r OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 30 , 1893. SINGU3 COPY FIVE CENTS. DEATH IN THE FOG Many People Killed.in a Frightful Railroad Accident in Itily , CRUSHED AND SCALDED AND BURNED Awful Scenes Follow the Collision Between Fioight nnd Express Trains. FIRE CLOSELY FOLLOWS ON THE CRASH Horrified Spectators Unable for a Time to Aid the Hapless Victims. FRIGHTFUL MUTILATION OF THE DEAD Chirml : und ISIiickcncil Corprx , llnttrrcd Out < if lliimiin Scinhltiiicp , Tnlinn from the I'riiKtnrntH of tlio Wreck A Long Dnntli Mit. MILAN , Nov. 20. An express train bound from tills city to Venice camu Into collision at H o'clock this morning with a hc.'iVJ' freight train which was stationary on the rails at the limits of the first station be tween Milan and Trovlglio. 11 la reported that thirty-live people mot death in Iho wreck and that fifteen others were seriously injured. The bodies ot the dead and wounded have been conveyed to this tity. IJy the middle of < the afternoon thirteen dead bodies had been removed from the wreck of the Venice express and twenty wounded persons had been brought to the hospital of this city from the scene of the disaster. \Micro tlio Collision Occurrcii. The collision occurred a few minutes before - fore midnight at Limitro station. A heavy freight train from Verona was forty-live minutes late in arriving at the station owine to the fog , and was ordered to go on a siding and lot tlio oilier trains pass. As the train was about to do so , the Milan express came along and dashed into the engine of the freight train with a mighty shock. Both engines reared uu on their cuds and then fell over. Three cars , however , were smashed almost to pieces. The woodwork of the wrecked cars was E.OOII burning fiercely. A sconce of the most horrible description ensued. The injured were screaming for help , the inr was filled with blinding smoke and steam from the wrecked boilers , and everything was In tlio greatest confusion. All the employes at the station hurried to the scene , and the proplo of tlio town wore aroused anil came to help in rescuing the injured. Assistance and a train arrived from Milan with doctors to care for the Injured and a company of sol diers to aid the rescuers. Hill-null Allvp. In the meantime the rescuing party cut away the burning wood , and streams of water were poured upon the wreckage , under wnicli a number of passengers wore inex- tricablv jammed. Some of the victims met horrible deaths , being cremated before Iho eyes of the spectators , who were powerless to help them. Oilier unfortunates were only extricated to die Iu the arms of their rescuers. After the fire had been extinguished , tlio injured and the bodies of the dead were re covered from the smouldering debris. The corpses presented a sickening appearance. Some of them were disemboweled ; others hud .irma and logs crushed and were muti nied in other ways , and all were charred practically beyond recognition. The injured were also in a terrible con dition. All of them were suffering from burns , and most of them had broken limbs. In .somu cases , the immediate amputation of arms or legs was necessary. By tfo'clock 1n the morning thirteen bodies had been placed in tie railway station , and twenty-two of the Injured bud been taken to Milan as fast us they were taken from the wreck. A dispatch from Milan says forty persons were killed and IS ! injured by Iho collision nt Lltnlro station. Nearly every passenger on the train was more or less Injured. It is expected the majority killed and wounded were emigrants going to America via Venice. ANAItl'lllSIS STII.I. AOTIVK. Dynamiters In Ireland , I'niiice' , Germany unit Sptiin Keep limy. II. . LONDON' , Nov. 'JU. The Morning asserts that Patrick Used , who was murdered In Dublin , was an informer , ami adds that some dangerous Irish-Americans arrived in Ire land two weeks ago , The correspondent of the Times at Dublin says there is no reason to doubt that there was an Intimate conucetionxbotwccn the dls- rovcry of the box containing dynamite In front ot Alburough barracks and the murder of Patrick Heed. The victim was a inoinucr of a secret society which mot at a club in Tyrone place , An altercation occurred be tween Sheridan and Heed and they were seen to leave tlio club together between 1 and 'J o'clock In the morning. A dispatch to the St. James Gazette from Dublin says that some boys have found a number of rifle and revolver cartridges in I ho lane leading from the ijuay. Thu dis patch says that it Is evident that the plotters were greatly alarmed and that they have been ridding themselves of explosives mid immunlllon in anticipation of police raids. The horrible fate of Heed may bo expected to prevent the police from obialiilrg thu turvicos of an Informer. Br.Hf.iK , Nov. l."J.--Chancellor von Capriyl today bad an uudlenco with the emperor in regard to the Infernal machines sent to them , Kmperor William Is reported to ha\o expressed the belief that- the culprits were insane. The written ropprt of the gunsmith who examined Ilia mndimrs showed thut the detonator rested upon n pointed iron peg , and the explosive matter was similar to that used in the old plnllro cartridges. The gun smith now believes that the force of the hummer would have sufficed to explode the detonator. An examination this afternoon of the in fernal mtu'hinrs show's they were loaded with n combination of nitroglycerine and gnnpnwder , which would imvo produced an explosion which , besides killing thu person operating thu machine' , would have sufficed to do EcrluuK damage to the building in which It exploded , I'Aius , Nov. ' "J. U transpires that tno visits of Devclln and Uupuy to President t'aniol yoi tcrduy evening wcio conducted with the attempts upon the lives of Chan , cellor von t'nprlvi and Kmiwror William. A German detective has Mi here for Orleans , RccpmpanU'd bv several French policemen. Kovcral iinarchlbl placards were posted About the city yesterday. limit is. Nov. SO.Thu police of this city , acting in conjunction with the police of Paris , tire actively engaged investigating \ tlio sending of lliu twu infernal machines , oi > o to C'luuiccllor von t'aprlvl and the other lo Emperor \\iiliani. This morning thy received a communli.