Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1895, Page 1

JUNE IABLISHED 19, REFRESHING THEIR FAITH Jacksonians Dip Themselves Anew in the Stream of Democratic Waters, UNCLE HORACE BOIES' LITTLE SURPRISE Towa's Time Tried Leader Talks Bimetallism 0 the Administration Tarifl is Beyona the Party's Jurisdiction at Present, Mon and Says Between two large American flags, a life- sized picture of Androw Jacksen in a hick- ory frame was the political joss before which 160 enthusiastic Jacksonian democrats dined and wined at the Mercer hotel last night. It was the fourth annual feast of Omaha Jacksonian club in memory of the herole democrat who made history at New Orleans cighty-two years ago. The banquet compared favorably with past glories of the club, It was a success. The banquet hail was artistically decorated. A picture of Thomas Jefferson adorned the wall, but the Virginian looked somewhat lonesome. It was Ol Hickory night, In every sense of the word. The menu consisted of nine course down with champagne. T. J. Mahoncy, president of the club, was tonstmaster. At his right sat ex-Governor Boles of lowa. Prof. Homer Lewls pled the left seat of honor. At 10:40 the speeches were on. Toastmaster Mahoney, In a brief, but happy manner, re- ferred to the former achievements of the or- ganlzation and expressed his gratification at seeing such a large attendance at this, the fourth annual assemblage of Jacksonians, At the conclusion of his remarks letters of regret were read from Hon. Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago, Hon. Willlam Springer of Spring- field, 111, Hon. John P. Irish of California and John Dyer of Beatrice. Franklin Mac- Veagh sald among other gems of consolation that the principles of the democratic party cannot suffer permanent defeat. OVERMEYER'S LETTER. A letter was read from Hon. David Over- meyer of Topeka, in which he expressed his regrets at being unable to attend. In stance, he otherwise sald that there was nothing in the recent election, nor in the con- dition of the country, to cause any true dem- ocrat to waver In his allegiance to the prin- ciples of the democratic party. Mr. Over- meyer wrote that it was a poor soldier in- deed who deserts after defeat. He discussed the financial question at length. Among other things he paid his respects, at long range, to the people’s party. Mr. Overmeyer opined that populism was nothing but stale and vapld sophisms. After reviewing the various partles he concluded as follows: Whatever the difficulties may be in the way, whatever the clouds may lower or storms may rage, whatever blind objections may be invoked to obscure the right, we know that in the end the solution of our political problems is in the adoption and ap- plication In governmental affairs of the eternal principles of democracy. Divest your minds of the mad passion of the hour for mere position and place, re- sist with all your might the venal overtures and corrupt suggestions of a purely com- mercial age and generation, and address your gentus and your zeal to the task of the de- termination and settlement of the permanent economic policies of this great nation, so that you may hand down to posterity a gov- ernment so firmly founded upon the founda- tion of liberty that you may have better assurance that the future will be just, pro- gressive and humane than had the men who made every sacrifice in order that we might have this great fleld in which to labor.” * The first toast on the card was “Issues of 1896." When the president mentioned the name of Hon. Horace N. Boles the applause was instantaneous, but it developed into an ovation when the littlo glant of Towa democ- racy arose and acknowledged the Introduction, BOIES TO THE FAITHFUL. After referring to the defeat of the party and the failure of congress to take action promised by the Chicago platform along the bimetallic lines, Governor Boies said: “Some effort, it is true, has been mada to establish the free coinage of silver, at the old, or some other ratio, but this lacked one of the essentials outlined by both parties, to- wit, proper legislative safeguards to maintain the parity of the two metals. ““To sy that no legislation beyond an act authorizing the free coinage of silver, at the old or some other ratio less than that which represents Ita commerclal value with gold, is all that Is necessary to preserve thefr parity when coined s to assume what is not proven; and to say, under existing circumstances, it would not have that effect (s the statement of a proposition equally unsupported by any demonstrated fact, A “The cowage of the silver doilar, for use In the ordinary business affairs of the masses, would, I believe, become self-regulating Whenever the volume reached a limit beyond which it could ot ba used- its further coinage would cease, because of the want of a demand for it, and up to that limit it would con- tinue, because under the plan I am trying to outline less bullion would be required to make it than its equivalent in larger silver coins of the country. *“This being done, I believe congress should then establish a ratio between gold and & ver, at which, in the judgment of conserva- tive men, friendly to the free use of both as money metals, thelr parity would be likely to be maintained. I know this could not be ac- complished except through a compromise of squally honest, but conflicting opinions. MORE SILVER IN THE DOLLAR. “Personally, 1 do not believe it should be fone by increasing the silver in the silver dol- lar alone, nor by diminishing the gold in the gold dollar alone, but I believe both should be done: that is, that we should put more sil- ver in the silver dollar or its equivalent and less gold in the gold dollar or its equivalent I do not believo it necessary (o increase the ane and diminish the other untl a ratio tqual to that which represents the present commercial value of gold and silver bullion Is reached, because It seems reasonably cer- fain that the free use of silver in the colnage of this country alone will enhance its com- mercial value, to some extent at least, and 1 believe to a considerable extent. A ratlo being established, congress should then pro- vide for the free minting of both gold and silver into coins of the denomination of $5, 10, and $20, and should provide that upon the deposit of either of these colns, oF their equivalent, in bullion of either metal, in the treasury, or any of the subtreasuries of the United "States, ‘the government would issue toin certificates, redeemable within a specified number of years, at the option of the govern- ment as to time, and payable in gold or sil ver at the ratio establislied, at the option of the holder