Nebraska Newspapers

    A fl iWAII AN MESSAGE
T is likely to be forth
1 COMING.
Tl,« Document Expected to Carer All
Controversy Up to Dote—Constitutional
lawyers Debating the Question Wheth
,r Minister Willin’ Latent Action Will
Stand—Mr* Hill's Resolution Blde
,racked in the llonse—Miscellaneous
Krws from tlio National Capital.
Hawaiian Affair*.
Washington. Jan. 13. — The Ha
waiian dispatches xvera not sent to
confess to-day. Undoubtedly tho
stemncr Mariposa, which left San
Francisco to-night, will cafrv tho
Snal instructions to Minister Willis,
outlining to him his conduct in view
of the refusal of the provisional
government to comply with his de
mand. It is expected in congress
that these instructions will be in
cluded in what is to be transmitted to
congress.
Secretary Gresham said the other
day that all further instructions sept
to Minister Willis would be sent to
congress immediately upon being dis
patched. They had to be dispatched
to dav in order to catch the Maripo
sa. This would leave time for them
to be included in the papers sent
to congress and thus bring the whole
■matter up to date and make it complete.
The dispatches from Minister Willis
were the subject of discussion by a
full cabinet meeting to-day and it
was expected that a budget would be
ready for congress after the meeting,
hut the copy and comparison will take
some time. The dispatches are said to
contain 12,000 words, President Dole’s
reply to Minister Willis being 5,000
words long.
The constitutional lawyers of the
house are discussing the question
whether the action of Minister Willis
in requesting the Hawaiian provision
al government December 19. to retire
will stand, President Cleveland hav
ing referred the entire subject to con
gress December 18. Judge Culberson,
chairman of the judiciary committee
and an authority on legal questions,
holds that Minister Willis was bound
by early instructions until' he received
notice that they were changed. It
made no difference that the president
turned over the subject to congress
December 18, as this fact did not be
come known to Minister Willis until
December 26, so that up to that timo
he had no authority but to carry out
his early instructions.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Sensational Harder Mystery In
St. Loale.
St. Lovrs, Ma, Jan. 13.—The police
of this city have suddenly been con
fronted by one of the most mysteri
ous cases they have ever tried to solve.
Yesterday morning a man named
Steve K. Wilsko applied at a^boarding
house, 1412 Olive street, for a room,
finally engaging a room for a week,
paying therefore in . advance. He
then left tne house, returning late in
the afternoon and going, instead of
to his own room, to one on the same
floor oec upied by Miss Josie Steven
son.
Late last night a man called at the
house to see Miss Stevenson. Going
to her room to call her, the landlady
found the door open. Miss Stevenson
was lying on the floor dead with a
bullet hole through her forehead.
VVilsko was on the bed some six feet
distant, shot twice through the heart
Between the two was a revolver, all
five chambers of which were empty.
The first theory was that murder
had been followed by suicide, but af
ter examination of the room and the
wounds, the police say neither of the
dead persons could have fired the fatal
shots.
The two additional shots fhom the
revolver were fired at the man, but
missed. Although there were several
Persons in the house on both the same
floor and the one above, all afternoon,
no one heard any shooting or unusual
noise. The man who called for Miss
etevenson has disappeared and' can
not be found. His name has been
ascertained to be H. G. Mason,
nothing is known of Wilsko and but
"i . °? Miss Stevenson. The whole
affair js shrouded in mystery and
much of a sensational nature is ex
pected in its disentanglement.
the buying of wives.
the Federal Authorities Determined to
Stop It In Alaska,
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13.—The num
ber of white men id Alaska lawfully
married to women of their own race
“ confined principally to a handful of
government officials and naval men
stationed there. Nearly all the rest
°f the white male population have
Purchased native wives, their union
with whom is not recognized in law.
