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THE OMAHA DAILY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 187J. OMAHA , FHTDAY 1MOTJXIXG , .JANUAllY 5 , IDOO-TWICLV E PAGES , SINGLli ) COPY CENTS , STIRS UP THE MISER Seizures of German Vessels Thoronghl ; Arousa Emp gr William. S sS11.1) , . &m&3& NOT DUE TO British Oommanden Carrying from Naval Headquarters , VON BUELOW IS TO DEMAND REPARATIO ! German Qorernmont Bends Another Strongly Worded Note to London. STEAMER GENERAL DETAINED AT ADEf Ilrltlnh 'I mop * i-nrrli UN CIII-KO- Ouneil lij tin * Centum Kiint Afrlcnn l.lnc No AVur Mutvrliil Aliiinnl. BERLIN , Jnn I The seizure of the Im ferial ninil steamer Gcnernl has consider nbly aggravated the Bltuatlnn hero : uiil th Indignation against nnglaml Is Intensified The government Is still earnestly cndeav trlng to preserve correct ollldal relation" but nngland will do well to ha ten to malt the amende honorable to Oriranv Oa absolutely reliable authority the cou fcPomlcnt of the Associated Press learns thu Kigporor William Is now thoroughly arouse by the repeated seizures of vessels , not on of which , ho has been assured , Is guilt of carrying contraband He regards th icbures as high-handed proceedings whlci England.ould not lm\o dared to under talco If the ( Inrman navy worn more powerful orful than It is. Ills majesty Is said to bo particularly In censed bccauno Information has reachei him showing that the seizures were not du to the blundcrlngH of British naval olllccrt but to strict orders from naval headiiuar tcrs. _ which the officers arc merely carryln out "lie has therefore Instructed Count vo ; llui'low to demand exact and full reparatloi y for the outrage done to thu German Hag No nnswi'i that Is considered satlafactor ; bus yet been received from London , and I according to advices received here , none 1 to bo expected for several da > s longer. Another > o i > Sent. Today's news Induced the German go\ ornmcnt to send another and more strongl vorded note to London Significant Intenslt ; ( it Germnnj'H Indignation against Englau In this matter Is a declaration published to day by the Get man colonial * , ecretarj among whose SO,000 members are n numbe or reigning Gorman princes , which sajs "England's recent proceedings igaln * German vessels are an outrage. The fac remains tint the small respect which th English people feel for Germany becaus of her deficiency In naval power has takei such deep root that the commanders of Ens lUh war ships hasten to commit breache of International rights so long as only Ger many Is thereby touched This lack of fea to touch the German nag must be thor cughly an.1 speedily cured. " Indignation" meetings' have been called b branches of the Colonial socletj The Ger man press , v lth hardly an exception , thun elcrs against Hngland. Kvcn the scnil official Horllner Post sajs "It cannot bo denied that the Indlgnn tlou aroused by the willfulness of the selz urcs by British commandeis Is sproadin In wider and wider circles" llol.l AiiotlicT tie-mum Stc'iimer , BERLIN. Jan 4 The Imperial ma Hteniner Goner.il has been detained at Ade and occupied by Ilrltlsh troops w Ith th object of searching Its cargo , which la t lie discharged The General Is owned by th German East African line , the ownern c the Dundesrath , previously captured by th Ilrltlsh cruiser M.iglclenno off Delagoa baj HAMBUIIG , Jan I Although the manl fe.sts of the German steamer General , seize at Aden , show there was no war materli on board , it .was compelled to discharge it cargo. The German East African company put Holies a. statement In the Hamburger Nacht rlchten saving that Immedl itely on th declaration of war the conipan ) voluntaril refuse 1 to forward to South Afrlui two con Blgnments of arms already on board it vessels , simply to avoid trouble and delay I connection with the other portions of th cargo A copy of the manifest of the Utimlosrat lin.s been published showing that its carg < lld not contain contraband The owners de rlnro that there l absolute ! ) no founda'io for thu statement that baddies and ctlu i\ni material have been found amid tl : lingo of the Hunlesrath Will lle-1. . e.iTiiinn Nm > . VIENNA Jan I Diplomatists hero see : to consider that Gio.it Britain ought not t hive ncarctied a German hteamcr In tl Suez cnnal. The Welner Allgemelno Zcitung sas "It looks as If ( lre.it Britain cared lei for the cargo In question thin for dcmoi btratlng huforo the world that althoug most nnluck ) on the land , she Is the ur challenged mistress of the tea , a demoi ettiitlon which will do more for thu Gcrmu navy than nil the speeches of Emperor Wl Ham. " NEEDS AN INCREASED FORC lIiicrN Stnntl ; UrrpiiilliiK I'nnltloli i f.ilcHliurn riulitlnu : in IIIIU llll'l-NNIIIll , LONDON , Jan 4 - There Is great satlsfai tlou nt the news that Do Aar has been ab to EC ml General Tiench lelnfoiceinentH guns and Infantiv , of which hu appearb to 1 BO much In need The lighting in the. hills la Incessant Tl latest telegrams say General Trench h ; a..Host surrounded Colesburg , but that tl Dorrs lire stltllj defending all their posltloi close to the town , preventing the Brllii Irora rupturing It A dispatch from Rcnsburg this moruii rajB that the heavy artillery duel rrcoi : nienced at da ) break Turther details of the fighting betwei General Gatacrc and the Heir at C > pherg tida > show that J COO iiecm. with artlller attacked a British outpost bctwn Csphcrgat and Molteno tlcneral Gataci with mounted trosps and field artlller moved out In front of Sterkstroem and foui the Doers strongl ) posted at Caperber whence they