Nebraska Newspapers

    r IHE 1 OMAHADAILY ! BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY M011NINQ , . NOVEMBER 3 , 1893. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
WILLADJOURH TODAY
,
I Bach Was the Oonclusion Reached in the
House Yesterday.
HOW THE DECISION WAS BROUGHT ABOUT
Every Congressman Pleased with the Reso
lution Adopted ,
I * WORK REMAINING TO BE FINISHED TODAY
Important Measures Still Demand Attention
of the Legislators.
SENATORS MAY CAUSE A LITTLE DELAY
Kxteniion of the Chmcio UccUtratlon law
Karncitty Demanded by tlia AilmlnUtra-
tlnn Ypslorilny' * I'rocoortliiRi In
llutli Hranclios of Concrosi.
WASIIINOTOX , Nov. 2. The house will ad
/ourn tomorrow , i Everyone was tnlklug
nbout tt tills morning. Silver and repeal
mid tariff hutl nil taken a back soit : nnd the
country's legislators wore wondering how
soon they would bo able to botaka them
selves to their homes and firesides.
Tills morning Speaker Crisp nnd General
Ca tcuings of the committee on rules had a
conference nnd decided to report n resolu
tion for adjournment tomorrow nf teruoon ut
8 o'olocic , nnd when this was brought before
the house It was adopted by 13-1 yeas to 83
nays.
The house was ready to adjourn today ,
but the sonnto desires to dispose of the
Chinese bill , if possible , and the nominations
bcforu adjournment. Ail nominations that
fail of conflrmation bolero the scnato
adjourns lapse and must bo sent to the
scnato again. The nomination over which
there is the most contention is that of Judge
Hornblower of Now York , nominated for u
place on the supreme bench. The general
belief is that Senator Hill , who is lighting
his conflrmation , has effected a combination
that will defeat It at this session.
To I'llBll tllo GlilucHu L'lW.
The administration is said to bo anxious to
have passed before adjournment the bill ex
tending the Chinese laws. It is understood
that several concessions liavo been made on
this account. The senate foreign relations
committee determined at first to pass simply
tlip first section as It came from the house ,
cutting off all the amendments which Mr.
GenryJofTored and which were adopted by
the house. The reason for this is that it is
feared by the friends of the bill that if any
amendments are imido it will Mil to pass be
fore adjournment. It Is probable that oven
the amendment offered by Senator Squlro
appropriating $100,000 to carry out the de
portation and exclusion provided for by the
bftl trill bo voted down because of fear of
failure of the entire bill in the houso.
It is believed that there will not bo a
quorum in the .house until December. Many
members have already gone or are so busy
getting rcsjdyto go that they will not bo able
to attend' the sessions of the house which
will bo Held from now on.
Itcoex * , Not Feasible.
All recess talk was abandoned this morn-
ng. Mr. Wilson of West Virginia , chair
man of the committee on ways and means ,
wanted an adjournment. Ho did not think
that' there would bo anything gained by
taking a recess , until the 20th ot November ,
as the committee would not bo able to report
the tariff bill ut that time. Ho would prefer
Ui lea.ro the committee at liberty to work
without interruption until the' ' regular tes-
sio'n.
sio'n.Another
Another feature of the case is the way it
would leave things in thu senate upon which
no action had been taken. If the senate
should 'adjourn without action on nomina
tions they would lapse and have to be made
over nguin. It seems theio are quite n num
ber of nominations where the muii nro now
holding oil , nnd the , confirmations have been
hold up on account of charges which have
been made and factional fights. These offi
ces would nt once become vacant by reason
of the adjournment of the senate without ac
tion. As soon as the Chinese bill is out of
Iho way the senate will spend n great deal
of time in executive session In ordur to clear
the calendar of nominations ,
fur the Kegulir
1
Congress will have plenty of business to
begin work upon when it assembles in regu
lar session next month. The committees
have not been Idle during the extra session
nnd have placed upon the calendars of both
scnnto nnd house a number of bills which
Will bo called up ut an early date.
In the honsn there will ho the pending
business , the bankruptcy bill. General
Dates has lost nil hope of getting n vote upon
this measure nt this session. During the
time that remains for its consideration be
fore the adjournment ho wlll endeavor to
have an agreement reached by which the bill
will oo considered under the fivo-mlnuto rulo.
This moans Unit it will be read by para
graphs and bo open to amendment. The
most bitter fight will como on some of thcsu
amendments 'Jhcro nro propositions to
consider other bills now pending before the
committee on rules , but no nction will betaken
taken until the reassembling of the
house , ns nil such nction will bo do-
pundont upon the sluto of the tariff bill and
the time when the house will bo ready to
consider it , The house could keep itself
reasonably busy if there should bo no ad
journment , but it could not keep u quorum if
Ihoro was any voting to be dono.
f Ilofnre Ailjourninent. . ,
Before the fate of the repeal bill was set
tled u great many democratic members of the
1 house and senate committees on foreign af
fairs expected that the president's uiessiiga
In regard to the Hawaiian affair would bo
cut in. But since It has become known
that congress will adjourn tomorrow It is
thught likely that thu message will be with-
"hold until December.
Ono matter , however , scorns likely to bo
settled bcforo the adjournment. The Illinois
delegation is very anxious to have nction
taken ou the joint resolution reducing the
duty of thu World's fair goods 60 per cent.
Kvory effort is now being made to push this
-1)111 ) thorough the scnato in ardor to huvo it
signed nt onco. A delegation of business
men of Now York , headed by Dantol Drown
in behalf of the World's fair , is vigorously
pushing n measure that , -passed , will 011-
nblo the foreign exhibitors nt the exposition
to stop over with their goods in Now York ,
I The bill has been favorably icportod in the
houso.
Homo Proceeding * .
