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1 HK ILY EIGHTEENTH YEAJR. OMAHA. F1UDAY MORNING. JANUARY 25 , 18SO. NUMBER 1225 LISTLESS AS A GRAVEYARD Oscoola n Town Where Prohibition is Almost Enforced , AND THE PLACE IS DEAD. "Whisky To He Hiul by OHtciitntlotis UHC of Uc < l Tnpo ami Then IH Probably Vlto A Piirltnntunl Town. I arrived In Osccola in tlio evening nml put Up ut the Howe house , an extra Rood country hostelry. Osccola is the county seat of Clarke county , Iowa. It Is a pretty little place of " ,100 souls , n few less than were hero three years ngo. The conspicuous fcnturo of the place Is Ita public square , an area of 000 Jcctflqunrc , thickly BtuddoJ with dwarf cottonwoods - tonwoods nnd maples and having a band eland In the center , although they have no band , and the only music the denizens hear is the wind whistling through the trees. Al though tills Is the county se.it , they have no court house , and Justice and injustice Is dis pensed In a small , dingy room above a nurd- ware store. The inhabitants of Osccola arc of very puritanical ken , and ttielr laws are as striu * Rent as the old blue laws of Con necticut. H Is against the law hero to do almost anything. There are no billiards , , no pool and no cards. The boys oven nro forbidden to exercise on the common with bat and ball. The village is In the hands of a set of co'iwcbby ' old fogies , nnd all sorts of amusements nro tabooed. A Circus would as soon think of pitching its tents in the middle of the Sahara desert , and us ono gentleman remarked to me , "It is dangerous to even get n clobo shave. " . Osccola is nveritablo Necropolis there Is no business hero , nor will there over bo under a continuance of the present system of things. There hasn't been a new building put up In a year and a half , nnd yon couldn't give property away. 1'riccs are so low that ono would bo compelled to sink n shaft to get nt valuations. There arc no new comers In the place the same old forms and faces are all that is to bo seen from ono year's end to another , nnd they will continue to go on , it Is feared , like the brook , lorever. This is not n biased opinion , but one given mo by three or four gentlemen , chained here by all they own on earth , nnd which they cannot dispose of at any price. An occasional traveling man drops down licrc , and his advent is the signal for a.sensa- tlon. Ho sells but little , and departs on the first train hence. There are no manufac tures of any description , mid the people de pend upon agriculture solely for a subsist ence. It is a corn and grass and stock coun try , but all tradoand Irallle is con 11 nod to the narrow and contracted limits of the country. The ono cause or excuse for existence in Os ccola is apparently for the enforcement of the prohibitory law. There nro three Jus tices in the town and twice as many consta bles. Their one avocation is to see that no whisky or beer is sold or dr.xnk. My first in quiry of tlio landlord after supper last night was whether it i would bo possible for mo to get a "little sutliln' , " us a sort of u bracer before goin to bed. 'Impossible , sir , " said he with tremendous emphasis , "unless you ure a smarter man than I nni. " "Then the law is enforced hero ! " "To the letter , and yet an intoxicated in dividual is occasionally seen , but where ho gets his booze the good Lord only knows. " Now , Mr. Howe is a liberal minded man , ns his cleanly rooms and ample table attest , and ho is no prohibitionist. He sees the elTccts of prohibition upon this pretty little rural re treat ns readily as any other man. Nor is ho nfrald to express himself. Ho was sorry ho couldn't accommodate mo himself. I assured him , however , that there was no cause for worry on my account , and that I would go out and do the town , and maybe paint It before I got back. 'Tho cigars that you. don't get n Binell , " ho Jocularly bantered. I accepted the waiter nnd emerged into the cool , crisp air. The storm clouds had scurried off to the cast , and fair Luna smiled from an uu- Jlcckcd dome of darkest blue. Liglito twinkled and glimmered stingily from the dark-browed row of little Duilditfgs along the south side of the square. There was no ono abroad , nnd not even the tintinnabulation of a sleigh bell was hoard. The slumbering village beyond , the dark Bquaro of cottonwood and maple , the ghostly fields glistening white with virgin snow , and the dismal screech of an owl all inndo n scene of impressive solitude. On I went until confronted by n hugo mortar on n post. I was in front of a drug Btoro. It was Keel & Loder's. I opened the door timidly and stepped in. A half dozen loafers wcro gathered about n steve in the rear of the room talking about the pyramid of Cheops. Some of them looked old and dried up enough to have boon present at Ita building. I called the druggist aside and asked him If I couldn't got a drink there. "A drink of what ! " hq osUod. "A drink of what , " echoed I. "Now , what would a man drink on n refrigoratlvo night like IhIs I1 , ' and I gazed significantly up at a big bottle on the "shelf back of him , labeled "splrltus frumcntl. " "Wo haven't got any , " ho blurted. "Oh , yes you have , " said I , "and I must liavoBomoof it. " "Uut I don't ' know you , " said ho. "Mr. Morgan , of Now York , n traveling man. " "Are you slckl" "Unto death. " "Well , I won't ' sou you croak -how much do you want ! " "About four ounces. " And ho took a vial out of a drawer and filled It for mo , and In return I gave him a good round half dollar. "Hero , " said ho , as I was about to depart , "sign this , " and ho spread a book of certifi cates before me , I signed it. Hero 19 the certificate. I copied It In short * band ; OSCBOLA , Iowa , January 10 , 1830. To Heel & Lodcr. Kctristoml I'hunnaey. No. 8. Amount ; kind of liquor My true n nnio is , . . . . ; uiy ago I reside In , , at No county of , latoot The actual purpose of obtaining said liquor istomakousa of same for , And came It to bo used as follows by . . , , . . . , nnd neither myself nor said . . . . . . . . are In the habit of using Intoxicating liquors. Purchaser. Then I went out Into the cool , invigorating tlr ngaln , and gathering my strength I liurlod tlio bottle and its contents off HC.