iiCMBOLirrs new creamer j-
com pitted at a cost of -,300
Youk county has no poor farm.
but
the matter is being talked up.
Two ob three of the Nebraska City
churches are holding spirited revivals.
At Omaha the jury in the Ish mur
der trial failed to agree and were dis
charged. Ciiaui.ks II Smaii.s a brother of the
publisher of the Fremont Herald, died
recently in Montana.
Michaki. Met; iff of South Omaha
stepped in front of a moving train and
was crushed to death.
Ti:r. Nebraska Binder Twine com
pany have railed their annual meeting
for Monday, January G.
Tiif. general merchandise store of W.
11. Rruner at Nickerson caught lire
damaging the contents very uiueh-
A iusinkss men's association has
Wen perfected at York. It will be
known us the Commercial Club of York.
Thk checker players of Norfolk are
about to organize a club and prepare a
tournament for the world's champion
ship. Mks. Iuknk Vaxky of South Omaha
died suddenly in a church the other
day as she was attending religious ser
vices. Thk family of John Stauffer, who
lately died at Columbus of hemorrhage ( tl
of the liver, will receive 511,300 life in- ; S
surance.
Hr mroi.pt citizens will rebuild the
mill recently destroyed by fire. A
bonus, or rather a gift, of S3, 000 has
been raised.
Miss Nei.lik Davis of Beatrice was
in a thrilling runaway the other day,
but fortunately came out minus any
serious injury.
John CiKTcii of Scribner has been re
lieved of a tape worm twenty-nine feet
long, and from now on will not con
sume so much grub
N. R. Fai.co.nku. for a long time a
prominent merchant of Omaha, will
locate in rsouth Africa, engaging in the
mercantile business.
Morkis II. Morgan last week went to
the penitentiary for one year for steal
ing clothing to the value of S'53. He
was placed in prison just three days
after the theft.
Hank Downy of Nebraska City re
ceived a notice signed "White Caps,"
to cease abusing his family. As ilank
is not that kind of a husband it is
thought the joker is about.
Thk Basye murder trial ended at
Wahoo last week, when the jury, after
being out about seven hours, returned
a verdict of manslaughter, but recom
mended that he be given a light sen
tence. Attorney (General Churchill, re
ceived a telegram from the clerk of the
United States supreme court stating
that the court had sustained a motion
to advance the maximum rate cases
and set the hearing for the first Mon
day in March.
The governor has issued his requisi
tion on the governor cf Kansas for J.
I). Wise, who is under arrest in YVa
thena. Kas. Wise is charged with hav
ing forged and uttered a forged paper,
a receipt for subscription to a period
ical, in the city of Omaha.
Charles Pratiikr, a farmer living
near Beatrice, disappeared last Satur
day and his absence caused much anx
iety among his family and friends until
later on, when his wife received a let
ter from him at St. Louis stating that
he had gone to stay, and that it would
be useless for her to attempt to follow
him. No cause is assigned for his
strange act.
Hastings veterans passed the follow
ing: Be it resolved by the members of
S. A. Strickland post No. 13, Depart
ment of Nebraska, Grand Army of the
Kepublic, that we hereby heartily ln-
dorse the patriotic utterances of l'resi-
dent Cleveland in his special message
to congress regarding the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine, as it applies to
the contention between Great JJritain
and Venezuela.
The irrigation convention in Sidney
passed the following resolution: Re
solved, 15y the third annual Nebraska
State Irrigation association, in conven
tion assembled, that we heartily en
dorse the movement for the cession of
the Fort Sidney military reservation to
the city of Sidney, and we join in an
earnest request to the congress of the
United States for such action, and urge
the representatives from the state of
Nebraska to press said bill to a speedy
passage.
There is an interesting little report
going around under cover, says the
Lincoln Journal, giving the cause of
the recent discharge of an employe of
the state hospital for the insane. It is
to the effect fiat the employe and a
paroled patient broueht two of the
lady employes to the theater one night
in the asylum carriage. The ladies
were left to enjoy the play while the
men went out .to investigate the ele
phant, which they did with so much
zeal that the employe was discharged
as soon as Dr. Abbott heard of it, while
the patient was locked up.
Brigaiukr General L. W. Colby has
filed with the governor his report of
the encampment of the National guard,
held at Hastings last September. The
report recommends highly the efficient
work of Major E. J. Fee net, U. H. A.,
who was detailed as special instructor.
