The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1896, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1896. SOCIALISTS RUN THE DOCK STRIKE Otherwise the Difficulty Would Have Been Settled. Employers Refused to Submit to Arbitration Because of This Political Move. Emperor William Trying to Suppress the Scandal Growing Out of the Trial of Editors. [Copyright, 1896, by the United Associated Presses] Geryaxy, Dec. 6.—Passing as a mere industrial of higher wages, the of the dock laborers at Hamburg and eisewhere has become a matter of volitical importance. Bebind the local organizers of the Hamburg strike, as it has now been revealed, is the executive committee of the Socialist party, which ie not ‘sorking so much in the interests of BERLIN, the laborers as in the interests of the 8o Democratic party. The execu- tive committee of the Socialist party is now estabiished in headquarters at Hamburg, and it has managed to get the irades unions throughout Germany to supply funds for the support of strikers at all Baltic ports. What is called a laborers’ common resistance fund has been formed, to which the Socialist associations in ev great center are contributing, The object of this movement is less to conquer the employers than to foster the Socialist propaganda. If the dock Iaborers at Hamburg had been left to themselves they would have speediiy settled their dispute with the masters, who proffered to tneir old em- vloyes concessions equal to what the strikers originally demanded. Since the Socialist leaders have intervened, how- ever, the demands of the strikers have in- creased untii now the employers find themselves face to face with the real issue, which is that the entire shipping industry of Germany must obey the dic- tates of the politico-social organization or fight out a supreme battle to the end. The rejection by the employers of the pro- 1 to submit the dispute to a board of tration was due to the knowledge of the employers of the fact that the men be- hind the strikers would not eventually accept the decision of the arbitration tribunal, which, as proposed, conceded only one member to represent the em- ployers. It wasnot thg absence of ade- quate representation on the tribunal that caused the employers tu reject the pro- posal, but it was their conviction of the futility of the whole proceeding. ‘I'he movementis now said to be a com- bined Socialist attack upon German com- merce and German capital in which the Government will soon be bound to inter- fere. The Emperor sent an agent to see personaily Senator Hachmann of Ham- burg, Herr Hinrichsén, the president of the Hamburg Burgerschaft, and Herr Noack, the president of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, all of whom ad- vised the formation of an arbitration tri- bunal to which the dispute between the employers and the strikers should be ad- mitted for sertlement. The Kaiser him- sélf strongly favored the earliest possible settlement of the difficulty until he was shown that the Socialist politicians were managing the strike, when it is understood ajes'y advised the Home Office to t tue developments of the situation, but not to interfere. In the meantime General von Schlewitz, commanding the t Hamburg, has been instructed measures to maintain order. The best journalists of Germany, those whose probity cannot be impeached, are hopeiul toat the grandest resuit from the revelations of the trial of the five editors— Baron von Luetzow and Herren Pioetz, ¥oellmar, Leckert and Berger—for libel- ing Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe ana Count August von Eulenburg, will be the extinction of the gang of members of the German press who are feeding upon doubt- ful official information. If larger latitude - were allowed to press criticism less cor- ruption would be practiced, the independ- .ence of the press would be greater and the position of earnesi and self-respecting journalism wouid be enhanced. While the Foreign Office and many others of the Government departments continue to in- fluence the newspapers, inciting them to publish this, that or the other, bribing . newspapers by giving them information . which is sometimes true and often false, according to the interests of the depart- ment farnishing it, there is littie hope of relorm of the existing abuses, The leading public men who are getting their names smirched by the revelations oi the present trial may be led to recog- nize the fact that their support of the rep- tilians of the press endangers themselves more than it hurts anybody else. A pro- tracted conference was held last evening at the Chancellory between the Imperial Chancellor, Prince von Hohenlohe, Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Schonstadt, Minister of Justice, and Freiherr von der Recke Vonderhorst, Minister of the Interior, The conference was ueld at the command of the Kaiser for the purpose of arranging a limit to the developments of the trial of Baron von Luetzow and his associate de- fendants, as for reasons of state itis re- garded by the Emperor asdesirable that the revelations shail not be pursurd much if any further. It1s whispered that Baron von Tausch, the c.ief of the political po- lice, who will probably be accused of be- ing accessory to the forgeries and frauds rommitted by Baron von Luetzow, had backers of