Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 18 ROUGH TIME ON SHIPPIN( —-—— Bevere CGales Cause Many Wrecks Off th English Coast, ENTIRE CREW OF TWENTY-FOUR LOS Men on Takel veral Other Stranded Off by Life Saving Crews— Storms Inland Delay Rail- Vessel LONDON, Dec. Severe weather provailed throughout Great Britain sinc urday, the heavy gale hall and snow, dering ation the coasts both dificult and dangerou vecsels that could do so made for h shelter. of them, however, succeed In reaching port, but when almost in sight of safe the case of the British bark Boggs, which sailed from Taltall, August 1 for Androssan. She the long voyag safely un'il this morning, when she wa wrecked on the Holyhead breakwater an every soul on board of her, twenty-four i all, were drowned. The ship was caught i the gale in the Irish sea 20, ha Sat 1 b alon, A avens ¢ aia re wreck This Osseo, Captal being accompant Some no w wa made for the storm to abate. Shortly before 3:3 this morning the keeper of the lighthouse a the seaward end cf a bark come out of the lights burning brightly storm canvas, The gloom and with under he clos fore it. The as good w bark, ather of however, it as was was makin possible an was apparently being handled in a most care- ful manner. How the accident occurred Is not exactl known, but it is surmised an extraordinaril high sea lifted her when she was quite clos to the breakwater and dashed her upon She struck amidships and immediately bega to break up, the sea pounding at her furious! the moment she became stationary. Th lighthouse keepe s00n he “realiz what had occurred, firad a rocket to call th cpast guardsmen and life boat men. In th meantime the bark had broken into halvi the mainmast going by the board, In its fa 1t struck several of the crew, who were o the deck, killing them instanily, Others the crew had clambered into the fore an: mizzenmast rigging to escape being washe overboard by the huge combers that wer malking a clean breach over the wreck. The coast guardsmen were the first t reach the scene, and were followed soo| after by the life boat men. as the men on the bark for assistance. coast guards got a line aboard the and It was caught by one of the crew. fore he could make it fast the fore and m zenmasts were whipped off close to the d and everybody in their rigging fell wit them into the sea and were drowned. Th sallor who had caught the line was crushe to death under one of the falling After the masts had gone by the board a was silence on the wreck, and those on th breakwater knew had perished. In a short time nothing w visible seaward but broken spars and raffle of rigging attached to them. Durin the day nine bodies were recovered. Thi {dentity of the bark was learned from som: of her papers that were washed ashore, 860 was commanded by Captain R. She was a steel vessel of 1,390 tons and wa bullt in 1889 at Londonderry, from port she hailed. Her dimensions Length, 245 feet 3 inches; beam, 36 feet Th wrecl inches, and depth of hold, 21 feet 5 inches. B. H, McCorkle was her cwner. The Norwegian ship, Frey, Captain Han- while riding at anchor sen, from Darien, oft Troon, was dismasted. taken off in a life boat. and one man was drowned. Her crew wer The British bark, Bonita, Captain Thomas, from Galveston, was run into off Falmout this morning hi- vey, and was damaged. A dispa from Londonderry says nothin has been heard of the Mississippl minion line steamer, Sarnia, which lost he rudder at sea, and which, after being take in tow, was dropped about 130 mile: Tory island, owing to heavy weather. Owing to the gale in the Engligh channe the Ostend mall steamer was unable to leav Dover today. A coasting Cromer. Four rescue her crew. ous for the Lfe boats to approach twelve hours elapsed before the taken off and landed. The storm inlan has done some damage. Trains have bee: blocked by heavy snow drifts, and in man: places in Scotland the telegraph wires down. schooner was life boats dismasted started out t. her, an crew, NEED OF MORE RE NUE. Bole Cause of the Imposition of Tarif Taxes at Colon and Panama, NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—In reference to th Colon dispateh received Friday ‘night, stat ing that after the 1st of January Panam and Colon would cease to be free ports, and that a duty would be collected of 10 pei cent ad valorem on all imports, officials o the Panama Rallway company say that whil they as yet have received no official fication of the proposed action by the lomblan government, they have been advise uhofficlally that such a tax was proposed course, they said, they would prot ple that it would tend to restrict trade, opinfon was expressed that tively resumed on the Panama proposed, it would be absolutely necessar: to import supplies at any cost. But unle: this work were resumed it was very likel, that the trado of the country would b killed. The fmpression in the office of th Panama Railroad company was that lombla was using every means In its powe to iIncreas: its revenue in the resumption of work on the canal, th department of internal resource #uch a mines, ete., and to have increased resource: @8 precautionary measures in the event posaible changes in the government. The published statc been appropriated for the transportation troops was regarded as very significant c the govertment's efforts toward preventin any possible trouble, One proposition mad Yok long ago was to impose an export tax o Th canal, a o banauas, but (his plan was wisely given up, as it would have killed the industry, whic s the principal one of the country, It go to show the efforts that have been made t Increase the country's revenue. At the offico of the Panama Canal pany Mr. Boyard, who is the representatiy of the canal company here, knew he proposed tax or the protest of his o pany. He sald, however, that it was #ible, In the evont of such tax being ro-ed, that a protest would be ho offices of the new Panama company Poris. french Kallway Dire. PARIS, Dec. 20.-A judiclal the conduct of the old dir French Southern Railway company has re vealed another financial scandal, and rants have been fssued for the arrest of number of contractors, bunk nd elans. The guestion of the relatior ruvornmrnl o this company wa inquiry fint ctors of i the Chamber of Deputics on Decemt last, when (he 1 The tter indire jess ducl between 1 works, and M o 1l f bi of publi: flmfll Jeader who had aceu et of secking 1o protect a i g ters, w h statement 1 randed as a le Bpain Nover Contempluted Cuban fowe Kul MADRID, Dec. 30.