li' ' | The Omaha ' Daily Bee - I _ _ _ ' v \ x * _ . NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOBNINO * * , _ _ JANUAKY _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 , 1800. , , NUMBER 104. _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ I \ % YSAND MEANS COMMITTEE I B " I \ A Pittsburg Man Wants Free Raw Hl Materials H ] NOT AFRAID OF PAUPER LABOR Hy ( flliunitncwror Mnc both Says Tlmt Un- H | J hninnci cd l > v Duties Hi ; \ \ oulU Pay K I Higher H .incb Many CJiilm- . iiiiIh Pur Protection . H'l _ _ ' ffi Ail Interesting ; Session H Wasiunotox , Dec 11 Although the ways Bt ' nnrt means committee had assigned today to " the hearing of persons interested In the mun ' ufm tura of glasB and leather vvnro the com i" mlttco drst listened to an nrcumotit , from > Robert M Thompson ot Now \ork In favor | of tlio frco Importation of copper ore InC - C tended lor exportation as rellntd copper B L L Hoilluo of Now Jersey Impressed ! If upon the cnmmlt'co the necessity of pro I ] * tectlng rates of duty which pro KV . ) vailed priorto 1SSS on Cvlln Bt 'S dor window gloss end bottles , Hj | | j green und French Slnco the net B [ ( of 18 t foreign glass hns been taking the 4) ) Pi ice of American glass though ihoro tins ox- B'nk ' istcd in tlio United States furnaces onquib B n to produce glass for tlio u liolo country Kl/ Lx-Cougrosvmnu Hroworof 1 renton rep Vyl resenting tlio potters , thought all their W/ , J trouble grew out of the idvulorom duties _ _ Ktr ' 10 l)0ttcry industry mvor hid been ale Blf' ' quatoly protected If something was not H y [ done to check the importation of Germnn B.fy goods mid Uohenmn wuro they would h ivo H I ( v control of tlio markets of the United States U 3 within llvo years and Amene in potteries H ) B would hue to succumb or roduccvvagcs voii | / ' milcrlnlly I | GcoigoA Macbeth of Pittsburg , a manu ! I faeturor of lump l.1 iss , inaiuifueturcl UU / ' stiles of lump cl , iss uua of the -01) ) styles h i i oul\ twenty weio eompeted with by ioiolcn BBBJ\ \ producers Ouo of the principal articles iJ used in this business was soda ash , nua ho B. < | favored tlio ieduction of the dutv on thut nr Hj ticlo Ho would tnko the duty iccui\cd from H | \ soda ash last vc ir uud buy the bouu ush man Hk' > ufnetory ut Syracuse fotu times o\ci Ho HH | bought foroifn sodu nshind believed ho Br J could miuufuctuio it at M ) cents a 1UU BBBIpounds \ tlio present price was $1 e5 i Another ingredient which entered into Ins H } i I goods was ciibonato of potish which bote a BBBI' ' ' I duty of „ U p r cent There was not enough BBBIj JI of tlinl uitlclu In this country to nupply his H , liT fuctoiy ulono An iucrcaso of tlio duty , he _ HI | | | argued would not cut off the impottatiou of H HIVjr foreign glusswuro or crockery It would HLjS - . in iko tlio | eoplo who wanted that identical H Bt ! • • - \vl kind of unro pay more foritthau now , but _ _ Hlt i • ' 1'W ' would not prevent its importation luo U K > v Jt * * rJ J only effect would bo to raise the jirico of ISO _ _ _ _ _ r M jry' kinds of lamp flass for which ho hud no R rjiifcouipotitlon Ho iv isht.il to h ivo the duties T// remitted on sodu ash , curbouato of potash h- < anu icau f-j - • ' * - < i - lo mo free r iw materials or free trade H'ljtT such ns Li timid has " said McUeth und 1 K'Jf ' defy any eompotl'iou on the fueo of the H | 5 earth 1 ] Mr Uayno And pay jour workmen the ill vvaos you now pay theini H W1 Micboth vv ill pay them nioro H C(8 ( Macbeth udmilte J thut ho nt one tltno con HT | tcmplutcd moving his works to Germany jjp Hu euid Gorman workmen wcro not ns Bfltir cfttcicnt and skillful as Americans but if ho fR found it diflicult to work with tbcm ho could _ _ _ _ HvtBI huvQ taken men from hero H'lff Mr llavnoasked him if he would have H V paid them the same wnecs , ho p ijs htio and f f Macbeth admitted hovvoullnot ills load j I iug idea in going to Oormaiiy w is the chcup ' 1 uess ofjuaterlal md plint If ho hud free H ! 1. trade in his raw matoriuls he would bo per H' IP fectly willing to have frco tr mo In his pie t If- duct Thochairaian Inquired whether the ' ItL consumers o ( lamp chimneys would bo bono % . Iff fitted bv allowing the run material as well ' \ \ as the linishcd product to no admittca free H ] Mr Macbeth said the dlflironeo irr > prii a H III would bo dor 4 cents per dozm Kjflf Mr Geir That is the rctalor , would the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C woniun who goes to the stern to buy a chnn _ _ _ _ _ BHuc\v # cuv get It for lessi 1 ' m Mr Macbeth My indlvidial opinion is 0 * > , gfVua\ \ doubt it * 1 ff lames . Glliundcr of Phlladelihtaiid the , j a' lninp chimneys mostlj nsou it this country , C nimufncturod hero and iiold for loss i'f / thun imported chimneys IiMortod chim tf noys were used princip illy onpeclal lumps D mid wcro bought by people of ineaus Ho • did not wapt free raw matoria\ \ and ndvo ] H catod an lncrouso of the duty onlho various _ _ _ _ _ _ j n grades of glass If raw ninteml and the H l K tlnishcd artielo noio admitted frio ho could H 1 H not pay the prcsont wages and atnpeto with H I H foreign toods H 1 | L William E Smith , manufacture bottles H I H at Alton 111 , said that from SO .to b5 | er H , cent of the finished product was ilprcscuted ( [ by labor fll H D G Klplov of Pittsburg the pVsident of H tlio American Hint nnd limo ossocntion , ad H vocuted protcctivo duties on cut [ lass Ho H S presented sever il specimens of'Uolgium H 11 glass and stated that tboy wouH bo laid H j ] I down here at a loss price than the } could bo V j j . cut for in this countrv i Br _ G J Kinc ot the fat Louis crvstnl slate jl \ j glass company favored the retention of the I BCt v a piesont duty on pressed glass Ho ivishod a R * * _ i g provision Inserted to make it moro explicit f/TT ii • H / y k * liLO III JOICKH | K ricnscil nt the 1'iuifrcHS orthc riinroh H ' " Aiimrfeja LiiiiioiUm lor Ilily Ito\ir , Dee M r\\o \ pope at yesterdays ' couslstori said ho was rejoiced at the build ing of Cathollo unlvorslt'as ' at Wastiniton , Ottawa and Prlodburg Ontholieifm , ho ! suld , prosporcd under the favorable biws of | ' America nnd tlio unity of tbo mou vo nd tuinislorsed them in that countryA'Jhls prosperity rendered Italy's conditionVioro B striking bj contrast Tbo Italian advortVies h 1 of the church persistently continued tanlr B X v war against It , as was made evldett u\ | ( i the roceut uttcrancos ot persons in puJ H S lie positions acquainted with tno lutoiitions , ( | B JJI regarding tlio church of rulers of 1Uj | _ _ B Vf Among other recent insults to the church H g wus tbo domonstrullon In honor ot Glordoio i S Hruno 1 ho Italian government , sookiug to 11 detach the peoulo from the church , opiotrd H I the action of the pope lu ovorv way His | o H \ liiiuss rctorrcd to the temporal iiowor as a H * necessity to the iadeuondenca and llborty of H I . tuo pope in the exercise of his mission unl , \ | p " declared ho did not claim tlio restoration of | II tcmpoial power from human motives it B i'X was his right and ho war re- B > quirod to preserve It Intact aua H 8 transmit It to his successor V 1 us ono o ( the nlicnablo troasuios of the H I Cbristlau fulth & 11 'lhunuvv Italian penal cede lust coming i 1 into onorutlon also utlaekcd the just llborty ! 