FHE .OMAHA DAILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORMtNG , NOVEMBER 21 , 1803. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
VERY QUIET SO FAR
ITot a Disturbance Has Marked the Strike
en the Lehlgh Valley Eoad
ALL THE MEN CONFIDENT OF WINNING
Leaders of the Strike Issno a Circular
Letter to tha Strikers , t
ENCOURAGED TO STAND FIRM IN THE FIGHT
Arrangements that Have Been Made to
Carry the Battle On.
OUTLOOK AT A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT
llillronil Ofllclii ! * Taklnc Precaution * to
1'rotcct Their Property in tha Event
oT Any l.ii\rlo siiei Slluiltlcm
on the Various inrUton * .
RocnnsTcn. K. Y. , Nov. 20. The strike on
the Lt'high Valley Is being managed from
here by T. N. Colcinan , chairman , aud A. D.
Thurston , deputy grand chief. A circular
has been sent out by them under date of to
day as follows :
"To ALL Oi'EiiATniis : We deem It our duty
to fully advise you of the situation on tlm
Lehlgh Valley system so you can give us the
moral and financlil assistance to which wo
are entitled. TheBrotherhoodsof Engineers ,
Firemen , Trainmen , Order of Railway Teleg-
raghers and Order of Railway Con
ductors were authorized to strikeat
10 p. m. on November IS , and 95 per cent of
all the men on the system responded to the
order , completely tying up the freight traffic
and only United States mail traffic is being
handled. You can fully see that the system
of federation is a success , as above demon
strated , to tie up any road. It Is further
known that this is the first test that has
been made of this plan , and the general
managers of all the different lines in the
United States have planned to make this at
tempt to crush our organizations all at once.
Duty of KVKry Iliiilroinler.
"Therefore , It is the duty of every railroad
employe In the cast to do All in his power to
win iti this effort. We ask every effort be
made to keep members from applying for
work on the Lchigh Valley road In all the
HfferentdepartmcntB , nnd If you hear of any
man coming this way fully advise them of
the strike , dud if you cannot keep them
nway pleasa advise us and the route they
are coming that we may intercept them. A
great many of our members are in arrears
and wo would urge upon them the importance
of remitting their dues at once , as the ex
penses connected with this strike will be
considerable.
"Place but little credence In the reports of
the daily papers , as thny are the tools of the
monopoly endeavoring' to down the honest
laboring man.
" \Vo will issue , from day to day bulletins
giving the exact situation as it/exists.
"By'all means remain loyal to your obliga
tions , and victory will surely to ours , thus
paving the way for our rights on other lines.
You -will see by the1 above the other four
organizations are doing their part nobly , and
don't let it be said wo have not done ours. "
To this is added : ' 'Union or nonunion
men are guaranteed ? I0 ! per mouth if they
rcmalu loyal to the cause. "
Sltuiitinn at llnmilo.
BCTFALO , Nov. 20. So far as the traveling
public Is concerned , tha labor trouble of the
Lehigh Valley has had no perceptible effect.
The officials of the road say that they are not
attempting to move their full complement of
yard traffic at East Buffalo , but have enough
switch engines at work to Keep things clear.
As to freight , it was stated that six regular
freight crews who run between East Buffalo
nnd Suspension Bridge are on duty and
handling trains as usual. As to the main
line east , there has not been anything like
the usual amount of dead freight moving.
Time freight , such as fish , meat and perish
able goods , has been moved thus fur without
delay.
From what could be ascertained it would
Becm that atom 3 ! ) per cent of the firemen
of the Northern division from Sayro west
have struck. It is estimated that about 'JO
per cent of the engineers are members of the
brotherhood , and as engineers are taking
out engines when asked to do .so , the officials
say they do not bellevo the engineers will
Of the telegraph operators only three are
reported out on the entire northern division.
The company reports that the number of ap
plicants for places In the Various depart
ments affected by the strike is double the
numuer available. The company's property
Is Doing guarded by extra ponce.
Eipnt yarn engines nero working the
Luhigh Va.T * yards at Fifty-first SvVeet ,
East Buffalo , at 0 o'clock this evening. This
Is an increase of live since morning. Travel
ing Superintendent of Engineers Edward
Moonuy said to a reporter today that not n
Blnglo engine was abandoned on the line of
the road. Mr. Mooney tins kept steam up In
all of the engines hero and said ho could
man each of them with an engineer in the
morning if the old men decide to strike.
All IItn Mrinor Are Orderly.
\Vn.unsiuitiiD , Pa. , Nov. 20. Everything
Is quiet along the line of the Lchigh Valley
this morning A grout many of the strikers
are assembled t.t tha various depots , but
they are orderly. Several policemen arc
itationed nt each. Passenger trains
with mall attached are running the
satna us usual , but they do not
beclu to mukn schedule tlmo. A train from
tlio wast in charge of a nonunion engineer
arrived hero this morning twenty-four hours
late. Somebody attempted to tamper with
& switch at Port Buckley early this morn-
lug , but brotherhood rnca who are on the
watch came upon the scene nnd prevented
any duinago. Strikers say they have the
worst to fear from their enemies.
A iMoeiiug of strikers is in progress this
ifunioon. Two nonunion men who arrived
on an early train this morning were taken
Iu r-barso by striKurs. Company officials are
miii-h disappointed. The division superin
tendent suys hoaxpectsa break in thostriko
within tn-euty-four hour. , but the men say
there will bo no break.
l'ullr rrotcctius I'roiiprty.
JeiihET CITT. Nov. SO. A lorco of extra
police has been ardared for special duty at
thu yards of thu LenU-h Valley railroad.
Yesterday the strikers congregated at the
Johnson avenue bridge und madu such
demonstrations that the police wore sent to
preserve the peace. Mest of thu engineers
und Ureuu'iiof tha company are amtng the
strikers , and when au attempt was madu to
tcuve locomotlytis in the yards it Is alleged
that the strikers nt the Johnson avenue
bndgo threw stpnes. at the men in charge of
thu locomotives. No train on tno Lshigh
Valley railnad has left Jersey City since
midnight. SuperintendentRuudia says that
from present Indications no trains
Will bo run during ; ho day , out the
louipauy hopes tu icovo some pas&eurer
trains tonight , with full crow * .