The galleries of the house were almost
deserted this morning when it con
vened nnd not over 100 members were
on the floor. Immediately after the
reading : of the journal Mr. Cutch-
t ings , from the committee on rules , reported
the resolution for final adjournment at 3
o'clock tomorrow
Judge Holuinn of Indiana argued against
adjournment and in favor of recess in order
that the committees might have an opportu
nity to work boluceii now and tlio beginning
ot the regular session.
'Wall street nan no further use for us. "
shouted Mr. Bland.
Mr , Terry of Arkansas nrgucd against
cither un adjournment or recess.
Mr. Catchings replied that if there was
any business on the calendar there would bo
much more force In the suggestion that the
louse remain in rontlnuous session.
jj > "It there auy possibility , " a k d Air ,
Honiloriioniot Town , "of reporting the tariff
bill before the rcgulnr session I"
"Nono whatever , " replied Mr , Catchings.
The vote wns then tnxcn by nyos nnd nays ,
nnd tbo resolution \vns carried 134 to 83.
Mr. Wilson , chairman of the ways nnd
means committee , asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of n resolution to per
mit the ways nnd moans committee to sit
durlnc the adjournment nnd to file with reports -
ports any bills nnd providing that if filed
such bills nnd reports shall bo mailed to
each member. This had reference to the
ttirlft bill.
Mr. Heed objected , explaining that the
minority should have fair nnrt decent oppor
tunity to examine nnd prepare n minority re
port on n bill of so much Importance us the
tariff bill bcforo Its presentation ,
The speaker laid bcforo the house the let
ter front the secretary of war transmitting
information about alleged outrages com
mitted in connection with the opening of the
Cherokee Strip.
Wnrlil'ft r.nr Prl/.e Winner * .
Mr. Fitch of Now York called up the bjll
to aid the World's Fair Prize. Winners expo
sition , to'bo held in New York City from No
vember 24 to January 15 , which was passed.
Mr. Allen secured the passage of u bill
granting two years additional time to the
Choctaw Coal nnd Railroad company for the
completion of its lines.
A bill empowering the Tcxarknnn &Fort
Smith railroad to brldgo Llttlo river in the
state of Arkansas was also passed.
Mr. Meyer of Louisiana asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of a resolution
for the appointment of n joint commission to
investigate thu rank , pay and personnel of
the navy and report u plan for simplifying
and codifying the laws relating to the same.
Mr. Kilgoro objected.
Mr. Kilgore reported favorably Mr. Unw-
llns' bill for the admission of Utah into the
union.
Mr. Gates nskcd unanimous consent that
future debate on the bankruptcy. bill bo
limited to throe hours under the five min
utes rulo. A chorus of objections followed.
Mr. Catchings , from the committee on
rules , presented a special rule for the con-
bidoration of Mr. Wilson's resolution.
U'uiUed Turin' Information ,
Mr. Heed said the resolution wns unsatis
factory in character and unrcasonuolo in its
demands. The country was entitled to
speedy information as to the tariff bill , or if
ho thought opposition to the resolution
would delay that information , ho would
hesitate to oppose It. But the resolution
would neither give the country information
nor advance the bill. The matter of tariff
was committed to the ways and means com
mittee , duly authorized to act upon it ; yet
that committee has not hold n single meet
ing , nor , indeed , has the subject been alluded
to In the committee. All the majority mem
bers of the committee had to do was to
report the result of the work of some gen
tleman at present unknown. It would bo
unjust to the minority to expect it to got
together and , lna few days , prepare a report
on the bill.
Mr. Wilson said the resolution was de
signed to give the country the benefit of the
earliest possible information concerning the
proposed legislation , and to get the bill
through all the preliminary committee
stages so its consideration could begin im
mediately after the regular session con
vened. There was , ho continued , no mys
tery about the preparation of a tariff bill.
The minority was not ignorant of what was
going on. Ho had , himself , invited every
republican member of the committee , with
the possible exception of Mr. Rood , who was
absent , to como to the committee room nnd
see what was going on. In this case the
democrats had not been compelled to rely ou
the beneficiaries. They had been trying to do
justice to the people and taxpayers and they
had been working faithfully preparing a
revenue bill that would meet the verdict of
the people. We want it put through the
parliamentary states before congress con
venes in regular session , " ho concluded ,
"ana wo do not want to bo guilty of the dis
courtesy of giving the bill to the public before
fore wo l\avo submitted it to the minority of
the committee. When congress convenes
wo desire to enter upon the duty committed
to us by the American people. " [ Applause. ]
Mr. Heed responded briefly ana then the
vote was taken.
to Vote.
The republicans refused to answer to their
names on the Wilson resolution , the jeas
being 1D7 and the nays 1.
Mr. Catchings of Mississippi ut once en
tered a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house had agreed to adjourn on
Friday. Ho said the motion would bo eutcrca
nnd the resolution recalled irom the senate.
Mr. Reed of Maine abkcll if a motion
could bo entered when there was no quorum
uid the speaker said it could bo , or the mem
ber might lese the opportunity to enter his
motion.
Mr. Wilson of West Virginia at once
moved a call of the houso.
The call developed the presence of 214
members. At 3:15 Executive Clerk Prudcn
innouncbd the picsidcnt's approval of the
repeal bill.
\ resolution was adopted revoking leaves
of absence ami the
instructing sergeant-al
arm s to arrest absentees.
The tlcup in the house is occasioned
by the fact that the house passed
the adjournment resolution bcforo Mr ,
Wilson put in his resolution to author
ize his committee to sit during the
approaching recess , and it was upon that
resolution that the republicans raised the
point of no quorum. The adjournment reso
lution m the senate was referred to u com
mittee. on appropriations , so that there is u
good prospect of delaying the adjournment.
> For three hours the members of the house
waited for the armo.irancu of the absentees.
Meantime , tlio deputies of the sergeant-al
arms were scouring the city for absent
membeis.
For u Test of Strength.
At 7:40 : Mr. Wilson moved to dispense with
further proceedings under the call. This
was for the purpose of developing whether
or not the democrats had n quorum of their
own present , the democrats themselves voting
ing ngninst the motion. The vote resulted
0 to ICO.
