raised at nocn today, and the delay: genger trains are now moving, The depth of snow on the track broke t While it was being repaired th sengers were having a merry snow. expres: ssed | belited p time in the -— TO HANDLE WYOMING COAL. Two Eastern Syndieates Wi Begin Opera- tions There in the Spring. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 23.—A syndicate of eastern capitalists is making preparations to develop the extensive coal fields in the northeastern part of Wyoming next sum- mer. Two large companies with a stock of 00,000 cach have been or ‘The principal offices of the company located at Aladdin, Crook trustees are John D. Parker, i gene 8. Blisforth, 1 ) berlain’and G. M. Nix. The Aladdin Coal company will develop the coal properties which have heen acquired by the syndicate. The purpose of the Southeastern Coal com- pany, the other corporation, is to construct and” operate a railroad fromi the ccal fields through South Dakota to 2 point on the Missouri river, presumably Sioux e — MURDERER BRE. l_h Indlan Territory Desporado to Be Hung Friday Escapes. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 23.—Oliver Jewell one of the worst desperadces in the Indian country, who was sentenced to be hanged next Friday for the murder of Tom Arnold and his son in the Cherokee strip, has caped from the Woodward, Okl, jail. Two or three hundred officers and citizens of Woodward and vicinity are cut searching for him, but he will probably ret away, as it is certain that his friends from the In- dian country aided in his escape. S e b Fdentified by His Vietim. ALBION, N. Y., Dec. 23.—Fred Allen, a tough' character about town, was arrested yesterday on the charge of assaulting Miss Etta Budd last night. The latter was re- turning from a visit of charity to a poor family, when Allen decoyed Miss Budd to a lonely spot, where he accomplished his purpose, He was identified by Miss Budd today, and on his pleading not guilty, the examination was adjourned. The people of Albion are very much excifed over the af- tair. — TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Colonel R. L. Watkins of Chatanooga, Tenn,, is dead, Eight million feet of lumber was destroyed by fire at Tonawanda. Emil J. Nosek was kicked to death five drunken men at Detroit. E. A. Ficke was killed in collision at Los Angeles, Cal. Harry N. Fairchild, a prominent Deny politician, is dangerously insane. Adolph Jacobin, wanted in New York for embezzlement, is under arrest in Chicago. In a riot at Pineapple, Ala, forty-three miles south of Selma, thrée men were killed. August Burenet and Jose Castile were killed at Franklin, La., by the bursting of a steam pipe. Nick Smith was killed by Charles Biggs at Sheffield, a Kansas City suburb, the re- sult of a quarrel. At Racine, Wis, Robert Smith, alias Jumes O'Conhor, a_fotorious forger, escaped froni the county Jjail. Bill Gay, who murdered two Montana deputies in Meeker county while resisting arrest, has been captured. Paul Peterson and Anderw skating, broke through the i drowned at Windom, Minn. George King, a negro, New Orleans for shooting o persons while resisting arrest. At Cattlesburg, Ky, Charles Frederich and James Lovejoy Killed Clark Cornell, colored, in a dispute over cards, Mathew Fulton, a lineman, was found near Syracuse, N. dead. 'He had evi- dently been murdeéred’and robbed. Judge O. 8. Bailey, coloborer of Garrisi and Whittier in the anti-slavery move- ment, was buried at Amesbury, Mass., Sun- day. David Henderson and Frank Jeffery are in jail at Murphysboro, Tl They have con- fessed to killing James Towle at Carter- ville, In a_guarrel over a woman at Muskogee, ., Willlam Rider was fatally shot, mes Finnigan and Flave Carver are ler arrest, The hame of Charles A. Frost at Spring- wells, Mich., was blown up by dynamite and ifrederick Lloyd and Charles Bruening are under arrest. Judge D, C. Ballard of Los Angeles, € has heen indicted ing a bhogus draft, Springfield, Mo, The Frendy outlaws robbed the station at Nowata, 1. T, on the Arkansas Valley, com- lling the agent at the muzzle of révolvers to surrender $200. E. C. Godney, pi River bank of New York City, for w which he was indicted several years is on his way back to stand trial. The United States Horse and Cattle clety of New York has been declared solvent and re ivers appointed. The paid bills aggregate $40,000, F. Ashford, a Canac living at Vancouver, B, ( his wife and two' daugiit two sons