- StJ - _ , ii6 . . iiji . . ' . .t ) tailiU ia..i' . ' . 'l ' # > < . trf | ! > i1lil J' ' W < .yiln 'j"M'"V ' l ' 'y llwM pvMwil ; , , l i liii.i , , . tia wiwi& ra.CTw uJ . iMjii myj T - - ' ! ! S * H MS 2 THE mvrATTA" T.ATTiY EEfifo TUESDAY DECEMBER 24. 1889. . ; J " " - ' ' ' ' - * m- > M. , i , , , . , „ , , „ . , , , . , , i m < > EMULATING JESSE JAMES H A Gting of Youthful Burglars Un- H oarthod at Loup City M KEPT THEIR SPOILS IN A CAVE M Bcntrlco After the ( Jjunblors Mctlio- B dlstM Oprn ii flow House of m Worship nt Aclson- M Stnto Now * . H .luvrnllo Burclnrs Arriitiui B Lour Ui-rr , Neb , Doc 2J [ Special to M Tin : Hr.n ] Stic rift I'oddc * . lias Just un- H earthed n hand Of young uurglurs composed | of boy 8 ngcil twelve yours nnJ younger , who fl t\cro organized ns a "Jnsso Jnuics rhhc1 ; H with a captain and hnvo been stcalinR ' H nrtlclcs of every conceivable description , H hiding thorn In n envo near town ; breaking H windows nnd othcrwlso destroy Inrjor Injur H iriR property Severn ! were urrostcd and K two were tnlton to the reform school jester H day On their way thither they told of nn- M pthnrnnd similarly organized ( rnngof older H boys who used anotlior cuvu as u depository H c Oril'fl Now Wnterworfcu B Onn , Neb , Dec 23. [ Special to Tun B Dee I The well supplying Ord's water H Vorlts si stem uoIiir unable to furnish the H quantity of water needed for lira aud city B uses , it was this fall decided to extend the H mams to the river , where a line spring ot H soft water was di covcrcd bubbling up from B the roclc , twelve feet below Such was the licnd of wnter that when plpos were tunic In the sand the witor roe in thorn eighteen inches nbovc the level of the ri\er. Hands were voted for the extension October 8 , and work was immediately bocun 'I ho tnnins HBB nro now laid and the cnulno house hns bcon B removed to a location nearer the spring BBB From the reiorvoir wn have a prcssuro ot B sixty-flvo pounds per sriuaro inch , which can B bo supplemented by direct prcssuro from the BB cntfino , Rlvlnij us the best system of any BBS small town In Nebraska The total bonded BBB cost ot the same nmounts to only 110,000. H Wo linvo four miles of mains and twenty H ono hj drants distributed ocr the town A B hose cart company , well equipped and BflflJ manned , furnlsUcs olllciont IIro protection to Bflflt the town BflflJ t'llnil nn Injunction H ncATiucn , Neb , Dec 20. [ Spooial Tolo- H gram to This Ueb.1 George H. Scott has H Iliad an injunction to restrain the directors H of the Beatrice Paper Mill company from H nllonatinp nny portion ot the property or H other interests of tliu company and asking Bflfla that the stock assessments hitherto mndo bo BBB returned to the stockholders nro rata Scott BBBrIs n member of the old company , that la t BBBj- sprint ; donated the water power nud forty BBB' ' acres of valuable laud to Peoria , 111. , parties BBB os a bonus for their building nn extensive B BJ paper mill near the city The milljs now BBB completed and about ready for operation B BJ Scott also wishes the nlTnirs nt the old com B BJ ) > uny placed in the hands of a reccivor and B BJ that any agreement entered into by the di- B BJ rectors of the old company with the Peoria , B BJ 111. , parties bo declared void B BJ 'Ihoso btnluii Steers , fl Nonroi.K , Neb , Dee 23. [ Special Tole- B uratn to Tub Heb.J The story ot the theft BBVa of ninety steers from Robert McDonalds ' BBBh lot of cattle near Tlldcn has been itolnjj the BBBB rounds ot the local papers for a week or two B It Is now socms that McDonald is suspected BBBB of knowing moro about the theft than ho BBB should , us ho was arrested Inst night by B BJ Shorllt Klynn nt the Instance of W. P. Gun B Bfl non of Omaha , to whom a tnortgngo on the B Bjl lot had bcon given , and taken to Tildcn to- B Ba\ duy for examination on the complaint thnt BBBB ' bo hud permitted ana caused the cattle to bo BBBB ' removed with fraudulent intent , B Bfl-1 A. Koliiilarly Dmcoiirse Hf Fullcutok , Neb , Dee U3. [ Spooial to 1 " * Tnn Uee.j Ror Dr Martin , chanlatn of BhBB the Keurnoy reform school , guvo his coo | B BB bratcd lecture , Who , " to a largo and np- B B prcclativo audience at the Method 1st church B Bi It was a full and scholarlv discourse on the BBH education nud training of the youth of the BBBB land Ho is a very entertaining speaker BBB and will give his lecture nt lyceums and BBH other educational institutions during the BBBJ Winter * BBBBti Items from Oonvor Crosslin ; . H BEAvnn Ciiojsino , Neb , Dec 34 , | Spo- B' clal to Tub Dee ] Corn is still king and BhBB . rules with n high hnnd Both olevutors are H running ever and there Is a great demand H for moro carB , as thousands of bushels are B BB dally turned nwuy , Uoavur Crossing Is B BB ' noxiously looking for a competing line of B BB railroad to remedy the present evil , as staB - B BB.