~8enor Biessa, ministe ©f the interior, has entered a formal deni of the statement which recently emanate Washington to the effect that a pla D under consideralion authorizing ty led thou, mix Jaures, (he s ed the' govern to Barthg hadinemni, s The captain evi- dently thought to run to Holyhead and wait the long breakwater saw wind was blowing a liv- ing gale and a terrific sea was running be- it. |y Above the howl- Ing of the gale could be heard the cries of Be- masts. that all hands on the bark 0s- Boggs. which were: The boat capsized the schooner, Carrie Har- and Do- west of oft It was extremely danger- were are notis Co~ ot +t against such a tax, which, owing (o local conditions, would bo a very heavy one, on the princi- it work was ac- Co- anticipation .ot nts that $80,000 had com- nothing ot m- 1ssued from the | war- vernment narrowly e: A.m.',ii the wber of ex- | local officers of Cuba to make up the budget of tarift duties, afterward submitting to 3 government for aproval FAVOR AN ARBITRATION TREATY, Over Threo ndred Members of the Com- mons Sign tho Petition. LONDON, Dec. 81.—The Dally News says the signatures to a memorial which William R, Creamer, M. P., will present to President | Cleveland and the American in favor of an arbitration treaty between Great Britain, and the United States, are those of unofficial members of the House of Commons, Three hundred and forty-five members signed the memorial, and the number would have been increased had the membets of the gov- ernment been invited to sign it Most of s | the liberal and Trish and a fair number of | unionists signed it. The intention is to use | the memorial to assist in the adoption of | Senator Allison’s resolution. If this resolu- tion should bs adopted, there is good grounds 11| to believe that the British government would ¢ | readily enter into negotiations for an arbi- o | tration treaty. Mr, Creamer will sail for | New York on the Teutonic on Wednesday. 4| He has long been an advocate of arbitration 8 | to take the place of war, and gince 1875, has heen secretary of the International Arbitra- league, and editor of the soclety's organ, the Arbitrator. By trade Mr. Creamer is a carpenter and joiner. He founded the Am gamated Soclely of Carpenters and Joine and was the first secretary of the Interna tlonal Workingman's association. Both as a speaker and writer he has been as a leader among political workingmen trades unionists of London dresses have been translated into the prin- cipal languages and largely circulated. In 1890 the president of France conferred upon him the cross of the Legion of Honor. He sits in the House cf Commons for the Hag- gerston division of Shorediteh, in the inter- of the liberals, o T congress ¥ g | n a n n and Some of his ad- POWERFUL IN RETIREMENT, & 0| Times Warns Porte that His Influence May Ue Far Reaching. LONDON, Dec. 31.—In a leader t1 ing the T ys: “Mr. Gladstone's retire- | ment trom public lite s final, but it would well for Turkey to reflect, in her own in- d that in the Armenian matter Mr. ¥ | Gladstone, with little personal effort and no 1 [ personal ambition whatever, might play the part of blind old Dandelo. He has the whole British public opinion behind him, and if the Porte defied all Europe his appeal would be capable of producing all, perhaps more than_ all, the effect he contemplates as merely contingent.” The Times' remarks were called forth by the speech made yesterday by Mr. Glad- stone to a deputation from o meeting of the Anglo-Armenian association and other Ar- menian organizations who waited on the ex- premier at Haw y morn- ¥ N | torest, e 1 n ot d qa o o n Severe Storms ) BERLIN, Dec. 30.—Gales, snow, prevail in northern Germany. An un- usually high tide in the River Elbe has 1 the low lying parts of Cuxhaven and Hamburg. Two bodies have been washed lore in the lower Elbe. Enormous dan age has_been done along the North se coasts. Many vessels, badly damaged, have been towed into Bremer Haven. accompanied by k k h 3 a Rark Sunk by a Steamer. GIBRALTAR, Dec. he British steam- er Oxford, from Palerma for New York, has arrived with some of her plates damaged. She reports having been in collislon with the French bark Marle Louise. The bark was so badly damaged that she sank. Five her crew were drowned n o a & b+ — ¢ | Government Narrowly Escaped Defeat. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 30.—The presi dent’s . casting vote only carried the gov- ernment’s bank note bill through the upper house. The debate continued until 2 o'clock this morning. Amendments were adopted which will necessitate the bill being again sent to the lower house. N 9 opo Ofielatly Notified, ROME, Dec. 30.—The pope today gave an audience to Prince Lobanoff, who formally announced the accession of Czar Nicholas to the. throne of Russia. Subsequently Car- dinal Rampolli, pontifical secretary of state, returned the visit on behalf of the pope and ed on the prince the grand cross of rder of Christ h Wazeriri Have L BOMBA Dec. 30.—Reports just received here indicate that the Wazerirl tribemen who lately attacked the escort of the Brit- is commission en, in delimiting the Punjab frontier, completely beaten, menace 0 the Briti g n ’ a e Chure LONDON, Churchill s rhage which caus 1 wving M’ Condition Improved. Dec. 30~Lord Randolph still conscious. The hemor- d the pressure upon the temporarily cealed, the im- provement of his condition is maintained, l: oke the 1§ y | MALIFAX, Dec dor, which arrived o Hallfax, The steamer Labra- from Liverpool last evening, made the passage in six days and five hours, which §s the fastest ever made to this port from Liverpool. or lect 0 Deputy. BR SLS, Dec. 30.—M. Smeets, & soclal- ist, has been elected a membe of the Chamber of Deputies, recelving a large ma- ~ | jority over his Catholic opponent, ] Called to a Hungurian Cablnot. BUDA-PEST, Dec. 30.