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A UNIVERSAL PEACE CHORUS
.OJIlclnl Gorninny Sin gin h a Bong of
aood Will
MORE MUSIC THAN MEANING
Wobndy in Kxpcotod to Hellovo tlio
Assurances of tlio Atithr-tti nml
/T ' ( lie Doors of Jnnns' Tcinplo
Arc Not Closed
OpcnInR or the Hclchatnqr
ICopurlulit 1HS3 bu "Vtlo Ymk AnitMcl rrctt.1
13r.Bt.iS , Jnn 4. The state council Is con
vened for Wednesday next , Bismarck
though still BUflcrliifr from nouralgln is cor-
tan to bo present Tlio rcassombllng of the
rachstng for the Inst eventful days before
dissolution and the reopening of the landtag
compels this general ministerial mooting ,
The Icariinir question before the reichstag
will bo the increase of militnry credits antf
a socialist bill , Bismarck's long expected
declaration on the foreign policy will proba
bly bo made during the debate on military
i ci edits
The attitude of the government on the so
cialist bill Is inflexible
Tlio national liberals hnvo bon hopeful
that Prince Bismarck would , upon the eve
stand together for a solid vato
. Some topics involving delicate phases of
the government service , nml likely to bo
exacting , will coino before the landtag , Ono
Jy ol tbeso will bo a consideration of the dispo
sition of the Bums contlscatod during the
Kulturhnmpf | and diverted into the secret
service fund Within rocontyenrs the roptllo
fund has boon so llttlo used that the name of
it Bounds almost ancient But few papers
nro subsidized , and fewer agents are main
tained The ventilation of the subject in
the landtag is likely to curtail in nn oven
greater dogrce the oxccutivo misuse of those
moneys It Is nlso thought that the landtag
will disapprove the lottery project in regard
to the monument of Emperor William The
purchase and demolition of certain houses in
older to . .inko a slto for the monument are
necessary , and the project of raising the
moncv for tlio purpose by lottery , while It is
no doubt ono form of making a popular sub
scription , is a form not much approved by
public opinion It is behoved that the land
tag will favor the plan of a direct purchase ,
the money to bo voted by the state
• Thoycnr opens with a universal peace
chorus , tno National Zoltung declining that
external tranquility is guaranteed , while
internal tranquility depends entirely on the
• Ji-v character of the next rolchstag Yet In
" ysplto of this lovely prospect of peace abroad
/ * and at nomc , upon dollned conditions , the
foreign ofllco itself was never so pervaded
by a sense of the insecurity of the continu-
" ' " 'Uht'ffof the triple alliance Bismarck's ro-
't'usal to support Austria's policy In Bulgaria
Y ) . Is a great source of Irritation and suspicion ,
and Crlspi's persistent intriguing for the
session of Trcntlro is another
Crlspl U thought to bo a llttlo disappointed
Just now Ho had counted upon another
conference at Friodrlchsruho at the close of
the year Ho attaches very great Import
ance to this sort of repeated recognition of
him as adding much to his prcstigo among
the statesmen of Europe His scbomo to
close the year w'th ' such an individual con
ference was upset by Bismarck , who holds
these favors nt a high rate , and who advised
Crispl that the interview would not bo timely
in vlow of the acute Jealousies of Austria
The Dlritto has since urged the dlroct set
tlement of the Trentino affair with Austria
abandoning the attitude of complete reliance
upon Prince Bismarck's moditatlon
The progress of the negotiations for the
mooting of Emperor William Did the czar
J on the Polish frontlor in April iiitcnsines
JL" * the ofllclul anxiety and watchfulr-oss in
* Austria In diplomatic circles there is a
lively discussion of the prospect of a
renewal of the Gorman ontontc with Ilussla ,
As Bismarck continues to Unci the want of
lionieogcnity in the Austrian omplro and
the growing discord between its vtirious
nationalities an object to good politics and
sees how g'-oatly these reduce tbo
value of an Austrian alliance , it Is
said ho contemplates a radical change
of basu In his policy The application of lus
theory bringing all the German speaking
pcoplo under tlio Gorman flag would bo at
thoexpenso of Austria and Russia there
would bo compensation The policy , in fact ,
would wlpo out Austria as that omplro now
stands , for Germany would take the Austro-
Gorman duchies , and while Germany would
nlso got the Gorman-Baltic provinces now
hold by Russia , Russia would get uu equiva
lent in Gullcla and-Hukowlua and would be
* > ' given a frco hand in Houmania and the
- Balkan countries
The Gorman czech conference opening la
i. Vienna today Is watched hero as having an
Indirect yet important bearing upon in
ternational relations Tbo Sllcsian miners
society have petitioned the emperor to ap
point a commission of inquiry into their con
dition They declare it is hopeless ; that
their miseries can bo in no way ulloviated
unless ho Interferes
Count Taafo , who presides , is not person
ally hopeful of success In reconciiing the
differences between the German nnd Czech
parties in Bohemia Besides the German
delegation headed by Plour , and the Czechs
headed by Iticger nud Prince Lobkowitz ,
there worn present Ministers Von Gautsch ,
Schoonborn , Baron Prazuk and Prince
Schoenborg The absence of any representa
tives of the young Czechs will weaken
\vnatoior airroomont that may bo roaehod
Count Taafa has secretly induced the old
Czechs to accept a compromise Plour
wants uottilng less than tbo full demands
of the German party as presented
2 already In the Bohemian diet before their
, fv withdrawal Unless tlicso are conceded and
they are given some guarantee against the
coalition of the two Czech parties , the Ger
mans will not reenter the diet The Czechs
are important through tbo quarrels If loft
olono thev would coalesce It is improbable
that Count Taafo can conduct tbo case to a
solution that will bo the busts of permanent
peaeo between those factious ,
The National Zeitung , commenting dn
President Curnot's speech , Baysf "Frauco
Is the only greut | > ewer that the emperor has
