ESTABLISHED JUNE ] 9 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , MARCH 14 , 1891. E COPY FIVE ' CENTS.
Bo the Members of the Upper House of
Congress Thought on Yesterday.
TIME DEVOTED TO THE WHITE METAL
Eland's ' Seigniorago Coinage Bill the Subject
of Discussion.
OPPOSING SENATORS MAKE ARGUMENTS
Some of the Objections to the Passage of the
House Measure ,
OBJECTED TO THE USE OF THE RECORD
fccimtar llurrln Inter n I'rotrnt to the
Ile-Rlro of Sin itor Dolpli to llnvo Printed
J.'itnielH from thu "PopullHt Illblo"
HOIIHO Proceeding-
WASHINGTON , March 13. The proceed
ings In the scnata today were of an ex
tremely unlntcresllng characler. Without
the Intervention of any 'morning business ,
except the presentation of a few petlllons
and Ihe Introduction of BO mo unimportant
'bills , the scnato look up Die consideration of
the sclgnlorago bill. '
Senators Stewarl and Lindsay spoke In
favor and Mr. Dolph spoke In opposition to
It , holding that Its passage would destroy
Iho existing cctiallly | between gold and silver ,
and the two new senators. McLaurln of
Mississippi and Mr. Ulanchard of Louisiana ,
received their committee appointments.
Mr. Stewart of Nevada took the floor In
support of the Hlaml bill. Ho was unwilling
to have the bill amended , for ho believed
that to return It to the house would be fatal
to It. Mr. Stewart delivered a silver speech
along the line of his well known theories.
At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's remarks
Mr. Palmer of Illinois announced that the
ccnator fiom Kentucky ( Mr. Lindsay ) wished
to speak on the trtibjcct. As Mr. Lindsay
was absent the senate waited whllo a page
vas dispatched to the committee room to
summon him.
Senator Lindsay began his speech with the
assurance thai If he bel'evcd that any of the
unfoitunate results so freely predicted by
Ihe previous speakers would follow the pas-
nage of the bill ho would bo slow In giving
It his support. Ills brief experience In the
senate , however , had convinced him that
piophecles , especially In financial epiestlons ,
v ere to bo treated with some doubt. Ho
believed thai If Ihe enactment of this bill
Into law would bring Ihe country to a single
sliver standard or would stand In the way
of nn International agreement he would hesl-
late to give it ills \ote Accoidlng to his
understanding , however. It simply provided
for the canylng out of the unredeemed sec
tions of the law ot 1890 It went no further
than that the coinage provisions of tha acl
ot 1890 should bo carried out in the next five
ycaiB. Ho donlcd the assertion made by
Senator Sherman and others that the bill
permitted the Issue of paper money without
Becuilty , saying that the bill did not permit
such an Inte-rprotatlon put on it by these
Benalors who looked for Iho Introduction Into
our currency of merely flat money after the
passage of Ibis bill.
When Senator Lindsay took his scat. Set-
alors Dolph and Mills jumped to their feet ,
the latter to ask for an execullvo session.
Mr. Dolph , however , was recognised , and as
ho was primed for a speech and had been
waiting since yesterday for an opening , ho
declined to yield for a motion to go inlo
executive session.
Mr. Dolph thought that these who were
urging the passage of the bill were doing
fc , under false Interpretations. They were
principally those members of the senate who
favored the frco coinage of silver. The bill
was a reckless proposition to Increase the
coinage of standard silver dollars or of silver
cortlflcalcs without any adequate provision
' "JsL f ° r their redemption or to maintain their
jr * equality with gold. The bill was In direct
conflict with the declaration of congress
made a few months ago , when the purchasing
clause ot Iho Sherman law was repealed ,
"tliat It was the policy of the government to
maintain the parity of gold and sllvei. Ho
then gave an analytic , statement of the bill ,
and showed Us elnngers and Imperfections.
An amusing Interruption occuired to Mr.
Dolph's speech. Mr. Dolph had referred tea
a reply made by a Washington newspaper
woman In response to a fallacious work
which was used , ho said , as a political blblo
by the populist party. Mr. Dolph announced
that ho would not read the reply , but would
have It printed In the iccord.
This brought Mr iliurls lo his feet with
an objection and a sharp debate followed.
Mr. Han Is said that nothing could bo printed
In the record which had not been tillered on
the floor except by unanimous consent , and
ho did not pioposo to allow any book to bo
published In the Ilecoid
Mr Dolph mildly remaiKed that It was not
a book , but a newspaper clipping , and be
lli , ; pressed again and again for" the amount
of space it would take In the necord , lefusod
to commit himself , but said ho would road
It It ho desired *
' I do not like to pul the senator to that
trouble , " replied Mr Harris , sarcastically ,
"nor to delay the sen vte at this hour , but I
will not consent to any senator dovelalllng
a book to the Ilccorel "
"I have loft out much ot the article as It
Is , " said Mr Dolph.
"You should have loft It all out , " retorted
Mr Harris as ho walked out of the chamber.
Jlr , Dolph continued his speech a few
moments longer and Just announced thai
he would print In the Record an extract from
a pamphlet entitled "Cheap Money , " Just
Ihcn Mr Hauls came In again
"Does Iho senator Intend to print a whole
library In the ilcconl ? If ho does I want
him to read It bore , so wo may know what It
Is "
Senator Allen of Nebraska , ot whom men
tion had been made In connection with the
"Populist lllble. " Just referred to , also In
terjected an objection to the publication of
the extracts , unless they were lead
A brief discussion took place as to whether
the reading should take place tonight or
tomorrow , and It was finally agreed to lot
U take place Immediately
Mr Dolph then started to read In a low
tone , when Mr Hoar was heard to remaik
tint perhaps the senator from Tennessee
( Mr. Harris ) would lIKe to read the papers
and thus lellovo the senator from Oregon
This raised a laugh , which was Increased
when Mr. Harris replied , with marked em
phasis : "I hardly think I will , but I refer
Iho senator fiom Oregon to the senator from
Massachusetts , whu it > an excellent reader. "
Mr , Dolph stood In the alslo holding the
book In hla hand dining this exchange of
pleasantries , and when the discussion was
over began to read again In the same low ,
monotonous voice ,
Ilo had not read a dozen lines when Sena >
tor Hoar again Interrupted him to call at
tention In a humorous way to the absence
of a quorum and suggested that It would
not be courteous to the senator from Oregon
to waste his powers on a halt-empty senate
Accordingly the roll was called , and but
thirty-six bonutors responded. Then , nn mo <
tlan of Mr Pasco , thu senate adjourned.
AnthPoiilliig.
W \S11INGTON. March 13. Tha Inter-
ttale loinmlltce of the senate this moinlng
lu-ird mi argument In be-half of the ic-
peallng of the anti-pooling el uneIn the
Interstate commerce1 act liv W. K , rowan ,
general counsel of the llaltlmore A : Ohio
railroad _ _ _ _ _
Treasury Mau-meiit.