the highest influence in con- nection with tbe part he took in the scan- dalous acts, and it is rumored that this fact furnishes one of the strongest reasons for a desire to suppress further revela- tions. Apart from the trial of the tive editors and the scandals attached thereto, the chief topic of discussion in Berlin social circles grows out of the circomstances of the production of Wildenbruch's *Kaiser Heinrich” at the Berliner Theater on Tuesday last, and Gerhardt Hauptmann’s :‘Sunken Beil”at the Deutsche Theater on Wedresday. Since the Emperor awarded the two Schiller prizes to Wildenbruch, overrulin. the decision of the committee in favor of Hauptmann, the leud which broke out between the partisans of the two authors has become most acute. The Em- peror favored Wildenbruch and esthetic Berlin, especially of the young German school, were fanutically in favor of Haupt- mann. In consequence seats for the first nights at both theaters were seiling at a premium for weeks in advance, as high as 10 maiks being paid merely for standing room in the B rliner Theater by the cream ot Berlin society. The Emperor and Em- press gave the signal for epplause, which at the same time was as spontaneous as it was strong. “Kaiser Heinrich’’ is a pow- erful work, thoagh possibly it is not ‘Wildenbruch’s best. The Emperor per- sonally congratulated Wildenbruch at the conclusion of the periormance, The Deutsche Theater was packed with a less aristocratic but more enthusiastic audience than that which filled the Ber- liner Theater, and the applause was almost continuous. Herr Hauptmann was called before the curtain and the audience gave him an ovation, as a protest of the young Germans agrinst the g{aiur’a award of the prizes to Wildenbruch in opposition tothe decision of the commuttee. A decree has been issued by the Home Office in regard to the testing of wines by chemical process, which insists that ac- curate records shall be made on the pure and adulterated wines and the adulterants employed clearly defined. o The Hessian court has given a decision upon the question of injurious or henl!h(ul methods of drinking which is being widely quoted. A restaurant-keeper, in making an application for a license to sell spirits, pleaded that it was necessarily condtcive to health that a glass of cognac should be taken before a person drank a quantity of beer. A number of eminent chemists and othersjwere called as expert witnesses, among them Professor Gaffky of the Gies- sen Hyeienic Institute, and their testi- mony persuaded the court to decide that, although a small portion of brandy would bave a salutary effect, it would be better that bread should be eaten beforea quan- tity of beer was consumed. M. Nelidoff, Russian Embassador to Turkey, who has been in St. Petersburg for some time, will leave the Russian cap- ital on Monday on his return to Constanti- nople. It is reported here that he hasithe authority of the Czar to propose a con- ference of the powers upon the questions of the Turkish financial reforms and the opening of the Daruanelles. The confer- ence, it is understood, will not touch upon the Egyprian question. “Der Ring des Nibelungen’ will be produced at the Berlin Opera House next week. The performance will be given at the special request of the Emperor, and the work wili be presented by the Bay- reuth cast of artists. Despite the high prices there is a stronz demand for seats. SELUE LN COUNT EULENBULG ON HAND. Will Testify in the Libel Trial of the Five Editors. BERLIN, GerMANy, Dec. 6. — Count Philip Eulenberg, the German Embas- sador to Austria, arrived here to-day. He will appear as a witness to-morrow in the action against Baron von Luetzow and four editors for libeling Marschall von Bieberstein, Prince Alexander von Honen- lobe and Count August zu Eulenburg. Major von Tausch, chief of the political police. who, according to a confession made by von Luetzow at the trial on Fri- day, was deeply implicated in attacks on prominent State officials, has been sus- pended from duty, owing to the revela- tions made at the trial. The case is the principal topic of con- versation in political circles, and the deepest interest attaches to the outcome of the proceedings. Much cunosity is manifested as to the evidence that will be given by Count Philip Eulenburg, to whom | Major von Tausch wrote with the object of inducing him to tell Emperor William about an alleged conspiracy between the Foreign Ministers and members of the Emperor’s circle to ruin certain officials. Major von Tausch was very much op- posed to Baron Marschall von Bieber- stein and thought by exciting the Em- peror’s suspicions against him ne could succeed in having him dismissed from office. Itis said that the prospect of further revelations being made has caused dismay among certain persons in high court cir- cles, who fear that it will show that they were implicated in the intrigues against | certain of the Ministers. R 4 NeW ZEAL. » ELECTIONS, AUl Ministers Returned and Forty Gov- ernment Candidates Suce-ssful. WELLINGTON, N. Z., Dec, 6.