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THE OMAHA DAILY REE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , T1IU11SDAY MOHNIXGIEGEMBER ) 20 , IS05. SINGLE COPY FIVE CtiNTS. II I fM A OTtf I TIM > II I OTI n 1IACEO STILL TIIL MASTER Oampoa Unable to Intercept the Ouban Babels. PROSPECTS OF CARRYING HAVANA Mtiit Oorciimo I'ovterfiil M If The > AVIn After K I InGil ) ' mill It. ( OopyrlRht , Ui3. by the Associated Prom ) HAVANA , Dec. 25. Further dstalls reached here today from Matanzas of the rapid advance of the Insurgent army , number ing about 12,000 men , upon Havana , after forcing Its way through the province of Son In Clara and Into the province of Matanzas In upltc of the efforU of Captain General Mar- tlncr de Campos and about 80,000 troops at his disposal In the territory traversed and In vaded. The reported Important battle yester day between the Spaniards under Campos and the Insurgents nt ColUeo plantation , twelve miles frcm Cardenas , docs not appear to have been a very severe engagement. Cardenas , a reaport and quite an Im- prtant place of Cuba , of about 4,000 Inhab itant ? , Is cnly twenty-one miles from Matan zas , cipltal of the province of that name , and the largest town between Cardenas and Ha vana , The Spanish forces do not appear to have encountered the main body of the In surgents , as at first announced. The fight at the Cullsco plantation was be tween a portion of the northern column ct three Insurgent columns , nov. pushing through the province of Matanras , and Instead of turning out to be a great victory for the Sianlards , the result of the engagement was virtually n defeat for Campos' forces , for the Cuban army pushed onward unchecked and Is Kill advancing on this city. SCENE OF THE FIGHT. The fighting took place amid burning under wood , tall grasa and trees , and was of the guerilla nature. At times botli the troops t ami the Insurgents wcro surrounded by wall's of flame , and the emoke was so dense on cer- ' fiTfn portions of the ground contested that the Cub ins and the troops were unable to sec each other , and kept banging away at cpcn ( "paces' , wasting vast quantities ot good am munition. It Is true that this Indiscriminate firing was more noticed upon the part of the troops than on the side of the Insurgents , but for the Insjrgsnts killed at least 2,000 ehots must have been flred. The Cubans , following their customary tactics , seemed to melt away Into the distance us soon as the troops got within sighting distance of them , and nearly all the firing was at very long range , although the soldiers made several pallant charges through the burning territory. This style of fighting Is termed a defeat of the Insurgents , but as they succeeded In ac complishing their object , holding the Span iards In check while the Cuban army pushe/1 on southward , the result was really a Cuban victory. The captain general was as near the front as possible throughout the battle , encour aging the troops by woid and action. One ot the captuln general's orderlies , who was Sitting on hl horse by the side cf Martinez < Jo Campos , r cslveJ a bullet In Ills chest and fell to the ground severely wounded. The shot no doubt was Intended for the Sp-tilsh commander. CORRESPONDENT DECORATED. The correspondent of Correspondence , Manuel Escotar , was decorated 011 the fl'.ld of battle by the captain general for gallait | coi duct at the battle of Enscnnda de La Mora , and It may bo here added that several other newspaper in n have- displayed a ggod deal of pluck with the captain general under fire. Campos seems to have a supreme contempt for the bullets of the Insurgents ; but he Is rapidly learning to ndmlrj their tactics. In eplte of nil the veteran Spanish .com- mardcr doot' , the Cubans are marching through his forces , with but a few sklr- m.tdies here and there , and lie , seems to bo utterly unabl to concsntrate ahead of them forces sufficient to draw the enemy Into n pl'ched battle. When Campos establishes a headquarters and lays , a place of battle , the Cubans seem by some mysterious msans to h nr of It , for pretending to fall Into the trap , they push n body of men foiward , Eklrmlsh with the troops , draw the Spanish forces upon them and then the Cuban army piopcr outflanks the Spaniards and pushes steadily onward toward Havana. The. ad mirers of the captain general claim this 's his plan of campaign , that ho (9 ( allowing tl'o Cubans to get by him and n'urer and nearer to Havani , only for the purpose of eventually falling upon them In the rear and scattering them to all the points of the compass. compass.DOING DOING GREAT DAMAGE. .This sounds plausible enough , but the jWurgents are destroying all brldg s , rail ways and plantations behind them. The route they have followed Is marked by a blaekcned swath of t > moklng ruin and dcso- Intlon , and the Spaniards will have n very difficult task to push on after their fleet- foot d enemies. Besides , within two weeks , Campos has chai.ged Ills headquarters from Santa Clara to Clenfucgos , from Clcufuegos to I'almlllas ; from Palmlllns to Colon ; from Colon to Jovellanos ; from Jovellanos to Llinonare , and fiom Llmonaro to Guanabana. where ho slept latt night. All there Chang s were direct retreats before the enemy , in the hope. It Is true , of being able to bring about a pitched battle. This teems to be th * se ct ct of the failure of the Spaniards to stop the advance of the Cubans. As this dispatch Is sent , about noon , the exact whereabouts of ( 'lie captain general are