The instruction and advice of Major
Fechet. the brigadier commander says,
was not confined to the field work
alone, but its benificent effects are seen
in the home stations and the manner
in which the duties of men and officers
are performed.
G. H. C. Meyers, for fifteen years a
resident of Pierce county, died at the
advanced age of SL
Charles IJasye, who was found
guilty of manslaugter in the district
court of Saunders county, was sen
tenced by Judge Hates to three years
in the penitiary.
Coon Vallery, living about seven
miles southwest of Plattsmouth, has at
present about 20,000 bushels of corn
that he is holding lor a rise in price, a
portion of which is four years old. In
this lot are some 12,000 bushels of G5
cent corn, the price he refused for his
corn at one time in the hopes of getting
more.
i of tiie tirst importance, that invoMtd
in the elevator case is scarcely les im
portant. This, if the contention of the
railroad company is upheld iy ie
courts, will give to railroad companies
the power to control a monopoly of the
grain trade on their lines and farm it
out to favorites or use it for the pur
pose of swelling the revenue of the
com pany.
The case originated from the Mis
souri Pacific declining to grant to an
applicant privileges necessary to enable
him to put up and operate an elevator
at the station of Elm wood. The ground
on which the application was resisted
by the company was that there was
already an elevator at that point and
that its capacity was sutlicicnt to ac
commodate the bussiness of the sur
rounding country,
1 St:tt- I);trj iiit-ii.
The dairymen in session in Lincoln
elected ollicers as follows: President,
11 V. Howe, Crete; vice president, 1-'.
H. Vaughan, Fremont; secretary and
treasurer, S. C. Bassett, tiibbon: direc
tors, B. R. Stouffer of Rellevuc. W. A.
Carpenter of York, (I. A. Merrill of
Minden, J. W. Hush of Battle 1'reek.
and J. S. Temple of Cheney.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
the course of lion. L. J. llainer in con-
ress, and urging his appointment as
chairman of the house committee on
agriculture; thanking Chancellor Mc
Lean and the university faculty for
courtesies extended; in memory of Prof.
C. L. Ingersoll. deceased; thanking the
committee that secured the passage of
the anti-oleo law: endorsing the work
of the national dairy congress; and the
work of the farmers' institute; pledg
ing support to the dairy school at the
state farm; thanking all legislators
who voted for pure butter" at the last
session of the legislature, especially
Representative Uurch and senator
Sloan.
The association adjourned to meet at
the state fair next September, when
the time and place for the annual con
vention will be decided on.
i One Fare for th- Teachers.
' State Superintendent Corbett, who
i lias been busily engaged at the head of
! the local committee making prepara
; tions for the meeting of the State
j Teachers association in Lincoln, was
delighted last week to receive a tcle
! gram from Chairman Caldwell of the
I Western Passenger association, stating
; that the request for one fare round
. trip tickets from all Nebraska points
j had been granted. These tickets will
' be on sale at local ofiices from Decem
j ber 30 to January , and will be good
for return to January 4. With this
j concession from the railroads, the larg
j est attendance upon the convention in
; years is believed to be practically as
; sured. The expectation is that the
i program will be carried out substan
i tially to the letter. The principal
j speakers at the evening sessions are:
: Tuesday, Colonel F. XV. Parker, on "The
j Ideal School;" Wednesday. William
j Hawley Smith, and Thursday, Prof.
Nicholas Murray Butler, on "Kduea
i tional Ideals."
Damages for the DawMin.
Lincoln dispatch: A rnild side issue
to the international complications be
tween the United States and England
developed today in the otlice of Gover
nor Holcomb. This was a bulky pack
age from the Department of State,
Washington, containing a claim against
the federal government for S4J,00O.
This is Uhe amount held to be due the
Dawson family for the assault com
mitted upon their over a year ago in
Sarpy county by the Vic McCarty gang.
In this letter to Gov. Holcomb Secre
tary of State Oiney says that the affair
is one of serious importance at the
present juncture, and that, so far
as
he knows, no stens have been taken to
; punish the McCarty outfit for tiiis par-
ticular crime, lie acknowledges the
j receipt of the transcript of the proceed
I ings had in the unofficial inquiry or-
dered by Governor Holcomb, but does
1 not understand that any attempt at
! punishment has been made. The
British ambassador files a claim as fol
i lows: For Frederick II. Dawson. S'Jt;,-
000; for Mary Dawson, his wife, SI 0,00 ).
and for Muriel Dawson, the daughter,
510,000, making a total of 540,000.