-utioii announcing that t 'o annichlsts had been arrested in Purls upon suspicion of being connected with the plot to cause thu death of thu emperor and the chancellor , Nov. * V. TUo koclullitle paper Vorwnrts publishes a secret government or der , signed by Count vou Kulenbcrg. the PrusHlan prime minister , dated July , to the presidents of the provinces , advising them to take measures to suppress socialist news. 1'ho publication of the order has caused a sensation , as it shows that every secret or der of the government finds its way into the socialist press. MAIIIIIII , Nov. 20. The anarchist news paper , Kl Librcdc , has been suppressed and several arrests have been made. A bomb has been found in the Church of the Temp lars at ( Jranda. Nt-.ciOTi.vii.sa roil I'UAOI : . ( Irent Xitvut Itattto r.ipi-tted In llruzll'4 TVnter * Miiy Nut lie rough ! . fCnj > j/rfhlf l tsniiy J < ima Onl-Jon Hetmttul MoNinviDKo , Uruguay ( via Oalveston , Tex. ) , Nov. ' . " . ) . [ By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald Special to THE Bn.n. ] - It Is reported hero that Minister Assls of Brazil , on behalf of President Pcixolo , has entered Into discussion with the leaders of the revolutionary movement hero looking to some decisive nrrang'jmcnt regarding the rebel licet and the situation in Hio Grande do Sul. The fact that Minister Assls had n conference with Demctrlo Htbolro. the rep resentative of the revolutionists , is taken as confirmation of the rumor. It is also said said that thu result of the conference will bo peace throughout allot Brazil. When I interviewed Minister Assis ho ad mitted it was true that ho had called on Demctrlo Hlbeiro , but declares politics were not discussed ; that It was merely a visit of friendship. This statement , which Is re ceived with suspicion , docs not allay the hope that favorable negotiations will bo completed before the arrival of Pelxoto's licet , purchased in New York. The torpedo boat , Aurora , is expected hero in eight days. From the agent of the revolutionists in Santa Catharlna news has been received that the rebel forces under General Samiva have caiiturcd Cunlyba , tlio capital of Parana. They also secured Uvciity-threo ICrupp guns and many shells. CA1M.MCT 11U1I.DINO. 1'riinco nnil I Inly liuvo About Pulled ThroiiKli Their Ur'H ' i. PAWS , , Nov. ' 2U. At a lain hour it was stated the uew cabinet would be composed as follows : Premier and minister of for eign affairs , > i. Spulcr ; minister of the interior , M. Haynal ; min ister of finance , M. Berdeau ; min ister of wonts , M. Barthou ; minister of edu cation , M. Pomcaro ; minister of husbandry , M. Kcrjegu ; minister of war , M. Fcrron ; minister of marine , Admiral Gcrvais ; minis ter of the colonies , M. Dccasso. KOMI : . Nov. 2' ) . The following is given to night as the probable composition of the new cabinet : Minister of the interior , Siir. Xanardelli ; minister of the treasury , Sig. Sonniano ; minister of finance ; Sig. Vacchelli : min ister of war , General Primcrnno ; minister of husbandry , Sig. Coco Ortu. It expected the above list may be modified , but the cabinet will bo completed tomorrow. LONDON , Nov. 2' ' ) . The correspondent of the Times at Homo says : The party of the extreme loft is certain to oppose the Xan ardelli ministry and the right Is also dissat isfied with the composition of the cabinet. Kx-l'romier Giolettl's friends are Inclined to oppose any ministry and thus the necessity of an early dissolution of the chamber lie- comes evident. Sig. Cavilott , the leader of the extreme left , moved in the Chamber at Deputies this evening that the solicitor general be handed a report of the chamber's committee stating that a diro"tor general of the Banka Na- cionalo Jiad passed 10,000,000 lre ( into the bauds of Sig. Tanlongo , the governor of the Bunca Komanu , while the financial affairs of tlio B.inca Honianu were being examined by a government official , so that Tunlongo could cover a deficitin the latter bank , which otherwise would bo discovered. CAMPUS AT MLI.ILI.A. Iln HoliN nu L'liHiitlstiii'tiiry Confufitiici ) with tint Sulttku'K llrntlior. M.umm , Nov. t'J. ! A dispatch from Melilla uys a conference occurred today between General Martinez Campos und Muley Araafa , the sultan's brother. No better result was readied than in tlio negotiations between the two gentlemen before. After the dispatch was receive , ! the cab inet held a meeting , and in accordance with the request of General Campos , unpointed Senor Dohtrio chief of the African sec'ion of tno stulo department and he will proceed forthwith to Mclllla to relieve General Campos in the conduct of the political nego tiations with the sultan's report. Muloy Araafa repeated his request today for a truce in order to give him time to negotiate with the Kabylcs and to receive Instructions from tlio sultan. General Campos refused to acccdo to tlio request and announced thut hostilities would bo opened tomorrow. Will .Miiku : i ( irneriil Advarrc. MEUM.A , Nov. 2'J. ' An immediate advance of the Spanish forces upon the Moors is ex pected now that General MurtincCampos lias arrived hero and assumed command of the troops. The Arabs are uroparing to make a stubborn resistance and are busily at work strengthening tholr positions. In all there tire now twenty-live Spanish regi ments here , and reinforcements continue to arrive from Spain. I'KIIHKCUTIMI CrVTIIUMOS. Soldier * SliiUKbtur Worshipers In u Cliurcli , , Nov. 29. A private telegram from ICovno to the Yossischo Xeitung says : The Kusalun government recently ordered the closing of a Catholic church at Croschs , In the government of Kovno. On hearing of the order the .members of the congregation flocked to tlio church and remained In it night and day in order to prevent the order being i-arrled out. Otic- night , u force of troops under the governor of Kovno entered the church and with their swords uttankcd the people right and loft , killing twenty of them within the edifice and wounding over a hundred , A largo number of the people fled and were pursued by cossacks - sacks , and were dfuwned in attempting to escape by swimming across a river in the vicinity , Not satisfied with tlio punishment already indicted upan the Catholics , the trov- eminent ordered t lie arrest , of several hun dred und