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PART ONE. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. .UGES 1 TO 8.
TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA SUNDAY MOENING , DECEMBER 28 , 1S90-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 193.
A DECISIVE FIGHT IMMINENT ,
News of Bloodshed May Bo Expected Within
Forty-Eight Hours.
COLORED TROOPERS LEAD THE ATTACK ,
Captain Taylor's Scouts Act ns Feel
ers "Word From the Troops Sent
Ont from Pine Hhlce
IIull'B ' .
Klicm I'ropliCHy.
Putn Hinor. Annxor , S. D > . ( vln Hushvlllo ,
Neb , ) , Dec. 27. News of a decisive light in
the bad lands may bo expected within forty-
eight hours. The colored troopers of the
Ninth cavalry nro leading the attacking
forces , under command of tbo gallant Colonel
Guy V. Henry , nnd they nro well prepared
for n stubborn struggle. Captnln Taylor's '
Indian scouts , led by the famous scout ,
Grounrcl , wont In advance. The Indian con
tingent Is mndo Up nlmost exclusively of the
Sioux , many of Buffalo Hill's ' performers
being in the squad. Tbo lieutenants at the
head of the black fighters nro Qllfoylo , Mo-
Incrny , Wright'nnd Bottcns. Gllfoylo nnd
Wright nro famous Apache fighters. Ono
hundred pack mules and mules with Hotch-
0kiss guns strapped to them followed the
troopers , while the gatllng guns nnd the tolo-
prnph corps brought up the rear. The trails
loading to the bad lands are well beaten nnd
it is iirobablo that the cavalry , lust night ,
wcro within two hours' march of
the > Indian intrcnchmonts. When the
blow is struck it will como at
dnybroalc , unless .tho Sioux should
nssumulho offensive , which is not likely.
Meantime other troops are sln\\ly tightening
the cordon around the natural fortification ,
which the red skins have chosen for their
fighting ground , Unless Kicking Bear , Iron
Hnwk , Short Bull and the rest of the pottv
chiefs surrender at the final 'command of
Colonel Henry hostilities will begin. The
bostllos appear anxious for war. Keports
differ as to the lighting strength of
hostllrw , but It is probable the soldiers will
mcot nt lest eight hundred heavily armed
warriors , besides BOO able bodied sqimws ,
who , owing to the Impregnable position they
have taken , will bo nblo to do almost as
cfllcieiit firing as the bucks themselves.
x THE 3tAltai ,
AVIuitllio riuhot-j Itepnrt to the On nip
nt AVouiiilcd Knno.
CAMP \VooxnEii \ KNIC : , ( Via Hushvillc ,
cb. , ) Dec. 27 , After n very rough forced
march of four hours and n half In the teeth
of a blinding sand storm General \Vhltesldo
nnd troops , A J nnd K of the Seventh calvary
together with several correspondents find
themselves making n hasty camp huro. Wo
nro eighteen miles northeast of Pine Hidge
ngency nnd where only a few days
ngo the ghost dance was in full
swintf in the midst of some
two thousand hostile Indians. Our object is
to capture the bauds of Sitting Bull , Dig
Foot and Hump , hostllca that gave
Colonel Sumner the skip the other day after
they had become prisoners of war.
Pickets Imvo scarcely boon thrown out when
they pass in word from the scouts that the
latter are chasing n party of tbo hostllcs'that
they found creeping up on our camp us soon
as our ilres wcro started. Nnar where wo
nro camped are the remains of what n few
days ago was n woll-stoclicd Indian store
owned by Louis Mosseau. I have just looked
through It and find it the most lonesome mor-
nch I over saw. Thohostlles have
plundcrdd and mined the stock , right and
left. Great tears came into the eyes of the
youthful proprietor as ho told of hnvlnglost
his all , a stock consisting of nearly $1,000.
How long wo nro to sCbp bora no ono but the
catmnandcr knows , and ho won't tell. The
cavalry hope to got the flcoing rods before
they got into the bad lands oc before they got
us. We expect to turn up in the bad lands.
HULL'S
The Appcnrniic-0 of Hopkins Re
garded as Its Fulllllinont.
PINE HumE Aocsor , S. D. Deo. 27.
[ Special to Tun BEE. ] A delegation of the
most Intelligent and conservative of the
friendly Indians hero appeared before Special
Indian Agent Cooper late yesterday after
noon very much troubled. With great seri
ousness nnd nn emphasis not manifested on
nny similar occasion , they stated that the
excitement caused by the visit , of the man
Hopkins In his attempted impersonation oi
the Messiah was rapidly increasing , und that
decisive measures were necessary In order tc
nvort trouble.
The delegation was headed by Captains
Fast IlorbO nnd Thunder Hear , old officers ol
the pollco force : n prominent man named
Sitting Bear nnd several other of the most
levul headed aud trustworthy-Indians of the
agency ,
They rcportoa to Mr. Cooper instead of
Agent Uoyor simply because the latter didn't
happen to bo in the ofllco at the tlmo they
cnmo.
Nearly nil pf the sovornl thousand Indians
hero hud , the spokesman reported , became
.perlously agltntcd over the matter. It seems
tlint they have a now cntiso for thinking sc
deeply on the subject. Short Bull , chief ol
the red horde In the bad lands , made i :
prophecy some weeks ago that the no\\
Christ would make his next appearance nt
Pine Hidgo agency. That prophecy has ,
these thousands of superstitious minds now
argue , been fulfilled. Therefore a tldnl wavr
now rolls high In favor of Short Bull , the bnO
man In the bad lands.
"What would vou propose In the way ol
disabusing the minds of your people of thuh
belief in Hopkins being the Mcssiutit" asked
Mr. Casper.
"Tho only thing to bo done , " said Sittliif
Bear , "is to bring Hopkins back hero am
show him to the Indians ns the frnud that hi
is. That's what they demand , nnd in 0111
our opinion the trouble that will surely conn
if the thing is allowed to drift along canno
bo averted In any other way.1'
Mr. Cooper wns deeply impressed will
what ho had heard , and asked that Slttlnf
Boar accompany him to General Brooke am
inform him of the situation. Sitting Boui
nnd the entire delegation approved of tin
suggestion and acted upon it. The gcuoru
told Special Agent Cooper that ho bottei
have Hopkins brought back hero and exposed
posed to the Indians , as had been proposed bi
the delegation ,
Jlut Mr. Cooper says that ho has no author
ity to go to the necessary expense In ircltiiii
tha man back hero. When Agent Hoye
heard of it' bo said that ho would not sum
for Hopkins. Tuorcforo the matter Is li
stalu QUO ,
Whlfo talking to Mr. Cooper , members o
the delegation asked the very pertinent ( jucs
tlon t
"If the fellow U Insane , why Isn't hi
locked up or In some way kept from mnklni
such trouble among our people ! If holsdoini
this wilfully , why Isn't ho put in jail , just u
Indians are who make troublol"
The query was a good deal of a stunnei
nnd Cooper got around It the best , way h
could , which , judging from the expression o
the fuces of his auditors , was anything bu
satisfactory.
