THE OMAHA ; DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU J3 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING , DECE JER 5 , 1805 TWELVE PAGrES. jOfe SINGLE COPV ITLVE CENTS. ISSAILED THE SUGAR TRUST Commenced to Prevent it from Doing Business in Now York. PAPERS SERVED ON SECRETARY SEARLES Attorney for the Trim ! 1'rofi'nnrN Xol to litlnrinril OT T the I'rocecdlnn iiiul IN Coniliteiit tin * Company IN I.eKiilly NEW YOIIK , Dec. 4. Recent rumors of fi.ircndlng legal attacks upon the American BiiRnr Refining compiny cryslallzed today when papers were served upon Secretary John U. Searlesi In a suit to restrain the coirpany from doing business In this stale. lluirort' were also current that similar pro ceedings would be taken In Massachusetts. Tlie opinion In the street was that the attacks were Inspired by the same motives ns those governing the opposition to the consolidation plan of the Chicago Gas campanles. The action tnktn did not affect the price of ftnck , which closed at a gain of 1 per cent over yesterday's final figures. Mr. John E. Parsons of counsel for the American Sugar Kenning company was In terviewed by a reporter In regard to the Bill , and said : "I have only glanced over the papers. They proceed upon the Idea that the American Sugar Ucflnlng company Is u combination of the large number of pre- vluialy existing corporations and Individual sugar refiners ; that this combination con- plitutcH a monopoly and Is In violation of law. There1 nro further allegations , all for tlio purpose of establishing the fact that the company Is a monopoly. Any one cnn make an application to the attorney genci-ai. Any ono can serve papers upon such an application. The practical consideration Is whether the facts alleged are true and w lift her. If true , they make out a case. "The fact IB , the American Sugar lloflnlng company Is the only corporation now exist ing. All preceding corporations have bec'H dissolved and arc out of existence. The or ganization of the company followed the de cision of the court of appeals In the case _ _ sf the North Ulvcr company. It Is In direct cot.formlty with what I understand to have been established In that case and to have been held In many other cases. Not only Is there no law which prevents corporations from acquiring property which previously belonged to other Individuals or corporations , but the statutes of this state and of New Jersey make express provisions that this may be done. The company has always been most careful that noth'.ng should be doneto ccuntenancc the Idea of a monopoly. Any- bcdy can carry on the business of sugar re fining In this state , or anywhere else , so Tar as Jho American company Is concerned. It has nevtr made any contract or ngrc- ment to the contrary. "Any ono can sell at nny price he likes. " When asked as to the person In whose name the papers were ( .ervtd today Mr. I'arsona replied that the name of the appli cant was Hunt. Two names were filled In , Lilt lie could not recollect the other. nuiTisii .SHIP LOST. Ilellexeil lo Ilnve Konmlereil In the Iteuent Typhoon. PORTLAND , Ore. . Dec. . 4. Much appre hension Is felt for the British ship Gorzdd , Captain Mead , now out forty-five days from Singapore. This Is the third steamer which Is unaccounted for on the northern. Pacific ocean , ths others being the Eskdalo and Strathnevlq , bound westward. The Gorzdd is a 2,400-ton tramp schooner bound to Tacoina to load lumber for South Africa. She called from Singapore six weeks ago and should have made the passage in less than twenty-five days. Thonchoonsr 1'urltaua , foity-nlno days from Tlen-Tsln , which has Just arrived , reporto experiencing November 14 and 15 on the eastern edge of the China sea a typhoon of unusual violence , before which she ran un der bare poles for two days. Captain Saxe says th3 gale was the ajvcrcst ho ever passed through on the Pacific ocean. It was a miracle , he says that ho did not founder having only two experienced seamen in thu foiecastle. The ship Tucomn , which arrived a few days apr > from the orient , passed through th9 same storm and narrowly escaped destruction. The com > 3nsus of opinion Is that two Htcamshlps and the- British ship Lord Bras- coy foundered In the same storm , thus causing a loss of ISO lives and property valued at f 1,250,000. The Gorzdd Is a t'tauncli new steamer , navigated by experienced offi cers , and hope Is held out that one of the BtAamohlps have become disabled and Is be ing towed Into port by the other. In th ? latter event It Is quite- probable that the dis abled craft will lie taken to ono of the har bors of the Aleutian Islands nnd anchored. ' Tlio Gorzdd was In ballast and officers who paused through thePiorm ara of the opinion that a steamship without a cargo would fare badly In such a typhoon , JHAY HHTUHX TO AVOIMv TOIIAY. Strike In the \eiv Vorlc Iliillilliic Triule Aiinreiitl > - .Settled. NEW YORK , Dec. 4. In all probability the striking housesmlths will relurn to work tomorrow and the work abandoned sixteen days ago on eighteen buildings will bo re sumed , A conference will be held In the olllco of J. B. and J. M. Cornell at 2 o'clock thin afternoon when a final settlement of the difficulties muy be readied. It was stated at union headquarters , how ever , that no matter what decision shall be arrived at , the strike would bo called off today. Ii Is Known that Mr. Cornell In firm In DIP stand which lie took at the outlet not to accede to trie demand for the recogni tion of thu union , hut he has consented to proposition of giving a uniform scale of wagcg which will bo regulated according to thn efficiency of the Iron workers. Another Important matter which now confronts sonitf of tlio Htrlke leaders Is the reported throat of Mr. Cornell , who Is paid to have decided that n ? will not under any condition agree to havd them re MI me woik In any building In which his firm Is concerned. "Thin l hlRck'Ilstlng , " said ono of the * today , "but If the men whom Mr. Cornell dislikes because of thn part which they have played In the present crisis cannot return to work on his Jobs , they c.in got plenty of work elsewhere. " Tht : conference heM this afternoon brought the contending parties no nearer n kettle- ment ami tcnlght the strike Is still on , Illooilj Clolliliui I'lilJH ii I'nrt. KANSAS CUTV. Dfo. 4. A special to the Star from Wichita , Kan. , ayn : The pre liminary examination of Mrs. Irene Leonard , Orvlll ? Williamson and Frank M. William- t > ? n , charged with the murder of H. H , Leonard on the night of November 18 , Is In prore.3 lufore Justice Jones. The bloody clothing of the murdered man and part of Mm. Leonard's wearing apparel having blood HUlns on It will pliy an Important part In the caser , and were exhibited this morning , llenth tit n Ihiy. : . % E\V IH.OOMK1KM ) , P.I. , Dec. 4. Adam llallrr , the oUleit editor