- tlons at competing points have plenty of B BB cars , ibo town hopes soon to see the Union B BB" * Paclllc or Missouri Pacllio build in hero B BBT lioavcr Crossing also needs a second lumber BBBl yard ana auotber Implement house or now B BB hotel H Proposition rot * a Now Railroad H „ KciHNEr , Neb , Dec 23 , [ Spoclal Tolo- H gram to Tun Bbe , | At the council mcot- B tng this ovonlng n proposition from the B ; Kcarnov ctDlackHills railway company for B B B'n special election to vote JT5.003 to aid in the B B B > construction of the road was placed upon B B Jlrst reading The people generally favor B BBthis proposition us the rpad will head off n B BH-t proposed line on the South Loup which will B BB bo a damage to this city H Now Methodist Churoli Judlontca H > Iilsok ! , Neb , Dca 23. [ Special to Tub ' H Bee ] Yesterday the nowMethodlst church K of this place ivas dodlcatod , the sermon bo- K' < lng preached by Uav Mr Alexander of BB BBy dgar The beautiful new building was BBBBBi filled and in response to a call for $900 about BBBBBS1.CO0 were raised , The church has cost In BB K . the neighborhood of $1,000 , and is nn ornu- BBBBB' ' 7 inenl to the towu All the ether churches BBBBBradjourned their services for the occasion B i Oratorlual Contest nt Nelson K'\ Nelsok , Neb , Dee 23. [ Special to Tins H | Bee ] On Saturday evening the high school B' department gave an outcKutuniontundortbo Hi charge of the principal , L. W. Fiko , conslst- H" ' Jng of a contest In oratory , calisthenics and a BBBB 1 . furco ontitlca the Kansas Emigrants " BBBBB - The winner In the contest is Miss Uoorglo BBBBBt ; ' ' " ' AVyont , who is thus selected to enter the , statocoutoat for the gold medal at'Harvard , BBBBBLKab. . Fv- BBBBBGntnlilinn Don llnidod , K : Bbwihcb , Neb , Doa 23. [ Special Telo- B - gram to Tub Bee.J A gambling don In the H' " southwest part of the city was raided by the B , poiico yesterday afternoon ana four of the B B Bj- gamblers und their ontlro f mbllng outfit B B Br captured , 'iho parties were arraigned m B B Bj pollco court this afternoon and they all B B BJ pleaded guilty and were heavily lined , Hk llorsn Killers Hound Over B Dirota City , Neb , Dec 23. [ Special H ; Telogrum to Tub Beb [ Tom and Lawrouco H Crosby were bound ever to the district court H today by Justice Jay for the shooting of the H horses of Henry Mitoholl Tom Crosby was B B BJt the ono accused of tbo shooting of Blx her es B B BJ about Novombcr 2 , and Lawranco is charged B B BJ with Killing ono horse about a week ngo BBBBBB lliiii Over ly a Load or Iiumbor , BB BH UBvritiGB , Neb , Doe 23. [ Special Tolo- H gram to Tuu Uee | George Harman , aged H H Uilrteon years , was run over by a heavy loaj B B Bt / of lumber In a wagon this uf tornoon and sus- B B BJ talnod a badly broken leg , B , Kearney 8 wor llands H H H KEAitKcr , Neb , Dee 23. [ Special Tele- H - gram to Tub Beb I The city council tonight B B Bj , prderod > V,000 ) worth ot the eowor bonds to B B Ba ' - do plucod ui > on the money marital at otica to B B BJ the highest bidder They are twenty year B B BB bouda drawing 6 per cent H ' To Ko ulato tlio Speed B B Bf ( KEiHNEr , Neb , Dee 23. [ Spoclal Tolo- H gram to Tub Beb ] An ordlnunco wis BBVBB I atsed by the council last night regulating B B BK the speed of trains tbrougb the city ut not B B BJc to exceed ton miles an hour , BBBBB : BBBBBBL * . * * . * * - * % - - - > " - * - - IQNEffS. . A Crookrd Donl , Lb Mars la . Dee 23. tSpoclal Telegram to The Hee 'J A report of a rctl cstato transfer In the Spirit Lnko Uoncon InstAvcok set en attorney to Investigating Ho ropro- sontcd S. It Miller , tbo late consul to Lolp- stc , who was reported as having tiansferrJd OIO ncrcs ot land In Dickinson county toV. . W. Hurl of Spirit Lake , who transferred them to A Hecker of Dm Moines The transfer Is a forgery , Miller being in Europe nnd knowing nothing of It Hurd claims to bo tlio victim of n swindle , and that ho traded 1,000 ncrcs of southern land for this properly through n Dos Moines ngont , Mortangcs amounting to W.0J0 have been mndo by Becker to Hurd nnd sold by Hurd to inno cent parties Hurd has disposed ot all his propertj except what is nttnehod bv creditors and parties to whom ho had sold the broker mortgage Bxtcnslvo litigation will follow Assaulted by Fnotntttq Atlantic , In , Dee 23 [ Sp > al il Tolo- grain to Tub Bee 1 At 0 o'clock this even lng George H. Abbott ot Jollot , 111. , was attickod by two moa noir the Hot jt Andnr son for the purposu ot robbery Ho was hit across the mouth nnd his lower jaw was broken and lower tooth knocKed out Ho screamed , and the highwayman ran away without gettlns nny nionoy or Jewelry Mr Abbott had ? -J0 ! and valuable diamonds Ha was taken to the hotel , where ho now lies , and is recolvlng good care , A largo body of nion are scouring the country to find the hlghwnymon , Mr Abbott was the ngont of nn opera company from Now Brighton , Ponu Shot by a birun irrr Des Moines , In , Doe 23. | Spoclal Tolo- grnm to The Bee ] The pollco nro Investi gating n very mysterious case of shooting that occurred last night on West Walnut and Blghth streets James McGloro , n young man twenty-six yo.irs old , was shot In the nock by nn unknown man who nn- preached bun and after n few words drew a lovolvor and 11 rod McUloro was talking with a friend when the man approached , nnd In the excitement which followed they al lowed the assassin to get awny The ball wont through the nock and lodged near the Bplnul column , McGloro is ulivo and was probably saved bv the thlckno3s of his cloth ing , The mysterious stranger was dressed in dark clothes aud were a dam mustaoho , Bquenlod uu His Hrottior Des Moines , la , Doc 23. [ Spoclal Tele gram to Tnn Bee.J About a week ago the hardware store of Price & Son , at Now London , was burglurizod and Aibout J100 worth of revolvers , cartridges , etc , stolen It was believed that the burglars were residents and familiar with the promises Today two brothers named Kced , rcsldonts ot Now Loudon , were nrrosted aud Jailed with indisputable proof of their guilt Ono ot them , on his ar rest , iuformed.on his brother , nud disclosed the plauo of co noaalmon . t of the Htoloir goods They were fouud as represented Crushed bv u Horse Cueston , la , Dee 23. | Special Tolcgram to Tne Bee.1 Joe Rodlg , a boy aged thir teen , was fatally injured