—The gen- eral elections for members of the House of Representatives have resulted in a victory for the Government. The returns show the election of forty Government candi- dates, twenty-six opposition candidates and four independents. All the Ministers | were returned. Great numbers of women voted in all the constituencies. The pro- hibitionists were everywhere defeated. There are seventy-four members of the House of Representatives, including four Maoris, elected every three years. Each member receives about $1200 per annum. Europeans of both sexes are allowed to vote under certain restrictions, but women cannot be members of the House or of the Legislative Council. Maoris who have reached the age of 21 years and own free- hold estate to the value of §125 are also allowed to vote, and every adult Maori, heedless of property. qualification can voie for native members of the House. But Embassador Bayard Feels Deeply Grateful for the Good Wiil of the ‘English People. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 6.—Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the American Embassador, has written a leiter to the Daily Telegram anent that journal's proposal to take up a public eubscription for the purpose of purchasing him a National Christmas gift as a token of the esteem of the British people. The letter, which is dated De-, cember 5, says in part: “Early this morning I, telegraphed you not to proceed further with your kind and generous proposal for a testimonial to me from the people of this country in token of their appreciation of my efforts to es- tablish between the two great English- speaking countries relations of harmony and good will.” Mr. Bayard then proceeds to say that he was touched and gratified by the proposal and the Telegraph’s generous eulogy of him, but that a few hours reflection showed him that, holding his present office and invested with its discretion and duties, he should scrupulously obey the spirit of his country’s law, which inhibits any one holding an office of trust or profit under the American Government from accepting “without the consent of Congress any present irom any king, prince or government.” He further says: “While I live I shall not cease to thank the people of these islands for the wholehearted, unstinted welcome I have received at their hands and the warm hospitalities that have been showered on me and mine,” The Telegraph, in a leader, will to-mor- row announce the withdrawal of its prop- osition. It says there is no need to in- quire whether any high official authority influenced Mr. Bayard to decline the pro- posed gift. The reception of the proposal has shown how sincere is the good will of the English nation toward him. —_— Shot Swe-ethcart and Himself. MONTREAL, Que., December 6.—John Howe, the rejected suitor of Miss Annie Sims, returned from New Haven, Conn., yesterday and this morning calied at the Sims residence. The family left the couple together and in a short time the report of firearms was heard. On rushing to the | scene Miss Sims was found sitting uncon- scious in a chair, having been shot twice in the head. She will probably die. Howe lay dead at her feet, having shot himself with the revoiver. Howe was 27 years old, a molaer and of steady habits. “Miss Sims is 22 years of ace. B Henry Fell Pease Daad. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 6. — Henry Fell Pease, Liberal member of Parliament for the Cleveland division of the North Riding of Yorkshire, died at Darlington_ yester- day. In 1874-75 he was Mayor of Dartling- ton and at one time was president of the National Liberal Federation. e —.—— CHRISTMAS cards, calendars, sea mosses and 'L;lede :owns, at Sanborn & Vail's, 741 Ihxl:et [ FOR REFORM OF THE CURRENCY There Is a Difference of Opinion Among Those Interested. Ciaims That a Commission Can Do the Work Better Than a Convention. It Is a Task of Months, and Not Days, to Prepare the Plans to Pre- sent to Congress. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Dec. 6.—The movement of the business interests of the country toward Nationalcarrency reform npon wholly non-partisan lines, which has resulted in a call by the commercial organizations of the Central West for a convention in this city in January, prom- ises to become one of the notable things in the history of the couniry. It is doubtful whether any of the delegates to the con- ference last week have any idea of the breadth of the p'an Hugh H, Hanna, chairman of the executive committee, has in mina for accomplisking this reform. During the conference there developed a sharp line of difference between those favoring the adoption of a currency plan by the convention, which is to meet on January 12, and those who believe that the convention should simply discuss the various plans presented and refer the whole matter toa commission. This dif may make a formal -protest against his appointment to a position in the Cabinet. It @s also stated that influences in Michigan that are unfriendly to General Alger will seek to have Senator Sherman, whose opposition to him is a matter of history, oppose his confirmation if his name be sent to the Senate as a Cabinet officer. There is no doubt of the fact that while General Alger is strongly urged for a Cabinet position, there is some oppos tion to him, though the extent or import- ance of it has not developed. 