Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 21, 1895, Page 1

e ESTABLISIET S ———— < J SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. s SUNK IN THE OHIO New Orleans Packet State of Missouri Goes | Down Near Alton, Ind, THIRTY-FIVE PASSINGERS ~ DROWN:D Thrilling Story of a Survivor Who Swam for Hi_ Life, FRANTIC STRUGGLE OF MEN AND WOMEN Two Small Boats COrowded with Human Freight Overturned, HUNT FOR BODIES NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL Vessel Wrecked One of the Pioneers In the Lower River Passenger TraMc and Koown as a Staunch Craft, OWENSBORO, Ky., Jan. 20.—The big New Orleans packet, the State of Missourl, struck a rick on the Indiana side of the Ohlo river near Alion, Ind., about 6 o'clock last even- fng and went down In fifty feet of water. She gave a heavy lurch forward and rapidly pank. Four passe g:r8 wcre ploked up by the Clty of Owensboro. They swam for their lives'on planks and reached the willows. One reached the shore and the others remained in a tree many hours until rescued. They were W. C. Leathers from Hapkine county, Ken- tucky, and a man named Gregory of Cave- in-Rock, Ill. The names of could not be learned. These passengers report that the steamer shivered and gave a sudden lurch forward. A yawl was launched, but so many people crowded into it that it was soon sunk. As the boat lurched agaln a second yawl was put oft from the sinking brat in which four women passengers and some of passengers managed to get places. Leathers never swam before, but managed to keep aficat until he reached the willows, He saw four men drowned near him, but was power- less to act. One chambermaid was picked up by a boat from a farmhouse near by and several rescued passengers were picked up lturther on and taken up to Louisville by the steamer Tell City. One yawl that was upset by frantic passengers was full of women and children and all are thought to be lost. There were fifteen cabin and thirty deck passengers and a crew of sixty on board. The surviving passengers think that at least thirty-five were lost. The cabin and upper works of the boat floated away. The pilot house was towed ashore at Rockport, The City of Owensboro got oyt part of the cabin freight from the-cabin deck. Mr. Gregory recovered his overcoat which he had left behind when the boat sunk. In less than ten minutes from the time the boat struck she had gone down. At Rockport and here, as well as at all intermediate points, the bank is lined with skiffs picking up pleces of furniture and watching for dead bodies, but the current was too switt 'for small craft to go out far, No names of those drowned can be learned here. The boat is a total loss, tie other two the cabin REPORTS OF LOSS OF LIFE DENLIED, Indications that Many of the Passengors Reached the Shore. CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.—Commodore Lald- ley and Captain Wise, officers of the Cincin- nati, Memphis & New Orleans Packet com- pany, that owned the State of Missourl, in- slst that they have reports from their officers on the wrecked steamer stating that the boat and the entire cargo are an entire loss, but they do not Tost. believe any passengers were 1t 1s Impossible to get-track of all who reached either bank of the river, but they report that the officers are of the opinion that all the passengers will be accounted for. One of the pilots telegraphed his family here that they had a hard time getting hore, but that no lives were lost. The State of Missouri left this city last Friday. Most of her crew are from this city, and private dispatches from them to thelr friends and families, as well as to Commodore Laldley and Captain Wise, say that they are safe, and that no lives were lost. The Enquirer's special says that five men were rescued tonight below the scene of the wreck. They had been clinging to tre The Commercial-Gazette's special says seven passengers were picked up in a bad condition at Hawesville, Ky. Advices to both these papers up to 10:30 Indicate that no lives were lost. GENERAL MANAGER DENIES, Oniclal of the Comp: Roustabouts Wer LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 20.—C. B. Hicks, general manager of the Cincinnati, Mem- phis & New Orleans Packet company, re- turned from Stephensport, Ky., tonight. He reports there were only nine passengers aboard the steamboat when she went down, and it Is believed none of them were lost. Tho boat had a full crew of about fifty men Mhe latest information obtainable s to the effect that the only perosns lost were royst- abouts. The number is not belleved to be over five. The boat and cargo will be a total loss, She was valued at $40,000. Her cablu capacity was fitty rooms, and she had a freight capacity of 1,800 tons. Among the passengers were: Casper Whitehead, stock dealer, Logansport, Ind.; James Me- Caffery and wife, Pbiladelphla; Sarah B. Long, Philadelphla; a young married couple on a bridal tour from Cincinnati; Mr. Gar- land, from Cave-in-Rock, 11L.; one man from New Albany, Ind., and one from Morgan- fleld, Ky. The boat was wunning about twenty miles an hour, and on account of the switt current she got away from the plolt's vontrol as she was rounding Bullock's point. She crashed into the rocks and soon went to pleces. ny Says None but Drowned. Tistory of 1 KANSAS CITY, Jan. Missouri was bullt at Madison, Ind. o Vesse'. in 1890 20.