they will bo tried bv court martial. AHUKNTIN.V I'UKl'AUIXd I'Olt WAIt. ' DisquietInj ; Nuu-j Jrom Chili Caturs New Arms to llo IttMiulroil. Copvrlglittil IS-il liu Janiti ( janlan llenmtt , BUUNOS AVIIES , Argentina ( s'la Galvcston , Tex. ) , Nov. 20 , [ By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald Special to Tin : BCE. ) The minister of war has- held a conference with a number of military and naval chiefs to discuss the question of armaments. It is reported Hint it has been decided to immedi ately order tlio building of now ironclads. This addition to the navy , together with tin purchase of u largo quantity of rifles and guns , was determined on , it is believed , wing to the receipt of disquieting news from Chill , The ministers discussed iu secret chamber the protocol in the boundsy ! question , . Ivlue l.ohunu" ! i iitptnretl. ; GATE TOWN , Nov. ! W. A dispatch received hero from Petersburg row | > rts that Coui- uiandcr Hartf has captured King l obengula. CuU llio inUlter : Tll)00 ) , Loxuox , Nov2S ) . The Exchange Tele graph company nays thut the suit of Scatou , the dportlng man , against the estate of the 'Squire Ablmrdon Baird , in which the O.N alXO.NU SECRETARY LAMONT'SREPOM ' Facti Concerning the Standing Army of the United States. DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY'S ' SEACOAST U'lmt Is Ilclng lnn to Ilondor tlio Prin cipal l'iirtn Safe iroin Attncli * Tlio .MHinirucluru or Artillery uinl Small Anus. WASHIXOTON , Nov. 2U. The following is n synopsis of the annual report of the secre tary of war. It gives the usual review of the conditions and operations of the army , and , in addition , Is devoted especially to the progress of the work of the seacoast de fenses. Secretary Lament reports it may bo as sumed that Indian warfare Is practically at an end in the United States ; that demands for the employment of the army must become - come infrequent , as state authority , on which that obligation properly rests , demon strates its complete ability to discharge'It , and that in consequence the gradual concen tration of the army on the seacoast and the frontiers is prescribed by the conditions of the time. Any considerable increase In the numbers of the army would not moot with popular favor , and it is not suggested by any contingency , immediate or remote ut the work of fortification at thirteen of our largest seaports , already begun or projected for the near future , renders the conversion of a uortion of the Infantry to the artillery army a manifest necessity of the period directly ahead ot' us. Strciiitli of the Army. The total strength of the army on Sep tember 30 , 1893 , was 8,144 officers and 25,778 enlisted me.n. From various causes , dis charge , purchase , desertion , etc. , the army lost 11,410 enlisted men during the year and gained 9,07-1 recruits. . Transportation was furnished for 5107,777 persons , 0,943 animals ana IKG92 ) tons of freight. The now quarters , barracks and buildings at army posts compare favorably with military structures abroad. The dib- clplinc , health and general condition of the army is good. The secretary recommends strongly the repeal of the law fixing ten years as the maximum period of enlistment and favors a reduction of the period of first enlistment to three years instead of live. The prosecution of the experiment of en listing" Indian companies will oo continued only on the present small scale until its suc cess or failure has been proved. The three battalion organizations for in fantry regiments is recommended. Now M a KM/.I IKS Hlflo. The adoption of the now magazine rifle is the most important step taken for the infantry since the civil war. A limited number will bo completed within sixty uays at xhe Springfield armory and the entire infantry lorco will bo equipped with the new arms before the close of the coming year. The gradual manufacture of a reserve supply of the arms sulllcient for the organi zation of the militia is recommended. The issue of the new ad-inch caliber steel field guns to the militia und in limited num bers to colleges and schools which manifest a special Interest in military affairs is sug gested One-third of the report is devoted to the progress of the last eight years in the manu facture of heavy ordnance and in the Pacific coast defense under the project of the Kndieott board oi IBS , ) . Progress already made warrants the belief that within the time specified thirteen jears from the first appropriations tlio essential features of tlio plan can bo carried out. The mounting of the first 12-inch gun , with its Hit , in its emplacement at Sandy Hook is the evidence of remarkable progress during these eight years , signifying the ability of our manufacturers to produce heavy forgings for high power guns , the completion of an army gun factory at Wntervlk't which takes rank with tlfo best in the world , tlio invention and manu facture of Run carriages and lifts able to sustain tlio weight and recoil of these great guns and tlio completion of modern emplace ments. The coat of the typo battery at Sandy Hook is fYJi.UH. By January 1 , ISUt. there will oo ready for mounting nine 12-inch nuns , twenty 10-inch puns , thirty-four 8-inch 12-inch mortars. guns and seventy-live - l-rumriii | rbices lor Them. The engineer corps is preparing at Port land , Mo. , Boston , New York , Washington , Hampton Koads and San * Francisco emplace ments in all for four 12-inch guns , twenty ID-Inch guns , live 8-inch guns and sixty-four 12-Inch mortars i also twenty-four casemates for submarine torpedo operations. Work on the coast defenses at Narrapan- sott bay , Charleston , Tybeo Koadn and Savannah river and Pensacola will bo begun during the year. Work will bo progressing next year at thirteen of the twenty-eight ports proposed for fortification by the Enui- eott board. The annual output of the Watervliot gun factory is fifteen lU-inch guns , fifteen 10-Inch and twelve 8-inch guns , and the first of the 100 Urge iruns contracted for with the Uoth- lehcm iron works is due next year. To keep pace with the manufacture of guns the secretary recommends ample ap propriations for emplacements and batteries and for the purchase of sites for fortifica tions , in accordance with the schmuo adopted in 18SS. The exwwidltures