THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. EIGHTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15 , 1888. NUMBER ISi 'TWAS A POLITICAL MISTAKE The Former Democratic Trontmont of the Territories. WOULD LIKE TO GLOSS IT OVER Jotva Olllco Beckers The Hcillilny He- CCSH Ilyniim on Tariff , Territories nml Tobacco-Pad ( look's 1'oa- Hlon 15111 V cloud. WASHINGTON Hutuuu THEOMAHA fill ] FouitTiins'TitSTiir.BT , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 14. Wcctorn senators express amusement nt the haste of the house of representatives to throw a sop to tlio tciritories seeking ndniis- fi'wn. Senator PadJock said to day , " 1 do not think the democratic caucus Is sincere. If It is , Its action would not stay the tide of resentment , whicli democratic treatment of nil western Interests lias created in the west. The ciiine against Dakota has been peipe- tratcd nnd will stand ns committed. It can not at this late day be glossed over by the men who recogni/e that its commission hud. much to do with the late westein uprising against further democratic ascendency In the national councils. Dakota and her neighbors know that it Is only dun to rcpub licnn victory Unit they owe this sudden con version of the democracy to the view tint the denial of statehood , on puioly partisan grounds , to territories fully entitled to saeh recognition , was at le ist a political mistake. I imagine that a republican scimto and a ic- publican house will pass a bill giving all ter ritories entitled to a position on the roll of mates , their full rights and that it will bo signed by a rcnublican president. " * ] < ) \\A ( IITK I ! si hMlus. The senators and iopieentitives from Iowa aio receiving a gro it many suggestions concerning the oflleos to bo filled by Presi dent Harrison after the 1th of March next , and there seems to bo no doubt that Iowa Will bo on hand to got her share. Under the last administration this state had a number of prominent bureau oflh era in Washington , nnd will probably have quite as many under the next. General Tuttle , the man who created such a disturbance atiout Cleveland at the Grand Army of the Republic meet ings , Is a candidate for the commissioner of pensions , and is backed by Mr. Clarkson General Faiichilds , of Wisconsin , is also a candidate , and has very strong Inlluence at work. For each of the loc.il olllccs in the state there nro a number of candidates. Colonel Dick Rout , of Keokuk , who was United States marshal under the last republican administration , wants the place again , but it will probably go to somebody else in the northern pirt of the state , and he will bo consoled with the postoflico nt ICeolnik. The pension agenci in Iowa has never been filled bv a soldier , Jake Itlch , the last incumbent , being , however , a very popular man. Hut this ycni the Giaml Army demands it , and it will go to Tuttle , if ho is not appointed tommisMoncrof pensions. Another candidate is S A. Marieii , editol of the Yiutoii Observer , who is an old soldier , mid lacks a leg that he lost at Atlanta Thomas Hodges , of IJurlington , is av * active candidate for United States district attorney , nnd will probably get the appointment. - The now postmaster general will have no trouble finding some one to till the postollleo nt Uurlington , for James Martin , J. L. Wart , Dr. Holliday , James Ft nine , C. U. Clapp and several other gentlemen have signltled their Willingness to accept the appointment. TAnirr , immirouii s AND TOIH < , CO. Representative Bymmi , of Indiana , one of the most active democratic mem bers of the comntitteo on ways and means , Bald this afternoon : "Congress will un doubtedly take a two-week's ' holiday recess , from Filday of next week to Friday the 4th of January. " 'No , It does not look as though the re publican tariff bill will come over to the house fiom the senate before very late iu January , and I do not think It will got to a vote in the house , oven though it Is promptly rsportod fiom the committee on ways and means. It will take almost every day of the cession to pass the appropriation bills , after the holidaj s , and ut least n fortnight would 1)0 required to discuss the republican substi tute for the Mills bill , after it comes up In the house ; so , that if for no other reason , the bill cannot come to n final vote because there will not bo time to consider It. It would be folly to think of suspending the rules and placing it upon Its passage. " "Tho only thing I have heard of n free tobacco bill 1 have seen In the newspapers. The committee Is doing nothing about it. Some man may upon individual suspension day. nnd upon his own volition , move to sus pend the rules and pass such a bill , and ho may succeed. I bollovo the house will pass n bill giving statehood enabling acts to North and South Dakota , Washington , Montana nnd Now Mexico territories , but all wilt have to hold elections and conventions and adopt constitutions , and Dakota will Imvo to ar range for a division of her territorial indobt- ncER IfshulniH any. That question made the Yhginlnns a great deal of trouble. " 1'AIUMH.K'H Hill , VK1OKII , Senator Paddock was Informed to-day that his bill to pension Mrs Nancy Pollock , of Nebraska City , which passed both houses at the last session , failed to receive the presi dent's slgnatuie. As the bill went to the white hoiiBo with n favorable repbrt from Commissioner lihiek , and assurances that there would bo no obstacle Iii Us way , the senator was greatly annoyed to discover that the pension hud failed to receive thu execu tive sanction. Ho will nt once re-introduce the bill and push It to a passage. SAUMirus iNnuviiwin. : : Kx-Sonator Alvm Saumlers arrived In Washington this morning and is a guest of the Kiggs house. The senator thin evening denied that ho was in the city on any public business , "I am not u candidate for any of fice , " nnfd the senator , "all icports to the contrary , norwjthstnndlng. I hnvo boon much amused by the reports In the Now York papers , which nssiimo a knowledge of my affairs which I do not myself possess. So far as the policy of Geneial Harrison Is con cerned , I know nothing. One thing is certain , It will bo his own. Ho is an Intellectual , in telligent and thoroughly informed man of nffairj , self-contained and reserved , with a strong will and of stiong convictions. He will bo his own premier. I doubt whether he has made any tenders of olllce yet tojiny body. " Senator Saunders visited the capital today and called