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About Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1895)
iiCMBOLirrs new creamer j- com pitted at a cost of -,300 Youk county has no poor farm. but the matter is being talked up. Two ob three of the Nebraska City churches are holding spirited revivals. At Omaha the jury in the Ish mur der trial failed to agree and were dis charged. Ciiaui.ks II Smaii.s a brother of the publisher of the Fremont Herald, died recently in Montana. Michaki. Met; iff of South Omaha stepped in front of a moving train and was crushed to death. Ti:r. Nebraska Binder Twine com pany have railed their annual meeting for Monday, January G. Tiif. general merchandise store of W. 11. Rruner at Nickerson caught lire damaging the contents very uiueh- A iusinkss men's association has Wen perfected at York. It will be known us the Commercial Club of York. Thk checker players of Norfolk are about to organize a club and prepare a tournament for the world's champion ship. Mks. Iuknk Vaxky of South Omaha died suddenly in a church the other day as she was attending religious ser vices. Thk family of John Stauffer, who lately died at Columbus of hemorrhage ( tl of the liver, will receive 511,300 life in- ; S surance. Hr mroi.pt citizens will rebuild the mill recently destroyed by fire. A bonus, or rather a gift, of S3, 000 has been raised. Miss Nei.lik Davis of Beatrice was in a thrilling runaway the other day, but fortunately came out minus any serious injury. John CiKTcii of Scribner has been re lieved of a tape worm twenty-nine feet long, and from now on will not con sume so much grub N. R. Fai.co.nku. for a long time a prominent merchant of Omaha, will locate in rsouth Africa, engaging in the mercantile business. Morkis II. Morgan last week went to the penitentiary for one year for steal ing clothing to the value of S'53. He was placed in prison just three days after the theft. Hank Downy of Nebraska City re ceived a notice signed "White Caps," to cease abusing his family. As ilank is not that kind of a husband it is thought the joker is about. Thk Basye murder trial ended at Wahoo last week, when the jury, after being out about seven hours, returned a verdict of manslaughter, but recom mended that he be given a light sen tence. Attorney (General Churchill, re ceived a telegram from the clerk of the United States supreme court stating that the court had sustained a motion to advance the maximum rate cases and set the hearing for the first Mon day in March. The governor has issued his requisi tion on the governor cf Kansas for J. I). Wise, who is under arrest in YVa thena. Kas. Wise is charged with hav ing forged and uttered a forged paper, a receipt for subscription to a period ical, in the city of Omaha. Charles Pratiikr, a farmer living near Beatrice, disappeared last Satur day and his absence caused much anx iety among his family and friends until later on, when his wife received a let ter from him at St. Louis stating that he had gone to stay, and that it would be useless for her to attempt to follow him. No cause is assigned for his strange act. Hastings veterans passed the follow ing: Be it resolved by the members of S. A. Strickland post No. 13, Depart ment of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Kepublic, that we hereby heartily ln- dorse the patriotic utterances of l'resi- dent Cleveland in his special message to congress regarding the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, as it applies to the contention between Great JJritain and Venezuela. The irrigation convention in Sidney passed the following resolution: Re solved, 15y the third annual Nebraska State Irrigation association, in conven tion assembled, that we heartily en dorse the movement for the cession of the Fort Sidney military reservation to the city of Sidney, and we join in an earnest request to the congress of the United States for such action, and urge the representatives from the state of Nebraska to press said bill to a speedy passage. There is an interesting little report going around under cover, says the Lincoln Journal, giving the cause of the recent discharge of an employe of the state hospital for the insane. It is to the effect fiat the employe and a paroled patient broueht two of the lady employes to the theater one night in the asylum carriage. The ladies were left to enjoy the play while the men went out .to investigate the ele phant, which they did with so much zeal that the employe was discharged as soon as Dr. Abbott heard of it, while the patient was locked up. Brigaiukr General L. W. Colby has filed with the governor his report of the encampment of the National guard, held at Hastings