THE OMAHA ' DAILY BEE. TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 0 , 1890. NUMBER 171. MISSION OF FATHER JUTE , Accompanied by Jack Red Olond Ho Visits the Hostllcs' ' Oamp. HE TALK IN THE COUNCIL OF CHIEFS , Crow Dos Hays They May Coinn lit If the Troops Are Withdrawn In n ( Jump Well Fortified. Pixr. Ilimin AOEMT , S. D.vla ( Hushvlllc , Web. ) Dec. 5 , [ Special Tclegr.im to Tim Hr.iAs : perilous a mission ns n man ot God bus undertaken for many a day in the intcre-sts of averting great blood shed and loss of human life was completed todny when the good Father Jute , the Catholic priest whom General Hrooko requested to go out nnd tnlk with the rampantly hostile Indians , returned to the agency. IIo wns the only white man having Influence with them , who might even think of ever making ttio trip thcro and living to get back , for as matters now stand Itiippcarsshccrinadncss fora white to so much ns think of attempting to do so. Hut Father Jute having spent seven years among the Indians , four of the seven on this ngcncy , and having been looked up to and greatly confided in , by the red ? , ho and the oDIcials considered that it would bo more possible for htm to mnko the final effort at n pcacoable adjustment of the present crisis than any other living man. Another fact also , namely , that ! io had been among them nt other times when It would have been cer tain death for another to enter their camps Eccmod to point to him as the person now to enter the hostile camp. The reverend father was accompanied by Jack Hod Cloud , who wont more as a guide and by reason of his being the widely respcctod son of the famous chtof than upon the supposition thnt ho would bo of the slightest USD in making the mission a suc cess. The start was made Wednesday at noon. They went down the White Clay creek a very unusual route and as , a result got lost after crossing White river. All of Thursday night they wandered about , compelled to kqcp moving very briskly in order to avoid freezing to death , for they had no way of kindling a tiro. Hunger was added to their discomfiture , since they had not taken a morsel of food with them. Ten miles from the hostile crmp they were halted by the enemies' pickets , who leveled their guns on them nnd held them until nn Indian runner could bo sent into the oiinip and Inquire , whether or not they were to bo admitted. A favorable reply was received and they proceeded , but between the inu/7.lo.i of Winchesters. The camp was -reached at 11 a.m. the next dnv , nnd two hours later the chiefs met Father Jute in conn- clU Thcro were present : Two Strike , the head chief , Turning Bear , Short Bull , High Hawk , Crow Dou , Kicking Dear , Eagle Pipe , Hlff Turkey nnd High Pipe. The pipe of peace was made conspicuous by Its absence , ai may bo Imagined. Father Jute opcncJ the council by asking the chiefs to Btn\6 the particular cause of the grievance that has led them to assurno so startling an attitude of war. Tuolr replies were sub stantially as follows : "Wo object to the recon * census returns niado by Mr. Loo. His enumeration ns ho is now making It would not glvo sufll- clont for us to llvo on. Leo puts down less , many less , for each tepee than the topco contains. Wo nro to recolvo food ac cording to Loo's enumeration. Wo shall starve ; wo know wo shall starve. If the great futhor chooses to lay a trap to cheat us wo will have ono big oat before the starving tlinocomoa. After that wo shall light our lost fight and the white man sball sco more blood , moro ( toad , by us , from our guns , than over before. Then wo will go to the last hunting ground happy. If the white man did not moan to cheat us out of food the great father never would have sent sol diers. Thcro is no neeel of soldiers , If the groa. father Intended to bo fair with us. Wo know ho intends cheating ns by the way the census man is now putting down figures that Ho nnd by which wo nro to bo fed. The great father did another wrong. IIo put a new line a now boundary line between Uosobud and the Pine IMdgo agency that makes many of us leave our homos and glvo thorn to others. The great father broke the old treaty when ho did this. Wo can no longer believe tbo great father , IIo says to us 'Children you shall never be moved again , unless you want to move , nni } then ho goes right away and moves us. We are done with promises and now wo make a promise thnt wo will fight nnd th'u great futhor will llud that wo will not bro.m our promise. "Wo will now bo very plain with you , Christian Father , and tell you another thing , something of which you may have already thought. It Is this. We are not coming In now and will not lay down our rtflos because wo nro afraid of the consequences. Wo have done wrong' , wo know It , If wo stop now wo will bo punished. The great father will Bond many of us to his big iron bouso to stav many moons. Wo would die. No , wo will not go In and glvo up. Wo know the great father better than ho knows us or cares tc Know us. " After a long pause Crow Dog said that they mlpht come In If the soldiers were taker nwny. Father Jute says ho then urged their with all the fervor of which ho Is capable te bo peaceable , glvo up their designs of war ant bo poaccablo. IIo explained that the soldiers wcro not to harm the Indians , hut to protecl the agency ; that rations had been Increasei at the agency , and thnt If they came Uoucra Urooko would telegraph to Washington nni got permission tor thorn to stay at this ngcncy ns they desired. So far as deprcda tlons were concerned , the father told then they hnd hotter stop committing them am they would ho moro easily forgiven. Flnnll ; he urged the chiefs that they all como bncl with him. To this some of the older ones mail favorable answer , but tlio young ones win wcro heavily in the majority , said , No. The oht jncn flnnllj ngrecd that they wouli como in on horseback to Father Juto's noust which Is about four miles northwest of th' ' agency , tomorrow morning nnd tliero nice General Hrooko and tell him In person Jus what they hnd told Father Jute , Thi brought on n renewal of bitter oppositioi from the majority , which came near endlni hi n row , which undoubtedly would hav cost the peacemaker his life. Finally th young chiefs cooled off , nnd Two Strike , ail dressing Father Jute , said : "Hold your hands up to the Great Splrl nud toll us as though you were about to starl on n Journey to the lost hunting ground o the red mun , whether what you sny to u from General Drooko bo true and that w < \N111 not bo harmed If wo come in simply t talk to General Droouo. " Father Jute says no compiled with the re quest , All the chiefs thcu extended thcl hands toward the heavens nnd with great solemnity promised they would como. Tills ended the council nnd Father Jute nnd young Ucd Cloud withdrew , the former telling the chiefs thnt if they broke their word to him ho would never again bcltovo an Indian. If the chiefs keep their plcdgo the mooting between them nnd General Urooko will occur out at Father Juto's residence tomor row forenoon sometime. While In the camp of the hostllcs Father Jute said that ho saw between ono thousand nnd twelve hundred young braves , nil fully armed , and supposes from the size of the camp and the great number of pickets thnt are out , the hostllcs number over two thousand lighting men. Ho saw largo numbers of cattle being driven In from & 11 directions , slaughtered all about the camp nnd the meat being cured. The camp Is , ho says , remarka bly well fortified with embankments nnd finely constructed rlllo pits considering that it is Indian work. The camp Is ( wholly Inac cessible , ho says , by military , otherwise than i foot nnd in single lllc , nnd that ns for sing canon or such pieces as gatllng or otchklss guns such n thing Is entirely out if the question. "God nlono only knows , " oncluded the priest , "tho results awaiting .11 . effort to conquer these hostile people if lioy continue in their present stronghold. " Thcro was an extra Issue of Inoty head of cattle this nfter- eon to tha frlendlics bore at the ngcncy. l order to malto it Agent Koyer had to bor- ow the requisite number of beeves from tbo upply sent hero by the war department for 10 military , the hostllcs having taken pos- esslon of the reservation herd'as noted in my dispatches several days ago. Dr. Hiicho , surgeon general of the depart- nentof thoPlatto , arrived hero from Omaha .his noon. C. II. C. VJ.I/C IMtl.lXS IX OKLAHOMA. Settlers Sen red anil General Mcrrltt Called on for Protection. ST. Louis , Mo. , Dec. 5. A special from Oklahoma City says the settlers about Frisco , a small village near there , re in fear of the Indians uprising. iVithln a mile nnd a half of ho village , -1,000 Indians are encamped nnd .licit whoops and yells can bo heard day md night. Settlers from the sur- 'oinidliiK country are Hocking into .ho village and a guard Is kept up lay and night General Merrill , In command jf this department , has been appealed to for protection. QUIET AT.l'JXE 11IOGE. cnoral Allies AVill Start Not Imtor ttiaii Monday. Cmcuno , Dec. 5. General Miles this morn- ng received a telegram from General Brooke , u command at Pine Ridge agency , saying hut matters tliero were quiet ; that the ndlans had some cause for complaint with regard to the jssuing of rations to them , but that ho thought lie would bo able to remedy the matter shortly. General Miles aid his departure for tlio northwest would lot bo taken later than Monday next. nnd WuhpetniiH Starving. SimrrroN AiiKN'cv , S. D. , Dec. 5. ( Special Tclcgr.xm to THE BIR.J : The 1,200 Indians on the Slssctoti nnd Wahpcton reservations nro on the verge of starvation at the opening of winter because of the government's failure to 'urnish them subsistence. The interior de partment has authorized the expenditure of 1,000 for the rcllof of the red men'but upon this small sum of money over twelve hun- cred men , women ana children must live for a period of six months of rigorous winter. This is less than 1 cent a day for each per son. The Sissetons are friendly Indians , a number of whom acted as scouts in the war against the Sioux in ISO'Chlot Ucnvlllo and all the other able-bodied Indians on the res ervation have addressed a petition to the Kovernment ns follows : "Wo appeal to the authorities nt Washington nnu our friends everywhere in the cast to aid us ns far as it will be in their power. Unless wo are helped in some way great suffering and actual star vation will "be Inevitable. " Affairs nt Huron. Hunos , S. D. , Dec. C. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bcn.1 Governor Mollotto lias ordered the guns belonging to the state stored hero sent to Gettysburg , Forest City nnd other points. They wcro shipped today. Four companies of United States troops from Fort Lcavonworth and Omaha will reach hero some tlmo tonight ami go by special train to Pierre , whore they have been ordered by Gen eral Miles. Thcro is moro excitement here tonight than at any time since the threatened Indian outbreak. Ghost Dnncorfi Taken In Clinrgc. ST. PAUL , Minn. , Deo. 25. A special to the Pioneer Press from Chamberlain , S. D. , says : A detachment of troops from Fort Kandall todny went down to Lower Brulc agency and took charge of the Indians who had been arrested for agitating for ghost dunces. They will leava Saturday for Fort Snollinp , where the Indians will bo confined for the present. Everything is reasonably qulot at the agency. The Creeks Quiet. OTTAWA , Ont. , Dec. 5. The latest Informa tlon from thonorthwostconflrnis the previous assurances of the Indian agent that the Creeks are nil quiet on their reservation. French Truln ICobbcr. PAIIIS , Dec. 5. ( Special Cablegram to Tin BKB. ] Another daring railroad robbery hn : been committed in tlio south of France , hul fortunately the perpetrator was taken lute custody before ho could escape with his plunder , The thief mndo an attack with i knife upon a passenger In one of the com partment coaches , aud after seizing upon his tnonoy and valuables Jumped from the train , Tlio victim gave an alarm , the train was stopped and the train hands and some of UK passengers started In pursuit of the robber After n long chase ho was captured nni turned ever to the polico. rtio affair occurret on the Lijonso railroad , A Now tleraoy Wreck. CAMIIEN , N. J. , Dec. 5. - [ Special Tele gmm toTui : Hun , ] A freight train on th ( West Jersey railroad run into nn open switcl near this cit.v this morning and Conducto : Leap wns killed and eight cars were wrecked The accident wns caused by n sleepy nlgn towerman turning the wrong switch and In narrowly escaped lynching by the excltei people. the Army. GIIKNT , Dec. 5 , [ Special Cablegram to TH DUE. ] Cuthollo magistrates of this city hav recognized the Salvation army ns a sect am have fined a number of persons who wcr brought before them charged with bavin created a