- - -
. . . . ' " " " " " " I " , "ll. & .li.l = AI. : : J , : I . ; ' , .J : .L . . , - " - - " " " " ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . . " .
, . " " , . . . . . : , ' , , r 'v" " , ' " " " " " " , . . , . . rJ. " , + , ,4TII , . - .J--"o' ' _ " < . ' ' < . , y. . . ' " " . _ - " - ' . . . ' -.r."M- ,
I ,
.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. = . "
l . \ DA.LY . _ '
, . . t . "
) . \
. - ESTABLIShED I TUNE 19" . 1871 OMAhA , ThURSDAY [ OnNIG- DECEMBER 20 , 1894. SINGLE . COPY ' FIYE OJ N "S. I
RELAPSED INTO BARBARIS1 l :
,
Eye WtnoDectibes ! the ecmes at the
Taking of Port Arthur.
CHINESE MADE SCARCELY ANY RESISTANCE
naIl the Oarrlon Been A nlulean or
Iuroleanl : tilO I'IReo Would tlUO
Coet Ten ' 'hoUel\lt U\el I
1'nlon at AU.
-
NEW YORK , Dec. l-The Worhl tomor-
tow will prInt the following "peclal nlllces
from Is corrcspondcnt , James Creelman ,
- ' who wns with thb Japanese army , dated Porl
Arthur , November 2t , vIa Vancouver , Decem-
ber 19 :
!
The struggle for lie ( emanclpalon of Corea
has been suddenly turnell Into n headlong ,
savage war of conquest. I Is no longer n I
conflict between civilIzatIon nli barbarIsm.
Jnpa'l ' for the last four days has trampled
civilization tinder the feet of her conquerIng
. . army. The taking of Porl Arthur and the
possession of ono of the most powerful
strongholds In the world was too great a
strain upon the Japanese character , which
relapsed In a few hours back Into the brutish
state from which It was awakened a generation .
ton ago. Almost the entIre pOl1laton found ,
tn Port Arthur Ims been massacred , and the
I. work of butchering the unarmed and unre-
, slating InhabItants has been continued . The
streets arc choked UII with mulialell corllses.
In spite of the vastness of the battlefield
and the strength of the batteries massed In
this mighty chain of land Ind ! sea for the
taking of Port Arthur It Is robbed of Its ( hg-
nly as a bate by the fact that a largo and
wel trained army alacltell I mere rabble.
There was a great deal of artillery thunder
and scientific maneuvering of the troops
among the cannon crowned . his , but the In-
fnntry fighting was. Incidental , and the
"butcher bill , " as the hardenCI camllJlguer
would cal It. was insIgnificant. The Japa-
neso lost about fifty dead and 250 wounded
In carrying It fortress that would have cost
10,000 men had It been Occullled by European
or American citizens. China Is now at the
) mercy of the Island empire.
' . - HEADY FOR PEKING.
In a few days the fierce Seinlal troops
will bo ready to leave Japan to join Field
Marshal Oyama's army , and then the third
and fInal movement towards Peking will
begin. Ull to the moment Port Arthur was
entered 1 cnn bar witness that both of
JaDan's armies nol In the field were
chivalrous and generous to the enemy. There
was not n slaIn on her fag when we len
Ilnchow on November 17 and began the
march on Pert Arlhur. The battery of
thirty siege guns was still foundering In
the rear bul General Iassagwn had armed
the Kumanato troops all the entre army
of Invasion was nssembled-omething . like
23,000 men. News had been received from
the Japanese shIps swarming about Port
Arthur and a general plan ot acton agreed
upon. On November 17 the cavalry scouts
reconnoitered the villages of Sulshl Yeh In
, . the valey , cemmanded by the land forts of i
- Port Arthur and then fell back after 10f
skirmish to Dojoshu , a hamlet at the eastl n
foot of a fortified monument and the hi (
commanding the way to a wide valley ad-
jonlng : the SushI Yeh vahiey.
At 10 o'clock the next morning the ChInese
advanced out or the Port Arthur forts and
surprised a small body of Japanese cavalry
scouts In the valley. The Chlneso had three
hold guns. They arrived at the monument
fort just In time to see Nishi's advance brlg-
\ . D ado take up Its position and send flanking
, fv columns around the bill to cut ol the
enemy In the rear. The valleys behind were
fled wah troops rWhln { along at the top
of their speed to the rSCUe ;
ADVANCED IN THREE COLUMNS.
4 - I could see the _ Chinese advancing In three
columns froln ; the southwest and northwest I
A\vay to the lef were the Japanese cavalry .
In a cloud of dust , cutting their way back '
on the main road through the line of red and
white standards. There were at least 500
'Ghlneso ' In the three columns. Suddenly the
elemy caught sight of our flank movement
( and began to retreat The Japanese had lost
eight men In the light and forty-two wounded.
No man can say how many the enemy lost.
I saw the Japanese dead on the road with
their hcadl gene , and their bodies mutilated.
Several corpses were without hands , two had
-
been butchered like sheep and their hearts
\ nnd livers torn out. As the Jnpaneso reinforcements -
forcements began a double quick , thO enemy
disappeared through the ravines Into the
' Sush YelL valley and returned to Port
Arthur.
On .tho morning of the 20th , after tIm
armies had been placed In a straight hue on
the cast of I'ort Arthur , wIth l'range or low
mountaIns between and a mass of forts be-
yond , a council of war was held. The field
- marshal and hIs staff tact Generals Yainai
/ ? ( staf let Yamaj ,
? NishI and lasrgnwa with their staffs. I
was decIded that part of Yamaji's division
shonl } make a great turning mJvelent on
_ tholank or the Chinese and attack the left ,
while Ilassagawa's brigade should follow
with an attack from the cast on the forts
forming the Chinese right. Tim rest of
Yainaji's troops were to move straight
down the SushI Yeh valley , and , with field
and siege ' batteries , to attack the Chinese
front from the north and move Into Port
A .41 " , .
H' . " .
MeaiWhule the Independent column , march-
Ing along the cast tinder Ll9utonant Matsu-
mltdu , would simultaneously move against
the eastern forts. Dut while the council of
war was proceeding the Chinese began to
realize that the Japanese line established
- , their mountain batteries on the his commanding -
manding the left center of the Chinese Position -
ton , and decided to advance out of Port
Arthur and dislodge them Then began a
tremel\lous artillery fght , WI thing a few
moments regiment after regiment could be
soeu running In clouds of dust across the
head of the valley Into the ravine leading
to the support of the Japanese artillery po-
sition. The air was fled with shells , and
the Chinese gradualy concentrated theIr fire
fro until trees began to disappear from the
westof slope. The Chinese marched out of
Port Arthur In three columns. One descend.
Ing from the 1)ragon forts ano the other two
came out of the Porl Arthur valley.
fIA1GED ON TiE flATTERIES.
The ground was torn with shels as they
marched forward , bUt' they never faltered
for n moment. Within a quarter of a mile
of the Japanese artillery the Chinese line
spread itself out , and , wheeling to the left ,
_ wont strlght for the hills to carr the batteries -
4 tories by chargf , The lire became too hot
and they lay down 01 thnlr faces , with their I
banner poles stuck In the ground , a mag-
nifcent target , upon which the Japanese
. . trained ( their pieces. Within three minutes
two hels struck the line exactly and tore
great gaps In It. Instantly every fag
dropped , and the Chinamen took to their
heels , but In a few minutes they reformed
and prepared I lo receive the Japanese II'
fantT' hurrying down under the shelter of
the tiatteries. Just behind the horlo band
of Chinese was another Chinese line on a
knoll . with three field guns , whIch checked
the Japanese advance ali enabed : : the broken
line to mnllo a safe retreat ,
At 6:45 : the folowing morning the mountain -
tain batteries began to play upon Isuama ,
and the guns of the triple forts covered the
hillside wIth name and smoke. The Chinese
. had fvo-Inch Itrupp rifles and nine. Inch
mortus , with auxllary batteries of revolving -
volving and quick firing gum.
