Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1895, Page 2

TIHE OMATIA DAILY BRI THURSDAY, JANUARY TXOAY 2HAVO avm 3, Hershiser, an e and both men sompletely armed fore they starte they to'd one or two citizens that they knew what they were going after, and would brise It back. It is believed that Mrs. Scott (g Akin something which gave him a clew to the identity of the leader of the band, and that she I8 denying Information to others on his ore ndvice. Publie sentiment Is incre; ng in- tensely every hour, and the least clew to | Scott’s murderers will be the signal for herole mensures. ADDED FUEL TO THE FEUD, One cf the results of the tragedy has been to intensify the feeling that already existed between political facifons of Holt county Several personal encounters have only been .prevented by the interference of friends, The populists assort that the whole affair was cut and dried by Scott's friends In order to per- mit him to escaps from the prospect of a term in the penitentiary. Others are very indignant at the suggostion. If the masked men had been in eympathy with Seott th would never have fired Into the carriage and endangered the lives of his family It Is confidently expected that the Iynchers will eventually be spotted. It Is argued that In that sparsely settled territory a dozen men could not engage in such an affair withou | eontinually cast upon Scott from the stump soms clew to thelr identity leaking out. [ during two political campaigns and read Bvery one who has returned from the search | h?”»‘ hy as JDreac hed "ffx |!wI |n|-|(|;\<m I;Im'.«-u I8 certaln that many of the settlers know | of the eounty can rendily place the bame more than they care to tell. They are afeaid | HESG, (b PEOPEOIY belongs, ~We can sce to give the posse any information for fear |15 ho gained have wrousht upon the lgnorant that they will incur the vengeance of the law- [ and_emboldened the lawless men into be- less gang that still infests the Niobrara val- | lieving Scott was a monster of frightful But it 1 expected that as the excitement | Mien, in league with the courts, and that ley. But it is exy X the dnly way to secure what they termed subsides some of them may be Induced to open their mouths. If this fail, it is asserted that some of the men who are suspected of con- nivance ‘at_the ontrage will be forced to tell what they know. Every man who comes into town today from the north fs under espionage, as It is expeated that .ome members of the gang will be in during the day to learn what steps are belng taken by the authorlifes, SCENE OF THE SHOOTIN A Bee reporter drove out to the scene of the shooting this morning. The place seemed especially designed for a deed of blood. Oppo- site the sod house a deep draw extended in a southerly direction and then turned westward toward the Niobrara river. Close by is a big buffalo wallow, and this contained abundant evidence that the attack- ing party had camped there for a consid- erable time. The nearest house s occupied by a man ramed Young. He seemed to be tong , but his wife was not afllicted with difficulty. Her story, together encampment in the that with the traces of the buffalo wallow, goes to show that the lynch- ers had waited since Sunday morning for She saw two rigs full of men ard O'Nelill early Sunday morning, ck again late in the afternoon. The same returced Monday morning, but only % In the afternoon. by a team of sorrel This answers the de- seription of the vel e in which Mrs. Secott and the children were taken to Bartell's house. She did not s Scott and Schmidt lying bound in the wagon that returned, and did not look closely enough to give any satis- factory description of the men who accom- panied it, The horses driven by Scott the road where they had been The carriage wi broken in several places and splintered with bullits. In the curtain on the right side of the carriage was found the rent made by the bullet that hit S ntt in the cheek. The curtain immediately around the hole was burned with powder, showing that the man who fired the shot stood close to the carrlage, and shot to kill The hole made by the bullet that wounded Miss McWhorter was found in the rear of the buggy. The appearance of the vehicle indi- cated that all the shots were fired from the side and rear. One of the bullets was found fiskedded in the woodwork of the carriage. It wis of 38-callber, and had evidently been fired from a outfit one of the rigs went The carriage ponles was m drawn lay dead hot down. in revolver. The trail left by the party that carried Scott away was followed for about three miles until it turned toward the river. From this point the soil was harder, and it would have puzzled an Indian scout to follow. LITTLE HAS BEEN LEARNED. The quartet that returned this evening have the honor of belng the only men out of the scores who have been patrolling the county who have anything to show for their exertions. Marshal Hall said that there would bo another prisoner in the morning, but eould not be induced to give further par- ticulars. . He sald that it was a remarkable fact that among all the people they saw during their search a: few who have been under suspicion from the first were the only ones who claimed to have heard nothing of the affair. No deflnite intelligence has been recefved from Sheriff Hamilton and his posse nor from Dell Akin and Bd Hershiser, why started on a still hunt this morning. 'A Bee reporter accompanied a scouting party this afternoon who spent several hours in scouring the country for a radius of several miles from the scene of Monday's tragedy. The Young family, who are the only dwellers in sight of Parker's, were again visited, but could only confirm thelr previous statemonts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are certain that the lynchers spet Sunday at Parker's, waiting for their vietim. This is cited by Scott's friends as further proof that the story that the affair was a put up job is a palpable fraud. They assert that if he had been spirited away by his friends they would not have been compelled to lay thirty-six hours on the open prairle waiting for him to ap- pear. \ INTENSE FEELING MANIFEST. The condition of affairs in O'Neill tonight indicates that when the mob fired on the Innocent family of Barratt Scott they ignited a flame that “will never be peacefully ex- tinguished. Never was a resolute purpose more unmistakably imprinted upon a human face than is borne by hundreds of people in this city today. Tt is only within the past twenty-four hours that the news of the shoot- ing has extended through the surrounding country. Scott has scores of warm friends among the farmers in this vicinity. Early this afternoon they began to arriva in town and their numbers have increased with every hour, Many of them have driven twenty or thirty miles and declare tney have come to stay until Barrett Scott is avenged, They all carry revolvers at their belts and most of them have rifics. An old setler would im- agine that he had been transported tweive years back to the time when Doc Middleton and Kid Wade held carnival in the Niobrara valley and the vigilance committee ruled the only court of justice. Not since those his- toric times have so many rifles, backed by determined men, been seen on the streets