this morning by a horse which ho was riding roaring up and falling ever backward on the boys body His lnjurios are internal and the doctors say fatal Tcrriblo Mmu Accident San Fiuncisco , CaL , Doa 2J A report has reached hero that an accident in a initio In San Andreas , Calaveras county , killed sixtcon men and injured thirty , The cave occurred at Lane mme , Angels camp , yes terday afternoon Sixteen men were buried with no prospect of getting them out allvo Nearly all the victims had families At a late hour this ovonlng but little information had been received rogardlug tbo mluo disaster nonr Angels ' camp beyond what is already known A special dispatch from Milton , says word reaches there that twenty men wore imprisoucd in the cuvo at the Utica mlno Two miners escaped with out injury and ono with serious injuries The remaining , with possibly tbo execution of two , arc supposed to have boon killed out right Murder and Kobb ry Teubntuu , Pa , Dec 23. Shortly after 10 o'clock tonight three mon broke into the Jewelry store of Paul Ruttort and were in the net of carrying oft all the valuable stock when they were surprised by Mrs Ruttort , who plucklly grappled with ono of the rob bers She was getting the best of him when ono of the ether men drew a revolver nnd blow the top ot her head off The noho nttraetod Ruttort , who was unstnlrs , but bufoio ho reached hi3 wife she was dead aud the thlovcs had Hod with the booty , The murder created intense excite inont and largo numbers are out soarcbing for the thlovcs , The amount ot valuables stolen Is nut known Fay Hnd Nn Donicmio Trouble Janesville , Wis , Dee 23 , John W. Carpenter , father of Mrs Elton Fay , whoso husband suicided In Now York Saturday , says there was no domestlo difficulty between - , tweon thorn She received a letter from him from Now York Thanksgiving day stating that lie was coming homo , but she had heard nothing from him since Fays father , Charles Fuy , resides at Edgertou , this county When the news was broken to him last night ho dropped insenslblo nnd has not rocovcrod consciousness yet and most prob ably will die Fays ' father was ox-cbiot Justice of Walworth county , Wisconsin His wife is nearly crazed with grief Pinto Not So find ns l'nlnted , Lisnov , Doc 23. Portugeso MInistorof Foreign Affairs Gomes , in reply to the note of Lord Salisbury relative to the movements ot Major Pinto in Africa , says ( ha major did nothing to warrant the occusations mndo against him Ho did not order an attack on the British flag , but merely repulsed the hos tile natlvo9. among whoso baggage after the fight three British Hags were found , in con clusion Goinos asks Salisbury to await fur ther information concerning the affair before - fore taking any further action Ten liidloliiusiits lorKlecilon Frauds Helena , Ark , . Dec 23. The United States grand Jury bus returned ten Indictments for election frauds alleged to have taken place at the last congressional oloctlon in tbo First district The county Judge ot Craighead county is among tbo number indicted , for falluro to appoint judges from both political parties , as the law provides These prose cutions will undoubtedly affoot the contest uow pending In congress between Cave and Fcathoislono Mr Wuril nnd Stanley New Youk , Doa 23. Herbert Ward , ono of Stanloy's ex-lioutenanls , doollnos to dis cuss tbo reports from London that Stanley , in his letter to Sir Francis Wlnton , ox- prosBod Indignation at Wards conduct In Africa "I have a very high opinion of Mr Stanley , " said ho , and I have no fear of condemnation from him when ho is in posses sion of all the facts " Fatal Kerosins Lamp Explosion , New Yoiik , Dca 2J. Shortly after mid night , by the explosion ot a korosuio lamp , Mrs Kato Houston and lior two-yoar old daughter , of Sixtieth strcot , were fatally burned , The mother , who Is but twenty two years old , died soon after The child Is Btlll alive , but will ale The husband nnd wife bad quarreled aud had not been living together for some tlmo ltulned by Wlnound Womrn Sioux Falls , S. D „ Dea 23. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bee.1 W. L , Cooley , the absconding cashier of this place , Is still miss ing , His accounts have bcon gene ever and they are found to bo f TOO short His parauts live at Hnrou Lake , Minn Wlno and women are said to bo the cause of his downfall A Tnu Dark Contest Begun Pittsuuho , Pa , Dea 23. The soventy-two hours Internationalgo-as-you please walking match for 11.000 begau ut noon in the Tlvoli gardens There are twelve contestants At 1 o'clock Hogelman was m the lead , followed by Horty , AMALGAMATION OF MINERS A Schsmo on Foot to ttonsolldato the Dlftoront Organizations OUTLINE OFTHE PLAN PROPOSED • ji Moro Ilcndcrod Jccr-ssnry by Do- fents In the Past Cull for tlio i'rourcssivn Union Con vention In Union There Is StronRtu Columbus , O. , Dea 23. A Joint address wns todav prepared by tbo oOlclals ot National District Assembly No , 133 nnd the National Progressive Mlners'unionembody ing tbo plans for an amalgamation of the two organizations It Is proposed to cHoct it consolidation without sacrificing tlio csson- tlal features uf cither Thb work Is to bo complotcd at a Joint convention to bo hold in this city in January Tlio address , which is a lengthy ono , says in parti For mony years , by reason of n conflict originating in the cxistenco of two rival miners associations , much ralunblo energy has been tinprolitobly employed In a neces sary struggle for supremacy and in the con test the miners connected with both bodies of nrgnnizod minors have been tbo principal sufferers The