Title is Defective.
Lincon dispatch: The office of the
commissioner of public lands and build
ings has received a plat of section 3'".
township 24, range 3'J, west, in Grant
county.' This plat shows that the new
survey by the government does not cor-
respond with the old one, a strip of
forty rods width being taken off the
north side of the section. This is in
teresting to the state and those who
have taken land in that section under
contract for lease or sale.
A discussion of the conflict between
the state constitution and the statute
relative to the time when district judges
shall assume their offices has led to
some conjectures as to how the state
auditor would draw the warrants of
the outgoing judges. The statute at
tempts to say that the district judges
shall assume the duties of their office
on January 1 next succeeding their
election. The constitution provides
that they 6hall go into office on the
first Thursday after the first Tuesday
in January next after their election.
The state auditor, it is announced, will
draw the warrants so as to pay the old
judges up to and including January 8,
and the new set to come into office the
next day.
Victimized Kile Creek People.
Tecumseh dispatch: The good peo
ple of Elk Creek were recently quite
liberally humbusrged by a sleek trav
eling agent. The man claimed to be
an agent for an Omaha paper, and
when he would accost a victim lie
would have in his possession what
seemed to be an elegant pair of gold
spectacles, claiming to have found tnem
t on the train. Of course, he had no use
for them and would therefore sell them
for a nominal sum. Invariably the un
suspecting victim would bite and ac
cordingly the agent disposed of numer
ous pairs of glasses. The glass.es were
of no value.
VOTE TAKEN BY SECTIONS
The First Narrowly Escapes Defeat by a
Holt of Republicans to the Demo
cratic Side No Division on the
Second The Secretary Em
powered to Issae Short
Time Certificates.
Washington, Dec, 30. When the
House convened to-day three hours re
mained for debate on the bond bill.
At 3 p. m. voting began. By the
time the roll call in the first section
was half through, it was thought that
not enough Republicans would vote
against the first section for bonds to
defeat it.
The first roll call resulted: Yeas,
15'.: nays, 1 12. Probably forty-four
Republicans voted against the bill.
On another roll call the first section
of the bond bill passed by a vote of
1GU to 136.
Ihe second section of the bond bill
passed without a division.
Mr. Rrosius, Republican, of Penn
sylvania opened in favor of the bill.
This was the only country on the
globe, he said, where gold redemption
had neither qualification nor limita
tion, and where the treasury was
without the power to resist the in
cursions of foreign gold grabbers or
domestic speculators. The revenue
deficit was the chief sinner in the
comedy of errors which had produced
the present troubles. It was not
suitable to the dignity of the govern
ment to employ sleuth hounds of for
eign syndicates to hunt down gold.
The people of this country should
have the first opportunity to help the
treasury out of the tough financial sea.
He declared that there was no politics
in the bill.
Mr. Parker, Republican, of New
Jersey favored the bill as a good busi
ness measure.
Mr. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois,
in support of the measure, declared
that it was a bill to maintain specie
payments, which had been resumed
under the wise direction of the Repub
lican partj in 187U. For the 13 years
following the resumption the reveuues
had always exceeded the expenditures.
Twelve hundred million dollars of the
interest paying debt had been dis
charged. Since Mr. Cleveland's elec
tion in 1S02 deficiency, distress, idle
ness and panic had followed. Instead
of paying 160 millions a year on the
ptiblic debt the Democrats had bor
rowed 1G"2 millions. They could tear
down and criticise, but they could not
build up the reserve. (Republican
applause.)
'We will not abridge the power of
the Secretary of the Treasury,' he
continued. 'We will give him more
power. He cannot have too much
power if it is used wisely. You, on
the other side, will vote against this
bill those in favor of silver at 1G to 1
because 3-ou want to impair the
credit of the country and force us to a
silver basis; those who support the ad
ministration, because it wants gold
bonds. We, in our judgment and pa
triotism stand ready to pass this bill.
If it is rejec.ed by the Senate, or Pres
ident, wu shall, at least, have cast our
mite toward the protection of the
public credit and have given a proph
ecy of what we shall do when we
come into full powei in 1837." (Re
publican applause.)
