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THE OMAHA n DAILY BEE
TWENTIETH : YEAH. OMAHA , SATURDAY JVIOR&INX } , DECEMBER 27 , 1890. NUMBER 192.
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' THE GREAT EASTERN STORM ,
It Strikes Hew York and Ties Up Street and
Eiver Traffic ,
V/ORST / SINCE THE BLIZZARD 'OF ' 88.
Many Disasters to VomolH Fcnrcrt
; tlio Now Jersey Const Two
Peel ol" Sni > w lleportcd
in Virginia.
New YOHK , Dec. 20. Tlio predicted snow-
tonn arrived this morning. Pedestrians nro
few tmd fur between. Tlio surface cars nro
making poor work In spile of tlio fact that
four horses nro trying1 to dp tlio usual work
of two. Navigation on tlio rivers nnd buy
Is seriously Interfered with. So fur no acci
dents hnvo been reported ,
This storm , which promises to bo the worst
elnco the blizzard of March , 18S8,1ms been
giving tlio south a tastoof its quality. Slnco
early yesterday morning its center worked
up from Louisiana to Tennessee. The storm
depression is trying to get up an area of
high barometer In lower Canada. As New
York Is In the center of tlio track sbo will
hnvo her full shnro of the depression.
* Tlio weather bureau sent out warning last
night to the onices of all the eastern rail
roads to lookout for heavy snow and ordered
the northeast storm signals hoisted nil along
the Atlantic coast from Norfolk to Boston
nnd along the gulf from Pensaoola to New
Orleans.
A dispatch from Deal Heach , N. . ! . , says
the schooner Yale , which anchored off tliero
today , was terribly noumled by tlio storm
ami the crow had to bo taken oft by Hfo sav
ers. She will probablv bo a total wroclt.
UTICA , N. Y. , Deo. , 20. A severe storm
prevailed throughout the Mohawk valley.
Snow Is falling nnd trains on all roads are
Into. Tlio entire system of the electric struct
railroad Is tied up.
The mulls today nro late In arriving. The
most serious delays nro In the western anU
southeastern mails over the Pennsylvania
road.
road.AI.IIAXV.
AI.IIAXV. N. Y. , Dec. 20. Two sections of
the roof of the Now York Central round
house at West Albany collapsed thinafter
noon under the weight of anew. Three men
were badly Injured.
Deep Snow In I'eniisylvnnln.
PiTTsnuirri , Pn. , Dec. SO. Another big
enoiv storm Is raging here. It has been snow
ing rapidly eighteen hours with no indication
of cessation. HeUvecn twelve and fouitecn '
inches of HIIOW have already fallen. Trains
nro all behind tlmo nnd street car trntllc " )
all but the cnblo road Is suspended.y
AVii.Ki : nAuiii : , Pa. , Doc. art. Tlio slaw-
storm ia still raging fiercely wltli drifts two
to throe feet high in the streets. The electric
Btrcet railway motors and the horse cars nro
iinnblo to run. Trains on nil loads are de
layed and business Is practically suspended
throughout the Wyoming valley.
SmtA.NTo.v , Pa. , Dec. an. Snow tins been
falling all day nnd Is now half a foot deep.
Street cars nro not running and railway
train ? nro delayed.
Pun\nr.i.1'iiu , Dec , SO. Ttio heavy snow
wns followed tills afternoon by rain and to
night it frow hard. Many telegraph and
telephone wires nro going down. The train
service on the various roads Is behind tlmo.
In the interior of the state the snowfalls to
day ranged from eight to ton Inches.
Many Vessel Wrecks Feared.
POINT PLEASANT , N. J , , Dec. 20. Ueuorts
tell of a heavy storm or blinding snow raging
along the coast from Sandy Hook to Capo
May. Telegraph and tolci > hone wires nro
down nnd wrecks along the coast are feared.
Reports from all parts of New York state
show a heavy fall of snow nnd consequent
- Jsicrruptlon of trafllc. In the Mohawk val
ley uio-storm is unusually severe , moro than
eight inches of snow having fallen today.
Hcports from Now Hampshire state that
the snow is the heaviest in years.
At Hnngor , Mo. , it was the coldest of the
season , the mercury reaching 2.'i ° below zero.
Koports from several points in Vermont
report the storm the most severe In years.
Street cars in the city nro blocked nud rail
road trains seriously delnyoa.
Trains liclaycd In
Si'iiiNnrini.n , Mass. , Dec. 20. The storm
hero Is delaying travel greatly , nil tlio rail
road trains being late and electric street cars
rendered almost useless , Ten Inches have
fallen nnd It Is still coming down.
BOSTON , Mass. , Dec. 10 , The heavy snow
storm which began this morning continued
until late this evening , accompanied by a
Ljiiloof wind. The street railway companies
had great dlfllculty In moving cars nnd the
steam railroads nro nil behind time. Al
though It lias niged with great severity nlong
the coast , no marine disasters have yet been
announced. The storm was general through
out Now ICnglnml.
Ohio ICoiutH Tloil Up.
Coi.UMnup , O. , Dec. SO. About nlno inches
of snow fell In this section , accompanied by a
brisk wind. Trains on various railroads nro
more or less delayed , whllo travel from the
cast Is specially hlow.
CINCINNATI , O. , Doc. 20. It Is estimated
that nt least seven Inches of snow fell here.
H drifted In many places to n depth of two
.nud three feet. Street car travel Is im
peded.
Violent Wind at Piifjot Sound.
SIUTTLK , Wash. , Dec. 20. A violent wind
Btorm prevailed on Puget Sound yesterday.
. .Several vessels broke from thulr moorings ,
but no serious damage was done. Telegraph
lines were prostrated by falling timber and
Joseph Hell nnd Mnguus Nelson wcro killed
by falling trees. Plato glass windows In the
city were broken nnd a few small buildings
blown down.
Heaviest In Vearn at Washington ,
. 'WASHINGTON , Dec. at ! . Washington has ex
perienced the heaviest snow stertn In years ,
and this morning travel of nil kinds w.is al
most suspended. The snow Is ten Inches
deep on n lovol. Street cue riding was precarious -
carious and pedestriantsm diftlcult. Through
trains from the south nnd west were delayed.
Two Solioiinrr * Driven Anhnre.
PUOVUIKXCT , K. I. , Doo. 20. The schooner
Bill Stowo of Hoston and the schooner Hurl-
out of Gloucester went ashore during the
heavy storm this afternoon. Captain Thurs-
' ton , Steward Hammond and Seaman Law
rence of the Ilurlbut were drowned. All tlio
others wcro rescued with great dlfllculty.