condition of our craft today lias been reduced to the present level , llrst , by reason of the nbsoncoof proper interest in mining affairs , and , second , because of the falluro up to this dnto of the two organ izations to unite their powers nni agree upon a policy that would nt once bo uccoutablo to botn classes ot the prcsont ofllclnls and satisfactory to the rank and ilia of the rospcctivo minors Our inability , as shown by the character ot past efforts , to thoroughly unlto our powers by harmonizing our forces , has led to n reduction In wngos and in different parts of n competitive district rendered our miners nnd oillcials powerless to roslst Imposition and assert the rights ot their members as wage-workers , with no prospect bofcro us but of suffering still further modlDcatlons of our already too low standard of mlnlnir rntCB The address refers to the painful lessons of tlio necessity of harmony of action , as shown in the sorlos of defeats which the minors have boon compelled to submit to , and says the following plan has bcon agreed upon , 1. To unite the two organizations under ono head , to govern and protect the Inter ests of the miners and mlno laborers , this union to bo effected without sacrificing the essential features of either organization 2. The organization is to bo divided into n national district and local divisions , meet ings of which nro to ' bo oithar sccrotor open , as the members may dqtermino or the oxrgenc.es of the case may require ; that Is to say , thq meaning ot the term , open or secret cret" shall bo constructed as npplylug to meetings of the National Progressive union or Knights of Labor , us the case may bo B. Equal taxation upon aflllinted , members 4. A stuff of officers for the untlonnl nnd each district nnd localoigauizatlou In which due provision Bhall bo made for visiting and directing the business of both branches of the oiganization The necessity for the unification of our forces demand that all mombcrs of both unions and oven these minors not connected with either give the proposition careful thought and study that they may better pro liaro to Intelligently consider thu adoption br modification of the policy outlined Prosibcnt Mcllrido nlso issued a call for the regular annual convention of the na tional progressiva union nt Columbus , Tues day , January 22. Ho refers to the fact that the Knights of Labor have issued a call fern n convention of all miners , organized and unorganlzoa , to bo hold at Columbus on tbo same date , nnd extends an Invitation to inineis not organized to send delcgatos to the convention IlootninkerH Locked Out Bristol , Dec 23. Ten thousand boot makers are now locked out lathe labor dis trict hero , but the employers are willing to submit the dlftorenco between them to arbi tration A Northwestern Wliont Corner Chicago , Doc 23 The Dally News Winmpog special says : The Ogllvio Milling company has secured a corner on all the wheat in the province of Manitoba and the northwest territories , amounting to 4,000,000 bushels It is understood that the llrm bad n pointer from the Dominion government that tbo duty on flour would bo increased at the pending session from 50 oents to II uor barrel o , CliloT of Police Hnbbnrd Flrr-d. Ciiicaoo , Dea 23. Chief of Pollco Hub bard was superseded in oDlco tonight by Captain F , II , Marsh , who was United States marshal for tbo northern district of Illinois during President Cleveland's admin istration Hubbard was a holdover from the administration preceding that of Mayor Crelgor Ho will , it is understood , bo glvon a captaincy • A Very Tough Kid ' Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dea 23. [ Spoclal Telegram to The Bee | John T. Cralp , the seventeen-year-ola Incorrlgiblo son of C. C. Craig of this city , was sent to the reform school at Plankinton today YoungCralgwas the toughest lad in town , and had been • 'Jugged"any number of times for stealing A South Dakota Appointment Pieiuib , S. D. , Dee 23. [ SDOclal Telegram to Tub Beb ] Governor Mollotto today appointed K. H. Huntington of Webster ad jutant general in place ot Gabrgo S. Huston of Rodilold , resigned One Youth DiSMiibowols Another Chillicotiib , Mo , Doa 23. At Moadvilo today John Barbeo , aged seventeen , aud Ed ward Davis , ngod olghteon , became involved in a dlsputo , which tornunatod in Barbeo disemboweling Davis with an ugly kalfo A Closing Uecrco Head Paws , Dea 23 The minlstor of the Interior - rior today read la the chamber a deoreo clos ing the session The senate agreed to the law by which the government assumes a monopoly of the manufacture of matches The Glndstoninn Polio . London , Dea 23. Gladstone , Paruoll and ether chiefs of the Gladstonlan party will moot In London before parliament opops to settle upon the course to bo pursued by the party the comlug session Drstruoilvo Cyoluno In Kentuoky Pineville , Ky , , Doa 23. This town was visited by a destructive cyclone yesterday morning Several persons wore seriously injured , and the duinago to domohshud prop erty Is 150,000. Terrible Mine Acoldent Itoportnd , Ban Fiuncisco , Cul , Dec 23. A roDort has reached hero that an accident in a mlno in San Andreas , Calaveras county , killed sixteen mon und injured thirty No details m Influenza All Over Oormaiiy ; Beklin , Doa 23. The opldomia is now spread over every part of Gormuny , Decided to Itvturn to Work ; Beulin , Doa 23. The striking coal minors in the Saar district have decldod to rosunio work pending a sottl . oinent ot their claims m Bond Offerings Wasuinoton , Doa 23 , [ Sooclal Telegram to Tub Bbe | Tbo bond offerings were : * 159,000 at tl 'iT and (2,000 at IL01X- nlluenzi No Hcgpuoior .r Ms sons Mapuiu , Doa 23. Sagasla and four other ministers , tbo president of the cortei , many members ot the cortes and Miss Nevod and ether artists have the iuUucnza Oaka Will ItP.ido South New Ouleans , La , , Dea 23. It U stated tonight that Jaka Kllraln will accept the pro fessorship of boxing for the Southern Athleliu club und uuko this city his porina- nout home this D y TA suicpKiinns Governor Mnllr-tto Ilcllovcs In Telling tlioVAr'tn Irt Iho Cnfl . PicnnE , S. 