8 of the clergy und hindered their work with H \ uuvvobstacles An additional wound wus B ( about to bo inQctcd upon the church bj the B I law reganllng charitable trusts , which Mas J' ' BB B \ icconlly been enacted wlthunscoining haste BB B , I 'ihis was a freshstcji in the endeavor to ofi BBBBI ] J futo every vcstiKO of religion from civil Ini BBBBI' I stlluttons Uy thli law all pious establish * BBBBI 1 mentsvvero to bu suppressed or transformed BBBBI I I cspecialb these for the ( lowering of slrls BB B > { without porlioiiB , thosarcgurdluirgiilscuttr- BB B < * \ lug convents and ttioso b\ which It was pro BB B { vided that musses should bo said BB fl % tor tba souls ot the dead This law BB B * , violates the withes of the founders H V of all tboso characters Priests wcro ox- _ _ H' -nv / eluded from the beuellts of charitable initl- / intutions and women vv ere admitted to such ' benellts It was argued that charity should ; bo secular In order that It might bo more no P'r ceptable Hut , Indued , the unfortunate ere too proud sometimes to accept Christian charity , and outside the church ttiero is no _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ true cliarlty Other blows also bu > u bceu B ' levelled at tbo church by the Invasions of BB H the civ 11 povvor , forcing itself lute sacred BE H thint Tor a time all these thtuft mlat rmbirrass the church but they can n < > vor dcilmtoly change Its course , Coiniitputlm tlio Addrcfl" Hovib , Dpc 81 HI Koformn savstho vlo- lenco of the languaco used In tbo pope s alio cutlon will not | rovent Italy from bclrg gov crncd lu hnrmouv vvllh the necessities ot progress and the aspirations of her people .SMI 111 IS A lOt IIIAlt 9IAN Keslciintlou of ilirt I Irnt Lord of tlio I nullsh rrcitiur ) . [ OriT'o't ' ' HB9ij Jimi * fiordnn llcnn'tf ] London Ucc 31 [ Nuw York Hernld Cabla Sperlul to lnu Hi r I The residua Hon of W. II Smith , llrst lord of the Irons ury , hns bocn the subject of numerous parafjinphs , but ho goes nbouthls work say ing nothing Ho knows ho possesses the cntiro conlldonco of bis pirty and thut his resignation Is not desired m tba house of commons or out of it Ills health Is not strong A prominent member of parliament snvs Sir Ldward Watkin is going ahead with his tunnel unaor the channel Work Is not actuullv going on because the boird of trade is vvutchinp to prevent it , but n pretty teed beginning of the tunnel was secured before the government Interfered an I falr4 award Watkin Is convinced that when the Glad stonlans cotno back to ofllco ho will bo al low eel to do what ho liliesundor the channel The old man is on his sldo I'lrit is moro thin bnlf the bnttlo It will never do to lesotho the 80 000 which hus nlroidy boon put Into the big hole near Dover His shareholders declare they will stand by him Ho will ncod nil tlio help ho tan got before ho reaches the French coast iho ipiccn once more shows how closol ) she follows public events ( rent or small by her klndl } message to the son of the late Dr Mncltnj She also shows that her reading is not con lined to the Times lu which Jour nal Mackay s death has not been recorded nlthough ho acted ns correspondent of the Times in Now \orlc for some our joirs True , ho misled it abe it the war , but ho was not ulono in holdlnc fulso vlows In regard to that struggle It is known that Parnoll has long been dc slrous of retiring from the Icndcrbhip of the nationalist purtj The O Shct divorce suit mny lonvtnco lilm of the expediency of enrriing out his Intention without further delay In that case There is only ono possl bio successor Thut is U illiutn O Urlon Ho is moro poptilai in Ireland than Pirncllnnd has a grc iter hold upon the parti gcnonlly Parncll has practically done his work , but it would indeed bo curious If ono so cold and unlmpassioncd should bo destioyod nt last by Buch an offense as is attributed to him by Captain O fahen 1 here Is no truth In tho'report that Irv ing contemplates bull ling u now the itor or that Mr Tuolo Is to ipreu ucforo tboiiueon prior to his departure for Austrulia TI1L PWAIIIiVN COVJNIIS'IOV \ \ hj nrustus Wiin 111 Is Loyal to Vic tin in Testimony lrl.enj Ntw Yoiik Dec dl Before the Canadian commission today Lllls Roberts tbo sub treasurer of the United States , gave * it as his opinion that the present commercial re lut ions with Can id a were idvautac.cous to the United btites and thought restilctcd trade as it is now , would act materially toward annccntioti with Canada He dil notMdnk however a commorclil union Be tween the two couutrios would ho wise A reciprocity treutv ho said would be practical , but not advisable as it would bo to our ad vantage Sylvauus Smith , n Gloucostcr fKlierman , complained that Cnnndlin Ushcrmcn wcro allowed commercial privileges bv this coun try which were denied by Cauada I i islus vViman who hns been prcscat at the be iring , when asked bv the chairman at the committee if ho wus an American citizen replied that ho wan a Canadian subject , of her uinjestv , tbo queen of Great lirltam and Irolmd Iho reason ho did not seek the tlorosof ! American clt ensliip wis only duo to the fact thut It would destroy his iniluenco tn Canada CbailcsII ICcop of John Pews „ . Son of Gloucester testified that his Arm was engaged gaged In llttlnc , out fishing v ossein Senator Heir asked the witness for his vlows as to the vuluo of the cruising vessels ot Glou ecstcr for service in the navy in the event of war Keep replied that fishermen were alwas eagerly Bought after to servo In the nav v About ono seventh of the popu lation ot Gloucester took actlvo part in the 1 ito war Referring to the subject of Can ada's treatment ot Amor