on Senators Paddock and Mamlcison. Mfscet-LAxnous , Senator Mandcrnon and Congressman Mo Bhano will leave next week for Omaha to spend the holidays. W. H. H. Stout , of Lincoln , leaves to- met row for a trip through the south. John A. llorbuch , of Omaha , is in the city. The secretary of the treasury to-day ap proved of the site selected for u federal buildIng - Ing In Ottumwu , la. Tha site is donated by John H , Merrill , and is located at the north east corner of Third and Court streets. There are DO foot on Third and 133 feet on , Court street. PJJUUY S. HL-ATII. Washington Ilrovltlcs. ' During the senate recess to day the senate sub-committee on finance , In charge of the tarlft bill , gave a hearing on lute goods to Major Pierce , of St. Louis , and Mr. Dement , of Springfield , 111. The sonata sub committee has dcclJcd to report favorably the bill providing for the retirement of w. S. Rosecraus , with the rank of major genera' ' . The comptroller of the currency has Issued a call for reports of tbo condition of na tional banks at the close of business on Wednesday , December 13,1SS3. The legislative , executive , and Judicial ap propriation bill , a * reported to the bouse , carries with it an appropriation of $2,0 3-'i\ being $ ias,105 less than the bill for the cur rent fiscal i car , and fW5,240 loss thau thu estimates. OAILII > TIM : punAoinu A cuu. A Scandalous How In n St. Pnul Ituptlst Churcli. Sr PAI-I , . Dec -Special [ Telegram to Tun Hnn ] The congregation of the Hebron Unptlst church on the west side is all torn up by a good , old fashioned , scandal-tipped church row. H is nil about Mrs Holster , the same Mrs. Holster who cultivated no toriety by horso-whloping n real estate mag nate live jcars ago. That happened on Dayton's Hluffs , where the Holsters hiu' purchased a homo from the agent , nnd Mrs. Holster said the reason she whipped him was because he hud Insulted her one nftcrnoon when ho called to collect the monthly pay incut on the house. Mr. nml Mrs H > lstcr Imvo been members of the Hebron H.ipttst church , but , having moved to Mississipu street , asked for letters to the First Haptist church. Rev. Gamble , pastor of the Hebron church , called a meetinir ot the committee whicresolved to give Mr. Holster a letter nnd expel Mrs Holstor. The loiters to Mr and Mis. Holster were sent in the s.iuiu en- \elop , This started nn Insurrection , which cam to n climax at tlin pra\cr meeting last night Men said bitter tilings and shook their list' ' in each others faces , nnd women sereamci and 01 led and fainted. Mr. Holster arose wirh a big lump in his thrmit and said : "I don't want to tight this church , but 1 want Justice for my wife. Chaiges have beei made against her characU-r and she ha been put out of the church without n hear ing. Theie has got to bo a trial and the truth of these charges proved , or it will bo the worse for the men that make them. I nnl.\ want a fair show. 1 nsk this for my own sake , my wife's sake , nnd for the sake of our little children " Then Rev Gamble , looking straight nt Mrs. Hulster , said : "Ifou , were not a hold , bad woman of the wrld , you would npt have the eft ronterv to come bore and demand trial nftei sinning as jou have. " Shaking his clenched fist under the preacher s nose , Mr Holster said : "You miserable cur ! If jou don't make this right with my wife I will tane the matter into mv own hands , and jou shall pa\ for it dearly. ' When Holster called Gamble a miserable cur Noah Dcikc , Mrs. Holster's brother , struck Gamble with n poker. A genera ! melee ensued , during which pandemonium reigned , lists were used freely and clothes torn promlseiously. This caused an uproar , and the meeting bioko up uncoiemoniously without so mucl as a benediction. Mrs. Holster MIJS the trouble is the result ol the vlndictiveness ol her half brother , Charles Vails , whom her husband incontinently tired out of his house for refusing to paj a uoaid bill of $40. Rev. Gamble has tendeied his resignation , to takt , olToct January 1. Mrs. Holster says Vailes has n family at Springfield , 111. , but ho has ropiosontod to the church members that he is a bachelor. DAKOTA UI3MOUIIATH MOVING. They Will Hold n. Convention to AdnilHsion. BISMABCTC , Dak. , Dec. 14. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Hnc J ThCftDalcota statehood movement is assuming new phases and pio- poi tions almost daily. Among the recent de velopments is a call for a convention of the democrats of South Dakota to urge division nml the admission of two states. And now come the democrats of North Dakota with the agitation. No call has yet baen made for the convention of the democrats of North Dakota , but the question is being agitated and prominent democrats who have been bit ter and determined in their opposition to division nro now favorable to the movement. Letters Just received hero from prominent congressmen brnifj little encouragement for action during the present session of con gress , ultliongh Sunset Cox intimates that a sulUVIont number of democrats may vote for thu division to give it a majority in the house. An immense mass convention will soon beheld held In some of the North Dakota towns for the purpose of giving the democrats an op portunity to show their lenders in congress that the movement for statehood is non- pal tisan. ElTotts will bo made to have Con- gicssmau Cox of New York and Congress man McDonald of Minnesota present. These democratic congressmen have done much good for Dakota nnd their presence would give the meeting an immense attendance. IIEKK'S A MISUK FOR YOU. How Fanner JIcKiie Wus AiT'ctod by liifl Wife'H Cliiircli Contributions. BAN\vii.i.iiM , Alan. , Dec. 14. [ Special Telegram to Tin ; HIB. : ] The most miserly in on the continent of America has Just been discovered in this village. His name is McRae and ho Is a Scotch farmer , who has lived in the district for some time. On Sun day last his wife contributed $10 toward the building fund of the now Piesbyterlan church. When McRae heard of this ho went almost crazy nnd going into his barn tied one end of a strong rope to a rafter of the ceil ing and the other end around his neck and attempted to lung himself. Ills wife dis covered htm and with the assistance of u friend cut him down in time to save his life. Ho was determined to put an end to the miseiy ho experienced over the loss of his money , however , and later in the dav ho at tempted to commit suicldo by drowning but was again rescued. Finally the church au