WASHINGTON , March 13. The net gold
In the treasury at the close of business was
1107,163,511 , which shows a loss of J231.298
since yesterday , anil the cash balance has
been reduced from $13Sf99ISO to $130,893,72. . .
The loss ot gold Is solely onaccount , of
quarterly pensions paid In told In Sin Fran
cisco , which began on March 4. The re
duction In the ciish bilanco Is not signifi
cant and is explained by the fact that the
warrants issued c'xcee-ded the receipts by
that amount. .
IN Tin : HOLISM. "
Consideration of tlin ini(1rjr riill Appropria
tion Hill Hi-gun
WASHINGTON , March 13The house
todny began the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the sundry civil
cxpenpcs of the government and fair
progress was made Only three amend
ments of any Importance were adopted.
The only amendment of Importance was
made by Mr Morse of Massachusetts , to
cut oft the appropriation for the Interstate
Commerce commission The manner which
that portion of the nppioprlatlon for cbun-
nel fees , $181,000 , was worded , led to a
rather spirited debateIn which Mr Can
non of Illinois rather broadly Intimated
that this appropriation had been placed
und r the direction ot the commission , In
stead of the Department of Justice , as here
tofore , because of the criticism against
Attorney General OIney from ceitaln
quarters , that he was In sympathy with
corporations
The Moise amendment precipitated a
rather bitter attack from Mr Wise of Vir
ginia , who hail re id an anonymous letter ,
charging Air. Morse- with opposing the law
from purely selfish reasons In the Interest
of the stove polish concern of which he Is
the president
When the sense of the house was tested
upon the Morse proposition It was defeated
by Mr HalncD of New York , who made the
point of no quorum against It
Just before adjournment Mr Cummlngs
presented , as a privileged report from the
committee on naval affairs , his resolution
calling lor Information from the secretary
of the navy regarding the violation of the
armoi plate contracts by C'ninegle , Phipps
& Co , which had gone to that committee
In the eorlv part of the session on Mr.
Stern's objc'ctlon
The latter explained that ho had no per
sonal knowledge regarding the matter dealt
with by the resolution , but he hid ob
jected In the absenceof Mr. Dalzell , until
he could communicate with Plttsburg 'Ibis
he had done by telegraph and had learned
that there was no objection to the passage
of the resolution on the part of Carnegie ,
Phipps Co He had seen many state
ments In the newspapers relic-cling upon
that company In connection with these con
tracts , while ho knew nothing personally
about the matter , from acquaintance with
Mr Carnegie or Mr. Phipps , he felt suie
that a full investigation would e < onerato
Ihem from the charges that they hail made
any attempt to defraud the government If
defective plates had been delivered It was
without their knowledge.
The resolution was agreed to and the
house then at 5 10 adjouined
MIITING WITH OPPOSITION.
Ono Section of tlio he-uitc Tariff 11111 timt
\\lll I5o L'oiielit Huril.
WASHINGTON , March 13 The Indica
tions point to a spirited debate In the senalo
over Hie clause In the senate tariff bill In
serted by the finance committee , providing
foi the abrogation of the Hawaiian rcclp-
loclty trealy of 1875 , and llio stibjecl Is
already beginning lo attract attention on
both sides of the chamber.
This treaty provides for a general exchange
ot the products of the two countiies free of
duty , and includes sugar as the principal
Hawaiian export lo Ibis country , the United
States in turn being permitted to export ag
ricultural implements and other machinery
and manufacturers of woolen and cotlon lex-
tile fabiics , as well as a great variety of
other articles to Hawaii without payment of
duty. It also contains a provision that no
other foreign government than this shall ac
quire tlllo lo any port or harbor In the
Hawaiian Islands There are a number of
senators on Iho demociallc side who will ob
ject lo the clause , and it is believed that
the republican party in Ihe senate will bo
almost solid In Its opposition. Already ob
jection is heard , not only because the
termination of the Ircaty would deprive this
country of valuable prerogatives in the Is
lands , but because also of the fact that the
action contemplated would be a serious blow
to the sugar planters of the Islands ,
whose business , It Is contended , is
dependent absolutely upon maintaining free
commercial Intercourse with the United
States.
The clause was Inserted as a concession to
the sugar Inlercsts of this country , whoso
filends In the senate will e\ert their In
fluence lo have it letalned During 1893
288,517,929 pounds of sugar and 07,321 gallons
lens of molasses were rmported from
Hawaii. These Importations at tlio lowest
rates fixed by the senate bill , would , If the
trealy should bo abrogaled , bring a revenue
lo the Ireasury amounting to $2SSGG25.77.
CIttAIl MANlH'ACTimiHlS
They Meet In Washington and Protest
Against tliei Iniieiise Tax on < Ig.n * .
WASHINGTON , March 13-Cigar mnmi-
fnctuicis assembled In national convention
tit the Shoroham hotel today for the pui-
pose of forming a permanent organization ,
and also to piotesl against the Increase of
the internal icvenuo duty on clgais from
$3 to $1 per 1 000 , as proposed in. the senate
tariff bill. M. Krohn of Cincinnati pre
sided. It was aigued by the speakers at
the meeting that the contemplated Incicaso
In the cigar tax would result In cither In-
cieasing the cost of clgnis to the consumer
01 a ladleal decrease of the wages of the
DOO 000 employes In the country
Tlio committee on peimnnent organization
submitted a favorable icport which was
unanimously adopted The organization
will bo known as "The National Associa
tion of Clgaunakeis " Permanent officers
for the convention meM Kiohn , chair
man ; A. Lle-hten , Philadelphia , Ed Hayman ,
New York ; John Ollnger , Lancaster , Pa ;
K Preeman , lialtlmore , J Hninshclm , New
Orleans ; John Brunt , Detroit and William
Hoot , Blnghampton , vice presidents ; H L
Eldhelm , 'treasurer ; Morris S. Wise , New
Yoik , secietary
Another Pension Hill
WASHINGTON , March 13-The house
committee on Invalid pensions today or
dered a favorable report on the bill of Rep
resentative Martin of Indiana , doing away
with the leqnlrement of honoinble dis
charge as a piellmlnniy to a. pension In
man ) cases death has occurred during a
furlough or outside of military duties. In
such cases no honoiable discharge Is in
existence and the widow Is cut off fiom se
em Ing n pension Iho bill makes the
death of a soldier equivalent to nn hon
orable ellschaige , ojkcopl when the death
occurs during desertion.
WlHi'Diuln's Hostel Cose.
MADISON. WlB. , Mnich 13 Plaintiff Hob
Dow testified In the roster cnso today , cor
roborating Ihe evidence given by McFall
and Dow In all important matters In the
negotiations for the seciet confe-ience , co-
cm Ing the legal opinions of Counsels Danh-
forel and Cqnnell He testified that when
he called on Governor Pe-ek and told him
that Chirk had repaid J3.000 of $ _ oOuO paid
on the contract , tlio governor expiesseet
giatlllcallon , followed Ihe witness to the
door and raid he was veiy anxious to have
the matter settled and get the papeis In
the devil back.