escaped. Ashford is in jail, Robert Rouse and Miss Dessie Hayden | were to have been marritd Christinas day at Parls, Ky. Yesterday they and the young man killed his and escaped, Micajah Rowsey was tion City, Ky. He re Ellis, who scught to followed hris seven their boots on, Albert Gorden, Coosa county, Ala., was itdicted for gam: bling in_Elmore county, and placed under arrest, He hanged himself in b with his handkerchief. Lewis Stone of Chic up to the pelice, being murder of two women at Jamestowr Stone says he knows nothing of the except what he saw in the papers Rev. J. J. Totten, past £ a fashionable colored church was arrested and taken to By where he once had charge of a church, Mis Nin tell charges him with belng the father her child by a street car er. Foss, while and were was' lynched number at of al., Macon, Mo., for pass: He was arrested at dent of the North cking ago, 80~ in- un- Vacific hot and %, His n sweeth bad man at Junc. isted Town Marshal arrest him. Rowsey gons, who dicd with aged of Rockford, 50 has glven himsell cherged with ‘the of Brooks count Thomas MvCre They were anly armed Wwith knives Creary had a shot gun. Both the Brooks' will be burled 0s oon as the inquest is held Bunday was given a lurld tinge at Day- ton, O." Louis Bchmink, unable to provid for his family, shot his brains out, A col ored man, name not given, quarreled with his wife and killed himself. Henry Rose, from Michigan, went after Policemin Ja en Cherokee home of Marion, called at Sorrect his on, ma, ry't of the him. M | add much to the prol | Mr. TRACES OF MRS. NOTSON Evidence that Sho Orossed the River in & Boat and Took a Train, ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNKNOWN MAN © Was Walting on the Other Side of the Rivor with a Morse and Buggy —Went h from Pacifio Junction, Sou The exclusive telegram published in The Bee yesterday morning about the discovery of a woman and two children at Chadron, to- gether with other facts that have been dise covered, but have ot been published, ability that M Not- son and her two children are still alive. The telegram mentioned stated that a woman and two chiliren answering the description of the missing school teacher and her children had arrived there and were on a ranch some forty-five miles from the town. The police have also received a telegram from Chadron from Deputy Sherift W. L. Handy, asking it there was any reward for the missing trio. Cook, the stepfather of Mrs. Notson, has offered a reward of it the woman and children are found, and the deputy sher- I was telegraphed to that effect. He was also asked it he had found any trace of thelr whereabouts. He answered that he thought he had, but that he would not be sure until he had scen her. As the woman and chil- dren are forty-five or fifty miles from Chad- ron it will take some time befora they can be identified, The deputy sherift was mafled a full description of Mre. Notson and given dircctions to hold the trio If they proved to be Mrs. Notcon and her two children, SOME FURTHER FACTS. Several other facts have been discovered by those interested in Mrs. Notson, which incline them to think that she did not seek a watery grave. They have found that a woman and two children, in company with a man, boarded a train in Council Bluffs some time after 8 o'clock on the night that Mrs. Notson disappeared. The identity of the woman not fully established, but it gave them grounds for continuing the search, The west bank and side of the river had been thoroughly gone over, but the east side had never been ouched. They thought that it was within the range of probability that the missing woman cossed the river it she intended to get away. Therefore, the cast bank of the river was searched. About half a milo below Gibson, in the sand of the river bank, an fmprint was found that ap- peared to have been made by the keel of a boat. Further search disclosed foot prints that had evidently been made by the shoes of a man, a woman and a child, or perhaps of children. These footprints were followed up. They led to a place where the ground showed traces of buggy wheels and hoof prints of a horse. The ground was consid- erably stamped, showing that a horse had been standing there for a considerable time. Hoof marks and buggy tracks led from this place to Council Bluffs. The search was continued from the depot. It was found that the man, woman and two children who had boarded the train got off at Pacific Junction. They