4 i AP TO PREPARE A NEW BILL. Dingley’s Measure Will Not Be Pushed in Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—A state- ment made by Hon. Nelson Dingley, chairman of the Ways and. Means Com- mittee, since his return from Canton, where he went- to confer with President- elect McKinley, confirms the prediction made by Tre CALL correspoudent ten days ago. Mr. Dingley says: ‘‘Frankly speaking, I have no hope of the Senate passing the bill. Itis the same old Sen- ate. Yet I cannot but hope that good will result from the agitation.”” It was very plain, from other statements made by the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, that he had little faith that the House of Representatives would act favorably on the bill, even if by a very remote possibility the bill should pass the Senate. And furthermore, despite state- ments of Eastern newspapers made re- cently concerning the attitude of Presi- dent Cleveland. he would veto the bill if it should pass both houses of Congress. As stated in these dispatches heretotore, members of the Ways and Means Com- mittee dele:ated one of their number to talk with the President concerning the Dingley bill. While the President did not state in so many words that he wouid veto the bill if it should be sent to him, he expressed his disapproval of the measure very plainly. To sum up the whole situation, mem- bers of the House Committee realizing that the bill would have a rocky road to travel through the Senate, with a probable veto should it pass, have determined not BRYAN’S BOOK ON THE FIRST BATTLE LINCOLN, Nepr., Dec. 6.—It was learned yesterday that the titie of William J. Bryan's book is to be “The First Battle.” In the preface he states his reasons for writing the work in these words: ““The campaign of 1896 was a remarkable one, whether we measure it by the magnitude of the issues involved or by the depth of interest aroused. I have been led to undertake the present work by a desire felt by myself and expressed by others to have the more important incidents of the campaign put into permanent form for the convenience of those who have taken part in the contest and for the use of those who shalil hereafter desire to review the struggle. e amount of work done by the advocates of free coinage is beyond computation, and the number of tbose who took an active part in the contest too great for enumeration. These facts, together with the difficulty of choosing between so many meritorious speeches, have compelled me to limit the quotations to the addresses made and papers issued by persons standing in an official or semi-official capacity, and to the principal speeches delivered by myself. sion of the election returns and the 1 have added a brief history of the campaign, inciuding a discus- significance thereof. It has also been thought best to narcate the part taken by me 1 the silver agitation prior to the convention, and at the request of the publishers I have included a biographical sketch, written by Mrs. Bryan.” It is understood here that the publishers will issue the book in the early part of January. ference of opinion did not crop out until the closing hour of the session, and then it was too late to go into the subject in- telligently. M. E. Ingalls of Cincinnati was the most forceful advocate of the idea | that the convention should indorsea plan. He d:d this upon the very reasonable theory that Congress would pay more at- tention to the petition of a large represen- tation of business men than to the action of a few men composing & commission, even though the commission revresented the convention. Mr. Hanna led that portion of the con- ference believing that a commission should be appointed. Nothing, however, is further from bis mind than that this | commission, after completing its work of devising a currency plan, should go down to Washington and beg a hearing before committees and ask this member and that member to favor the bill. “I am convinced that we shouid have a commission,” said he in conversing with a reporter for the United Associated Presses to-day. “This is not a question upon which a large convention can make an intelligent decision in a day or in a week. This is a matter that will require a commission two or three months—possi- bly six months—of continvous work and thought. Every plan presented should be careiully weighed, and out of all that comes before the commission I believe it will be able to evolve something that every intelligent business man can heart- ily indorse. Ithink along step in this direction will be made if this convention should select a commission composed of the very greatest and best men we havein the country. “We could afford to pay well for the ser- vices of those who could not otherwise afford to devote the necessary time to the work: Then when the commission has finished its work the largest part of our duty remains to be done in the thorough organization and concentraticn of the business of the country behind the meas- ure. i “This is a matter of so much import- ance that we can afford to do this, great as the undertaking is. Instead of sending a committee to Washington to ask a Con- gressional committee for a hearing we should, when a bill that we can all in- dorse is evolved, ask our representative to come home for consultation with his con- stituents. If ali the members of Congress with large business constituencies can be thus thoroughly informed as to the de- sires of the men who were potential in their election I do not believe there would be any doubt about the enactment of the measure into law. I do not want to see it made a bankers’ convention or a bankers' commission, though I want to see that their interesis as well asother business interests are represented. We weant to soive this problem for the whole people, not for any particular class of people or for any particular line of business.” —_—— OFPPOSITION TO ALGER, Some Michigan Politicians Work Against the General. CANTON, Onro, Dec. 6.