icau fishermen ho said Americans cared nothing for the thrco mile limit What they wanted was the right to tot such conveniences ns Hoar biit , oto , vvnen in Canada buch privi'otros ' were not necessities but rather convonicnccs It was not tbo refusal of the Canadian government to poimit American fishermen such privll cges as the maimer ot tbo refusal thereof Iho committee adjourned to meet In Wash intton ritlUIITi UL COIiLIlON Two Passenger Trains Crnsli Into Kucli Othi r vvltli I atnl Kcnults iNniiNAlous Ind , Dee 31 A frightful and fatal wieck occurred at Kokomo this morning on the Panbandlo rallwav , a milo north ot the depot Train 13 north bound , crushed into train No 14 south bound , running nbout llfty miles an hour , totally demolishing the onelno and burning the baggugo cur and coiouos of the southbound train The injured wcro confined to the onhlno express und baggage ears George Cummlngs , cngiuoer ou No 14 , was burled iu the wrecK and died immodlntoly nftor being extricated loin McCullough , ouglncor ot No U had Ills head crushed nnd cannot Uvo Hatgairo master J Korlon was Injured lu the back and head and died Boon uftor being re moved Messenger Giant and IhomasHurber were seriously thnuch not fatallj hurt A fovv others were slightly Injured und a num ber ot passengers iu the coaches wcro shaken up , but many of the passengers were not awakened 1 because of tbo wreck is a mystery m X DcHpnrnto liorHO ThloT Wii UESiuiniK , Pa , Dee 31 George Slut ploy , the notorious horse thief uud mur derer , who escaped from the Tnnkhannock Jail a mouth ago , was run down in the woods last nitlit Ho made u desperate fight , wounding two of his captors ihis morning ho was placed ou board a train and taken back to runkbunnouk Jail Although hand culled ho plunged throuh ( the window vvhlio the train was in motion and had not the otllcors crasped his limbs would have cs enpod YniiMon bnloons Will Itbinnln Opou Yankton , S I ) , Dee 11 JSpeclal Telegram gram to The Hi.cJ All saloon licenses in South Dakota expire at midnight , and neither county commissioners nor city coun cils will issuaanv more , o/ving / to the prohi bition cluuso In the constitution Hut the Yankton saloons will ruu right on Iho legislature moots on January 7 , and early uctlon by that body as to the prohibition clausa is expected A Mrcutl Hint Tlironlcned HittssEi.s , Dee 31 , The sttUing miners ( nt Charlorol nro start ing an 1 u bread riot thieutoned The shopkeepers rcfuso to glva tiora further credit Iho governor ot lUinault lias udvlscd the kovcrnmout to in- tirfero _ A lluncnrlnn O.i.lnor Aliscoml * . Vievni , Doc 31 At Prossburg , In Huu fori , tl > ° county rasbler lias absconded with TO 000 florins iu cash , leaving uupald the uurlus of public ortlcialt to which this tuivo } was to bo applied TARIFF REFORMERS DUE ; The Annual Toast of the Massa chusetts Loarruo A GATHERING OF NOTABLES Chvclanil Lulostlrcil M1IN Itlil'uulcH the Homo Market lilm , Couitr- | ) tup ; tt to tlio Clilncao Wall Atkinson's Ilcmtrks rrlonds of 1 rem Trnilfi Hosxov , Mass Doe 31 Iho members of the Massachusetts 1 anff Reform league dined this evening , the occasion being the annual dinner of the organization Among those present wcro Hon Roger Q Mills ot lexas , Hon lhouuis Sheirmati of Now York Ld- vvurd Atkinson , President C \ \ Hliiott of Harvard college , Charles rnncis Aduius , lion John V Andrew , Hon Robert Ireat Paine , Hon P A Collins , and others President Pierce ot the lcaguo spoke nt some length on tariff reform , concluding as follows "In the light ot what bus been presented is it not reasonable to conclude that the leaders of the political party whoso corner stone Isjrotectlon are ready tn Its interest to sacrillco ono industry after another and as many Indus tries as may bo nccosanry to cement the alllunco which thoj have formed with the wool growers , tbo iron masters nnd the coal barons of the countrj I It Is no small advantage tint In the struggle before us wo have for our leaaer a m in of moral oournpo Btcrllnc , honesty und stiaightforvvardncss , the most Interesting I crsouulltv in Amuricun lito Grover Clov eland " Hon Ldward Atkinson In his remarks said nil rcisonnblo advocates of protection consider free trade the objcctlvo ( oint of their Bjstem to bo obtained when the time his coino to make it safe All reasonable frco traders claim true protection to domestic industry is what thiyuimut Ibo only dlftereneo Is ou the time of concession \ \ hj not bei'in now i When mutual trust and conlldenco in tlio sincerity of pusposo ot all who cngugo In the work shall bo established in the progress of legislation wo may then for the llrst time since lbbl bo in a position iu which the tariff question itself can bo en tcrcd upon by rcusonnblo men In a mnnner consistent with common sense and common honestj Moro thun ono half the subjects of taxation undoi uur present tariff could bu put on the frco list without dimlu lsblnc , our revenue from customs the lu per cent which they have yielded up to this tlno I refuse to believe that the rc | rescntatives of the great national republican party to which I was proud to belong for so mnnv j ears huvn become so nnrrow and so bigoted in tnclr sectional feeling ns to bo in- capiblo of rising to the level of the present responsibility Iu time of dnngei thcro were foven men on the lcpubhcvn party who saved the country from what I think nearly nil reasonable men now admit would hum hnnn a politic il convulsion when they voted on their personal convictions , but not with thcli paitj , against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson Are thcro not now seven in the senate and a rclativo number iu the house who ma ) at the present time bo capabloof the same independent judgment who may unitowlth their party opponents in such reasonable and Judicious reform of the tariff as will put us in the vvvy establishing conditions In the future In v hich this coun trv may obtain the paramount position to which it is entitled in the great commerce of the vvorlul Among the utterances of Mr Mills of Texus weio these Hiatory lopoats Itself and wo are hoio tonight remonstrating with our government for the wrongful luterfcr unco with our business aeprcss'ng out in dustrics parulvzing our labor , Impoverishuir' out people nnd euttiug off our foreign trade And tonight we say to Mr Harrison and Mr lilulno as our fathers said to King George and Lord North You h ivo no right to cluso our ports Grover Cleveland at the head