Mr. Tawney, Republican of Minne
sota, a member of the ways ami means
committee, in support of the bill,
called attention to the President's ur
gent appeal to Congress to do some
thing before adjourning. ll knew,
and everybody knew, that gold bonds
would not be authorized by Congress,
and because Congress will not give
him authority, he and his Secretary of
the Treasury had already opened ne
gotiations with the same old malodor
ous syndicate for another issue of 4
per cent bonds. The people of the
country were to be given no opportu
nity to subscribe. He read several
letters from constituents offering to
subscribe for gold bonds.
Mr. Marsh, R publican, of Illinois,
arose to give his reasons for refusing
his support to the bill, but before he
had finished his preliminary remarks
the gavel of the sf ttaker fell and the
House remained unenlightened.
Mr. Burton, Republican, of Missouri,
and Mr. Connolly, Republican, of Ill
inois, who have been counted on as
opponents of the bill, gave their sup
port to it in brief speeches.
The debate was closed for the re
spective sides by Messrs. Crisp and
Dalzell, the former insisting that the
bill was a political measure really in
tended to embarrass the treasury,
while the latter said it was a plain
business proposition to save interest.
Mr. Dalzell attacked the Carlisle in
terview as a violation of the decencise
of public life.
Before the Senate Tuesday.
Washington", Dec. 30. Senator
Voorhees, chairman of the Senate
committee on finance, will call that
committee together Tuesday next to
consider the revenue tariff bill. He
says that there will be no disposition
on the part of Democrats to delay the
bill in committee.
For a Conference of American Nations.
Washington, Dec 30. Representa
tive Barrett of Massachusetts, intro
duced in the House yesterday a joint
resolution authorizing the President
to arrange a conference between the
United States and nations possessing
territory on the American continent
for the settlement of boundary dis
putes, the conference to be held in
Washington in 19C.
Quarter of a Million Loss.
Baltimore, Md., Dec 30. Fire gut
ted Oehm& Co.'s men's and boy's out
fitting establisnment in West Balti
more street early to-day, destroying
property to the value of 5250,000.
eonceale.
weapons. 'I tie Indian
here to wait for the girl
has cotu;
to join htm.
and expects to marry her when she ar
rives. Miss Newman's infatuation has
astonished her parents and acquaint
ances, who cannot understand how
she can love the repulsive looking red
man. Miss Newman is the daughter
of respectable parents. She is 20 years
old and still says she will marry the
Indian. Ilvoie Dix is a half-breed Mo
hawk, his father being a Frenchman.
He was traveling with the Oregon In
dian Medicine Company when the girl
fell in love with him, giving exhibi
tions as a club swinger and crack
marksman. THE RAMSEY CASE.
Boudsiuen of the Late Treaiurer of
Illinois Sued for Thousands.
Carlyle, 111., Dec 30. Next Thurs
day the suit against the Chicago bonds
men of the late State Treasurer Ram
sey of Illinois, will be heard. It is
important to hundreds of depositors
in the Ramsey bank, as on the result
will depend whether or not they will
receive back the money placed in the
hands of one who was highly esteemed
as a townsman and official and who
was thought to be wealthy.
The sir.t is to test the validity of the
claim of the five Chicago bondsmen for
53ti3,Ooo. representing the amount due
the State from Mr. Ramsey, which
they paid into the treasury to make
good the shortage. It is said the Chi
cago banks paid no interest to Mr.
Ramsey for the use of the State money
and therefore the creditors here are
entitled to it. An attempt will be
made to prove this point at the coming
suit.
BURGLARS' BIG HAUL.
A Fashionable New York House Bobbed
of 965,000 Worth of Jewels.
New York, Dec. 30. Mr. and Mrs.
1. Towusend Burden of No. 5 Madison
Square, went to the opera last night,
leaving their two sons and six servants
to care for the house. At 10 o'clock
those left in the house retired. At
midnight Mr. and Mrs. Burden and
their daughter returned, and upon en
tering their house discovered that the
place had been visited by burglars.
Mr. Burden discovered that his safe
had been opened and a number of cer
tified checks and a large sum of money
had been stolen. Mrs. Burden was
unable to tell just what was missing,
but said that at least 563,000 worth of
diamonds and jewelry had been carried
awaj'.