Upon the announcement Mr , Reed offered
to compromise. It being apparent , ho said ,
that no quorum was present on thu demo
cratic aide , ami that if ono wcro to bo ob
tained the siege would bo mush prolonged ,
ho offered , as tlio slzo of the trans
action did not warrant u protracted
tight , n counter proposition to
amend the resolution giving thu waya
and means committee permission to sit
during the recess , so as to permit tha chair
man to file the tariff bill , with the under
standing that the reports thereon shall bo
filed not later than ton daja.
This proposition Mr , Wilson accepted pro
vided the word "tariff" before the word
"bill" bo changed to "revenue. "
The controversy being settled , the house
proceeded to untangle the parliamentary
Knot , after which Mr. Sayer from tha appro-
priutlonscoinmit lee presented the conference
report of the urgency deficiency bill and
asked the house to Insist on its disagreement
to the senate amendment to pay j1,000 to
senate employes for work douo during the
recess of the Fifty-first congress. Ho ex
plained that that should have como out of
the contingent fund of the sonalo and that
the last congress1 hud refused to pay it. The
house , by n vote of 120 to 4 , decided not to
recede from its position and ut 8:50 : p , ni.
adjourned.
hubjoeti for tli finance Committee.
WASHINGTON , Nov. S.-rTho scnato commit
tee on finance hold n meeting this morning
to consider measures for future action. U is
understood the issuance of bonds and the
repeal of the state bank tax will bo strongly
pressed by the respective advocates of these
measures ,
_
AdluUitulfof lit nil.
WASHINGTON , Nov. a. The house com-
mlteo ou territories this mornlug author
ized u favorable report upon Delegate Raw-
llns' bill for the admission of Utiih , Noth-
jug is said nbout polygamy and religious
freedom must bo declared.
I'rnvUloiiB of the Chliieia Hill.
WAsaiNinox , Nov , 2. The Chlnesn bill ,
which patsed ( tie scnato this afternoon , is
the house bill uuatncsJed. It extends to six
COMIKUEU OX SUCO.ND iMUB.
LETTER FROM JOHN REDMOND
Reply to Mr. O'Connor's Utterances on the
Irish Question.
POSITION OF THE IRISH INDEPENDENTS
Their 1'ollcy Toward the Rncllnh Mtioral
1'arty KxplHlnml U'hy They Are Up-
ponoil to Some nf Its rroponltloiis
Tliolr I'utiiro Conine.
ZU till Wi8 AtincMetl
Lo.vuox , Nov. , 2. Mr. T. P. O'Connor , M.
P. , president of the Irish National league of
Great Britain , on October 80 sent a letter to
the gcnrral manager of the Associated press
giving his views on the recent utterances of
Mr. John Hodmond , M. P. , the loader of the
Parnclllto faction of the national uarty. Mr.
John Hodmond , M. P. , today addresses the
fallowing reply to Mr. O'Connor in a letter
to the general manager of the Associated
press. Mr. O'Connor's letter , it should bo
added , was given to Uoutor's Telegram com
pany in London after being cabled to the
Associated press , and was prominently
printed In the English newspapers nnd con-
sidcraoly commented upon editorially by the
Times and other London papers of promi
nence.
The following letter is of particular Inter
est ID view of the opening of Parliament and
the attitude to bo adopted by the independ
ents toward the government. In his letter
to the general manager of the Associated
press Mr. Hodmond says :
Mr. Kedmond'a Letter.
"The attitude adopted by the Independent
party of Ireland has been already misunder
stood and misrepresented. It has been de
scribed as u now departure and as thu pro
mulgation of a now policy. It is lathing of
the kind. Our position and our policy to
ward the liberal party are today precisely
what they have been nil along.Vu are
ready and willing to support them so long as
they remain faithful to their'plcugcs to Ire
land , but we are absolutely independent of
them , nnd mean to let them know that nil
paltering with home rule may not convert
us from supporters Into opponents.
"Our recent declarations have been con
strued into meaning that Wo have decided
to throw Mr. Gladstone out of power and
restore Lord Salisbury. Nothing could bo
more absurd , or more untruo. What wo have
decided upon is to let the present govern
ment clearly understand that its existence-
depends upon Irish votes nnd that the prlco
to bo paid for the votes Is strict ndhorcnc"
to the letter and spirit of their nledces on
the question of homo rulo. What , it may
be asked , has happened to call this matter
in question at all ! Now I reply that since
Mr. Parncll's disappearance a change has
come over the aspect of homorule. While
he lived and commanded a uaited party tnc
British people wcro told by-Mr. Gladstone and
every other liberal leader that Ireland
blocked the way and that in order to obtain
British reforms It was necessary first of all
to pass homo rule. Now this is.all changed
and the cry is raised that in order to carry
homo rule at the next general election the
Newcastle program , which contains a long
list of British reforms , must bo first dealt
with. Wo were promised that ir the House
of Lords aared to reject the homo rule bill
a powerful agitation would spring up
against it in Great Britain. The bill has
been rejected and no one in England , Scot
land or Wales scorns to resent ; Its rejection
in tno smallest ucgrue.
AInilo No Such Dumnnils.
"It has been said lately , notably by Mr. T.
P. O'Connor in the American press , that wo
are demanding from the government the reintroduction -
introduction of the home rule or an immedi
ate dissolution nf Parliament , When wo have
not made any such demand.
"Tho position , as it appears to us , seems to
bo of this character : Homo rule undoubtedly
has fallen far from the high position it held
in Great Brltian before Mr.fParnoll's over
throw. There is no enthusiasm behind it ;
it Is no longer as urgent as it was when the
Piirnullito leader and his united party made
the government of the empire practically
impossible to any ministry which rcjeetcu
their demands.