last September. The report recommends highly the efficient work of Major E. J. Fee net, U. H. A., who was detailed as special instructor. The instruction and advice of Major Fechet. the brigadier commander says, was not confined to the field work alone, but its benificent effects are seen in the home stations and the manner in which the duties of men and officers are performed. G. H. C. Meyers, for fifteen years a resident of Pierce county, died at the advanced age of SL Charles IJasye, who was found guilty of manslaugter in the district court of Saunders county, was sen tenced by Judge Hates to three years in the penitiary. Coon Vallery, living about seven miles southwest of Plattsmouth, has at present about 20,000 bushels of corn that he is holding lor a rise in price, a portion of which is four years old. In this lot are some 12,000 bushels of G5 cent corn, the price he refused for his corn at one time in the hopes of getting more. i of tiie tirst importance, that invoMtd in the elevator case is scarcely les im portant. This, if the contention of the railroad company is upheld iy ie courts, will give to railroad companies the power to control a monopoly of the grain trade on their lines and farm it out to favorites or use it for the pur pose of swelling the revenue of the com pany. The case originated from the Mis souri Pacific declining to grant to an applicant privileges necessary to enable him to put up and operate an elevator at the station of Elm wood. The ground on which the application was resisted by the company was that there was already an elevator at that point and that its capacity was sutlicicnt to ac commodate the bussiness of the sur rounding country, 1 St:tt- I);trj iiit-ii. The dairymen in session in Lincoln elected ollicers as follows: President, 11 V. Howe, Crete; vice president, 1-'. H. Vaughan, Fremont; secretary and treasurer, S. C. Bassett, tiibbon: direc tors, B. R. Stouffer of Rellevuc. W. A. Carpenter of York, (I. A. Merrill of Minden, J. W. Hush of Battle 1'reek. and J. S. Temple of Cheney. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the course of lion. L. J. llainer in con- ress, and urging his appointment as chairman of the house committee on agriculture; thanking Chancellor Mc Lean and the university faculty for courtesies extended; in memory of Prof. C. L. Ingersoll. deceased; thanking the committee that secured the passage of the anti-oleo law: endorsing the work of the national dairy congress; and the work of the farmers' institute; pledg ing support to the dairy school at the state farm; thanking all legislators who voted for pure butter" at the last session of the legislature, especially Representative Uurch and senator Sloan. The association adjourned to meet at the state fair next September, when the time and place for the annual con vention will be decided on. i One Fare for th- Teachers. ' State Superintendent Corbett, who i lias been busily engaged at the head of ! the local committee making prepara ; tions for the meeting of the State j Teachers association in Lincoln, was delighted last week to receive a tcle ! gram from Chairman Caldwell of the I Western Passenger association, stating ; that the request for one fare round . trip tickets from all Nebraska points j had been granted. These tickets will ' be on sale at local ofiices from Decem j ber 30 to January , and will be good for return to January 4. With this j concession from the railroads, the larg j est attendance upon the convention in ; years is believed to be practically as ; sured. The expectation is that the i program will be carried out substan i tially to the letter. The principal j speakers at the evening sessions are: : Tuesday, Colonel F. XV. Parker, on "The j Ideal School;" Wednesday. William j Hawley Smith, and Thursday, Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler, on "Kduea i tional Ideals." Damages for the DawMin. Lincoln dispatch: A rnild side issue to the international complications be tween the United States and England developed today in the otlice of Gover nor Holcomb. This was a bulky pack age from the Department of State, Washington, containing a claim against the federal government for S4J,00O. This is Uhe amount held to be due the Dawson family for the assault com mitted upon their over a year ago in Sarpy county by the Vic McCarty gang. In this letter to Gov. Holcomb Secre tary of State Oiney says that the affair is one of serious importance at the present juncture, and that, so far as he knows, no stens have been taken to ; punish the McCarty outfit for tiiis par- ticular crime, lie acknowledges the j receipt of the transcript of the proceed I ings had in the unofficial inquiry