of O'Nelll. The most impressive feature of the situation s the silence that is universally preserved. There Is no apparent excitement, and the casual visitor would scarcely tmagine what a dangerous current Is running under the surface. No one seems to talk much of the lynching, but they think of nothing else. Business men who are known to.be soclal in the extreme seem to have lost all desire to talk, even to their friends. But every face wears an expression of stern determination Which bodes no good to the perpetrators of the outarage If their iden'ity is ever estab- lished. There is no mention of law. No one seems to consider the possibility of recours: to that extremity. There can be little doubt but that the identification of the murderars wil be followed by a swift:r and surer penalty than that which courts lay down. POLITICS PLAYS A PART, It is impossible to altogether lgnore the fact that political prejudices are largely Involved In the prevalent excitements, Pub- lic sentiment is drawn on partisan lnes and there are but few exceptions to the rule. The populists endorse the theory that Scott was elther taken away by his friends or that he was removed by interested parties who feared that he would iuvolve them In his defalcation. In this they are opposed by the republicans, who Indignantly deny such an accusation. They say that thus far noth- ing tangible is obtainable that goes (o sup- irt the popullst view. Every circumstance IEAL Bia Desn: discovaiod indicates that the ‘irst theory of the affair is correct, and that the ex-treasurer is a genuine vietim of mob law, They point to the fact of the wounding of Scott and Miss McWhorter as indisputable ‘avidence that the men were anything but his triends, and the assertion Is openly ventured t at least half a dozen of the lynchers eould be named. The more immediate fricnds of the murdered man are firm in the opinion that the deed was planned and executed by men who are sald to have repeatedly threatened to see that Scott was punished for his crime. The arrest of Elliott has emphasized this opinion, and it is probable that several additional warrants will be served tomorsow. It {s not expected that mfl" result from a further offort to w wi trails. The next step will be to get of some of the men who are or to make them their supposed knowledge of the | affalr, 1t was stated by one of Scott's | friends tonight that in case nothing further was developed within a day or two a public meeting would be called, at which a reward would be offered and more systematic meth- oas agreed on | Late this evening Mose Elliott was ar- raigned before Judge McCutchen and pleade | not_ guiity. He was released on $500 bail, | Deputy County Treasurer Sam Howard and feion and end | Arthur Mullen, a clerk in the office of the county treasurer, going his bond. He was ordered to appear on Monday mor: g, when | his preliminary examination Is set for hear- ing. EDITORIAL RESSION, | The Frontier, the local republican organ, | will print the following editorlal tomorrow: | oor Scotty.” Well, dear reader, the cott trouble, so far t 18 conc ed, has reached an end spirit of malice. hatred and malevolence that marked his | | eariier persecution by the Board of Super- | vigors has followed "down the years with | Inereasing Intensity and finally iiminated | In cold-blooded murder by an organized | band of outlaws and red-handed villians, This effect s not without cause, and the canse is self-evident sat nervousiy by Those of us Wwho have | the wayside and heard Justi as (o take the law into their own hands and wreak summary venge for fancled wrongs. They have succeeded, 1 let us hope t thelr con- ences, If such & thing is felt within thelr breasts, justifies them in ruth- lessly tearing a man from the bosom of his family, shooting innocent men, women and childrén, and bearing him away into the wilderness and loneliness of the dark prai- rie, there to be tortured and butchered like a wild animal or venomous snake of the jungle. “This is the cause of the heartless deed, and no man need take time to deny it. 'he stump speaking was done by a man who already has blood upon his hands, the result of the leadership of a mob in Fome years ago. AFTER ANOTHER EDITOR. The anarchy as promulgated by the popu- list press muy be seen in back numbers of the Beacon Light, and no matter what its villlanous_and cowardly author ma say in lamentation, as he views the of and natural outcome of his soclals teachings, the crimson finger of Cain must | surely” haunt nhis waking moments and fill | his sleep with fearful dreams. We do not se him of murder in the first degree, do we accuse him of being an acces: v, a8 we prob accusation be present time, bu rounding eircumstances are embossed and emblazoned upon the minds of our readers, and words from us are more than vain and useless. We do not like to say that the independent party is In sympathy with this brutal assassination, and we will not say it, although there can 'be no doubt that ever man and boy’of the mob was a populi bly could not sustain the e a Holt th county jury at and “sur- but we will say that they uphold this edi: tor in his nefarious = teachings, and the fact that they keep him in their company = and steal the public money in tax list deals to recompense him for his knavish work. The crime that has been committed was not dope without advice, and the finger of sco d shame is pointed at the man whe reward How thankful w is o glowing hereafter. Justice may never be done on this earth, but the Lord has said that vengeance is His, and according to the holy word of God He will claim His own in due season. NOT A HOLIDAY THERE New Year's day was perhaps the saddest ever witnessed in O'Neill, wish you a happy New Year” was rarely heard and cven then it lacked the proper ring. The minds of our people dwelt tearfully upon lonesome home, a widowed lady and an orphan child, made so by man’s inhumanity. It seemed as though a funeral pall had been thrown over our little city and silenced the merry greetings of the aged and the joyous shout of the youthful. None could be found hardy enough to' attempt to just- ify the atrocious deed and only regrets were there heard. Even the breeze scemed laden with sadne Although the remains of poor Scotty probably lay buried in some yawning canyon or sunk in the dismal and treacher- ous” depths of the Niobrara, the - sadness shown _in O'Neill was an honor and a Worthy” trfbut® to a man Who -was more sinned against than sinning, and a_rebuke to his murderers. The dead and the deep are always glving up their secrets, and we earnestly hope that an eve for an eye and a tooth for a_tooth may be exacted before the friends of justice and fair play allow this crime to become a reminiscence to be related ‘upon winters evenings, when the coals glow upon the hearth. To Scotty we say, rest. o his murderers we say that we 'hope “there 18 something ‘in the theory of spiritualism, that Scotty may be able to materialize before them at the most un- canny times and ~in_ the _most un- canny places, and laying bare Before them his gabing wounds, “remind _them of the heart-rending appeals of his little child for mercy, and then haunt them to, perdition, This i what we think of mob lawias applied in this Instance. = STARTLING THEORY PROPOUNDED, Statement that Men Implicated In the De faleation Are Rospousibte. LINCOLN, Jan. 2.