rTARY SMITH DISCUSSES Indian matters. seut* Some rractlca. SOK-t'on. ,, Kdur.tlon»l 1-robl.m Con.ld.red ;nB.h m Ui. Annual K.port-H. „ for the Contract School! A* lir»t Thing to llo Hnd Cndor Prei (,r. nni*tmic*» Iluke S Smith’* Annual Report. .MtNOTOS, Pec. 1.—The annual v. ,Secretary Hoke Smith of the department deals largely „dian affairs, and he presents Itniuiu »***—-» # * , practical suggestions for the de nt and civilization of the Sacs. ,-iving a succinct history of •ingress of the Indian bureau ■ the past twelve months, the a, v reviews the problem of ef Vl, work for the advancement of 'inilan*. Ho discusses the sub education and of allotments of . severalty and urges that the of the Indians should bo for of fitting them to per ;e particular responsibilities dVlv to fall to their after lot. j,resents the possibilities of reservation as land to unproved and developed, the Indians should be taught o those modes of agriculture oil in civilized life. Tneir edu -iiould fit them for this work, should bo led on with the as , that the government dealing land will treat the Indians perfect honesty and make no Ogort to trade them out of it benefit of those who wish to upon it. The Indians should tttcir lands. ti,e subject of contract schools ..■cretary says: “I agree fully these who oppose the use of pub ,i;;ey for the support of sectarian ... but this question should be .;..ivd practically. The schools ... nup. Money has been in in their construction for the . they were recognized ns •.rumentalities for the accoin , ....t of good. I do not think it , ... allow the intense feeling of . i on to sectarian education, ■•showing itself all over the ■ . induce the department to dis existing institutions. We schools now or else we need ■ appropriation to build schools . their place. :• would scarcely be just to abol v. entirely, to abandon a policy a.1 recognized. Mv own sugges i- that they should decrease at rate of not loss than 20 per cent a . is the policy which is now . ing the department, and un is changed by legislation it will • The decrease in the amount . for the present fiscal year is 20 : -pondix to the report publishes the report of the commission live civilized tribes. The sec . insists that law and order in .tiaii Territory must be enforced duty without regard to the of those who control the p nks of the land office as sec r importance to the Indian of n i recommends changes in the id' surveying and establish ■i i land court. LEUVEN PENSION FRAUDS I lixa miner Waite Indicted Tor Lrilnry ami Intimidation. • mupous, Minn., Dec. 1.—Tlie H’ hi the Van Lueven pension l ' have all alone* hinted myster f nt a coup which was to be a critical moment, and have >"j'U-il that the special examiners '■ e department, who were the 1 movers in uncovering' the would be behind the bars be Lime Spring, Iowa, pension 'yjnW- The meaning of these I'lcrious hints has just leaked out, ""ach it was intended that they w.u remain unexplained until the l-i-avliing trials in the federal court 1 Jt'K'ine were in progress. It has e.i Mxcovered that the grand jury o’.'ard county, Iowa, meeting • iMO, recently returned an " Special Examiner ; Uaue, of this city, charg i'vi- , ^h attempting to bribe a ■ ■ a county pensioner to give evi vc|ir#/?° t0 Van Lue»en and Dr. ^S;.. oUrcsco, by offering an in ; -n pension as a reward. Two - md.ctmcnts were also returned, - V .'Ir. Waite with intimida -v mdv', ‘CSSeS- Xhe *act that : l en t ,ents have bee“ found 1! as t'lo'fm.tf’ pr°found secret, as fin,! I,; " 1°r1fuct that attempts WinncsM11’ lndlctments are mak )r. i H county, Iowa. ■nt at I),,ls und«r federal indict s Van Ln«lvUflU5 for COmplicity in the Cr’sco Cn trauds as a member o-nev is w lu;:‘'.Tn!n" board- His '“tvK'torn K' ,,!arker' who is also :t which ! ?-’f Howard county—a Pla n -Ctb“‘e annedhyMr. Waite to hfl bn“Lnng of the indict r °Wer4 *Srepor"* irset of'c-rV ^eC" b —The : ^•’L es Grab was e“t tn=nd airSthn'?ht'.theSafebl were taken Th«d Tlu ^raUyCeT^ t0 tCar thil»?s ti'uonl1!;??1 was thi ri dished 7 aUd tbe st°re fixt 'td written°°'t thlS morn!ng 1 "hancl'oYon" V’ear ba*i r,n short." 0J WlU yom tZTii \r fr°r * Fri4trici'>o. “ton county’ W-ir’’~At War - -ntencTito finvmlir°'Va ‘■•tentiary for v-.v 7 years it l!rowa Th‘“f hiS br°' ner‘»g corn and' v, tW0 meu 1 “ ourrel, whict, b^eatIyG eng; ;:nS of Torn ]>,, resultcd in l!?H William t a- After ft'-ofs h0use andWaTent 1 es: “i justd, said to th 5 a f°ur-leg„ed ied two dogs; \ a "vo-legoed aad the o d: you ought ,d°f d°wn it etr ^tics he cut up':.ave seea TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS. Attnduw on tho Lilt Day and tha Proceeding* Thereof. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1.—The final day of the trunsmississippi congress opened with a light attendance, a large proportion of the delegates hav ing gone home last night or this morning. The following vice presi dents and executive committeemen were announced, the list being incom plete and to be filled later by com munication with the officers of the congress: Minnesota, vice president, C. E. Flandrau of St. Paul; executive committee, Dr. M. llilmore and M. Gridley; California, vice president, William Johnston; executive com mittee, A. E. Castle and O. W. Parsons; Oklahoma, vice president, C. U. Jones; executive com mittee, Sidney Clark and O. A. Mits eher; Kansas, vice president, Gov ernor L. 1). l.ewelling; executive committee, W. R. Savage and W. U. Tootliaker; Washinton, vice president, Eugene Sem ple; executive committee, W. C. Jones and A. L. Black; Arkansas, ex ecutive committee, J. T. Tellar and George Sengel; New Mex-' ico, vice president, L B. Prince; executive committee, T. J. Helm and L. B. Prince; Idaho, executive committee, Walter Hoge anil F. A. Fenn; Ioiva, vice president, E. It. Tucker; executive committee, Lou Bryson and S. D. Cook; Indian territory, vice president, D. M. Hail ey; executive committee, Gibson Mor gan and W. H. Waller; Utah, vice president, C. C. Goodwin; executive committee, L. W. Shurtleff and W. II. Culmer; Oregon, vice president, C. C. Frank; executive committee, Ernest 1’. Dosch and M. G. Butterfield; Alas ka, vice president, James Sheakley; executive committee, J. S. Bugbee and E.O. Sylvester; Colorado,vice pres ident, AX'. Fisk; executive committee, I. L. Johnson and I.N. Stcvens;Nebraska, vice president, U. W. Richardson; ex ecutive comiui'ttee, W. J. Bryan and Judge Bradley of Omaha; Arizona, vice president, W. J, Cheyney; execu tive committee, Theodore Comstock; Montana, vice president, Governor John E. Rickards; executive commit tee, T. G. Merrill and W. A. Clark. l The remainder of the report of the' committee on resolutions was read and the following expressions were adopted as the sense of the. congress. Recommending to the Southern states, the production of ramie as a means of, diversifying the crops of that section;' favoring action by congress extend-! ing the provisions of the Carey arid; land act to the territories; urging' congress to pass acts for the admission, of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ari zona as states; favoring tho allot-! ment of the lands of the five civilized tribes, the creation of a state or territorial government, with complete court jurisdiction or tho union of all or a part of the territory of Okla homa and admission in single state hood with that territory. This last was adopted, after some debate over a minority resolution favoring an en largement of the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary in the territory and deferring statehood until the lands should be alloted and the new citizens be ready for self-government. At 11:20 o'clock the work of select ing the next place of meeting was begun, but. preceding this, a motion was adopted empowering the execu tive committee, as appointed here, to fill vacancies. Portland, Ore., Boise City, Ida,, Topeka, Kas., Omaha, Neb., anil Dubuque, la., were the candi dates for the next congress. The first ballot resulted in no choice between Portland, Omaha and Boise City. On the second ballot Boise City was withdrawd and Omaha was selected— 92 to 87. AFTER THE OIL MAGNATES. Texas Authorities Taka Step* to Secure ' the Arrest of Trust Members. | New York, Dec. 1. —Under Sheriff McDonough received a letter to-day written on the official letter heads of W. L. Burke, sheriff of Lennan coun ty, Texas, reading’:" Waco, Texas, Nov. 25.—To the sheriff, New Y'orlt city. Dear Sir: I have this day mailed to your gov- i ernor, K. P. Flower, requisition pa pers for John D. Rockefeller, William j Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, John ! D. Archibald, Benjamin Brewster, j Henry H. Rogers and Wesley II. Til- I ford of your city. When you receive ! the governor's warrant please exc- ! cute at once; wire me and "l will come ! on at once. Yours to command, ! W. L. Burke, Sheriff. | The under sheriff sent the com munication to police headquarters to j allow the officers to take steps neces sary to arrest the indicted magnates. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 1.— Some time ago an indictment was found in Texas against the Waters Pierce Oil company, on the charge of violating the anti-trust law. To-day a request was received by Governor Stone from the Texas officials, asking' for a requisition for the officers of the company, who live in St. Louis. John D. Johnson of St. Louis, attor ney for the company, submitted an argument opposing the issuance of tlie requisition on the grounds that they never lived in Texas. Governor Stone has taken the matter under ad visement Recognition or Hawaii's Republic. Washington, Dec. 1.—The Ua I waiian charge d’affaires. Frank D. Hastings, has received information that since the establishment of the Republic in Hawaii July 4 last, the official recognition of the following governments has been received: United States, Great Britain, France, I Russia. Italy, Belgium, Mexico and j | Guatemala, and also notice of intent from Germany and Peru i _ 2V other and Children Horned. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1.—At 12:15 o'clock this morning the house of Jacob Schoppeniielm was set on fire by a defective flue and burned to the ground. Mrs. Schoppenhelm and two J | children, aged 2 and 4 years, perished | in the flames. The husband and j father was seriously scorched. \ ltmilanf Frozen to iJcalli. j London, Dec. 1. — A dispatch fron. j Berlin to the Standard says that nine I men and two women have been frozen to death in Besdonnaia, in the Tula I district of Russia. AFTER THE OUTLAWS. A SHERIFF KILLED WHILE DE FENDING PROPERTY. Some of tit* Outlaws Wounded and Car ried Away by Their Pals—The Sheriff’* Life Taken While Endeavoring to Pro tect An Express Car at Canadian. Texas —The Rubbers Pursued and Engaged In Battle—Big Cattlemen Implicated. A Fight With Outlaw*. Et. Rkno, Ok., Nov. 30.—A package purporting to contain 325,000 was ex pressed from Kansas City to George Isaacs, a wealthy Chickasaw cattle man at Canadian, Texas, arriving at that point Saturday evening last. When the train pulled into Canadian station a gang of bandits held up the express car, opening a general fu silade on the train. Sheriff McGee, of that county, was standing by and took a hand at the shooting in the protection of the express com pany, nnd was killed by the robbers, being literally shot to piocos, ana several others were fatally wounded in the engagement, among them being some of the robbers, who were carried away by their pals. The robbers were frightened off without securing anything, and were chased into the Wichita mountains and the Butte lands of the Wichita coun try, where a battle occurred Sunday evening, and several par ticipants are reported killed. Tiie members of the gang are well known in the Southwestern reservation, and a large force of of ficers are out from these points, pre sumably looking for the bandits. Isaacs, who shipped the money, was arrested on suspicion of complicity and taken to Texas. The scheme is supposed to be shipment of money that was to be stolen, and the express company made to disgorge aud pro ceeds to be divided. A number of wealthy cattlemen of the Chickasaw Indian nation aro probably implicated, and furnished the capital of $25,000 to begin busi ness on. The Antelope hills and the almost inaccessible Wichita moun tains are the present hiding places of the gang, and a fight there is pro'c able at any time. Later dispatches over tho military wire from Fort Sill to this point an nounce a fight between the Can adian City gang of express rob bers and their pursuers. Tho pur suing party were friends of Sheriff McGee, who was killed, and num bered a very large party. They came upon the remainder of the bandits in the Wichita moun tains at the head of the West Cache creek and the fight took place about daylight yesterday morning. The bandits numbered ten in tho begin ning, but three of them were wounded in the shooting at tho express office. In the fight it is reported that two of the bandits were killed and three of the pursuing party were disabled and one killed. Tho posse is composed of citizens impressed under orders of the deputy sheriff of LlemphiU county, Texas. NAVY DEPARTMENT. Several Important Koeommemlations In Secretary Herbert’s Report. Washington, Nov. 30.