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" " * VE7T V"N THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 13 , 1SSS , NUMBER.TSIO. Ho Says Ho Will Not Bo n Presiden tial Candidate. BRIGHT HOPES FOR THE PARTY. Tlio Mnlno Statesman Dwells Upon the Conditions Willed Mnko Certain n. ' Ilcpuhllcaii Triumph This Year. OccllnvH to Itun. PiTTsnuuo , PH. , Feb. 12. The Commercial- Gazette will publish the folio wing to-morrow : Mr. B. J. Jones , chairman of the national republican committee , has received n letter from Mr. Blnlno declining to allow his nnmo to bo presented to the national republican convention ns n candidate for the presidency. Mr. Jones , when asked whether Mr. Blnlnc's declination would prevent his friends from nominating him anyhow bald : "As I am chairman of the national com mittee 1 do not think it would lo proper for mo to have anything to say on that subject. " "Do you think Mr. Blnlno would accept the nomination if tendered I" " 1 hnvo no nuthorlty to speak for Mr. Blnlnu , nud hnvo no conjectures to offer on the subject. Tlio letter speaks for Itself and I must decline to bo interviewed on the question. " Following Is Mr. Bhiinc's letter in full : FLOHENCI : , Itnly , Jnn. 25 , 1SS9. B. J. Jones , Esq. , Chairman of the Hcpublican National Committee Sir : I wish , through you , to state to the members of the repub lican party that my name will not bo presented to the national convention called to assemble In Chicago in June next for the nomination of candidates for presi dent and vice president of the United States. lam constrained to this decision by consid erations entirely personal to myself , of which you were advised more than a year ago. But I cannot make the announcement with out giving expression to my deep sense of gratitude to the many thousands of my coun trymen who have sustained mo so long nnd so cordially that the feeling has seemed to go beyond thu ordinary political adherence of fellow partisans nnd to partake somewhat of the nature of personal attachment. For this most cenerous loyalty of friendship I can make no adequate return , but I shall carry the memory of It while lifo lasts. Nor can I refrain from congratulating the republican party upon the cheering prospects which distinguish the opening of the national contest of IbSS ns compared with that of li t. In 18b2 the republican party through out the union mot with a disastrous defeat. Ten states that had supported Gurfleld and Arthur in the election of 18b ( ) were carried by the democrats either by majorities or pluralities. The republican loss in thu north ern elections compared with the preceding national elections exceeded a half a million votes , nnd the electoral votes of the union divided on tlio basis of the result of 18S-J , gave the democrats over tlneo hundred electors out of n total of four hundred and one. There was n partial reaction in favor of the republicans in the elections of ISS.'i but thu democrats still held possession of ( .even northern states , and on tlio basis of the year's contest could show more than ono hundred majority in the electoral college of the whole country. But against the dlscouin' eincnt naturally following the adverse elections of thcso two years , tlio spirit of the republican party in the national contest of 1SS4 rose lngh , and the republican masses ont ; rcd into the campaign with such cnerjry that the final result depended on the vote of n single state , and that state was carried by the democratic party by n plurality so small that it repre sented less than one-eleventh of 1 per cent of the entire vote. The cliauuo of n single vote In every 2,000 of the total poll would have given the state to the republicans , thougl only , two years before the democratic plu rality exceeded one hundred and iiintey-lwo thousand. The elections of 1SSO and 18S7 have demon strated the growing strength in the repub lican ranks. Seldom in our political history has n party , defeated in n national election rallied immediately with such vigor us has the republican since 1884. No comparison is possible between the spirit of the party in lbS2-Sl ! nnd Its spirit in 18811-87. The two periods present simply n contrast ono of general depression , the other of enthusiastic revival. Should the party gain in the re sults of 18 over these of lSbO-S7 in anything like the proportion of the gain o lbS4 over 18S2-8 : ! . it would secure ono of the most remarkable victories of its entire existence. But the victory docs not depend on so largo a ratio of increase. The party has only to maintain relatively its prestige tigo of 188IS-87 to give to its national candidate every northern state but one , with u for bet- tcr prospect of carrying that ono than it has had for the past six years. Another feature of the political situation should inspire republicans with irresistible strength. The present.national administra tion was elected with , if not upon , the re pented assertions of its leading su ) > - porters in every protection state that no issue on the tariff was involved. However urgently republicans urged that question as the ouo of controlling importance in the campaign , they were mot by the demo cratic leaders und journals with persistent evasion , concealment and denial. That re source the president hns fortunutcjy removed. The issue which thu republicans maintained and the democrats avoided In 1884 has been prominently and specifically brought forward by the democratic- president and cannot bo hidden out of sight in 18W. The country is now in the enjoyment of nn industrial system which in u quarter of a century has assumed a larger natural growth , a more rapid accu mulation and a broader distribution of wealth thiin were evc before known to history. The American people will not be openly and formerly nshcd to decide whether this system shall bo recklessly abandoned and n new trinl bo made of an old experiment-which has uniformly led to national embarrassment nnd I widespread individual distress. On the re- unit of Mich an issue , fairly presented to popular judgment , thcro is no room for doubt. Ouo thing only is necessary to as- biimo success complete harmony and cordial co-operation on the part of nil republicans , on tlio part both of these who nsplro to lend and of these who nro eager to follow. The duty is not ono merely of honor able devotion to the party whoso record und whose alms uro alike great , but it la ono de manded by the instinct of self-interest and by the still higher prompting of patriotism , A close observation or the conditions of life among the older nations gives ono n more intense desire that the American people shall make no mistake in choosing tlio'policy which in spires labor with , hope nnd crowns it with dignity ; which gives safctv to capital and protects its Increase ; which secures jKilitical power to every citizen , nnd comfort nnd cul ture to every home. To this end , not less earnestly nnd inoro directly us n private citizen than as n public candidate. 