THE " " in - < H LlJLJ. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOUXLNW , 20. 1803. SIXCILK COPY FIVE CENTS MADE A CLEAN SWEEP Accurate Story of the Train Robbery at S minole , I , T. FOUR BANDITS O'.D THE BOLD WORK Dollars , Dimes and Overcoats Were Takoa by the Outlaws. PERMITTED NO BOOTY TO ESCAPE Passengers Robbed , but Offered No Violence by the Road Agents. MAIL AND EXPRESS CARS UGH f LY TOUCHED I'urilliii ; I'cnturfs of theAITuIr to thou > tlioiltlr * Ktlitenrr ot Until ( irccn llHMiln mill itirrt : lu the ( l.iinr. Trrn.r IIr K.Dec. 2.V The firsl entirely irrurate details of the Kansas & ArKnnsai Vallcj holdup at Semlnolo , I. T. . Sunday I'vrnii't' readied l-HUe Hock at 2:1. : > this afternoon , when the robbed train arrived. Semmole. the scene of the robbery , is nine miles south of Coffoyville. Kan. There is no town there and nothing to mark the spot save a side track and a small platform. Train No. 232 reached Semlnolo Sunday shortl > nfter dark. The switch had been turned throwing t.ne train 02 the siding. 1 he switch is on a heavy tip-grade and the train soon came to a standstill. There were no cars upon tlie track , as at lirst reported. \\hon the train stopped three men sprain ; upon iho engine and began by robbing Kngi- nrcr Harris , of his watch and f40 in cash. . Made it Clciu : Mverji. Tlii\v then proceeded to iho mall car and rilled the mail pouches. Mail Clerk H. H. PinrkiiPV , who was in charge , was forced to deliver the registered packages. After ab- utractine thu cash , the letlcrs were handed hack lo the clerk. Pinekney was relieved of his watch and S" > cents in change , 25 cents of which vas returned to him to buy a lunch. An entrance to the express rnr was gained without resistance on the part of the express tnessPiicer as there was nothim : of value on board. The robbers commanded Messenger Pord lo open the safe , from which they took two small packages , value unknown , and jlOO In money. Finishing their work in the express car , Ihe robbers lurncd their attention to the coaches. Two men went through the cars while the other maintained a coastanl llring on ihe outside. So much time hud been con sumed in robbing the mail and express cars that the passengers had ample opportunity to secrete their valuables and verj little of value was obtained in the coaches. Wiitrlirs mid Overcoats Taken. The robbers appropriated all the overcoats ind watches in the car , but the sum total of the cash they secuied will approximate luss than * 500. Several passengers saved large iuns : by hiding their purses under tlie car seats. Hoth of the men who went through the coaches were younc fellows , neither being over il. and had the appearance of being unsophisticated countryyouihs. When they went through the sleepers they dis played an utter ignorance of sleeping cars. The robbers did not use any abusive lan guage to the passengers and offerea no vie lence. None of the passengers were armed nnd there were no acts of heroism or un usual incident. The train was held one hour and twenty minutes. H is slated | > osilively that tl.o railroau officials hero have the names of the four robbers and it is believed their capture h only a question of a few days. Chief of Detectives Thiel , who has been nt work on the Oliphant robbery , was In the city and Immediately on receipt of the news of the holdup Sunday evening left on a spe cial train for the scene of the crime , reach ing there a few hours after the bandits had taken their departure. XVI.Iti : ALL YOUM ! MK.V. Olflcerit Think Tlipy linenr Iho Oanc Who Did thu Work. VISITIA , I. T. , Dec. M. The train robbers who held up and literally cleaned out iho loiithbound express nnd passcneer train on the Kansas & Arkansas Valley road at Beminolo station , nine miles south of Coffey- ville , were all young men. They were dressed like cowboys , wcarmu top lK > ots and broad-brimmed hats. The cans Is believed to bo the same that attempted to hold up a passenger on the Missouri , Kansas & Texas train last Friday evening at Kulso switch. Hub Honors and CharlloVootcn nro thought to be the leaders of the bandits. The gang has operated in the Indian terri tory for tne past year , terrorizing the entire community. One of the gang was killed by oniccrs last July , nnd another is now serving a term in the pcniunliary for larceny/ / . MiirEhal Crump of the western district of Ark > ins.jK has telegraphed his deputies fclutioned itair hero to spare no pains to cap ture the desperadoes. Deputy Marshal llrunuor left I Ins city last nij ; til with a strong posse for the fcceno of the holdup. livery effort will be made to cfTwt the capture of the lohbcrs , but as they have friends in the fountry who no : only keep thrm posted of the movements of the officers , but shield , provide them with food nnd protect them while they are it. hiding , their capture will bo iliCk-ult. ISCAI'II : > si ANY llnmlK * liiirn .llucli I'utnlor but Kill > n Our. SAN FUAXCISCO , Dec. -Interviews with trainmen nnd passengers who were on board the train which was held up near Ix > s An- pelcs elii'it the following facts regarding the roobi-r > : The train left San Fernando in charge of Hngineer Stuart , "Hock Hill Slu- nrl. " as hu is known by trainmen , and Con- daclor Sin.psor. . Near Hoscoc , n litllo sta tion this siao of llurbunk. the engineer was shot at from the tender and told to stop the tram , lie slopped it. A lively fusi- laitu foli'MU'd to intiniidnte any QUO \\lio might dcsiro to Interfcro with the plant ) of the robbers. The engineer and tireinan were made iii-isoucjs and the en gineer couii elk d lo light thu fuse of a bomb placed against the door of the express car tin eo separate times. Iho fust two at tempts faiird. At tne thira he was toid to lay by the rusffttll It liizlrd and to run afterwards IleoU-yed until the express car door burn opt-u , and Kx press Mestenger Potts was ttnvu n from ibtcol where ho was iit > lccp. The express messenger held up tils hands and pot oul of the car . Juht what liappcned afti-r that Is n mys tery , for Kipress Messenger i'otts hai been cautibiiMi not to bpeal , about