In the- state In continuous active service on one newipapcr. died Jt hli home In this place yesterday. IU fouivilfil Iho Peny Freeman In 1831 and \\ae Its propiletur ; uij editor for fifty-five incatm ot Oeeun Vennelx , Dee , -I , At Southampton Arrived St. Paul , from Ntw Yotk , At Liverpool ArrlvcJ Catalonia , from lloiton ; Roman , frcm Boston ; Waealand , from PI lladelphla. At landau Arrived Richmond Hill , from Now York. New Yoik Arrived Steamers Stuttgart from Bremen ; Ardlc-n , from Cpe Haytli'n. At New York Arrived Etti Steamer Spree. f i om Bremen. At Qufiimtown Arrived 5th--Gtnnanc ! , from New York for Liverpool. to.M.'i-.ssns TO SUVHH.U * MUHUKIIS. Cnreer lit Crime of nn In- < I I n n n Culprit. FORT WAYNE , Ind. , Dtc. 4. William Stone , formerly a member ot the Dalton gang , under sentence of ten years here for shoot ing Deputy Sheriff Harold , has confessed to committing murders In Chicago , Cleve land , Kansas City and several other places. HB | story IB one of n llfo of murder , bur glary , train and stage robbing , and Is a startling confession. Stone says that he and hU partner , Wil liam Walrath , killed a man In Kansas City In 18S3 and robbed him , but later gave the money to Henry Donnelly , a policeman , for protection. He confe-sws to the- murder of Mrs. Stewart and her son , Clarence , In Cleveland. The bodies were cut to pieces and thrown Into Lake Erie. He says the following morning he killed a boy In the Big Four yards In Llnndalc , O. In Buffalo ho and Walr&th and a man named Burns , a saloon kc-opcr , killed a wealthy western farmer who was looking for a good time. The money was divided and Stone and Walrath retun-rd to Chicago and with their share started a restaurant. Hero Wal rath married Stone's sitter. Mrs. Walrath died , and Stone and Wnlrath left Chicago. Later Stone returned and was Implicated In the murder of a father and son named Prunty. Three men are- said to be now serving life sentences at Jollct for the crime , hut Stone was not arrested. He then tells of a murder at Dunkirk , N. Y. , where he and a man named Duffy stabbed a pal , "Buffalo Jack , " four times and then burled him In the woods. Another murder was committed at Union City. Pa. , the victim being an old man named Horton or Norton. Another murder was committed by the trio near Youngstown , 0. , the victim being a resident ot Ashtabula. The last murder committed by Stone and AValrath was on April 29 , 1S05 , on a Pennsylvania freight train , At this time Stone was shot and did not get medical aid until South Bend was reached. The next desperate act of ths trio was the robbery of a Grand Trunk train In Michigan , where five watches and. money were secured. Two of these watches have been Identified sines their arrest here. here.This This afternoon when the officers learneil that John C. Stone's confession had become generally known , he was hustled out of the city to the- Michigan City penitentiary to servo a term tit ten years. When Stone made hlu private confession two months ago he Implicated Ills pal , John Duffey , aa the leading spirit In the bloody highway robberies. . This sensational confession was kept concealed till Duffy was placed on trial yesterday for assault with Intent to kill a posse of deputy t'herllty. ' Thu confession became public too lateto have any cited en Duffy's case , as when the Jury retired at night , the wild taleof crimes had not reached the Jury. Duffy received enl > a four years' sentence- , six lera than his ac complice , who was Implicated In the same crime. The officers , or at least some of them , are inclined to think that Stone has palmed and embellished n few molehills of criminality Into mountains of crime for no other pur pose. than to vent his enmity ngalnst Duffy. Since the death of their partner , William Walrath , from the effect of bullet wounds received In the-lr battle with til ? deputy sheriffs here last April , Duffy and Stone have bee-n such bitter enemies that they have been kept In different parts ot the Jail and were never In the same room , even during meals. Adlvces from Mansfield , O. , and Erie , Pa. , and Kansas City , Indicate that Stone was very familiar with murders committed at each of these places. Denials have ben re ceived from Chicago , Cleveland and Buffalo. KANSAS CITY , Kan. , Dec. 4. The police hero are somewhat uncertain as to the genuineness of the confession made by the pilsoncr , William Stone , at Fort AVaync. Policeman Henry Donnelly , the man' Im plicated by Stone , has certainly killed one man and Is not free from suspicion of con nection with the murder of another. On September 27 , 1S85 , Christopher Shubert , a wealthy German from Leavenworth , Kan. , was murdered here and robbed of his money. Ills dead body was found on the Central avenue bridge early In the morning. No ar- restii were ever made and the case continued , i mystery. Two months later. Policeman Henry Donnelly shot and killed Officer Thcmas O'Donald , In a raloon. This killing was also shrouded in more or less mystery , for there- had been a puspiclon that Donnelly had had some connection with the killing of ShnljLTt , nnd It was openly charged that the killing of O'Donald was In some manner an outgrowth of the first murder. For the killing of his brother officer , after making .1 strong plea of self-defense , Donnelly was convicted of manslaughter and santenccd to two years in the penitentiary. He served hit tlnu and Is now supposed to be somewhere in Colorado. Should the confession of Stone ba borne out In Its details , the police here assert that they may make an effort to have Donnelly arresttd for complicity In the mur der of Shubert. CLEVELAND. O , , Dec. 4. The police of thin city think the confession of John Stone at Fort Wayne. Ind. , Is based largely on Imagination. Nothing IH known of the crimes which Stone- says he and Walrath com mitted In Cleveland , and It is certain the pair were not arrested hero and that they did not escape from Jail by feigning In sanity. CHICAGO , Dec. 4. The- police take no stock In the- story of Convict Stone In Fort Wayne to the effect that he was connected with the Prunty murdera In Chicago. Three men wore convicted of these crimes and are now serving their sentences in Jollet. The police never heard of Stone nnd do not want him. KHIJj DI-3.VU AT T1II3 SKCOXD III.OW. In nil lonn Saloon Itenults In a .11 n filer. HARLAN , la , , Dec. 4. ( Special. ) Monday night John Long , a disreputable character , got Into an altercation with Chris Paulson , a saloon Ueciur , and after passing a few blows Paulcon staggered and fell , dying In u few minutes , The testimony of those who witnessed the frucns IH very conflicting , some saying that Long did not csc-n strike Paulsen ; others say he dealt him two blows In tlie stomach , or near the hrait. An Inquest Is being held nnd an autopsy will follow to determine