of the Mohawks in Dcccuibcr 1S37 , tnrew the tea overboard and started the battle for the vindication of the riht ( , our Lexingtons and Hunker Hills [ in IfccS Wo h id our Saratoga 11 1S > 89 Wo shall have our YorKtowu in 1S9J " * * If restrict ing the purchase and sale of our products to American markets stimulates industry , cheapens proluctlon and increases Wealth und wages , why should It not bo a wlso policy to upnly the pnnciplo to each ouo of the states ) If It is productlvo of good to the forty two uultea states , It ought bo good to each ono of them seoaratoly It is a qucs tion of political economy not of patriotic sentiment If the pnnciplo is correct it will apply to a small community as well as to a largo ono Why not carry It to its logical conclusion and have a Chlneso wall around each state nnd stimulate it to build its industries , lncreaso its wealth and glvo better employment and hither wages to its own people Let the people vv'thin ' each township trade umong themselves Iho per fectlon ot the principle would oo to wall every man into himself and thus foster and cncouraco , Inui to develop bis resources In n short time lin would be sufllclentlv developed to rolso his own grain , bcof , hogs und manufacture his own clothes , cto ihis policy means that man rises to the highest happiness when ho expends the largest amount ot lauor and obtains the least amount ofpioduct Reduced to its lowest terms it is perpetual work and no product * * * Iho best nome market Is the ono into which Is admitted tlio latest Importation , because the largest Importation means the largest exportation and thut means an actiyo de mand for the articles exported , and thut means mi reused prices , and that moons Incrcused wealth distributed ninona1 tbo consumers , and that will In turn create an active demand for homo products which supply 00 per cent of home consumption An actiyo demand for honTu products creates a demand for homo material nnd labor und that raises the prices ot both und gives constant era [ lovmout to all classes of labor " A Ilullot Canst il IHn Dentil New Yoiik , Dec 31 | Spec al Telegram to Tur Dee 1 A sensation was cuusca la Westchester village today when it became kuovvn that tbo body of John Rusk tbo joung man who was shot on the night of December IU ut Diroggs Neck , as alloicd by Thomas P Hart as the result of u McGinty joke , had been disintorreil ut St Peter s Lplscopal church yard at Westchester On baturday last Coroner Matthews con cluded the Inquest in the case nnd the jury surprised everybody by rendering u verdict that the man canio to bis death from acuta congestion of tbo lungs , and that thcro was no evidence to prove that Hart shot lilm Iho district attorney tornoy was not satisfied with this , und today had the body disinterred and an autopsy held This showed that Rusk , instead of dyinir ot corgestion of the lungs , died of a pistol shot wound , the bullet huv ing penetrated tratod the Intestines The sworn statements of the doctors will bo presented to tbo giuud Jury , which meets In Pebruary , when the case will bo thorough ! } Investigated , Iu the meantime Hart will bo kept in jail m Iho Wool Maikci HosTOV , Dec 31 ( Special Tclogra-n to The BtL J Wool la In fair doiuaud with do- slrablo good selling at full previous prices The market remains steady , but there Is lit tle hope of obtaining any advance in prices for tbo present Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces have been selllug at 32f < 7J3ofor XXX , 3f@35a f0r xx and nbove , and JSc for No 1 The price of Mlchie.au X fleeces is 30c , only choice lots commanding any better figures Combing and delalno lleoces are firm and in demand rer.ltory aud otber unwashed wools are steady , and soil at previous prices The nasi year bat been an unfayorabloono fpr the wool trade , and but little money bos been wade in the staple by eastern dealers Still , but few failures Jinvo occurred and It I is thought that a cousorVatho method of business In future will ariubtlcsi bring nbout | a bettor condition of attain juuok nm\vi.it. : Ito In Tcmlorcil n Heocptlon 1)j tlio Mh j or or lopokn Atchison , ICnn , Dec 31 | Special Telegram gram to Tur Hrr JL-tiiq Hon DavidHrowcr of Lcav envv orth , tlio now nssoolato j ustico of the supreme court ot the ITnltod Stntcs , was tondcrcd a rccoptlon nt tlio residence of Hon li II Waggoner , may r of this city , tonight J ustico Urowor arrived from Leavenworth , nt 7 o clock Ho wii * I'rlvcu ' to tlio residence of B W Howe , whoso guest ho was for dinner nor Hero ho mot Juilgo Dundy ot tha United States district court ot Nebraska , and Clmor D Prank , clerk of Mi Dtlndj's court , who were nlso lur IIowo's guests U 1 o clock the visitors vvcro escorted to Mnvor Wuggeticr s vvhotOBOVcrul hundred poisons called to piy their rcsiccts Iho company , ono of the most elegant that hns over gnth crcd In this city , Included all the local prominent persons as well ns many from other cities Among the luttor rero Chief Jiistlco nnd Mrs A It Horton , Associnto JustlcoD M Vnlcntlno and Mr John Guth no ot Topckn 1 ctturs of regret were read from the state onlccrs and other dlcnlttries The rccontlon lasted until 1 j o'clock , when Tustico Hrowor was driven to the depot wheron Bpoclnl train was wnitlng to tnko him back to Icavonworth , it nttmbor of citizens necomjianyiug linn Justice Urowor and family depart Tor Washington luosdav morning In rubruuiv they will return and pack their goo Is for tl eir Una' ' departure SOOTHING TO It lvLMMLUH , L\iicrhiipnt < t nt Atiliuin Provo Thnt Dietrich ) Ik Sure Hmith Atnuitv , N Y , Dec It The state com missioner today tested the cleetno oxccutlng machinery in this prison Rcpoiters weio notnllowcd to vvitnoss the tests , but Dr Mc Donald announced that a cult and n horse wcro put to douth with n stiddcniioss that was highly gratifying to the commission A current of nbout ono thousand volts was used The horse was killed first Wiios wcro nttachod to his head and ono to his bind ft ct Just below the grambrol joint The animal was instantly killed the time of con tact being less than bnlf a minute The horse made no strugflennd thcro was no cv idenco that ho sulfercd * In the experiment on tha cnlf the tunc of contact was less than ten seconds As soon as the calf foil ov or and the current was shut elf Dr 1 ell performed nn opt ration of tracheotomy ( opening ot the wlndpipo ) and applied a patent rcatiscltatlug apparatus m liutaining nn artificial respiration for half