No Clriugn In HID hltuutlui : .
EASTO.S , Pa. Nov. dt Itwas announced
this rooming that tboLehieh Valley bad
served notice upon the sheriffs , icoynrs and
the counties aud towu
which the road passes that they will be
asked to preserve the peace and protect the
company's property should the strikers re
sort to violence. There Is no change In the
situation.
MAITII CiifNK. Pa. . > ov. 20. At this
place everything is tied up , mall trains only
running slowly with new men. No coal or
freight is being moved. Thu men are or
derly.
.Still In Oprmtlnn.
FLCMixnioN , N. J. . Nov. 20. All trains on
the Fleramgton branch of the Lehlgh Valley
road are runnintr on regular time , but the
strike Is spreading ou other parts of tha Now
Jersey division. The operators at Bound
Brook and Lausdowne. both ends of tha
Battcnbur ? tunnel , left their posts thin
morning. It Is rumored a largo number wll 1
go out tomorrow. No westbound trains arc
moving. Eastbound trains arc moving ou
regular time ,
OPl'KllCtl TO IILOVV UP U III I ) ( iti ? .
What Tivo AlIrgiMl Iletrctlvn * I'ropmcd to
the ( Srlovanro Conunlttri * .
PniLApr.i.i'iiiA , Nov. 20. Tlio general
grievance committee says overtures were
made to Chairman Wilklns of the Lchigh
Valley railroad by two alleged detectives ,
who offered to burn bridges and blow up
round houses. They were ordered out of
the Bingham house , In which the committee
has headquarters.
One of the wen called himself Howard B.
Johns and introduced the other as Mr. At
kinson. Johns explained thot Sweianrd nnd
Voorhees had "turned him to\vn" and ho
wanted to pot even.
Cominittccinan tianrahna says : ' 'Johns
told me ho had rendered valuable assistance
in defeating the ICnltrhta of Labor at their
Port Richmond strike and was also employed
against the Knights some years ago ou the
New York Central In n strike , for whfch
service he was made assistant trainmaster
on the Philadelphia & Reading at Reading. "
Thomas Allen said he recognized Johns as
the man who appeared as a witness in a
bribery case hero two weeks ape , and under
oath said he was a detective In the employ
of one of the large agencies of the countrv.
Mr. Wilklns would not discuss the case
further than to suy that Johns was only
carrying out the program his employers had
laid down for him to follow , and that if the
committee had agreed to accept the propo
sition all hands would have been arrested.
On tlio lluelii-sler Division.
ROOIESTEH. N. Y , Nov. 20. The Roches
ter branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad is
still unaffected by the general strike of
telegraphers , engineers and-irainmen. Thus
far , by a seeming oversignt of the leaders of
the strike , no orders to quit have been is
sued to the men on the Rochester branch ,
but such a move may be made any moment.
The local leaders of the Lehigh strikers se
cured headquarters at the New Osborno
house and from a room on the second fioor
are hard at work keeping up their end of tne
bloclvade. A circufar has been issued from
headquarters here addressed to members of
division No. 21 , Order of Hallway Trainmen
and Telegraphers on the L.ehich Valley rail
road , requesting members of the order who
are single to report immediately to head
quarters aud if married to stay entirely
away from the company's property , and re
ferring all inquirers to Mr. Coleman. The
circular agrees to pay each ma'n $30 per
mouth whether he is a member or not.
Unit a stormy Meeting.
PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 20. The general as
sembly of the Knights of Labor held another
stormy session today and declared J. A ,
Wright had furnished the information for
the reports printed in a morning paper.
Wright denied the accusation vigorously.
TJie delegates looked anxiously this morn
ing for the report of the finance committee ,
but it was not yet ready. It is stated the
comjnittce is divided , three members wish
ing to-vindicate Powderly aud two threaten
ing to present a minority report.
A resolution requesting the resignation of
all the general officers was promptly re
ferred to the committee en resolutions , al
though thetlelegato presenting It asked for
Immediate action.
Trjlnir to fix thn New fji-a'e.
PiTTSHUua , 2 ov. 20. The sheet iron manu
facturers and amalgamated wage committee
mot at 2 o'clock to arrange the now scale.
The manufacturers want a 10 per cent re
duction aud thu men are Incline. ! to give but
5 per cent. If the conference does not agree
thu manufacturers threaten to start up non
union ntonce.
HUT si'juxun iiurjzr t uuifvjzn.
Oinrlt anil W'illllril Destroyed ur Fire n-ul
Two Others tmmacml Other Hlnzr ; .
HOT Sl'iuxod , Arir. , Nov. 20. A disastrous
Uro occurred hero at an early hour this
morning , resulting in the total destruction
of the Ozark and Wlllard hotels and creat
damage to the Pullman and > Irma hotels.
The water works failed and the firemen
were unable to successfully battle with the
flumes.
All the guests escaped without injury.
The loss will reach § T > 0OJI to STo.OOQ , which
is only partially covered by insurance.
F.ro IIuint ' . : ! vclnnil.
CLEVELAND , Nov. 20. The police arescour-
Sng the country for clews which will lead to
the arrest of the gang of incendiaries who
made a vain , but desperate attempt , to destroy - .
stroy several largo manufacturing institu
tions in the cast at an early hour yesterdav
inornine. At the time mentioned tire broke
out m the H. P. nail works in four different
places at exactly the same time. This could
not possibly have happened had it not been
the work of incendiaries.
Shortly after the flames had been ex-
tinpuished Urn was discovered at Kraus &
Go's , lumber yard at thn foot of First avenue.
At almost tha same tuna fire was discovered
in several box cars on the Lake Shore track.
Thu nty department was able to extinguish
the tlatuos be fo ni they did any damace.
Lumber I'llt' * Destroyed.
Bin RAMIX , Mich. , Nov. 20. A furious
fire broke out at Kenn on Saturday night
and was not extinguished until $200,000
worth of lumber , the property ol William
Peters ot Toledo , had baen destroyed.
Theio was only J4T.003 of insurance. The
fire Is thought to have been of incendiary
origin.
M.lKEi .1 fl > tlt > SUUiriXC.
