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THE OMAHA I DAILY BEE TWENTIETH YT3AE. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 1.5 , 1890. NUMBER180. HOOPS WE ON INDIANS , A Narrowing in of the Gordon About the Hostilcs , AN OMINOUS LIGHT IN THE SKY , flpclnre That It Portoiuls n Hnttlc-Tnlk of an I ml I an Householder A Srtnil Storm und Its KfTcutM. PINR Itinor. AnnNcr , S. D , , ( via Uushvlllo Neb. ) Dec. -Special ( [ Telegram to Tun Br.E. ] A tcrriflc snnd storm , rivaling In ter ror the most exaggerated fiction I have over rood" In connection with Sahara desert stories , began playing liavoo with this frailly con structed settlement Jiut buforo daybreak thli morning , routing everybody out of his bed and striking nearly as much terror to the in habitants us has the Indian scare. Many of the tents were twisted from their fastenings aiufall others wcro drifted full of lluo sand , Three or four of the agency buildings were torn down und others were badly Injured by the rocking. Cord wood was caught up nnd hurled about n. < though it were kindling , xvhllo ns for the mountain of baled -hay just piled up for the army , It was almost levelled to the ground. Indian tepees were caught up in all directions nnd hurled Into sand-dark ened space , while half the Indians them selves , both squaws and hiiclts , were stripped of their blankets and went chnilng around llko a crazy pack of brown Adams and Eves minus oven so much as anything answering the historic fig leaf decoration. To add to the wild delirium that reigned supreme , tlio spectre of the storm set two ex posed church belli , the pollco station boll and the hotel dinner boll to ringing like mad. A crazier tlmo I never witnessed before In nil my life. life.Authentic Authentic Information Just received at head quarters from the bad lands seems to indicate beyond any doubt that the wild tlmo given us by tbo elements will Irmwjdlatcly bo suc ceeded by the clash of terror with the bad lands devils about which , during the past twelve hours , every ono , and particularly the officials , have been thoroughly convinced must bo mot. Just before taps wcro sounded In camp last night great shoots of light were observed to spring up against the sky in the direction of the bad lands far to the northwest. Soon nftor the discovery the. attention of every body at the agency nnd been called to the sight. The light soon changed to a lurid glow und increased In slzo until it ex tended a distance of two miles from side to side. That it had some dctlnlto connection with the Indian trouble was the opinion of more than twenty old Indian wiseacres with wnom I tnlucd. Jumping unon my horse und accompanied by my Interpreter I made a cmlet tour of the camp of the alleged friendly Indians near by. Fully two-thirds of the entire 8,000 were out gazing at the great dickering sheets of light. Going up to ono lodge , the members ot "which I have become especially well acquainted with , and who were referred to mo upon my arrival here as among the best posted Indi ans at the reservation , I inquired if they know what the big light meant. For the first time I was met with disagreeable looks in return for my pains , but I set up the cigar ettes something they never refuse and asked again in a loss direct manner. Stretching - ing ono gaunt arm in the direction of the light . the man of the house exclaimed : "Heap * Ujjht tell us now Indians light. " "What Indians nro to light ! " I asked. "All who llko , " "Tonight ! " "Soon. " t "How soon ! " ? " "In one sun. " ' Tomorrow then ! " "Yes , tomorrow. " Before returning I received the statement from not loss than twenty-five of the lendlug fricndlics here. In every case they , 01 course , disclaimed , but not with emphasis any Idea of responding to the great slgna themselves. "When morning came ono of Genera Brooke's scouts brought In word that thi hostllos had told him the great llro was made by the burning of several long rows of hay stacks and was a signal to nil Indians thu they the hostllos had determined , Irrc vocnbly , to startou the warpath. If the ; were not attacked they said they would forci a buttle themselves , nnd that the light nisi meant that all the Indians not now in the bin lauds must immediately join them or forcve stand as dogs and enemies. The scou further reports that tbo hostllos wcro con stnntly being reinforced , nnd that no eld Bortlons had occurred from tholr ranks ox cent Two Strikes and a few ot bis followers who luul finally got away a distance o fifteen miles from the bad lands. Tw . Strikes asked that provision bo sent him am General Brooke Immediately sent a bigwago load of food to the old chief. Tlio scout als said that tlio cowboy brigade from Hup ! City mot anil killed a party of three Indian yesterday , and it Is supposed that this fac was accountable for lost night's great wa signal. The scout also gave the result of th company of armed friendly Indians froi here , being sent out Friday. They wont Int the camp of the hostllos and demanded tha they como Into the agency. The hostllos re piled by running , the company out of cam with threats of Instant death. The frlem lies retired to a safe distance and have son ' for further orders from General Brooke , n whose instance they went out thcro. General Brooke appears moro intense ! troubled concerning the situation than eve So far aj can now bo ascertained there ni in addition to the cowboy company that rushing abend In evidently so wild a mannc the following forces reovlng with dlscrotio nnel under orders to the bad lands ! Tl * ' Sixth cavalry , having five or six hundri men ; Captain Wells of Qclrlchs with t\\ hundred and llfty Infantry , nnd three hu : dred stain mllltiu. under the command of J H. Day and the Seventh cavalry , Tno day guard has boon doubled nnd tl night pickets quadrupled hero , which itself is a good index to Genoial Brooke opinion of the situation oven at this agonc "Ves"said a prominent ofllclal to mo la last night , "great apprehension exists for tl safety of those of us that are right here the agency. Should the forces that ore no tearing on toward the hud lands succeed routing the hostile * out nnd should the latti Hud themselves forced In this direction i ono can forseo the result. The dire scriou ness of the whole situation is not bo