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I 2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : E TUKPAY , PE0EMJ3ER 21 , 1889. I- RON-PARTISAN WCTU TBE - . . . . | j An Appeal to tlio Women of America - | ica to Enroll M ) MISTAKE OF THE NATIONAL BODY | A Vigorous Arraignment of tlio H Unions Mixttiro nl' Politic * itntl l Tcniterniion Ministers nnd | H Churches Asked to Assist , Hj Htrnlalit Tcinpcrniinc HJ Cleveland , O. , Dec 20. The provisional ' NonPartisan Women's HJ cotnmlttco of the - HJ Ohriatlan TompcTnnco Union todny addressed H the public H Tlio trouble between Its member * and tlio HJ leaders of the national Womon'a Chrtstlnn H ' 'Xeuipcmnco Union which culminated at the H last convention la the withdrawal ot these H delegates opposed to un alliunco with the pro H lubitlon party nro discussed at length Tbo H document snys : B Harmony seams impossible KodrcM ot H * our grievances wan denied Only ono ro- H source was left , and that was to form a new HJ ( organisation , nnd that was for the following H reasons : H J Wo believe the political policy of the H National Womon's ' Christian Tampcranco H union wrong In spirit , contrary to the letter HJ nnd spirit of the original constitution , illog- BH ical In Its reasonings , inconsistent in its con elusions und exceedingly detrimental to tbo HB causa of toiupcrancc BB " 2. Wo boliavo tlio work of Christian tern BB pcranco stands above nnd beyond tlio lines BB of pari } * or sect and wo cannot follow the BB lend of the National Women's Christian BB Tcmporanco union in pledging our inlluonco BB to any party Wo must bo frno to call on the BB best men of nil parties for help Wo need BB nnd must have help to make our work a sue BB ccs8. Wu must have the inlluonco of the BB press ot the nation , so far as that BB influcnco Is oa the sldo of God and BB humanity , irrespective of party lines Wo BB must range under our banners the christian BB tcrapornnco women of nil sections of our nu- Bfl tion , which cannot bo Uonu by an organiz.i- . BB tion wlioso sympathies ana support nro BB plodgcd to n party BH " & Ati increasingly largo number of BB women who have contributed money , Inllu- BB once and years of hard sulf-dcnying labor to BH liulla up the national Woman's Christian BH 'Xoraperanco Union feci their inlluonco is BH crippled and tucir consistency questioned by BH * the equivocal policy of tliu national body , HB which avows its allcglanco to and boldly BB ] champions the cnuso of u political parly BH while at the snma tlmo it denies partisanship BH " 4. llio refusal of the national union by BH an overwhelming majority to adopt tlio non BH partisan niuemlinent to its constitution BH makes it itnucrativa lot honest nonpartisan HBwomon to let the world understand that BH thev will no longer remain in its auamulous BH position , nnd since the old organization BH will not right the wrongs that BB1 liavn rcsnltcd from Its unwise and BHunjust policy , but shows a determination HB to stump out all honest doubts in the minds BH of the woman in its tanks and to treat with BH unveiled contempt all who differ from the B major.ty in regard to methods of work , the BB ] dissenters must quietly yield or withdraw BH In rompuuy with these of lilio fuith nnd BH pursue tlio course that scorns right and HB 1 " 5. The demand is also growing for a nn- BB1 tlonnl lemporunco society less coinpiox in its BB1 aims nnd simjilo in its government , which BH will work in its organized capacity tor such BB1 objects only as have a bearing on temperance BB1 reform BB1 "g1uo unchristian treatment accorded to BBftc Christian women from year to year who dure ulter sentiments In ttieso national BBf * ° asscm- BB&xrt' bile * not In harmony with their ohoson pol- BBK'L J ley emphasize the need of another organlza- BBf 1 " * • The increasing-impossibility of working BB1 harmoniously with the Women's Christian BBl Temperance union without the sacrifice of 1 'tt" their honest convictions nnd self-respect or BBl the alternative of loavlng tbo work alto BBl fjethcr , which many cannot do bo- BBl cause their commission is from a BBl higher source than the nntlonal BBl union , demands a now organization , BBl through which thousands of women who will HHJ not bo compromUod by the uttiludo of the HB Woman's Christian Tempcranco union and | BBl thousands who have not yet enlisted may BBl comblno their oflorts and in unity of spirit BBl "iml bonds of peace labor for the overthrow BBl of l,1 , ° drink traffic The Inmontablo loss of BBl moral pnwor that has resulted from 1 tbo partisan attltudo of the rm- BBI tional Woman's ' Christian Temperance union may bo in a moaBuro rotrloved - - bynsocloty keeping Itself frco from all BBl party ontnuglcmout ; so frco that no political ' vultures will ever hover over its conven- BBS % tions , hoping to bear aw.iy any iniiuenco BBk * tlmt w"1 llcl" thorn to places of power BBl " ° desire to organize on a basis so broad BB' t'1'11 ' Prn > er may bo inado for us in nil ' churches without fear of offense The con BBV sideratlon ot the public Ib asked , Its advice BB is souclit and its cooperation as greatly doslrcd Wo seek the prayerful aid of pastors ot churches , superintend cats of Sunday schools and Chris tian workers in all fields Wo do not propose to build our work on the ruin of lho ° ' < ] * uut uo llo | > 010 lrout by fie Qxpori- enco of tlio past BBB "Wo invite corresDondenco Lot all who nro interested in tbis national government Bfl r respond without delay It any are ready to enlist under a nonpartisan banner lot thorn pay so itt once It any have n God speed for us BB * et tl10" ) mail it , as so many have done , that wo may know whoso hearts now fill with BBi , Iiopo because of this rallying call BBB "Duceinbor 23 , the unnlvorsary of the cru- BB sade , wo invite our women to renew their BB vows before God and solemnly pledge before BBB.r . > 1Ilra wao liaaws our hearts that hand to BB' hand with simple trust in our dlvlno BBBt ' loader and with that courage that over BBB' comes nil dlOlcultics nnd knows no BB defeats , wu will seek to stay this deadly pestilence - tilenco which cuts down the great and gifted , BBM as Wu" ns ttl0 'ow ' nnJ dograued , and inukes Bfl tD0 falrcst spots on earth darken with deso- BB ' latlon , nor will wo know rest till Cod calls BBB us homo or gives us the doslro of our hearts BB a 'uucl ' frco rom tuo dominion of the drink BBB' ' traOlc 'io this end wo invite all in sym BB patby with our principles aud methods ' ta mcct w'ta ' us at Muslo Hall , BBB ] ' Cleveland , O.on or about'January 87 to then BBBjt > aud there taku action on the questions heroin BflH' ! Bct forl1' ' affecting a pormaneut national or- BHEantzatlon , " BBBJi' ' The call is signed by the provisional com BBBkRittoo. . Mrs KJ Pinney ot Cleveland , HHflr' chairman H. A Vordlot or Not Guilty HHB - • CiNci.N'NA-fi , O. , Dec SO The jury lu tbo HBHh t Woans-DeCamp case this morning returned BBHJ > a verdict of not guilty , The case was that BHH ' ot the government against William Moans HHB > nnd John It DcCump of the Metropolitan L National bank The offense as charged was BBBT' ' tl10 making of false returns of the condition J . of the bank to the comptroller with the la- BBh " tent to deceive the oOlcers of tbo bank HHH ' O'ltrien Atjaln Out ot Jail HHHJ Dum.iN , Uoo 20. William O'Brien was HHH reloascd from Galway jail today , where he HH has boon serving a Kentenco of two months J for holding a nationalist uicotlng which bad J been proclaimed Ho immediately addressed J a largo moetiuir , roeolvlng au entbushutio I welcome HHH " Qoro JeiH tlio li nuolii I'ustolUco , HHH ' Wasiiisuton , Doc 20. The presldeut sent HHH the following nominations to the sonata t HH Charles Y. Osborne , collector ot customs at HHH * Buperlor , Mich ; Charles II Gore , po9tmas- HHH' tor ut i ncoln , Neb ; Uinaldo J. Tilton , post h master at Ottumwa , la HHH t Torrlbin Mauaxlno xploslon . HHH St , Pktehsuuho , Dee 20. A. shell exploded HBHJ ( today In the artillery magazine at Uuku , HHH causing a gonorul explosion of stores One HHHJ hundred thousand cartridges were destroyed J ' Four persons wcro killed and four injured HB HHJ Fteomshli ) Arrivals HHHJ At Qucenstown Tuo City ot Chester , HHHL from New York _ BBBft At Uremerhftvon The Baalo , from New HBH | York BBBAv ovl York The Lshn , from llremon , BBBJ ' BB Bl M3W YOHIC IN A FOO Ititslnosn nnd Trnvnl Seriously Im- pn.lrd In thn Metropolis Nrw Yoiik Dec , 20. Now York wns en veloped In ono ot the most dlsagrconblo fogs today the city has seen In many years It wns n vorltnhlo Scotch mist cold , clammy and suggestive ot pneumonia During the day the city has been In n twilight haziness nnd tonight an cntlro nhsenco of olcclrlo lights , combined with the denseness of the fog , makes the main thoroughfares a disa- grccnblo spectacle , wlitlo the sldo streets nro nlmost ns dark as pitch The Impediments offered trnvol nro greater than has been observed before , the elevated trains running tar behind time , whllo the cntrnnco to the urooklyn uriUgo tins boon in a stnto of blockade nil day It Is on the North nnd Knst rivers , however that tlio most dlfllculty is experienced , nnd pcoplo going from this city to Jersey City , Brook lyn , etc , nro kept back hours behind their usual tlmo The Urooklyn brldgotrnins were at times badly mixed up nnd tbo passengers got ono or two frights todny m consequence L'ortunntoly no ur.cidonts of a serious nature have boon reported , nnd beyond n collision between two ferry boats In the North rlvor this nftcrnoon , which cnused a great fright to the passengers , no moro damage \ns done than n detriment to travel Late to night the fog is lifting Later Whllo travel was at its height on the Hrookiy bridge tonight , a broken coup ling caused n collision near the Urooklyn terminus , The conductor of the colliding trnin received severe Injuries The passen gers becntno panto stricken nnd aovoral ladles fainted Tim I'l-rnulent ns an Amllcnoo Wasiuxotox , Dee 20. [ Special to The Bbk.1 "I have spoken to n great many audiences ; audiences composed solely of men , of women , and of men nnd women both , nnd of foreigners ; but I toll you Pros dent Harrison is the most interesting and nt the name tlmo the most difficult midicuco that I over addressed Whenever I go to hun I nm reminded by my memory of tlio old theologian who composed a prominent part of my fathers congregation when my pa ternal nnccstor occupied a Methodist pulpit out west My father nlways said ho wns Bhaky when ho spoke before the old bibla student , because ho felt that the old man knew more about the subject than ho him self did " These were the words a prominent western senator , said ns ho walked away from the white house the ether day Ho continued , nnd ho looked mo hard in the face us ho aid bo : "I never saw n man so nntlcipntory as General Harrison Often have I go no to the white house with a nice llttlo speech in my mind , about some appointment or policy , nnd had my brenth tnkon No ordinary rules of oratory will stand there , " nnd ho pointed back towards the oxecuttvo mansion , for I have practiced nil that my genius could In vent without avail About thu time I had my promises laid down the president walked ' ncross-lots' in the argument , and told me my conclusions , or seeing thorn mot them before they were uttered It amuses mo , nnd nt the same timu makes mo uncomfortable I have not yet spoken nil ot my 'llttlo piece there President Harrison has a won derfully sti-augo mind I recall an incidcut which occurred when ho was making up his cabinet It was at In- dfaunpolls General Harrison felt that ho should tunc u certain man into the cabinet , nml yet ho doubted tbo wisdom of It So ho sent for n very confidential friend , 'I wnnt , ' suid ho to his frlond , you to help mo to com bat my own convictions I will toll you why I should have this man iu my cabinet , nnd why I should not You uro his friond-and whllo I show why I should not make him n cabinet officer you must convince mo that I urn wrong , but mind you , 1 have practically mndo up my inind to tender him the place ' Well , it was a strange two hour set-to these men had I The man called in acted simply as thu echo which argued ngaiast the generals al's convictions Finally ho concluded that his convlctmps could not ho overthrown , and the man lsdn the cabinet " It is amusing to note the forms nnd cir cumspection most mon practice when tlioy go to the white house or the departments Nearly all , bo they ovbr so experienced in publio speaking , have a little speech made up , and nineteen times out of twenty some thing is said or done at the outset which completely destroys the formal preparation Mauv men In talking to the president or a cabinet ofllccr gosticulnto and use the most common forms of an orator , as though they were addressing a multitude On such oc casions it is customary for the person ad dressed to anticipate the orator , as sug gested by the senator There nro not very many public men who can give pointers concerning public affairs now