—Emperor Josef today requested Count Khuen Heder. vary to form a cabinet, TALKS TO ARME. With Good Government They Wi Be n Great People, NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Chauncey M. De- pew tonight delivered an address on the “Armenian Atrocities.”” Addresses were also made by Rev. Dr. David H. Greer, Rev. Abraham Yohannon, an Armenian, and Rey Dr. McGraw. Dr. Depew began by saying that the year 1894 had been a peculiarly un- happy one. The world had been visited dur- ing the year by revolutions, both social and finauclal. But the crowning cause of un- happiness and the one which left a bloody stain upon the history of the year was the murder of the helpless Armenians by the Turks. “It behooves us as public-spirited citizens to begin the new year with a prote:t against the outrages at Sagsoun. he peace of Burope Is only maintained by an ever increasing armament. Ar- menfans are subjected to all manner of out- rages by the Turkish government, which claims they are in a state of insurrection, land that is their only excuse for the butchery. But the very naturc of the Ar. menians show this is not so. The Ar h | menians are the New Englanders of the s | east. They have that sturdiness, thrift, the o | desire for education, that are so character- istic of the early New Englanders. With theee attributes, it they only had good goy- ernment, the Armenians would become one of the strongest and most prosperous nas tions of the earth. At Washington all may be silent, but America, with 65,000,000 voices in a l of her own--the universal language of the globe—will protest in tones that_cannot be mistaken against the slaugh- ter of our fellow Christians.” Among the audience were 300 olutions were passed by the mi sing g0od will and heartfelt support to their Christian brethren in Bnglaod and the continent who are endeavoring to Investigate | the outrages and to bring the perpetrators of them to Justice Letters were a from Biskop Codman and Bishop I - | ANl the Prisoners Exe ped, RALREIGH, N. €., Dec All the prison- ¢lers confined in the county fail of Poison C | county have made their escape. They we - | able secure thelr liberty by cuttis through the iron floor of the =age and the tunneling through the brick wall. The sher- i is in close pursuit R North Caralivlany Wil Ald Nebrask tALEIGH, N. ., Dec. 30.-A call was fs- sued today for o mass meeting of the citl- zens of thix place for (he purpose of secur- ing food and ¥upplics to be sent to the desti- tute districts in Nebraska, Sociaiisty r r DEPEW 2 a Soun o N v y e r o 8 s f ot & o n n Armenlans. Re ting, ex | pre a u " “ al d n long known | | | | | OPENED FOREIGNERS' MAIL Turkish Government Examines All Letters Ooming Into the Country. STATEMENT OF THE MISSIONARY BOARD Christian Periodicals in Turkey Compelled to Print the Government Denlals of Outrages Against Armenians— aterference by Kurds, WASHINGTON, Dee. 30.—The following statements with reference to the districts of Armenia where Christian missionaries are stationed was today issued by the American Board of for Forelgn Mis sions, “Officlal letters sent recontly from the of the American Board of Commis- sloners for Forelgn missions, containing ac- counts relating to the European-Turkey missions, were opened by the Turkish offi- clals, The letters were subsequently deliv- ered, but with the Turkish word ““Examine” written on the envelope. This indicates that the Turkish government is attempting to assume all authority over the mail of foreigners, When the reports of the m sacre of Christians in the Sassoun district of eastern Turkey became public, after more than two months of suppression on the part of the Turkish officials, the Ottoman govern- ment was alarmed at the widespread publi- cations in the American and Erglish press. Under pressure from foreign powers, the Sultan agreed to send a commissioner to investigate and report upon the outrages. In view of this promise of the government, the representatives of the European powers at Constastinople decided to wait for the report before taking any positive action. But afte this decision by the powers, and while they were waiting for the departure of the sul- tan's committee, which had been appointed and which was to make full and impartial investigations of all the affairs reported by the English consul, as well as by many individuals from the Sassoun district, the Turkish government gave out the following official stitement of the case, which state- ment was printed in the papers of Constan- tinople. All papers printed in Turkey are under close censorship and no paper could refuse to print the statement under penalty of immediate suspension, Hence the Chris tian periodicals were compelled to print what they knew to be false The statement is as follows: the European papers have stated, the truth, that a few have been destroyed, and persons have been massacred by the Turkish soldiers in the district of Sassoun. Others, in_order to magnify these reports, have as- serted that the news of the outrage was pre- vented from leaking out by the obstacles the government put in the way of travelers from that_district. “The subjects Sassoun district Commissioners rooms “Some of ontrary to Armenian villages in_the meantime of the empire in the are quietly engaged with their business, and the people travel wher- ever they wish in perfect safety. BANDITS CAUSED THE TROUBLE. “Some Armenian bandits, belng induced by agitators, began lately in and about Sas- soun to disturb the peace and comfort ot the people by murdering, plundering and blocking the highways. In order to put an end to such disasters, the government em. ployed the necessary means and conse- quently ordered out a sufficient body of im- perial soldiers of the Fourth army corps. Thus, the extension of the revolt being checked, the troops were withdrawn to thefr headquarters. 3 “There was no interference by the Kurds, but, as stated above, some Armenian bandits having ventured to disorderly actions, the Fourth imperial army corps and also the governor of Bittlis undertook to investigate as to the facts, and subsequently a commis. sion of inquiry was appointed, composed of Abdallah Pasha, Eomer Bey, Medyid Effend! and Hafez Tevfik Pash, who will start this week by steamer to the scene of the trouble. “In general, the sublime porte will never allow such outrages to be perpetrated upon his subjects as published in foreign papers.” GROUNDING OF THE CINCINNATI. Findings of the Court in the Case of Cap- taln Glass, WASHINGTON, Dee. 30.—Secretary Her- bert has made public the findings of the court of inquiry in the case of the grounding of The Cincinnati on November 16 off Exe- cution rock, Long Tsland sound, and his own action In the matter. The court found that when the vessel neared the point where she struck Captain Glass was obliged to leave the deck orders to the navigator, Licutenant 8. C. Dillingham, the pilot, B. F. Arcularist, and the officer of the deck, Ensign Roger Wells, Jr., governing them during his ab- sence, and leaving Dillingham, assisted by the pilot, in charge of the navigation of the 2 he ship was then headed on a safe The grounding is reported as due to an error in judgment of the pilot (one of the oldest and most experienced in New York) and of the navigator in estimating the distance of the ship from the United States shoals, on which she struck. This pllot’s error caused the grounding ands con- tributing in a large degree to the results were these established facts: The speed of the ship was not reduced by the navigator on approaching the shoals, remaining