were quickly dislodged , t Boers fleeing In the direction of Stormbor The liners ut > ed thu Drlfteh gtuiti captur December 10 and shot Veil , hut the Drill Kept under cover and there were : casualties on their side 1hi War ulflce has received a dlspat from Pupeto'tn. dated Wednesday , Janua 3 reporting thu situation In Gunei Gatacre'B district It t > ai > "Dordrecht cow evacuated by Moutmureney w occupies Dlnl s siding on the Indwe line "Moltruo la being attacked UJo > by t LAWTOH SUBSCRIPTION FUNI WASHINGTON , 11 C , Dec 27 , 1S19 T the Editor of The lice The committee hav Ing In charge the raising of a fund for th benefit of the widow and four voting chll dren of the late Major General Henry V Livvton , who was killed in action at Sa Matco , Luron , P 1 , December ! ) , requci you to solicit and receive contributions an act for and represent the committee In joti vicinity H Is promised to keep th crlptlon Hats open until the evening c of January. General Law ton's sen and sacrifices for his country's ( lag nn his expressed concern for the care of hi family are the ntost fetching aprmal that ca bo made II P COIUIIN , Adjutant General , for the Committee. Pursuant lo this dispatch The Ileo aslt ( subscriptions to the Law ton fund from put lie Bplrltcd citizens In Nebraska , Iowa an surrounding states who feel able to assist I recognl/lng In this way the Invaluable serv Ices rendered the countrj b > the late Gen cral I-intim MnUe checks pajablo to th Merchants' National bink , Omaha Hecelf of same will be acknowledged by the cditu of The Ilee In these columns as well as b the committee nt Washington. E Ilosew.iter JV > f H O Hurt SOI rrunk Murphv . . . . . . . . . fiO ( First Nutlonnl bank 30 ( John \\liarton C'.C Omaha Evening News 101 Pr.ink E Monrts IOC \ \ lllhims-IIi > wanl Shocompunj 1) ( t'omnierelnl National b ink . . . lot OnriKMiti r Paper nimitiny . 1'H ' Hirtor-Wllhclinj Hnrdxvnro eomjt lliv lu ( TluimiiKon , Hclden .V Co IOC Julius PepperburK. Phittpmotith . . . 6C HrnMtilllK , Klnc - < "c > . . B ( Nebraska ClothltlK Co . ii ( P P Klrkftidall fi ( Avirv Mnnur muring Co 51 W .M Alden , Hjannls , Neb . 'J ( enemy , who more or less surround the polic station , but who , according to reports , ar being forced Inck. Reinforcements t mounted Infantry and field artillery hiv been sent by General Gatacre. The re ul IH not known "A company of mounted Infintry , undc Alderson , has reconnoltered to Prleska an exchanged shots with the rebel force on th north banK "No movements of Generals Methuen o Trench are reported Although dispatches under jesterday even Ings date arc at riving from both Gcner ; llullor's and Generil Mcthuen's head quarters , they contain little of Importanct Shells continue to bo exch inged and th patrols are busy Otherwise there Is llttl to enlighten the general sltuitlon General Cronje was reported to have bee ; considerably disturbed at the first report of the success of Colonel Pilchor's expedl tlon and sent 400 burghers to help Douglas- - The Ilrltlsh at Modder river hope to captur thin force An Interesting fact Is that Colonel Plicher wife Ih n sister of Maud Gonne , the sc called "Iilsii Joan of Arc " The famous tennis pla > er , W. V Eaves and the old Oxford athlete , C U. Fry , ar joining the British forces in South Afrlci. The departure of the Seventh division ( the British army for South Africa con- menced this morning The American hospital ship Maine arrive at Las Palmas , Canary islands , jesterda and icports all on boird well. A report comes from Berlin that Gre ; Britain's reply to Germany's representatioc on the Bundesrath h regarded as unsatls factor } and procrastinating. The traction engines have arrived at Frci and have been successfully tested. The pulled trucks over the roughest and mo < bnn'dy ground without difficult } . MUST WIN DECISIVE BATTLI SorlfN of lliircl-riniKlit Until I'M Ki jii-ole-il nt TiiK.'la llIT Iliillor to Dentil MiiKi n "Mote * . ( Copv right , 1900 , b ) Tress Publishing Co LONDON Jan I ( New York World Cr blegram Special Telegram ) The Post mil tary expert reviews Pllcher'o withdrawal an the check of Trench and Gatacro , diawln the conclusion that all must act upon cai tious anil defensive lines until reinforce me'iits arrive Ho declaies that the Cape Dutch are almoi unanlmousl ) in rebellion along the line fro ; 1'raiska to Barclay on the east He sas "When General Duller bets out his objei should be to win n decisive battle Tor tin purpose It will be necessary not to spire hewn own force Wo therefore expect next wee a berles of bird fought battles on both sldi of the Tugela river , In which the losses carnet not but bo ver ) hcav ) , but of which the re suit hoped for i the defeat of Gener Jonbcrt's aim ) and the relief of Lidsmltl This conflict will decide the fate of Gener ; White's division and the ( list stage of tl " war LONDON , Jan li r < n m This moit Ing's news throws no furthei light upon tl war situation The c\act position at Mo teno nnd Ophergat Is not known , but I an ) ease thcus little engagements nro i sin ill Impoitanie hcond proving tint tl Biltlsh forces are be-glnnlng to attain greati-i degree of mobility It Is fully e' prcted that next week will see a heal battle' on Ihe Tugela rlvei , which Is no the real pivot of the campaign The Boo appear to be working Ince.ssantly with shov and pick Lord Mcthuen'R cavalry scouting has d < Miloprd the fact that the Boers' entrenel ments extend some forty miles , far eve lapping the British positions and niakli Hank attacks exceedingly dllflcult Mlllt.ii analytics affirm that the Boer tiencln under