not known , but ho Is icportcd to lime made anothci change of base , and to bo making ( mother attempt to engage the enemy. All the Spanish generals In the nnr of the insur gent army have bom Instructed to hurry after the enemy with all possible speed , SPANISH TROOPS SUFFER. Heie , however , comes In the weakest feature of the campaign at theSpaniards. . The- poorly fed , half grown lads , whipped here from Spain , are suffciIiiK terribly frcm the effect of the clluute und manual exposure In hplto ot the fact this Is the no-called healthy season In Cuba , Yellow fever , smallpox and malarial fevcis have told terribly upon these unfortunate troops , and In addition , they are uttuly unfit for campilgnlng In this land of bad rcadt , high glass , swamps nud low brush wood. They simply have not the ntrengtli to push steadily on after the Cubans , who , as a lulo , are thoroughly acclimated urn , accustomed to the country , familiar with all Its peculiarities , jind ableto boar long mm dies without suffcilng tea severely. Then again , the Spanish tioopa thoroughly dls. i spirited ; their hearts are not In the light , In , \ Kplte of the gallant mnniur In which they icspond to "Vha Espnm , " and dash at the enemy only to be abut down , nr cut down , or clio to find thi > Ciibnns disappear .as If lulorn d with wings , 'the Cubans , on the other linml , aie animated with the spirit of patrlotlt.ni , with the all absorbing' doalie for freedom , with the lire which drove- the Brit ish befit ! e th * Anlcilcan patriots , under the leadership tf Washington. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CASE. While th i'3 factb cannot be denied , there Is one feature uf the march of the Insur- geati upon Havana wlilch cannot be over- Ic Kcd Admitting they number 12,000 ni'li - cm they capture this city , unj can they hold It If tliey du obtain pcss salon of It ? 'Iher1 Is the strong garrison of this place , the high walls ot the for's and the Spanish fleet < o bo reckoned with , It muit be quickly done , or fall altogether. It would appear , for It ee-ms Impossible that Campos cannot "Mlicr tcgcthvr some , kind of a force and r In pnnuilt of Gomrr and Mae'o. lu any cat1 . tha next few da ) i tlionl 1 < l lo ever ) thing Generals Valdcz and , | J.uque are puihlng for Sabnnllla del Encjinda-I don directly south of .Maunraj , at the head1 of the hfiit troops In that provlnc. ; hut the Cuban army lu bellcvrd to l > e f > thewrst - ward of Sabanillc del En-amJadon , After ths battle of Colleeo yeale.day , the Injurgents i It Is definitely known , moved i .i'dly w < st- v\anl , passing to the south of Llmonaro , while som of thorn w ro cngagel v\ltt. the troops commanded by Campos. The Cuban army went by Collieo , Madan , Tosca and Su-nMero , burning the plantations of Pcrea , Airevldeo. Santo. Guavalejos , Altanlosal , Agucdlta and Retribution , as they tmept onward. The last named plantation to situated b tween ( Jui- nibana and Ybirra , close to and south of Matanzas , proving bojond doubt that tlio Cuban : ) have continued their march on Havana , for Ybirra Is well to the westward of Guanabana , where Compos passed last night. CLOSE TO HAVANA. The InsurgcnlH ore bellivcd to havi camped for the night not far from the two lines of railroad running clo'o together between Aqimcato and Matanras , connecting Havana with Mctanzas via Jaruco , and by a more roundabout way , via Guinea , Ilcjucil and Havana , The Insurgent ? ' sccttts are rcportetl near San Francisco do I'aula. to the west of Santa Ana , and not far from the most southerly of the two railroads connecting Havana with Matanzas , and the Cuban ad vance guard cannot bo far behind them. Con sequently the advance guard of the army comnnnded by Gome/ and Mnco Is less than fifty miles from Havana , and apparently Btciullly advancing. Between the Insurgents and Havana theto la only ono town of Im portance , Janice , and It Is an open question whether Campos can get there from Guana- barn , or Matan73M , where he Is tmppoycd to be , before the Cubins have passed that point. In this city , every prcpaiMlon I ? being made to g'v- ' ? the Insurgents ; a hot reception. All the outlvlng posts have bejn stiongthcned , the new fortifications are being hurriedly pushed lo completion , ammunition is bring overhauled , gunsi have bo n made ready , and the troops are kept constantly en the alert , although the Spanish officials laugh at the Idea of the Insurgents being able to approach Havana. SOME ARE ALARMED. Hut any person who , threa weeks ago , would have hinted at the possibility of the Cubans being abl ? within that tlmo to push through the provinces of Santa Clara and Matanzas , to the borders of the province of Havana , might have besn promptly looked upon as a lunatic. Yet here are the Cubans routing on the borders cf the province of Havana , having passed Gimp : * anj t'ie ' picked troops of Spain , civil guards , volunteers and guerillas. Everybody here Is asking what tha next jstep will be. Can Campos catch up to check the enemy In any way ? The next two days should furnish the answers to nil questions on the subject. In spite of the rapid ap- pioach 08 the Cubiu0 , there Is no very greit outward excitement here , although the air of anxiety tells the- tale better than words. The hurried movement of troops garrisoning the forts , the going and coining of ordrllcs , the hasty dispatch of reinforcements to the front , the general state of feverish unrest , all show that the .news from Matanzas Is of the utmost Importance , and