Irish Manufacturer Alarmed.
London, Dee. a0. Although the
general opinion is expressed in the
cable dispatches from the United
Slates that the tariff revision bill is
not likely to pass the Senate, the
measure has caused quite a flutter in
commercial circles. An Irish indus
trial organ points out that the pro
posed increase in the duty on woolens
will inevritably check a growing
trade, and that Irish industries will
suffer in consequence. Owing to the
great interest excited in Irish goods
by the exhibits made at the world's
fair, large orders have been placed
with the mills and hand loom weavers
in remote districts of Donegal. All
this development would be stifled by
the adoption of the tariff revision bill.
Trouble Over Mixed Schools.
Perry, Ok., Dec. 3C. Trouble "may
occur over mixed public schools here.
A recent decision admits colored chil
dren to all public schools of the city.
The school board and nearly all the
white people are bitterly opposed to
mixed schools and the board will or
der schools discontinued as a last re
sort, to prevent mixed schools. Con
siderable feeling and indignation over
the matter is expressed and trouble
may yet occur. A stormy meeting of
the board was held last night. The
colored people declare that they will
have the rights as given them by the
court.
An Official Hint to General Miles.
Washington, Dec 30. An order
issued by the Secretary of War, which
reminded army officers that it is ex
tremely impolitic to publicly discuss
the possibilities of war. is construed
by the friends of Major General Miles
as a roundabout thrust at that officer.
General Miles has recently written an
excellent article over his signature
regarding the possibility of war with
England as a result of the Venezuelan
affair.
Gomez Again n Santa Clara.
Havana, Dec. 30. Reports would
indicate that apart ot Gomez' column
has crossed the line back into Santa '
Clara and is now near the great '
swamp in the southern part of Santa .
Clara province. It is reported here j
that the mayor of Macurijes and every j
member of his household have been
murdered by the insurgents. The J
same fate is said to have overtaken j
the mayor of Laguica. These towns ;
were on the course of Gomez' line of
march.
The Saracenic Invasion Outdone.
Boston, Dec 30. A correspondent
writing from Constantinople concern
ing the recent Turkish atrocities in
Asia Minor says that at Arabkir 2,000
Christians were killed and wounded,
and that out of 2,000 houses occupied
by Christians fully three-quarters were
burned. The seene of the worst
periods of Saracenic invasion in the
Seventh century have been repeated
over and over.
Killed by the Burlington "Flyer."
Benkklman, Neb., Dec. 80. Early
this morning Charles Vap Buskirk,
aged 23, and Maud Bond, aged 16,
were instantly killed by the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy "flyer." Tney
were returning home in a carriage
from a party and were run down on a
grade crossing.
rjrc"of carrying1
rr
Calls for Ciold Bond.
i
i lielate on Bond.
J Washington, Dec 25. A conference
! was held between Speaker Reed and
, the House managers to-day and the
result was an agreement for a vote on
the bond bill at 3 o'clock to-morrow,
instead of 5 o'clock to-day.
i A further arrangement was made
that the ways and means committee,
, before reporting the bill, shall insert
a clause showing that it is not the
purpose to retire the greenbacks. It
j was also arranged that there shall be
separate votes one on the proposition
j for a JJCO.OOO.OOO bond issue and an
i other on the unlimited issue. The
conference was satisfactory to ail ele
ments and the concessions made over
: came the protests against haste, which
led last night to th j appointment of a
committee of Republican members to
wait on Speaker Reed.
'Ihe ways and nueans committee
adopted the amendment to the bond
bill suggested by Mr. Hopkins of
Illinois to prevent the accumulation in
the Treasury of the greenbacks and
their practical retirement without can
cellation. The amendment provides
. that nothing in the act shall be cou
' strued to repeal or modify the act of
187S for the reissue of the greenbacks
when redeemed.
Another amendment was adopted
making the bonds issued under the
act payable within fifteen years. The
second amendment was suggested by
Mr. Lacey of Iowa and met the ap
proval of the Republican members.
In the original draft of the bill it was
provided that the bonds should be re
deemable at the pleasure of the gov
ernment, after five years from their
date. It was thought best to make a
definite termination of them. The
amendments were adopted by a strict
party vote and the bill will be report-
; ed to the house as amended.