Kvo In Iho Flrld.
RIIMIB AflEScr , S. D. , Doc. 27.-
ISpcclnltoTiic BEG. ] A bright pnrtlcula
itnr shown down upon the camp of the fi
Uious old Seventh cavalry Wednesday nlghl
tlnd Us bourns mot und blended with &u ui
usual Illumination that glowed through the
big double tent of Lieutenant Herbert G.
Maul res.
Tbo lieutenant wns giving a Christmas cvo
reception to his brother oftlccrs and n few
other friends , including some of the corre
spondents.
A handsomer , moro thoroughly Christians-
llko interior would bo difficult to produce
within the four duck walls of n soldier homo
in the Held. Boughs of fresh , green plno
suggested Christmas tide as you entered , und
a center polo wound with the sntno and liter
ally loaded with Chrlsttnns toys jumolng
Jacks , rubber dolls , tin horns , otc. lcft no
doubt as to the particular character of the
went. Cots covered with blankets made by
various tribes of the red children wcro ar
ranged about the sides of thotentnmi formed
unlquodiviins. At ono end of the tent stood
n camp tnblo piled high with nil varieties of
the rarer fruits , confections , oto. At the
other was n new wash tub holding delicious
Uotnan punch mnda by the master hand of
Major \Vhiteslde.
When the guests arrived and n round of
Christmas eve greetings had been exchanged ,
wo wcro served with a rovnl luncheon of
siiliid mule : by the skillful lieutenant ,
" 1'unsy" Brewer water crackers , Koch fort
chces o. the tendcrcst of dried beef , pickles ,
with plngcr confectionery , fruit and cigars to
ton oft on.
Toasts wcro both proposed nnd responded
to by nearly every ono present , Gencr.il .For-
sytho and Major Whitc.sidc , who nro about
the same ngn. oftlclatlng ns lenders In this
feature , which was varied by "something
that everybody could sing. "
The distribution of pre'onts resulted In
every guest getting ntoy which will undoubt
edly bo berne homo to distant states ns n
souvenir of the most unique anil royally com
plete soldier Christmas eve over spent.
JH 11 US
The Only Question Which Now Both
er * * General , MIlcN.
HAPID CUT , S. D.Doc. 27. News received
today Indicates that the Indian troubles are
about to bo brought to n close without the
sacrifice of moro lives. General Miles' ad
vices last night that the hostllcs in the
bad lands had listened to the frlendllcs and
wore on their way to Pine Hidgo wcro con
firmed by dispatches from General Brooke
today. The whole body of braves , squaws
nnd papooses nro now enrouto to Iho agency.
A courier states the party has nlrcady
renched AVhlto rlvor nnd will camp tonight
on Whlto Clny creek at a point about slxtcch
miles from the agencies. Other scouts con
firm this but nro reporting camps in tbo
bad lands deserted.
General Miles has ordered several bodies of
troops to carefully search the bad lands f or
slrngglers , secreted arms , etc. , and to draw
In toward the agency. The general now
wants to know where Big Foot is. Nothing
dcllnito from him has yet been heard.
FOit 'JCIIG VltIK\nLIES.
A Ilnir-Krrcd Believes the HostllCH
Have Iliitcliorcil Them.
CmisTox , S. D. , Dec. 27. The Indinns nrc
still carrying on depredations and growing
much bolder. A half-breed cnmo into camp
on the Cheyenne river and wns Interviewed
about the hostiles in the bad lands. Ho says
ho left I'ino Ridpo nRcncy a few days before
fore the IM ) frlcndlios who went to induce
the hostiles to return from the bad Innds.
There arc nt the Irast calculation BOO to 000
warriors among the hostiles , all well armed
nnd all duclnrimr that they would light. He
maintains great fears as to tbo ir > 0 frlondlics ,
as ho is almost sura the major portion of
thorn have been killed. IIo snys the hostiles
Imvo an immense stock of provisions nnd that
their stronghold Is almost impregnable.
FAT.tf , SOVTllEltX SVIIAF.
A-Mnrtloror Killed < nnd n ShcrifT-nnil-
Ueputy Fatally Wounded.
Nnw OHMJAXS , La. , Dec. 27. A Times-
Democrnt Lumberton , Miss. , special says !
A fatal nffray occurred nt'Davlston Ihis after
noon. In a fight nt a dance at Red Top
Christinas night F. T. Favro killed John
Parker nnd seriously wounded Neal Strahnn
nnd John Hickmnn. Fnvro was placed in
the Elirsvillo jail by Justice of the Peace
Cooke of district No. 1. Today Justice Smith
of district No. 2 dispatched u deputy with
the necessary papers to obtain Tnvro's re
lease on bonds. Sheriff Shivers , hearing of
this , came to Davlston on the attcrnoun train
to re-arrest Tavro. The shooting resulted.
Tnvro was killed and Sheriff Shivers ana
Deputy White fatally wounded.
PERISHED IX 'I'HE FRAMES.
Aii Aged South Dakota Farmer
Ilnriipd toDoatli.
EIK Point , S. D. , Deo. 27. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bnu. ] The house of Lasso A ,
Heaven , thrco miles north of this place ,
burned last night at 13 o'clock nnd ho per
ished in the flames. Mr. Heaven was clghty-
five years old and lived by himself , about ono
hundred fcot from the residence of Chris
Lotflson. his son-in-law. At the hour men
tioned Gilbert Lowlson awoke and instantly
discovered that his grandfather's residence
was on lire. Ho rushed down stairs , awaken
ing the members of tno lainllv as ho wont.
He reached the burning building nnd at
tempted to enter the south door and a west
window , but It was utterly Impossible. The
causa of the flro is not known , After the flro
the body was found in the ruins , the legs nnd
arms burned off.
11 Kit TEHlllHIjE XAXfA.
It l.onds Mrs. Hi bou to Poison Two
of Her Chlldron.