Shels began to droll UpOI UI tram all
sides . the Nerio forts , the giant guns of
Ogunll end the Chinese field batteries
turned fire agaiist Ul , for IuyamB was the
key and utica I tell. the whole left thank
of the Chinese would b' exposed ) . TILe taking
of IsuYlma was the signal for la8aglwa
to attack the torts on the right wing As
the batteries .plnterrd the hillaldea . and
&nt clouda ot earth up out of the Illoughrd
ground the Infantry kneeling at the bale of
the slope In front of Isuama openul fire
and kept up steady volleys ten or twelve
mInutes. General NIshI was below directing
thItack. . SUddenly the men Hood UII
, - - . - _ ' - _ "
- ' '
and advanced In the teeth of the guns , firing
continuously ns they marched On , on ,
pressed the slender black line . Then the
baHnllon In the ravine move forward on
fort the right to attack the side of the first
fort.As
As the line reached the foot of the sleep
scarp In front of the walls It suddenly swung
around anti joined the column on the right ,
and the united batalons rushed lP the
steep ball towards the side wall , while the
Chinese @hel tore gaps In thlr ! ranks.
By thIs time a mountain battery had been
hauled up a dizzy ridge where Ynmajl stood ,
and five 1IInutes , afterwards these guns were
In position. We were dropping shells in-
shle of th fIrst fort With n ringIng yell
the Japanese dashed to the fort nOl scaled
the ramparts , shooting and bayoneting the
fying garrison and chasing the enemy along
the connecting walls .
A1SJmAI. WAS ON l"t.
A cheer went UI from the his and the
valleys as the victorIous troops pushed 1 to
the second fort anll ' finally drove the fugitives
out or the redoubt ( Iowa Into the Porl Arthur
valley.
Isuynla fell at 8:50 : , after an hour and
twenty Inlnutes' fighting. The Japanese fell
a 111 : siege guns were pounding away at the
several forts and Yarnaji's mountain batteries .
terles JoIned them. It was a colossal 11uel.
I rom : Shojl there shot out strange sprays of
fire. The arsenal In Port Arthur had caught
fIre nail was ripping , roaring and vcmltng
fame and smoke like a volcano , as an acre
of n.Rsed shells anti cartridges exploded.
TIm ShoJu and Nerio forts were the prey of
liassagawa. and as the cannons battered the I
bastions ho charged UI from the eastern
valley , taking advantage of earth seams and
small rIdges
Iassagawa had abClt 6,000 men , the finest
fighting blood In Japan The northern fort
of Shout was a most actv" factor on the
Chinese side. Two torpedo mines were ex-
plodtl In front of the Invaders , lint the key
was touched tee soon. All over the valley
were sunken mines connected by wires with
the waled camps and forts. But II the heat
or the fight the Chinese failed to use lhem
Just as the front rank of llassagawa's
brigade was closing In upon Shoju a Jap-
anese shell exploded Inside the nerther fort
and , wIth a roar and shock that stopped the
battle for a moment , the shells for the heavy
guns which were pied Oi the floor of the
fort blew up. The garrison scrambled out
over the lull tops and hlassagawa's men came
sweepIng around the rough mountain to
find the fort a mlss of flames. That ended
alt hope or defending the seven for Is. The
Chinese fled along the ridges and down the
valley roads. Ilassagawa's troops were In
PossessIon of Shoju and Nerio hills. In
order to take the town the troops had to
cross the bridge or wade In the rIver , hut
on Ihe other side of Il was a roall leading
between two small his , IUI : al either side
infantry of the road . were rifle pis fled with Chinese
ONE BATTERY DID GOOD WORK.
On tIm hilt to the rlht of this road was a I
battery of three field guns manned by the
only good gunners on the ChInese side.
Every time the Japanese attempted to move
out of the cover of the camp , the Chinese
riflemen ' swept the parade ground with continuous -
tnuous volleys. Away to the right could be
heard the sound of Noghl's flying column
trying lo force Its way across the neck of
the little peninsula , where a smal force of
Chinese had lade a stand and were defend-
Ing the way to the three forts.
Strctcled In a line parallel with the coast
In front of the harbor were eight or nine
Japanese wlrshlps , and the peninsula forts
were shelling them 'clumsly 'and' ' without
effOct. Torpedo boats were going through
the waves and sinkIng junks loaded with
moo , women and children , endeav ring to
eSCape. The water was 'filled wIth drowning
people. Tim massacre had , begun as the last
of tim troops moved from behind the walls
of the camp , and under shelter of the east-
era wall ot the drilling group' } . Then they
opened fire on the Chinese plU guarding the
elrance to Port Arthur . sending volley
upon volley across the stream against the
rifle pits. ' For 'flfteen : minues , theIr skIrmish
lines kept uPa Ire , and , theplucky Cjiincs , . o
were drIven from "the position. Finally 'a
small column , covered by skirmIshers , advanced -
vanced across the bridge , and marced along
the road lending to the town. At the same
time , Marshal Oyama ordered the reserve
center to move down the valley , and
thouEal1 of them came pourln' along the
roads behind the troops already on their way
to the town. Not 1 shot was ' fired hi reply ,
the battle was over as far as Port' Arthur
was concerped.
DU'CIERED EVERY ONE IN SIGHT.
Even Ogunsan was silent and deserfed. The
soldiers had made their escape , and the
frightened Inhabl ants were cowering In the ,
streets. As the troops moved en they saw
the heads of their slain comrades "hanging
by cords . with the noses and ears gone
There was a rude arch In the mall street
decorated with bloody Japanese he d" . A
slaughter followed. The Infurlat l 'soldiers I
1 < led every one they caw No attempt to )
take Ilrloners was made Women and chi-
dren were hunted and shot ns they fed to I
the hills with theIr protectors. The town I
his
was sacked from end to end , and the Inhabitants -
habitants were butchered in their homes. The
van of the Second regiment reached Fort tr t
Ogunsan and found It deserted Then they r
discovered a junk In the harbor crowded wIth I
fugitives. A platoon was stretched across I
the end or the wharf and fred In the boat t
until every woman , man and child was killed ,
The torpedo boats outside had alreadysun'
ten junks fled wIth terror slrlclt people ,
I am satisfied that not moro than lOt )
Chinamen were killed In folr battle at Port t
Arthur , and at least 2,000 unarmed men were z
put to death. _ _ _ _ _ _
1)IItECTORS' l"JUE ila GUT OUT.
Tools Their Money tram the St. Johls UUlle
. Before the Colal > c.