; Mr. Tarsney of Missouri offered an
amendment to repeal the act of 1S7S
for reissuing the greenbacks, but failed
to get any support for it.
The amendment agreed to by the
ways and means committee providing
that the greenbacks should be reissued
is considered a great concession to dis
srtisfied ones.
'Ihe battle over the bond bill at
tracted large crowds to the House gal
leries again to-day. As soon as the
J'ournal had been approved, Mr. Ding
ey, chairman of the ways and means
committee, reported the bond bill as
amended by the ways and means com
mittee to-day, and it was referred to
the committee of the whole on the
: state of the Union.
Mr. Daniel, Republican, of New
! Y'ork, chairman of the first committee
on elections rose to a question of priv
ilege and made. unanimous report in
favor of seating Hugh R. Belknap in
place of Lawrence E. McGann from
the Third Illinois district. Mr. Mc
Gann had decided he was not entitled
to a seat and there was, therefore, no
contest over the matter. The report
was adopted and Mr. Belknap was
sworn in.
Mr. Henderson of Iowa, from the
committee on rules, presented the rule
for the consideration of the bond bill.
Mr. Crisp opposed the adoption of
the rule. Yesterday, said he. a gen
eral tariff bill, the exact effect of
which on particular industries, and on
the revenues no one knew, had been
rushed through the House. To-day it
had been proposed to rush through a
bond bill in the same summary man
i ner. but the murmuringsof discontent
on the Republican side had forced the
autocrat of the House and the so
called leaders to yield a little more
time. He admonished the other side
that it was only by resistance that
they could obtain their rights.
Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texas,
agreed in a general way to the propo
sition that there could not be a great
abuse of the privilege of debate on
public questions and that the prime
factor was a vote; but, he said, while
useless debate should be restricted,
full and fair debate was essential.
Yesterday, with four hours' debate, a
bill which would burden the people
with 40.000,000 of additional taxes,
was pas-ed. To-day the performance
was to be repeated, but this time pos
teritv was to be saddled with an in-
! terest bearing debt of no one knew
' how man- millions. The country, he
I said, would no more tolerate precipi
tate haste than it would undue delay,
i Mr. McMillan, Democrat, of Tennes
1 see, asked why the Republican leaders
! proposed to cut their associates off
without opportunity to offer amend
: ments. Were those in authority afraid
I of their associates? Would they not
be trusted to do anything but vote?
When the twenty minutes allowed
the Democratic side had been eon
turned, Mr. Henderson, who was in
tharge of the rule, without making
ny reply to the criticisms from the
other side, demanded a vote on the
idoption of the rule, which was taken
by yeas and nays.
Food Supply Cat Off.
Eldorado Springs, Mo., Dec. 23.
This city, said to be the largest in the
United States without a railroad, is,
as a result of the terrible floods, in
danger of a famine. All freight is
hauled here by wagons and none has
been able to bring in groceries for ten
days. Local merchants have sustained
heavy losses on shipments of holiday
goods, which still lay in cases at rail
road shipping points miles away. No
St. Louis mail has been received here
since Sunday.
School Teachers In Session.
Topeka, Kan., Dec 28. Topeka is
alive with school teachers who come
from every quarter of Kansas to at
tend the thirty-third annual conven
tion of the State Teachers' association.
It is estimated that there are between
1,200 and 1,500 instructors present.
They represent every department of
school work. The discussion of the
various topics along the line of educa
tion sliow great thoroughness on the
part of those who participate, and the
indications are that this convention
will prove the most interesting and
instructive of the kind ever held
within the Kansas border.
'Tn'nr c rr- -. -
ci udou. ior Z'resr.-tfcnc Ci ve.au.l i
satisfied that no bond legislation will
get through that body in time to re
lieve the present urgent situation.
The issue will be announced in a
very few days. The amount will be
8100, 000,000 for a period of thirty years
at 4 per cent, but the sale wiil be li ved
at such a premium as will make the in
terest 3 per cent fiat. The denomina
tions will be small and the bonds will
be put upon the market in the United
States. No arrangement has been
made with the Belmont-Morgan syndi
cate, representing the Rothschilds,
other than that they may, after all of
the bids of general and private sources
in this country have been received,
take the residue or surplus at the same
rate of interest. This the syndicate
has agreed to do.
WANTS GOLD BONDS.
Secretary Carlisle Says the Treasury's Con
dition Is Serious.