A Congress or Notables Washington , Dee 20. fSpocial to Tna Bbe.1 The Fifty-first congress will bo es pecially chnrnetcrized In history It has moro distinguished men in it than bns been seen there for many years nnd will rotlro moro prominent men than any of its prodo- cessors Sunset Ccx died only u few months ago Ho was ono of the most distinguished characters In cither house of congress Un doubtedly three ether old nnd Influential mombcrs will go into private lifo ere the ides of another congressional election These are Samuel J. Uandall and William D. Kelly of Pennsylvania end General Thomas H. Browne or Indiana Mr iiandall is sixty-ono years of age aud is just ontorlng upon his fourteenth , term or twenty-eighth year ot publio life Judge Kelly will bo sovonty-six years old In April next nnd is upon his liltoonth term , or thir tieth year In the house General Urowno will bo sixty-ono years old next April nnd is entering upon his seventh term in the house It is uot likely that the rotircment of these men will make any political changes in the house ns the district represented by Mr -Haudall is largely democratio with a protec tionist us n candidate nnd it Is not probable that bis constituents will put up tbo ropra- sentativo party man who favors radical tariff reductions The republican ma jority in each of the districts represented by Kelly and Urowno is about ton thousand Ill health is the cause of the disability and rotlroincnt of each of these Btutosmon They have nil represented during their long years of publio lilo especial national principles unil have for many years encountered no struggles to sccuro ro-clcction. Uandall and Kelly have been the great tariff protec tionists , wbilo Genorat Urowno has represented - sontod an clement ot progress peculiarly popular with the west All these gentlemen have been distin guished orators in their classes Mr Kan- dull in bis palmy days was Impresslvo by the carnostness he throw into bis speeches , , Ho was a pugilist in his early lifo and ha shows it yet when ho stands up to address .nn audlcueo Judge Kelly was a florid end flowery speaker General Browne was a very eloquent man nnd npponled to the sym pathies of his hearers It health attended these three men they could undoubtedly re main In congress ns long ns they wish and rocclvo rooominatlons uy acclamation and ro-olcctlon without effort m Hankers Will ilcl | ) the Huffurors HunoN , S. D „ Doc 20. [ Special Telegram to Tub IIke ] The oxueutivo council of tliu South Dakota bankers association mot here today and decided to raise { 10,000 by assess moots against banks belonging to tbo associ ation to bo distributed among suttorors in the drouth stricken districts Banks with $50,000 capital will each pay $100 , These having tJG.OOO capital will pay (50 aud those with (15,000 or less will pay (25. • Assess ments will bo made immediately , I'm un or tliu I'rotrosuivo Minora , Indianarous , Dee , 20 At a meeting of the Miners Progressive union today resolu tions wore adopted favoring the creation ot a futid largo enough for both offouslvo and defenslro purposes ; that the mine workers throughout the entire competitlvo district bo assessed tl per month for February , March and April ; that the miners and mine workers prepare to put the eight hour day In force on Muy 1 , 1600 , and that tbo miner * of Illinois use every rtvuilablo means to establish a shorter Inloryal be tween pay days A new scale was adopted Dentil of Alfred Cowlos Chicago , Dee 20. Alfred Cowlos , secre tary nnd treasurer of the Tribune company , died hero tbis morning WS REVIEW OF TOE WEEK , The Conttnuod Mild Wottthor In- oronolng Trndo TroubloB MANY COLLIERIES SHUT DOWN Four Tlioimntid Men Thrown Out of Kinployiiiont lho KfToct of * the l'nrincrs' Alllruico In the tioutli Knllures Condition or Trndo Nnw Yornt , Dec CO Special Telegram to Tun Ur.c.1 1L Q. Dun & .Coinpany's ' Weekly llovlow of Trndo sayss The mild weather causes Increasing trou ble Perhaps the coal trndo suffers most Many collieries In Pennsylvania have Bloppcd , throwing over four thousand mon outot omploymenl and great suffering re sults The dry goods nnd boot and shoo trades nro much affected Collections nro only fair at any western • points , hardly satisfactory at Cleveland , unpleasantly Blow nt Mil wnultoe , where much excitement Is caused by a heavy falluro nt Pen du Lac , and small failures have bocotno alarmingly frequent In some southern stntos trade Is seriously nffectod for the tlmo by the oporatlon of the Farmers Alliance , which enlists farmers In co onerativo trading , and the nbsenco of money which would otherwise go to scttlo Indebtedness with merchants The results in some localities almost paralyze trade But the genorat tenor of reports Is by no means unfavorable The volume of trade continues larglr than n year ago 'J.ho clearings outside of Now York are still about 1 per cent larger than lust year nnd railroad onrnings show n hnndsomo increase The iron business scorns for tbo moment a shade less promiuout The recent sales of 00,000 tons of Uessomorplgut { 20.50 are supposed to have supplied the ncods ot the largo concerns nnd with the additional furnaces turned to the production of this kind of iron the future of prices is less clear Knils arc qulot and it Is bolloved that orders have bcon booked already for 700,000 tons , deliverable next year The actual out put this year , including light mils , is be lieved to bo 1,450,000 , tons against 1,804,47 last year Bar iron has bcon advanced to 2 cents by the association but is quiet ; plato and struc tural iron are lirm As n surprising reversal - sal of the usual order ot things it is noted that an English order for 10,000 tons of pig iron has been received with a margin of1 per ton deposited and an English house has asked prices on 03,0X0 feet of wrought iron pipe , which is Bnid to bo selling at 11 cents net against 8.03 cents not m this country The exports in November appear to have exceeded thnso of last year by nearly or quite 3,000,000. But ninco December 1 the export trade has boon a little smaller Money is still close hero at 0 per cent on call , comparatively easy at Cleveland , un changed but with llboral demand at Chicago , close nt Knnsns City , but in sufficient sup ply for lcgitimnto business at western nnd sout'iorn points generally The treasury bus mndo heavy disbursements , so that it holds ? 