ths facts. Long was arrested , but escaped from the nuialuil. Later ho wax rearrested by Deputy Sheriff Cooper and Is now In Jail. , Fein-fill KxnloNlr.u of . Mtro-filyeerlne , PITTSBURO , Dc. 4 , An explosion of nitro glycerine at IIunifi'H torpedo factory , near Butler , P.I. , at 10 o'clock this moinlng com- plolely demolished thu factory and two stor age magazines and killed Lowery Dlnck and Georne Hester , two employes. Portions of Illat-k'u remains were picked up seventy-five ft ft away , but nothing but a part uf Heater's underwear can bn found , It Is thought the yuung men were thawing out a cm of gly- ccrlne , wh n It exploded , The concussion shook houses and shattered windows for mlrx | around. About 1,000 pounds of glycer ine exploded , > hi tiiiH TriiHt CHICAGO , Dec. 4. General George W. Hunt opened the argument fur the Gas trust before Judge Show-alter this ; morning. The proposed consolidation , he said , had been re- fen-red to tlie attorney general of the state , of Illlnol * and until ho paid upon U there \\uu mi need of an application for an Injunc tion. The consolidation could not take place or be c-fTeellvo without the consent of the at torney general , and that consent If given would Indicate trst the consollJctlon wac not lu violation of tlio dscUUiu of the supreme court. _ fliieliinnll VUIU Atlanta. ATLANTA. Dec. 4. The first train beailnjs the Cincinnati party arrived at 9:30 : with Mayor Caldwell and svvrnty-nv member * Cf the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. They were met at the union depot by Vice I'rcal- drnt Hemphlll and Director * Klows and B. C , Potter of the exposition , who etcorted them to Jin Aragin hotil. A few minutes later the Cincinnati I-niurr | excursion of 145 people , leaded by right inp.-nb'.rs of the stuff and U'flur' * tasd , came In and went to the Ortintil. HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGLAND Sjnopsis of the Hoply to Olnoy's ' Last Note on the Venezuela Dispute. GREAT BRITAIN DECLINES TO ARBITRATE I.onl HnllxlinrjInriiorrfi the Iloqncftt ot the UiiHeil Stnten In the Vviic- niielnii AITnlr llcply to Ulnoy ( ill the Wit ) ' , , LONDON , Dec. 4. The reply of the mar quis ot Salisbury to the note of Secretary Olney on the Venezuelan question , the Asoocl- ated prcsa learns , Is on board the White Stur line steamer Britannic , duo at New York on Friday next. The essence of the document Is that Great Britain refuses to submit to arbitration any of the territory within the Schomburg line. Some surprise Is expressed at the fact that the reply Is not pent through the United States embassy , but the United States am bassador , Mr. Thomas F. Bayard , explains that this Is in accordance with diplomatic usages. Ths reception of Lord Salisbury's reply to the note of Secretary Olney touching the Venezuelan boundary dispute will be awaited with much Interest In diplomatic circles here. The two main contentions set up In Secretary Olney's note may be briefly stated as follows : First If the quarrel with Venezuela Is nil ordinary boundary dispute , having its origin In faulty descriptions , Imperfect' surveys or other misunderstandings , a refusal to arbU trato the same Is contrary to the precedents set by Great Britain herself and contrary to the practice of all civilized nations. Second If , on the other hand , as appears to be th3 cape , and as Is the belief of the president of the United States , the dispute as to the location of a boundary line Is a mere disguise under which Great Britain is attempting by superior forceto extend her territorial possessions In America , this Is di rectly vlolatlvo of the Monroe doctrine nnd will not bo submitted to by the United States. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. All of the leading London Journals com ment freely upon the reference made In his message to congress by President Cleveland to the Venezuelan controversy. The Dally News , the liberal organ , says : "President Cleveland knows better than to treat the Monroe doctrine as if It were a rule of International law. H Is neither dig nified nor politic for the administration at Washington to take up the quarrels of South American communities which do not ob serve the usages of clvillzea nations. Amer ica will find some day that this sort of pat ronage Involves a corresponding responsi bility , nnd they will not like that at all. " The Standard , a conservative organ , says : "We cannot but regret the tone of Presi dent Cleveland's references to Venezuela. If we may Judge of the tone' ' and substance of Mr. Olney's dispatch , from the paraphrase thus Imparted to congress , wo are not sur- piised that no answer has been received. And we further undertake to predict that when the reply reaches the white house It will furnish the president with n deal of matter for serious reflection. We must be pardoned If wo venture to say that the whole passage referring to Venezuela Is a tissue of unreal assumptions and unsupported deductions. If the Americans desire to carry out the views thus expressed they will dose so after due calculation of the cost. Even , If we are- eager for arbitration , the expe rience in the Bering sea controversy would hardly encourage us. It is not essy to argue calmly when we find that President Cleve land has already prejudiced the merits of the dispute. But even strong states have rights , and though urtaiuniam is anie to maintain Its dignity and Interest , it ought not to bo a mark for public affront In a presi dential message. We are not much Impressed with his currency proposals. He suggests a palliative and not a cure. " Referring to President Cleveland's message to congress , the St. James Gazette this afternoon says : "There Is nothing whatever of the Jingo In Mr. Cleveland's message. In spite of all assertions to the contrary , there Is not the least probability that the United States will put any obstacles In the way of a proper settlement In Venezuela. " The Pall Mall Gazette remarks : "So far as our relations with America are concerned the message Is not likely to raise any un pleasant questions , hut we fall to see ho\v Mr Cleveland's definition of Monroe Is ap plied to Venezuela. " The Globe says : "There Is nothing sur prising In the fact that the Monroe doctrine bulks rather largely In the message , nor In the hostile tone adopted toward England. Is not the presidential election drawing nigh ? Pulling the lion's tall may look to the old world a curious way of trying to catch fish , hut It has been found to answer In the turbid waters of American politics. " A dispatch to the Standard from Berlin , to be published tomorrow , says : "A feeling akin to consternation has been caused here by President Cleveland's refer ence to Germany. It has. had a marked ef fect upon the bourse and has been discussed fully In the newspapers. The radical news papers takz the opportunity