Miles of Wires Down.
LKXINOTON , Ky. , Dec. SO. The heaviest
sleet storm over known hero occurred yester
day afternoon nnd during the night. Shade
trees and telegraph nnd telephone voles nnd
miles of wlro nro down. The city llro alarm
system is entirely ruined.
Knln Follows Snow.
lUi.TiMOHK , Md , , Dec. 20. The heavy snow
Btorm of last night was followed by rain
today , Henorts from other parts of Mary
land Indicate a heavy snow fall and delay In
trufllo.
llonvy Snowfall in Minncsutn.
MiNNEirouj , "Minn. , Deo. CO. Advices
from the central and west central parts of
Minnesota indicate n heavy fall of suow
today , followed by falling temperature.
A Heavy Oalo in Maine.
PoitTLANn , Me. , Dtc. 20 , A heavy gale is
blowing from the northeast , with tbo mer
cury at 10s below zero. Snow is fulling and
drifts badly. Trains nro delayed.
\Vrruk on the Jerney C < ant.
Asm HI PA UK , N. J. , Dec. 20. A heavy
mow storm prevails hero nnd n thrcc-maitcd
ichooncr Is stranded off the beach. It is
probably a total wreck.
Forty Ilclowiti Vermont.
I.TxnoN'viu.E , Vt. , Dec. 20. The ther
mometer wns W below lust night and lsK ! ) =
below this morning ,
A Chinook In .Smith Dakota.
PiKtuin , S. D. , Dec. 20. Chinook winds
from the west , carrying blinding clouds of
dust , prevail hero.
Two Kcct of Snow In Virginia.
STA.NTON , Va. , Dec. 20. Thcro are two feet
of snow on the ground , blocking all the coun
try roads.
llio IiullontloiiH for Nchrimkn.
AVASiiixoTON , Dec. 20. The Indications for
Nebraska nro fair , winds stilftlng to north
westerly and colder , with n cold wave In the
northern part of tbo state.
TronblcH.
Minn. , Vac. 20. The Jour-
nnl's Woonsocket , S. D. , special says : The
Stillborn county bank , run by Leon L.
Slovens , wns closed this morning. The
county treasurer bad $ $ ,000 of the county's
money In the bank , and n number of mer
chants wcro also caught. Stevens wns city
treasurer. Tliero was no run on the bank
and tno reasons given for the suspension nro
poor business and slow collections. Stevens
wns secretary of the republican county com
mittee.
SU.T Lucr. CITY , Utah , Dee. 20. S.
ICeune , a merchant of this city , assigned
today. Liabilities , f-IS.OOO ; absets about the
same.
NKW YOUK , Doc. 20. Hobcrts. Cushman &
Co. , dealers In hatters' materials , who as-
sinned , Hied a , * > chcdulo today stilting that
thulr liabilities wcroir > 0,000 , nominal assets ,
f i O.'i,000 , mid actual assets f 137.000.
DIDIIAM : , Mass. , Deo. 20. waiter Potter ,
broker and trader , Boston , is declared In
solvent.
Sr. Lot-is , Mo. , Dec. 20. A special to the
Republic from San Antonio , Tex. , says : Tbo
Mnverick bank of this city closed its doors
this morning alter a heavy run that lasted
ttireo weeks. Sam Maverick , solo owner of
the bank , made an assignment of all his pro | > -
erty , rent and personal. The liabilities , ac
cording to the schedule , amount to ? S44,10-I , ,
and the assets nro footed at $1,7811,015.
CIIATTANOOOA , Totin. , Doc. 20. The
Hughes lumber company has assigned with
liabilities of $ I74IKU ) and assets WJO.OOO. D.
W. Hughes , president of the cointmny. nlso
made a-personal assignment with liabilities
of $07,000 nnd assets $17,000.
VEXKUA1 , HOOTH
he Ijoiulon Times Devotes Three
Columns to Him.
LONDON , Doc , 20. The Times publishes
: ireo column article severely criticising Gen-
ral Booth's scheme of social regeneration as
3t forth in his book , "In Darkest England. '
'ho ' writer of the nrtlclo says : "Genera !
Sooth cannot think ho is to bo authorized to
ollect by force tlio moral lunatics
rredccinablo slaves of vice , crime find
rink. Ho cannot expect us to bellovo hocan
tompol men to work who admittedly willet
lot work , or that any colony of such mon ,
von under the stimulus of the lash , could be
lompellcd to bo self-supporting. " The art
icle accuses Booth of child-liko Ignorance o
'arming and lecklcssncss In entering a con
racl for the purchase of land for n farm
icloiiy nt il" ) per acre. An cditorla"
tutcs that the article is the first installment
f a critical examination by n well qualified
vrltor , and says : "Wo do not affect to re
'urd the scheme wltn anything but profound
listrust. Wo urge the public not to conclude
ii n lit of hysterical emotion that Booth de
lorvcs to bo entrusted with an Immense sin :
< ( money , but wait and hear everything Urn
an bo urged against the scheme. "
ItAXIKl * SHKIMY MX ll.Milt I.VCK
Yrrcritcd In Hoston In 11 Damage Suit
llo Takes the Debtor's Oath.
Muss. , Dec. 20. "Dan" Shelby ,
U ono tlmo manager of the Chicago Academy
f Music , was arrested hero Tuesday on n
ncsno process in a civil suit for $ ifl,000 dam-
ges claimed by Thomas Daly of the Vacti-
ion company. Mr. Shelby Is now strug
gling hard to take the poor debtor's oath in
irder to get back to Chicago.
The suit is brought to recover damages for
, u alleged assault upon Daly in Chicago
ibout a year ago. The Daly Hrothcrs were
ilaylng at the Academy of Music at the time
ind tliero was moro or less wrangling bo-
, wccn them nnd Shelby regarding the stag-
tig ; of the piece. Saturday night , when
.ho engagement wus over nnd Thomas
Daly wns packing up In his dressing
room , three or four of the stage hands ,
iccompnnied by Shelby , cinno Into the room.
High words followed and it Is alleged in tlie
suit that Shelby struck Daly three or four
; lmes over the Lead with n piece of lend pipe.
Daly has since been unable to play and a few
weeks ngo was committed to tno McLean In
sane asylum hero on a certificate of Dr. Telly ,
expert on Insanity.
Tlio suit brougiit In the tmmo of Thomas
Daly is really pressed by his brother Will-
lam , aided by members of the Hoston lodge
of Kins. Shelby visited tbo city Tuesday and
was arrested. Hontonco made application
to take the poor debtor's oath nnd there wns
nn nil-day bearing before Judge Hardy yes
terday , which will bo concluded tomorrow.