or- dered by Governor Holcomb, but does 1 not understand that any attempt at ! punishment has been made. The British ambassador files a claim as fol i lows: For Frederick II. Dawson. S'Jt;,- 000; for Mary Dawson, his wife, SI 0,00 ). and for Muriel Dawson, the daughter, 510,000, making a total of 540,000. Title is Defective. Lincon dispatch: The office of the commissioner of public lands and build ings has received a plat of section 3'". township 24, range 3'J, west, in Grant county.' This plat shows that the new survey by the government does not cor- respond with the old one, a strip of forty rods width being taken off the north side of the section. This is in teresting to the state and those who have taken land in that section under contract for lease or sale. A discussion of the conflict between the state constitution and the statute relative to the time when district judges shall assume their offices has led to some conjectures as to how the state auditor would draw the warrants of the outgoing judges. The statute at tempts to say that the district judges shall assume the duties of their office on January 1 next succeeding their election. The constitution provides that they 6hall go into office on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next after their election. The state auditor, it is announced, will draw the warrants so as to pay the old judges up to and including January 8, and the new set to come into office the next day. Victimized Kile Creek People. Tecumseh dispatch: The good peo ple of Elk Creek were recently quite liberally humbusrged by a sleek trav eling agent. The man claimed to be an agent for an Omaha paper, and when he would accost a victim lie would have in his possession what seemed to be an elegant pair of gold spectacles, claiming to have found tnem t on the train. Of course, he had no use for them and would therefore sell them for a nominal sum. Invariably the un suspecting victim would bite and ac cordingly the agent disposed of numer ous pairs of glasses. The glass.es were of no value. VOTE TAKEN BY SECTIONS The First Narrowly Escapes Defeat by a Holt of Republicans to the Demo cratic Side No Division on the Second The Secretary Em powered to Issae Short Time Certificates. Washington, Dec, 30. When the House convened to-day three hours re mained for debate on the bond bill. At 3 p. m. voting began. By the time the roll call in the first section was half through, it was thought that not enough Republicans would vote against the first section for bonds to defeat it. The first roll call resulted: Yeas, 15'.: nays, 1 12. Probably forty-four Republicans voted against the bill. On another roll call the first section of the bond bill passed by a vote of 1GU to 136. Ihe second section of the bond bill passed without a division. Mr. Rrosius, Republican, of Penn sylvania opened in favor of the bill. This was the only country on the globe, he said, where gold redemption had neither qualification nor limita tion, and where the treasury was without the power to resist the in cursions of foreign gold grabbers or domestic speculators. The revenue deficit was the chief sinner in the comedy of errors which had produced the present troubles. It was not suitable to the dignity of the govern ment to employ sleuth hounds of for eign syndicates to hunt down gold. The people of this country should have the first opportunity to help the treasury out of the tough financial sea. He declared that there was no politics in the bill. Mr. Parker, Republican, of New Jersey favored the bill as a good busi ness measure. Mr. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois, in support of the measure, declared that it was a bill to maintain specie payments, which had been resumed under the wise direction of the Repub lican partj in 187U. For the 13 years following the resumption the reveuues had always exceeded the expenditures. Twelve hundred million dollars of the interest paying debt had been dis charged. Since Mr. Cleveland's elec tion in 1S02 deficiency, distress, idle ness and panic had followed. Instead of paying 160 millions a year on the ptiblic debt the Democrats had bor rowed 1G"2 millions. They could tear down and criticise, but they could not build up the reserve. (Republican applause.) 'We will not abridge the power of the Secretary of the Treasury,' he continued. 