thorities decided to return the mm bia money and ho is now happy. Tlio Federation of fjnbor. ST. Louis , Dec. 14. At the session of the American Federation of Labor convention Ms morning the report on the constitution was considered sormtim. During the debate serious icllcetlons wcro cast upon the Knights of Labor and the assertion made hat that order was rapidly disintegrating. At the afternoon session It was decided to hold mass meetings on February 23 , July I , and the first Monday of September , Ibb9 , and 3ii February , IS'JO ' , to advocate the eight liour movement , the name taking effect May S , 1890. Probably the federation will reach u final ndjourncnt to-morrow. Itilrnln Anonpts Sullivan's Challenge NBW Yoiuc , Deo. 14. Kllraln has accepted thu challenge of John L. Sullivan to fight tea a finish for 110,000. An unknown friend will cover Sullivan's money to-morrow. The light Is to come off within six months or not ut all. Charley Mitchell will act as Kllraln's man ager. The parties will probably moot In Canada to arrange the preliminaries , or In some other place outside the Jurisdiction of the United States government. Kllrain is positive of his ability to best Sullivan , al though ho Is very modest nnd docs not claim to bo ublo to defeat his antagonist without a hard tight. Kllraln's backer is unknown , Without Food or Shelter. NonwALic , Conn. , Dee. 14. Three un known men have been on Conkecn island , three miles from shore , to-day without feeder or shelter. They went there yesterday to shoot ducks , and their boat got ndiift. It Is Impossible to reach the island on account of the heavy gale. NcibrnHku Postal WASIIINOTOV , Uoo. 14. [ Special Telegram to Tun HUB.Charles ] Uryant has been np- pointed poitmuster at Hockford , Gugo county , Nob. , vice J1111103 L , Allen , to- moved , A postoftlco has been established at Cox- villo , Dawos oouuty , with Uvu Allison us postmistress. _ Kxecuted With IlUles , ATOKA , I. T. , Dee U Lyraan Puslee , a fratricide , was shot yesterday near Tushka- loinina in the presence of several hundred 3uoutaw . In tlio execution ot u Judicial sen- .cnce. His death waa Instantaneous , throe jullots from as many Winchesters piercing tils breustuuar the heart. CANUCKS AND ANNEXATION. The Buttorworth Resolution Cauaoa a Stir In the Dominion. CONSERVATIVE LEADERS SCARED They View With Alarm the Snddci Growth of Sentiment lu Favor of ft Polit ical Union. Prom I'lKmr to Giant. OTTAWA , Dec. 11. Recording Congress man Huttcrwortlfs annexation resolution the text of which was published hero , IJowcll minister of customs , said last night that "I was the greatest"rot ever proposed by n mm who had any pretensions to being n states man. " "In the first place , " said Uowell "tho people of Canada do not want annexa tlon with the United States , a fotclblo lllus tratlon of which wo had In the recent Do minion elections , \vhlch\\cio run on cither commercial union or unrestrained reciprocity lines one remove only from annexation which In reality cither Implies. Annexation sentiment has no existence in Canada save among a few hoodlums , who are endeavoring to gain notoriety through advoc.itiiig the movement. No one of any rosponsibilltj Joins in. " Sir Hector Langovln , Hon. John Costlgaii and Minister of Marino and Fisheries Tup per woio equally pronounced In denouncing Congressman Butterwortl ] , whoso nctior thov characterized us "cheek. " At the club' and nbout the loading hotels the Hutterworth lesolution has been the one topic of con versation , nml outside the cabinet there are many prominent political men who do not hesltalo to say that there is a gi owing sentiment In favor of political alliance with the United States. A leading political light said thai Canada had wc.uiod of beluga subservient follower of Downing street and wanted to make her own treaties , which could not be done as long as she remained a dependency of Gieat Biitam. Movi HI At. , Dec. It. The publication hereof of the resolution intioduccd by Huttcrwoith has had n varying effect. Everybody is dis cussing it and ovoi.ybodv is looking forward anxiously as to what course the senate and house of representatives will pursue Never since the famous annexation manifesto of llfty years ago has there been such expressions of public feeling as during the past two months. A leading commercial union member of parliament told a rcpoiter that undoubtedly the issue at the. next gen- e'-al ' election would be annexation , and ttiat it was'an open secret that it would bo leading plank in the liberal platform. "The mask is oT ( at last , " said Taillon , the conservative leader in thu piovincial pirlia- mcnt , "Wo have held all along that com mercial union was disguised annexation , and hero now is liuttct worth , the most pro nounced advocate of the founer policy , com ing out boldly for annexation. Loyal Cana dians will have to kill the pigmy quick , as it is fast grow ing into n giant. " TonoMO. Out , Dec. 14. Commenting on the IJutlcrwortli resolution , the Umpire , the leading government organ , calls it an insult ing overture , and savs it is the leaders of the Canadian opposition who h ive , by their con duct and their words of sympathy , invited this insult to their country. The Globe ( opnosition ) siys : "One thing can bo said for Huttorworth's proposal its adoption by congiess would probably load to n thorough exposition and understanding of Canadian opinion as to the project of po litical union with the United States. Wo have no doubt that the Judgment of Cana dians in the matter would bo such as to cure our neighbors of the delusion that has long kept them fiom trying to make the best pos sible use of tlio political separation of the two counti ies. NKU Youic , Deo. 14 The Evening Post this nftoinoon says : Tlio Canada annexa tion resolutions introduced in congress bv Huttcrwoith of Ohio , have greatly moved the Canadians , both in the United States mid across the St. Law rence. Erastus Wunan said to day to aioporter , who asked him what ho thought ot HuttorwoiIll's scheme : "I'm knocked between the eyes. I never saw such a fatal mistake. I can't conceive how Huttorworth came to do it. The ideal have is that therd never was so contented n people as the Can adians. The effect of this proposal for pol-it leal union at the present time In congress will bo to make very dilllcult the task of the liberal party in Canada to secure closer commercial relations. Indeed , it will be an nlmost helpless attempt If congress should , by the