disturbance nt a meeting hold u , the . army. _ _ The HiiHSlun Navy. ST. PETunsiiL-no , Deo. 5. [ Special Cable gram to TUB HEB J The government has dt cldcd to cxpcdlio the building of several Iroi clads now In eourso of construction on th Uluck sea nnd also to increase the number c torpedo boats in the navy. New IlainpHliIro legislature. COXCOIIP , N. II , . Deo. 0. The special sc : slou of the legislature wns adjourned by Go\ rrnorGoodeU today. The regular sesslo begins the lust Wednesday of this month. Upper Mississippi Itlvcr 1'llotn. Mlx.XKAl'OLls , Minn. , Di > c. 5. The coiivei : tlon ot Upjier Mississippi river pilots close todny at Clinton , In. Captain L. A. Day c Le Claire , la. , was elected president. AFTER AN OLD MAN'S ' MONEY , A Daring Burglary and Probable Murder in Sioux Oity , A BULLET THROUGH THE LUNGS. CIirlfltln.il Ocmli ; Frightfully Itcaton and Ills Sou Fatally Shot by Three Unknown Men An Ar rest a Sioux CITT , In , , Dec. 5. ( Special Telegram - gram to TUB UKE. ] A daring burglary and probable murder occurred in this city about 1 o'clock this morning. Christian Oemlg , n German milk vender , and his son , William , llvo In a hovel near tbo packing houses. The old man Is worth at least $150,000 , made by close application to business during thirty years ho has been hero and by the rise in the valuation of real estate. Notwithstanding his great wealth ho has lived In a wretched hut , o < id slnno his wife died two years ago has been living nlouo with his son. At the hour named three men forced the door open , and In doing so awakened the oc cupants. The young man nt oaco grappled ono of the intruders nnd wns shot in the breast , the ball enter ing the lung. The old man was beaten nbout the head nnd knocked senseless. The robbers then left without getting any thing. Only a few days ago Oomig received several thousand dollars for the solo of valua ble lots to the now Union company , and It Is thought that the hope of getting this money prompted the burglary. This afternoon r. man named S. A. Marino was arrested , nnd when taken before young Oemig was positively Identified as the man who shot him. The nnto-mortcm statement of young Oemig was taken this evening and the physicians say that ho cannot recover. Marino denies everything , but thcrols strong circumstantial evidence against him. The Woman Suffragist * . DcsMoisns , la. , Dec. 5. [ Special Telo- gramto THK BEE. ] In the woman suffrage stnto convention today the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Presi dent , Mrs. MaryJ. Coggcshallof DCS Moines ; vlco president , Mrs. M. T. Bomls of Indo- pcndonco ; recording secretary , Mrs. B. T. Smith of Fort Dodge : corresponding secre tary , Mrs , McClelhm of DCS Molncs ; treas urer , Mrs. Ankcny of D's : Monies ; chairman of executive committee. Mrs. E. II. Bunter of Ies Moines. Mrs. Cnllalmn was chosen as member of the national cxccutlvo board. The afternoon and evening was devoted to reports of committees aud addresses by var ious prominent persons. The Aliened Hoodlors Acquitted. DBS MOINES , In. , Dec. 5. [ Special Tele- fr-am to THE BIE. ] Judge Bishop , in a lengthy opinion this morning , sustained the motion of the defense and directed the jury to find a verdict of acquittal against the eight aldermen who have been on trial the past weak for wilful misconduct , in olllco. In his ruling the Judge held that it was not for him to say whether the act charged was morally right or wrong , but whether it wns a crime under the statutes , and ho filled to under stand the law In thnt way. The state will probably appeal. There nro similar indict ments against three other ex-aldermen , but tbo cases will not" bo called at present.- - - - Jack tlio Hugger. CnnAiiRu'iDi , la. , Deo. 5. fSpaclal Telegram - gram to TUB BEC.J A "Jack the Hugger" has made his appearance in Cedar Uipids. IIo bpgan operations about a week ago by clasping a thirteen-year-old girl in his em brace , and since then has folded to his bosom women in different stages of lifo. IIo is de scribed as a thick , heavv set young follow , with a cap pulled down well ever his head so us to conceal his features. The women gen erally scream , and ho darts away into the darkness. IIo generally makes his npponr- anco about 0 o'clock in the evening , nnd al ways near the business portion of the city. So far ho has eluded arrest , A Sensational JMvorco Suit. ATLANTIC , la. , Dec. 5. fSpeclal to Tun BEII.J The Meredith divorce suit is now on trial before the district court in this city , Judge Thornoll presiding. The case Is at tracting considerable attention owing to the prominence of the parties. But few wit nesses have been examined as yet , but sensa tional developments are looked for. Mr , Meredith , the plaintiff , Is worth over 1100- 000. Tno defendant , Mrs. Helen Meredith , has also instituted a suit for an absolute di vorce , alimony nnd 450,000. A WorkliiKinati'f ) Good Ijiiek. CHISIIOKEE , la. , Doc. 5. [ Special Telegram to THE Bcu. ] Swan Gustavson , n Swcdo twenty years old , has just fallen heir to a largo fortune by the death of a relative in Pennsylvania. The young man has boon nt work for some time in n railroad gravel pit. Ho docs not seem to bo much puffed up over his good luck.Money was sent him to como to Philadelphia , and no loft today to claim his fortune. X1TJTOAVIZ FAKMEItS' ALLIAXCE. A Call Issued for n Third Party Con ference. OCAI.A , Fla. , Dec. 5. The National farm ers' alliance passed resolutions reciting that the United States census returns with re spect to farm mortgages were grossly Incor rect , and calling upon all county and sub-alj llanccs In nil states to take immediate steps towards securing accurate statistics from county records and raako prompt reports thereon. National Secretary Turner submitted his annual report. During the past year 1,000 now charters wore issued to sub-alliances as follows : West Virginia , 252 : Colorado , 15'J : Indiana , 13 ! ! ; Michigan , 100 ; Virginia. 03 Illinois , 8T ; South Corollna , 83 ; Ohio , 01 ; Pennsylvania , 69 ; New Jersey , ! 20 ; Minnesota seta , 5 ; Iowa , 5 ; Oregon , ! ; Oklahoma. 