for seacoast do- icnso for the year ending Juno ao , ISjtKI , wore 53,103,091. The Invention and manufacture ot Amer ican brown and smokeless powders for heavy ordnance and for the magazine rifles have made slow progress , and the secretary of war urges manufacturers to solve the problem for their own profit ana our national pride. idncitlun : : < il otliccr * und .Men. The report pays much attention to the ed ucation of the officers and men of the army and the Instruction of the militia and mili tary schools , holding that , thu short duration of recent wars demonstrates the important part of the exact sciences in modern war fare , and tnat progress In the War depart ment must bo along the lines of a national university of military science , as well us along those of coast defense. An increase in the number of cadets at the West Point mil itary academy , to meet the demands of higher and moro general military'instruc tion , is suggested for an early day In the future. Growing interest in the milltmy instruc tion at colleges and schools Is reported. In 1SUO-1 710U ! students were , reported under instruction by officers nt these institutions. In 18'a the number was 10,970 , again of 42 per cent. Mr. Lament recommends that military in struction by army ofiicors bo extended to the hi h schools of the largo cities. The latest returns report an organized militia of 112,51)7 ) in the states , of which , in round numbers. 0.000 are in tlio artillery arm , maintained by thirty-four states , and 6OiW in the cavalry , mi.liituiuoJ by twenty- four states , Kcqucsls for the co-oueration and assistance of the federal government iu the equipment of the milltU are greater in time of peace and uru tlio index of intelli gent interest Iu the nation's military growth. liii | > ruvmmit ot.iter > v.iyj. The improvement of harbors an < l interna tional highways in the Unltua bums , a work of high consequence to oar commerce and gencr.il importance to our people , has made excellent progress under the support of liberal appropriations. The chief of engi neers estimated in the coniinu.imx > of thesa works , in accordance with the existing pro jects as adopted by congress , that $3S.T70- Oil can bo expended during the next fiscal year. This estimate has been transmitted to the secretary of the treas ury , as required by law , but it Is not the Judgment of the department that public ne cessities demand the use of such an amount at this Uiiio , The average uiuouot actually expended for such work during thu last ten vcars has been about (10,030,000 , and it Is ' Doliovcd th".t tills cativoll' uo reduced for the present year'If Judiciously allowed , to (7,500,000 ( , the sum flxol Iu the report of es timates. Mr. Lament rcconlmonds the erection of a memorial bridge frolu Washington to Potomac mac Heights , both for commercial and mili tary purposes , and especially as a suitable approach to the national cemetery at Ar lington , ( lcttyftlitirg'4 IlUtorlo Field. The sum of $ SftlOl" has been expended by the stales on the Held of Gettysburg , in ad dition to considerable Bums contributed by private organizations , and in the absence ot any provision for the permanent mainte nance ot the field and Its monuments , It has been suggested that the general government be entrusted with Its couttcl. The creator part of the ivork of establish ing the Chicamnuga and Chattanooga na tional military parks has been completed and thu states are beginning to erect monuments ments on the field to their troops. The work of record and pension ofllco in the compilation and arrangement of the records of the service ) ias so far advanced that the secretary reports that a reduction of & 4i,000 ! can bo made In the cost of its maintenance during the coming year. It is recommended that Congress taka ap propriate action for the relief of Iho sufferers In the accident at the old Ford's theater milldlng. lltpomlitttrri anil ApprnprlntliiiK. Exucmliturcs for the fiscal year ending .Tune ! ! 0 , 1803 , are as follows : Salaries and contingent u.\ponscs. $ l.SH2fi81 Military ustitblUlimcilU 23/277,828 Public works , Including river and Imrbor Improvements 20,01 H.G32 Miscellaneous objects 0,077,03:1 : Total S 5l,75U)74 ( ) Appropriations for the fiscal year ending Juno 30 , Ib'.M ' , were as follows : Salaries and , contingent e.\pniiM > s. $ 2,045,100 Military uslAhllMliliicnl * 24,503,081 I'ubllcorks , Including river and Imrbor improvements 17,201.108 MUccllaiieou.s objects 4,213,183 " Total $48,023,523 Estimates for the fiscal year ending .lime 30 , IS'jr. : Salaries and contingent expenses. $ 1,097,010 Military establishments . . . . 25,700,005 Public works , Including river and Imrbor Improvements 21,403,307 Miscellaneous objects 3,070,201 Total 452,810,400 S11LL l..1 MVItDLU. Further Compttc.ttliinn Ilclny tlio Trlnl of Cmiclilln , tliq Oronln SiiHpcel. CHICAGO , Nov. 20. Jurors Gates and Wil son , who werc hnrged with securing places on the Couglilin Juryiti an irregular manner , were dismissed by Presiding Jujgo Tuthill today. They were dismissed on the grounds that each had served'on : i jury within a year. After the dismissal nf the jurors the court announced on adjournment until Friday , for the purpose of securing two new jurymen. Clerk Jerry Finn ot' . the criminal court , who has been suspected of. complicity in the irregular proceedings bywhich Gates and Wilson-wore put on thq Jury , has been sus pended pending an , investigation. It was rumored today that the prosecution will take proceedings against JurorAVilson after all. A story was currenttoday that the investi gation had narrowedi down so that three prominent politlians'ar6accused ' of having inspired the attempt ) to corrupt the jury. The proof of this wa3j alleged to be in pea session of State's AttorneyJvc'ru. The , re jections of Jurors Wllsofa'and Gates raised the question of thd competency of the re mainder of the Jury. ' 7Jho ten htivo been associated with the twrt outsjdera forsev ; oral. days. It is'asserted by some that in aso of the convlcttiin of Couglilin by this jury the circumstances would warrant his counsel In applyingfor u new trial and ob taining it , . . U. IA < JU USC1L. Vostcrtlny'H J'rocce < llnc Ilcport of tlio Id-solution ; ) Committee. CixrixxATi , Nov. 20. Tno