to attack the agrarians and Baron Von Kosller , who has just been dlsmirced from his post as Prus sian minister of the Interior , to whom they ascribe the prohibition ot Importation of American cattle and the restriction , on life Insurance campanles. The government organ , on th ? contrary , contends that tli3 situation In America is responsible for those restric tions and their withdrawal rests with Amer ica herself. The colonial papem accuse America of an intention to maneuver England and Germany out of Samoa , and they appeal to the government to proclaim ths suzer- ulnty of Germany s the only power entitled to rule In Samoa , " NO NEWS TO THE PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON , Dec , 4. There ID no reason to believe that the president was aware be fore his message went to congress that Lord Salisbury's response to Ambassador Bayard's representations touching the Vene zuelan boundary , dispute would be unfavor able , but the fact was probably withhold from congress , because that portion of the mc-ssage relating to Venezuela had already been completed and the president desires to make It the subject of a special com munication that will give the matter the Importance It deaeives. If the reply Is of the nature stated , then it Is realized here that there can bo but one line of action open to the president. He has In his note ot Instructions tri Mr. Bayard simply curried out the expressed wish to congress , as exhibited In the resolution adopted toward the close of the last .etsion. He hag pre sented the Isiue plainly and divested It of all tlio extraneous Issues that were sought to bf included by the Brllleh government. Ihe question of a claim for reparation for the arrest of BrltUh oltlciuls by the Vene zuelans being regarded by the president as dliectly dependent upon the main question of the- solution of the boundary dispute , was not allowed lo complicate the Issue , nor was : he attempt to assert Jurisdiction over the nctt part ° f 'he ' land claimed , namely , that lying eastward of the shifting Schomburg line. Having received a negative reply to his direct Inquiry whether or not Great Britain mu" prepared to submit to arbitration all of ho territory In dispute , for there can ha no loubt the president has been Informed by cable of the nature of the communication coming by mall , there remains for him but ono course , namely , lo submit the matter o congress for Ito further direction. Beyond hl point the president cannot go alone. For. lo be consilient , ho would be obliged tq lotlfy the British government that any en croachment upon Venezuelan eoll would be regarded by the United States ai a hoitlle act , and that Is BO perilously close to an open declaration of war that It might be construed a tin Infringement upon the con stitutional power of congreeu. STAIITKI ) IX 1'trilSfIT < ) F MACICO. SimnUh Kmlonvor to Veevrnt IIlN flnnirc. HAVANA , Dec. 4. Reports [ current for several days that Antonio Maccd had crossed the military line ot La Trochaon Novem ber 9 are confirmed. He wnt."accompanlcd by the bands ot Mlros , Crbreco and Qulntln Banderas. The crossing was effected be tween the forts of La Snnchs/ and La Re- donda , north of Clego do Avlla. Upon crossIng - Ing the line a force of the .Insurgents was detached to make an assault upon La Rc- donda fort , thus creating a diversion to prevent pursuit , while the main force pushed on toward the borders ot Santa Clara province , which It Is proposed to In vade. Maceo's force Is closely pursued by Gen erals Ahlave and Aldecoa. and Generals Suarcz Valdcz and Navurro hnyc also been sent to attack him. An Important engage ment Is Imminent , the Spanish object being to divert Maceo's advance upon Santa Clara and to prevent his Junction with the forces of Gomez. The munitions and" baggage be longing to Maceo's forces have been car ried on schooners from the Manzanltlo coast to the Santa Clara province In order to enable the Insurgents to go unlncumbered and move more rapidly. An attack upon a fort near Santa Clara has been made by $00 Insurgents , A column of 150 troops was sent to the relief of the forts nnd the Insurgents were dispersed. Lieutenant Agullar , at the head of twenty- eight guerillas , was surrounded by n band ot 200 Insurgents under the leadership of Rlos near Manzanlllo. The troops fought bravely and , the official reports say , dis persed the Insurgents , who left three klllec and five wounded when they retreated. The troops had one killed and the lieutenant and six wounded. Ilniiiiiiet fi > r Benefit of LONDON , Dec. 4. A banquet was given In the Holborn restaurant today In aid ot the pension fund of the Locomotive Steam En gincmcn nnd Firemen's Friendly society , n which 200 gueps : sat down. . The United States ambassador presided and he made a speech In responseto a teat < t to the success of the society , In which hs complimented I upon a work meriting the sympathy of the nation and hoped that when lib left Englani he would be rcmembeied as having done something to bring the- two nations Into sym pathy. Uo also spoke of the grjat benefits which railroads had conferred on both sides o the Atlantic. Mr. Bayard * was heartily cheered upon the conclusion of his remraks. 1'ninreKH of C'liolern li ItiiKHln. ST. PETERSBURG , Dec. 4. From Novem ber 3 to November 30 there were forty-sevei cases of cholera and fonrtovu deaths here For the week ending November 1C thcro were 220 cases and 110 deaths In thslRovernment o Volhynla , which shows a largcf decrease. Sev enty-two cases and twenty-rix deaths have occurred In the district oC Bmllcheff , In the government of Kief , Geiiornl UonrnleH Sentenced to Death HAVANA , Dec. 4. General Gonziles , the Insurgent leader , after having bten tried b > court-martial and convlcted.of 'taking up arms against the government , was today sentenced to be shot. " Later In the day a dispatch ifrom Ma'anzas announc3d that General Qonzales had been shot there today. _ ' Sir ChnrlcH Tniier | Sallx for Ciinniln LIVERPOOL. Dec. 4. The Cuiiard > line steambhlp Campania , which sails for New York on Saturday next , will take among her passengers Sir Charles Tupper. the Canadian high commissioner , who Is gblng to Canada to confer , with the Oomlnton' government lu relation to the fast transatlantic line of steam ships. _ * . * Pope Seiulx Alii' to Aruicnlu. * ROME , Dc. 4. The Obse'Svaibro Romano has a letter from Constantinople which sayr the pop ? , Immediate/ ! after he learned of the misery In Armenia , sent 60,000 lire 'to the Armenian patriarch , who .has replied , .ex pressing hls , thanks. ' * " Iloiinty Offered for Wolf CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , Uec. 4. ( Special. ) Cattlemen having runfres In the bed lani section of the country west of the Mlpsour river have raised a fund by contributing 2 cents each for each head iif stock owned