'We will give him more power. He cannot have too much power if it is used wisely. You, on the other side, will vote against this bill those in favor of silver at 1G to 1 because 3-ou want to impair the credit of the country and force us to a silver basis; those who support the ad ministration, because it wants gold bonds. We, in our judgment and pa triotism stand ready to pass this bill. If it is rejec.ed by the Senate, or Pres ident, wu shall, at least, have cast our mite toward the protection of the public credit and have given a proph ecy of what we shall do when we come into full powei in 1837." (Re publican applause.) Mr. Tawney, Republican of Minne sota, a member of the ways ami means committee, in support of the bill, called attention to the President's ur gent appeal to Congress to do some thing before adjourning. ll knew, and everybody knew, that gold bonds would not be authorized by Congress, and because Congress will not give him authority, he and his Secretary of the Treasury had already opened ne gotiations with the same old malodor ous syndicate for another issue of 4 per cent bonds. The people of the country were to be given no opportu nity to subscribe. He read several letters from constituents offering to subscribe for gold bonds. Mr. Marsh, R publican, of Illinois, arose to give his reasons for refusing his support to the bill, but before he had finished his preliminary remarks the gavel of the sf ttaker fell and the House remained unenlightened. Mr. Burton, Republican, of Missouri, and Mr. Connolly, Republican, of Ill inois, who have been counted on as opponents of the bill, gave their sup port to it in brief speeches. The debate was closed for the re spective sides by Messrs. Crisp and Dalzell, the former insisting that the bill was a political measure really in tended to embarrass the treasury, while the latter said it was a plain business proposition to save interest. Mr. Dalzell attacked the Carlisle in terview as a violation of the decencise of public life. Before the Senate Tuesday. Washington", Dec. 30. Senator Voorhees, chairman of the Senate committee on finance, will call that committee together Tuesday next to consider the revenue tariff bill. He says that there will be no disposition on the part of Democrats to delay the bill in committee. For a Conference of American Nations. Washington, Dec 30. Representa tive Barrett of Massachusetts, intro duced in the House yesterday a joint resolution authorizing the President to arrange a conference between the United States and nations possessing territory on the American continent for the settlement of boundary dis putes, the conference to be held in Washington in 19C. Quarter of a Million Loss. Baltimore, Md., Dec 30. Fire gut ted Oehm& Co.'s men's and boy's out fitting establisnment in West Balti more street early to-day, destroying property to the value of 5250,000. eonceale. weapons. 'I tie Indian here to wait for the girl has cotu; to join htm. and expects to marry her when she ar rives. Miss Newman's infatuation has astonished her parents and acquaint ances, who cannot understand how she can love the repulsive looking red man. Miss Newman is the daughter of respectable parents. She is 20 years old and still says she will marry the Indian. Ilvoie Dix is a half-breed Mo hawk, his father being a Frenchman. He was traveling with the Oregon In dian Medicine Company when the girl fell in love with him, giving exhibi tions as a club swinger and crack marksman. THE RAMSEY CASE. Boudsiuen of the Late Treaiurer of Illinois Sued for Thousands. Carlyle, 111., Dec 30. Next Thurs day the suit against the Chicago bonds men of the late State Treasurer Ram sey of Illinois, will be heard. It is important to hundreds of depositors in the Ramsey bank, as on the result will depend whether or not they will receive back the money placed in the hands of one who was highly esteemed as a townsman and official and who was thought to be wealthy. The sir.t is to test the validity of the claim of the five Chicago bondsmen for 53ti3,Ooo. representing the amount due the State from Mr. Ramsey, which they paid into the treasury to make good the shortage. It is said the Chi cago banks paid no interest to Mr. Ramsey for the use of the State money and therefore the creditors here are entitled to it. An attempt will be made to prove this point at the coming suit. BURGLARS' BIG HAUL. A Fashionable New York House Bobbed of 965,000 Worth of Jewels. New York, Dec. 30. Mr. and Mrs. 1. Towusend Burden of No. 5 Madison Square, went to the opera last night, leaving their two sons and six servants to care for the house. At 10 o'clock those left in the house retired. At midnight Mr. and Mrs. Burden and their daughter returned, and upon en tering their house discovered that the place had been visited by burglars. Mr. Burden discovered that his safe had been opened and a number of cer tified checks and a large sum of money had been stolen. Mrs. Burden was unable to tell just what was missing, but said that at least 