not visited Ills reception in Paris would of
course bo absolutely impossible , but Presi
dent Caruot might visit Berlin and bo could
bo assured of u welcome tbero as a sincere
friend of European peace "
Dr DoIngor ) | is worse His fovcr is se
vere Ho Is very weak and occssionly de
lirious His condition Is critical
yjy i British Ciinhlil Joliiidton Safe
/ * London , Jan , 4 , The government has ro-
. eclvud Intelligence of the safety of Johnston ,
the British consul at Mozambique , who is
truvolmg through the lutorlor of Africa and
• who ii charged by the Portuguese papers
with having intrigued with the natives
against the Portuguese In the territory along
the Sbco river Johnston has pacified the
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Karnngocs and subsidized the KotaKota and
hns by treaty sccurod western Nynssa to the
British The Portuguese bovo reached Ka-
lunens The remaining MoKokolas , trusting
to Ur tish protection , rr-fuso to surrender the
British lings that wcro presented to thom ,
although called upon to do so by the Portu
guese commander The Portuguese there
upon again searched the stcamora and com
pelled them to lower their ensigns , right
ing In Africa Is believed to bo cortaln
SEW LONDON PAPIHIB
AniilrnntH for Joiiriinllstla Pnino
Make Tlielr Apponrnnce
[ Oipyrtaht lBSObu Jam * ! Onrdnn flenn'tt.1
London , Jan 4. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Bi.b.I Now depart
ures in Journalism make their appearance
with the llrst week In the now year The
Speaker Is not brilliant , but a brilliant first
number was never soon nnd probably never
will bo The new comer has good typo ,
three columns on a page , causing nsomo-
what crowded , uninviting look Most people
will prefer the outward style of Saturday
nnd Spectator Mr Womyss Held Is an ed
itor of great cxporlonco and ability and lias
gathered a powerful staff They scom how
ever , in the llrst number crushed under n
sense of responsibility , consequently they
aroprozynnd dull Sir Llnnol Playfair has
a good deal to say on the eight hour ques
tion , but unfortunately has not road the letter -
tor to which ho replies That is a llttlo
formality which can never safely bo dis
pensed with ,
The now Daily Graphic resembles a wcokly
story paper The pictures , made from pho
tographs , nro very black nnd are not nn over
whelming success , nearly as bad as the Now
York Graphic old pictures
POINTS Fltoat PA1US.
Month of Ccininnmlcr Dana of the
United States Navy
[ Copi/rfuht / IS' .O hit Jama Gordon /leimsU.1
Paiiis , Jan 4. [ Now Yorlc Herald Cable
Special to The Bhc | Commander William
liam Starr Dana , U. S. N. . died yesterday
of pneumonia his apartments In the
Avenue dJena Mr Dana had bcon ill
only a few dajs His death was caused by
a complication of colds , beginning with La
Grippe His rothuins will bo shipped to Now
York In a few days Mrs Dana sails from
Havro by the Bourgogno today , accom
panied by Mrs Purnam , to'bo there on the
arrival of the body for interment Mr
Dana's death removes a prominent member
of the American colony in Paris
Among others sailing by the Bourgogno
nro Mr W. J. Morgan , Mr David II King ,
Jr , and Mr Slldol
Airs Whitolaw Reid is booked to sail
February 15 , as Is also Mr Joseph Emory ,
the Cincinnati millionaire , who returned to
Paris from NJce today Mr Emery
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said that everything was stupid
in Paris and Nice since the exposition , add
ing that ho was returning to Now York to
bo amused
Since Mrs George Pcndloton Bowlers ar
rival in Paris , wlioro she Is occupying apart
ments , society gossipers have been wonder
ing about the report of her engagement to
Mr Astor To a friend Mrs Bowler said
that the gift cnterpriso concerns ' announce
ment was premature She did not oven
know Mr Astor nnd bad never soon him
Mr Js M. Statcsbury and family hnvo ar
rived in Paris , also Mrs Horace Porter of
Now YorK
Miss Marie and Mr Harry J. Swift nro
among the Into arrivals
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Mr It W Miles ' sails on the Umbria ted -
d y for a brief visit
Miss Knto Grcatorck gave an American
dinner on Wednesday , having Mr Holman
Black , the baritone , as the musical at
traction The guests Included prominent
American artists in Paris
Whether it is because of disappointment in
the art exhibit of the worlds fair ono can
not toll , but why do artists take flight , homeward
ward bound ) Gari Mclchcrs has loft to
paint Potter Palmers portrait In Chicago
Charles S. Itlnehardt nnd Alexander Harri
son are to sail next week F. A. Brldgeman
loft today for the Riveria
Mrs George Bolton and Miss Hcrit have
left for Nice
Mrs George Blanchard has given up her
apartments and Is ' living at tbo Hotel Ven-
dome Miss Mary Curtis Lee , the daughter
of General Robert E Leo , who lived with
'
Mrs Blanchard during tbo winter , has left
for Cairo
Mrs Charles Tudo Wing and her two
pretty aauglitcrs hnvo goilo to Berlin
Dr John Duvles Jones and family have
gonotqJOrcsden * *
William Rittand Gailhard , directors of
the opera , have found their master The society
cioty of authors ' has fined them 2,000 francs
for not p roduclug , Zaire , " M. Voranges'
now opera , within contract time , which was
upyostorday There was yet another difll-
culty about "Ascanio , " This opera , by M.
Saens , was to bo the llrst new work at the
opera The management has been hanging
back through tbo exhibition because of tbo
difficulty of finding a contralto for the role
of Scbozzono M. Gailhard made a trip to
Dresden to ougago Mtno Chavcnns , but she
is not frco for months Mme , Bosnian
will undertake the role M. La Sallo
will take , the part ot Bcnvontus Cuollnl and
M. Cossiria that of Ascaplo Miss Games
Will P < ay Colombo , and Mme Hading the
duchesso d' Estampes
Mme Carnet has sent 1,000 francs to oaoh
of the three convents of the Little Sisters of
the Poor
Lord Lytton is coufinedto his room with
influenza
The marquis Dolubrlffo , aged flfty-nlno , Is
dead
The Princess do Glska has died at her
hotel in the Rue du CIrque at the ago of
sovonty-llve.