ovc rated n particle. " An opinion held by many oflkhls n w < ns scouts , nil of yhoin have had o.xperlun with Indians on the war path , U that tin will now pay little or no attention to settle ! homes which uro a reasonable distance awi from the general battle field , \\ulehln tl instance is the nrcn now enclosed by the nil tary cordon that General Miles has throv from ugcuoy to agency und fort to fort , AI which I have previously described. Several ' of the officers also toll mo that when the mili tary get after the hostile ! they will keep them In sight until tha end. G. II. 0. General Miles LOIIVCH 0'ilongo. CHICAGO , Dec. 11. General Miles , accom panied by Captain Maus and the general's private secretary , Mlzcn , left Chicago tonight for St. Paul. The general will stop at St. Paul a coimloof days and turn go to the northwestern Indian coun try. Ho could not say bow long ho would be absent. Tbo A/.tros Mxcltod. KANSU Citr , Mo. , Dec. 14. Luis del Cominun of Chelulu I'ucblo , Mexico , was in the city today en route to Chicago. In nn Interview ho said that the Aztco Indians of are nflllctod with a Messiah cr.uo very simi lar to that which Is disturbing the Indians In the northwest. Thr Aztec prodheoy Is very llko that wbi < his believed In hy the Sioux. The Messiah will cause the volcano Pope catepetl to erunt and overwhelm the country with lava , which will destroy nil but tlio Aztecs. AX O.TM.1WI.V J.IILCD. Arrest of S. F , AVIiioli In Chicago , Clinrguil With Larceny as Ilallcc. Ciucwo , Dee. 14. S. F. Winch of Omaha was arrested here this ufternoonchnrgcd wkb larceny as bailee. The complainant Is Mrs. F. F. Stanton , who resides on "Washington boulevard , in this city. A matter of $30,000 in notes is said to bo Involved In the case. Winch Is n brothcr-lii-Iaw of Mrs. Stanton. Ho Is sixty-nine years of ago and hts been In terested in some of her financial affairs. Airs. Stanton's llnanclal agent , 1 \ H. Herr , who Is also a relative , .said tonight tlmt Winch had taken the note without permis sion and retained It wrongfully. Ho refused to explain tbo details of tno tnumction and said Mrs. Stanton simply wanted to recover the note from Winch and had caused bis ar rest , cxpcctln ? that ho would surrender the paper. TJIE CLK.IKAAVK JlKCOllO. Financial Transactions of the Coun try During tlio Last Week. BOSTOX , Dec. 14. [ Special Telegram to Tin : DEB. ] The following table , compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses of the cities iiu'ned , show * the gross ex changes forlastweok , with rates percent of Increase or decrease , ns against the several amounts for the corresponding week In 18S9 : Ho M.ny Not bo on Hand In Tlmo t Vote i'or I'almar. CHICAGO , Ieo. 14. [ Special Telegram t TtinBic , ] The democrats of the state dt notappoa/to fully realize until yesterday th probability that ono of their representatives elect would be entering upon a sentence c hard labor In the state penitentiary about th time bis veto was most needed to send Job M. Palmer to thn United States senate. veritable pnnin was created nmoncr the Chi capo democrats yesterday by the unoxpeete conviction of Hopresentatlvo Van I'ruggs \dnmsayoungEngllsh-Canadla who , with others , was induced by the dem < crotlo bureau of naturalization to take 01 fraudulent citizenship papers last Oetobe : Adams was given llvo years in tbo ponitoi tiarg by United States .Tudpo BlodKctt. itj a part of tbo sentence that Adams bo stoai lly employed during the confinement. Thcs convictions do not tend to buoy up Va Praags' soul , as ho is under indictment fc having induced Adams mid several others c the accused to commit perjury and obtal tholr papers. Treatment ol tlio JCWH. ST. PEinitsnuuei , Doc. 14.Tovoo Vremj protests against English or other foreign h terferenco In regard to the treatment of Jew in Uussia , and says : "Tho meeting In Lei don will not advance the cause of the Jew ono step , At the bottom of the movement the fear of the English of the invasion i their country by the Jews , who might d privo the jioor of their Dread and enter ini competition with the rich as well. It wi not religious Intolerance that prompts xnca ures relative to the Jews in Russia , who their synagogues staiul proudly by tlio sit of Christian churches ; It Is the absohr necessity for saving the rural populace fro : being drained of their resources by the Jew who have already ruined the peasants I Gnllcia , Uoutnanln and Vommetnnia. Kuss' ' will save the Jews themselves from populi retribution. She does not assumefal ! liberalism , but acts apenly in protecting tt prosperity of tha nation. If thowholoi Europe should attempt to force a dlstastcf policy upon Russia she is lit a position successfully defend her indopcnaeuce. " The Smallpox Knldomlo in Guntoinnl SA.N FHVNCISCO , Doc. 14 , A sad record mortality In Guatemala was broug ! to this port yestord'iy ' by the arriv of the Padtlo Mull steamer San Jua Among the arrivals was Joseph McMnlll a newspaper man from New York. Tl republic of Guatemala , ho said , besieged by smallpox. The dlsca has made fuaiful progress recentl Ho says that in seven weeks the wcro 1,200 , deaths throughout the cou try and the number ut last accoun was on tbo Incre.uo. But few sanitary pr cautions were taken when the opldcmla fir appeared. The result was that tbo poop had been mowed down by hundreds. In tl citv of Guatemala dozens of deaths Occ'urn dallv. Contrary to the dispatches last nig no cholera Is reported from Guatemala. Two Trainmen Hilled , t , SOMEUSST , ICy. , Doc , 14. In a colllsi today between two freight trains on the Cl clnuutl Southern near Klko Ilrakom Stephens was killed and Engineer Hull i tally lujuroil. Tnn f/MirMip HUM ) /ATI n inr i ? THE SCHEME IMPRACTICABLE , Sscrotary Elaine's ' Opinion of a Plan Re garding Frao Riw Materials. SECTIONAL TRADE PRIVILEGES PROHIBITED Secretary AVItulom's VIsJt to New i'ork IIus n Strengthening lu- fluonuoln Financial Circles Miscellaneous , WASIIINOTOX nuinuu Tun O uu Br.E , ) ] 513 FoimiEfiNTii STIIBP. , } " \VASIHXITOV. D. 0. , Doc. 14. ) A few days ago a plan wa ? submitted to Sec retary Btalno for overcoming the apparent di vision of interest between the cast and west on the subject of free raw materials. It was suggested that a law could bo adopted simi lar to tlio one prevailing