'fyBoa 23. [ Special Telegram lo Inn BEF..f-Govornor Mollotto todnyox- pressed vlew.ni apropos to the resolutions adopted at th.Qiro.rent Watortown convention that no nltoinpb at concealment of the desti tution nmong the people of the stnto was wlso Ho stntaqf that the district where there Is suITorlng and want was confined to a very smnll oinapf the stoto , comparatively , and that the Balance , or fully SO per cent of the state , was In easy circumstances and could help the balnnca In n mensuro with what nld wns oo'ityng in from the outside The Noithwcstdrn railway nlono has con tributed ever M.OOO already In frolglits to tbo drouth snfferors , and Is still continuing its half nnd free rates on coal and suppllos whuro the necessity for them Is shown Tlio governor ndds that corporations may have no souls , but Messrs Ilnllcnbeck nnd Hughltt have shown thnt they have From rccont Information nt hand it sootns that these oniclols regard the Watortown resolu tions ns placing thplr good efforts to help the needy in a queer light before the public , to saj the least PUomillTION IN MOUTH DAKOTA What the Penalties Are for Vlolntlng the Law Bismarck , N. D. , Doa 23. [ Special Telegram gram to Tun Bee.1 The full text of the North Dikota prohibition law has boon mndo public It imposes ponnltlos as fol lows : First oftonso , J300 to 81,000 Una nnd ImprUonmont not loss than nlnoty days nor more than ono year The second and oaoh succeeding offense Is treated ns the first , with punishment by imprisonment , in stnto prison for n term not excoodlug two years and not less than ono There is a proviso permitting registered pharmacists to soil fdr medicinal , mechanical , sciontillo aud sacramental pur poses All places where intoxicating liquors uro sold are doclarcd nulsancos and the sheriff is omowarodto [ , nbato them nnd de stroy all the Intoxicants nud fixtures therein St Louis Gas Robbers St Louis , Doa 23 At a muss-mcotlng of cttlzons In the Merchants Kxchango today resolutions were adopted protesting against the so called robber cas bill railroaded through the local council last week by a vote of 7 to 0 An address to the mayor asking him to protect the city from this"unparallolod * raid upon the treasury , " by vetoing the ordinance was ndoptod There was an oxcitlug scene in tbo city council tonicht when Councilman Rohan , ono of the Bovon who voted for tbo gas bill , which created such a Btir , movnd that a commlttco of-invostlgatlon bo appointed , and thnt it bo composed of two counuilmen who voted against the bill nnd ono who voted for It The motion provallod , however , by a vote of 7 to 5 , ono member bolng absent Troublous Tlinr-s In Brnzil Nbw Youk , Dec , 23. | Special Telegram to Tnn Bhp.l A pnvato correspondent ot C. R. Flint , who is wall posted in political matters - tors in Brazil , writes : Politics will Boon bo red hot { hero There are Indications of ilerco contentions brewing The Journal do Cotnincrcto undilGiirctto do Notlcins nnd others already.Indicate dissatisfaction with the provisional government The leaders of the revolution four trouble Silvira Martlno of Rio GraadOide Sul Is a prisoner la his house j- „ Implement House Burned , Bloominoton , Neb , Dea 23. [ Special Toleeram to Tii Bee ] A Are at Hildrctb , a small town twenty miles north on the county line , destroyed S. D. Longs Imple ment house , togbtUer with its contents The ilro occurred at2 a. m. Sunday The origin Is unknown Tlio total loss on the building und contents Is between $5,000 and $0,000 , with an lnsuranco of S1.350 each in the Furmors' nnd Merchants of Lincoln and the Nebraska und Iowa of Omaha Mr Long says he will rebuild ot once A It'iilroatT l > cision by Brewer Topeka , Kan.r Dpc 23. This evening Judge Brewer tiled with the clerk of the United btatns circuit court an opinion in the Missouri , Kansas & Texas railroad cases , disposing of tbo inotlous that bavo b' con con tinued for the past four or llvo months The opinion is quito voluminous , nnd itIs believed lioved thnt it will hapten thn foreclosure ot the Missouri , Kansas & Texas The motions were all made , It is claimed , for the purpose of delay and to postppno tbo decree All of the motions except ono were decided clearly against the Missouri , Kansas & Texas The Flro Record Cincinnati , O. , Dec 23 Emory's candle works ut Ivorydalo burned tonight Loss , $100,000. _ SHE'S A KIiUlIOMANlAC A HlRh Toned Society Lady is Caught Stealing Yesterday afternoon about 5:30 : ono of the private detectives cinployod in Hayden Brothers dry goods store apprehended a well dressed lady in the act ot appropriating • several small articles of value from tbo no tion counter Ho at once summoned Ofllcor Benson , who Is on the boat at that place , and the woman was taken to police headquarters She gave the nama of Mary Dee and was booked under the charge of larceny An effort was at once made to conceal her idontlty , she bolng looked up In tbo woman's cell and no one , not cvon tbo most trusted oOlcors , being allowed to see her As soon as It was dark a gentleman well known in the city appeared und very soon the record , Released on deposit of $10 , " uppcarcd oppo site her name , the same being authorized by the chief of pollco Scrgcaut Ormsby then escorted her , | henvily veiled , through the old police court room to thu Bide entrance to tho.statlon , from whence it Is supposed she wont homo The lady belongs to ono ot the best fami lies in the city , and was rlcblv attired She is described os a short , chunky woman and at the tlmo of her appro- honslou were a sealskin sacquo of the host make Ono ot the firm who was seen 1 announced that she was ot a highly rospecta- bio character , nnd that consiuorlng bar cir cumstances ho did not propose to prosecute her As a matter of I act , this dopokli will be forfolted this morning and nothing will bo said regarding the matter ' W. JL O. ISntortalnmon t. The Womon's Robot corps , nn auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic , gave a very pleasant socinLin Grand Army hall last night , Tbo attendance was largo After a programme of recitations , singing and dia logues bad boon reordered the evening was spent in dancing , tnit was ono of the most successful parties itbat has over boon given bytbooorps , "iri ' " "r- > Btnbbl'diln tbo Hack Lew Wind , a barlendor , whlla passing along tbo rear of the Ogden house , in Coun cil Bluffs , last night , was ussaulted by three ' unknown men aatl'mabbod in the back Just under the left shpuldor Physicians were summoned , who'st&tea that the wound was serious and might prove fatal Up to a late hour this morning1 the mon who did tbo stabbing had uot < boon arrested H _ He Ucsnfrfed nn Olllccr Ofllcer Murnell' attempted to arrest a woman named Mary Dee at the Sixteenth street viaduct last night aud was assaulted by u man uamod William Glades Marnoll made a gumo light and succeeded in getting Ills man and woman to ( ho station , the latter being a little the worse for wear ' Governor Saunders Ilobbod Ex-Governor Saunders of tbo Utah com mission was robbed of $15 in money at Salt Lake City on Friday evening last A gang ot house thieves which have boon operating in tbo vicinity were the depredators Dee Middloton , u well known gam bler of Council IllulTa , was attacked with heart U soaso while sitting in a chair in the Turf saloon lust night It wag ut 11 rut thought that ho wuu ( lying , but later rallied Hulllciotitly to bo taken to his homo His physician states that ho will probably bo ull right ujain | iu u day or two . TllE ENGLISH SYNDICATE They Wnnt Amorionn Dlstillorios , but Fonr Prohibition MAKING A CAREFUL INSPECTION Why They Throw Up Their Option on tbo Oiuahn Browcrioi Ken tuoky Gin 31111b Not Desired A rroinr-otlvo Donl CmcAOo , Doa 23. ( Special Telogratn to TnH Br.E.l The syndicnto composed of English capitalists is looking Into the coik ditlon of American distilleries with a vlow or purchasing n lnrgo number ot thorn "It Is true , " said Levy Ma\cr , nttornoy for the syndicate , today , that tbo Bngllsh- mon nro after some dlstillorles Options hnvo bcon secured and Iho business Is being examined Into very carefully If this clnss of property Is finally taken , a largo amount of money will bo put Into thetn nnd n largo number will bo secured There Is no cor- talnty , however , that the dlstillorios will bo taken The Internal revenue laws of this country uro nn uncertain qunn- tity They mny be changed at nny tlmo , for tdoy are nlwavs under discussion , and this fact alone would cause thorn to hcsltnto u long time before Investing hoavlly In thnt branch of industry Another fact that hns been taken intocunsldciation is the agitation by the prohibitionists This bus kept the Ungllsb Investors from purchnslng ninny breweries nnd dlstillorios , notably the brow erlcs in Omaha On these establishments options had already bcon secured In prob ing thoroughly Into the mnttor wo found that three of the states par tially surrounding Nobraskb had already voted in favor ot a urobibltory amendment to their constitution This would doubtless bavo considerable influence on the people of Nebraska , wo reasoned , and such wus found to bo the case , for the proposition for a pro hibitory nmendmont will be submitted to the people of Nebraska In less than n year The options on the Omaha browerlos were there fore thrown up It is not true that we have secured options on about twenty of the largest dlstillorios In Kentucky The facts nro that some ono secured options on these distilleries and offered thorn to my clients , who , nftor the usual thorough examination , decided not to accept the proportlcs I do not think my clients doslro Kentucky distil leries uador the clrcumstancos " THC AMI-HOB VM1 BOTCHERS They Drnft n Rcmoiistrnnco to He > Presented to the Council The nnti-liconso butchers held a meeting nt Kcssler's hall on South Thirteenth strcot last night About forty butchers were pres " ent Tlio chairman announced that it had boon intended to organize a now union , but owing to the pressure of ether busiuos3 it would bo accessory to postpone notion on the matter until the general meeting in January Ho then stated that they would proceed to draft a remonstrance to bo presented to the coun cil The various trndes unions in the olty bad slgntllod thnlr intention of Joining in such a petition to the council The matter of pi cparing a potltlon to bo presented to the council was then taken up , and Secretary Bath suggested that it would bo well to provldo in the potltlon for a now ordinance The statcmont had been mndo that It was necessary to have .a licensa in order to supply better meat , and ho thought It would bo hotter to provldo that the meat inspector inspect the butchers ns well as the