—The State of | by the Kansas City syndicate for the Mis-| wourl river trade, at cost of $10,000. She | was one of & trio of fine steamers built by the same company, the State of Kansuy and the A. L. Mason belng the others. She was 250 feet fong, with a forty-four-foot beam and sixteen-foot hold. She was never launched on the Missouri, but placed on the Ohio and Mississippl, plying between Cincinnati and New Orleans, with occasional trips to St. Louis, The State of Kansas was sold to enable the company to continue business. Then followed the total loss by the sinking of the A. L. Mason and her cargo at Friar's Point, Mo., January 4, 1894. This misfortune, with the low rates and 18 per cent insurance on the Missouri River forced the Kansas City syndicate into liquidation, and shortly there- after the State of Missourl was sold to the Cincinnatl, New Orleans & Memphis Packet company for $15,000, or a-little more than one-third of her cost. She went down from overloading near New Madrid last Febru- ary, but was pumped out and raised. These misfortunes caused old river men to look upon the State of Missourl with superstition and they have been expecting some such fate as that which has over- en her. She was in charge of Captain Joseph Coulon, with Jules Wehrman as clerk. ANOTHER VI W OF THE DISASTER, More Definite Detall Indicate that A Passengers Excaped. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20.—The Cincinnatl & New Orleans packet steamer State of Mis- sourl struck in the Ohio river below Alton, Ind., Saturday evening at 5 o'clock and it is believed at least ten lives were lost. The boat struck a sharp rock and ripped the starboard side open from one end to the other. In legs than ten minutes she was a complete wreck. The crew and pas- sengers, nearly 100 in all, were paralyzed at the shock and before anything could be dons the vessel was almost completely under water. The upper deck broke away and doated offt. Nearly everybody went into the tiver and made for shore, some hundred yards away. The State of Missouri left Cincinnati for ew Orleans Friday. She had on board twenty engers and a crew of between seventy-five and eighty. Most of the crew were negroes. So far as can be told, no passengers were lost. The following are known to be saved: Captain Joseph Conlin, Cincinnati; Chiet Clerk Julius Wehrman, Newport Ky.; Second Clerk W. P. Howard, Metropolis, 1il.; Third Clerk Russel Laws, Smithland, Ky.; Pilot James Bell, sr., Day ton, Ky.; Pilot James Bell, jr., Dayton, Ky, Mate Henry McAdams, Ironton, O.; Second Mate Lewis Jones, Cincinnati; Carpenter Swain, Metropolis, 0.; Steward Fred Harte- leln, Cincinnati; Watchman Dick Brogan, Dayton, Ky.; Barkeeper Joseph McCabe, Cin- cinnati; Wafchman Joseph Gardner, Cincin- nati. Passengers: James McCafert and wife, Philadelphia; Miss M. B. Ong, Phila- delphia; Mr. Garland, Cave-in-Rock, Ill James Bush of Arkansis and a young bridal couple from Cincinnati, One man rescued four passengers on a mule, which swam ashore. The passengers were all ticketed through to New Orleans. The trip was uneventful until the dreaded point of Horseshoe bend, near Alton, Ind., was reached. Here the pilot slowed down, as the current was swift, and turned his wheel 0 as to avoid an obstruction known as Bul- lock rock. The rudders failed to respond to the wheel, and there was a grinding, crashing sound. The boat was first lifted on one side, then she settled and began to careen. There was no time to think, so fast did she go down. Everybody rushed for the upper decks. There was a flash of fire from the furnaces and a cry that the boat was afire. This added to the terror, and passengers and crew began to jump into the water. Thirty-five of them swam to a_ clump of Willows opposite Hardman's landing and clung to the trees until Mr. Hardman came out in a boat and teok them to his house on the bank. Thirteen managed to secure the boat’s yawl and floated down to Alton, Ind. Many of the crew were not lucky enough to get to the upper decks, and they went down with the boat. It Is belleved at least one, if not more, were drowned, Joseph McCabe, " the barkeeper, and most of those named above were picked up at Hardman's land'ng and came back to Louisville tonight on the Tell City. McCabe says the wreck was something awful, and the experiences of those rescued were dreadful. The officers kept as cool as possiblo under the clrcum- stances, but there was little time to think and none in which to act. Drowned In Ked River. ALEXANDRIA, La, Jan. 20.—The Red River line steamer, Nat E. Dortch, struck a snag and sunk fourteen miles below here last night. No lives were lost, but the boat will prove a total loss. e BURLINGTON SUED FOR A MILLION, Chicago Lumber Company Thinks a Spari from nn Engine Fired Their Plants. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Suits aggregating $1,250,000 will be filed agalnst the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney railroad within the next few days. They are to recover losses caused by the big fire in the lumber district the evening of August 1, 189, which started in the lumber yards of the S. K. Martin Lumber company, and which, béfore the flames were under control, swept away the entire plant of several lumber companies, besides the electrical plant of the Siemens & Halske company and the car building shop of the Wells & French company. The sult is belng brought to make the railroad responsible for the loss on the theory that the fire was started by a spark from a pass- Ing Burlington engine, It s brought in the namo af the owners of the property, thoukh in reality it is mainly for the benefit of the insurance companies who lost in the fire. BLOOMINGTON, 1li., Jan. 20.—July 24 last a disastrous fire took {)Iuee in Chenoa, a town on the Chicago & Alton. The dam: ages aggregated nearly $100,000, about $300,- 00) of which was paid by insurance com- panies. The insurance companies have re- cently had detectives working on the case, Whose work shows, it is raid, that the firé originated from o spark from a passing train on the Chicago & Alton railroad. An attorney Is authority for the statement that the companies will at once commence suit against the Chicago & Alton road to ecover thelr logs. —_———e SEVERE STORM RAGING IN COLORADO. Genuine Blizzard Prevalls in the Mountalns and Snow Is Falllng Fast, DENVER, Jan. 2.