"Tho majority of the Irish nationalist mom-
bcis today are part and parcel of the liberal
party , and , consequently , there Is no Irish
politician who has It in his power to dictate
terms to Great Britain. These wcro the
consequences certain to follow from the de
struction of Parncll. They nro the hard
facts of the present situation and it would
bo folly to disregard them.
"When , therefore , the liberal government
says to us that in order to win tno gcncr.il
election it is necessary for it to pass certain
British reforms before a dissolution of Par-\ \ ,
li.uncnt , it would bo childish upon our part
to deny it. Wo have never done so , but wo
have considerable power loft in our hands ,
and wo are bound to use it for the purpose
of Insuring that only a proper kind of Brit
ish reforms are proceeded with and that the
elections are not postponed Indefinitely.
Will Ho Used Just us Blind.
"Four or llvo years will bo devoted to
British affairs and the chance of seeing a
Parliament In College Green will be gone for
a generation. So soon as the TJrittslr find
that tue.govcrnment has once moro an easy
and pleasant task and that Parliament ut
Westminster can clovoto itself , undisturbed
by the hateful Irish question , to the press
ing needs of the British masses , nnd all by
the simple expedient of introducing a homo
rule bill and then hanging it soon , may wo
regard the opportunity for Ireland which
P.irnell brought about us absolutely gone.
"Tho liberals may enjoy the sweets of
ofllco nnd the items of the Newcastle' pro
gram will bo dealt with in about IH'.li and
Ib'Jj and In 18'JO.
"Mr. Gladstone Is now 84 years old and
cannot bo expected to last forevur , and the
danger wo have to provide against now is
that at the end of four or five ycnrd time
homo rule may still bo hung up. Sir William
Hurcourt may bo leader of the liberals and
wo may bo further away from the realization
of our hopes than before the Parnell move-
irent began ,
"It is , therefore , in our opinion , necessary
that Ireland' should continue , In Mr. Glad
stone's own words , 'to block the way , ' No ,
wo cMimot consent to postpone homo rule for
the Newcastle program , nnd whatever power
wo possess must be used to prevent any such
fatal calamity occurring ,
Mint Illuck the Way.
"What , then , U our position I On the ono
hand wo Insist upon Ireland blocking the
way , and the protest against the indefinite
-hanging up of homo rule ; on tllo other hand
we recognize that owing to the changes
which the destruction of Parnoll brought
over the position , prestige and the power in
our case , that Mr. Gladstone can perhaps
afford to dissolve Parliament without some
dealing with British affairs. Wo are pre
pared with a compromise autumn session ,
"If wo are to support theso-Hrltish meas
ures nnd to have home rule in the meantime
hung up , wo must huvo. u clear nnd definite
understanding that the dissolution of Par
liament will not bo delayed. It must tuko ,
place at the end of 181)1. ) or at the latest ,
when the now registration of electors takes
force ; on these conditions wo ara content to
help purely British measures during all the
next year , " Joux 1C. RKPHONP.
The Times says that Mr. John Uedinond
will press thu government In the ( louse of
Commons on Monday to state its intentions
in regard to evicted tenants in Ireland and
will ask the government to reconsider its in
tention not to lutroduco fti evicted tenants'
bill. .
Tactile Cubit ) i'roleot. .
MCUIOCKNK , Nov. 2. All the colonies dis
play great interest | u the visit of the Cana
dian minister of commerce and the cable
project is being heartily supported. f
lloinlmritcd the Arabs ,
LONDON , Nov. " . A dispatch to the Dully
News from Madrid tayi the Spanish war
ships hnvo bombarded Ml tho'Arab ' villages
and houses on the coast hndjwill continue to
do so as long as the tribes are hostile. The
hostllcs gamely replied npd a number of
their shots struck the'iihlp. '
AGAIN IN'Sl B3SIPN.
Member * o" tnn KiiRll < li Homo of Common *
Arml la for Uiiftincs * .
LOSIION , Nov. 2. Tnio House of Commons
reassembled today nt O'clock p , m.
Mr. Gladstone nroso\ \ early this morning
nnd wont for n drive In splto of the wenthor ,
after which ho niturftod to his residence nt
noon , vvhero ho consulted Sir William liar-
court , chancellor of the exchequer , nnd with
Ht. Hon. Edward Majorlbanks , patronage
secretary to the treasury. \
As soon ns the house mot Mr. Labouchoro
called attention to nn Interview , published
yesterday , with Sir Frederick Carrlngton ,
formerly of "Cnrrlngtnn's Horae , " who
sailed for Calio Town with the intention of
assisting in the operation against the
Mntnbolcs. Sir Frederick was quoted as
saying In substance that the Mat-
abclcswcro the enemies of civilization and
that they should , Inconsequence , bo swept off
the earth. This Interview , which attracted
much attention , lias excited u great deal of
feeling against Sir Frederick * Carrlngton
nnd still moro against the British Chartered
company , which will bo made tbo subject of
parliamentary Inquiry very shortly.
Mr. Sydney Buxton , parliamentary secre
tary to the colonial Ofllco , replying to Mr.
Laoouchere , said Sir Frederick Carrington
was not authorized by the government to
grant an Interview to any representative of
the newspaper press , and that the views ho
expressed were solely hW own.
Ht. Hon. Henry Fowler , president of the
local government board , " amid cheers , from
the liberal bench , moved the second reading
of ttio England nnd Wales local government
bill.
* While Mr. Fowler was speaking Mr. Glad
stone entered the house and was received
enthusiastically.
Mr. Fowler dented that the effect of the
bill would bo spoliation } of the Church of
England , as thoopponentsof the bill claimed.
The church schools , Mr , Fowler added , were
not affected by the bill
Sir Charles Dlllto supported the bill.
Ht. Hon. Edward Stanhope , conservative ,
approved the principle of the measure , but
said the opposition desired to make It as
perfect as possible.
The house adjourned at midnight.
SHOUTKI ) roil ritANCK.
1'nbllo Demonstration .Mado In the Streets
of Miidrld l.ntt Might.