563,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry had been carried awaj'. Irish Manufacturer Alarmed. London, Dee. a0. Although the general opinion is expressed in the cable dispatches from the United Slates that the tariff revision bill is not likely to pass the Senate, the measure has caused quite a flutter in commercial circles. An Irish indus trial organ points out that the pro posed increase in the duty on woolens will inevritably check a growing trade, and that Irish industries will suffer in consequence. Owing to the great interest excited in Irish goods by the exhibits made at the world's fair, large orders have been placed with the mills and hand loom weavers in remote districts of Donegal. All this development would be stifled by the adoption of the tariff revision bill. Trouble Over Mixed Schools. Perry, Ok., Dec. 3C. Trouble "may occur over mixed public schools here. A recent decision admits colored chil dren to all public schools of the city. The school board and nearly all the white people are bitterly opposed to mixed schools and the board will or der schools discontinued as a last re sort, to prevent mixed schools. Con siderable feeling and indignation over the matter is expressed and trouble may yet occur. A stormy meeting of the board was held last night. The colored people declare that they will have the rights as given them by the court. An Official Hint to General Miles. Washington, Dec 30. An order issued by the Secretary of War, which reminded army officers that it is ex tremely impolitic to publicly discuss the possibilities of war. is construed by the friends of Major General Miles as a roundabout thrust at that officer. General Miles has recently written an excellent article over his signature regarding the possibility of war with England as a result of the Venezuelan affair. Gomez Again n Santa Clara. Havana, Dec. 30. Reports would indicate that apart ot Gomez' column has crossed the line back into Santa ' Clara and is now near the great ' swamp in the southern part of Santa . Clara province. It is reported here j that the mayor of Macurijes and every j member of his household have been murdered by the insurgents. The J same fate is said to have overtaken j the mayor of Laguica. These towns ; were on the course of Gomez' line of march. The Saracenic Invasion Outdone. Boston, Dec 30. A correspondent writing from Constantinople concern ing the recent Turkish atrocities in Asia Minor says that at Arabkir 2,000 Christians were killed and wounded, and that out of 2,000 houses occupied by Christians fully three-quarters were burned. The seene of the worst periods of Saracenic invasion in the Seventh century have been repeated over and over. Killed by the Burlington "Flyer." Benkklman, Neb., Dec. 80. Early this morning Charles Vap Buskirk, aged 23, and Maud Bond, aged 16, were instantly killed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy "flyer." Tney were returning home in a carriage from a party and were run down on a grade crossing. rjrc"of carrying1 rr Calls for Ciold Bond. i i lielate on Bond. J Washington, Dec 25. A conference ! was held between Speaker Reed and , the House managers to-day and the result was an agreement for a vote on the bond bill at 3 o'clock to-morrow, instead of 5 o'clock to-day. i A further arrangement was made that the ways and means committee, , before reporting the bill, shall insert a clause showing that it is not the purpose to retire the greenbacks. It j was also arranged that there shall be separate votes one on the proposition j for a JJCO.OOO.OOO bond issue and an i other on the unlimited issue. The conference was satisfactory to ail ele ments and the concessions made over : came the protests against haste, which led last night to th j appointment of a committee of Republican members to wait on Speaker Reed. 'Ihe ways and nueans committee adopted the amendment to the bond bill suggested by Mr. Hopkins of Illinois to prevent the accumulation in the Treasury of the greenbacks and their practical retirement without can cellation. The amendment provides . that nothing in the act shall be cou ' strued to repeal or modify the act of 187S for the reissue of the greenbacks when redeemed. Another amendment was adopted making the bonds issued under the act payable within fifteen years. The second amendment was suggested by Mr. Lacey of Iowa and met the ap proval of the Republican members. In the original draft of the bill it was provided that the bonds should be re deemable at the pleasure of the gov ernment, after five years from their date. It was thought best to make a definite termination of them. The amendments were adopted by a strict party vote and the bill will be report- ; ed to the house as amended. ; Mr. Tarsney of Missouri offered an amendment to repeal the act of 1S7S for reissuing the greenbacks, but failed to get any support for it. The amendment agreed to by the ways and means committee providing that the greenbacks should be reissued is considered a great concession to dis srtisfied ones. 