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TWENTY-tfiKST YEAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY , MORNING , DECEMBER 13 , 189L-TWENTY PAGES. NUMBER 179.
NEBRASKA CORN IN EWE ,
Efforts Being Made to Enlnrgj the Cou-
eumption Gonera'ly ,
ALLIANCE CONGRESSMEN ARE DIVIDED ,
anil Cnlvor Have n Hound
In the Conference on n finU-
TronHiiry Momiitrn Wash
ington GoHslp.
WASIIIXOTOV BUHBAU OP TUB Bnn , )
fll ! ) FOUIITKKNTII bTUKRT. >
WAsiMNciroN , D. C. , Dec. 12. )
Secretary Uusk bolloves that there should
bo eo-oporntlon on the part of the people in
the heavy corn-producing states with the
Department of Agriculture In introducing
corn Into the various countries of Kuropo.
Thin , ho says , can bo done by organizations
of farmers , commercial bodies and Individ
uals directly Interested , who could send
ngcnts to Kuropo to work In connection witn
those of the federal government and nlso hy
sending samples of corn and suggestions di
rectly to our agents now abroad. The sccro-
tary says wo need moro missionaries In the
field of Europe ; that these there now arc
doing much good , but there nro not enough
of them. IIo has sent to Senator Paddock
the following letter on Iho subject :
DUPAHTMENT OP AdlltCUI.TUItr , OlTIC-H OC
TiiKSKCnnrAiiv , WAHiiiNdroN. I ) . C. , Dots I' ' ) ,
-To Hon. A. S. I'nddoi-k : Dear Sir-There Is
iinqm-Hllntiiihly : i magnificent opportunity to
doit Brand wor't In the way of Introducing our
corn to Kumpcaii'i , this year especially. 1 am
doing uvurtliing with tliera oiiicentiiiV coin-
in mid tliatltlspo-sllliforiiietolo. ) ( but I think
u ureatdeat more could ho accomplished by a
widespread movement , whiuh should Include
Individuals and produce exchanges , boards of
trades and such other onjanl/atlons as are
Hiieelnlly interested In the extension of our
iiinrkotn. Much could bo done hy these Indo-
pundent organ rations wnich Is not within the
power of this department , nor even within
the piovlncoof the government , to undertake.
YOIIIS very truly , J. M. KU.-IK.
Senator Paddock will introduce n measure
In the senate providing for nn enlargement
of the work In Introducing corn in Europe.
Alliance Members Divided.
A conference of the alllnnco members of
the house was hold hist night at which Cul
ver of Kansas and AIcKoIghan of Nebraska
locked horns on several questions. It Is
quite evident that Iho alliance members will
divide on most of their ISMIOS. Culver pro
posed n resolution providing that the nine
nlllanco members vote as n unit which was
earnestly opposed by AIcKoIghan and finally
de/oatod. Then Culver proposed nn amended
BUbtronsnry bill , nnd nskod for its endorse
ment bv all present. The bill provided that
the federal government shall loan money to
county commissioners on a properly executed
bond "nt 2 per cent interest und tbo latter
In turn shall loan it nt the some rate of in
terest to individuals. This , Culver thought ,
would bo a good way around the constitu
tional objection , but AlcKoighnn thought It
Just ns objectionable as the first subtrcusury
bill and declared that ho would not make a
fool of himself bv voting for such a schema.
The bill was not endorsed.
Keeping It In the Family.
Ex-Congrcssmnn Yodor of Lima , O. , who
was on Tuesday elected sorgoant-at-arms of
the house , has already gotten himself into
trouble. This morning's local newspapers
contained an elaborate mention of the 'sot
that Sergeant-nt-Arms Yodor had tendered
to Alajor Charles T. Yodor tbo poMtioti
of cashier of the financial office of
the houso. This is an important position
nnd ono of the most desirable appointive
offices within the gift of the bouse. AInJor
Charles T. Yodcr , It wns ascertained , Is a
cousin of the sergennt-at-urms and a repub
lican special examiner In the general land
office , 'i'ho announcement of thd tundor of
this appointment was accompanied by cor
respondence between the sorguant-nt-nrms
nnd Major Yodor , in which the former , In
very effusive and complimentary terms , ton-
derbd the position and the Inttnr In equal
effusiveness declines the place with thanks.
Considerable astonishment was expressed
nt the display made over the Incident us the
correspondence wns wholly unnecessary.
Today ho was pounced upon by the demo
cratic members from Ohio who wanted to
know If there wcro no capable and honest
democrats in the stnto of Ohio to whom the
position of cashier of the olllco of scrgont-at-
nrms could bo tendered. They were ox-
tromcly Indignant and severe in their con-
sure.
a Compliment.
ill Finally Sorgcant-at-Arms Yodor stated , by
way 01 explanation , mat u wns not in
tended that Alajor Yodor should ac-
ropt the position referred to nnd that
It was only tondnrod to him ns
n compliment ; that In point of
fact tliu two men nnt down together , nnd
wliilo ho himself wrote out u letter tendering
In glowing nnd olfuslva terms the position ,
Alajor Yodor wrote out n letter declining the
appointment.
This explanation made Iho Ohio democrats
nil the moro furious , and to calm their trou
bled minds the cergeait-at-arms explained
further that AInJor Yoder was the historian
of tbo Yodor family and that both of them
thought this would bo "a nice little item to
Incorporate In the Yodor history. "
Hseoms that the more Sorgeant-at-Arms
Yodor attempted to explain the incident the
moro cnrngod became tils constituents. To
night they threaten to proceed on the Iloor of
the house to bring nbout bis removal from
the office of sorgount-at-arms.
Hoj ; O .olcru In Nolirnnkn.
Ex-Ciovernor Kobort W. Fnrnns , the sta
tistical agent of the Department of Agricul
ture for Nebraska , In bis report for Decem
ber 1 , Ib'.ll ' , says :
I will nssiiinu to say tli't the loss to farmers
of hogs by "swIiHidisuasu" has nuver broil so
grunt us for the month of November. It has
cnvcrul inure territory and proved more fatal ,
especially In thn cnKlorn pait of the state.
All say : "U Is not cholera , but moro akin to
fco.irlut fovcr or pneumonia. " It sootua to huvu
I bliowu now anil uni'ontrolablu charnetorl.s-
' tics , liaH made its nppniirnncn on fnrniH wliuro
' It was never l.oforu known , among hogs raised
on the farm with no known chaiu-o of having
1 boon coiiiinunloated , und where the best earu
lias nlwiiy boon o\t < rclxod. I'nrmurs say that
It IH "Mmply niyhH'ilons" and abide results as
philosophically us possible.
Commenting upon this statement , Dr.