Mr and Mrs , R. S. Warln htfvo left Paris
for the Savoy hotel , London
The pcrsonnol of the Parisian embassy are
to attend the mass , which will be celebrated
at the Rue dArn church tomorrow morning
to usher in the now J ear , Russian style
The comnuttoo has bcon formed to organ
ize a sale of the works of art and a theatri
cal performance for the benellt of the three
children of the lata M. Jlles Gamier , the
artist
Skaters are disappointed Tbo frost of
the last three days was thought to bo per
manent , but a thaw sot in yesterday after
noon A warm drizzling rain began to fall
and continued till oveniuir The school boys
and school girls of Pails will bless the Influ
enza
The Journal ofllclally announces the open
ing of the lycoes and colleges after the holi
days is postponed from Januarys to January
13. The extra week will be used { either in get
ting cured or getting 111 by stutllng with bon
bona and other delicacies
lu Pans the influenza bos done Its worst ,
Which is bad enough The sanitary condi
tion of the city is still , however , far from
satisfactory , as shown by the fact that no
loss than 125 funerals took place oa ono day
The slgnirlcauco of these ilgures will bo np-
predated when ono reflects that 200 tunorali
1 a day Is a very large average ordinarily , tbo
undertakers reaping n harvest Pcoplo pro
posing to die should notify the undertakers
in * advance
LONDON'S OltHAT 8OA.N0AU
Tlio Pulillo About to bo Treated to
Another SotiKAtion
( Cnpi/i tght tS.0 by Jame ( Ionian n mitt.l
Loniiov , Jan 4. fNow York HcralJl
Cable Special to The Bcb.1 Another sen
sational episode In the Cleveland street scan
dal Is about to burst on the public Twenty
two of the men Implicated , nobles and other
wlio , have Just Hod England It is Bald that
bv the tlmo Scotland Yard has finished none
of the Cleveland street habltuos will bo loft
in England The pollco know nil about the
case and have the names , description nnd
identity of the offenders In the first plnco
nil the boys wcro captured and mndo to con
fess Some know names and ethers gave
accurate descriptions , onabllng the pollco to
shndow the parties to their residences Tholr
addresses were thus secured Others were
only suspected To these men letters were
written , gtvltig them so mnuy hours to got
out of the country Of the twenty-flvo
suspects recently warned , twenty-two fled ,
Bhowing the remnrkahlo accuracy of the
boys information The total number of ab
sconders is sixty
HCIINKIDEU COliS TO TI1C WALL
Ho Iravels the War of the Trnns-
ercRNor Willi the UsunI lloiults
Cincuio , Jan 4. ( Special Telegram to
The Bke I "Nlo" Schnolder , remembered
for his connection with tbo eclobrated Cook
county booJlo cases , made an assignment
this morning to Alexander B. Schully for
the benellt of his creditors This is the second
end assignment made by Mr Schneider
within two years , consequently the failure is
not ono that will effect busluoss clrclos , but
there is a story said to hang over tha failure
that isquito interesting
About three years ngo Schneider had a
boiler and engine shop on the West sldo and
stood in with the boodlers amontr the county
commissioners Ho was allowed to do all
the work nt the county hospital , insane asy
lum , poor bouso and normal school , and If ho
couldn't find enough to do to make the per
oontago to bo divided with the
commissioners big enough no quos
questlons were asked If ho tore out good
bollors to put now ones In their places This
mudo it profitable for "Nic , " as well as the
commissioners , and ho thrived until Judge
( theii States Attorney ) Grinnoll got nfter
the commissioners Then ono night Schnei
der was kidnapped by the state , and ho
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traveled all over the country in the company
of a dctcctivo In order that the commission
ers could not kcop him from squealing It
was a successful tour , for "Nlo" squealed ,
nbd his confession practically convicted the
commissioners of boodllng Schneider was
not prosecuted for his part in the steal , but
ho was not paid the extra amounts charged
over the actual expense for necessary work
Ho failed after the big boodle case , but
started up again on a small scale Things
hnvo never gene well with him , however ,
and after a struggle to shako off the stigma
of his confession ho gtivo up , and is once
moro ' busted " It is said that ho has nothing
loft .