—The most important recommendation made by Secretary Herbert ia his annual re port is that congress authorized the construction of three great battle ships of about 10,000 tons displace ment each to cost exclusive of arma ment not exceeding 84,000,000 each, and twelve torpedo boats of from 100 to 300 tons each, at the discretion of the secretary, to cost not exceeding an average of $170,000. Since his last report five splendid ships have been added to the naval list, three of which are capable of speed in excess of twenty-one knots, while two of them are the fleetest cruis'rs in the world. The five vessels are the Marblehead, 18.44 knots; Columbia, 52. 80; Olympia, 21.GO: Montgomery, 10.030, and Min neapolis, 23.07G. In conclusion the secretary submits estimates for the next year aggrega ting $27,885,014, exceeding the cur rent appropriations by $5,405,108, caused mainly by the necessity of paying for vessels now under con tract. It is stated that aft r this year the appropriations on this score will rapidly diminish—falling from $13,259,303 next year to $750,000 in the following year. HIS AILMENT NOT SERIOUS. The President KufTering From the Old Gout—Writing on His Message. Washington, Nov. 30.—Private Sec retary Thurber said to-uay that the president had been suffering from an acute at.tack of rheumatism or rheu matic gout lie has been subject to these for years and this is by no means more severe than others. For a couple of days he was confined to his bed, but lie has passed the most violent stago of liis malady and, although still suffering pain, is work ing at his message, which lie writes himself, and is making such progress that it will certainly be ready for de livery to congress on the first day of the session, unless something unfore seen occurs. The Mikado to Ills Men. Yoko4IAMA, Nov. 30.—The mikado lias sent the following message to the second Japanese army at Port Arthur: “The gateway of the gulf of Pa Chi Li was regarded by the enemy as the barrier to their country, but you, by effort, have captured it. As the cold is increasing and the end still distant, keep yourselves in good health and continue your exertions.-’ Ciieb Foo, Nov. 30.—Chinese fugi tives who hare arrived here, state that the Japanese sacked Port Arthur, shooting everyone, old and young, and that pillage and murder were su preme for three days. They add that the dead were barbarously mutilated, their hands, noses and ears being chopped off, and say that other name less atrocities were committed. No resistance was offered by the people, but Japanese soldiers scoured the country for days and killed all the Chinese they could find. The fugi tives also say that all the streets of l’ort Arthur, as well as the harbor, were filled with dead bodies. WORK or THE Mr NT, Director Praton Submit* Bio innl Report to decretory Corltelo Washington, Nor. 30.—Mr. R B. Preston, the director of the mint, haa submitted to the secretary of the treasury his report of the mint and the assay oftlees for the fiscal year 1804. The value of the gold deposited is Stated as $140,942,545; $38,090,951 was of domestic production; $28,000,525 foreign bullion and coin, and $3,118,* 421 old material; $2,093,613 worn and uncurrent United States gold coin deposited for recoin ape. The deposits and purchases of silver during the year was 22,740,001 fine ounces, the coining value of the same in silver dollars being $29,409, 825; $19,777,700 was of domestic pro duction, $1,832,890 foreign bullion and coin, $0,481,404 worn and uncur rent United States coin, and the re mainder, $005,030, old material. The amount of silvor bullion pur chased under the act of July 14, 1890, was 11,917,659 fine ounces, at a cost of $8,715,522; average cost per fine ounce being $0.7313. The total amount of silver pur chased under the act of July 14, 1890, from August 13, 1890—the date the law went into effect—to November 1, 1893—the date of the repeal of the purchasing clause of the act—was 168,674,682 flue ounces, coating $155, 031,002; the average price per fine ounce being $0.9244. The total coinage of silver dollars under the act of July 14, 1890, to July 1, 1894, was $36,087,943, consuming 27,911,768 fine ounces, which cost $29,110,647. The seigniorages of sil ver coined under act of July 14, 1890, to July 1, 1894, was $0,977,296. From July 1, 1894, to November 1, 1834, 2,443,200 dollars were coined. The seigniorage of the same was $780, 704.27, making the total amount of silver