'Ihe battle over the bond bill at tracted large crowds to the House gal leries again to-day. As soon as the J'ournal had been approved, Mr. Ding ey, chairman of the ways and means committee, reported the bond bill as amended by the ways and means com mittee to-day, and it was referred to the committee of the whole on the : state of the Union. Mr. Daniel, Republican, of New ! Y'ork, chairman of the first committee on elections rose to a question of priv ilege and made. unanimous report in favor of seating Hugh R. Belknap in place of Lawrence E. McGann from the Third Illinois district. Mr. Mc Gann had decided he was not entitled to a seat and there was, therefore, no contest over the matter. The report was adopted and Mr. Belknap was sworn in. Mr. Henderson of Iowa, from the committee on rules, presented the rule for the consideration of the bond bill. Mr. Crisp opposed the adoption of the rule. Yesterday, said he. a gen eral tariff bill, the exact effect of which on particular industries, and on the revenues no one knew, had been rushed through the House. To-day it had been proposed to rush through a bond bill in the same summary man i ner. but the murmuringsof discontent on the Republican side had forced the autocrat of the House and the so called leaders to yield a little more time. He admonished the other side that it was only by resistance that they could obtain their rights. Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texas, agreed in a general way to the propo sition that there could not be a great abuse of the privilege of debate on public questions and that the prime factor was a vote; but, he said, while useless debate should be restricted, full and fair debate was essential. Yesterday, with four hours' debate, a bill which would burden the people with 40.000,000 of additional taxes, was pas-ed. To-day the performance was to be repeated, but this time pos teritv was to be saddled with an in- ! terest bearing debt of no one knew ' how man- millions. The country, he I said, would no more tolerate precipi tate haste than it would undue delay, i Mr. McMillan, Democrat, of Tennes 1 see, asked why the Republican leaders ! proposed to cut their associates off without opportunity to offer amend : ments. Were those in authority afraid I of their associates? Would they not be trusted to do anything but vote? When the twenty minutes allowed the Democratic side had been eon turned, Mr. Henderson, who was in tharge of the rule, without making ny reply to the criticisms from the other side, demanded a vote on the idoption of the rule, which was taken by yeas and nays. Food Supply Cat Off. Eldorado Springs, Mo., Dec. 23. This city, said to be the largest in the United States without a railroad, is, as a result of the terrible floods, in danger of a famine. All freight is hauled here by wagons and none has been able to bring in groceries for ten days. Local merchants have sustained heavy losses on shipments of holiday goods, which still lay in cases at rail road shipping points miles away. No St. Louis mail has been received here since Sunday. School Teachers In Session. Topeka, Kan., Dec 28. Topeka is alive with school teachers who come from every quarter of Kansas to at tend the thirty-third annual conven tion of the State Teachers' association. It is estimated that there are between 1,200 and 1,500 instructors present. They represent every department of school work. The discussion of the various topics along the line of educa tion sliow great thoroughness on the part of those who participate, and the indications are that this convention will prove the most interesting and instructive of the kind ever held within the Kansas border. 'Tn'nr c rr- -. - ci udou. ior Z'resr.