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Dec , 27. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BuE.l Near Brandenburg , the
coroner's inquest in tbo case of the poisoning
of the four children of Mrs. Julia Hlgbco Is
in progress. Dr. James J. Lewis , the family
physician , testified today that upon the third
death ho became suspicious of the poisoning ,
'When ho suggested n post-mortem examina
tion , after the death of thu fourth , the father
consented , but Mrs. Hlgbco made strong op
position , and It was only by legal process
that the examination was secured , Arsenic
wns found and the conclusion that two or
moro of the children had been poisoned wns
reached by all the physicians at the post
mortem , Mrs. Hlgbco's opposition to the
examination nnd her indlffcrcnco to tha re
sult of the Illness of the children directed
suspicion to hor. In closing ho snld : "My
conclusion Is that the first child
died n natural aeath and that was
r the origin of the homicidal mania which
resulted In the deaths of the other threo. I
have known Mrs , Hlgbco twenty years ,
after her marrlago she had n mental attack
which nenrly resulted In mania nud within
, the past six months she has scorned to mo to
: undergo a complete mental chungo. "
„ Other physicians testified to the Indlffcr-
o cnce and other symptoms of mania at the
bcdsldo of the children.
An Interesting Chapter.
KANSAS CITIT , Mo. , Dec. 27. An interest
ing chapter in the affairs of the defunct
Vnlon railway company of this city was re >
vcalcd today in the testimony of ono ot the
stockholders during the trial of the
suit of nn attonicy for fees. He
said stock to the value of f.100,000 had
been Issilod by the company. Of this 2CO , '
000 was deposited with the American loan
and trust company. The other $100,000 was
turned over to thirteen local members of the
company in payment for securing franchises ,
etc , _
Probably Murdered by Burglars.
CHIOAUO , Doo. 27 , Saloonkeeper Franli
Brown was found dead bghlnd his bar thu
morning , shot through the head , The throrj
is that burglars wcro nt work at the monoj
drawer and that ho surprised them and w %
Hnot-
S mnllpox nt a ( iorinnit Benpnrt.
BIKUNDec. : . 37 , There Is n serious out
break of smallpox nt the Seaport town o
Hadcnlobcu. Several deutlis have occurred
A SOCIALISTIC MANIFESTO ,
German Leaden Reaffirm Their Determina
tion to Rally the Peasants ,
SPURIOUS IMITATION OF KOCH'S ' LYMPH ,
A Number of Foreign Medical Men
Deceived Into 1'uroliasliif ; It
Conservatives nrnl the
Communal Illll ,
JSW Ji\i \ A'cic Vortf Atwst-ltttl Prt .1
BUIIMK , Dec. 27. The socialist leaders
Issued a manifesto tonight afllrniing tbo do-
tcrmlnatlon of the socialist party to rally the
peasants around thu flag of socialistic reform.
It says the lifo of agricultural laborers is
scarcely human and that they arc serfs In all
but the namo. The bright dawning of n new
era shall bring rejoicing to the peasants ns
well as to the tellers in the cities , and they
shall learn that they have a right to the beau
tiful earth fruits whereof they may not
stretch forth their hands and enjoy. They
must bo taught that the patriarchal system
Is the moral fee of the agricultural laborer.
The peasant proprietor and the aristocracy are
becoming brandy distillers and will make the
peasants the slaves of machinery us the town
workers have already been mado. The mani
festo asks the members of the party to con
tribute money to assist in a rural propaganda.
Behind tlio declarations in the manifesto ,
which the government might disregard , nro
practical arrangements for lecture tours , the
formation of rural branches , etc. , which are
already having a disgusting effect upon the
official mind. The nature of the manifesto
was known to the government before Its
publication , nnd the matter wns referred to
the emperor , who gnvo instructions that
nothing should bo done to suppress it.
It has been discovered that a spurious imi
tation of Koch's lymph Is being manufac
tured and a number of cases are reported In
which foreign medical men have been de
ceived Into purchasing It. The manufac
turers have not yet been discovered. The
police nro working on one case where the
fraud was altomplcd upon Dublin physicians.
A man who gave his name ns Bougcs and
who pretended , to bo attached to tbo Koch
clinic opened communications with the doc
tors of the Dublin hospital , offering to send
them a quantity of the lymph on payment of
a certain sum of money. The doctors ,
in reply forwarded n check for
15 and told Bongos to send
the lymph. Bouges also got JE2. > from an
other Irish doctor who wns visiting Berlin.
Later , however , the sender of the check , sus-
pectecting the swindle , telegraphed to stop
payment. Bougcs had given ttio check to the
manager of the hotel whcro ho was stopping
in pilyraont of bis bill , The manager In
formed the police , but Bouges had
decamped , leaving a quantity of plausible
imitations of the Koch lymph. The
medical profession throughout the empire is
growing more nnd moro indignant over the
manner In which tbo lymph Is distributed and
Koch's secrecy regarding its production.
Koch , In nn Interview with nn eminent Eng
lish physician , who urged the professor to
disclose the whole process , got very wroth nt
the proppsal and declared that ho had a right
' " ' " "
'to"clo as hVrpioa'sed with"his"discovery.
The Tagoblatt assails this position as scan
dalous and says the rapacity of the Koch
clique will certainly bo severely criticised
when Minister Von Gossler moves la the
land tag a grant for Koch and his assistants
of 3,000,000 marks , with 15 percent on the an
nual sales of the lymph.
The treatment In the case of William Deg-
man , who came hero from New York , has
proved a failure. Ho has had four injections
nnd the symptoms are the satno as when no
arrived ,
The medical associations of Brandobury
and other provinces have sent protests to the
government against the secret manufacture
of the Koch remedy , which , they say , Is giv
ing rise to scandal. The Breslau medical
society sent to Prof. Koch , nlso to Dr. Von
Gosslock , minister of ecclesiastical affairs , a
resolution declaring that it works great in
jury to the profession at largo to allow hos
pitals and privileged persons in private to
practice a monopoly of the lymph.
The prospects of the submission of the
conservutivo majority In the landtag on the
communal reform bill has become remote.
Bismarck's organ in a scries of articles ,
evidently inspired by the ox-chancellor , urges
the conservatives not to yield. Government
organs assort that the government is resolved
to maintain the project In Its Integrity. The
liberal press continues to clamor for Im
mediate dissolution. Other menacing causes
of political conflict are Emperor William's
educational projects and the Austrian treaty
of commerce.