ST. JOHNS , N. P. , Dec. 19.-Tho share-
holders of the Commercial bank ratified the
selection of trustees made yesterday and
directed them to apply to the supreme court
today to wInd up the banle's affairs . The
whole question will be considered by the
court on December 28. Meanwhile the sharo- ;
holders' nominees were appointed ( temporary '
trustees by the court. The bank's liabilities
are $1,890,000. I Is 'certaIn that several
persons ; In the immediate confidence of the
director withdrew large sums of money
from the bank on the Saturday before the
troubles of thin institution were publicly
Imown. The subject wilt be thoroughly
sifted . The papers are filled wIth schemes
for meeting the thiMculttcs. From the
various suggestions something satisfactory
to the whole public may be devised The
condition of the poorer classes , who are badly
In want of food , Is becoming mora precarloul
Mal steamers tilled wIth ' Ilrovlslons are be-
Ing despatched by the government to the
localities where the destitution Is i the wort ,
"
NOT IEAIUNn FOn SILtNGIIAI. '
A'itholto Now8 ; Thlrll Jliialelo
iriY. .
WASh INQTON , Dee l-Tho Japanese
legation here has receive a dispatch frem
HiroshIma , sent through its ministers at St.
Petersburg , detailing the movements of the
Japanese troops In China. The following Is
the message :
"IIIROSIIIMA , Dec. 1-Tho third dlvis-
Iou of the first army took Iblmo Cheng en
December 12 and occupIed list Cheng on
Iecember 13. Dolh places are on the rovte
to and near Nal Chang and Llao Yang.
"NISSL"
At the legaton It Is saId that the third
army Is evidently 01 its way 10 jell Field
Marshai 1 Count O'ama nt Nat Chang. ThIs
Is an exceedingly valuable strategic point ,
The message gives the first authentic Infor-
maton as to the movements of the third
army , and shows that It Is not preparing lo
menace Shanghaf , IS has been rumored ,
1hllk $ (1111u 111 Wlu'll Nlt II It.
, MADRID , Dec 19.-The feeling In political
circles here Is now that President Cleveland -
land does nol Intend to raise the duty on
sugar Importell from Cuba into the United
States , or to make othtr reprisals In consequence -
sequence of the Clbon duties on American
flour . On Saturday Signor ! Cutres will In.
trOuo ( In the Chamber of Deputes a zoo-
ton opposing the payment to the Unitcil
States of the Mora claim.
.
,
. " - ' . ' - - .
. U-V' .
UV'W.
GETTING CLOSE TO BYRNES
Lexow Witness Testifies to Paying Hush
Money During His Captaincy ,
-
CAPTAIN AlLAYRE PLACE ON THE RACK !
Venles having Received Al" Money or
having AnT JlowICIjo of the Colocton
ot JIRclclnl-llu'Rgcll to ' \ICU-
luh'to COlshlerRblo I'ropert .
NEW YORK , Dec. l-Superlntendent
Dyrnes figured conspIcuously In the test-
mony of two witnesses before the Lexow
committee tOday. John Marret- , formerlr an
agent of the Society for the Prevention of ,
Crime , testified Superintendent Dyres had
bulldozed him with threats and force Into
, dIvulging the secrets of his society and had
afterwards relented when he learned that
the witness was a brother Mason. llattie
Iale
ness , a colored woman who some years ago
conducted two disorderly houses In this city ,
Sl\oro she paul 'protection" money to wnrd-
men under Captain D'rnes , now superln-
telient of liolice. SuperIntendent Dyrncs le-
flied all the allegations against him. Other
incidents of Interest occurred before the
committee , but none of them caused such
excitement as the mention or Superintendent
flyrnes. F-Inspector . Steers was In the
court room today. lie announced a readiness
to go on the stand and deny Sergeant Tay-
lor's accusatons , Inspectors 1cAvoy , Wi-
lams and McLaughln were subpoenaed to
testy before the committee. but Williams
was temporarily excused. and the other two
were nol called during the 11ay.
Police Inspector Wilams , who with other
Inspectors has been subpoenaed to testy
before the Lexow committee today , was excused -
euserl until tomorrow. Dr. Owen J. Ward
of Gouveror hospital , who was yesterday
appointed to examine ' 'Honest" John Martin ,
reported that the later was really very ill
and not In a condition to testify before the
committee. Mr. Gel announced that In con-
neeton with the evidence already adduced
regarding tIme payment of pensions to re-
tired officers ho hall discovered that Polce-
man Thomas Drdley was now acting as
chief of police of Norwalk , Conn. , and at
the sale time drawing a poice pension from
this city.
'ACKNOWLEDGED lIE hAD LIED.
Polceman Interman , who teltfM yester-
dav was nlaced on the stand. Ho stated he
had ; ' nol told t the truth yesterday. Then Sen.
ator O'Connor turned and asked : "Can you
tel me , officer , why It Is that a police officer
will get on the stand and swear to an un-
truth ? Is It fear of their superIor officers ? "
"Yes , that Is Il. "
Sergeant Burns , one of Captain Allayre's
subordinates , swore that he did not know
that dock policemen had to pay one-haif of
theIr extra earnings to the captains of the
steamboat squad. He admitted that Il Is a
common rumor , however , that this Is done.
"Now about Sergeant Taylor's testimony
yesterday ; can you tel us what became of
the envelopes whIch Taylor placed In the
desk ? "
Witness had no recolecUon of seeing such
envelope as that 'rescrlb d' by Sergeant Tay-
br marked Street : CleanIng Report , " In
the packages daily senl to the Inspector.
"WIll 'you swear 'you know nothIng what"
over about this envelope containing 'money ? "
'
"Yes. "
Sergeant 'Cornelus ReId , another subor-
dinate c Captain Allayrenext teatifled. Witness .
ness , had no pereanal knowledge , nor lad he
heard any rumor of the collection of money
descrIbed by Sergeant Taylor.
Then Taylor was recalled to Life stand.
Mr. Gal read from an Interview 'with ex-
Inspector Steers , In whIch he was qubted as
saying ' that Taylor's testm6ny was , I tissue
of falsehoods , and was given sImply as a
mode of vengeance fo hIs refusal to . grant
the sergeant a favor.
TAYLOR REITERATES HIS STORY.
"Arc you still prepared to swear as you
did yesterday ? "
"I am ; for I told the truth. "
"Did you cal on Mr _ Steers last Saturday ,
as the IntervIew relates ? "
"I did. "
"Did the purported conversation occur be-
tween you all he ? " .
"No ; It tdld nol. " ,
Taylor said : "I went lo see Inspector
Steers last Saturday evening , and told hIm
that I Intended to tel the truth. lIe asked
If I intended to mention his name , and I
told him I was goIng to tel the truth , ' no
mater whom It may Implcate , "
"Had you been drinking , as charged ? "
'No ; 1 had not. "
"Now , sergeant , " saId Senator Lexow , "how
do } account for the fact that both the
other sergeants have denied that they ever
saw the envelope ? "
" \Veil , they might not have seen any "
"Is I possible , then , that they knew noth-
Ing about I ? "
"Yes : I never tel anyone of them "
Mr. Golf led the wItness to say that the
money was paid to the captain of the steam-
boat squad In order that the officers might
be permitted theIr. asslgnmenl to duty on
the docks. Witness said ho had been ap-
preached , : by several , _ people In ! _ reference _ _ _ to t
Ills testimony 01 yes1eruay , UUL relseu 1 say
anything about I. lie hall no knowledge of
any other money being collected In that pre-
cinct besides the del < money. Taylor also
said that Steers had never told him whether
or not he divided this money with any one .
and he was not aware that the Inspector did
not make any division.
CAPTAIN ALI.AYRE TESTU'IS.
Shortly before the opening of the afternoon
session ex-Inspector Steers entered the court
roem and took a seat besIde Captain Ahlayre.
Captain Anthony J. Alayre was the first
witness thIs afternoon ,
"Who made you captain ? " asked Mr. Goft .