Afro-American council resumed its meeting this morning with fully 100 additional delegates , making .r > 00 in all. After the appointment of several committees , attention was given to miscel laneous matters. The committee on resolutions presented a report of the soxtuplojpreamblo , which was adopted with unity nud enthusiasm. It urged the convention to memoralizo congress to puss laws suggesting : First To give United Slates courls jurl.j- llctlon over all cusc.s of mobs attended with ioss of life , otc. Soeonrt To PIIIIIOVOP .United Suites courts lo oll'or rownrds for uiTUhls of olTonders Third To pinpntrer Ujilted States marshal j to employ dutuotlves to hunt down such olTomlerh. FourthTo collect all rostfj of such prosecu tion from cnnvli'U'd ilefeint-nits , or in casu ono or moro ( It'fcniints are imipurs , to make the collection from the. counties In wlilcli they reside. Two hours recess will bo given tomorrow for n Thanksgiving dinner and reports of regular committees will b'e heard. WILL xinst I'.tss IT , Doinocratft In Ciiif.-resi Will Purposely IJrliiy tlin Wl'Hnn IIIII'ii Progress. Cnif-ino , Nov. 20. [ Special Telegram to TUB IJr.i : . ] A Washington special to the Daily News says : Hon. Edward Hosewator , editor of Tun OMAHA Bui : , and a member of the national republican committee from Nouraska , is in Washington. " 1 don't look for tariff legislation from this congress , " said ho. "I think the deno- crats intend to pass the present bill through the house , but hung it up iu the senato. Their object will bo to go before thu country utid claim in Justification of their course that they used their efforts to pass thu bill , but republicans in th.o senate prevented it. Of course thu democrats could pass a in-ill bill , but 1 think they are afraid to disturb the industrial conditions , Good times will prevail - vail in this country before another presi dential election und tlio democratic party would much prefer to make the next cam paign undnr a prosperous condition of affairs than to risk uny tariff , I Inltoring that may change industrial caodttlons , oven for the sake of fulfilling its pledges. " . ! II II ILL A'jT U8JilH < jrii > , C'nses Asulust tlio A. I * . A.'x lit HnmUo t'miiiot Ho l.iwliilly I'rasucutcil. Bi'rpAi.o , Nov. . ) . Hhas ; been understood that presentments jlgalust members of the American 1'rotc.ctivo association , better known as the A. VA. . , were to bo known to the grand Jury hero mid charges of criminal conspiracy made. It was stated at tlio dis trict attorney's ofiluo that no suuh case has or will be presented to , lhi > grand Jury. It was stated that Iho charges cannot bo sus tained , und the attorney added : "Tho American Protective association is not a criminal conspiracy , Tlieru Is nothing in our law to prevent any ons from Joining such a society. An office holder would violate tils ronstitutldlTnloath of pfclfo If hu fixed u roll - ll idus test in making appointments , but no ordinary citizen who joins the American Pro- tcctivc association can be Judged guilty of criminal conspiracy. " . Mr. ICunrlck , the official quoted , is himself a Catholic and is ' u prominent lawyer. " i > .Movement ut Ocu.ui Mtiuiuer * . .S'uvcin'.ier 'Jil. At Now Vork Arrived Majestic , from Liverpool , At Now York -Arrived Weser , from Isa- pies , At Scilly Sighted Now York , from Now York. ' .A At nrctncn-cArrivod Ilavol , from Now York. * At Liverpool Arrived Teutonic , from Now York , Melon Diiuvray henurv > u Divorce. NEW YOUK , Nov. 20. Judgu Adiunsof the superior cjurt has , gran'u.1 n deerco of divorce to Helen Dauvray Ward , tno actress , from Jolia M. Ward , the baseball pluyer. HE CALLS THEM UNTRUTHS Stevens' ' Oharactorintion of Blount's ' State ments of the Hawaiian Affair. MR. CLEVELAND'S ENVOY ANSWERED Public I.r.ttrr trout tlio Ux-MluUlcr on the Jtrpnrt Mndo to thn I'rrMiloiit btroili ; Doillnl * of tlio Cunk- ArovsTA , Me. , Nov. 2' ' . following Is n synopsis of ox-Minister Stevens' answer to Commissioner lilount : "A deep souse of duty to my country and as n minister's duty to defend an Insult threatened against a struggling American colony , planted as righteously and firmly on the Northern Pacific Isles as our pilgrim fathers established themselves on Plymouth llock , demand that I shall make an answer to the astounding misrepresentations and untruths of Commissioner mount's report on Hawaiian affairs , a copy of which I first obtained with dllllculty Saturday even ing , November 25. It Is proper for mete to jirefaco my answer by briefly re ferring to the fact that those familiar with international rules and proceedings and who have had diplomatic experience must be astonished that Secretary Qrcsham and his commissioner should make bofpro the world such a persistent effort to discredit the recent acts of the department they now rep resent and which was once represented by Thomas Jefferson , William L. MareyV11 - Ham Suward and J. ( ! . Blulno. Sent on n IVcu'luKITIIII I. ' 'Not wishing to bo severe on a neophyte in diplomacy , with little knowledge of the world's affairs outside of his own country , sent on a very peculiar errand , amid cur rents and quicksands entirely unknown to him , I say he has been partly tho'victim ot circumstances , having been caught in the meshes anil snares adroitly prepared for him by Iho cunning advisors of the fallen Mliuokalani , and by the shrewd , sharp , long-experienced British diplomatic agent , whoso aims and hopes Blount has served so well and without the least suspicion that he was aiding ultra-British interests oven moro than ho was helping the Hawaiian monarch ists and the Just dethronement of the queen. It is clear enough from Blount's maimer from the day of His arrival at Honolulu , as well as by his letter to the Department of State , written shortly after , that he de signed , at whatever cost , to repudiate the views and action of the recently terminated administration , and that in order to do so ho must impugn the action of Minister Stevens and commander of the United States steam ship Boston. "A total stranger , it was impossible for Mr. Blount , to know how unfitting it was for him to take up his quarters where ho was certain to be surrounded by royalists and where the supporters of the provisional gov ernment would