The Hamburger Nachrlchtcn ( Bismarck's
organ ) leads the aggressive campaign. It
assorts that the rcichstag ought to bo dis
solved and the sense of the country taken on
projects which never have been submitted to
the olcctorato nnd which affect the highest
Interests of the empire. Bismarck's tactics
In assuming the offensive against the govern
ment is supposed to have been ndopted for
tlio purpose of fermenting nnd exciting gen
eral parllnmentary dlsorderand embarrassing
the mlnistrp in the hope that ho might again
bccomo chief. Von Gossler is known
to differ with the emperor in re
gard to Idcns on education. It is
reported ttiat ho offered to resign , but at the
request of the emperor consented to remain
for the present to give the emperor n cbanco
to select his successor , vho , it Is thought ,
will bo Dr. Hlnzpotcr , Emperor William's
former tutor.
The official census of Germany , recently
completed , guvo Berlin a population of 1,547-
4ST ) , an Increase of 259,000 la llvo years. The
next city Is Hamburg , with a population of
510,534 , nn Increase of 09,534 since 1835.
Bolpslc , vhlch has 853,373 inhabitants , bad
only 159,500 , in 18S5. This Is the greatest in
crease in any city , being 82 per cent.
Prof. Welgor of Strausburg Is dead.
Prince Schonaich-Carolath , grand master
of Masons , has sent proposals to the loading
Masonic lodges on the continent for the es
tablishment of a central court of reference.
It is reported that tbo grand orient cf Home
favors the proposal.
The Gorman man-of-war Frodrlch Karl ,
which struck on a rock off the island ol
Mltylcno , In the Aegean sea , near the coast
of Asia Minor , was floated on Christmas day.
HtcaniHhlp Arrivals.
Passed the Lizard The steamer Ln Chanv
pagno from Now York for Havre.
At Queonstown The steamers City ol
Berlin and.Wyoming from New York foi
Liverpool.
At Hamburg The steamer Hhnclla froir
Now York.
At Now York The Nordland , frcra Ant
s worp ; the Germanic , from Liverpool.
The Kirn Ilocnnl.
CINCINNATI , O. , Dec. 27 , Tbo Llttlo Mlam
freight depot burned tonight with most o
Its contents. Losses $175,000 , with little in
suraucc.
nitoKi ; THE
The Union Pnclflo Tnkqs 8nnp Jud i-
inriit on tlio Mllwnakcc.
There Is likely to bo a poaernl shaking up
of dry bones between the Milwaukee nnd the
Union Pacific railroads within the next few
weeks in consequence of u very peculiar
transaction that took place at n late hour last
night.
Ever slnco Juno last the Milwaukee has
had use of the Union Pnclflo track between
Council Bluffs nnd South Omaha for all of
the Milwaukee freight trains. It has been
given out rcccnty that arrangements had
been consummated by which the Milwaukee
would run Its passenger trains Into the Union
depot , beginning today.
The olllciuU of the Milwaukee had
made arrangements to do this , nnd
gave orders for the passenger train to pill
across from Council Bluffs , but when the
llrst train made the attempt the switches
were found locked unit thb yardmen of the
Union Pacific notltlcd tbo trainmen of the
Milwaukee that no Milwaukee trains could
bo permitted to cross the bridge.
Speaking of the matter at a late hour last
I glit , Mr. Nash of the Milwaukee , said :
" \V'o have a contract signal with the Union
'nclllc which gives us tbo light to run our
lasscnger trains across the brldgo into tbo
nlon depot. Last night wo attempted to
nko sucli advantage of this contract as we
iad a right to , nnd weroic-fuscd right of way
indusooftho Union Pacific track. So far
s 1 have yet learned , there Is no reason for
.his peculiar nnd unlocked for action on tbo
part of the Union Pacific , It Is In direct
lolation of ourcontrnct. " ,
Superintendent Blickcnsdcrfcr of the
Union Pacific was seen nt a very late hour
by a BUB reporter , but rofu'scd ' to talk upon
the matter.
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KIsA ItSTOXIA XS A G1TA TED.
Fears That I lie Govo'rnment Is Pro-
purlus for n General lOlrctlnn.
[ CojrfpM ) / ISP ) bu Jama tlnnlnn Jtcmtcll.l
Lo.vnox , Dec. 27. | Now York Herald
lablo Special to Tun Bmi.1 An Important
; iuestion Is just now secretly agitating the
conservative Gladstones' nnd 1'nrnellltes.
In the Inner circles of political life nothing
compares with it in interest. It is this : Is
the government getting Toady for a general
election i There Is great activity at the trcas-
uiy and a general shaking up of local organl
ations. Ono of the cliiot" ( jladstoninna ad
mitted to mo yesterday that his party Is en
tirelv at the mercy of tha enemy Just now.
" \Vo have no money , " ho said , "nnd very
few friends. Some of our j best supporters
have intimated that they wash their hands
finally of homo rule. Parnoll ft Co. have
completely knocked the bqttenn out of that. I
don't sco how Humpty Dumpty Is to bo seton
on his legs. "
Then I asked , "Why does not the old man
say so at oncol" '
'How can hoi" replied' ' his staunch sup
porter. "Tho McCarthy-Mot would coino
down upon us atonco. They would say , 'Wo
have given up Pnrnell and shattered our
organization for you , at J > now you basely
desert us.1 All Irelancj would cry out
ncainstus. Something njay occur to glvo us
an opening 6ut of the difllpalty. At.present
the torles have got us In lh-S crack. "
But what dothotorl'es ' s y ? Ispoko to n
very powerful member ' -oJ ! the party today ,
and I know that his viewdata shared by more
'
than onojuembcrof th&nVa'lstry. Vg have
iravo"got "all tno BesT o ' it , * ' ' 'fsaid ? 7 'No"
doubt1 , ' said bo , "but you must consider
many things before plunging into a
general election. How are wo off
for monoyl" "Bettor off , a good deal , than
the other side , " I remarked. "Yes , that is
quito true ; but still wo'ni-o not so well off ns
wo ought to bo. The Barlrg affair hit some
of our people pretty hard. You have no idea
what many of our most liberal supporters
have lost in the Argentines. Then Goschcn
has offended the big brewers nnM distillers ,
who have usually subscribed largely to the
campaign fund. Wo should not get much
out of them just now , as their pockets are
buttoned up tight all around. Local organi
zations are poor. Recollect , they have had to
fight two contested elections within five
years. They don't want- any inoro at pres
ent.1
"Still , " I suggested , "you will scarcely
find any one who doubts that Lord Salisbury
would get another saved ypars of power If ho
appealed to the country now. "
"I agree with that view , " replied my
friend , "but wo must consider what the
people in the country wish.I tell you they
do not want another election , Trade Is not
good generally , and thy are In favor of
letting this parllamontTun on another year.
or at least till next autumn. I rather think
that Is tbo view taken In a very high quarter ,
which has also to bo consulted. Wo need not
bo in any great hurry. I think the Glad-
stonlans cannot got over the knockdown blow
they have received. Whore nro they now ?