it by thu ofll- ccrhof the exprvb * company. ' After the robbcis left the cxprest car they uiadu thetngiuccr , fireman and express messenger \vallt up tbe track u < juartcr of a n.ile. Hied of ) a fullndc und thru let tht'iu walk bail : to the train Prior to burt'.int ' : in the door of the cx | rrsi rar with a bomb the i-UUti'k bad tirmr ztd eyi'i'i iu-ad whicu iLowed from a car vuu-ow by t u.i K I a < hot at It. and the San Uernnrdlno con- ilnole , who attempted to renson with them ind assert his fit-litx as an ofllcer , was Iriven luick Into hii i-oach with some pretty strong languaco and a pl tel shot. A shot was taken at a bnccaguimn. anil others were told to stay in and keep iulet. | It is re | > orto < J that the robbers did not get ovorfHVMn l ooty. but the mystery of the iffair outside of the identity of Iho robbers Is what they did to the safe , which theofil- t-lals of Wells. Fargo & Co.'s rxpress , for the present al least , will not explain. One of the robbers had a red bandana handkerchief tied about hli face and the other wore a white flannel ma , K. They were both about live feet nine Inches in height. One would with about 17.1 pounds and his companion about ton or fifteen pounds less. They were both armed with Winchesters and revolvers. As soon ai tlie fact of the robbery was learned the sheriff of San Bernardinocounty , with a posie ami n couple of bloodhounds , started on tno trail of the robber * . De tectives have gone south to work on ihe case. Mr. Crowcll , route nieiit for Wells , Fargo & Co. . stated that the loss Is less than $1U ) . but would not cive the exact amount. He Inlerpoied an objection to Messenger Polls maxinc a statement as to what the robbetsdid to thn safe , declaring that this tnlL'ht prove injurious to the effort * of the iifllrors who n re seeking the capture of the rohbers. Notwithstanding the incessant llring kept tip. no one WHS inirt and no dam- nee was done beyond the briMltlng of the ex press car. noi.i ) rt\As TIIIKI * . Knock * an KtrtMc | " , pncrr Down nntl K r.ipc > null 8,000. MAHMIAU. , Tex. , Dec. 'AY As Express MesseiiL-cr A. F. McCullough and F. Near- dall were transferring their business from the Texas & Pacific passenger train to thu New Orleans Pacific train at three o'clock this morning. McCullough was knocked down by a negro who snatched a pouch irotn him an ran. Neardall llreU on the robber as hu lied but failed to stop him. Ho was pursued tiy ofliccrs at quickly as they could be notified but he mnde his escape. The robbery was committed on the depot platform under thu jrlaro of electric lights while there were probably 100jiersonsstand- inc around. Parties who s.iw the robbery differ as to the identity of the man , the ma jority saying he was a very light mulatto , while others assert he was a white man. The express people do not tell the amount secured , but it is estimated at K',000 to $3,000. o- COM ii. . i c. 11 > .s / . j i : ! > i T u.i ri u .v. Hon. I. , s , c/'ollln timers ttic Inwa .Sfiintorl.il Jtacr. DCS Moisr. * . Dec. S.Y His announced from Fort Dodge that Hon. U S. Collln hasdeclded to become a tandiuate for United States senator before the coming session of Ihe legislature at the earnest solicitation of his friends. This increases thu number of candidates to seven , as follows : Conrress- men Ucar , Hepburn. I-acey aud Perkins , Hon. A. B. Cummins. Atttorney General Stonu and Mr. Coflln. It is said the latter will como before tlie legislature with the support of the Tenth congressional district and have scattering support from all over tno state. The legislature will meet two weeks from today and the contest is likely to be lively from now on. IniTi.s t.racK'llaiid. CEHAII IAi'iP { > . la. . Dec. 2.Y [ Spo.-ial Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Joseph Ulch , secretary und treasurer of the Iowa State band , which has been chosen as the oilicial musical organization for the Midwinter fair at San Franciscoannounces the members will meet in Chicago January II for reorganization and practice prior to leaving for the west. The Iowa Columbian commission has appropri ated fti.OOO of its unexpended statu appro priation for Ilia purchase of new uniforms ior the band. Cold Wave nt Ct-Jar llutiU. ; ! CEDAR KAIMIIS , la. , " Dec. iJ3. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEI : . ] A cold wave struck here this morninf , and the thermometer has fallen 40 degrees in the past twen'ty-four hours. A hiirh north wind prevails and it will prob ably be zero before aiorniug.The ice men are rejoicing , as the warm weather of last week had taken nearly all the Ice oul of ihe river. Curson Ituldrtl by Iturslars. CAU O : ; , la. , Dec. Si. [ Special to Tun BEE. J The vault of W. J. Wav & Co. was broken into during last night , the robbers gelling only y.W for Iheir trouble. Safes have been blown and robbed so of ion of late all around here that no valuables are now kept in com mon safes , they only being used as a protec tion for books against fire , and mostly left unlocked. loui ltniii-iniii lli-lic ili'il. WT.B-TEU CITY. la. , Dec. 25. [ SpecialTo- ! eeram to TUB BUG. ] Brakcman Tynan on the Illinois Central roaii last nisht fell from n car and was hilled near Uluirsbnrg , his head being severed from his body. His rela tives live here. iitHK.iriMu jty .1 Jiuit. Indlitii'i ritl/.rn III lcriMlin d to Take the l.i - Into Tlic.r U n lliui'U. iNiiiAXAi'ous. Dec. 25.A special from Sullivan , liid. , says : The killing of Hultz still continues to excite the community. Witnesses at the coroner's jury inquest added more links to the chain of evidence which placed the crime at the dnor of ex- Sheriff Willis. Willis and Hultz have been declared enemies for four months aud \ \ illis has been heard to saj frequently thut tlie two could nol live together iti iho same county. Willis will try to prove an alibi. Hultz will be buried toiaprrow by the Odd Fel lows. Every business house in the town will be closed. A dispatch from Tcrro H.iuto says news comes from Sullivan that the situation is threatening and that tlfty special deputies , in charge of Unticu Stales Marshal Hawkins nro guarding the Jail from an expected mob bent on lynching Willis. tnj.i .IMI .NMIXKD. . O.