In Uornuny , making Now Yorlt , Boston and possibly ono or two other eastern soaporU ltfroo cltloa , " in the language of tbo Prussian law. It was pro posed that these cities should bo given the prlrllcgo of receiving frco of duty raw ma terials to bo manufactured And exported , with the distinct provision that whenever the goocts manufactured from the free raw material were sent Into the United States In any direction they should pay the regular Im port duties. This prtvlloRO has been given Hamburg , Germany , and it is claimed by the free trad- el's that it is givin | ! great satisfaction. A few years ago Hamburg was made n frco city , and it can receive Imports for manufac turing purposes free of duty , but all goods manufactured from frco foreign materials must pay the regular Imuort duty when exported - ported to any Germm point. The city has become a manufacturing mart for foreign contrlus and has no moro business or social connection with tbo Uermau empire than a city in Egypt , Secretary Blaine listened with considera ble Interest to the suggestions as they were given In detail , and then stated that there was a provision in tbo constitution of the United States which made this scheme im practicable. The constitution provides that there shall not bo given any section of coun try a privilege in trade which is not crnntod to all other sections. It would not bo pos sible , bo said , to make Now York or any other city frco for imports and exports upon tbo principle suggested , because.tho same privilege would ba denied other cities. Ho acknowledged that sucb a schcmo might pacify the free-traders ana persons who were demanding frco raw materials for manufac turing purposes , upon the theory that all such manufactures could be Imtnediatelyoxportod , but ho did notbollevo that such an arrange ment could urovo satisfactory to any consid erable proportion of a community for o great length of time. HOW TANICS AUK MADE. "Thcro Is Just as much money in thu bands of people who accommodate the people with cash at this tlmo as there has been during tbt past two years , " said aNew , York banhei this morning1The thing that has made t panic possible has been the lack of confidence , as usual. It Is wonderful how professional money lenders become frightened and begin to hoard their resources , No sooner bad the Baring brothers fiillcd In London than the banks in this country began to fill in thoii reserve strength. They added 25 , fiO , antl finally 100 per cent to their reserve , in antici pation of a 'run. ' There Is scarcely n banli in the country that is not prepared for an emergency , and the coiiHoquonco is an im mense contraction of the circulating medium "A. western Now York banker came intc my bank the other dy and nslcod for $ " . > 0)0t ) in currency. He presented gilt-edge paper nnd I was really anxious to accommodate him , but before counting up the money 1 asked if ho was making many loans , to whicl ho replied in the negative. I then asked bin woat ho wanted with so much currency. He said that bo was preparing for a panic ; thai ho feared thcro might bo a failure of sonu banks and a consequent run upon country in stltutlons. lie added that as soon as ho be gan to see the conlldonco of the pcoplo ' .van ing and tbo possibility of a panic Increase hi doubled his reserve. Now bo wished t < double it again. Ho added that ho did not in tend to loan this money , but simply keopi in his vaults for an emorgency. Itnettlei mo considerably , and Hold him that hocouli not have the money : that ho should go houii nud loan out as much of his resources as pos slblo ; that if all bankers would do that then would bo no possibility of a panic ; thatlt wa : this hoarding up of resources that made i panic possible androally precipitated ltwbci there was no real cause for such a pro cceding. " SECIIETAUY WINUOil'8 ' JfEy TORK VISIT. Secretary Windom'spresence In Now Yorl Is having a very perceptible and favorable in fliiehca upon the money mniket. A iiuuibc of letters were received here this ovenlni from Gotham bankers , who say the feeling i firm In Wall street that the federal govern moiit is standing behind the commercial in forests of the country willing to hold them up and that confidence Is rapidly returning They declare all danger of a panic ovur am report thn largest banks ns being willing ti mnUo loans from the extra reserve they navi boon hoarding for n fancied "run. " Th' ' statement of the condition of the Now Yorl banks Just issued , reveals the roa cause of the present closones ; of the money market , or nt least om of the principal causes. The reserves aggregate gate moro .than $5,000,000 over thd usual amounts , while the loans nro $ ,50,000 los : than usual , while the aggregate deposits an but $100,000 below what they ordinarily arc This shows that tbo banks bavo been mnr frightened than tbo pcoplo nnd bavo bcci and nro prepared to shut out borrower ! nni meet the demands of depositors. The con traction bos been among the bankers thorn helves , and now that they are proclaiming i loturn of conlldonco and a willingness t make loans it is believed that times will ens up ntonco and there will bo an immodiat . cessation of business failures. Attention 1 called to tha fact that thcro have not bcc : more failures during the last three month than have occurred in past yours for thin same period. The action of Secretary Windom In stand Ing by tbo banks , and through them th people , is bringing about much favorabl comment upon the administration. It 1 now conceded by oven the most bitter pai tisnn democrat that had not tbo treasury dc partmont como to the front so promptly an practically placing itself en rapporto will the common business channels , there wonl huvo been a serious panic , The short crop of the season Just passed , together with th great financial failures in London and th consequent flurries In all Europe , \voul surely bavo precipitated a disaster had no there been the most liberal , wise nnd promp action on the part of the federal government Tbo action was unusual , but is now endorse hy all of congress and the country at larg ( Strange to say , not a word of criticism ba beoa heard upon tbo course of the jultnlnli , trillion in this try ing ordeal , but it iisafe t ' ' predict that words of pruiso will bo heard