passage of thcso resolutions , persist in their effort. It will take llfty years to achieve uolitic.il union by approaching it In this way. Commercial union , on the other hand , is certain in five years , so far as trade and commerce is concerned. " "What do you consider the most feasible plan for commercial union I" "Tho resolution reported In the house last March by Representative Hitt of Illlinols , the republican member of the committee on foi elgn affairs , providing for the appointment of commissioners to confer with representa tives of Canada lo prepare a plan for the assim ilation of the Import duties and internal rove- nilc taxes of both countries , and an equitable division of the receipts in commercial union. It is infinitely more feasible than that scheme of Hutterworth's. "Tho fact is , " said Wlman , "this Is n polit ical move only Inaugurated by Hutterworth. I have private Information that the demo crats wore contemplating Just such a move ment , and I guess Hutterwoith outmuncu- vcrcd them. That's all. " Sir John Mncdonald spoke to a reporter to-day respecting the Huttorworth annexa tion resolutions , He said that ho did not care to express nn opinion us to the propriety of the stop. "Tho proposition of Mr. Hut- Icrworlh , In Its present state , as 1 under stand It , " ho said , "is a purely domestic mat ter. There will bo time enough to discuss the proposition when It comes before , us ofll- duly. " The government organs assail Hut- terworth. THE IjQVAi ; IjiaoiON. Programme For tlio Oixanl/atlon of tlin Indlnnii Coiiiiiiundry. CIIICAOO , Deo. 14. The members of the Illinois commandry of the military order of Loyal Legion , as well as those nf the sur- loundlng states , are busy making prepara tions for a trip to Indianapolis In response to nn invitation they have received from Gen eral Wallace , as secretary pro torn of the In diana commnndry , to proceed there and participate In the lormal organisation of that commundry next Wednesday at Indianapolis. Additional interest will bo lent to tha pro ceedings from the fact that President-elect Harrison will bo u participant in them , and will doubtless bo transferred from the Ohio commandry , of which ho IB at present a mem ber , to the Indiana commandry on the oc casion of Its organization. Members of the Illinois commnndry will leave hero on n siiecial train next Wednesday morning by .he Panhandle road. There will probably bo from one hundred to one hundred and llfty members In the party. The programme for the day at Indianapolis will consist of a reception of the visiting companies at the Dates house by the Indiana commandry , n reception by Major Clifford at ils rosMcnco at the United States arsenal , a reception by General Harrison at his homo , the formal organization of the Indiana com * mandry , ex-President Huthen'ord U. Hayes , commandcr-ln-chlcf of the order , partlcJput- ng. At 8 o'clock In the evening there will > o a banquet. It is expected that there willie io from ton hundred to llftocu hundred mcm- bors of the order In Indianapolis on Wednes day. A Jjonir Itocord Itruken. SIN FJUNCI&CO , Cal. , Deo. 14. The tcaracr City ot New York , which arrived to-day from Hong Kong and Yokohama , Is ho first steamer that arrived from the orl- nt for a number of years without u single Cblnauiau aboard bound lor this port. THKIll MVKSlN 1M2IUIJ. The Mnlidl's Prisoners AVIll IJo Killed Unlc s S nnlc I in In Surrendered. CAIIIO , Dec. 14 In tHe letter received nt Sunkim from Osman Dlgna , and which is supposed to have contained the annou ncc- ment that Emin Pnslm and n white traveler ( presumably Stanley ) had fallen into the hands of the mahdi , were en closed copies of n dispatch from Dervish leaders nt Lndo to Khalifa Pasha , giving the date of Kinln Pasha's sur render ns October 10. rtnd a letter to Kmln Pasha from the khedive which the Initcj handed to Henry M. Stanley when ho was nt Cairo. It Is rumored that Osmau Digua , In his letter , expressed willingness to surren der Emm Pasha and his white companion provided Eirvpt would abandon Sunkim. If this proposal is not accepted it is believed that both caplives will bo killed. The Hrit lab c'lblnct is now discussing the situation. L.OMIOV Dec. 14 The Emln relief ex pedition committee arodoubtful of the gen uincncss of the Osman Dignu letter. They suggest that the khedlvo's letter may bo a copy stolen at Cairo , but they think It more likely that Stanley sent on runners to Emm with lettcis , and that these rumicis wcro captured. In any case , they are hopeful that even if Emln is a eiptlvo , Stanley Is still free. free.LONDON LONDON , Dee 1J General Grcnfell recog nized the letter whicli Osman Dignaenclosed ns the original one which he had drafted for the khcdlvo Thus ' Is Stanley's captuie vir tually beyond a doubt. lur sii.9 : , Dec II. The king of Holglun : is greatly agitated by the news from the Soudan Ho admits having been the largest subscriber to Stanley's ' expenses. SI.VKIM.DOC. II. Osman Digna's letter was a reply to Major litindle's ' requestor last August of Emin Pashh. The letter asserts that the Mahdl has coiiqucrcd the whole of the equatorial provincds and that one white man escaped. FIIOM HLiACIt TO WII1TI3. A Hcninrkalilo Gus < i Tlmt is Puizllng tlio Physicians , .lEiisnrCiTv , N. J. . Dec 14. [ Special Tel cgiamtoTiin Bi.n. ] Physicians nro inter ested in the case of Julia Cisco , a middle- aged colored woman , whose skin lias turned white. To a physician she said : "About Ib'id I noticed white snots on my skin , and thought they weie duo to leprosy , but they disippo.ucil , and I thought no more of them. My husband , who died in lbil ( , was very black. Three years ago a big white spot upuenrcd on my arm , and was followed by others on my breast and hips , and other parts of my body. The doetois told mo that 1 would die. A cancer appeared in my bieast , and I had an operation performed. I have been giowcr whiter ever since. When I expose m.vsclf to the wind , or work hard , my entire person turns n pinkish color. 