1 shall duvoto myself , with the confident belief that the administration of the government will bo restored to the puty which has demonstrated the purpose and the power to wield fo the unity nnd the honor of the republic , for the prosperity and pro gress of the people. I tun very sincerely yours , JAVES G. BL.UNE. Kntulltice nt a Flro. NEW YQKK , Fob. 12. Fira occurred early this morning in u fashionable boarding house in Brooklyn Heights. Thirty-nine persons were nslocn In the house at the tlmo. M. G. Comb , u Wnll street broker , jumped from nu upicr | window and was fatally injured. John Gordon , a Milcsman , nnd Minnie Reynolds nud Mary Wyatt , servants , wore nUo badly hurt by Jumping , having legs orunnsbroken , Murder and Itohlicry. ST. Louis , Feb. 13 The treasurer's office , t Curtilage , I'anolu county , TOMIS , was robbed Friday night , nnd County Treasurer Hill killed. The ci Into was not discovered until Into Saturday evening. The robbers so ' Tin : n mcoiu > . The Financial Transactions ol * the Past Week. BOSTON , Mass. , Feb. 12. ( Special Tele- Bnim to the BBC. ] Tlio following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States , shows the gross ex changes for the week ended February II , libS , with the rule per cent of Increase or de crease ns compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last year : MJuluth and Topekn not included iu totals. AKTGK THIO OTIIKUH. The Accomplices of Gould and Sngc to lie ProM-cutcd Also. NKW YoitK , Feb. 12. [ Special Telegram o the Bin-Pal tics repicbonting the Kan sas Pacific landholders In the criminal action against Gould and Sago are evidently not satisfied with their attack on these two mag nates. For several days mystci louswhisper- ng has been heard of further contemplated steps in connection with the releasing of > ' ) , UOO,000 of Denver Pacific , stock from the lien if the Kansas Pacific consolidated mortgage and its appropriation by the two trustees , ould und Sugo. There were other parties mpllcntcd In that unique transaction. It Is alleged that Frederick L. Ames , F. Gordon icxter , Ezra H. Bayer and Elisba Atkinson , nil of Boston , obtained various proportions of the proccedsof the Denver Pacific trust stock : md that the testimony taken bcforo the United States Pacific railway commission urnishcs details and the amounts received : > y thcso parties respectively. They wcro all signers of the memorandum of January 14 , ISsO , which provided for the Appropriation of trust stock. All these parties live out of the jurisdiction of the New York stnto court , consequently the statute of limitation docs not apply to them as in the case of Gould nnd Sago nnd the defense , which is so strenuously urged In their behalf - half , could not bo raised on the part of the non-resident receivers of the - alleged em bezzled stock , The penal cede provides for thu punishment of receivers of embe/zled securities , nnd under this section the prose cutors of Gould and Sago propose to proceed against the Boston parties by presenting their cases to the grand Jury und when in dictments are found apply for requisition papers , thus securing their arrest in Massa chusetts , whence they can bo brought to Now York for trial. The punishment pro vided in case of conviction ol receiving of ember/led property is either a flue or im prisonment , or both. SICK OF IT. Malno Citizens Preparing to Revolt Aunlnst. the Prohibitory tmv. AUGUSTA , Mo. , Feb. 12. [ Special Telegram to the Bin. : ] A movement is on foot tyi this state to overthrow the prohibitory policy. For over thirty years the radical temperance people have been given nil the legislation they linvo asked for to suppress the liquor trutllc. Nothing in the way of pains and penalties has been refused. In addition to the statutory law the constitution was amended so ns to prohibit forever the sale nnd manufacture of intoxicants. The object of this was to prevent any legislature substituting license for prohibition. The amendment to the fundamental law was voted for by republicans , democrats nnd grconbackcrs alike , it not being con sldcrcd n party question. But the measure , nftcr nil this trial , has , hi the opinion of many , been n failure , and n reaction has set in. It has its origin in Waldo county , nnd means undoubtedly the formation of a license law party. These interested in the move ment declare that "tho present prohibitory law is wrong nud Impracticable in principle , subversive of the personal liberty of the citizens nud cannot bo enforced without resort 'to extreme nnd arbitrary methods , repugnant to the sentiment of intelligent communities , nnd in violation of some of the most important provisions of the constitu tion. " There is every indication that this voices tlio sentiment of a largo and rcspcc- tnblo number of voters in both republican and democratic parties. MUUDKKKI ) HY MOOXSHINKRS. Ghastly Find of Two Arkansas Hun ters In tlio Boston Mountain * ) . IlAiinisoN' , Ark. , Feb. 12. [ Special Tele gram to the BKI : . ] T. J. Patterson and Kiel McMahon , while hunting in the Boston mountains yesterday , found the body of an unknown man , bareheaded and in shirt sleeves , heavily armed. Thcro wore no marks on his person to indicate the cause o his death. Ho liy near the still of Mr , Jones , where Jones was killed by Hevenuo Collector Fryo last fall. The body is sup posed to bo that of u detective hunting ii | evidence against illicit distilling and that the moonshiners hanged him and then rut th body down. This country is filled with moonshiners and many bloody affrays are caused by them , but no notice is taken o these occurrences unless they uro of nn ex traordlnnry character. WtMithcr Indications. For Nebraska : Fair weather , followed by rain or snow in northern portion , warmer , followed by slightly colder , light to frcsli southwesterly bhlftlng to northwesterly winds " For Iowa : Fair weather , warmer , followed in northwest | rtion by colder , light to fresh southerly winds , becoming variable. For Eastern Dakota : Warmer , with snow followed by colder , fair weather , light to fresh vrrlablo winds. ForSouttiwestc-rn Dakota : Snow , followed by slightly colder , fair weather , light to fresh variable winds , Incoming northerly. SurvpyliiR Parlies Out. FOUT SMITH , Ark. , Fob. 12. [ Special Tclo- pram to the Bnn.l Two surveying parties le.ivo hero Tuesday on railroad work. One goes to Sapnlpa to survey the "Frisco oxtcn- , sion to Albuquerque , ana the other to Hot Springs to survey u route from Iron moun tain westward , Stcuiiibhlp Arrival * ! . Nr.