moat , and weed out the men who nro not butchers Mi Mercer , president of the carpenters union , wus present and expressed his views on the license question Ho predicted thnt tbo licensing ot tbo butchers was but the beginning , nnd would no doubt bo followed bv the licensing of the grocer , nnd then the trades would follow Ho urged the butch ers to orgnnizo and assist In electing to tbo couucil and the legislature men who would pass laws for the benefit of tbo workingman Ho pledged the ( support of * the Central Labor union in carrying on the work , nnd urged that committees bo appointed to wait on the various unions in the city nnd unite on a plan of action A petition to the council was then sub mitted to tbo mooting and adopted as follows : Wo , the undersigned butchers of Omaha , hereby declare ourselves as ooing opposed to tbo passage of un ordinance compelling butchers to pay a license of S100 per year Wo bcllovo that the same would result in creating a monopoly , as it would compel a number of butchers to go out of business , thus driving the trudo to tholarger butchers , which would Inevitably result In raising the price of meat , to the detriment of the work ing classes It has bcon stntod that the small butchers furnish poor meat , aud wo respectfully sub mit to your honorublo body that the small butchers must keep llrst clasB moat or lese what little trudo they have Wo thorofoie petition your honorable body to not pass the ordinance compelling butchers to pay a license of $100 a year A commlttco of three was appointed to present the petition to the council tonight , consisting of Messrs Johnson , Kunatz and Thomas A resolution was passed calling the espe cial attoution of tbo various labor unions , this matter nnd asking that they take action on it at their first regular mooting , The mooting then organized into n permanent - nont butchers union by the nppointment of the following ofilcers , who will servo until the llrst Thursday In Fcbrunry : D , S. Foster , prosldout ; W. J. Johnson , vlco- president ; Joseph Bath , socrctury ; James Fenton , treasurer The mooting then adjourned until next Monday evening , A Smnll Mr p. The flro department was called to Seven teenth and St , Mary's avenue last night to quench a small blaze in the St Felix build ing Tbo dnmago was very slight LONGEVITY OFTHE HEBREWS . Statistics Showing Great Vitality lniportnnt Ilyuicnio Rules In tills nrticlo in the nlnotoonth century - tury on Diseases Caught from Butch ers Meat , " Dr H. Bohrond citoa evidence donco , which ho has colloctodwith care and industry , in answering in the uf- firmntlvo tlio question : Are there grounds for the holiof that the Jewish race is especially endowed with privi leges tending to insure a dogrooo of pmtoclion against unhcalttiful influ ences and to prolong ltfoV The compar ative immunity of tlio Jewish rnco from the tuberculosis , says Dr Bohrond in the Jewish Messenger , has bcon recog nized by all physloiuna whoso spoclal oxporloncu entitles them to express un opinion ; und is the moro roinurkublo when the adverse conditions under which the vest majority live nro tuken into consideration The medical olll- cors of health in some of the poorest quarters of London , where most of the llobrow population dwells , huvo repeatedly commented upon this ( act in their ofllciul re ports Dr Loano , the modicai of- licor of Wliitoohapol , states : "I am sure from personal knowledge that fihthlslsjoxlsts among the Jewish in- inbitants of my district toamuoh less extent than it does among the romtilu- dorof the population " Dr Gibbon , the medical oiliccr oi Holborn , has borne testimony to the same olTcct , and Dr Drysdulo tlio senior physician to the Metropolitan Fioo hospital , which contains wards lor Jewish patients , writes that they very rarely die of phthisis , and their immunity fiom its attacks is very striking " Ho adds Hint they uro , ns ull know , very particular about the kind of moat supplied to them for food , I think it but right to state thut in a j ractlco of thirty j oars , large ly among llobrow patients , I roysolf have not yet mot with a slnglo attack of pythisls in the members of that faith It is , of coursOtnot nssortod that nny specific cause is sulllclont to bring about constant and inVariahlo biologi cal results ; all that I claim 'is that it la an important factor und thnt operating during n countless Borlos of gdnorntluns nnd acquir ing Increased force by constant horodltnry transmission It exorcises nn important iulluonr-o in building up tlio physical toughness , and thereby tlio mental actitness , so markedly charac teristic ot the Jewish race From the llrst to tlio fifth year of ago the porcontngo of deaths in the provlnco of Poson from 1811) ) to 180:1 : wai , among Christinas , 37.4S ; among Jans , liS.ll'J ' ; in the district of Uiomborg , 37.713 and 'J0.47 ; in thnt of Marlenwordor , rsJ.b7 ( and 21.28 ; in thnt of Dair/lg , a .lt und 23.21 ; in Horlln , 2' ) . 