—Dispatches from all through the mountains report heavy snows, with the storm raging tonight. At Tel- luride, where the snow was already three feet deep, nearly as much more has fallen today. A snow slide filled the creck sup- plying power to the electric plant of the Smugglar Consolidated Mining company, which furnishes motive power o many of the principal mines. A a result, the plant had to be shut down. At Leadville a genuine blizzard is in progress, and at Red CIf the snow in many blaces 1 four and five feet deep. Many snow slides have been reported, hut no fa- talities have yet been heard of. On the Rio Grande Southern road there is little prospect of getting a train through for three or four days, at the least, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING. Many Business Houses at Warrenton, N. €., Destroyed and Flames Beyoud Control PETERSBURG, Va., Jan. 20—-A destruc- tive fire s reported at Warrenton, N. C. Most of the business portion was consumed, including stores of T. M. Mirathy, W. J Powell, T. J. Ellery, J. H. Miles and two restaurants. The fire was still raging at 8 p. m. Probable loss very heay At that hour the Western Union operator ‘at Warrenton said the fire was ucross street, and as It was gettng foo hot he would' have to leave. The Postal telegraph office is also closed and further news has not been obtained, i T0 PEOMOTE Elaborate Arraugements for the Natlunul Convention of Manufacticers. CINCINNATI, Jan. The for the uational convention of manufac- turers here this week are ay elaborate as for a ational -politlea - convention, The original fund of $,000 has been doubled QOyer 10 deleguics have written that they will be here. While it I8 prcposed to of up commerce with the South American re- TRADE. ublics, yet all the interests of manufac. rurvri will be conaidered. HUNDREDS CRUSHEDTODEATH Dreadful Results of an Earthquake in Northeastern Persia, CITY OF KUCHAN WHOLLY DESTROYED Intensely Cold Weather Adds to the Suffer- Ings of the Citizens ot the Stricken Place—Not Thelr First Exe perience. LONDON, Jan. 20.—The Times had a dis- patch from Teheran, capitol of Persia, stating that the town of Kuchan in the province of Khorassan, which was destroyed by an earthquake fourteen months ago, and which was subsequently rebuilt, was again de- stroyed by an earthquake shock on Thurs- day last. There was, as on the previous occasion, great logs of life. One hundred women, who were in a bath house, were crushed to death by the falling building. The weather was intensely cold, and this increases tl.c sufferings of the survivors whose houses were destroyed. The dis- patch adds that four distinct shocks were felt at Meshed within three days. None of these shocks, however, was of sufficient strength to do any damage. Kuchan lies at the foot of the Shah Jahnkuh, a mountain 11,000 feet in height. The town, which is about eighty —miles northwest of Meshed, is 3,300 feet above the sea level. It is, or was, an important place, being on the route to Shirvan. The population prior to the earthquake of 1893, which destroyed every house in the place, was between 20,000 and 25,000. The official report of the disaster places the number of persons killed at 12,000, Fifty thousand head of cattle perished in the valley, at the head of which Kuchan is situated. From November 17 to November 24, there were 160 distinct shocks. It was 'the first shock that destroyed the town. ANOTHER JAP VICTORY. Chinese Forces at B hang Dispersed by General Nodseu. HIROSCHIMA, Jan. 20.—General Nodseu, commander of the first Japanese army, tele- graphs as follows: “The Chinese have com- menced an attack on Hal-Chang at § o'clock on the morning of January 17, advancing from three routes, Laiu Yang, Pulangton and New Chwang. At about noon they extended their front five miles, coming within 1,500 metres of our advance line. The third army division, after maintaining the defense of the north side of Hai-Chang until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, assumed the offensive, and at- tacked the enemy’s right wing. Shortly after § o'clock we succeeded in dispersing the Chi- nese. The enemey's strength was over 10,000, The main force Is retreating north and west and the remainder toward New Chwang. The Japanese loss was as previously stated, In- quiries are being made as to the enemy's loss. Seven guns were taken, besides other spoils. SHANGHAT, Jan. 20.—Tt Is reported here on good authority that a part of the Japanese fleet is bombarding Ting Chow, a short dis- tance from Cheefoo to the west. No details have yet been received. The British war- ship Daphne and the American warship York- town are in the vicinity of Ting Chow. MEXICO STANDS FIRM. Will Allow No Interference In Guatemalan Affairs by Any Government. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 20.—Don Jacinto Castellanos, the new Salvadorean minister to Mexico, arrived in this capital last evening. In an interview, Hon. Ignacio Miracsal, secre- tary of foreign relations in the Mexican cabi- net, sald: “The Salvadorean representative will be received in no other capacity than as the representative of the interests of his government.” This means plainly that Mexico will allow no interference in the Guatemalan affairs on the part of Salvador, Honduras or any other of the Central American re- publics which Guatemala has been making such a great effort to drag into the dispute against Mexico. Mr. Mariscal sald that the statement that this communication to Guatemala was in form of an ultimatum was not correct. It was a definite statement from Mexico of claims for indemnity and for the completion of the surveys. CLERGY DENOUNUE NEWSPAPERS. St. Johns the Scenc of n Concerted On- slaught Against the Press. ST, JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 20.