-ORS Iho narrow road among the muted branches if the maples in the square. I had hud enough of Iowa whisky In Dos Molnos , to last tno for a lifetime. There are two other drug ut-m * In tlio place , Garrison's and Kobcrts' , nnd at both places whisky can bo had by trainB through the same formulary , although they are chary about selling it to strangers , ' so survclliant arc the constables. After visiting these I moved about the town for an hour or more , and al though I worked diligently , could trace no beer to its lair , although a young man mimed Cooper told mo that "those who wore on" could get it. Ho said , however , that it was not always kept in the town , but was shipped in only for special occasions. In conclusion , I am forced to add , after n careful nnd thorou n inspection of the sit uation , and numerous talks with prominent citizens shopkeepers , liwyors , doctors and newspaper men that there is loss whisky selling and less whisky drinking in Osccola than any other city or town 1 have yet vis ited. Hut that the people can and do get It there is no denying , nnd that the law is in operative hero as well as elsewhere , is equally patent. Mr. Temple , the loading pttornoy of the tow said to mo this eve n mg that while Osceola had retrograded , and w.isnt present in a deplorably listless and npathctic condition , ho did not lay It at the door of prohibition. He Is a prohibitionist , but not n rabid or exacting one. He knows whisky U sold and dr.ink hero , and will con tinue to bo .sold and drank as long as the stuff Is made. TI1K IMTl-m-STATIS AGHKEMI3XT. Views of I'roniincnt Kiillrond Men on tlio Subject. Cmc.uio , Jan. 24 , [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bin.J : President Uughitt.of the North western , returned yesterday from St. Paul. Vli'o-L'resldcnt Iloleomoe , of the Union Pa cific1 , was closeted with him during the day , but lie took tlmo to talk a few moments con cerning the meetings of the presidents. Said he : "I do not know what progress was mads during uiy absence , but up to that time 11 ft eon presidents had signed the agreement. 1 look for a complete representation of all northwestern , western and southern roads. At the adjourned meeting held at the Windsor ser hotel In Now York all the roads were represented but the Illinois Central , Wis consin Central , IJnrlington & Northern and Chicago & Alton. I feel confident that both these roads and those represented in tlio New York mectintr will bo represented to-morrow. The fact of attendance on the meeting does not imply that a president has signed or will sign tlio agreement. In fact , the nirrccmcnt is yet in its formation state. It will bo read and discussed thoroughly. Should occasion require , it may bo amended in nny way to suit the views of the meeting. " From nnothcr source , it was learned that there is n serious doubt as to the attendance of Charles Francis Adams at ; the meeting. It was learned that Vice President Holeombo was empowered to represent the Union Pncillc in the absence of its president , and his presence here lends color to the belief that the leader in the inter-state commerce association agreement will not bo present ut the meeting. Talks with various railroad men had by your correspondent to-day regarding the new agreement produced statements of much the sumo nature ns in the past , nnd expressions of doubt that anything tangible will come of the meeting. "Thero is no question that the theory is a good one , " said a prominent trafllc manager , "but long ago railroad men learned that there is uonsldorablu difference between theory und practice. The fact in this case is that railroads will use every means possible to get traffic. No restriction has ever yet been made to stick , and I don't see why the agreement not to cut rates should bind the roads nny more than the previous one. " It was stated on good authority hero to-day Unit the Union Pacille lias effected a traflle agreement at Sioux City with the Illinois Central and the St. Paul-Omaha lines. The Illinois Central , It is said , will henceforth receive transcontinental business throughout its territory and from eastern connections and deliver it to the Union Pacific at Sioux City. The St. Paul-Omaha line will do like wise. _ The Press Ileporters Excluded. CHICAGO , Jan. 21. The meeting of western railroad presidents to consider the recent agreement made in New York tor the pur pose of putting u stop to rate cutting and other disturbing practices by secondary executive oftlccrs was called to order this morning at 10:30 : with closed doors. Presi dent Marvin Hughitt , of the Northwestern , accepted the clialr in the nbscnco of lion. Charles Francis Adams , of Hoston , temporary chairman of the association who had been unable to reach the city , though it was at Ills call the meeting was convened. President Perkins , of the Bur lington road , was also absent , and the Wis consin Central was without a representative. As neither of these roads lias yet given its signature to the agreement , the incctintr ' was at the outset handicapped by the fact'that , however much In accord they might be , their deliberations could not bo conclusive. Tlio first matter laid before the meeting was tlio admission or exclusion of a reporter for the associated press. Mr. Hughctt stated that personally , ho had no objection to opening the meeting to hint. The matter was nut to a vote , and the repor ter was excluded only ono member of the meeting voting In favor of his admission. The regular matter in hand was then taken up and discussed in an informal way. At 1 : lf > n recess wuo taken until 2.JO : this after noon. Seventeen of the twenty-one lines invited to the con fcrdnco were represented. Vice President Stone w.is there for the Chicago cage , Burlington and Quincy. The Illinois Central was not represented. Marvin Hughitt , president of the North western railroad , lias been asked to become the permanent president of the proposed or ganization , but has said that the pressure of liU duties is such that ho cannot take it. The impression is that the place will be urged upon him. The territory to bo covered by the proposed association lies west , northwest nnd smith- west oc Chicago , and the agreement , before it becomes binding , must bo signed by the twenty-one railroads traversing that terri tory. Tlio Illinois Central , Wisconsin Contra ) . St. Louis & San Francisco nnd Kmisns City , Fort Scott & Gulf lines wcro not represented to-day. All of the afternoon session was