be forotho session is over. NATIONAL BANK C1RCOI.ATIOK , Chairman Dorsoy of the commltoo ( o onnklng and currency is confident tonlgl ; that the bill to encourage national banltcli dilation by giving pa- value to bonds dope ; Ited and reducing the amount of clrculntlo required for oftoh bank to $10.000 will pas tbo house this week. . Objection has her heretofore raised to this bill on the groun that It would increase the value of uondi The proposed reduction of the required clrci lutlon of badks makes Impossible any tcndoi cy which the measure might naturally Imv to Increase the value of bonds , for itisa knowlodgod on every band that under th operation of tbo bill banks would decreas in inn their circulation and sell tholr bonds , -whlc n- action would tend to boar tbo bond marke ina The bill giving states authority to tax untioi a- nl bank notes is to bo offered in conucctlc with tlio oiie mentioned , and this will ab palliate the granger projtldlca against na tional banks. TUB IDAHO SE.-n'rpntit < jomsT. : A great deal of interest h felt hero In the senatorial flgbtla Idaho and the opposition to the election of Fred Uabols M senator li not understood. If any nu.n over earned the honor ho certainly has , for Idaho would not have boon admitted ns a state for years hcnoo- but for his personal popularity and skillful work , It was ncloso question , nnd many of the leading republicans In both houses of congress were doubtful of the expediency of passing ttio Idaho bill , bat Dubols labored day and night to convince them and suc ceeded in doing so. Sonator-i Platt , Cullom , Edmunds , Sherman nnd others in tha sonata "and nil the territory committee In the house feel a personal interest in tha Idaho contest becnuso they recognize the ability and use fulness of Dubols nnd still hope to hear of his election. The president and Secretary Noble are also warmly interested In the re sult. Duhois is an Illinois boy , the son of the late Jesse 1C. Dubols , and was formerly secretary of the Illinois railway commission , inotrr rcnuo IHIILDINOS. Thcro nro probably twenty plnccs in the United States where public buildings have been authorized , and where work has has been suspcnelod because ) bills are now pend ing providing for additional sums of money to cnrrv on the building operations. If the supervising architect undertakes to make plans for any of thcso buildings ho Is certain to bo besieged by anxious members nnd sena tors who want operations suspended entirely until they can huvo nn opportunity to got their bills through , and very naturally the supervising architect has compiled with these roejuests in every Instance , lie was asked today what ho proposed to do at tbo end of the present congress If these bills are not passed. He replied i "Wo have waited now in some cases for nearly two years upon the action of congress , and I propose after March 4 to go on xvlth tbo buildings which huVo been authorized whether moro money ia forthcoming or not. I have explained the condition of each appro priation for each building in ray annual re port , and have notified congress that I shall regard the failure of that body to pass a bill extending the limit of the cost as an order In each case to go on with'what has already been provided. In some pases it would per haps bo better to wait still longer , but it is utterly Impossible to tell what another con gress might do , and unless wo oogin work the delays may extend over a period of many years , nnd this I think should bo avoided whenever it can. " Congress has been asked repeatedly to au thorize a now system of preparing for public buildings. Competitive ; designs froni well known architects might restilt In the building of a new class of structtiros for governtnont purposes , butwhethcr His because the present system alTords some little patronage and that congress Is indifferently regard to the mat ter is a question to bo guessed at nnd ono dif ficult to answer. , , SLEGPINO CAItTAIUrFS. It is practically covfaln that at the next , session of congress an cfWrt will bo made to secure an amendment to the interstate com merce act which will giro the commission some authority over the charges juado by sleeping cur companies. The lone nnd short haul clause has nothing- whatever , to do with thcso corporations , And there is no.-innn- uorln which their charfeman bo controlled. For instance , the rate ofcliargo from Mans field , O. , to Chicago , 111. , a , distance of 29U miles , is$1.50. Thosamocoir.panycharges for similar service between Pittsburg and Ilar- risburg , a distance of 243 miles. $2. A any or two ago two gentleman coming to Wash ington got on to the ) same sleeping cat * at polnti sixty-five miles apart On this partic ular car Just ono section is reserved for Washington passengers , and these fortunate enough to get in 1 n time to ; seen ro a berth in this section are transferred to another car which arrives from Pittsburg at Hariisburg about 8.40 o'clock In tho'oicrfilnjr. Tat ) man who froton atErie.Pcnn. tb.Bextrwno vvestx era limit of.thoroailpiw'cyfvd nthrougb tlelcot in & sloaplng car for 'J. which is tbo regular charge. Thogther , who entered the car at "Warren , wa3 told that he could not get n through ticket , but that for S3 bo could bo carried to Harrisburg ; whoa ho arrived there ho might get on to Washington by paying $3 mow. The Erie man , therefore , had sixty- live miles moro of riding for $3 than the other was enabled to get for ft , AV .ArrOIXTUUNT CLERK TAtKS , The appointment clorlf in ono of tbo ex ecutive departments talked , freely today with your correspondent nborrt the variations in tbo volume of buslnoss.with him during cer tain periods of tbo year. ' < Ono wodld natur ally suppose that Immediately following such 1111 interesting campaign > is was concluded last month there would boa great volume of business in the appointment divisions of the department , consequent upon the ante-elec tion promises , but such proves not to bo true this year. / "I had to shudder , " said the appointment clerk , "as soon as the compaljn closed.whcn- over I contemplated th "worlc which I nat urally supposed woulddevolve upon mo when the republican congressmen began to come back Washington : but I have been agreeably'surprlsod. Although there wcro but few republican congressmen