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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED OTJ E 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAYffOVEMHEU ' 23 , 181. . SlSTGIiE COPY FIVE CENTS. PORT ARTHUR MAY SETTLE IT China Already Anxious to End the War and Save this Cheat Stronghold. MUST MOVE QUICKLY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS Her Offer for I'caco Is Very Generous but Slay Not Ila Formally Alnilo for Homo liny * tlnlenx Her 1'ortrrftn 1'ulln. WASHINGTON , Nov. 22. In accordance With a suggestion of Japan the State de- partmcnt has notlfle.l Minister Dunn at Toklo and Mr. Dcnby at Poking to transmit such propositions as China may wish to make to Japan. The cable directions were sent Tucs- day. day.Tho The Chinese legation here Is not notified as to what course Its government will take. An Associated press cable from Japan states , however , that China Is reported to > liavo In timated her willingness to pay an Indemnity of 100,000,000 tacls and In addition pay all the war expenses Incurred by Japan. As the war expenses reach 150,000,000 taels , the total offer of China would ba 250,000,000 taels. The tacl U the Chinese silver coin , worth about 75 cents at the present rate of cx- change , BO that the whole payment would bo approximately' $175,000,000 In American money. The amount Is regarded here as quite large , and it Is believed arrangements between the two nations could be cffectei on terms providing for smaller war Indent- nlty. Diplomats here say that under ordinary circumstances It would take some time for China to formally present Its offer to Mln- Ister Denby , but owing to the fact that the Japanese are now at the walls ot Per Arthur , about to make , the last blow a China's greatest fortress , it Is anticipated that China may hurry the negotiations to a con elusion. It Is expected that Minister Denby will transmit the offer by telegraph to Tien Tain nnd Shanghai and thence by cable lo Yokohama. The understanding Is that China nnd Japan will pay the expenses ot th American ministers Incident to the nego tiation. The advance on Port Arthur Is rcgarde ( ai having nn Important bearing on the peac negotiations. Lieutenant Llyoka , naval at tacho of the Japanese legation here , says th advance movement has been most cautious , as the ground for forty miles around Port Arthur has been found fairly nllvo with pow der mines , connected with electric wires tc Port Arthur. Thrco days ago the Japanese were within a day's march of the fortress but It was necessary to send ahead small scouting parties to pick a route away from the mines nnd electric wires. The regulai roads could not be used for the artillery , a ! It would have been blown up , and acocrdlnglj the big guns have been moved In circuitous routes through woods and morass. It Is re- gardcd as likely this cotillons march wli : have" been completed today , and the Japanes ( legation Is hourly expecting word that tin decisive blow has bcon struck , though a lone siege may bo necessary , as the fortress hai ono of the strongest defenses of moden times. It Is believed that a Japanese succes : would quickly close the peace- negotiations , bu that a repulse would Impel China to hold of further. CHEN-YUEN SUNK. The Chinese liavo lost the finest and mos powerful vessel of their navy , the great bat tleslilp Chen-Yuen , which stood the brun of the fighting nt Yalu. The news came U the Navy department in a cablegram rccilvet tpday. It states that the Chen-Yuen. In leav 1ng Wcl-Hal'-Wcl harbor on the 18th Inst. ac cldentally struck a torpedo. She was beachcc but was rendered useless for lack of docklnf facilities. In despair at the catastrophe , tin commander , Commodore Z.IU , committed sul pde. ! It would appear from the facts In the cabli the ship fell a victim to one of the torpcdoe : planted by the Chinese themselves to guan the entrance to .Wcl-HaMVel. which was tin Iqst ot the great naval strongholds of the cm plro , save Port Arthur , no\v tottering to It HIROSHIMA , Nov. 22. H Is reported tin China has Intimated that she will offer to pa ; a war Indemnity of 100,000,000 taels and in.ad dltlon pay all the war expenses Incurred b ; Japan. TIEN-TSIN. Nov. 22. The. chief ot th imperial customs here. Do Ting , who was recently cently summoned to Peking In order b con fer with the government to ways an means for raising money for the war , ha left for Japan In order to arrange terms c peace. WASHINGTON , Nov. 22. The departure o Iho Chinese customs chief for Japan Is re garded by officials hero as the result of th u _ * Japaneio demand for a direct offer froi ; psVchlna. The Do Ting mentioned In the cabl said to bo Dletcrlng. a German , who occti f pies the position ot commissioner of custom : at ho should be sent as the peace envo accounted for by officials on the groun * * 2.that an Indemnity would probably be secure * 2on the customs receipts of China. It ha Jitoeen ono of Japan's contentions that sh i-woulil expect to receive the customs receipt of the big Chinese- ports lu case an Indemnlt was arranged. U Is said the Chinese cnvo will probably bo the guest of United State Minister Dunn at Toklo. Japanese olllclal liave been accorded every courtesy. LONDON. Nov. 22. The special corn spondent ot Heuter's Telegram company , tli only European at Port Arthur , writes froi there under date ot October 19 ; TIEN-TSIN , Nov. 22. Reliable Intormatlo received hero from Port Arthur shows th : the first attack ot the Japanese drove 1 the Chinese outposts. Three other attacl were subsequently made , but In each Instant the Japanese were repulsed. Heavy and Ii ccssant tiring has been going on slnce > noc Tuesday , The Jnpaicte are landing addition ; troops. They warned a British vessel to clt ; as their fleet Intended to bombard the fore : Wednesday. _ iuviitTin : TO cANAii.xi.is.ir. Natives of Notr Clnlnea KUo Up nnd Mai lacro iurno : | > iii. LONDON , Nov. 22. Australian news Is the effect that Iho Kanaha on all th3 Ulan near New Guinea are in icvolt. Scores European settlers have been murdered. T ! steamer Three Cheers of Sydney called the Admiralty Islands and found that t trading posts and the trailing schooner h boon burned. Not a slnglo white man w vislbla and the natives fled to the hills the approach ot the steamer. The captn found the remains ot a recent cannlt feast. All the whites undoubtedly met horrible death. At Nova Zcinbla and otli Islands similar massacres are reported. la supposed the natives looted liquor ston und becoming Inflamed with the spo massacred the whites. Uncertainty 1'irvnll * In Samoa. APIA , Ramon , Nov. 7. ( Per Steamer Mo Icppn , via San Francisco. Nov. 22. ) Wh thera huyo been no recent native outbical a slule of rvolltleul unrest continue * , wit out uny prospect of termination. The n live rebels are to far from sntuUied Hi many close observers believe King Ma clou's government Is doomed. The belief becoming more general , too. that certain I llnentlnl Germans are secretly aiding t rebel party with u view of placing It power , thus rendering German annexatl or a German protectorate easy of uccoi pllxhment. Tin * German wurmilp Huzza und the English cruiser Curacoa are si here. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Meilrnni Anxlout fur War , KANSAS CITY , Nov. Si-A special fn Quanajatn , Mex- . , says : The legislature this state has unanimously adopted a rei lutton offering to the federal gavernrm all of the Mate mtlltln and munitions war tu aid of carrying on n war UKUI ! Guatemala , The feeling o ( the peopl * Mexico against Guatemala Ii very bill and Ihe general pcntlmcnt \ in fnvor of var being declared without further I'rrnchlng u llellgluuVnr. . MARSEILLES , Nov. 22-Mall advices that mve reached , here from Madagascar show ho arrival at Antannrlvo of De Vlllers , the ppeclal envoy to present the demand ot France lo the Malagas government , wa * marked by the outbreak of robberies and ncendlnry fire's. The government made no effort to repress the disorder. Two agents of the firm nt Rebut & Snrrnnlo , on Ihe west coast of Madagascar , have been mur dered by nullves and their quarters sacked. One ot Ihe victims wns a Frenchman and the olher a native of the Is'and of Mauritius. Prince Ilakolemanu , the princess and other relatlvei of the queen nre preaching n holy war. Fanatics harangue the people , nnd arc stirring them ngalnst Ihe French by displaying Ihe hearts and. cnlralls of chil dren found , Ihey declare , In French rcs | dences. The Hovas. Ihe ruling Irlbe. de clare they will kill the French anil ent them. The Hovan government hus promised to protect English missionaries. Attrmpt to Steal 1'uttcrin of the Now Gun. PARIS , Nov. 22. The Figaro this mornIng - Ing says nn attempt has been madu to steal the patterns of the new- gun , which were shipped In padlocked cases to Calnli and Uouroes by the minister of war. The atlempt lo obtain possession of the patterns Is said to have- been made on November 10 , and It Is added that no one but the presi dents of the artillery testing commitlecs knew of Ihe shipment. Turk * t'unlUruto Nrwspnprn. CONSTANTINOPLE , Nov. 22.-Most of the English , French , Russian ami Greek newspapers published between November 14 nnd 19 , and also all the Bedouin newspapers of November 18 , have been stopped nt the Turkish frontier and confiscated by the government , ns they contained lefqrences to the Armenian massacre , full details of which were cabled exclusively to the Asso ciated press. _ T\YI > Thousand Ucin .M LONDON , Nov. 22. A Vienna dispatch to the Standard says advices received there from ii Turkish source show that 2,000 Ar menians were killed in the recent massacres In Armenia. jnronui : CASE , Ono of the WltiicBgc Acknowledge * to llnvlnc Heen Hired to Tentlfy. FARGO , N. D. , Nov. 2. Helen Tripp of Helena was the first witness put on the stand In the Hlrschfield divorce case today. She was an employe In Justice Murphy's ' office in Chicago , where Tllrschfield and Miss Hogan were married. Hlrschfield appeared to be depressed and downhearted , and did not act as though he wcie particularly pleased with his marriage. Jake Hlldcbrand was a clerk In the store nt Helena where Miss Hogan was employed as cashier. He had In his deposition , taken In Helena , sworn that Miss Hogan's character had been above rcpro'ach during the period ho worked In the store. Witness said that ten days after giving this testimony he thought the matter over and concluded he had erred. Ho had silnco recollected many circumstances which would reflect on her character , nnd had frequently seen one of the clerks put his arm around her. Ho had resolved to come to Fargo as a witness to correct the errors In his deposition. E. W. Anderson was the much talked-ol witness whoso testimony was to clear Hlrsch- field of all allegations that ho was the father of her child , and at the same time convict the bride of lewdness. It 4s on his testimony that the whole fight of the case will be made. In August he was bell boy at the Palmer house In Chicago. Hlrschflcld and Miss Hogan stopped there three days. During this tlmo witness said ho had made and kept an engagement wltli her. her.Tho The hisses of the spectators were silenced by the court , but they made the witness nervous , nnd when the counsel asked : "How much did you .get lor giving this testi mony ? " he blurted out : "Four hundred dollars lars and expenses. " On cross-examination witness said .ho had been employed by Superintendent Dsvereaux of the United Statci Pinkerton agency of South Clark street , Chicago. SOUTH7 > AKOTA TUKTllODlftT FUXO. Twelve Thouviu'l Appropriated by the General Committee Tor thut State. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Nov. 22. ( Special. ; Rev. W. H. Jordan , presiding elder of UK Sioux. Falls district of Methodist churches who was sent to New York by the Soutl Dakota conference as a delegate to the gen eral missionary committee of the church writes home good news for this state. Th < committee distributes annually $1,250,000 There were so many pressing demands upoi the committee that South Dakota's applicatloi for $12,000 , near the end of the list , wai looked upon as doubtful. But Mr. Jordai succeeded In getting the full $12,000 appro priated , which , he writes , is the largest specla grant to any conference In this country. Hi * also expects to secure aid for South Dakoti Methodist churches from the. church extensloi board , which meets soon In Philadelphia. I.ronaril llrnwn's Allllctlon. DBS MOINES , Nov. 22. ( Special Tele gram. ) Leonard Brown , the well known poet author and political economist , was today ad Judged Insane and turned over to Iho shcrll for transfer to the Mount Pleasant hospital Ho appealed from the decision of the commls sloners to the district court. Examlnatloi was hud on application of his wife and son who claimed ho attempted violence to hi family In fits ot unreasonable and apparent ) , uncontrollable anger. It U probable arrange ments will be made lo send him to the Sol dlers' Home , as his Insanity Is not conslderc dangerous. Uondltlon of Iowa I'lrcmcn. CEDAR RAPIDS. la. , Nov. 22. ( Specit Telegram. ) George A. Lincoln and L. S ! Ayres have returned from Traer , where the attended the annual business , meeting of. th Iowa State Firemen's association. VInto was chosen as the place for holding the ne > annual tournament , the citizens ot that plac providing a guarantee of $2,500 for the paj mcnt of prizes. The tournament will take plac the third week In June. Hook and ladde races and drill contests have been eliminate from the program , which will hereafter cor slst of running , hose