reluctantly go. In a J > 'u8t of itoytillstj , "Ihe hotel wrrp kept by ono who had served as Kalakhua's ' ctianiDcrlaio , who was ono of the principal persons in a syndicate that'hud cheated the Hawaiian government out irearly-SlOO.OOO , a transaction"'wlilch Minister Merrill . had officially reported , to Secretary.Bayavd , nnid this' mail was fho leading member of a firm that sought to do its chiot business with England , a thoroughly unprincipled opponent of tlip provisional government and of American predominance in the islands. "As a precautionary ( safeguard against the shutting out of tr.o Americans from ready access to Commissioner Blount , a wealthy and highly respectable widow lady of the American colony was ready to grant the use of her home to Mr. and Mrs. Blount , the commissioner to pay the same amount it would cost him to live at the royalist hotel. Tills polite otter of an American resident to an American commissioner did not originate with the provisional government nor did the provisional government have anything to do with the proposed arrangement. A com mittee of three American citizens , born and educated in the United States , men who hud not taken part in the revolutionary proceed ings of the previous week , went on board the Hush when that vessel came into the Imrbor. At the request of the three American gentlemen , they were intro duced to Mr. Bio jut. His manner of re ceiving the visitors repelled them ami they asked mo to state Iho reasons why it would not bo pleasant to him and better for ail concerned not to go to the royalist hotel , butte to take residence on neutral ground , where ho would bo master of his own surroundings. As delicately as I could do so I stated the offer of the committee of his countrvmcn , pointing out to him that by accepting tlioir proposal he would bo near the archives of tlio legation , which ho could conveniently use and which I would bo pleased to at once place at his disposal , llruskly he refused the courtly and honestly intended ofYer of his countrymen and placed himself among royalists and ultra-British surroundings. Snubbed by .Mr. lilount. "It is well known to all who have knowl edge of diplomatic rules and customs that when a now diplomatic agent arrives at the capitol to whoso government lie is accredited , his predecessors and the occupant of the legation should receive him courteously , proffer his services to his successor , inform Him of the existing state of affairs und , us soon as convenient , glvo him access to the legation archives. lie did not allow mo to show to him Die customary forms of intro ducing him to the foreign diplomats of the land and the chief public men of Honolulu. "All insinuations and implications in Blount's report that 1 was ad verso to his ac cess to the legation records is a shameless perversion of facts. To sliow the character of tlio man into whoso environments Uo so quickly placed hiuibelf , I took to him tlio printed dispatches of Minister Merrill to Sec retary Bayard , the printed records of the re cently adjourned legislature , containing tlio recorded votes for aim against the lot I cry- gang ; the recorded votes as to the re cent election of ministers , the recent copy ol lottery charter , documents of great value li ho had really como to Honolulu for any othei purpose than to convict HarrlHon'a admlnls traticm that the senate foreign affairs com mltteoof hasty and ill advised action In Jan uary and February lust. ' His manr.er , while allowing mo to leave these- important documents in his room , showed thut ho cured nut to rceivo them , and the general drift of his reply indicates thut ho did not oven read them. riilnc llliink. "Under thoJnto of Anrll iJl ho says ho dis approved of a request of the provisional gov- eminent that thu American forces bo landed for drill. 1 hero nlllrm that the provisional government never mudosuch a request. The provisional government fallowed the exact course followed by the monarchy. What lilount BI.\S about the Japancso mun-of-war Is equally oxpartc , nb&unl and egotistic. For wcuus after liU arrival in Honolulu iio had not oven mot or spouo with llio Jjpuncsa minister. Ho hud iiojlectcd to call upon tlio Japanese officials und did not ask mo to tau ! ; him to thu Japanese legation and introduce ) him to the Japanese repre sentative1. ! "Touching certain incidents of suspicion and alarm In Honolulu regarding some of the Jnpnncst ) on the islands and the sudden np- pearanco thereof a powerful Japmodu : Iron- dud , in addition to u small vessel there , in February and March , prior to Mr. IM-ium's arrival , sovcrul weeks before the fu.l of tiia monarchy , 1 had bcsn authoritatively In formed thut the newly arrived .lapanesu commissioner ivoulJ | ire. t > on the Hawaiian po.'crnuient thu demand thit the J ip.uicso in the islands should luiV'i the rUiii. of sitfTnigfl , piTClS"y ! us ill" Ailif-l'l'Mli , Kifopcun and native born Hjwiliuiia enJoyed - Joyed it under tno constitution of 1V'T7 Not long after the provisional covo-nuient had bucu established , prior to Ulouut'a univul , I ccnlvcd positive information , both from tlio tapaneso minister and from the Hawaiian nlnlstcr of foreign affairs , of the renewal of ho demand of the light of suffrage of the lapaucsii residents , and there was known to ) o much fcnnnnt , if not nn organized move- nent , among some of the Japanese In the American section. 1 had positively learned that the Japanese commissioner had sent word to his government nt Toklo renucHttnp that a powerful ironclad be immediately sent to Honolulu , though It was known that i smaller Japancso warship was about to irrlvo there from San Francisco. Doummlt nt .lapiin. "Tho sudden apnearanco of the Japanese ronelad in Honolulu couui not fall to create inxiety and mlsunderstiuding. It was in Micse peculiar circumstances that 1 felt it ily imperative duty to have repeated Inter views with my Japancso colleague. Ho did lot attempt to conceal from mo his wish , hat tlio suffrage rights should bo granted : o the Japanese residents. 