Moadwhllo Mr. Shelby is in charge of two
deputy sheriffs ,
VMtAXKD OVKMl KKI.IGIOX.
A AVoinaii Slashes IIorNolf to Prepare
lor a Christmas Ceremony.
Bniti.ix , Deo. 20. Tuo village of Walton-
helm , in Khtneland , is greatly excited over n
peculiar case of religious frenzy that was
seen there yesterday. Durham Pfester , nil un
married woman , twenty-three years of age ,
horribly mutilated herself and then appeared
before a largo number of people who had
assembled at her homo to participate in a ro-
llglous ceremony. She presented a frightful
appearance , being wounded in several places ,
from wl'Ieh the blood oozed. Her hands , feet
nnd head wcro gashed , presenting a ghastly
appearance , nnd thcro wcro several
wounds near the neart. Standing before
the terror stricken assembly she ex
hibited her bleeding wounds nnd claimed
that they were a wonderful example of the
crucifixion of Christ. As boon as the author
ities heard of it the woman was immediately
arrested nnd taken to Jail in order that the
district physician might have an opportunity
of making nn examination of her , The
wounds nro on the Inner and outer sides of
bur hands as well ns nround her wrists , and
there nro small ones on her feet. There is
a square cut on her forehead , and at
the back of her head under the hair there
nro several bleeding eruptions. The woman ,
at the time she was arrested , was surrounded
by over a hundred peasants who had crowded
around her taking money nnd food to hor.
The gendarmes who were sent to take her
to the lull were obliged to force their way
to the bed withdrawn swords in order to
pass through the crowd of awo-strlelen ; spec
tators.
A Temporary I'uibarrnssniont.
DKTIIOIT , Mich , , Dec. 20. The stringent
money market has caused the temporary pm
barrassment of E. W , Leach & Co , , exten
sive lumber dealers. Their ereJUots ilo not
appear to fear the approaching assignment ,
ono stating that the firm's affairs nro in ex
cellent condition.
Should Hnvo Taken Prompt Action.
Di'ULix , Dec. 20. Dr. O'Comioll , bishop of
Uapboc , in n letter to the Irish Catholic , says
he regrets Unit the Irish people did not im-
Immediately place the bhimoupou Parncll
for hU offense against morality Instead ol
Blvint : him an opportunity to rulu the party
aud the country.
HOUSD-UP OF THE REDSKINS ,
A Hurried Movement of Troops in Pursuit of
Sitting Bull's ' Bvd ,
NO TRACE OF BIG FOOT YET DISCOVERED ,
General Dillon Takes n , Hopeful View
ol' the Situation Seven liodgc.t
on lliclr WayIn Sum-
ncr'H Itcport.
PINT. IJtDflK AOENCV , S. D. ( via Uushvlllo ,
Neb. ) , Dec. 20. [ Special Telegram to Tun
BEB. ] Four batulllons of the Sovcnth cav
alry wcro ordered out and loft this noon to
help Colonel Iloiiry capture Sitting Hull's '
fleeing braves. The latter campoJ on White
river last night. The cavalry will take two
Ilotchklss guns. Correspondents accompany
ttio troops. Tbo order and move were mndo
without a moment's notice. A blinding sand
storm prevails.
THE J'IKHILHJI JtKJlAZXS.
If tlio Ilostilca Conic Into the lloscr-
.vatloii the Cninpntnii in Over.
Ilu-iu Cur , S. D. , Doc. 20. [ Special
Telegram to TUB Bun. ] General Miles has
received dispatches from General Brooke ,
confirming the earlier reports that the bos-
tiles are moving lu from their camps to the
agency. Seven lodges have already made
part of the distance but are waiting for the
malnr body. At noon nothing had yet been
heard from Colonel Sunmcr , who for the past
three days has been following ? Big Pool's '
trail , nor from General Carr , wno moved out
upon the reservation from Rapid Creek ,
Wednesday to Intercept the satno band No
trail entering the bad lands has been found
by Henry's command , sent out from Pine
Kldo to aid in capturing Big foot.
Tlio new lodges seen by n Cheyenne scout
in the Mcssa camp were these of the friend-
lies and these who Joined them on their ar
rival , llig Foot has probably started for the
Cheyenne ngcncy.
"If the hostilcs como in , " said General
Miles this morning , "tho campaign is over ,
but the problem still remains. "
UOST1LES XOT CAl'TUUEU.
Troops Ilnve So Far Pnllcil to Inter
cept Dig Knot's llniul.
PINE Huir.i : AGENCY , S. D. ( via Ilush-
villo , Neb , ) , Dee. 20. [ Special Telegram to
THE BEE.J There nro rumors afloat hero
both to the effect that Sitting Bull's warriors
have been captured and also that they hnvo
escaped Into the bad lands nttor vanquishing
the soldiers sent out to intercept them. Gen
eral Brooke , however , nsscrts there is no
change In the situation , nnd that Big Foot's
band , of hostilcs has not been captured so far
as he knows.
Miles IlnportH Tuin M Favorable.
WASHINGTON" , Dec : 20 , General Scholleld
this morning received the following tele
gram from General Miles dated Rapid City ,
S. D. , December 25 : "Hnvo not heard from
General Carr for thirty-six hours. Ho
started to Intercept Big Foot.
Should ho succeed or turn him to the
Cheyenne agency , all will bo 'favorable , as
General Brooke reports a messenger from
LHtlo Wound , Big Road nnd Fast Thunder.
leaders ol the Indians who went to the bad
lands , snvs about half the Indians there nro
coming In , and ho thinks the rest will follow ,
Should this not bo interrupted by seine un-
forseen event , it will bo most favorable. "
Slippery Hij * Foot.
WASHINGTON , Dec. CO. General Scolleld
has received a telegram from General.lilos
dntca Itapid City , December 84 , as follows :
'Colonel ' Sunnier has reported his com
mand at Big Foot's camp on the Cheyenne
river : that lllg Foot had assured him ho
would do whatever ho said and bring all his
people to Sunincr's eamp.but that the Indians
tunl deceived him und eluded his camp , going
south. "
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Obeyed the Illliid Chirr.
GUTHHIU , O. T. , Dec. 20. W. P. Thomp
son , uncut of the lowas , returned to
day and reports that the ghost dance has
boon abandoned on the solicitation of To Hee ,
the blind Chcyenno chief , and "White Cloud.
All the Indians returned peacefully to their
reservations.