Salmon , chief of the bureau of animal Indus
try , said today that In the early part of the
season swine dlseaso wns reported as less
prevalent and less fatal In Nebraska lhnn <
usual. During this summer and fall he said
n systematic effort hns boon made on an extensive -
tensive scale , by iho Nebraska experiment
station , to inoculate swine with hog ohoiora
as a provontntlvo measure iigainst the di
sease.
Klllcnoy of Inouiilat on ,
Dr. Salmon doubts the protective Influence
of inoculation but he states that it has I'ccn
conclusively proved that there Is danger of
spreading the disease by thU practice unless
careful precautions are adopted In all cases' .
Last June , in replying to n letter of Inquiry
addressed to him bv the editor of the
American Swineherd In regard to swine di
sease In Illinois , ho said : "I have
no moans of knowing whether the wide prev
alence of swine diseases wns or was not duo
to thn dissemination ot the disease by the
many attempts at prevention by inoculation. I
, - , have no doubt but Unit the dlseaso mav bo
I' " " " " jjBKM'road In this way , und If , as Is Intlnmtbd In
| your question , there were many attempts nt
prevention by Inoculation this may account
Iior the unuiual dissemination ot the dlxcnso
[ In the suctions whuro Inoculation was ro-
JWiled to , "
ThU recent report from Nebraska recalls
J > experience In Illinois which led to the
ufbvo mentioned correspondence ana the
opinion therein expressed Is uinpha-
ubd by the news Just received
from tha experiment * now being
made at Ottawa , 111. , by Iho Department of
Agriculture to test the different methods of
Inoculation , this news bolng that one of the
hoes Inoculated by ono of the gentlemen rep
resenting Dr , BlllluKs of the Neurama ex
periment was thn first , nnd so fnr as known ,
the only ono to succumb to the disease , ap
parently being communicated by the inocu
lation , as every precaution had boon taken to
prevent contamination wllh other hogs.
A number of nominations nra expected to
go to the scnnto on Monday or Tuesday next ,
among them two members of the Intcrjtnto
Commerce commission , n member of Iho
court of claims nnd some of the district and
circuit Judges. It Is stated that Congress
man C'ulbortson of Texas wllluurclv bo the
democrat Interstate commerce commissioner
nnd either Ucorgo Al. Lambortson of Ne
braska or ox-Governor Anthony of Kansas
the republican mombor.
Secretary Noble denied the motion for n
rohi'arhitf nnd review of the land contest
case of C. H. Nichols against C. Al. Ulllotto
frnm Nebraska.
The postmaster general today appointed
tbo.so Nobrtuka postmaitcri : A. A. Jager ,
Ilerttm , Burt county , vlco B. A. Boll , re
signed ; J. N. Lu k , Sodyvillc , Dawson
c-ounty , vlco F. Al. Pasmantor. rodgued.
lowa-O. Snyder , Buchanan , CoJn co-inty ,
vlco F. Al. Orumwcll , resigned ; W. U. Hand-
Ionian , Carlisle" , Warren county , vice J. S.
Webster , resigned ; J. Aim-shall , Howard ,
Center county , vlco F. P. Howlofl , resigned ;
L CJ. Aloster , Wichita , Cass county , vioo J.
Al. Coats , resigned ; H. M. Draper. Woden ,
Wlnncbago county , vice J. Cornell , resigned.
Al'1'HUl'ttlATIOX JlltTlMATlHI.
Money Needed to Hun the Government
for tlio % ( ! Xt I Isual Your.
WASIMNOTON , D. C , , Dec. 12. A com
parative statement of estimates of appropria
tions needed for the next fiscal year , with
estimates and appropriations for the current
fiscal year have been prepared by the clerks
of the house und senate committees on ap
propriations. It shows an excess In the
estimates of the regular appropriations for
the fiscal year beginning July 1 , 1892 , of
? yt5'JJS.V. ' , ns compared with the estimates cf u
year ngn for the current fiscal year. Similar
estimates of the permanent annual appropri
ations show a reduction of ? < J'22OGS. Com
parison of estimates for the next fiscal year
with estimates of a year ago , according to
the several beads under which the appropri
ations lire made , Is : Agricultural , ? ; ) , : icoU'J.'i
for the next fiscal year ; Increase , f"i4SUlJ ) ,
though only 532,812 In excess of the
current year's appropriations , this bolng
duo to the fact that last year's
estimates submitted $ SS9TSi : < hereto
fore appropriated for under the War depart
ment , was added to the agricultural appro
priation bill on account of the transfer of tlm
weather bureau. Army , $2.VJ 19,207 ; increase ,
$122,5U. ( Diplomatic and consular , $2ilS- :
ICitj ; increase , $ Hr , S < > l. District of Columbia ,
$ -02l25 ( ; ; incroasi$151,010. . Fortifications.
$0'teOiT ( , ) : increase , $ t,9J2,2SI. Indians ,
83,003,007 ; Increase , SI , 971 ! , WO , ( the
appropriations for the current year ,
however , oxceedlng last year's estimates by
$7.gG2'l77 on account of the ratification in the
appropriation bill of several Indian treaties
and the payment of the claims of the Choctaw -
taw nnd Chicasaw nations. Legislative ,
executive nnd Judicial , J-.1 , 754.033 : Increase ,
$04,755. Military academy. $ rUl.0 ( ! ! ! ; de
crease , $40,110. Navy , SJ7l'J'lkl'J ; decrease ,
$ (5iiO,940. ( : Pensions , ? 147,00 1)0 ; Increase ,
§ 11,801,41 ! : ; . Postoffice , 580,323,403 ; increase ,
$3,777,500.
Sundry civil list , $ y3,18U,9)3 ; decrease ,
QUITE A UVU.V TU CLAIM I NTS.
Ijniul Commissioner Carter Commends
the Hot ) ISiiroan of . 1 tlm.4.
WASHINOTOX , D. C. , Dec , 12. - [ Special
Telegram tq Tun BCE. ] For the week end
ing December 7 there were transmitted to
the various land offices for settlers ; i,5'J2 land
patents. Tnr. Bnc Bureau of Claims' lav
offices of this city handle this .class. of .busi
ness for their" clients nnd each" Individual case *
receives prompt attention and Is pushed
nlong at a rapid rate to final completion. TIIK
BEU corresponpont called upon Air. Carter ,
commissioner of tno general land office , this
morning for the purpose of learning bis
views ns to the benefits derived from Iho
establishment of THIS BII : : Bureau of Claims.
Air. Carter said : ' -During tlio period slnco
this bureau wns first established great good
has been done in the way of reliev
ing this ofllco of much correspondence
and letter writing. A gioat many letters
are written toTiuBBR Bureau of Claims
now asking for advice and explanation
which , had It not been for the establishment
of that bureau , would have boon written to
us. In this way the government has been
relieved of considerable unnecessary corro-
spondonco. TIIK Bii : : Bureau of Claims has
undoubtedly taken much work off our hands ,
and at the same time Is u boon to claimants
having business before the general land
office. "
uitimui.