—The clergy took concerted action today to end what they consider the undue license of the press in its criticisms of public men and measures. Resolutions ccndemning the press, protesting against its abuse, recrimination and false- hood and advising people to unite in dis- countencing such conduct, were heard from all the pulpits by prior arrangement. The newspapers were handled unsparingly, every one of them belng treated alike. The com- ments of the clergymen after reading the resolutions were also denunclatcry. AFRAID OF AMERICAN CATTLE, Chamber of Deputies Order French Im- porters to Bo More Strict, PARIS, Jan. 20.—M. Vigere, minister of agriculture, has submitted to the committee of the Chamber of Deputies, presided over by M. Meline, the various suggested pre- cautions rendered necessary by the dis- covery of pleuro-pneumonia in American cat- tle imported into Great Britain and Belgium, M. Vigere has directed that the sanitary officers exercise redoubled vigilance to pre- vent the contagion entering France, SPANISH PRODUCERS, LEAGUE. Workmen at Bilboa Organlze Against the Opposition of Neciwliste, BILBOA, Jan. 20.—At & meeting of work- men and others today there was organized the Spanish Producers league. Speeches were made demanding protection for local industries. The resolutions adopted were forwarded to the government. A number of socialists caused disorder by attempting to Order of t JRLAN, Jan, gle Conferred. 0.-A chapter of the Order of the Re agle was held today, at which decorations were conferred upon Senor the Brazilian minister, Dr. Rotten- under secretary of the interior, Senor zkow, the Chillan minister, Baron von ttler, secretary of the German embassy at Washington, -and Senor Wickle, the Mex- ican ministe Forming the Fr PARIS, Jan. 2.—After a con ing three hours with M. Poincarre, otaux, Barthou, Peytral and Cavalgnac, who promised to enter the cabinet, M. Bour- geols succecded, by promising him perfect liberty to execute his financial program, in inducing M. Poincaire to accept the port- folio of fnanc catled ted here that Rustem Pasha K PARIS, Jan. 20.—It is rep Rustem Pasha, the Turkish envoy to Eng- land, has been forced to resign, owing to the anger of the sultan because he was un- able to prevent England from taking up and investigating the reported outrages in Armenia. . oo " Boargeols Will Form « PARIS, Jan 1. Bourgeols Faure last evening, and, after a long con- ference, arranged to form the new French cabinet with a view to the promises of sup- port which have been given him by the eaders of the varlous political groups. ry. met M §iptomats O 8T. PETERSBURG, Jan, 20.— Gazette confirms the report that Prinee Labanoff-Rostovsky, at present Russian am- vassador to Ausiro-Hungary, will succeed afirmed. he officlal teneral Von Schouvaloff as Russian am- ba dor to Germany, Reforms to Bo Carried OBt In Caba. MADRID, Jan. 20.—~The Chhmber of Dep- utles has finally adopted the imodus vivendi with the United States. “5 bellev vernment proposals régarding reforms b and_ the tariff on ecercals will be car- fied Out. Death of a Gorman Literateur. MUNICH, Jan. 2.—Prof. Moritz Carrlos, the distingdished German litérateur and ad- ministrator of the Academy of Fine Arts here, is dead, aged 78 yedrs. Three Thoosand Recelving Ald. ST, JOHNS, N, F, Jan. 20.—About 3,000 persons are daily receiving food from the soup kitchens, and the number of destitute is constantly increasing. CRITICAL REVIE OF THE WAR. Rev. Dr. Henry Blodgett Writes of Present dupanese Invasion in China. BOSTON, Jan. 20.—The Ame:ican Board of Fore'gn Miss'ons, rep: eseating Congregational churches, knowing the valué of his opinions on “The War Between China and Japan,” has sollcited an expression of them from Rev. Henry Blodgett, D.D., of Peking, who has spent forty years in the service of the board and thirty years in Peking, He is now in this country. Dr. Blodgett bas responded to the request of the board as follows: Among the common people of China very liitle is known regarding either the causes of the war or the facts occurring in its and the wildest and most absurd afloat. In Japanh, on the con- everything is publisheéd, and, per- some things which do not occur, in numerous newspapers, and their cities vns_are illuminated ‘at every victory over t Chinese. In consequence, partly, of this the most intense emthusiasm for the war prevallg, even the bovs and girl in their ‘schools pr ng military drills n to Peking'” was the cry everywhere as we passed through that country. Will the Japanese reach Peking? They have fought well and are very brave. They have gained many victories; they have still a great work before them, In early Junuary they had not taken Yin Gatu, Which s the port of Niu Chang, and i8 more than 800 miles by land northeast from Peking. During the winter the army corps, marching from its present position toward Peking, must be cut off from com- munication with the sea. Coolles from Japan must carry its munitions of war and _supplies for its commissaries. —The weather Is cold, the mercury falling as low as zero, of even lower than this. Ferce winds sweep down from the north and the ground occasionally is covered by a fall of snow. Already we hear of the Japanese army suffering from the cold. It Would not be strange if the Chinese Sol- diers, who are accustomed to this climate, shouid recover a little courage and offer serious resistance to the progress of the Japanese, The boast of the P ¢ that they should reach Peking in Novem- ber. Asf things now stand it seems im- probable that they can this during the winter. WHERE EUROPE COMES IN. ‘What has been written is on the suppo- sition that the war J§ to be continued. But in the meantime negotlations for peace are going forward. What will