-.v Yomc , Feb. 12. [ Social Telegram to tlio Br.K.Arrived ] ta Gascogno , from Havre ; the Mor.ivlafrom 'Hamburg ; the Lykus , from ' Mediterranean ports ; , the Newport , fiom AspluwalL WAITING FOR THE TARIFF BILL Dullness in Congress Ponding1 the Measure's Presentation. SUGAR A VERY HARD SUBJECT. A Southern Senator Gives His Opinion on tin ; Growing Unpopularity ot Cleveland--Colored Sol dier * Slurred. A Dull Week In Prospect. WASHINOTON Bf IIP.AU THE OMAHA BEE , ) fill ) FOUIITEENTII STiiRirr , > WASHINGTON. D. C. , Fob. 12. ) Another dull week for congress is being entered upon. Everything continues to wnit for the tariff bill , und thnt is being passed over nud delayed more nnd more every dny. One of the most prominent democratic- mem bers of the house committee on ways and means came into the Bur bureau to-night to tell mo that the prospects nre ngnlust the completion of the turifT bill before the end of the month. The arguments at the meetings of the committee nnd meetings nro being held for the construction of the bill thrco or four nights in the week ut times grow very warm , nnd words of anger uro spoken. It would be hard to conceive four more unhappy members just nt this tlmo thnn these from the first , second , third nnd sixth Louisiana districts , and it is all on ac count of the sugar tariff. The first , second and third districts are these mainly produc ing sugar , though n little is grown in the hixth and the Hed river district. Tlio tariff on sugar to the Louisiana planter is about $17 per hogshead of 1'JoO pounds. Their repre sentatives dare not go with the average democrat , who wants to take off ' . ' 0 per cent , nnd he is afraid of the republican party that votes against any tariff changes because ho believes if they ever como in again they will tuku the tariff off sugar altogether. Tlio tariff on sugar gave the Louisiana planters last year $1,700,000. It gave to the treasury 6-VJiOO,000. ( The iron product for tlio sumo period gnvo-tho treasury $12,000,000 and the iron makers (00,000,000. And yet there can , it seems , be no reform of the tariff without a reduction of the duty on sugar. Till : 1II.A1U EDUCATIONAL 1)11.1 , . About Wednesday the senate intends voting on the Blair educational bill , which has been the regular order in the upper branch of con gress for two months or more. It is conceded that it will pass the senate by n large ma jority , nnd people nro wondering what pro cess will defeat its coming before the houso. When it goes over to that body it is to bo strangled in committee or loaded down with amendments. NOHT1I CAROLINA IIEI'UIIMCAX. As stated n few weeks ago in the BUR spe cials , thcro is every prospect thnt North Car olina will go republican this fall on the inter nal rovcuuo issue. Even the democrats from that state uro conceding this and are urging their pui ty in comrrcssto speedy action in not only abolishing the tax on tobacco and fruit brandy , but reducing it on whisky. They say their party , in its eagerness to reform the tariff , would do nothing with the internal taxes if not driven. Hcprcscntative Brewer , of the Greensboro district , who was elected as n republican by n democratic constituency on account of his entertaining re publican ideas in Internal rev enue matters , says that if congress decs not repeal or reduce the internal rev enue tax his state will go republican at the next presidential election , for the people of North Carolina nro tired of the entire system , which bus become obnoxious to them. He regards the whisky ring ns n power in legis lation , for it has tlio means to back it , and ho says the temperance people of the state are beginning to see that the internal revenue system is against their course , as it makes u monopoly which they cannot successfully fight against. Keifrcsontativo Goff. of West Virginia , says the tariff and internal revenue [ irinciples of the republican party are sure to make liis state republican at thu November election. CI.EVEIAND nnowiNd uxi'ori'i.Ait. President Cleveland's unpopularity is not confined to the democracy of the District of Columbia and New York. It is becoming widespread in the south , but the president is hedging. Ho is trying to save himself by giving some oftlces to "tho boys.1 Ho is charged with not having rewarded the active and thoroughbred workers of the party. I know where ho is now trying to trade tno ofllco of general land commissioner fora vote in the national convention and where ho hns lost n veto by overlooking 11 thoroughbred worker in Indiana. One of the old demo cratic senators from the south , who keeps his identity to himself , gave vent to some ob servations in nil Interview to-day. "No democratic president , " said he , "will again bo ronominated by Now England prin ciples nnd New York ideas. Take this ad ministration. What set of men influence its action and create its policy I Not the southern set , foivthough they furnish four-fifths of the votes that placed it in power , they arc on the back seats. Does the west , that vigorous young Hercules which strangled the serpents of centralization and anarchy while it was yet in the cradle , hold any commanding in- tiucncoi No , not n bit of it. Let mo'tell vou that thcro are certain lines of thought and tendencies which characterize New York and New England politicians , just us their emigration follows the lines of climate. Massachusetts got u secretary. Vermont received the best diplomatic post in the gift ot' the administration for the same reason for no other is ever given. What did the democrats of these states do to obtain such consideration i Nothing but get beaten. Now York still has its cabinet minister , while New Jersey , Connecticut