,ear>y every grand jury in Alaska
as been instructed from the bench to
quire into this evil and indict all
lolators of the law, but this charge
generally a dead letter, as the
erage Alaska grand juryman is
Jo bringing in a true bill
bgaioat himself. _
night the steamer Topeka,
" arrived from the north,brought
that United States Mar
ti.. ,,orter had instructed his depu
o ’ thr°ughout the territory to at
tM„eiarrost every white man violating
is law. As a result of this, nearly
,,*r? man on board the United States
h, »®cr Pinta is in jail at Sitka and
<!re,^3 °f other arrests are ex
f!'te^- The jails will not be large
US“ to hold the leading citizens
tei-v a ™ amenable under Marshal Por
“r 8 official order.
round » Bomb In HU Pocket.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 13.—When
“"•ard Elam, a broker, reached home
removed his overcoat last even
In? he made a discovery that almost
J’she his hair turn gray. He had
ought some oranges lor his wife, and
onning his hand in his overcoat
Pocket to get them be pulled out a
j ce of pipe six inches long attached
0 one of wuicti was a fuse that had
■ eu burned - down to within an
i*l of an inch of the pipe. The
ornal machine has not been tested
'5ut ’I11® believed o be filled
in dynamite or nitro-glycerine.
BAD FOR INCOME TAX PLAN.
Th* Whole Matter Koferrod to a Daa>
oeratio Caueaa for battlement.
Washington, Jan. 13—Tho advo
cates of tho income tax and tho inter
nal revenue features of the tariff bill
suffered an unexpected reverse at the
“***{“£ of the Democratio
Mitten” °f the "ays and “»«»“» com
doi-8^u0f di’cusslnir the bill as was
7« ? the committee, it was voted
(8 to 5) to reconsider the entire deter
mination reached at the treasury de
partment some time ago. Mr. Bynum
ijInd ana made the motion to recon
sider and it was his vote which was
decisive in securing tho change.
Mr. Tarsney followed with a motion
torefer the entire subject to a Demo
cratic caucus of the house, and this
also carried by a vote of 6 to 5.
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
It Goes Merrily on In the Home-Jerry
Simpson Launches In a Broadside.
Washington, Jan. 13.—After the
reading of the jonrnal in the house
to-day the senate amendthonts to the
house resolution for the appointment
of a joint commission to examine into
all questions relating to the personnel
of the nary were agreed to.
Then Mr. McCreary presented from
the foreign affairs committee the Hitt
resolution calling upon the president,
if not inconsistent with the public in
terest, for all information re
lating to the Hawaiian affair
received since the. transmission of
his recent message. He asked
unanimous consent for the considera
tion of the resolution, but Mr. Rich
ardson, Democrat, of Tennessee, ol^
jected. As. he did so Mr.*Boutelie,
who had just entered the hall, inter
posed to remark that if Mr. Richard
son had not objected he should
have done so since unanimous
consent had been refused to him for
the consideration of the naval resolu
tion. A house, under the rule of three
men, might just as well be held up by
one man, he remarked sarcastically.
This closed the incident and the tar
iff debate was resumed, and Mr. liro
sius, of Pennsylvania, completed his
speech against the bill begun yester
day.
Mr. Pendleton, Democrat, of Vir
ginia, followed Mr. Black of Pennsyl
vania, who sroke after Mr. Everett of
Massachusetts. Coming from a terri
tory protesting against placing coal
on the free list, his speech was espe
cially significant. He denounced
those of his party who now shirked
the responsibility of reforming the
tariff and who wanted to hold back in
the traces
Mr. Payne of New York, one of the
Republican members of the ways and
means committee, then spoke on the
bill
Jerry Simpson of Kansas, the leader
of the Populists, took the floor and
loosed a broadside against protection
and trusts.
MOB LAW IN OHIO.
A Ketro Boy Lynched for Murder of aa
Old Couple—Innocence Protested.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 13.— Roscoe
Parker, the negro boy who brutally
murdered the aged Mr. Rhine and his
wife December 11, was hanged 'by a
mob of the best citizens of Winches
ter and adjacent points in Adams
county at 1 o’clock this morning,
about four miles from Winchester.
The murder was for money and only
$10 was obtained. Parker, who was
only 16 years old, had worded for the
old couple and had known of Mr.
Rhine receiving money from the sale
of some stock. The boy confessed his
crime, but implicated Sam Johnson,
who easily proved his innocence.