5,2CO,000 less cash than a week ago , and foreign exchange has advanced } { per cent durlnir the week The general level of prices has scarcely changed The speculative markets have bcon com paratively dull , Only S0,0U0,000 bushels of wheat have bcon sold here , the price ad vancing about 1 cent , nnd the change thus far has been less than would naturally follow the close of navigation The sales of corn have been C,600,000 buahols , with a fractional decline , bat oats are a shade stronger Pork has dropped 23 cents per barrel , and lard d shade Oil is H cent lower with Bnlcs of only 1,000,000 barrels for the week , and coffoa % lower with sales of 331,000 hags . Though the receipts and exports of cotton both fall a llttlo below those of tbo corresponding spending week last year the price Is un changed In the stock market dullness and depression have boon followed by a stronger tone The business failures number 342. For the corresponding week of last year the figures wcro 311. SCHATrKN'BEHG'S STEALINGS The Dead Defaulters Thefts Loom ing Up Into the Thousands Milwaukee Wis , Doc 20. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tut Bee I The defalcation of Scbattonberg , the dead secretary of the school boardis growing Hko a Sunday school Just beloro Christmas , It started at $ SO0 , worked Its way up to a couple of thousands , nnd now blossoms out at $40,000. But the most astounding foatura Is no longer the tact that Scbattonberg stele , or that ho stele bo much , but that the members of tbo school board should have exhibited such gross care lessness that the thief was able to carry off the dollars ot the taxpayers with bucIi case A hasty examination of the dead secretary's books disclosed the fact that in raised orders ' alone ho realized over $32,000 in nine years , whllo the tuition fee stubs ahow $3,000 de ficit Tbo Question now arises who will bo responsible for the money So far as the money received from book rentals and tui tion is concerned , the people must look to the school board , which ncglectod to provldo a safeguard in the shape of sureties for the defaulting secretary It is generally conceded , however , that the t3j,077 paid out by City Treasurers Gollf uss , Muyworm and llilbort to Schaltenberg on orders forged by hlmsolf may bo recovered from these gentlemen or their bondsmen Or tbU amount less than S2,000 will fall on llilbort May worm will find hlmsolf in the hole for about 1 8,000 and Mr Uollfuss for the balance , $3,000. uocions Discuss LEiaosv The Conclusion Kenohud That the ImntliHomo DIhohho Is Contagious New YonK , Dec 20. [ Special Tolcgrnin to Tns Beb ] On January 13 the prince of Wales is to preside at a meeting of notable physicians and other mon , bold for the pur pose of stimulating contributions to the funds for the alleviation ot leprosy and tbo protection of the publio against It Moan whllo the two leading English rcviows take up the subject In the Nineteenth Century , Sir Morrell Mackenzie writes on The Dreadful Koviva ! of Leprosy , " end Dr Itob- son ttooso in the Fortnightly on The Leper nnd Leprosy Jn Norvyay , " both ot them agreeing substantially with the conclusion reached by Dr PnnooA Morrow , in a paper read before the New York acedemy of medicine - cine Inst Juno , describing bis observation of leprosy In the Sandwich islands , Mexico and this country His conclusion nro that the disease is distinctly and Indisputably conta gious , and that civilized countries are as lia ble to it as uncivilized countries , If they uro not protected by the enforoment of vigorous measures for the isolation ot lepers British Stomuorii Collide London , Dec 20. A collision occurred to day south of the Isle of Wight , between the British Bteumors Clcddy , from Odessa for Antwerp , aud Isle ot Cyprus , bound from Stockton for European ports The Clcddy was badly damaged , nlnking soon Several of tbo trow reached share , but thirteen are still missing Tbo Cloddy was an Iron , brig rigged , 1,3'Js tons , uad tbo Isle pf Cyprus 7:2-5 : tons register London , Doc 20. The stonmor Prince William was run down by auothor vessel to day The crew took to the boats A boat containing thirteen mon Is missing The others have landed at Boulogne Milllonulro Wurdoll'a Murderer Macon , Mo , Dee 20. John Crabtree , charged with being an accessory to the mur der of Millionaire Wardelh who was killed during a riot la 18S7 , at bis mines at Uovler , Mochas turned states evidence at the trial of George Uoborts and swore that be saw KoborU nro the fatal shot which killed Wurdell as ho was gottiag into bis carriage at the railway station Titouniit : in bhaziij Itcpubllonn Wnddr * Kind n Mutiny Whluh l-rlltfifnl to Supprc . Ute Janeiiio , lWbi [ Special Cablegram to Tun Ueb.1 Alrqndy the revolution by monns of which Dfttn Pedro was dethroned so quickly and without bloodshed , has begUn to dovclop serious ' { rouble , and the republi can leaders nro uniting that It is not so slm- plo n mnttor to oVotturn nn omplro nnd es tablish n settled fjoverntnontln its place as their ensy success a ? first seemed to Indicate A mutiny has broken out among the sol diers of this clFy' ' lirld bloody sccnci nnd a riot nro imminent ' The govctnmont Is tak ing every moans In Us power to suppress the uprising nnd has mndo mnny nrrests Hu mors or tronblo have boon hoard for Boverat days aud arrests have boon mndo today ot insurgents Cables and telegraphic me ? ages have bcon submitted to careful Inspection by the government r-gohts before they bnvo been nllowcd to bo trnnsttilttcd to the prov inces or forolgn countries ' ioava nbws Wiped Out by Kire Mason Citt , la . Dec 20. The business portion of Swnlodalo , a prosperous vlllngo sixteen mites from here , was destroyed by flro last night during the prevalence of a sovcro snowstorm A pan la provnlled for a tlmo nnd many women and children rushed out Into the snow in their night clothes and much suffering was oxporlonccd Losses , $30,000. A Drummer MiHsinir CnDin lUrtns , la , Dec 20. | Special Tel egram toTuc Unn j .leromo Baker , travel ing snlcsmnu for Sutliff Brothers , has disap peared nnd bis friends fear that ho has been foully dealt with Ho was on his trip home , hut nothing has been hoard sluco ho was nt Carroll ten days ngo Ills child is dying nnd bis wifu is distracted A Plrcninn Killed Lake Citv , la , Dec 20. [ Special Telegram - gram to The Bee ] Last night ono ol the Bldo bars of an engine on the Nurthwcstoru road two mlles west of tbis place broke loose , tearing through the cab John Andersen - son , the fireman , jumped and was killed , A brakemnu named Kelly , who was riding In the cnb at the tlmo , was seriously if not fa tally injured