that the end of the campaign , one way or the other , Is be lieved to be approaching. Even the most stubborn of the Spanish officers agree that the march of Gomez and Maceo across Santi Clara and Matanzas is a most remarkable military feat lo have been accomplished within three weeks , and In spite of all the forces Spain could throw across their path. A boit from Jamaica , containing ten men supposed to bs filibusters , has landed on the coast of Santiago de Cuba. AT THE GATES OF HAVANA. Christmas day wore away In Havana with continued anxiety in all clrcl s , the news of the morning of the continued advance of the Insurgent forces being confirmed by de tails coming In through the day , and em bellished by flying rumors of the close approach preach of Gomez and hla army. As a mat ter of fact , therj was very little accurate Information of the exact whereabouts of 'he Insurgents or the course they were taking. The military authorities themselves are much at fault as to whcro tin enemy will be met. They continued throughout the day to ex press on utter disbelief that any attack could bd contemplate.1 en Havana Itself , and their confidence did much to strengthen that of the other r sldcnts of the city. Much Is still made by the authorities of the engagement at Colheo plantation , which they Insist was a signal -victory over the forces of Gomez. After this check , they as sert , the Insurgents will not dar < . to advance upon Havana. The fact lemalns that the westward courseof the insurgents continues ? and active pieparatlons are going on for the immediate defense of the city. It was onnounc d during the afternoon that Captain General Campos was expected to arrive In Havana at G o'clock from near Matanzas , making the- seventh change of his headquarters In two weeks , or since the unchecked progress of the Insurg'ntu thiough Santa Clara and Matanzas provinces con menccd , and always to the westward , or neaicr Havana. MAY ABANDON HAVANA. This fact In Itself Is regarded as highly significant of the- critical situation of Hav ina and ns a rellnqulshment on the part of the Spanish commander of bringing ths Insur gents to a standstill outside Jaruco or any point between Matanzas and Havana. The arrival here of the captain general makes It evident that the base of operations against the Insurgents must now be Havana dlr.ct. If It Is true that General Campos lias de liberately suffered the advance of the Insur gents ilnto the open and populous country where they now are with thi purpose of closing behind them whllo he attacks them fiom Havana , thus crushing them between the upper and nether millstones , hl ar rival In Havana shows that the hour for his coup has arrived. How much of an avall- ablfoice ths Spaniards have left In the rear of the Insurgents lo co-operate In such n blow Is not accurately known , but the ofP.clul icports Indicate that It Is In a badly disorganized condition ; that It has suffered serious losses from the Insurgents and that the countiy through which they have come Is almost n barr n waste , with means of communication In every direction cut off and In bad condition for technical milltoi ) operations , such as the SpanUh rely on for success , .MEANS A PITCHED BATTLE , A combined attack on Havana by the- In surgents would necessarily bo In the < nature of a pitched battle a very different matter from the skirmishes and felnty by a small force , which Imvo been adopted thus far to lead away the Spanish furust , while the main column eludes them and aihancea out of their reach. . Upon Uls arrival hero this evening Gen eral Campos made known his belief that General Gomez has designed his move , which has thus far proved so signally successful , merely as a raid Into the heart of his ene my's countiy ay near to Havana as It was possible for him to go , Intending to fight his \\ay back. General Campos believes , the whole aim of tha Incuron was the de stination of property and he asserts that they have already initiated a retreat. Ho Btati'n ho has foreseen this purpose und hs asscrtt that lie has taken effective meas ures to prevent their return to Santa Clara. They will be compelled to fight at Matan- zas , lie says , 01 to surrender. Ho does not believe lUo can effect a rctr.'at without destruction , The unpttiln K"cr l wab given a most enthusiastic reception upon his arrival hereby by the cit > uuthorltlei and by u committee i pie 'i.tatUo of all tlie political parties. CAMl'OS IS CONFIDENT , So far as can be learned , he expresses , unabated confidence in the success of the SpanlariU anJ btllcves that the hour of the destruction of th Insurgent forestIs at hand. He brings news that a battalion from the clt > of Haiictu Splrltus , In the province of Santo. Clara , has arrived at Union de Uo > es , about fifteen miles houth of th c'ty of M3tanr.a ! > , and a battalion from Holguln , In the province of Santiago de Cuba U on IU way to ( Juansbana , Tnc- Spanish army , li < 81)8 , far wham those reinforcements are coming forward , are In an advantageous position about Matanzig , Nothing If raid of the pretence of the In- eureent fnrcis uett of Matanzus , between that point and Havana. It Is not thought prcbablo that the- Intention of the Insur ant i U to engage In a pitched battle , and much an\let > l felt to know whether they have nrtuilly Initiated a retieat and whether the elusltf strategy they have hltlurto cmrlo\id will i no to open a way for them in either direction th" ) cl'octo to go. ONLY THOUGHTS OF PEACE London Newspapers Abandon Their Talk of War for a Day , CHRONICLE SEES A PLAIN WAY OUT Report of the l'roii > Ntil CoiiitulxNloii Not IMiuIIiiHT Upon lliiKlittut , tint Worth } of direful CoiiHlilern- tlon LmiKliliiK nt KdlMon. ( Coprlcht. 