E V , ( Jlbbs of Tracy , Olbbs it Co. tes
tified to furnishing an estimate of the cost
of pilntlng 5,000 rosteis at $ .3,000 , and nevci
figured on any other number
Plaintiff's counsel offered parts of Colonel
Clark's deposition as an averse witness
in evidence , and the reading of the same
ocpuple-d much of the afternoon session
The plaintiffs will probably finish their evi
dence tomoirovv
Ijibor I.nuliTS In Scri > t Se-snloii.
MILWAUKEE. Match 13.-U is rumored
that an Important secret conference of
labor leaders In regard to the Judge Jenk
ins Investigation will bo held In this city
tonight or tomorrow. It Is stated that rep
resentatives of all the great labor organiza
tions of the country me hero and are icgls-
teicd under assumed names if a confer
ence Is In piogrcss today It Is being held in
eomo out of the way place ,
SIIii r. lEi-tiirn
SPIUNUF1ELD , III , , March 13-At a mass
mooting of miners of the Springfield mm-
iKstrlct , held here today , It was decldeel t.o
roHiima work nt the reduced prices of G5
cents per ton , a reduction of C cents The
operators also lefuse-d to grant reductions
In mining supplier. The miners will meet
shortly and organize.
COUNSEL NOT CALLED DOWN
Monday's ' Fracrvs Between Belligerent At
torneys Has Not Bad Results.
JUDGE BRADLEY KEEPS HIS EYES CLOSED
Colonel Hrrcklnrlilgu'H I.IIMJOM INciipn Ju-
illitul Centura for the Mttlo Tight
I.iint Might Acunod of CarryIng -
Ing AmiH In Court.
WASHINGTON , March 13. Such a gatherIng -
Ing of lawyers as today filled the circuit
court where the Pollard-Drecklnrldgo trial
Is In progress was seldom seen In Washing
ton. Members ot the bar crowded the
place to see what sentence Judge Hradloy
would mete out to the visiting Kentucklans
who had made a pugilistic assault upon Miss
Pollard's attorneys the night before. Within
the recollection of the court officials there
had been no instance of a resort to fisticuffs
by pratlcloners before the local bar.
Impressive silence followed the roll call of
Jurors , the Judge seeming lo wait for ox-
plaiatlo i fr m the lawyers Tien he-
spoke : "I t otlce Iho papers have laid oul a
tour < n p' pioceduro for mo lo lollMV rei .ant
ing an oc tii enco Jn t out ldo the court room
after the court had adjourned yesterday
evening , which the court did not see , and
which the parties concerned In It hero proba
bly i egret as much as the court does. It Is
not a matter of which the court can take
judicial notice. As It was past the hour for
alj nn nien * when the plaintiff's counsel
had finisnrd speaking last night , and as I
noticed some evidences of excitement on the
part of th" defendant's counsel , I thought It
bast to adjourn the court , thinking lhat after
a night of thought over the connection in
which certain woids had bent used the
counsel might look upon them differently.
Had the trouble referred to taken place In
court , it would have been the duty of the
couit to take judicial notice of II and ho
would have done so promptly. "
THDY WERE NOT ARMED.
Then nfler a brief pause Judge Bradley
proceeded : "There Is a. mailer which I
deem It my duty to speak of. The court
has received information that some of the
gentlemen representing the defendant have
conic Into the court room armed. There Is
a law for the punishment of the oltenso of
carrying concealed weapons , not as strlngenl
as I wish il was. This Is a law-abiding com
munity and the courts are able to protect
citizens and , as such conduct Is uncalled
for , It is most reprehensive. If the courl
has Information adequate ho will see thai
prosecution Is begun In the police court of
the district. "
Hero Mr. Butlervvorlh rose , stating that
ho had never carried a weapon and thouclil ;
Iho counsel should be given an opportunity
to enter disclaimers as lie would regret the
occurrence of such a breach of order as
much as the court.
Mr. Shelby , Colonel Brecklnrldge's partner ,
said he never carried a weapon In his life
Mr. McKenney follov/ed with a similar state
ment. Mr. Stoll declared thai ho had never
enlered Iho presence of a court armed , and
then Mr Thompson remarked : "As I am
the only ono left I will enter a disclaimer
also. "
Mr. Carlisle rose to say that he wished It
understood thai Iho Information had not
come from any of the plaintiff's counsel , to
which Judge Bradley assented , icmarklng
thai It had been made to him by reputable
parties.
Judge Bradley excluded the depositions on
the giotind thai Ihoy did not conform to the
law that they must cithei be written by
the deponent or by the notary bafore whom
they were taken. They were vvrltlcn by a
lypewriter. An exception to the ruling was
taken for the plaintiff.
Another deposition , that of Mrs. Logan ,
taken before Notary Lowrey Jackson In Cin
cinnati , was offered for Iho plaintiff and ob
jected to by the defendant. In the argu
ment following It developed that this testi
mony was concerning the birth of Miss Pol
lard's fiist child.
Judge Biadley decided that since more
than a day had been consumed In cross-ex-
amlnallon ot Mrs. Logan , llio rlghls of llio
defendant had been preset ved and admitted
the deposition , the defense noting an ex
ception.
Mrs Mary Logan Is a Cincinnati physician ,
as appeared from the deposition read by Mr.
Carlisle. She had , In 18S1 , treated a young
girl about to be confined who gave the name
of Monica Burgoyne , saying that her friends
called her "Mono , " and the witness said
that Miss Pollard , who was then In the
nolary's office , bore some resemblance ,
although she had doubtless changed. It
was llio voung woman's first child and she
had reported that her husband had died or
there wore family reasons for keeping the
birth Eccrot.
At the suggestion of Dr. Logan Miss Pol
lard had gone for her confinement to the
Catholic sisters on the Reading road , three
or four miles from Cincinnati. There the
physicians had made two or three calls ,
although the young woman was under the
charge of the physicians of the Instllullon.
Pour or five months afterward , "Mrs Bur
goyne" had been taken to the house of Drs.
Boiry and Iluchanan , where she passed un
der another , name , which the witness could
not rememberr If Miss Pollard was the per
son the doctor could not Identify her cer
tainly , saying"Sho has changed greally
If It Is hei. It has been several years since
I saw her. This lady's figure Is thinner ,
her hair Is different and she has changed In
many ways. I am positive that the young
woman wore spectacles" ( Miss Pollard Is
thin and eloes not wear glasses )
The cross-examination was read by Mr
nuttcrvvorth. The witness was certain that
the young woman had not passed under the
name of Louise Wilson The reading of
the deposition was veiy tedious , taking more
than two hours , and served to empty the
court ot a majority of the spectators and
was not concluded until after the noon ro-esi.