—(Special.)—Informa- tion of rather startling nature relative to the Barrett Scott affair leaked ot here today. It is sald that a short time before Scott's disappearance he wrote a full confession of the crime of which he stands conyicted, which implicated a number of men of prominence, and which would, if given to the authorities, result in the arrest and almost certain con- viction of the men named by Scott as hav- ing been as deep in the thud as he was in the mire. He called these co-partners to- gether in his room quite recently and read the promised confession to them, stating in most emphatic language that if they per- mitted his imprisonment under the sentence which hangs over his head he would expose them to the world and testify against them upon their trial. He notified them that he would expect them to pay the expenses of his trial, including attorney’s fees, and that they had better settle all such matters at once or take the consequences sure to follow their failure to do so. This puts an entirely new phase upon the case. As discussed in the hotel lobbles here there seems to be a division of opinion as to what particular faction of Holt county is re- sponsible for the abduction and possible as- sassination of Barrett Scott. It is conceded by all that a very general and bitter feeling of resentment prevails among all classes in Holt county, which was intensified by the actlon of the court in reducing the bail of Scott to a figure which enabled him to get bond. He might have been ambuscaded and killed at the instance of these people, or he may have been abducted by those Scott threatened to fmplicate in his confession. If the latter, did they Intend to kill him or merely compel him to leave for parts unknown with the injunction that his return to Holt county would mean certain death? MAY GENERATE A VENDETTA. Deputy Marshal Liddiard Talks of tho Ex- cltement at O'Nelll. “The Barrett Scott affair at O'Nelll is Boing to start a regular vendetta up In that vicinity,” sald W. H. Liddiard, who came down from Atkinsou yesterday. “Sentiment is divided, the lines are drawn closely, Scott's friends and enemies are bitter. This 15 but the beginning of & big pool of blood that will flow before the affair is settled, and if Scott is dead, as people generally belleve, it Wil mean a war of ambush and a long list of sudden deaths. I believe that Scott has been killed and his body put under tho fce of the Niobrara, “Dell Akin did not get word of the af- fair until after the morning train had left Atkingon. There was a big crowd of peo- ple down at the depot at O'Nelll In antlel- pation of the arrival of AKin on that traio, and they could not understand at first why e was not on board. Several hours later Akin went to O'Neill in his rig. After ho found that the train had gone he hitched up a team and drove across the country u distance of over twenty miles. There [s some fear that Scott's enemies will seek to do up Akio. I never saw people 50 ex- cited in my life. Business is at a stand still_around O'Nelll, and there have been a number of quarrels already over argu- ments the affair has developed. “I know the character of the gang In that vielnity too well, Men who would make wounded woman walk three miles wouldn't show much mercy to a man, even if he was a crippl “It is doubtful if they ever fnd Seoit's body. I don't believe they would hold him io captivity In an attempt to make him divulge secret | | CHANGES FOR OLD NEW YORK Governor Morton's Inaugu-al Message Sug. gests Several as Needed, COMMISSIONS GECOMING TOO COSTLY nomy in This Direction Urged-—Greater New York, Ulwket Ballots, Canals, Foreats and Gamo—Conviet Labor for Better Ronds. Morton's | betore with nec- which, the incomplete ALBANY Jan. 2.—Governor fnaugural message was laid tho legislature today. It opens reference to the legislation made ar by the revised constitution the message observes, demands, closest care that no hasty or ill-advised measures be enacted. There is | no state indebtedness whatever, while the | permanent funds includng the United States deposit fund aggregate $9,210,343.30 of prin- cipal. The amount realized from the trans- | fer tax (otherwise known as the Inheritance | tax) during the last fiscal year was $1,688,- 954.24, and from the corporation and orguni- zation taxes $1,796,640.87, making a total of $3,484,685.11. The Income from both sources below expectations. It is estimated that the transfer tax will not for years to come yleld more than $2,000,000 annually. The governor recommends the legislature to devise ways and means, if practicable, for the enlargenient of some of the state charl- table institutions. Expenditures are made before the appropriations are enacted to meet them, and this is a_condition of affairs which requires remedy. The governor points out the necessity for a surplus. He also calls atten- tion to the need for the most rigid economy in the management of the different depart- ments of the state government. From year to year, and especlahy during the past twelve or thirteen years these expenses have Brown until the burden is becoming grievous and unbearable. Indirect forms of leyying taxes have been resorted to with a w of reducing taxes. One great extravagance, he says, arises from the multiplicity of *“com- misslons,” which have increased so rapidly in number and expense since about the year 1889, From an expenditure for the duties covered by these commissions of less than $4,000 in 1880, we have seen a growth from year to year until the cost of three com- missions at one tme amounted last year to tearly $§1 0,000. Some of these commis- sions are unnecessary - and should be abolished. Some of them should be con- solidated with ~relative Gepartments of the state government. The governor notes that although about $21,400,000 has been ex- pended upon the new capitol, that structure is not yet completed. The people, he adds, are thoroughly tired of this seemingly endless drain upon’ the treasury. Governor Morton reviews the new con- stitution, and specifically recommends. legis- lation to give each provision effect. As to the ‘“greater New York,” it is sugggested that a commission be at once created, to be composed of the most capable citizens of the various localities interested, and to be charged with the power and duty of framing a charter to be reported to the present legis- lature for the government of the mew city. In the meantime, the governor says, the duty is incumbent on the legislature, under the express will of the people of the me- tropolis, to give to the mayor of New York the requisite power of removal and appoint- ment without waiting for the full details of the reform plan. The experience of several years has made it clear that the system of providing a sepa- rate ballot for each group of nominations is | cumbersome and unsatisfactory. The “‘blanket-ballot,” o cailed, which was suc- cessfully used in many states, should, in the Judgment of Governor Morton be adopted in this state without further delay. It fs, moreover, the opinion of the governor that the use of “paster ballots" should. be at once prohibited, for through its instrymentality || the purpose of the: law ‘has:been: 1o a -large! | extent defeated. - In.the interest.6f pure ehec< || tions attention is called to the fact that While sworn statements of experts are re- quired of candidates for office there is no provision for ascertaining the expenses of political committees. The importance of leg- islation authorizing the improvement of the canals of the state so that they may regain the position they formerly held as carrlers is ‘urged upon the legislature. It is shown by statistics that what has been lost by the canals has not all been gained by the rail- roads of the state, a considerable proportion of the carnings from grain carriage having been secured by the railroads of other states and of Canada. 