-tfcnc Ci ve.au.l i satisfied that no bond legislation will get through that body in time to re lieve the present urgent situation. The issue will be announced in a very few days. The amount will be 8100, 000,000 for a period of thirty years at 4 per cent, but the sale wiil be li ved at such a premium as will make the in terest 3 per cent fiat. The denomina tions will be small and the bonds will be put upon the market in the United States. No arrangement has been made with the Belmont-Morgan syndi cate, representing the Rothschilds, other than that they may, after all of the bids of general and private sources in this country have been received, take the residue or surplus at the same rate of interest. This the syndicate has agreed to do. WANTS GOLD BONDS. Secretary Carlisle Says the Treasury's Con dition Is Serious. Washington, Dec. 23. Chairman Dingley of the ways and means com mittee has received a private letter from Secretary Carlisle which fur aishes some information concerning the condition of the treasury. Mr. Dingley will not make the letter pub '.ic, but says the Secretary offers to furnish the House with all data that xiay be needed. The condition of the reasury is represented as very seri 3us, and Mr. Carlisle urges legislation Tor a gold bond. Mr. Dingley has informed the Sec retary that a gold bond is out of the question and couia not be considered. Secretary Carlisle did not say to Mr. Dingley that a 3 per cent bond cannot be floated and did not discuss this feature of the case. This latter denial was made because reports to this effect concerning the Secretary's letter were in circulation. President Cleveland and his advisers, it is learned, are stronglj' opposed to the II use bond bill, and this feeling caused Secretary Carlisle to write to Chairman Dingley. Aside from the very important objection that the bonds are to be redeemed in coin, in stead of gold, as recommended by the President, it is understool that, the requirement that the bonds be sold by subscription meets with disapproval. OUTLAW BILL DOOLIN. He Is Tired or Ilelng a Criminal and Wants to Surrender on Condition. Perry, Okla., Dec. 28. Considerable excitement was created here yesterday when it was announced that Bill Doolin, formerly leader of the noted Dalton gang of outlaws, was-in Perry and that his mission here was to make peace with the officers and give him self up, provided a sentence could be agreed on. It is said that Doolin was accompanied by Bill Carr, who is an escapee from Oklahoma City. Carr has a big reward hanging over him, and has skipped a 15,000 bond. He is charged with being an accessory to the murder of Chief of Police Jones, which occurred some months ago. Doolin, in an interview, says he is tired of an outlaw's life and wants to atone for all his misdeeds by working it out in a short term in the penitentiary. Doolin was leader of the Dalton gang for years, and is said to be one of the most desperate men that ever lived in Oklahoma. Ten months ago he was shot through the leg by a dep uty marshal, and the wound came near killing him. He has made many overtures of late to Oklahoma officers for a compromise sentence for his crimes, and it is thought that it will be effected soon. TARIFF IN THE SENATE. Mr. Burrows Introduces a Hill Placing IJnty on the Present Free Wst. Washington,. Dec. 'Ji. In the Sen ate, to-day, Mr. Burrows of Michigan presented a tariff bilL He explained that, under the Wilson bill, many arti cles were placed on the free list. The House bill passed yesterday, had raised articles already on the dutiable list, but had not yet reached those of the free list except in a few instances. The bill he now introduced placed CO per cent of the duty under the law of 1S90 on those articles placed- on the free list under the present law. Re ferred to the finance committee The bond question made it appear ance when Mr. Hill of New York in troduced the following resolution; "Resolved, That any bonds hereafter issued under the laws now in force may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made payable in United States gold coin of the present standard weight and fineness, or in standard silver dollars, at the option of the holders of such bonds, but no bond containing such option shall bear a rate of interest exceeding 3 per cent per annum, payable quarterly' Mr. Hill spoke in favor of the reso lution at considerable length. At 2:30 p. m. Mr. Hilt's resolution was laid aside and the Senate ad journed until Monday. Sewaro, Web. Dec 28. The east bound Burlington passenger collided with a west bound freight yesterday afternoon. Engineer Reed of the freight was instantly killed. The passenger engineer was seiiously in jured. Two passengers, a little girl and an old man. were dangerously hurt, the child being frightfully bnrned by being thrown under a stove. Other passengers were inlnred. fiayward's Body Cremated. Chicago, Dec. 2 8. The body of larry Hayward, recently hanged in Minneapolis lor the murder of Miss Catherine Ging, arrived in Chicago to lay and was taken immediately to iraceland cemetery and cremated. NEWS IN BRIEF. Captain Ilealy, the accused revenue cutter commander, is to be tried at San Francisco for drunkenness. Secretary Herbert has awarded the contracts lor the building of the two new battleships to the Viewport News Company. 4