consumed In a discussion of amendments intended to inuka the agreement acceptable to all the roads concerned. There was a wldo differ ence of opinion on some paints , notably tliu question of arbitration , The meeting will continue In dally session , excepting Sunday , until an agreement Is arrived at and the as sociation organized. FII3HCK MONTANA. WOliVKS. Tliny nro .SprondliiK DovnntiUlon AIIIOII nil Kliidn of Htook. FOIIT lirxTUH , Mont. . Jan. 24 , Agent Lciuan , H'10 lms returned to tlio city from a business trip to Fort Conrad , in the north ern part of the county , gives an alarming account of the ravages of wolves among the stock In that section , They no longer con- line their depredations to calves , colts nnd yearlings , but now attack and destroy full grown seeers. They go about in park * of n dozen or inoro , and ranchmen nro afraid to travel alone for fear of being attacked by them. A Former Omaha Lady' * Death. lUun CITY , Dak. , Jan. 21. [ Special Tele gram toTni : HKE. ] Mrs. James U. Grldloy of this place , \Vliltohorn of Ouiuha , died ntI o'clock this morning of acute periton itis , The remains will bo taken to Omaha on this evening's train for interment. Favor Oklahoma's Settlement , Toi'Eiu , Kan. , Jan. .M. Tlio house to-day patted tlio senate resolution favoring the opening of Oklahoma for settlement. WIljIjIA.U O'HIIIKN'S TKIAIj. The Proceeding * Brought to n Close hy n Lively How. Ufni.iv , Jan. 24. The trial of William O'Brien , on a charge of conspiracy , began to-day nt Carrick-on-SuIr , County Tlpper- ary. The government had Issued n procla ination forbidding a demonstration welcom ing O'Brien , but despite this action 20,000 persons gathered around the court house. Six hundred pillcomen charged the crowd , using their batons freely , but were unable to disperse the gathering. While O'Brien was slrlving to pass through the crowd to enter the court house , ho was seized by the police Inspector and ctr.igced for thirty yards. The people , mad dened by this treatment , pressed forward lethe the rescue of O'Brien , but wcro repulsed by the police. A number of reporters were mal- trc.itcd. O'Brien complained to tlio judge that the police were attempting to incite n bloody riot. When tlio case for the crown had been pre sented. Hc.ilcy , on behalf of th o defendant , npplled for a .subpnma for Lord Salisbury nnd Balfour , both of whom , ho asserted , had made speeches similar to these of O'Brien. ' Tlio court refused to Issue subpoenas. The spectators In the court room received tbl , de- elsion with murmurs , and the magistrate or dered the galleries be cleared. While this was being done , O'Brien ' exclaimed : "I'll clear out , also , " and started for the door. A constable grabbed O'Brien ' , but , alter a sharp struggle , with the aid of some of the spectalora he managed to reach the street. An immense crowd escorted O'Brien through the town. The police used their batons without mercy upon the people , who responded with stones and sticks. Dur ing the melee O'Brien was slruck violently in the breast with n rifle stock. Scores of persons were Injured. The court Issued a warrant for the arrest of O'Brien ' , nnd then adjourned. The police , with llxed bayonets , are patroling Iho streets of the town. A French Duel. PAIIIS , Jan. 2-1. A duel was fought to-day between Cornudct , member of tlio chamber of deputies , and Chabnouilland , editor of newspaper. The latter was wounded. The duel was the result of a quarrel growing out of the candidacy of Bouluugcr. 1)1 niursku'H Hcinnins Cremated. lir.ni.IN , Jan. 21. The remains of Mine. D Murska nnd her daughter were cremated yesterday at Gotha. The urn containing the ashes of 1)1 Murska is inscribed : "These ashes are all that remain ot a nightingale. ' * ' * Menaced. PAWS , Jan. 21. It is asserted that the po lice are preparing to bring about emcntes which will afford n pretext for tlio arrest of General Boulanger and his friends. Prussian Ollioials Resign. Bum.IN , Jan. 24. General Von Schcllen- dorff , the Prussian minister , and lr. Von Schelling , imperial minister of Justice , have resigned. OV1311 A HUM > Uii ) THOUSAND. Gigantic Swindle of Rastcrn Credit ors Byn St , Joseph Finn. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Jan. 24. [ Special Telegram - gram to THE Bic. | A private letter was received hero to-day which locates Jacob Itohu , of the defunct lace and silk house of Kohn & Furst , In Toronto , Canada , nnd the requisition from Governor Hill to Governor Morchousc , which it scorns , has been with the chief of police since the failure , on Octo ber 15 , will Do of little uso. It is now charged that a short time prior to the failure Jacob Kohn had gone cast , representing his flrui as having almost unlimited capital , and bought to the limit of his credit in New York , Mays- ville , Amsterdam , Albany , Indianapolis and Elkhart , Ind. , St. Louis , Louisville und Mncon , Ga. The eastern creditors in some way learned of thcso gigantic purchases and atouce filed thlrly-twp suits against the firm. They also had warrants Issund charging Kohn with obtaining money under false pre tenses and sent Charles Heldleberg , of Inspector specter Byrnes' staff , to St. Joseph to servo them. He observed the greatest secrecy in his movements , but while the necessary steps were being taken to obtain a requisi tion young Kohn got wind of it and disap peared. It is now positively known that Just before the failure largo consignments of goods were shipped to auction joints in St. Louis , Kansas City und elsewhere , where they were sold out nt ruinously low figures. The loss to eastern creditors will amount to $150,000. Kohn is about thirty-live years old nnd a son-in-law of Abraham Furst , who , up to the time of the failure , was supposed to be ono of the wealthiest Hebrews in the city. TUB DEAD COX&KESSSIAN. JlcsoItitlonH oT nesret IIy Ills Colleagues - leagues In the House , WASHINGTON , Jan. 21. The entire dole- gallon In congress from Missouri , together with Speaker Carlisle , Randall and other members of the appropriation committee , met this morning to take suitable action uuon the death of Representative Humes. Resolutions were adopted expressing sorrow nt his death ; suggesting the appointment of a committee of members of both the house and senate to attend and superintend tlio funeral ; that the expenses of the funeral bo [ laid out of the contingent fund of the house , and that the house adjourn as a mark of rcspo ct. The committee on appropriations , of which Mr. Humes was a member , met and adopted resolutions of regret. In accordance with the terms of the reso lution adopted by both houses of congress this afternoon , u committee- , consisting of Senators Vest , Teller and Coke ( Teller tiavlng been substituted for Cullom ) and Ucpresentntives Munsur , Stone of Missouri , Wndo , Siiyors , Bynum , Henderson of Iowa , and Perklnson , were appointed to accompany Iho remains of Mr. Burncs to St. Joseph , Mo. The remains loft to-night for St. Joseph under escort of the joint congressional com mittee und the son of the dead congressman. FIFTIETH CONGIIISSS. Senate. WASHINGTON , Jan. 24 , A message from .lie house of representatives announcing the death of Representative Burnos and the ap pointment of u select Joint committee of seven representatives and three senators was re ceived and laid before the senate , Mr. Coekroll offered a resolution declaring .lie deep sensibility of the house at thn an nouncement , and concurring in the resolution of the houso. The resolution was agreed to and then , on motion of Mr. Vest , ns yn additional mark of respect to the memory of the deceased , the senate , at 12:35 : , adjourned. ' House. WASHINGTON , Jan. 34. In the house , Mr. Dockery of Missouri , announced the death of his colleague , Mr. Burncs , and then offered resolutions framed at a mooting of Lho Missouri delegation and they woraunnnl- inously rdoptud. Accordingly , at 12:10 : , the aouso adjourned , Morn Troulilu lOvjieoted. CnAiiLE TON , W. Va. , Jan. 24 , The latest Information received hero relative to the strike in the Klkhorn coal region is that all U quiet , but that trouble is likely to break out at any moment. Popular Opern Singer Dead. NEW YOIIK , Jon. 4. [ Special Telegram to TUB BBS. ] Sollna Dolaro , the singer , who lias been popular In opera bouffo for nearly two years in England and America , died last evening , aged thirty-seven , The Dentil Itcotird , SAN DIEOO , Gala. , Jan , 21 , Captain Ber tram Hanson , for many years local passen ger and land agent of tlio Union Pacific railway - way , died hero-yesterday of consumption , PUT TO SHAME IN SAMOA , Consul General Bowoll Tolls How Americana nro fronted Thoro. MADE HIM AN INTERPRETER. Dcllant Utterances of n Hlmnnrck Or mi nnd theIntorpri.'tntlon Put Upon Them nt Washington. Secretary llaynrd Denounced. Nnw YOIIK , Jan. 21. [ Special Telegram to Tun UKE.J A Washington correspondent telegraphs that ho has seen the secret testi mony given by Consul General Sowall be fore the senate sub-comnnttoe that Investi gated the Samoan question. There has probably never been given by an oftlcial o ! the government of the United States testi mony more condemnatory of the head of the department of which ho was an oftlcial Throughout the testimony there is n guarded but emphatic condemnation of the attitude of Secretary Bayard toward the Samoans. Mr. Sowall coiistantly'tells ' of appeals made to the state department to support him iu the position which ho took , under instruc tions , ho says , from Secretary Bayard , and he constantly suggests that the Samoan people ple hnvo been placed In this present unpleas ant predicament by the failure of the state department to fulfill Its promises made through him , Sewnll gave u history of the negotiation of the treaty with Samoa and of the difllcuUies on the Island. In answer to a question of Mr , Evarts re garding the ambassador from Samoa with whom the treaty was negotiated , Sewell said ; "Ho is still there , impressed Intotho service of the government which Germany put into power , ns an intepretcr. forced to served by threats at the peril of his life. Ho is an intelligent man , and the fact Unit we sent him on a vessel of war was ono of the evidences of our attitude toward these people ple that much impressed him. I sometimes think ns a Hairs have gone on it was quite un fortunate wo over baa a treaty with them and ever maintained the attitude toward them wo have , which has not boon consis tently maintained. They have been made to suffer for this , and they are suffering now most cruelly. " Concerning the attack of Germany upon the Samoans , Mr. Sowcll said : "I was quickly made confident on my arrival in Samoa , from what was suggested to mo with some positivcness from a German source , that this movement then contem plated by Germany was part of a great move ment which would boprrudually enforced and 1 think the course of recent events has justi fied this conclusion. It was that Germany was to take Samoa and England was to take Tonga Island , and it was suggested that the Hawaiian islands would remain as they wero. But 1 was made to fcel'nt that time , and my impression has been strengthened since , that if the Samoan islands went to Germany and Tonga to England , both of those powers combined would , for the benefit , of either , begin active operations in Hawaii. " Sowall related at length the high-handed and bullying acts of the Germans and par ticularly their very evident animosity toward Americans , whom' they are evidently bent on driving out of. the country , that they may monopolize its trade. Mutuafa has re frained from active operations against the insurgents under Taquipasocxccpt in defense , because of assurances jjiven him by Bayard through Sowall that tlio United States would see that nis government , which is the only one , was maintained. The state department has utterly failed to do a thing toward car rying out these promises , and Mataafa is in a very unpleasant predicament. Sowall told the committee that the sending of our warships to Samoa with the class of instructions Admiral Kimberly had been given would bo useless. The German com manders are fully advised of the nature of these instructions and know just how far tlioy can go with them. "It is not u question of actual protection of American property there , " said Sowall , "so much us the protec tion of valuable and growing- commerce , and the fulfillment of absolute pledges made to that people. This can be done only by pro tecting the Samoans against spoliation. " Does Bismarck Defy Us ? BISKI.IX , Jan. 24. Tno North German Ga zette ( Bismarck's organ ) denies the existence of any treaty precluding nny European power from acquiring or seeking to