"Thomas E. Acton , II 1867. "
Witness said that In 1883 he bought a
house at 13 Eat Nineteenth street , paying
$12,000 cash , allowing time flowery Savings
bank to retain a mortgage on the prop rty
for $ 6O0. ThIs len he paid oft In two years
In 1892 he sold the house for n8,60 and
movel np to Harlem Then ho' ' bought a
house on Nhlely-thlnl street ; paying $ 4O0O
for It , $ ! OOO In cash and givIng a mortgage
for the remaining $18,000. This mortgage
was paid up a few months ago , Witness
Sail he bad $ ,000 In different banks , and
that neither hIs wife nor daughter owned
property of any description. Ho Is now In'
command of the steamboat squads.
"You appointed your own wardmen ? "
fNo ; I ( lid not. "
"Did you ever hear of any ot these ward-
cincts men making ? " colecton , In the varlou . , ' \ lire
"No. I never did , except by rumor. "
"Did your len collect any money In your
precinct . , ,
"No. "
"VehI , what about Frank Wilson . How
did ho get rich In your precinct , r ' ' ,
"I don't know. " , j 7
"And George hess and John Wall 7'L
"I ( lOml't know anything about that "
"ly the way . captain , did you ever Imol
the , notorious , , , 1r . Martin ? "
" "
"Yes. .
"Sho flourished In one " Qt your , 11cnctl '
several years ago , did she not ? " . ,
LIVED , nUT DID NOT FLOURISh.
' '
"Sho Ild not flourish ; she lived there .
These women were arrested ' over atd lo\'er
again Ivo seen a woman get six months
twlco a week "
"lion' dId they get loose ? "
" 1 don't know. "
"This happened In the Tenth precinct , I
believe ? " . ,
beleve ' . . . I
"Yes , " ; :
The winess said that In the , Tenth precinct -
cinct he had raided the houses tmo after
time , but that It was not In his pOIer even'
as captain to suppress these houses : "
"Why ? " asked Mr. Gaff .
captain. "It Is I fuling of the law , " replied the
CaptaIn Alarye sid he reported these
. _ - " " . . - - - . . _ - - - - - - - . , . . . . . " "
boises every three mon\hs \ tobta ( superIor
officers . Ho was not nwAre Ual the house
sell liquors In opposition to Ui excise Inws.
"Well , captain , " said Mr 110ff , "can you
tel us how much moneT was , lectel from
tIme Ilsordcrl houses while ' 'tuu were captain
of the Tenth ? "
hI don't know that any. moey was col-
I ected. I never saw any ot JL"
"Dd } ever , ask any , of tour men about
It 7" 1
"No , I never 11hl but once , and they 11enletl
alt knoweldgo of it. "
ni knoweligo I.
" 011 you ever forbid them to collect any of
'
this money ? "
"Yes , I ( hid , " .
"Also forbade them to collect money from
gambling housel ? "
"During the last six years that I was there ,
there were no gambling houses In the precinct .
cinct "
Time captain gave 1 ns his opinion that the
exciSe laws could nol be per ( eety enforced
In this city , because the police could not
know of all the places wher they are vio-
lated.
"how about these dlsorllerly ' houses ? " i
continued Mr. Golf. "Yo' rahlNI these
houses every once In n whie' , , In order to get
blood money , did you not ? "
"No , we did not'c raided tbchl In order
to drive them away from the reclnct , "
"Do you remember the murder Chick
Murphy commltetl In Y9ur precinct ? "
"No Was the lan arrested ? " atked the
captain. ,
"I was going to ask that queston m'sel "
replied : lr. Golf. M. Gal tried to cal
It to the captaIn's mind . by reminding him
that Superintendent Murray at the time went
on Murphy's bond but the captain could not
recall the case lIe IICI\cd ! aho that green
goods men hall any headquarters In his precinct -
duct , and that shell fakir had to pay for
their privileges. Questioned ns to how
many Chrlstmal pre enb lie hind received
from the liquor dealers of the precinct , the
captain replied :
"None Oh , yes , walt a mInute ; I might
have. "
RECEIVED FRUIT AND WINES.
Then he remembered thal.at different times
ho hall receved : a basket of fruit or wInes . ,
but he never knew who sent them
" \Vell , now , captain , since you have been
superintendent of the steamboat squad , have I
you known anything about the monthly col- '
lectons made by the dock officers ? " '
"No , I have not ; I nOier , lleard of them
until this testimony was 'gl'cn. "
"Sergeant Taylor has sworn he put In
your desk an envelope with money In I
every month. Do you know , anything about
that ? "
, "No I do not. "
"Never hearl } of It before ? "
"No , never did. " '
"A 11 all the time you were captain you
knew nothing about ths ! ? "
" I' . " '
"No did not.
Captain Alayro was then excused .
hattIe Ross , colored . was thcn calel } . She
swore that In 1879 she op ned disorderly
houses In Wooster and \Vest Third stroets.
In answer to Mr Gaff's question , she said
she paid the wardman $50 nJ110nth for each
house. This was palll to W rdJan SlevIn.
"Who was captain or theprecinct , lt the
time ? " asked ! r. Gaff. tle'lprecnct
"Captain ' . "
D'rnes , now wpnrntendent.
She also testified that sh - iaid the same
shpld
amount of money to Captanl 'Drogan. She
formerly kept n house' In the tenderloin
linden Captain Reiy , but power paid any
'
money' there but once , $25 ' lWlrdman : How-
ard. She thei- moved .1lo' I Captain . ( now
Inspector > McAvoy's. preciizc. She paid no
money there , but had to'I epv ry' ' qllet ,
"Do you mean to accui S Captin McAvoy
of alowing , you to run yodr'hiouse without
paying protection mOn , . ? " : .
- '
" ; 'es. " " ' .
" Yo ; made a 'od. ' deaIotmoney . , dId you
not ? " , 'n " . ' , 4' jr ' '
"Yesnnd "How . ? " IQt l It"agaln ; ' . " I \ '
" . " '
"Gamblng.
"How much or your nionedld . 'AI' Adams
get ? " asked Mr. Gor"1 , . > ' :
" thousard dbibti. ! "
"Seven the s Td d lr
Adams ran a policy shop , and the witness
saId she lost this amount of money In his
shop She was a ) w per of a 10lfe In time
tonderloln abiut - six , years , but In all that
time , was n9t nrre tei .At this juncture the ' .
committee adj91)rn ) lnpl tomorrow.
DYnNE HA I.r.LE TO SAY.
' .
Superintendent 'Dyrnes heard ot the tes-
'tmony ' given 'against hIm by John.Murt a
few minutes after the \ltnes testified . He
immediately ' locked himself In his , office nt
police' headquarters , and for " an hour examined -
amined papers bearing on the matter referred
to by Marret Afterwards the superIntendent
said of Ilarret :
"All le says Is untrue except that he came
to my house under false pntenses. When
the proper time comes I' ' shall tell , my story
In the proper IJlace. " t ,
Further than this the ' supenintcndcnt ab
solutely refuses to say anything .
Marret said before the c.ommltee today
that ho had gone (0 tile home ( f Captain
Dyres with a letter for ' 'Mrs. Dyrnes , "
which hind been given him 'by another Parle-
hurst agent ; that tIme , ) superintendent took
the letter , read It , took him 'by the collar ,
threw him Into the parlor and forcibly detained -
tamed him there ; that By nes threatened
DYnes
to , have him Imprisoned for 'ten t years , and
by force and threats 'cmummpelled him to tel
all he knew of the case of\Charlcs W. Gard-
muer . another Pai'lthurst detective , who had
been accused of exhortnblaclunal from one
Tihl'y Clifton ' , Marrel alSo said that Superintendent -
tendent Dyres had trumped up the case
against Gardner II. .