Associated with Patrick Ford , Michael
Davltt nnd all that crowd. The moment
thcypo before the country they will bo
pulled to pieces. Wo can wait , and not much
will bo risked by delay. If I was you I
should tell your constituents to expect an
other chance of electing1 you some time next
July or August. It Is ali up with the old
man anyway. There will bo no moro Irish
alliances In our time. Pnrnoll has smashed
the machine -mori power to bis elbow. "
A MKMUCH or PAIILIAHUNT.
Poor Children Provided For.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. . The Christmas
club of Washington today entertained COO '
children at dinner and afterwards distributed
presents to each ono. Mrs. Dlmmlck repre
sented the president's fawny , and Miss Jnno
Fuller , daughter of tha < chief justice and
president of the children's department of the
club , nnd Miss Jessie Miller , daughter of the
attorney general , the vlco president , took a
loading part in caring foi ? the needs of the
young RuestB.
The East Washington club provided n good
dinner nnd presents for about ono thousand
young people.
Business Tfouliles.
YiCKsnuno , Miss. , Dec. 27. O'KcefoGuIdo
& Co. , dry goods , assigned today with pre
ferences of $02,000. A fall statement is not
obtainable.
LtKCASTr.il , Pa. , Deo. 27. The Fishing
Creek Lumber company assigned today. The
assets , it is belle vcd , will exceed the liabili
ties.
ties.GiiEisi.P.r
GiiEisi.P.r , Colo. , Doc. 27. The banking
firm of Hunter & West bas made an assign
ment. Liabilities nearly $100,000 and assets
about $140,000 They expect to resume if ex
tensions are granteif.
Komi's Depositors Qet no Comfort.
CHICAGO , Dec. 27. The depositors in
Kcan's bank have received no comfort from
tbo revelations of ManagerHatfield of the
Now York branch of the Institution. It ap
pears that for thirty days preceding the
crash securities for largo amounts wore for
warded to Now York , negotiated and the
proceeds of tbo loans returned to the Chicago
ofJlco.
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The 1) in Hi It II.
BnniixDW.27y- . HOlnrluhSchlclm'ann ,
the noted ari'.bicolot'Ut i * dead.
Nr.w YOIIK , Dec. 7.Fropklln Cbnso , who
was thirty-seven years In tha consular ierv-
Ice of tbo United States , died today ,
HE SAVED HIS SWEETHEART ,
Gallant Conduct of Blhy Byrnes , a Young
Lincoln Hero ,
WIND-UP OF THE CONTEST AT NORFOLK.
Vntcs Disputed on the Urottml of Nim-
Itcsldcnco Dentil ofu Prominent
.Beatrice Citizen A. Ijtmdctl
Christ inns liux.
Irf.vcoi.v , Neb. , Dec. 27. ISpeclal Tele
gram to Tin : BEE. I While Hlloy Byrnes and
his sweetheart accompanied by another
young couple were skating in the moonlight
on Salt Crock this uvontng near tbo Twenty-
seventh street bridge , Illloy and his nartncr
suddenly cnmo upon n strip of thin Ico.
Byrnes forgetful of his own danger gave his
ladylove a sudden turn that sent her spad
ing out of danger. But tno gallant young
skater looked to his own safety too late a * the
Ice gave way beneath him nnd ho was pre
cipitated into the chilly stream. The
young man with him attempted to res
cue Byrnes nnd ho too went into
the water and only managed to pet out after
the most heroic efforts. Byrnes nttcmptod
to follow the example of his companion , but
every time ho lifted himself partially out of
the water the ice broke. In n final desperate
effort to climb out no slipped under the Ice
nnd wns not seen again. Word wns sent to
the police station concornine the accident
nnd an effort was mndo to find the body but
without success. The young lady who was
saved by Hlloy Is In n serious condition from
nervous prostration.
Tlio Co-itrst nt Norfolk.
NoiiFot.it , Nob. , Doc. 27. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BKE.J The contest court re
sumed Its sittings in this city today nnd the
entire ttmn was devoted to nn attempt on the
part of the attorneys for the contestant to
discover that illegal votes were cast in NorfolK -
folK nt the Into election.
Attorneys John S. Hoblnson and James
Nlchol of Madison appeared for Powers nnd
John U. Hayes and Judge Barnes of this city
> vero the nttornoys for Boyd. A good deal of
tlmo was taken up In showlnc that a number
of the members of n traveling show company
voted for Boyd , when they had no legal
right to do so. Some twenty-live
thirty men who wcro laying steel
railsj on the Chlc'iRO , St , Paul & Minneapolis
railroad had their headquarters hero at the
tlmo of the election nnd voted the democratic
ticket. All the boarding house keepers In
town were called to snow that their votes
wcro fraudulent , with the result of showing
that these men bad been at work in Norfolk
last spring nnd after being absent at work on
the line returned here on September 0 , re
maining until about thrco weeks after thu
election. It could not bo proven that these
men had a homo elsewhere.
A largo number of employes of the state
hospital for Insane wcro called In and mndo
to testify as to the legality of their votes , the
theory of the contoUant scomlug to bo that
being In the service of the state disfranchised
a voter.
The taking of testimony closed this - evenIng -
Ing though" , owing to the barren result of tno
attempt to got census returns out of the
enumerators nnd newspaper men of the city ,
application will bo made to the census bureau
for documentary ovldouco as to the popula
tion of Norfolk.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Work orilMlcf.
.Bi.TYboDNeb..Bec . , ? 7.tSpeclal to . . Inr.