Chances ol' Interest In tlio K
Scrviuo YcNter lay.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Deo. 12. [ Special Telegram -
gram to TUB BUE. ] The following army
orders were issued today :
Leave of obsonco for two months , to toke
effect in January , 1892 , is granted Captain
Alott Hooton , Twenty-second Infantry. Llou-
tonnut Colonel Marshall I. Ludington , deputy
quartermaster general , will proceed from this
city to Philadelphia un official business con
nected with the quartermaster's department
und on completion thereof return to his
proper .station. Lieutenant Colon1 : ! George
II. Weeks , deputy quartermaster general ,
will proceed Irani this city to Pittsburgr on
official business connected with tlio quarter
master's department and on completion
thereof return to his proper station. Tne
extension of leave of absence granted Second
Lieutenant Edward Wlttcnmeyer , Ninth in
fantry , November U , is further extended two
mouths.
_
Crisp AnnoiincoH Two CommlttonH.
WISIIIVOTOV , D. C. , DJO. 12. In the house
this morning the speaker announced the ap
pointment of the following committees :
Accounts Messrs. Uusk of AInryland ,
Cooper of Indiana , Alooro of Texas , Seorlov
of Iowa , Pearson of Ohio. Qiinckcnbush of
Now York , Grlswold of Pennsylvania and
Cutting of California.
Alllcajjo Castla of Minnesota , Crawford of
North Carolina , Kendall of Kentucky , Caldwell -
well of Ohio , and Flick of Iowa.
Adjournment wiu then taken until Wednes
day.
Show Inr I'routor'H Shoos.
W \9ill.NOTON , D , C. , Dec. 12. It Is not
llkoly that the president will make any now
appointments before the end of next week ,
Many Important now appointments are to bo
made , the chief ot which Is the vacancy In
the war department caused by the resigna
tion of Senator Proctor. S. B. Klllnn : of
West Virginia is mentioned ns most likely to
receive the appointment , but Assistant See-
rotary ( irant Is thought to stand a very good
chance ot getting It.
Sailed lor Ran FrnnulHon.
W.VUINOTON , L ) . C. , Doo. 12. The secre
tary of the navy received n cable message
from Captain Hchloy , commanding the
Unitad dtutds steamship Baltimore , saying
that she uud sailed yesterday for San Fran
cisco for the purpose of being docked and
scrnpod , The Yorktown is now the only
American war ship at Valparaiso.
IntiM-.stiito Commerce Comm mlonor.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Deo. 12.It Is re
ported that Representative Culborson of
Texas has accepted the position of Interstate
commissioner and that his name will bo sent
to the senate on Monday und that ho will re
sign from the house ,
Poster Hotter tint Woik.
WASHINHTON , U. C. , Dec. 12 , Secretary
Foster Is reported bettor and stronger than
at any Mme uliico ho was taken 111 , Ho U
still weak , howovcr , nnd Will hardly be able
to make his contemplated soutucin trip for
tovcrftl week * yet ,
GIVING HIM PLEiWr OF TIPS ,
Speaker Crisp Is Finding It Diffloult to
Please Every bo'Jy.
APPLICANTS FOR MINOR OFFICES ,
YcHtcrdny'n Jluppiilii:8 nt
ion A CiinuilN or lt(3iilllcaiiH | \ \ 111
IIo Held Monday South
American Affair.- * .
WASHINGTON , D. C. , DJC. 12. Speaker
Crisp , after the adjournment of the house
today , listened for several hours to members
who called to express their views on party
policy , or to state their committee prefer
ences. This makes four days which the
now speaker has devoted to the task of
ascertaining the opinions and wishes of his
party colleagues , and hu has hoard perhaps
the greater number of the democratic mem
bers of the houso.
The speaker hoard the views of all his
callers , but has not reached any definite
conclusions , or hns ns yet offered chairman
ships to any person. Ho said this afternoon
that ho was afraid ho could not complete the
organization of the committee ) befuro the
Christmas recess , though some of his friends
think the work can bo done In n few days
after bo cots started on the actual work.
The failure of the .speaker to nnnounco the
committee on rules today was a disappoint
ment , for It was generally supposed last
night that ho would settle the matter. Alany
of tholoaulng democrats have Ueon urging
the speaker to promptly settle the matter by
appointing Messrs. Springer and AlcAIillln
on behalf of the majority , nnd Aloasrs. llcod
und Burrows on behalf of the minority , but
until Air. Crisp makes un his mind as to who
will head the committee- ways and moans
and appropriations , hu cannot overcome some
harassing foaluiw of the situation. The
matter Is in a chaotic state , and ( .robably not
until Tuesday evening will Speaker Crisp bo
ublo to make up the rules cohimittoo. The
opinion is stronir , however , that Mr. McAIll-
lin will be one of the democratic members of
this committee , moro 0:1 : account of bis
knowledge of parliamentary tactics and ac
tivity on the Iloor , than in reference to as
signment to that gontlomau on any other
committee.
1'iunty of AppliuuiitH for Ofllcc.
There are from four to ton applicants for
each office under the control of the house of
-representatives , and this afternoon Air. Kerr ,
the cleric of the house , Sergeant-at-Arms
Yoderand Postmaster Dalton hold n conference -
once to consider the distribution of patron-
ate , with the view of making it as nearly
equal as political geography will permit.
Doorkeeper Turner was to have been proaont ,
but was detained.
Air. Kerr has decided to appoint Walter
N. French of Alassachusotts lllo clerk , vice
Ferris Clinch of Illinois , resigned. The place
is worth Sr ; ) > 00 a year and was held by Air.
Ciinch for a number of j oars. Frank H.
Hnsford of the Detroit Free Press will bo
tally clerk , and J. F. Snydcr of Pennsyl
vania disbursing and confidential clerk , the
two places paying good salaries.
The secretary of agriculture has referred
back to Secretary Blaine the papers in ref
erence to cruelty to animals at sea , prepared
by Mr. Hosoa Ballon of Now York. Secre
tary Husk Informs the State department that
he has un Jurisdiction over acts committed
under foreign flags at sou ; that ho is Invested
with power only to look after the safe trans
portation and humane treatment of cuttlo
loaylnguourporttlnml.tbaUt'.5siwholly..out > ofi
his1 power to asslsf in tniViribVamont'or make
recommendations. The State department
has thereupon communicated to Ivir. Ballon
that his suggestions "will ruenivo such con
sideration ns the importance of the oubject
demands. " Assistant Secretary Wharton ,
who has the matter in charge at present will
doubtless lay iho general subject before the
president.
president.Wl
Wl I llnvnn INibllo T < ) * t.