Lynching was threatened and Parker
was taken to Portsmouth for safe
keeping.
Meantime a secret organization was
formed and when it was learned yes
terday that Sheriff Dunlap would
bring Parker to Adams county for a
preliminary hearing and keep him
over night in the West Union jail mes
sengers were sent out and a band of
400 men met at the Panhandle crossing
and rode to West Union. At the jail
they tried the ruse of pretending that
they had a prisoner, but Sheriff Dun
lap, seeing a mask, shut the door and
fastened it securely.
The mob then used force, and de
spite the sheriff’s manly defense soon
had Parker and was on its way toward
Winchester.
The colored boy still maintained
that Johnson did the murder and
finally when the place agreed
upon for the hanging was reached
and the rope was around his neck he
said he was not at the place of the
murder that night and could tell
nothing whatever about it He re
fused to pray and was hanged after
one or two efforts by the somewhat
unskillful executioners, who loft him
after firing cullots into his body.
MRS. LEASE’S SALARY.
She WIU Institute Mandamus Proceed
ings to Get It.
. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 13.— Mrs. Mary
E. Lease to-day appl led to State
Auditor Prather for her voucher for
last month’s salary as president of the
state board of charities, but Mr.
Prather declined to comply with her
request on account of the action taken
by Governor Le welling to secure her
removal. Mra Lease announces that
she will institute mandamus proceed
ings in the supreme court to compel
the auditor to issue the voucher.
In the Hands of Receivers.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 13.— The
Penokee & Gogebic consolidated mines,
owned by Colbys, Rockefellers and
others and capitalized for 8(5,000,000,
yesterday passed into the hands of
• receivers. __
Two Dollars for a Life. .
Sai.ina, Kan., Jan. 13.—In the dis
trict court yesterday the case of
Adams va the City of Salina was con
cluded and the jury returned a ver
dict allowing 83 damages to Adams
(colored) for the loss.of his son, who
was hanged by "h mob last April.
Adams sued for 85,000 damages.
Colonel BrfHnt Went* to Ketlre.
Chicago, Jan. 1 3.—Colonel Mont
gomery Bryant, commander at Fort
Sill, Ok., has made application to be
put on the retired list of the army
March 1. Colonel Bryant has seen
over thirty years of active service.
PRAISES THE QUEEN.
Ex-Comm Its Ion «r ltloant Stand* Vp for
Ullaoaalaal.
Washixgtox, Jan. 11.—The definite
news from Hawaii brought a flood o(
inquiries to the state department.
Senator Mills of Toxas, was one of
the earliest to appear.. Soon after
him came James H. Blount, ex-com
missioner to Hawaii. He declinod to
discuss the news from Honolulu or to
talk on the Hawaiian question at all.
Mr. Blount said among the people
there was a good opinion of the
queen, and the sensational stories
concerning her found little credence.
He referred to the fact that stntoo he
had arrived In Washington he had
met a lady, the wifo of a congressman
from Mississippi, who had been in
Hawaii, and knew the queen. The
lady stated that at the time of her
visit to Hawaii, which was prior to
Liluokalani's ascension to the throne,
people were honored at receiving at
tention from her, and at being
privileged to associate with her.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Coatmimn O'Neill or MassaohtuetU
Proposes Revenue Loan CerttQcntes.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Tho bill of
Representative O'Neill of Massachu
setts authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to borrow money up to $100,
000,000, in anticipation of rev
enues, ' and . to issue there
for loan certificates bearing three
per cent interest, is attracting much
attention in the financial circles of
congress and of the administration.
It is regarded os something more
than the expression of Mr. O'Neill's
personal views as he discussed the
subject with Secretary Carlisle and
Assistant Secretary Hamlin before in
troducing the bill.
While giving the measure no dis
tinct administration approval, the
treasury officials noted the fact that
Secretary Carlisle’s recent report sug
gested not only an issue of bonds but
an alternate plan should congress not
authorize bonds Mr. O'Neill’s bill
was looked upon as in line with this
alternative proposition.