too great for accurate soundings; that the officer of the deck neglected to station a landsman on the port side, and that the captain on leaving the deck did not place In charge the officer next in lineal rank. The court was of the opinion that further proceedings should be had in the cases of Pilot Arcularist, Captain Glass, Lieutenant Dillingham and Ensign Wells, but as it did not say what the proceedings should be, Judge Advocate Lamly, in reviewing its' report, reported that the interests of the service do mot re- quire the trial of any of the officers. In endorsing the record Secretary Herbert em- phasizes the fact that the presence of the pilot does not relieve officers of responsi- bility, and says that it is clear that the same degree of caution was not exercised by the officers in navigating the ship as if there had been no pilot on board. He finds that the captain was particularly censurable for continuing to run his ship at such speed in confined waters. CUT OFF THE BACK PAY, Senators Will Only Recwive Compensaticn for the Time served, WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The ators who will be elected in and three to fill the the states of Washington, Montana, will probably pald the back salaries which fore been pald to senators pointed to fill vacancies. They were cut out by an express provision in the legislative appropriation bill of the last session, which it is believed, will put an end to this prac- tice for the future. Under the system which has prevailed heretofore each man chosen would have received the pay for the entire term of six years, notwithstanding two years of the time had already elapsed. The new provision will therefore work as a saving to the government of $30,000 in this instance aud of larger sums in the future. The new law provides that the salaries of senators shall begin on the date of their election or appointment, NO MORE new va- Wy not be have hereto- elected or ap- ming AMP ALBUMS, lou of Plates for Printing Forelgo Stawps u Felony. WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.—The opinion of the of the treasury to the effect that it ls unlawful to have in possession or use plates for the printing cof postage stamps in the similitude of those {ssued by foreign governments will be acted upon at once. No yore so-called stamp albums containing stamps of these kinds will be allowed to be printed, The cu's from which these are solicitor | the counterteiting of foreign stAmips is much | persisted in trying to saye their other child, | & suburb of this eity, last night, and, being DECEMBE R 31, printed will be selzed: 1t is an astonishing | fact that the penalty imposed by law for more severe than for counterfefting United States stamps, 1In the case of fopéign stamps the penalty is not less than twd of more than ten years' imprisonment, while! for the coun- terfeiting of United States staynps the pen- alty is a fine of not more than $5,000 or more than five years' imprisonfent, or both The United States court might.impose a fine of $1 or cne day's imprisonement for viola- tions of our own law and come within the law, while the minimum penalty as to foreign stamps 1s two years' imprisonment, SATOLLI DEDICATED A CHURCH, Cardinal Gibbons and Many dignitaries Present. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.~Archbishop Sa- tolli and Cardinal Gibobns took part tod y in the imposing ceremony attending the dedica- tion of St. P 's Catholic church. Besides the cardinal and papal delegate there were present Bishop Keane of the Catholic uni- versity, Dr. Curtis of Delaware, Father Richards, priest of the Georgetown college; Father Sharretti, secretary to the papal dele- gate, and about thirty other eccleslastics of ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and ewhere. ters had been received from Archbishops Corrigan, Treland, Ryan, and from many bishops. The new church is one of the handsomest in Washington, and th together with the fact that it represents the life work of its pastor, Father Mackin, brought about the unusupl gathering of church dignitaries, At 10 o'clock Cardinal Gibbons performed the dedication services, concluding with a brief address congratulat- ing the congregation on having such a strue- ture. Pontifical high mass . was then cele- brated, with Mgr. Satolll a& the celebrant. His throne of rich purple drapery was at the right of the sanctuary, while opposite was the heavily draped scarlet throne of the cardinal, These, with the two richly robed heads of the church, and back of them the several bishops in their purple gowns and the priests and deacons and servers, formed a most Impressive scene. Archbishop Satolli was assisted in_saying mass by Rev. Father Gillesple, with Father Schmidt as deacon, and Father Dycer of Baltimore as subdeacon. Besides these assistants the papal delegate was attended by two deacons of honor, Rev Father Richards and Rey, Father Stephan. The sermon was preached by Bishop Curtis, WILL PUSH WORK IN TH Other 1 Disposition to Accomplish 'Something in the Remaining Two Months. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Both houses of congress will resume their sessions on Thurs- day next, and it is belleved fhere will be a more determined effort to prdss forward the work of the session for the next two months than has characterized the praceedings during the month which has elapsed.: The necessary work of the session is the passage of the ap- propriation bills, of which there are fourteen. None have passed thé senaté and only five have recelved the sanction of the house. It is in order for the senate fo take up any re- ported appropriation bill at jany time, and whether the Nicaraguan cadal bill, which stands on the senate calendar as unfinished business, shall continue to-held its place of vantage will depend for u\{ present upon whether the appropriations ¢ommittee shall desire to supplant it with! the pensions or fortifications bill, on with any'#ther appropri- ation bill, after the other bHls shall be re- ported from the committee.: The probabili- ties are that the Njearagua bill will not be displaced for the present. :Sepator Morgan Las been devoting the hollidays to the prep- aration of* a reply to Senator; Jurpie's at- tack upon the canal bill, and his friends ex- pect him to make a yfgprous'and exhaustive defense of the meagure. - He will probably speak an entjre day, and possibly two or thred days. . o -~ €% Treasury Recelpts and Expenditures. WASHINGTON; Dec. 80.—The government receipts so far this month amount to $21,- 112,082, and' the disbursements $27,282.783, leaving a deficit for the month of 595,820 and for the fiscal vear to date of $28,254,963. R LEGAL FIGHT FOR MILLIO Strange Allegations Concerning an Insane Person. PROVIDENCE, Dec, 30.