by tlism , the largo fund thtis raised to be paid out In bounties of JS'for ' each gray wolf killed on the range. As u result of this , practically every cowboy on the range In that region Is laying 'Ina supply of am munition with the Intention of securing some of the money , as wjell ns to have .some fport. When the present fund is ex- liaiiHtfii , other assessments'- will be made with the hope of rleldlnj ? tlifi ninge of the pests which now Infest itThe practice of placing bulls of strychnine on shrubs or Htleks to poison wolvfrs' ! m In homf In stances resulted In the death of valuable imported hounds , which ate , the poison In tended for tlio wolves' . Some of the parties who have been hunting .wolves with hounds say that It Is an expansive' method of huntIng - Ing the animals , ln > caupe nearly us many hounds as wolves are Icllii'd , jilealer in hounds , who lives near patinas City , has written South Dakota cattlemen that he ha succeeded In raising same hounds that are sure death to the llrcest wolf. As yet none of Ills "wolf exterminators" have been trlod on the runBewof this stale , al though Home of the stockmen may decide to buy , Iteopenliiff the Illylhe CiiNe. SAN FRANCISCO , Dee ; 4. Henry and John W. Ulythe filed a suit In the United States court which seeks' to reopen the famous Rlythe eaHP. The plaintiffs main tain that Florence Blythe wn.s the daughter of J , J. Aflicioft , who married Florence's mother , and that s-hc Iff not i elated to Thomas II. niythe. A Bull was also filed In behalf of Alice Edith Dickinson Blythe , claiming to be ihi > widow of Thomas II. Blythe , alleging that Florence Ulythe Is the daughter of nil KnRllAh coklU-r , Htlll living. Alice K'JHIi ' Dickinson transfeircd her claim to ] . J. Baldwin and John D. SpreckelB , Mrs. Florence'Ulythe-Hlnckloy was pluct'il in uctunl poyxexHlon of all ThoinuH lllytho's estate "In this city this afternoon. Took the WroiiKVoinnn to the I-'iilr. ST. LOUIS , Dec. I. Lute thin afternoon a petition for dlvorco wait filed In the cir cuit court by Alrn. Carrie II. lloffmelctcr against her hiubuml , William Hoffmelstpr , supreme recorder of the .LeKlon of Honor. Tlie plaintiff charges her husband generally with Immoinitty , violation of the marrlnga vows and drunkenness. Ho Is specifically chanted with uttemllnpr the World's fair nt Chicago with a ivom.un named Mny 1'pters , while Mrs. Ho/fnielsler nnd the babies remained at home. ; Viin Iloiileii'H SenJr mei < ; iiiillrniea. DUNVER , Dec. 4. A ; ' ' . Van Houten , who killed Richard Newel ) , superintendent of construction of tho'Midland ' Terminal railroad , near Cripple CreHcon December 19 , 1894 , will explain hla , crime on the gal lows If there i not executive Interference. The judgment of ths trldl court , which found the prisoner guilty' of murder and sentenced him to death. WUH ailirmed to- duy by the supreme court , and the execu tion was set for the week beginning De cember next. 1'nt Crowe Wniitetl' 1 n lenver , DENVER , Deo. 4 , Governor Mulntyro to day Issued a requisltlqiMoA Governor Stuna of Missouri for the return of 1'ut Crowe to Colorado , Crowe Is under -Indictment for thu larceny of valuable/ diamonds from Chapln'ti Jewelry store. , ln Oils city. Ho Is now un Inmate of the t-ltv dull at St. Jo seph. Mo. , on the clmrifc nf train robbery. An olllrer will lie Kent for him at once , nnd If j > olblo bring him bjioit to Denver for trial , ( Mem-eil Without I'l-otc-HI. BAN FRANCISCO Deis 4.-The tug Bar clay Golden , which It J8 understood In to be used In the Interest of General Kzota , cleared for Acnpulco twtuy. Hhe went out In choree of C'mituln | JJ > ni > eii unil a rr w of eluht men. There 'erc two or three paHBemiera un board. The vessel carried only Htore-H imd coal. Tte | custom ollle-o of fered no objection to the clearance of the vensel. _ ( 'line of .MlNlnUeii Identity. SAN FIIANOIBCO. Dec. 4.-Tbo elrl who killed herself in a buffalo bpartllnif hoimo yesterday cannot bu the Nellla Mussle , who shot and klll'd her hunba.-d , William Mas- Hie. In Ililj city , November 13 lust , Airs. Massif had her examination In pallet- court only last Monday and ' \v4 dltctmrgi-il that day , 10 could not posirlbly be In Buffalo yc-attnJny. CABAL COMBAT COPP1NGER Combination at Washington Will Endeavor to Prevent His Confirmation , LITTLE PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESS Senator * Incline In the Ill-Hot Hint the General IH'Kervc * | | Promotion t mill Army Awree Hint He Honor * tin fior > let- . WASHINGTON , Dec. ! . ( Special Tele gram. ) There Is a feeling In certain quar ters of the army that General Copplngcr , when his name cornea before the senate for confirmation , will have to run the gauntlet of objections , because ot hls > being a foreigner and not exactly In ths- line for promotion to his present rank. There are a number of malcontents who are quietly Intimating that he may fall ot confirmation , but the better class of army officers , active as well as re tired , do not hesitate to siy that the army would bo stronger If all the commanding officers were aa bravo and fearless In the discharge of duty as General Copplnger. It lo thought the cabal socking to hold his con firmation In check will not command a sena tor to seilously oppose his endorsement to the position to which he was named by President Cleveland during the recent congress. YOUNGSTERS UECEIVE A SNUH. The action ot the republican caucus today authorizing John Sherman to name a com mittee of nlno on senate committees and to report the personnel of said committee to an adjourned caucus to be called by the chairman , Is considered as a virtual sur render by the younger senators , like Dubols , I'ettlgrew and John L. Wilson , who had planned to take this power away from the chairman and have the committees selected by tlio caucus itself. At a late dinner given by John L. Wilson Monday evening It was decided by the younger element of the sen ate to knock Immemorial custom and sena torial dignity Into a cocked hat and pro ceed to reorganize the committee on western lines , the west having been loft out In the cold too long for the young blood of the senate. But , somehow , at today's caucus the young malcontents found for themselves confronting a decided sentiment In favor of tradition and of allowing the men whoby reason of ability and long continued public service to dlicct preliminaries toward re- oiganlzatlon. The only concession made to younger men la that Mr. Sherman shall report the names of the committee at a meeting to bo called by himself. As a matter of fact there are eight western sen ators , eight west of the Missouri river , who will not vote with the young fellows to change In any remarkable- degree the com position of committees. Senator Quay wjs heard to remark to a democrat today thai if democrats would stand pat there would bo no reorganization. "You