here during the last four weeks of the campaign and but few demands made .for places , I presume tlio able manipulator 'of political circum stances was holding up it great deal of work to bo done immediately pftortho polls closed. Strange to say I have not had half as ninny requests for appointments since the election as came In derlng the < amo space of time 1m mclnatcly before the election , Yes , I sup pose ina moasurolt is duo to the disappoint ment of tbo men who ran for oHlcos. When n man makes a race for an ofllce and Is hope ful of election ho is frco to manufacture protplses with tbo faithful intention of mak ing them good if successful. In the event o ! success ho gone-rally does- the best ho can to make good his promises , but it is wonderful how careless an unsuccessful candidate is in the mutter of making promises good. " This appointment clerk U well versed in tbo .matter of oftlco-getting In all executive de partments , ana whoa I usked lilni whether it would bo possible to make many changes without espec ially injuring the service , bo said : "I presume - sumo there could bo fifty to ono hundred democrats high up in positions turned out ol olUco without materially affecting the public Interests , but I doubt If there are luff that many places that could bo vacated In what wo can cull minor positions. This adminis tration is making a wonderful record In some respects. It has brought about many chagos in the political oDlcos , or those outstcio of tht civil service range and Int the class of partisan control , while nt the saute tlmo it has kept Ir ofllco moro than the usUiil numbar of nici who could have boon displaced without en gendering party criticism. The men wht uavo boon retained have } m every Instance so far as 1 can see , been'Kept on account ol peculiar adaptability nnitusafulness. Fowei soldiers of the opposition political faith have been turned out than I have over knowt under nn administration. , Mr. Cleveland dls missed twice as many republican soldiers a : have boon cxcuseel by Hhls administrate from the democratic listj Altogether there can bo no ground of comhlalnt from the sol dlor element in either party. , JIISCEILXSEOOS. By direction of the secretary of war Cap tain George Ruhlcn , assistant quartermaster will proceed from this city to Omaha and re port to the Jcommandlntr general of the dc partroent of the Platte tor temporary duly li that department. Major Joe Paddock's Tiomlnntlon ns a "Unloi Pai'ilio director Is expected to go to tbo acnat tomorrow , * A dally dispatch of through registered mal pouches has beoa ordered from the envelop agency ut Hartford , Conn. , to Omaha , com menclng tomorrow. After December 20 the special mall sorvlc from Goring' , Neb. , to Wtlford , Scott countj will ho discontinued , Z I'KIIUT S , HEATH. * Jumped Orerbonr'd lu Mid-Ocean , NEW YOHK. Deo. U-5Klrs. Ida Oolwln ? , passenger on the steamer Trove , from llix men , jumped overboard In mid-ocean on evening whllo temporarily deranged. N trace was found. ' She was bound for Ch : cage , where sue , \vus to join her husband. Vo.sitloii of the Forces. SI'AKIM , Dec , 14 , ( Special Cablegram t i- THE BUB. ] A report Is current here that th n Italian forces nro uear ICnssala and Intend 1 o occupy tbo placo. IVIIDCAT IHSDRASCE FRAUDS Dcputj Auditor Allen Tolls How They Are Operated , HE CLASSES THEM WIFH SMUGGLING. What Tjnwn Are .Vceiloil to Protect the 1'onplo From the Unprincipled Iiisiiranuo 1'lr.itua rhclr Methods of Operation. LIXCOI.N' , Nob. , Dec. 14. [ Special to Tiin Bni.J : "The groatojt sources of trouble to the Insurance commissioner , " says Daputy Stnto Auditor Allen ot tlio insurance clop irt- mont/'nro what wo call wild cat Insunnuo companies. In moro pollto p irlauco they are classified under the bo id of 'unauthorized In surance'but the former term is the ono tlmt fits them boat. "TUoynre a set of follows "who dofj * , or at tempt to defy , the lawJ of the various states governing insurance , nud try to rojp the bsn- oflts that should accrue only to the legitimate Insurance ) companies , or thoio who arc com plying with the laws made to protect the public. "It Is unnecessary to state that Insurance Is ngood thing. It Is the business ot n man In my position to look after the Interests of the public , not to give advice , The grout hulk of business mon belitsvo in and patronIze - Izo Insurance companies and , thorctoro , the business should bo regulated by Imv so that there can bo no fraud. Hollablo insurance companies never hesitate ) to comply with these legal regulations , while the unprinci pled adventurers and mercenary pirates arc supposed to ho excluded mid can only carry on tliolr business in much the snina manner as does the smuggler who skulics like a thief along thocoastat midnight. There are throe classes of unauthorized companies the llro , Hfo and accident , The tire frauds are mostly socallcd mutual com panies that have no financial standing. They 'rcquoutly act through local agents , but moro ; encrally through correspondence , as thereby hey are not soli nblo to bo arrested. Their rick Is generally to offer reduced rates. The novltuble result is failure to pay mid disap pointment to the man who meant to bo forj- lighted. It is nothing moro nor less than nn unscrupulous confidence game. The person 'usurcd can get no service on the company In his state and is obliged to take the case to lie United States court , If it Is lor a largo amount , ° f to the state where the wild cut company is located. "I could cite you a number of cases where business men had provided for a possible smergeucy by paying for what they supposed , vns legitimate insurance , but which proved nitead to bo u fraud. Tlio flouring mill re- , iciitly burned at Chadron Is one of them , and , ho proprietors of the mill , who invested In ivila cat insiirauco , never received a cent au'd lover will. "Now sucb mercantile outlawry should not bo tolerated. It should bo and is , considered punishable. Otherwise the business of hon est Insurance companies would bo ruined. "Tlio Hfo Insurance frauds generally carry on their business by corrosuondoiicu. The iccidcnt Insurance fellows do likewise and generally offer a rebate of about nil the ilrst payment. Unfortunately there are no par ticular laws applicable to these