and novelty races , 1'laim of Itobbera Frustrated. CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Nov. 22. ( Specli Telegram. ) An attempt was made to rob tl Burlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern static at Llvcrmore. at an early hour this mornlni Two men , supposed to ba tramps , entered tl depot nnd ordered 0. W. Wilson , the nlgl operator , to remain quiet. Instead he selz < his revolver and shot at them three time The men returned shortly afterward with rope and club and were greeted with a volli ot shots , which Wilson thinks wounded 01 of the men. A suspicious character has bei arrested at Esthervllle. Work of Innuriinre < nmpitilcn era DES MOINES. Nov. 22. ( Special Tel Gram. ) A meeting of the representatives the fire Insurance companies ot the state w ; In progress here today and will continue t morrow. The purpoie cf the meeting Is make desired changes In farm risks to tl r- end that all premiums received may bo a rIc sorbed In the payment of risks. The suge : Ics ttons of commissions may bo called up f h- consideration , but not unless It Is fora hii - upon the meeting against the wishes of tl iiat companies represented. It- Itis Allrccd Korcir Arrottml. nlie CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Nov. 22. ( Spec ! lie In Telegram. ) J. B , Ryan Is under arrest he 311 for attempting lo pass a. $600 forged ctir nrd on Leonard Stark , proprietor ot Stark'a hot. 111 Burglars broke Into Ihe More ot Bourqu & Harmon at New Hartford and stele 13 worth of goods. Otflcers think they have cluw , and startling developments are expect "n soon , or 10- four Otter Killed. 10nt CARSON , ! . . Nov. 22. ( Special. ) Fo of large otters were dug out of the river bai ItU ol and killed here today. The four weitfi r , elxty-ilx pounds PROPHECY FELL FAR SHORT Reed Says They Haven't ' Trenches Enough to Bury Doinocmtio Bead , REPUBLICAN DUTY FOR THE FUTURE If They Act Intelligently Their New Lease at Power Will Ho for Jinny Year * Country la for Protection Ho- yond n Doubt. BOSTON , Nov. 22. Th9 annual banquet ot Iho Home Market club of Boston , the leading republican organization , was held at Mechanics' building tonight. Portraits of McKlnley , Garfleld , Harrison , Hayes , Sena tor Hoar , Thomas B. Heed and other re publican lights hung about theplace. . Upon the platform , besides the party forming the reception committee , were General Russel Alger of Detroit and Rev. Edward Everett Halo of Boston. After duo attention had been devoted to the viands Colonel Clarke arose and extended the cordial greetings , of the Home Market club to the assembly. Colonel Clarke then Introduced Governor Greenhalge , who extended a welcome to the guests for the people of Massachusetts. Senator Gcorgo F. Hoar of Massachusetts was the next speak ? . " . Referring to the re cent election , ho said In part : "This politi cal victory of ours , Hits victory in Kansas , in Vermont , In Connecticut , nnd In M s a- chusetts , Is but the victory of the woikin - men. It la the victory of the farm hsuso and of the workshop , of men who prfonn a work In this republic to which theeo gjn- llemen of the Tariff Reform league r.re total strangers. " When Thomas B. Reed rose ha was re ceived with an ovation that threatened to split the roof. He was obliged to wait several minutes before he could proceed. He said : "Perhaps borne ot this great audience will recollect that I cast a slight shad ; , of sobs -ness over ycnr dinner last year , and I am afr.uJ it may be the same this evening. Yfit , I hive just one reason more than the rest of you for rejoicing. The result shews that thera Is In mo the prophetic Instincts , not so fully de veloped as 1 could wish , but still valuable. Once during the last session of congress , when the plans of the democracy had become - como developed , I ventured to say to the loaders lhat when the people of this country got at them In November of tills year they would bury them In trenches. This wns nearly true , but there , was a slight Inac curacy. I should liavo said that we would bury them In trenches until the supply ot trenches gave out. Wo could not bury them all , and I notlco some ghosts of unburled bodies 'to and fro flitting burlalless , save in the vulture's craw , ' have even reached Bos ton , and are still hoarsely murmuring about 'free raw materials' and foreign markets and such other like topics of Ihe under world. DESERVED THEIR FATE. "And how richly Ihey have deserved their fate ? Did It ever occur to you lhal If the brightest man among you had placed before him on March 4. 1S94 , a sheet of white papsi and had been told to write down all tlisi fool ish things , ho would have liked to have the enemy do In order to compass1 their own de struction he would have left out 60 per cent they actually did ? Isi there any one of you that would have > dreamed of that which yoni Massachusetts democratic convention called the firm and vigorous policy ot the adminls- tiatlon ? Could any one of you have though ) ot that letter to Wilson and Its railing ac cusations ? Did you ever picture the chair man of the ways and means committee , wltli his knees under British mahogany , receiving the plaudits of our business rivals for good service already rendered and better servlc : expected ? Did you ever think of David B , Hill as candidate for governor of New York and , as a necssary consequence , an unreal- dent nnd homeless president ? Had yoi : nnywhero hung In the chambers the picture of a head without a party and a. pa-ly with out a head ? Could you have Imagined thai after all the warnings which rung fron : ths industrial states at the election whlcr you celebrated a year ago those men wouIO have gone on to crucify American industrj for. another year ? "Victories bring responsibilities , and , as 1 have pointed out to you , our victory is s < great that It probably means responsibility for many years. Of these many years , : shall not now speak. If we have wisdom foi two years wo will bo trusted more , and tin wisdom of the next two years seems ti be easy. We have neither the preslden ncr the senate , and all we can do Is to let tli counlry try the result of the folly of 1892 We shall have two years to loolc over tin situation , so as to do Ihe best we can whei our lime has fully come. So far we hav done all that lay In our power. The bai work cannot go on , even If the good worl cannot commence. Wo have removed on uncertainty , that of the future , flic uncer talnty of possible change , but the uncertain ! ot Ilia present still remains. COUNTRY FAVORS PROTECTION. "This country IB in favor of the doc trlno of protection , largely In favor of II Everything shows this , and no man whos brains are not suffering from recent concus slon from the 'heels' can think otherwise When Mr. Cleveland , for private , persona and political reasons , threw Into the ecal the whole organization of the democrat ! parly ho was defeated before the people * a the first opportunity. If anybody believe that the democratic platform was endorse by the election of 1892 he has no fellow B ship with the president or the chairman c the ways and means committee , for nelthe of them dared even to attempt to carry I e out. It may be that at th ? last electlo hard times caused Irrational voting. 