The onglnoor , Joe Bancroft , was hurled from thn onirmo ami badlv bruised Enforclnu 1'rohibltlon. Keokuk , la , , Dee 20. The grand Jury to day roturncd indictments against forty-two violators ot the prohibitory law All the saloons in the city were closed this morning MADI2 PUBLIC A Lous Letter Written By Stanley to rilr Krnnoifl Da Wlutou , London , Dee 20. Sir Francis Da WInton makes public a long letter written to him by Stanley August 31 lust In which the totter dwells upon Emln's indecision , which cost him ( Stanley ) a journey , otherwise un necessary , of 1,30b1 Ullles for Bartellot Ho dwells at length on the case of Bartellot and ' says the latter needed to extricate himself from his dilemma qualities that will not bo pained save by long experiofjcc n Africa , nnd eulogizes - gizos Bartellot's eourago and high qualities Stanley finally denies ' with much emphasis the nlluged Congo ntrocltios of the Manyoma Cannibalism nnd Uio- story of photographing mon during oxecuttqn Durlug the whole expedition ho exqeuted only four mon 11ULD UI 'liY ' 1XOUUEU9. A Texas Passenger Train Bravo De fense or a Briikenian Temple , Tex , Doc } 20. The west bound passenger'tram onlteJSan } ) Angelobranch , of the Snntn Po fy jhold up this morning at Bangor station ) * J33 < tnllos west While the train was * . atj-tb e • station the uuard , Al Wolfe , who was standing on too ground , was approached by four men , who drew pistols nnd ordered him to put up his hands Brakomun Penn snatched the gunrd's pistol and tired into the gang The robbers roturncd the flro , mortally wound ing Penn They then compollcd the guard to uncouple the express car from tbo next coach and ordered the ongincer to run ahead , whore the car was robbed Only about $42 was obtained by the ronbers Pur suit is being made Oklnhoinn Asks for Troops Kaksas Citt , Mo , Dec 20. A- Topeka , Kan , special says : The United States marshal rccolved today from the chief deputy of Oklahoma City the following tele gram : Telegraph Colonel Snyder to bava the troops to assist the deputies and to patrol this town tonight Answer immediately " The dispatch wns sent to Colonel Snyder , commander of the United States troops in Oklahoma No explanation ot the trouble has been received Cruellies Conflrmod Atuens , Dee 20 „ Chaklr , the governor of Crete , sent a commission to Rethymo to in vestigate the proceedings tbero , and it has conflrmod the report that the gendarmes bad killed several unarmed Christians Kllraln's Petition Domed Jackson , Miss , Dec 20. Governor Lowry today refused the petition ot Jake Kllrain to remit the imprisonment portion of his sentence on the pnymont of tbo fine , but told him that after bis case was decided by tbo ( supreme court ho might present it to hla ( Lowry's ) successor • SOUTH OMAHA NEWS City Council On the potltton of twenty-two abutting property holders aa ordiuanco to pave N Btreet was passed When this matter was before the couucll adjoining property holders frequently asked Messrs MoMUlan and Johnston , and ether members of the council if the assessments to pay for the paving were to bo made on abutting property only They ono and all were assured that tbo as sessment would bo made In that way An ordinance to that cud wus drawn , but on the protest ot abutting property holders failed to pass In some way Messrs McMillan and Johns ton wore converted and concluded that the assessment should bo half way baclto n each block north and south ot N strcot , Then an ordtnanco to thatolluet was drawn und here is where tno giultyi , comblno split up and struck its first snag and sawyer The ordt nanco could not bopassed As soon ns ( ( [ McMillan got out of the council mooting Saturday after noon he went ttotC M , Hunt ot the Nebraska savings i bank and told him of the secret moetlngiund election ot Colouol E. P. Savage as councilman from tbo Fourth ward , giving as an excuse that the ordiaauoo to assess the N strnet paving espouses on property book to f tlio alloys could not be passed as the councillwas , and Mayor Slonno would not appointjaiiy ono who would vote for the ordinuncaji : > tr Not a single iwrson was asked to sign the iKitltlon tot rpavo N street ex cept persons owning abutting propertv , and only twentt-iwo of them signed the potltion WhllaOnow Mossrs McMillan and Johnston wlsb/ta saddle the expense on persons who ar bpt benefitted , who bad their promises that only abutting property would be assessed and who have never had a chance to bo for or against the improve ment There nro adjoining property-holders within the alloy limits All of these are bitterly opposed to the change of front ot the leaders In the combine To illustrate the outrage attempted to bo perpetrated on these ninoty-six property holders the case of ex-Councilraan Daniel Rafterty will serve Mr Hafferty was ussured by both Mr , Mc Millan and Mr Johnston that his property lying a hundred feet from N strcot would not bo assessed , and yet his assessment ac cording to tbe last ordinance is $170.03 , whllo 0. M. Hunts on N and Twentv-Qfth street U $89.65. _ Iliiildinir Permits Tbe following permits were Issued yester day : Mrs LAshdovrD , frame dwelling , Twcnty- nftnnndCasslusstreots . . . , . , , . $1.G00 Two minor permits , J.GOO Three permits , . , , , , , , 3,000 THE ANTI-LICENSE BUTCHERS They Hold Another Mooting nnd Dlsouoa the Situation , A NEW UNION ORGANIZED Tlio Names ' or Nnnrlr One Hundred Dcnlors Already Unrolled In Opposition to Hie Pro posed Ordinance The Iltitclior * . The nntl-licenso butchers of the city hold n mooting at Kcsstcr's hall , on South Thir teenth stroct , last night About thlrty-ilvo were present , The temporary organization of the last meeting wns prosovod , with D. Poster as chairman nnd Joe Hath as socrotnry Chairman Foster addressed the mooting at the opening IIo said ho was glad to see sucli a strong fooling In opposition to the license outrage The meeting , ho said , rep resented three-fifths of the butchers of Omaha , nnd ho felt they would bo victorious In otlsting the clique which was trying to down the small butchers of the city Ho predicted the early downfall ot the butcli- ers union and the organization ot n union which would bo moro in accord with the sen timent of the majority of the butchers All present were invited to express thotr views The c 11 airman of tlio committee appointed to solicit names to the list ot these opposed to the license Idea reported that the committee - mitteo had only had ndny and a halt in which to carry on the work , but thev hud nlroady