1. State charters were Issued to the folloxving suites : Indiana , Illinois , Colorado , Michigan , West Virginia , Oklahoma nnd North Dakota. Some question having been raised as to the unanimous endorsement of the St. Louis platform of the national alliance last year , Livingstone of Georgia moved its adoption by the present body. Some debate followed , but it wai adopted with an amendment so as to demand government control of railroads nt d telegraph lines , and if this shall not re- si It in relief to the masses aim In chccklngor curing existing evils the government shall become- the actual owner of such lines. This platform docs not Include the sub-treasury The following Is the call for the third party conference , signed by General Ulco and John Dnvls of Kansas aud nbout seventy-five other alliance mnn : Whereas , In unity thcro is strength ; there fore , it is desirable that this should bo n union of nil ttio variously named Industrial organizations that stand on common ground. To this end the Individuals from various states whoso names are hereto signed make this call fora national conference to ho cour posed of delegates from the organizations named : Fanners' alliance , Fanners' Mutual Benefit association , Citizens' alllancoKnlghU of Labor and all other Industrial organize- tlons that support the principles of the St , Louis agreement of ISS'J , Each stnto orgnnl ration Is to send ono delegate from each cm- gressloual district and two from each state nt largo , nnd each district organization is tc send not less than three delegated and each county delegation not less than one , to be chosen according to the customs of each re spective organization during the month ol January 1891 ; nlso the editor of each newspaper 1 * hereby invited as n delegate that hnd advocated the principles of the St. Louis ngreoment and supported the alliance candidates nominated in 1MX ) , the delegates to mcot In Cincinnati , Monday , February SI , liltf , for the purpose of forming a national union party based upon the fundamental ideas of finance , transporta tion , labor and land In furtherance of the work filrondy begun by .thoso organizations , nnd preparatory for the united struggle for. the country nnd homo m the great political conflict now pending that must decide who in this country Is sovereign the citizen or the dollar. An additional amendment was adopted that every nllianco lecturer , state nnd national , nnd all newspaper organs of the ulllanca shall support the platform or suffer suspension from the order ; that no candidate for any national political office shall bo supported by the alliance unless ho endorse the platform , nnd any suh-ulltnnco 'not complying with thcso restrictions may bo suspended nt the pleasure of the president. The whole platform as thus amended was adopted unanimously upon n call of the roll by states. ; . Colonel Livingstone of Georgia , from the committee on organization , miido u report to furnish n basis for ultimate union between the national farmers' alliance nnd Industrial union aud the Farmers' ! Mutual Benefit asso ciation. Under this plan the bene fit association still t maintains a sep arate organization , ibut will bo en- Mtled to representation in the national dllancc council , nnd the executive committee of each organization will meet hereafter nnd arrange the details of the union. Tlio report ivns adopted. U Dr. Macuno. chairman of the national cx ccutlvo committee , sXibmitted his annual re port. It referred at length to the subtrcas- , iry bill drawn and presented to congress. The committee's mission In this rcsiieet vir tually ended because tjio alliunco had elected several congressmen who would look after pushing the nill througll the national legisla ture. In n short time , ho said , congress will pass this bill , if not willingly , then by n com promise. The report recommended a reduc tion In salary of all national alliance officers and the removal from Washington of the president's office , Inasmuch ns the retention of it there entails an oxpcn&o not eommensu- ate with Its usefulness , ' At the conclusion of the report Dr. Macuno addressed the convent/on upon the policy of the alliance , especially with roforcnco to Us losltion upon leading ( public measures and .ts attitude toward democrats nnd republi- 3ans In future political contests. After ad journment ho pave the Associated press the following synopsis of bis utterances upon the third party question i "I told the delegates that the people of the southern states wcro not prcoared to embark in a third party movement ; that in this emergency thcro was great necessity for conservatism and caution. I Tccoinmonded as a compromise thut would carry out the end sought to bo achieved by the west nnd north , if it met the approbation of the south , that a convention bo called for February , 1802. to bo composed of delegates from all assoplntton of producers , and that the next annual session of ttio supreme premo council elect delegotoa to represent this order in that convention. This would not commit the people , but provided means whereby they could oppress themselves on the questions through their county and state organizations during the coining year. When the convention meets the delegates would come there with authority nud instructions from their people. If the people decide In favor of Independent'party action it will pre vail. If not the cause will bo bcnollted by the conference ! and thcro will boa bettor understanding of tlio qbjects that labor or ganizations nro seeking to achieve. " Macuno thinks this will satisfy both sides. In conversation with ( m Associated press representative Colonel Ijlvinitstono of Geor gia said : "If the pohcjioutlined by Mncuno Is adopted It cannot fullj to 'have u marked effect. It would coinir.lt the alliance of tho. south almost solidly neilnst a third party. Before February lT8to , " ald'ho-Mw6 , shall have n chance to see wlilch ono of the two leading political parties will show a willing ness to ncccdo to our demands. If neither listens to us then it will bo time for us to act independently. I see no possible chance for ttio republican party to secure the nllianco vote of the south while It stands on its pres ent protective tariff platform. It will hnvo to wnolly forfeit Its present Identity as a political party in order to change that , and I do not see any possiblechunco of this com ing about. " "Do you think , " nsked the reporter , "that the democratic party of the north would Join the southern democrats on the alliance plat form I" "I do. I think more , ana inako the predic tion that the democratic national convention of 1SIC2 will adopt the alliance St. Louis plat form In total. " The national colored alliance this morning adopted a resolution urging