1 may bet that disgust at the utter Inefficlcnc of the democratic rule played no small par but the fact Is the overwhelming victory w have had is a victory for protecllon as th firm faith of the American people. Wlu we need now la not general belief In on doctrines. We. need teaching which come from practical results. We need a dlslrlbi tlon ot the facts. When I say to yo that protection will cheapen , goods an make better goods you may yield ai sent , but it may not be a fighting fait ! But when I show by facts and figures the ground glass , for example , though raited 1C per cent by the McKlnley tariff , has reache almost the same price as before- , and Ihe cor sumer gets American glass worth 20 per cei more , and every Inch of It made by America labor , I show something that ( s an ever pre ; ent answer to all the theories ot the world. "During the next two years this countr ne'ds Ihe help of every man who has tr slightest morsel of truih In his poesessloi Why do I Insist on thli ? Because the strcai cannot rise- higher than the source. If u had an absolute despotic monarch could v hope for laws which would be better than 1 knew ? Who Is our ruler ? Th9 soverelg people of the Untied States , more despol than any monarch that ever sat on a thron Nov.Is It posilble to have laws more senslb than the people are ? We have won a mlghl > r victory , the gieatest In Ihe history of the coui try. It was won , not by our organization , bi by our principles. But great as our vlctoi U , there Is a greater which we must wli By our wisdom , modcrat on and good setu wo must to govern this country that tl at great questions ot the next six years ma have rs ntb'e a lolution us the great que.-thi of Ihclr day hud al Ihe hands of the grei republicans who preierved Ihe union , u ; held Ihe honor of the nation and gave tl people thirty years of peace , prosperity ar progress. " The secretary read a telegram from Go eruor McKlnley , lu which he salJ lhat nu ( occasions In the patt had been like lion coming after the harvest of the year I congratulated both the club and Mr. Rei upon Ihe magnificent victory ol 1894. Colonel W. S Parkerson of Louisiana spol at Ihe new movement In that state. 03 U ( result of th : failure ot the democrats to fulf their pledges. "Some day Uonistann will be wharo she ought to be. " Goncral Alger ot Michigan Vas the last iptsker. . _ . JOHN TI1K TIGER Klbf.RRf TALUS. fcajs Tammany l Too Dead lo Kvcr Ilo 11 Alcnnce Agnln , WASHINGTON , Nov. 22. John W. Goff , the prosecuting attorney , for the Lexow In vestigating committee , who Is Flopping lu Washington for a few dajfs , lias given an In teresting Interview on the work of the com mittee. "We know positively , " lie said , "Hint the police department of New York has sys tematically blackmailed nil classes of citi zens. I speak within' the bounds of my knowledge when I say there was not a busi ness man In New York City who had not felt the power of police * blackmail. There were perhaps a very fe.w Instances where honorable men had refused to give their tithes ot Illegal tax to th > police , but almost without exception these men were forced out Of business. "Ono peculiar feature of the blackmail WAS lhat it spared no onq class , however ob- icure its calling , You may be surprised when I say New York , under the rule of the police department as It was controlled by Tammany Hall , was far worse , as regards the Individual comfort ot citizens , than St. Petersburg under Its most violent police regime. "As an illustration of the tremendous power wielded by this organization. I will refer to the dlfllculty we had In obtaining witnesses to go upon the stand nnd snear to facts they had brought us In private. Al first this applied to all classes , both reputable and disreputable. When appealed to they would claim that It they should testify the police would hound them out ot the city. When asked If they could hot go elsewhere and establish themselves In business they would reply the persecution of the police of New York would follow them lo every clly In Ihe country , and wo gradually revealed the a&tounding fact that the police of New- York not only dominated every city , but every large community In the country. The lower classes of citizens were made to be lieve blackmail was lawful and regular. They came to consider Ihe captain of their precinct as the source ot all municipal au thority. In effect he was such to them. This was Illustrated by the Introduction of the word "pantata" Into ? our language. "Yon aslc mo It I thlrik this power Is now crushed ? I do , most emphallcally. I think that the public conscience having once been aroused , the machinery of this nauseous sys tem exposed , will be > a perpetual bar against the development of such an organization In the future. I consider the great danger to our form of government lies In the possibil ity of municipal misrule. The tendency Is too strongly toward the growth of Ihe urban communily al Ihe expenie of1 the rural. This feeds the machine that , Jf nbt watched nnd checked , will grow to 'such ) 'corrupting In fluence as that whloh we have'Just destroyed In New York. Centralization , I believe , as this investigation has proved , Is the danger of the day. ' ' "I cannot speak lee hlghlylof the composi tion of the committee which employed me as is | counsel. Though appointed by a republi can senate and containing k majority of the members of lhat party , these men have ncted throughout the Investigation1 < Jlke nonpartl- sans and they have tiphtla tne counsel In every move that has proihifcd to demonstrate the problem that confronts 6p. "I cannot answer the question as Id" where the blackmail ' ' money went'or'In what pro portion It was distributed , 'for ' lhat Is a per sonal matter which would force me to men tion names. There. ar6 sfill many points to be Investigated and a grkft'deal of roundIng - Ing up finishing up , as Ifwere. We will try to finish the work by ttiejlst ofjamiary. " rilEK SILVER Tlip O > 'LY CUKE. Senator Teller Has No F lth In Ilond Issue * Wants to See Something Done. DENVER , Nov. 22.