General Buller stretch away sevel teen miles and that woik Is pushed e them unremlttently While the advance dilaed flank movement * , are almost Impoi Ublo , because long marches are1 not dot with celerity and It IH hard to time an a tack with ccrtnlnt ) New redoubts are being built nt Klmbe lo ) and sinenteen mile's of works now el compass the town The admiral ! ) program embraces the St. . tlunlng of small squadrons at Durba SlmaiiH Ra ) Port Elizabeth , Lonrenzo Ma qui > z St Vincent , In the Capo Verde Island anil Cipetown , and sending an addition j ship or two to Adi > n It IN announced tb I the Drltltm agents and detectives a secret ! ) watching all Italian ports It now appears that It wat > John Church ! second son of I-ailj "Randolph Churchill , ni nut Winston Spencer Churchill , who h been given command of a squadron of tl South African Light Horse FORCED TO LVE JP DOUGLAS Colonel I'llclif'r ' llrluif * InHli 111 I lie II > > IIH | I'orllou of tilt * 1'roi.lr. BELMONT , Capo Colony , Wednesday , Ja 3 Colonel Plicher , It IH official ! ) announce being enl ) on a raiding expedition , and f mllltar ) reasons being unable to occu Douglas" permanently , has evacuated t town , bringing on * all the lo > alUts He h now returned safely to close proximity llclnunt When ho announced the neceeal of evacuating the place the Inhabitants d ( Continued on Fourth Page ) CLERK MANIPULATES BALLOT ! Charges Made Atv'nst Ohief Olerk of tb Kentucky Homo DEMOCRATIC LUCK AROUSES SUSPICIOI pure Ten Out of IJli-vt-ii Member * n Joint l.-iilliulv i > Committee In ( ioclipl ( oiiti-st for Go * rriinrxlilp. THANKTOUT , Jan i The Joint leglsla live committees which sit In the contest for goNernor and lieutenant governor vver drawn b ) lot as provided by law today , lucky star presided over the destinies of th democrats , ns the driwlng resulted In glvln them ten out of the eleven members of th committee on the governor's contest an nine out of eleven In the lieutenant go\ ernor's contest The committee to hear the govcrnorshl contest Is as follows. Senators Trazlei Allen end Crenshaw , and Uepresentative Htckman , Dorr ) , Tumi , Hcunlck , Sledgt Lyon and Barton , all democrats , and Yar berry , republican In the lieutenant governor's contest th names drawn were Seimtois Harrell , Cole man and Watson , and Representative Claw ford , Alexander Balrd , Bell , Hollau and Sharp , democrats , and Representative Heed and Lilly , republicans. The house members of these two commit tees were sworn In tonight and it is prob able that the joint committees will orginiz and get down to work taking evidence to morrow In the drawing o\er the formation of th legislative contested election committee the results were somewhat more evenl divided In the case of the two scnalorh contests the republicans got only one mem her out of nine on each committee , but I the house thc y got majorities In ten out o the eighteen committees which try con tests The senate completed Its drawing at th morning session and the enl ) Incident con ncctnd with It was when Senator How an republican , objected to Senator Goebel' name being placed In the box Senate doobol rose fron his seat and said "Under the law the names of all senator present must bo placed In the' box , but beg to assure the senator that If my nam should bo drawn out I , of course , will nt serve " The house was occupied till late In th evening with the drawing of the exectitlv committee and there was nothing note worthy in the proceedings until after tli governorship contest had been announce and until just before the drawings on tli lieutenant ROV ernor's contest C'lorU MiinlpiilntCN IlnllotN. Representative Haswcll , leader of the r ( publican minority , charged Chief Clerk E O Leigh with manipulating the ballots t give the demojrats the advantage. Has well and Representative Berry , represent ing the republicans , stood at the clerk desk as the names of the members wei placed in the box and when the last nam wat , placed in it Haswcll walked to h ! seat and made a speech , In which he sal Leigh in placing the names of the men bers In the box had thrown the democrat : names to the right side of the box and tt republican names to the left. He bald he did not know how it happenc the democrats got such a majority on tl governor's contest , but he did knowho thu billets had been put in the box for tt drawing now on , and he asked that U clerk at least bo required to shake the be thorough ! ) , so as to mix the names , as cot tcmplated bj the law. Speaker Trimble Invited Haswell or ar other republican member to shake 'the ' bo but they declined to do this , saying th was the duty of the clerk. Bcriy , republican , asked the speaker i allow the members to Inspect the box I order to verify the charge made by hi ; and Haswell , mentioning the alleged mai nei In which the names had been placed I the box , but Cantrlll , democrat , said tl charges made by Haswell and Berry wci serious and as long as they had waited ti the drawing was practically complete 1 thought they should bo compelled to fi them In the proper way and not mere ! v 11 bally and personally as the ) were d ( ing Speaker Trimble finally ordered the be thorough ! ) shaken and this was done , wit the tubult that six democrats and two n publican names were drawn out AVhllll.'ii a nil AVnrri'ii Indicted. H Is unofficially announced that tl Tranklln county grand jury has found li dlctments against Colonel John II Wha len and Chailes Warren , who , It Is allege attempted to btlbo Senator Harrell in tl B0\ernorshlp contest The indictments ai based on consplrac ) and will