VIC11MS OK TUIOHINA
Forty-Fvo Persons in Minnesota Pois
oned by Snusago
BitonxsnALB Minn , Jnn 4. I Special
Telegram to Tin : Bee.J A party of sixty
persons gathered nt the homo of Henry
Brustcln last night and sat down to a supper
at 0.30. Among the moats Bcrved was sau
sage The olTeet was awful Forty of the
guests , all who partook of sausage , were
taken with violent fits of vomiting and fell
upon ono unothor ot the floor Mrs Henry
Shlck died this morning and twenty of the
ether victims of trichina am so low that but
slight hope of tholr recovery is cntortainod
Miss Piircell Hiispcctoil
Thentox , N. J. , Jan 4. Thq mystery sur
rounding the murder of Mrs Knlffcn is not
yet cleared up Miss Emma Purcell , the
pretty young typowrittor ib , however , prao
tlcally a prisoner and grave suspicion rests
upon her The police have altogether dropped
the burglar theory It has been learned
that Miss Purcell was not unconscious whou
she wus found The conclusion has been
reached that Mrs iCnlffon's death was caused
by a powerful amosthotlo ndmimstorcd lu a
heavy dose and not by strangulation Miss
'
Pun oil will have a hard time tofprovo that
Hho is usinnocont as she claims , but a motive
is lacking except It Is found In the rumor
that there oxisted.botwcon Miss Purcell and
ur Kiilffen a relationship which wits at least
unlawful
Of Course Kansas City Hlolcs
Kansas Citt , Mo , Jan 4. | Special
Telegram to The Bee.1 It is well under
stood hero that the Missouri Pacific has in
bid before the southwestern division off the
Western Freight association asking to bo al
lowed the privilege of making a rate from
Omaha south on the packing house products
the same as from Kansas City , The
packers nt this city have heard of the matter
and they ara making every effort to keep the
rata out It would mean great ilainago to
tbo Kansas City packing Interests Chair
men Midgloy and Falthorn have the question
in hand and will reader their decision at
this months meeting
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Reported Ooaths at Plonto Carlo
[ Copi/rfclit JSSO bu Jcimt Gordon n > i > tU * .J
Nice , Jan 4. rNew York Herald Cubic
Special to The Bee.1 It is reported at
Monte Curio that sovcral employes of the
Casino have died this woelc from Influenza
The truth cannot bo ascertained us yet , as
the g mblmg rooinb are boycotted as subjects
of inquiry , Still there is a largo number of
cases ot influenza in Monaco and Nice is also
BUffering iatonsivoly Every second person
is coughing and snoozing and many are laid
up There are no dangerous cases la Nice ,
and visitors from all parts of Europe are
arriving daily , The doctors say the worst
afflicted are these who brought the disease
with them
Tlio KplUeinlc Spreading In Italy
lCm\irtiihl ltM bu Jamu ( Jordan lknnett [
Rome , Jan 4. | Now York Herald Cable
Special to Tuts Hek ] Although the influ
enza Is not spreading hero it is spreading In
Venice , Milan and Genoa The largest num
ber of deaths caused by the epidemic Is In
Venice , where forty-threo deaths are re
ported in a slnglo day , Tso last news from
Milan is thattbo disease is rapidly spreading
Mrs Mayurlok to Bo Pardoned
( CopvrluM 1600 bu Jciiim Gordon llennttt )
London , Jan 4. | Now York Herald
Cable Special to The Bee | Agentleman
who claims the highest authority says that
Mrs May brick , who is serving a life sen
tence for poisoning her busband at Liver
pool , is to bo pardoned by tbo home secre
tary The matter , after a long and careful
consideration , lias beea decided In her favor
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Kdltora Fjglit a Duel
London , Jan -J , At Nousatz , in Hungary ,
two editors fought a duel Editor Tornics of
the 'Zaslav killed Editor Dlmlerivcs ot tbo
HE D0ESN7 LIKBp BOUNTY ,
Mr Oxaard Profortjja Tariff on
Sugar ? !
THE TIN PLATER INDUSTRY
There is None Uut ri Llttlo Moro Pro
tection Will FotiTh lt NeWnsku
nnd lown Crop'-Stntlstips '
Brewer In Wnshlni ton
If
Washinoton HunEtPTHE OmauBre , 1
813 FounTENTitSTnrBT J.
Wasiunoton , D. O. , Jan , 4.1
There will bo a hearing Iboforo the house
commlttco on ways and mjans on next Mon
day which will bo ot espociol Interest to Ne
braska and Iowa citizens J • * • *
It will bo in relation to ; tlio beet sugar In * *
dustry , in connection wtli | the proposition
to reduce tbo duty on Imported sugar nnd
pay u bounty for the domestic product Mr
Oxnnrd , the extcnslvo rollnor who is now
building nrotlnery at Graiid' Island , will bo
given n hearing before thl > . commlttco Mr
Oxnard in talking to your correspondent to
day about his position on the sugar question
snid : "I am obsttnutoly Apposed to u reduc
tion of tbo present duty on sugar and n
bounty A bounty mav bo granted by n
state as an auxiliary encouragement to the
sugar beet industry In connection with our
Import duty , but a bounty by Iho federal
government would glvo very llttlo.oncourngo-
ment If any Wo can dopbnd upon nn Import
duty , but as ono congress cannot bind
another , a bounty on sugar might bo re
pealed when the now congress meets The
only thing wo ask Is the malutcnanco of the
present duty on sugar for1 not over ion years
The beet sugar industry in thi country will
have boon greatly developed then , the homo
production will moot the douiands of con
sumption nnd the producers will bo onnblcd
to fairly nnd successfully compete with
Europe At present the advanced state ot
the bcot sugar Industry In Europe together
with tbo low prices of labor there makes it
an impossibility lor Americana to develop
the bcot sugar production here It 1b abso
lutely necessary for us to have the oncour < -
agemont which an Import duty affords
until the tndustry can bo placed
upon its feet It U not ( ho 91.50
a yc.tr which the poor man pays in the
way of a tax on sugar that makes him poor , "
continued Mr Oxnard , ' 'lgJstho fact that bo
is compcllol to sell corn.for 15 cents a bushel
nnd wheat at 40 and G0-c4nts. That la the
'
logic by which they rr ivo at poverty I
propose to pay these fanpers from 84 to ? 5 a
ton for tholr sugar boot * which will yield
thom a not profit of * 50 orSOO an aero With
this Income they can ; afford to expend the
few dollars a year which , hcy pay for sugar ,
Of course the sugar trpsts pro lighting for
the abolition of the sngarduty They would
prevent tlio devoloDmentjLof the sugar In-
dustiv in this country ; ! ! possible . Thoj are
enabled to maintain tholr1 trust and control
the Americans by socuR'ng the sugar made
after it arrives hero frarnf foreign countries
With a fairly developed , Industry throughout
the country they could jsol control There
would be reflnorios In pv ' t/s' community and !