Bccurod scventy-tlvo names nnd hud been ussured by many who had signed the list for n license , that they had done bo under n misnpprehonslon nml wlsbod to bo considorcd ns in henrty accord with the antl- liccnso movement An Invitation was extended to all who had not signed the list to como forwnrd and dose so , and about a dozen mon responded An employe ot ono of the wholesalers said ho wished to say n few words in regard to the charge made that .tlio small butchers kept poor meat IIo said that ho know by experience that the largo shops were the ones which kept the poor moat This moat was itept in the roar of tlio shop and was disposed of to chop houses , restaurants , aud any ether place where tney could dis pose of It The small butcher could not afford to risk his trade and reputation by keeping poor moat and thus losing what llttlo trndo hu had Ho declared that the idea of the liccnso ngltators was not to bone llt the dbur pcoplo but to put moro dollars In their pockets by freezing out tbo small butchers "Mr , Luflin was called for and ave a forcible exposition of his views in regard to tno matter , saying that ho recalled the tlmo when some of these men who nro now advo cating a license lived in tents nnd had not a dollar in their pockets Mr Kunntz said that if the butchers were made to pay a license the grocers should also bo mndo to pay the same amount , ns tboy handled smoked meats , chickens , lard , etc , and should bo restricted the same as the batchers Mr Uesen received a very severe scoring * Ono of the , mon present said ho had seen as many as a dozen rats running around Bo sons shop nt ono time Another suggested that Heson expend 5100 in cleaning up his shop and scraping off prcaso whlca nad boon accumulating for yojrs Bosons shop , on the past side of Sixteenth strcot , bctwoon Dodge nnd Capitol avoouo , was hold up to rldlculo and made the subject of scvoraf hu morous speeches „ Mr Kunatzsaid ho had asked the advo cates of the liccnso movement why they did not try to malco tbo grocers pay n license for soiling smoked meats , and was iuformed ttrat It was the intention to get after the grocers after they had secured the butcher ordinance The packing houses would fight tbo idea of a license for grocers , and it ivas necessary to go slow , hut they expected to accomplish their object and bring the grocers to tlmo nlso After a frco expression of opinion on the liccnso question the meeting proceeded to the organization or a butchers * union , declaring thnt tno old union does not accomplish the object for which it was organized , but Is used for the purposes of a few men , who use the name of the union for their own advance ment Tbo mooting was reorganized with a tem porary organization for the formation ot n union , the officers bolng D. Foster , chair man ; Joe Bath , secretary The list of these desiring to join the union was opened for signatures , and it was announced that au ether meeting will bo hold at Kcsslor's hall ot 8:30'o'clock next Monday evening The meeting then adjourned to sample a largo supply of wlenorwurst which had been brought In by a neighboring small butcher " Pears soap is the most olocant toilet adjunct AMUSKSIUNTS Bronson Howard's "Henrietta" Is undoubt edly ono of tbo brightest and wittiest comedies - dies over written Furthermore , it is thor oughly an American production nnd deals with a subject familiar to American audlonces The play is already familiar to Omaha theater goers , having bcon seen last season , when Robson and Crane wcro doing it together Consequently these who misacd a great treat at the Boyd last night jlcslro doubtless to read about tbo company and the performance They nro moro anxious to learn how llobson gets along without Crane , and what sort of an nctor has been substi tuted in the lattor's place as Nicholas Vanalstyno They know that tbo character * exemplify notable characteristic ? in n pointed , sentimental manner ; that through the piece runs a serious plot ; that there is a laugh iu almost every sentence , and that frequently the lines nro so appropriate und funny as to elicit rounds of applause Hut would tbo plav bo as enjoyable as it is with out Stuart llobson to enact tnat strangely peculiar , extremely odd , though withal lather lovcl-hcndod genius , llertio Vanal styno ] That is tlio question Nhiorjuagos out of ton will say that it would not Thu character was made for him and into it ho throws all these llttlo mannerisms for which he has become famous Tlio way ho studios and imitates the English lord is very laugh provoking But Mr Robson Is by no moans the only attraction Frank Mordaunt and Miss May Waldrou certainly shared the honors of last evening equally with him As Nicholas Vanalstyno and Mrs.iCornolia Opodyko they were delightful and had the full sympathy of tbo largo audlonco with thorn from first to last In such a role It Is doubtful whether another as suitable an actor as Mr Mor daunt could easily bo found Ho not only looks the exchange bull , but plays him out of sight Miss Wuidron makes a perfectly fascinating widow She is most charming in her ways nnd handsome as a picture James E. Wilson as Dr Wainwright , Edward J , Raicllft a3 Nicholas Vanalstyno , Jr , Earnest Tarloton as Lord Arthur Troluwny , George Wood ward In the role ot Dr Murray Hilton , a minister ; Hovel Germain us Watson Flint , Miss Eugcnlo Lindoman as Uoso Vunal- styno , Miss Kathorlne Florence as Agnes , aud Miss Helen Max as Lady Trelawny nlso deserve mention Their respective charac ters were well presented , the whole makiu g as smooth , complete and ploaslng a perform ance as has been soon In Omaha this season Miss Lliidcman had two difficult scenes which alio acted with a power and effect that won her big rounds of ap plause The scene between father and son in the third act , when the former discovers that tbo latter has ruined him , and starts to jtrlko his hey down , was made so strong and reallstlo by Mordaunt that several voices la the gallery cried out , hit him " Joe Murphy had another large audience at the Grand last night , which proves that ho is still a drawing card , deBiiito the popularity and strength of any opposition be may have He played bis newest piece , "Tbo Douagh , " and gave a performance that was highly en- Joyed An Oft Told Tale Council lllHfft Corrctpoiiilence Jane Harris ha * a husband , but Insists that It shall bo in name only , for although she was inordinately anxious to get him she is now Just as anxious to have no mora to do with him Itcamo about something