1 can get any quantity of evidence in support of my statements. " Dr. Pylo says ho has known Mrs. Cisco about llfteen jears , and that her story is tine. Ho sud Unit Mrs. Cisco had fre- quenlly been vihiled by physicians , and that her case has caused much astonishment. An Important Court Killing. ToinKKan. . , Doc. 14. [ Special to TUB Hci : . ] Judge Foster , of the United States ciicult court , has rendered an important de cision in reference to the removal of causes fiom the state to the federal court under the actoflb-To. It appeared that in November , 1S6. ; , Heniy Shaw commenced an action in the district court of Atchison county against the Continental Insurance company , to re cover SO.OOO loss. The issues in the ease were not made up until'tho Juno , ISftO , term , at which term the ease was lemoved to the fedeial court. Mr. Shaw's attorney tiled a motion to remand the case to the state court , claiming that the cause should li ivo been re moved ut the Febrmuy term. Judge Foster sustained the motion ana icmandcd the case , holding that under the act of 1875 a cause must be lemoved at the Hist term of the dis trict court at whicli the ease would bo try- able , if issues wore not delayed by the order of the court or stipulation of parties , and not at the term at which the case could bo first tryablo in fuel. This is the iirst luling of the k'nd ever obtained in 1C insas , and is against the universal construction put upon the act , of Ibid by both the attorneys and the courts. A great many cases now on the docket of the federal court will bo remanded under this ruling. The decision is beimj much commented uppn by attorneys in this city. _ _ Tlio Oininbor of Deputies. PAIIIS , . Dec. 14. In the chamber to-day Peytral , minister of flnancc , submitted n bill authorizing postponement for three months of the payment of the Panama canal com pany's liabilities , Including interest , and the redemption of bonds. He said that the lot tery for the prize attached to the bonds issued under the lnw of 1833 would continue in accordance with tile guarantees of that law. Goorand opposed the bill. Ho cen sured the manncers of the canal , and said it would be Impossible to leave the work of constrUclfon in their hands any longer , as they had been guilty of em ploying mi5reprosenations | In order to at tract capital. ICeiganou expressed a fear that , the go voinment would bo led into guar anteeing the operations of the canal com pany. Flotinet. prime minister , said that the government simply asked for a committee. The government was sorely solicitous for small bondholders. If the chamber should reject the bill the company would bo bank rupt. If they adopted It , the company would he given time to make other arrangements. Urgency for the bill was then granted by n vote of 183 to 155. The Inaugural Preparations. WASHINGTON' , Dec. U. Chairman Hrltton , of the Inaugural committee , tins received favorable answers to his request for the lisa of the corrldoi s of t ho Interior and postodlco department building- ) for sleeping quarters for tropps during ( ho inauguration. The available space will accommodate about ten thousand men. The nub committee on clvio organizations Una already received np- [ illcations for positions in the piracies from Hoventy-flvo organi/ntlons , aggregating 1J,000 ! men. This Is 2OUO moio than were in the parade four years ago. The following names Imvo been added to the reception comniitlco ! Colonel Fred Grant , Walker Hlaino , Km- mons Ulalno , John M. Thurslon , 'J' . W. N'oycs. A. W. Wymnno , H. D. Harr , Horatio [ Clng , H , U. Edwards and Seaton Monroe. In an Intel view DoLcssops said that he was satisfied with the government's action , which ho was confident would enable him to complete the canal. The most complete ac cord reigned between the government and the company. The money requhed would tndoubtodly bo found. It Is stated that the government refuses to give the canal ofllcials n charter by state guarantee In consideration of America's promise that she would not op- > ese the construction of thu canal while it remained a private enterprise. The Death'Hecord. Pmsnuuo , Doe. 14. David A. Stewart , chairman and treasurer of Carnegie , 'hlpps & Co. , and president of the Pitts- ) urg Locomotive works , was found dead In icd this morning at his homo. The deceased , vho was about fifty yearn old , was In ap- mrently good health when ho retired last light. LONDON. Deo. 14. George Houtledgo , head f the well-known publishing Urm of George ioutlcdgo & Sons , la dead , Woolen Mill JJurnod. HERLIN , Dec. 14. Albeok'a woolen manu- actory at NeumuiiBtcr , burned to day. Fif , con persons were filled and ten others BUS- aincd fatal injuries. . * - Stcnmiil ] > ArrlvnlB. At New York-The 'Whlto Star sjeamor Jrltmmlo and tbo Hcd Star steamer Penn- and , both overdue.'wtro sighted tbla after- oou. Fogs mused tlio delay. AS SILENT AS THE SPHINX Harrison Has Nothing to Say Con cerning the Cabinet Rumors. HIS LIPS SEALED TO REPORTERS Tlio Hccotitlon to Mr. nml Sirs. Mor ton tlio Most nrllllnnt Affair of tlio Hind liver Witnessed in Indlitiiapolls. Harrison Will Sny Notlilnir. IsnuvvroMs , Ind. , Dec. 14.-General Har rlsonand Mr. Morton pissed a rather quiet day. They did not have a very largo num ber of callers at the house. Mr. Morton Is still somewhat Indispose 1 on account of u sore throat. Among the callers to day wcro General Washburno ami Colonel Under wood , of Minnesota. Colonel Undonvoad Is president of the Harrison and Morton club , of Minneapolis , which has a mombcrshh ) of 2,000 , of whom 000 have decided to attend the Inauguration in a body. Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Harrison had a number of callers during the day. For a time this afternoon General Harri son's house was besieged by newspaper cor respondents , who wcro in a Mutter of excite ment over the report published in New York this niornim.- the effect that 1 Maine hail been offered and had accepted the state portfolio The eflorts on the part of the coriespondents to induce General Hariison to tall : on this subject proved a ll'ii failure Immediately after nis election General Harrison caused il to bo made known to the press representa lives that ho would neither iilllrm nor denj any newspaper rumors oi-Btoiies legaiding hlmsulf or what lie inoposed to do He has observed this rule with a tenaeitj and rig idity that eminently chat acten/cs Ins dispo sition , and when uppo lied to , mi the giound of its oxti.umlinary niture , to give some ex pression tegauling tlu Itlamu ici'oit. here- plied with considerable emphasis. "It makes do difference what is the nature of the ropoit. or through what channel it comes , I cannot ullow m.s- self to bo troubled wilh questions about such tilings. Il I should say anything once I would bo expected to again , and jou can see what it would le id to " The Associated press correspondent , in coiivcisatlon with Mr Motion late this after noon , incidentally mentioned that