—In the William H. King case, counsel for Mrs, F. A. Web- ster Ross, who claims that the insane mil- lionaire now confined at Butler hospital is not William H. King, but another man, to whom she is not of kin, has asked for two weeks' delay in filing affidavits in support of her claim. In answer to this requ:st, George Gordon King, guardian for the millionaire, read some sensational aMidavits, That of A. H. Huse of Salem, Mass,, said that Mrs, Ross boarded at his héuse at times between the latter part of 1888 and Kebruary, 1591, and that she passed under the name of Mrs. Black. In February, 189], Mrs. Ross brought to the house in Salem an aged lady named Marie Phoebe Dowle, whom Mrs, Ross said she had brought north to use as a witness in a property case. About six months aft- erward, however, Mrs, Ross left the aged lady wholly dependent upon Huse for sup- port. Mrs. Emil Vandorn Miller, a widow of Washington, D. C., deposed that she never heard that Mrs, Ross had any relatives an- swering_to the deseription of William H. King. Mrs. Miller then says Mrs. Ross has become insane over the quéstion of property and inheritance of large estates, The case was finally continucd until Thursday, MAY CONTEST THE WILL. Helrs of the Lato Jnmes Fair Not with Its Provisions. SAN FRANCISCO, Deg. 80.—Tt has been freely asserted since the publication of Sen- ator Fair's will that there will be a contest unless such action should be construed as dangerous to the contestants by reason of the forfeiture clause in the will. The attor- neys interested have not yet concluded whether the clause is abgolute and binding, Charles L. Fair says that he has not yet given a thought to @ contest, but his off- hand idea is that there will be no contest far as he is concerned. Mrs., Charles v that she has no reason to be dis { with her father-in-law’s provision husband, She sald she did not young Fair for his money, and that they have been very happy without wealth, An autopsy over the gemains of Senator Fair held by the doctors demonstarted that death had resulted froam kidney disease. The body will be embalmed and the funeral will take place next Bunday from Grace church, e ———— WRECKED BY NATURAL G Pleased s. Six Persons badly fnjured at Indiana. ELWOOD, Ind., Dee,:-The building in which Milo Zels' barber shop and lodgings are located was wrecked today by a natural gas explosion, Six persons were badly in- jured: Milo Zeis, head and face cut; Fred Belzner, head, face and hands cut; Harry Goatee, badly bruised, gash in head; Alf Anderson, badly bruised, internal injuries; Jerry Claxton, leg broken; Charles Han leg broken Elwood, NEWAYUGA, Mich, De: Charles White and his 6-year-old son were cremated the burning of their dwelling this morn- ing. His wife and three ehildren had caped, and White could gaye done so, but Wwho was on an upper flgor. el L R Spent His Money ob Specalation, HNDSON, N, Y., Dec. $0—W. F. Roseman, jr., bookkeeper of the National Hudson River bank of thig city, was arrested last night on the charge of embezzling $10,000. He confessed to taking the amount, and said he had spent the money: in stock speculation in Wall street e e————— Shot by Burglars, CLEVELAND, Dec. %.—Burglars visited the house of Luther Hattles at Collinwood, Qiscovered, shot Batiles in the neck with a revoiver, fatally wounding bim, and then compelléd Mrs. Battles to give up $9 and a gold watch. —————— Cigar Stub Cuused @ Big Cire, BIDDEFORD, Me., Dec. #.—The city building here was damaged to the extent of 350,000 by fire early this morning. A clgar stub carelessly used caused the fire, |ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL FAMOUS HOSTLERY BURNED Delevan House at Albany Entirely De- stroyed Last Night, INJURED Flames Spread with Wonderful Rapidity sts Saved Absolutely Nothing Not ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 80.—The Delevan house, the Mecca of politicians and the cen- ter of all big state political events for forty | years past, was destroyed by fire tonight. At 8:30, when the political headquarters of both Mr. Fish and Mr. Maltby were filled with politiclans and newspaper men, cries of fire from different parts of the consternation dmong the guests. The burst of flames before an alarm could be given was appalling. Up the elevator shaft shot a solid column of flames, which spread quickly to each of the five floors. Fortu- nately, the guest list was not very large and the majority of those registered were poli- ticians and were down on the second floor. There was a rush for the stairs in the front and the servants stairs in the back, where the flames had not yet reached, and in a few minutes there was a tumbling mass of humanity down these two means of egress Those on the two upper floors could not avail themselves of theso exits, for the flames were rushing along the corridors and people on the street who had not yet seen the heard a crash of glass and saw figures come tumbling out of the wiodows. Within ten minutes after the first note ot alarm, at least twelve persons were dangling on the insufficient rope fire escapes or hang- ing to the window sills, The department ar« rived quickly, but it took some time to get ladders up and in the meantime some of the people had dropped to the street, JUMPED TO HER DEATH. On the right side of the building appeared at the window, surrounded by smoke, a man and woman. The man had hold of the woman, trying to persuade her to wait for help, but she broke away and sprang out. She struck a balcony and re. bounded to the street. The man waited for a ladder and was taken down in safety. His name is H. A. Foakes and he represents a cash register company in Dayton, O. The woman was his wife, and she will probably die, In ex-Speaker Maltby's room, which was to the rear of the elevator shaft, where the fire first appeared, there was the greatest ex- citement. About twenty politicians were there, including _Congressmen Weaver and Curtis, Senator Kilburn and Mr. Maltby. A rush was made for the stairs, and when the party landed In the street the only injured one was found to be Assemblyman Robbins, whose hair and face was badly burned. Although the building was five stories high, there was no outside fire escapes, and the only means left for the people in the cut off rooms was to use the rope fire scapes. F. Heilman of Brooklyn was in the third story. He opened his room door as soon as he heard the cry of fire, A burst of flame made him look to the window as the means of escape. He had but two alternatives—a flery death or a