bo similar i 1 those returned against W Godfrey Hunte i John H Wilson , E T. Tranks and othe ; i in the Hunter alleged briber ) cases grov Ing out of the Hunter-Blackburn senatori contest jn 1S97 I 'fhe safety deposit box , which Ham designated as holding the money , vvi i turned over to the grand jury today ai found to contain four $1 000 bills and ( ! ' $100 bills The money was healed up in , plain white envelope , without writing Th In part coiroborates Harrell'b stor ) The democratic leaders In the leglslatui decided tonight to take the ballot fi i United States senator next Tuesday As seems settled In advance that Blackbui will receive a majority In each house a Joli ballot will probabl ) not bo ncccssar ) The I Is a question as to whether the bill bhoiild ho taken next Tuesday or Tuehdi week Dlickburn's friends decided us matter of caution to have n ballot on hi days , so there may bo no quibble over tl legality of this election It ban been unde stood all along that a ballot would not I taken till ono week from next Tuesday Chief Clerk Edward Leigh Indignantly d nleti that the ballots wcru placed In the hi wi the drawing of the committees ted ; In the manner charged by the republic ! members The democratic members all li lst that the charge Is without foundatlo The republicans , however , are not altogeth satisfied over the result There was i complaint over tha drawing of the sena committees 1 SI MlVN N\Mii ) roil sn > ATOI j \ftt-r ii llltttT rinht ! ! IH ( hoxen i I > ! . ! .mii-lii' * Coll.-iiiriif. JACKSON , Miss . Jan 4 Amid scenes dissension unequaled In state history , tl Joint democratic caucus of the Mlrslssip legislature tonight named Senator W ' Sullivan as the United States senator to f , the short term of one ) ear ending March l 0l The call for the caucus was signed by 1 members , six of whom were I owry me H was evidently the Intention of the I/iw followers to postpone tha caucus , if pc stole , owing to their Btato of unprepare * ni'Bs and this was manifested from the ou | set by the dilatory tactics adopted I The Sullivan followers captured the ca1 1 cub on organisation b ) electing George Ai deloon of Warren count ) as chairman Aft j nearly two hours of parliamentary wran 1 ling a roll call was secured and Sulllvi given the nomination b ) a vote of SS to U W V Sullivan Is an nttorne ) by profes slon and a man of considerable wealth H Is a native of Ixif.ayette cmlnty and in til 42d } ear Hn was serving a term In congres when the drath of Mr * Walthnll occurred and the governor appointed him to the vn cnnc ) 4io\i < riior Tin lor rcUhiK Init. PORTLAND. Ore , Jan. 4 v special I the Evening Telegram from Salem Ore M)8 Governor Tnlor of Kentucky I seeking In Oregon n law for authority ti support his claim to office Governor Gee has received a letter from Talor asking to Information regarding gubernatorial conte t In Oregon , especially whether the contest for governor and ether offices are tried b ; ? fore tt > same tribunal and whether th parties ma ) object to the tribunal b caus of prejudice or the Improprlet ) of their alt ting and whether an appeal ma ) be taken SAY A GOOD WORD FOR W00 [ C.-nornN Mn ( i , Until nuil Iurn llnvi the t tmnnt roiithlciii'i- ( In- ( .in.-riior ( iciu-rnl. HAVANA. Jnn 4 Generals Ma o , Rail and Lara , who attended the meetings o the recent council of Cuban notables an the conferencts with General Wood , 'jiw stilt a telegram to all the mayors In th eastern provinces declaring that tliev wer ixtrtimelv well Impressed with Gcn ° ia Wnod , who spoke1 frankly to them , and tha there Is no re ron for uncertainty or sus plcloi with regird to the tuture The dispatch also asserted tint tin- sign ers hud the utmost confidence In the nei goveinor general , botfi as a man and n nn administrator Cclonel Dudley , JucK'tj advocate and Majo Runcle , now legal nd fier to the nro considering the | es reported to tucr of persons in prison wjio are awaiting trln and also the cases of those said to be suf ferlng unjust or excessive punishment General Lxtdlow's report covering case In the- Havana prison has been submlttc and .t Is believed that several persons lUI bo released within the next Jew days Colonel Dudley and Major Runcle spen a long time today with General Ludlow obtaining his views on the subject , he hav ing personal knowledge of several case mentioned In his report. General Wood toda ) visited the leper boa pltal The members of his staff and other whom he Invited to accompany him foun themselves ' prevented by other engage clients" and there was hot the usual alac rlt ) of acceptance. General Wood , therefore went alone He. tays he was greatly In terested in what he saw MINE FOREMAN ON THE STANI SurprlMliiu ; Te-M Iniiinj Iti'Kurillin Ciln-lcsH MiuiiUT In AVIiloli llra/- iicll 111 IK- \ \ -VliinaR.'il , UNIONTOWN , Pa , Jan. 4 The sccon da's probing bj- Coroner Taylor ot th Braznell mine disaster developed even mor surprising testimony than yesterday iegard Ing the apparentj ! careless manner In whic the niino was managed. Mine foreman Thomas Jones was the firs witness called. He was kept on the stan till neon , answering questions fired at hli b ) the inspectors and coroner. The boofc of the foreman showed * he same mrclci Keeping as did those of 'ho flrc boss H failed to make entry of the result of hi work during the da > 7 ns Is required b law. law.Mr. . Jones was on the rack all forenoo and throughout his whole testimony li showed the effects of the strain. His testl mony was of a nature to establish the in disputable fact that the affairs of the mlm insofar ns ho and the mine boss had an ) thing to do with It , were In a wietched eon dltlon Miners went in and out of the mlr at will in the morning , while neither ( the officers was present. Jones admltte that ho allowed the use ot unlocked feifet lamps , Only three sols of men , two eacl worked with them , men In whom he ha confidence , and because they had bad ol Ho did not lock the lamps becaube they wer practical miners Ho said he did not know was contrar ) to law TO BUILD A bEET iUGAR PLAN" Snntii ! " < Itnlli olid ( HllclnlH Aiiiiouiiu Ain.Tlciui llr.