the Ulalno story seemed to cause u great deal of excitement - ment in eastern political circles , ju Iping from the clmiurtcr of the picss disnattlus. Mr. Moitan remained : is dumb as a sphinx upon the subject. He stated , ho\\e\or , thai no one can bo found , of those who aio auout Geneial Harrison and would be likely to know , uhoplae s any credeneo whatever in the icportcd tender of the state portfolio to Mr. lilaine. The Mm ton Reception. lNni\XAroLt , Ind. , Dec. II. The public reception at Tomllnson's hall to night , tend- eied to Air. and Mis. Morton by the citbens of Indianapolis , was the most brilliant ufTnir of the'kmd ever witnessed In this city. The great hall w.is decorated with ( lowers , hunting , banners unit pictures of General Harrison and the distinguished guest of the occasion. Shortly after 8 o'clock Mr. Morton entered , accompanied by Mis. Hun ison and followed by General Harrison escorting Jus. licrgland. They took their plates In the cen ter of a long line of distinguished guests. Next to General Harrison and Mrs. Berg- land stood Mrs. J. U. Melvcc , the handsome daughter of the president-elect , with her sister-in-law , Mrs. lid ward McICee. Then followed Governor and Mis. Gray , Muvor and Mis. Denny. Mrs. Pioiro Gray and wife and others. At the head of the line stood the vice picsideut-elcct , with Mrs. . Harrison. Ou the door of the hall , around the sides , , had been place scats , which were qulckl.v lilled , and perhaps two thousand and live hundred people were seated in the galleries , watching tno brilliant spectacle before them The crowd was admitted at the front entrance , on Market stioot , and passed slowly down the hall in line , two nbicast , and shook hands with air. Morton and Gen eral Harrison. Many of them also shook hands with Mrs. Harrison , but after half an hour the ladies , becoming tired , stepped back and occupied scats the remainder o.f the evening , Mrs. Hainson occasionally coming forwaid to the general's side , and again by tlio side of Mr. Moiton. The stream was an endless one , and ex tended far down through the hall into the street and nearly two blocks distant , livery one must get us tlio end of the line bof010 they could enter. It is estimated that 1U.OOJ people passed through the hall , not all of whom , lion ever , had a clianco to shako hands with the president and vice picsldent- clect. Prom 13,000 to : t,0l)0 ) wore turned away. About nil the .society people in Indianapolis wore present , as many , if not uioie- ladies than gentlemen. Shortly after 10 o'clock the party retired. Vice President-elect and Mrs. Moiton will conclude their visit to-morrow and leave lor homo at-I o'clock in tlio afternoon , stopping over Sunday In Huffalo. Mrs. Morton Is anxious to rctut n to her children , and Is feel ing Indisposed. She did not accompany Mr. Morton down to tlio city to-night to the brill iant reception at Tomllnson ball. Rlnino Will bo I'rcmlop. NKW YOIIK , Dec. 14. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BKK. ] Tlio Proas this morning says : Tlio Press has the boH authority for stating that General Harrison has invited Jamca G Hlalnoto the chief place in his ciblnct , and that Hlaino has accepted. A qualified nu- nouncomcntot this action of General Huni son was mnilo by the Press some dayn ago. It was true then , and it U true now , The in cumbency of one or two other positions In Geneial Harrison's ciDinct has baun decide J upon , but no authoritative announcement of tlio decision of the president-elect can yet bo made. JiobTox , Mass , Dec U An Augusta , Mo. , special says that Mr , lil.iino declines to give nnj Infoimation as to the story of his having been oflercd the secretaryship of state , and that Joseph H. Mnnley states ho docs not ho- 'lovu that General Harrison has yet tendered .ho position. TUB UAMPANTIUJ. PAKSONS. Slio AVnntH n "rectninl" Olinnactn tlio iixlHtlng Older oft JiIncH. NBW YOIIK , Doc. 14. Mrs. A. K. Psons , , vidow of the executed Chicago anarchist , poke to about seven hundred people to- light. She dwelt ut length on the Chicago mnglng , and said that as Innocent blood had jccn shed , then Innoc3nt blooj must bo shed n vengeance. "While I was addressing a mooting In Trafalgar siiuaro , London , " said ; he , "I learned that Lord Honfleld ( of Chicago cage ) had ordered thnt anarchists bo not allowed to meet. Ho had ordered his scor- jiom to see that no publlo demonstrations ako place In Culcago , That is free Amer ica , while wo wore publicly proclaiming our thcoiicsm monarchial Knglnnd. " Then she talked of "tho destitution of the workingman - man , " and said : " \Vo want a teetotal change In the ownership of the world's ' wealth , land for the landless , toll for the tellers , homes for the homeless and death for all tyrants and tyranny. It is death for all who staud Iii the way of the remedy , " Ijainont OiillH on Hill. NEW Yoiuc , Dec. 14. Among the callers on Governor Hill at the HolTman house this morning wcro Colonel tainont , President Cleveland's secretary , ocd Marshal Wilson , of the District of Columbia. Purdons By tlio President. WABIIINUTON , Dae. 14. The president has pardoned 130 convicts during the fiscal year ended Juno 30 last , and has granted amnesty under the Edmunds law In three cases. 1 > A KOTA I'MS.XS K I ) Over the Action of tlio Democrat ! Cniioiia on Ail mission. U ! \TAKCK , Dak. , Dec 14 ( Special Tele pram to Tin : Uur..J The news of the action of the democratic caucus In Washington , Ins night , is received with expressions of dollgh and gratltlc.UIon by the people of Dakota ivcrybod.regardless of politics , is pajmg compliments to Sunset Co\ , Congressman McDonald , of Minnesota , McShane , of Nebraska braska , and the other democratic leaders who champion the Interests of the tcriitoiy and brought about so favorable a result. The democrats of thoteriltory are even more jubilant than the republicans , for they realize that the action of the party le.ulcis Is not only Just , but th.it It has given them at least a faint hope of victory in the northwest ir the near future. If the question of division Is loft to a vote of tUo people , It will bo set tled so speedily that congressmen will be s prised that thej did not know the sentiment before. Thei e Is but one opinion among the people now , no matter what diffeionco them may have been In the past , the majority for division , were n vote taken to day , would be over two-thirds of the entlio vote. The Mis iniirck ( rep ) will suy in the morning : " 