--Senntor Teller has started for Washington. Before his de parture ho said , regarding Ihe new bom ) Issue : "In my opinion , It' Is foolish to suppose that the Issue ) of bonds tends to keep a largo reserve of gold in the treasury , as the bends are purchased with gold that has been withdrawn from the. treasury a few dayspreviously. . if Mr. Cleveland would address himself to sectrc ) > the proper amount of revenue to meet government ex penses ho would bo doing something. I don't believe there Is any system , of finance that can bring general prosperity to the country thai does not Includethe free use of silver with gold at the present mint ratio of 10 to 1 , or the 'French ' ratio ot 15'/j to 1. 1."I "I believe further that the , political party that will insure a return of that system will bo the successful party In American politics. " COVfMX'T SKK IlUVfiX U.lXlKH. Too Much Clnuil anil FO"R to Ailmlt of Close ObnrrrHtlon Yesterday. ' , SEATTLE , Wnsh. , Nov. 22. Mount Rnnlet I has been obscured all day owing to n cloudy atmosphere , and no new observations coulil be taken. Yesterday nftenipon steam -was Issuing from the crater In.great quantities and floated behind the Jnggcd peak and then rose up to the clouds nbove.x The top ol the mountain has changed materially , nnC peaks nnd crevices appeared , that have nevei been seen before. PORTLAND , Ore. , Nov.-22. Advices fron : Seattle today ure td Ihe effect that the story of Mount Ranier being In a state ol eiuptlon Is n huge canard storied by a locui paper. TACOMA , Wash. . Nov. 22. Mount Tacomc or Ranier Is obscured by clouds , but so fai ns can bu ascertained Irom this city there has been no eruption or volcanic dis turbances. The report of an earthquake hen last night also appears to be without faun datlon. SEATTLE , Wash. . Nov. 22. A Fpeclal tc the Post-Intelligencer from Klen | burg says The eruption of Mount Rnnlcr hus explolnct to the satisfaction of many u mystery hen which batlled all. The water wotks reaer volr suddenly became exhausted. Invest ! gatlon showed a crevice running along tin hill north nnd south , from one.Inch to oni foot In width and of unknown depth. 1 ran directly through the reservoir , letlln ; Ihe water out. It has been traced. Severn feet along the hill. No shocks of earlhquaki have been felt here.ntf-far an Known , Oklahomn .llcnlni * foc'Ktatohnod. GUTHRIE , Okl. , Nov. ' S2.-A call has beei issued by the chairman of the democrats territorial committee for a statehood , con vcntlon , to be held Noveniber,2S. at El R no The question of single statehood Is par mount to all other territorial matters n present , and great effort * ure Jjelng pu forth to 1mve the matte } nettled tit lh < next Bewlon of congvrwj.1 Democrats , re publicans iftid populists uve nil bending thel energies toward gaining this point , and th present outlaw depredBtlonii..and HIP favor able report of the Vuwm commission wli be put forward as two mobt formidable ar gumcnts. Chinese WonmlvdVltUout Cure. LONDON , Nov. 22.vA. dispatch to rn Times from Shanghai' rays : The \voundci Chinese mostly remain at ffllmen-Tlng. lie tween New Chans and Motikdisn. the slat of the country preventing the Chinese med leal stuff nnd the foreign volunteers fror proceeding thi-ie. WoundetUstragislers hav reached Moukden nnd New Chang , an some of them have even reached Tlcn-Tslr where they have been attended. But n succor has reached the plain body of th Chinese wounded. Kiirthfinttkn , l > amnju H'm Unlvenal , ROME. Nov. 22-The royal commlpiilane appointed to visit the dlttrtcts affected b the earthquakes reports that , ut ReggU capital of the province of TletfRlo ill Calc brla , ho found only twenty- homes that ej tlrely escaped damage , .Another alar earthquake was Ml In RegKlo today. 1h Interiors of whole , rows of houses In space 300 yards long were completel wrecked. Crowds of hornejess women an children are winderlni. about their mint dwellings wringing their hands and weei Ing. I.nril Churchill Not Improving. LONDON , Nov. 22. A private dispatc received here from India says the candltlu of Lord Randolph Churchill IB very unsal 111 lafactory. CAREER OF A DAKOTA PRINCE Wild Plunge in Finance of John T , M. Piorc3ofytinkton , FULLY A MILLION AHEAD OF THE GAME Ilo Sold fraudulent School Ilond * null Tax Ccrtlllciito * nnd Mortgaged Fictitious 1'roncrty to Ills Traittlng friend * In l.'nglHixt nml Dlg.ipncnrcd , YANKTON , S. D. , Nov. 22. ( Special Tele gram , ) The story of the remarkable career of John T. M. Pierce , a young Englishman , Is slowly unfolding Itself before the aston ished eyes of the people of Ynnktonhlch city has been hla home tor ten years or more In less than fifteen years this man , not yet 35 years old , has practiced swindling and kindred crimes to such an extent that al most ono million dollars belonging to other persons has found Its way Into circulation through his lavlshncss. The events of that career could not be crowded Into ono Issue ot an ordinary periodical , and the wonder ot It Is how John T. M. Pierce managed to continue so long undiscovered in his acts of lawlessness. John T. M. Pierce was born of respectable and proud parents near London , England. As a boy ho was most , exemplary and studious , enjoying the distinction of being unusually bright and apt. His earliest ambitions were to become n builder of cities and a com mander and owner ot uealtK and estates. It was about twelve years ago thut ho came to America , nn awkward and physically frail English boy. An agricultural school farm In Knox county , Nebraska , about twenty miles south of Yankton , became his home , and he spent two year there as a "pup" or agricultural student. It was announced one day that Pierce had purchased a half Interest In the ranch of a man named MacLagan , and some months afterward the entire ranch of 1,800 acres passed Into his possession. Then ho began to branch out , and became well known as a man of affairs. He opened an offloo in Yankton and secured tiio agency for three of the largest foreign loaning com panies In the world. Dnslnosg came to him In overwhelming volume , but he took care of It. Ho became associated with G. II. C. Wright , a wealthy young Britisher , and the firm of Pierce , Wright & Co. began loaning "s own money. Branch offices were cstab- shetl In Spokane , Wash. , and Holyoke , Colo. , ncl loans upon farm lands were made as npldly as the necessary papers could be mJo out. LIVED LIKE A NABOD. Pierce , next married Annlo MacCSregor , a eautlful society girl , daughter of one of ho first families In Yankton , and purchased magnificent brick house for his bride. 