1 expressed to ihii the opposition that .the United States would put forward to any en croachment upon the soil or sovereignty of Hawaii , ami that 1 would maintain this position until otherwise instructed by ny government. Kvor.v step of my action was duly reported to the Department of State prior to Blount having any knowledge on tlie subject , ills claim to have put an end to Hawaiian anxiety about rumored lapancso encroachments Is purely as sumption. "in Blount's report Riven to the press 1 find Uio following : 'Two members of the committee. Messrs. Thurtton and Smith , growing uneasy as to the safety of their iior.sons , went to Mtntstor Stevens to know if ho would protect them in the event of tlioir arrest by the authorities , to which ho gave his assent. " "It Is enough to say that there is not a semblance of truth iu this assertion of Blount , made by him without his over hav ing hinted to mo or made any inquiry of me on the subject. Ho thus gives the signature of his endorsement to a charge which I never even heard of until 1 found it in Blount's printed report. "Ho sajs that the response to the call of the committee of safety to land the men of the Boston 'docs not appear on the files of the legation. ' Landing or tlio Mirliin : . "Tho meaning of this insinuation is obvi ous. Knough to say that there never was any such document. I received the invita tion of the committee of safety for M hat it was worth , us I received other information on the same subject. 1 should have re quested Captain Wiltx. to have landed Ins forces , even had not the committee re quested it. Blouut singularly asserts that 1 liromiscd to aid the committee of safety by a force. Tills is emphatically and categorically untrue. In replying to rival parties , whether the representatives of llio queen or opponents , my answer was always tlio same , that the lorco should not bo landed until danger was plainly evident , and then only lo protect American life und property and to no one did lover hint that I could or would recognize any but the do facto government , Whether monarchical or republican , as 1 said In my letter to Secretary Orealiam. I nero affirm that the royalists oed their opponents bait equal access to the legation and to its official head. Tlio best evidence of tlio base less charges that I promised to use force against the queen is that 1 ordered Captain \Viltz to k'rcmain passive , ' and no force was used , though the queen , through her ministers , strongly tlrcod it hours before tire provisional government was rccoirni/.ed by mo and all the other diplomatic represent atives iu Honolulu. ' One of the most striking evidences of Blouiiv's'pivjiiiliMi' vDcparto andilnwarranted statements isthefollowingr -A meeting of the committee of safety was hold that nlglit , January 10 , at the house of Henry Water- house , next door to Minister Stevens , which determined on the dethronement of the queen , and selected officers. ' "Of this meeting at tlio house of Henry WatcrhouRO. specified by Blount , I had no flint or knowledge at the time it was held ; know not of whom the mooting was com posed or what was its action , and my first information as to the persons assembled at that meeting I obtained from Blount's re- nort. Sppalc fur "Regarding the expectations and hopes of the queen und her representatives in the ex- citimr days of January J i and 17 and the views and hopes of her opponents , the fol lowing official documents speak for them selves : The assurance convoyed by n royal procla mation by uiyuulf and ministers yesterday , ImvliiK been rucolvi'd by my nallvw Mibji'cts und by them ratlllod ut a mass mooting , HIIS revolved In a dliruri'iit spirit by Americans , rcprcsunllng tin : foreign population and lu ll-rests In my Kingdom. It Is now my desire to give to your t'xciilluncy , an tlio diplomatic roiiresL'iitatlvoof the t'nlti'd Stalcsot America nt mv court , thu usuiinro : Hurt llio pit-bunt constitution will bo uphold and maintained by mo und my inliilMors anil no cbangu will bo iniiilu other than by Iho method lliuiuln pro- \lled. ( "This earnest , pleadinguocument from the fallen monarch and ttio terror-stricken lot tery gang came to me moro than twenty-four hours after the nifcu of the Boston had landed. This plainly enough implies that tlio fallen queen cund her confidante then know , as they could r.ot have failed to know , that we had not taken a part in her overthrow , which had already been ac complished. "In a report to the Navy department , dated January 10 , Captain Wilt/ , after an nouncing thu fact that the forces had been landed said : 'Wlillo there lias been no demonstration so fur , there can bo no doubt ttiat thu prompt landing of Iho battalion has saved live ana property. ' Citiitii : | WllU'K Orders. ' The order of Captain WilU to Lieutenant Commander Swineburn , who commanded the naval brigade on shore , reads us follows , under the samu date : You will tula ) command of llio battalion and bind In Honolulu for tlio purpose ) of pro- toctlm ; our legation and tlio lives and prop- urty of American cltl/.ons and to ussM. In Iho liresei vatlun of public ordiir. ( ii Put prndeiu-ti mint bo uxvrclhud by both nfllciir.s and nion and no action taken that Is not fully war- rained by the condition of all'nlrs and by the conduct of these who may bo Inimical to HID treaty ilirbtsof Amorlrun ( Itl/.c'iis. Von will Inform mu at. Iho uarllobt prui'lluahlu moment of any change- tilt ) situation. Alter Iliad made my request to Captain Wlltz to land his men as u precautionary safeguard lo American lives and property , ho and his officers informed mo that their men must have shelter for llio nlglit. I at oncu wrote u note and acnt it by messenger to secure- largo hall that was supposed to bo available. The man in ehnrgovas sev eral miles away. I had , no knowledge of the existence of the Iron hall until that evening , when a messenger with my note was sent to the supposed agent of the hall , who was a royalist. Ho returned a courteous note , Baying bo would bo pleased to lot the hall for n specified purpose , but ho had censed to have charge of it and informed mo who hud charge of the hall. So much time was consumed that tlio Boston' marines were obliged to stand in ttie street many weary hours before they could go to their night quarters , "A copyof the cull of the commlttco of safety , whicn Blount intimates I wished to conceal from him , was forwarded to Wash ington in January , and was In the printoJ pamphlet of the state documents , ordered