MADUID , Nov. 2. > In order to testify to
their appreciation of the > sympathy shown
by the French press on'necount of the Span
ish losses nt Melilla , a crowd of 500 persons
mot m the Plaza do Vita , this evening
with the intention of marching through
the leading streets < tnnil ' making a
demonstration in favorof the French
embassy. The authorises requested them
to disperse. They refused , and shouting
"Long Live Franco. " started to form in lino.
Thereupon the civil govprnor ordered the
mounted police to charpo the crowd. This
was done and the moblwas dispersed , but
not before they had inado a.strong show of
resistance. Ono policeman was injured and
two dragged from their horses. Thirty of
the crowd wore arrested , including the ed
itor of the El Ideal.
MAY Fine
Incident on the { lefmun , Frontier Which
"
May Cuugo War. " " "
PAUIS , NovT 2. A frontier IncidenWms oc
curred near St. Dlo wjijch may furnish the
long talked of spark lookeduipon as likely to
sot fire to the European powder magazine.
A German forcsVguard killed two French
poachers whom ho" found , on territory for
merly belonging to the commune of St. Die ,
but which wns annexed to , Germany as a
result of the war of 1810-71. ,
The German officials havQ also commenced
an investigation of the.death of the two
poachers , and they , from their standpoint ,
will make a report of the affair , which will
bo forwarded to the German government.
Later information says it is admitted that
the men killed wcro inveterate poachers and
that they wcro fifty yards from the French
frontier.
AmlmsKidor Hity.iril IJHnquotod.
Loxubx , Nov. 2. Thomas F. Bayard , the
United States ambassador , attended n ban
quet given by the cutlers of Sheffield in that
city tonight. Hcplylng to a toast to his
health , Mr. Bayard referred eloquently to
the hlstorv of the cutlers amf their ancient
usefulness. When nn American HUe him
self came to England ; ho came to
take up his share , with the Englishman , of
the honorable traditions of the English pee
ple. America dla not begrudge England her
prosperity and thofiags of the United States
ami Englnnu would contjnuo to lloatin unity.
This sentiment was greeted with great en
thusiasm. I.
Mr . llooitmolt Dniieeronilv III.
LoN-noK , Nov. 2. Much sympathy was
aroused and no llttlo agitation in the Amer
ican colony hero by the report that Mrs.
Hoosovolt , wife of the newly appointed first
secretary of the Atnerluan embassy , is dan
gerously ill from an overdose of laudanum
taken by mistake. It ij hoped the patient
will recover.
Mrs. Hoosovolt was Miss Helen Aster , second
end daughter of the late John Jacob Astor.
I'umoin .Ucuqiio lliirneil. *
CONSTANTINOPLE , N.OV. 2 , A Damascus
dispatch says the principal mosque in that
city has burned at a los ? of $2,400,000. , The
mosque burned wns called the Anawi. It
was originally named' $ ho Church of St.
John and contains a casket in which the
traditional "head of the Baptist" is shown.
Defection lit iho Cabinet ,
Nov ? 2. The Liverpool Courier
reports that there Is a carious defection in
Mr. Gladstone's cabinet' ' and that Mr. Fowler
ler , president of the local government board ,
is demanding further protection for Ulster
whenever the homo rule is introduced.
Murdered far ll Manny.
BEI.OIIADE , Nov. 2. ; I xykilnlstcr Vollmiro-
vltoh , formerly at the Ueid of the Depart
ment of Justice and the 'richest ' citizen of
this city , has boon fouud piurdoroa in his
bedroom. Robbery la baliqvod to IIU.VQ been
the motive. |
No I'lghtlnc ;
Minum , Nov. 2. ; ThcJr Jvisbcon no actual
fighting at Melilla. alneo Monday. The
rrulser Alfonso , while cruising alongo Capo
Aguas , fired upon and is' idled the Moorisli
dwellings. I
to Meet.
PiTTBiiuno , Nov. 2. A.ball has been Issued
by the American Fe.derftibn of Labor for the
thirteenth annual convention to bo hold in
Chicago , December 11. ' &Tf > protest against
tlio violations of Jaw and the omis
sions to cnforco ( | luor laws enacted
in the interest ot < the toiling masses ;
to demand the passage of laws protective
nnd progressive In their character ; to weld
the bonds of unity ar/J / fraternity more
firmly among the wage earning classes of
our country , nnd to rovlow the events of the
pr.st year , ns well us to profit by our experi
ence , nro among the matters which will
necessarily come before the convention , " the
call says.
round Demi In a , Darn.
RKAPiNfl , Pa. , Nov. ' - . A tramp named
Frank Horn was found dead in a barn near
here a week ago. "jt now develops that ho
has very high relatives In Germany , and the
body has been embalmed and is awaiting
their disposition. It is believed that a romance
manco is attached to the Ufa of Horn.
.
Movement * ul Octjn | Biiiiier , NoTBinber 4.
At ScllIy Passod-rBcriln , from Now
York for Southampton.
At lrotthe.id-Pnssed Cunpanla ) , from
York for Quccii town.
IT WAS AS EASY VICTORY
British Troops Find Little Bcsistanco on the
Way to Bulawayo.
MATABELE FLED BEFORE A DEADLY FIRE
rive Hundred Left Itnitil or Dying an the
rifcltl-llrltuh T.OIR Only Two Killed
nml Six Wuuiiilpil Uomiilnto
Surrender Kipectctl Soon ,
Wcutrrt' Cablegram. ]
Irfixnox , Nov. 2. A' , disastrous nnd do-
clsivo battle has been fought in Matnbclo-
land , in which over 500 wcro killed or
wounded.
CAPS TOWN , Nov. 2. A special dispatch to
the Associated press reports that King
Lobcngula Is Hying northward. When last
reported at Fort Charter by the native run
ners sent out to the rear In order to open up
communication botweoti the coiums in pur
suit of the fugitive king ho was trying to
rally his troops In the vicinity of Shangalo
river and the Kwolo.