an hour , but the calf was beyond the help ot science In this case tlioro was no suspended animation Iho alternating cm rent had done Its deadly work so effectually that douth was instantnncodsi Glt'l'PE's VICTIMS Salisbury and t ouiit Ilalzroltlt Anion : ilio Unlortunntrs Lovnox DeoSl The M irquts of SalU bury has La Grlppo innsoveic foun Ho was taken IU on the S4th but us the obsoiva tion ol the strictest secrecy vva3 onjolued upon all persons in the marquis household ns to tlio facts it wus not knpwn that ho was ill until Ihurbday whoi * ho wus threatened with a collapse The queen then sent Sii William Jcnncr to attend him Ho was then kept in bed three la s nnd has been kept in his room eve ; buo Pneumonia is apprehended und iho nurqula is physically unllttod for n stuijglo ith a very sovcrodls eiso Count Hntzfcldt tlio German embassador , has been ill for u fortnight but is now bet ter Mr Pnillips O'Ncll , secretary of the foreign ofllco nnd Praneis Cillora are also ill The latest news Is that the Mar juis of balls bury Is better Sptonti oT the Influenza Pinf Dec 31 It is boliovcdtho epidemic has reached its height la this city In the outskirts , however , the disease is spreading rho disease has made its appearance on the southern shores of tbo Mcditorrtucan Scv cral cases are rODortcO at Algiers nnd Bona It bus appeared in luiin and Gucta Italy At Milan the garriton , the students of Logono college the police and municipal guard are severely affcted In Hiriin HEnnv , Dee 11 fLoueafortho epidemic in Berlin appears di awing to a close the greater is thotondencj'tfo various comp'ica- tions , mostly that of cnlumouin which it self aeoms about to bebomo a veritable epi demic Other complications nru diseases of the ear and neuralgia In the city of Frank tort scarcely a slnglo house has escaped visitation Over Three Hundred Cops Down New Yo ik , Dee 31 The number of deaths reported ut the tuicau of vital statis tics during tbo twenty four hours ended at noon today was 100 an increase ever the average of 100 per conw La Grlppo is croa itcd with being the cause of the increased fatality Policcmon to tbo number of 303 are on the sick list today . Hospitals Grovwterl In Vl tinn Vienna , Dee 31 Taclnfluenza is Incrcas Ing In this city The board of health has ordered the schools closed until January 7 rho hospitals have uctomo so crowded It has been found necessary to erect a special structure for these sufTorJng from the discaso Attnokti tha linrme" Noiifoik , Va , Doa 81 Twenty seven cases of La Gnppo are ( oportod among the men on the United Mates recot/ing ship 1 ranlilln uud forty-Iho cases at the United States uiarino hospital here Cnnimltttc ! Snlnlilo Boston ; Mobs , Dec 11 George P Smith , lilted sixty two , watchman at the Massachu setts state prison , suicided with a revolver while temporarily InsunO from an attack of La Grippe J Government Empires Prostrated London , Dec 31Tina influonra has at tacked the employes of tbo government of flcos in tbis city undultrpo number are pros trated , . fillll Cntohlnif On Cmtuao , Dee 11 Xa Orlppo has reached tbo postofllco Postmaster llexton , four or flvo beads of departments and about forty clerks are affected Aloro Heal lis Vifnva , Dec 31 | ProT Rosenthal and Ilerr lirauinuller , the boSlc seller , have died from heart trouble aggravated by the iu- lluenza , . > • \ I ami Ojikp Utica , N Y , Doc JLi-Michaol Hopkins , a prominent dry fopds merchant , died today Ho was tbo first victim ot La Grlppo in this city Hrioo Could Not n < oni > - > Lyu , O , Dec Calvin S Urico , chair inantof the national democratic committee , Isn victim of La Qri | pe . Keforiu Helmut Hoys Got It LANblNO Dee 31 A largo proportion of the 600 reform school boys are ill with La Griipo m A Hey Mall ltobber Chicago , Boo i [ Lewis IIitchier , aged fifteen , errand boy In tbooftloo of the Orange Judd Parmer , n weenly agricultural news paper , was caught bj the poitofllco Inspector this mornlrj ? In tbo act of stealing remit tances in letters addressed to the paper Ha confcised be bad been robbing the paper for Uyo months Ho had secured a largo sum , but Just bow largo Uukuown CLERKS FOR CONGRESSMEN , Every Member of the House Wants an Atnanuonals SUPREME COURT MUST MOVE Bnnntorn Wnnt the Clinmliers of Jiistlco lor Committee Itooms btronj : Ol > | e .tlons to Soiintor rn.lilock'rt Hnnlcinp ; Hill Washinoton HukeiuTiib Omaha Bcr , } 518 I OUHTEENTtt STUUrT , > Washinoton D C Dec Jl I It is understood that the tiouso commlttco on nccounts will shortly report a bill provid ing a clerk for every member of the house of representatives At present It is only the chairman ut n commlttco who Is provided with a cleric , and even then there Is not a clerk for every chairman , there bolng only thlrtv nine clerks for llfty sk committees , so that in n number of eases ono clerk is as signed to two or oven thrco committees The idea of giving every mombci n clcik has boon frequently biought up in the house nnd the committees but hitherto the nccounts committco has luvaiiablv bceu nfiald to report port a bill to that end Mr bhiiw of Mari laud , who was chairman of the commlttco last session , snid openly thnt ho bcllovcd every member should hnvon dork , but never permitted bis committco to report the bill simply oecaUBO ho deemed It inexpedient It can not bo denied that there are many good reasons lor allowing ovori member a clerk No memoer cun answer the letters sent to bun by his constituents nnd poiform biB duties in the bouso without having a clerk Lvcry mull brings eich member a score of Icttors asking certain questions do mandiug government publications request ing the prosecution ot some clnini , in a word every voter in the country regards ( and very properly , too , ) his congressman ns his | er ° onul reiroscnlativo nnd agent ut Washington Kvcry sensible congressman recognizes the perfect right that all these correspondents have to an answer , but It is simply Impossible for them to be piesont at tlio sessions of the liouso nnd nt the same time fulfill tbo wishes of their constituents rhov llnd ittiocessury to hire clciks It is not fair to ask them to nay these clciks out of their own meagro salary for work done solely for their constituents The clerk is working for the constituents and it is only right and just thnt the constituents should pay the clerk hire Iho accounts couimitteo tukes this cqultuolo view of the in lttcr nnd is willing to provide clerks It will encoun ter the suvac.0 