of the certificat: This coinage, and certificates fssued in lleu thereof, should be made a legal tender in payment of all claims, public and private alike, except such as had been contracted before the law takes eflect, and contain an express or implied obligation that they arc to be paid in gold. 1 think these should be exeepted, because of a moral, and perhaps o legal obligation, also of the makers of such contracts to pay In geld coin of the weight and fineness established by law, wheu such obligations were made, As to all other contracts made Lefore th néw law takes effect, as well as those made after, It seems to me such exception could properly be waived PLAN THAT WOULD BENEFIT very man Is presumed to know that con Bress s authorized by the fundamental law of the nation ‘to coln money and regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and that this power may be exercised as ofien as that body deems it for the best interests of the masses, and it would seem to folicw that every contract payable in dollars alone, without further speciiication, must in legal contemplation be presumed to have be made payable m any kivd of dollars which the law makes as legal tender when they are presented for payment. 1f, however, It should deemed just that all indebteduess out- the , washed occu- standing at th quantity or fineness of the bullion required to make a gold dollar should be paid in gold or its equivalent, of the kind and quality re- quired to make that debt at the time the debt was contracted, this to my mind would furnish no sufficient reason for the rejection of all plans by which a new ratio between gold and silver can be established and th free colnage of each be authorized “This country could liquidate Its present indebtedness on that basis and be immensely benefited by any plan that would double its volume of standard money and fill its finan cial arterles for future usa with something beside mere ‘promises to pay,’ behind which there is nothing but credit for their redemp tion, “It fs true silver coins of the denomina- tion suggested would not bodily become part of the ordinary circulating medium of the country. ‘They could, however, be made to fill an equally important place in our finan- clal system Ivery banking inetitution that recelves de- posits or issues currency is or should be re quired to keep on hand a stated per cent or the same in some kind of security for the safety of its creditors TARIFF QUESTION SETTLED. “These coins could be made to fully supply that want, and when deposited in the tre ury, in exchange for coin notes, they would for ‘all pract'cal purposes become part of our circuleting medium. “All silver owned by the government should, I bel'ave, be coined or used as a basis for the issue of certificates, and these should be at once exchanged for its existing paper obligations that circulate as money, upon which holders are entitled to demand redemp- tion in gold, and the government should b authorized, If found desirable, to purchase in the open market such additional silver bul- lion as may be necessary, against which to issue coin notes of the character described, to tent sufficient with that on hand to redeem and retire all such outstanding cur- rency obligations. It Is, however, with the loje that whal I am able to will excite d'spassionate discussion, and bring to the at- tention of the country some feasible plan by which the' practical remonetization of silver can be accomplished on a basis that will in- ure its parity with gold, that I have been led to present these views. Here, in the presence of democrats, and speaking to them alone, I must be pardoned for expressing in plain terms my own opinion of the importance of this subject in a party sense. “In my humble judgment it Is the one issue upon which democracy in the near future can hope to carry the country. So far as that party is concerned, the tariff issue, as hereto- fore” suggested, whether satisfactory to all or not, is substantially settled for the present. “If radical changes are made in the general policy of the present system in the near future, they will be made by republicans. I greatly doubt whether the leaders in that party will brave the dangers which a return to excessive protective tariff taxation would certalnly bring to them. Whether a pleasant reflection, or otherwise, the simple truth is the silver question is doing far more to dis organize the democratic party and deplete its ranks than to injure its chief opponent, the republican party. “In the whole field of national politics there is, in my judgment, but one question in sight that is of sufficient apparent importance to arouso the masses. “If the next national democratic convention will discard platitudes of every description, commit the party unequivocally to a ratio at which gold and silver shall be equally freely coined, ‘and point out in explicit terms the legislation that should be adopted to preserve the parity of the two metals, and do this in a rational and reasonable way, the masses of American voters will come 10 the ald of the party thus committed, the democracy will again be triumphant. 1 it fails to do this changing circumstances or a better judgment than my own must reveal the lssue upon which it cen succeed.” To say the utterances of the speaker created a sensation puts it mildly. The silver dem- ocrats cheered in ecstacy of gratification, while the Cleveland men were dumbfounded at the bold words uttered with the apparent force of conviction. It was one of the most impressive political utterances of the day. OLD HICKORY IN HISTORY. Prof. Homer P. Lewis followed in an el - quent discourse on “The Day We Celebrate.’ The histerical significance of the celebration was reviewed, in which he compared Andrew Jackson to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Georga Washington, whoss memory was imperishable in American hearts. The tri umph of Jackscn ¢n the battle field at New Orleans and his eubsequent victories on the political battle field, under the banner of trua democracy, were recalled in an eloquent manner. Prof. Lewls reviewed democratic adminis- trations, including these of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, and the magnificent results thereof. The earlier relations be- tween America and England were dwelt upon briefly, and the l-yalty cf democracy upheld. The importance of the battle of New Or- leans was cited. Andrew Jackson, in com- mand of his troops, was at the head of de- termined men who loved democracy as well as they did their country. Democratic fin- gers pulled the triggers and a democratic hand waved the sword that saved New Or- leans, Andew Jackson’s hatred of the