-IB tvtllril nml > r\cral l > c pprntcly \Voiiuileil nt Trimble , O , .TiuMiiLE. O. , Doc. S3. Near dlouccster , Athens county , today at a low dance of whites and negroes , Frank James , colored , broke into ttiu daoco house , und , with a revolver , began tiring at the crowd. Several of thu company retuiuod ttio lire. Results : JAliK ilAltlllri , u bystander , "abliot duad. ANPIICW LOVCLANII , shot mortally , through thu lungs. FRANK JAMEJ , thu invader , shot mortally , In thu chest. Eight participants have been arrested and a lynching on a large scale is a possibility. Klllril trllli u MUIIK Shut. CINCINNATI , Doc i5. ! A special to the Commercial ( Jazettc from I'rbana , O. , says that this afternoon A. S Piatl , sou of ex- Postmaster Piatt of West Liberty , In a fljjht with Granl JacKsou , n colored ruHlan. at West Liberty , killeJ JacUson with a slung shot. Both were under the influence o ! liquor. Piatt is a nephew of the late Col onel DJII Piatl. He was urrested aud iield lu tl.iigu band for inanslauqhtor. o fhr.kttiiiit at farlulr. E. Pa. , Dec. 2.V The Carlisle In dian training school had its Christmas anni versary tonight. An immause audience was 'present ' to listen to the elaborate program in which the pupils teen turf , assistoj by the Indian brass baud. A loading feaiuro was the rendition of the "Gloria" from Moan's "Twelfth Mat . " I'aktrngert SaTttl.v l.inde.l. YOUK , Dec US. Ctibio advices from Havana slalo that ths passengers and crew of tht bie : > raer S nrca. of the Ward line , wlmu w. stuttieJiister lay because of a fire m her hold , have been safely landed. DANGEROUS CRANK CADCIIT Had Written Threatening Letters to Many Prominent Men , DECLARES HE IS NOT AN ANARCHIST raptured bjn llrecctUo \Ymlilngton \Millo lie \\an l.uoklni ; for tlia Colef ot Tollce story IIU Cnie < WA HIXOTON. Dee. U.V Joseph Donjon , the man who has been writing threatening letters to a numbcrof prominent public men durinc the last two weeks , is In Jail tonight. He walked into the detective bureau of James A. McDevltl this afternoon asking for food. The detective took him into n coffee house nnd had something prepared for him to cat. meantime questioning him , nnd learned enough to lix his Identity. Ho started toward the st&tion house with hi man and on his way met Detective Ned 'ttoedon ana George Boyd , in whose hands he placed him. H will be remembered a letter from this man to Senator Mills a few days ago canted the senator's son , Charles 11. Mills , tosocuio leave from the authorities to go armed for the protection of his father. This was the cause of bringing the man's acts more prom inently before the public. For several months pist he has been yrrltln ? similar let- teis to a number of prominent nubile men , among whom are Vice President Stevenson , Senators Gorman , Mills , Sherman , and as the man himself claims. President Cleve land and Secretary Lament. As long ago as ilurinff the tight over the silver question In the senate 'Vice President Stevenson re ceived letters daily from Donjr.n , who was then in Newark , N. J. No attention was pain to them , and they were consigned to the waste basket as fast ns they arrived. lle'K n Youngster. The vice president today received one dated from 401 Leigh street , this city. A number of reporters were at the First pre cinct station to see the man. and he talked very freely to all of them. Ho is 23ears . old , about five feet ten inches in height , weighs IbO or UK ) pounds , is dark and sallow , has a creasy complexion , small , dark mus tache , and has a rather slnucliy look about him. He has drooping eyelids which usually accompany ti brooding , melancholy disposi tion. 1'iie man's manner of relating his story gives ample evidence that ho docs not belie his appearance in this respect. He talks very rationally and with a rather btudiea effort to avoid any appearance of bitterness or the expression of anarchistic views. Donj.tn is an Austrian by birth and lays stress upon the assertion that he is a Catho lic and professes n degree of piety. His story is that he came to this country when 15 years old and had been a telegraph operator in the old country. He manifested consider able pride in his nationality , out denies with spirit the public btatumeut that he is a "Pollock. " He gave up telegraphing when he came to this country because there is some slight diftereaco in the instruments and in the alphaoct. "Under these circums tanccs1 he continued , "if I had secured a job they would have sent me to some remote ofllce in the far west , where there are coyotes and other danger ous creatures. HRH a Good Trade. He became a bencn molder after he came hero and claims to have worked fora time at Salem , O. , as well us the wire works in Jotmstoun at the time of the great Hood there , but was in Pittsburg on that particu lar occasion. Later , with his father , mother and brother , he went to Newark , N. J. , and last spring , having been out of employment , went west to Washington and Iduho and prospecttd for cold there. He tells a rather fearful tae of dangers he encountered from rough miners in that country and says no man who was not will ing to spend Ins earnings in drunnennnss and debauchery was permitted to stay there. He went back to Newark nud claims to have been endeavoring to secure worn there ever since. He says he lived with his father and mother and brother at 12-5 Burnett street. This agrees with the address of the earlier loiters received from him. He claims his father and mother wont to Florida to take up la ds. but that he did not think it worth while to po. us ho could get nothing to do anywhere.Vith considerable emphasis he denied that he is an nuarchist or socialist or ever attended any meetings of those bodies , but contends he was prevented from securing employment because he was not a member of the Knights of Laborer any other laoor union. As to the letters he has written , he claims ho was incited to write them by otlitr people , receiving JHK ) lor doing it. Asked as to the