3 The subject of good roads Is al:o com- mended to the attention of the legislature, It is suggested that convict labor may find employment in this direction, particularly as a constitutional amendment which takes effect two years hence forbids the state from employing convicts at the state and county prisons, jails and reformatories in any fin- dustrial art or useful occupation in compe- tition with the work or products of the people. Some further legislation is urged looking toward perfection of the state bank- ing law, particularly in the matter of pay- ing In of capital stock. It is urged that the banking law be so amended that the officers having the physica: control of the funds of a bank should not be allowed to loan money to themselves, but that their applications for loans should be submitted to the board of directors. It is recommended that banks of discount and savings banks be forbidden to conduct business in the same offices. The governor asserts that the expenditures for | (ha New Vork Natianal the maintenance of state buildings for the | Second Iieatensnt les W. Fenton, Insane have been extravagant, and makes | Seventh cavalry, 1s gi two months certain recommendations in the interest of | extended leave. economy. Postmasters Commissioned. The preservation of forests, game, animals . NGTON 2 o ol and birds are sublects recommended to the | s poonon: Jan. 2—(Special Tele- consideration of the legislature, It Is finally | 574M)—Postmasters were commissioned Suggested that attenrin po gl today . as. follows: Nebraska—Emma T, BEeste AL aLisn| teieEiven to the | Bockwith, Gates; Lewls Andrews, Maget question of providing the state military and Towa—Robert 8." Barr, Adel; Louls = D, naval forces with improved arms, Grove, Weston; Joseph J. Thimble, Ire- — — donia.’ South 'Dakota—Aljaman Cole, BLANKET B4 DT BOX BILL, Hoyt. Governor Morton's Suggestions Fruit st Once, ALBANY, Jan. 2.—In the state senate to- day Mr. Lexow Introduced a bill giving the power of removal to the mayor of New York, and a bill to allow the mayor to give notice for hearings on all legislative bills relating to the c'ty. Dearing Senator Raines Introduced a blanket ballot | opened for settlement a year ago. ‘The box bill. country {s emphatically new. The mission- Governor Morton nominated Alvah H. Doty |aries or the Congregational Home Mission- of New York for health officer of the port, | ary ,’“”"’“"" ll':hf""r‘“‘“,[”" (:"“‘l':"lll S : # spondence “relatlye to the situation, state and he was Immediately confirmed, that tnere is special Roca of clatbing. Wik Mirsourl Legislature Convenes, :;lr'lllermume!er ln-loV;" Bor0, th SFe. Wers S hirteen men at a religious’ service who JEFERRSON CITY, Mo, Jan, 8.—The|wore no Gystoaats snd mor knowa aor 1o Thirty-elghth general assembly of Missourl convened at noon today. A peculiar interest attached to the house because it is the first assembly organized by the republicans in a Quarter of a century. "A feature of the repub- lican display was that republican St. Louis sent a smaller delegation of onlookers than Kansas Oty or 8t. Joseph. After completing temporary organization aqjournment until to- morrow was taken. Lieutenant Governor O'Meara called the senato to order and in a brief speech referred to the financia land industrial storm, and came out openly and strongly in favor of re- form in the election laws. Citizen's com- mittees to prosecute election frauds should, 18ld he, be. unneoesaary and unknown in | OUF oclely can caita)to got books, fo ke Missourl. ~The people expect this and nothing | o SRS Fhaibunine 1o ¢ aad o short of it will satisfy (hem. yet completed, (Fhagladies recently pur- Two Legislatures fn Now Wexieo. SANTA FE, N. M., Jgn. 2.—The Thirty- first assembly of New -Mexico is still unor- ganized. The councll’ elected officers and stands four republicans to eight democrats, The democratic house consists of fourteen and has sworn in two men, but has not yet been recognized by Governor Thornton. The republican house " has organized, elected a speaker and has a corps of sergeant-at- arms on guard. The situation 1s unsettled, but Governor Thornton hopes to avert any serious trouble. Massachusetts Loglalat © Convenes. BOSTON, Jan. 2.—The legislature ~as- | Chase homestead was insured for $%0.000, and ve 100 i ced sembled today. The officers of the last | fhe gibpor ce ComPAnies were garnishee sesslon were re-electeld. Governor Green- - nENp— - halge will be reinaugurated tomorrow in Ausd by an. Acsidaat. l.‘hu new hall of the house of representa- vy Senator MeMillan Eenominuted. LANSING, Mich., Jan. 2.—The republican caucus of members of the legislature for the nomination of members of the United B ——— PN ownone. wraps of any kind. alternately ‘wore They will be ‘s congress foi congressional actipm. chased a stoy Christmas, since have sufféred simly’lfrom want of clothes of any <|m»x1”u.| ' forwarded clothing for these sufferers anil s0 doing. Chase and wite, which holds 1lable to exi Aue on a homestead burned afternoon, able " no ladder truck driver his seat and crushed to death by the wheels of the wa tates for was held tonight. It of Senator James resulted in v..~'g:»m(wnx|n McMillan bysadelamation. Senator McMil- lan's re-election has all along been a fore- gone conclusion, there being but one demo- crat_in the dagislatate, The caucuses for the nominati the United States senator for four years to fill the unexpired term of Senator Stockbridge, deceased, will be held tomorrow. 