XAT10XAL JXItUX VOXGKESS.
Ono Thousand Delegates In Attend
ance lit the Oponliij ; Session , ,
CALCUTTA , Dec. 20 , The national Indian
congress opened In this city today. One
thousand delegates were present and 5,000
persons were la the audience. Among these
who attended were Messrs , Sclnvnnn anil
Gain , members of the British house of com
mons , several Hajahs nnd Mahomedan nobles.
Advocate Ghoso , the loading attorney of the
high court , in an address described the con
gress ns the inevitable outcome of the gener
ous policy of trio British government. Mr.
Mchlo , member of the Bombay legislative
council , In his address ns president , made
declarations ns to the loyalty of the move
ment and its pacific alms , Ho said the con
gress desired to assist the government In the
work of social reforms. Although divers
nationalities of India wcro not rlpo for repre
sentative institutions yet , the elective princi
ple ought to bo adopted In nominations to the
Indian council , nnd ho appealed tothe viceroy
to watch the movement in aspiritol generous
sympathy. _ '
Pa Amur loan Transportation.
WASHINGTON , Deo. 20. The senate com
mittee on commerce today gave a hearing to
F. L. Dana of Denver , IIowcll Jones ol Topeka -
peka , J. B. Clarke of Chicago and A. P.
Chamberlain of Dos Moines upon a bill Intro
duced by Senator Cullom to incorporate the
Pan-American transportation company.
These gentlemen appeared as a subcommittee
tee appointed by the interstate deep harbor
commission. They said the connnittco was
bucked by 15,000,000 people nnd was created
to look after tlio interests of the west before
congress , but especially to secure an adequate
appropriation from congress to build a deep
water harbor on the Texas coast. The subcommittee -
committee was appointed with the special
object of establishing nllno of steamers be
tween various ports of the gulf of Mexico
and points in Central and South America.
The Incorporators , the members of the com
mittee said , bad n capital of $15,000,000 and
they had decided to apply to congress for a
charter. The committee on commerce has as
yet taken no action on the bill.
A Ilix-m Divorce Lawyer C < m lessen.
NEW YOKK , Dec. 'JO. William H. Butler ,
formerly a partner of W. D. Hughes , the
bogus divorce lawyer , made n partial confes
sion torlght. While In partnership they dis
tributed circulars all over the country , whiuh
brought thorn hundreds of clients , in sonic
eases the clients discovered the bogus nature
of the divorce decree , but never made trouble
when the fnc was returned to them. This
was never less than flOO.
Sioux City DailM on a Junket ,
CHICAGO , Dec , 20. The aldermen of Sioux
City , In. , eleven in number , vUltcd Chicago
today nnd inspected the world's fair sire ,
parks and public buildings. Tonight the
party left on n trip to the largu cities through
out the south. _
Incendiary Kirns nt Drnilwood ,
DEUINOOD. S , D. , Dec , 20. Thrco llres in
different parts of the city last ni 'lit , two ol
which wcro incendiary , caused losses amount
lug to $ U,000. , A great many railroad graders
wcro In town yesterday In au Intoxicated con
dition , nnd In the ilftcnioon. In order to quell
a disturbance , the mayor had the boso turned
on them. Ills thought the fires were set In re-
vcngo. Humors of further Incendiarism tir
current and n watch Is being kept.
1111 ! SUIT /A" 'P/I1I8MW.CT. '
Ulcetrlo Mjjht Comrmiili's AVIII Con
test for Vnlunblo Patents.
ST. Louis. Mo , , Doo. CO. It is Announced
hero that the Adams electric railway of St-
Louis will soon enter ftvlt against the Thorn
soriHIoustqn , the Sjipiguo , the Short and
other electric railway companies formfrlniro-
incut of patents. The suits will Involve
claims aggregating millions of dollars , and
should the cases bo decided In favor of the
Adams company will mnko that corporation
the greatest electric monopoly in the world.
FOKTVXATJE SIJXEltS ,
) no Hundred nntl Forty Narrowly
Esoapoa Jlnrrlulu Dentil.
SCOTTII.U.K , Pa. , Dec. 20. An explosion
ook plnco this morning In the entrance of
lie shaft of the Unitci } States coal and coke
orks , operated by tlio United coke company.
, wns caused by the ignition of kerosene oil.
Duo hundred and forty minors wore at work
I the tlmo , but nil made tholrcscapothrough
arious openings for that purpose. So mo of
ho escapes wcro miraculous. The lire ,
rhlchls still racing , destroyed nil the loose
iropcrty in the mluo and has already done
mormous damoKO. The coal is already said
o DO ablaze , nud an immense conllagrntlon ,
which would practically ruin tno mine , is
'eared. Two persons woroinjured this nftor-
loon by u fall of timbers near tbo burning
, haft.
II-.4 11 OX
Tlio Lake. Shore llaaU Does Kot Want
Any Itrothorhood Men.
Cnicioo , Dec. 20. The ultlmitutn of the
ako Sboro & Mlchfcjnn Southern railway
'oin ' pany that all telegraphers on that road
must withdraw froro tbo order of railway
: elegraphcrs or leave thpmplo.v of the com
pany Is believed to bo tlio beginning of a gcn-
iral movement in that Direction. It Is undor-
itood that several of thb Chicago lines will
; eon follow the example of the Lnko Shore.
The opposition of the rqiltwids to the order
has developed since it baa shown n tendency
to nfllllato with tlio brotherhood oC telegraph
ers commercial operators arid has refused
o teach telegraphy to the apprentices sent to
ho different ofllces hyttho companies to learu
.ho business. Outaldo of railroad circles it
is believed that the result of the crusade will
bo the practical consolidation of the two tele
graph organizations.
riTisTics.
Hcsults of the .Special Inquiry by the
Ccn s ng 'Office.
WASHINGTON , Deo. 20. The division of
vital statistics of the census ofllco has pre
pared a bulletin contaninj ) ? a summary of the
results of a special inquiry concerning tno
Jews In this country1. The inquiry has re
sulted in the return Of 10,018 completed fam
ily schedules , cmbrucln OO.OSO living persons
December 31 , 1889 , nnd In these families
there have been 2,140 marriages , 0,033 births
and 2,002 , deaths during the live years ondlnp
on that date , The social condition of the fam
ilies is indicated to spnio extent by the num
ber of 'servants kept by them , nnd as about
two-thirds nro reported as keeping ouoormoro
servants bo familes reported may bo said to
bo in easy circumstances- average num
ber of persons to each .family on December
31 , 1880 , w.s fi.8l cad jho average annual
number for tno five n-rsfioverod by the sta1
tlstics was ! j.47. a'utfWortiffa annual num
ber of marriages per 1,000 of the total popu
lation was much lowef t'uin the general rate ,
being but 7.4 , ami the avcrago ago at mar
riage greater than among1 the general popula
tion. The low marriage rate and Increased
average arc tbo principal reasons for tbo low
birthrate. The deaths reported for the live
years give an annual death rate of 7.11 per
1,000 , of population , being about half of the
uverngo rate for the general population. Con
trasting the birth and death rates for these of
native born parents indicates that the birth
rate is decreasing and the death rate increas
ing with prolonged residence in this country ,
but the general results Indicate that the Jews
retain many of the peculiarities which have
been nmong thorn in Europe.