Official Statenumc of the IliinlUni ; Indcht-
* cilurss at Kuiik.-ii.
KANSAS CITY , Nov. 20. The Star's Topeka
special says : Bank- Commissioner Breidea-
thal has reports from4l of tha 421 state and'
private banks of Kansas at the close of busi
ness October Ul , Including reports from the
national banks to tha comptroller of the cur
rency. 'Iho commissioner intimates that
the aggregate aeareaso of Mnking indebted
ness in the state , compared with reports
made at tne close of business January 3 , is
$1U.OJO,000. Hu also says taat the state and
privatu banks can pay every dollar they owe
out of money duo them and still have over
$2,000,000 due them in addition to the legal
reserve. Mr. Breidenthal regards the showIng -
Ing made by these reports to ba remarkable ,
In view of the panic tbo country has pissed
through since January 3 , und that Kansas
this y ar experienced the shortest crop ta
her history.
Ratlin ? HcHily for Trial.
K , NOT,20. . Assistant District
Attorney Davis , who will have charge of tha
prosecution of the Mudlsou Square bank
officials. In case they arc IndlctoJ , is busily
engaged sif ting the evidence and exammla ;
new wilneiscs. The papers in Iho case will
not ba ready to lay before tbo grand jury
today.
Orilerril li | churcd.
BOSTOS , NOT. 30. After an exciting ses-
tlon at the hearing of iho charge of murder
preferred against Stephen Toulo. In cauaiug
the death of nis mother and sisteruy putting
poleon in a bottle of patter , this afternoon
Judue Fsillcti o. aei'vXt tlis Ulsrhargsof thu
prisoner.
STILL UNDER THE WEATHER
Fierce Winds Continued Yesterday Along
the Coast of Great Britain.
MANY LIVES LOST IN THE HEAVY SE\S
Vcs c > N Wrecked , VI1 Around the Con t nnd
L'linnncI Traffic KntirrljStxpcnitml
On Land Tniln ? Arc Ulockcii
by the Snow.
LONDON , Nov. 20. The gale In the English
channel was renewed witii fury today. All
the boats running between Calais aud Dover
are stormbound ut these two ports , and ves
sels which are arriving at Dover every hour
rqport having experienced the most fearful
weather in the channel and In the North
sea.
Disasters and fatalities are reported on all
sides and distressed vessels are to bo seen
off every part of the coast. The life boats
have been working gallantly for nearly three
days and have succeeded in saving a large
number of lives.
The storm has also caused great havoc on
land and Is continuing Its work of destruc
tion. The Saffron Waldcn branch of the
Great Eastern railroad is blocked with snow
nnd snow has also stopped nil traffic on the
Great Northern railway between Ashwcll
and Harston. Near Ashwcll a railroad train
Is Imbedded In a twenty-foot drift of snow
and a gang of 100 men with a snow plow
have been at work all day trying to get the
way clear.
Eight fishing boats belonging to Hastings ,
each containing a crew of from four to eight
men are still unreported this afternoon , and
but little hope is entertained that they have
aurvived the storm.
Vessels Aahure.
Off Cleethorpes in the county of Lincoln
today , eiuht vessels are asnore ,
The body of Edward Moore , a well known
Staffordshire farmer , was found frozen in
the snowdrifts of Scarborough on the York
shire const.
A quantity of wreckage beloncing to vari
ous vessels has been washed ashore at Yar
mouth.
The gale raged with terrific force all night
and many more fishing boats are reported
missinc.
Another largo portion of the pier at Calais ,
France , was washed away toduy , and the
piers at Dieppe are also so severely dam
aged that boats cannot enter the harbor.
Channel traffic is stopped at all points , and
many passengers who have been waiting
since Saturday to cross the channel have
been put to great inconvenience.
The oody of Sir Robert Morier , late am
bassador at St. Petersburg , who died on
November 18 at Montreux on the Lake of
Geneva , has been waiting at Calais since
Saturday for the weather to moderate suf
ficiently to enable it to be transported across
the channel. 1 he funeral which was fixed
for today in Enaland will , therefore , have to
be postponed.
Of twenty steamers due at Hull on Sun
day only seven arrived. They were all In a
battered condition.
An unknown four-masted steamer is
stranded at Whiternsea. The body of a
man has already washed ashore. It is sup
posed the whole crew perished.
The Wilson line mail boat Arosto ar
rived at Hull from Gothenburg after a
terrible experience. The saloon state
rooms were flooded on Sunday evening and
the passengers rushed on deck' in scanty at
tire and In a state of great alnrm. Four of
the lifeboats were smashed and the vessel
had the crentest difficulty in reaching port.
The Glassrow stcame.r River Gnrry was
wrecked at lJunbar and her crew of live
officers and about sixteen seamen perished.
liurrln ? Heats Smashed.
The cale continues at Yarmouth. The
herring boats arriving there were in a badly
damaced condition , the value of their pear
smashed being at least flOO.OOO. Many fisher
men have been drowned.
Wreckage and timbers from a vessel that
stranded at Hartlopool have washed ashore.
Nothing has been seen of the crew.
A small steamer went ashore near Cullen.
Scotland , twelve of her crew drowning. '
The ship Cambrian has been wrecked at
Nairn , Scotland. Three bodies have already
been washed ashore from the wreck , andi't
is supposed that all were lost. The palo to
night prevails chiefly on the western and
southern coasts.
I'arceil to Hnturn to Port.
The mail steamer Avon has returned to
Plymouth in a disabled condition. She met
the full force of the gale on Friday night.
Heavy seas washed over the vessel and the
captain and some of the crew were injured.
The steering gear was damaged aud a life
boat lost.
The steamer Ascot has been wrecked at
Aldborough. Her crew was drowned. The
Swedish brig Emblo is ashore at Aid-
borough. The captain and four of the crew
were lost , four others being rescued , The
beach at Aldborough is strewn with
wreckage.
A schooner is ashore at Brancaster.
The vessel Olive Branch has been wrecked
at SaltFl eet. The crow was drowned.
Many vessels are roturninp to port and
toll of terrific weather and loss of men.
The Norwegian b.irk Gratia has been
wrecked at Barlleur , France , and three men
lost
All l.'altlu I'ort < SiiflTurrd.