The aspirants for the office of reading clerk
of the Fllty-second congress will bo given a
practical test in the hall of representative. ) at
T o'clock this evening for the purpose of
demonstrating their ability to fill the position.
There tire two reading clerks appointed by
each congress. The places pay well , but the
work Is difficult aud trying. It is proposed
that each candidate shall prove conclusively
his capability before appointment. The an
nouncement of the hour whan the trials will
begin was made this afternoon nbout half an
hour after adjournment hy John A. Uoovo ,
ono of the reading clerks in the last congress ,
wno gave cucci to nis announcement uy unit
ing ' 'To take my place. "
The senate republican caucus committee
has been at work all the afternoon ongngcd In
the work of rearranging the commlttcn mem
bership , and tbo task Is nt last practically
completed , with the exception of a faw minor
places. It Is probable that n caucus will bo
called Monday to receive the report of the
committee ,
The exports of breadstuffs for the eleven
months , ended November 30 , 18'U , amounted
in value to fl'jo7MI'J7 | ! against $12 < ; ,71QliO (
for the sarao period In 18'JJ and the exports
of beef , hogs and dairy products for cloven
months , ended November ill ) , laI ! ) , were $103-
829,1119 , as compared with fllS.l'Ja.O'ir for the
same time In 1SUO.
H-MII i from Mouth Ainorlc i.
The b u roan of American republics Is in
formed that the present crops of wheat nnd
wool in the Argentina Republic are bald to
bo the largest over known In the countrv and
the railroad companies nro preparing /or n
busy season to "recoup themselves for the
great falling off in business during the finan
cial depression , u is stated that thera Is no
line of railway In the country thnthas rolling
stock enough to carry the produce to market.
The Immense crops have also caused a
revival of immigration , nnd thousands of
foreigners are now arriving at Buenos Ayres
socking nmployment In the agricultural dis
trict during the harvest. Wages have been
doubled and trebled nnd quadrupled In some
districts.
The newspapers of Chill estimate that the
expenses of the congressional party In the
revolution against Balmaccda reached $15-
000,000 , of which Senora Dona Juaua l d-
wards , the mother of Don Augustine Ed
wards , the minister of finance , contributed
$ SS. > ,000 from her own fortune.
The amount of1.J ! per cent bonds re
deemed today was ? -8MHl ( , making the total
redeemed to date $ 2,203,350 and leaving out
standing $ I,21K ! , : ) ; > 0.
The British commissioners from Jamaica
were nt tbo State department today In con
sultation with ( lOnoral Foster , special pleni
potentiary of the United States , In reeurd to
iho terms of n commercial reciprocity agree
ment between the United States nnd Jamaica.
It Is believed that a convention will bo con
cluded next woo it.
HiaroholdiM'ri MiiHt Wli luk Up.
WASHINGTON. D. C. , Dec. 12. The comp
troller of thocurroncy has made an assess
ment ot 100 per cent on the shareholders of
the City National panic of Hastings , Neb ,
WILL HK31AIX IX
K.\-Spuakcr Itcou Had Thought of
Dolnji Something Klso ,
NKW Yonic , Dec. 12 Ex-Speakor Iteoii ,
suis a Washington dispatch , confirms tiie re
port tvlcgruphod over tba country u few
wei k auo that ho bus hud serious intentions
of quitting political life nnd settling down In
Now York city for the practice of law. Ho
says ho U only deterred from carrying this
Idea Into effect by the fact that ho has Known
so many men who have attained to the high
offices and then abanOonod politics for tno
law or business , only to ropunt vorv soon
after ana again seen to enter political"life.
Mmlinno ModJslca 111.
Piuuiim-uu , Pa , , Deo. 12. Aladame
Helena Modjeska , the dlstluguUueU uctrcss ,
is 111 at the ContlncnttiMiotol this city. She
arrived here ' * with
yostci'dai suffering ft
severe cola which developed Into bronchitis.
Dr. CaCo'ta Is attending htir. The actress
was to have appeared In Hnrrlsburg tonight ,
but the engagement was cancelled yeUcrday.
Engagements for the wcK hnvo also boon
cancelled ,
aiOHl'HtSM AH A I'AXACKA.
Dc.idly Drnn Tiikon in n Uctncdy for
Marthly AVocn.
Emma Stone , n colorrd woman , nbout 24
years of ago , tried to end her troubles nnd
reach the gates across thn rlvor via the mor-
phlno route last night.
Tno young woman is quito good looking
and hns been living with n saloon porter
named AIcFnll , in rooms on North Four
teenth street. Lately AIcFall has grown In
different , nnd his actions have wor
ried Emma considerably. Last evening
she sntd that she was going to
kill herself , but no ono paid any particular
attention to the remark except AlcFall , who
said "Let her die If she wants to. "
An hour or so later the woman was found
lying on a loiin olu a , frjenu's house at 700
North Fifteenth r.troot , and evidently suffer
ing great pain. All the neigh
bors were called In , but no ono seemed
to know what to dtl. Dr. Keogh was
called , but ho said it wits not a county case.
Two or three ether medical men wcro asked
to come , but all pleadad previous engage
ments.
At last a message was sent to pollc < 3 head
quarters , and Dr. Lord { called. When the
physician arrived the woman was very low ,
and was about brenthllfg her last. The doc
tor took hola and worked , bard for an hour or
moro before thcro was tlfo sllgntost Indica
tion of life. About midnight the doctor no
ticed favorable signs und started to work
with ronowoj energy , 'with some hope of
saving the woman's IIfo. .
Very few of the colpred people who
crowded Into the little room where the pa
tient lay scorned to know anything about her ,
nnd It was with difficulty'that her name was
obtained. i'
Shortly after the woman was discovered in
a dying condition AIol iill appeared at the
saloon nnar-by where ho Is employed nnd
said that his woman Hud tried to kill horsclf.
Beyond that ho shoxviyl no interest In the
matter. ' ,
(
Neighbors say that McFoll and the woman
had lived together as man and wife for so.no
time , but had never got along well , having
frequent quarrels. >
A tioltlo of morphlnb v/as found , from
which the woman evidently took a big dose
with the firm intention of finding her life.
At a o'clock Dr. Lord , said that all his
efforts to save the woman1 , were unavailing ,
and ho stated that she ' 'would dlu before
morning.
In the steve which stood dn the room was
an empty bottle which hifil1 contained sixty
grains of morphine , nil of. whlcn the suicide
had evidently taken.
When the physician loft the patient was
still gasping , two or thr.C i old women stood
around the bedside , antjvabj5Ul colored man
lay bick in a chair in thry'conior soundly
sleeping nnd snoring loutf enough to almost
drown the dying woman's * ; gospa for breath.