'o ' this house1 ho added a plunge bath , a hrary of 5,000 volumes , a wine cellar and 'urnlshed It most luxuriously. In a corner > f his yard ho erected an astronomical ol > - crvatory and placed in it two telescopes jostlng J1C.OOO.An asphalt tennis court was aid In another corner and an entire half ilock was planted with Imported grass sesd nd ornamented with 'beds of the choicest ilants nnd flowers. PlerciJ bought a farm .wo miles from Yankton , built barns and iheds and a flno house , thereon nnd stocked t with Galloway * ca lo , Shetland ppnlesand .horoughbretl horses , sheep and hogs' . Mcarnvhllo- Pierce ; Wright " & * Co. h'ad qpeq'ed , nn , .offlCD" at 32 New Broad Br ie.t , London , and Mr. PiercO and1 hlsT bride went abroad-for , a year. He established a resi dence twenty-five miles from London and 'clgncd ' In the neighborhood as a prince. Returning to Yankton , ho occupied ono of he largest business blocks In South Dakota. and then , merely to show his ability , took hold of a defunct1 i'otel project and erected 'ho finest hotel In the state. He took $125,000 n life Insurance and paid up every policy. Ie > erected eighteen residences about town , and last , but not least , he formed a com pany to build and equip sixty miles ot rail road from Ynnkton to Norfolk , Neb. , and ? 17G,000 were invested In right of way and railing. Two years ago Pierce left Yankton for England and has never returned. Two weeks ago a man named Nation arlrved from Eng- and , and the local representatives of Ihe firm were notified that Pierce , Wright & Co. and John T. M. Pierce" were bankrupt. Pay- imnts wore suspended at all offices , and : ransfers of real estate and everything else i the line of property were made. It Is now apparent that Pierce Is ruined and a fugitive from Justice. He has disappeared from his English home accompanied by his wife , and nothing has been heard from them for a month. \ HOW HE RAISED THE WIND. His methods ot raining money were crim inal novelties. He Issued fraudulent school district bonds In sums ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 and. sold them In England. The bonds usually ran for five years , and the coupons pens and face ot the bonds were made paya ble at the Yankton office of Pierce , Wright & Co. Schcol districts In Yankton , Clay , BonhomniD and other South Dakota counties were represented In these bonds , and the scheme worked successfully until money be came scarce and the forger could not pay the coupons ns they became due. An Investiga tion was made by English capitalists holding the bonds and the truth was discovered. Another method tor raUing money was by Issuing fraudulent tax cole certificates upon South Dakota farm lands. These certificate * draw a high rate ot Interest , and very In viting Investments. They were forged , how ever , Pierce having young and Inexperienced English boys who were clerks In his oftlcc do the writing upon them. On the fraudu lent school district bonds about one- quarter ot a million dollars uai raised , and upon the tax sale certificate ! about the same amount. He has also deall extensively In spurious bonds and mortgages and every Inch of his property Is covered with mortgages two or three deep. In forg. Ing the names ot school district officers tc school bonds and of country treasurers ot tax certificates he used very little care , feel' Ing secure In Ills plan of having them redeemable deemablo ut his Yankton office. The greatei portion of hla business has bsen transactec in London , and all of his victims are tor elgners. 1W1.T.KTS , KSIVKS AXU IIAZOUS , Terrible Flclit nt Nfsro Church Kcstlvj In Which Snxorul Men Are Wounded. LITTLE ROCK , Nov. 22. A Kerlous flgh occurred at'a negro church festival at HarrI chapel , seven-miles from Augusta , Ark. , Mon day night In which pistols , razors and knlve were used promiscuously and as a result fou negroes were wounded , at least ono of when will probably die. A negro named Weldoi Jostled agalnct another negro named Brattoi and a quarrel ensued. Bratton'x EX brothers who were engaged In a gime of craps Just out side the chapel , were callj.1 in to hU aislst ance. Weldon hastily summoned hit fore ; and a fierce battle ensued. Twenty-one shot were fired and knives and razors slashed I a fearful manner , Hudton Crutcher was cu In the back of the neck and across the smal ot th'e back , shot In the calf of the leg an right arm and severely beaten. Will Jackso wa& Hhot In the wrist , cut acroia tha bac very deeply and will probably die. Joe Ural ton was shot and dangerously wounded. Lev Bratton , throat cut from car to chin , and Ou Bratton cut lu the hand , ( Iruln Concrete Meet * nt New Orlcani , NEW ORLKAN8. Nov. 22.-The grain con Kress met yesterday at 2 o'clock ivlt 200 delegates and many visitors preseni The convention was called to order by I1 Q , Ernst of the Hoard of Trade , who In trodOccd Governor Fisher. His excellent- greeted the delegates warmly und bpokc c the excellent results that weru likely to fo low the deliberation1 ! of t3 representative Catherine of men from different state ; Mayor Fltzpntrlck spoke In behalf of the city of Now Orleans nnd ex-Mayor Cow herd of K lisas city replied for the dele gates. Then routine lunlnca wan trans acted. The actual work of the convention will not begin until Friday morning. Mnny prominent men from various states will speak on that dny. TII'O Ji/tOrff/iKA M/WT 7 > O r.V. Thomnt O' > clll Klllnl and Mlclmel Hrrlontty Wounded by Ulmrlcs llonltcrnt Clu > ] r < Minc. CHHYnNNE , Wyo. , Nov. 22. ( Special Telsgram , ) Thomas O'Neill and Michael , his brother , wore shot In front of the Tlvoll saloon and restaurant by Charles Boulter at 3 o'clock this morning. The first named died at 1030 ; a. in. from his Injuries. The bullet entered In the comer of his breast between the lungs. Michael was shot twlco In the leg , once through the thigh and the other ball passed through the knee cap. The brothers were under the Influence ot liquor and were quarreling1. Boulter at tempted to separate them , when they both attacked him. They kncckcd him down , when he pulled hU gun , a 38-callbcr Colt's , and be gan shooting. Three shots were fired , all ot them taking effect. Neither of the brothers were armed. Itoultcr claims the shooting was done In self-defense. He was arrested and lodged In Jail to await , the result of the coroner's Inquest , which Is being held this afternoon. The O'Neill brothers were In the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad company. They resided with their parents In this city. Both are single. Captutn Itny In Imllcnnnt. LANDER , Wyo. , Nov. 22. ( Special Tele gram. ) Captain Patrick Henry Ray , acting Indian agent , was brought Into the district court today to plead to the Indictment found yesterday by the grand Jury charging him with branding cattle belonging to settlers. He was very Indignant and was placed under bonds for his appearance In the district court. x IS OHK uunvvnox. Allll Startctf nt Deadwood with n Novel Application of the Cyanide I'rocrM. DKADWOOD. S. D. , Nov. 22.