pubiisnca by the senate , a copy of which 1 suppose Blouut must have brought with him when he came to the islands. Illuual'it ISipeviul rnoiiilM. "As soon as this astute commissioner ascertained that Ncumun was in full ac cord with Sprcckttlu and Blount for I.illuo- luihuti'b restoration to tlio throne , ut oncu , Blount Immediately learned that Noumun was a 'right down' good lellaw. So much for conclusive ovldoncj that Sprockets , Neu- man und Blount were then , as now , rowing thu name bat ami closely llukod In the con spiracy to duinuzu the action of Harrison's administration and of the sonata committee of foreign affairs on tha question of annex ation. ' .So far as the affidavits ! of John F Col- bourne und A. II Peterson and Charles L. Hopjilnb and tin ) letter of W li. Cornwall conflict with any writing or act of mine I ICONT1.NCKU OX btCONU IMUK.J DIAZ IS ALARMED Pence of Mos.'co Seriously Threatened by thQt Revolutionists. WELL SUPPLIED WITH MONEY AND ARM3 Insurgents Strengthening Their Position iiV the Republic Daily. GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE DIVIDEQV Many Members of the National Army Ptivoa' Their Opponents. PERSONNEL OF THE RANK AND FILB Kccntileil Irmii the Convicts , \Vlill i the iobi : > l Are rirst-Clim riRlitlii Moil anil Liberally Pnlil , ir < ) | irfi/M | ; / l isniiu Jctwrsf.'ordim liennctt. ] CiftiAii Jt-AiiKz , Mox. ( via Galvcston , Tex. ) , Nov. 29. [ New York Herald Tolo- gram-SpcclaHoTiuBii : : . ] The Chihuahua revolt Is assuming a most serious aspect and Diiu'n followers are becom'ng ' proutly alarmed. Despite their claims that thd trouble Is not a revolution , but the work of a few bandits out for plunder , they show thole apprehension. In addition to the patrol of the Hio Grande n tins section the United States government , will bo urgently requested to place a largo force in tlio llcld'on the American side ot the river. Tlio government is now antici pating uprisings further south in the GUIYB section. One of the phases which has created --on stornutlon in army circles is the fact Iliad the regular troops are in some secret man ner getting possession of seditious literature. The forced draft of men in these sections lias embraced several who arc revolutionists and who belong to tne secret order of which all the rebels are members. These nlen huvo of course preached their doctrines to the regular soldiers and they are now seized , with disaffection. Ulniriiclor iif tlin Itegiilars. The regular soldiers arc mainly convicts sent to tlio army on account of lack of room In the penitentiary and their allowance is ; t7'.j ' cents a day , equivalent to little mom. , than ! i"i cents American money. Out of this- , amount they furnish tholr own food anil anything they need except clothing. Sol diers fighting imdcr _ such conditions nro noD very formidable , and if the revolutionists- are paying coed wage's the regulars may yet be Induced to join their ranks. Nlckarn Pachcco was in El Paso , Tex. , un " to Tuesday morning. During his stay ho issued a now ponuncinmonto calling on Americans to Join the present bodies ot revo lutionists In the field and light for freedom. The document appeals to the regular sol diers in strong terms , and through somu chance a plentiful supply of the Inflamma tory documents got into thohands of the sol diers. Pore/ , while in Kl Paso , purchased a largo quantity of ammunition , fie had with him a train of fifteen wagons , winch ho loaded and crossed back into Mexico before sun- ribi ) . Besides Pachcco and his party ami several other bodies , all well supplied wltti arms anil ammunition , effected a crossing , and today , military officers are iu a fevered atato ot anxiety , : . ' ( . ] \Voll Fixed. They i-ccognl/o the fact that the rebels' have money ' .n abundance , that they are well supplied with war munitions , that they cross the river when it suits their con- venienc- ! , ant ) that they cannot bo dislodged from their stronghold. All they can now depend on is the American government tak ing summary action and increasing the forces In Texas so aa to patrol the Hio Grande from Urownsvlllo to 131 Paso , which would require several thousand men. If the United States troops take that much of the campaign off Mexico's hands they can then I rcduco some of tlioir garrison forces and ' put more men in the field. } Tlio revolutionists , however , do not seem I to thmu the American government will go to such nu enormous outlay of money so long as there is no hostile demonstration on the Texas soil , and also clta the fact that us Mollo or any other South American revolu tionist can puivhuse arms In Now York , there Is nothing to prevent the same In Texas" Tlio revolutionists are not at present on the aggressive. They are gulnlng recruits and expect In the course of the next t\vo or three weeks to como out of the present stronghold and operate southward. They bcllovo that they are able to force ffom Diaz nuurly all the concession * they are fighting for , and that will be tholr plan of campaign. HIiriKW l > t' Tilt : IHUX THAI ) ! ! , Tall II < JlUMJic < Are Still n Koatnro III rninre Ti-aii aillun ) , CiiviiiNi : : ) , Nov. 3'J. Tlio Iron Trade Uc- view this week eiys : : So fur as tlio volume ot sulcx is concerned the month Just closed has been tie : most satisfactory In the iron trade ainco the beginning of the depression. No ground .appears us ynt for confidence \ that butter prices will prevail In the near ' future , though on ono or two grades of southern iron the disastrous cnttincof the past few months seems to be over. Now that the draft of the tariff bill is before the manufacturers of iron and stool there will boa disposition to adjust business to the b > ll as it stands , though it may bo confidently predicted that many leading feature ? will bo changed before congress ritiislies with them , The fact that the bill iu its general scope and purport bus Iho Moljiiir ( of an ad * ministration und that the opposition to par ticular features will come In each iiutancu froai a hmall minority of tlio party in power makes the question of amendments entirely probhviuulcal. Tlio early data flxod for p'llitiiK in effect the new datlct make * tlin bill a factor In every transaction runnliif moro tuuc f.ro agnth * la the ccuuiag yeur ,