nunptaics. There is only ouo governing nil. The trick of thcso coinpunlcs in COM of a loss is to odor to compromise with their victim , and as thcso companies have tilings their own way their victims have to suffer. "Now , the comp mlos which have complied with all the laws of-tho state , and have been authorized to transact business openly and above board , paying all required fees and tnxos , are certainly entitled to the protection of their rights against companies which have not in any maunor complied with the laws , and ore t-.iking premiums , every dollar of which is a loss to the legally authorized com panies , offering therefor n policy of doubtful security , which , in case of nloss , almost Invariably - variably results in disappointment. "Tlio decision rendered by the supreme court of Tennessee in the case of Morton vs Hart will doubtless have a salutory effect upon this business , as the court decided that the ngont or broker who placed the insurance should be held liable ) to the insured in case' the loss could not bo collected from tlio coin- piny. The view of tno court , as inferred from this decision , is to tlio effect that the statutes regulating and proscribing the con ditions upon which a company may bo ad mitted to a btatfl. Is for the protection of its cltl/ons and policy holders , and offering redress - dress in its courts should It become nceos- sary. The prospect of an agent or a broker being obliged to contribute a portion of his 'hard earned' accumulations toward the pay ment of a loss , In case the company he has acted for fails to indemnify the assured , is not very encouraging and will have a ten- donoy toward the discontinuance of this busi ness on the part of the bettor class or moro reliable and responsible agents and brokers when this law becomes generally known. "Tho only effective way to eradicate a wrong is to proceed directly at its source , and where is the source of tuis business ) Is it not almost entirely with tuo insurance com panies ! "When all wild cat and unreliable insur ance companies nro annihilated , then will the troublesome mid vexatious question of un authorized Insurance bo no moro. If such companies can bo legally restrained , their brokers and agents will bo out of a job. "Officers having in charge the supervision of insurance cannot watch too closely the conduct of local companies. When It Is es tablished without doubt that any of the local companies are transacting business outside of unauthorized territory , Immediate action should bo taken against such business , and if necessary the certificate of authority ol the company should DO revoked. "It is an established faot that whew a llro insurance company transacts unauthorized business it Invariably becomes burdened with a poor and specially hazardous class of risks , termed ' bucket' business that are generally 'slop ness , usually at inadequate rater ; consequently quently its existence is only n question ol tlmo. It is obvious to all tjiat whenever c company branches out into this kind of busl ness it is hazarding Its liability to the policy holders of 1)3 own state. This is suflicienl ground for action on the part of the authori ties cither to stop this business or revoke the certificate of authority Issued to such com pany. "It goes without saying that laws for th ( government of lift ) insurance organizations In this state are greatly needed , when numerous morous assessment accident associations tin clandestinely operating throughout the state The business of those associations , as 1 have saidtransacted principally by corrospondenci direct with the parties , and consequently tin prosecution of such offenders Is dlmcult Some of thcso organizations are rcll anlo , and were there laws npplicnbli to such companies they would willingly com ply , I think therefore that thcro stiould b laws governing such institutions. The gen ct .il llfo insurance laws nro very deficient in fact there is bur ono law governing nl classes of life companies , except the law rcg ulating secret and benevolent associations The Inconsistency of a general law of till kind is obvious. The statute known as th 'secret society law1 Is very indefinite an * vague. This ought to bo amended und mad moVespociilc. "Tho laws of nearly all the states are sul flciently strong to secure the punishment o brokers wno are dealing in wild cat policies provided taoy are properly enforced , It Is dlnlcult matter , however , In such states t prosecute the perpetrators of those unlawf t acts , but It would certainly bo In the Interos of honest insurance and the public general 1 If a few of thorn could bo made to boar th penalty for tholr offences. "Thoro U scarcely a largo fire reported the has not In the list of insurances some of thes scalltkwag companies , and tbo evidence coi ntiutlnp broken wltb the placing of such It Biiranco ought to bo obtainable without uiuc dinicultv. Scarcely a week passes but son new wildcat company appears on the scoi and each manages to do more or less business for a time. "Thoro nro several fellows who tnnko n htiiinoss of forming such companies. gathiT- ing In what premiums' they can from the thoughtless or unscrupulous brokers , and after a few months' harvest change to a now Deld. " , Tlio Illn/.o at Allndcn. Mis-iinx , Nob. , Dec. 14. The llro hero last night started about 10 : DJ In Hammond's barn , across tlio Vend cast from the Jcnaon hotel and was communicated to tbo building occu pied by Mrs. C. S. Hammond as a millinery store. Dean's hardware store was next con sumed. Next Ed. Craig's confectionery store , then H , J. Kvans' millinery store , Holmes & Minor's saloon and E. J. Craig's confectionery storo. Finch & Paddock's building across the alloy was in the meantime torn down nud the flames arrostcd. Tlio goods were all taken out , but were badly damaged. Thcro wns but llttlo insurance. It was the work of an incendiary. Tlio waterworks were of no avail , tlio stand pipe was empty und but ono pump in working order. An Unruly Mob In Attendance at the Meeting. Dum.ix , Dec , 14. Parnull addressed n meeting of f > 00 people at Tullyrono today. The speech was inulnly a repetition of his ut terances In previous speeches. Itvas deliv ered amid a running commentary of cries < uch as "Down with .ludas Ileuly , " "to h 1 with Hennessey , tbo Jiulu king , " etc. , from ccrtalu of Ills liearws. From Tullyrono I'arncll and friends drove to Froshford , where I'arnoll addressed another meeting , referring during tbo speech to the soeoucrs ns "miserable gutter sparrows , whom ho bad pushed out of obscurity and given a better chance than he gave himself. " While talking Parnell was interrupted by tbo gathering of his oppo nents , who shouted : "To h 1 with tbo udulteror. " A light would Inevitably have followed but for the presence of the police. Parnell closed the day's work with an ad dress at Wollngford , where ho spends the night. The antl-Pnrncll faction held a meeting to day at Tipperary , nt which i.,000 persons were present , Canon Chill's taking the chair was the signal fora band of llfty Par- nellltoi to start cheering for their leader. This was responded toby the anti-1'arnellitcs and the cheering was kept up by the two fac tions for fully nn hour , making it Impossible for the speakers to bo heard. Father Humphrey and others tried hard to pacify the opposing crowd , butln spite of his efforts stones were thrown and sticks used freely , and a serious conllict was averted nnly by the final withdrawal of the Parnellites. After speeches wcro tnndo n resolution wus carried In support of McCai thy and ills fol- owers. Opposing Korccs at Frcshford. Dun LIN' , Dec. 14. There was a race bc- wcen the opposing parties to catch the electors ut Frcshford. Davltt and Sir John 'opo Hennessey reached tlio , place Just be ts the celebration of moss. The priest , lowovcr , decided Unit mass could wait and messengers wore dispatched to beat up the ipoplo. Porty-llvo minutes saw a crowd col- i-cted in the market place , headed by Father 3hortall. At the same moment a band of "nrnellltcs arrived , headed by Father 3'Sliea , a susipendodjpriest , The Parnolllics , lowcvor , Joined with the nntl-ParncUltcs in heir meeting , shoutiug to Davitt , "You're vclcomo. " Davltt spoke until Father O'Shea , their leader , becoming impatient , ex claimed , "I must stop youDavltt1 ' The Int er , amid flood-hu'moreoyiaugbtcr , appealed to father Q' hoa as a chKiUrouft Irish irtiui to et him go on. Father O'Shea was mollllled and said that he would allow Mr. Davltt to ontinuo , but after Mr. Davltt had uttered a 'o\v words in condemnation of Parnell. Tnthcr O'Shoa lost his self-control and continued to Indulge in bursts of dissent and indignation , occasion- illy subsiding into dogged silence vhon Davitt scored a point.Vucu the second appeal was being made by Davitt , \ithcr O'Shea said : "Friends , let us bear Javitt. I don't nprco with him. but I respect dm fiom the bottom of my heart , . " Tue whole scene was characteristic of the im- ) ulsivo Irish race. Tnere was no disorder , ujd after tbo suecchmahing was ended the whole crowd filed quietly into the church , whore mass was celebrated. IX JIIKXKSOTA. Connubial Felicity of Nearly Wars' Dura Ion. ST. PAUL , Minn. , Doc. 14 , [ Special Tele gram to Tun BBC. ] The most remarkable nstanco of longevity of a married couple In , ho annals of Minnesota and probably in the United States comes from Lacqu'l , Poole county , where today Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury celebrated the ono hundred and third birthday of Mr. Salisbury. Ills wlfo will bo ono hundred and ono years old on Christmas day. January 12 they will have been married eighty years. Until quite re cently they lived ulono In a comfortable log house on the Yellow Dank river , Mrs. Salis bury doing the cooking and general house work , wliilo Mr. Salisbury chopped the wood and attended to the chores about the homo. On ills last birthday Father Salisbury saw a hawk attack a hen and grasping his old Hint- lock musket shot the bird of prey dead and saved tlio lion. On his ono hundredth birth day bo walked seven miles to Uclllngham and back home again the same Jay. Almost Suffocated. NHWAHK , O. , Dec. 14. [ Special Telegram to THE BEK , I Escaping gas from abase burner steve almost suffocated Mrs. Amelia Fisher , Mrs. Laura Viotorollls and son and Churlos Toeff. Before retiring on Friday night tliuy hud filled the steve with coke , but failed to thoroughly close the lid. They wore found yesterday morning almost dead , but hy prompt work wcro resuscitated , Their con dition Is still precarious. The house was full of gas , and the unusual odor was all that caused the discovery. Mysterious St. IinnlH Murder. ST. Louie , DBO. U.- Harry Ilartman left his homo at I o'clock tnls morning to go to a saloon , so his daughter says , to Indulge in a smoke. Ho remained away two hours and then returned to the house.Vlillo ntto mpt- IMK to gain admittance at the roar door four shots were llred and ilartmnn fell dead. Two sons of the dead man und John Brounan have been arrested. . Suppose1 ] to Havn Hee Frox'Mi , "WitKKMNo . Vn. , Dec. 14. The bodies of George Scrkcr and James Lane , farmers , were found lying In the road n few miles from the Clay county court house Saturday. The unfortunates had started from theli homes Wednesday to go to tbo county scat , and are supposed to luxvo frozen to death , as no marks of violence were found on them. An Inuondliiry Sulolilos. DEVVKII , Colo. , Doc. 14. John W , Uaher , n discharged workman , who sot flro and dostryod f23,000 worth of hay on the Moyers-Flshcrj ranch Tuesday was found this morning hanging under a railroad bridge across a crook near the scene of the tire , II was evidently a case of suicide. Ho has ro. latlves m Plttslield , la. The Kim Itooonl. CAPE ST. IOXACK , Quebec , Doe. 1-1. Th ( polish onuroh bore burned today. Hov II. A. Ilolnno. vicar , at tbo risk o : his Hfo succeeded in saving the holy sacra , inent. Another building used as a council hall and court house was also burned. Loss " $123,000. , The Wcnt'icr Forecast. For Omaha and vicinity Fair ; cooler. For Nebraska and Iowa Fain warmer : southerly winds. For South Dakota-I.ifht rain ; southcrl ; wluds ; warmer. THE teTINC WAS PEACEABLE A Police Fo * Divided the Factions and no . ads Were Broken. HENNESSEY .CORES AT JOHNSTOWN , Ills I'olut Is Appreciated by Crowil \ IjarKo Audience lis tens to llcnlny at Oastto Comer. | CorfiM | | / IX * ) 1 > V Jamr < Gordon Kit.Kcx.