the producers would bo o-jfablad to .plnco Ihelri
sugar in the hands , of consumers direct , ilius
getting nroundktho trusts The sugar in
dustry in Franco , Germany nnd ether coun
tries was started upon the basis of a pro
tective tariff and not a bounty Now they
nro able to compete with the whole world as
a rival If congress will only glvo tbo boot
sugar Industry In this country a very few
years of encouragement It will not only bo
Btrong enough to stand alone , but ltcuncntor
into an aggrcssivo compact with other and
older countries " , '
TIN WATB
The commlttco on ways and means has ro-
colved Several requests on the part of tin
canners nnd others interested in the use of
tin pinto for a hearing , but adhering strictly ,
to its rule of setting apart , certain days for
certain industries , it has boon unublo to give
them a further hearing Mr Bayno , who , of
the entire ways ami means commlttco 1b
probably the best qualified to speak on the
matter of the tin plato industry , said to your
correspondent yesterday : "Xhoro Is no
doubt that the duty on tin plato will bo
ralsod I am not able to state the exact
amount , but it will bo between 3 and 2X
cents Probably tbo tlpiira will bo 2.2 cents
and possibly & % oontsr At all events , the
duty on tin plato will bo raised above the
present duty of 1 cant _ I admit , " he
stated in answer to a question ,
that there is * nt present no
tin plate manufactory in the country , but I
believe that if thja duty is placed on tinplate
plato wo will oucourago its manufacture in
this country to such an extent that 1 will bo
willing to pledge my word that in three
years from now there will bo $ 'J5,000,000 , In
vested Jn the manufacture of tin plato here
Wo will in'port oui > - blocic tin if necessury ,
though I rnysolf believe that there is In this
country enough tin plate to Bupply our do-
maad I Urmly bolloyo that there are tin
mines in Colorado and Dakota which wben
proporlv worked will isuillco to furnish us
with all the tin wo wjint Tin Dlntc can bo
"
manufactured there py ralslug the duty
from 3.2 cents to 2 3-8J cents to give homo
capital a clmnco to tirpduco it "
what miui Hjinitcn up
There was a livofi tlmo in the commlttco
on ways and moans yesterday and moro fun
than this session 'Ajt'tiitlcman from Texas
with a rough suit of r of-hea , a flannel shirt
and a cowboys hat , tun4s bis appearance as
a representative of tWwool-growers 0f that
state and addressed ttt committee In favor
of a high protective tariff t which bo urged to
bo necessary to saro them from financial
disaster Ho was a.fShophord by name
and a shepherd by tradnd while watching
bis flocks upon tbo { 'JtA ed plains had evi
dently accumulated u , gr uit deal of knowl
edge of his mother tqpKqatorln a-tusslo with
tbo Hon R. Q. Mills , he uowod ho was per
fectly competent tp\ \ fake care of himself
Mr Mills , as all kiiow represents a Texas
district in congressjwuwa leader of tbo dem
ocratic party in the Jjlast house and the
particular advocate > of'a reduction It not
tha removal of | , t o duty on wool
When Mr , Shepherd Jiadi flnishod his state
ment to tbo commlttco' Mr , Mills undertook
to have a llttlo fun with him and commenced
to poke him uno boo him Jump ; but ho aid
not continue It long The gentle Shepherd
turned or Mr , Mills la ft manner which
caused that gentleinun to do all the Jumping
himself , and the other ' members bt tlio com
mittee and tbo Jiyttandors were greatly
amused at his ' sudden , discomfiture
The news spread about tbo capitol
Instantly , and the fun hod hardly begun before
fore the room w.a * crowded , The Shepherd
told Mr Mills h , o was a democrat and that
Texas was a democratic state , but after tbo
next cleotlou there wquld bo some distin
guished reprcsentafiyes of that party who
would bo compelled to ( lad > omething to do
at homo , Ho said Mr , Mills would have bcon
defeated nt the last election had ho not np
noalcd to the prohibition vote to snvo
him , nml It ho over came back
to congrosi again it would bo because of n
change in his views on the wool quoslion Ho
charged that Mills was sacrificing the Inter
ests of his constituents In order to make
votes for the dcmocratlo party Among the
woolen manufacturers In New England
rKSSINO AWAY ,
Two noted party leaders must , In the
nature of things , soon pass away from the
public gaze Llttlo ns has bcon said In the
press concerning the iilnoss of Samuel J.
Randall nnd Judge Kcllcy , both ot Pennsyl
vania-It is generally conceded that the days
ot publlu usefulness of both nro over nnd
that mortal disease has laid Its hands upon
each ot these distinguished Pennsylvania ! ! fIt .
It' is not domed here in Washington among
the friends of Judge Kelley and Mr Raudnll
that each is suffering from an Incurable
malady , nnd It Is only n question of months
before the luovitnhlo result must take plnco
While Mr Randall has uomowhnt rallied
from tlio very alarming symptoms of his enso
which showed themselves last summer , ho Is
still confined to his room and to hit house ,
nnd it is scarcely probable that , unless by
superhuman effort , ho will bo nblo to nnponr
on the floor of congress again Ills affection
is a long standing ulceration of the bowels
which refuses to yield to treatment and
Is considered by some consulting physicians
to bo cancerous in its nature While his
mental powers are uuimpairod nnd his strong
vitality continues to assort itself , these in a
position to know do not doubt the outcome
Judge Kclloy , the father of the house , and
now in his fifteenth consecutlvo term ns a
member of congress , has quite broken down
under the infirmities of ngo and the torrlblo
prospect of Impending death from cancer of
the face The operation performed several
years ngo , which temporarily roliovcd him tea
a great extent ut the expense of his speech ,
has not proved permanent in its results The
dreadful discaso i again manifesting itself
and thc-a can bo llttlo doubt of the result
What makes the sttuntlon moro distressing
Is the recognition by the Judge of tha hopelessness -
lossnoss of his case Ho seldom appears on
the floor of the house , has resigned from the
ways and moans committee of which ho was
the oldest member , and has yielded to a feel
ing of depression , natural perhaps , but which
seems Bt range to a man of his heroic build