-t 'Miuar C oniiiin > IN doliit ; Into ( olornilo. CHICAGO , Jan t It was announced tc day at Santa To railroul headquarters tin the \merlcan Beet Sugai company had con traded for the establishment of a tniga beet plant at Rocky Tord , Cole , in th Arkansas valley. The plant will 1 > o nest lo the largest I the world. H will cost about $1,500.000 an will have nn annual capacity of 18,000 ton of refined sugar , using 100,000 , tons of beet : Tanners In the valley adjacent to Rock Toid have ai ranged to plant 80,000 arroa t beets the coming season , from which it I expected a profit of $10 an acre will bo dr rived. The land Is almoot In the heart of what few yearn ago appeared on the map aa th "Great American desert" Irrigation hn made it ono of the fertile places in that sec tion of the west AMERICAN EXHIBIT AT PARI ! Then- Will lie llorr 'I linn Sc\ < ThoiiNiiml niil < ri > i\lillil ( in Ncuork I.fll.lH. CHICAGO , Jan 4 According to stntistU collected by the Tribune there will bo mor than 7,000 American exhibitors at the Parl exposition Of this number flve-slxtlu ai clnhslfied as exhibitors In agriculture , mlnei literature and periodicals , stlenre and fir arts , religious , charitable and other assocln lions , schools , colleges etc The number of exhibitors in the pure ! commercial branches who had acceptr space up to the first of the ) cai was ) 1,11 Among the large cities of the country No York had 221 exhibitors to Its credit. Ch cage is second with 11. Among the strongest numerically are til manufacturers of wines , who arn going I show the Trench experts what America ca do In the way of producing champagne an nil the other vlniigps In which Trance ha so long held an easy suprnmac ) . ( iiuiiii'ir Miulyloir 'I'mxlx , CHK'AUO. Jnn I Japan M House eif Ro | rest-math cs lias delegate oneof Its nieir bers lo Html ) the > trust question in th Tnltrd States IKu/o Oak i of Toklo member of the * hoiihe. Is In America for till purpose , having arrived In Chicago tnrla : Mr ( JoK.i IP the editor of tln > C'huo Shlnliu ( Centril Newspiiu-i ) of'loklo and when li has e ompleted his obse-rvuilons will re poi to the government He also Is studIn transportation facilities on lake and MI and w'll vltdt Europe before rcturnln 'home- ' Wlir.-l.T DraflM a mil , Hl'NTSVILLE , Ala Jan -One > n U'lut'lir has drafted n bill for the cKtal llshment of i permanent arm ) post i Huntsvllle nnd It will be * introduced t Cot Bre8man J T StalllnBS with the suppoi of all the Alabama cejnurcutiineii e.oci nor ( rune1 IniiiiKiirulril. 'BOSTON ' Jan 4 W Murri ) Crane wt toda ) inaugurated as governor of Alas- ebusetts At the same time the other Htal otrUers-eled took the oath of office Ooi trnor c'rujic H .iftilrrsa was cietutcil wholl to matters of etute Interest SOME TROUBLE OVER SITE ! Titles to Land for Nebraska Public Build ings Not Yet Clear. DELAY AT HASTINGS , NORFOLK AND BIAII Se-nntor Tliurxtoii lilt reiilucM-i Illl I'rov lillnn for ther.slulilUli - ine'tit of n Hrnne'li Mint nt Otniilin. WASHINGTON , Jan. 1 ( Special Tele gram I There is trouble In Nebraska eve public building sites and It may bo som time before things are proporl ) adjusted ti meet the requirements of the- statutes ap proprlatltiK motien for the purchase of site for public buildings nt Hastings and Nor folk. Chalinian Meicer of the public build lugs and grounds committee today rccelvcv a letter from DMrlct Attornev Summer stating that the title to the site at Blair wll soon be read ) to submit to the Desiartmen of Justice for final approval The NorfOil site Is tied up and accoidlng to Summeie action ot the court of equity will be net eh h.ary to cure n defect In conveyance nude b , a coipurntlon several ) ears ago and whlel corporation no longer exists In the Case o Hastings the title cannot bu approved unit the couit ot probate pai-aes upon eiucstloii before It Involving a right to the proper ! ) Attorne ) Summers states tint as boon a questions Involving a clear title to govern ment in these sites nro passed upon the re poit will be placed on file In Washington Senator Thurston toda ) Introduced a bll to establish a branch mint at Omaha , th provisions being the same as the bill Intio dticed b ) Congressman Men or and appro prlatlng $100 000 to meet the expenses o such mint during the current joai He als Intiocluced bills to pension nil Schnttendnn Rev Warren Cochrnn of Omaha Tranklti Kerstlng , Silas Cnrbcr , William II Moodv Charles A Wlswell , Tianklln G Plant ? am bills to remove1 the charge of deseitlon fron G W Witting , Joshua B Webster am Thomas Blackburn of Ogallala , Neb. Congressman IlurKett seemed from th Census department toda ) an allowance o $75 per month for clerk hire and $15 pe month for office rent for 1'rcd W Millei o Kails City , Neb , supervisor of census fo the Klrst Nebraska district He Introduce the following bills To remove the charg of desertion from the war record of lien jamln Wllkes of Sterling , Neb , grantln pensions to James D McCann of Tails Clt ) John S G Speery of Lincoln and Julia A Piouty of Peru , Neb , late an arm ) mute Congressman Robinson has introduced bill to pension Robert Mora I ML for Olel Port Oiiiiilin. Congiessman Mercer , In explaining hi bill to rehabilitate the old Fort Omah military reservation , stated that It was fo the purpose of providing a secondary gat riaon to Tort Crook , as recommended b Major General Miles wlen In Omaha las fall. Ho further said that there would nc bo garrisons enough In the Untied State to pioperly care for the troops In the fn cast should the Insuncction In the Philip pines collapse and the volunteers be ordere homo for mustering out. "I have alwas felt , " he said , "that Foi Omaha should never bo sold as contqm plated in the bill which changed the locn tlon of the fort , and I fully agree with Gcu oral Miles that such a magnificent locatlo should not be abandoned , for the future ma develop the necessity for some such reset vation to bo used as a training school fr. the ) outh of otii land in the science of mill tary tactics. I am in receipt of a lettt from General Miles stating that he Is 1 hearty accord with the purposes of the bll but suggests a change in the measure t the end that the title of the property sha remain in the government , the bill author Uing the puichaso of Tort Crook bavin stipulated that Tort Omaha should bo sol and thu amount realized coveicd back Int the treasury to offset the purchase of Ian along the Missouri near Bcllevue for a mill tary reservation I will re-Introduce th bill with this feature taken care of as sui ; gested b ) Geniral Miles " Congressman Gamble of South Dakot presenter ! a bill granting a tract of land I the Nnshvillo Presbyterian church , and ala bills for the relief of John D Hale , Joshu B Harris and William II H Leo Tirht Lieutenant Lorin n Checver f Buffalo , W)0. of the Thirl-eighth Infantr ; now serving In the Philippines wan toda promoted to ho captain Cheevoi serve with the Womlng bittnllon during tli early d.is of the Tillplno Insurrection an when his battalion was mustciod out de clili'il to continue In mllltar ) service an io-eiilistei' s second lieutenant of tli Thirt-eighth. Later ho was promoted t first lieutenant and now secures a car talncy Ml-lullt OUT.I.M'N TIlillKN. Scrgeant-at-Arms Bright of the senate , demociat , who him held the position for th last * e'lght years , has commenced a fox game of politics to lotain hLs position H IH ousting democrats nnd replacing thei with republicans , but so transpaicnt has h action become that republican henntois wh were expected to bo placated by addition : patronage did not hesitate to bay th : Blight has ovorplnyeel his hand. C I Plcrtlo , Senatoi Allen's former appoints superintendent of the folding room , is th first to feel the axe and ho glvew v\ay 1 n former man from Ohio , but Pli-itlo , wli has done much for the fusion cause in Nt braska , i * too valuable to bo wholly lev and gets a eloorkeepcr's phiro nt 'a salar ot $1,110. Senator Ilanna has emphatically said th : there must bo a rcorganlratlon of the set : ate and It U expected a caucus of re'pul llc.Tn senators will ho called for next Tnct day J S. Clarkson Is still the strong ma for secretary of the tenale , while Alon/ II Stiiwart of Iowa Is In the lead for Bright succession. C W Hudhon was today appointed posl master at Hlgby , Sheridan county , W ) also Miss Uva Keith at Goldfield , Wrlgl county , la The secretary of the Interior today sun moiled Agent Stephen * , of Crow Creek , S I ) hero to confer with him repardlng affalis ( the Crow Creek Indians , particularly In n lation to a lefund of about $ lbO,000 on d ( posit In the treasury to pay off the Indian 'IIlls fund was appropriated for the belief of the Indians In lieu of a shortage of lam | allowed them under the treaty of 18S | Agent Sterhcns while hero will answer U charges rerently made agalnht him Se nnti Kyli * and Congressmen Gamble and Hurt | today called on Secretary Hitchcock In tl Interest of Stephens BANKER COLE IS ARRAIGNEI ivM nt HeiMlon from Ioniiurlcx I'lfiiilrel > ot diilltj ItclciiHi-.l on Hull. BOSTON , Jan i Charles H Cole , foi im-r president of the Globe National haul who Is charged with misappropriating fund of that Institution , arrhe-d In tills city ; 5 15 tonight from LOB Angelis Cat , I charge of the I niti.il States marshal He was at ou..e token beforea UulU CONDITION OF THE WEATHEF Tote ast for Xobra K i UinrrnlU I'Mr , Colder IViniii'inturo nt Otniilin > e'Mte > nln > I Hour. Di-u. Hour. States commissioner wnUed the reading o the complaint and pleaded not gulltv , nn the case was continued until Jatuiai ) IS Ball was fixed nt $10 000. which was fur nlsbel and lite prisoner was ulea ed JOHNSTON ANSWERS \tlrcrl.s SeMmtor'i VUltmlr on TriiHti- \ciMiie--4 Mini of Vollnii Million * to > lnrltline < I until t minimi * . MONTGOMERY , Ala. Jan I Governo Johnston Is out In an opi-n Irttet , In answe to Senatoi Morgan , eonceinlng rlmiKes mud In the1 senate b ) Mot gnu that John-Hoi owned or had owned n laige amount ei stock In an Alabama corporation , ono n several tint had sold all their prop cit ) of ever ) kind to n New Jerse ) complin The1 governor denies that he e vei owne n shaie of stock In the Sloss Sheffield com pan ) or that ho had an ) Intelest , dliett , re mote 01 contingent In an ) sjndliato in trus to which the1 lands lefi'rrcx ! to were ) sold Governot Johnston then altaiki thu SCMIII tor's attitude1 on trusts , accusing him u "voting to organize the International Amerl can bank , with a capital of $1)5,000000 ) , an of which ) oui colleague , Senator Petttis said 'Here Is the moat damnable1 trust tinGed God cvei allowevl to live