opposition of thocboeaoparors llko Mr Holmun , but the common sense of the house will tlso superior to that must viovi our Llko Poor Joe the supreme court of tba United States has to muvo for it q cupics spaeo in tlio cupitol th it the senators wnnt for committee rooms lhcydonot need it halt ns much as the court docs ind it will bo a ( , roat inconvenience to ovorvuody if the latter body has to move but each member of the senate Insists upon having u committee room in which he can do his writing nnd keep his documents and at present there are not enough to go around It is pro | osed to obtain temporary quai tors for the accommo dation of tno court until a now building can b ) erected butu suitable cno rould not bo ilulsbod bofoio sixor olght ycurs nnd thcro Is no place at present of any convenience or difcnity In which the court could bo quar tered The best way w ould bo to llnd a com modious rcsldcoco like the Corcoran man sion with a parlor or ball room largo enough to ba used for a court room , and lot that bo ocuplod until a sultablo structure can bo provided Hut nnothor now building that Is very badly needed oven worse than the court room , is a government printing ofllco The present building is not only unsuitublo but actually dangerous to the health and lives of tbo 3,000 operatives engage under its roof and bus been several times condemned by the city building Insoeclora In fact the walls of the building have bad to be propped up again and ngain during the last ix or eight years to keep thorn from fulling dovv n 1 ho vibrations of tbo machinery are so creat , that they can bo felt in any part of the structure und it a cyclone should stnko the old pile or if it should catch ilro some day , the loss of llfo would bo terrible ConcrcsA might bo indicted and convicted ot criminal ncgligonco in allowing the building to stand Public Printen Palmer proposes , if It is possible , to secure nn appropriation during the picscnt congress to oulld a now ono UNEXriCTFl ) 0I1JLCTI0N An unexpected and powerful objection Is being raised to the bill Introduced in the Bonato by Mr Paddock and in the house by two or three members proposing to reduce the minimum capital of national banks in small cities to $10 000 The minimum is nt prcsont $ j0,000 Han iters are writing-their representatives that under the provisions of this bill national banks would bo established by persons with a capital of $10 000 for the purpose of early insolvency A man or woman with but 110,000 could establish a baqu under this measure , control all of tbo deposits and go into fraudulent liquidation , or voluntary bankruptcy without being ha bio for moro than an additional $10 000 out side the capital , although the deposits might agrcgato$500 ( OIK ) A private bank cannot boorhanizod on this principle foi fraudulent purposes btcauso the financial worth of the owner stands ns security , whereas the fed eral laws und the capital stock alone act as n guaranty for depositors In a national bank It looks as though the bill would bo defeated for the roassns stated SITTING Utt I NOT A > OIty United States Indian Agent McT aughlin of blinding Rook N D , who Is in the city with the Sioux delegation , was today shown the dispatch from liistnarck , nnd ho says thut there is > > o truth in the stntoinont that bitting Hull la incensed at not being Invited to Washington with tlio delegation Sitting Hull understood very well that only these who signed the treaty last summei would bo invited and ucceptod thcsituntlon eracefiillv Colonel McLaughlin donles that Sitting Hull and himself are on bad terms On the con trary tholr relations nro most ntnlcnblo Sit ting Hull , ho suys , is u very lonservatlvo Indian and has small fuith In civilized habits ot lifo for bis people tlo is tboroforo op posed to uny measures that look to a radical change NEW YKill's AT Tlir OA1ITAI Tbero will bo nothing done in Washington tomorrow other than the extending of Now Years greetings 1 bo reception at tbo white house and the homos of Vieo Prcsldeut Mor ton und the cabinet oftlcers will bo supplemented monted by moro than a thousand private citi zens ut their homes Over olfeht columns of line typo nro required in an evening paper to make tbo announcements of tboso who will receive tomorrow , The following are of la tcrcst to 13le readers Miss Susan U An thony , nsslstcd by Miss Clara Colby of No bruska at tbo Riggs house , after li , Mrs I dwliiill Longer , Miss Lama Concer ot Iowa Miss Minnie 13 Loomls , Miss Tome of Dcs Moines ut 1511 P street , Mrs J I.lien Poster of Iowa ut her borne , 1I3J Vermont avenue , between 3 and 0 NEUlUSkA 10STUASTIII8 Adams , Gage county , J. T Shaw , vlco Hannah N. Oxon , removed , Howe , Nomuha county , C Rounds , vlco A T. D Hughes , removed , Lewiston , Puwnoa county , It M. Hayslip , vlco I , II Carmichael , removed , Patline , Adams county b V. Hechtol- bcimer , vice W. H Duncan , resigned , Springfield , Sarpy county , J , G Hohm vlco U C teller , resigned MISCELI.ASEOC8 , Ross L Hammond , tbo editor of tne Daily nnd Weekly Tribune of Fremont , Neb , who Is here looking ever Washington and public affairs , will visit New York and other east ern olties before returning to bis home Turkeys in tbo market today brought as 9 high ns 2S cents per pound and chickens wcro M ) per cent higher than usunl Washington v oathor Is cool clear and bracing No snow hero this winter Hon Beaten J Hall , formcily ot Iown , ox-coml oner of patents nccompanied by his wife guest at the f-bbltt Slnco Mr Hnllrott froni the patent ofllco ho has been In \ * .igo engaged In pioparlng to op n nn o \ , tor the piosccutton of patent cases HIz , j ovorv thine in reuliticss to coimticneov i-tito and came to Washington to look nfti r. no unfinished buslnisB Ho will bo In tl " tcHv nbout ono week Captain U , lull has on the rccomiiienda Hon of Lonea , n in Lonnoll been nppolnte 1 n messenger \ the house Liiitniu Hall IK cs nt licatr nd w as s w orn in to Inj .Manfordlt f ICenruey , vvhol ns been drawing n prt \ for BOino years ami who has nlwava clal that his rating was not hich enough , hns hnl his statement iu- iiuicsod in by the pension ofllco nnd ho will ilrnvv , In consequence , $7S0U , back imv Captain 1 award llniilon of Marshal , 111 , has been nppolnfed special agent of the trinsurj depirtmoiit with hcndquurtcis at Chicago , to take the place made vacant by the resign Ulon ot lohn Reeves f W * 1 reeman of Grand Island , who was In tha laihvnv mall service until a short time