und Indiana have none. What has the west received in the form of recognition in the democratic di- vldol Nothing. To bo sure , Vilas is from Wisconsin , but old , rough , sturdy republi can John Husk , the governor who smashed tlio lifo of anarchy in his state , is n typical western man , while Vllns' methods are mod eled upom New England lines. The democratic ocratic- people hnvo sworn u big swear that hereafter the section of country that elects the president shall have Its opinions represented by n ma jority of his cabinet. This is the feeling in my stnto , I know , nnd that's ono reason why the south nnd southwest is seriously think ing of taking the second place on the national ticket this year nud putting a man on it who would not bo haunting the departments with applications for oflice , but who would make the place what it ought to bo , in fact as well as in name the second ixjsition in tlio re public. " DOWN ON NE011O SOI.Iir.ll3. To-day's Herald , which is edited by n man who. was posted for the postmastcrship hero , calls down thu president for currying favor with the colored people in a way that is re markable for n democratic organ. It says : "If reports bo correct the president has made ono ot the most biartling departures In re spect to the army that has happened since the nrmy existed in nominating Sergeant Charles E. Layman , of the Twenty- fourth infantry , ana Sergeant Thomas 11. McGuIre , of the Twenty-fifth infantry , to bo second lieutenants In the army. The Twenty-fourth nnd Twenty-fifth regiments of Infantry , in rank nnd file , uro composed of negroes. To placate a certain public sentiment , when the hist reorgiini/atlon of the mmy occurred , four negro regiments were left in the military establishment , that is , the men wcro black , but tho. officers wcro white. Flipper , the only negro who ever graduated from West Point , until Alexander lust year , was sent to ono of thcso regiments , to the nwful disgust of the other officers , who number some of the best fellows in the service , nnd now , if wo uro to believe what wo read. President Cleveland has done what no republican president ever dared denominate nominate two men from negro regiments ( what degree of color they mny possess per sonally I , of course , don't know ) , to bo lieu tenants , and to Imvo Just us much rank and swagger as the best man of this date from West Point. What are wo poming to , pray ) ' UNIMrOUTAST MiTTKHS H. D. Heed , of Omaha , is at the Ebbitt. A five-story hotel , 150x100 foot front , ut the coruer a ! FiUccntU guecfoud Pennsylvania avenue , opposite to the treasury department , Is to bo built this summer. Senator Palmer , of Michigan , who Is n lover of youth , is not to bo outdone by Sena tor Stanford's gorgeous dinner to the senate jiagcs last night. Ho Is to give the boys of the senate an entertainment at his magnifi cent home on K street. The names of Sena- lors Stanford and Palmer will bo cherished by these boys as the frjcnds of youth nnd promoters of futureambition. ) PEHHY S. HE mi. Government , Telegraph 8npcrvlnlon. WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. [ Special Telegram to the BBI : . ] Among the representatives in congress who strongly favor government supervision of the telegraph Is Guenther , of Wisconsin. Ho would not have the govern ment own and operate telegraphs or rail roads , for that would Involve the necessity of maintaining thousands of officials , with all the evils which can easily bo foreseen , and the work would not bo done ns efficiently or cheaply as it can bo performed by private enterprise , but ho would have the telegraphs controlled , like the raljronds , by the govern ment through the inter-state commerce com mission , nnd the commerce committee of the house , which has Jurisdiction of this kind of legislation , shows so Httlo Interest in the matter that fears uro entertained by some that the committee will not report the bill for the regulation of inter-state telegraph traffic in time for final action nt this session of congress , and Mr. Guenther hns hit upon n device to give the. house jtostnl committee n chance to anticipate the slow-going commerce committee. Ho has taken the bill introduced in the senate by Senator Spooner , for super vision of the telegraph by the iutcr-stato commerce commission , nnd changed it so ns to give supervision to the posunnstor-gotiernl instead of the commission. Under the rules of the house this would send the bill to the postotllco committee , of which Mr. Guenther is a member , nnd ho says ho has assurances that his fellow-eommltteeinen will Join him In securing prompt eomsIdoniUon and linearly report. Ho thinks there is no doubt that the committee will iigreo with him in restoring the Ivill to Its original form by providing that the telegraphs shall bo placed under the su pervision of the inter-state commission , so ns to sccuro reasonable rates without discrim ination in favor of any individuals or class of customers. He Intends to introduce the bill on the next bill day. Gulloiii's Tribute to Lincoln. WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. A largely attended meeting was hold at the club house of the National Hcpublican league this afternoon in commemoration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. An address upon the life of Presi dent Lincoln was delivered by Senator Cul- loiu. Ho expressed the opinion that the people ple of all nations were more familiarwiththo life , character nnd cureer of Lincoln than of any other man In American history save Washington. The .fact that ho came up from the common walks of life and was familiar with the toils , struggles and anxieties inci dent to n life of poverty , gave him a place In the affections of the people that was strength ened by his life of sympathy with and labor for the oppressed. Hefcrring to Lincoln's early life , the sena tor said that the privations through which ho passed , and the life which bo led , while cal culated to cultivate ) some of the nobler vir tues , resulted in many cases in the formation of reckless habits. Lincoln , however , while absorbing what was best in the pioneer lifo of his earlier days , avoided what was b.id. It was unnecessary to erect grand shafts or fashion marble temples to perpetuate the mcniory of Washington or Lincoln. They live JJ/.tjjg.heprts ot the , poor pie , whcro are cnsnrfne < t-rc'collections "of their virtues nnd