character of the persons who did this , ho disclaimed that they were anarchists or that they formed any associa tion. They were merely private persons. He also denied that there were any threats in the letters ho wrote or any reference whatever to dynamite. "I never saw dyna mite and would not know H if 1 saw it , " he said. said.When When asked what right ho had to compose such letters at the bidding of other people , lie simply inquired. "What risht have you to write down what I urn , telling you ? It was simply a business I went into to make a living just as you write news for the ne\vb- papers. " Ho claimed thr.t all that was contained in any of the letters was n proj osition to each of those addressed , to forward to him the cost of 11 an s portal ion and an offer lo come on there and make u business proposition to them. This was after ho found there was no work to be had. and ho intinuttea he hid a plan to better u flairs. As to vrhat this plan is , ho declines lo say nnylhlng. but will probably make u statement Inter at his trial. \Vns Out ( if WiirK anil Iliuif \ The man came to Washington three days ago from Baltimore. Saturday nlsrhi lie a'p * plied at the police station for loJiiltiK and the oftieer in charge directed him to the municipil lodging house next door to the station house , where he slept that night and sawed wood next morning to pay for his lodging. Yesterday ho fell in with a German on a bench in one of the public parks in the city. The man was drunk , but spoke some worJs of encouragement to him and told him he was out of work , but gave him a quarter and hoped he might lintl something to d . Ho thought the best thing ho could do with the quarter was to irt-t sotro postal cards and make another efiort to secure answers , from those to whom ho hau been sending loiters. Ho took lodgings at 4U3 Tenth strix-t in this city nnd slept there last night. This is the address on the postal caru received from hiii. toda.His story is lhal iio waited .tboul this place nil toduj , wailing for some one to appear in reply to his postal card , but that no ono came. Ho then determined , lie says , to start out to look for Ctnct Drummond. Ho was very much disturbed nnd aston ished at t'.io riuruc'ter of the publications in the newspapers rcpiirdini ; mo letters no wrote from Baltimore last week , but wanted to Eiie the authorities and set himself arivht. With this in mind he btoppoU at the dutcc- ti vo'b cilice. He knew | K2rfoctly well ha > \ ould bearruitcd when ho made himself line wn , but this did not -com to disturb him. The man speaks very goou Kn.-li.sh , but with a strong German accent. Hu is fairly well onucatod and si.\s ; ho spent much time in reading fccleulilic worksuuelectricity , chemistry ana kindred topics. In rcpiy to a question ho said ho also read works on political economy und social science , Out hastened to ada tnev were notsuchas given out Uy the soji.iiists anil uuurvhiit associations. Thu man tells a iinnniH-tod story but ihu police put no faith in his asser tion that he wa incited to write the Iettct-6 by other persons. Itlil lied Mil I ItuiirU. ' ' E , Oa Dec 2 * > -I ast Sunday clten' on u uegro named uulvin ' ' "hocus , entered the premises of Mr. Sellers , ft Bnp- tl t minister , durlup hi ? nbenre and bent Mr < - . Kollprs ovar .tbe head and then assaulted her. Thomas * vns srrested in the evening and placed in A guard houo at Wtilirham. Durini the nkcht a mob broke into the guard homo tind riddled Thomas with ballets. He will tilts. 10 T.H > H Governor PemuiyrrVrltp * the I'rritldMit nn Open l.i'ltrr. SALEM. Ore. , De. ' 25. Governor Ponnoyor today addressed tne following letter to Pres ident Cleveland : "The extraordinary clrmcumstttnccs which greet the return of this hoi iday must bo my ex- cusefor writing you. Today is the first Christ mas in the history of Oregon when more than two-thirds of its people are without employment , and more than one-third arc without sumViont means of support. IJusl- n -sj is almost completely stagnant. Money is not to be obtained and debtors are power , less to avoid neizure of their property and their homes lo satisfy a small percentage of their value by thu claims of their creditors. "HepeateJ. nppsals have been made to me , as covcrnor of Oregon , to assemble the lecis- laturc lo alleviate this condition of affairs nnd avert the Impending calamity. The redress - dress is , however , not lu our hanus , but in yours , hence this appeal to you. Cuino ol llir Tmnlilp. "The laws of congress which have dis criminated against silver and made cold alone a full leeal tender money , civing to the money lender the privilege of refusing both the sliver dollar and silver certificate , thus rendering unavail able more than one-half of the national currency as an absolute debt-paying money are the solo causes of the decline of prices , p-iralysis of business and consequent idleness of the army of workingmen with the impending starvation of their wives and children. "If. when stood the you upon eastern portico tico of the capltoi on the 4th of last March you had announced to the people that you would speedily convene congress in extra session to carry out the pledges ot the platform to which you gave your assent and upon which you were eleoted , and which declared for both gold and silver as money without discrimination acuitist either meliil. the widespread revision of business which has diminished Iho property of the nali ; > n by fully half , would never have occurred , and if now jou would givelbUuavice the further downward tendency woulu be checked , and with favorable congressional legislation busi ness would revive and prosperity would again visit our land. Druws a Puthctic 1'ictnrc. "It is honorable to carry out the pledges of the party to the people , and is it not most dishonorable not to do sot The resjKmsibility lies entirely with you. 'You are a father and can not but feel gcjtefal to God when you , ujton retiring to _ rest , look upon your sleeping babiPs in their couches , the pictures of health consequent upr.ti their havinc suflieicncy of food and clothing. I pray you. however , to enlarge the scope of your vision and behold.