> ; 'Jr"W. * * % . - * * * - * 1K * * - - NJ
BEE. ] A good many letters * anrbolng re
ceived hero asking about the condition of the
people and If relief is needed. At present
there Is no need for outsldo holp.horo. Only
twenty families have applied to the county
commissioners for assistance nnd they have
been promptly helped to provisions , coal and
clothing. The commissioners think they can
easily take care of all destitution in this
county and are not asking : anything from the
state aid society. In some of the adjoining
counties , however , there is a great deal of re
lief work being done by the state relief com
mittee. Carload after carload goes through
hero on its way to Frontier , Chase and Per
kins counties , where there nro hundreds of
families applying for nnd receiving assist
ance. Were it not for the fre6 coal being
distributed over the B. & M. there would bo
danger of some families perishing In case of
a severe storm. In the south part of Fron
tier county are many families who have had
no winter supplies of either coal , clothing or
provisions only as It nas been shipped hi free
by the B. & M. through the state aid com
mittee , and In a few instances relief has come
from private sources.
ChrlKtmixM Hex 1/omloil.
N , Nob. , iec. 27. [ Special Telegram
toTnr. BCE.I L. II. Blsco , a llvoryman of
this city , got as n Christmas present an "in
fernal machine , " composed of a rat trap
spring , a hammer to strike a percussion cap ,
something that looked llko aptocoof a pitman
from a mowing machine , gun powder , otc.
A great deal of Ingenuity was displayed in
the construction of tbo thing. It came from
Kenesaw via Kearney on the night before
Christmas but owing to some informality In
the bill of the express comoany was not delivered -
livered until about noon today.
It was In a nlco llttlo box with hinges atone
ono end. Mr. Bhco took It to his ofllco , and
as ho raised the lid the combined hammer
nnd trigger slipped from its wlro loop In the
box lid nnd a fearful explosion of gun powder
followed , and the gentleman and a boy were
surioualy burned. Mr , Blsco was also struck
by a pleco of Iron In the face , and tnko it all
together ho has been lucky to got off as easily
ns ho has.
_
An Inrbrlntc'a Suicide.
RUSIIVII.I.E , Neb. , Deo. 27. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BKB. ] At 0 o'clock this morn
ing , M. J. Tully committed suicldo by shootIng -
Ing himself through the head with a.-15-calibro
revolver. Ho was just recovering from a pro
tracted spree. The deed occurred In his
brother's saloon where he was bartender.
No ono was present at the tlmo. Death was
almost instantaneous , as ho expired bofero
any ono reached the sccno. Four or five
years ago Mr. Tully was a prominent and ro-
spcctca young merchant of this town , but a
mania for drink caused bis downfall.
Tlio Gngn County Contest.
BKATIIICB , Nob. , Dee. 27. ( Special Tele
gram to THE BEB.I The testimony in the
Funck-Collins senatorial contest case came to
nn end today. The contested filed a protest
against the transmission of the testimony
ballots nnd poll books to tbo secretary estate
state on the ground that the notlco of contos
was not sufllciont to warrant such a stop.
The proceedings will , howovor. bo sub
milted to the legislature through the sccro
tary of state for IJ ul determination ,
Iliirglttra Bound Over.
BEATIIICB , Nob. , Dec. 27. ( Special Tele
gram to THE BEB.I William McKlnnoy. Ed
Johnson nnd Charles Bowles , who were
caught in the act of burglarizing Harry
Smith's residence on North Twelfth street
were given a hearing in the police court thl
afternoon and were bound over to the di'tric
court in the sum of (300 each.
Hound Over for I'orjury.
BKXTHICK , Neb. , Doc. 27. ( Special Tele
gram to Tim BKE. ] Dave Payton , colored
phnrged with perjury In giving his testimony
jjn the Child's flux stealing case , was given
hearing this afternoon and bound over to th
district court in the sum of ( .VX ) .
Complaint.
UKXRV4 , Nob. , Dec. 37. ( Special Tele
gram to TUK Bee. ] Flora K. Houcliln ,
ccretnry of the Woman's Christian Temper
nco Union , has filed complaints in the olr-
itlt caiinrl nnunst Phillip W. Jones nnd
.Ibort C. Tucker for selling liquor without n
cense , of four counts each , and tbo cases are
ot for hearing Jntmnry I ) and 10.
I ) -nth of a I'rnmlitont Citizen.
BEATIIICB , Neb. , Dec , 27. [ Special Tclo-
crnm to Tun BKK. | Mr * . Ira L , Hynn , a
niiy highly esteemed in this locality , died
udJonly at her homo in this city last night
fa congestive chill. Her husband , a tnoni *
crof the firm of Hynn IlrothoM , furniture
onlors , onu son and two daughters survlvo
or. The funeral occur * tomorrow morning ,
ftcr which the rutn.dns will ho taken to
Sprlnglleld , 111. , her former homo , for final
iitcrmcut.
A ItcmoiiHtranuu Bouitrod ,
F.tmnt'iir , Neb. , Dec. 27. | Special Tclo-
; ram to Tin ; Uni ! . ] Notice was served upon
bounty Attorney 0. B. Lotion toJny to the
ITcct that O. E. McDonald of Fremont , Nob. ,
vould make application on December St ) to
ho governor to have the line remitted which
vas imposed on him by District Judge
tlorrls In the court house bribery case In
his county nt n recent term of court. The
lotlco was not served on the county attorney
intil about noon today , nnd in three hours
line n remonstrance with nearly four hun
dred names attached had been secured.
Gft'KX W Jt'Oll 7.0.ST.
Clio Steamship Tliniiciunro Ilcllovod
to Have Morn \Vrookoil ,
Bii.TiMonr , Md. , Deis. 27. The aconts of
ho Johnson line have given up for lost the
steamship Thanemoro , which left hero
November 20 for London with a general
cargo valued at $175,000 nnd (50 ( bond of cat-
lo. Besides the thirty-four onicers and
crow there were twelve cattlemen on board.
Con ) Barges Break
Lnwi ? , Del. , Doc. 27. The steamship
Saturn , from Now York for Baltimore ,
arrived nt the breakwater this morning , ro-
) orting that during n severe snow storm and
ic.ivy galoyestciday morning the coal barges
storm King and Antelope , which she bad in
: ow , broke loose and Immediately drifted out
of sight and nothing more was seen of them.
It is feared that they and their crews are
ost.
TJl.UXH nKLAYKn MIY tiXOlf' .
llonds In the Knst Blocked ns a R- stilt
of tlio Storm.
Nr.w YORK , Deo. 27 , Incoming malls nro
delayed by snow. The western mail via the
New York Central ! s over thrco hours bo-
lilnd tlmo. All other malls r.ra from two to
three hours late.
CANAJOIIAUII : , N. Y. , Dec. 27. Trains
through the Mohawk valley tire moving at nn
average of ono hour lato. Country roads
are blockaded and back town stages will bo
unable to reach town today.