* t f *
t'lltK J
Loss ofl/fo nt Wisiiiljicc Other Con-
fl era ti HIS.
WISNIPKO , Alan. , , Do < & . Ja T
'
: ourngo-fl.wy ; thi.5JrmprnlnK'-J.noNropriotor'/ ;
ot tho'Larnb Kotoi Honryl Jookmani his little * *
girl and a woman nanu < i Ruth McDoijtall ;
were burned to death , Jid a railroad man
named AlcMickon and 'Mrs , Jookman were
fatallv injured while attempting to escape.
Other guccts of tbo two nolols had narrow
Oicapcs. The lire was not extinguished until
twenty buildings , including the English
church hud burnod.
New Oiu.ruNs Due , 12.--J. Forster's
Orleans rlco mill 15 Alugozlno street , burned
tonight , loss , { 40.00U , believed to bo fully
insured.
CINCI.NXATJ , O. , Deo. 12 , lir : n. m.-At 1
o'clock n fire was discovered in Sheen's
establishment for photograph supplies on
Kaco , next street north of the Commercial
Unzctto office. It soon 'extended Into the
rear of Caldwell's lace storu , which fronts
on Fourth strjet. twotdoors east of the
Commercial Gazette office , The llro has not
developed , and it threatens to bo very
destructive at the present moment , but
there is hope that It will be arrested.
At 1:10 : a.m. , the whole fire department
were working bravely to confine tlio fire to
iho Sheen & Simpltlnson building on
Kaco street. It looks as if they
will succeed. There Is no flro in any
of the Fourth street buildings. Smoke from
the Uaco building conies' ' through to Fourth
street. The llromon took the hose through
the American express oftlco and the Culdwcll
lace store from Fourth strent to attack the
burning building from the rear. Those
buildings will bo damaged some bjwatoi. .
The lire Is completely surrounded , and the
( lames at this hour are tfndcr control , to nil
appearances.
Printers were driven away from their cases
and editors from their desks In the Commor-
clnl-Gazctio by smoke , but they soon resumed
work.
The Shocn and Slmpktnion buildings will
probably bo destroyed , with their contents ,
moro by water than by flro.
iro.u/\ AXD viiu'uitefx MUitHKitr.it.
Xr.impH Killed Four Northern Visitors
to F orlda.
NGW SVUNA. Fin. , Ioo. 12. Allss A. II.
Uruco , Airs. T. D. Hatch nnd hr-r little son ,
and Master Frank Packwood , were found
murdered late today in a cottage recently
leased by them for the winter six miles below
this town on the cast coast of Florida. The
tli routs of all four were cut from oar to oar
nnd they bad been dead ' apparently from
eighteen to thirty ho urn' . . Tnero Is no clue
to the murdnror. As several tramps have
been scon in this neighborhood , lately sus
picion naturally rests on 'thorn. '
A possoof nearly fifty men has boon organ
ized nnd It started tonight pn. horseback and
afoot for the scene of the tragedy. '
The victims had recently , come from the
north to spend the winter here and were
not known generally. .No'furthor particu
lars arc procurable tonight as the Puckwood
coltago is nearly seven tnjlos from a tula-
graph offico. _ _ , ,
13v-.Treanurer I1onk < j"Acqultted of the
Charjo ol' ICmfirirzlitmont.
KANSAS CmAlo. . . Dee. 12. William
Poako , ox-city treosurorvVho has boon on
trial In the criminal court during the past
week charged with having embezzled fiO,000
of the city's money , wn acquitted today.
The Jury brought lii Its verdict nt2120 o'clock ,
having been out fur twenty-four hours.
A deficiency of SiO.OOO in the treasury
funds wns clearly proved. The greater
amount of the deficiency was accounted for
by "I. O. U.'tt" ' found In the cash drawer
signed by Pouko. The defense was that the
sllpi originally represented amounts drawn
by Poako against his salary , but that they
wore raised by the clerks in the office , who
really got away with the money.
Work of lh" ( ircon-Kyctl * U in tor ,
KANSAS Cm' , Alo. , IK-o. I.1. ! George Wls-
nor today shot and killed Daniel BecUol ,
whom ho had forbidden to visit , his. house ,
bolng Jealous of Ilei'kol'it attentions to his
( Wlsncr's ) wifo.
I-'ou M ! Guilty ol' Mnrilor.
ST. JosEi-ii , Alo. , Dea 12. Potor' Wright
was today found guilty of murder In the
flntdcgrcu for .killing WHliain ClarUo , Ja -
, uiu-y H , IbW.
NEVER FAVORED ABSOLUTISM ,
Prince Bi rmrok Expresses Regret for
Emp.-nr WiH'am's ' Utterances ,
EXPERIMENTS WITH AMERICAN PORK.
Kminont German Scientists Dcolnro
It Jlonltliy DlHOitHsliiK ttiu Com
mercial TivntliM In ilia Ilcleli-
stnjj Oilier Gnrinnn News.
) I KfW Tor/f / .
BKIIMN , Dec. 12. The treaties of com
merce nro now practically passed In princl-
plo mid ilotiill by the utmost unanimous volco
of the roichstug. The minority , drawn from
the ultra conservatives members of the
rolchs party , who opposed the proposed
measure , iouud themsolvoa too feeble either
to divide on the first reading or to try to
cause delay by referring the treaties to n
committee.
Chancellor von Cnprivl , finding ns tlio dc-
bnto proceeded Unit an Insignificant fraction
of the house was opposed to the government ,
caused It to t > e known to the mombaw that
ho would brook no dallying m committee ,
end that the details of the trontioj would bo
in no way modified. The proposals , ho lot , It
bo understood , must bo accepted strictly as
they wore sot forth in the convention.
Telegrams from Vienna were circulated
among the members of the roluhstag , during
the long dobitto in that body toJay nnnounc-
Ing that the Hungarian minister of commerce
hud declared that the treaties formed n com
plete transaction from which all modlllca-
ttons wore excluded.
Complacently Accepted tlio Trontiot.
In language of complacent accoptnnco ,
IlerrSmirer , socialist ; Prince von Hatsfuldt
and Haron Alantouffol , conservatives ; Ilerr
Ocehclbancr , national liberal ; Herr Hlckort ,
frtissinnigcr ; Herr Uorter , centrist , and
Ilerr Deekcn , guolph , supported the treaties.
Ilcrr von Hulno declared that no reference
to n committee wa * necessary , and urged
that the treaties bo referred.
Tlio chancellor dwelt upon the necessity of
passing the treaties before Christians. The
results of their operations , ho dcclaroJ ,
would soon show thai no preference has
boon given to ether industries over that of
the agriculturist. Ho , with great dlfilculty ,
kent tlio corn duties as high as ! ) } murks.