acquire the ascendency iu Samoa. The Gazette also denies that England and the United States nro agreed that the proceedings of the Ger man agent In Samoa are contrary to the stip ulations of the treaties concerning Samoa , nnd ttfa opposed to diplomatic eti quette , and that these powers hnvo officially notified the German government accordingly. Tlio treaties be tween Samoa and Germany , England and the United States , the Gazette further says , provide that Samoa shall concede to each treaty-power equal rights with any other power , but no treaty regarding the neutrality or independence of Samoa exists between Germany and the United States. The article has caused somewhat of u commotion in ofllclal circles here. By some persons it is regarded as a deliberate defiance to the Washington government. The Sentiment ut Washington. WASHINGTON , Jan. 24. The dispatches from Berlin and London in regard to the at titude of Germany on the Samoan question were the subject of general discussion to- lay , a A representative of the Associated l > ress was accorded a brief interview with Secretary Bayard this overling. Ho said ho Imd read the dispatches In question , but it would not bo proper for him to discuss their subject matters at this time , In rcgurd to the statement that Germany would violate no treaty in acquiring ascendancy in Samoa , Bayard called attention to the ilcclaration concerning the boundaries of the German and English do minions In the West Pacific ocean , signed nt Berlin , April 0 , 13S6 , und said ho thought this agreement precluded' Gorman acquisi tion In Samoa , and that sbo was bound to respect the rights of that island. Assistant Secretary Hives Intimated that there worn important differences In the state ments made by the North German Gazette find the prcsmont'a message to congress of the ItJth inst. , in regard to the treaty rights at Germany , Great Britain and the United States In the Samoan matter. Ho declined to point out the disprepancics , but it is un derstood that he referred particularly to that passage In the message where thu president says : "Acting within the restraints which am- constitution and laws have placed upon the executive power , I have insisted that the . autonomy and Independence of Samoa should bo scrupulously preserved according to the treaties made with Samoa by the powers named { Germany , Grout Britain und the United States ) and their agreements and understanding with 'each other , I have pro tested against every-act apparently tending in an opposite direction , and during the Dxlsteiico of internal disturbance one or more vessel * of war have been kept In Samoan - moan waters to protect American citizens mil properly. " Secretary Whitney said that the policy of Iho government was iixcd , und anything winch might bd Bald in regard to It must : ome from the state department. Senator Edmunda , wliun made acquainted with the tenor of tlio utterances of the Ber lin Gazette , said : "I suppose that the cxpros- neil of such opinion will not serve to deter the American people from carrying out any policy they may adopt as desirable or ncces- niry. The Kamoan Islands are of great 1m- liortiinco with relation to thu development of trade via the projected canals across the Isthmus of Panama und Nicaragua. " Such members of the house committee on foreign affairs us could bo socm to night were dlsciming freely the present state of our Samoan rotations , In view of the fact that the subject is now before the commute * nnd they are expected to communicate their views formally to the house In the sluipo of a report , Hcprescntatlvo Kussoll of Massa chusetts , when told of the position taken by the Gazette , remarked : "If matters should reach an extreme point I don't believe we are going to be untcn up by any European jtowcr. " Hyatt , n leading republican member of the committee , wns inclined to take a peaceful vlpw of the situation , ' -riio fnct is , " said Hyatt , "wo arc miffrnng from lack of infer mation. The president , to use his term , 'belated' the entire subject to con gress , but unfortunately failed to copy the correspondence between the repre sentatives of the United States , England nnd Germany. Just what that agreement is or how it binds the United States nobody in congress knows , but It must bo a very bad agreement under which the present slnlo of nffnlrs in Samoa has resulted. So long as the country knows that the wise uioa of both political parlies Iu the seniilo hnve been fully advised nnd taken Into the president's con- ildencc , the people rest in case. Touching on the possibility of serious trouble resulting from the Samoan affairs , ho had confidence in the strong sense of tlio leaders on both sides of the sea. After nil , a ( matter of Mich slight Importance could not reasonably be cxpocted to bring about n war between the United Stales and a nation which has for us the kindest nnd warmest feelings , But It was possible , " said Hyatt , "that ho was dealing \vlth a weak nnd moribund administration , nnd ho might readily fall back upon his old nnd well known policy In order to gratify the passion of the German people for colonial nial possession. " Senator Morcuii of Alabama said that tlio administration had been active in asserting our rights in Samoa , nnd congress bus shown n strong determination to support the ad ministration in any action looking to tlio pre servation of the independence of thu islands and the protection of American Interests thoro. " 1 think , " ho said , "thai the steps nl- ready taken will prove adequate to the emergency , and 1 am perfectly satisfied that whatever rights wo may have will bo faith fully protected. We have material Interests In tboso islands , and shall tolerate no net on the part of another power which will inter fere with our free commerce with them. " Senator Fryo said : "I think our treaty rights are sucli in Samoa that we cannot permit the independence of Samoa to betaken taken away from her. If Germany can put a governor who is nothing but n tool of her own into power in Samoa , we can compel them at once to give notice to the United States to terminate nil our treaties , and after thu notice they would bo terminated in : year. " "Do you regard the situation as threaten ing ? " " 1 think the idea ot war is nbsurd. " Senator Dolph said : "I think that the treaty between the Unilcd Stales and the