THE It'OUTslt'S FAIll A.CT.
Some of Its Provisions IHnibnrrnssliif ;
tlic SraimRpmcnt.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 20T The secretary of
the treasury wrote the attorney general 11
few days ago that tbo board of management
of tbo world's ' Columbian exposition Is em
barrassed by the construction that has been
placed on certain provisions of tbo world's
fair act , that It Is desirable If possible to
overcome the dlfllculty by executive action
under the law rather than encounter prob
able delay should application be made for
congressional interpretutiOD , Section 10 pro
vides that "tho president may also designate
additional articles for exhibition. " The
opinion of the attorney general wns requested
as to whether the president is authorized
to designate additional articles not
already in the executive departments
nnd authorize the employment of persons out-
sldo of the departmental force to prepare and
take proper euro of 'such articles , ns ho may
designate , and perform other necessary du
ties. There Is also n difference of opinion as
to the disposition of tlio fund of $1,500,000
provided for the government exhibit , etc.
Two wholly independent bodies are now dis
bursing from this common fund , and the
hoard of inannqcmout is unable to estimate
what part , aside from thof400,000 set apart
for a government building , will finally be at
its disposal. An Interpretation of this ques-
was also asked. The secretary wished to
know whether or not the president
has the power , < - ' with orwith
out the consent ot the national commission
and board of management , to divide or appor
tion said sum between them.
The attorney general replied In substance
that as to the ilrst ouc , > tionha ; is of the opin
ion that the power vested in the president in
cludes that asked for by the secretary , In re
gard to the apportion mcnt [ of moneys ho docs
not deem it advisable at this time to deter
mine what rights the president may possess
in virtue of his gener&l executive authority ,
and says it Is probable that the attention of
congross.should be culled. to tbo question.
Ono Hiillot Hoes Xircnt Damage.
WHEELING , W. Vn. , Dec. 25 Moso Howe
went into tuo resldonco'of 0. E. Norrls , at
Parkcrsburg , tonight and drawing n revolver
fired ntMrsNorrls , the boll passing throupn
her nose and through both wrists of her llttlo
daughter , ami finally1 lodging In Mr. NorrU'
leg , IIowo wns arrested bcloro ho could uo
any move jamago. !
IJI Miner * ' Blrllco In Prosprct.
AI.TOOXA , Pa. , Dec. 25. The miners of the
central Pennsylvania c6al regions uavesorvcd
notice on the operator demanding 50 cents
net , instead of 50 cents' grosj per ton and anew
now working scale of prices. If their de
mands are not granted men to tlio number of
15,000 , will quit work the llrst of the year.
A Would'Ba HlKliwaymuii Killed ,
iNDUN.u'ous , lad. , Dec. 2i ) . Late tonight
T. A. Secloy , driver of an English avciiuo
street car , shot and. killed an unknown man
who attempted tp .hold him up. Tbo only
clue to the dead man's identity U a memo
randum book , in whluti is written "Danvillo
Kongtit Over a AVniinn.
N , 0 , , Deft 28 , At a dance at Cen
ter Furnace lasUnigbt , In a fight over a
woman , ICd ( inlltvjher ana Jrhn Oliver wcro
killed una Henry Ingalls seriously wounded ,
llig I'lumpnntc Wnrktf nurncil.
CiiAiatHTox. S , C. , Doc. 20. The Edlsto
phosphate and fertilizer norks burned to
night. Loss , f.'OO.OuO. .
1O IT lfI > mr lTMTtrfPT
AS AN AMICAN CITIZIiN.
How the Colored Man Should Sa Repre
sented nt the World's ' Fair ,
WIIATCONGRESSMANLANGSTON SUGGESTS
Mint Director Iicpuh of the Opinion
That Nil Fliinnulnl legislation
Will Do I'nssr-d nt Itils
Session.
WASHINGTON Bunr.KU TUB Ouvni BF.B , )
GUI FOUIITBKNTH STIIKKT , }
WASIIINOTON. D. 0. , Dou. 1. |
Mr. Lnngston , the colored congressman
from Virginia , nwdo an interesting sugges
tion today concerning the manner In which
the colored men should bo represented nt the
world's fair. Mr. Li'ingstou does not believe
that the negro should bo there as n negro ,
but as an American citizen. Hn says the
negro is a substantial factor In the labor of
the country. The negro does n largo part of
producing of cottou nnd billng it for the
market. Ho is taking nn extensive part in
the farming oporatlons of the south , for It
has como out during the recent federal elec
tion debate that there nro over ono million
negro owners of farms In the south. Mr.
Lnngston says that seine ot these colored
farmers breed ihollnest horses and cattle to
bo found hi the country nnd that ho can go to
stock farms In Tennessee , owned nnd man
aged entirety by negroes , which rival la their
stables the studs of Senators Sinford nnd
Stockbrldgo. Representative Lwigston's Idon
is that the world's fair will glvo nn oppor
tunity for showing the marvelous advance
vhlch the negro has made since the war. llo
vould llko to sco an exhibit of uccroes plck-
: ig cotton , packing It in bales and going
.hrough . the various processes towards its
reduction. Ho wants to see seine of the
cgro stock farmers bring their
'nttlo ' and horses to the oxposl-
ion in order to show what can
jo done by the race in this branch of Indus-
, ry. In short , his Idea is to liavo negroes
dually wonting in the different branches In
, vhlch they are Interested throughout tlio
outh so that the country may see what share
ho colored man is contributing to tlio gcn-
ral labor of the country. Mr. Langston
takes no st ock In the idea that ttio negroes
is such should bo represented on the world's
"air board of directors. Ho thinks that Is
emagogury calculated to wcedlo the negro
.oto. If u , colored man has ttio intelligence
ind ability lo get a place on the board of dl-
cctors of the world's fulr or any
jther hoard , that should bo the only
ground for his choice. "When General Grant
iippointcd moas ono of the board of health
t Washington , " said Mr. Lnngston today ,
'I called upon him and asked him why ho
mndo the appointment. Ho answered that
itie thing was certain , that ho had not ap
pointed mo because I was n negro , but bo-
: : auso I had n certain ability In that particu-
ar matter. That should bo tbo basis of nil
iippoliitmunts iltir-jss and not color. "
imtncToii LEECH ox VI.VAXCIAI. , UIOISI.ATION .