after this fashion 1 Jane wus n trusting , confiding young crov turo of twenty summers , according to her story , when she first met Chariot Paugh last August Jauohnd been renred to plump , comely nnd nttrnctivo womanhood ntnong the bluffs 9 omo thrco or four miles onst of this city , nnd Charles was a sturdy granger nbout eight years her senior , nnd residing thirty miles ticaror the rising sun During the dog day season of the year that is now fast sliding out of times back doot , the pair first mot ana strucu up a numerous nnd prolific acquaintance They tarried at the same boarding house , nml togothcr they wrestled with boarding house hoof nnd sought to unravel the mjstcrlos connected with boarding house hash Chnrles filched extrn lumps of sugar to Injnct Into Jntio's cofTeo , lost the iinrollnhlo fluid detract from the fourteen carat sweetness ot the dear cronturo's lips , whllo slid In return allowed htm to deposit his broad crusts under the edge of her ph.to Tims tntittors progressed until the lovod-not-wlscl5--but-too-well stage was reached , nnd Jnno bognn to insist that Iho frequently postponed mnrriago must tnko place The doiolict Charles succeeded In slaving oft the happy dav for n whllo longer , until finally Jane notified him that stiu would pro ceed to Rue and collect on his delinquent promises unless ho promptly cutno to tlmo nnd relieved her from the predicament in which she found horselr Her condition wns ombarrasslng nnd rapidly becoming moro so , nnd she became convinced that a husband was a necessary article of house hold furniture Finding tnut Charles was not disposed to mnko n lierolo move she swore out n warrant for his nrrost In Justice Hontictt's court , and Constable Covnlt ar rested him at his homo near Persia , on a cbnrga of seduction Tlio pair fuoed each ether in court yester day mom Ing and Pnugh tried to settle mut ters by paying $150 , but Jane told him that his experience was worth more than that nnd demanded a niarrlaco license Paugh argued and ltinonstrated , but finally 11 liccnso was secured nnd the twnln wcro made 0110 llesh The nowlv made brldo then turned u cold shoulder on the bashful groom utid invited him to make n sneak und he was not slow to nvnil himself of the privilogu She says she will have no moro to do with him and now that her honor Is taken rare of , al though Indifferently , she will ngmn seek the familiar nnd prosaic duties of farm life Still EnloyiiiK Ootlinm New Yonu , Dec 20. The All-Amoncan delegates resumed their tour nrouud the city this morning nnd afterwards visited the house ot Comollus Vandorbllt , where they wcro entertained This evening tlio visit ors were tbo guests of tlio Spanish American Commercial union at Delmonicos OfllciAl business compelled the return of Secretary Ulaino to Washington Two Silver Unn hoit New Yoiik , Dec 20. Two silver bars | worth $1,000 were lost oft a truck here today while In transit from the American Excliango Na tional bank to the Cunard steamship dock A load of $400,000 worth of silver was being sent to the steamship Uinbrlu for shipment to England when two ot the bars were miss ing Arrestinir Coronn Plotters London , Dec 20. Many hundred urrosts have boon made in Coren in consequence of tbo discovery of the plot of the chief eunuch to assassinate tbo king Itustilri's Hem ! Men limited Zaxziiiak , Doc 20. Thrco of uushiri's head mon have been hanged at Hugamoyo MILK REDUCED TO POWDER A Now Industry \ \ liioli May llo In troduced Into This Country Hero is a now inaustry we know very llttlo nbout iu this country Tliu idea of reducing cows milk to n. dry powder and.abippinp it in this condition nil over tlio world seotns to bnvo first originated with Dr Kruogcr , a Swiss savnnt , and under his inumirjeinoiit n company was organized to make millc powder in Switzerland . It is claimed that millc in this form is much hotter than can nod or condotibeil milk for 0110 reason , it has no sugar in it It 1b well Known that condensed millc can not bo used in many depart ments of cooking on account of this sugar , and this also makes it objection nblo for use with very young children , not that sugar itself is injurious to babies , lor it is nl ways put in their millc , wo believe , but it is bettor that this sugar bo put in fresh at the time of pre paring milk for the child How far this powdorcil millc will answer - swor these objoetionsrcinninstobcsecn Ono thing is certain , the powder would bo much better for transportation and moro handy to have in the house than otllior plain or condensed millc , pro vided it is a success , sayd the American Dairyman It lookb somewhat dubious as a complete substitute Tor plain millc , not only on account of its necessary extra oxponsc , but wo do not And any kind of food capable of being thor oughly drie 'd and afterward made ever with water so as to closely resemble the original article , and wo never oxpoet to see it done with cows millc Nnturo hns n way of mingling these things that thus far man has not boon able to closely imitate A Vast Cemetery , Did you ever malco a calculation of the number of people that have inhab ited this glebe since the beginning of tiinoV No doubt you will say that such calculations involve a loss of tlmo , and are , after nil , barren of results , but as wo nro engaged in giving curious read ings and odd calculations , lot us talco a few minutes time and npproxiniato , with n certain dogrco of accuracy , at least , the uumbor of souls that hnvo been ushered into nnd out of this sinful world since tlfo tlmo when it wns not good for Adam to ho alone , says the St Louis Kopublic At tlio present tlmo it is boliovcd that there are 1,400,0110,000 human boiugs on our glebe ; but lot us suppose thoio hns boon but an uver- ago of 000,000,000 living at onetime time sin co the croutiori To give room for any possible doubt us to thonvorago lungth of life wo will put it down at ilfty yours ( It may huyo bbon longer than that during blblo times : it has boon much shorter , however , slnco ) With the average longtn of'life reck oned as above wo have had two genera tions of 000,000,000 each every century for the list 0,000 years Taking this for granted , wo have had about 00,027- 81.1U37U75,20G inhabitants on this globe since the beginning of time Admitting thnt there is a deal of guesswork about this calculation , and that it has been hastily nnd perhaps in accurately done , it will bo perceived , nevertheless that our earth is a vast cemetery On each rood ot it 1 , 'JSa human boingshavo foundn burial