—After a week of the hardest work he has experienced for two months Major McKinley enjoyed & day of thorough rest. The sun was bright, the skies clear and the tempera- ture agreeable. Major McKinley took a drive with Colonel and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick in the morning and a walk in the afternoon. There were no callers of a po- litical character. This eyening Major Mec- Kinley was thoroughly rested and in the brightest vf spirits. There will be a good many distinguished visitors at Canton this week, though the number of Con- gressmen will not be as large asit has been. Michigan voliticians who passed through Canton to-day are authority for the statement that General Alger will be opposed in his own State and that Mayor Pingree, ex-Senaior, Palmer and others to press the measure, but to get together as soon as possible (Juring this sBort session) and immediately begin to formu- late a bill so that it will be all ready to submit to the House when the Fifty-ifth Conurass meets in extraordinary session, about the méddle of March. The Ways and Means Committee will be constituted in the Fifty-fifth Congress practically as it isnow. The members are familiar with the tariff schedules, and 1t is believed that they could have the tariff bill framed by the time that the extra session meets. The Republicans, it will be remembered, sharply criticized the Democrats for not allowing fuiler hearings to manufacturers when the Wilson bill was being framed, so that it is believed that the Repubiican ‘Ways and Means Committee will now accord lengthy and exnaustive hearings to the manufacturers and others interested. Notwithstanding this it is the judgment of Mr. Dingley that the woill will be ready in time and that there will be listie delay in acting upon it in the House, but the Senate, a more deliberative body, will take its time, and 1t is expected that the extra session will be a protracted one, and may last until the fall of next year. Statements made by Mr. Dinglev since his talk with Major McKinley indicate that the bill will be a moderate one, at the same time being *amp!y protective.” L e MEETS MANY CONGRESSMEN, Hanna Spends a Busy Day at the Na- tional Capital, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.-8unday was not u day of rest for Mark Hanna. He was busy entertaining callers the greater portion of the day. This forenoon he took a drive with Senators Sherman and Proctor, and when he returned to the Arlington be found numerous visitors awaiting him. Among those who called and with whom he had conferences were Senators Burrows of Michigan, Aldrich and Piatt of Connecticut, Representatives Grosvenor of Ohio and Uannon of illinois, He remained 1n the lobby of the hotel for an houror so this evening und was, of course the center of attraction, meeting many Congressmen who thronged the lob- by. He retired to his apariments at 8 o'clock, after seeing several newspaper men to whom he said there was nothing to com municate. i TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION, An Illiteracy Test Is Urged by the League of Boston. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Messrs. Prescott F. Hall, the secretary, and John F. Moore, a member of the executive com- mittee, of the [mmigration Restriction League of Boston, are in the city to urge the passage through the Senate of the Lodge-Corliss bill to restrict immigration by an educational test. The committee’s last report, which shows the effect of im- migration upon the United Btates and the reasons for further restriction have been vrinted and a copy will be furnished to each Senator and Representative, Speak- ing with a United Associated Presses re- porter Mr. Hall aid: . “The Lodge-Corliss bill provides that all immigrants who are more than 14 years of age must be able to read and write some language, but it also provides that ugbed parents and grandparents of admissible immigrants may accompany Or be sent for bi such immigrants. . ot theory of the reading and writing test is not that an illiterate person may not be moral and industrious in partieu- lar cases, but that in general illiterates are least desirable for other reasons. Sta- tistics show that the countries sending us the-most illiterates send also the largest number of those ignorant of any occupa- 195 to 26 the measure seems likely to be- come law at an early day. It will effect a much-needed reform.” [l S To Start a Newspaper. LOUISVILLE, Kv., Dec. 6.—The silver Dewmocrats, who have decided to starta daily and weekly newspaper in Louisville, have issued a prospectus and call for sub- scriptions to the capital stock of $100,000. Ex-Congressman B, A, Enloe of Tennes- see, preseut editor of the Nashville Sun, will be the editor-in-chief. The silver Democratic committee of each county will be called upon to raise as nearly as possi- ble its pro rata of the capial stock as shown by the silver Democratic vote at the last election. The paper will be called the Dispatch. B et Official Returns of North Dakota. BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 6.