jump. He chose the latter. When picked up from the sidewalk he was dying. His wife, who was in the room with him, tried a rope fire escape, but it either broke or else she failed to hold it, for she, too, fell to, the pavement, Her right imb was broken, her left ankle dislocated, and she was badly burned about the face and head. Edward Walsh, a reporter, was caught in_the hall and badly burned. In less than fiften minutes after the fire alarm was turned in the entire building was wrapped in flames, resembling a huge crater, and all hopes of saving the famous structure were hopeless, The hotel takes fn the entire block about 110 by 450 feet, and this was in another fifteen minutes a seething cauldron only bound by the four walls. AUGHT A FIREMAN. At 10:30 the east wall fell in and some of the firemen narrowly escaped being buried. At 11:30 the Broadway wall fell out and one fireman was buried in the debris. He was taken out and is not thought to be danger- ously hurt. 1.8 rumored at this late hour that there are bodies in the ruins, and that quite a number of people did not escape. The clerk says tonight that he is positive all of the guests escaped, but does not feel so sure about the help, of whom there was a_great number. There is no way tonight of finding out positively whether these rumors are true or not, and it will take a day or so to de- termine. Mr. Maltby said after the incenceivable how the flames headway. The halls were a mass of fire hefore we recived a word of warning.” Of the hundred or more guests not one saved more than the clothes they wore. One of the incidents of the fire was the escape of Miss Martin of New York. She was in the fourth story window on the Steuben street side when a ladder was raised. A messenger boy rushed up and broke the window, thus freeing her. Mr. and house caused there fire: “It s obtained such Mrs, Bradley Martin, Bradley Martin, jr., and Mrs. F. T. Martin were guests at the hotel, having come here to bury the former's son. They were on the second floor, a good way from where the fire started and escaped. = Mr. Martin, when he reached the sidewalk, offered anybody $500 who would get his wife's jewels. No- body accepted, and they were destroyed. There was a satehel filled with Jewels valued at $5,000. The Delevan house was fifty years old and one of the most famous hotels in the country. It s a part of the estate of Ed- ward €. Delevan, Hurley & Moore, the proprietors, paid $40,000 a year rental, and lately had made vast improvements in ex- pectation of a big winter season. The total loss is estimated at $500,000, with an insur- ance of $300,000. On the ground floor of the Broadway side of the hotel block two firms hadl stores. One was that of Heiser, Muhlfelder & Co., dealers in knit goods, and the other that of Polby & Co., dealers in clothes. Both stocks were ruined. The loss to each will be about $26,000, nearly covered by insurance. The wires of the electric light company were destroyed and a section of the city left in darkness, The fire raged fiercely for fiye hours, and was not entirely quenched till morning. At the hospital tonight it is said that Mrs Heillman will lose her reason. She has been put under oplates and every endeavor is made to save her. Mrs, Helllman had fust been married and the couple were on their wedding tour. The husband will die before morning. Murd od by ¥aqu) Indians. TUCSON, Ariz, Dee. 80.—Frank ormerly a resident of Tucson, wis 1 by Yaqui Indians in the state Mexico. Debs established an 1 ¢ San Francisco Midwinter fair but left Francisco before the exposition closed, falling o pay Indians he 1 brought from Arizona and Mexico, and leaving them to return as best they might. Two of the Indians were with Debs at the time he was killed, and the opinion prevails that they killed him out of spite for his having falled to pay them what was du Debs mur f So- lian San —— Bishop Marty Transferred 8T. PAUL, Dec. 80.-Archbishop Ireland today received the formal announcement from Rome of the removal of Bishop Marty trom Sloux Falls to the bishopric of St Cloud, Minn., succeeding Bishop Zanerdel who was made a chbighop of Buchar Bishop Marty's successor at Sloux Falls ot yet been appointed e Stockman M urderod by CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex Magee, a prominent was foully murdered Friday Mexicans, while hunting on {he Deputies are in pursuit of the o Minnesota. 3 Mexicans, Dec M B afternoon Nuces river nurderers ud One More FALLS. . Dec The latest of the disastrous fire which vecuired at Bilver Lake on Christmas even- news 1y 40, out- | the | stockman and farmer, | by | INGLE | ing_comes who says holocaust body by the Lakeview that all reports are correct and was found in the ruin stage concernir that one more —eeee MURDERED FOR& THEIR MONEY, ento Litermily Chopped to Pleces. TO, Cal, Deo, 50.—This com- Is highly excited over the brutal of A, H. L. Webber and his wife home, which was subsequently by the murderers, Webber wa an elderly grocer, reputed to be wealthy. Singularly he kept no account at any bank, but s supposed to have kept a considerable sum of mon about his house. He and his wife lived alone above his store. Yesterday was rallroad pay day in this ty and among Webbor's customers were many rajl- road employe Just how much money he | had secreted about his house is not known, but the store day book shows that his re- ceipts of the day were $335. This Is gone Not a cent was found today in the rooms occupied by the grocer and his wife, al though the safe down stairs was not mo- leste Liverything up stairs, however, was overhauled by the murderers, The ' dead | bodies of Webber and his wi were dis- covere this morning by the grocer's son, who went down to the shop and found blood dripping through a _cefling. He found both parents lying dead in the Kitchen, their clothing torn from their bodies in places, and their heads gashed and crushed from ows from an axe. Mrs, Webber's head was eplit open by the blade of an axe. Webber's face was cut into strips. The Kitchen looked like slaughter pen murderers were evidently familiar with Web- ber's methods of business, but thus far there 18 no clue to the perpetrators, SHIPS REPORT SEVERE Addition to the High Winds Cold Troubles the Sallors, NEW YORK, Dec, 80.