"I do not believe congress will pass any
ind of a financial bill at this session , " said
Director of the MintLocch to your corro-
pendent today. "Tho eagerness of the free
coinage 'men will beyond reasonable doubt
defeat every proposition looking towards
tbo enlargraont of the circulating medium ,
nnd especially all p/opoiltlohs relating'
: o silver. It Is unfortunate for the free coin
age Interests that Its advocates can't sco any
move in the direction of free coinage nt this
itnoa deathblow to their proposition , nnd
although the business Interests of the coun
try demand the adoption of ngencinl financial
measure they will defeat It if they continue
to press their views on congress. I some
times think that tbo friemts of free coinage
are In reality Its enemies at tills time. I
think the senate will pass n free coinage bill ,
but the houhfl will refuse to do it if for no
other reason than because such a propo.-tillnn
cannot get out of committee , and any effort
made to amend iv bill by providing for free
coinage will bo ruled by the speaker as not
germain to tlio subject matter under consid
eration. If the free coinage men were tac
ticians they would not now contend for any
thing , but simply bldo their tlmo and go to
the front in the next congress , the lower
house of which will bo organized by free
coinage advocates beyond reasonable doubt. '
"Would the treasury department object to
the proposition to buy up all the American
bullion In sight ! "
In reply the director of the mint , who , by
the way , is ns good authority upon flnnnulal
matters as almost any man In Washington ,
as ho has been co-operating with Secretary
Windom In promulgating u bill through the
republican senatorial caucus said : "There
could bo no objection whatever to not only
buying up all the American bullion insight ,
but making a law for the purchase of the en
tire American product , for , under the present
law. wo more than consume all the silver
produced bv the American mines. "
Mr. Leach was asked what provisions could
bo made without imposing upon foreign silver
to exclude from our market the products of
foreign mines If a free American sliver coin
age law a law providing for the purchase of
American silver only upon u free colnngo
basis should bo adopted.
"The United States mints,11 said he ,
"would simply stamp nil foreicu bullion re
ceived with the word'Foreign,1 and under
the law it could not bo purchased or coined.
Certainly foreign producers or dealers would
not send to our markets nn article which
could not bo sold. All foreign coins which
are not of proper weight or firmness would
bo thrown out by our merchants
and nt the mints. The most serious feature
of the entire agitation about silver nnd finan
cial legislation lies in the fact that the free
coinage advocates , being unwilling to yield
their hobbies for the good of the country at
largo , nro going to defeat all financial legisla
tion. The question of a new or permanent
flnnnclal basis for the government Is by nil
odds the most Important that lias or can como
before the people , and It scorns that thlt is to
bo cast aside without any action simply that
a few men who are making capital out of n
hobby or have interests to bo appreciated are
uiuvllllnu to vleld tholr demand for free coinage -
ago nt this time , when Ills impossible.11
lU.lTEHACV AND KDUCATIO.V.
Tonight a special bulletin wns Issued from
the census oftlce. giving the results of inves
tigations into Illiteracy and education. From
it the following Is taken , showing the reports
from cities of 10,000 inhabitants and over ,
which have been recapitulated :
NUHIU3KA HA 11. IVKHIIUNO ,
In answer to Inquiries from Nebraska It
was ascertained ut tlio postotlico department
by TIIK Dei : correspondent that there will bo
mall weighed upon the various railroads In
Iowa beginning with April next. South TJa-
kotu and Nebraska will not como In tnls tlmo
of the states where the mulls will have to bo
weighed In order to ascertain the pay which i
Is to bo given railroads for * \rvicos.
Minnesota roads will bo wclghoi aver.
rosTMASTUUS AITOISTftj ,
It. C. 1'ennell
was today appointed post
master at Eddy , Hayes county , Nebraska ;
C. U Marsh at Gilt : , Wright county , lowe ,
and C. ( Iructzinnclior at Klennue , Hancock
county , Iowa , PKIIUY S. Ilr.vru.
AJIKJIICAHVOXOMlttTS. .
Fourth Annual .Meet I in ; or ttio AHSO-
olntlnn t'rpNidi < iit AililrcHN ,
WASHINGTONDec. . SO. Tlio fourth annual
meeting of the American Economic associa
tion began today. Suvor.it intorcstlngpapors
wcro road. Prof. Knnicls A.Vnlkoi - . presi
dent of the association , in ills address re
viewed at length the Important economic
developments in ttio United States.
The extraordinary crowth of the
pseudo socialism undnr the local nnino of tin-
tiomiHsm he attributed to the fact that the
inussrs ot the people hud como tonppreelnto
ho supreme Importance of Industrial rein-
ions , but und not yet learned with-
n that narrow limits oxer-
loin for the nmi'llonitions of mankind
mist necessarily bo coiillneil. All those ro-
'ormcrs now so defiant of established
'conomic principles would sooner or Inter bc-
loino recruits of the economic army. Ho-
ardhiR the apparent growth of the slnulo
ax party , ho expressed the opinion that the
X'onoinliits were coming to tuko the view that
lomotliing moro of economic rent than the
itate had Been accustomed to exact could bo
idvaiitngeously brought Into the treasury ,
vtillo on the other liiintt practical politicians ,
ho moro they stuplod the mibjoct ,
ivero moro und moro Impressed with
he hopelessness of the project In
riow of the opposition of the
'ormor class and of holders of small proper
tics to nn increase of direct tuxes. Walker
referred to what ho termed n remarkable
'weakening" In tho-present llniinclal crisis
if many of these who through
.ho greenback nnd silver contests stood
inoit stilly against every measure of possible
inflation , but now had seemingly ceased their
resistance to the further coinage of silver If
they did not actually desire it. llo
attributed this largely to the discrediting
of the views of orthodox American
Jconomist-s on the subject of money , nud es
pecially of Indifference of tbo money supply.