1S55 , by Press Publishing Company. ) LONDON , Dec. 25. ( N .w York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The Chris tian lesson of Yulctldc form d the text of every newspaper leader today In the space which for five das past , has been occupied by discussion of a pcsUblo or perhaps a probabK bloody war. The doctrine of peace Is , of course , preached In every newspaper pulpit. This paragraph from the hitherto almost bellicose Standard Is a sample ? of all the rest : "Exactly twenty-five jeers ago two otlrr great nations were arrayed against each other In a murderous struggle at Christmas tide , but Christmas and dEclaratlons of war among Christian nations arc a contradiction In words , and under Christmas trees rnd round Christmas fires Amcileans and Engl'sh- mtu will register a vow , If In sllcnca , jet none the Uia strenuously , that be their dif ferences what they may , they will nevsr infl'ct on the world the colossal scandal nnd the burning shame ot a fratricidal dusl. Certain frightful engines of war Invented , cr to be Invented by Thomas Edison , nre e'e- scrlbcd In un alleged cabled Interview with the great Inventor. He will annihilate whole armies by directing against them toirents of water charged with electricity. Ho will envelop armies with chains of fire. Ho vlll clurge all the circumambient atmosphere near to the Brlt'sh fleet with electricity and consume ships and men alike. " This interview Is commented upon humor ously. In fact , the tone of all newppap r comment this morning Is as jolly as though yesterday and for four days back these same newspapers had not dealt with the Imminent piobabillty of the deadliest conflict of < ill history. This , too , is the prevalent of prl- vjto convrsatlon. On2 mot Is going tha round ; . "The newspapers talk about our brothers across the seas. Nonsense ; they are only our brother-in-law. " The Graphic today , which published hastily an angry cartoon which I described to jou the other day , prints another reprss ntlng President Cleveland as an artist who has just finished n villainously angry and ugly portrait of President Monroe , but Columbia pclntlng to the unemotional and handsonio phiz of the Virginia gentleman , says : "But I like th& r.'al one best. " All this Is doubtless significant. It Is certain that all Great Britain believes , or certainly affects to believe , that the crisis Is past. WAY OUT IS PLAIN. The Chronicle of today returns to Its argument that the way out from the ttppir nt Impasse , Is plain atfer all. The Worlu"f ( . statement , on the authority of Congressman Woodward of Mr. Cleveland's pacific worus , U quoted prominently In all newspapers , and the Chronicle says : "President Clev land has paid that his people are jumping to a con clusion , but that there Is as yet no question of war or until the commission ho Is author- l/ed to appoint has made Its report In a sense unfavorable to .Great Britain. Ev n then , we take It , the door would not bo closed to negotiation. If we were found to bo wrong we should not be bound to accept the decision of a tribunal to which wo had not cons nted , and before which wo did not appear , but wo should certainly gjve'lt fa'r ' and friendly consideration. " I may add , by the wayi that no foreign newspaper was perhaps ever quoted In an other country so constantly and In every coi.vcrsatlon , as well as In the public press , as has b'en the World In London during the past few days. It has ben fully set forth In Mr. Smalley's dispatches to the Times , ns well as In other New York correspondence , that the World newspaper Is not only ag gressively democratic In our partisan sense , but that it was largely Instrumental In electing Mr. Clev el nd In 1884 and nom natlng him In 1892. It la also fully set forth that the World Is always liidepndcnt of ths party , national , stator municipal , when I' eoncelves party or party leaders to bo wrong , nnd that in the end Its political counsels have uniformly been accepted by the party. The abatement of the sudden war spirit of five dajs ago Is at tributed by the Times dispatch of this mornIng - Ing largely to the World's patriotic present ment of the/ real status of the International case. Its successful effort to secure messages of peace from prominent Englishmen , not only of the two political parties here , but fiom prominent churchmen , Is recognized as , perhaps , the most potent of all evidences possible to be adduced of the general hos tility of this people to war. BITTER AGAINST REDMOND. Mr. Redmond's dispatch has aroused the one really bitter note of the entire contro versy. "If Mr. Redmond , " says the Graphic , "Is correctly reported by telegraph he has succeeded In driving another nalle Into the. already well studded cofiln of homo rule. At a crisis In the history of Great Britain and the United States , when war between these two great branches of one family has been hinted at as within the range of possibility , ho tells America that the sympathies of Ireland are with the enemies' England , and the reason for this declaration of treason and foul libel upan n gallnat race , to which ho claims to belong , Is the rejection of tha home rule bill. Britons nro a good tem pered folk , rspec'ally about Christmas time , but ho will bo Interested In tha following statement , published here today : "An