\tr : , Doc. II. [ New York Herald Cable-Specl.il to Tun Hri : . ] There was mounting In hot haste today for both factions wcro determined to oo on the ground early. As no trains were running , outside cars were In great demand. Some of the processions which left Kilkenny this morning were quite lmi > oslng. It Is rather u pity they started so early for some of the lighting force might have enjoyed , as some would not have enjoyed - joyed , the words spoken In nearly every church In Kllkonney. From nearly every nltar In the constituency the manifesto of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland was rend ana Pnrncll denounced as unlit to load the Irish people. It is Impossible to ovcntnto the exertions of the priests In the struggle. They nro working night and , day in tlio church , in the house and on the roadside acnlnst Parncll's Influence. Pamell's name on certain elements is magical it Is true. Those elements are the most unruly and ignorant population , but nta tlmo like this their extraordinary enthusiasm and pug nacity may draw many of the bolter class to their side. Still , the nntl-l'nniollltcs aw overflowing with confidence , though llko tha Indians , they take no clmnom. They nro working overtime , which Is mow than Par- neil has done before today. Kilkenny was absolutely deserted today. Hcaly loft last nlRlit for Cnstlo Corner. This morning early Durritt , Hennessey and Far- rar wcro whirled away. An hour later Par- nell dashed off nccompauied by Scully , Fitz gerald , Pierce , Mahnny , Joseph Nolan , Clancy. Harrison , Kelly and Dulton. Tbo first meeting at Tullowan w.ii small but the enthusiasts went on to Kroshford where Healy was hooted two days ago. They wcro nifU. outside of the town , thohorses taken out , and the carriage drawn to the place of meeting by a dorcn brawny shouters. About six hundred men milt for a time but the mo ment spcaklhg began the nnti-Parnellita feeling was manifested. On ono side of ths street stood the I'nrnellltcs , In the middle ot the street the pollco , and on the other side of the street a number of priests and a hundred or so ( supporters , Tim latter groaned when the I'nrnellltcs cheered and vice vcrs.a , also asked Parnell how Kitty was. Still it was a fairly peaceable meeting for no heads were > broken. Two meetings were held at Huntlngford , ono by Pnrnoll the other by Dnvltt. Fortu nately they did not clash or the undertakers might have been needed. Davltt niul Hen nessey far in the roar also spoke at Fresh- ford and Johnstown , Davltt's mooting at Johnstown was a success too. Hennessey tnado a point at it. Ho told the crowd ho hnd entered parliament in IfR'J as to day. When It was proposed to extend the divorce act to Ireland ho had the honor to move the rejection of tha act. It was rejected. Ho saw no reason for ts introduction and could not imagine tha rlsh people condonlncr an offense which : ould make such nn act necessary. The point was cheered. Healy spolto to the greatest meeting of the day at , Castle Comer. It is estimated that n hou.sand editors wcro present. Minors 'rom Clough were there in force. The mooting was opened by Canon lody , who said that I'nrncll reminded him of Ijucifor. Hcnly received a vociferous tvclcomo. Ho talked with great deliberation , but made a terribly fierce yet logical attack on Paniell. Every thrust was wildly ap plauded. Shcro wcro yells of wrath when ha told how O'Brien nt the tlmo of tbo Tipper nry evictions wont to London to find Pnruell. iVftor wasting several days in search , ho called on Mrs. O'Shea. Stio said she had not seen Parnell for thrco months. [ A volc'o : 'Ho was upstairs. " ] This created roars of auditor , succeeded by groans for Parnell. ilealy said Parnell talked about his services as if he had got nothing In return. The party : iad given him nil the credit for everything' since 1835. Pnrnoll had done nothing except o prostitute his position. If Parnell Intended to raise a now banner it would bo made out of a piece of ICltty O'Shca's petticoat. Tlio crowd shrieked with laughter. Three cheers were given when Healy explained that Shannon who had worked up the Plgott letter for the London Times was electioneer ing for Pnrnoll. There were groans for I'ar- nell when ho asked why Parnoll no longer fought agutnst Bnlfour or vlco vcr.sa. A big- miner called out , "sure , they nro half brothers. " Uy the way , Hoily said that Scully who now was Parnoll's candidate had , como to the Wntlonal Liberal club two weeks ago and offered himself us antl-Parnoll. Ho challenged him to deny it. It Is rumored that Captain Hamilton ot Inistloquo will bo nominated In tlio conserva tive Interact. This Is not generally believed as the conservatives want Parnell to win and his chances would bo lessened by Hamilton's candidature. Pnrn"lt Denounced I'Ynin ' tlio Altar. DUIIMN , Dee. 14. At Wcstport , County Mayo , today I'arnoll and his followers were denounced from tlio altar. In many other Catholic churches similar denunciations wer uttered. In a circular by the bishop of Cloyno , read In the churches today , savs : "In consequence of the deplorable stnto of things produced by Pnrnell's unprincipled and unpatriotic action Ills of the utmost tin- poitanccto reorganise the league branches in this dloccso. " to Ilnmlllatu TnoinsolvoH. SroTTiiAi.u , ia. , Dec. II. Near Unlontowu , a mining hamlet , last nli'ht n gang of Hun garians , all moro 'or less intoxicated , whila returning homo met two Americans named Wntkins and Huntloy. The Hungarians de cided that they must get down on their knees before being allowed to pass , When the Americans indignantly refused to complyllh 'tho demand a bloody riot ensued , in which knives , clubs and stones were freely used. After great difficulty the belligerent foreigners wcro driven off. Watklns and Hunting wore both hndly injured and nro In a precarious condi tion. DontliH From tlio Akron Horror. AKUOX , O. , Dec. 14. Lulu Stclgmelr and May Stcvone , who were the norst burned of the victims of the birthday party ut Buchtcll college Saturday night , dlod today. May linker of Johnson's Creole , N. V. , and Aurclla AVlrlck of Storm Lake. In , are the most seriously Injured of tlio survlng inombcra ot the party , but physicians say tlicio is no immediate danger. Tim college halls are Ailed with the odor of huriilng Hoih and many of thu young ladles fainted as they wcut about doing relief work ,