19197 FOREST RESERVATIONS. ) 0 cactinn Opposition to the House Bl Very Fo- nounced o Senate. WASHINGTON, —Considerable in- terest has beem wanifested In the west over the prospect of the passage of the bill for the protection of .forest reservations and it has become evident since the bill passed the louse that it will encounter no inconsiderable opposition in the senate. The bill when it went to the senate was referred to the com- mittee on public lands, but the reference was changed later ‘and it then went committee omr forest reservations, of which Senator Allen of Nebraska js chairman, Tlln' s secured where the utmose secrecy could neces: of proper care of the forests for [ by maint d, and under the immediate MR, :I'I‘;“:“"'":”:“l‘] e Son3 | supervision of Dr. C. A. Mills, Dr. J. N. servation of ater supply St \ v mountains, states and territories is gencrally | Goodbread, Mr. J. B. Maxwell, and Mr. H admitted even by those who oppose the pend- | M. McLaughlin, formerly of Denver, Colo., ing bill, but they contend that the selection of lands for such reservations has been made hastily and without adequate understanding of the conditions provided, They assert that many of the reservations are far more ox- tensive than they need be and that they operate to prevent the settlement of large areas of country which might otherwise be- come productive. It is asserted by them that timber only holds the snow fin the higher mountainous regions and that many of the | reservations made, especially in Colorado, California and Wyoming, extend to regions where the snow does not lle at all. This is also an objection to the principle of using the standing army as a guard for the reservations. Probably the objection to plac- ing the privilege of cutting timber within the discretion of the secretary of the in- terlor which was made in the house will also be revived in the senate. CHEAPER AND FAST Forelgn Service Improved by Several Slight Changes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Several important plans for improving the postal service have just become operative. The principal one is the general reduction of postage rates from Cape Colony, Orange Free States and all other countries not embraced in the Uni- versal Postal unfon. Under the provisions of the new scheme all countries will now enjoy uniform rates except Canada and Mexico, for which special rates have long been in vogue. The change results in a_reduction of rates for ordinary mails from 10 cents to 5 cents on half ounce, and for newspapers from 2 cents to 1 cent for two ounces. The new arrangement for faciliating for- cign mails from Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Chicago and St. Louis also went into operation. This allows the present system of having the regular mails handied and waybilled at the New York offices, but also provides for sending additional mails by later trains, which leave in time to make direct connections with the steamers, mes- sengers to be stationed at the depots to carry the ‘mails direct to the vessels instead of al- lowing the delay incurred by the regular mails in going ‘thrdugh the New York City office. Sai A change inythe series of the newspapers and periodical tamps will go into operation this week, inWbiving general changes in denominations *and' colors though maintain- ing the generd thhracteristi The new denominations afé .1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 25 and 50- cents, and 2, 5 10, 20, 50 cents and $1. The denominations ‘discontinued are 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60,'72,84, 96 cents, $102, §3, $6, 9, $12, §24, $06, §9, $12, 524, §96 348, §6 WILL BESEFIT BY THE WAR. R MALLS, Senator Davis Fhijks Our Trade with Chin Will Be Inoreased. WASHINGTONJan. 2.—Senator Davis of Minnesota ot*'thd ‘cbmuittéc Gh forvign re- latlong, 51, doday, that the. war, betyeen China il J8ngy. Wil result in a great eX- tension of commerce between the United States and both these countries. “Of course,” he sald, “our.commerce is not of importance compared with. what it might be with proper encouragement. The. war, in my opinion, will result in the reorgonization of the Chinese empire in’ accordance with the progress and, development of the world. This reorganization must be made. The people of China are intelligent,” and will be pro- gressive. They have been in a state of stag- nation for a time, but forces are at work. The war will teach them that the old cus- toms and old *ideas will not be tolerated in the present age.” Mr. Davis thinks that the war will call the attentior of the people of the United States to the fmportance of both China and Japan as markets for our wares, and many products of these countries will find a mar- Ket 1o the United States. News for the Army. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Captain David A. Lyle, Ordnance department, Madvile steel works, Philadel- phia, and Captain Willlam Crozier, Sandy Hook Proying Ground, will proceed Watertown arsenal, Mass., on business p: taining to manufacture if' gun car; = The retirement of Coloenl John G. Chand- ler, assistant quartermaster general, s an- nounced. < Captaln Edward . Hardin, Seventh in- fantry, is relieved with the New York Na- tional ‘guard and wil join his proper sta- tion. Captain James B. Burbank, Third artil- lery, will proceed to ‘Albany for duty with e DESTITUTION ON THE STRIP, Many People In the Cherokee Country Suf- foring for Clothing. BOSTON, Jan. 2.—According to advices re- ceived by the Congregational Home Mis- slonary soclety, the circle of suffering in parts of the west is widening. It includes the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, which was Some of the women were without A mother and daughter the same palr of shoes. nd barefoot at home, not possessing ind of an old shoe. One home mi ry writes as follows; I have no mean whatever. We have mer bers who have ndk béen ablé to do anything. With my limited amount of $I75 per quarter I have divided with two or three of our families to keep /them from absolute suffer g, but T canngt do anything more. 1 thifg ‘the Strip,” Which is only a year old, will be in much’ better condition In another year, us they will raise considerable crops. (CEops,’ of course, but wili A meeting had Been held 15 petition hefpi* but we cannot wait on It takes every cent Women have bedh fg jon help. The blizzard struck us Yhich timé some families The Home Misslonary society has ‘already will gladly be the ‘almoner of the public in — - Insurance Money Mubject to Garnishee, FORT WORTH: Pex., Jan. 2—An im- portant and far-reaching decision was ren- dered by the civil dourt of appeals today in the case of J. B Bwayne against 1. I3 cution under.garnishment Insurance money This will revo- Texas homestead law. ' The lutionize the As a result of the inquest held yesterday the jury found that Fireman Kling's death was caused by an unavold- dent, Kling was the hook and Who was thrown from on passing over his body while he to the | JERKED FROM DEATH'S JAWS Remarkable Case of Suspended Animation Reported from Ohio. SIXTY DAYS IN AN AR TIGHT BOX Exiraordinary Experiment ot Physiclans—Other Denth-Like Tr. cltation T I the little town of Nevada a number of doctors and other cltizens arranged to carry out last spring the Bast India scheme of burying a man alive and resurrecting him again after several wetks. A suitable place | breparations were begun. The subject was a roving bachelor, Levi ) who was to re- ceive $500 it the experiment succeeded After the preliminaries, which consisted of a complete cleansing of the system by cut- ting off the supply of nourishment in a systematic manner each day for thirty days, there was a diminution of matter taken into the stomach until it was reduced to the low- est possible amount. After this Nye was placed on a slab or board. His tongue was turned back in his mouth, which was filled with cotton, also his nostrils and cars, After this, to all appearances, he was dead. His pulse ceased to beat, his heart was still, his eyes were glassy, and no sign of life was visible. The place of interment was in a cellar. A two and a halt foot grave was dug. The body was carefully wrapped and encased in an airtight box, which was lowered and neatly covered with all the earth thrown out and there left to rest, waiting for the resur- rection, which was