old gentleman with a non-conformist conscience- will bo tempted to cxpresa more strongly than politely the conviction that to give to such men as thU Redmond such a lover for mischief wh'ch an Irish parlia ment would afford , would bo treason as black as his , " When Mr. Edison first proposed , a couple of years ago , to destroy an enemy by pump ing electrified water over him , another Amer ican electrician remarked : "I would just put on a wet rubber coat with a long skirt to It and let Mr. Edlton pump away at me till ho wan tired. " The electrified wire as a defciue to a fortress was actually tried by the Austrlans at Koinorn during fortress maneuvers not long ago. The Etory goes that the wlro entanglement wan connected with a powerful djnamo. and a Hock uf sheep was driven upon th ? wires , A few were , killed , but the ett survived , most of the current apparel.tly going to the earth through the bodlon of the first victims. BALLARD SMITH. MIK. .Vlnr > I.eiiHc HUH a Tlieorj on the Vi-iirKiifliin linlii < > Kllo. WICHITA. Kan. , Dec. 2S. Mary E. Lease was Interviewed tonight off the Venezuelan qupgtlcn She eald ; "Thtro Is more to the Venezuelan question than Is apparent on the surface. For eome. reason the fact ha ? been kept out of the papers that C. P. Huntlngton , the- owner of California , owns nearly all of the Und that ls In dispute , A jear and a half ago , when he was urve > lng his proposed line of the Southern Pacific railway through thli rich mahogany timber land , which he had purchaml , he was warned by the British authorities that he w.ts encroaching on their territory. Tlm he and his counselor ! be thought them of the Monroe doctrine , and dragged Iho poor worn out cadaver forth , rightly conjecturing that the common people would rally round It and fight hU > battles for him. The people have been decehfd ai to tbo real question at Issue , which , In real ity , affects only Huntlngton. I tell > cu , there U no patriotism back of this movement. "The objects fought by Cleveland and hU colleagues are , first , the preservation of these Unds to Iluntlnglon ; second , to .divert the attention of the people from the financial problem and the settlement ot the Alaskan boundary line , by which England Is .Inking 'possession of valuable Yukon gold-fields. Grovcr Cleveland Is the servile , tool of the English government. The third object Is to perpetuate the national debt. The bonded Indebtedness of the- people IB the foundation upon which the national banking system was established. When the debt Is paid It dies. " si.vuc.irniun iiv run TUUKS. OVrr 'Pvvelvo ThiiiiHimil lYriirn ICIItnl In Conflict vtllh Troopx , CONSTANTINOPLE , Dec. 24. ( Via Sofia , Bulgaria , Dec. 2G. ) Advices received here from Be ) root report that a severe fight has taken place between tho- Turkish troops and the Druzs , near Zudlch. The fight took place on December 21 , and , according to the official report , the Druzs lost 12,200 killed , while only seventy Turks were killed and fifty wounded. The representatives of the pdwcrs yester day entered a protest befor * the commission which controls the execution of the reforms , nnd Sir Philip Currle , the British ambassa dor , demanded the Immediate recall of tha kadi of Mush , who Is accused of. Inciting the Mussulmans to disturbances. It U reported from Marsus that disturb ances have occurred there betwetn ths Mus sulmans nnd Christians. The outbreak , how ever , was soon quelled by the authorities. This disturbance Is bellevsd to explain the arrival of the missionaries and Christian families at Merslna on December 17. Advices from the Island of Crete say there have been no fresh disturbances there. ROME , Dec. 25 Advices received here today from Aleppo say the town of Zeltoun , fifteen miles from Marash , wSilcV has been held by the Insurgent Armenians , for some tlmo pa t , has been captured by'tho Turkish troops. U is added that the Inhabitants of Zeltoun fled to the mountains. ' . LONDON , O2C. 2C. The Dally News has a minutely detailed letter describing' the Kliai- put massacre , the writer of which declares that the evidence leaves no doubt that a well understood plan was ordered direct from the Ylldlz palace to plunUer and' burn all the American balldlngs and to render the furtnjr stay of the missionaries Impossible. A dispatch to ths Times from Constantinople ple under date of Decem&er 25 says : Last evening hand bills were profusely scattered and thrust Into windows and carriages and Into the pockets of pedestrians announcing the Imminent deposition of the siilton. The jewelers of Stamboul , fearing a _ commotion , closed their shops for the wholo" day. As nn outcome of the ainbassadors to secure concerted means to prevmt the mas- sacra of the inhabitants of Zeltoun , for which the palace thirsts , and which It attempts to justify by publ shlng mendacious accounts of atrocities perpetrated by tne-JZeltounllp , Barn Callce , the Austrian ambassador , went t6 the ports today and Imparted to the grand vizier , the earnest hops of the , opwers that no extreme measures would 1 > " taken against the Zeltounlls. M. Nilldoff , the Rus sian ambassador , had an audience with the sultan today. It Is understood that Rusclo declines to join the powers In , ' , any real ef- fcctl/e measure against the porte. Izzott Pasha Is under arreat at Zrnshlraie. : MHXICO ON Tim MOMIOU IJOCri'H IMJ. , _ f I'ri-SM of ( hut Iteiiiihllc I'rulNcH Clevc-- InmPx McHNiinri * . CITY OF MEXICO , Dec. 2fc. The. . press continues to give support to'Presldent Cleve