BOUTELLE’3 RESOLUTION
It Is Favorably Reported by the Naval
Committee and Cautes Surprise*
Washington, Jan. 11.—A surprise
was furnished in the Hawaiian matter
4)y the action of the house committee
on naval affairs, which voted to favor
ably report the Uoutelle resolution to
the house. This resolution is an iron
clad one, calling upon the secretary
of the navy to inform the house by
what authority instructions were
issued placing the naval forces under
the orders of Minister lllount, and to
furnish copies of ail orders or sugges
tions issued by himself or any officer
of the navy since March 4, 1893, con
cerning the naval forces at the
Hawaiian islands.
An amendment was made changing
the date to March 4, 1893, so the
operations of the navy in Hawaii
under the Harrison administration
will be included. The secretary of
the navy is instructed to furnish the
information, aDd is given no option to
withhold documents which he might
consider secret or the publicity of
which at this time might be regarded
as contrary to public poliev.
French. Los.ee Not Heavy.
Chicago, Jan. 11.—The commission
ers and special agents in charge of the
French exhibits in the Manufactures
building at the world's fair—the sec
tion most seriously damaged by the
fire of Monday night—declared yes
terday that the total damage in that
section would not exceed $40,000. No
estimates have been made a« to the
damage in the other sections.
No Strip luveatlga Ion.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Those who
were interested in securing an
investigation of the Cherokee strip
opening may as well bury their hopes.
There will not be one. This has not
bepn formally decided, but it is as ef
fectual as if it had been. The publio
land committee has starved the pro
ject to death. ,_
A Freaclier Foully Slain.
Camden, N. J., Jan. 11.—The Rev.
Henry F. Chcesman, pastor of the
Eighth street Methodist church of
this city, was deliberatelv drowned
last night in the Delaware river at the
foot of. Chestnut street by two men
who are under arrest for the crime.
Th6 motive is a mystery.
1-opullst Leaders Confer.
Topeka, Kan , Jan. 11.—The stale
central committee of the People’s
party is in secret session here to-day
and the members are very guarded iu
what they say about the proceedings,
it is known, however, that there is a
division of sentimetit as to the date of
the state convention.
General Hreokenrldge'a Report.
Washington, Jan. 11. —The annual
report of Inspector General Brecken
ridge argues in favor of closer rela
tionship between the army and the
National guard. Schools in Which
army officers are detailed as military
instructors, he thinks, ought to have
support from the national govern
ment
Blf Cannon Fall.
San Francisco, Jan. 11.— W. F.
Beck & Co., commission merchants
handling' chiefly salmon and canned
and dried fruits, have assigned. The
scheduled liabilities are $313,543 and
a member of the firm says the
amount may reach a much greater
sum, possibly $150,000.
Harper's Magazine for January, issued
next Friday, presents an unusual num
ber of timely articles. ••Egypt and
Chaldea in the light of Recent Discov
eries,” by W. St. Chad Uoscawen, lec
turer on antiquities at University Col
lege, Oxford, contains the result of the
latest researches in the origin of civ
ilization, with pictures Of ancient ru
ins and statues uncovered a few months
ago in the sands of southern Chaldea.
•'Captain Napoleon Bonaparte at Tou
lon,” by M. German Bapst, furnishes
some fresh information regarding the
first military engagement of Napoleon,
exactly a century ago. and is accom
panied by a page illustration from a
hitherto unpublished drawing made
during the siege. Forefathers’ Day is
commemorated by an attractive article
on “The Dutch Influence in New Eng
land,” by William Elliott Grifiis.
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BLOUNT ON THE BACK
BEFORE THE 8ENATB INVESTI
GATING COMMITTEE.
F*-«peelaI Commliiloner AikN to
Tall What Ha Kiowa Rtffardloi Bata*
tlona of Thla Country With Hawaii—
Ha Explains Hit Hauling Down of tho
American Fla* and Dafaada It at a
Proper Proeaadln* Under the Condition
of Affaire Found to Exist.