BnnuN , Nov. 20. A dispatch from Flens-
burg , Schlesivig-Holstein , says that the
nnrttfeiist gale which has been prevailing
has driven tuo sea over thu low-lying portions
tions of town , completely flooding them , it
is wired that the water was still rising and
that J.lio damage done was very great. The
storm has caused coiisidurablo damage in
nearly all the Baltic ports , and a number of
wrecks are reported.
LO.SPOX , Nov. 20. Great damage was uone
at Lubeck , Germany , by yesterday's storm.
The rival's were verv high , and the low
ground surrounding the harbor was inun
dated until nightfall. Tim shipping In the
harbor and near thu shore suffered heavily.
Much damage was also done in tbo villages
in the vicinity. A dispatch from Lubeck
says that the gale Is icviving tonight. The
ship Surprise , from Biarritz , Franco , was
wrecked at Lubeclr and five of her crew
were drowned.
England' * > > riivy. .
LOXPQ : ? , Nov. 20. In thu House of Com
mons today , replying to questions In regard
to the naval program , the secretary of the
admralty. Sir Shuttloivorth , stated that the
completion of the ton battle ships provided
for under 'the naval defense act had been
accelerated and that several battle ships had
already been placed In commission. The
Revolution , the secretary added , would be
commissioned early In December and In all
ten battle ships would bo completed in lbli. )
Rt. Hon. Joseph Charnberiain hero entered
the House amid loud opposition cheers.
Trleil to Ut-Hroy tlia.VeUon Monument.
MONTIICAL , Nov. 20. Thro young men ,
two of them law students , the third a son of
ex-Premier Mercier , were arroatod early
tills morning for attempting to blow up Nel
son's monument on Jacques Cartier square.
The French population has long objected
to tha monument btfint : placed in this city ,
claiming that Nelson was an enemy to { heir
race , and roc-cat proia articles tended to
cr ± ata a bluer feeling ,
I'rliiuo I'edra Kutouiu to llr.nll.
PAJUS , Nov. 20. TUQ eldest son of Count
d'Eu , Prince Pedro , who is said to have been
proclaimed empsror of Brazil by Admlral.de
Mello. has started for St. Naraire , a seaport
near Nantes , where , it is stated , be wilt
start far Brazil , accompanied by a suite of
twenty persons.
I'micc Alfxiuil r ilurmil.
GIUTZ , Xov 20.Thu remains of the late
Pnnce Alexander of Bsttenbufg were /n
terrcd today In a cemotfrf in the suburbs.
The dny was bleak and rainy , but thrones of
people lined the utreets from ttio Unrtenau
Villa on Lpchatrasso In the cemetery.
CAL'OHT IX- THE ACT.
Three Young PrRnch-Cahndlnnn MnUe nn
. > ttpiupt to Dmtroy NoUon'n Monument.
MoxinnAL , Nov. 20. Shortly after 3 o'clock
this morning three French-Canadian law
students , Hor.oro Mercier , son of the ex-
premier of Queboa. Paul do Mnrtisny and
Alpnonsa Pollard , were arrested whllo at
tempting to blow up the historic monument
to England's great naval hero. Admiral
Nelson , which stands at the top of Jacques
Cartlcr square , facing the city hall. Tlio
police had received Information a few hours
before of the plat and secreted themselves
in the neighborhood to await the arrival of
the conspirators. The young men affected
Indifference when seized , one loudly declar
ing that "the thing had no right there any-
wav and should bo raado mincemeat of. "
On Pa'll do Martlgny was found a dyna
mite cartridge nearly n foot long and noout
thirty feet of fuse. Today the prisoners
were brought before Jttdtro De nnycrs in his
private office and entered a formal plea of
not guilty. There Is no section of the
criminal code dealing specifically with an
attempt to blow up a monument , butJudco
Desnoyers says the bno headed "attempts to
destroy property" will cover the case.
The three men vary jn ago from IS to 20.
Do Martigny is the son of lr. ) A. L. do
Martigny ; Pollard , the brother of J. O. Pol
lard , advocate ; Merclur. the son of the ex-
premier , who Is one of town at present.
The accused were admitted to bail. The
trial was postponed until iho 2Sth lust.
There is little doubt .Uic young men were
Incited to attempt thboutrape by the tierce
articles which hnvo appeared In tne French
papers hero during the past few months
acainst the monument. Their Inato hatred
of everything British was fired , and they
determined the statuoof the hero of the
Trafalgar should biteUhe dust.
There is much sup'press'ed excitement
throughout the city this evening , aud while
the French papers makci light of the affair ,
there is plenty of bad blood on both sides
which needs but a spark to rekindle the
racial flames , which 1C was hoped had died
out some time ago.
BltAZIb'S CONTENDING FORCES.
Hallo Declare * that Hn in Nitt Supporting
the Monarchy.
[ Copi/rfoMcd JffiJhj ; Jnmei ffynfon UcnmlLl
MOXTEVIDEO , Uruguay ( via Galveston ,
Tex. ) , Nov. 20. [ By Mexican Cable to .the
NewYorK Herald SpC-vlal to THE BEE.I
The report that Admiral Mello had pro
claimed Prince Pedro Daicantu , son of Count
d'Eu , as emperor of Brazil is not credited
here. It is regarded asaTuse of President
Peixoto to Injure -insnrstnts and secure
aid from the United Slates. Neither is any
credence placed in the report that Admiral
Mcllo and his squadron have escaped from
the harbor of Rio do Janeiro.
President Peixoto of JBrazil , through the
minister of foreign affairs , has again cabled
a very important message to the Herald
regarding the situation in Brazil.
Rio pn J.osEino , NOT. J20. To the Editor
of the Herald : The repel squadron remains
in our port , which it will find difficult to va
cate , considering the position taken by the
government. Fort Yillezaignon , almost in
ruins , responds feebly..to the fire of the royal
forts. The squaaron'-wfiicli escaped at tne
beginning of the revqlMp-at preMint reduced ,
to the cruiser Rgpublica and the armed mer
chant sieamei ; Mo'teoro. * . ,
(
Four columns of the array advanced ( rap
idly converging at Desterro. _ The column of
the south destroyedtho robal forces which
were trying to occupy a point at Aranpua on
the mainland held .bytha | government. It
Is not known that the rebels have exhausted
their "pecuniary resouipes which they had
pillaged from the fedeeai offices in Desterro.