on earth ' Of votIng Ing for putting n tax of 1'i pel cent on nl goods mantifnctuied b ) ti lists , and of 'votln millions to tin1 Mailtlme Canal eonipan ) . CLARK WINS A CASE IN COUR1 lulled \e > r.le > to'ipe-r C"o MI 1111113 In ; lie 01 uiinlrc I n.li-l 'X.M * V orU Ti fluuuiI'M Derision. NI2W YORK Jan I United States Sen ator William \ Clark and the ether dl lectors of the United Verde Coppei com pan ) , obtained a decision In favor of thel plui of reorganization fiom Justice1 Glider sleeve In the supreme court ted i ) Jii- tlee Glldeisleevo denied the motion to con tlnuo the temporary Injunction , asked fo b ) George A Treadwcll , a mlnotlt ) stock hnldei In the companv , and vacated th ptellmlnar ) Injunction granted , restraint ! ! the sale of the propelty of the corporatloi which was origin ill ) announced to tak place December I1) ) The sale will no' take place Jamnr ) 0 Justice. Gildeisleeve saS that In hi opinion the complaint falls to btate a cans of action 'No Illegal act Is allogec which , if established bj competent testl mom will support a conclusion that ther Is nn intention on the part of the du fendants to injure the property lights c the plalntitf GOVERNMENT TAKES A HANI lliilu-iiH Cm pun I'rncceilliiKi Ile-RU CnMt * of CorjLioijil Kulr nnel I'rlvnte' .leioKeMiH * PAPILLION , Neb , Jan I. ( Special Tele gram ) \ deputv United States maishal ai lived hero this afternoon with papers in habeas coipua ease to be biought In tb federal couit at Omaha tomoriow to secui the1 icleaso ot Coiporal Tali and Prlval Jockciib , who are under bond awaiting trl ; at the hands of the state authorities fe the killing of Private Morgin at La Platt while the lattei was tring to escape arres for dcEcitlon These men weio acquitted e blame for the killing b ) a com t-martlal iu'l nl Toil Ciook , but were ritested b ) tli civil authorities at the Instance of Governc Pontei and hound ovei b ) Judge Ilowai on the chaigu of murder In $1,000 bone ! each Unable to glvo bonds they have bee1 In Jill at tbia place It is undeislood thr the habeas corpus proceedings are > brougl nt the Older of the War elepaitment LITTLE HOPE FOR ACTOR REEI I'limoiiM C nnie'illnii I n.le1 ! KOIN Soc'on So i Klonl Opel lltloo I ol.-Hl Innl C'IIIIC.T tin * I'lonlile- , PIIILADILPIHA , Jnn I The friends < Roland Rood in this city toda ) weio advite that Dr Bui ) , the ) famous surgeon , had pel foimc'd a se-cond opeiation on the eomedla In New York The Hist operation performed u week nti was. supposed to have been made necessar by an attack of nppendlcltlb When tli wound was opened , however , the Burgooi discovered that Mi Rei'd w.ih sulferliiK froi an idwinccd attack of inti tln il cancel. M Reed was lee weak to undergo another opei ntlon at that time and n ih > li > was agree upon A ladlc.al operation was iierfornied toda ; ,1111fiom its * radical nature llttlo hope I held out for his snfrty Should ho survlv bo will undoubtcilly bo nn Invalid for bon : time TO SHUT UP CHICAGO CANAI Allen ne > ) ( .I'lu-ial of VIlHuonrl Prcpm IIIK lo Slnrl I'reiiM-iMllnuH In I iille-il Slltt < ! N SOIIIIMOf ( mill. JKTTnitSON CITY , Mo , Jan I Attorne Ge nural Ciow Is preparing to institute pn ccedliiRH In Ihe supreme court of Ihn Unltf State-s to stop the people of Chicago froi allcgi-d pollution of the waters of the Mil Hlbslppl liver liy incniiH of the sowcrage i the ( Mileage canal CHICAGO. Jan 1 Trustees of the san tni ) district say thi'y have no fe-nr of tl plans of St I/juls to Interfere through tl com in with the Ube ( if the drainage canal I'mliiilile * tJolel SliliiiniMilN. N1JW YORK JanI Two million elollai In gold will bu taken from the' elcarln house1 t.Miioirovv b ) bunks In this elty Ai ningi inontH to that pftcct were' m idetoda and iinlo&H iiddltlonul unli'is artreielvi d tc 1 mo tow It Is bcllcviMi that i uwi wi will re i - tlu > ainoum of next Kuturdn ) a gel I BhlpmcnlH ! 'I lirfltt'n lei lone'li iifNi'Krct , RALnifJII. N C , Jun 4 A speilal v\It lwent-sevi'll meinlii'rs of the ( luicrnoi ijiiaid aboard U-ft tonight foi Lumbeirloi N ( ' , ulieiu It IH said an atf nmt is aliut to bo inaili ) to Ijm-h Reuben ROSH , , i nugr eonvlcted of criminal assault and twice re pricvicl b > Governor Rusnell 1 Mm riiH'iitN nl ll.'ruii \ I'NN.'lN , .Inn , i New York - Arilved Noordland fren Antwerp , Kins , from Nnples Wtrke-ndon from Amsterdam , Vie torla from Naples UarniHtadt from liiomen Balled -I.i No : iniindli , foi Havre1 , Kilser Wllhclm < Ii ( jrosse for Hrcmen , via cnorbourg nn Southampton At l/eimlein Arrlvrel Jlanltnu from No York , Mnnhattun from New York At Yokohama Sailed January J Moi mouthnhlre ( from Jlonn Kongi , for J'or land Ore > At Toitlnnd , Me Sailed. Hmnoa Ayre-ai for Llveiraool At Rotterdam Bulled Amsterdam , fc N. w "i ork At Uv.iipool Arrived Mlihlnaii , froi IJusiuii 'Jtulunic train New > ork POPOCRATIC PALAVER Fusion Mfltinpera to Hold a Seance Today to Plan the Campaign , OPENING OF THE THREE-RINGED CIRCUS Edmisten's Scheme to Shut Out the Other Two Factions Oheckunted , OTHER COMMITTEES WILL BE ON HAND Candidates for Offlca Spring Up on Every Hind Lika Mushrooms. BIG FIGHT IN SIGHT FOR NOMINATION Mcn'n llrjnn Cliil. llnneini't 'leiiilulit lllelN fair lo tic inj- Itilnu lint nn eilil-l'aili- loniMl ln % e l'e > nnt , LINCOLN , Jnn 4 ( Special. ) The popo- ci illc chum of Ne'lnanka will la ) plans for tlio campatRii of 19nO at a eonvocatlon in tills clt ) lomoironnd If the develop iniMitH of the list fnw months can be tnken is nn Indication tbeio Is eerlous trouble ahead for tin * manage1s ! of the coming light Candidates foi the v irlous