Investigating Hnnallnn Affair*.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Contrary to
previous announcement, ex-Special
Commissioner Blount was this morn
ing before the senate committee
which is Investigating the relations of
this country with Hawaii under the
resolution of Senator Morgan.
Senator Frye, who' is regarded as
the special champion on the commit
tee of ex-Mlnlster Stevens and who it
had been supposed would have been
pleased to have an opportunity to ex
amine Mr. Blount, appeared soon
after 10 o’clock, the hour of meeting,
but excused himself for the time to at
tend a meeting of the senate commit
tee on commerce. Mr. Dolph sat with
the sub-committee.
'The efforts of the committee were
directed more t.o securing an explana
tion from Mr. Blount of his various
acts while in Honolulu than toobtaln
ing from him un accurate account of
his mission, of which the committee
was already sufficiently well informed
through his official report. The cx
plantion necessary, however, involved
direct allusion to, and in some in
stances a full account of his proceed
ings
Mr. Blount told briefly of his ap
pointment March 10, 1893, by the
f(resident, as special commissioner to
nvestigate the condition of affairs on
the Hawaiian islands, which had been
developed by the revolution of last
January. The part the American
troops bad taken in the revolution,
the fact that the American minister
had established an American
protectorate over - the islands,
and that a provisional govern
ment had been formed and was
seeking to havo the islands annexed
to the United States, caused the presi
dent to have the whole matter inves
tigated by some one who had no con
nection with the islands, and he had
been selected for this mission. He
considered the appointment within
bounds of propriety and precedent
The trip to the islands on the Bush,
the landing in Honolulu on the 29th
of March and Mr. Blount's reception
by the people on both sides of the
question were passed over almost
without mention, as was the fact that
both the Annexationists and the
Royalists were apparently exceeding
ly anxious to make his stay as pleas
ant as possible.
The decision to have the American
ensign taken down and the American
soldiers returned to the man-of-war
was next revived. Mr. Blount said
that he had found the islands and the
government entirely under the
control or protection of the
United States troops. The American
flag floated over the government
building in which the officers of the
provisional government conducted
their business. Everywlie^i was no
ticed the influence of tuis country
upon the people of the islands it
was evident that it would bo difficult to
secure an impartial account or opinion
uninfluenced by the surroundings as
long as this state of affairs
continued. Consequently, he de
cided March 31, two days
after his arrival, that, in accordance
with the spirit of his instructions in
the interest of fair play, the flag
should be taken down and the Ameri
can troops removed. Of this decision
he informed President Dole and on
the following day ended the temporary
protectorate and had the flag lowered.
This proceeding he defended as
within the scope of his mission and as
an entirely proper proceeding under
the circumstances. The subsequ-nt
events, he said, proved that the pres
ence of the American troops was not
necessary to preserve order or protect
the life and property of either Ameri
cans or natives.
KANSAS FARMERS MEET.
rapem’of Interest Head by Leading Men
1 —President Smith on the Outlook.
Topeka, K n., Jan. 13.—The twen
ty-third annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture began in Repre
sentative hall last night and was at
tended by about 309 members. In the
absence of Governor Lewelling, the
address of welcome was delivered by
W. S. Hanna, president of the Farm
ers’ Alliance and Industrial union of
Kansas. A. W. Smith, president of
the board, responded. He said in clos
ing: “There is a condition now pre
vailing in this state that is hopeful,
even though it may not be as satisfac
tory as could be wished at present.
Not a person in Kansas is suffering
for bread, nor are there many persons
willing but unable to obtain employ
ment As one of the tillers of the
soil, I think we have every reason to
be encouraged at the prospect for the
future."
A TRAIN HELD UP.
The Robb era. However. Do Not Hake
Mach of a Hanl.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 13.—The Bur
lington “Eli,” leaving’ this city at 6:35
was held up by three masked men
about three miles outside of this city
last evening, and the safe in the ex
press car rifled of its cos tents. The
“Eli” is the fast tram between this
city and Chicago and makes but
few stops, all the local business being
done by the St Louis train which
follows it shortly afterward. Last
evening just as the train was get
ting under good headway the engineer
was startled to hear the explosion of
three torpedoes, which had been
placed on the track at the same time
a red lantern was swung across the
track in the regular style of a brake
j man. The wheels of the locomotive
had hardly ceased revolving when the
engineer and fireman heard a gruff
voice from someone beneath the cab,
saying: “Come dow n from there, w'e
want to use you for a little while."