nnd to a mind which for years has forced
itself to the front in every conflict in the
house of representatives
MODirilU ) THE DECISION
• The commissioner of the general laud of
llco today modified the decisicn of the oftlco
at Yankton , S. D „ In the linal ccrtitlcato
case of Peter T. Haas vs William McGee ,
involving the southeast l { of section 3 , town
ship 10 , range G7 , McGco made homestead
entry for this land Juno 11,1SSU. August 2S ,
18S5 , the flnul certlllcato was issued to him
A letter from the general land ofllco reuru-
ary 3 , 1880 , requlrod a supplementary afllda-
vlt in Bupport of the entry , but McGco made
no rcsponso to tbo demand Haas in May
1880 , filed a contest nllcging that McGco did
nol rcsldo on the laud continuously for live
years and that the Improvements wcro not
these which the law required The local
officers decided that the charges against tbo
defendant wcr .suQlciont and that the llunl
certificate should bo canceled A decision
was nlso made by the local ofllcors against
the plaintyil's preference -llgtft of' '
onfty McGtfo asked for a rehearing
whioh was denied , and ho appealed Com
missioner Groff says that the department
has been very lenient in allowing home
steaders to absent themselves for valid rea
sons after taking up their residence on the
land A constructive residence may follow
and perpetuate an actual rcstdonco , but can
never precede it He says further that the
defendant never had such a residence on the
land In dispute as is contemplated by the
homestead law , and ho directs that the certi
ficate for tbo land bo canceled and that the
contestant have tbo conference right of entry
under the law
THOMAS O. JONES CASE
Friends of Thomas O. Jones , who was this
week dismissed from a position at the navy
yard because ho assisted John Wilkes Booth
In escaping from Washington after
the assassination of President Lin
coln , are attempting to show that
Congrossman-ol' _ Mudd of Maryland , who
secured Jones dismissal is a nephew of Dr
Samuel A. Mudd who harbored John Willies
Booth and rendered him surgical attendance
during his fight Mr Muddls contesting tbo
seat of Barnes Compton in the house of rep
resentatives and says that this charge against
him is brought for the purpose of prejudicing
his case ; that ho is in no way related to Dr
Samuel Mudd who rendorcd surgicul attendance -
anco to Booth and that not one of his rela
tives bad any connection whatever with
these who did assist Booth Jones family rs
greatly incensed ever tils dismissal and are
exerting tbomselvos to gtt cvon with Mudd
There are a great number of families in
Maryland numod Mudd and there Is doubt
that the Dr Mudd referred to belongs to'ono
of the families not lelatcd to the congress
man who secured Jones dismissal
JUDOE I1HEWEII AHIIIVE8 ,
D. J. Brewer , assoclato justice of the
Unltod States supreme court , accompanied
by his wife nnd daughter urrlv-od at the Arne
front a Loaveuwoith , Kan , this morning
Justice Brewer will take his Beat on the
supreme bench Monday The ceremony of
swearing in is simple Ho will meet tbo
chief Justice and the associate justices in the
robing room of the court and there put on
tlio togs of ofllco Ho will then proceed
with them to the court room where the outlt
of oftlco will bo administered Ho will then
take his scat at the extreme loft of the chief
Justice nnd Justice Lamar will inovo over to
the other end of the bench Justice Brewer
this afternoon in company with the attorney
general and Associate Justice Field called
on the president
CEHEAl STATISTICS ,
A statement has been prepared at the de
partment of agrlculturo showing the produc
tion of wheat , corn and oats in the vurlous
states and territories In the your 18S0. For
Nebraska the following is exhibited j Wheat
Acres , 1,404,010 ; bushels , 10,818,000 ; value ,
* 8.01O70. Corn Acres , 4,004,007 ; bushels ,
149,643,000 , ; value , $23,422,801. Oats Acres ,
1,080,828 * , bushels , 25,003,000 ; value , $1,494- ,
600.
600.Tbo
Tbo following are the productions in Iowat
Wheat Acres , 1,001,818 , , ; bushels , 31,023,000 ;
value , 113,314,783. Corn Acres , 8,659,808 ;
bushels , 349,000,000 , ; value , { 00,451,544. Oats
Acres , 2,739,931 ; bushels , 99,495,000 ; value ,
(15,013,516.
South Dukota * Wheat Acres , 4,431,031 ;
bushels , 41,052,000 , ; value , $24,1191,038. Com
Acres , 810.0U8 ; bushels , 14,813,000 ; value ,
l,605,204. Oats-Acres , 1,215,423 ] buslicls ,
33,290,000 ; value , $0,388,100.
1M1IAN PBrilEOATlON CLAIMS
Senator Paddock receives scores of letters
from parties in Nooraska who bavo claims ,
for Indian depredations The owners of
thrso claims seem to labor under tlio-
impression that because the senator has
Introduced a bill In their behalf that there
fore their claims can do collected Immedi
ately They announce that Washington
attorneys offer to collet tholr claims for 60
per cent of the amount collcctoit and ask
what they shall do about It To all these
the senator suggests that they wait until
congress has tok < - some notion , and to send
their claims to " ii 10 , as they will bo Just
#
as well oft after { h > 'Jl ' passes and can no
doubt make much • t\s \ satisfactory arrange
ments thou than t s could do now
David City , Neb ants a board of pen
sion examiners
Senator Paddock ret trncd today from At
lantic Cltv , wlioro hi * " ' * it the holidays
While house clerks , . \ boon busy all day
Invltinirnn attack of pv paralysis by ad-
drosslng tha invitations to the card receptions
which will bo given during thlt month and
next The diplomatic rocoptlon will bo on
January 14 , the congressional nnd Judicial
reception on January 23 , and the nriny , navy
nnd mnrino corps reception on February 1.
The public reception will bo hold on Febru
ary 18.
Chnrlcs Else of Iowa has been appointed n
copyist at t720 per annum in the signal
ofllco
Henry J Blaykc of Iowa has been promoted
meted from class 1 to class 2 , oftlco of the
adjutant genornl
David Flztgorald of Iowa lias been promoted
meted from a tlilru class clerkship to SISIX )
per annum in the ofllco of the secretary of
war
John Schomp , an attorney of Omaha , who
has boon cast on business , left lor his homo
this afternoon
new rovruASTEifs
Nobrnska Hradgato , Humboldt county ,
Mrs Ncnio Rold , vlco J. S. Hopklus , re
moved ; Brownvlllo , Mitchell county A , T.