waited In the depot at this place until” the arrival of a southbound train on the: Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad, shortly after 11 o'clock. This train they boarded. HER FATHER DISAPPEARED, TOQ. One fact that has scarcely been mentoned Is considered of great welght by some of the friends of Mrs. Notson. This is that her father disappeared in somewhat the same manner as she did fifteen years ago. Since then nothing definite has been heard from him. It has been reported that he has been living in central New York, but this has not been substantiated. It is definitely knows, however, that Mrs. Notson has been receiv- ing letters in her private box from some other man besides her husband, and soms of her friends are inclined to think that they came from her father. They came frequently, it is said, and on the morning of her dis- appearance she received one from this une known party. These friends advance the theory that Mrs. Notson has gone to her father and has taken the children with her. not ——— T0 DEFEAT ELKINS, Judge Nathan Goff Will Enter the Race and Be an Important Factor. BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.—A speclal to the News from Clarksburg, W. Va,, says: Judge Nathan Goff, who has been holling ccurt in South Carolina, arrived at his home yester- day and has been in close corference with political friends, including Hon. George C. 8. Davis, who is himself an active candi- date for’the United States senate against Elkins, It was given out last evening that Judge Goff would in_all probabil- ity " announce his ndidacy for the séna within ~the next twenty-four hours. If “he does, he will _proba- bly prove a formidabie opponent. He has elght votes pledeed to him, and Senator Whittaker and Hon. T. J. Hutchinson each have as many more. Judge Goff's candis dacy would draw heavily from Elkins, and at the same time solidify the followers of the candidates, all of whom are ldentified with the Goff wing of the party. The cona ference has caused some excitement in pos litical circles throughout this sectio; WHEELING, W. Va., Dec, 2. ~The dig- pateh from Baltimore ~tonight quoting Clarksburg, W. Va., special to the effect that Judge' Nathan Goff will announce his candidacy for the United States senate against king, fs the result of & combine of the anti-Blking fae. tion, and is believed here to made of whole cloth. There is, In faot, no probability that Goff will be a' candidate for the senafe. He has emohatically stated that he would not be. More than threes fourthy of " the republican “members of the egislature have publicly declared theme selves for Mr. Elkins, L LA B - AFTER OLEO DEALERS, Recent Federal Court Decinion Haus the New J.rscy ket TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 23.—8ince the re- cent United States supreme court declslon concerning the (raflic in olecmurgerine, the 5 western dealers fn that commodity have made this state the distributing center, The dalry commissioner, Mr, McGuire, says -y are not complyi 1th the state laws, itends to prosecute mber of firms for evasion, Come been made ugalnst traders in Jersey Clty, and others will follow Immes diately, WILLIN looded 10 ACCEPT A REDUC e Shopmen Wil Seale i Work is ¢ CHEYENNE, Dec, 10N, Cheye ako the Denver itnued. (8pecial Telem skill:d mechanics who are em- in the Union Pacific shops at this held a meeting this afternoon to dis- | cusss the order closing the shops after the first of the year, It was decided to send | committee 1o Omaha to interview officlals in reference to the situation. It is bel the men will now pt the Denver s of waues It the officials will continue i plant s Mineral Wealth, 4 0, Dee The gold | product of California for 1803 was $12,22,811 and the silver $57,16, making a total of $12,950.668. 1t Iy not in gold and silver alone thit the mineral wealth of Culifornia cons sist Many other substanc are mined hire, which cven now bring up the value of California's mineral products to about $19.000,000 o1 $0,000,00) per’ annum, and they asing in value, Price uf Whisky Bedueod. A, 1L, Dy Tie Whisky trusg afters reduced prices on il gods 1 cent per gallon. This #oea Into effeet next Monday, - [ | BA PRANCIE Pl terday of ion | ye n Afeotion: | Sl Balm for W onnd, | MANKATO, Mi Dee, Z—The Steins Ealbaugh breach of promise suit was ended yerterday, the jury bringing in a yerdiel of Crumlev aod stabbed him seriously, 1 und co#ts in favor of the plaintif,