Chancellor von Caprivi concluded his
nddross by announcing that the government ,
with a view of mooting the dearth of labor in
the rural districts , was preparing amend
ments to Hiti laws relative to tbo maintenance
an-1 housing of rural laborers , and that a bill
embodying these amendments would bo
introduced during the present session of the
rolchstng.
Upon the conclusion of the chancellor's '
speech , wnich closed n debate of six hours'
duration , the releasing docldod to take up
the second reading of tbo treaties in full sit-y
ting of the house.
The chancellor bj- his address greatly en
hanced his reputation as a masterly speaker ,
displaying great lucidity of statement and
quickness of response In dealing effectively
with every argument which the opposition
put forward.
Tlio term zollvoroln , ns applied to the
treaties. Is considered a thorough , misnomer.
Kncli of the five. states contracting , while
uia'idnR.eoccrconco sloas. . retains a stringof
'IlO&Vt ' * "till tlV v
*
of thorni3ij ! )
HOW
Tl ( < ? tariffs when announced hardly caused
a momentary throb on the bourse. In Vienna ,
however , thqcaso was different. The pros
pect of an increase in various traffics under
the now tariffs led to largo buying of railway
securities and gave a general impetus to
business which extended to bank and mining
shares. This rise wiped out the lust traces
of the docllno which has prevailed since the
recent panic ,
In the course of a recent Interview with
Editor Lubocli of the Elscnbahn Zeltung ,
Prince Bismarck accused the government of
hurrying the treaties through. The prince
would ndt take part In the debates bpcauso
the members of the rolchslag , ho declared ,
had not been given sufllclout time to study
the proposals.
Never Favored Absolutism.
deferring to the Inscription "Supromn lex
regls voluntas , " placed in the Golden Cook
of Munich by Kmperor William , and to ether
recent autocratic utterances of his majesty ,
Prlnco Bismarck iatd ho had never boon a
supporter of absolutism , and expressed regret -
grot that the emperor had made u o of such
expressions. Referring to the subject of his
resignation , tbo prmoo said that ho declared
at the time that von Caprivi would bo bis
successor , and ho himself recommended the
present chancellor to the emperor for ap
pointment.
The agrarian papers continue their endeavors -
doavors to keep up the fiction that American
pork is diseased. Dr. Brakonbusch , the
no ted scientist' , has made public the results
of examinations of 8,000 specimens of
American pork. Dr. Brakenbusch found
truces of trichinae in about 2'ij nor cent of
the specimens which passed through bis
hands. Ho experimented with cats and dogs
trying to Infect , thorn by feeding thorn with
the diseased meat , but failed ontlrely. This
the Ooetor considered positive proof that the
trichinae Mirviva but a abort tin.o after the
danth of tholnfoctod anlmtl. IIo holds that ,
American pork , oven of poor quality , is p r-
foctl/ harmless when it roaches Uormauy.
The noted aristocrat , Prince Ysenberg , has
gene to the bad. Ho dissipated a largo for
tune , contracted largo debts mid then Hod
the countrv.
Mrs. Melville \V. Fuller , wife of Chief
Justice Puller of the United States supreme
court , Is in the city nursing her daughter ,
Mary , who Is recovering' ' from severe illness.
TO VAV It IS UKIIT.
KfTorts of an ICnallnh Ijord to Satisfy
IllH Creditors.
LONDON' , Doo. 12. In August last the
marquis of Allsbury applied to Justice Ster
ling , of the lord chancellor's court , for an
application to soil his estate , Savornako
forest. Ho gave ns his reason for desiring to
sell thn property that ho wanted the money
which the estate vould soil for for tbo pur
pose of paying his dobts. It. Is stitd that the
marquis owes 750,1X10 , the priiio asked for
the property , and this sum Lord Ivcngh
agreed to pay if the court would authorize
the salo. The appropriation was opposed by
the other heirs , on Inn ground that usurers
would alone reap any benefit ft cm the sale.
Justice Sterling declined to grant the re
quired permission. Ho said in his decision
that ho thought the sum offorcd wa the full
value of the pioporty , and that the sales
would bo bonolicial to the creditors of the
marquis , but bo hold that duo regard had not
been paid to the persons wno nro entitled to
the remainder of the estate.
From tlili decision the marquis appealed
and the case wa carried to the court of ap
peals , This court him just handed down an
opinion overruling the decision of the lord
chancellor'B court and sanctioning the solo of
Savornako forest , and It Is expected Lord
Ivoagb will soon bo In possession of the prop
erly.
London Times Ntlo'iN to It
LONDON , Doc. I'J. A special to the Times
from Valparaiso says ( ho United States
crulicr Baltimore has aallod for California.
Tlio Tiroes' correspondent reiterated his
statement of tbo proposal discussed by the
llnanco committee of tbo senate to abolish
the Chilian legation In Washington ,
Central Aiiii < rlum : J-'loodn.
PANAMA , Doo. I'J. Advices from Costa
Idea , dated th 20lh ult. , are to lUo effect
that continued houvy rains at ami In Uiol
neighborhood of Cm-logo has caused the
Mollno river to ovorllow Its banks again , oci
caslonlng further Inundation. 1'lin town of
Cnrrlllo was totally destroyed , the Hood mak
ing n clean sweep of everything except the
old custom house and a portion of the hotel
Forrocarrll. The river Sulco now Hews over
the sight of the town. The rlvor Toro Amer-
illo also , that ran below the town , has formed
for ilatlf an entirely now channel ,
1'iinxcn C/M. / ; ; ; of inti'intny.
Heated Dnhato on tlio Proposition to
S'pnrntc Church nnd State.
PAWS' , Dec. I'J. In the chamber of deputies
today the debate on M. iluhb.ird'.s motion of
yesterday , condemning the hostile attitudoof
the clergy nnd demanding that stop * betaken
for the separation of church and state , was
very heated.
M.Tcrrcl demanded that fresh laws against
the clergy bo enacted.
M. do la Fossctt , speaking for the members
of the right , adjured the government not to
disturb the present relations of church and
state.
Premier do Froyclnot said that ho would
never allow the protontlons of the clergy to
co unbounded by laws. IIo afllrmod that
the present state of affairs must bo changed ,
but stated that the government wits opposed
to u separation of the church nnd state. In
January , ho said , the government would introduce -
troduco n bill relating to associations. The
measure would not ho especially directed
against the clergy , out they must take
warning.
Bishop Froppor , member for Brest , donlcd
that the clergy had assumed an attltudo hos
tile to the republic and declared that they
wcro In no wise opposed to the present form
ot government. The organization clause of
the concordat ho claimed had become ob.so-
lute nnd could no longer bo used against the
clergy.