There'continues to arrive from the remote
localities In the interior congratulations to
the president and assurances of support of
tbo legal government.
MI.VISTEK or.Fonnox AFFAIUS.
AXOTI1EU IIAllUKCONIAN SCARE.
Six Loaded ISoml Found Police IVlile
Awake Hat Caujpn.n I'unlc.
BABCELOKA , Nov. 20. Another dynamite
scare has occurred here. Six loaded bombs
have been found in the garden of a provincial
house aud it is supposed that they were
hidden there by anarchists whoso houses
were likely to be senrchea by the police.
The elections have passed off quietly and
were favorable to the government.
"
The police continue" their efforts to cap
ture anarchists. Arrests are continually
taking place. A Frenchman and nn.Italian
are in custody withdraw and revolutionary
documents in their possession. They have
been placed aboard the war ships as they
are considered to be safer than the prisons.
The entire audience at the Eldorado thea
ter yesterday was thrown into a semi-panic
when one of the spectators in the gallery
accidentally dropped Ills bat into the stalls.
THE If.YlTII.
France and Itusili l zed to Asiiimo the
( iuurctlnnihlp of Mohammedanism.
PARIS , Nov. 20. M Flourins , formerly
minister for foreign Affairs , has written a
long article , which is piblished | In the Eclair
today , in which ho censures the government
for declining the proposal of the Russian
cabinet for a combined Demonstration of the
fleets ot Russia and France oft the coast of
Morocco as an offset ta the presence of the
British squadron at Gibraltar , and urges iho
resumption of negotiations with St. Peters-
bun ; in order tnat sueti a demonstration may
be organized , saying H is Imperative that
Franca and Rusaia should.boldly assume the
supreme guardianship of Islaralsm , the one
iu Africa and tha other { n Asia.
OS FJHR AT SP.A.
Dominion Line Stejinur Dominion llu a
Xarronf lUC-lpe.
HALIFAX. N , S- , Nor } 20. SU > amer Hnrjo-
rnannla ( German ) , atjthls port from Ham
burg , reports on Novombar IS sue sighted
the steamer DominlonjfHini Montreal on fire.
The entire after declqw B consumed and the
deck cargo of cattla cliniwn overboard.
The tire was got under control and the
ships parted company. .
I'or it Great lutaraitlnnul Trust.
LONDON , Nov. 20.--Thi3i Pall Mail Gazette
this afternoon says that negotiations are
proceeding , backed by the Ilusstan govern
ment , with a view to ending tbo competition
between Russian and American petroleum
and forming a great international trust.
Continuing , the GaziHto asserts that a
conference , ut which 'tlio formation of this
great trust was discassjd ; has already been
held at St. Petersburg and that thu present
cutting of prices in he Id ] to be sufficient Jus
tification for the funnation of a trust or
union. The article concludes with the re
mark that "it remains to ba seen whether
American exporters , who have the largest
part of the trade , will agree with the views
of the Russians.
j
Had Aii-nher. nuinnUu.
MEULUA , Nov. 20. Askirfoisb took place
hero today between Spanish troops and the
Moors , A number oil both eidea were
wounded.
*
I'aryer aentraned.
PiTTsnrno , Nov. 20. Wilson S. Taggart ,
the Sunday school superintendent of Boston ,
near Martin's Ferry , O. , who becarod { 23,000
oa forced paper &nd then sulppod the coun
try , was sentenced today to Imprisonment In
the penitentiary for two ycara aud six
months.
CDUXCIU1EN CALLED DOWN
Mass Meeting of Oitisacs Adopts a fiesolu-
" tion of Polite Hebuke.
PROTEST AGAINST THE GAS ORDINANCE
Speeches Mnda Upon the Subject liy Promi
nent Tttxnuj-ors Ike H.tau.ill I'mrs n
A Defender of Corporation ! I'ro-
at the Meeting.
A rousing meeting of taxpayers at Patter
son hall last evening placed the seal of con
demnation on the proposed fifty-year g.is
franchise which was passed at a recent
meeting of the city council. The sentiment
among the taxpayers present was over
whelmingly opposed to the franchise and
was expressed in the strongest language.
The only speakers who favored the ordi
nance r'ero Ike Hascall nnd a gas engineer
who admitted that he was not a taxpayer in
Omaha and that ho aid not know what the
ordinance was. The gas company and the
street railway company made a dcsperatn
effort to pack the meeting. A motley array
of roustabouts , boiler tenders and other em
ployes of the companies were among the
first to arrive , and they filed into the back
scats in the hall by platoons. But the cor
porations had not sufficiently calculated the
strength of the opposition to the ordinance
and their forces were in a noisy minority.
Uoinp : > rlK < m of the Ulil anil > 'ow.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. W.
S. Poppleton. who named Arthur Wakeley as
chairman. The election was made by ac
clamation and Cailet Taylor was chosen
secretary. At the request of Mr. James
Creighton the proposed measure was read
in full , preliminary to the discussion. Mr.
Poppleton then took the floor to call atten
tion to the variations between the ordinance
now under consideration and those which
had formerly boon irranted.
"The new franchise , " said Mr. Poppleton ,
"is not so remarkable for wnat it contains
as for what has been left out.- "
In the old ordinance if bail been provided
that as now manufacturing contrivances
should come into use and the cost of tras pro
duction shojld be lessened thu com
pany should give the city the
benefit of the reduction. This has
been considerately omitted from
the new one. The former franchise provided
that at any time after fifteen years the city
should have the power to acquire the plant
ij * paying its value as determined by the.
uflgment of three appraisers selected for
tic purpose. No provision to tills effect was
o bn found in the new ordinance , which left
ne city absolutely helpless for the next
If ty years as far as condemnation or owner
ship of the plant was concerned. The pro-
losed ordinance gave the city no right what
ever to cancel the franchise and provided no
isnalty by which the gas company could be
rompellcd to fulfill the conditions of its con
tract.