be the result of these? We believe they will be successful, The treaty powers desire peace, and wiil use their influence to secure it. China is ready for ce, even on humiliating terms. Japan, considering the honorable position she has already” at- tained, may consent o glye up her march on Peking and grant _terms of peace such as can be accepted. ~Yet hese terms may be somewhat difficuit to find, They involve the interests of European powers as well as those of China and Japan, The great Siberian_railway will be finjshd in a_ few years. Will Russia be satisfied to have Viadivostock, a_port which is closed by ice for four ‘months each year, as the ter- minus of this. railway om the seaboard? Will she not wish_for her: transcontinental railway @ port furthér south, which Is open all the year; that.ig to fay, a port of_Corea? I But such a port woulsmake Russia a leading power on_the eaktern borders of China and in the Pacific geean. ~Will Enz- Tand consent to such an arrangement? Will France and Germany consent? Will China and Japan consent? Corea is a second Constantinople. The only. solution of the difficulty in regard to her seems to be to glve autonomy to the nation, autonomy Euarantesd by all the powers. As for For- mosa, Great Britain and France will be opposed to the cession to Japan of that island, £hould such a proposal be made, It is a matter of course that a war Indemnity should be sought by Japan, and to this claim China_ will be compelled to agree. ANOTHER LESSON FOR CHINA. ‘What has been the effect of the war upon missionary work and upon the Chi- nese generally, and what Is likely to be the effect after the return of peace? Tor the most part missionaries have remained in thelr places. In Peking and elsewhere throughout the land missionary ~work is carried forward without obstruction. With the common people, the laboring classes, when the war is over, thé matter will end here. With them the getting of their daily bread is the one concern, and they leave national interests to the govern- ment, The government, the literary classes and the business men of China have been taught a grand object lesson on the futil- ity of their old methods and the necessity of adopting the new. 'Better lessons could hardly have been given. In November last the writer, in passing through the city of Osaki, was permitted to visit the wounded Chineke prisoners. There were forty-nine of them in all. They avere quartered fin the largest temple {n Osakl. Japanese mattresses were laid upon the floor for them to sleep upon. They were furnished with a_sufficient bedding and abundant food. The best medical and surgical aid was ‘afforded them, the surgeon in charge having received his medicdl education in Berlin, They conversed freely with me and seemed cheerful, happy and very thoughtful. When we remember that early in the war a Chinese governor offered 100 taels for the head of a Japanese private and double that amount for the head of an officer, such treatment of Chinese prisoners by the Japanese I8 the more remarkable, TALKING TEMPERAN the accomplish AT PIERRE. Mrs, Cranmer and Mrs, Simmons Hold o a Large Audienge at tho Capita PIERRE, 8, D. Jan. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—This evening Mrs. Cranmer and Mrs. Simmons, presidsnt and vice president of the Women's Christlan Temperance union and chief organizers of the fight against prohibition, held a great meeting in the hall of the house. Both ladies made stirring addresses on the evils of intemper- ance and in favor of the present prohibi- tion law. For more than an hour they held thelr audience with descriptions of de- struction_which drunk:nness brings to the home, The ladies are among the most expert politicians at Plerre, and are work- Ing with might and main’ to kil the re- submission bill, whieh will come up in the senate on Wednesday, ~According to pres- ent indications ||I&¥ will fail, but by a small_vote only. Hoth - sides’ haye been moving heaven and earth for the last few days, and this question has almost monopo- lized the attention of the legislature and the lobby. The resubmisslonists are rep- resented by Kaufman ‘of the Sioux Falls brewery and by Gunther pf the Pabst com- pany, and they claim that the resubmission bill Will carry by a mgjority of three. BATTLE WITH BANK ROBBERS, Forth Surprised at Thele Woris Mowm nee, A MOMENCE, 1IL, Jan, 20—An attempt to rob the Exchange bank of this town would have been successful had it not been for de- tectives from Chicago, aided by the town marshal and assistants, who, after a fierce | battle with the robbers, succeeded in cap- turing Weed Love of Momenice, who became separated from the rest of thé gang in the cenfusion of the fight ere were (wo, an possibly three others in the gang, and the got away In the darkness. Later one of the burglars named Schaff wog <o the detect'ves arg in pursult ol Robberies in° Momence have bé merous during the past few Chicago detectives had beer Sy em ployed to ferret out the perpetrators. Thelr operatives here gained the confidence of th gang and learned of their plam o rob th bank last night. Had they suecceded they would have secured about §150,00 in cash. e Folk Tare Assacls’bon ta Meet. MEMPHIS, Jan, 20.—The International Folk Lore assoglation, of which Mrs. Helen M. Basset of Chicago s president, meets hers Tuesday Tnorping for a (wo days' slon. ‘Tomorrow night an Infarmal rec tion will be held at Gavoso hoil. Interost ne programs have ben arrapged. A folk lore | Concert Wednesday sugnb wo. Wibd by ohe session. by Oficers at ———— Movements of ~engolaz ow 11 0ec 27, New York—Arrived—La M.urgogne, from Havre. N0 FACTION TO BE AIDED Oleveland Makes Public His Instrvotions to the Philadelphia’s Oommander, INTERESTS OF AMERICANS CONSULTED Former United States Subjects Who Par- ticipated In the Revolution Declared Not Entitled to Any Protection in This Direction. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—In conversation this evening the president seemed entirely willing to discuss the Hawallan question. He said: “No information has been re- celved which indicates that anything will happen in Hawall making the presence of our naval vessels necessary, unless we are prepared to enter upon a policy and course of conduct violative of every rule of inter- national law and utterly unjustifiable. All who take any interest in the question should keep in view that Hawail is entirely inde- pendent of us, and that in its relations to us it is a foreign country, “A ship has been sent to Honolulu, because there has been any change in the policy of the administration, and not be- cause there seems to be any imminent nece sity for its presence there. The vessel has been sent there in accordance with the policy of the administration in every case of the Kind and from motives of ex- treme caution, and with a possibility that the disturbances may be resumed which might result in danger to the persons and property of American citizens entitled to the pro- tection of the United States. The cours was at once determined upon as soon as information reached the government of the recent trouble, “So far from having the slightest objec- tion to making public the instructions which were given to the commander of the Phila- delphia_and the dispatch he will carry to Mr. Willis, our minister to Hawail, I am glad to put them before my fellow citizens. Here they are: NO AID TO FACTIONS. 3TON, Jan, 19, 1 ~(Tele- Rear * Admiral ardslee, Philadelphia, San Francisco with teamship, Phila- with dispatch _to Honolulu Your purpose the United State senfor naval officer there will e the protection of the lives and property of American citizens. In case of civil war in the islands extend no aid or support, moral or physical, to any of the parties engaged thereln, but keep steadily in view your duty to protect the lives and property of all such citizens of the United States as shall not by their participation in such civil commo- tlons forfeit their rights in that regard to the protection of the American flag. ‘AnAmerican citizen who, during a revo- lution in a foreign country, participates in any attempt of force of arms or violence to maintain or overthrow the existing gov- ernment, cannot claim that the government of the United States shall rrlll(‘cl him against the consequences of such act. Show these instructions to and consult treely with the United States minister at Honolulu on all points that may arise seek- ing his opinion and advice whenever prac- ticable upon the actual employment of the forces under your command, bearing in mind the diplomatic and political Interests of the United States are in his charge. Af- ford him such aid in all emergencies as may be necessary. Attention is called to articie 257 of the United States navy regulations, us amended. Acknowledge by te . ERBERT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 1865 —(Tele- gram.)—To Willig, Minister, 'Honolulu: Al- fhougn your telegram reporting uprising of January 6 does not indicate that you regard the presence of a warship as necessary, the president deems it advisable that one'pro- teed immediately to Honolulu for the pro- tection of American citizens and property, should a contingency arise requiring it. You, s our sole diplomatic representative, wili confer with the commanding officer as to the assistance which s instructions con- femplate in case of need. GRESHAM. HOW THE ARMS WERE SHIPPED. not WASH Procee delphia Norma Not Welleved to Have Had Any- thing to Do with the Job. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 20.—It is not be- lieved here that the schooner Norma had anything to do with the landing of arms at Honoluli. The Norma was chartered by F. J. Claxton, a representative business man, to tako a cargo of salmon to Honolulu. She loaded on the Skeena miver and Claxton him- self was a passenger on her. Captain Steven- son, who was mixed up in the Emerald smuggling ring and s a fugitive from San Francisco, is in command, and it is be- lieved that among the crew was another well known smuggler. The opinjon has been gen- eral here that there was opium aboard, but no one believes that Claxton would have any- thing to do with smuggling. He is certainly not a man who would go on a filibustering expedition. 1t it had been desired to ship arms on the vessel there would have been every opportunity to get them aboard, as the vessel loaded at an isolated place. OFF FOR HONOLULU. Flagship Philudelphln Loaded with Arms for the Threatened Kepublio Enroute. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20—The flagship Philadelphia left here for Honolulu at 11 o'clock this morning, but it s expected she will make the run to the islands in about six days. The Oceanic steamer Aus- tralia was to have left for Honolulu ye: terday, but her sailing has been postponed until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. She will have a small passenger list, as some of those who desired to make the pleasant ocean voyage have decided that Hawall is & good place to kKeep away from at pres- ent, The most conspicuous part of her rigo will be 2,000 stand of arms and about 75,000 rounds of ammunition that is belng shipped to representatives of the govern- ment. The shipment will be stored in the hold ‘near the hatches, #o that it can be reached quickly and landed as soon as the steamer arrives at her destination. UPON Father of the Hawailan Kevolutionist Leader alks of His Son's Position, NEWPORT, R. I, Jan. 20—~Willlam Wil- cox, the aged father of Bob Wilcox, the leader of the revolution In Hawali, who is in the city, says the only thing that pre- vents the authorities from laying violent hands on Bob is the recognized devotion of the people for him. He has only to command and they obey. Mr. Wilcox said Bob has support outside the islands, but does not know from what direction it comes, - BAKER'S ACCOUNTS 8QU ARE, THE NATIV) Charge of Shortage Against Crook County’s Trensurer Frovés Unfounded. SUNDANCE, Wyo, Jan. 20.