-as jou can in many and many a cot. children loved as in jch by their parents as yours are by you weak and sicKly from insufllcient food and clothing , the innocent victims of vicious- financial Iccislation. whosi * sleapios' forms are bathed by the scalding tcari of mothers bending over them in sorrow and despair , and Ihcre resolve , as you should ; to faithfully rarry out the pledges which youi : party cave to a con- iidiug people. If you jyill do so God will bless you and a grateful nation will applaud you. " v. v.R R JTJ\TS Spcchil .Session of Coloruln'- Legislature Culled { or , lunuir.v 1O. DEN-TEH , Dec 25. Governor Waite tonight issued the long-talked-about call for a special session of thet legislature , to meet Wednesday , January io , 1W1. The call con sists of abo'it 5,030 words and mentions over thirty subjects on which legislative action should bs taken , in the governor's opinion. The governor justifies his proclamation by declaring that the mining interests of Iho slale have been unjusjly and unconslilulion- ally attacked by consress and the present and preceding administrations ; that the panic has so reduced values and increased tlie burdens of taxatiqn that agriculturists , fruit growers and stock raisers are obliged lo sell iheir products usiow tno cost of pro duction , and that the extraordinary remedies now granted to creditors in Colorado should be repealed. "Appealing to Almighty God for the recti tude of my Sntuntiqn , una willing to assume the entire responsibility of my act. " the governor solemnly ueclares , " 1 do issue this , my proclamation. " The first "business" for the legislature suggested in the call is lo provide that all silver dollars , domestic aurt foreign , contain ing nol less lhan S711 grains of Hue silver shall be legal lender lor all debts collectable in Colorado. The governor also suecesls the passage of an act lorbidciinr the inik- ; ins of trust deeds , tnortgupes or obligations of any kind payable in gold : laws providing for the issuance of cer tificates ot small denominations in payment for work on state canals , said certiticates lo bo receivable for watf-r carriage and leasing or purchase of - intcrnal improvement of lands and to be convertible after three years in $1 certificates ; repeal of all laws authorizing the issue Of municipal bonds and Iho enactment of a l > w to provide lor the Issuance of ccrtllicaics of small denomina tions in payment for work on public im provements , j The governor also sueeests many othar subjects of legislation affecting various lo calities and interests in the state. Tlt.lILIXti Illood IlniiniU tUed to Advantage by In- ( I'limip-jll * AuthorllK h. INDIANAPOLIS , Dec. 5. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] The police loday sei n pair of blood hounds on the trail of the murderer of Merchant Policeman John L. Waterson , who was shot by a burglar or burelars Saturday night. The bload hounds were those used in trailing Stone , the murJor of the Wrattcn family. The doss were put on the trail where the dying man was found } Tncy dropped their noses to the ground , begun to run in a circle , and then , with necJsjslreiched anu pulling strongly on Iho rev | | , darted toward Ten nessee street. Heforu Uiin ; reached the side walk they ran lo the rirhl , ihcn to the left and then stopped. They had dropped the trail. . - ; j Again they were tftlcen back lo where ihe body fell and ihls tima'they crossed Tennessee street , but again lost ( be scent and were re turned to the siartmg point. Again they crosfed the strtet and mopped , sniffed nnd then like a shot darted across the vacant lot to the tillcy up which the wounded thief ran. Suddenly one of them began to claw the foucu sit the soot where the blood was smuared. The gale was opened and ihe dogs aarteJ into the KiU'hen door of the house , but t > oun ran out asr.un and with noses touvhrJz the the brU-k pave ment ran north in Jlall p'.aco to Ninth street , and then oust as fasi us they cuuld run. Through alleand across streets the dors led , with Dilectivci Tnornton and Kinney and Suj-oiiiitoiiJent Powell close behind. By this lime at lorst a thousand people in bugiofi and 0:1 ! ic Rilawalk wore keeping close tfp to liioiutiui wagon , after cnasirg all over the nortlu-a&ttfrn part of town the proi-.esHsn cime tearing down D. law.-iro street throu ? ! . the center of town. Tne dog turned down the Je-Tcrsonville , ing a slight rlevution into the woodb. Again toox the rallrfuJ II-.K-K uiiii foliowect it lo Soutbporl. wncre the trail > vab lo. t. Itillvn in u ciiurc i. C'IXIINNATI. Dec 35 JolinTjler s'.ot and killed Armslcaa Martun to Xi < n ihuivli on \Vil'.lat ; hill toui.'ht 'lyKrBaiJ Mortun was too fanu'nr u.th Mr * . M < uou , Alt are colored. GrrMitw AM ) lilh JESUITS Action of the Reichstag on the Roadmissioa Act Disjusssd at Rome. MAY FAIL IN THE FEDERAL COUNCIL J iprctntlnii * nt the Vatican Arc tlint tlict l.iiihcrnn Illciurnt In ttin Upper Homo May Drtrnt the 1)111 utt l'liiil : lns\nc. | HOME , Dec. 25 The Associated press cor respondent in this cit.v has had an interview with a German ecclesiastic who occupies u leading position in Koine , on the subject of the recent vote in the German Ucirhstag upon the question of readmitting members of the Society of Jesus to Germany. The. distinguished prelate referred to believes that the German federal council , which is a sort of senate , will not ratify the vole of the Keichstag , saying : "An aristocratic ana conservative spirit prevails in the fonneraRsembly and it should not be forgotten that in Prussia a large portion tion of the nobility and the patriotic class is Lutheran. .Tno emperor himself is an ardent and well-nigh militant pietist , and would not see with a favorable eye the re turn of the Jesuits , implying , as It would , n triumph of Catholic aspirations. "Nevertheless , the vote ol Iho Koichstag constitutes a coed precedent. In the event of the motion being rejected by the federal council it will be brought forward again later on , and indeed as many times us neces