Washington, Dec. 23. Chairman
Dingley of the ways and means com
mittee has received a private letter
from Secretary Carlisle which fur
aishes some information concerning
the condition of the treasury. Mr.
Dingley will not make the letter pub
'.ic, but says the Secretary offers to
furnish the House with all data that
xiay be needed. The condition of the
reasury is represented as very seri
3us, and Mr. Carlisle urges legislation
Tor a gold bond.
Mr. Dingley has informed the Sec
retary that a gold bond is out of the
question and couia not be considered.
Secretary Carlisle did not say to Mr.
Dingley that a 3 per cent bond cannot
be floated and did not discuss this
feature of the case. This latter denial
was made because reports to this
effect concerning the Secretary's letter
were in circulation.
President Cleveland and his advisers,
it is learned, are stronglj' opposed to
the II use bond bill, and this feeling
caused Secretary Carlisle to write to
Chairman Dingley. Aside from the
very important objection that the
bonds are to be redeemed in coin, in
stead of gold, as recommended by the
President, it is understool that, the
requirement that the bonds be sold by
subscription meets with disapproval.
OUTLAW BILL DOOLIN.
He Is Tired or Ilelng a Criminal and
Wants to Surrender on Condition.
Perry, Okla., Dec. 28. Considerable
excitement was created here yesterday
when it was announced that Bill
Doolin, formerly leader of the noted
Dalton gang of outlaws, was-in Perry
and that his mission here was to make
peace with the officers and give him
self up, provided a sentence could be
agreed on. It is said that Doolin was
accompanied by Bill Carr, who is an
escapee from Oklahoma City. Carr
has a big reward hanging over him,
and has skipped a 15,000 bond. He is
charged with being an accessory to the
murder of Chief of Police Jones, which
occurred some months ago. Doolin, in
an interview, says he is tired of an
outlaw's life and wants to atone for all
his misdeeds by working it out in a
short term in the penitentiary.
Doolin was leader of the Dalton
gang for years, and is said to be one
of the most desperate men that ever
lived in Oklahoma. Ten months ago
he was shot through the leg by a dep
uty marshal, and the wound came
near killing him. He has made many
overtures of late to Oklahoma officers
for a compromise sentence for his
crimes, and it is thought that it will
be effected soon.
TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
Mr. Burrows Introduces a Hill Placing
IJnty on the Present Free Wst.
Washington,. Dec. 'Ji. In the Sen
ate, to-day, Mr. Burrows of Michigan
presented a tariff bilL He explained
that, under the Wilson bill, many arti
cles were placed on the free list. The
House bill passed yesterday, had
raised articles already on the dutiable
list, but had not yet reached those of
the free list except in a few instances.
The bill he now introduced placed CO
per cent of the duty under the law of
1S90 on those articles placed- on the
free list under the present law. Re
ferred to the finance committee
The bond question made it appear
ance when Mr. Hill of New York in
troduced the following resolution;
"Resolved, That any bonds hereafter
issued under the laws now in force
may, in the discretion of the Secretary
of the Treasury, be made payable in
United States gold coin of the present
standard weight and fineness, or in
standard silver dollars, at the option
of the holders of such bonds, but no
bond containing such option shall bear
a rate of interest exceeding 3 per cent
per annum, payable quarterly'
Mr. Hill spoke in favor of the reso
lution at considerable length.
At 2:30 p. m. Mr. Hilt's resolution
was laid aside and the Senate ad
journed until Monday.
Sewaro, Web. Dec 28. The east
bound Burlington passenger collided
with a west bound freight yesterday
afternoon. Engineer Reed of the
freight was instantly killed. The
passenger engineer was seiiously in
jured. Two passengers, a little girl
and an old man. were dangerously
hurt, the child being frightfully
bnrned by being thrown under a
stove. Other passengers were inlnred.
fiayward's Body Cremated.
Chicago, Dec. 2 8. The body of
larry Hayward, recently hanged in
Minneapolis lor the murder of Miss
Catherine Ging, arrived in Chicago to
lay and was taken immediately to
iraceland cemetery and cremated.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Captain Ilealy, the accused revenue
cutter commander, is to be tried at
San Francisco for drunkenness.
Secretary Herbert has awarded the
contracts lor the building of the two
new battleships to the Viewport News
Company.
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