land , who has become Immensely popular , and cno , paper declares hq has the public sentiment At all the new w'orld behind him and that ho Is inMnclble , and that ho has Injected into the public law ot ths world ttio Monroj doctrine , which is the Reason wiy Europa Is maddened nnd uttei'4 ' grave threats , but Europe will find that all thef nations on this hemisphere declare this to be International law. People ; of the now wprld are sovereign on this sldo of the sea and have. now a formidable , support of a great nation , which In Its secession contest revolutionized the/ art of naval warfare l and compelled England to copy US inventions , nnd besides that the United States , which In that war put 2,000- 000 brave men In the field , can raise even greater armies now , for It Is a nation ) of 70,000,000 rich , brave and , patriotic men. Europe perceives It has been palled to a halt , and England will have to yield Its arrogant pretensions on this side of the Atlantic. All the leading journals tak ? the side of the United States In unequivocal language , the only dissenting voices being the clerical organ , El Tlempo , and the organs of resldsnt Spaniards , which declare the United States Is on the brink of ruin , financial and polit ical , and In peril of the combined hostile action of Europe , to which the Mexican Heraldo replies that the United .States can by rolmposltlon of the sugar tax and by raising the bear tax wipe out UH deficit , convert - vort It Into a surplus , and that the American peaplo were never stronger and abler to cope with any fee than now. Tie | Heraldo ridi cules the bombastic utterances ot the antl- Aincrlcan press , but these utterances arc' con fined only to foreign Journals , for ttio Mexican papers are eulogizing Cleveland. ' I1CATII AMI DISASTER AT SKA. Hemy Onlp oil fin-lit DrKiltu'H Const , DoliiK ( iren ( DUIIIIIKC. LONDON , Dec. 25. The heavy gale has continued all around the tcoast of Great Britain nnd Ireland , nnd mapy small wrecks have occurred within the sight and knowl edge of those on chore , and , besides much wreckage has been ttiandeo\ telling ot further disasters , ot which details are not )0t known. The greatest anxlejy for till vessels due and unrcported or that are known to b > nt sea In the neighboring waters pro- vails. Several gallant rescues are reported lo lighten the dark ago of/ / disaster and death. The trawler Sunrise took refuge at Aberdeen In a much damaged condition. Flvs of Iho men on board wore drqwnrd. Friends of the crews 01 t'i distressed vessels gather on the shores , and theij are heartrending scenes among the , helpless lookers-on at the havoc wi ought by the sea. . In Kingstown bay the bodies of the crow of the life boat which jcsterday went to tlr rescue cf the unknown thrce-maMod vess.l which was flying signals ot distress , but which was capsized before reaching the ship , are. com ing ashore. s DUBLIN , Dec. 26. The crew ot the un known ship which has becji helpless in Kingstown bay since yesterday his not ) et bsen rescue 1 , owing to the contlnuanc- the gale. The life boat will miikf * a , froah at tempt today. _ MASOVS .Mi.SbVCIJ OJf'VKAOIS. RiiKllxh Meiiilu-r * of. I lie < Jr r | Greet ( Ainerlemi Iraiitjli. NEW YORK , Dec. 25. Th > W.orld tomor row will publish the following , cablegram from Lincolnshire Free Mascns : SPAULDING , Dec. 25 , Sp'auldlnB ( Lincoln shire ) Free Mansons wish pjeace and good will to their United States brqthsru. This IB Indicative of a grcnral movement on the part of the Maso i of England to picvent Ill-feeling from arUjoe between Great Britain and America , Ths World this morning published similar expressions of sentiment frcm the Fiee Masons club of Manchester , , England . ii.tcoiAMI i nni.i > .s vni.ncTun , Will CoiiNdditiTuo M > iul > trH of Out NEW YORK , Dec. 26. A' special to th ? World frcm Washington , says ; The presi dent has tendered places on the Venezuela high commission ID Edward J , Phelps of Vermont , exmlnlster to England ; Robsrt T , Lincoln of Illinois , , ex-minister to England. The'r acceptances fcav * not been received and the third placa on the committee will not be filled until Mr. I'helps and Mr. Lincoln accept , I.onl liiinriMrii Arrive * . NEW YORK. Djc. 26. The steamrhlp Teutonic passed In at Sapdr Hook at T30 this morning. It U expeH-d I/ird Dun- aven will land about S o'clock this morn ing. RELIEF BILLS ARE READY House Ways and Means Committee Puts in the Day at Work , CONSIST OF TWO SEPARATE MEASURES No CliniiiTc * Millie from the I'mtcrnni Outlined In TiicHilnj'H DlNpntrtirN Tiirlft Pnrtlnlly llontorrit on AVunl mid Lumber. WASHINGTON , Dec. 25. The hbuso ways and means committee devoted several hours of Christmas to a final consideration of the two revenue bills which are to be presented to the house tomorrow. Printed copies of the bills were laid befcre the full committee , the plan being announced to the d mocratlc numbers for the first tlm ? , although they wcro familiar with Its details through 'ho accurate forecasts printed by the Associated press. The bills vvors formally adopted ns committee- measures , motions to hy them on the table btlng overruled by party votes. Each bill was road by sections and motions wtro nndo by the democrats to strllo out each wctlon , which , of course , failed to carry. It was voted to give Thursday to the consideration of the tariff bill by the hoiise and Friday to the bond bill , with a vote on each at the end of tlu daj's de bate upon It the program outlined In these dispatches yesterday. The