The chamber rejected M. Hubtmrd's
motion by a vote of UIU to 181 nmld great
excitement.
M. Hlval proposed a vote of confidence to
compel the clergy to submit to tbo law. The
resolution was passed bv a vote of ! MJ ! to
2 * ) .
M. Uiehon then placed on the table n pro
posal for the separation of church nnd state ,
and A I. Ilovulao introduced another for the
suppression of religious congregations and
the "nationalization" , of their property.
JIIIUTAI.I.Y IHSATJIX.
Another Chilian Cane Cor tlio Attention
of I IK ; Stats Department.
( ftp'cial Corrc < < i nit'.ncc of Hit AMKMt&l l'itss.1
VAM-VUAISO , Nov. 21. Another case of
cruelty to nn American seaman occurred hero
recently , and has attracted some attention.
The American steamer ICowcenawa. from
Now York for San Francisco , stopped hoio
for repairs a month aco. Ono of her crow , a
sailor nnmod Patrick Shields , was arrested
in , Valparalso for drunkenness. The
man admitted ho was drunk , but
ho says ho was given no hoar-
IIIK at all , and was refused permission to
communicate with his captain on the vessel
or the consul. Ho was kept , at work donning
the streets for more than n week , and was
brutally beaten by the police. When ho was
released ho was scarcely nblo to walk. His
back and arms were a mass of bruises nnd ,
according to the statement of the navy
surgeon who examined him , ho received
severe internal injuries which will prevent
him from working for several months. Con
sul McCreory took the man to the intendonto
to show him his injuries , but the Intondonto
declined to look at him , though bo promised
that ho would Investigate tbo mcUfcr. 'The
local authorities have rcaol od no conclusion
In the cuso yet. _
ffltOM JtAl > 10
OeplnrhltlQ , Condition of Kus.'Uii'a F
"
nro drifting frolA boJ toatraor'Tuo'
energy of the departmou'sHof finance nocms
centered in manipulating funds on tha Ber
lin and Paris exchange } . Djjpito reports of
gold Imports , the Imperial ban it returns do
not show an increase. There Is nothing to
show whether the gold is stocked In thd war
chest or what becomes of It. All classes nro
discouraged because of the balf-hcnrtodness
of the measures taken by the government to
cope with the famine dilHciiltles. The con
sequences of the famine are only beginning
to bo realized. There is much distress In
business circles. The famine funds bavo
been frittered away by local authorities. The
grand romcdlcal measures exist only on
paper. The whole empire appears to bo u
seething mass of discontent.
Hov. Mr. Francis , the pastor of the British
nnd American church. In an interview utter
his tour of iho famine districts , said ho be
lieved that the full horrors of the terrible nf-
Hlctlons wore yet to bo described.
DlnnMotl on tlio Atlantic.
LONDON , Doo. 12. The British steamer
Iran , which arrived at Liverpool today , reports
ports that sbo passed the steamer Kansas at
midnight on December 8. ( WO miles west of
Capo Clear , In a disabled condition. The
iCnnsas signalled that she had transferred
lier passengers to tno City of Chicago , which
sailed from Quconstown December 5 for Now
York.
_
Dnvltt ItcfiiRiMl tno Nomination ,
DITIIMX , Doc. 12. In consequence of the
refusal of Michael D.witt to become the
candidate of the party , the AHjCarthyitos
liavo chosen Air. ICoan , a nephew of the lute
bishop of Cloyno , to contest the scat in the
lumbo of commons fnr Waterford , against
John Redmond , the Parnolllto candidate.
the Tar I ft"
AlAimm , Dou. 12. The cabinet today dU-
cussed the tariffs All duties embraced In
the general tariff are largely increased , the
tax on alcohols for manufacturing purpo3is
being raised to three times the previous
amount.
UTAH'S SATUlt.tL ( l.tfi J''ULim.
Klow.njj Wells Struck A Fire Follow * )
the trllce.
SAi/rL KK CITY , U. T. , Deo. 12. Trenton
rock was reached In the natural gas Holds ,
twelve mlles from this city , today and u How
of gas , with n pressure of 145 pound : to the
square Inbh is the result. The gas reservoir
Is apparently exhnustless. The strike was
accompanied by a conflagration , the
gas leaping upward through the ground
nnd Igniting , causing a loss to buildings
ofl,000. The Homo Is fifty foot In height
nnd bus lit up the surrounding country for
miles. In efforts to circumscribe iho terri
tory of the lire , Manager Smith and several
employes wore badly burned.
A franchise ) was applied for two weeks ago
to plpo gas from too fields to this city in an
ticipation of making the strike. The friction
Is 2 per cent per mile anJ the eoJt of piping
is estimated at # 20,000.
iii i or niti Tit.unJOKie.
ArrcHtoftt Ki-nttiolcy I'hyHlclnii on a
Chni'Ko ol Mur.I or.
EAXbViu.E , Ind. , Deo. 12.-Dr. James L.
Alnssio was today arrested In Warrlck county
for the murder of J. L. Konakeoat Owonton ,
Owen county * Kentucky , Ootober II. Both
were prominent In Owen county , Konakoo
circulated roporta that Alasslova ? Intlmuto
with the former's 18-year-old nleco. Alasslo
demanded it retraction. Konakco rufunod to
inuUo ono. A low days later another rotrac-
tlon was demanded at the inuzzlu of a Win
chester , nut refused , whoroui > oii Konakco
was shot dead. Alasslo escaped until today ,
Ho admits the killing.
Sloumo'ArrlvaU. .
At Liverpool I tunic , from New York.
At Iho Lizard -Passed , Lu Chumpatgiio ,
from Now York for Havre.
At Now ; York Standard , from Hamburg ;
WorUondiiui , Iroui Rotterdam.
i JRIEDViriI \ ROYAL HONORS ,
ioral Services at Lisbon Ovar tbo Bo-
iiiaiusofDom Podro.
rtESHNG BESIDE HIS BELOVED W.FE ,
Sconca nnd Incident * Diii'lnc < o
Borvlccs at I'ortustal'H Capital
How tlio INirtimcHo Honored
the Imp-rial Dead.
Lisnox , Dec. 12. King Carlos , attended by
alt the members of his court , his ministers of
state and ninny prominent Brazilians , waited
nt. the station for the arrival ot the body of
Dom Pedro. I'ho king was attired In n
military uniform and were upon his breast
number of Brjxllian orders. When the
funeral train arrived nt the depot , the king
escorted Countoso d'ICu , the dead emperor's
daughter , to n waiting room nnd remained
wllh her until the coflln containing the body
of Dom Pedro was placed In the heavily
draped hoarse in waiting nt the station ,
The lioarso was drawn by eight horses anil
the coflln was covered with floral wreaths.