The king has boon located about 100 miles
east of Bulawayo and nbout 140 miles west
of Fort Charter.
The dispatches to the Associated press
say. that King Lobcngula scorns to have
fallen Into a complete trap , as his further
flight northwards toward the Zambezi river
is blocked and Impassable , whilotho Isotzfty
country is in his roar and Fort Salisbury on
his right flank. Oa his loft Hank the British
columns are advancing and thus It is ox-
pcctcil that the king will bo compelled to
surrender within a few days time. During
the march toward the Kwolo rlvor the
British columns have seen numerous bodies
of Matabclc , whicli always retreated when
the British troops advanced in force upon
them.
Captured Without lilooiUhod.
On the.light of October 20 Major Forbes
sent a number of scouts forward in the di
rection of the insurgent kraal , the headquarters -
quarters of IhostrongcstMataboloregiment.
The scouts , upon reaching the kraal , found
that the Insugonl inipis wcro mustered
there In strong numbers and prepared to
make desperate resistance. As a result of
tno stand made by this notable regiment
native gallopers wore sent back to inform
Major Forbes of the warm reception which
was awaiting the soldiers under his com
mand.
The British commander determined to
attack the Insugonl regiment and sent for
ward an advance force of 100 mounted troop
ers supported by two Maxim rapid tire guns.
The troopers cautioualy felt their way
ahead nnd whc'u within a short distance in
front of the kraal they charged forward
after fixing the Maxim guns in a command
ing position upon a neighboring hillock
whcro they could cover the retreat of the
troopi should they later bo swept back by
overwhelming force.
To tjho astqnishmnnt of the charging
troopers not shot was flred from the kraal
"
and itjtvas.fmind. td bo deserted , itndiin the-
dlstancecoyld bo scon thcTfleelng Matabele.
A few , however , who had Hidden in the-
kraal were captured.
On the March.
On October 3 a small body of the British
chartered company's forces under Captain
Whitd were guarding a body of prisoners
when a Matabclc impi made a furious attack
upon the cuard. After a sharp engagement ,
during which a number of Matabelo wcro
killed , the latter were driven of , but not
until the British had lost several killed and
wounded , atnoung them Captain Burke , who
was shot to death.
After the British columns crossed the
Shangalo river the advance was very slow ,
as they worosurrounded , by Matabelo , who ,
however , raado an open attack. Several war
kraals wcro passed nnd destroyed.
This continued for several days nnd on
October 31 It was evidenced that the Mata
belo were preparing for a general b.ittlo.
The attack wns inado'botwocn midnight and
dawn , but tno .British forces had taken
every precaution and were ready. The
preparations to receive the Matabelo were
hardly completed when with wild yells
which rent the air , a baud of MiUabclc , suld
to bo 5,000 strong , made a desperate rush
forward upon the columns nnd upon the
camp , attacking from several sides at onoo
and in an instant sweeping by and over an
udvanco picket , which had not been
called in to the main body.
Moun Down Like Grltai.
The Matabelo came forward like a solid
brick wall , showing admirable discip
line nnd the greatest bravery. The British
commanders allowed King Lobengula's Impls
to advance until they were within easy
range of the Martini rifles nnd Maxim guns ,
when at n prearranged signal a deadly flro
was poured into the Matabelo ranks. For n
moment or so , the Matabolo still pressed
nravely forward in splto of the hall of bul
lets directed against them , their war cries
being drowned by the fearful trrindlm ; roar
of the machine guns , backed up by the
deafening volleys from the small arms in the
hands of the colonists. Then for a few
moments , there was n scene witnessed
whicli was peculiarly horrible , from the des
perate courage displayed by the Matabelo
and by the display of thotcrrlblo death-deal
ing power of the machine guns which
poured bullets like water from a hose into
the howling natives , mowing thorn down
llko grass. Before suuhn flro , it was not to be
expected that human bolngs could make a
stand , and they broke nnd fled , followed by
the leaden rain , nnd leaving 500 killed and
wounded * on the Hold , in addition to carrying
with them hundreds of others who
were wounded. As many moro , nt
least , wcro abla to stagger away
in retreat , being moro or less
severely injured , and numbers of these have
since died.
The loss on the sldo of the British is too
inslirniflcant to record in view of the whole-
sain slaughter of the Matnbclo. Only ty/o
of the colonials were killed nnd six wounded.
After the battle the British forces spent
some time in burying the dead and caring
for the wounded , after which the march toward -
. ward Bulawayo was continued. The road
was found clear to the capital , the Matabelo
evidently being too disheartened to attempt
any further attack upon the British forces.
IA.TKSr I'llOJI TUB I'HONT ,
Snoclal Corre ] > uiitteut Detnlli Iho fJvi-nt *
or Several | ) ny * .
I O.NIION , Nov. 2 , A dispatch from Fort
Salisbury sajs : Native runners huvo just
arrived bearing the following from our spe
cial correspondent at the front :
On the 20th Inst. our scouts espied a small
detachment of King Lx > bengula's scouts.
They were armed with rifles and
frequent shots in advance told us that
wo wcro in touch \ > lth the enemy ,
On the 24th a considerable force of blackg
appeared ou our right. Our columns vrore
placed In order to meet nn attack , but Tx > -
bcngula's men dispersed after a short skir
mish. Two days marching , it was known ,
would bring fls to Buluwayo. Every man In
the force was on the qul vivo expecting nn
Attack hourly. Natlvo scouts reported largo
bodies of the enemy in our Immediate
neighborhood , nnd the greatest precautions
were taken against a sudden attack. Before
daylight , a warning shot from ono of the
outposts showed that the enemy was on the
alert. In a few moments the sentinels and
the natlvo scouts were Insldo the laagar.
The tension nt this moment wns great , for
no enemy could bo seen in the darkness ;
yet the whizzing of uscgals striking again
nnd again against the wagons showed that
the enemy was in force nil around the en
campment. Our men kept up a continual
lire , aiming low , nnd judging the direction
by the fiylngspcnrs.