BusqtiKiitXNA , 1'n. , Dec. 27. O wine to tbo
urcat fall of snow the Jefferson division of
Llio Erie railroad and the Pennsylvania di
vision of the Delaware & Hudson road have
leo.i blocked slnco Tuesday morning. On
the Erie main line trains are running several
liours lato.
PiTTsntmn , Pa. , Dec. 27. Passenger trains
an nil roads are few and fur between. Travel
being very light , though , they nre milking
fair tlmo with double engines. Nt ) effort Is
being made on any road to move freight. All
the engines are busily engaged in passenger
traftlo.
BOSTOX , Mass. Dec. 27. Owing to thosnow
western tr.ilns have not been heard from and
their locations arc unknown hero.
COXCOUP , N. H. , Dec. 27. The snow has
coascd falling. Trains nro running from llvo
to seven hours Ixihind time.
PiTTsmmo , Pa. , Dec. 27. Specials from
different parts MyatteMYirgmiu stnto that
snow Is falling nnd now ox'coeds'that of'Anyj '
year since 1857. Reports from all up and
down river districts snow fear of rain and
flood. All railroads are still laboring under a
great disadvantage.
Ono of the Worst on Kecoril Perpe
trated nt Snyvllle , It. I.
SATru.i.r , L. I. , Dec. 27. A most brutal
murder was committed last night at Bohe
mia , a small village three miles north. Late
in the evening Frank KrulU , a clgarmakcr ,
walked into tbo house of .Constablo Sashck ,
laid on the table n human finger
nnd said ho had killed Arnnio Croupn ,
a follow-clgnrmakor , and had brought the
linger to prove it. The constable at first
thought the man wns joking , but Krulls
said , "I mean what I say. Croupa told lies
about mo , and I concluded to kill
him. I mot hint on the road to
night nnd cut nls throat. I v/nnted
to make sure ho never would speak again , so
I cut open his belly and placed his bowels
over his faco. Thou I cut off a linger for
you. "
The constable hastily summoned a posse ,
and accompanied by the murderer , they
went out and found the body. It
was a horrible sight * It lav In a frame of
bloody snow. The clothing was torn from It
and a hole the size of n sugar bowl was In the
abdomen. The entrails lay over the breast ,
neck and faco. The right car and imlcx fin
ger of the loft hand were missing.
\Vhon the party returned to the village they
were met by an excited crowd which wanted
to lynch Krulis , but the constables succeeded
hi getting him to jail.
When searched , the missing ear wns
found In the murderer's pocket , and ho told
Judge O'Brien that ho had bought It for him ,
and also handed the judge the blood-stained
knife with which the awful deed bad been
committed. Throughout the examination
Krulls conducted himself in a stolid manner.
It Is bcllovcd that jealousy ol Croupa's atten
tion to n young woman was ono of the mo
tives Krulls had for the crime.
VJi ST.tXU.
Now Ilnmpstilro'H Loilfilntlvo Clerk
ChnlloiiKCS Investigation.
Cosconn , N. II. , Doe. 27.-Special ( Telegram -
gram to Tun BBI : . ] In reply to the charges
made by democrats that the clerk of the next
legislature , Colonel Jowott , In malting up the
roll of the next legislature would scat all the
doubtfully elected republicans , that gontlo-
mnn this afternoon made a formal reply
to the charges. In his statement to
the supreme court In nnswer to the mils en
tered before that tribunal against him , ho
snys that ho intends to prepare a legal roll
nud to do his duty in the premises accord
ing to law ; that ho is not now able
to determine what his duty will bo because
no certificates of election have been pres
ented to him , that he docs not know how
many , if any of the said forty dubatablo
persons named In the bill will present
a certificate. IIo Is In'ormcd that thu
certificates returned to the ofllco of the sec
retary of state are unlike ; that for this and
otter reasons ho lias refrained from deter
mining questions that may arise on certifi
cates and ho prays advice and instruction ant
a dccrco of the court as to his duty.
To that end ho specially prays the court t (
Inquire and ascertain what certificates wll
bo presented and to determine his duty In
cacti of tbo forty cases. His action dls
pells tbo imputations that have been
made by democrats to the oiTuc
that Colonel Jewell would .sot up a
law anlo himself In the preparation , of the
roll of members. The democrats , it may bo
snld , are not only surprised but gratified a
the extent to which the answers go , because
they had anticipated only a general denial
The patriotic position assumed by Colone
Jewett nnd his legal advisors , whlcl
included somu of the ablest lawyers in the
state ( 'lvo.s m this time a stronger hope tliui
ever that tbo existing political complications
will bo peacefully Bottled.
Roinnnilnil Ih.Jlofiuitt of Hall ,
NF.W YOIIK , Dec. 27. Tbo divorce lawyer
Butnor , pleaded notgujlty on cxatnlnatloi
today to the charge of grand larceny ant
was rcnuuded to prison in default ot bull.
THE & J SOCIAL QUESTION
Fopo Leo Finishes the Draft of His Encycli
cal Upon the Subject.
OW WEALTH SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ;
V Document That Will Hovlcnv nml
All Hntfcra AfTVotlnj *
Workers Coiidoiniin-
tlon of Capitalism.
Pints , Doc. 27. Advlcos from Home stnt *
hat the pope has finished tlio drast of UU
iiu'ycliciil , upon the social question , Ilia
lollness has been working upon the subject
or over a year and at his mutest the most
ompotcnt economists and bishop * of illffor-
nt countries , Including America , furnished
nemornnd.i. The pope considers the quos-
ion the greatest of the present tlmo. The
ncyclical will bo the crowning net of the
lope's work In this direction. The duto ot
mbllcntioii has not yet been given ,
nit the Associated pre.ss correspondent )
s enabled to glvo the subsUuica
of It now. The encyclical will review nnd
xpound the whole iiucstlon affecting wage )
vorkors. The document will comprise
hroo parts.
In the llrst his holiness will develop tha
; eneral principals upon which social economy
s founded nnd the dominant Idea of dlstrlbu-
, lvo Justice which should regulate thu Inter *
course of men and the spread of wealth.
I'ho pope says distributive and restorative
ustico Is needed to prevent misery nnd
sweating on ouo sldo nnd exorbitant riches
ind tyranny on the other.
The second part comprises the origin niul
cause of the present condition of the social
iroblcm. On this point his Holiness takes n
low thesis , the llrst developed hi his ency
clical on socialism.