Senator Lexow expre $ ed his opinion that
SuperIntendent Dynes had 'a right to extract -
Jd
tract Informaton from Marret . Then the
witness Eald : "lIe wouhlllvo ' sent mo to
prison , except for one reas n-we were both
Masons "
SCIlfTDERGER AGAIN INDICTED.
Police Captain Schmltberger , whose trial
on a charge of bribery was today set for Jan-
wiry 7. was again arrested \ this afternoon on
an ludlclmenl found ( petober 6 last , charging
him wlh acceptng I , a $500 bribe from
Augustin Forget , ngen . , of the French steam-
ship line . Schmlttbr er's bal on the last
Indictment was fixed , al $7,600 , the same
amount of bond whlclt he had furnished on
the previous charge. , Rumors of Impending
arrests of hIgh officials continue to gain
currency hourly , and .dditonal developments
In the I.exo\ committee sensations arc hooked
forward to wih keen . interest
JI.'l ! tar Tll IGVflTS ,
Mule 'orker , OllsQrkOfS mintS lmn
'Vlrltorl DhsiithIIei .
PhILADELPhIA , Dec. 'I9-The election
of John McDrldo as presllent of the American -
can Federation of I. bor4t9 ; , succeed Samuel
Gompers has caused qu\tq \ , a stir . Dr. A.
II , P. Leuff , one of t\e ,110St prominent
leaders In this city and jt . ery strong IoW- !
deny follower , laid to a.piorter of the Associated - :
soclated pres : , , ' 't
"It Is my belief Ulal. three national trade
assemblies will eon scdel.fl'om the ranks
of the Imlghts. They are. the Mine Workers ,
the Ga s Workers are ' , Brae Worker
'fhey represent 75 llr cent ot the member-
ship of the knights
"Tho Mine Worker Ire dissatisfied , and
at the convention of the national organiza-
lion at Columbus , 0" In
ton " , February , the mal-
iter of seceding from tie knights wi be
considered That they wil secede I moet
probable I believe the cliasaVerkers and
the Brass Worker wi also secede , The
Idea of the 8ece8lonI8 . Is tq retain the name
of the Knights of Labor aud form I confederation -
federation " with the , Natonal Federation of
Labor , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
: llorldjoUrn for n Iay
IITTSBURG , Dec , ' ! - olowlng the coal
operators meeting , a which the abrogation
of the scao ! the Columbus
hy Colu'llms meeting was
taken advantage ( 0 ( and the rate reduced !
from 9 ! cents to GO cents , came the meeting
Qf time mmuinera After discussing the Iluestol
the meetng adjourned. penlnl the report of
a commlteo and calling for a fnn stand
on the 69 cent rale.
JRllUOtOt air , amaguiro.
WAShINGTON , Dec. 1-Slngle lax allvo-
cates and Californians gave a banquet lat
night to Hel.lesentatve J. O. Maglro of Cal-
Iforia at the National hotel In honor of his
re-electon. Among the speakers were liomi .
Tom Johnson of Ohio lion. John Dewit
Warner and lon MArion Cannon ,
. . . " " ' - ' r " . - - . . . _ zu - ; .
TO STEAL TIE STATE FAIR
-
Burlngtn Beach Boomers Have 1 Great
Scheme in Good Working Order ,
-
WHAT TIlE GANG 13 DRIVING AT NOW
Mining to Secure State Support for l'rlvnto
Alu5oUentl'ltcrrlels-Onclh ' null
l x'OleIRls IntlroAtOt , lit tIme
NClt Mtto BUlco Game
Par some weeks the people or Omaha have ,
been putting forth their efforts to secure the
.
location of the State fall aI , or near thIs cl } .
Meetings have been held and a line of acton
, and
has been formulated by business men
members of the Commercial chub Yesterday ,
however , a genteman from LIncoln was In
the city , and whlo here he tarried nt the
Paxton hotel , where he was found by a reporter -
porter for The lIce In the course of an
Interview the genteman took occasIon to
remark , when asked about the stale fair
relocation for five years and the location of
the soldiers' and sailors' reunIon for a lte
Ilerioll of tune : "What a set of stupid fools
your Omaha merchnnts and buslncss men are
nmldng of themselves. " ,
After maIlng this startlIng declaration the '
man from Lincoln continued by saying :
"The machinery by which L'neoln expects to
capture the state fair Is n very complcated
piece of mechanism. 'hat which Is talked
ot emi the surface and that \ hlch Is now
being nialllllated underneath the hat by
ring nietlicds are two entirely dlTelent
metho or procelure.
Asked to bo mOle eXlllclo the LIncoln ! man
said : "As the time draws near for tnal acton
In loeathlg the fair outcroppings or various
"As the tme draws lear for fInal acton , In
locating time fair outcropplugs or varlou'
schemes begin t multiply and every Indica-
ton at the Ilresent tme points to the fact
that a grand coup Is to be utempled In
securing the next location for the state fair
at Durl.nglon Beach , a famous summer re-
sort about one mIlo from the presnt western
boundaries of the city ef Lincoln
"Olher schemes are , of course , agitated ,
discussed and advertised . and their various
merits freely commentcd upon , butte Is
said , though , about the Durlngton beach
deal by the average citizen of Lincoln One
reason for this Is that but comparatively few
of Llncoln's citizens , outside of the Hurling-
ton beach corporation , are members of 'tho
state faIr nhmig. ' 'rhere Is also another patent
reason for Eecrecy. . The time for the manlp-
ulntors to show theIr hands has not yet been
reached. The proverbIal smoothness of the
Lincoln workers In state matters would
siuller depreciation were any premature disclosures -
closures mado"
cosues
"Has the scheme any backing ? " ventured
the reporter
"There Is much boisterous tall about the
Lincoln park site Slate Normal school site
and magnificent bonuses to be raised by
Lincoln citizens . but the real truth Is that
the people or Lincoln arc tn no way depend-
Ing upon any reasonable subscription , accompanied -
panied by proper guarantes , their main reliance -
anco beIng on the railroad Infuenc : w111ch Is
to bo exerted for the Burlington beach pro-
ject.
HOW IT WILL DE WORKED.
"This scheme , is It gradually unfolds
itself , poInts to an attempt to have six members -
bers of the Hoard of Agriculture , known as
the committee emi location , reject all bids
, r'celved : , from either Omaha ' , LIncoln or
'other ' points In the state , 'no matter how
alluring or satisfactory they may bo found , '
aluring . , satsfaclory . . ,
, " At'hfs ( juditiro t the Dur-lhgton summer
resort crowd will come forward with an
otter to donate In perpetuity to the Slate
D : rd of Agriculture some 160 acres of the
land at present occupied by them. The board
upon having the matter presented , will , according -
cording to the plan adopted , accept tIme same ,
and then go before the forthcoming leglsla-
tune and ask for an appropriation , large
enough to cover the erection of permanent
buildings thereon.
"Coupled with thIs movement will be a
coterie of Lincoln's shrewdest manipulators ,
who are at the present time largely Inter-
este In the various normal school proj ects.
These schemers will also be reinforced by
anolher crowd who are owners of large
tracts of land adjacent to the cIty whIch they
wish to realize on. TheIr scheme Is to obtain -
tain from the legislature the enactment of
such laws a5 wi give the city of Lincoln
authority to purchase their property for panic
purposes. "How can " this be done ? " was asked.