NO LADIES IN COURT.
During the morning there were no ladies
In court , not oven Miss Pollard and her
two friends appearing Her attorneys have
not decided whether the plaintiff will bo
placed upon the stand to testify , as she Is In
mieli a nervous state they fear she would not
bo able to stand the ordeal.
ino poopio vvjio nan deserted the court
began to pour back at 2 30 , when the plain
tiff's counsel varied the monotony by calling
a witness The door between tlio Jury box
and the Judge opened to admit two sisters of
some Catholic society , attired In the black
bonnets and gowns of tltolr order , Ono of
them seated herself beside Mr. Carlisle , whllo
the other took the chair In the witness box ,
looking very pulo and troubled at her un
usual position. Sister Cecelia of the order
of Sisters ot Charity of Cincinnati was the
name given. She said that In 1SSI she had
been sister In charge of the convent at Nor
wood , 0 , ten miles from Cincinnati by rail
and live miles by road. "Do you recall Uml
In 1885 there was a person thcro by the name
ot Burgoyno' " asked Mr. Carlisle.
"I do not. "
"Havo you examined the records of the In
stitution lately ? "
"I have. "
Objection to Iho question of the result of
the examination was made.
"Do you remember a female patient who
was visited by a female physician from Cin
cinnati ? "
"Thcro was ono who was visited twice by
Dr Mary Street. "
The four volumes of Irving which had
figured mysteriously In the case , were placed
before the ulster , and she said. "I was
presented a see of hooka lllw those by a
lady who had been a patient In our asylum
not long before I left the asylum In August ,
16S5 , but I cannot say whether these are
the Identical volumes , I placed them In the
bookcase of the asylum and left them thero. "
"Aro these the books ? " Mr. Carlisle asked.
"I cannot say positively that these are the
same books , but they look llko them. "
"What Is your beat opinion on the ques
tion ? "
"That they are the same. "
"Do you remember that It was brought to
your attention that ono of jour patients was
corresponding with come one through the
Cincinnati Enquirer ? " ,
"Sho told mo BO. I thought I had per
suaded her to desist. I tried lo. "
"Do you know Mies Madeline Pollard ? "
"I have met her In Washington. "
"Would you know her If you should see
her ? "
WOULD KNOW HER NOW.
"I would now. "
"Did you receive a letter from her ? "
"One ; It came to me ] In Pueblo. "
"Did she describe In conversation and by
letter the Institution and Incidents con
nected with It In 1SS5 which would lead you
to Identify It ? "
"Ono moment , " Interposed Attorney Btit-
tcrworth , objecting to recent descriptions of
the convent as Immaterial
Judge Wilson replied to the objection that
after nine years had elapsed It was necessary
to depend sometimes upon corroborative cir
cumstances for Identification
Colonel Shelby countwr-argucd that the
result of the convcrsatlpns and lelters nfler
the Institution of the suit , and whenwithout
making any charges bi this Instance , it
would bo easy to fabricate testimony , and was
manifestly Improper ?
The hour for adjournment had arrived ,
and as Mr Butlervvortli asked time to con
sult authorities , Ihe courl adjourned , leaving
Iho testimony at the crucial question.
xvim ron T'III : AIIMY.
Court Martini Cnlleil 'at West I'olnt-Sur-
gcoiiH * NliitiotiA OlmiiRi-d ,
WASHINGTON , March 13-Special ( Tele
gram to The Bee ) A general court mar
tial Is appointed lo mecl nl West Point , N.
Y , at 11 o'clock a. m. on Friday , Match 16 ,
for Ihe Itlal of such prisoners as may be
brought before It. Detail for the court.
Captain William fl * SpuiKln T > \
Infantry ; rirst Lieutenant Henry C. New
comer , corps of engineers ; rirst Lieutenant
Mason M Patrick , corps of engineers ; rirst
Lieutenant Samuel D Freeman , Tenth cav
alry , rirst Lieutenant Edmund D Smith ,
Nineteenth Infantry ; Tlr't Lieutenant Welds
P. Illchardson , Eighth Ififanliy , Plrsl Lieu
tenant William II. Allahc. Twenty-third
infantry ; rirst Lieutenant Harrington K
West , Sixth cavalry , rirst Lieutenant James
A. Cole , Sixth cavalry , First Lieutenant
Austin H Brown , Foiftth Infnnlrv ; I'lr t
Lieutenant Benjamin APooro , Sixth in
fantry ; First Lieutenant Richmond P.
Davit ) , Second artillery. Second Lieutenant
Mathew C liutlei , jr. , Fifth cavalry ; Tlist
Lieutenant Edwin II. Babbitt , ordnance de
partment , Judge advocate.
The following changes in the stations and
duties of officers of the 'medical department
uie ordered : First iTleutennnl Paul F.
Straub. assistant surgeon , will be relieved
ftom duty at Tort Rlloj , Kan , and leport
to the commanding officer at San Cailos ,
A. T , for eluty at that po-rt , relieving Fhst
Lieutenant Horton E. McViiy , as istanl sur
geon , Lieutenant MoVav , on being relieved
bv Lieutenant Stiaub , will reporl lo the
commanding officer at Whlpple Harracics ,
A. T. , for duty at that post , and bv letter to
the comar.dlng general , Department of tne
( Joloiado The follow luff transfers in tne
TV. only-fourth Infanliy are made : First
Lieutenant Charles Dodge , from company
F to company G ; First Lieutenant Henry
C. Keene , Jr. , from company G to eom-
* '
A boa'td of officers , to conslsl of Lioulen-
ant Colonel Albert Hmtsuff , deputy sui-
KCOII general ; Lieutenant-Chailes It. Green
leaf , deputy surgeon general ; Major Benja
min F. Pope , surgeon , is appointed to meel
at the call of the president thereof at San
Fiancloco , Cnl. , fer the c-xamlmitlon of Cap-
lain William H. IIalltassistant BUI goon ,
vlth a view to determining- fitness for
piomotion. Captain Hall will leport in per
son to the president of the board for exam
ination ut such time as ha may designate.
DcHtrnctlvo Strikers. , _
FATEHSON , N J. MaiSh 13 The strik
ing silk dyers today mirchott to the works
of Simon & Auger , krc a rtown the doors
and forced the rtoikmen ou of the estab
lishment. They threw the unfinished silken
on the floor , turned on the Hteain in the
tubs ami burned a laige quantity of the
material. They then proceeded to the dye
house of Richard J. Bcrilan. The owner
threalened lo shoot the first man who
entered the place , but the crowd look no
notice of his liireat and Invaded his prem
ises and ordeied the opei.atora to cense
work. Policemen are guarding all the dye
houses In the city.
imguil t'io ' Kxfuto.