British was cnly equalled by republican campaign speakers’ hstility to the memory of Jackson. He belleved that Jackson's victory at New Orleans with his rugged frontiersmen from Tennessee and the militiamen of Louisville was one of the most remarkable in military hist'ry, in view of the great odds over which Old Hickory triumphed. He deserved to be seified as a military hero alongside of Caesar, Washington and Nap:leon. On that memorable day at New Orleans, the voica of Jackson was in his sword. The battle of New Orleans strengthened the bonds of union. It saved the democracy, In conclusion, the speaker eulogized demo- cratic principles, and was accorded a cordial display of popular approval when he com- pleted his specch. Edson Rich responded to “The Samosets," and then came Mr. Albert Watkins of Lin- coln, “THE GREAT DEMOCRACY In speaking to the toast, “The Great mocracy,” Albert Watkins of Lincoln saic “It seems my, painful duty to at once stifle your evident ahticipation by stating that it is n:t the arrangement that I should make a great speech this evening; indeed I have been cautinoned not to make too good a speech. “The greatest and most beneficont nfluence may be exerted by reformers while they are in @ minority, Whatever are the future for- tunes of the democratic party, this reflecticn 18 at least consoling at the present time, and is 4 complete democratic spe It means that a great party may to s m extent waive the consideration of practical success at the polls, and that the greatest mission of the greater democracy is to work and win, “I wish to impress this asx an important and principal point of my address; he is a superficial cbserver, or a shallow demagogus, who sees in simething mere than one-half of the 12,000,000 of voters in this country la- belled *democrat’ the incarnation of incapacity for self-government, and in the other som: thing less than one-half all capacity and ability fcr scl-government, The present in ability of tbe popular majority in congres to pass what seems nezded legislati n and re- spoud to the directed will of the people is an incident and a phenumenon in the develop ment of as yet immature representative gov crament. As the people taste mere and more of pepular power and naturally get fur ther and turther away from cen: tation promptuess and vig r lost. A strong corroboratio s found today b the o untry veloped representative gover hus developad it further sp nsiva 10 the popular gover t probably, not T reat majority of the liberal party in land lics supine today without coherency and unity sufficlent o reeord the pelicies of the people ps directed in the cholee of their representative,” The speaker by humorous illustrati n of the life of the demoeratic party in Nebraska and the nation, showed that it was not the tradi- tion of the party to dle, neither was it in any ase prepared for death, It would be Im- pissible for it to die if it wanted to, because De- are lighle to b of this though! which first de. ment, and which id to be more re- will than any other excepting our own. (Coutinued on Second Page) lizing die- | OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, = o JANUARY 9, 18¢ HUNGRY MEN TURN RIOTERS Unemployed at 8t. Johns Refuse to Bo Placat:d by Promises DEMAND INSTANT RELIEF OF THEIR WANTS Provision Stores Iroken Open and Looted of Their Contents—Lenders of Mob Finally Arrested by the Police, ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 8.—A serious riot oceurred here today wh the crowd of unem- ployed workmen resumed their demonstra- tions. The crowd met before the legisla bullding and hooted the ex-Premier Sir Wil liam Whiteway, who was formerly their idol They marched again to the dock, where the Tourmaline s lying to recelve the captain’s answer to receive their petition of yesterday. Captain Sir Richard Poore told them the mat- ter was in the hands of the governor. Pro- ceeding to the chamber the crowd found their coming had been anticipated, for they found the doors barred against them. Undaunted in their determination, the crowd set to work to force an entrance, and doors and win- dows were soon battered and ingress galned. The police attempted to check the crowd in their work of destruction, the offi- cers faring badly in the scufile that followed, and the rioters were for the time being mas- ors of the situation. After gaining entrance to the chamber they found that the members f the executive deparimerit were absent Hoping to pacify them, Prime Minister Green appeared and addressed them. He proiised that in two or three days exten- sive public works would be commenced, suffi- cient to give all employment throughout the winter, His listeners refused to be fled with his promises and demanded that immediate relief be furnished. When they wer tcld it was impossible to accede to this demand the leaders held a short conference and it was decided to attack the stores on Water street, where large quantities of pro- vitions were supposed to be kept. The first place attacked was Douer's. The place was soon broken open, but the mob found no provisions there. Then atten‘ion was turned to Steer's store, which was quickly looted of its provisions. ' At this point armed police intervened and the mob was driven back at the point of the bayonet. Four men, Bussey, Brown, Coady and King, the pro. moters of the riots, were arrested. satis- BRUTALITY AT PORT ARTHUR. Further Revoiting Detalls of the Barbarous Slaugther of the Chinese. LONDON, Jan. $.—The Times today in a leading article cn the Port Arthur massacre says: “Not cnly on the day of the battle and in the heat of victory, but for four days after did the Japanese soldiery give themselves over, apparently without check from their commanders, to indiscriminate massacres, car- ried out with every revolting circumstance of primal barbarity. Truops cf prisoners tied together were riddled with bullets and then hacked to pieces. Boats crowded with fugi- tives of both sexes and all ages received vol- ley after volley. The streets were encum- bered with corpses, showing every ghastly form of mutilation which oriental cruelty has invented. “What perhaps is the strangest thing of all, showing the total, even if temporary, disap- pearance of European- veneer, Is the absolute unconsciousness shown by the Japanese offi- cers of the effect of these brutalities upon western visitors. At Port Arthur after real fighting and real provocation the artificialities of Hiroshima disappeared like sn-w in the sun. It recalls the fable of a cat changed into a beautiful woman and who played the part to perfection until in the midst cf a ban- quet a mouse was allowed to run across the table. This appeal to fundamental instincts proved too much for laberiously acquired habits. The woman disappeared and the cat stood revealed.” The Pall Mall Gazette says: “The respon- sibility for the horror rests not with the Japa- nese peasant, whom everybody knows is a lacquered - barbarian, but with Marshal Oyama and his officers, whose civilization professed to go a little deeper. Whether they permitted the outrages or not, or were unable o check them they are unworthy to command the armies of a power which calls itselt ciyilized.” SYMPATHY FOR THE GROES, Some Notable Accessions to the Ranks of English Anti-Lynchers, LONDON, Jan. §.