sary.1 "Docs thn deputies' action deserve the blame bestowed upon It by those two papers which are generally held to represcn' . the views of the Vatican , and does Hcrr Liebor's statement offend dogma ? ' ' "Xot in the least , " replied the ccclcsius- tic. " 1 see nothing reprehensible in Herr Weber's statement. The reproach Is con- stonily leveled against German Catholics that they can nol t > e good patriots because of the obedience they owe to the uopc , who is a foreigner. Now , Herr Lieber desired to refute this charge by making an explicit statement , and his declaration in my opinion is in no way incompatible with dogma. " WAS A DYNA.tllTUIl. Victim of the 1'rncuo A isnt. lns Left a Iliut Kvcnril. LONKON , Dec. 2.Y A Vienna dispatch to the limes says Merva , who was yesterday murdered at Prague , was known under the assumed name of liigilctto of ToscaH. Dr. Hen-old , the leader of the young czechs , referred to him openly in the recent debates as an agent of the provocator and as the ringleader of a socialist society of young men whom he induced to deface the imperial eagles in public places. Dr. Ilerrold asserted that the man had been mixed up in other work of a like con temptible character. Dr. Herrolu said he had in his possession one of Mervn's note books containing a poem nttacking the gov ernor of Bohemia and mentioning dynamite in every line. The note book also contained a plan for blowluu up the palace of Count Franz Th.n , wniuli was to bo dynamited. Merva had been frequently arrested and re leased. Ninety of the men belonging to the so- : ialist society , which was called Omlinda , bave been arrested and will be tried for high treason. Dr. Herrold will defend a number of the prisoners at the coming trial. Merva pcgan his career in the army of tbe revolution as a drummer boy. While still at school he attended the secret meetings of a society known as the Subterranean L/eaguo whose tendencies were pan-Slavist. As it was composed of mere boys , the au thorities did not find it necessary to inter fere with the society. Merva had been ad vised to leave "ratruo and had expressed his intention to do so , but ho postponed his de parture and the result was , he was mur dered. U seems that of late ho hau received i number of threatening letters and hud been in perpetual fear of losing his life. I'KITEKY ' 1'AbTUKAU Dilio ] ) of noicmiu Slniuls Up Tor HU I'altli with Ui-cltluii mid > Igor. VIENNA. Dee. 25. Dr. Schopper , bishop of llosenau , is the author of a special Christ mas pastoral devoted to a llery attack upon the government's ecclcstiacalpolicy. Amonu other things , the j-astoral says : "Liberalism in general is allied to the Jewish Free Masons and has declared open war , not only against Catholits. but against Christi anity and religion itself. It wishes to reduce Huneary to heathenism. " ' 1 ho pastoral con cludes by suggesting means to combat the government's measure , these means in cluding increased subscriptions to the Peter's Pence fund , of which the bishop de clares ho has officially ascertained the pope is in need. IXJXPON , Ooo. 25. A Paris dispatch to the Times says : Catdinal Hichard lias issued his pastoral letter prescribing prayers for France in nil the Paris Catholic churches. In reference to the dynamite outrace in the Chamber of Deputies he says that the Oath- olicb snoulcl join in the felicitations cf the deputies over their preservation from an awful death , and pray God fervently that ho should bet aside the evils "menacing the country. " AI TIII : INJ , .Mile. Mlclinclora limU Her Ciin-er u n Paiiri-r in u .Most Dranmtlr .Munnor. ST. PCTCHSIIUIG. Dee. 23. Mile. Michael- ova , a favorite dauseuso of the Imperial theater , invited a party of friends to supper yesterday evoulnir. While they were nil seated at the table the hostess arose hur riedly , in a few brief , sharp words bid fare well to ncr guests , and , before anyoody could prevent her. she swallowed a dose of poison which she baa pouroc ! unobserved into n wine class , and fcit dead beloro her horrified friends. I'ranro Il u War on Her Hnnil * . LOXDO.N , Dec. 25 A dispatch to the Times from Paris says : News has been received from Madagascar to the effect that the Hovas arc arming , and , undaunted bj the presence of the Kronen soldiers , are driving the peasants from tltu rice Ik-Ids. The French pos * , \Vau.larauts was attacked t > v the Hovas. who Uillej Jive persons and took twcnty-ouu prisoners , including two French- men. The French ouipoal at Ivoondara w.is nlt > I'liiugod. The Krone 1 1 residence and the house ot the mananjuri were bmearoJ with mud , und he himself was n.onaeod with death. The minister of marine has or dered reinforcements sent. Itmittil ihi < AIM IK. HOME , Dec. 25. A dispatch from Massowah says Colonel Arimonda , in command ot thu Italian forces , hits arrived at Kufuil and says that after the recejit battle between the Dorvisheb aim liullit'is. KuroixMii ana native troops , the Arabs lied . .i.l.-to dibor.icr toward Awjsiut. rlo. ; . . j.s i > I by the Italians. The Italians , allci- follow ing the Dervishes for bomo distance , were recailtU. Cinisrr i nlin' nll. ' Dixturlmirn AMdTEKDAU , D&e. 'Ja. Tiio meeting of the so-called uoDgrefcs of Dutch socialists at Cironingen yesterday afternoon re ultrwl in violent quarrels nnd disorders. F.lzhly-gu sections of the boclulUt party wens rep resented. _ SiUrr III llllli. ) : l.Mii.v D.-i iV A < tisi'uuh 1 1 tt. < 'ir-.s . , fro 11 11 * * utii sats Hie ? 