CHICAGO , March 13 Clmiges of fraud
are made by Flora Caruthers against her
brother , Malcolm McNeil ) , ns truslce of
Iho property bequeathed to her by the late
Malcolm McNeill , In a court bill filed
today. She asserts that he has bioken his
trust and has lost to her not less than $ .10-
000 worth of pioperty. Her portion of the
estale amounts to ? ] 50,000 Malcolm Mc-
Nelll , died in Kentucky In 1S75 , and left
his property to be managed In the interest
of other heirs , bv his jcrane'son , the pres
ent defendant. The latter Is charged with
geneial mismanagement of the estate.
Catholic Iteiiovolent I ensuo.
NEW YORK , March 13 The supreme
council of the TJjiited States Catholic Benev
olent league is In session In Brooklyn today ,
Supreme Ptesldent John C. McGulie In the
chair Among the delegates in attendance
aie Dr. Goldsmith and Mr Keefe of Indi
ana and Mi. Kent of Bllnois. The secre
tary reported that the number of councils
In the United States was 11(1 ( on December
13. 189J an Increase of thirty over last year.
The lecelpls on accounl of the benefit fund
during the ycai were $7S1,29G 28 , and the
expendltuies to beneficial les , JiSJ.OOO.
Sovereign Talked for Illnifilf.
CEDAU RAPIDS , Mich , March 11 E
Clark , grand chief of the Order of Rail
way Conductois said Uml ho considered
Ihe recent defiant dcclotatlons and expres
sions of Grand MnstcV Sovereign of the
Knights of Labor concerning Judge Jenkins'
lestialnlng older Invery bail taste , inlovv
of the fact thai he had nollilng to do with
piocmlng a modification of the order
Fiom his personal experience he was satis
fied that Soveielgn's expressions we-ie not
nn expression of the views of Ihe North
ern Pacific latliond employes. ,
When Itogties I all Out.
GALESBURG , 111 , Aimch 13 The gang
of bank lobbers that has within a month
made five attempts to ciach safes heie ,
planned to rob another last night The po
lice , hearing of the plins , sunounded 'the
office , but the robbers/ / had a falling out
among themse-lves uml postponed the lob-
beiy One of them , UranK Itennlson , an
ex-convict , wan m rested , at Ills homo and
elrllls and other apparatus were fount ! In
his possession. _ '
Wants Iller Uamigix.
EMPORIA , Kan. , March 13. Jose Smith ,
the populist lawyer of Kansas City , Kan ,
who is being prosecuteel by Governor
Levvelllng for criminal libel , today filed n
suit for J50.000 damage ) itwalnst Colonel IT.
C. Cross and others , alleging malicious
piooecutlon and false Imprisonment The
charge upon which Smith was Imprisoned
was forging his mother'p name to checks
on the First National bank of this city , of
which Cioss was president.
Old SoldlrrH Complain.
ST LOUIS , March 13. A special to the
Post Dlspncth from linporla , Kan. , Bays :
Seilous chaigcs havebeen made
ag ilnst the Fort Doclgo home for
old soldiers and Judge HJ. w Cunningham
of this city , who Is jtidp < 5 advocate ) of the
Giand Aimy of the Republic , has gone out
to Investigate. The allegation Is that
diseased beef has been given to the Inmates
mul that certain of the contractor and
home authoillles knew of It ,
.Munlerou * JManIn ,
AURORA , 111 , March 13-Whlle In a nt
of Insanity todny Stephen Coyne , nn old
resident of a suburb of this city , attempted
to kill his daughtei , Mrs. John Hill , with
an ax. Failing In this ho set fire tn the
barn , which vvau consumed , together with
two cows , JIo then foiced an entiance to
the house and cut his throat with a razor ,
Indicting fatal wounds.
In it Hrad-Kml Collision.
BOSTON , March 13. The Montreal express -
press , northbound , anil the Quebec e-xpress
met In a head-end collision at Capleton ,
neai Sherbrook , Quebec , lust night The en
gineer of one of the trains and a train Imi il
were killed. None of the pa&ucngera vverei
seriously injured and none of the curs left
the track.
AN ATTACK ON THE LORDS
Lnboucbero's Motion to Abolish tbo Upper
Englisb House Carried ,
IT WAS PASSED BY A SMALL MAJORITY
.Mr. .Morley Make * nn IJtpl million of the
Utter.uuiH of tlui Noilly Appointed Pro-
inlt-r I'romlirt for Home Jtulo
timt u in H J numieii.
LONDON , March 13 In the House of
Commons today the chief secretary for Ire
land , Ht. Hon. John Morlcy , said that the
references of lit. Hon. A. J. Ualfour , the
conservative leader In the house , to the
evicted tenants savored of vlndlctlveness
and reminded the house that the liberal
unionists had declared In favor of the rein
statement of the evicted tenants upon rea
sonable terms.
Referring to the conversion of nnghnd
to homo rule , Mr. Morley said thai this
would be both easy and rapid , but , ho
added , the government did not hold that an
English majority was necessary In order to
obtain homo rule for Ireland.
Continuing , Mr. Morlcy said there was no
fear that Lord Rosebery would do anything
to vitiate or depart from the home rule
policy. Mr. Morley then referred to Lord
Rosebery's much commented upon speech of
yesterday evening In the House of Lords ,
saying that Lord Rosebery , In stating that
before homo rule was conceded to Irclird
the English majority must ho convinced of
Its necessity , meant to say that the home
lulo bill would nioct the same fate as before -
fore unless the peers are convinced that the
feeling of the English people favored It.
( Cheers )
Mr. Morley said that the government was
not blind to the fact that the majority of
English commoners were' opposed to
homo rule , but It was an Impossible proposi
tion to distinguish between the English and
the imperial majority , ending "I , however ,
do not wonder at the vigilance , suspicion
and jealousy exhibited by the Iilsh members ,
In rplte of their confidence In our good faith ,
when cowardly rumors In regard to diss'n-
slons In the cabinet are cliciliated as they
woio yesterday. The honorable member of
the Harbor division of Dublin ( Mr. Timothy
Harrington ) yesterday found fault with our
not Instantly repealing the coercion act , but
it Is evident that it would be a waste of
time to Introduce such n bill. "
Mr. Harrington hero interposed , and quoted
Mr. Morley's speech , In which the chief
secretary said that the first duty of the
liberals In coming to power would bo to re
peal that bill. ( Loud Parnelllto cheers )
Mr. Morley continued , remarking that the
government had chosen between a bill re
pealing the coercion art and an evicted
tenant's bill , and continued"It Is Impos
sible to trace a hard and fast line legardlng
the date when a homo mlo bill would bo
Introduced. We frankly admit tint In the
case of a bill of such constitutional magni
tude wo are bound to prosecute them with all
dispatch v.hlch the circumstances allow , hav
ing regard for the time Of the session. It Is
piematuro to expect the government to give
a cut and dried statement as to whether the
home rule bill will bo rein trod need , amended
or not amended , or whether a dissolution
will flrst be brought about without another
homo rule bill being pat.sod > fcjrho govern
ment , however , Is composed of men of honor ,
who will never flinch fiom or ceaae to adhere
to the home rule policy which Mr. Glad
stone pressed upon us. " ( Cheers. )
Mr. John Redmond , the Parnelllto leader ,
said that ho sympathlred with Mr. Morley's
humiliating position in explaining Lord
Rosebery's utterances , and added that he
must express dissatisfaction nt the recent
declarations of the ministry. The ministry
recognized that a geneial election was neces
sary before the home rule bill could bo pissed
and were afraid that a dissolution would bo
Indefinitely postponed and that the home
rule bill would bo quietly shelved. The
leadership of the homo rule party , according
to Mr. Redmond , had passed from Mr. Glad
stone to men In whom they ( the Parnelllte's )
had no btrong faith and whoso declarations
v/oro halting and ambiguous.