at that time set for Jan- uary 1. The burial took place on Monday, October 1. The doors were all securely locked and bolted, the grave was marked carefully, £0 there could be no tampering with it with: out detection. ight long weeks of watching, filled with hopes and fear, followed, and then a council was held to determine” whether or not it was time to resuscitate Nye or at least to make the effort. The strain on the nerves of the experimenters was such that it was decided not to walit any longer. RESURRECTION OF MR. N Monday evening, December 3, time set for the reappearance of Mr. Nye, either in life or in death. If the latfer, then all would be forgotten. If the former, then a glorlous awakening and a successful experiment that would startle the world. After removing the earth and lifting the box from position, it was with trembling hands and beating hearts that the lid was removed and the experimenters found a re- markable growth hair of and whiskers on was _the the body. All doubt seemed removed. All exclaimed with one breath: “A success.” A bath tub had been brought in, which was now filled with warm water, and the cotton from Nye's nostrils, mouth and ears was removed. His tongue was laid out in its natural position, and the body placed in the warm water. Each took turns in rub- bing the body until it had relaxed its rigid condition. Color returned to the face, the blood be- gan to circulate, and in less than an hour signs of life began to appear. Then hot poultices were applied to the head and bowels. Air was artificlally pumped into the lungs, and, after a few sharp and vigorous pumpings of the body, a start and gasp were noticed.. Then followed a twitching of the muscles, and in less than. two minutes Nye sat upright. He was placed in a warm bed and weak nourishment given him, On' the morning of the G5th he was up and around. Such_is the story that come by way of Toledo, and, though it seems. well vouched for, medical members scoft at it, and it fs the opinion of many. that Nye. has simply been used as the medium of a clever trick. Resuscitation after doctors have pronounced death is not unusual, but the accidental res- torations to life of people buricd in a trance are extremely rare. A Cincinnati man re- lates in the Pnquirer the details of a sub- ject taken from the grave and placed on the dissecting tables of a Cincinnati medical college. The man had been a soldier, and the occurrence was just after the close of the civil war. The poor fellow was stolen from the potter's fleld, dnd he still wore some of the soldier’s uniform. The first incision was made in tho thigh, and exactly followed the scar of an old wound. There was a con- traction of the muscles and a slight tremor of the frame, which greatly startled those who noticed it. As there was no further demonstration a deeper cut was ventured, which caused a slight drawing up of the leg, * ‘“There is life in this fellow,’ exclaimed the operator. ‘Somebody bring a battery.’ “‘Against the protest of the majority, who thought the manifestation wholly in the mind of the student, a battery was brought ana applied to the subject. In ten minutes the movement of both arms and legs was posi- tive, and the wound in the thigh was hastily bandaged. It had commenced to bleed freely, but luckily the great artery had not been cut. Two professors and eight or ten stu- dents worked -over that man constantly through fifteen weary hours before he spoke, and then in a faint whisper he complained of hunger and thirst. A little whisky in half a pint of warm milk was administered to him, and he swallowed it eagerly. Next night he had so many watchers it looked as if a levee was held In the room. The case had developed some strange features, and medical men were Interested exceedingly. The patient would appear lively for ten minutes and then suddenly fall into the comatose state, and lle as if dead for an hour, some- times an hour and a half, without the least apparent - respiration or movement of the heart. *The battery was used freely on these occasions till found noneffective for anything except the production of a spasmcdic move- ment of the muscles, precisely like that caused by the administration of electricity to one deceased. On no day or night for a month did these fits so perfectly simulating death show any slgns of abatement, and not less than fifty times In this period did some good authority pronounce the man fully and most effectively defunct, RECOVERED FULLY IN SIX WEEKS, “But in less than six weeks succeeding his exhumation he had permanently revived; the fits did not return, and he was eating and sleeping regularly. Then it was found out that he was a farmer from a neighboring state, in fair circumstances, with an inter- esting family, who were mourning his unac- countable absence from home. He had fallen Il while transacting some business in Cin- cinnati, was taken to one of the hospitals from the hotel where he was stopping, and before anything was found out about him he was overtaken by the fatal lethargy, which his doctor pronounced death, and, but little money. being found upon his person, he was buried in a nameless grave as a pauper. The facts were cautlously imparted to him when he was getting stronger and then the true nature of the man showed itself. He dic- tated an affeotionate letter to his wife, telling her he had been very sick, but was happlly recovering, and then gave his doctor an order on a business house where he had money deposited for $200. “‘What 15 this for?' asked the medicus. ‘I want to pay you for saving my life,’ sald the patient. “‘We are more than paid already, sir, was the reply; ‘and somebody owes you for that extra gash in the thigh.' **‘Most lucky lick I ever got,’ protested the patient; ‘for without it I'd never moved again, Let me pay something toward the ex- pense and I'll get well faster.’ ‘“They took $100 and from spent it for wines and man during time to time delicacles for th convalescence. He was taken to & good boarding house at the beginning e three weeks He him of the third month, and s later his wifo came and took him home wrltgs to the physiclan who attended once a year, but at the last report had mentioned to his family how he reco life on the dissecting table. “The Buglish medical reports contain some cases of the same kind that are pecullarly suggestive. 1 will give you the outline of a recent one. A young man named Edwards died, a8 was supposed, from typhus fever. By such strange phenomenon had the di ease been attended from beginning to end that the physiclans were desirous, in ald of medical sclence, to make & post mortem ex- consent. Under such the doctors are generally eq; obtain the body even against the family. They communica bodies for dissection the funeral they wards at the dissecting roo cifnie. and th success of t r plan, and we the subject with true professio they made the first incision, the abdomen, they wero and limpidity of the blood. Of siclans proposed that they su to the action of the galvanic rosults.: The contractions and the muscles were more pronou doubted signs of life Into apparent death immedia | suspension of the gaivan:# act ‘In the evening the physic additional experiments, and that they make an incision 1 tery into the wound. This thes their amazement, the body rc for in such a case they had nes experience. Soon regainir mind, however, they agi Into his former lethargy. applied themselves with vigor him, and after tw cessant and fatigu! fu & work they were success- seems to me one of the most re on record. upon him after the put it beyond the power fere in his behalf. At physicians had no idea there left to save. The family was Joy of the father and mother whose professors doublo sense, during almost the entire time had raised tion and of what w but powerless to speak or make stration than that noted. The tempted to utter when he rolle were: ‘I am rot dead.’ The w full of pathos and food for th: CRANE WAS THEIR 1. one of the five prisoners who ing outsiders in the delivery, tured ————— ltems ¢ in the rear of t night owned by J. J. saloon purpos s closed. The damage, from the water, s slight, fully covered with insurance, the fire is unknown. The build Brown, against Robert Brachvogel £00ds under false pretenses, states on false representation for them, tell Thomas P.. Duffy, under falst pretense, in_the county jail, Harry Kelly and court In the ———— via, from Glasgow. At New York. — TELEGRAPHIC BRI Three lives were lost in fire in New York last night. There are indication that ¢ Mass., shoemakers' strike is end. receiver Works. The striking cloakmakers | have been offered work ing snow, Bob ‘Moor and George East vorst of Oklahoma outlaw. yesterday by deputy marshal Hugh Gilliland of Kansas, pardoned yesterday after years of a'life sentence for Robert McMillin of N received mi a verdict of $25,000 The Philadelphia grand jury bray, riots! Lillian B. Daniels, better kng Madixa, is sulng at Denver fq share in the estate of the lat, Daniels, The Pittsburg soft declded they will not pay a for mining than the lowest competing districts, At their meeting yesterday board ‘of the Federation of money to assist to_the supreme court, Judge Cald taw Ind collectlyi state cannot be sued. he wife of Lem Cook, who coal ns cannot be sued as her clothes on fire near Milan, day, and was fasally burned, est te the public, John Milligan of Perry, Okl tence for murder, escaped last headed and barefooted. There The Crystal Ridge les at” Hazleton, Pa throwing 1,00 men 'ou vale men ‘have strike, Rey and havi declded to co Parkhurst says that the present force above geant, Two hundred stead mills last night ag: in “wages. Everything Edgar Thompson ‘Steel works, Is belng made to start the mills, The Massachusetts supreme clled that oleomargurin: butter, nst colore cannot be legally' sold Oklahoma outlaw, who talking combine, jobbers there Was on the market, combine has fallen throug facturers have cut the frice, stand to lose pretty heavlly, Only nine women w and women and Christian people to from his lecture, Palace ln our JFY ELER, 16TH AND DOUGLAS amination of the subject. But the relatives was drivitg to a fire a few days since. were superstitious, and positively refused to conditions, delivered the body muscles and introduce the poles of the bat- table, remained two or three seconds on its feet, stammered a few unintelligible words and then fell heavily to the floor, For a moment the learned doctors were confounded, thelr presence of was stil alive, although he had again Immediately they ty hours of the most in- *“Taking all these circumstances together it This man's 1i%a was forced back relatives had apparently of anybody to fnter- the same son restored to their love made itself manis fost in a considerable gift to the institution Bdwards told the doctors that work over him he was conscious of his condi- s passing around him, - scapse Jail Birds at St. Juseph Had Help from the Outside. ST. JOSEPH, Jan, 2.—Joe Dusty es Jail last night, was captured in this city today. He has made ac onfession, implicat- It is said, will follow soon. Dusty Is under sentence of death for assaulting a young Eirl. After escaping he went to the house of & woman whom he claimed was his wife made preparations to escape to In woman's attire. He made a full confession. Crowe, the Burlington train robber, he said, was the leading Spirit in the plan and had been liberally supplied from ‘the outside with monev and frms, Dusty the scheme had ben hatched some time ago. Dusty Implicated several people, whose names it is impossible to ob- tain now. None of the other prisoners haye the Night, A small blaze in the cellar of the 19 Douglas street necessis tated the calling out of the fire department was occupied for up to January 1, when it which not eveeeding $109, Louis Gutting filed complaint yesterday The_complair that Brachvogel obtained 150 (‘K’l.lhloh‘; refused to pay for. obtaining money was given thirty days and Charles Smith, arrestec for robbery, were bound over 1o the isipior sum of $1,500 each, Movements of Seagolng Vossols, Jan. 2. At New York—Arrived—State of Califor- Bologne—Arrived—Veendam, a tenement house A motion has been made to have a new appointed for the Fort Scott Water at §1 a day shov serving. wark, N. Western Union for personal injuries. in an indictment against Charles W. Mow- the English anarchist, for inciting to operators have bs In carrying his case | has decided that the Choe- y, for the same reacon by wagon from southern Missourl, set The bricklayers' union is in session at St. Louls, but transacted no business of inter- Official reports show the union s in a flourishing condition, the ground, and the weather is very cold, Cranberry of “work. If he provide a plan for reorganizing the New York police force he would retain none of men struck at vas quiet court has de- Jim Cook, brother of Bill Cook, the noted recently from prison, was recaptured yesterday. When the plate glass manufacturers were bought and the m among the 700 pea ple Who heard W. ( Breckinridge lec- ture at Memphis,” Tenn), last night, The Woman's Christlan Temperance union at Birmingham have issued an address asking however, ual to the de- mands of the occaston, and they decided to the wishes of ted with some | fellows who made a business of stealing ree days after of Bd- om of a local “The physiclans were delighted with the It to work at nal zest. When which was acroes | strie frosh appearance of the flesh and the clears with ne of the phy bject the body battery. This course was adopted, and obtained abnormal movements of unced than are usually observed, and they appeared like un- | But the man relapsed toly fon. ns gathered for one suggested n the pectoral upn the y did, when to olled from the ver enjoyed an that Edwards allen to_resuscitate arkably cases time the was any life rich, and the at having the the dead in a they were at e other demon: words he at. d off the table holo subject is ought.” EADER, whose arrest, building ing, which is is most The origin of for ‘obtaining from EFS, he Haverhill, about at an n New York . two of the were killed ged 70, was twenty urder, ., has against the has_brought OWn as oanna or a_widow's e Willlam B, greater price rate paid in the executive Labor voted a natlon, or that 'the was moving |. her Mo, yester- ., under sen- night, bare- e 18 snow on col- shut “down, The Mid- ontinue their were to rank of ser- the Home- the reduction mv‘ TOHAVE A NEW HEAD (Continued from First Pago.) cept members, officers, members of the prow and wives and