congress to pass the Lodge election bill. , ' Tlio paragraph crit icising and denouncing the white national al liance for Its opposition to the bill was elimi nated. At last night's sess'on of the national alli ance J. 11. Kico of Kansas , , who is an aspirant for the people's nomination for senator against Ingalls , got the lloor on a proposition to Improve the Mississippi river and took occasion to deliver a violent political speech , in which ho denounced the republican party ns unworthy ot existence. The speech pro duced a sensation and , alliance men of both parties wish it understood that his opinions are simply these of air.indlvldual and not endorsed dorsod by the alliance ' as a body. The investigating co'mmlttco this afternoon reported that it had boon unable to ascertain a single fact Implicating in any way Presi dent Polk. As to President Livingston o ( the Georgia alliance , while nothing was fount derogatory to his i > ersbnal or official character - tor , the committee cannot endorse his course in the Georgia senatorial contest. The same was true of Dr. Macuno. The report did not plvo entlro satisfaction , but was adoptoil without debate. The annual election of officers was holt ! this afternoon. President Polk and Vice President Covcrof Kansas were unanimously reclected. J. II. Tumor of Georgia wa elected secretary and J. S. Willots of Kansas national lecturer. Early in the day the con vcntion had ordered the sending of a tolo grain to Director General Davis of the world's fair at Chicago asking co-opcratlon with tin national alliance in securing fitting exhibit. nt the national world's ' fair exposition. This afternoon a reply was received from tin director general asking the appointment of t committee for that purpose. A commlttc ( was appointed , also -ono to memorialize congress for thu suppression of letters. T. V. Powdcriy and A. W. Wright , members bers of the executive-board of the Knights ol Labor , arrived hero -this afternoon. At i public mcotlmr tonight they spoke. Pow derly In his address said it was time for law yers to stand aside nnd , give the farmers o chance as well ns merchants aim laborers Ho was speaking only for himself indlvldu idly , but if it wns the general sentiment f 01 all tbo producing , Industrial and labor organi zatlons to stand and vote together In ISiti hi would bo there In the hottest of the fight T1' " whole lluo of I'cwderly's talk was In en couragemcnt of a third-party movement if II bccnmo necessary. In conclusion ho said "Let mo say to you that our greeting is inos cordial and heartfelt ; Wo feel that wo an part of your organization. Lot us nil agrei upon your platform. If It is to agitate am do hard work on that platform wo are will you , and if wo are to vote with you upon i wo will stand by you at the iiolls. " President Pcflc madft a brief reply and several oral other speeches were made. A flotirbon Trick. WASHINGTON , Deo. 5. Hopresentntlv Sweeney of Iowa today sent the followln telegram to Hepresentattvo Plcklor of Soul Dakota , who Is nt the meeting of the farmers alliance nt Ocnla : "I am informed the the instructions to procure the passage b your assembly of n resolution opposing th electionJilll was telegraphed from thocapltc hero to Florida by democratic senators BO\ eral hours before the resolution was rcportc to your assembly. " Swcenoy , while decllt Ing to give the n nines of the scnMors allude to , expressed a readiness to testify before an .committee desiring to investigate the inattei The Fire Itouord New YonK , Dee. 5. The corset factory c M. Cohen , on Twenty.slxth street , was dante to the extent of $ K > ,000 , by lire Umlyh VIOLATED INTERSTATE LAW , * Jenoral Freight Agents of Leading Chicago Roads Indicted for Giving Rebates , ROUBLE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. by Mnny Grnin Dealers With Malting Improper Itcdiiotlons OlIlcoi'H oCtlio Omaha , Kansas Central & Gnlvcstotii Cmcnno , Deo. J5. fSpcctnl Telegram to ? IIB BBC. ] The federal grand Jury , which ins been Investigating lha alleged Infractions f ttio liitorstuto commerce law , returned In dictments todny against the following par ies : cJohn M. Kgnu , president mul general nannger of tlio Chicago , St. Pnul & ICnnsas ilty railroad company , for paying n rebate to A.C.Davis & Co. ; Thonuis Miller , general rclght nccnt of the Chicago , ilurlington & 'iulncy , for giving a rebate to \ \ ' . II. Warren ts Uo. ; J. M. Johnson , general freight agent of the Chicago , Hock IslunU & Pacific , for giving n rebate to Wright it Hnughoy ; fainoa II. Long , manager of tbo freight dc- lartmcntof the Illinois Steel company , for Manipulating colco shipments to secure lower rates than the tariff. These were the onlv indictments returned , t appears that G. M. Lnmbortson , the nt- orney of Lincoln , Nob. , who had most to do vlth the prosecution , tmido no attempts to get : vldciico against any oilier roads than the Hurllngton and the Hock Island. Lambert- son is the attorney of T. M. Lowry , the No- jraska elevator man , inaniit against the Durliugton for $40,000 overcharge In rates , and the evidence secured against the road in Ihls Investigation will ho of great service to : ilm in the suit. IJy obtaining evidence of Jio same kind against the Ilock Island. Lowry will bo in n position to bring a similar suit , against that company. A man nntncd avis , who is the paid agent ) f the Interstate commerce commission , was nstrunicntal in obtaining tbo indictment igalnst President Egnn of the Chicago , St. ; > uul & Kansas City , the witness being a dis charged local agent of the company. All the ndicted parties have given bonds for their future appearance. The O. , K. O. & G. CIIICAOO , Dec. C. [ Special Telegram to Tun 3rK. ] The directors of the Omaha , Kansas Central ft Qalveston railway company , the charter for which was filed under the laws of Kansas , November 21 , met in this city today and elected ofllcors aa follows : President , Jacob Newberger of New York City ; vice president , C. M. Kawllngs of Alliance , Kun.j measurer , C. M. Bell of Alliance ; secretary , Yaldomar Silloof New York ; chief engineer , Ed ward Koemcr of New York. The ofllccs of the president and seciotary ire to bo in Now York , while the headquar ters of the other departments will bo in AI- laneo , Kim. It is claimed by the ofllcora that arrangements have been practically com pleted for building anil equipping the road , md that tbo work of