'Hie democrats of congress ha\o hold one meet ing in which they did not blunder. Their notion on the Dakota qilestion , Thuisd.u evening , proves th it there is still a spirit of fan ness in the patty , and not onl\ wins praises for the ilemociatie loaders , but ndds unmeasuiabl.v to Uiohliongth of tncir p.u tj in the entire muth\\est. It the party does not disappoint the people in the hopes \\hkh It has raised , the democrats of DaUotaill bo relieved of an odium under which they could never have hoped for success. The people of the territory stand ready to vote us 5,0011 us the election Is called , mid when it is called there will bo no need of eleetioneeriiiK9 Their minds me dctei mined and they will make Dakota two states with \\hoop. . " . o KANSAS , SUC AC. Many Vnotorloi Will HJ Started I" tln > State No\t Year. TOITKA , Kan , Dec , 14. [ Special to Tun HIT. ] Stall , bugar Inspector Cowirill stated to Tim llii : : coiicspomlont that there would bo a great many Migar factoiieb stalled in Knmas during the coming year The remai liable success of the factories at Topolta , Fort Scott and Couway has oiicour- need other cities to take hold of the indus try "Theic Is no longer any question , " said Mr Cowgill , "that sugar-m iking can bo successfnlli carried on in Kansas Sorghum ghum is a sure eiop in this countri when other ci ops fail , and 1 think the time is not far distant when suirar mills will be seal- teicd all o\er the westein country. The three factories hi this state \\ero all piolitabl.opeiatcd this year , ami the m.inufactuieof sugar fiom soijrhuin is no longer an experiment " A delegation of Gieensburg business men \\eio in the city ycsteiilny to investigate the Topeka sugar mill and get some idea of the cost of a plant \\hich thevaie thinking of establishing at o'ice In their toun. The question o-f putting In sugar mills is now being airttated at NC-.S City , Monde Center , Santu Ke , Kinginan , Cheney , Medicine Lodge , Kiowu and other points. The people of Hie western counties aie very much interested In the new industry fiom the fact that soighum tan bo pioduccd in dry weather when nil other crops fail. Tlio WuAtiiuutnii Centennial. Nnw YOHK , Dec. 14 President-elect liar- i ison has been Invited to attend the centen nial celebration or Washington's first Inaugu < ration in this city on April 29 and 30 next , and also to icfer to the observance of the event in his inaugural message. Tills is his reply IMMAVM-OMS , Ind. , Dec ! 13. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of. your communication of November a ? in relation to the centennial celebration of the imuigur.i tion of President Washington , and am very much obliged to ion for the full and de tailed information as to the plans ol the com- mitlco which iou have given me. Of course response to an oftlcial invitation must bo de ferred. 1 shall bo glad to hear fiom Mr. King at his caillest convenience any information mation or historical leferonce that would beef of service to mo in case I am called upon to take pui tin the intcicsting exercises whicli your committee have in contemplation. Very trulv yours , IJKMVMIV HAIMHSOV. President Cleveland and those who now constitute his cabinet have been invited to attend. I'roslilont SI rinij'H ( _ Roll CHIP. CIIICAOO , Dec. H. When Pi esident Strong , of the Atchison road , was in Chicago re cently , ho submitted to the presidents of the various roads a plan for n temporary agree ment designed to secure the mamtonancc of rates for sixty days Horn January 1 , the idea being to keep rate ? up to pajing business dining the busy winter season , or till such time as the financial rulers of the reads aio ready to spring the next big scheme. An unuHual feature of the scheme is a piovision that if my suboidinnte otllccrof a road shall be found guilty of cutting rates ho will bo liromntly divested of the rate-making power. The agreement , of course , will not bo put Into effect without the unanimous consent of the roads it intoicsts , and there seems to bo considerable doubt whether they can all bo brought into liny. Grnnd Army SeucderH Itotvlntr. Is'mNAfOM8 , Dec. 14. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Uii : : . ] A row occuired at n meeting of the PalmcrKoontorganisation of demo cratic ooldlcrs lust night. A. G. Green , the vlcopicsldont , has prepared for the organ- ! /atlon a iltiial , and ho proposed to mnUo the membership more expensive than the holdicrn were willing to stand for the sake of main taining u political association. The opposi tion to his scheme was so Htnmgly empha- siicd that ho resigned unucr pressure , ami W , C. Thompson was elected his successor. It Is now the intention to have no i itual and only a meiely nominal membership fee. The emblem of the organisation will be the Jlguio of u rooster. I'\niiid In n Bottle. SANDWICH , Mass. , Dec. 11. A bottle con- : alnlng the following note was picked up on , ho beach some throe miles below Sandwich laibor to-day ; Hark J. It. Humphrey , TJath , Mo. Wo were out In a storm on November , and wrote this to our friends , for when it Is 'ound we will bo at the bottom of the ocean. Hoping on all will pray for us and tell our friends. Jonv Wn.sov , captain. Pal Hoey , Tom Lewis , John O'Neill , Hilly Curroll. On the inverse side was ; "We are all ost. " Oborknmpf Assorts Ills Innocence. CHICAGO , Doc. 14. Oberknmpf , the alleged vliolea.ile robber of letter boxes , took the vitness Bland In his own behalf In the fed eral rout t this morning. The gist of his tcs- Imony was that he was in no cent of wiong loin ? , and that the bushels of letters found n his loom , and the largo number of checks vhlch were apparently taken fr&.n them , vero given to him by a mystoiious man mined M. C. JM wauls , for whom ho worked us u tori ol bookkeeper. Tim Woatlinr For Nebraska : Fair , colder , westerly vlnds , For Iowa : Fair , followed by light rain , tatiotmiy tcuipcratuie , followed Saturday by colder , variable winds. For Dakota : Fair , preceded by light snow n northern portion , colder , nortlnvcsteiiy vlnds. 