"It must also bo borne In mind that a large
number of the Lancaster delegates as wel
as many other prominent citizens of Lincoln ,
are interested financially In BurlIngton heach.
Among the directors and stockholders are a
number of D. & M , railroad officIals and state
officials , namely : Reprezcmitatlve-elect Joseph
Burs , Ed Bignell . assistant superintendent
of the D. & 11 : D. E. Thompson ,
ex-general superintendent , ex-State Auditor
Tom Denton , ex-Secretary of State Denjamln
Cowdery , Tobias Castor , J. H. Ager political
rght.or-way ; man for the B. & M. John
C. Allen , preeent secretary of state ; H. D ,
Hathaway and C. I. Gene of the State
Journal company ; Alex Caniphell . dIvision
superintendent of the D. & M , ; T. E. Culvert ,
general superintendent or the D. & M. , be-
sides the heads of many other stat Inslu-
tions.
tons.
I . "Thio . land ' ! . which It Is prcosed , to
locate tile state faIr 15 a pan Of cue state
saline land , granted lo the state of Nebraska
by tile United Slates upon Its admission Into
the unIon. This grant or'ginalhy comprIsed
twelve designated salt springs , wIth six sec-
tons of hand to each sprimlg maiing In all
4G,080 acres sa confirmed and donated.
"A portion of these lands were sold amid
the money expended to ascertain If salt
existed In paying quanttes on what was
Imown lS the Big Salt or Gregory's basimi .
lint few acres of the original number selected
remain now unsold , accerdlng to the records
of the commissIoner of public lands and
buiidingn , "
BAIT FOR THE G1hND AHMY.
"Whal else Is there In It for Lincoln ? "
asked the reporter ,
"Another Important clement which will be
found to rnter into the question of locating
the next slate fair Is the Grand Army of the
Republic of Nebrasle This organizaton
could use time same grounds for annual re-
unions.
"The encampment will be held at hastings
In February next , and the question of set-
thIng on some point for the location of this
reunion for the next five years will be broughl
up A strong effort Is now being made hy
the Incorporators of the urlnglon beach
ring to bring time necessary amount of pressure -
sure to bear upon the more prominent member -
ber of the order to Induce this organiza-
ton to work with these 1.lncoln conspirators.
"This annual Iatherlng of the Grand Army
of the 1elluble can be safely estmated
nt not less than 30,000 people
per day I would certainly be remuneratvo
to the highest degree to have that number
of persons enjoying the pleasures of the
b pnons officially scheduled prices antI It
should not be forgotten that whie the state
fair Is In progress ) the beach as a pleasure
resort will be kept running , thereby gaIning
countess dollars for the greedy syndicate of
polieal brokers I 1 safe to estmate
that the revenue to the"e' beach proprietors
and stockholders will not fall far short of n
bonanza In the way of receIpts.
"An Inlulgent public need not be surprised
to lear that when the Burlington beach
project Is brought before the next legislature
flue whole Burlington beach steal , from beginning -
ginning to end , \1'1 receIve the unqualfed
1"lorsement of the hi. & M. l journal at 1.ln-
coIn , since its chief editor antI buslncsl manager -
ager arc financially Interested In the scheme ,
"If Omaha expects to secure the location of
the next fair and reunion It should inumnodi-
ately take steps to circumvent the plans 60
deeply laid In this plot. "
- 0
tholvu lu 'CIVO hiIuts.
CONSTANfIOILI , Dlc. 19-I Is now
slated that President Cleveland will after
all accede to the Porle's request to tend a
delegate with the commission appointed to
.
- - - - - ' -
- - .
Inqulro Into theI 1storles of atrocities upon'
the part of Turkish soh1ery : In Armenia. The
sltng of the cOllnlulon will probably bo
held nt Moosh.
WASHINGTON , Dcc 19.-Inquiry nt the
State department shows that the president
has taken ni fresh action In the mater of
scndlni : lr. Jewett to investigate the
Armenian atrocities since hIs last report to
congress Secretary Gresham s11 ! that the
mater remained In e"cl ) ' the snme state
as I 11hl when the Porto refused to nllos'
reflsell nlow
Mr. Jewett to aecompan the committee on
the terms offered by the president.
1'UlT1Wll.rlIClTmS. . ;
. \rmellan "IIII 1.IIt In Uuln ! 'Ult ' Forty
l'rlests : IIMRcrtll.
DmU.IN , 1)ee l-The Cologne Gazette
today plblshed n letter from Armenia tell.
lag of fresh horrors there , Inchllnl twenty-
three villages laid In ashes , cloven other
villages plngell and forty prIests massacrCI
Tim letter says that tIme Turkish gar-
rsons nt grzeroum , Ihlan Van , Tlgranocelta ,
Baort amid Moosh , altogether about 60,000 ,
were sent agallsl the , \rmenlans. 'he com-
flanders of those trcops alnouncet t. t the
Inhabltauts of time villages : "Wo arc or-
rlered tt put ) ' 01' ' to the sword for ollnly
defyIng the govenminiemut. " The attack bEgan I
en August 18. 'fho Turks ) were repulsed
In the first luistamice. The massacres began' '
Sqllember 6. Those , \rmeliaus who sub-
mltell uncomllonaly were bound to stallcs.
and tutu their limbs were cult oft with saws
II other cases the victims were dlsembowll'l
and their eyes gouged out . Chlhlren were
thrown Into burning oil 1111 women were
tortured a 111 burtl to death. The treoll
1IIIndered and burned the churches. \moug
those who fell victms to the savagery of
the soldiers were forty priests , who wee
brutal ) ' massacred. The Briish consll at
grzeroul was prevented from going to the
sccmiea of tIme atrocities on ( lie ground that
it \'as hot afo for muny Armnemmian , lie beIng
an Armenian , to approach the iiiaces where
thto troubles had occurred. This did not
uleter hini frommi mmmaking an attempt to hearn
time trutim , but as hue was trying to opproacll
0mb of tile devastated villages o was or-
rested.
Amimong those who witmiesied the atrocities
was a Spaniard miamiied Xlmnlmmes. Time Turk-
ishu authorities approached imlni and offered
film large bribes to induce him to deny Iii
time English pacers the truth of the reports
of the outrages. They also soumgiut. to bribe
him to go to Emiglamid for the purpose of do-
livenIng lectures emi Armnemmin , In s'hmiclm he
was to dwell upon tue contented condition
of tue Armuemilamus. Semuor Nimlnes rejected
time offers umade to ImImu ,
( r&itio Elitqlmog.
Mgr. Izmnirhamu has boon elected Arniemiiami
liatrarcii.
Ilomo papers publish the statement that
cx-I'romnier Ciohitt lii inflerhimi ammd will make
an effort to weakemi Cnismil witii the DmeI-
-
bumnd.
VarIous foreign diplomats are combining
for defense in i'ekimig , owlmig to tIme refusal
of time Ciuinese'goverminicnt to permit foreigmi
guards to outer that place.
The following are tue cliamiges in tIme
DominIon cabinet from those reported yesterday -
day : Ives bcconios minister of trade amid
commerce and Angers mnlmilster of agnicuml-
turo. Dr. Montague is alto taken in as nzln-
Ister without a pom'tfolio.
- S
IE.\IJ ilJlX ( ; 1)E.1D.
George II. Ihauhuour Conies 4roumiti to Doimy
Ilelmmg a Corpso.