, Fulerton , vlco T. M , Fullerton , deceased ;
Gaza , O'Brien county , T. W. Gaunt , vlco F.
Ilir.z , resigned ; Hillsdidc , Mills county , A.
A. Sawicr , vice T. B. Lewis , removed ;
Losan , Ringgold county , D. C Mclntyro ,
vice Mary M. Losan , resigned
MISCEMAMOUS
Tbo commissions of presidential postmas
ters nt the following points in Nebraska will
oxplro on the jath Inst : Blair , Washington
county ; David City , Wilbur , Nellgh ,
Strongsburg , Superior , York
In Iowa Ames , Avoco , Clinton , Dunlap
West Madison , Groonfleld , Mount Vernon ,
Red Oak , Slblev , Villlsca nnd Waterloo
Puititu S. HEATn
LONG EN LICK 13 It' SUKlMUSni ) .
The Secretary of Camp SO Demands
the Socioty'H HookH
Ciucioo , Jan , 4. | Spccial Telegram to
The Bee.1 States Attorney Longenccker
wns greatly surprised this morning when
John V. O'Connor , secretary of camp 20Clan-
na-Gacl , walked into the ofllco and preferred
a formal request for the books of the camp ,
which were used in ovidenca in tbo Cronin
murder trial , mid are still in possession of
the states attorney Judge Lnngonockor
declined to accede to the demand ou the
ground that , in case a now trial were
granted , the books would again become nec
essary In ovldenco Ho told Mr O'Connor ,
however , that if ho would bring an order
from Judge McConncll ho would give up the
books Mr O'Counor loft with the inten
tion of making formal application to Judge
McConncll as early as possible for such nn
order The states
attorney , how
ever , is confident that Judge Mc
Conncll will take his view of it
and rcfiiso tbo order as long as the case re
mains pending It Is repotted that Mr
O'Connor's object in trying to obtain the
books is nothing less than to reorganize
camp 20 , very lurgoly on the old basis , nnd
ns far as possible with tbo old membership
Also John F. Hoggs , ox senior guardian and
ox-defendunt on the charge of conspiracy to
murder Dr Cronin , who is now out of the
cltv , will take charge of the reorganization
and resume his old office when ho returns
Ono of Judge Longeneckcr's assistants ex
pressed an opinion that the ulterior object of
this move to get possession of the books waste
to destroy them so that in the event of u new
trial they could notbo used as evidence
A CONFLICT OFAUTHOltlTY
Chlcnso's Mayor Will Resist the State
AutlicirltiPH
Chicago , Jan 4. A serious conflict of
authority Is thrcatoncd between the state
and municipal authorities because of the
shipment to this city from Peoria a few
days ago , under orders of the state board of
llvo Btock commissioners , of lumpy Jaw
cattle to bo Hilled and put into tanks and
turned Into fertilizers The board of health
reported that they suspected the cattle were
to bo used for beef , but succeeded in pre
venting such a consummation The llvo
siock commissioners laid tlio matter before
Governor Flfor , citing the state taw to show
they wore authorized to do us they hud done ,
and today the health'commissioners laid the
matter before Mayor cfolgor und asked in
structions The mayor gave instructions to
posltlvoly provont'-difeased cattle bolng
brought into the city oven should it bo neces
sary to violuto tbo letter of the state law ,
and Bald the entire pollco force of the city
would bo used to carry out the orders if
necessary
AVAUNEU BY THIS UITIZKXS •
Ulnclc Tomahawk : ! Attorney II -
( Telvcs a Tlircatonlnir Latter ,
PiEiniB , S. D , , Jan 4. [ Special Telegram
to Tut Bee , | Citizens of Fort Piurro have
issued a publlo notice warning II E. Downy ,
the attorney who is proscoutlne Black Tomahawks
'
hawks right to the possession of tha town slto
of Fort Pierre , to mind his own business and
let the case alone , and that it ho over goes
across the river on this or any other busi
ness ho may expect to bo Severely dealt with
The notice is something In the nature of a
Whlto Cap warning , and Dewey Is prepar
ing for his own defense und safety Hlack
Tomahawk , who is something of a chtof , It is
understood will Insist on his alleged rights ,
and as bis band , called the Two Kettle
Sioux , nnmborsomo two hundred bucks , ho
scorns to hayo a pretty good show , Soldiers
stationed ut Fort Pierre uro protecting the
workmen building Black Tomahawks house ,
The Weather Forcuist
For Omaha and Vicinity : Light rain or
snow , followed by clearing weather
For Nebraska ; Light snow , warmer in
western , colder 'In eastern poitlon , nortboriy
winds
For lown : Rain or snoiv , varlablo winds ,
colder in northwest , stationary tempcratura
In southeast portion
For South Dakota ; Local snows , north
erly winds , Blightly warmer In western , sta
tionary toinperuturo in eastern portion
Pliilad Iptilu's Misslnir Il.-iukcr ,
PmCUmu'jiu , Jan , 4. [ Special Telegram
to Tub Bub ] The missing bank president ,
Dltinun , Is bcltovcd to be concealed seine *
where In or near this city , and It
Is thought that bis friends ; know
where ho Is It has been discov
ered that Just previous to his disappear
ptxce ho borrowed money from friouds ana
relatives amounting to over (00,000. His
disappearance is generally regarded as the
result of design , and not of accident
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FEAR OF THE MILLS BILL ,
Why the Jute BttHulng Trust Waa
Formed
TWO MILLION DOLLARS GONE
'Xho Sack ComUino Didn't Oct the In
crease In Priuo and Doeiti'l
Know Who Old Some Snr-
cnstlu Cutleries
AVnys nnd Means llonrlng
Wasiusoton , Jan 4. At the hearing of
the wnjs end menns commlttco today Will
iam Bright ot Newark , N. J. , representing
the liax dresser operatives of that section of
the country , allied to the Knights of Labor ,
asked that the duty on dressed flax bo In-
cronscd from $40 to $90 per ton , Ho said the
Industry in this country is languishing be-