'U i-r r-fti' t > < b o t gmuiuj biga of itnaici4vi us in ru/uiM to silver. The opinion Is brromlnc more that n sliding imjiort duty s-lwuld t - imposed forthwith. The stmticest opposition Is likely to come from Konitmr. where it is feared the Chinos * trade will fee disturbed. Owing to the belief ttmt a duty is immen- tnt. the demand for uncoined silver is tin- abated. lliitntlrrrr Dec. 2.1. The Times , reviewing the general political situation , dwell * upon ttio discord at homo , anil says that circum stances throuch the world generally appear to favor the prevalence of peace nnd eood will equally as little as in South Anicncn , where the political movement Is conduct' * ! with the nid of shot and shell , adding : While everywhere HIP cn-at power * stand watrlilticcach nthcr with tucc ntit * u tl.'lt ) > n , slrainliiLtirlrte | imr 'os tntlio utmost In preparing - paring for thtiittark , w < > Impo tlivtv U no Im- nipdint" dancorof wnr , imt It I1 * lilh * to deny that in many iiiirloM ] : mill iH-twoon n-nny | ) ( > < > - iilo tin- tension is gieator now thnn It unit a few tnnliths nKO. TUo Times then proceeds to sfty that the safety of the empire demand ? urgent at'd Itn- Iterative attention bring paid to the defense. rrance'nVlno Oiitntit. PAKI , Dec. 25. The Monltcur Vinlcolo publishes full returns of the yield of the French vineyards. The crop is estimated at VJiVOKUKX ) gallons , np.ilnst OI.OOO.OOO gallons lens last year. The total \aluo of the crop is over ? 250CX.iOXU. ( the best since 1st" . line nn i\trnitnl : CnmiiilMliiii. HOME. Dec. 25. Cavalier Luicp.1 , head of the cncinccrlng department at Lccnorn , hns been cliatvcd by tlic Italian covurntmnil with a mission to study the system of public works li. North and South American ports. /nln AVaiitHii ( * ( IU\PIII hill. PAIIIS. Dec. 25. M. Zola has written an open letter to the Hussian newspatiers strongly appealing to them to take steps to bring about n literary convention between Kussla and France. I'rdrci mill IIN 1'iirrnK. PAIII , Dec. 25. Prince Pedro has arrived hero on his way to spend Christtnab with his parents , Count and Countess d'Ku , at their villa. The prince's visit has no political ob ject. ] * ro < , crlitUin | IlrrHllril. PEHXAMHITO , Dec. 25. President Poixoto has recalled the order of expulsion of for eigners. O.V .1 A/.V-/ > .I I JSI'/.V. I.ou DUt tnru Itlcyclt * Itnlcrs Milking Great Tlmct nt.MuilMiin biiiuru < i irdcli. NEW YOHK , Dec. 25. Madison Square gar den was well filled when nt midnight last night eighteen bicyhsts commenced the race that will keep them hustling for the next six days. The men entered in the contest are. with bu t few exceptions , , well trained ntheletcs. Those entered are : 'William Martine , champion of the world , with a record of 1,400 miles : Albert School : , C.V. . Ashinger. Frank Albert. Frank Fuller , Dawsou Forwalt , Pete Golden , 12.1 ward Heading , \Vuxell , John H. Uarton. Frederick Foster. Albert Hosnier , H. F. Bartholomew , Frank Walsh , C Oraer , P. Borlow , FranK Udmond , J. F. Slurbuck nnd George Vanden- bnrg. Vaudeuburg is the youneest of the contestants , being within two years of his majority. Stnrbuck hails from Marion , In. ana is > little known in racing circles. Al 1 : SO thokcoro was : Martin 0.- ' Grc.-r 10.H Walltjj- IM.O Sc-lioeiJ JU.2 liorlo yi.il Abhlnirer -O.a Fuller 10.il Ur-idln- ! 1H.I1 Uuillioloinew 11t C ! < Wp I'.t.O Wtixt-11 10.4 Hoiiiur. . SO.O Albcn l0. ! ' < Fovt'-r 'JO.l 1 orwali sil.3.linrlun l'J.3 Vnndonlnnv I'll.CI The 100-mile recqrd ; which was six hours and twenty minutes , and held by Arthur Itobb of England , was broken by Vnndcn- burg. He mnde the distance in live hours and thirty minutes , nnd Hosnier has broken the twelve-hour record , which was 170 miles and seven laps , made by Jack Prince in IS'Jl. Hosmcr in that time made " 00 miles and four Ian1 * . Score of twelve Hours ending at noou today : Rldr'rs. Mll < " > 'Killers. ' Jlllps. Hosim-r 'JIM Vundenbnrg1 1HI * Martin ' . ' ( UtAlbtTl ISM Waller VUl.Wuxell . 17t Pchock ilOU'Golilcn lOIf KfiuUu ? L'OO.Banon . ISO Starbuck 101Fuller , 1U1 Anhinepr 1 US' ' Forwalt 110 NKW YOHK. Dec. 20. At 2 o'clock this morning the highest scores wore : Rider. o Jlll.-s. Rider. Miles. tkOiix-U 411Albtn Hsl Murlin 1111 HfismiT : I70 V.'allcr -11J Ilarion L'OO NEW rour IIAI.II iuu : < . il rvanl Coinmltten * > 'curlnK I'.vpcrt Trn tliuuny on tie ( InuiP. BOSTONDec. . 25. Several experts identi fied with foyt ball at Harvard have given their opinions relative to the proposed change of rules and the coming convention toivara that end. L. F. D < jl n , the inventor of the wedge and other tricks , says : "As to the use of momentum plays , no ono would b : moreglad to see them done away with tlrm 1. I should much prcler to see a more open style of piiy. I don't think it would he a gnod plan to abolish the use of the living muss In the opening plav. Hura it is more open , and therefore lc s dangerous.1 George A. Stewart says : "Tho old fash ioned m.iss pkiy.-j arc uoldaugerougand have not been regarded so. The momentum tiiay 1 do nol consider any worse. " Manager II. H. White says : "I nm op. posed to mass and momentum plajs und in favor of an oppn game. " llevo in trying lo change the style of the game.1 Cnaries Brewer says : "The game would be more interesting if there were moro open plays. The proposal to make the distances to be gained on four downs ten yards , in stead of Ijve , would lie ono way of doing this. " W. H. I cwia , Harvard's center rusher , says : ! think ihu m-unenium plays are not dangerous. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W1M. Tfc > T Till ; Ml'lUATlON. Iljce Track llinnif.i til Ivy I.lty to ISu Ite. fcuinril Tuiljy. WASHINGTON' , Dec. 25. Hieing will bo re sumed at Ivy City tomorrow. President Kii cman. under thu advice of his counsel , decided Wednesday to begin racing again Tuesday. The few sporting men who are in Ihe city express ihe opinion lhat if the authorities only make ono arrest after the lirst race , so us lo enable them to make a test case , the meeung will coiititnio and bo a gooU one. as plenty of bookmakers will bo here lo make business lively , but if thu authorities make guod their threats to ar rest all bookmakernnd bettors after each and every race , ttio meeting will probably come loa clos ? loin'jirjw. An otlh'lal of the police department said lo an Associated press representative tonight : " 'Iho author ities will nrivst orcry person who posts an odd. The general public wil ! nol be dig- turbod. but every bookmaker will bo ar rested as saou as he makes a best. " The entries for u/momny arc largo , nearly every race havine tiftcen horses. The purges are for i-.V ) . Arraitgemcittii have ben made for