Continuing , Mr. Rcdmoiul said that It was
clear from Lord Rosebery's statement and
from Sir William Harcourt's statement that
the homo rule bill would not be relntroduced
In this Paillament and that a dissolution
would not occur until the whole Newcastle
program had been sent to the Loids.
Mr. Henry Labouchero proposed , as an
amendment to the address In reply to the
queen's speech , the abolition ot the House of
Lords. After some discussion and consldei-
able excitement the amendment wab put to a
\oto and was passed by a vote of 117 'to 145 ,
in splto of the opposition ot the government
When the figures were announced they caused
an outburst of prolonged cheer ng , which was
renewed when the deputy speaker read the
address In reply to the queen's bpeech with
Mr. Lahouchero's amendment attached to It.
A manifesto , Issued by the National Re
form union tonight , says that It Is useless to
hope that popular reforms can be achieved
even by a liberal government , unless the
poweis and privileges of the House of Lords ,
which enable a Bclflsh and Irresponsible
clique to frustiato such incasuios , bo cur
tailed or abolished The National Reform
union therefore puts forth delei mined efforts
to establish the self-government of the Drltish
people upon a truly democratic basis , and by
the abolition of the House of Lords.
AVmit Vlonclaiy Confoii in i ) Ketonvciieil.
LONDON , March 11 The Chamber of
Commerce has memoralized Lord Ho'pbeiy
to take steps toward a lesumptlon of Iho
monetary conference , In the hope that
further discussion may develop bomo plan
to remedy tbo evil which has dislocated
business In the cast.
The president of the board of trade , A J
Mundolla , speaking of the Associated Cham
bers ot Commerce today said that whllo
England's customers abroad faced monotnrj
troubles and were groaning under heavy
taxation thcro was little prospect of a largo
increase of trade.
Mexlimi 111 ilioprlu Promotions ,
CITY OP MEXICO. March 13 Rev. Por-
tlllo , bishop of Zucetas , was promoted to the
archbishopric of the Durango diocese , made
vacant by the death of the Illubtilous Rev.
Mgr. Salinas and lit Rev Sllva , blbhop of
Collma , will bo transfercd to Xacetus. Ir )
Floilnco Pora of the chapter of Guadalajara
will look after ti.u see of Colima ,
Uruguay's ? iU ) Pieftliltnt.
MONTEVIDEO , March 13 Dr. Ellauri
has been elected by congress president of
Uruguay , after a contest In which violence
was only avoided , by the withdrawal yester
day of Senor Gomenzorro.
Today Dr. Ellauil withdrew his acceptance
of the piesldency.
Plot ( "It AglllllHt VI Illlll Mill ) AIII-HlK ,
PARIS , March 13 After \lolent alter
cation , In which Socialist Pouranco de
nounced exaggerated measures as leading tea
a popular panic , the Paris municipal council
\otul against arbitrary arrests and searches
as encroaching on the liberty of the people.
.lotmmllHl'H Mysterious llsmpo.
CITY OF MEXICO , March 13 Leopold
Pardeo , n prominent newspaper man charged
with libel , has escaped from the custody of
two officers. Ono of the policemen has dis
appeared and the other Is In prison.
Gladstone. ' ! ! I'lUJ ,
LONDON , Maich 13 Mr. Gladstone fin
ished a translation of Horace's Odes Into
English verso on the day he resigned office.
Dr. IliirUi-ll In Komi * .
HOME , March 13. Rov. B. Burl-jell of
Troy , N V , has returned to Rome from a
trip to Jerusalem. The dlsponi - \ of the
pope In his case will bo rendered 1 i , when
Dr. Uurtsell will start for New Yi 5 k
ON TitiAi , ion HI..YMM\ : \ " ,
It DOI-H Not Puy to tiring ( lmrg < \ -utnM
* Oernmii OMIi-l'ilH ,
HERLIN , March 1J. The Joint ni > for
slander brought by Dr. Mlqucl , the ster
of finance , and Chancellor \on rlvl
against Herr PlacU , u newspaper .uter ,
Heir Downld nnit Ilerr Sehwelnhngc-n ,
which was commenced Sesterday , was con
tinued toilnv AH uhetidv cabled , Hciren
Pinole uml Ijownld IsHiieil n book e-ntltled
"Phuilsecs and 11 > poi-iitex , " uml reptodueeel
In this book charges made1 by Roc tin Ahl-
vin ill. HPII SohwcMnlmgon Vlllllled Dr.
Mlquel and Chancellor von Cupilvl In
fpoeches which hi- undo nt various ni'-et-
Ings , declaring that li Mlquel had been
guilty of a e-ilmlnul trniisui-tiim In connec
tion with Rounmnlu loin
IiMlituel was on the- stand todny mid
cone-hided hlB testimony with the re-mnilc
that nu-ii Hitch us the piisoncni could not
wound his honot , ntul that IIP brought the
suit on account of his olllelal position.
In the ( irriimn Hi-li lioliig.
1JERLIN , March 13 Daring the Gcrman-
111180 treaty debate to lay Duron Manscahll
von Illebcrsteln , secretary of state for for
eign aflalrs , warned the members of the
dangers of continuing the tariff war Eventu
ally the amendment , fixing a duty of D marks
on rjo , Instead of 3'fe , was rejected by n
vote of 20" ) to ICt The government pio-
posals In rcgird to the duty on rje , oats and
wheat were adopted.
The stamp duty committee of the Reichs
tag has rejected by a largo majority the
government proposals In favor of a stamp
duty on receipts , checks , bills of exchange
and bills of hiding
After sonic further discussion the treaty
passed Its bccond reading.
Chief I'octlMII.ili Ctiptiireil.
I1ATTI1URST , March 13 It Is said that
Slaver Chief rodlsillah has been captured.
Tlt.lllKltY .11 JtA rjAA
John lircilit Settles ItlH DoiuiHtlu DlllHnl-
tle viltli oliolKiui
RAVENNA , Neb , March 13 ( Special
Telegram to The Bee ) John Hrecht , a
young German tarmei living several miles
south of Ravenna , at about 1 o'clock this
aftetnoon shot his wife , a bride of four
months , and then blew his own brains out
with u shotgun.