'In hick of national leadership , " ho said ,
'wo could only hope tUat prndoncn may rue
the hour and thn ino Instlnctlvoconservn-
ism of the American people may en-
nblo them to pass through tins most
perilous crisis in tlielr financial career witti-
out wreck. " Touching the subject of immi
gration , ho said the American people were
called upon now to decide whether tliero was
any limit to the extent to which tboy would
share their birthright with strangers. Not
only the enormous Increase of immigration ,
but the manifest lower character of the recent -
cent comers inane the question urgent.
HKATrxa JIMS IP.I r.
DncHn'l Pay a Cent , but Ho
Hides on I'liMHciiKor TraliiN.
LIMA , O. , Dec. 20. Thomas Creamer , who
is n professional tramp , nnd who is known as
'Gentleman ' Thomas , the Dude Tramp , " was
liero yesterday on n strange Journey.
At Boston , Mass. , on December 10 , Will-
am Austin , a wealthy resident of
that town , offered a. prize of $5.000 to
Creamer If ho would beat his way from Bos
ton to Snn Francisco and return , u distance
of about six thousand inllus , In twenty-one
days. Ono of the conditions was that
Creamer , who had attracted much attention
n the east by the publication of his exploits
In the newspapers , wns to start on the Jour-
'
- . / nny
money. A loiter was Writtbn'lon gc'nlloimm In
San Francisco inclosing Creamer's photo
graph , for which ho Is to call upon his arrival
thcro and return with the letter to n Hoston
paper. Creamer loft , Boston on the ! 2'Jd nnd
is to mnko the trip on passenger trains. Ho
arrived hero on the Pittsbnrg , Fort Wnyno
& Chicago road and loft on the snmo road on
a tallowing train after begcing a lunch nnd
resting. Young Creamer Is only nineteen
yen I'D of ngo und is a prepossessing looking
young man , well dressed and nn entertaining
talker ,
The Pullman Company OutH WagCH.
CHICAGO , Dec. 20 , Fifteen hundred em
ployes at Pullman who work by tbo piece in
the car shops have been notified of n now
scale of wages to KO into effect on the llrst of
tbo year , amounting to a reduction of nbout
10 iier cent. Two hundred blacksmiths liuvo
quit work pomllnir arbitration with the com
pany. The other employes seem inclined to
accept the scale moro quietly. Manager Ses
sions explained that owing to the closeness of
the financial situation railroad companies are
only asking for curs at low prices nnd on long
tlmo. Contracts on such terms had to bo ac
cepted or the works closed.
at n Standstill.
GMSGOW , Dec , 20. The railroad stnko con
tinues to keep business almost at a stand
still.
still.Anr.Hi
Anr.Hi > F.r.x , Dec. 20.Tho railroad men on
strike In tills city and neighborhood have re
sumed work , the differences having been set
tied.
tied.The
The Caledonian railway company , which
steadfastly refuseiTto yield to the strikers ,
has practically won the struggle with its em
ployes. The success of the other companies
is ttiought to bu doubtful.
An Iiiillnnii Dpsporndo'N Itcvcitgr.
W.ISIIINO.TON , Ind. , Dec. 20. James Mc-
Hrido , a tough character of Plninvlllo , who
has Decn away for some tlnio , returned to
town last night und called at the Jenkins
hotel to see his wife , who was working there.
Ho was refused admittance. At nn catly
hour this morning the hotel was partially
wrecked by an explosion of dynamite. The
guests fortunately escaped with slight in
Juries. McUrido was arrested.
10(1 itor Anthony Viotoriou * .
LHAVIJNWOIITII , Kan , , Dec. 20. D. H. An
thony , arrested tlio other day on the aflldavit
of Postmaster Hiehoy for publishing and de
positing in the malls papers with lottery ad
vertisements , had a hearing today before
United States Commissioner dough und was
discharged , The evidence , the commissioner
said , diu not warrant the arrest.
Hroko I'hroiiKh tlin .Ice ,
Cououito , Out , , Deo. SO. Whllo returning
from n dancing party twenty-two persons
broke through the Ice on Hlco lake. All suc
ceed In getting out , but many were severely
frost , bitten , nud later Miss Elsie Johnson
died.
_
TreiiKiiror Huston ItcuoiiHldorn.
WASHINGTON , Deo. SO. The Star says
United States Treasurer Huston has recon
sidered his resignation and agrcod to remain
in his present position until the end of I'rc.sl-
dent Harrison's term.
Double Tragedy In
ATLANTA , Oft. , Dec , 20. Whllo attempting
to arrest Hob Pruetto , a negro , In ( Jalnsvlllo
last night City Marshal Kittroll was shot
dead. Policeman Lowroy then shot und
killed Pruetto. _
The AVeuther Korconat.
For Omaha and vicinity Fair ; decidedly
colder ,
For Nebraska , Iowa nnd South , Dakota-
Colder ; fuir ; northwesterly winds ; fair by
Sunday. _
A Denver lOloctrio Mncnrm Killed.
DBNVHH , Colo. , Dec , SO.-Ctiarlcs McDon
nell , a lineman employed by nn electric com
pany , was Instantly killed oy coming In con
tact with u "livo" wiro.
A Thieving Clerk ConfcNNCti.
CIIICACIO , Dec , 20.1C. . U , llullurd , ayoiinjr
clerk of Giles llros. , jewelers , was urrostcd
tonluht mul has confessed to thufts amount-
lug to 13,000.
i
A CARPENTER'S ' FATAL FALL ,
A , Oborg of This Oity Almost Instantly
Killed in South Omaha ,
CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE SCAFFOLD ,
Ono tip the Plank * Olvrs Way and llo
U Hurled to tin ; Ground , n
Uislniico of Thirty-
Kour Kent.
A. Oborg , a carpenter residing nt
tcenth and Paul streets , In this city , while at
work on Swift & Co.'s now ice house * at
South Omaha yesterday nftornoon , fell to the
ground , n distance of thirty-four feet , nnd
wm almost Instantly Idlleil ,
Mr. Ohorg had started to walk across a scaf
fold just under tlio root of the building , when
ono of the planks tipped or gave way , lotthicr
the unfortunate mini fall. Mr , Oborg lived
nhout fifteen minutes , but did not regain con
sciousness.
Coroner Ilarrlgan was notified , and nftor
Inspecting the body nnd promise * , turned the
body over to Ilcafo.v & I Ira fey nnd will hold
ni : [ inmost nt 10 o'clock this morning. Mr
Oberg leaves a wlfo nnd ono child.
Thu accident was a singular ono and can
not bo accounted for , unless by the heavy
winds. Three planks , each twenty-two foot
long , were placed lilo bv side on girders ,
with u ratling three fret high on each side ,
and those three plan Us lapped on three other
similar planks to cross a thirty-foilr-fobt
space , giving ton foot for lappingnnd yet
ono of tlio center plunks , after having been
used by the workmen , was so misplaced by
the wind or some other unknown means that
when Mr. Oborg walked on It past the islnlcr
it tipped and prcclpltntud him to the ground ,
tbo plank falling almost under him.