—All steamers report very severe w | the, tiint mers from KEurope report | having experienced the effects of the gale of the 2ith when approaching the G banks and Naitucket; the wind, which s in from the southwest, blowing n strong gale, shifted to the southwest and nerth- west, accompanied by heavy sc tensély cold weather. The ves and hulls were quickly cove 1 with the thickness of several inches. The cr suffered much from the cold, and the task of getting about the decks prov Steamers from the southwar r upon reaching Hatteras, where the wind suddenly shifted to the south, blowi a strong gale, with a very heavy sea.” Several steamers, after passing Hatter as, experienced a seve electrie storm, which was accompanied by heavy rain and hard squalls, and upon moderating came out again in a sudden shift of wind from the northwest, blowing with hurricane force and causing a_tremendous sea, which washed the vessels' s and covered them with i The officers and _crews suffered a great deal from the cold. No damage of a serious na- ture was reported. 01d Couple nt Sacra thelr plundered s WEATHER. In Intense incoming her along . MORE SNUW IN THE SOUTH. Street Cars Kept Running All Night Birmingham, Al BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec, 30.—The worst snow storm ever known in this section is prevailing. Four inches of snow fell today and tonight the fall was renewed furiously The weather is very vere and much suf- fering exists among the poor. Many cattle are starving. In this city the street car companies run their cars all night to keep the track clear, Tie snow storm extends all over the northern section of the state, MEMPHIS, Dec. 30.—From six to eight inches of snow is reported tonight in middle and west Tennessee, Arkan north Mis- sissippi and western Alabama, with a steady drop in temperature. NEW ORLIANS, Dec. 30.—Six inches of snow fell today at_Columbus, four inches at Starkville, Water Valley, Holly Springs and Grenada, ‘Miss, DECATUR, Ala., Dec. 30.—Five inches of snow fell today and thére are prospects of HVILLE, Dec. 30.—About one and one-half inches’ of snow fell today, but to- night it is clear and cold — CRASHED INTO A CARRIAGE, at Five Persons Serlously Injured by Careless Switching. CHICAGO, Dec. 0.—A Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific passenger coach belng rap- idly switched into the Rock Island depot this afternoon, crashed into a carriage at a crossing. Five persons were badly in- jured, as follows: Mrs. C. Christine of Chi- cago, injured internally, left cheek bad cut, bruised about the body; Mrs. R. Chris- tine of Canada, injured internally, seriously ruised and cut on right shouider, both rms and cheek; Miss Bertha Christine, cut nd bruised; prostrated by the shock; Miss Jennje Christine, injured internally, ~left shoulder bruised, cuts on hands, neck and head, suffered greatly from the shock; Den- nis O'Connor, driver, severely injuréd in- ternally and badly cit and bruised. The accident was caused by the gateman's slowness in putting down the gates, e L WILL STAND BY THE ORDER. Blackwell Says Catholics in the Knights of Pythias Are Loyal. NASHVILLE, Dee. 80.—Dr. R. L. White, supreme keeper of records and seals, Knights of Pythias, in an interview concerning the order and the recent papal edict, say: It ms that it is a matter which each indi- vidual must settle for himself. The man who considers himself his own master in worldly affairs will remain in the order, if he is devoted to its principles. I have talked with several Catholic Knights of Pythias concerning the question, and they all say they intend to remain in' the order, The supreme lodge had decreed that each member must be loyal to the government under which he lives. You can see wh that would fail to please the pope.” Republicans 1 DENVER, Dec. 3,—The republicans claim they can organize both branches of the le iture, which will meet ne» . iy have a handsome ma in house, and there will be no contest there. The populists have a majority in the senate a combination can be formed by the ns with the one or two democrats still left there. Two years ago e was only one senator who claimed to idthere were asions when b in_doubt, Now two or three senators who were elected a couple of years ago are of the opinion that they owe some- to the democratic party.” The repub- 1 hope to carry the organization by a combination with these. One Robber Dead, One Harte CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—A gang of four rob- bers started out lagt night 1o raid the sa- loons on the north side. The net result Is one bartender fatally wounded and one dead robber. The gang early in the evening cn- ter son of W. J. Melin at 20 Kinsey Beck, the barlender, showed i was shot' through the body. Later red the saloon of Austin M- Huron street, him to throw up his hands <O, 1 BUess not, you are going 0 diilik with me.” The gang apparently acouiesced and McGrail, seizing his revolver, shot one of them through (he heart and Lomburded the others as they flew through the door way or Wounded, 1 in New M M., Dec ns 18 in the city exico, SANTA crowd of politic the opening of the legislatur The republic wdmit the | eil 18 but claim a tie in t lower h democrats claim that | legal certificates out will enable them to or- | se the lower e as well the 1. There fore. A great to attend tomor legislative coun )W | Women Wil ¥ Paper One MPHIS, D The ( al has placed its plant at the of the women of Memphis paper for the one issue o | enue accruing therefrom | starting a fund to be o | temple 1n this city on St. Valentine day Oates says Congress Will Do Littie, MONTGOMERY, Ala.. D Governor Outes, who has just returned f h ington, says, in interview, the Carligle currency ' will b ated, the Nicaragua canal Dill will fall t5 pass and congress will da but little this session Biz Four Freight { LONDON, 0., Dec. 80, | the Big Four was wre today, but there at first reported, Uay imercial al who will edit the J receive the r r the purpe ed in u Womun's M 15p n W an that Trulr Wreeked, A frefght train on ked near this place was 0o loss of life, as was The | The edition will appear | Cory FIVE CEN RICHARDS TAKES THE LEAD Speakership Pendulum Swings to the B, & M. Legal Departmant's Ohoioe, BELIEF THAT THZ CZAR H'S SFOKEN Bureh Men Have Had Orders to on Richards — Presidency of th Ato St Hovers Near W ng at Lincoln, Comblne LINCOLN, Dec. 80.—(Special Telegram.)