ngo , hns sout on pnnors hero asking to ba ri instated Iho enso will eomo tip lu the dcpartmeii * ns soon ns it can bo reached Senator Mandorsoii finds on In pilry ut the postofllco department th it the claim of Mrs C W Snyder , widow of the former lost muster nt Co lui Ctcok has boon II pildated nnd thnt the momi abe claims to be duo her was paid to William Stiidor , tno ndmlnls trutoi ot her husb ind's est ito in beptcmber last Peuiii b Hlvtii Noliinnkn mill town I'ntetits Washinoton , Dec Jl ibicclil Telegram to Tin Hi l ] Patents for Nebiasktms Sorlno Unnn Hastings Neb , nppirntus for preserving fruit , Mari Smith , Schuyler' Neb beat radiator for oil stoves Patents granted to Iownus biniucl L Hates Ccdnr Rapids , In , steam cn lnu , Gottfried Golst Hastings Neb , wheat hull ing machine Mwnrd P Lynch , Divouport , Iu , lomblucl lister plow and planter , lames W McKinlev , Oskuloosi In , hand pump and bin el attachment , Hciuinii D Moellor , Muscitlnc , Iu , diait equalize ! 1 Idridgo II Noble ussienoi of ono h ilf to J W Ward , Postvlllo , In , mop wrlm.or , Henry Pick Marengo la , nut lock loscph 1 Robblns Newton la steve or furnace , Martin A bmlth Atlantic , Iu hand cutter aud feeder , Frank 1 hmic Osknloosa , la , incandescent electric lamp socket Mirlnn ConirrnsR Aitjom ns Washinoton Dee Jl The Intern itional martnoronforenco wus callol to ortor this morning by Admiril Franklin , president of the conforcuco and from the beginning of the session It was evident nn adjournment slno dlo would bo reached ted ivarious leports were adopted Mr Hull of I ncjand In a ( .racoful speech offered a resolution that n formal mill coidiul vote of thanKs bo of fered to Admiral Fmn lin for his courteous ublo and iinp.utnil conduct us presiding ofllccr of the conference The resolution wns un iiiimously adopted timid much up ulauso , und Admiral Fniuklin iflor nc knowledcing the tribute announced the ad journment of the congress sit o die Iown mill Dnkotn Pensions Washinoton , Dee Jl [ biocinl leletrnm to The Hei j Pensions grantid Iownns Oriejiinl Invalid Frederick Glltehcr , Man che3tor , Enoch M Muitin , Ottumvvn In crease lhouins Giuhuni Dccoinh , Oiocon Preseott , Mnspn City , Jobu Uibcock Win field , Thomas Masse UouUus "i Gcoigo Mc Ginw , Cairo Oilginul widows etc Fred eri-to , mother of Honnan F Mcirholf , Vul- loy Junction t'ensians for DaUotans Increase Thomas Wurd , Mcrdo , Owcu Williams , Oswcll Itundnll Hcttei ' Washington , Dae 31 A rumor wns cur rent nt the cankol this morning that Mr Randall s condition is much worse Inquiry nt his house was nnsnorod by an omphatlcal denial from his family Ho is much bettor nnd out of bnd and Is attending to his correspondence respondenco Disciples or C1IO ) Washington Dec 31 This was the InBt days session of the American Historic1 ns sociation and wns Llvcn , up to tbo reading of papers on southern history I'ltOMIVI NL JHLV MOriUIZHD Archbishop Irelintl Ono nf Fii\y JTnkcii in Ity I reilerlksen Cmcvoo Dec 31 Tha amended bill to bo bled by Josiah Crotty In the ciodltors' suit against N C Frcderikscn , tbo laud speculator aud fugitive makes de fendants nf nearly fifty men whoso names have not hitherto ueen mcntlonel in conncc tion with I rcderikson Prominent umong thorn arojludolph Mlnnumaker and G G Lomstock , Mllwaukco bunkers , Churlos Dupec , Frank Colllor , John A Rico and Archbishop John Ireland These parties nro all suld to have some interest m the notes , mortgages or contracts obtained from or through Frederlkson and the amended bill scekB to have tha dofenaauts discover what relation they bold to such securities , mostly for wild lands in the northwest , lu older thnt the receiver may cct hold ot them and upply them on Crotty s judgment ABANDONED AT SI5A The Ship Sluikcsp io nnd CiovvSup- tio.cil to Oo li ist Halifax , N b , Doe 31 Tlio Allan line steamer , Ncstorian , after a stormy passage ot twenty days from Glasgow , ai lived lust evening Wednesday morning , the 18tn , in lntltudo 54 15 , longltudo .1 44 the German ship Shmcespuro from Hamburg to New York was sighted in a disublcd condition und signalling for assistance Iho sea was so rough tbo Nestoriuu was compelled to lay to neur her all night Iho captain of tha Shakesporo an d cruw wished to ba taken off Next morning tbo bhakesporo was nowheia Visible Whut Docamo ot the crow 13 hard tOBay.bnt the mail steamer , Sardinianwhich arrived yesterday , passed the Shakesporo Decombcr S3 m latitude M , 21 , longitude SO folio nppeurod to have been recently abandoned Xlio Dentil Record New Yoiik , Dee 31 Rev William W Pat to ii , D D , president ot Howard unlvcis- lty , Washington , died suddenly at W cstficld , N J , tins morning from congestion ot tbo lungs London , Doe 11 , The death Is announced of Morton 1 ishcr , an American engineer PohtaoeWis , Dee 11 Alva ' owart , Judtoot tbo Ninth Judiciil court , or this state , died in Ibis city last nlcjit ot pneu monia , ued ( Blxty cicht Judge Stewart lias boon on tbo bench of this circuit twenty nvo , jears , Vn nna , Dee 31 Tha contralto Kmmo Torolla , who frequently sang with Patti , is dead A Rnlllnic Mill Anoiileut Toiionto , Out , Dee 31 This morning While four men were engaged in weighing iron at the Ontario rolling mills , the gearing ot the Bcales broke und caused seven tons and a half of metal to fall on the men Georco Head and William McGtilro were In stantly killed und two ethers wore had'y ' , but not fatally injured t'ltubtirp ; Oniolnls Convicted PiTTSDtmo , Pa , Dee 81 Alderman Porter and Constables Shcppard , Parker and Ornoy were convicted today of conspiracy to de fraud b/ receiving money to settle illegal liquor selling cases Thirty I'nuilliou Hniuolcss Ntw Yoiik , Dee 31 Flro at Harlem this morning destroy od M0,000 worth of property and left thirty families homeless No lives were lost , but for a short time the excite ment was very great WICKERS11AM HAS A W1U , H Ohlcnyo'n HorUtli OOlnnr Takes tha | Bull by the Horns H THE INSPECTION OF LUMP JAVV9 , H Alleged Necllm nco mi the Part of IU | linotH Htmo Olllclnls Public H Hcntth to tlu Looked | Alter stilctly H No > t nt W nn o H Cincuo , Dec Jl ISpoclal lelcgram to . H litb llri : | Health Commtssloticr W'lckor- ' H shiiiu culled Stock Inspector I nmb und his H two assistants Into his ofllco this morning H nnd javo Ihom soinu very posltivo Informn- | tion regarding lumi'y ' j iwc 1 cattle nt the | stock j irds Dr Wlckershaui wns deter H mined nnd ho guvo Lamb this orderou | Imvu jurisdiction