balling of all persons 'irrcstod tomorrow. liiprtl All * itacrr * . SAX FiuI'd ! ) , DJC. -Keferring to the action of the board of stewards of the Blood Horse association in refusing to permit further entries of horses of Frank Van -NOSS of the Klkton stablus , the BvaminT prints' a btatemont that lha burnn ? of the IClkton horses was oue to the fact that they had been a rugged , hjiiodermic injection * being u'-od to induce the horses to overdo them- seivek The lionet really became dope lionl : ( , ati3 un iut rail wiil.jjt a clrjz. faith- lui : u ttio , j' iiejB in 4.y bu It is i\Uj RiiJ it'.tr u > n-'r here are u petteu f the HUNTING FOR A ROW Pcixoto's Oruiser Nicthoroy Leaves Pr am- btico to Force a Fight , MELLO'S ' VESSELS ARE TO BE LOOKED UP Dynamite Guns of ths President's ' Pride May Scoa Have a Trial , REBEL ADMIRAL WORKS A NICE SCHEME He Heads for n Oonvict Settlement to Ob tain Men for His Crews. BATTLE CANNOT LONG BE POSTPONED Aijnlitalmi mill Itrpiitillrn to lie Kn ncril by tlir Nictlirroy nt the Cnrllrit Mo- mi-lit to Si-itto the linen. lion ol superiority. ICopi/rfpWnl / lHa till Hit . ! tiurlttri/Vii. ! l PciiNAMiimi , Dec. 'Jo. The situation of af fairs hns very materially changed in this city within the last few hours. Until this morning Pcrnambuco believed that its har bor was to bo the scene of the lirst big naval hatile between the Hepublica , Admiral Mollo's best warship , and the Acjuidaban , her companion rebel ship , on the one siilo and the Nictheroy , President Pel.xoto's dynamite gun cruiser , on the other. This belief was amply Justlliod by the repnri re ceived a few days ago on apparent li good authoritv thai Hie iiopublica and AquKinbau had been seen off Ihe Uiazillan coast headed , northward , apparently bound for Pornam- buco , as if to taio'iho Nictheroy by sur prise and compel her to fight without : v chniice of pulling lo so.i. The news re ceived hero ihis morning ehange.l Ihe whole aspect of affairs. Alter MM lolaiul. The rebel warships , it was then learned , were not on their way to Pcrnambuco , but on the contrary had sailed toward the mountainous and rugged island of Ferdl- nando do Xorouha , where thcro is a largo convict settlement. The island , despite its ruggcdncss , possesses considerable fertility , and its several harbors , defended by forts , would enable Mello to make a vigorous re sistance , if attacked. The revoluiionary admiral's object , in going to Ferdimndo do Noronha , which is over 1K ( ) miles from the main coast of Hrazilr is to compel so mutiv ablehodiud convicts as ho can ( ind in the settlement to go aboard his vessels and Join His crows. It is said ha expects to secure not less than 1,003 men in. this way. Upon the reception of this news aboard , the Nicihcroy there was great activity no ticeable. Members of the crew were sent nshoro in small boats to search through the town for sucn of the Nictheroy's men as had been allowed to leave the ship and to hurry them back to the ship. Nlcthvro.r INits to Sra. The commanding ofticor of the Xn-theray had apparently rccslvcd full instructions as to how he should act in such an emergency , and these instructions , it is believed , were to the effect that , if convinced the report of the coming to Pcrnambuco of the Ko'iublKtv and tbo Aquidaban proved untrue , anil that these vessels. Instead of seeking , were evad ing fight , ho should lose no further time , but put to sea at once and force them into u naval contest for superiority. Tills view of the case proved correct , for this afternoon when all the Nictheroy's men had gotten on board , Ihe government battleship weighed anchor , steamed out to sea and pointed her nose for the northo'tst. The Associated press correspondent is re liably informed the Nicthcroy's dtstinallon Is ihe island of Purdinando do Norouha. If ihls information is correct , the long ex pected sea battle between the revolutionist and the government war vessels will , in all probability , be fought within a short timo. Tnuuiii.ns ix K.ixs.ts. Cltl/.eiK of Dinrrriit I'arM ol the Stnte Coiiiii'iilnlni ' ; Itlttt.rly. ST. I oris , Dec. 25. A special to the Ho- public from Topeka says : Reports of depre dations committed by tramps continue to come from all parts of the state. Along thu eastern and southern borders they aie thick , and generally travel in gangs of half a dozen. Kallrond olbcials state thai llicir frelghl crews nave a great deal of troubiu with them , and in many Instances arj threatened with assault if they insist on their leaving the trains They arc crowding into the larcest towns of tno unto , where they say they will have the protection of the police under the gov ernor's order. Kvery day a lumber ol tramps call at Uovernor Icwcling'B ! ofllca and beg for money with which to buy some thing toal. . The governor has found lhl ยง such a burden that he is compelled to refuse further aid lo them. Last nighl several tramps broke Into the .Methodist church ami took a big supply ol eatables und candles which the ladies of the church had prepared for the children. nit-.it o. % viiitt 1 1. 11. is. Mlllloiuiirti Amlrtnri , O. . Dw. 25. Chauncoy 1 1. Andrews , mulii-miillonuiro and foremost business man in norlhoastcrn Ohio , uied al 0:11 : o'clock this morning. Ho has built fo'ii railroads and established several large iron concerns during his active career. lie wai one of the lirst parinens in the Standard Oil company , and is widely knuwn us , a Huanuui ana industrial organizer. .Mtijor Clurenre M. ll'irlon. PORTLAND , Ore , Dec. 2,1 Major Clarenci M. Barton is dead. He was one of the be. . . known newspaper men in the noith. west , and for many years connected with the ncw& < papers of Washington , D C. , and Phlladcl * phia , unU on'of thu founders of the Knlghti of P.s thias. o ( PIIII.AIH-.I.I-UIA. Doc -Ex-Governor nipei of Delaware died at Midaloton , Del. , tint Jilt * I'olUril It Detcrmliird. \ViMtivoK > N Dec. 2.1 The rumor that the suit of M'ss PolUiru agam&t Heprcsentatlva CrctUinndrc for lircac' r-f promise will bu con , pro-Disc I and setl'e'J outsUe cf lh co Ji : > ib i . i oJttod lu this cily.