place , A rood bolng scarcely sulllcient for ton graves , each grave must contain the remains of 120 persons The whole Bur face of the glebe , if all peoples bury within the earth as wo do , has been dug ever 120 times in order to got room for burial places Farmers Homo hotel , Webster at.bo tween 15th and 10th. Hoarding from SI to 85 per weolc Everything nice Children Cry for Pitchers Castor la , ( Then Baby was sick , we garo her Cutorto When bhe wu a Child , aha crlftd for Cutoria , When she became Ulat , she dune to CastorU , Whn she hfit Children , the garo them Castor ! * M § & § > 'I ' m 1 All Tlrocl Out rom milfpresilng oir.irt 1 01 } ' 1H the chniiglng f-enson , or by hard work and < S H worry > ou lu-ed the toning , building up , not vo- ) M strengthening cff < < t o Iluod's Bnisnipnrllhi to \t \ M give you a feeling ot health nml strength again | \ H It purities the blood , cures bllllousiU'Sf , dyspep- , M sla , headache etc I ( M Hoods -iranporlllo Is sold Ity all drug H gists 1'icpartO by U. 1. Hood A Co , Lonoll Mns . PUSS AS A nhTRliviR I A. KpnrlHin-iii' Cat Hint Annva-J the ' M l'urposoH ol' u Itlt-,1 Hog f M Slonhuu Kignhrnnilt of DapnuvlUo , , 11 | this county , is the ot\ nor ot i\ line mat A M tosc cat thnt is unusually intelligent if M nnd Iiiih developed to a ruiiiarkablo du- H U gi-oo traits tliat nro seldom found 111 the ) f M cut family , says n WilUcsbarro , Pa , ft | dispatch to the Now York Sun The Jv 1 most peculiar thing nbout this pttrtlcu- j M Inr Thomas is hiH love for a gun a love ] t H which began to manifest ItbolC about jf H three years ngo The cut lirst began to A M follow its owner to the woods and Holds r 9 in search of blrdi , and Mi Elgabroadt , H H noticing his liking for the sport , took H M home pains to develop the hunting in- r M Btinctninl make Tommy useful ' ' M The cat was easily taught and n few ' , | H lessons sulllccd to malco him 11 trust V jH worthy reliever As soon us the gun H wns discharged ho would go scurrying U H nbout in search of the giinio If ho M found the bird or Hquirrel ho would a H seize it and bring it in , after which ho * Li would begin to pun * nml rub his head i M against his masters logs us though try S H ing to show his pride aim satisfaction at X H the result In time ho begati to acquire ft H the knack of Hushing the gumo and Mr " H Kignbroudt hns carried homo many a * H line , plump pai-tt'idgo thnt hud hopped ( ( H up on the Ion01- limbs of soma trco just . ; t H to got out of Tommy's way j 1 H This sort of thing has gene on until J H the cat is an nnthushistic hunter , and { H no dog shows livelier manifestations of U H joy when a gun is in sight ' 'If the cat ,1 , H happens to bo sound nsloon on his rug t J | behind the stove the words , Tommy , 1 H lets go end got a bird , " roiibo him nnd i | H start him out of the house liUonllash jf H Kor t o or three years Mr Eigabroadt H H hns hung his gun ou hooks in ono of | J H the rooms fronucutcd by the cat , who ft H now watches it with a kcon eye If it v | | is out ot its accustomed place j | H Tommy makes n to it i bio fuss 8 H The other day , just to vg H eco what the cat would do , ho put him P H out of the house , removed tlio gun nnd B | secrotcd hnnsolf His wifu then brought i M Tommy back into the room The cat at [ M once missed thu gun ami his master and a M went tearing about in hcarch of thorn j M Tommy pays but llttlo attention to raU n M mid mice , but hu would , rather follow a r H gun thun eat his dinner His owner ti l thinks ho rivals in sagacity all ether | M cats In the country the Suns olllco a M cat not excepted and would not part 1 1 with him for the price ot u. good-shod ' | M Jefferson county farm in | TERRAPIN AND STATESMEN Ml Out ) linwmnkcrs Very Fond of tlio -fe B Savory Saurian 'i l The principal demand for terrapin ! comes from the national capital when ' | congress is in session , although there is j l a fair demand from Now York and f | Baltimore The Boston luti finds a less Sf l costly food in baked beans and the Phil I ? | ndclphlan contents himself with a more n l frugal faro thun the Georgia terrapin | In Now York , ovorywUoro rich men i M ( iino , the terrapin is a favorite dish and . 1 1 a dinner is not considered complete < l ! | among btnlcsmcn nt Washington with Ij l out the terrapin A chuf who under H l stands how to properly servo the escu- | | | lout saurian will command us high a H l salarv as the congressman who foots jg M the bill for tbo din 11 or 6 $ H A Savannah Morning News reporter | & H visited the terrapin pens , at Thunder Yj H boll reconlly and found nbout 0110 thou j band al A. Pf alls pluco und from 2,000 i H to 2,500 ut Henry Amboaplace They | l nro kept in inclosurcs built for the purpose - \ H pose , and are fed on shrimp and ilf > h. II At present there is no demand for tor- ] rnpln , but the dealers keep them iu j S stock und have boats mid mou engaged ! in terrapin fishing K The price of terrapin is high owing III to their scarcity They nro worth nil \ | tlio way from $15 to V2 per do/.on and VU the dotnaud always exceeds the supply They are , strange to say , sold by mens- a urcmont A terrapin measuring flvo • fj and 0110-half inches or loss is not sold m H us one terrapin , but three , of thnt size i A nro sold for two Two tprrapiti moasur- J ing over live aud ono-hnlf inches would jj sell for three fl H Thunderbolt is the terrapin headfl quarters The animals are brought | tuero in fishing sloops , und command I us high ns $12 to Slu 11 do/.on , delivered n | there They nro shipped in burrols to u H the north in their goosoii They are El easily lcopt in confinement , nnd in the HI sheds where they uro kept they are lot 3 H run on the ground floor Plenty of H water is furnished them They nro fed B H llko hogs in a pen , and soon learn to 11 know when the feeder Is about After a a short coiiiinomont they will como ut 8 H cull for food 8 A dog saved the Comorclal house at 1 Adrinn , Mich , , from destruction on a j recent morning Piro broke out in tliq I barroom at-1 o'clock , but his barking f I brought help before the building bo- I M enmo Involved Porty guests were jj nsloop in the hotel , § oOYAl 1 POWDER I Absolutely Pure | Tbli pen demurer varloa Amarvelof tiurUjr , ' strength ant wiiolasoumaoji More economi cal iban tlia or.Unary Khulu , und cannot be sold lu competition with the multitude , uf low teit alum Sail M miort weight orpboipliattpotrdent unluinanu Ulucal IMiuno i'uwuKU Co , 1M Wall St , N. 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