construction will bo commenced soon. The lluo will extend from Omaha to Clalvcston , passing through the suit bolt snd the ricliest agricultural region of Kansas , besides tapping the host timber lav.ds of Texas. The projectors suy that the money necessary to carry the enterprise through has all been pledged. Tlio Sheet Withdrawn. LIXCOLV , N"ob. , Deo. 5. jSpoclal Tolo- nra toiPHB Bpc.l TJio Union Jaclflo ? .fllcd It reply today in the complaint of Kl f. Gu.s- * tin to to the stuto board of transportation that Hastings was getting a better rate than was the city of Kearney. It denies that the rate was issued by It , but appears to have been Issued by the St. Joseph & Grand Is land railroad company. It alleges that the circumstances and conditions surrounding the shipments of goods from Hastings to the various points mimed are governed by other and different conditions than these from Kearney. It further alleges that the rates uamed are too low to remunerate any rail road company and that It has been found that the revenues derived from the business transacted under said rates has not been suf ficient to pay the operating expenses and taxes on the road , and the distributive tariff rate sheet , heretofore In force out of Hast ings , Is therefore withdrawn , to talco effect on December 9 , 1800. How nrowlng. WINNIPEG , Man. , Deo. G. [ Special Tele gram to THE BISK. ] A big row is brewing between the Canadian Pacific and the grain dealers. The railway is accused by many grain buyers of giving n big reduc tion on rates to the Lake of the Woods milling company , which is controlled by the road magnates and the Ogllvies. Both llrms are the biggest grain- dealers In the country. These two firms arc paying such high figures for wheat that all other dealers have been forced to retire from competition as buyers. They claim that the road must bo giving a rebate to the firms named 03 otherwise they could not pay the prices they nro paying. It is claimed that the object is political and that the company is being influenced by the dominion government , which Is bound to sco the prices paid for wheat in Manitoba as high as that paid in Minnesota and the Dakotas. A Percentage Division , CHICAGO , Dec. 4. | Special Telegram to THE Bnn. ] At the meeting of the managers of the Northwestern lines today the report of the coimnittco recommending a division of the passenger business was practically adopted. There are some amendments pro posed , however , and final action was post poned until tomorrow when it is understood that n plun for a percentage division for tlio passenger traftlo between St. Paul and Chicago cage and between St. Paul and Kansas City will be signed by all lines in interest. Gone Homo Katlsllnd. CHICAGO , Doc. 5. A delegation of couduc ; tors of the Bock Island road , after a long conference with the general ofllcors over cer tain grievances , secured a satisfactory ad justment and returned homo. A TE31PK8TVOVH 1'OIMG.E. Trip nT the Ilrltisli Stotunci JnniCH Turplo. NEW YOHK , Dec. G. [ Special Telegram to Tun DUE. ] The British steamer James Turplo , CaptalnJSmlth , from Mcdlterraneai ports , which arrived today , reports hnvlnj , had n terribly tempestuous passage. The steamer hud line weather until In longitude 10 when It became squally. On Novembers ) , it : latitude 30,25 , longitude CD , she changed hoi course to the northwest , The wind was ther blowing a strong brcczo from the southeast and steadily increasing in force , with beavj squalls and high sens , and the barometer fcl rapidly. Tlio wind shifted to the south ward , and the captain , concluding that ho wo : ruiuuni' into n cyclone , put the ship to tin southwest. At this time a heavy cross sei was running , and at 8 o'clock p. in. t perfect hurricane was blowing. The stoainoi lay In the trough of the sea perfectly help less , neither engines nor helm having the least effect on her , and It was' Impossible t ( pet her before the wind or to heave her to The heavy seas Jllled the cabin twice nni flooded the cngino room and stoko-holo nearly putting out the flrus , The vessel laj in this condition for eight hours , the sea inak Ing n clean breach over her. This weathoi continued up to I n. in , December 1 , when tin wind hauled to the westward. Then tin ship's nead was got to the southwest , ttn vessel laboring fearfully owing to the hoavj sea , which at times was appalling , The bar omutor had fallen to US.tX ) . The cargo go adrift and nothing could bo done to scour It. Subsequently the wind hauled to the northwest and blow ho.ivlly and the barome ter began rising. Tim hold WHS opened and It. was found that great damage hud bei'ii done to the cargo. On Ueeomuor ! l , latitude ! irlO : , longitude 10.VJ : , the wind blow frosli from the southeast , Increasing In foivo mid nt midnight blowing a gale , with n heavy se.i running and accompanied by 'thunder and lightning. At ! l n. in. December 4 the \vh.d shifted to the northwest and blow with bur- rlciino force , raising n tcrrlllo sea. At 8 n. m. the Turplo shipped a sea forward which started tlio forecastle deck , Hooded the foro- i-nstlo mid dnmiijjed the port life boat iind hurrli'nno house on the poop deck. In nil his thlrty-oiglityearsnt son Cnptnln Smith says 10 never experienced such u terrltlc storm. .1 coin Otto Gtinilcrsim Kills Ills \Vllo ami Leaves Her Hotly In tlio Snow. GnoTo.v , S. I ) . , Deo. 5. ( Spoci.il Tclo grnm to TUB Bit.l : : The little town of Gem , his county , wns clectrlllcd this morning by ho report thnt Otto Gumlerson , a farmer Ivlng eighteen miles southwest of Groton , md murdered his wlfo. On Investigation ho body of the womnii wns found lying on ts back in the snow half \vay between the > urii and the bouse with an ugly wound on ho head , inado apparently , by some blunt in strument. There was no witness to the mur- ler and the only evidence us to the killing VIM thnt of tlio mair himself. According to ils statement his wlfo hud gone to thu b.irn iftcr supper and ho had followed. While hero an altercation arose about tin improper ntimacy between her and nn Aberdeen man , luring her husband's absences at Yunktnn lovernl years ago. 