The third part contains the views of tha
> opo regarding the remedies beyond rollgioui
nnd moral Inliucnco to bo advocated. His
Holiness exprcssed'hiinsolf again in favor ot
.ntcrvontton by the state within tlio HmlU
jiroviously sot forth. IIo condemns
capitalism , ns now organized , nnd ad
vocates a moio equitable ami just distribution
of riches. The pope Is convinced that tbo
papacy nnd church should should leave tha
irosont social nnd democratic movement and
, vill appeal to all conservative foicosandto
Protestants lo aid in securing the safety ot
the society.
The pouo's physician says his holiness may
Ivo for some tlmo yet , ns ho has n robust
constitution nud is buffering from no in
Irmity.
A Prohibitive Turin1.
PAIIII , Doc. 27. Notwithstanding the pro-
, ests of the ministry against the nngmenta-
ion by the tariff committee ot the basis pro
posed in the government bill , the committed
toiitlnuod until adjournment to ruhu tha
arlffs to a piohibltivo pitch , The reprcbcn-
ution of the agricultural Interests In tlio
ihatnberof deputies Is stronger than Iho In-
lustrial element. They will support prohlbl-
-Ivo dutlds on manufacturers in expectation
.hat in return they will obtain n close murket
for farm products. They will wrotik the bill
.iiilcss their demands MO concedcti.
Improved by the Knoll liympti.
PAUIS , Doc. 27. Dr. Penn , in a lecture to
day nt the hosplial on the result of the Koch
cure upon diseases of the tbront , testified
to the marked improvement of thrco patients
who had received injections for alToctlons of
the larnyx. "It xvas , therefore , " ho snld ,
"clearly n remedy In effecting euros , al
though up to tbo present tlmo it could not bo
claimed thattnny pormanoiittcurcs.hudvbeca , .
cffcctcd. " His statement made a profound '
Impression on the largo audlcnco of medical
men present.
THE ItEIsXOXT HOKSE 8.U.E.
A Fine LjotoTCrnuk Kncors and Venr-
lliiKs DIspoHcil Of.
BAHYI.ON , N. J. , Dec. 27. The sale of the
crack racers and the pick of yearlings nt tha
nursery stables of the Into August llclmonb
brought n largo crowd of prominent turfmca
bore today. The event was regarded ns tha
most important sale of racing horses since )
the Bulling of the Kancocas stable in 1SSO , nnd
nil prominent turfmon had representa
tives present. Colonel S. D. Bnico wna
auctioneer. Raceland , winner of the 1889
suburban , was the first horse put up and w" "
sold to Michael E. Dwyer for f7,000. Prince
liovnl was knocked down at $5.KX ( ) to Phil
Dwyer. W. P. Jennings got St. Carlo at
$1,000 und Fred Eschnor paid $ .1.500 for Mag
nate. Then came the struggle for Potomac ,
the throo-vcar-old son of St. Blalso. Ksuhnor
started the bidding at f 15,000. It went ahead
with $500 and $1.000 jumps and the hsrso was
finally sold to M. K Dwycr for * jr .000. The
comparatively small price realized for him
was n great disappointment nnd was duo prob
ably to the fact that ho Is not eligible to
some of the richest three-year-old stakes of
next season. La Fosa proved n great favorlta
and after spirited bidding wns sold to Hough
Brothers nt 81,000. ! ! Kschnor paid 1,000 for
Mnshor. There was lively bidding for Bt.
Charles , who wns secured by W. M. Berry
for 4,000. Flnvla , a chestnut filly , wont to
V. McCabe for fci.BOO. The chestnut filly
Beauty was the last of the race horses sold ,
Esehnor taking her for S'.fiOO.
Yearlings brought the following prices :
Alliance , chestnut colt , Sl/'IK ) ; Bollisel , bay
illy , e > bOO : Captive , bay colt , $3,100 ; Fldollo ,
bay colt , $1.800 ; In pot , bay colt , * 1WO ! ; Mag
nolia , bay illly , $5,1(10 ( ; His Highness , bay
coltV100St. ; Felix , bay colt , # 1,1)00 ) ; Ft.
Florlnn , chestnut colt , SCi.WO St. Murk.brown
colt , SSUO ; Heglna , chestnut lllly , H.ISO ; Tar-
an tell , bay lllly , $ ( ,1K , ( ) : Caliph , bay colt ,
fUTiO ; St. Carolina , cbcstdut colt , $3,100 , ;
King Cadmus , bay colt , f 1,000 ; Victory , bay
colt , f 1,001) ) ; Schuylklll , chestnut colt , $2,800.
'till : IlllMlLIAX SC1IK3IE.
A. Warsaw Paper AUOIIHOH Iho Govern *
mom of Comilvnnco nt Fraud.
WAUSAW , Deo. 27 , [ Special Cablegram to
TUB Uun.J The Courier publishes the text
of what purports to bo a secret Bra/Ulna
decree for the encouragement of Immigration.
The decree nppears to hnvo been Issued Juno
29 , 18'JO , and bears the signatures of presi
dent Fonzca and Senior Glycerin. It con
tains forty-nlno articles. It promises that
Itnmlgrutlun agents ahull bo paid liiO franca
for every adult they send to Brazil and CO
francs for every child landed. An additional
premium of 100,000 francs Is offered any
company landing 10,000 Immigrants in Brazil
In ono year. In addition immigrants are
promised substantial advantages contingent ;
upon their signing before embarkation n
declaration as to the handicraft they Intend
to practice. The Courier complains that
emigrants sailing fur Brazil from German
ports are novcr asked to sign any declaration
und says that therefore when they roach
Brazil thov nro in the position of outlaws and
having no rights nro forced to enter into
contracts which practically convert them
Into slaves. The Courier denounces the
system ns a fraud anil accuses thu Brazilian
government of connlvnnco.
\ Failicr'n Torrlhlo
CINCINNATI , O. , Deo. 27. Louis Sohwing ,
worn out with watching at the bedside of his
daughter ill with diphtheria , gave her by
mistake n dose of cnrbolio acid. Thu child
died In two hours nnd the father had to bo re
strained from taking his own llfo.
Tragedy nt on Arknnana Oanon.
Mr.Mi-iiis , Tcnn. , Dec , 27. A special from j
Pine Bluff , Ark. , says monger details Imyo ]
been received of an ulfray at Swan Unite ,
Two negroes are reported dead and ten inj
or leas Horlously wounded. Th
at a dunce.