nclrievemonts , ineffaceable nnd untlecuyiug. The lifo of Lincoln be longed to the world. , Wherever men were struggling to be free , wherever the rights of men hud been invaded , wherever the iron hand of despotism fell with violence upon the oppressed , there would the heart throb to the memory of Lincoln. Lincoln's power resulted from his wonderful insight into the truth mid his courage in proclaiming it against all opposition. In the conviction that ho was right nndtho persistent advocacy of what ho believed right , he rose above all party claims and methods. Lincoln was n pure mun. The study of his lifo would conduce to private nnd public vir tue. Nations were born to live longer than men. Many generations mny pass away , but the perpetuity of a nation must bo conserved and the interest of the , majority of the people - plo preserved. In commemorating the vir tues of Abraham Lincoln , it was lilting for Americans to renew their devotions to the cause of liberty nnd to pledge themselves to see that "this government of and by and for the people shall not perish from the earth. " Thin Week' of Congress. WASHING TON , Fob"121 The educational bill still remains tlid unfinished business of the senate , but thcro is unanimously un un derstand ing that it shall bo disposed of next Wednesday. Senator Edmunds will call up some time during the week for consideration nnd action the bill reported by him from the foreign relations committee to charter the Nicaragua Maritime Cnnnl company , Beyond this no announcements have been made for the coming week nnd no programme laid out. It is expected that one or two speeches will bo delivered during the week on the presi dent's message , which still lies on the table. To-morrow will bo given up by the house to the consideration of buslricssoriginatingwith the committee on theDistrict of Columbia and the proceedings arc not likely to bo of general interest. A Now Counterfeit. WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. The secret service division of the treasury department has dis covered that n new counterfeit of the flvo dollar bilver certillcatq has been put in circu lation. The bill is about three-sevenths of un inch too short. There nro no distinctive lines in the paper. The general appearance is good nnd liable to deceive. PIXEY'H They Cause u Slcgo of Constables in CHICAGO , Fob. 12. ] Special Tolegrnra to " the BEE. ] "Adonis" Dixoy paid outnbout $ . ' 1,000 on account of ; pld debts during the week's engagement here. Deputy sheriffs and constables swurmed ubout the premises so thickly there wnsno chunco of eluding them. Most of his creditor * wcro satisfied , cither by ready momjy or forthcoming bonds , but some claims remained in the hands of dogged constables who refused to bo put off. Ono constable with a half dozen aides , waited nt the stage djqor lust night until the property of the Uico-Dlxey company was placed on the trucks to bo taken to the Fort Wayne depot. He said he had a claim of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad of $750 and a Judgment/ favor of n New York broker , HarrUoii , for jlK)0. ( ) Ho levied ot the properiy and scwicry. The constables threatened , if ' not satisfied , that the property would not get'on the cars , but it started , nm Dixcy will probaoly appear at Baltimore to morrow according to programme. Jnbllco i'retjt-nlB Stolen. HOME , Feb. 12. The Jesuits have presented to the pope -10,000 ns the Peter's pence con tributiou of their order. Various valuables which were presented to the pope as Jubilee offerings and which wore'on exhibition have been stolen from the Vatican. Among the stolen articles nro u challco valued nt 2,000 , some gold snuff-boxes and several pairs o slippers. "Wolves IJOOBO In London. LONDON , Feb. 12. A pack of caged wolve escaped frpm Sawyer's cirrus to-day. The elephants ' , camels , horse * and other animals became 'mad with terror and wcro liberate ! with difficulty. The wolves wcro trapped in tt.otablo , whcro ttifv. furiously devoured' a hone already bhciu' . They still defy capture CROOKS ON THE CONTINENT The French Capital Infested With AllKindofThlovos. SWINDLERS LIVING AS SWELLS' Sir. ninnt Makes Some Interesting AiiHwcrs On Ills Crons-K\niulna- tlon lly Irclntul's Attorney Gcn- crnl The Crowu Prince. Europe Overrun AYIth Itobbcm. [ CiipyrtuM tkSStiu James tlnnltm Jleiwffl.1 PAIIIS , Feb. 12. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the Br.n. ] Four English men nro now Imprisoned charged with con cern In robbing a Jeweler on the Boulovnrd Madeleine. This , with the fact that English hlcvcs mid American swindlers arc supposed o linvo made Paris their hunting ground , HIS led the French police authorities to com- nunlcuto with London and Inspector Byrnes 0 keep a directory of suspicious characters , and prevent , if possible , the spread of the dishonest organization In Europe. The French police arc of the opinion that It would bo advantageous to have resident English and American inspectors in Franco able to keep lie ground clear. The British embassy is well posted on nil mutters appertain- ng to English subjects living ferny \ny length of tlmo hero. The Amcr- enti legation also does its duty n this respect , lioth ambassadors are naturally disinclined to extern ! their labors n the direction of criminal Investigations as outsldu the limits of diplomatic' duties. A solution , however , will soon bo arrived at , mil a Herald reporter was sent to make In quiries. The result of the investigation came Tom Information obtained from an agency which has been employed by the London homo ofllco to innuiru into the dynamite con spiracy and also to give its attention to crim- nal matters. This agency possesses an al- ihabctical list of all supposed malefactors. The names of sonio of these , if revealed , would bo of .a startling character and could not bo divulged without n close study of the niceties of the law of libel on both sides of the channel or ocean. Sulllco it to say that in Paris , Nice , Lyons and Bor- de.iux there arc check swindlers , hotel thieves , pickpockets , swell mobsmen , crooks and even a sprinkling of bank burglars , both English and American. There arc two kinds of swindlers. Ono speaks French thoroughly , freciuent gooit lotcls , travel with a certain amount of luxury and Imvo confederates on every rung of the social ladder. Their operations tire on 1 largo scale. For many reasons they nro