—(Special.) The statement sent out last week from Cheyenne stating that County Treasurer Baker was short in his accounts, proves to have been unfounded. State Examiner Hen- derson has just concluded an examination of Baker's books, and has found all ac- counts correct and cash balances on band all right, Pos Private Chandler Sthil at Large, CHEYENNE, Wyo,, Jan. 20.—(Special.)— Private 1ke Chandler of the Eingth in- fantry, who made a cowardly assault upon Policeman Bob Ingalls with a knife in enne_about {wo weeks ago, I8 still at Some reachmen employed on ex- mor Baxter's ranch, on Horse creek, southeast of the city, saw & man answering andler's description hiding in the brakes that vicinity. It is belleved he has es- caped into the sand hills of Nebrask Fhe officer, who was terribly cut by Chandler's knife, is recovering rapidly., —_— Laboriog for 4 Chelsting Reanion. NEW YORK, Jam. 20.—Rev. Dr. E. Lunn, who arrived on the steamship New York, with Mrs. Lunn und his secretary, has come ta this country to lecture on the reunion of Christendom and the remarkable discus- sicns on that subject which huve taken place at the Grindewald conference, of which he is the president. BARRETT SCOTT'S BODY RECOVERED Corpse of the Murdered Ex-Treasurer of Holt County Found Under the Ice Near Where He Was Killed. NOBRARNS DEEP WATERS HAVE GIVEN UP THE DEAD Rope Still Fastened Around the Neck Shows Conclusively How the Mad Vengeance of the Abductors Was Finally Wreaked on the Victim of Their Insane Fury. O'NBILL, 20.—(Speclal Tele- gram.) has given up its dead and the body of Barrett Scott has been rescued from fey a silent but effective witness to crime. Over the sand hills that wind-swept through valley a silent company bore the brulsed .and beaten body in but a heartbroken and golden-haired child waited for and speechless sor- row from those who brougnt them sympathy. During the time that had elapsed since the terrible New Ye when the husband and father was snatched from their embrace, their bereavement was Neb,, Jan, Niobrara river its waters, awful in Niobrara an streteh confusion the homeward. desolated Here a beautiful, home, woman a winsome, their coming, turned in r's eve, not without its ray While his fate was yet a mystery this hope sustained them, but in the light of the final courage faded and they were helpless in their sorrow, The body was found in the Niobrara river about 120 feet from Whiting's before 10 o'clock last night. The discovery of the quilt during the day had Incited the searcher to increased efforts and they were not stopped by darkness. of hope. discovery their bridge, just Some of them had left to bring reinforcements as soon as the quilt was found, but Dell Akin, Jake Her- sheiser, Sanford Parker and a half dozen others continued to chop away the ice and drag the water by the light of lanterns. A man named Hudson, who lives near Dorsey, was the first to discover the object of their search. VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY, It was about ten feet from the north bank of the river, and in seven feet of water. Sanford Parker assisted him to bring the body to the bank, when a messcnger was dispatched for the coroner of Boyd county, who had jurisdiction at that point. He arrived at daybreak and even in that sparsely settled country a score of citizens soon gathered. A jury was impaneled, and all the evidencé that could be gathered was heard. The jury were not long In agree- ing upon a verdict, of which the following is a copy: State of Nebraska, County of Boyd: At an inquisition held at Whiting's bridge on the Niobrara river in Boyd county on the 20th day of January, 1865, before me, J. B. Hoover, coroner of said county, upon the body of Barrett Scott, lying dead, by the jurors wWhose names are hereunto sub- seribed, the six jurors upon their oath do say that from the evidence produced before them they find that on the 3ist day of December, 1864, by shooting and hanging with a rope by the neck until he was dead, in the county of Holt and state of Ne- braska, and that George D. Mullihan, Moses Elliott and Mert Roy, and other citizens of Holt county to the jurors un- known, were guilty of the killing. The Jjurors further believe from the evidence that the body was carried to the bridge and then thrown into the Niobrara river, from whence it was taken, The jurors further find from the evidence advanced that sald killing was unlawful, maliclously and feloniously done by the said George D. Mullihan, Moses Eliott and Mert Roy and others to the jurors unknown. Signed: J. 7. WOODS, WILLIAM POWELL, J. C. HARVEY, B. W. LOUCKS, CAL MOFFIT, R. P, STEARNS, J. B. HOOVER, Coroner, FIRST THEORY BORNE OUT. The remains were then earried to O'Neill, where they arrived at 8 o'clock this afte noon. The body was taken to the undertak- ing rooms of 0. F. Biglin, where it was seen by hundreds of people. The corpse still lies on a stretcher, just as it was taken from the river, None of the had moved, except clothing been re- The overcoat, and are still His mit- tened hands are tied tightly behind his back, and a noose of half-Inch rope, still hanging around his neck, tells the work was The was cut about three feet from the noose, and the end is haggled, as The in respect the version of the tragedy previously given in The Bee. The bullet hole apparent in the right ear, and a crimson fur- row shows where It grazed the cheek. There that the lynchers were not simply content with taking the life of their