'From words they cnmo to ilows and ho finally seized a shovel and hit ler a blow on the head that caused her ( tenth. le then returned to the house leaving the > ody lying out in the snow nil night. Hi * irothcr discovering these facts In tlio morn- ng , the sheriff was telegraphed and captured ilm nt his home , ho having made no attempt o escape ; Ho was brought to Groton and .nken thence to Aberdeen for safe keeping. L'ho cnuso of the inuruer seems to have been ealousy on the p.irt of the husband. The nurdorcd woman was a very handsome ono nbout thirty years of nso. Two children of eight and ton years slept in the house peaec- 'ully during the enactment of the tragedy. IIMlf OX TJfKJi'JtKSriiliXT , \ . 1i. Conger Asked n Favor ami wan llel'iiseil by Harrison. CHICAGO , Dec. 5. ( Special Telegram to run Bic. ] A. L. Conger of Akron , O. , n member of the republican national committee , has declared war against President Har rison. The nation's executive was undoubt edly very much surprised this morning upon the receipt of a very caustic telegram from the well known Ohio politician. Conger scored the president and ho declares that ho will work ngnlnst Mr. Harrison in IbU- should ho bo nominated. The reason for all Lhis is common talk In Attron , O. Mr. Conger has boon lighting hnrd to secure the appoint ment of nn old soldier to the position of postmaster nt that plnco. He wns given to understand the president would comply with his wishes but Mr. Harrison yesterday named W. H. Gambia , who is not a veteran , for the place. This has bo exasperated Con ger that ho has declared hostilities ngalnst the president. "Father is determined to push this mat ter , " salu Mr. Conger's son , "Ho has ob tained copies of Mr. Harrison's speeches and the platforms ho has advocated in which the pledges made that old soldiers' should not bo overlooked. I sent the tnossngo to the presi dent and 1 dare say ho will not feel overjoyed at the prospect of having father against him. It Is a matter of principle. " : . .J\Vorltip ; < lrpJrjotqrs \ Pleased. ' " " ' CHICAGO , DeeVs. The fiict""lnat''lli6'ciCy < council last night passed an ordinance pro viding for the issue of > ,000,000 bonds in aid of the world's fair was cabled this morning to Director Kohlsaat , who Is now in Europe. A reply was received from him this after noon , in which ho said thatAttornuy General Webster , Sir Henry Wood and other promi nent Englishmen favor tlio appointment of a commission by the British government to supervise tho'arrangemcnts for the British exhibit at the fair. Tills looks very promis ing for the foreii.'u end of the exhibit so soon after the announcement of the completion of the financial requirements , and the directors are pleased. Sclborna Kvpoctod It , LONDON , Dec. 5. [ Special Cablegram to Tun Br.K.j Lord Selborno , n liberal peer , writes as follows : "ItIs for these who have trusted Parnell not. for me , who did not trust him to reproach him for n breach of faith. I cannot affect surprise that a man whoso Influence has been habitually exerted to encourage men to break the eighth and tenth commandments should not observe the moral law on other points. My surprise is rather thut so many persons who feel strongly this present moral delinquency should have been for llvo years entirely insensible to everything in his conduct thut was irrecon cilable with immunity , charity and Justice. . Guarded the Ilurlnl. PAIUS , Dec. 5. ( Special Cablegram to TUB BEK. ] Funonil services on the remains of General Scliverskolt , the Russian agent in Franco , who was shot In his room In thu Hotel Do Bade on November 18 , and for whose killing several motives have been as cribed , took place today in the Russian church In the Hue Darn. The deceased w.vi accorded tlio military honors duo his rank In the Husslan army. President Curuot wns represented at the ceremony , A strong guard wns stationed nbout the church , owing to thu fact that the Kussinn omhassy had re ceived a note stating thut thu church would bo blown up during the services. Saved by Death. Nuw YOHK , Dec. 6. [ Special Telegram to TIIR Ben. ] Judge Martin today dismissed the indictment against Eva Hamilton , Joshua Mann and Mrs. AnnloSwInton charging them with conspiracy * o defraud the late Robert Hay Hamilton by passing off a waif as his child and also with grand larceny. Hamilton Is dead and no conviction could bo .secured without his to tlmony. Chlel'H are Jlounil. CossTAXTixoi'i.H , Dec. G. [ Special Cnblo- gram toTiin 1)1:1 : : . ] A number of Kurdish chiefs held n meeting nt Kzoroutn mid signed n document In which they promise to abstain from molesting the Armenians and to kcci | pence among the tribes and punish nil marauders. One Killed , Two Injured. LOXDOX , Dae. 5. [ Spselnl Cablegram to Timlluu. ] An explosion occurred today by a shell fulling in a loom of the admiralty powder magazine nt Gosport. The shell burst with tremendous force. One man was killed and two Injured. : , Dec. 5. [ Special Cablegram U TiicDiiii. ] Ex-Queen Natallotms presonto i to the skupts china a statement coirccrnlni the differences between herself mid the o. * king of Milan , her divorced husband , whc was formerly ruler of Sarvia. ni ; lor Depositor * . DUI.UTII , Minn , , Dec. 5. The schedule o : the suspended Bull & Klsler bunk was lllci this afternoon. The showing inado is very favorable. Depositors will bo paid dollar foi dollar , The uank will doubtless bo reor ganlzed. _ _ ' The Wo.iihor For Omaha and Vicinity- Fair ; statlonar ; temperature , For Nebraska and Iowa Fair ; northcrl ; winds : colder. For South Dakota Fair ; winds Milltlng U northerly ; colder , RICH TELLS A TALE OF WOE , ays IIo was Assailed With Sticks nni \ cues and Oruolly Treated , ECOND V OF THE GREAT CONTEST. till An'.Hlier Killtlon of Homo Old , Old Moi-les IteCoro n Full House at tlio litiiuolii Ktinlty Itouiii. LINCOLN , Nob. , Due. 5. ' [ Special Tele- ram to Tin ; HKI : . ] The little store room car the Lancaster county bank proved too mull for the crowd thut gathered to hoar the cstimony in the gro.it vonto.it case and con- uently mljourmni'iit was taken to the rjuity room of the district court. The room as boon thronged all tiny long with inter- stod spectators , mouly prohibitionists. Mr. 'owors Is talcing copious notes , but says oUiIntc. The republican executives-elect de- Inro that they begin to feel perfectly safe. W. 1) ) . Prugh of Omaha was the first wit- ess. Ho testified : I resided in the Second reelnct of tlio'Sixih ward on election day. Mr. Hal-wood entered mi objection on the round of the testimony us irregular and tin- uthorized. Witness continued No attempt was made o prevent me from voting. I was peddling .elects in the Fourth precinct of the Second , -ard. The name of Mr. Powers was on omo of the tickets. 