—The anti-lynching com- mittee of which Miss Florence Balgarnie i secretary is receiving accessions constantly. Mr. Justin McCarthy, M. P. and chairman of the Irish Parliamentary party, is the latest notable recruit. The committee yesterday adopted the fol- lowing resolution: “The anti-lynching executive committee having heard "from undoubted sources in Memphig, Tenn., New York and Boston that a jury at Memphis refused to convict those of whose guilly complicty (according to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal) there was no moral doubt whatever In the ghastly, cow- ardly and brutal massacre of six helpless negroes near Millington, Tenn., and having learned from William Lloyd Garrison of Bos- ton that it is impossible to find a jury which Wil convict a white man for lynching a colored man In the south, the committe s de- sires to express to the six widows of the murdered negroes and to all colored people suffering under oppression its warmest sym- pathy and the earnest hope that the spirit of Justice irrespective of race may yet be kindled throughout the United States. The committee has read with deep satisfaction the powerful denunciation of lynching by Mr. Malcolm Patterson on behalf of the prose- cution, NO S FROM THE FATHERLAND, Nociallsts Wil Meot and Protest—1), Health - Embassy Gossip. BERLIN, Jan. 8.—Forty meetings of soclal- ists and radicals have been called for PFri- day next in order to protest agalnst the passage of the anti-revolution bill in the reichstag, Von Schele, governor of German East Africa, is about to resign. He will probably be succeeded by Von Wiseman, Her Von Limbach, the portrait painter, who has just returned from IPreidrichsruh id that Prince Bismarck, although physi. lly strong, Is suffering from mental de pression Chancelor Von Hohenlohe official reception last evening at the Chancel- lorie. All the diplomatic corps, including the United States ambassador and the entire staft of the United States emba: were sent. Prince Hohenlohe was partieularly dial toward Mr. Runyon on will tomorrow attend the the Turkish embassy Mr. Runyon's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. 1 Mrs, Haskin, arrived bere tonight fre ice and will spend a month in Berlin, smarck’s had his first Choriy in Berll BERLIN, Jan. 8.—A matinee was g the singing teday for th the British and American Governes which was attended by the British can aud Spanish ambassadors and of Berlin soclety Ameri ven at benefit of ' home Ameri the elite academy Gave Audicnce to Ehuenhedvary, BUDA H, Jan. $.—The king gave an audicnce to Count Khuenhedvary, who after wards visited the liberal club, where he was greeted as the new prime minister of Hun gary, although be bas not been officially ap- pointed. My, Gladstone Golng South, LONDON, Jan. 8.—Mr. and Mrs. Glad- stone left Loudon at 1 o'clock this morning for Cannes. An immense srowd guch | cars at ed ! state at the rallroad station to gheet them and cheered the travelers heartily as they ap- peared and as the train drew out of the station. Among those gathemd to see them oft wete several notabilities of the liberal party, including Sir Algerndn West, Lord Welby Lord Rosebery private secretary, and Canon Wilberforce. DISCORD FATAL TO IRELAND, Giadstone Reminds the Nationalists They Must t Together, SLONDON, Jan. S.—The resolutions of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New York, which were adopted March 17, last St. Pat- rick's day, were presented to Mr. Gladstone by T. P. O'Connor. When the album which was given to Mr. O'Connor by Patrick A. ins, the United States consul general, was received, Mr. Gladstone expressed the great- est gratification. Speaking of the discord in the society’'s ranks, Mr. Gladstone wished emphatically and distinctly to state two things: Iirst, that his interest in Ireland unabated, and second, that every Irish nationalist ought to understand that discord must mean the adjournment of consideration of the Irish claims, and therefore every man who could bring about the reunion of the rish nationalists was bound to do o, as herwise he would assume. a terrible re- adstone loped that some found by which the differ- ent sections of the party would be brought together, TOOK THREE LIVES FOR MONEY, me. Jonneaux on Trialyfor a Series of Terrible Crimes, ANTWERP, Jan. 8—The trial Jonneaux, accused of poisoning brother and uncle, was today. The court of Mme. her sister, commenced here was crowded with inter- ested spectators. The prisoner was pale and troublel, She replied to questions put to her in an almost inaudible tone, Mme. Jonneaux, daughter of General Jules Ablay and wife of the chief engineer of bridges and roads for the ministry of war, was arrested here on April 18 last on the charge of poison- ing her sister, Leonie Ablay, her brother, EFred Ablay, In order to obtain insurances of 70,000 francs and 100,000 francs, respectively, on their lives, and also with poisoning her uncle, Jacques Van Den Kerclove, in order to inherit her share of his estate, Spain Will Restore Old Rates, MADRID, Jan. 8.—It Is reported here that as the outcome of statements said to have been made before the Spanish minister for the colonies, and as a result of the negotia- tions with the United States concerning American_exports to Cuba and Porto Rico, the United States will again be accorded the benefit of the minimum tariff schedule. More Troul LORENZO MARQUEZ, Delagoa Bay, Jan. —There was a panic here last evening owing to the Mahazulis and, Zinlaslas people attacking the loyal Matomas and advancing on the town. Armed tralns are now re connoitering the vicinity of Lorenzo Marquez. Africa. Snow Blocks LONDON, Jan. 8. have impeded tr: 1glish| Railronds. Severe snow storms flic in different parts of the kingdom. In West Durhani there are three feet of - snow. The Northeastern and Brighton railroads are blacked. Zero Wenther in the Soath of France. TOULOUSE, Jan., 8.—Thére were 30 de- grees of frost registered hore this morning. The river Garonne and the canal du Midi are frozen over. Several persons died from the cold, Texas Court House Buraed Down. DECATUR, Tex., Jan. 8.