-Spoclal. ( ) Another reduction plant hns been added to Deadwood's facilities for handling the ores of the Black Hills. The new cyanide mill erected by1 the Golden Howard company was started up Monday nnd given a trlul run , It worked smoothly nnd satisfactorily. The new plant Is one of the most complete ever erected In the Blade Hills , nnd will be nu Innovation so far as the cyanide process Is concerned. Insofar that a radical flt- nurturp Is taken from the accepted manner of applying this particular process to tne extraction of pold from ores. Instead of stationary tanks to leach the pulverized ores , revolving steel barrels , similar to those used In the chlorlnntlon process , are iniicle use of , thus Keeping In u. state of ngltntlon the chemical HOlutlon nnd the pulp , greatly facilitating the leaching , und making It possible to trout the ores faster and more cheaply than heretofore. Before this de parture fiom accepted methods was put IIHO ( Tcct on a large scale , numerous experl- neiits had been made , every one of which -ernonstratetl its practicability. This plant s the only one of its kind In the world , nnd ts owners urc moic than pleased with the ( suits KO far attained. Mining opeintlons In the Hills have been lomewhat Interfered with during the past month bv the wet weather , nnd will con tinue to be until It freezes sulllclently to inaku the roads hard nnd passable for earns , at present It being almost Impossible o haul even an empty wngon to the rull- oads. However , prospectors and mine own- irs ure taking- advantage of the lull and jre putting their properties In good work- ng order , ana It Is a safe prediction that he coming- month will record thR greatest utput of gold of any In the country's lils- .ory. Oklahoma ! ) Charged with Putting ait Im portant IVItncift Out nf the AVny. GUTHRin. Olil. . Nov. 22. William Gill , herlff of Pottawutomle , county S. J. Jcott , editor of the Tecumseh Herald , e\- ostmaster 1'renton Armstrong and Uanlel irestnmn , prominent men of Tcoiimsen , vere lodged in the United States Jail here oduy on a charge of murder In the llrst degree. Three- years ago Steve Penasaw was shot anil killed In the Ktcknpoo rewer- ation by three deputy marshals , who claim to have mistaken film for a horse thief liey wsre charing. Per a aw's frUnds , aided ) y the government , however , believed dlf- ercntly. They have never ceased woiklns m the cnee , and ns a result George How- ills , oneof the deputies who did the shooi ng wns lasl week convicted of the murder , . rom evidence obtained from him und hrough other sources the United Stattn ; rnnd Jury hat Indicted the men brongnt H today , it being charged they hired the leputles to shoot Penasaw , who was an Im portant witness In several cakes pending igalnst them. i' 11 If Si' JA1' . Number of Resolution * Pasted , Ono of Them Aithlng forSlato LHlmr liuroitns. NEW ORLEANS Nov. " . , Nov.Knights of Labor had. a busy session today. Rusolu- Ions were adopted that each local assembly shall make n maximum scale of wages above the regular scale adopted by the national trades assembly ; that all griev ances und complaints must come up In the ocal courts of the assemblies within sixty days ; tl at the legislatures of the various states be memorialized to enact laws pro viding for the creation of state labor bu reaus ; that all tradt-Mnen shall allllllutc with organizations of their own trade ; thai n labor parades no flags except the national colors shall lie carried ; und that a plunk lit nserted in the > Kntehts of Labor preamble igalnst gambling In faim products or op tions. A resolution making ex-rcpresentu- lives lo Ihe general assembly Ineligible as olllccrs was defeuled. Itcuort nl n Contemplated Holdup. AUSTIN , Tex. , Nov. 2J. Cnptaln McDon. aid of the Texas Rangers received a tele gram this afteinoon from Colonel Huntei of the Texux Pacific ut Fort Worth. Informing - forming him that a holdup cf his train wat antlclputfd for totnoirow night near Stra-.vn Tex. This train wilt have u largo uniouni of money on board going to the Texas I'a clflc coal mines to pay luimlH , nnd Innsmuof ns Ben Hughes , one of the most notorlou ! of the bandit Rimer , was Been in the1 inouii tains near thut place this morning , 't : : anticipated that trouble Is Imminent. Hil Cool : li booked to meet his men nt ilu : point tomorrow night , nccoidlng to thi statement of Tinner , one of the gnng cap .turcd at Mitchell Falln. Captain McUonnh left for Fort Worth tonight , und. In com pany with name of Ills men , will be u i > ai sengcr on the maikcd tialn tomonow , si as to be on hand In case ut u holdup. . Men \Vlll Still Ila llarrrd. CLEVELAND , Nov. 2--The exccullvi committee of the W. C. T U. held a pos convention today , lasting until far Into tin evening. The most Important matter tlm came up WHS a resolution to admit men ii full mcmbeiHlilp In the young ladles' branch The subject was fully discussed und tli decision reached thut ruch a change wa Inexpedient , as when the proper time ur rived the W. C. T. U. Itself should nilml ten to membership and eliminate the won Woman's" from its name. I'rrmont I lit riimll.r to licit. NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-A party of abou fifty pecple Journeyed out to Uocklanil ceme tcry. In Spurklll , N. Y , , this afternoon t attend the ceicmony of placing CJcnern John C. Fremont's body In Its final restln place. The bcrvlces at the cemetery wer of the simplest descriptions. The burlu service wan rend by RHV. Ward Dennis , th rector ( Of Christ church , Hparklll. Movement * of t-ricolnR 8cl Nov. " " . At Baltimore Arrived Dresden , trot Bremen , At Boulogne Arrived Amsterdam , fror Now York. At New York Arrived Rhuctln , fret Hamburg ; Bpanrdam , flora Itottcrdair Massachusetts , from London. At Bremen Arrived Havel , from Nei York , via Southampton. At Hamburg Arrived Danla , from Nei York. At London Arrived Mohawk , from Nc' York. At St. Johns , N. P. Arrived Corean , froi GlasKQW nnd Liverpool for Philadelphia , At San Francisco An I ved Mai Ip tia. froi Honolulu und Sydney ; U. 8. H. Rush , r < turned for repairs. At Queenslown Arrived Adriatic , froi New Yoik. At Naples Arrived Fulda , from Ne York. At Rotterdam Arrlvcd-'Ainsterdam , froi New York. At Houthampton Arrlvcd Augusta VIi torla , from New Yoik. GRAVE ROBBERS' ' HEARING University Professors nnil Students at Lincoln llavo Their Oaso Ooutinuotl. COURT ROOM CROWDED BY SPECTATORS 1'rlftoncra Clnlni that IIm Iloily Wim Stolen by I'riifo9 > hinnlii , Who Sold It to the Collrgo AVhrra It Wn * found. LINCOLN , Nov. 22.