The old ordinances had provided that the
city council should have power to dictate
rules and regulations for the government of
, he gas companies and after the expiration
of ton years it should be able to regulate
anew the. price of the gas furnished. These
, wo very essential sections were entirely
est siuht of In formulating the new
ordinance. The price of gas- was fixed in
this measure at a curtain price for fifty
years , with no provision for any.Tevision of
.ho scale. Gas -continually becoming
ciieiipJBr and It was only question oftlhio
TvTien.a price that.-secmed'f air novywould be
exorbitant. What sane business man
would contract to buy goods for a certain
iricc for flfty years to come ?
O. C. Patterson' * rroicst.
The next speaker was D. C. Patterson.
le said that he had no particular grievance
against the ens company. It treated him
ike a gentleman and gave him a reduction
when he paid his bills promptly. In fact , he
understood that some of the members of the
city council did not have to pay any gas bills
at all.
The question to be considered ivas whether
the consumers of gas were going- allow
the city council to bind them for the next
iitty years to pay three or four times as
much as it cost to manufacture the gas.
Mr. Patterson quoted at some lengtn from
a recent Article in the Review of Reviews to
show that the price named in the proposed
franchise was exorbitant. Ho referred to a
long list of cities in which it cost less , than
fl per 1.000 feet to put the gas in tlm
burners. In Richmond , Va. , where about
the same quantity was used as in Omaha ,
gas cost .h.S and in others it was still icss.
l'o show that these figures were apulicanio
to the case in Omaha he read a report of
Gas Inspector Gilbert , which showed
that the cost of manufacturing 1.000
cubic feet of gas in Ornaho was
.54orless than one-third the price which
the new franchise proposed to force the tax
payers to pay the gaa company for the
next fifty years. The same report showed
that tno cas company was making a net
profit of $150,030 a year on a nominal invest
ment of 11,000.000. According to those
figures and allowing for the growth of thu
city the gas company would make n profit of
over 124,000,000 on that 41.000.00J during the
next lifty years. This was the sjra whicn
this franchise prouosed to transfer from the
pockets of the property owners to the coffers
of the gatt comoany.
Mr. Patterson contended that no franchise
should bo granted that did not provide for a
reduction of price at feast every fiveyears , if
it was deemed advisable ,
Presented u Resolution.
At the close of Mr. Patterson's remarks
Mr. Curtis Turner offered the following resolution
elution , which wad seconded by a dozen
voices :
Hi'solved , Tlmt ltl thosenso of the gentle
men present at this tiieetln ? thtt : thoordl-
nuncu now in the hand , uf the mayor granting
.1 franchise to the Uinuha ( Muimfai-t : uriiu
company for Hfty ycun la contrary to tlio Ue.st
luturu.sts of thu city.
John A. Creighton spoke in favor of the
resolution. As a plain business proposition
the proposed franchise was an error of judg
ment. Ten years was long enough for such
a franchiMi , and a city council should bo
otcrnalty d d that should grant such a
franchUo over the heads ot the taxpayers.
Ten years was more to the gas company
now than twenty-Jive years was when it
qbtamcd its first franchise , ifc did nut
want to sea this city bound bund and foot
for the next fifty years.
Kamuol Roes thought th&t no one company
should have a monopoly until others hud had
an opportunity to bid , so that the city could
contract with the lowest responsible bidder ,
as it did In other matters of public improve
ment.
E.V. . Sluieral made a convincing argu
ment in favor of the resolution. Ho declared
that the practice of grunting franchises for
a long term of years was becoming
too much in vogue iu Omaha. Thu
new charter , which madu It pos
sible , had scarcely been passed when
corporations began to pull wires for these
privileges. A garbage contract had been
granted for ten years , contrary to the best
Judgment of the majdrity of the people.
Now the gas company was to be the next to
profit by the new clause In the charter.
The gas company had taken advantage of
tbo city election Just past to pave the way
for the passage of their frauunise , even over
the veto of the mayor.
It was said that they had approached
' councilman who were anxious to tie elected
' and the result was that tne ordinance had
1 pasted by a nearly unanimous voie. It was
eminently proper at this time that somu
| members of the council should stand tip and
explain them&elves , If It was necessary to
give the gus company u franchUn it should
be a just ana reasonable one which would
contain some provision for the proU'cliou
of the interests of ' .he public.
X.itur-U ( in * Iln * aa Iniilnc.
At this juncture Ike Hascall tooK the floor
to champion the Interests of thu irus com
pany. That it wan ou the program was ttvi-
dent from the vociferous applause which
emanated frt-m thu plupgers on the back
seats. The ex-candidate for mayor prefaced
his remarks with the statement that ho did
not suppose that his speech would do any
peed , but ho was noing to talk anyway. He
proceeded to dispense n low of his charac
teristic personalities , which were received
with dicnlfietl silence until he had given the
cue to the back scats , which finally furnished
the prearranged approbation. The leader of
the puritanical crusade then turned hU
attention to the garbnco contract which bad
been alluded to by Mr. Sliieral. His re
marks in this connection were too obsccno
or publication.
riniige * Into tlio F'Uiirr.
When the speaker arrived at the subject
under consideration he stated tnat the inter
ests of the city had been abundantly pro
tected by the amendments which his committee -
mittoe had added to the ordinance.Vliy. .
the committee had added an amendment
which prohibited the gas rnmpnny from
tcnringupover KX1 feet of the st.oot at any
one place. Was not this sulllcient to pro
tect the public ? Electricity was going to hi
the illuminating aper.t In a few years any
how and this franchise was only designed to
provide lleht for private resiliences until the
great millennium of electricity should be at
hand. If the service of this company under
the proposed franchise should not prove sat
isfactory to the city the latter could light
its streets with gasoline or elec- ,
trie lights. It was all unnecessary
ta make such a noise about "a little thing
like this. " The council would see that the
interests of the people were protected and
that oucht to be enough. This talk about
thefranchisohaving been railroaded through
"was nil bosh. ' ' It had been published so
that everybody might rend it.
Ill * Mi'llltirjVit4 DelVctlvr.
"When was this ordinance published. Mr.
Hascall f Inquired Mr. Patterson. The
speaker replied that ho did not know , but
that It was in plenty of time.