CHICAGO , Dec. 19.-George H. ] 3arbour ,
tue young insurance cleric supposed to hmavo
been murdered at Pana , III. , walked into tIme
morgue today where a half-dozen of his associates - .
sociates had gaimered to identify his body.
'Harbour's' father was present and. . an affecting -
ing , scene .followecl , the pair soon hmunt'ying
away to quiet time fears of tIle boy's mnotimer ,
'who had 'firmly believed lien son dead.
Time body of a young mnan had bcemm'found
buried near a railroad traclc at Pamia , and as
young Harbour had disappeared Thanksgiving
day bin fatlmer went to view the body , Time
resemblance was perfect , even to a tattooed
arm , and the remains were fully identified
by tile father as those of his son. Some of
time misslmg youth's associates , however ,
doubted the Identity and a number of his tel-
low clerks were called in today tce view the
body. There was a difference of opinion antI
as time father was in time act of pointing out
marks which lie naid proved conclusively that
it was time bOdy , ot his son , George Harbour
appeared. He refused to say anything re-
gardlng his disappearance.
PANA , Ill. , Dcc. 19.-The boy who' was
murdered here Saturday has been identified
as Arthur L. flinnon of Vernon , Ill. his
father Is here , and time body will be brought
back from Chmicago. John Ilimmniomm of Vernon -
non positively identified the clotlming found
on thin murdered boy as those of lila scn , Arthur -
thur L. ] 3iminion. lie veiit into hysterics
when toki of the inItials ' 'A. L. B. ' ' tattooed
cii the arm. A telegram was sent to Ciii-
cage to stop tue interment of tue remains
taken there last night by Wlhiiamn H , Bar-
bou : , who hind claimed , timem as those of imis
soil , who , however , turned up alive and well
today. Time pohico hare no chew as to the
murdere. ' .
1FLL'IC'ti OIflNJ ) OP TJIJI MILLS.
All flummmuln l.igiit anti Prospects of the
flour Truiho itro l'oor ,
MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. 19.-TIme Northwest-
em Miller says : Minmienpohis mills Inst week
grouuud 93,570 barrels , ewainst 154,223 barrels
the Week before , TIme output during Decem-
lieu' In likely to approximate 500,000 barrels ,
against tl4:90O : bands in1t93 At least 2.000
miarrems moumy mesH capacity ma in uperutiurm t
this week. Seldom have. the mills ohul so c
llttie flour : muu clurimig the last week , the o
orders hoolced not exceeding 50,000 barrels ,
Some of time surplus wemit into store Imere
nfll at lake ports. Even less wus done
In time exporting hue than thin preceding
week , and that to saying a gqoI , deal , The
ctmrrent sales are mimaimily commthmieui to western
mnamlcets ani , local alt rail hmoints. The
amnouiit sold at eealoanul is generally no-
mmorted higimt. 'rue export shiipmentmi nm'o 21-
165 hands , mmgninst 28,035 the week bciom'e ,
'I'hie Supem'ior-Duhumtlz mill turned out 22.837
barrels , mmgalnst 4S,158 the week before , 'rho
output viil be even lighter tue present
week , Them is a wide mniurgim' , huetveen m
flour seller amid buyer , unit severni Ilrnni
offereil absolutely nothmiimg mund svlii not
quote prices tilt tbmo situation imnproves , Export -
port suuipnients are 2S57 harm-cia. agnImiiut
2,502 hiai'reIs time previous week , 'l'Iio stock
of hour is 83,900 barrels , rugaiimst 41,000 bar-
reis in 1893.
The lit. houis output ha 41,500 barrels ,
mugainat 89,900 barrels time ireceiiImg week ,
'rime slump in 'heat last week hiud a dampening -
ening effect on hour , killing time export
trade in miglut , As ( or dumneuutic , me mihigtmt
imnprovememmt is ntlceahle from time southm ,
The millers at the southwest gemmeraily do
not look for couch imiurovemnemut umutil utter
the hmohiilayiu ,
Id iiwaumkee mills ground 80,022 hiarrois ,
against 01,846 barrels the weelc before , 'limo
mauls hero were miever betoro so mnmieii
effected by time chm.imiged fronm lake to nit
rail mutes. iioolcimigs for expam'ts more few.
Good rains nail smmow over the large i'irt ' ;
of Kansas Iuu'e greatly bonelitei glowing
wheat. Time local scarcity of wheat comm-
tinues , amid were it hot for this condition
mnhils wotmiil gemmernlly be running' . 'l'iuo mmiiiI-
lug outloole 1mm 'l'ennessee commtimmtmes to wear
a. more cheerful aspect. Almost au time
mills in Nomibm Inkota nnil nortiiermm 2i1 iii.
nesota are pm'uictk'aily at a. standstIll , amid
tIlls vIhl lie thin dullest December in years ,
At New York thieve is no business of any
Importance , _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _
MIYS HLIX'J' 15 I 1IlJt ,
Ilaywarut's Fattier Clmuimmis his Killed llss
C.liig multi 1.111th It to Iiuuywanui ,
MINNEAI'OLIS , Dcc , 19-W. W. hay-
wanul , llarry'mi fuuthmer , declared that both of
Imla sons would be cleared ; that Liiixt was
confessedly a notorious liar , amid that his
various confessions would have mio vetgiit ,
lie added that the defense 1usd evidence that
flulxt was in the power of a gong , amid comu-
muitteil the crime under their dictation with
the understanding that if discovered it imould
be ascribed to harry. This gang , he added ,
was not composed of Minmueaiohis people ,
Mr. hayward refused to account for tile be-
hiavlor of Amiry , the older brother , saying
it would be explained later , Tue prosecution
is accumulating evidemice that shows that
hllixt was not a responsible agent , and that
harry had complete control over lmia actIons ,
- - - -
ELLIS CAVE CROVER A DIG
Has Faith that SonIc Day a Democrat Will ,
13o Elected President ,
CURRENCY BILL STILL HOLDS TIlE BOARDS
Johmmmsomm Of lmmhlammmz amuut Ellis of Kentucky1
1hcmmuln'rq cit the Isiunking and Cur'
remmc'y Commimmuittec , Oppose time
Cmirllslo 11111 ,
WAShINGTON , 1)ec , 19.-As soon as thus
regumlar roumtimmo hind heemi disposed of today ,
on imiotion of Mr. Springer of Illinois , the
house went tiito execmmtlve session and the
debate cmi tIme cmlrremicy bill was resunied ,
Mr. Jolmmusomm , republican of lmmuiiamma , one
of time mmiembers of thio mmzimionlty of thm bank.
hug amId cimrrency commummzlttee , opened thIs tie- .
bate to(1a9' with a vigorous speech 1mm opposi.
tion to the' Carlisle bill , Admitting time do.
frets in our curremmoy systemn , hue said their
correctiomi could not be obtaimied by thio usa-
sage of mu bill mmlommg the hlmues stmggeste.l by the
bamiklmmg miiid cumrremmcy comnmmiittee , it was
mmiumchi easier to attache tIme iircsemmt aystemm8
timan to offer a safe smibstltumte for it. Tue
lmresent systemn hail givemm time cozmmitry green-
bade currency , 'iuicim cmmiblcul the govern-
nmemit to carry omm tIme s'ar , amId it llroduccd
a market for oumr bonds 1mm time hour of ihmumiger ,
nail peril , Time czmrremicy it urcihuiceul hind
never been qumestlomioul'iuilo remedial
legislation miiighit. hue advisable , this vas mb
timmio for exhuenimmiental legiahuutlomm , Timero was
no mined of lmmdecent eiieei , , Coumgress , 1mm this
matter , coumld well afford to umunke Imaste
sioviy. 'Iiio exigencies confromutimig tiuo
treastmry lund , l'dr. ' Jnhummomm said , comustrahned
the muajonity mmiomiubera of the conummiIttee to
affix their rulgmmntumrea to a relmrt whuicim in ,
ummammy respects thicy did imot approve. lie took
up thto bill section by section amid attacked
its various iurovisioims , lie recalled Mn ,
Springer's OiiloSltiofl to the' repeal of thio 10
iier cent tax emu state bamiks last spnimig and
his lreseimt advocacy of a lmrovision for its
repeal iii this bIll , ' 'I know of mio ciiamigc' of
heart comparable to it , " said Mm' . Jolmmmson ,
"iii either sacred or lirofane history , imnless
it was the comiversion of l'aul of Tarsus.