cnuso of lnsuOlcient protection The cost of
dressing n ton ot flax in this country is (04 ,
while In Luropo it is hut (35. Ho nftkod an
additional duty upon the difference In wages
alone
Abram Biontlcp , a twlno spinner , asked
that the present duties bo retained on Jute ,
sisnl and ninuilla Ho assorted that under
conditions that obtalnod formerly und which
could bo reproduced with ndequato encour
agement the existence of the bagging trust
would bo Impossible
Treasurer Babbitt of the Chelsea Jute
nulls said the laborers In American jute
mills are paid moro than twice ns much as in
Scotland nnd from llvo to ton times as much
ns in India Ho read a telegram from the
Dolphin mnmifncturlng company of Paterson -
son , N. J. , saying that unless congress gave
tliom frco raw Jute they would bo obliged to
suspend , bolng no longer nblo to moot the
competition of Dutidco manufacturers Tbo
witness argued in favor of free Jute
Charles lb Pearce of St Louis made n
comparison bf the cost of Calcutta and
American bagging , to show that with Jute
butts frco a duty of at least 2 cents per yard
upon tbo manufactured product must bo laid ,
In order to maintain tbo industry In this
country , and if the present duty of (5 per
ton bo lotalncd , thou the duty on the manu
factured product must bo 2 > cents per yard
Mr McMillan questioned Pearce as to the
cuuso of the extraordinary rlso in the pneo
of bagging from 7 > cents in 18S7 to ISif
cents in 18SS. Pearce explained nt length
that In the spring of 18SS seven of the prob.i-
blo twonty-llvo mnuufacturors in the coun
try cornered tbo product The manufac
turers were badly scured by the probability
of the passage of tbo Mills bill
McMillan asked Pcarca if ho Justlllcd tha
organization of a trust or cornar
"I " the witness that
say , replied , when
you undertake to destroy my business I am
Justlflod lu protecting nnsolf , and will do it
every tlmo "
McMillan remarked that the organization
aid not release its grip upon tlio people after
the danger of the passage of the Mills bill
was over
Mr Breckinridge Do you know of any
manufacturer returning the increased price
of bnggiugl
"I do not They did not have it , " said Mr
Pearce
The Chairman You say you did not put
that ( JO00,00O of Increased price Into your
pockets ; why didn't voui f
"Wo didn't got it "
Who did got HI"
"I dent Know ; wo didnt ' " '
To fuither questions of McKinley
Pearce said the Mills bill , if
it had been passed would de
stroy every bagging manufactureer It
would have wiped out from (0,000,000 to
(8,500,000 capital and the organization that
cornered the product ot 188S was duo solely
to the Mills bill
In regard to the hemp industry , Pearce
said if it wcro properly encouraged ho bad
no aoubt that within three years there would
bo instead of 12,000 tons as now , from 40,000
to 50,000 tons of hemp raised in the Unltod
States ,
J. L. Bemis of Bonus & Co , Boston , with
bug factories at St Louis , Minneapolis and
Omaha , made a plcn for aaoquata rates of
duty ou manufacturers Jute and for frco raw
Jute
Jillh d Ills \ \ ilo und Child
New Yoiik , Jan 4. Shortly before noon
today anion named Franklin killed his wife
and child nnd then committed suicide , Two
ofllcors wont to tbo house , lbO Mungcr street ,
and effected an entrance through a window
aud passing into the bed room found Frank ;
lin sitting on the edge of tbo bed with a re
volver grasped in his right bund As the
officers were about to enter the man drove
thom out of the room at tbo point of tbo
weapon As soltn as the ofllcors reached the
outside a pistol shot was hoard and ru-ontor-
Ing Franklin was found with a ballot in the
loft breast , dying soon afterward His wife
end tbreo-yoar-old child were lying on the
bed Both victims had been shot through
the heart and from apponranccs had been
dead two or three days
Pootilinr l'rnuoodmi * ; * .
Pnii.AiiPuniA , Jau i. Luwyor Shield !
today brought u peculiar aud unusual pro
ceedings In iho common pleas court under
tha domestic attachment uct of the 13th ot
Juno , lSbO , on behalf of Charles Stoovcr and
against James Dlttman , a missing bank
president , who it was supposed committed
sulcldo by drowning , Tlio atliduvit made by
Stoovcr sots forth that Dlttman is Indebted
to him In the sum of (900 und'avors that
Dlttman on December 11 , 1889 , abacoudod
from this city and concealed himself else
where with the design und iutontlon to defraud -
fraud his creditors and that said Dlttman
has not loft in Philadelphia county sufllciont
cstulo to pay his debts The writ ib return
nblo on Monday next
A British Hnhjcct Asks Bedrest
Washington , Jau 4. The British min
ister has received a petition from the Rev
T. M , Joiner of Holy Springs , N. C , for ro-
drcss for injuries received by himself and
wife at tbo hands of u mob last month Ho
says bo is a British subject , although ho has
boon preaching in Nortli Carolina since lb09.
Ho and his wife were giving rollglous und
other instruction to ncirroos , which bo In
censed soind1 of the neighbors that they
broke Into his house and assaulted and mal
treated himself and wlfo Ho has been
unable to get any satisfaction from the locai
or state authorities
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Ohio LBirUlntlvit Ctiuausos
Coi.ui.uiU8 , O. , Jan 4. In the house legis
lative causus of tha democrats today Hyssoll
was nominated forepoaliorjiobesouof Darko
for speaker pro torn , Fisher of Hardino for
tlork
In the senate caucus Adams of Seneca was
nominated for president pro tern , Taylor ot
Franklin for clerk , and Mauley of Coshoc
ton for Borgeanl-at-ai ins The senatorial
contest is at a standstill on account cf the
excitement und interest in the legislates
caucuses
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