'That ordinance was published on Novem
ber Ul , Just one day before It was passed by
tha council , " declared Mr. Patterson , "and
hero is the paper with the dnto mentioned. ' '
This was a poser for Hascall , but he turned
it off by saying that it did not matter any
way , and sat down.
John L. Kennedy spoke In "scathimr terras
In reply to the last speaker. Ho said that
he had supposed that a man so well informed
on public affairs as Mr. Hascall would be
able to give some reason at Iqast why ho had
voted for this measure , but ho had failed to
do it. This was a serious question to the
people of Omaha , and Uascall's buffoonery
was entirely out of place. Not only this ,
but some parts of his speech .vero degrading ,
not only to the moral sense , but to the Intel
ligence of his audicucc.
Coriior.ittmn Wint the City.
Things were coming to a point where the
city must cither own the corporations or the
corporations would own the city. In fact ,
they came pretty near doing It now. Wast it
not fair to presume that the city and the
eas company were square now ? If the'com-
pany had not been obf.iinim ; a satisfactory
revenue from its business during all of. these
years would it not have asked for inoro ?
Th n why all this tallc tint the franchise
must be granted in order that the mains and
property of the company might not bo ren
dered useless ? If a franchise was not
anted for the next ten years tne cas
company would go on supplying the city
with gas and pocketing the profits just the
same. In conclusion Mr. Kennedy moved as
an amendment to the resolution of Mr.
Turner that Mayor'Bemis be urged to veto
the ordinance. Mr. Creichton moved as a
further amendment that the city council
bo requested to sustain the veto , and both
amendments were accepted.
.Mr. Munro Anrora Hnneall.
Councilman Munro took the floor to ex
plain his position-on > the question and inci
dentally to deal sarcastically with his
colleague , Mr. .Haseall who had recently
turned'over n.new.loatana poniug as-tho
champion 6f purity. . .
He declared that the gas ordinance had
never been " "ffeid In the city council. The
council would not even irivc him 11 wceit's
time to examine It before it vrtib voted on
and it was the first instance on record where
such a request was not granted by the coun
cil. Why such has to ( The gns company
was afraid that some of the promises made
by councilman before election might grow
cold unless the ordinance was passed as
soon as possible. The speaker maintained
that he was not fightinc the corporations ,
but he did believe that the people had some
rights and that the city council should
not be owned and controlled by any
corporation. Omaha was not the little
country village that it , was twenty-five years
ago. It was in a position where a franchise
was valuable and should not be granted
without proper consideration. Omaha was
in a position to bo the dictator and not to
submit to terms at the hands of a corpora
tion. It was strange at least that men who
posed before the people as the representa
tives of the people's party should ITS into the
council chamber ds the arch champions of
the corporations.
At the close of Mr. Munro's remarks the
resolution as amended was passed , and tne
meeting-adjourned.
AO.Ufill'/i.lT O.1 SKXJitlTWX.
Receiver for th Western Farm Mortgage
( Jriinpftny Accut * * ti tit WrongHtiing.
DEXVEK. Nov. 20. A sensational scene
developed tins morninc in the district court
when the exceptions were filed to the report
of M. W. E. Griftith , the receiver of the
Western Farm Mortgage and Trust com
pany. The suit natl been brought by A. .
Brewer and other creditors. Thisse excep
tions were to have been considered today ,
Dut developments immediately followed
which caused the matter to ba continued.
These exceptions , filed and handed to Judge
Allen , charso Receiver Griffith with run
ning the business for his own benefit. Judge
Decker , who represents Receiver Grinlth ,
quickly arose in court and asked who had
furnished the Information upon which thu
exceptions were based. Ho was Informed
that it was through Ira W. HICKS , book
keeper for Griffith. It was charged that
copies of letters by Griffith to thu creditors
bud been furnished by Hicks.
Judge Decker then cnargod Hicks with
malting away with about $3,500.
Hicks is at present at Lawrence , Kan.
After considerable discussion Judge Allen
said that the statement madu by Judga
Decker in open conn was sufficient excuse
for him to order Receiver Griffith to proceed
criminally against Hicks and ho would have
him brought hero.
The hearinz was then continued until next
Monday ,
.l . .11IULIUIIKS I'EllV.
Tlrcrao of rrolilont Harriet Which Will
do Into Illlurt Next Murch.
WASIIIXCITOX , Nov. 20 , President Birrlos
of Guatemala nas published a durnj which
in effect Is a proclamation of omnucipatlon
to the laboring classes from slavery. It has
been the custom of iho government , through
Its military agents , to take forciblu posses
sion of the persons of the lower classes at
any and all times , sending them to work
where they plcasod. Itoflen happened that
the voluntary laborers of a small planter
would bo taken away and ba sent to a more
powerful rival. Henry C. Stewart , consul
general to Guatemala , reports that the
president's decree Is to go into effect In
March , IK'Jt.
Nitllunul iirangr.
Sr.rucrsE. N. Y. , Nov. 20. The National
granga today elected officers as follows :
Muster , Jr H. Urighnui of Ohio ; overseer ,
E. W. Davis , California : lecturer. Alpha
Mc-bsor. Vermont ; stuwanl , A. M. Belchur ,
Rhode Island ; chaplain , S. T. Wilson , Mis
sissippi ; treaiiunjr , Mrs. E. L. McDowell ,
Now York ; secretary , John Trimble. Dis
trict of Columbia : gatekeeper , W. E. Har-
bough , Missouri ; Ceros , Mrs. M. E. Rhodu ,
Kansas ; Flora , MM. Anna Bull , Mlnnt-sotu ;
lady assistant steward , Mrs. Amanda Hart ,
Michigan ; uxcutitiva committee , H. H.
HutcniuMii , Virginia ; J. J. Woodman , Michi
gan.
gan.Thw resolution , offered by Mr. W. V. Clif
ford , was adopted :
KuttolVttd. Thut Uiti National granga la
fnvor at zrantint ; to women lliu sutiu privi-
luge * ut the polls * t uru granird Iu iut u.
FACTS IN THE CASE
Secretary Grcsham Makes Public Commis
sioner Blount's Eeport.
REVIEW OF PAST HAWAIIAN EVENTS
Causes Which Led Up to the Overthrow of
the Monarchy.