Tlio garrison of Lisbon rendered military
honors to the former ruler of Brazil. A long
procession of carriages followed the hearse
through the streets ami a number of bands
played funeral marches ns the cortege moved
along.
The remains of Dom Pedro were taken to
bt. Vincent's cathedral , where Cardinal
Nelo performed a low mass for the repose of
his soul.
When the services In Itio uhurch were
finished the collln wni placed in the hearse
and the funeral procession wai formed ,
King Carlos escorting the Countess
d'Eu. and the Litter's htislmnd , Count d'Eu ,
osc.ortlng Queen Alarlo. All the "members of
tlio imperial family and all of the officials of
the foreign diplomatic corps , with UIQ excep
tion of the Brazilian embassy , accompanied
the remains to the pantheon , where Dom
Pedro's body was deposited In the family
vault , the coffit ! being placed next to that
containing the body of his wlfo.
While iho funeral cortege was moving nnj
during the Interment all the bells in the city
weto tolled and the vessels lying In the bar.
bor , from which Hags were flying at hall
mast , 11 red a royal salute.
JF1KLI ) XUl A I'AUl'KH.
He Owns a Itlortsnco Wnrth Xearly
Haifa .Million.
Nuw YOIIK , Doc. 12. Uecont developments
show that the affairs of Cyrus W. Field are
not tu such n desperate condition as was described -
scribed a few days ago. It was .said that
when ho lay prostrated , after learning of hia
son's allowed insanity and the extent of tlio
disaster to the linn , ho had declared that bo
was completely ruined and was as poor iw
on the day ho was born. The record
In the county clerk's office nt White Plains
show that Mr. Field holds n mortgag *
for ? 150,000 on property in Wostchostoi-
county comprising TCO acres of land situated
near Ardsley Towers , Cyrus Field' * country
seat , and was for rnuny years owned by him.
A year ago last August ho sold this prop
erty to a syndicate , which purchased
It for the purpose of laylug out a
suburban village. The syndicate paid
SIOO.OUO down and gave the mortgage -
gage which Air. Field still holds for tne ual-
nnco. The records at , Whlto 1'lalns show
that the mortgage Htill stan.dsi.-ln Mr. Field's
.nuino and no assienmcBt * ' of it has over
tipch" i-ecordiid. 'Edwavd M. .Field had noth
ing whatever to do with this transaction
* according to Cuurlos Henry Butler , the
.counsel for ' tbo syndicate. It is
/said , ; that ; Alr. Field's " strong1 box still
'oQntalnsmanyBOthat' iyfllUtibloiiiocurtIeyji { | !
abd'tnatthcro is nb'danger vhatOYor.tnat Wj-
will pass his declining yca"ra'in"vpovortyJHo'
i gradually recovering from nlsjato illness ; '
according to Dr. Fuller , bis physician.
Assitfnoerjouldstlll refuses to su.vnnythiiiff
as to the condition of the insolvent firm's af
fairs. In Wall street it Is believed that it Is
well Known to the assignee and those engaged
in untangling the firm's ( iflair-s whcro the vast
sums of money taken by Edward FloM wont.
The facts , however , are bolng concealed , it Is
alleged , to enable the relatives of Field to
make good some of tbo losses wnich innocent
persons have suffered because of his inls-
dointjf ; . There Is also suspicion that Edward
Al. Field Is not so crazy ns has boon given
out. According to the reports from the \
Alouut Vornun asylum ho Is doing well nnd
lins become , to all appearances , perfectly
snno.
OrriCR of WsiTitnii BHKIUU , 1
OMAHA. Duo. 12. f
There Is n low barometer In the cxtroma
southwest nnd another In the extreme north
west. The former Is causing general cloudl >
ness south of Nebraska and Colorado , with ,
rain at El Paso and .snow at Santa Fo. Kaln
also fell In western Kansas and southern
Colorado during the day. Elsewhere fair
weather continues. The hlch barometer Is
now central east of the middle Mississippi
vnlloy and its western slops Is gradually
passing eastward over this part of the
country , making way for n trough of low
pressure connecting the two storms or low
barometer noted. Temperature has risen la
the Missouri valley nnd southwesterly winds
predominate from tholako ) to the mountains.
For Onmhn and vicinity Ha/y , fair anil
warmer weather todav. Halny weather U
likely during the. fora part of the week.
W \ninsd rev , D. C. , Dee. 12. 8 p. m.
The area of the high pressure covnrs the entire -
tire countrv south of the fourth parallel.
For Iowa , Missouri and Kansas Warmer ,
generally southerly winds.
For North DauotaFair ; southerly wind *
becoming variable ; stationary temperature
in cast , warmer in west portion.
For South Dakota Fair westerly winds ,
wnrmor In northeast , stationary In south-
west.
For Nebraska Warmer , south winds.
For Colorado Fair ; variable winds ;
warmer In southeast ; stationary toinporaturo
in northwest portion.
For Montana-Increasing cloudiness , with
showers by Monday morning ; warmer la
southwest ; stationary toinporaturo In north-
cast portion ; southwest winds.
H'K.UiV lit t'K.
Novel Attempt of u KniiHits City Mtm
to 10 n d IllH K\lntrn < ! o.
KA.N < HH CITV , Alo. , Doo. 12. Charles O.
Kramer , u young man who seams intensely
weary of ( his world , made n decidedly novel
attempt Ht suicldo by asphyxiation this
morning nt the St. James' hotel. Kramer
broke off the plpu connecting with the gas
jnt close up to thn wall , wrapped his head in
a bed quilt and lay down to await death ,
HU life was saved by the housekeeper ,
who early discovered the situation , Kramer
Is u brother of Q , W. Kramer , general man
ager of the Denver it Kin Grande mail ex
press , with headquarters at Denver , His
mother Is living ui Chanute , Kan. , and Is
quite wealthy. This U Kramer's third at
tempt at nulciclo , his former attempts having
boon made once with u razor and once with .
bottle of morphine.
Kll.l.I'M 111' A / > itf/A/ti.V JIHUrK.
.Mm dor of \Vomin hy an Intoxl-
ontcd Ton -ill ,
BHOOKI.YS , N. Y. , Doe. IL'-About Ji:3& :
this afternoon Charles Dowd and his wlfo of
12'J Third street were walking along Third
street , when they wcro met by a man Iniowu
as "Saoker" Fooney , who , reeling In &
drunken gait , applied a vile epithet to llowd.
The latter knocked Foenoy down , Foonoy
Jumped to his feet rather unsteadily , pulled
out a revolver ami tired two shots , The llrat
entered Airs. Dowel's left eyu and the second
ploughed a furrow In her scalp. With a
piercing scream tiu foil to the ground un
conscious and will die. Pcouoy was *
rested.