'llio liotiin ol'Commons , LONDON , Dec. 14 , In the commons this veiling a bill providing for the closing of averns on Sunday , wui reJueUd by a vote of 07 to 100. THE PARNELL COMMISSION , William O'Brien Summoned to Ap ponr nml Malco cm Explanation. THE TIMES' PERJURED EVIDENCE. How Its WltnrRins Are Induced to Tell "Queer" Things Upon tUo Payment ot n Small Sum ol' IMono ) . \Vliy TTo Told "Qnoor I.OMiov , Dee. 11. At a sitting oT ttio I'ar- ncll commission to day Attorney General Webster , counsel for the Times , requested thnt the court should sit on T'uotdny next , lu onler that ho infill bo cn.ibloil to make ap plication as to what course the court would pursue respecting Willlim O'llrlon and the article which Inul appeared In his paper , the United hclnnd , In which it was stated thnt the time had ni rived for plain speaking In regard to the forgeries of the committee \Ve do not intend to w.iltm \ til the former allows us to speak. Wo do not care 2 pence for the opinion of thro Judges , who wore es- l > eciull.\ selected In the tooth of a Justly in- ilignan' , liberal protest by the forgers' ' friends .mil aecoinpliees. " 1'iesidiiig Justice llannen IndJcatJd that the coin t hud arranged to adjourn today. Ho added that if ho toiild ho would instantly relinquish lits scat in the commission. but ho hnd a dnt\ before him which it was impos- sillu to evude. After u consultation of the Judges , Justice llannen atinounicd that thoj hud decided that an nfllda\il reciting the utteianeo ot O'Uricn and his piper must ho hum d utjly Hied , and that O'Hi ion must appear before the commission to moiiow. Tliomus O'Connor ' , who testified on the ith instant e mcorning the alleged domgx of the inner circle of the league. was recalled. Mr. Russell hsked : "Weie i on asked , lu order to eliminate tlio Painclltlus , to toll qucoi things ! " 'L'ho witness evaded the question , but Sir Charles pressed him. The witness at last admitted that a Mr.Valker , on betulf of the Times , had strong ) } urged him to give ovl- dcneo. Mr. Rus ell Itilroduecd n letter mid handed it to the witness , who admitted that ho wrote it. It was addiessod to his brother , and saiit that he ( Witness ) h.ul got himwlf summoned bvUm' 1 lines , thinking ho eonld malto a few pounds , but lie found lie could not unless 1m uoulcl swear to ipiccr things. loiter In the dn.\ Held stated that O'Hilcn was in Dublin and \\ould piob.ibly ho mmblq to nltoiid to moiiow Court was thoiofoio adjouined to .lanuary 15 A GIUO.YT sonnui : . JIow the Hnytloii Government Kxpcots to Out ( Jin id' Its miuiiimii. KiMisrov , Jiiiiuilea , Dec. iNow \ ] York Herald Cable Spoci.il to Tin ; Hm.J The Huytiens are In , i state of terror at the rumor that United S itoa war vessels are on thoii w.iyheto to demand the release of the /ed steamer , Iliii lion Republic. The gov- ernmcnt dare not light , and they fear that to surrender the vessel mopenpoitiit the demand of a foreign man-of-war would make them unpopular and weaken their authority at homo. Hence they huvo decide. ! on n , very shrewd move. The Atlas line steamer Alone , Captain Solders , which ar rived from Now York to-night , brought with her n crew under contract with Minister Preston. They will sail for Poit-au-Princo at midnight on the steamer Arrun , also of the Atlas line , which. * : ias been ehurteicd for the occasion , and will take possession of the steamer ilajtlon Re public on Sunday. They will then leave lm- | mediately for Now Yoi k before the Arnorl- ; can men of- war arrive. Chief Oftlccr Will- ams , of the Alone , will command the re- tuined vessel. The Atlas company luiva eontrnctpd witli Minister Preston to dclivon the nnyllcn Republic ut New Yoi It , and they hope to accomplish it In this way. Havti thus expects to bo spaied the disgraoa of being compelled to deliver the vessel oa the demand of u foreign m m-of-war. The government also hopes to escape the pay ment of indemnity. It is a great scheme. TUB IlKlOIISl'AO. Adoption of Windtliorsl's { Involution Jlelatlvo to tlin Slave Trade. 13r.KUN , Dec. 14.In the loichst.iff to-day : Dr. Windthorst , in moving lib resolution relative to the suppression of the east Afri can slave trade , said that the lesolutlou waa based upon the speech from the throne , ami that Germany should co-opjrato with other powers. 'j lie full inlti nti\o should be lofff the government. The icicbstng must con- line itself to formu laling geneuil proposals1 , but it should also , iriosp cctivo of religion or arty , pioclaim Itn due. Wcorinann , national liberal , and Hclldorff , conservative , approved the lesolutlou. Count Herbert Hismarclc dwelt at lengthen on the evili of slavery , thn suppression ot'i ' which , ho said , devolved upon Gormmvas a duty of honor. So far Rnu'hind feu coidh.lly HUpiKHtcd Germany , and the gov crnmenl would endeavor to continue nego tiations with Frmco. "We shall negloeli nothing , " said , ho , "that our duty to Gor- iiany's renown and honor dictate. " Ho loped that the reichstag , when It meota .ignin , will unanlmoii.slv suppoi } a bill wlilcli will redound to the honor of the govern ment for many years. The formation o colonial corps must bo considered , and the navy relieved as far as posslulo. Hambcrgcr regretted th.it many bravo lives wore jeopardized , and protested against supporting the Uist Afriein company out of the tax-jiayerV pocket. The debate was continued at length , and the motion Iliully adopted , only the social ists and new llbeials opposing. The totalising adjourned until January 9 , Till' IlOIIHO < LOVDON , Dee , H. In commons tin * after noon Smfth , government loader , replying to Wilfred Lawson , said that so far as waa known to the government , the letter wilttou by Osman Dl.Ta announces the surrender of Hmlu Pashn and u white traveler. The gov- orntnont had no moans of knowing whether these allegations woie well founded. A Now Trafllo AH.ooliUlon. CHICAGO , Uce , 14. The roads Interested In traflle destined to points In Colorado uiicl Utah agreed to-day to organlio the lines casQ and west of the Mi htoui 1 river Into one as Boulatlun. All i ales will bo restored to mor row exuupt lumber , ii on and stoves , which will not bo advanced till January 1. A Tiansl'ur ol' Iron Woiku. ASIIL\.ND , Wls , , Dee. II , Papers transfer ring the North Star it on works from Chicago to this city , have been signed Thu company will build a dry dock c.uly in the curing anil employ -100 hands. rJiifl'iiufilHd by KinoUn. LocKi-oiiT , N. Y , , Dec , II , Last night Rmnko from a small Hie In the Murphy block hulfocatcd Mrs , Hrldget Hull , aged ulxty-two. Hying on the third Moor. Jumped tin ) Tronic. TAI.LAIUSSCK , Flu. , Deo. 14. The orange tialn Jumped a switch Just > vrst ot this city tiU ! inomlng. The cngluuer Ihcujun wcro hihtautly Ulllcd. Hanker Harpe'i'i * Ooiallilou , Coi.uMtiua , O , Ufa. 14Hitp r , the x- banker , ar.n conv.cl , ' . . 'no * " 'iawi - tcrlay , i I'lowlc * ; h Ucr.