over eiittlo Insldo the city H limits , and 1 want j ou to sea thut the law \ < \ H en forced If you sea any lumpy jawed eattlo H and tha state otllcors sav that they are all H riilit you must take the ground thut they H nro all wrong , audit tbev snj lot them In , H do exactly tin contrniy If you want any H help to carry out these orders just call on H me and wo w 111 have u portion ot tlio police H force down there to help you " H Inspoelor Lamb said "iho state itself H hus < broken the qu lrnntino law , having vie H luted thnt portion of the law which provides H thnt any porsbn moving or shipping nnv ills H cased cattle shall bo adjudged guilts of n H mlsdeine inor nnd subject to n line I hnt H Is what the stnto inspectors did Inst Week H Ouo hundred and nmu cattle were shlpied H from Peorlu to Chicago sovontcon of whuli | wcro lumpy jivcd , while others had H tin oat disciscs Iho suvoutccn men H tioncd wore shipped by the state and H that is whcio the violation enmo in thev H having been quaiantlued ns lumpy Jawed H since last summer lbcv wcro consigned to H no ono that no could llnd out " ' H Considerable comment has been created H by the action of the state oftlcers Thcto B seems to bo a Jeilousy ot the Chlcnio in- B spcctlon shown bv them Dr Wlckcrslnin | B is determined to stand In Inspector Lamb BBBBI wtoisn thoiouchly comtotcnt olllcei I BBBBJ wnnt the sharpest possible outlook kepi , " BBBBJ said ho 'W c nro not acting with tlio slate BBBBJ inspcctois , uud I will not allow this diseased BBBBJ meat to eomo in here no matter how hiiJi BBBBJ the st ito ofllcci Is that dciu inds or or BBBBJ ders BBBBJ Twenty two sheep nITllctod with thomango BBBBJ a highly infectious disease weio coiidummd BBBBJ bv Inspector I nmb nt tbo yards this mornBBBBJ ing and w ere killed at once BBBBJ ' BBBBj ] Tin : sou in iMLititi : nooMLiis They Will Now Attempt to Huy tlioy H Land 1 In y Trhd to rnko by I nice s A _ _ _ l Piimip , SD Dec . ' 11 ISpecial lelcgram | to inn Utn I Iho iiLitutioii of the South | Pierre boom hus subsided somewhat , but | the boomers are still ut w ork tt bus dev ei H oi cd that at 'ast ' nights meeting they re H solvcil to attempt to buy the land tboy tiled H to take bv force , w hich is held by the half H breeds Iho boomorsaro secretive aud nro | ilctiug cautiously slnco the recent failure ' H Orders went to Lort Sully tudny.lt is sail , H for the eominandaiit to send boveral cum H pintca to Fort Plnrro to preJervo order and H cccupy ho mile squ ire " Die hulf breeds H aud some ethers who drove the boomers H away got on a glorious di unk yesterday aud H drove through the tow n of 1 oi t Plot re , ills H churglug arms but Injui ing nobody omo H of the boomers wcro hung in clllgy Iho H Fort Fieri cites hnvo formed a secret society | with n death o ith to help each othci in H keeping the laud they have eottlcu on the H reservation Ouo man refuse 1 to join and H was driven away narrowly escaping Iujutj H Jlnv I'ny lot ilhiGlcllstintr H Ciiicaoo Dec Jl DistrictSuperintendent | Proderick H lubbs of the Western Union | telegrnph company niustailswor the questions H of Edwin L Randall's lawyer So Ju I to | ruihlll decided today | Mr Randall is a teloernuh opeiutor who | claims to have been blacklisted by Supcrm- | tondont Swift of the Rock Island lold for | ort liilzlnc u brunch of railway teleraplieis | BBBI A suit for $ .a OUO with Randall us plaintiif , BBBJ Is pending life ilnst the Hock Island lubbs' BBBJ attorney argued for two hours today thut BBBJ any communication on the subject between BBBJ tuo two suierlntendonts was privileged and BBBJ need not be disclosed iho court , howovet , BBBJ ruled that Mr lubbs and Mr Mason must BBI answer the questions or bo uttuched and BBBJ punished Hu asked und was tlven until | rbursday to dceldo wbat tliey would do H A Good Ontloik H New Yoiik , Dee 31 Iho Commercial Ad- H vcrtiscr says Interviews witli many lend H Ing business men ns to the prospects for H 1600 reveal the almost unanimous bo H Hot that the coining jear will bo Hone ono of unusual prosperity l rasius H Wnnan who is perhaps us well posted H on the business conditions as uny man In tbo H country , said If next year Is not the most H prosperous year in our lnstoiy , great calam H itics which man cannot forsco must occur H In all ray buslncsB ( xpericuco I have uevcr H seen a unro favorable outlook " H Not n Urilx M Am line , Kan , Dec 31 J R nuctton , H charted by bucratary Fuller of the I'opeka H Insurance company with having accepted tat l money from the insurance com pans to iullu- H enco lefcislatlon admits that ho received the H amounts Btatod but inillLuuiitly donlos that H they vvcro iu the nuturo of u bribe liicy B were received by lilm ho suys nftor the nd H journmentnf the le lBlntuio und vvoio in B puymeut of his sorvlcos us the company's ' at- B torney B Tholr Confldcnco Unslinkon BBI DiiiniN Dee .11 At tha leicuo mccllnir BBI tbo speakers denounced the attack made BBI upon the private character ot Parncll ind VAV said no method vv as so dishonest but it might M bo tried lu the hope to Injure the Irish cuuso , M but nothing could shako the lovu und trust H of the Irish icoplt > for tholr lender Loivry , H member of parliament , odd tlmy who thought H they could induce the people to forget < ko > M services already rendered by Parnoll , thor M opghly failed to underst ml the Irish race H * - BJ I'armll Will Dolend lllmsoir H Dum in , Dec Jl The Freeman's Journal H suvs Farnoll has Instructed his counsel , H Lewis , to obtain for lilm u citation to appenr H and defend himself in the suit for divorce H brought by Captain O Sliea against his wife H In which Parnoll is nuinod as co resiondcnt , H ' - BBJ A Iinnuor Niinii * . BBJ Heiiiin , Dec 81-Iho Military Gazette publishes the Imperial order that the rcgi- J B mentof drakoons ontitlcd "iho Queen of H Hn.lund s regiment will nencotorth ba H cilled"'lhQ Queen of Great Hrltuln and H Irelands rotiment BBJ . . > B | ilio Whim hulphur Wreck , BBJ Cuaiii estov , W , Va , Doc 31 Rcprcieuta- H tlves of the Chusapeako & Ohio road today H say the wreck near White sulphur Springs H was not duo to rotten tics and dofectlve H rails , but wus cuuscd by tbo brcakiug of a H rail , which could not have bceu foreseen ov H proyentod H Kiiiisiim Vthenc Not Injured ; H Tin ri < A , Kan , Dee 1)1 ) Secretary Mobler M of the boar J ot agriculture say * bo does not H anticipate the slihtost ( Injury to the Kanias H wheat crop from the blluard , H