1 was pulled and h.uilcd ml kicked mid struck with stones , Thcro voro 200 or 300 persons about the polls. A rent many were Personal Rights league adgcs. Most of the latter , Judging from iclr conversation , \vero for Boyd. The oarers of league badges seemed 0 bo the leaders. The tickets that I had had : ie names of all the various candidates for ovornor. I belluvo their opposition to the mcndment caused them to assault mo. 'here were present ono deputy sheriff ami no policeman. I appealed to the police for el p. They were looking at mo when I was truck. I stayed only llvo minuter and llnd- my lifo In danger started to leave. The abblo followed mo and struck mo three lines In the head and twice In the back. My calp was out In two places. This was at ifteentti and Williams. Mr. Charles B. llton was with me. Wo were both 'vorkinjj or the amendment. His tickets were taken way also. I w.is pursued Uvo blocks. I vent to Chief Scivey. ; 1 told hint lint the polling place of the Fourth recinct of the Second ward wns in the .unds of the rabble. Chief Honvoy sent a ergcant and two policemen with Mr. Elton lid m.Vkolf back to the polling iituco. Thu lollccman who hail been nt tlio polling plaer > vas missing. When the ticket ! ! were taken , way from mo I called the attention of the loliccman to it. but he pretended ho did not co the altair. IIo did not arrest the follow vbo tore up my tickets. Tliu iiiuno of Pow- rs was on some of the tickets. A man wcnr- ig a Personal Illghts league badge an- tro.ichod mo and said ho wns n friend. Ho aid he could do nothlni ? to help me , and art- Isod mo to leave. The crowd wns pretty { unuraliy quiet. The Personal Ulghts Icaguo nan said there would be no disturbance * vero it not for the prohibitionists. The sec- Mid time wo left wu-wcro escorted.us fur us the Viaduct by n cordon of police. About one-third , of the crowd followed , ut- oring Imprecations , shaking whisky > ottlcs _ . , qud. . .Ihrowhitf . .eggs. About "orty persons prot between us and town and ho police told us tnoy could not go any 'nrther ' with us. They llnnlly put us on n notor cnr anil wo were thus taken over tlio iaduct. I went the second time to Chlot icavoy. Ho said that ho would send fifty officers if necessary. I did not sco anybody n-evcntcd from voting. I can't say anything ibout thu power of franchise being interfered vith. On cross oxnmmation Mr , Prugh tesliflod : . ' was peddling tickets. I was working "or Powers and the amendment , iomo of the tickets taken away from no nnd torn ui > hnd Boyd's name on them. I wns working against Boyd. ! gave persons Boyd tickets who wished them. 1 did not live in that ward. I was sent there by Iho non-partisan league. I wns lot able to return a third time. I do not icnow of anybody being prevented to vote for L'owors. I did not try to find out the names of the persons who assaulted mo. I did not swear out any warrants for their arrests. I saw the persons who took the tickets away , When 1 was Knocked down about a block from the polls my Unco wns skinned. I wont out , for a day or two afterward ! ! and the kiieo became badly Inflamed. I wits confined to the house for some days. Nobody objected to in } ' voting in my owa ward. I think most of the feeling wns over the amendment tight. I BUW several persona wearing Personal Highta league badges and also lioyd badges. On ro-dlrcot examination Notary Tibbotts declared the ( xiwer of a notary to exclude all Immaterial and irrelevant testimony and naked the attorneys to ask proper mid not loading questions. This was prompted by the following question : "Was It not understood In Omaha that Boyd was the candidate of the antl-prohibl- tiohlstsl" The answer was : "Well , from what 1 heard nnd believe , I think so. " The witness was then excused. Charles B. Klton of the Sixth ward of Omaha took the stand. Testimony of wit ness in the main corroborated thut of Prugh. On cross-exuniinatloii Mr. Klton testified : 1 wns not a voter in that ward. 1 did not sco anybody prevented from voting for Mr. Powers. I did not sco anybody remonstrated with who wished to vote tlio independent ticket. 1 dill not seonnyhody 'pruvented from voting for anybody tlmy Ilkod. 1 did not see tbojudgiw. They did not neons us fur as I know , i was not prevented from voting m my own word. 1 thought the reason wo were opposed in tlm Second ward was because wo had tickets favoring the amendment. Ono man said Hint our tickets were illegal. Mr. Prngh and I wire nro'iml ' until 3 or1 o'clock in tlio afternoon and went to different polling places. At none of these places did wo sco a voter prevented from voting for the man ha wished to. .1. S. Miller wns recalled. Ho said : "I live In the Fourth district of the Eighth ward. At the two polliiiK places on Ginning street , west of Twenty-fourth Htrcot , I saw tickets taken away from persons , The tickets taken away from thu persons peddling them favored the prohibition amendment. The tickets were taken from their hands , and even from their pockoti , and torn up , the men Jostling them. The crowd commenced to threaten them and then drove th im away. Ugis ; began to lly. No man was struck by tlioin , The eggs struck the aides of tno house and the polls and would drip down on their hcadH. It wns hnrd to toll what the politics of the persons were who took part in the nauseous performance. 1 wns not In favor of tha amendment. I remonstrated with some of tnoni. They then thought I was a prohibi tionist. I was not In any way disturbed , except - cept that nn egg was dropped hi my pocliot. It was not only understood in Omaha , but every where t-lso , that I3oyd was the candi date of the anti-prohlbltlonlstb. 1 voted the Rtrnight republican ticket and ngalnut tha amendment. So far as the voting was concerned , I saw no one deterred from voting. There w an attempt , however , to suppress any free expression of opinion. On cross-cxainiimtlon Mr. Milior testified thnt all the excitement on election day was caused by the prohibition amendment. So far as I know and ohsorvo I saw no one pre vented from voting for tlio person or candi date thtit was his choice. There was tha least dlscustlon of candidates nt the polls I over HUW. I saw no other demonstration. The mon who were booking to prevent tha peddling of prohibition tickets wcroln dead earliest , ho worn the men peddling tickets , but they were unobtrusive. N. J. Smith testlQcd. 1 tun u resident bl