democrats endeavored to secure , three dajs' d < batc ; to gain n postponement of two or throe days In which to study the piob- able effects of the measures If enactcvl ; also to hav& the bend bill debated before the tariff bill , but the republicans adheral to ( hell original arrangmentp The committee members present were : Dlnglcy of Maine , Dolllver of Iowa , Payne of New York , Tawn y of Min nesota , HopKlis of Illinois , DalzUl of P.nn- sylvanla , Hussel of Connecticut , Johnson of North Jakotn , Steele of Indiana , Evans of Kentucky , republicans ; Crisp of Georgia , Mc- Mlllln of Tennessee , Wheeler of Alabama , Tartney of Missouri , Turner of Georgia , d u ocrats. ocrats.NOT NOT A PARTY MEASURE. Chairman Dinghy stated to the committee that -the bills were not framed as a repub lican measure , but as one calculated to save the credit of the government , which , accord ing to tlu president's message and personal communications made , by Secretary Car lisle , was endangered. The condition of the treasury , from tholr representations , de manded Immediate ac Ion , and the repub licans had pr pared emergency b'lls on lines which seemed most expedient. Mr. Dlngley laid particular stress on the assertion that the first bill did not constitute ! and was not Intended for a revision of the tariff. Con sequently there was no n'cesslly for a long discussion of the bill. The Wilson act had been taken as the basis for the tariff b'll ' , An estimate cf the probable increaej of revenue to b derived from the tariff bill had been nnde , based on Importations under the Wilson act In 1894. This showed a probable Increase In the revenue of $10,000- 000 , which about equaled the iKflclt of the past year. Twelve millions , It was esti mated , would be derived from the increase on raw wool , 114,000,000 from manufactured wools and Jl-1,000,000 from the 15 pw cent Horizontal advance on other sell dules. The republicans had waived their protection prin ciples for the tlm ? In preparing these bills , Mr Dlnglcy sdlQ , "to they hoped that Presi dent Cleveland Would waive any antagonistic views that lu might hold and sign the bills. " EFFECT OF THE BOND SCHEME. One of the democrats asked why the re publicans had nt gene to the full extent of the McKlnley bill , to which Mr. Dlngley replied that they would do so If they had the power. The democrats , on their part , con tended that the effect of the bond scheme would be to retire th ; greenbacks by hold' Ing them In the treasury and raid the re publicans proposed to do Indirectly just what the president had recommended and what they ( the republicans ) denounced. The tariff bill , they Insisted , was a strictly republican measure , and a measure for which President Cleveland had not a&ked. Mr. McMlllln asserted there was no need for additional revenue , as the treasury state ment showed a cash balance of $170,000,000. Mr. Dlngley rcpl'ed ' that $70,000,000 of this was in greenbacks which had not come In as revenue , but had been redeemed as goll While cm their face they constitutes part of the cash balance to pay th'm would continue the endless chain. The republican plan would provide for the expenses ) of the government without encroaching on the gold rea rvo and employing redeemed greenbacks. Amend- monte were offered by Mr. Turner to strike out the second section of the bond bill , pro viding lor teasury certificates of Indebted ness , and by Mr. McMlllln to rhaka thece certificates subject to- taxation , as are green backs and other currency. This was lost , but Mr. Tarsnsy voted with the republicans against Mr. Turnor'o amendment. Chairman Dlngley will present a report explanatory of the bill. Ths democrats eay they havp not time to prepare a minority re port. TEXT OF THE BOND BILL. Section 1. A bill to maintain nnd protect the coin redemption fund and to uuthoilze the Issue of certificates of Indebtedness to meet temporary deficiencies of revenue. I3o It enacted , etc , That , In addition to the nuthoiity given to the secretary of the treasury , by the net approved January II , 1S75 entitled , "An act to provide for the rtfutnptlon of t-peclo payments , " bo Is authorised from time to time , at lilH dte- cietlon , to issue , sell and depose of. nt not lesB.than pir , In coin , coupon or registered bonds of the United Slnteu to an nmount sufficient for tbb object stated In this BPC- tlon , bearing not to exceed 3 psr cent Interest per annum , pajable Hcml-.innunlly , nnd redeemable at the pleabuio of the I'nltcd States in coin after flvo years from their date , with like , qualities , privileges and exemption ! ) provided In bald act for the bonds theieln authorized. And ths Eecre- tfiry of the treasury hlmll u o the proceeds thereof for the icdemptlon of United States Ifgul tender nnten and Cm no other pur pose. Whenever the secretary of the treas ury shall offer any of the bonds nuthoilzcd for ale bv this net , or by the resumption act of 1875. lie shall advertise the name nnd nuthorlVo subicrlptlons therefor to bo innde at the Tieasury don-irtment nnd nt the MilJtreanuret ! ) and designated deposito ries of the United States. Bco. 2. That to provide for any temporary deflcltncy now cxlRtlngr , or which may here after occur , the secretary of the treasury Is borcby autiorlz ) ° d , at Ids dlHuetlon , to Issue ci-rtlflcotes of Indebtedness of the United States to an amount not exceeding JSO.OuO.OOO , payable three years after their date to th" nearer In lawful money of the United States , of the denomination of JJO. or multiples