stito oilli cs have sprung up like 8iintlo\\eiH on the prairie since the liet state election and the conte-st foi the popoe ratio nominal ! us promises to bo as Intel cstliis and hard fought as the light for election. It wn < ; not the Intention of J. H Kdmlstrn when ho cille-d the populist committee to meet hero tomorrow to have the other pope cintlc committees join in the conference He l uod his call without consulting the chairmen of the democratic and free silver committees , hoping to take advantage of theii absence1 lo work up a boom for him- belt for the appointment of cloik of Ihe HU preme court The other committees how ever , Immediate ! ) decided to meet in Lin coin on the ( same di ) nnd nil ) conceited ef fort b ) the populists tomorrow In behalf of Edmlsten will meet with their moat dciidod opposition I'I.MMlve'i * Keiiiilille'iino > e-iitrnl. Ihe free slhei republicans have so far icmalncd neutial In the light for the clerk ship , but they do not propoeso to allow either the populists or the democrats to take advantage of them They do not hope for the appointment of one of their numbei , but the ) do insist on being beard before any selection Is made felnce the three fusion committees de cided to meet blniultaneou : ! ) other IBSUCS of Importance to all of them hive come up for consideration and the ) will be treited tomorrow Informal meetings of the demo crnts and populists were held nt the Lincoln hotel tonight but the free sllvcrltcs will not get togcthei until tomorrow Their meeting will not bo lestrlcted to membita of the committee , as It was found Impos slblo to get enough of them togothei lo make n lespectable showing Kiunk Ran som and Judge Gregory of their national committee me expected down from Omalii tomorrow morning to participate * in the pto cecdlngs Chairman ndmlslen of the populist com mittee has invited the national populist comniltteemen of Kansas , Missouri , Iowa and Colorado to attend the meeting , but it Is not expected that many of them will ac cept. The Nebraska national committeemen - men , however , with the probable exception of V Clem DeavoT of Omaha , will ho In the cl'y to confci with the central com- mltteo in the' afternoon. The piomoteis of the banquet to be Riven by the Traveling Men'n Uryan club tomoiiow ovenlng count upon n full attendance of the populist , demociatlL and free sllvoi tom- lultteenien. In fact , tomorrow night was se lected as the best occasion for getting out a bis crowd , bo that the club could nnsumo thu credit foi a big membership by counting all present as members of their oiganl/a tion The Trivellng Men's Bean club , lllcn all hlmilai oiganizatlonn that begin v\lth the campaign of 1818 , has dwindled down to but a few members. It is In no sc-iiKo n perm inent organization It does not hold rpulai | meetings nor IH thoio any pie visioti for an annual momboishlp fee Oun , i yeai a biiiquel IH held nt the Lincoln hotel In ( his clt ) under the name of Hie Tiavollng Men's Ilryiin club , but on all Mich oceaslono the guests , or a majority of them , are. popocratlc ofllcnholdors nnd citizens of Lincoln Nevertheless , the claim IB inn li1 that It is a permanent organization the only ono tint has held Us organization slnco the campaign of IS'.iO \oi ii ii r.'UHi , The banquet tomorrow . -vcnlng will bo b ) no meanH a love feast , for In the arrange ment of the progimn the committee has gonu continry to established custorna In i way tint Is offensive ! to a portion of the popocratlc foices "Tho sting of Ingritl- tudo" Inflicted by the cnimnltteo on arrange ment * , by Its failure to give ( lllbert M , Hitch cock of Omaha a plaeo on the progiam , Is sorely felt by these who btipported that per- Bonugo In hlH Kcramhlo foi the conatorlal appointment , nnd even the subsequent an nouncement that bo had refused an Invltn tlon to respond to n toast , him failed to heal ( hit wounds of his frlend.s Hitchcock had always been given an Important place on tbo program by the Ilryun club and In tlm light of this established cnntorn llttlo faith Is placed In thn assertion that ho refused an Invitation tills year because of a previous engagement. While this Is tbo icamm given for his absence bin friends have ver > In dtiHtrlously circulates ] the report that ho was given the cold shoulder by the1 club with the purpose of creating sympathy for him In the fuxlon ranks Hucli reports havn been sent to eastern newspapers from Iho World-Herald office ) In Omaha W J Bryan arrived In Iho city last nlsht and will leave foi Chicago early Saturday morning , and It Is reported that while tluro ho will bo naked to Induce Carter H Harrison risen to withdraw from the race for the Il linois gubernatorial nomination DflHillCH Mtt-r ( HII.TH. The details of an organised movement on the part of the present deput ) state office holders to capture ) the nominations for the places now held by their chiefs worn brought lo light today and their plan will receive the attention of the central com mittees tomorrow The deputies do not be- llevo In the old popullstlc cry that the of fices should be pobscd around , but on the contrary they think nn offlcuholdor should relinquish an ofllco only to succeed to an other These on the outsldo who arn clem orlng to get In have set up a howl that will probably result In at least breaking up the ring The democrats will not be this ) tar with a nomination for a stale olllco and as nearly all of the ties are populism they will encounter united opposition In the- democratic wlug of the fualou party W U Oldnain of Kearney U one of the leading doino ratio candidates for a nranv