<The court house at this place burned this morning, with a loss of $100,000. The county records were saved. The fire was accidental. Insurance, $65,000. Hovas Looking for Trouble, PARIS, Jan. 8.—Advices received here from Madagascar under date of December 24 say the Hovas have sacked the Amber mountain sanitarium, Cardiego Suarez. Fallure in the French Wool Trade. LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Times announces the failure of Ponsart and Gallacia In the wool trade in France. Their liabilities will probably amount to $350,000, Italian Troops Kepulsed. PARIS, Jan. 8.—It is reported from Egypt that the Dervishes have repulsed the Itallan troops near Kassala. Flashes. Gladstone have on their way south. The German emperor Will open the Prus- sian_Landtag in person on January 15. X T'rench soldiers were killed in Ton- quin in an ambuscade. The natives were finally defeated. The Pall Mall Gazette reiterates its state- ments of dissensions {n the cabinet between Harcourt and Roseberry, wenty-four Armenjans have heen and imprisoned for lohg terms for plicity in alieged rebellions, The German Reichstag reassembled yes- terday. Herr Auer made speech in oppo- sition to the anuti-revolutionary bill, Timothy Healy denies that he intends to break away from Justin McCarthy and also that he will fight any move to defeat the liberal government arrived in tried com- — e KNIGHTS IN REBELLION, Twenty-Four District Assemblics Rofuse to Puy Per Capita Tax. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. §~—The Press will say tomorrow: Following the action of District Assembly No. 16, Knights of Labor of Lackawanna county, in sending out the reso- lutions adopted at the last session of that body in Scranton, four weeks ago, twenty- four” other trades and district assemblies also have resolved to pay no more per capita tax to maintain the present general officers of the order. Among these is the Nebraska assembly. The total iembership in the twenty-four assemblies Js 60,270, arrayed against the present administration.” Local Assembly 3,639, New, York City and several others, have alfeady returned their charters. Invitations have been sent to all the national, state and district assemblies by Secretary Mchride of the miners, requir- ing them to be represented at Columbus nex month and co-operate with the miners and lass workers in resculng the order from the hands of those mow.in control of its affairs. It is expected over 200 delegates will attend the convention, which promiscs tc be tho most interesting add_important in the history of the craft. At Ihis meeting, it is stated, action will be tak¢n authorizing one of them ost eminent dasyers in this city to to proceed against General Master Workman Sovercign and his board for the recovery of per capita tax paid by N. T. A. 135 to Sec- retary Hayes during the past year and for the mileage of the six delegates who were re- fused admission to the general assembly at New Orleans. All this amounts o several thousand dcllars Ll I N % VARDMASTER KILLED. Joseph Murphy of Billings, Mont., Hold by A Frost and Cut 10 Pieces. BILLIN Mon, Jan, 8—(8pecial Tel gram.)—Joseph Murphy, yardmaster on th rihern 1 Iroad, while « the Twenty-sijth street Kot His foot caught in.@ frog and a long train of freight cars was backed over him, mangling his body beyond recognition. Th business men of the towp made up a pur gt ¥w0 for his widow and four little’ chil dren A local undertaker brought in the body of an unknown section hand for burial, wi was killed yesterday afternoon on the B. & M. section,” south of Yellowstone river ifugo J ymond was held for trial at the March term of coupt. His preliminaly examinution ook place Koday Sid atiraciod 1 crowd of spectalors. {The prosecution ex- hibited ubout two inches of W, M, Bussey's skull and claimed to have found eleven bul let holes on his body crossing N Lo e s CA . Nev, Jap. 8.4 Jones, elected by the silver party of Ne vada, was inaugurated this moraing. Other officers were seated at the same time. eated. wernor K. LUDDEY 0N DESTITUTION Becretary of the State Relief As ociation Thinks Home Aid Sufficient. SAYS THE BEE'S POSITION IS CORRECT very Case of Extremo Want Helng Inves- tigated and Relleved Within the State Border Without Assistance from Other Locallt LINCOLN, Jan. 8.—(Special)—"The tion taken by The Bee in itg editorial columns With reference to the drouth districts is em- phatically correct,” said L. P. Ludden, sec- retary of the State Relief commission, this afternoon. ““The commission, with what aid the state w ultimately extend, will be abundantly able to care for all needy persons within the borders of the state. We can take care of every case of destitution reported to us within the next twenty days without aid from the state, We are investigating every ase and are in a position to state positively that the sensational reports about numerous persons starving to death are baseless rumors The only s contention the commiss has had with any individual connected with relief work was with a man who demanded an annual pass over the B. & M. to enablc him to solicit aid. We offered him a trip pass s far east as Chicago if he would bring us the endorsement of his county commissioner or of fifteen reputable citizens, But, aside from this, please say that the relief comm sion has supplies sufficient to last for twent days. We have the transportation matter as r as the B. & M. is concerned in our own ands. We can furnish transportation for everything except grain for seed and feed.” PROFESSIONALS GET THE AID, Contribution from Hurrisburg on the titation and Appeats for Help. HARRISBURG, Neb,, Jan. 8.