But there the parallel emiuhs , for Saul was
converted to the rlgiut , vluile thud gemitlemmmmun
from Ihhinola hums koch converted to the
wroimg. " ( Itepubhicars applause. )
Mr , Joiummson spoke almost two hmocmrs mmd
\.lus libsraily applauded at the close of lila
remna rks.
On motion of Mr , Springer the comnmmiittea
tiuemu nrcso temnporarily and an archer was
made fixing the tIme of meeting of the iuouSo
tomorrow at 11 o'clock , instead of 12. This
was thomie to enable the house to devOte
several iuoims to debate before time exercises
iii conmiectioui with thus statues \Vebstet' .
amid Stark. L
' '
BANKERS FAVOR TIlE BILL ,
Mr. Warner of New York , also a member
of the conimmilttee on banking and curremicy
took ( lie floor iii support of the pending
measure. lie denied that the bamilcers who
had appeared before time commIttee 'e re opposed -
posed to the Carlisle bill. With two ax- ,
ceptions ( Mr. St. Joimmi of New York and
A , J. Warner of Ohio ) , he declared every , ,
bamilcer who appeared before time committeG
had endorsed. the prInclImles upbn which the
bill was based , and in ninny cases lund approved -
proved its details.
Mr , Ellis of Kentucky followed. and 'was
thio first democrato ! member of thu banltIm'g
ann currency committee. to attack the Carlisle -
lisle bill. At 'tlue outset he proclaimed that ' '
lie was convinced Its 'passage 'would remnedy "
ncne of tue defects of time , present financial , '
system. In the committee two commfllcting
theories had stnimgglod for supremacy. One ,
urged by the officials of the government , who ,
desired protection from the assaults of the
gold speculators , and the other urged by4
tIme bankers , vhuo sought to extend theif.
privIleges and Increase ther power and
profits. Tile people had nothing to hope
from suciu schemes , lie charged timat ba _ '
hind the bill were the same immfiumemzces that
forced the repeal of time Shcnmnmmn act , and
which on that oecasiomm hind preuhicted that
prosperity would follow. The repeal of time
Sherman law having now admittedly failed , '
tiils currency cichemno lund been insidiously4
pressed forward by time same high authorIty.
For thirty years the demmuocratia party had
condemned time national bank systtmn , yet
it is now proposing not ommly to perpetumate
the system , but to iierpetumate it iii a formu
more objectiomiablo than that in vluicIu it at
presemmt exIsted. 1
Mu' , Eiiis , in concluzion , charged the democratic -
cratic party In congress wIth being false
to its Chicago platform pledges In not pass-
lag a tariff 1)111 for revenue only ; in not re-
peahimig outright time 10 per cent tax on state - '
hanks , nail iii not restoring silver to Its peal-
tion as a money metal cmi thel sammie terms ,
with goith , "Time democratic promises , " sakt
lie , "will not ho roilcemned untIl the people
elect a deniocratc vresident , Whmomi , that
'lay comes , as I believe it will , the chief
executive will not ho chosen from that smalL
and select class s'iuo believe that all tue
fimmancial integrity and capmcity in this ccciii-
try is qumarantimme4l on Mnmmliattnn island , "
Mr. Terry of New York gave smotlca of an ,
amemidmiment lie iuoumhuI otter to make clrcu-
latimig notes redeemable by thie bammks Issumlng
them iii eqimal pants in gold amid silver ,
A resolution was passed to allow time
governor of New hampshire and staff on
he floor of the houmse' dumnimig tIme exercises In
ommmicctlon with the dedicatiomi of the statueS . ,
f Webster anti Stark. ' ' '
Adjommrned. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I
STiLL IISCIL8S1NO 'rImE CANAL ,
Cuilonu umill l'om.'cimis 'FulIca ma Turn amid
'flmriio Comiclimdes Ills htommmirics , ,
W/tS1IINGTON , Dec. 19-Imnmnediately
111)00 time convening of tim aemmate today the
vco presidemit laid before tIme senate a letter -
ter from tIme secretary of time navy trans.-
imitting the report of AdmmziralVahiccr ( as
published imu amuothuer coiuimmin ) cmi thie subject
of Iia'aii , whicim the aemmate hail called fort
by a resolution , Time ietter and report were
referred vitbmout discusion to the comnmitteo
on foreign relations ,
Mn , I'asco of Florida , democrat , roporteil ' '
frommi the commimimittee emu public lands a bill
extending time. act relating to abandommed mmiili-
tary reservatiomis , which 'as liasacd without
divislomi ,
A. senate bill was reported aimd passoul
amnenuhlng time act of May 18 , 1894 , gIving
pernmision to construct a bridge over tIme '
Missouri river , near Jefferson City , Mo , Time
bill made certimlim chiammges In regard to the
draw sIiau of the bridge. At Mr , Vest'O
requmest ( lie bill was immmmediateiy commsidered
anti lasled.
A m'eoiution was Imltrodmicelh by Mn , Allen ,
iloimumliat of Nehiraka , iirovidlmig for the up.
hmointmnemut of a select conmmmuittee to investigate -
gate Political affairs In Ainbauna , vhmchm , at
hula request , was laid on the' table , iii order ,
that lie imzigbmt submit some renmarks on It
later , lie also introduced a resolution fou'
tiio appointmnemit , 'of a comnmmiittee of five
senators to ) mmvestigato time enate restaurant.
Mn , Alien was about to speak on thIs matter -
ter wiurn Mr. hale , republicumm of Maine , in-
terposeil objection to its imnmzmediatc commaldera- .
tion , amid it went over.
Mr. Bate , demmiocrumt of Temmnessee , 'time
called up the bill to establish a national mmmiii-
tary park at time hiattleliehil of Siuiiohm , Thq
bill was read in full amid then luasued ,
'rime resolution offered yesterday by Mr1
Lodge , cahiiemg mu time president for corro-
sPommdenee in times Ezeta extradition case , was
liassed without division ,
'rime senate then took up the Ncaraguan
canal bill , Mn , Tmmrpie , vhio luaU the floom'i. ' .
svimezi the senate adjourned yemterday , yieldel
it to Mr. Cullomu , 'hmo desired to make zomn
remnmurks cmi ( lie subject ,
It was reniarkable , Mr. Culioma thioughut
that the world bind aubmnitttd to such
long delay in the construction of a canal , the
buildumig of which s'as regarded as a coin-
nierctal miecesaity , lie supported time' mneasumr
withm niucim earmicatmiesa , Mr. Ctmllorum referrei *
to the great expense of time citizens of Chicago -
cage in building time drainage and ship can4