Mrs. Oborg was found hut night by n llr.re
reporter in a cottage at the corner of Nine
teenth and I'.iul streets. Tim lady was over
whelmed with griel , hut was washing the
slipper dishes wlillotlio tears ran in streams
down her faeo and her sobs could bo beard
outside the door.
"Yesterday was tlio llrst Christmas clay
since wo hnvo been married , " said the poop
woman , "that my husband tins not spent nt
homo. Ho wns notified by the Swift pack
ing company that it ho did not work yester
day ho would have to glvo up his plnco , so ho
went and worked all ilav nnd cntno homo at
nlKht looking sad und discouraged. Ho wont
KU'iiy this morning as usual , and I lutvo not
scon him sinco. 1 am loft to provide for my
self nnd baby with not more than fit ) cents la
tlio world. "
Mrs. Oborg has a brother , Mr. A. L. Carl
son , the blacksmith , who will assist her la
this her time of great distress and need.
Tin : ituiu.i v OF
What ItVIII lo to MIIKO up the VHP *
lotiH European I'owern
CHICAGO , Dec. 2(1. ( [ Special Tclegmm to
Tin : BII : : . ] Ono of the most active depart
ments of the worl'd'8 fair when things got
settled will bo that of tbo bureau of promo
tion and publicity under Promoter Ooneral
Untidy. Mr. Handy says that ono of his llrst
duties will bo to mnko up the European pow
ers through tlio medium of the newspapers.
The fair Is seldom over inontionoU In French ,
rnmin , Austrian and Italian Journals.
. bicauo , there , is bollvcd to bo n far western
\incrlciui town where some anarchists wcro
; iangod nnd whore- hogs and beeves are
slaughtfrod. 'Mr.'Hnady'is expected to cover
Europe with flno rnts of Chicago's cloud
reaching ofllco building * nnd other magnifi
cent structures. Ho will further show that
blcngols tbo fourth city in sl/.o in the
.vorld nnd that the arrivals nnd cleara-icos of
osscls exceed these of any other port hi the
.vorld oxcupt London. Pictures of the fair
wildings with a stutcMiicntof the many mll-
ioiis to bo expended upon them will also bo
onvnnled nnd the newspapers will bo su [ > -
.ilied with weekly letters prepared by a corps
of brilliant newspaper writers. Tho.so letters
will stnto the progress of the work and gradu
ally unfold the magnitude of the enterprise
with such sketchy mutter ns will enlist atton-
ion nnd promote an ndcquto idea of the
greatness of tlio exposition , Agents of tlio
lepartment will be sent abroad. The Htato
department nt Washington will co-opcrato
and thcro will ho n dazzling ll.umlimtloii
spread over Knropo that will focus all eyes
on the world's fair of America.
OltKfiO.\ WHEAT t'KOI * .
Tlio htntu F.nckn Knullltlos Tor ItH
TrniiHpnrmtiini.
Cmc'AOo , Dec. 21 ! . ( Special Telegram to
Tnr. Bin : . ] .1. 13. Montgomery , a member of
the loglilutur.o of Oregon , Is in the city , and
states that the business of first Importance at
the coming session of the legislature of that
stuto will bo the election of a United States
senator. Senator John Mitchell , who has al
ready served two terms , will , ho says , un
questionably bo ro-olocted , as the legislature *
Is over two-thirds republican In both hoiisos
und ho Is the unanimous choice of his mirty.
Mr. Montgomery says that Portland N suf
fering greatly for lack of transportation .fa
cilities. The IB'.KI wheat crop of Oivgon is
double that of nny in the history of llw tituto.
Every warehouse nun elevator is filled to
: > vcrlio\ving and so great Is the dearth of cars
as to make it impossible to market the crop
of 1S90 before Ib'JJ.
I ' 'our People Itu nnd to Doat'l.
llocmt : > Tiii , N. Y. , Dec. 20. A family
named Detrlcb , living in the outskirts of the
city , was burned out early this morning ,
Four persons perished. The victims were
Mrs. , lohn Dietrich and her three sniiill chil
dren Llbhio , ilucoh and Louisa , Dietrich
and oiu < son escaped. Tlio mother lost her
hfo while trying to HIIVO bur children. How
the llro originated Is a mystery.
SAUAIOOA , N. Y. , Dec. ! . ' ( ) . - Mm Ellen
G ibbons , ngcd eighty , was burned to death
in her homo early this morning. She wns ad *
dieted to smoking.
] ti ( | > nrliiH SluiolH Flint.
UI.OOMI.NOTOK , 111. , Dec. SO. [ Special Tolo-
gi-.im to TIIK IJin.--Yostorday : ] Captain A.
H. liotrnrdus , nt Klkhnrt , made nn attempt to
beat Dr. Carver's record at fast target shoot
ing , which is 1,000 in thirty-four mlnutos. Ho
would have succeeded hud tlio four Winches
ter rllloi ho used worked well. As It was ho
broke CIO in seventeen mlnutos and then
stoppod. Ho bhot at frU and missed twonty-
threo.
Itnrncil at Sen.
LONDON' , Deo. iiO. According to ndvlcos
received horatho steamer Shanghai wns re
cently burned at sea near Wu Hu , China ,
about llfty miles above Nanking. The crew ,
about sixty natives , together with several
'
European o'fllcers , are supposed to have met
thuir death either in the lluinoj or by
drov.'ulng.
_
I''atiillly ut a l'lr < ; ,
WBVAWAUOA , WIs , , Doo. 20. Lawlor'tt hill
at Tromont burned carlv this morning.
When the thunci reached the saloon In tbo
lower btory thcro was an explosion , which
killed Owen Knnis , who wns removing goods.
Death nl' Nnpoluon'H Nle.oo.
UTICA , N. Y. . Dee , 20.-Mrs. Charlotte-
Demon , ngcd about sixty-llvo years , died at
Hichlluld Springs \cst'rday of heart Jlscaso.
Shu wu u film ) of Na ulcon Donapnrto and
a daughter of Josculi lionuparto.
with Ilnwlo Knl v tin.
Pi.oitr.NTK , WIs. , Dec. 20. Joe Hehlcn and
John Ncumer , lumbermen , fought a bloody
biit.lu with bowlo kulycH new ' ' vcs lake.
Hoth will likely dlo.