Samoan government , which w.is ratified be fore the treaties between that government and any other civili/.cd government , confers upon us rights and creates to us obliga tions which are inconsistent with the de struction of the Independence and autonomy of thu Samoan government. In the interest of our present and great prospective com merce in the Pacific , the independence of the Sandwich and Samoan islands should bo preserved. " The Newspaper Man Did It , SAN FIIAXCISCO , Jan. 21. A Honolulu bulletin of the loth inst. reaching hero yes terday by steauior prints what purports to bo a circular just sent out by the German onieer. at Samoa regarding the late disturbances there. In general the circular denies that the Germans on the islands have oppressed or mistreated the natives , and confirms the statement that the late battle in which twenty-two Germans v/ore killed was led by an American correspondent. Germany's Side of the Story. WASHINGTON , Jan. 34. Dispatches have been received at the stale department from Mr. Pcndleton , the American minister at Berlin , In regard to the Samoan question. Their contents are withheld from publicity except some extracts from German newspa pers giving accounts of , and commenting on , the flpht in which so many Germans lost their lives. The previous languid tone of the press in regard to Samoan affairs was quickened to foyer heat by Das Kleino Journal , of Berlin , of the 7th inst. , which says : "According to official reports from Apia of December 2S , the corps of the Olga was sent to accompany the German consul to Iho Hccno of war on the natives in consequence of the destruction of Gorman properly nnd bodily insults to men of the marine while on leave , the consul going there for the purpose of instituting disarmament. On tlio way to Boilclo plantation the landing corps of the Olgn was by surprise attacked by Vie insur rectionists under the leadership of the American. Klein.- landing was thereupon mudo by the landing corps of the Olga , the cruiser Adler and the gunboat Ebcr , and the natives were thrown back nnd several of their villages situated on the coast destroyed. Lieutenant Sieger und fifteen men were killed , and Lieutenants Spenglcr [ nnd Murclmrdt , ns well as thirty-six men , wouniied. It was a victory , but a costly one , and not one to be rejoiced over. The Germans meddling in the.quarrels of King Mataafa , Malietca and Tauniseso have been nulled with rejoicing from several quarters for the rea son that the llnal result was expected to bo the occupation of Samoa by the German em pire. England and tlio United States do not , however , ugrco to uuch a consummation , nnd now we have even lost a number of men in battle with the despised islanders ; a new leaf in the history of our colonial policy a laurel leaf , but what sort of a one ! " Other extracts uro of the t < nmo general tenor , and indicate clearly a press opinion that the Germans intended lo compel peace on the islands by disarming the natives. It Importance. WASHINGTON , Jan , 21. Chairman Herbert , of the house committee on naval affairs , to day sent a letter to Secretary Whitney , ac knowledging the receipt of his letter of Jan uary 23 , calling ntlention to thu mportunco of making nn appropriation for the harbor of Page Page , Samoa , nnd HtatliiL' that appropriate representations will bo made to Iho house of roprcscnta- .ives when the matter shall bo before t. Ho further says that In accord- inco with the suggestions of individual members he requests tiiat them may jo transmitted any recent imports from the Samoun islands showing the condition of thing's , and requests the department for an announcement of a definite policy , and wants to know If any further enlargement of tno ippropnatlons for tlio navy department should bo made in view ot existing condi tions , Indicted lor Hrilicry. iNWANAroi.is , Jan , 24. It Is stated that nearly ono hundred Indictments have thus 'ar been returned In the election cases by the federal grand jury. A largo majority of the turtles said to bo indicted are republicans , iinong Ilium Senator Carpenter , whose Heat s now being contested by Scott Uu.y. Car- tenter Hays he never uw the man he Is no- cuscd of bribing. - . - > Oklnhonm S.-ttlPi--i Kvlotcd. OAI.SESVIU.B , Tex. , Jan. 21. A company of United States troops arrived nt Pure-ell , ndian territory , yesterday from Fort Keno. .They crossed the Canadian river and drove out of the Oklahoma country over six hun dred families , which are now encamped uroiind Purcell. Some of the people rrslsted ami had to bo tied to wagons and were pulled out in thU way. A New Stouiuhoat Comunny. ST. Louis , Jan , 81. A new steamboat com- iaiiy has been formed In this city under the mine of the St. LouisSt. Paul & Minneapolis Bucket company , The object and purpose of the company Is to revive the upper MUni - binpi river trades and make it what it was years ago. The company will have a thor oughly equipped lineand first-dasn steamers. 11113 AMKHtCAN NAVY. Hcport of the House Committee on Nnvnl AfTitli' * . WASHINGTON , Jan. 24. In its report upot naval appropriation ; ) , the bill of the house committee on naval affairs summarizes the present condition and f ulure prospects of the nnv.v of this country. The report says : With regard to the navy congress scorns to have settled upon n policy of appropriating towards UH construction nbout 18,000,001) ) pei annum. Your committee believe that this will build up a navy us fast as prudence dic tates. Our navy department and shipbuild ers nro utilizing , ns far ns may be , by every moans in their power , the knowledge ncqulrod from the costly experi ence of other nations , but they must acquire nn experience of their own. Too great haste on the part of tlio government would inevlt- nbly result In confusion and w.iate , and most probably In combination instead of compatillon ninong ship builders. Besides It would bo an easy mutter Hi this country to build ships more rapidly than we could supply them with armament or domestic manufacture. Satisfactory progress Is being made by private constructors for supply In a heavy gun and armor plate forginus. ami for rapid llro machine guns , and , says the committee , it will bo seen that congress , by the passage of the bill wo rcporl , will have taken the lust steps neces sary to render the government absolutely independent - dependent of