-Speclal ( Telegram. ) The Coiner university medics , Prof. J. W. Ward and D. S. Median , A. S. Ross , D. II , Roberts , B. J. Alexander , J. A. Burford and J. E , Waller , arrested last night on a charge of body snatching , were arraigned this mornIng - Ing before County Judge Lansing. Chancellor Dungan was today added to the list. The parly asked for a continuance and the case was set for the 30th Inst. . and they were re leased on the game bonds given last night , $ r > 00 each. A sensational rumor that Otto' Al bert , whoso cadaver was purloined from Wyuka cemetery , committed sui cide and that the Insurance company refused to pay the loss , appears to have little foundation. The burial permit slio.vs that Albert d'cd from a valvular disease of the lungs. Suspicion points strongly to parties connected with the university as the ones who actually despoiled the grave of the "stiff. " The students In attendance at the cllnla at the time of tha arrest had each paid $10 for the privilege ot the demonstra tion which was so suddenly interrupted , A Inrgo proportion of the Inhabitants ot Bethany Heights \\ero congregated In the court room ot the county Judge when the case was called. For the state appeared Deputy County Attorney Collins , ex-Attorney General Lceso for Roberts , Ross and Waller and At torney J. L. Muck for the others accused. The continuance was opposed by General Leesc. The grounds upon which a continuance was asked were that tlino might be allowed to secure depositions , the nature of which was ot stated. It Is suspected that an effort ill ho made to show that some one else other inn the accused stole the body. It Is qulto iQsslble that an agreement will be reached Ith the county attorney whereby the stu- cntK , who are not believed to be. Implicated 11 the theft , will be liberated from bonds. This morning the remains were Interred n the grave , as Identification was coniplo'.o , .nd they will not be needed In the legal pro- ccdlngs. While the Wyuta cemeteiy board ave doubts of their ability to convict any f the parties arrested , the members believe icy have somewhat discounted grnvu rob ing as a means of revenue. The law pro- Ides a method for medical colleges to fcccuri- inbjccts for the knife and Inllkm a Ono ct rnm J1CO to $5uO for body Miauling. 31AKKl > A InlniR Ho Is an Innocent Victim ol Holmes * U llei. PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 22. Jeptha D. lowe , Ihe young St. Louis lawyer , who , In onncctlou with H. H. Holmes , is charged Ith defrauding a local insurance company f $10,000 , reached this city al noon today ram Washington , where he ( topped over on Is way from St. Louis yesteday. He was net'nt ' the depot by Marshal F. McDonald of t. Louis , who Is the law partner of young lowe's brother , and togelher they went to ho office of Superintendent of Police Linden , hero he surrendered himself. A conference s now in progress. When seen by an Associated press re- orter today Lawyer McDonald said : "This rchconspirator , H. H. Holmes or H. L , lorgan , the name by which he was known n St. Louis , came to the olEce while I was ab- ent In Colorado and proposed the case , say- ng that Mrs. Pltzcl wanted some ono to epresent her. It was the first case the boy iad ever been offered and ho Jumped right nto It with all the ardor and enthusiasm ot outh. He did not wait for us to return and the result was that this slick crook 1m- losed upon him. My young friend may have ecn Indiscreet , but he Is no criminal. " Superintendent of Police Linden places mpllclt confidence In what Mr. McDonald ays In reference to young Howe and Is of he opinion that the latter has been misled jy Ilnlmcs. Lawyer McDonald called on A. S. L. Shields , Iho noted criminal lawyer , at ho latter's ofilco and asked Mr. Shields to act as counsel for young Howe. The facts f the case were briefly stated and Mr. Shields agreed to take charge of Iho case. lowc , In all probability , will be released on ball. ball.INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS , Ind , . Nov. 22. The In- uronce company which insured and paid the 10,000 policy on the life of Pltzel on Septem- > er 21 a few days afterward received a letter Yom Mrs. Pitzel , thanking them for their piomptness and expressing gratitude for the lonslderrtlon shown her nnd her children. This letter was carried and scattered broad cast as an advertisement by the company. The letter Is reproduced verbatim and Is preceded by the company's stalement that wtlsfactory evidence of Pltzel'a death had > een secured. CHICAGO , Nov. 22. Today It became mown that Holmes was th ? head ot what purported to lo an Incorporated company called the A. B. C. Copying company , with leadquartcrs In the Monon building on Dear- > orn street , this city. The copying machine which Holmes sold was without merits , but .ho sale of territory to agents was a great source of revenue. It Is said that the state ot Ohio told frr $5,000 cash. Both of the Dakotas and a maporlty of the western stales was disposed of. A company was organized In New York and paid $500 per mouth for merely the agency In that city. Some of the states \\ere sold as many times , It Is said , as Holmes could find purchasers. Holmes bad n the office , two stenographers , one ot whom tallied closely with the description ot Mlrs Kate Durkco of Omaha , and the other wan iinqttestlonably Minnie Wlll.ams. 11/Mi SUM3IOff 1 CnUornln htrlkei-N Want to I'nt Him on the \ \ lines * Stand. SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 22. Attorney Montlctlr 1s preparing Home affidavits to be filed In the case of the strikers now on trial for obstructing the malls and Interfering with Interstate commerce. It Is the purpose to make every effort possible to summon to this city as nltnctses In the cases now pending Presld'nt Cleveland and the managers of all the principal eastern railroads which were In any way Involved In the b'g strike. If the application of the de fense for these dlstlngulihcd witnesses be re fused the matter may bs carried to the supreme premo court for final adjudication. Montleth , epcaklng cf the cake , said : "We hold that the president of the United States and the managers ot the eastern roads were technically guilty of obstructing the United States mails when they put forth the presi dential and managerial proclamation concern ing the strike. V/ < ; want to find out why that proclamation wan made and on that point Mr , Cleveland's testimony la esientlal. I do not belle\o there Is any law by which he can claim exemption from coming and testifying as a witness. The matter will be decided by Judge Morrow. " llolp Well Treated. CINCINNATI , Nov. 22.-Factory Inspectof Watchoiu of Pennsylvania , who was In Cincinnati J cinnati Inst night on Ms way to New Or leans , had lilH attention called to the state ment made liv Ur. George Herron of the Iowa state college In his recent lecture at Springfield , O. , attacking John Wunamuker ns iir oppressor of thu poor , He said : "As factoiy InKpector I have had ample oppor tunity to obHcrve the conditions under which Mr. Wunnmuker'H employes labor. 1 mu t Buy that no employer In the country could possibly treat hla employes better , nnr inuku better ptovlxlons for their comfort. I do not believe a word of Dr. Herron's story. "