~To the Edi tor of The Bee: Secing the many exaggerated statements in regard to the destitution in “‘western’” Nebraska in the eastern press, particularly Chicago and New York papers wish to correct some of the most glaring falsehoods that are being applied to the “pan- handle” of this state. Along general lines it scems strange that with the large crops of last year and fair prices obtaincd that such misery could pre- vail on such hort notice. Is not the suppo- sition reasonable that a lot of professional yawpers' have, as usual, come to the front and with the old fox and crow story expect to fatten on the material that, to a certain extent, will flow through their hands? Thi idea is partly sustained by the veteran char- acter of these calamity reporters. The peo- ple here have no desire to cppose any relief of legitimate suffering, but with county war- rants selling at par or a triflo below, what is the matter of each county doing what they should do under the circumstances, supplying their own destitute—if they have any. This would not suit the leaders in this movement, as it would leave many of thém without a job, therefore an appeal is made to the world. Doubtless the experience of other years will be repeated in the coming free distribution of supplies; men who have from forty to 100 head of cattle and an-unlimited amount of cheek will haul home the donated supplies, while the really deserving person will stay at home, and therefore receive mothing. A large share of the lleged suffering in Vebraska is among her transient population. Coming from the east, where living is high, in many cases with expensive habits, they land on a homestead usually in debt. Not being femiliar with or not having the means to engage In stock raising, he proceeds to plow up and plant all the iAnd possible; this, of course, adds largely to his expenses, and, ow- ing to the late planting, most of his crop fails to show a balance on the cash side of the sum- mer's work. In the meantime, he has been standing off his merchant and general supply dealer, who has been kindly carrying him for months, Ag a grain raiser pure and simple he would fail in any country, no matter what ho raised. I am not prepared to deny that suffering exists in central Nebraska, but most emphat- ically deny that the same exists in the west- ern part of the state. Banner, Kimball, Scotts Bluff and Sicux counties are entitled to this distinetion and indignantly deny the reports that are put in circulation in regard to this section, AIR PLAY. Des- SUPP. Boyd County Central Kelief Committen Fx- Plains the Situation, BUTTE, Neb., Jan. 8.—(Special)—A com- munication, signed by Rev.”” Battele,and dated Niobrara, Neb., appeared in the World- Herald a few days ago which does the citi- zens of this county an injury and casts a reflection on the work of the central relief committee here. The gentleman says that goods cannot be shipped to Spencer, Boyd county, because of the destitution of the people there, who carry them away before they can be distributed. The fact of the matter is that Butte and Spencer precincts have less destitution to care for than the other precinets in the county. The admoni- tion to ship supplies to Niobrara, via the Elkhorn, if listened to would result in get- ting to the cast end of this county the greater part of the relief, and practically destroy the work of the Hoyd county com- mittee, which has endeavored to impartially distribute the provisions, money, ete,, in equal parts to the sub-committees of the nine precinets. This committee was ap- pointed by the county commissioners, and is composed of responsible men and women vesiding in this city, and they are giving their every effort to assuage the distress of the people in our county. The distress of some of Boyd county's people has been made a source of profit for a number of unscrupulous persons who are scouring the various counties of the state for help for Boyd county's neady. Nearly all of those hailing from this county are working for their own interests, and numerous com- plaints have been sent in regard to these parties, The central committee wants it stood that it has no solicitors out In the state, and persons giving ald to such indi. viduals need not be surprised if it falls to reach Its destination. The safest and only way to afford help to Boyd county s to send contributions to the Central Relief committee, Butte, Neb., via Stuart or O'Neill, unde Hay Spring ' GifLto the Destity HAY SPRINGS, Neb., Jan. 8.—(Special.) he enterprising citizens of this place have gratultously contributed a carload of flour, 000 pounds, to the drouth sufferers. The lour will be shipped to Hoyd county this cvening via the Elkhorn, which has very genercusly furnished free transportation for the same. A carload of vegetables are awail ing shipment to the sufferers in southwestern Nebraska as soon as arrangements for trans portation can be made. Hay Springs, is the principal town in Sheridan county, In the xtreme northwest corner of the state, which is one of the banner counties in western Ne ska. A failure of crops has not been known since its settlement in 1885, The grain crop this year was very good, con sidering a dry season. Wheat averaged about twelve bushels per acre, oats thirty-five, rye end barley good, and vegetables in abundance. Hay 18 very abundant, good baled hay being offered at $5 per ton. Many carloads of hogs and cattle have been shipped from this point and several trainloads of all grain. g Rt Jadge Wilsou's New Job. LINCOLN, Jan. 8.—(Speclal)—John W. Wilson will be the new commandant of the State Soldiers home at Grand Island. Goy- ruor Holcomb will appointment to the senate shortly. Judge Wilson 18 a one-armed veteran of the war and was the popullst cand'date for auditor at the late election. He is a newspaper man as well send the | fLE as a lawyer, and has been county judge of Keith county. He formerly edited the Pilot at Paxton, a populist organ. Before jolning the populists he was a republican. ——— NOTHING NEW Iy THE SCOTT CASE, ny Rumors but Few ing the acts Develop Dur- Day at O'Neiil. O'NEILL, Neb, Jan. 8.—(Special Tele gram.) the failure of the sheriff to find the body of Barrett Scott in the well on the Harris farm the developments in who were out and Sherify in regard Since s have been no new All the parties have returned is at a loss He believes something else the from this city Hamilton how to proceed. he will have to walt until turns up to give a clew. At a meeting of Helmet lodge No. 43 Kulghts of Pythias, of this eity, of which organization Scott was a member, a reward of $200 was offered, $100 for the recovery nf Scott’s body, dead or alive, and $100 for the arrest or conviction of any party or parties connected with the crime, It is reported that the $100 reward offered by the Odd Fellows will be doubled at their next meeting. The Masons are also expected to offer a reward. The board of supervisors met this morning and they will probably be called upon today to offer a reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators of the ontrag A courier from the north country, who has Just arrived in town, brings the information that the friends of the missing ex-treasurer who reside in Scott and Paddock towr hips have organized and that they will make a systematic search for the body. They also assert that armed men, who are supposed to belong to the protective association, as they term the vigilantes in that section, have been holding meetings daily the past week. 1t is believed here that they will protect the priscners, as far as they are able, when their cases come on for hearing or trial. 