can count en us , " said the democrat. CLARK CHASING THE BANNOCKS. Senator Clark of Wyoming Is after Bannocl ; Indians. He Introduced a memorial passed by the last session of the Wyoming legisla ture , praying congress to set aside a strip of country about ' thirty miles square in Ulntali county for'a national park , adjoining Yellow stone park , and which is said to bo the greatest game preserve In the United States and the winter feeding ground of animals summering In National park. After Its In troduction Senator Clark" said It occurred to him * htnt this mlght-6olvethe difflcultyi.wlth the Bannock Indians , who created such a disturbance In Jackson's Hole country lasl summer. Hi Is emphatic in his criticism ol the Interior department , and especially Agent Teter. He nays that Instead of being out laws and renegades , as the agent charged , the settlers of Ulntah county are law-abiding cltjzenB , actual land owners In the state and deserving In every way. While he recog nizes the gravity of the treaty right , he pro poses to prevent Bannocks from hunting whsrever their fancy" wills and wantonly killIng - Ing game. At the meeting of the Nebraska delegation Tuesday night it was decided that Senator Thurston and Congressman Meiklejohn should draft a bill loo'k'lng to legal protection for Indians In Nebraska , who are subject to In fluenced of unreliable corporations and schem ing white men. IN A GENERAL WAY. Captain William II. Arthur , assistant sur geon , IB relieved from duty at Fort Colum bus , N. Y , , and I ordered to report to Fort Myers , VI r. Second Lieutenant Conwoy II. Arnold , Jr. , Fifth artillery , Is assigned to a vacancy of second lieutenant Second artillery , battery B. Flr&t Lieutenant Edward A. Millar , Third ortlllelry , Is ordered to Fort Monroe on official business. Acting Secretary Reynolds today rendered decisions In land cases as follows : Ne braska Lou la Tomslk against John B. Jonas , O'Neill district , commlslBonor'a de cision reversed and Jonas' entry held Intact ; John Cudloy against Zelotus I ! . Mitchell , McCook district , decision reversed and Mitchell's entrv held intact. South Dakota William P. Combelleck against Andrew G. Williams , Huron district , decision ailirmed and Williams homestead entry held for can cellation ; Iver C. Israel against Edward F. Wilson , Watcrlown district , decision af firmed and Israel's contest dismissed ; Mark C. Belts against John G. Shumakcr , Mitchell district , decision affirmed and Shumakcr's homestead held for cancellation. Superintendent While today * appointed Recce I * . Davis of Grinnell , la , , a railway mall clerk. Dr. L. F. Dlffendorf was today appointed a pension examining surgeon at Aberdeen , S. I ) . The following bldo were opened at the Tieasury department today for the approaches preaches to the public building at Davenport , la. ; L. L. Leach & Sons , Chicago. 14,947 ; B. D. Brines , Aurora , III. , $4,000 ; Benjamin Hyde , Chicago , $3.910 ; Schllllngcr Bros. & Co. , Chicago , $3G75 ; Joe II. Lemlcheck , Milwaukee , $2,9SG ; George W. Corbelt , Washington , D. C. , $3.914 ; G. Mafbloll , Rock- ford. 111. . $3,150 ; A. H. Klelnecke , Chicago , $3.400. HF/I'AM.VTION WAS ll.NWAIIHAXTKI ) . fieriiiaii I'liiierx Think Treatment ill Siiurnr from There Tow .Severe. BRRLIN , Dec. 4The KolnUche Zeltung , commenting upon President Cleveland's mes sage bearing upon the -trade relations be tween Germany and America , refers to the disadvantages with which German sugar Im porters to America contend , "Tho Inspection of American pork , " says the Zeltung , "Is merely of a local nature , and had not war ranted the differential treatment of German Imports by America , while American Insur ance companies are only subjected to the SSIIIB regulations as are all such Institutions u Priiktla. " The Zeltung concludes that such questions should not be decilcd In a moment of anger , jut should be settled In a manner agreeable to both countries , after duo consideration of all that may be mid for and against. Un- loubtedly , It thinks , this IH uh > o President Cleveland's desire. Juliit Heule Committee. D P1TTSBURG , Dec. 4. The Joint scale com- nlltee of coal operators and miners to ar range the scale for next yeir disagreed and iicstnted separate reports to the Joint con- eiitlou this morning. The operators held out for Cl cents for the first three months of 89(1 ( and 70 cent ) for the balance of the year , while the miners wanted 74 centa per on for the entire year. After discussing both propositions the convention adjourned at not n until 4 o'clock. In the Interim e-pa- rate meltings of the miners and operators rill bj held and efforts made to effect a compromise. Homo Suite iwty I'Ire. ROME , N. V. , Dec. 4 , Flie has destroyed iropcrty In this cl'y ' to the value of from ; 10,000 to $50,000. | BEE BULLETIN. At for Nebmckn Warmer ; Southerly Wlmli. HBO. J fc 1. Suit llf&folKnn ! < t the Sticiir TniM. I nglnmMl Alnriiieit hy Cle\elniul , Inking \nVon tleneriil ConpliiKrr. CoiigrovsYltj Siippiirt the rre lilrnt. a. Ileur HIiolfiBthii Ilimnl of Ueultli. 3. Htntc'd C'mgJBilint Miirgnn Clo r.l. llllt'n Snpplementitl Answer Ueplleil To. 4. IMItnrlnl anil Comment. n. Stillnn SlumU Alone mill Un mo veil. Turin Siy : the Arnienliinn Slurlril It , n , Counell ItlutTit t.mnt Miittem. Oliiingeii I'romUeil on the O. 7 , Coinnierclnl unit riiiiincl.il Ne\\n. 8. Henry Wutli-rinn on Demoeracy. KiluanlH ICeep * Illn ( > n C'ounxel. ( I. I'oreeiKt of the Oitiihii llmlcet. 1O. Admiral Ciirprnti-r ( JolnR Home. It. Some Hints for lliulillnir Authors , He'd a Jlerry Sm-nce Monnrcli. 1 . ' 'TliMj.oyulty of Wlllhim Doiighm. " VAI.tJAIIl.n MlXIXt ! CLAIM 'Ml'MlM-M ) . " Dentil of n South DiiUoln .11 nil Pro voke * Interesting I.It trillion. HILL CITY , S. D. , lsc. 4. ( Special. ) Details of an exciting Incident In mining llfo were reported hero today. A force of men engaged In doing the annual assessment work upon the Bismarck ranch , a tract of ICO acres lying between this town and Key stone , were ordered off under threats of speedy death. Thin ground , which has been held for years under eight placer locations of twenty acres each by an old German known as Bismarck , Is one of the most valu able ranches In the Black Hills. In August hist Henry Glockner , or BUnmrck , died , and before his funeral the ground was relocated , or "Jumped , " by parties who said that the anrual assessment work had not been dour. The mineral laws require $100 worth of work to be expended upon each twenty acres of placer , but the heirs or representatives of the- dead man were probably entitled to priority location In any event. A demani that the assessment work stop was met by the reply from George T. Carr. the custodian ot the estate , that If any one was to he shot , he was the man , as the miners at work were acting upon his authority. This "called