lot frequently detected. The victims them selves often have decided objections to [ irosecuto , hence they carry on the various l > rofessions unmolested. The second category consists of criminals who have managed to cscipo abroad or of tickct-of-lcavc men in a state of ticket rupt ure. Most of these do not speak any conti- icntiil language , but they nro daring thieves , ind , as tlio generally act in an isolated way , ; hey are dlfllcult to catch. Many of the great owolry robberies of the last seven years lave been pprpotratcd by thcso. There- whom the jewels stolen tif the Boulevard do a Madclino'huvo been traced , but who has not been arrested yet , although the police have clues to his whereabouts. The traveling swell mobsman is to bo round , as a rule , in the billiard room of cer tain good hotels. His first object is not to catch his victim at the table , but to take ad vantage of his presence in the hotel to study the Inmates of the hotel and lay the plans which others carry out. There appears to bean an American lawyer at the bottom of half the thieving combinations which take place 111 Paris. Another mftkcs a point of dining at all the best table do hoto dinners. Ho is nearly always accompanied by a lady whoso mission is to make him Jealous by flirting and making assignations with innocent and wealthy-looking travelers. Fromtno starting point all sorts of conspiracies are concocted by which money may bo extorted. The pigeon is taken to gambling resorts and hon estly or dishonestly lleccett of tils money. If ho bo of an Imaginative turn ho is intro duced to apparently respectable saloons. Ono of these is in the Hue Washington , where the seductions of female society arc plentiful. The ladies arc supposed to bo titled and have an outward show of educa tion. Even the men have highly aristocratic names , while the pigeon allows himself to bo made presents of sums of money. Ho is un molested If ho is proof against thcso tempta tions. There nro other traps ready , with which the police are thoroughly acquainted , but which they arc almost powerless to prevent. The timidity of the victim often stops detec tion , or ho leaves Paris without giving notice a despoiled but wiser man. In the Paris swell mob gang there are sev eral Englishmen and Americans. These , us n rule , try to draw strangers into all sorts of lucrative , but deceptive , speculations. It would bo Impossibles to give the names of these , although they are known. Four of them have already done terms of penal servi tude in England or America. Another belongs to a highly respectable family in Boulogne , by whom ho has been discarded. A real French vicomto , who wears nn eyeglass and speaks English perfectly , belongs to this gang. Ho has splendid apartments near Madeline and has no visible means of sub sistence. The agency spoken of has been re peatedly commissioned to watch the party. Only one has been arrested , for cashing n forged bond , but the evidence against him was defective , and the examining magistrate was obliged to give orders to discharge him. -Tho English or American pickpocket spends his Sundays on the race courses. Ho indulges In equine sports to supple ment his winnings or cover his losses by card sharping in railway compartments or picking pockets ' .n the crowd oren the course or at the station. They ( lock to Paris in the spring after a bleak winter , and , as an Eng lish Inspector says , "are as hungry as cuts after fish. " Nearly nil the coarccr form ol hotel robberies are committed by thcso. During the two weeks preceding and follow ing the Grand Prix the number of cases ol robbery are more than quintupled. These are committed on the huge vans which brlnj , the people back. Some of them live al Chantllly. A receiver has n nice country house about ten miles from Scnlis. The stolen goods are sold in London or even sent to America. The guards on the tidal trains and boats state that some pickpockets are constantly crossing the channel bnckwan and forward. Formerly there were some robberies on the steamers , but latterly this has been dropped as too dangerous. The death of Mr. M. Crclll caused a grcn many inquiries to be made in Boulogne las summer , the result being that it was clearly proven that In any case the watering place was n quasi domicillc nest of Kndish thieves In Nice the gangs are , mostly. Italian am Spanish , but there are also a few of the unal loj'cd British nrticle. 1'ho pickpockets who conic to Paris have a list of the good places for work and of special occasions. Up to recently the balls given at the largo hotels were Infested vlth female pickpockets. The police have , lowevcr , been nblo to lesson the number of nscs. A grout many eases of "positive for gery hnvo been traced to Americans. These are often of'the most glaring and apparently lumsy kind. Not long ago n French banker a < hcd n check for JL'flOO , drawn on the Bank if the World. The check had been frnudu- cntly engraved. The signatures of rich men vlth banking accounts in London banks mvo often been copied from the inverse ' mp'ress upon blotting paper lying upon bank counters. The robbery of n bank is a long > roccss. Every phase of the establishment s watched for weeks until the weak points nro found and the crime decided upon. A tank in the Hue Itoynlo has been robbed wlco without tiny clue to the perpetrators. Small robberies of diamonds nro constantly occurring , 'the pollcq often concealing the act until it has lost all newspaper interest , vhcn they expect to catch the culprit. Burglars of English extraction , .with the vorst prison antecedents , nro known to live nt Asnlcrcs , Chantllly and Koucn. It is be loved , however , that some of thcoo are only seeping out of the way and living upon the irocceds of crlmo obtained in England. It ins been long felt that in consideration of he facility of transit and in order to protect , > y anticipation and prevention , the inultl- udcs of visitors who will como over to Paris icxt year for the exhibition , u network of igihinco will have to bo established , and his can only bo done by a continuous i ml thorough understanding between the u-cfeeturoof police and the criminal Investi gation department , with the co-operation of ho American police authorities. The system of refusing rewards is n dlfll- culty in the way , but that will soon bo got over. There is only one way to prevent French thieves and English-speaking thieves combining , nnd that is entente cordlalo cus- odinus of the law in all countries , and , above ill , designations of Jail blrds'who como upon ho continent to break new ground. 