11 and 27.69 ; In nil the eastern provinces of Prussia , i)7.11 ) nnd 2-i.fio ; and in Wustphnlin , 23.52 and 18.t5. : In b'urtll , Mayor shows that Jewish children under 5 years of ago die at the rite of 10 per co nt , Christians nt that of 11 ; and in Frankfort Nout- vlllo finds the proportion 12.1) ) and 21. Von Borpmann snjs that "throuphout the Jewish mortality is loss m the first year ot lifo , and this favorahlo condi tion increases with each succeeding your , and even in the rnro exceptions in winch Juwish mortality is In excess during the first year its diminution be tween tlio llrst and fifth years becomes very striking NEW SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPH 4 Five Hundred Words l'cr Minute Mny bo TrniiHiulttml , A system of lolograph winch promises to replace in a great mensuro that now in use , has bcon in vented by J. II Rog ers of Washington , who has already achieved fume by inventing the p.m- oloctrlo telephone The system is based on the Synchronous revolution of two wheels , one at the soiidlng and tlio otho ether nt tlio receiving station This has boon attained before , but by such complicated methods that no giaiit commercial benefits huvo resulted Mr Rogers secured the simultaneity of revolution elution by an arrangement for sending a spark from ono wheel to ether If the ap.iric is not at certain place on the wheel , it is known thut the wheels are not turning together , and meusuros are taken for making thorn do so , says the Chicago Tribune The mossu go is printed on nn ordinary typewriter , which is connected with a machliio which punctures a series of holes , cor responding to lcttors in a slip of paper Tlio slip is then run through the bond ing instrument , and the message is printed _ in Roman lcttors at the receiv ing station without any aid from an op- orator Another method of sondiug is by a sort of typewriter having only ton koya which punches the slip directly This can bo oper ated fast enough to take down ordinary conversation Onlyton kc snro neces sary , bcctiuso any letter can bo formed in Roman typo by combining two or moro of ton murks By tills system of telegraphy from 200 to 600 words a minute can bo tiansmit- ted , sothatitsadvantago ever the Morse sjstom , by which only thirty words a minute can bo sent , is apparent Tlio general adoption of the now system would , therefore , greatly decrease the number of wires naoded for telegraph ing Uesidos , in the synchronous system tom , ton operators can send a message ever a single wire at the saino time , which is two and ono-hnlf times moro than is possible under the old system Another improvomontthat is in ado pos Bible by the invention of tlio device for vovolving two wheels at a distance from each ether simultaneously is the rapid transmission of facsimilo3 of messages This has bcon done before , but so slowly and at such an expense that the inven tion could not bo utilized lor business purposes A number of competent cloctricians have examined the invention and are sure that it can bo successfully operated at much loss rates than the prcsont sys tom A trial of the now instrument was recently mndo between this city and Washington and was satisfactory in every respect As the system re quires no skilled tolograpnor , is so in- oxnonslvo iu otner respects , and to rapid untl simple , its general adoptlonso cms certain Novelties In Linen A georgcous orange cover has largo floral patorns with doves Hying among the fiowors The pink , blue , straw , buff , ecru and pca-grcon covers are either fringed or deeply hemstitched For lunch and tea cloths the delicate colored spreads nro still used , and are shown in exceedingly rich patorns For the hemstitched borders the horn is two inches wide , and for the napkins accompanying the sot ono inch in width Some covers nro hand embroidered in wide patorns on perfectly plain grounds ; others display soioral rows of Mexican work Among the most sorviccablo and , at the same time , tlio newest eon tor pieces , doilies nnd carving clothes , are these which are finished in the Gorman Bpochtoi work Other doilies are of fine while or cream chiiiasilkhomstltchodpr fringed , and painted with hits of color taken from Japancso fans here an old ( lower , there a mandorin or strange foreign scene A delicate butdooided salmon colored spread is richly covorcd with Kirvntlnii designs of sphlnxos obelisks , pyramids , and other strange shapes , each standing out plainly from tlio brilliant ground The doilies nro exquisite works of art , and some uro inoro scraps of wlilto , pink , blue , buff or green satin dumask , with a Binglo pond lily , rose or dulfodil spray stampou on their smooth surface , and with friugod borders The German pachtol work is a strong embroidery in tlio linen which being cut out , leaves a haudsnmo , durable , open work embroidery This embroidery ory is a favorite ornamoutatlon this soitbon , and appears on bedspreads und pilloshams as well , pOYAl POWDER Absolutely Pure This powder never vurlos A murvolotuurltr , streiiglh and wholesomenass lloro economi cal than the ordinary Kinds , und csnuot be sold In competition with ilia multitude , of low tuat uliort weight alum or plioiphuti powders bol I Ollff | lit cjrw ItovAi , 1UkiU 1'owuku Ca , 10) Wall St , N. X , SICK HEADACHE i - iPoMthcly cured by M rADTCDO thc o i.'ttio ririi m wHlYI Ll\D They also rcllcro 1)13 i H nn tress fro'A Dyspepsia , In- M I 1TTLE digestion and Too lfcartj H ; H I \ # BT E > Eating A perfect rem 1 Mj I VE.I1 edy tor Dtalnctr , Nation , | PILLS ' bro .rslncss , Und Tnstc : M U M m in the Mouth , Coated H mKOtj K Tongue , Pnln In the Side H = = = = 3 = = 1 rout ] b llYKIt They , 1 regulate the ltowcls I'urcly Vegetable 5. S9fl SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE SHALL PRICE , JM iMinALDlufOif JI _ rSiusic. . j M rr r GMX1VX A. CUASB , 1 | Teacher of the Spanish Mondoline jfl With Mux Miu-er A llro 1 M Mrs . Davies snT Emma J. Davies ( H Homeopathic Physicians { I I > Ul'nscsoi\Tomnnn IchlMtrnni'poolaUtr.iatNortb I BMV | Mil Mrcct , tolophuna UH j JAS H. PliABODY , M. D. % f | Physician - : - and - : - Surgeon , IH ItoslJcmo nnd otlloc No ti3) ) Capital utcduc , tcloUMH l I'liono.Nn ' II ' . ! ) , 1)11. 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