the bluff" of the claimants , ns they felt n natural delicacy about killing an officer of the court. The assessment work progresses , and such rights as the claim-Jumpers have will be settled In court. It Is reported here that the complication ailflng out of the bonding of the Holy Terror mine at Keystone lias been adjusted by two of the owners agreeing to accept about one-half of the balance due upon the bond. The- estate of William Franklin , de ceased , has not Joined ) In the compromise , however , and the purchasers , Messrs. John W. George F. J. Klpp and other Milwaukee parties , may yet experience dlfilculty In se curing clear titleto this bonanza producer of the Keystone district. The pui chasers are credited with practicing a sharp game upon the owners , Franklin , Blair and Almes- bury. They secured a contract for a war ranty deed and when the owners \\ere un able to give titleto a small fraction of the ground In conflict with another claim , de manded either a return of the cash payment of $22,500 or title to the full claim. The ciicumstance of the conflict was known nt fl time , and the ground was of compara tively small value , but the demand for a warranty deed has led to a reduction of $30,000 in the price of the mine. The Holy Terror Is now regarded as a permanent pro ducer. The drifts on the 175 foot level record a good body of very rich ore , and Bt $55.000 , the price at wjilch the Milwaukee people secure the mine , It" was n great "buy. " Reports from the recent rich strike upon the Sunnyslde claim , three , miles north of Hill City , continue favorable. The vein has been stripped a distance of about 100 feet , and yields rich rock the entire distance. Coats and Botncy , It Is said , have disposed of a half Interest In this remarkable pros pect for $5,000 to Thomas Blair and Albert Almesbury , late owners In the Holy Terror property. The- intention Is to ; at once be gin development work to determine the value and permanence of the vein. Workri ! tlii ? "Sure ThiiiK" OnineH. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Dec. 4. ( Special. ) J. E. Martin was yesterday bound over to the United States grand Jury on the charge of uttering a counterfeit coin at Madison , S. D. , November 22. Martin ad mitted to the officers that he painted the coin , which was a fairly good sized stamp of the $5 gold piece , with gilt gold and passed It on the clrfrk In the grocery store for tobacco. "Paddy" Shlpman , whom Mar tin accuses of putting him up to the Job and who Is still under arrest for complicity , will have another hearing tomorrow , ao t he- government requested more llmo 'or the purpose of securing additional witness * ! ! . The deputy marshal confiscated Slilpinan'o traveling bag and found therein d'ce d.ic- tored in all of the different ways used by "Euro thing" men ; letters from a sporting hrusa telling that "marked" cards must thereafter bo sent by express ; a letter to a pal telling him that the games In MaJIson were small , but continuous ; an appliance which he evidently tied to his sleeve tor tha purpose of slipping cards into a game. The commissioner said that unless better evidence was produced he would discharge Shlpman. Uiixtlei-N llotlierlnu ; Cuttle Ownem. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , Dec. 4. ( Special , ) Settlers and other owners of small herds o cattle In I'resho county , In the ceded Sioux lands , west of here , accuse the so- called cnttle kings In that vicinity of con fiscating practically every head of htock that does not carry n brand. It la not customary for owners of block to brand calves , nnd these are taken by the rusilcrs and branded with their Individual brands. A fc-w weeks ago a prominent stockman lost elx fine calves and up to this time has succeeded In recovering only one of them , which when found carried another man's brand. The stockman hunted up the owner of the brand , who admitted that the animal was not his and offered to pay for it. Tim offer wua re fused and it is probable that ho will be prosecuted lib an example to other rustleru who , now that It Is tlio beginning of their profitable tcason , are becoming very bold , ArleMlnn U'ellN ill HiiNuliiiil. CHAMBERLAIN , S. I ) . , Dec. 4. ( Special , ) Information received here from Rosebud agency bays the government experimental arlefclan well now being sunk there U down over 1,300 feet without any Indication of water. As ( ho well Is located at an elevation of 1.37C feet iibovo the .Missouri river at tills point , It Is expected that the well miint be sunk In the neighborhood of 2,000 feet In order to tap the artesian basin. The con tractor U required to go to n depth of 2.GOO feet unless water Is struck hc-foro reaching that depth. The well Is being sunk nt a point twenty miles cast of Rosebud agency and forty miles south of White rlvor , near the head of Ilulto and Oak creeks. The result of the experiment IB being awaited with Interest by the ruuldentu of that tec- lion. Miner * ( Jet .More 1'iij- , ISHPEMIKG , Mich. , IJCc , 4.Tho mining comr-jnles of Iiihpemlng and Negauneo today tiotlflyd their employes tli.t ( lie wagts of miner had been Increased 10 cents and laborer * 5 cents ptr day , making the mlneru' bcale $1.80. The advance was n surprUo ( a i\\t \ \ men. Members of the union cay the non union men will now be asked to Jgln the union and In cate they refuse the union miners will bo called out of thn mines. In this event the managers say they will close down the mines for the winter rather than recognize the union. AfTnlr III Venezuela , NEVYPRK , Dec. 4. Correspondence to the Herald from Panama says ; Trusttvorthy private advices It la reported here are that a revolution which has broken out Hlmultu- neously In nearly all statex of the republic of Venezuela agaliut Cr po'a autncrucy IH of moat serious nature , BACKING UP THE EXECUTIVE Important Resolutions Ooncorning Foreign Policy Introduced in the Senate , INDICATE A VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLICY Hour of MiiiMiiehUMcttM SITVCK Notlco on the TnrklHli < ! IM eminent Hint the l.lvex ot Amerlennn Mimt lie A in lily 1'i-oti-eleil. WASHINGTON , Dec. 4. The senate worked today , while the house enjoyed a re- ccs ? , but most of the business transacted waa of a routine character. Mr. Hoar showed tlio deposition toward co-operation with the president In dealing with the Turkish ques tion by offering a resolution denouncing the iccsnt atrocities In Turkey and annrlug the executive branch of cordial endorsement by congress of a vigorous course for the pro tection of American citizens In Turkey uml the suppression of barbarities against Chris tianity. Mr. Hoar did not ask Immediate action on the resolution but he secured tlio adoption of another resolution , requesting the president to submit to the senate all corre spondence elating to Turkey. The resolu tion makes