11LUNT ANSWERS. Hln Interesting Replies to His Cro s- Kxnininntlon nt Dublin. [ Con/rtfilit tltSliu James Ouriliin Hcmutt. ] Dum.ix , Feb. 12. [ New York Herald Cablq Special to the Bii : : . ] Many of the Irish M. s. here to-day nro returning this morning to 10 present at ParncH's debate on the arrest of Irish members in the precincts of pnrlla- ncnt. Many lawyers claim that M. Ps. , ex cept for arson and felony , are exempt from irrest like witnesses. Blunt 1ms been In n town all day , his suit continuing to-morrow or assault against the police magistrate. It vlll only end in a disagreement or his losing , lis cross-examination last evening by the icw attorney general of Irclatid was very vindictive. Some of the answers arc worth reading. For Instance : Mr. Blunt I asked thrco or four times to jo arrested before I was arrested. I used ho words damned cowards to the police once. I did not apply it in bad humor. It was to enforce my words. I did not lose my temper throughout. I was not in the least moved. Attorney General Lady Ann Blount hrew herscW upon you and declared to high icaven ' that they Were ( } Uni yp , .ancLroij ( , chHecT'lhe' police daihnod cowardsj'nnttyoU' ivcro as serene ns possible ? "I did not lese my temper. " "Did you feel scrcnoi" "As I felt satisfied in my own conscience. " "Having used that expletive , you felt satis- led In your own conscience ? " "I felt satisfied. When I was in Ireland in September I had decided to retire altogether from political life. " "And then a change came over the spirit of your dream ? " "Yes , in consequence of the Mltchcllstown massacre. " "That changed you ? " "It did. I felt It my duty to go on with po litical life. " "You then felt that you had a mission to fulfill 1" "A iiission to do my best to prevent the Irish people from receiving injustice. " "And the Mitchollstown massacre deter mined you to go forward and take part in [ ) arliamentnry life ! " "I won't say parliamentary life , It was not parliamentary life. It was to do my best to help the people on the platform. " "As n means to the end , did you consider the midnight meeting to bo a meeting in the proper sense of the term ? " "I considered it merely preliminary speak ing. [ Laughter. ] I did not protest against the burning of the queen's proclamation by Mr. O'Brien. As I understood the law it was not illegal to burn the proclamation of the queen's viceroy. I considered Woodford n bright spot in Ireland bright for its pntri otism. " Attorney General "Yes , burning the quccu's proclamation makes its patriotism bright , I suppose ? " Macdermott "Mr. O'Brien is not a Wood- ford man. " Attomov General "There , your own counsel sol says Mr. O'Brien is not a Woodford man. " "Tho placard convening the meeting was headed 'Indignation Meeting. ' The placard said the meeting was to encourage the people. " Attorney General . "That is to patience ? " "Yes. " "You have stated that your mooting was to teach the people patience nnd for the preven tion of crime. Why was that not stated on the placard ? " "It was headed an indignation meeting. The indignation was on our side. I thought n display of indignation on our part would bo the best lesson of patience the people could possibly have. I did not feel any Indignation on hearing of the assaults on the police at evictions. The homo rule association up proved , I bellovo , throughout. " Mr. Blunt , on being asked to read some newspaper reports of his speeches , said his sight was bad In consequence of his impris onment. Attorney general "Oh , como now , " Macdermott "That is monstrous. " Attorney General "I am sorry. 1 apolo gizo. " Blunt "I accept your apology. " Blunt and lady wcro allowed to attciu church. His appearance in prison clothes created much of u sensation. Mr. Pyno was denied bail and in the morning will go to Kilwachomus for trial. Gilhooly has been taken to Cork. Tlio Crown Prince. [ Coj/r//il | / / ( ; / ISStUivJnintiUwilm tltnnrtt.l SAN KKMO , Feb. 12. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the But : . ] A cold rnli has been falling all day , preventing the windows dews of the crown prince's rooms belli ; , opened. Ho is getting on woll. Ho sat u | n while to-day. Ho has not resumed rcgulit meals , but continues beef tea nnd milk. Tlio largo tube was withdrawn and n shorter one inserted this afternoon. Dr. Bcrgmunn vis itcd him and expressed satisfaction with the result of the operation. The physicians sign two bulletins every day , stuting the condl tlon of the crown prlnqc , and forward thrm to Berlin. Mackenzie has postponed his dc Parturo for a few days , ' , . , INHERING WITH TEMPERANI Iowa's Legislature Will Not Permit the Question to Slumber. LOOKING AFTER DRUG STORES. A Sensible Reform Proposed In Re * Itard to Criminal Court Procedure Reducing tlio Number or Jurors. Prohibit Ion to Itecclvo Attention. DES MOINKS , In. , Feb. I'.1. [ Special * to the BEI : . ] Tlio pressure of railroad legislation and the necessity of meeting questions in which the anti-monopolists have n special in terest has postponed so far any serious con sideration of the temperance question. But it will not bo forgotten or permanently neg lected , ns the republican party is pledged to some measure that will strengthen the pro hibitory law. People outsldo the stnto might think that Inasmuch as Iowa has prohibition it is unnecessary to keep dickering the law or Tie adding to it. But these who are hero and familiar with its operation know that evasions nro easy nnd violations are In many localities frequent , largely because of the special privileges thnt have been grunted to the druggists. The pharmacy law , which al lows them the exclusive sale of liquor for le gitimate purposes , also opens loopholes for violation of the spirit of the prohibitory law. So many drug stores have become substi tutes for saloons that there has been a gen eral public uwakenlng and protest against such flagrant violation of law. At the last state convention the republican party pledged Itself to enact such legislation ns would prevent the drug store from becoming the successor or substitute of the saloon. Nearly half of the session of the legislature has passed and the party has not yct arcdccmcd thnt pledge. However , two bills for that