dollars coined under the act of July 14, 1890, 38,531,143, and tho total soigniorago $7,704,000. The total coinage during the year was: Oold,899,474,912.50; silver dollars, 758; subsidiary silver, $0,024,140.30; minor coins, $710,919.20; total, $100, 216,730.00. The gold coinage for the year was tho largest over executed at the mints of the United States in any one year. The highest price of silvor during the year was $0.7045 nnd the lowest $0.5918, showing a fluctuation of $0.1725 per fine ounce. The net gold exports for tho fiscal year wore $1,172,005 as against $80, 897,275 for tho prior fiscal year. Tho net exports of silver for tho fiscal year were $31,041,359 as against $7,053,813 for tho fiscal year 189.3. The director estimates tho value of tho gold used in tho industrial arts in the United States during tho cal endar year 1893 at $12,523,528 and silver at $9,534,277; of the gold $8,354, 482 and of tho silver $',,570,737 was new bullion. The estimated metalic stock of coin and bullion in tho United States on July 1, 1894, was: Gold, $027,293,201; silver, $0:14,347,757, a total of $1,251, 810,958. The production of gold and silver in the United States the calendar year was: Gold, 1,73.1,.32.3 fine ounces of the va’ne of $35,955,000; silver, 00, 000,000 fiuo ounces, tiic commercial valuo of the same being $10,800,000 and the coinage value $77,570,000. Revised estimates of the world's production of tho precious molals for the calendar year, 1803 show tho same to have been $157,228,100 in gold and $209,105,000 in silver. The world’s coinage for the calen dar year 1893 is stated to have been $232,485,068 in gold and $135,380,754 in silver. Tho director estimates, tho stock of gold in the world at the end of 1893 for monetary purposes to have been $3,005,900,000 and silver $4,055,700,000; a total metallic stock in the world of $8,021,009,000. ABOUT THE NEXT HOUSE, J'osltlvo Tact* (Jftttx 6iuu>g (ho i.eyults of the I ©cent Unction*. Washington, Nov. 30.—Not until to-day have the officials of the house felt sufficient confidence in their un official list of representatives of the Nifty-fourth congress to send it to the printer. As finally prepared the list shows 214 Ilepublicnns, lot Democrats and six I’opniists, one silver and one va cant. Tho Republicans will consti tute more than two-thirds of the house membership. Sectional!y the Republican major ity will be divided as follows: New England states 2(1, old Middle states GO, Middle Western states 92, far Western states 23, Southern states 32. The Democrats secure only thirteen members in the Northern states, Cali fornia and Massachusetts contribut ing- o 1 loved that ho would bu able to complete hia statement by that time; but he has broken down under tho strain on his nerves. The statement that Seely is pre paring, it is said, deals with the de falcation from the beginning, telling how lie was tempted and naming the man who tempted him and will set fortli how much of tho money went to the other conspirators and how it was used by them. Tho claim will bo made that much of tho money was used in investments in the West and Northwest and that more money was wasted in a fruitless effort to make thuso in vestments pay. It is said that some of tho money was Invested in the business enterprises of a man who is serving out a sunt.-nco of imprison ment for embezzlement and at tho timo of his arrest tho conspiracy against tlio Shoo and Leather bank was on tho verge of discovery. How tho thiefts wore extended over a period of nine years without discov ery will also be expluinod and some sensational allegations will be made. There can bo little doubt that Tinker had planned to commit suicide for some time. October 4 ho received two insurance policies for 310,000 caah with tho ^.duitublo life iasurance company. Tfie.se policies are incon testable, iyn additional premium of SflOO each tyelng paid to make them so. Tho policies aro payable to Mrs. liakor, and tho ofllclals of the insur ance company have made practical admission that they aro not rendered invalid because of liakur’s suicide. Another policy for 32,500, issued by tho snipe company almost fifteen years ago wns assigned by linker to liis wife moro than a year ago. The Mutual Life Insurance company also insured linker on two policies, but will not give tho amount although de claring Hint they djd not CSCCcd 310,•„ PRINCES BISMARCK DEAD. Slio PnftHpn Away at the Arc of 70—A Great i.