The train men got off the cab and
ivi
were at once covered by several re*
voWere in the hands of masked men.
There were five of the robbers, for
anch they were, and one of them aatd:
“Come along with us and have your
friend, the express messenger, open
the door; he knows you better than he
does us, aud we want to make a call."
, Thus covered by tho weapons the en
gineer and fireman walked baek to
the express car and asked the mes
senger to open the door. Having no
suspicion as to the cause of the delay
the ' messenger readily compiled and
was at once coverod with a long rifle
in the bands of one of the masked
men. Two more of the robbers fol
lowed the one with the rifle into tho
car, each of them having a pistol i n
each hand.
"Well, I guess you had better open
the safe, and be inlghty quick about
it. for we want what's in It," said one
of the men, and the safe was opened as
requested. The robber then took all ,
the valuables in the sufe, and wanted
to know if that was all that was to be
had. Upon being assured that it was
they climbed out of the cor and told
the trainmen to proceed. Then firing
their revolvers In the air they disap
peared in the darkness, tho whole af
fair occupying only a few minutes.
All of the trainmen are of the
opinion that the robbers were ama
teurs, for during the whole proceed
ings they appeared nervous and very
much excited, and all of their work
seemed very much bungled. From
Cameron Junction the express messen
ger, who had time to look over his
bills, telegraphed to W. II. Morley of
the Adams Express company that the
total amount secured was but 847.
A BOLD, BAD MAN.
Ha Order! Nina Men to Throw Up Tlielr
Hand! nnd - All Comply.
Fresxo, Cal., Jan. IS.—George Leon,
the station agent, and three men em
ployed as seotion hands were In the
depot at Fowler at 7 o'clock last night
just after the Los Angeles express
had passed, when a masked man with
a revolver In each hand, appeared at
the open door and ordered them to
throw up their hands. Not one of
them hesitated to obey.
At this juncture Howard Harris and
A. Vincent^ prominent business men
of Fowler, stepped upon the depot
platform and took in the situation,
and were about to run away and give
the alarm when the robber espied
them through a window, and, still
keeping the other men covered, backed
slowly out of the door and ordered
Harris and Vincent into the depot,
Saying he would kill them if they re
fused. They obeyed.
The masked man then stood the six
citizens up along the wall covering
them with one revolver and went
through their pockets. He secured a
little over #70.
The daring freebooter then ordered
his six prisoners into the street and
made tnem walk down town through
the principal thoroughfares into
Kutner Goldstein's grocery. It was
evidently his intention alone and
single handed, to loot the grocery.
However, just as the bandit ordered
three men in tho store to throw up
their hands, Constables Ochs and Nel
son appeared and a shooting affray
began. Ochs, with pistol, drawn,
rushed into the Btore. The bandit
turned upon him and fired, and Ochs
fell and rolled out through the door,
firing at the robber from the floor.
His aim was wild, however, and he
shot one citizen through the arm and
and another in the breast. The man
hit in the breast was struck by aspect
bullet and not seriously hurt, though
knocked down.
During the general fusiiade the rob
ber escaped and disappeared in the
darkness. During tho battle in the
grocery, a wagon dashed up to the
door and the driver began shooting at
Constable Ochs, thus aiding in the es
cape of the robber within. Tho man
in the wagon then drove rapidly
away. This man answers the de
scription of Chris Evans. In the other
robber, who wore a bandana hand
kerchief over his face, the men at
tacked believe they recognized Ed
Morrell. The robber told them, also,
that his name was Morrell.
It is believed here that the bandits,
becoming pressed for food and money,
came down from tho mountains de
termined to makea raid. A posse left
this city last night to organize a pur
suit from Fowler.