the world in the matter of building and equipping a navy. It lias been the constant aim of the com mittee and the department to provide for the best class of ships and guns equal to any in thu world. There is ample competition among the bidders for construct ing engines and machinery , nnd in this mat ter American enterprise and Ingenuity seem likely to lead tlio world. Kefercncu is made to the triumph of Hliin builders in the splendid performance of the Vesuvius. A Defaulter Kor $ ! < ) ( ) , OOt ) . IlAiiTroun , Conn , .Inn. 21. Joseph A. Moore , of Indianapolis , financial agent of thu Connecticut Mutual Life IiisiiiMtico com pany of this city , is a defaulter to the amount of StOJ.OUO. It Is .said that the defalcation will not in nny degree affect the solvency of tlio company , or interfere with its regular dividends. Moore lost thu money In spec-ula- lion , and his stealings cover a pariod of sev eral years. iNDiAXAi-oi.is , Jan. 24. Great nstonlsh- inont was create 1 in this city to-night by the announcement that Joseph A. Moore was a defaulter to thu extent of $ IKOIH ( ) , ) . Moore was born in Madison , this stale , and is the son of a banker. Ho came to this city about twenty-live years ago , and in 1ST2 secured the general agency of the Connecti cut Mutual Life Insurance company. His operations were quite extended , covering all this statu and portions of Illi nois. He was also secretary and treasurer of the Moore Desk company. He was re garded as a safe and successful business man. His financial standing was not ques tioned. Ho is n prominent member and vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal churchj und ills personal habits are unexceptionable. All efforts to find Moore to-night hnvo been unavailing , but it is not thought that he has loft the city. The Fidelity Failure Again. CINCINNATI , O. , Jan. 24. Another phase of the Fidelity bank's tragic historv came to light to-day , In the llllng of nn answer by Mrs. Annie Baldwin , widow of the cashier of the Fidelity. Mrs. 13. L. Harper micd Mrs. Baldwin on notes and mortgages given by Baldwin and wife to E. L. Harper , and by him assigned to Mrs. Harper. Mrs. Bald win , in her answer , slates that Harper threatened her husband with prison In order to get him to sign these notes , and that under Harper's direction her husband tormented her with stories of ruin until she signed the mort gages , the purport of which she did not un derstand. Shu asks the court to declare these napers void as to her signature , as she never intended to imperil her separate es tate. The Woman WASHINGTON , Jan. 21. The reception room of the senate wing was crowded this morning with representatives of the Na tional Woman's Suffrage association , which has just closed Us annual session , who came to present their arguments in b'ehalf of the proposed amendment to the constitution , granting women the right of suffrage. The delegation to-day contained representatives from Minnesota , Iowa , Indiana , Pennsylva nia , Nebraska , Maryland und Massachusetts. The WASIIINOTON , Jan. HI. Tha death of Mr. Humes and the consequent adjournment of the house prevented the tariff bill being IrnnsmittCil to that body to-day , but it will go over the first thing to-morrow , Tlio bill makes a formidable document of 100 pngcs of engrossing papar , 17 by ii : inches in nizu. It is estimated to contain upward of 40,000 , pages. _ A Heavy KOK in Now Vork. Nnw YOIIK , Jan , 21. On account of a fog this morning n train on the elevated road in Brooklyn collided with one standing Htlll , jut did no damage to the cars. One of tno : lie passengers lost his presence of mind and lumped to the street below , killing himself instantly. A Mysterious Death , COI.U.MIIUS , O. , Jan. 21. J , F. Wolf , Jr. , ex- assistant postmaster of Lowell , Wis. , died suddenly hero to-day. It is thought thai u severe spasm was the cause of death , though .hero are iiu'ications ' of suicldu from poison- DiirthiialccH | In 1'eru. PANAMA , Jan , SI. On December 3 , three strong earthquakes were felt in Iquiquo , 1'eru , with an intermission of only from live : o seven seconds. SPA liltS FHO.U TH13 Will KM. Mrs. Harrison Is visiting Jersey City , A territorial convention was liolil at Fort Smith , Arit. A stale dinner was given by the president n honor of the diplomatic corps. The total production of pig iron In the United Stales in 1S3S was 0,4UO,73i ! gross tons. tons.The The lord mayor of London gnvo a ban quet in honor of United Stales Mliiiutor helps , Lord Lylton , British ambassador , has in armed Goblet , French foreign minister , that jrcat Britain has not annexed the two i'ongway Islands , us reported , United Slates Consul Millard tit Guayrnas , Mexico , has sent u dispatch to thu Hlalo du- larlment , denying the report that a number of Americans hud buun killed by thu Indians tear Oriu. The Pullman Palace Car company has secured cantrol of Ihe Union P.icillu P.ilacu Car company , Mann Boudoir ( Jar company , aid the Woodruff Palace Car company. Con sideration , ? i,500,000. In tlio Illinois house a joint resolution was ntroduccdsumiiittiiig to a vote of the puoplo at the next general election u constitutional imbibition amendment. It was referred to lie committee on judiciary. Grosvcnor , president of the Nutiona Jnion league , has culled a meeting of the lutional ctmncil at Washington on March J , hleusurcs will bo considered calculated to iplvold the coming national administration und htrcngtbon the republican party , cspu- daily in thu south. The house cor.unlUco on foreign affairs , vith only ono dissenting vote , has ordered a avorable renoi-t on tho. scnalo resolution relative to European participation In the construction of the Panama c.imil. A sub committee , consisimg of Keprosoiitutivos vlorrow , McCrcary und Uussull , was ap- > olntcd to consider SUIIKAUI affair * . BRICKS WITHOUT MORTAR. The Asylum nt Nobrnelca Olty Srtld to Do TJusnfo. BAD WORK BY CONTRACTORS Who Drive Out Honest Men Hy Uu dcrhlddliiK and Thou Get ICvcn lly SliKhtini ; the Un- A Had State oT Affairs. KV CITY , Nob. , Jan. 2-1. [ Special to Tin : Bii : : . ] For some months past Tun Br.u corropniidcnt ln * been requested nnd. urged by lending citizens to write up tha work done on the iwent addition built to thu State Institute for the Blind in this city. It had been rumored that the new building was unsafe and