Just before the tragedy Brechl sent his
bain to feed the
11-yeai-old step-son to the
horses and two othei children were sent
lo a neighboring field lo heul cattle Soon
after leaving the house- the boy at the barn
lii-aiil the leport of a gun , and while standIng -
Ing undetermined a "econil shot was heard.
Rushing to the house lie tiled to open the
door , but found It locked anil whiles clam
oring foi admission n third shol was Hied.
Falling lo bleak in Ihe door , the thoroughly
frightened boy ran to the house of : i iieigh-
boi a mile or two distant and told what
had happened A pirty of nelghbois Im-
meellalely pioceeded to Biecht's house , a
small sod structure , containing but two
rooms , and foiclng an entrance beheld a
horrible sight.
Stretched at full length upon the floor
neai the door lay the dead body of Hi edit ,
witli , i hole us large as a base ball blown
In his forehead , and bialns and b'ood and
hair weie scattered all about 111" apartment
The stiiclde > 's head lesteel In n pan of
ciushed and biokon eggs and a. Khotf.run lay
athwart his rigid foim Neui the threshold
of the door leading to the bed room lay-
Mis Breeht , blood welling fiom a ragged
gunshot wound Just back of her left car.
When found the woman was still bieatlilng ,
but insensible , and died In a few hems
without regilnlng consciousness Evidently
there had been a desparate-struggle b twoen
Breeht and his wife befoie shooting The
matlress of one of Ihe beds In one of the
bed rooms was found lying upon the ilooi ,
| soaked wltti the elylng woman's Wood , and
the condition of the furniture ; indie itcd a
tcirlble struggle Arcunel t' e tje of Bre ht's
boot was tied a loopeil string. Alter shootIng -
Ing- his wife he tied a string to his foot ,
connecting with the trigger of a shotgun ,
and placing ills light eye to the muz/Ie
tripped the trigger with his f < ot. Death
must have followed Instant meou-lv
Mrs Biecht was the widow of Vencll
Bi.ischko , who died a little over a year
ago , and was the owner of a laige , finely
ctiltlvuled and well stocked farm Biecht
came heie from Clay county soon aftei
Blaschko's death and v.ns emploved by the
widow to do the farm work About fotn
months ago they were man led , but their
married life was not at all happy This
moining Mrs Bieeht talked with her neigh
bor , Frank Schullei , admlnlstiator of her
first husband's estate , and told him that
Urecht had threatened hei life and feared
thai he would clo her harm. Sehuller nil-
\ii-oil hei lo go bcfoio Ihe nearest Justice
of the peace and have him placed unilei
bonds to keep the- pence Within si < hems
aftei the woman's worst fears weie con-
fii mod
The Buffalo county coroner has been noti
fied anil an Inquest will probably be held
Wednesday.
A
' atolll'ii Intcrfcu mo In the Slouv Kails
'trouble IH I'onllltloiml.
SIOUX PALLS , S D , M.uch -Special (
to The Uee. ) Aftei the legul-ir chinch
sei vices Sunday evening nt fie Catholic
church the male members of the c lunch
attended n private meeting nt the Catholic
paisonagent which Pathei Nolan WMH
present. It has been leaincd , although the
meeting was altogether a seciet ono , that
Pathei Nolun had not been peiomptoilly
ordered by Mgr. Sato'Ji ' to utiict his
chuigps ngilns * thesister" but that he was
ilisti tided to withdraw his allegations , pro
vided that he could not prove to Satolll
that thej weie lorrcet
At the- meeting Sunday evening a commit
tee was appolnte-d to sciuie evidence
against Mothei Stanislaus , and they have
alteady begun theli investigations It Is
understood that depositions have been re-
ce-lved trom the sisters at Grand Perks , N
I ) . , to the ellect that Mother HtaiiHlnus
wa not free finm ciltlilsm there. L ra !
C'lthollcs uie giving much testimony which
Is of a damaging chuinitei , but of com. so
has not been pi oven The testimony will betaken
taken anil bent in the form ot affidavits to
JI.r ( Satolll
Father Nolan said in his sermon Sunday
that the ne-vv xp ipc-rs had him about ready
to stint foi Washington , but hu assured his
dingle-gallon that he- was i i going tor
sometime \et , and plobably not at all
The whole Catholic society here Is nth red
up and many leading Catholics claim that
the ordoi which Mother Stanislaus pui-
ported to be signed by Mgi. Hatolll is a
foigery. _ _ _
ititori.iun : tin : noitir.u.
Mutllati-il lEeimiliiH of tlio Mi Unix of llio
( nijliiiil Dlxasler ItioiiKht tlji
WILKEdltAHRE , Pa. , Mnieh U The
botlles of the men entombed In the G ijlord
mine Pe-bruarv U have been leached. They
arc HO badly decomposed that Identification
Is onlj possible by means of the clothing
The names of the ( ju > li < icl mlnolPtlms
mePoi eman Thomas Pic-ton , Thomas
Jones , lllchnid Davis , John Moiils , James
Kingdom , Thomas Menlinan , Thomas Cole ,
Joseph Olds , John Hnmmir , I'e ter 8 Me-
LuiiKhlln , Michael Walsh , minled , Thomas
Lelshoine , Daniel Moignn
The cave-In which lesulted In the death of
the thlitien mini-is oicuucd Pebumry 11
Ever slnio the teulblo necldent the little-
town of Pl > mouth has been In mourning
Tfio accident was the moie dlHtreisIng , ow
ing to the number ( it fatherless ihlldien
who had been left Almost llfty llttlo ones
are mouinlng the loss of their fathers
Ululi'H 1 1-gli.littiirn Ailjiuiriiu
SALT LAKE , Utah , Mareh 13 The leg
islature finally ndjouined last evening The
sixty dajs' henslon I cached Its legal limit
last Thuisday , but by stopping the clocks
both houses prolonged the last clay of 120
( Jovuiior West M > totil republican tax
bill and the legislature adjourned without
itconcillng the cliff c-rtnec-H The governor
vetoed bounties pioposed for the pioductlon
of sugar , silk , tnnnln root , etc lies also
ic'fiiHccl to uppiovc the memorials against
free wool iina frco lead.
In tln > Uiiiullii Cant i ntliill ,
TOPEKA. March U The govtinnr has
appointed thu following delegates to the
litigation convention at Omaha March 21
and 2. . D M Pi out , Garden City ; J B
Drlstow , Sallna , J K Wright , Junction
C'lty , II D Cobuin , Topehn , J W Gregory
Garden City , E U Moses , Orc-nt Hem ) .