1t is reported that Mrs. Scott today re ceived a letter from a town in Indiana stat- ing that her husband was there and asking her to send some money. This letter has been placed in the hands of her attorneys. A member of a protective association which is located northwest «f this city, and to which organization a number of prominent farmers belong, sald this evening that they would go out and hunt for the body if there were in vited to do &0. There are a large number of farmers in from the north country t'night, who came in with Mullihan and Roy to at tend their preliminary hearing tomorrow The supposition is that they will waive ex- amination and give bond to appear at the next term of district court. ING CLARK FROM WYOMING Republicans Caucus and Settle tho torial Question Unanimous)y. CHEYENNE, Jan. 8.—(Special Telegram.) —Francis B. Warren and Clarence D. Clark will be Wyoming's next United States sena- tors. The matter was finally settled in a joint caucus of the republican members of the senate and house, held at & o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Warren was nominated by acclamation to succeed Senator y. Mr. Clark and Judge M. C. Brown were placed in nomination for the four-year term to fill the existing vacancy. On the first ballot Clark received thirty-nine votes and Brown eight. Laramie county gave him one vote in addi- tion to the seven in his own delegation. As s0on as the result of the ballot was known an Albany county member moved to make the nomination of Clark unanimous, and the motion was carried without a dissenting vote. The best of feeling prevails tonight, The members of the legislature are being heartily congratulated upon the speedy set~ tlement of what was feared would be a long and bitter contest. The Third legislative assembly. of. Wyo- ming convened at noon today. A temporary organization was effected and an adjourn- ment was taken until 12 o'clock tomorrow, S. W. Downey of Albany county was elected temporary speaker of the house, W. Hoyt of Laramie county is the temporary presiding officer of the senate. A caucus will be held tomorrow morning to agree upon officers of the senate and house. s he WARREN . ALL IN THE HOSPITAL, Avely icounter Between Soldiers Village Marshals. CHICAGO, Jan. §.—An exciting encounter between fifteen soldiers stationed at Fort Sheridan and two village marshals occurred at Highwood. As a result of the fracas three of the soldiers are confined in the hospital and the village marshals are nursing severe wounds. The injured are Private Bdward McMahon, company G, Fifteenth infantry, shot in the neck and right side, seri- ously injured; Private Edward White, com- pany G, Fifteenth infantry, severe scalp wound; Private John Houch, company G, Fif- tecnth infantry, shot through the right arm; Charles Gordon, village marshal, severe scalp wound end cut on the forehead; Marshall Cauley, deputy village marshal, cut in the face and scalp wounds. The shooting occurred shortly after 10 o'clock on the main street of the village. Th soldiers claim the shooting was done by Mar- shal Gordon and was unprovoked. On the other hand, Marshals Gordon and Cauley claim to have acted in self defense. Victims of the ALBANY, N. Y., Jau. 8.—Three more bodies have been found in the ruins of the Delavan house today. Two were upon the remains of an iron bedstead and the third about ten feet north of the ovens. The In- dications are that several other corpses are about to be uncarthed. There is nothing about any of the corpses to identify them. and Sulcldo Takes the Place of o Marriage. CLEVELAND, Jan. 8.—George W. Davls, claim agent of the Lake Shore railroad, com- mitted suicide with a revolver, shooting him- self in the temple. A dispute with his mother about his engagement to a young woman whom the latter did not like is be- lieved to be the cause. Davis was to have been married to the girl last night, Sent o " BRUSSELS, Jan. 8.—Captain Challtin, who fought the Arabs in the Arumwi, was yes- terday charged by King Leopold with an important mission to the Upper Congo, He will be accompanied by two officers and several clvilians, —_——— BHist's Trial Fostpon MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 8.—The trial of Blixt, charged with the murder of Cather- ine Ging, has been reset for January 21, the date of the trial of Harry T. Hayward, LT TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS, 0 the Congo, Sceretary Mrs. sham gav din- ner to the president and cabinet yesterday. rge A, Beldl mer postmaster at Oklahoma City, w terday convict:d of embezzlement A stanchion eam colli near Cape Flattery. The Massillon terday, pending operaties and mincr Frank Smith, the noted who I8 wanted in various pa try, escaped from the St yesterday. he senate finance commitiee ot 1o give General Coxey a his good roads and non bond scheme The selection of a jury New York for the third Laidlaw for $100,000 pers Russell Sage In- & quarrel over a woman wer th in love stabb homas { . Okl., § Clgarette trust another judgment for infrin its rival, the National Cigarette The casé will be appealed. The annual co ference of mine workers for district 5 oper <d at Pittsburg yesterday The day was lagen up in hearing reports The wage questicn will be taken up today On account of the conditions growing out of the grounding of the crulser Cincinnati tAe ecretary of the navy has Issued an order that the presence of a pilot on board does not relieve the officers of responsibility. belenging o the missing Montserrat las drifted ashore iners resumed work neeting between ves the diamond robber 18 of the coun- Louls workhouse has declded hearing interest bearing I8 progresging in trial of VMiliam al damages from with m Forest Green arman at Hen yester company cory Frive (‘I“\"ZI CROW GETS WAYS Douglas County Man to Bo Ohairman of the Ir?pm'umt Houso Oommitteo, ICHARDS' LST NOT YET COMPLETE Spenker ¥ Commit e Able to Announce s This Morning—Senato in the Same Fix—\Wa Out of a Jo His t Seeloy LINCOLN, Neb, Jan. 9.—(Special Bram.)