— night the speakership situation has passed | through another transformation. Through= out the day the mill at the Lindell has been | steadily grinding, and it looks now like a Richards grist. The political pendlum, Which last night coquetted with J. C. Burch of Gage county, has swung toward Richards of Hebron, Mr. Deweese apparently, €0t his second wind, and the legal depart- ment of the Burlington seems likely to have ite own sweet will in Quite a number who bets Burch tonight offering to pay them, 0 it appears that the belief in the fuccess of Richards is infectious But back of all this it is more than likely that word has come from Mr. Holdrege to combine on Richards, Up to midnight th ward change in the to president of the The trip of John C. Watson to Omaha yesterday was pointed t as an indication of supreme on I part in thus leaving the to his opponents. But there is another side to this picture. He, too, may have been requested to drop in on Mr. Holdrege, and square himselt before matters reach the climax of an election Thero is I has naming yesterday the speaker. made small on are 0 was situation senate, no visible out- it relates confidenco field clear now a small but fluential lobby in the interest of repealing the present valued policy law. A possible clash between the raflway and insurance fr terests may yet cut an fmportant figure in the election of president of the senate. Interest in other candidates for offices in the gift of the senate and house Is sub- sidiary to the momentous quetion of who will be speaker. Fates hang upon fates, and With the defeat of either Burch or Richards, away go a lot of other aspirants as demora ed as a box of matches struck by lightning. Champions of Geddes of Grand Island and Rigg of Beatrice for clerk of the house have cach espoused either the cause of Burch or Richards, and can say but little con- cerning the clerkship without touching on the speakership and exhibiting their par- tisanship. It s extremely difficult to say anything favorable for the most prominent candidates for the varlous legislative offices. It is difficult because scarcely one of them Who has any show of success Is not a crea- :Iu"Li 4r3r l))n,- llvllrlnu.'lun and will not have paid for his clection by cast ir edge: to_the road. K e There bound way legislation thrown into the ring this winter. "It's in the air. It an * open secret that there is money in the introduction of speculative bills, termed by some boodle legislation, in which measures are {ntro- duced antagonistic to railway interests for no other purposes than to be dropped when pald for by the railways. Members point to this fact and commend the Burlington for being forehanded enough to have a finger in all the pies, Governor Holcomb arrived today from Broken Bow and is quartered at the Lindell, He is In a rather sequestered situation, how- ever, and holds himself aloof from a scramble in which he has no active part, and doubtless little sympathy. rather in- to be considerable rail- CRALD DEAD, Prominent Contractor u plres at His Home I LINCOLN, Dee. 30.—(Speclal Telegram.)— John Ritzgerald, capitalist and raflroad cone tractor, died this morning at 2 o'clock at his residence, on Twentieth, between B and © streets, Mr. Fitzgerald has been ill for more than a year, having broken down from an active, bearty man of business to a confined Invalid, Deceased born in Limerick, Ireland, and came to this country in 1846, He was 65 years old at the time of his death, He leaves a wife and four children. His estate Is es: timated to be worth between $1,000,000 ant 2,000,000, but is involved in litigation to ths amount of several hundred thousand dollars. The funeral will occur Wednesday next, d Capltalist Exe Lincoln, John Fitzgerald has for many years been a prominent figure in the materfal develop- ment of the state of Nebraska. He was a railroad builder of the most aggressive typs and during his career in the west handled some of the largest single contracts ever given to one man. He came to Nebraska in 1869, and he brought a railroad with him, having constructed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy from a point in the interior of Towa to the Missouri river, opposite the city of Plattsmouth, Mr. Fitzge:ald was a native of Ireland, but emigrated to America at an early age. Ho began life as a workman on the Erie canal, Of his earlier life in the country but little is known. His life since his advent into Nebraska has been an active one, and can be traced through éVery year. In 1868 he as- soclated himself with” R. C. Oushing, well known afterward as a prominnent cont:actor of Omaha and mayor of this city. The firm of Fitzgerald & Cushing took the contract for extending the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to Plattsmouth, via Pacific Junction, The road was completed in 1869, and Mr. Fitze gerald located as a citizen of Plattsmouth, He immediately commenced the construction of the B, & M., and completed it to Lincoln in July of the following year. After the B. & M. had been completed to Kearnew to a junction with the Union Pacifie, Mr, Fitzgerald bullt the Atchison & Nebraska, from Atchison, Kan., to Lincoln, besides seys 1 other branch lines. In 1578 he' com= menced the long line of the B, & M., from Hastings to Denver, via Red Cloud, finjshing the road to the latier point in November of that year. The work of constructing the lina to Denver continued at intervals until 1882, when it was finally completed, In the meantime Mr. Fitzgerald had re- moved his home from Plattsmouth to Lincoln, in 1878, H once took a front rank among the leading capitalists of that city. He was clected president of the First Nas tional bank, and was a director in many other cnterprises. He bullt one of the finest subur- ban homes in the Capital elty and contribs uted liberally to all charitable works, He was an actlve member of the Catholic church and was of great assistance to that denominas fon In a pecuniary way. In 1887 he comm constructing a line of Colo,, to the eastern of Kansas, and it was volved him In the had ) much 1t pent life This ced the rallroad boundary contract from for Pueblo, of the state this work which in- financial difficulties which do with ending his well road was known as the Denver, Memphis & Atlantie, and to finish t Mr. Fltzgerald exhausted his available resoure He became involved in extensive litigation with Jay Gould, Russell Sage and r well known wreckers of rallroads and private fortunes, and the complications sure rounded him until the day of his death. Mr. Flizgerald was a patriotic citizen of land of his adoption, but he never lost sympathy for the cause of his own peos of hig unhappy native land. He was a zealous worker for the cause of Ireland, and in 1889 was elected president of the Irish National League of America, holding the office for iwo years, and belng succeeded by M. V. Gannon of Omaha. In 1892 Mr, Fitgs gerald, in company with several other diss tingulshed Irish-Americans, visited Ireland in an endeavor to reconcile the warring face tons of the Irish party, but with indifferent to his ple His death removes one of the men who have done much to maks Nebraska what she Yis. He was active, progress've, public spirs ited and carnest, He bullt in Lincoln ong of the