Constable Charles Ochs, who Is
badly wounded in the right thigh and
groin, was one of the jueors who con
victed Chris Evans of the murder of
Deputy United States Marshal Vie
Wilson. Ochs declares that he wound
ed the younger of the two robbers.
MISSED TWO FORTUNES.
Th< Men Who Bald Up the Burlington
Did Not Know Their ltuslneM.
St. Josefu, Mo., Jan. 12.—The
bandits who held np the Burlington's
“Eli” train last night made a great
mess o( the job. Express Messenger
Wetzel was busy with his packages at
the time and, when the knocks came,
he instinctively suspected that mis
chief was on foot. When the robbers
fired two or three shots ho was cer
tain and he kicked a package of $10,
000 in bills consigned to the Commer
cial National bank of Chicago under
the stove of the car. Then he opened
the door and the robbers entered.
There was only one small safe
in the car and this contained
only 847.80. The men covered Wetzel
with rifles and revolvers. After they
had cleaned out the safe, with oaths
and grumbling they asked if that was
all there was in the car. The messen
ger assured them that it was and they
climbed down without looking about
the car.
In the meantime Postal Clerk Gage
had barred the doors of his car, and,
revolver in hand, was ready for the
bandits. The outlaws, however,
merely tried the door and did not at
attempt to break in. In consequence,
they missed another rich prize, for
the registered pouches were the most
valuable sent from this city for
months.
Strangers fight a Dae!.
Bait Lake, Utah, Jan. 13.—Frank
Joyce and Tim Crow met at Park City
yesterday morning and Joyce opened
fire on Crow, mistaking him for a man
against whom he had a grudge. Crow
responded promptly, and a number of
shots were fired. Joyce was fatally
wounded in the abdomen. Crow was
shot in the breast and leg. The men
are strangers.
THE TARIFF DERATE. %
Hr. Dll»|l*7 Of Ho Ido Bitterly DoooooooO
the WUaoo HUk
Washifotof, Jon. 13.—In tho tariff >
debate to-day Mr. Breckenrldge, Dem
ocratof Kentucky, took the floor and
delevered a brilliant plea for the Wll»
son bill. v!
Mr. Dingley followed with a bitter
attack on.tariff reform. He laid that .
the pending tariff bill purported to bo '
a bill to provide fot revenue but
wm in fact a bill to abol- ■
lsh revenue. The Demooratio
majority who had reported it
had been accustomed to charge that
Republican tariffs ignored revenue In
order to protect home Industrie*. ',
They presented a so-called revenue
bill as a substitute which if* K,
nored revenue in order to v
destroy protection. The revenue •
bill would yield 18,000,000 less than %!.
the tariff of 1800. This largo surren*
dor of revenue was to be made, too, at ‘ '
a time when there was a deficit of <:J
338,000,000, in the first half jf
of the present fiscal year,1
which would be inoreased to
more than 360,000,000 by July '
next, oaused by the distrust induoea .
by the apprehension of the revolu- .
tionary tariff changes proposed and
when the secretary of the treasury in- ; '
formed congress that if tho present
revenue laws should be unchanged
.there would bo sufficient revenue for
the next fiscal year, just as there was
In the fiscal years 1803 and 1803. In
short the proposed tariff was not a bill
for revenue only, but for a deficiency
also. There was a surrender ;
of about 31+, ooo,000 In duties
on imported liquors, Havana and *
other foreign cigars end leaf tobacco,
silks and laces and embroideries, kid ":J
gloves, ostrich feathers, eto., artl* >
eles of luxury or voluntary use con
sumed mainly by the well to da: >4
The poor people must be greatly: ii
relieved at such reductions Of
the St’.uoo.uou of revenue surrendered
in reduced duties on imported manu-'
factures of wool more than half was
on fine goods, oonsumed by men of :
means, who wanted something "Eng
lish you know," and who were will
ing to pay for it Tbs same
was true of half of the 8,000,000 '
of revenue surrendered on im
ported fine cotfons and manyi="
other goods. Not far from 30,000,000
of duties are surrendered on imported & V
luxuries or articles of voluntary use.
Then about 0,000,000 of revenue is sur
rendered by a reduction of the duty 1
on tin plate, one cent per pound,
which Is now in large part practically
paid by the Welsh manufecturer.