Swept by Mnrhlnn GIIIK.
Later dusky forms ot the natives could bo
scon advancing upon the langcr. Thereupon
our llro was increased with tenfold vigor.
The machine guns swept the foreground nnd
in n few minutes the attack died away.
For n few moments wo did not dare to
leave our defenses and wo accordingly
awaited further developments. These
wcro not long in coming , but with
the same result ns before , nnd
the Mntabolo retired , baffled and beaten.
For the third time the savages came upon
the camp. At this time It wns early dawn ,
which gave our rifles bettor chances. Still
the Matabolo rushed on until they sunk by
scores as they ran and then finally turned
nnd flea , our men giving them ono charge to
complete their discomfiture. Our force
moved onward Immediately after the uattla
upon Buluwayo , where no great Dghts are
expected. Losses of whites nro believed to
have been very slight.
Threatened hy 1'eople In Court anil
Hanged In I'.fllty.
CHICAGO , Nov. 2. Patrick Joseph Prcndcr-
gast , the murdQrcr of Mayor Harri
son , was arraigned In Judge Mor
ton's court today. Tno court room was
crowded and when the prisoner was
led In by the jailor , the spectators Jumped to
their loot. The action terrified Prcndergast ,
nnd , with blanched face , ho crouched close
to the officers. Ho could scarcely stand , and
had to bo assisted to his scat.
When the indictment was road Prcnder
gast responded , nervously : ' 'Not guilty. "
"Hnuo you an attorney ? " asked the Judgo.
'No , but I expect to got one , " responded
the prisoner faintly.
The judge then announced that the case
would bo continued to give Prcndergast an.
opportunity to secure counsel and the assassin
wns led trembling back to his cell. The
prisoner had evidently intended to make a
speech in the court room , but his fnar of
mob violence reduced him to n state of abject
terror and lie seemed to bo glad to got back
to jail.
An excited crowd of over 1,000 laboring
people participated last night In the hangIng -
Ing in olllgy of Prendergast on Canal
Portavo. An adjacent police station was
notitlcd byaclti/ou that a mob had taken
the murderer from jail nml was hanging
him. A body of police officers were sent to
.the.scene , but uppa * their arrival they re
fused to interfere and the dummy was loft
hanging for an hour. It was finally taken
down and burned amid the revengeful
shouts of the crowd.
UADEIt AllllKST A'OH'
Itecalcltrnnt llrulfl Sioux Detained at the
Agency Under ( iimrd.
CiiAMnnm-AiN- . D. , Nov. 2. [ Special
Telegram to THE BEE. ] A party of over 100
Lower Brulo Sloux rrro under arrest al
Lower Brulo agency.
They are the remnant of a faction at that
agency who have for years stoutly fought
all attempts to Induce them to remove to the
new reservation sot apart for them farther
up the Missouri river. Several weeks ago-
they left the agency and wont to the aban
doned Fort Uandall military reservation
down the river and took possession of some
of the vacant post buildings. Their flight
was discovered and two Indian poIccmen |
were sent by the Indian agent to order them
to return home. This order they treated
with contempt and refused to obey.
Last weolc twenty Indian policemen , ac
companied by two white agency employes ,
all fully armed , wont to Fort Randall with
orders to bring the Indians by force If nec
essary. The runaways surrendered without
a struggle and accompanied their captors
uacic to the agency.
The party has always desired to move
south of White river to the ( iosobud reser
vation , notwithstanding the fact that the
Rosebuds have decided against permitting
them to do so , oven though the government
favored It , which it docs nets There is but
litllo doubt that their object Is to effect a
compromise with the Washington authori
ties , if possible. A junketing trip to Wash
ington would also be to their liking.
Jlomiivccl for TulUlnsT Too Much.
SAN FUANCISCO , Nov. 2. It is reported in
the papers that Colonel T , N. Hampton
Ildso of Virginia , who was recently ap
pointed consul to Amoy , China , Is
here and expected to start for
China today , Last night n dis
patch was received to the effect that
President Cleveland hud removed him.
Colonel Hot'o will go cast instead of west.
In an interview here last week ho said :
"Thero is great dissatisfaction in Virginia
over the proposed repeal of thu Sherman
law , the friends of silver in Virginia out
numbering the inonomotalllsts five to ono. "
( iKi ) ti > tlin Children.
Sioux FAI.M , Nov. 2 , [ Special Telegram
to THE Ben.J The wills of the late Mrs.
Lydla Bunker nnd Mrs. Harry Lacey , who
were murdered on thu 2W of October by
Harry Lacey , were % opennd today , Mrs.
Bunker's will leaves a life interest in her
estate to Mrs. Ivacey and the residence to
the children. Mrs. f.acoy loft all to the
children , two of whom art ) with their aunt ,
Mrs. Sprague of Council Bluffs. Both es
tates are valued atSoO.OOO.
Left Hie Kliortu e.
CIIIUAUO , Nov. 2.--Hobort S , Poston ,
cashier and confidential cleric for the com
mission firm of McCoy & UntJorwood ut the
stock yards , has not been nt his olllco since
Saturday , Poston came hero about n year ago ,
claiming to bo from Kansas City , He was a
capable man and had the entire conlidenc-o
of his employers. It is said that ho had n
confederate in a very pretty young woman ,
ami they created u shortage in the firm's
assets of about * 15,000.
Union ruclllu llutlneii Improving.
SALT IJAKK , Nov. 2 , [ Special Telegram to
TUB BEE.J The Union Pacific engineer is
hero arranging for the erection of shops and
a round house to relieve the overpressure ut
Chuyenno and Portland. Business on thu
road is picking up and men are being put on
every day , The fiunday ( dully ) trains on
the southern line , taken off In the summer ,
will bo put on again ,
Failure In Indiana.