daughters of the members, The motion was vigorously opposed by ey cral energetic members, and the speaker ruled it out of order. On motion of Cooley of Cass | was given one personal page. the speaker Rholes of Valley sald that his cer- tificate of election had been returned |to him, and read law from the statute |to the effect that certificates of members :tluvll!l be filed with the clerk of the house. | He understood that to mean that they should [be kept on file during the The speaker ruled against him The secretary of the senate appeared and Informed the houss that the senate was now organized and ready for business, He was Immediately followed by a committea from the senate on the same mission, but Secretary | Sedgwick had secured a by his pre- vious announcement STOPPED THR | At this juncture a number of resolutions | were shot into the clerk in rapid succes- | slon, but Grimth of Adams came to the rese cue with the point of order that no further sosslon, LEGISLATING. business could be done until the vote for state officers had been canvassed. The { speaker ruled the point well taken, and all further business was suspended. The speaker {announced the committee on relief as follows: | Conaway of York, Brady of Buffalo, Howard of Sarpy, Suter of Antelope and Bacon of Dawson. Committee on employes of house Siszon ot Burt, Zink of Sherman, Timme of Douglas and Burns of Lancaster. The committee appointed to wait on the governor announced that it had done so, and that the governor had conveyed the informa- tion that he would ba ready to communieate With the house and senate in joint session some time tomorrow. A committee from the senate waited cn the louse today to say that a senate committea had been named to confer with a house committee to arrange for a joint canvass of the vote for state officers. The house committea appointed comprised Harrison of Hall, Howard of Sarpy and Ashby of Clay Again the secretary of the senate appeared nnounce that a senate committee of five |had been appointed, comprising McKeaby, | Akers, Black, Steufer and Bowers, in cordance with the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee of five be pointed to confer with a like committee | to ap- of the house to investigate the condition the people of the state suffering on accou of destitution, from whatever il re- port, by hill ir opinion lief. The committee on jolnt convention an- nounced that It had met with the senate com- mittee and agreed that the joint convention meet tomorrow to canvass the vote on state officers at 10 o'clock a. m., and that the in- augural ceremonies be held at 3 p. m. On motion of Cramb of Jefferson the house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. or otherwise, should be what topted ns in their, REL NNY SOUTH. Governor Crounse Ofclally Taformed of Dixio's Generous Intentions, LINCOLN, Jan, 2.—(Special.)—The follow- ing telegraphic correspondence today . passed between a distinguished southern gentleman and Governor Crounse. The frank and cor- dial tone of Mr. Edmonds’ letter, together with its graceful acknowledgement of tho liberality of the west toward the south in times past, so commended the communication to the governor that he accepted the offer at once, in spite of his feeling that Nebraska is abundantly able to care for her own un- fortunate people. The correspondence is as follows: BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 1.—To His Bx- cellency, Governor Crounse, Lincoln, Neb. In view of the distress reported amony some of the farmers of Nebraska by reason of the short .corn, crops and In view of the abundant crops of the south, I suggested In the last issue of the Marnufacturers® Reeord the desirability of the people of the south uniting to send at least a train load of corn and provisions to Nebraska for distributior to those who are in want. 1 did not mean to intimate in the publication of this edl- torial that the people. of Nebraska are not able to care for those who are in want Jo their own state, but it seemed to me that the time was opportune for the south ‘te utilize such an opportunity as this to show to the world its appreciation of the blessings which it has received in abundant crops this year, its appreciation of the liberality with ‘which the north and west have ever met_every call from the south for help In time of need, and also an appropriate ocea- sion in which to put into effect forces. that would help unite our entire country, ob- literate all sectional lines and show that we are one people. As a southern man, and yet above and beyond that, an American, I be- lieve that this effort of the south in so ex- tending relief to the west would prove the truth in that “that it is more blessed o give than to receive.” I have requested Governor Northen of Georgia, and he has consented, to take charge of the matter and to gather in Atlanta whatever contribu- tions might be made for the purpose of mak- ing up this train load, to be shipped west if the proposition meets with your approval and the spirit which prompts it has your commendation. "1 should be very glad if, upon receipt of this, you can wire me a§ fully as vou feel disposed, at my expense, your views on_ the subject, RICHARD 8. EDMONDS, Editor Manufacturers' Record, LINCOLN, Jan. 2.—Richard 8. Edmonds, Editor_Manufactirers’ Record, Baltimore, Md.: Your telegram conveying offer on be: half’ of certain sections of ‘the south of train load of corn and provisions for relief of drouth sufferers in Nebraska is received. Although the state will be able to care for its unfortunates, vet the proposed donation will be_thankfully received. - On behalf of those for whom your generous donation is intended 1 desi to thank you and to ex- press my appreciation of and to reciprocate the kind sentiments ntained In your mese suge, L. CROUNSI, Governor, — SCHOOL OF MECHANIC. L ARTS, List of James Lick's Public Bequests Turned - Over to the Public. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—The California School of Mechanical Arts, the last of the numerous magnificent bequests made to the public by the late James Lick, will be formally given to the people tomorrow afters noon. With brief and simple exercises the executors of the Lick estate will present the Institution, together with the endowment that has been set aside for its maintenance, to the board of trustees who have been se- lected to manage the school. The total amount of this endowment is $450,000, of which $115,000 has_been expended the construction and equipment of the bufldings. Any graduate of a grammar school, or any boy or girl now enrolled in the last grammar grade of any California school, or any other. applicant who can give evidence of ability to take up the course of the school, will be at the | received in the first class, which will be and no effort | organized next Monday. One hundred 3 students have already been accepted, and ed to imitate in that state, escaped up all now that the nu- Jobbers the re naln way there are places In the first class for about fifty more, Children Cry foi Pitcher’'s Castoria. s Children Cry fo; Castorla. Children Cry o Pitcher’s Castorla. @itcher’, CUT GLA basement ? S g—— SPARKLING SUINING GLEAMING BLEAUTIES, Have you seen our new fms portallous in the Cut Glass RAYMOND,