MUST HAVE BONDS,
Carlisle Bo DioUm Btfm the but* v
Finance Commute*. i1} ■
Washington, Jan. 12.—Secretary 'j
Carlisle appeared before the senate .
finance committee yesterday after-,
noon and asked for authority to issue ;
bonds. He thinks an issue of bonds
the best way to meet the apparently.'
rapidly approaching crisis in the ‘
treasury. ,
The secretary dwelt briefly upon
the steadily diminishing gold reserve,
and stated that, instead of increasing
as be had hoped the government re- '
ceipts would do, they had continned
to diminish until there was coming to
be a monthly gap of about fil0,000,000 -:
between the receipts and expendi- ‘
turea He said the act of 1875 for the
resumption of specie payments, which '
also authorised a bond .issue,
should be so amended as to permit this
issuance for a shorter time and at a'
lower rate of interest than provided
in that act. The country would not1 ;
ju stify the secretary in taking advan-j
tage of the old authority because
United States bonds could be disposed)
of at a much lower rate of interest! \
and for far shorter time. He thought '
it would be a very easy matter to sell1
bonds en ough to tide over the present
urgency—to meet the prospective de* *
ficicncy of the present fiscal year—at t ?
3 per cent, interest and running for,
three, four or five years. 1
There was a general interchange of
opinion among the members of the ..
committee and enough was developed :
to show that it is going to be very
difficult for the committee to agree .
upon a bill. The meeting diapered'
without any action.
Both Itp Cat OIT
Wkm.sville, Han., Jan. 12.—fhar
ley Bennett, the famous catcher of,
the Boston champion baseball club,
will never appear on the diamond as
a player again His brilliant career,
came to an inglorious end last night
in this city. He now lies at the Santa
Fe hospital at Ottawa with both legs
cut off, the result of having been run
over by a Santa Fe passenger train at
this place. He suffered intense agony.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotation* from New York, Chicago, Stt
Louis, Omaha and Elsew bora.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery print. 20 O S3
Butter—Fair to good country.. 18 «• M
Eggs—Fresh. 18 © 17
Honey—i-er !>..«. 13 © Id
Chickens—Spring, per ft. 7 © 8
Geese—Per #>... 9 © 10
Turkeys—Per t>. I a U
Ducks—Per®. 9 '
Oysters. 15
Lemons. 4 00
Apples—Per bhl. S 50
Oranges—Florida.'.. 3 75
Potatoes. 63
Beans—Nary... 1 90
Cranberries—Cape Cod.perbbl 6 33
Hay—Per ton. 5 10
sweet Potatoes—Jersey per bbl 3 3i
Onions—Per bu...’. 51
Hogs—Mixed packing.3 IS
Hogs—Heavy weights.5 30
Beeves—Feeders. 2 75
Beeves—Stockers.... .•.3 00
Steers—Fair to good. 3 5)
Steers—Westerns.3 78
Sheep—Lambs. 3 50
Sheep—Natives. 3 75
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 3, red winter. 07 a 67)4
Corn—No. 2. 42 © 4314
Oats—Mixed western. 33 © 331*
Pork.14 51 ©15 00
Lard. 8 00 0 8 7*
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 61 a 61*4
Corn—Per bu. 34 © MU
Oats—Per bu. 27S.1® 28
Pork.13 B> <§12 67H
Lard. 8 l2'A© 8«7H
Hogs—Packers and mixed. 5 05 © 5 50
Cattle—Com. steers to extra... 3 15 a 5 90
Sheep—Lambs. 3 00 ©473
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red. rash. 58 a S8J4
Corn—Per bu. 33 © 3314
Oats—Per bu. 3054<a 31
Hogs—Mixed packing. 5 00 © 5 21
Cattle—Native steers. 3 75 ©4 50
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 59 © 59V
Corn—No. 2. 30 © 30|J
Oats—No. 2. 38 © 28-1
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.. 2 85 © 3 80 ~
Hogs—Mixed packers...*. 5 00 ©310 '
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