—At midnight but little progre been made in the final ar ing committees in the Richards said that he Tele« had mont of stand- two houses, Speaker hould put in the entire night in an endeavor to get the committees made up i time for announcement this morne Ing. It is learned that Douglas county will fare very well in the dQistribution of chalr- manships, four at least having been awarded her, C W of ®@maha will be chairman ot the ways nd committee, the most Important place in the gift of the speaker, and one but seldom given to a new meniber, In the senate, Douglas county will hardly fare s0 well, although two chairmanships been accorded her, subject to some It is practicahy settied that °8 will have the chairmanship of the committee on internal improvements, by reason of Omaha's desire to secure legislation for the proposed power canal. Crane Is tonight practically sure of the chalrmanship of the committee on municipal affairs, to which the Omaha charter will bs reforred. What Richard Smith fa to receive in the dise tribution cannot be learned, for the commite tee hus not taken his case under advisement. DOWN ON DOUGLAS COUNTY. he Douglas county senators seem to have ssed the senators who are composing the standing committee, and the relations between them ha been of the friendliest nature. fecling grew o intense this afternoon t one of the Donglas county senators sar- castically suggested that the rules be amended, changing the name of the fish to the “sucker” committee and that the three members of Douglas county be placed on the committee with the privilege of naming thelr own chairman. The committee is still in session at the cap- ital hotel, and Senator Pope suid a little after midnight that the list would hardly be ready for announcement this morning. 1t s well understood that in addition to the chajrman- £hips ady decided upon and announced that Hahn of Adams will be at the head of the commitiee on miscellancous corporation: Wright of neaster chairman of the univer~ sities committee, and Steuffer of Cuming, probably, chai an of the committee on pub- lic lands’ and buildings, although the last has not been fully decided upon. 1t will be seen that the committee has reserved to itselt three, at least, and possibly, four, of the most mportant chairmanships, McKesSon taking the railroads, Hahn the miscellaneous corpor- ations, Pope the judiclary and Steuffer the public lands and buildings. The innate mod- esty of Senator Bressler of Wayne, the fifth member of the committee, may yet impel him to step in and take the chaivmanship of the finance committee, in order to settle the contgntion between Senalors Tefft and Gra- ham, both of whom aspire to the honor. NEW RULES MAY MAKE A ROW. The committee on rules finished its labors but a short time beforo midnight. It de- cided fo recommend the'eonsolidaiion of the four commitiees on asylums for the insane, Institute for the Deaf, Home for the Friend- less, industrial schools and Institute for Feeblo Minded. A new standing committes on lrrigation is added. Some technical changes are made in the werding of several rules and one most Important change recs ommended. Under the present rules a ma= Jority of the senate may reject or alter a Teport of a standing committes. The new rule requites a two-thirds vote. The full effects of this rule will be clear 10 the naked cye later in the session. That it is clearly intended to stifle any show of independence on the part of republicans who may refuse to follow the exact lincs of the program al- ready marked down for them may develop before the day of final —adjournment is reached. The iule will not be adopted with= out criticism o7, if not opposition from, soms of the members on the republican side. There is a small area of low barometer in some portions of the senatorial wentlier map, with a strong probability for & marked “high” pressure scon to follow, and if the. indications tonight are verificd a severe, storm will strike the senate within forty- cight hours, BARTLEY'S NEW BOND, Treasurer Bartley’s bond in fits amended form was finally submitted to Governor Hol- comb last evening. Although the original bond was in the sum of $1,500,000, the bond as it now stands Is in the sum’ of $2,100,000. Senator Watson last night finislied ' the draft of a joint resolution to submit a con- stitutional amendment to a vote of the peo- ple increasing the supreme court to fiye, members, and also providing for an Increase. in salarles as advocated by The Bee, The senate employes have finally been ap= pointed, and there is quiet congratulation on all sides that for almost the first time in & quarter of & century Walt Seeley will not be a consplcuous object. He has been pried loose from the state treasury—not without a strug- gle—but he is loose at last. Licutenant Goy- ernor Moore has determined that Seeley shall not be an ornament to the pay roll this ses- sion, at least. It s hinted in certain quarters that Seeley will be given a job and his name slipped onto the pay roll before the session closes, with due reference (o full back pay; but it may be stated for once and for all that the scheme will not work. Licutenant Gove ernor Moore will sign 1o vouchers for the bens efit of W. M. Seele CHANGE means ave chan; avorable MANY N LAW PROFOSED, Leglslators Determined to Alter Existing Statutes Very Materiatly, LINCOLN, Jan. 8.—(Special.)-—If all threate ened legislation succeeds in running the It et of the two houses, the oldest lawyer of Nebraska will have to brush up his knowls edge of the statutes. Measures age proposed on every slde. Repeal of existing statutes is talked of as a matter of course. There is a general disposition to elther undo a part of the work of the two populist leglslatures, or at least to o amend it that radical changes may be made, One of the important changes in existing laws will be proposed in a bill prepared by tate Banking Board, and (o be intros in the house tomorrow. It makes some radical changes in the present banking law, passed in 1589, the most notable one being that it relieves the supreme court of the immense amount of labor now devolving upon it by reason of the provision that gives the higher court original jurisdiction. The new law transfers the control of the banking laws to the district courts, thus relieving the supreme court of at least one-third of its present burden. The new law also provid for four bank examinat s per annum, instead of three, but reduces the cost from $20 for cach examination to §15, #0 that the ine creased number of examinations does not ine crease the expenze to the banks. There 18 some prospect of confusion over the introduction of bills designed for the ald { the destitute of the drouth-stricken dis- tricts. Many of the members of both houses have their own views on the question of rellef and they are embodylng these individual id in bills which they are introducing as rapidly as the reading clerks can dlsposc of them. It is safe to presume that none of the bills so far introduced will receive the approbation f the rellef committee of the two houses, To kxtend t ! LINCOLN, Jan. 8 Ing I8 the text duced by Co A bill for for the bulldings ments of iversit (8pecial)—The follows roll No. 92, Intros by request: ¢ a speclal fund Nebraska, for new patrs und improves now erected, improves {2 house f York \ct to proy University of necessaly I building