vietim, Hls been broken, twisted to one side. There Is a the hat. even the mittens, worn, how done. rope though it had been done In haste, pearance of the ap- body corroborat every is still are indications nose had and large con- tusion just about the right eye, and another | on the left temple. There s the mark of a knife in his left boot, but as the clothing has not been removed, it Is impossible to tell whether the body bears other marks of violence. The body is perfectly preserved, and only the discolored skin tells of its long sojourn under the ice of the river. NO DOUBT OF ITS IDENTIY ‘That it is the body of Barrett Scott no one can doubt. He was a man too plainly marked to be mistaken, and the last doubt as to his fate 1s set at rest. The discovery confirms the theory of J. B. Berry, whichi was clusively published in The Bee of January 7 Berry is obe of the oldest settlers in the ox= Niobrdra region and was one of the first to take the trall of Scott's murderers, He found wagon tracks Sherift Hamilton lost them, and them over Whiting's bridge. They went a couple of hundred feet beyond the bridge and then turned baclk again. It was Berry's opinion that they had halted their wagon on the bridge and from there dumped the body into the river, which was open at that point. searching where followed On the same day & discovered what was sup= posed to be a clew in the old well on the Harrls farm. This proved to be valucless and then they directed thelr efforts to drag= ging the river near the bridge. of the body goes to establish Berry's theory. party The position the truth of It was found just where it would naturally have drifted it it thrown from the bridge. had been The quilt was found but a few feet distant, and it is presumed that this was wrapped around the body when it was cut down and used to conceal it on the journey to the river. It believed that Scott was hung at the place where Schmidt His the was turned loose, and very soon after, wateh, which body, had was stopped at after midnight, and this nearly the time when it wa river, found| Just minute supposed to be thrown into the This would indicate that the vigilantes lost no time after they wers left alone with their victim. The last words ihat he s known to have spoken were to his capicts to Kill him quick, and they took him at his word. on one FOR MURDER WILL OUT. The river kept their guilty secret well. Its sh (ng quicksands held it In an unylelding clasp, and overhead the ice frozo thick and hard, as if to lock it up forever from all human eyes. The lonely brakes and changa- Ing sands that lined its banks told no story of guilty footprints to rewafd the keen and ceaseless search. For twenty days its lee- bound waters concealed thelr burden, but murder had Its. day and justice came at last to demand its reckoning. The news of the ghastly discovery at Whiting's reached O'Neill early this morning. By daybreak it was known all over town and in a few hours the streets were crowded with excited men. A party of thirty came down from Atkinson, nearly as many from Bwing and scores of settlers from the adjacent country helped to swell the crowd. The ex- cltement was increased when the body arrived and it Is generally belleved that there 18 trouble ahead for those who are supposed to have committed the crime, The marks on Scott's body have given some color to the story that he was tortured in tho hope that he could be forced to dls- gorge some of the Holt county money. This added materially to the indignation of his and trouble Is certainly expected. No open outbreak 1s anticipated before the funeral, however, and this evening the streets aro comparatively quiet, MRS. SCOTT IS BROKEN DOWN. The news that the body had been found was broken to Mrs, Scott this morning by Bd Hersheiser, friends, She had never entirely given up hope, and when the fear that he had been murdered was made a certainty to her, her overstrained nerves gave away, and since then shie has been completely prostrated. The sus- pense of the past three weeks has made & startling change in her appearance, and ghe only looks a shadow of her former seif. The hour of the funeral has not been set, but it will probably be some time Thursday afternoon. It will be oue of the largest gathe erings ever known in O'Nelll. The Masons, 0dd Fellows and Kuights of Pythias of this and adjolning towns will attend in a body, Kully 300 Masons from Lincoln, Neligh, Ate Kkinson and Stuart arrive Tuesday, and fal trains will be run by both rallroads. | NEW WARRANTS SWORN our. ' ow that Scott’s sad fate fs fully known for the murdercrs takes on fresh New warrants were sworn out tos day for the arrest of Mullihan, Roy and El« liott, on a charge of murder, and a warrant was also sworn out for Vred Harrls on Harrls s a farmer who lives miles Parker, and the archers now claim that they have absolute that these four men are among the gullty partics, Ofiicers left hiere (his evening with the warrants, it I8 expected that th will brought in will D the bhunt Interest. similar charge, about three from proot and men be sometime (0= orrow. Word was brought In tonight that Mullls han, the supposed leader of the gang, had Jumped his bond and left the country, but how true the rumor iy cannot be learned. Sheriff Hawilton has not returned from his spook expedition, and no one here seems to know his whereabouts, The feeling that s rampant wea augmented this e fake wmill to in O'Nellk ening when the dally; with its ridiculous ate tempt its punctured theory, that Seott hiding somewhere from the vigllance of the courts, 1f the reporter who wrote that artlele could have Leen on the wtrects of O'Nelll this evening and witnessed the fndignation which his screed excited he would scon have sought_a_more congenial The battered corpsc that lies in the arrived bolster up was climate