in n dangerous condition , Au effort was made , whllo the work was beinp done , to learn something about the alleged facts , but It was unsuccessful , owing to the reticence of the parties who were mi- | ) posed to know nil about it. Recently , how * ever , the rumor of a poor Job was again started by the return to the city of a gentle- ' mini who had boon employed under the con tractors , Mills , Reynolds , Vi Sprccher , nnd ho related to n number of prominent gentlemen , within the hearing tit the correspondent , that ho positively regarded the now nddltlon to the blind asylum as exceedingly dangerous nnd unsafe. lie siiid that in walls where. there should be anchors at a distance of every ten feet at the furthest , there were no nuehorsnt all ; that half the briuk In the entire - tire building were laid drvthat Is , without mortar. The gentleman asserted that the north wall , ns it now is , would surol.v full some day , as he could move It with his own Rtfength. Ho said that during the course of construction ho had frequently nailed atten tion to it , and that the superintendent ofc building had made complaint , but the board of public lands and building came hero from Lincoln and declared the work nil right. The addition is.a throo-storv building , nnd that it should bo ' in such a condition as de scribed seemed hardly credible. So Mr. Wales who had been superintendent was i-alled on fur his opinion. He replied that ho did not want to stir up a muss nnd would not be dragged into ono , but ho would say , nnd stnul : by it , that the nsyluin for tin ) blind In this city was the poorest Job of work he- had ever seen In his II fo , and ho had been quite n number. Ho .suid there were thousand ! ) of brick in the building that had no mortnr , nnd was sure there were no anchors In the walls. Hi1 would not put up such n building for fear It would fall down before ho could gut out. Ho had complained repeatedly nUout the work done anil hnd deen damned fqr It by the state board nnd the local paper , which declared it n good job. Ho had stopped work on the building and culled tlio bo.ird of public lands nnd buildings down to examine it. Ho said ticott constituted the entire board and an soon ns that gentleman saw the worlc done , he thought it so much better than that done at Norfolk thai it , must necessarily bo good , . and the superintendent was sat down upon and the miserable work continued. Mr. Wales thought the worst buildings itt Nebraska were owned by the state , and the reason of tins was Hint nn honest mini would not do work for the state ; that shyster con tractors would do the work 15 per cent IOWCP than it could bo well done , and poor build-J iiiKH and wholesale robberies were the ro5' suits. Mr. Wales has been superintendent of the wood work of the new irovcrnmonP building , which is pronounced by the United States inspectors to be the best of any gov ernment buildings. Prof. Parmalee , superintendent of the in stitute , was seen and ho thought the building - ing as good as the average state building , which was not saying very much. Ho did not think It In u dangerous condition , but the work was not tl.e best nnd did not suit him. The contractors required considerable watch ing to get half decent work out of them. If the facts are as lelati-d by others best situated to know , it will bo a sad blow to the friends of Kills , Reynolds & Sprccher , and those who have been pointing to the institute for the blind as the only good building owned by the Btatc. The report of the condition of the work has long been doubted by many , but the opinion of tlio workmen and superin tendent of construction would indicate that the worlc is no batter than that on oilier state buildings , Thu IMoyolo ltno . LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 24. [ Special TcloJ gram to Tin : BIK. | The score at the end ot Lho fourth night of the bicycle tournament was as follows : AMATCIWS. AMATCIWS.Miles , Laps. Case . < > 4 10 Van Horn . 50 10 Pollock . 70 ! Young . CD 0 I'llOI'KNMO.VAI.B. Morgan . 142 0 Knapp . 142 1 Kek. . 1W ! Armaindo . 14l > 14 iU ol'PylliliiN liod' o Instituted. MADIIIII , Neb , Jan. 21 , [ Special Toloi'nnu o TUB Bii.j : : State Grand Chancclloi ; William Love and Deputy District Grand Chancellor Lon Weber to-night instituted Buffalo Lodce No. 107 , Knights of Pythias , with u membership of twenty. The ofllcera and member * of the Curtis lodge were pres ent and assisted. Tlio Weather Indication * ) , For Nebraska : Fair , warmer weather , winds becoming gnnernlly north westerly. For low.i : Fair , wanner winds , becoming westerly. For Dakota : Fair in southern portion , iglit local rain or HIIOW ; In northern portion , colder except In southeastern portion , slightly warmer , winds generally westerly , 'i Dain Ki ) Hull. NHW YOIIK , Jan. St. The suit brought by W. W. Dudley against the Times , KvonliiR oil and Commercial Advertiser , claiming ' ' . 5.0UO damages from each paper for pub- Ishlrig tlio now historical "block of tlvo" ottor.s , ctiino up on tlio calendar in the HU- H'ctno court chambers to-day , but argument was deferred for a week. The Corn Dlll'orcnllnlH. ST. Lori" , Mo. , Jan. 24. The committee ippointed by the corn factors nnd mer chants' exchange to confer with the olllclalu of the Union Pacific on the proposed chungo n corn differentials did not go to Omaha ust night , as intended. Instead It will meet Vice President Holcomb , of the Union Pa cific , in Chicago to-morrow. Driven Out of I ho Territory. GAiNKivii.i.nTox.nn. , ) SI.A company of j'nlted States troops arrived at Pnrcoll , ndian territory , yesterday from Fort Reno . rossed thu Canadian river , und drovu out ot he Oklahoma country over Blx hundred f urn- lies who arc now encamped around Purcell. Some of the people resisted and w.'ru tied to vagons und pulled out. - . A ISniullt Hooluly DlHMolved , II&VAXI , Jan. 2 -Tho ofllrinl announce- nont is mudo that the society of "Los MunN : os" has been dissolved , nnd that Its bandx , > r sets , of which there were thirty in tlio us. BOciation , have disbanded. Tlid society wnn cffurdod us an aggregation of bandits and' ' IS.SUSMMS , nnd Itu disruption und dottrucliou is hulled with delight. SKsuiiHlilpirUalf ) . At BaltimoreThe Arnamorc , from Liver iool. iool.At QuccnstownThe Unttanlo and Wis consin , from Now York. HiwUnTJit1' ' from Leu- At HiwUn- - l.Qution ,