EVANSVII.I.E , Ind. , Nov. ' . ' . ixiwenthal &
Frank Bros. , milkers of furnishing good *
assigned hero lust night. Liabilities , { 50-
000 ; assets claimed as much.
Whcro lllzzard ) lllotr ,
ST PAUL , Nov. 2. A cold wave nnd half
an inch of snow were reported from most
parts of Minnesota , South Dakota end WU-
couitu last eight.
KILLED IN WRECK
Buildings Torn and Shattered by a Boiler
Explosion in Now York.
SIX VICTIMS OF STEAM'S ' AWFUL FORCE
Many Others Oaught in the Debris and
Badly Unit ,
INCOMPETENT WORKMAN IN CHARGE
Too Much Pressure Carried on an Imperfect
Boiler.
DEATHS CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS
n ml Tenement Homes Hntturcd Out
of Slmpc llornei Caught nmt Crushed
nnd Mnuclctl A l.lst of the
Known Dond.
Nnw YOUK , Nov. 3. Six men killed , others
supposed to bo dead under the ruins , a
dozoM persons injured , several horses dead
and property dnraiigctl to the extent of .about
$10,000 is the sum total of the havoc wrought
by a boiler explosion today m the stables of
the Dry Dock and"'Battery Street railway
on East Twenty-fourth street , between Av
enues A nnd B. The following is n list ot
the dead , so far as known :
Dentil' * KUitcr.
JOHN AUMSTHONO , engineer.
THOMAS PAHSON , laborer.
SAMUHL MULLEN , dilver.
JOHN UOYAL , lampmaii.
JOSEPH II. .QUINN , laborer.
OHAULES I'UCSLYN , laborer.
Of the Injured , this Is but a partial list ,
as these hurt disappeared from the scene ;
MICIIACI. McDoXALU , nged 10 , both legs
fractured.
PAT MoDoxNEL , aged 28 , both thigh bones
fractured and bruised about the body.
Mus. JANE SOLUINOEH , cut by flying glass.
ANNA GAi.i.AGiir.it , badly bruised by Hying
debris.
JOHN PETEHS , cut by Hying glass.
JOHN Ucur , , struck by falling timbers.
MTUTI.B GAI.LACIHIMI , cut by flylnj,1 glass.
JOHN KHBINFIIANK , cut by glass.
Then the Crush Camo.
The explosion occurred about 1 o'clock nnd
these employed in the stables and who lived
near had just returned from lunch. In that
portion of the stnblcs in which the explosion
was confined a bout fifteen men wcro at workj
mostly on the ground floor the building la
three . stories and of brick , banked up with
i > - v y > ,
corn and grain.
Without warning a terrific crash wa
heard and the air for 100 yards in every
direction was filled wltn bricks , timbe a , iron
and debris of every description.
A great volume of escaping steam roared
and hissed above the tumult. In a shore
time , however , it had exhausted itself , and
through the dust could bo seen the pictura
of wreck and destruction. The entire front
of the two stable buildings , Nos. 535 and
537 , had been blown into the street. The
second floor , on which was banked hundreds
of tons of fodder , fell into the collar. Next
the roof foil. The destruction of the build *
ing was complete and terrible.
Other HullillliKH Wrecked.
The building' opposite , a five-story bricli
tenement with two stores and eight dwell *
ing apartments occupied , presented a
strange appearance. Directly in front of
the window of a saloon kept by John Ituhl
lay the boiler. It was of the low patent
make , four feet six inches in diameter by
122 feet in length. There was scarcely a
bulge in its sido. About the bottom it
showed that the immense cylinder had been
torn out at the roots.
Sergeant Mullin of the bailer inspecting
bureau says the explosion was caused by
overpressure.
Engineer Armstrong , tt Is said , wns not
licensed to run a holler of the pattern that
exploded. He was only permitted by law to
run a tubular horizontal boiler. Armstrong
wns employed in the other ( tables of tha
company anil had only coma to this stabla
for the day.
The bodies of a do/en horses hnvo been
dragged out.
UUICMI ; > AT SKA.
Ward I.lno MeiiniHlilp City nt Alexandria
Totally Ueitroyud.
NEW YOIIK , Nov. 2. Information has been
received today from Matanzas that tha
Ward line steamer City of Alexandria has
been totally destroyqd by flro.
The City of Alexandria loft Now YorK
October 25. Hho hud discharged her cargo
nnd was scheduled to sail for this port from
Havana. She is an Iron vessel , three decks ,
and has u gross registered tonnage of 2,104.
She was officered ns follows ; Ike W.
Hoffman , captain ; E. P. Buck , first officer ;
William Field , second officer ; H. Bown ,
purser ; C , A. Poole , assistant purser ; T ,
Linden , senior quartermaster ; J. W.
Heed , boatswain ; C. Erlcson , carpen
ter ; J. A. Godlno nnd J , A , Porter ,
cadets ; D , Lynch , chief engineer ; P. A. Mur
ray , first assistant engineer ; O. M , Goo , see-
end assistant engineer ; J. D. Jennings , third
assistant engineer ; W. Strohmoycrsteward ;
II. HonzOjosecond steward ; II. Clark , chief
cook ; T. McCullon , second cook ; M. Hern ,
baiter ; Mrs. Carter , stewardess.
At the ofllco of Juntos Ward A. Co. , .only
meagre Information concerning the Jo *
of the city of Alexandria could
bo obtained , The company has
received only the briefest of cablegrams
from Iiavanna announcing the disaster. It
is reported that Randolph W. Uowun , tha
purser of the City of Alexandria , and Mrs.
Carter , the stowar.iess , are lost.
Mr. Hughes , of James E. Ward dp
Co. , said ; "Tho flro occurred some
time last night when the ship was midway
between Mantanas and Havana. Tha
distance between the two ports It
only about forty miles , so the Alexandria
could not have been very fur out to soa.
There were no passengers on board at tha
time , as the ship was ou her way then to
Hnvaua to load and take her passengers
aboura. We do not positively linow , but
wo think that the purser and to r