purpose have been introduced and are now under consideration. They nro radically dif ferent in their disposition of the drug store business. The Glister "bill provides for taking the sale of llquor.cntircly nwny from drug gists nud giving It to county agents. It would limit thcso to four in each county nnd hold them responsible for nil liquors sold and guard the privilege in n very strict nnd care ful manner. The Hcdinau bill leaves the druggists in charge of the sale of liquor for legitimate purposes , but hedges them around with new requirements mid provisions , malt ing violations of the law a very serious mat ter. This bill requires n druggist to sccuro the signatures of one-third of the voters la his ward and an equal number of women before - fore n permission to sell can bo given him. It requires him to furnish a bond for $1,000 for the faithful performance of bin trust. It provides thnt nil blanks for the sale of liquors shall bo issued t > y the county auditor , and , us nil nro to bo numbered , It will mnku the failure to report such sales n matter of easy detection and serious results. Thcso are the two bills upon the subject which are receiving the at tention of the prohibitionists. The state con vention in this city the past week brought to gether the most radical and extreme prohibi tionists , but oven they wcro unable to ngrco upon any course to recommend nud left the matter whcro they found it. Neither bill , IJigroforeJrpi.'clvc the , endors.cmQnt of nn.v oTncfiifbocly'of prohibitionists. ' Some prefer ono , some another , nnd 'some fnvor'leuvlng the whole mntterto the wisdom of the s.tntqs- men on the hill. Probably one or the other of these bills hi Us main features will bo adopted. Many druggists are in favor of. the Custor bill nnd say thnt they would bo much better off If the sulo of liquor wcro taken entirely from them. As it is they htiyo to bear the odium nnd reproach which violators lators of the law bring upon the truffle , and have to wink ut irregularities themselves in order not to Injure their general phnrmncy business. ) IErOKMINO CODUT METIIOllS There has been n strong sentiment in this legislature in fnvor of reforming court methods , especlnlly in the line of criminal procedure. The escape of the murderers ot , Haddock , nnd of many other criminals who have evaded Justice by some slight technical ity , has stirred up public feeling to demand better protection from the laws. As the criminal code is now constituted the stuto has a very poor chance with tlio adroit law yers for tlio offense In any criminal prosecu tion. Severn ! bills looking to reform of this kind have been introduced , and ono of thorn lias already passed the senate. Tills bill pro vides thnt in criminal cases , when the de fense applies for n continuance nnd offers ntllduvits us to what his witnesses would say if they were at hand , thu state shall have a chance to offer rebutting testimony nnd im peach them if they. can. Heretofore it hns been n common practice among criminals to sccuro nil thu delay they could in trinl , with the hope that necessary witnesses would remove - move from the state or that something might happen to impcdo the prosecution. If tncy made affidavit that they expected nt a later date to prove certain things by certain nbsent witnesses the stnto had no choice in the mat ter except to sit silently by , oven when it was known that those affidavits swore to a lie. Now it is possible under this bill for the state to impeach such affidavits in the same way as it would impeach the testimony of the wit nesses themselves if they wcro present. Another reform that is proposed in court matters comes in the form of a constitutional amendment offered by Hcpresontutivo Uiloy. It proposes to amend the constitution so thnt the ordinary Jury for the trial of causes shall not consist of more than nine or less than five members. Ah average of six would bo probably the , usual number if-tho amendment were accepted. This would sccuro n saving of one-half annually in Jury expenses. It is estimated that in the ninety-nine counties in the state there uro about twenty-live hun dred men drawn for Jury service nt each term of court. Thnt is nt n cost of $5X)0 ( ) per dny or $100,000 for nn average term of twenty days. With four terms to the year the ex pense roll amounts to ? 100,000 for jury ser vice alone. As less than 10 per cent of the population are ever found In court as liti gants , 00 per cent therefore of the people have this largo bili of expense to pay from which they derive no personal benefit. AH a largo percentage of the litigation involves controversies of small financial interest , a Jury of six could attend to the business ns well ns a jury of twclvo. If this , change wore tuado. therefore , it would effect a suving of $200.000 a year in ono item nnd undoubtedly expedite court business and give greater satisfaction besides. nt'IlEUNATOIilAI ' , OOSSU1. Although fiorrrnor Larrnbeo's second term has Just begun numerous candidates are pop ping up anxious to succeed him. The lend ing candidate at present is Lieutenant Gov'i ornor Hull , whoso candidacy is open and $ nvowed , nnd with his genial manners nnd his * good-fellowship ho is winning supporters . , whenever ho makes new friends. Other can- y dldatcs mentioned nro Senators Woolson , Young nnd Sweeney , nil of them men now occupying n largo share of public attention. ( f Ex-Senator Graves , of Dubuquc , is another candidate mentioned , nnd it Is understood that thu ofllco Is in the line of his ambitions und pride. It is sugfostcil that his recent conversion to prohibition nnd untl-monopoly Is larucly attributable to this ambition. There will doubtless ho n fine field of candidate * when the tlmo comes. Applications for constitutions and other forms of organization are constantly being received ut the headquarters of the Iowa League of Hcpublican clubs , Within the last f. month clubs have been organized in a large * t number of cities of the state and the work U f > going forward rapidly. The amount of en. T , Ihushibin that is being displayed in mid- ; J ; winter mouths bcforo the campaign is begun ' is n hopeful sign for future victories. It U f intended to have u convention of clubs In thl ' \ city Inn short time that shall perfect th , work of the state organization and occupy the same relation to Iowa that the convention ut Now York laU December.uld to the at large , ' Vs