specific inquiry as to what Ameri can consuls arc absent from their posts by reason of the disorder prevailing. Tlit > llit formal speech of the session was made by Mr. Allen , populist of Nebraska , on Cuba nnd the Monrov doctrine. Mr. Alien urged the recognition of the Cuban Insur gents , the annexation of Cuba nn'd a strong ; foreign policy. The Influx of hills continued , Ecveml hundred being added to those already Introduced. The lust move In the Delaware con tested scnator&hlp case was made In the senate today when Mitchell of Oicgon presented a letter and accompanying records to the senate from H. A , Dupont , claiming to be admitted as a senator from D'lnware. Delaware's democratic senator , Mr. Gray , theieupon did the courteous act ot moving that the privileges of the floor bo given his republican quasi colleague pending : the Investigation of his case , and Mr. Dupont was brought In and Introduce * ] to senators. Mr. Chandler , republican of Ntw Hamp shire , presented a maes of petitions alleging frauds In Alabama and claiming the election as governor of Reuben Kolb. Several petitions for the recognition of the Cuban Insurgents were offered. Mr. Squire , republican , of Washington , In introducing a bill for fortifications of Atlantic , Pacific and. lake ports , said the senate was being nckcd to- extend recognition to Cuban belligerents and to formally reassert the Monroe doctrine. "We are talking of these matters as though wo had a chip on our shoulders , " he added , "and we go along In blissful Ignorance of or Inaction as to the unfortified condition ot our ports. " Mr. Hoar , republican , of Massachusetts , of fered the- following : Resolved , That the senate will support the president In the most vigorous uctlon he may deem flt to tnke for the protection nnd security of American citizens In Turkey nnd to obtain redrens for injuries committed upon micli citizens there. Resolved , That the president be desired to make known to the government of Tur key the strong fooling of reprct nnd Indlff- nutlon with which the people of America hnvc heard of the InJurlcH Indicted upon persons of the Christian faith In Turkey and that the Amcilcnn people cannot be ex pected to view with Indifference nny rcpetl- } jon or continuance , of such wrongs. Referred to commlltco-on1 foreign relations. Among the resolutions by Mr. Hoar , ths one requesting Information from the prevldent as to the correspondence with Turkey , was passed. The Allen resolution of ycstrday , defining : our foreign policy , was taken up and Mr. Allen urged the recogntlon of the revolution ists and the annexation of Cuba. Ho de clared that the foreign policy of the Unltfd Sta'es had been a hiss nnd a by-word for the. last twenty-five years. He specified the In action In the case of Mrs. Maybrick and ex- Consul Waller. The senator strongly urged the rcaswrtlon of the Monroe doetrlna so. broadened as to secure the ultimate with drawn ! of monarchical dependencies from this continent. The resolution was temporarily laid aside- and the senate , after a ten-minute executive- session , adjourned at 1:35 : p. m. IIIHSII I.V A QUAMIAHV. HIIN the I'f. u ill Dlllleiilty 111 MllUlllW l'l > Committeex. WASHINGTON , Dec. 4. Members of the house who have had Interviews with Speaker Reed during the past two or three * days on the subject of committee appointments be- llevo that the committee list will bo an nounced before or not later than the 15th at the month. Formerly speakers have not been able to make their selections before the Chrlctmas holidays , as a general rule , but Mr. Reed has had the advantage of a year practically In which to make up his mind. Ho has Haid lo n veral that he In anxious to- liavo concress finish Us business and ad journ ao soon as possible and all the time lit > can save on committee selections will tend to that robult. That ho has not yet finished hla list Is appa > cnt , because today he told two or three congressmen who talked with him about their committee aeslgnmentu that ho wanted another Interview with them. U la understood that one of the chief difficulties Mr. Reed Is contending with Is thn appoint ments from his own atato. Messrs , Dlnglfy. Boutellu and Mllllkcn would cjch be entitled to a chairmanship under ordinary condltlona bccauas they are among the oldput members. In point of service. The naval affairs would fall to Mr. Boutelle and public buildings to Mr. Mllllken. .but to have the apeakershlR and thro clialnnanihips given to a ntate > with four members might provoke feeling lit the * less favored delegations , Haw to make an equitable adjustment of this matter anil Incur no resentment la among the moot knotty problsms with which the speaker hate to deal with apart from the relative- claims of Messrs , Dlngley , Cannon and Hendenon , to the chairmanship of the appropriations and Payne and Dalzell to ways and means. Members who have been closeted for brief Units with Mr. Reed today declare that they ! have no knowledge as to what the speaker Intends to do regarding committee appoint ments. A constant stream of visitors hav been received by Mr. Reed , but they have emergfHl with a paucity of Informatldq , They , say that theepcuker llstcne to all they tell him about committee places which they think : should be allotted to themselves and their friends , and then nays that there Is plenty of time yet and that hewill give the matter hla moat careful consideration. Not even by ir.- . alnuatlon does ho let fall any ecraps of In formation. It Is raid on good authority that Mr , Reed has slatc-d but few of the many ; new members for their ponltlona yet ; that ho Intends to meet them first and take tlii-lr measure person ally , It Is known that Mr , Reed hai told certain members who have been preparing resolutions touching upon for * vlgn affalrf to confer with Mr. Hltt of lilt * nols and obtain his vlown before they In * trodnced their reiolutlons , There l little informutlon In this , however , for It has been a foregone conclusion that the chalrmanvhli ) of foreign affairs will fall to Mr. Hltt , the only possible obstacle being the fear that hla health might not permit him to take un the work. Until the committees ore announced It IB probablt that the house will adjourn over two days revere ! times for lack ot anything lo do , following the ueual course at the be ginning of a congress. Mr. Alilrleli N t n Ciihiui Unthuiiliiiit. WASHINGTON , Dee 4. It has been widely lubllwlied that Representative Aldrlch of Illi- icla Introduced a resolution In the houao toe ecognlllon of the Cuban Insurgents , and lit , Aldrlch Is receiving tome attention t th champion of the struggling Cubans. The fact that Mr. Aldrlch presented to the haute ) without comment the r.volntloni for Cuba. which were recently adopted by a mavs meet * ng ot cltlzrii9 of Chicago. HI * activity In lm not been In the field of foreign