O W Clement , Wichita. J H Churchill ,
Paolu , 1'rof Hobert Hay Junction C'lty ,
uncl Ji V Hlnckley , Topeka
DA GA1IA GIVES UP
His Hostile Demonstrations in Rio HarboJ
Brought to an Intl ,
CAUGHT IN A TRAP BY THE GOVERNMENT
Opposed by a Superior Force Ho Had No
Recourse but to Surrender.
PORTUGAL REFUSES A REFUGE
Instructions from tbo Homo Government
Soiuls llim Aboard His Own Vessel.
FIRED UPON THE INSURGENT VESSELS
Government Turin Coiiiiiii-nio the llomluiril-
tin-lit , but lte < i-lvi ! No lU'Kponsr Iho
\\ur In .Nun Mrtiiully Knileil Iii-
fornmtlim from \Viinliliigton.
1S3I lij the Amoclntod Preis. )
RIO 1)13 JANEIRO , March 13 llionr la
practically over ntul tlio cause ot the Insur-
gciits la lost. There Is much rejoicing In
this city nt the culmination of tlio stmgKlo
which 1ms lasted BO many months , seemingly
but to hamper business and destroy property.
Tlio rebel forces have surrendered uncomll-
ttoiiftlly almost without firing a shot Tlio
officers of the Insurgent fleet have taken ref-
URO on boaul rrench and Portuguese war
ships One Preiich war \essc ! linn put to
sea with many of the rebel officers on board.
It Is said tli.it Admiral da Gama Is on board
the Hritlsh waishlp Slrlus.
When tlio fact became known that da damn
had offered to capitulate the government
fleet entered tlio harbor quietly As tlio ves
sels made their way up the bay they wcro
saluted by the \ailoiis government batteries.
The greatest excitement prevails In the
city. The streets ore crowded and every
where can be heard the cry of "Vl\a
I'eKoto. "
Tor the last two days the streets have
been packed with people , and nil the avail
able trucks and handcarts have been busy ,
cairylng household goods and personal effects'
out of the city. Iho tram-cars hive been
jammed until this noon , when It was learned
that the war was over. This was the most
Joyful news to the people , who fully expected
that a battle was at hand. There has been
much suffering in the city. All business
houses have been closed and It has been \eiy
difficult to get food. The whole available po
lice force has been on duty constantly , but
there has been little disturbance. Almost
the whole population is gathered in the ) cen
ter ot the city. Piolnbly 100.000 persons
have left the city. Ralliond faro to the sub
urbs has been abolished mid Iho government
Is feeding the poor , a runt crav > ds have con
gregated on the hills with the expectation of
witnessing a battle between the two fleets
1 ho insurgpiit warship Aquldaban Is not in the
harbor. Admiral de Mello was false to tlio
emperor and to President Fonseca and Presi
dent Peixoto. Ho now proves false to Ad
miral da Gann. Where he and his vessel
arc now Is not known.
Admiral da Gama icmilns on board his
own vessel according to the latest advices
hero.
The report which circulated soon after
the ai rival of the government fleet off the
bay of Itlo do Janeiro to the effect that
Admiral da Gama , the rebel commander In
these watcis , contemplated surrendering ,
tuins out to be correct , anl In nil probability
the Brazilian rebellion so far as Hlo do
Junlero Is concerned , will soon bo at an end.
DESERTED HIS FLAGSHIP.
Admiral da Gama yesterday sought refuge
on board the Portuguese warship Mlndullo.
and has sent a message to Peixoto , offering
to capitulate on the following terms : The
rebel admiral offers to surrender the forta
In possession of the insmgents In the bay
and turn over to the government all the war
ships In the biy now In the hands of the
Insurgents , suirendeilng the ganlsons and
crows to the government upon the conditions
that the admiral and all of his officers ba
allowed to withdraw to a foreign country
under the protection of Portugal , and that
the ll\es of the Insurgent soldiers and sailors
be spared.
As this dispatch Is Kent the reply ot
Peixoto has not been mnilo known , but It Is
thought that some Kind of anangement will
bo arrived at , and that the war is over as far
as the Insurgent lleet In these waters In con
cerned ,
The Aquldaban , Republic ! and Tlradcntes ,
and Admiral de Mello , the leader of the re
bellion , are still absent , and nothing secma
to bo known of their wheioabouts. One report -
port has It that Admiral de Mello some tlmu
ago saw the hopelessness of the Insurgent
position In Hlo bay , and consequently took
Ills two bc.st ships southward In order to co
operata with the insuigcnt land forces
In that quatter , eeelng that the only
chance for a successful end of the
revolt was In a match upon Hlo by land.
The government Is of the opinion that such
a movement upon the part of the Insurgents
army will Bluntly bo met and dcfcited , and it
Is said that after the surrender of the lle-ot
a number of vessels will bo bent In pursuit
of Admiral do Mello , while others will bo
Immediately utlllml In an attack upon Des-
teiro , the port and ( blind In the pouth which
la now the headquarters of the Insurgents
and the scat of the revolutionary junta In
fact , it IH leportcd > imt the government has
sounded the crows of the Insurgent vessels
with the view of ascertaining how many
men can be counted upon In Urn contem
plated operations against Desterro arid do
Mello , and that the Insurgent sailor i arc no
disgusted at the seeming desertion of Ad-
mlial dc Mello that a number of them will
bo found willing to man the government
vessels , which will bo sent south as soon as
possible to push the government success
while the insurgents are disheartened by tlio
loss of the larger portion ot their fleet
WERE READY TO BEGIN.
The forty-eight hours notice which Peixoto
gave on Sunday lust prcparatoiy to com
mencing an energetic attack upon the tehola
has expired , and unless some terms of mir-
loniler are promptly arrived at , the Insur
gent forts and Heels will soon bo exposed to
such a tremendous flio that their surrender
at discretion can ho but a question of a very
Hhort time Peixoto has completed all bin
airangemcnts for this attack , and
the rebolloot may bo Bald
to liavo been caught llko rats In a trap.
Powerful sliciro batteries , which have not
jot spoken , will. If neeessary , open llio upon
thn rebels , and to this fire will bo added
that of the government forts , which huvo so
long been crignglng the enemy , and the
dynamite nliolls of the Nletheioy and ener
getic onslaught upon the part of the torpedo
boats brought fiom Germany and from the
United States The prospect Is not n pleasant
ono for the weakcnol and disheartened
crows of the rebel ships , now reduced to
about COO men afloat and ashore Pr < aidant
Pdxoto Is estimated to have Pi QUO men ,
and the result of the bnttlo. If It Is fought ,
should not long remain In doubt
LOYAL CITIZENS ELATED
Naturally , the supporters of the govern ,
ment arc elated at the prospects of the sur
render ot the rebel licet , and President
PcUoto IB being pralacd for having waited
until the rebels were exhausted and then
concentrating his Moot far a final attack.
Ho seems to have suddenly placed the In.
HtirgenlH at his mercy The merchant ves
sc-ls In the harbor , profiting by the forty ,
eight hours' notice given by Polxoto Imvo
withdrawn to places of safety anil are