PART TAKEN BY UNITED STATES TROOPS
Landed Os ensibly for the Purpose of Pro
tecting Life nnd Property.
ROYALISTS AWED INTO SUBMISSION
.Mlnlitor Stnvona Tlirrntrnctl to Inlcrrcno
Slimilil Thry Attack the ItiOicU Story
ol the KM 11 ro.\ir.ilr Srn-n by
the Special Knvoy.
\V vsniNorox , Nov. 20. Secretary Greshatn
decided this afternoon to make nuullo tilUtui
correspondence anil the report of .Tames H.
Blount , the Hawaiian commissioner , sent by
this country to the islands.
Mr. Blount arrived at Honolulu March 2 ! ,
1S93. In his report ho calls attention to his
recent Ion by .Minister Stevens , "who , accom
panied by a committee from the Annexation
club , " says thu report , -vamo on board the
vessel which ImU brought mi1. Ho'informed
me this club had routed an elegant house ,
well furnished and provided with sot-van's ,
and a carriage and horses for my use ; that
I could pay for this accommodation Just
what I chose , from nothing up. Ho ttrgeij mo
very earnestly to accept the offer. I declined
U , and informed him that I would go to u
hotel. "
KL-IIIMM ; to Accnpt Favors trinn tlio Oneeli.
The comraitteo renewed the offer , which
was declined. Mr. Blount refused to accept
proffered favors from the ex-queen. Concerning -
corning the position of the United State' iu
the islands , he said : "Tho troops from the
Boston wore doing military duty for the
provisional government. ' The American ( las
was floating over the government building- .
Within it the provisional government con
ducted its business under an American pro
tectorate , to bo continued , according to thu
avowed purpose of the American minister ,
during negotiations with the United Statca
for annexation. My instructions directed
tro to make inquiries which , in the Interest
of candor and truth , could not be done when
the minds of thousands of Hawaiian citizens
were full of uncertainty as to what the prcs-
sence of American troops , the. American Hair
and the American protectorate Implied. It
sesrned necessary that all those influences
must be withdrawn before those Inquiries
could be prosecuted in a manner bulltting
the dignity and power of thu United Suites.
Inspired with such feelings , and confident
that no disorder would'enaue , 'I. directed the
removal of the flag of the United States
from the government building anil tha-jv.-
lurn of the'trooos to their vessel. This was
accomplished without any demonstration of
joy or grief on the part of the populace.
"The afternoon before , m an interview
with President Dole , in response to my inquiry -
quiry , he said the provisional government
vras able to preserve order , although It could
not have done so for sovcr.il wesks after the
proclamation establishing it. "
Afraid ol the .J.ipunoie.
Mr. Blount then tells how Minister Stevoni
called upon him with W. F. Smith , who rep
resented that the withdrawal of the United
States marines meant that the Japancso
would land troops from a man-of-war in tha
harbor. The American minister expressed
his belief m this statemant. The Japanesn
commissioner put a stop to these rumors by
having the vessel orderoit away. The pro
visional government ieft to its own preserva
tion , left him free to pursue his negotiations.
Commissioner Biouut sayffthat "thocauses
of dethronement of tha quosn and the es
tablishment of the provisional government
are both remote and proximate. "
Ho then reviews the history of the islands
at some length , beginning with the constitu
tion of 1832 and tlio changes made in the sys
tem of government since down to the revolu
tion of 18S7 , which resulted In the constitu
tion of that ye.ir , and which is , to a great ;
extent , given by Mr. Blount as the cause of
the revolt of 18 ! ) . ! . Under tbo constitution
preceding 1837 there era many abuses , espe-
.cially those resulting from ths election of
IbSti , when the legislature passed a numbsr ,
of b.id laws , including the lottery and opium .
license laws , in waich It was chat-god the j
king was very corrupt. Mr. Blount says
this legislation would not have caused a ,
revolution m any of tha United States , but
reformer ? ) in the islands declare. ! that "tin !
natlvo Is unfit for governu2utandhispawor
must bo curtailed. "
ConNtililtlon of 1HHH.
Mr. Blount then gives the version of
Chief Justice Judd and himself , "touching
tlio means adopted to extort the constitu
tion of 18-53. ' ' Among thoio mentioned w
forcing King Kalakaua is Mr , Thurston ,
now minister from Hawaii. Mr. Blount ;
presents a portion of the constitution of J
1S37 , In which ho notes the changes which |
were especially unsatisfactory to that mon
arch , such as removing thu power of ap
pointing the nobles , restricting the legisla
ture to persons who held property amount
ing to at least SJ.OOO and establishing
suffrage qualifications which gave the *
whites control in the elections. It also .
afforded un op ( > ortunlty for whiles , Amerl- J
cans , Englishmen nnd Germans , to vota j
without being naturalized. Upon this Mr. |
Blount says ; "For the first tlmo In the
history of the country the num.'Jdr of nobles
Is madu equal to thu number of representa
tives. Thib furnishud a vote luuvr over the
representatives of the popular vote to the
nobles who were selected by persons mostly
holding foreitfn allegiance and not subjoins
of thu kingdom , Thu election of a slnglu
representative ny the foreign element ( javu
to it the legislature.1
Thu king could appoint but not remove his
cabinet. Mr. Blount duscribus r.t soim
length the restrictions placed upon tbo king
by this constitution. Ho also speaks of thu
secret league which , prior to the republic ,
established foreign armed troops hostile to
the king and spuukt. of the control of thu
islands by persons of foreign parentageanu
allegiance- , foreign ships wore in thu harbor ,
and tno elections aud action of thu ueoulu
were uu-Jur those influence * .
Untuccei.Ull < ; andUlulo < .
After liie revolution hud been arcom- „
plisned tha history of Hawaiian politics is
tuilotred by Uiur-o.-iitnisMouer. The reform ;
party was not at ivuys successful and could
not control matters ta suit Itself , out
in the iogisiaturo of 1& there we its a num
ber of members of each f.iuUan aeplriug to
caoinet plucen , aiil wtnlo thu rofurui party
under thuso i-onJitluns was enabled to vote
cabinul after ciblnut. it ncror Uad a major
ity of jnoiphera of ihu legisia ura
Of the ijuo.-ii'u ( uU jiut pronouk tu ; tii