—The official returns for North Dakota, long delayed by the storms af the past two weeks, have finally all arrived at the State Capitol and are in the hands of the Secretary of State, The official canvass will be made on Tues- day. The'total vote of the State was 47.- 381, of which McKinley received 22 336, Bryan 20,689, Levering 356. There were no Palmer or Matchett electors in North Dakota. McKinley's plurality is 1,647 Johnson, Republican, for Congress, was elected by 4,166. 7 ptiehieh S Ll Republican Semators to Caucus. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—The Re- publicans of the Senate will hold a caucus Tuesday morning. It is not expected that this caticus will reach any conclusion on vending questions. The genera! situation will be discussed, but it is understood that no effort will be made to take the sense of the party at this time on the possibility of passing the Dingley Lill. CHOPPINS DOWN THE GATES. Kentuckians Destroy Considerable Valuable Property in Order to Cease Paying Tolls. HARRODSBURG, Ky., Dec. 6.—A mob of between forty and sixty men, armed with shotguns and axes, rode through Mercer last night und chopped down six toll-gates. The gatekeepers were warned not to repair the gates orcoilect any more toll under penalty of being burned out, The mob passed through this city at 2 o’clock this morning en route from Macks- ville for Harrodsburg, and they destroyed every gate in the line of march. At Salt River, one mile from here, Dave Barnett, a gatekeeper, was made 1o chop down his own gate, and was told to notify the turn- pike directors that if the gate was repaired Land money collected the raiders would not only burn the tollhouse, but the private property of thé board of directors. These gentiemen have ordered the gates repaired !'and toll will be collected by an armed force if necessary. T esame warning was given at some of the other gates. Over three hundred toll-gates have been burned or chopped down since the turn- pike war began in Washington County three months ago, and as yetonly five arrests have been made. No convictions resulted from these. The gates destroyed represent 1500 miles of turnpike, val- ued at $4,000,000 and the State and county authoriiies have furnished no protection whatever. SN WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH. Striking Coal Miners Do Not Propose to Give Up Their Homes Without Making Resistance. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 6.—Detectives and Deputy Sheriffs are on guard to-night to protect the property of the Forest Coal Campany, near Archibald, from the threats of nearly a hundred miners and laborers who went on strike yesterday and prevented other employes from put- ting the mines into operation. The com- pany’s foremen and superintendents, with armed officers, routed the rioters, some of whom they lodged iu jail. The miners cepaired to their boarding- houses and say they wiil fizht to the death before they will be dislodged. The attempt is to be made to-morrow and seri- ous trouble is anticipated. Buperintendent Jones of the company says every oue of the strikers must clear out; that he will not re-employ one of them and that they must vacate all the company’s houses. FLAMES I A CHURCH. Considerable Damaye Done to the Chi- eago First Presbyterian Building. CHICAGO, IrL, Dec. 6.—Fire attacked the First Presbyterian Church, Twenty- first street and Indiana avenue, just before 10'clock this morning, and worked dam- age estimated at $4000. All the smaller windows of the edifice were smashed in by the firemen in efforts to guench the blaze. Hugo Koehring and George Bloom, janitors, narrowly escaped suffocation, and the immense pipe organ of the church was criticully near destruction from the slow eating flames. Much of the damage to the building was caused by waier. The conditions forced abandonment of church services to-day. The flames got their start in the basement of the structure, directly below the church parlors in the rear of the building. An Incendiary Fire. MEMPHIS, Texy., Dec. 6.—An incen- diary fire this evening destroyed twenty- four stores and five dwellings at Shaws, Miss., the loss being about $75,000, partly insured. Suspicion is rapidiy taking the form of positive evidence and when it does there will likely be interesting develop- ments. POl e Changed Into « Neoret Order. LINCOLN, NEse.,, Dec. 6.—The Mary Bryan Free Silver Club, which did such effective work during the campaign in be- half of the Democratic nominee, decided at a largely attended meeting held at the State capitol building last night to con- tinue the organization, and at the sugges- tion of Mrs. Bryan changed the name to that of the Woman’s Bimetallic League of Lincoln, Nebr. The league will herea!ter be a secret order, requiring a password for admission. New officers were elected. . Cut Ris Throat With a Ragor. CHICAGO, IrL., Dec, 6. —Dr. Jobn Cot- ter, 35 years old and unmarried, attempted to commit suicide last evening at the home of his cousin, John Cotter, 78 Wal- ton place, by cutting his throat with a razor. He also severed an artery in his right wrist. the bathroom bleeding proiusely from his wounds and conveyed to the Alexian Brothers’ Hospital, where it is said bis condition is serious. Dr. Cotter recently came to tl country from Ireland. His practice, it is said, had not been Iucrative. e | Henry Watterson Returns. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 6.— Henry Watterson returned to this city to-night after an absence of eizcht months in Europe. To-night & dinner was given in’ his honor at the Pendennis Club. Mr. Watterson will at once resume active charge of the Courier-Journal. tion and those who drift into our city siums and fill our poorhouses and jails. It is believed thata reading and writing test will prove perfectly simple and exact in 1ts application and will exciude those whose standards of living and character are not suited to American citizenship. “There is 8 good prospect that the Sen- ate will pass the Lodge bill in some form atonce, and as the House has already in- dorsed the educationai test by s vote of st e it Damage Done by the Gale. LONDON, Ex6., Dec. 6.—Reports have been received from Dover and Worthing- ton, detailing the damage done at thuse places by the gale. i 5 TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. ‘ake laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All - giats refund (h6 money i 11 fadls fo Gure 536, The phbysieisn was found in | WEYLER KEEPS 0UT OF SIGHT Much Speculation asto the Movements of the Bufcher. Too Busy Looking for Rebels to ‘Write “Fake” Dispatches of “Victory.” One Spanish Leader Makes a Glowing Report of His Brutal Capture of a Hospital. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 6.—Three davs have now elapsed since any news was received from Captain-General Weyler. It is not known in what part of the province of Pinar del Rio he is or what he is doing toward carrving out the plan of campaign on which the loyalists have built hopes, but which thus far have resulted 1n ne signal success. Heavy rains have been prevailing lately, and it is' probable that the condition of the country | has put a temporary check on the opera- | tions of the Spanish forces. | Officials here have stated that there is | nothing surprising in no dispatches being received from General Weyler, as he is a man ot action rather than of words, and 1s waiting to mest the rebels before he devotes time to the writing of dispatches. General Melgunizo reports that his com- mand surprised a rebe! hospital in the Valle Hills, province of Pinar del Rio. Six insurgents, whether wounded or not is not stated, were killed, and the dwell- ings and all camp paraphernalia were de- stroyed. The first installment of the new re-en- forcements, numbering 2500 men, arrived here to-day. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Dr. D. M. Burgess, sanitary imnspector of the Ma- rine Hospital service in Havana, informs Surgeon-General Wyman, under date of November 28 that yellow fever in Cuba had not diminished particularly in sever- ity during the previous week, that smail- pox increased considerably among the civilians, and that fevers and dysentery had augmented considerably. Under date of November 21, Dr. H. S. Caminero, inspector pt Santiago de Cuba, reported that the smalipox epidemic which had raged for seversl months was at an end. Yellow fever, however, still prevailed, and he was sure that 1t would increase, inasmuch as a contingent of 20,- 000 new Spanish troops was expected to arrive in the district, DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 6.—The Dallas Free Thinkers’ Association, the strongest or- ganization in the United States outside of New York City, to-day passed resolutions i in favor ¢f Cuban independence. A memorial was adopted to be sent to Presi- dent Cleveland and the two houses of Con- gress urging immediate and practical action in behalf of free Cuba. The asso- ciation pledges physical and moral aid to the revolutionists. . MADRID, tpary, Dec. 6.—A dispateh | to the Imparcia! from Havara confirms | the reported defeat of a body of insur- gents in the Pugatoria Hi'ls, province of | Matanzas. The Spanish force was com- manded by General Aldea, who was | wounded in the engag ment. The loss of | troops was (wenty-four killed and fifty- four wounded. The losses of the insur- gents are said (o have been 300. DENIED BY THE TURKS. Ameyican Missionaries Do Not Complain Aguinst the Imperial Government. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 6.—A special cable to the Herald from Constantinople says: The Ikkadam says: The news that the Americangmissionaries have formu- lated & complaint against the Imperial Government is devoid of foundation. The United States, desiring a maintenance of amicable relations and with the object of dissipating all doubts, has officially de- nied the report in question. Dr. Kimbail's a:sertion that the Na- tional flag had been torn down in the Haskeuy quarter of Constantinople—a statement which aroused a great déemon- stration of indignation—is not approved. Such a charge was made, but after most minute inquiries the missionaries on the spot denied it. Seveye Losses Sustained. PARIS, France, Dec. 6.—A heavy gale is prevailing in Brittany, and the reports received show that severe losses have been sustained by the fishermen along the coast. 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