thereof , with an annual coupon for Interest at. the rate of 3 per cent per annum , und to Hell and dispose of the mme for not les * than un equal nniaiint of lawful money of the United States at the Treasury department ami at the suntreasurlcs and designated depositories of the United Stateo and nt f > uch postolTlteu uu he may select. And puch ccrtlflfutea shall have Ilko quall- tlcH , prlvll gcs and exemptions provided In cam resumption act for the bonds therein mentioned. And the proceeds thereof shall be used for the purpose prescribed In this tt-ctlon , and for np other. PROVIDING FOR MORH REVENUE. Hill No. 2-Seotlon 1. A bill to tcmpora- rlly Increttpo revenue to meet the expenses of the government u'nd provide against a deficiency. lie It enacted , etc. , That , from nnd after the passage of this act , nnd until August 1 , IMS. theio t-hull be levied , collected und paid on all Imported wools of classes 1 and 2 , ua defined In the art hereinafter cited , approved October 1 , HUO , and rub- JeU to all the conditions and limitations thereof , and on all hair of tin came ) , goat , ulpua urd other anlmul , except OH lier- Inafler provided , and on all noils , vhoddy , Rurnctcu waste , top waste , clubbing wau'e , ruvIiiK waste , ring watte , yarn waste and all other \vantea compottul wholly , or In part , of wool , and on all woolen HIKD , mungo und flocks , u duty equivalent to ( X ) per c nt of the duty Imposed -on each of such arti cles by an act entitled , "An act to reduce the revenue and eqimlUe dutlos on Imports ) and for ether purpo e , " approved OciobT 1 , l&'tt. and sublcct lo all the conditions and limitations cf enld act ; anil on all wools and Russian cumcl'u hair of clam 3 , as act , nppiovcd October 1. t to all ( ho conditions nnd pnr , there shall bo levied , collected MiillMnld the several duties pro vided by WM Htd act. approved October 1 , 1SW. Andf H.iph 27 < > , of < chcdttlo K , ami nl"t > parn3Bpf CiV > , in the free list In an art entitle An act to reduce taxation to provide revenue for the covernnunt , and for other purposes , " which became a law August IS , jvjt , nre hereby suspended until August 1 , ISis. Sec. 2. That from nnd nftcr the ims- , ago of this act nnd until August 1 , 1SSS , there shall bo levied , collected and paid on all Imported articles made In whole or In part of wool , worsted or other material de scribed In pcctlou 1 of this act , except ns hereinafter provided , CO per cent of tin- spe cific pound or square sard duty Imposed of t-ncli of "aid articles by nn act entitled , "An net to reduce the revenue and rqunlln * duties on Imports nnd for other purpose * " approved October- , USO. and subject to all the conditions nnd limitations thereof. In addition to the ad valorem duty now Im- po'oil on each of said ni tlclc' by nn act entitled , "An act to reduce taxation , to pio- vide revenue for the government and for othrr purposes , " which became n. law Au gust 2 , 1S9I , and on carpets , druggets , back ings , mats , rugs , screens , covers , Imss'ckfl. bedsides , art Fqmros and other portions of cirpetlngs made In whole or In pitt of wool , the specific squato yard duty Im posed on each of said articles b > mid net approved of October 1 , IS'to nnd subject lo nil the conditions and limitations thricof. In addition to the ad valorem dutv Impo'cd on such articles by snld act , which became a law August 27 , IStl PUT A DUTY ON LUMHER Sec. 3 That after the passage of this act and until August 1 , IMS. there shall bo levied nnd paid on Import lumber nml other articles designated In pningnphs. r,74 to CS3. Inclusive , of nn net entitled , "An net to reduce ttxntton , to provide revenue for the government and for other purpo ° os ' which became a law August 2. li'tl , n duty equivalent to CO per cent of the duties Im posed on each or Bitch articles by nn ac entitled , "An act to i educe the revenue am cqunllro duties on Imports nnd other pur poses , " approved October 1 , 1S90. nnd sub ject to all lltnltnt'ons ' of said last nninoi net , but pulp and wood shall bo classified ns round unmanufactured timber , cxeinpl from duty. Provided that lu case nuy for eign country ulinll Impose nn export dfity upon spruce , pine , elm or other Jogs , 01 upon stave bolts , shingle wood , pulp wooi cr heading blocks exported to the Unltoi States from such country , then the dutj upon the lumber and other articles men tioned In said parnginph * G74 to fS3 , , In clusive , when Imported from such country shall bo the same us llxcd by the law en forced prior to 1E90 S c. 4. Tint on and nftcr the passage of this net and until August 1 , ISis , there shall be levied , collected nnd paid on all Imported articles mentioned on the sched ules A , n. c , D , n r , o , H. i .1 , L , M and N of un act entitled , "An act to re duce taxation , to provide revenue for the government nnd for other pm poses , " wlileh became a law August 27 , 1SDI , a duty equivalent to 15 per cent of the duty Im posed upon cnch of said articles bv exist ing laws , In addition to the dutv of August 27 , 1894 Provided that the addltloml duties Imposed b > this section shall not In nnv case Increase the duty on nn > article beyond the rate Imnosed thereon by the --aid net of October 1 , 1890 , but In such cases the duties shall be the same ns were liu- peed by sild act , and provided , fuither , that vvhere the rate of duty on any article Is higher tlnn was fixed bv said lii'l named act , the rate of duty thereon "hill not be further Incrcited by this section , but shall remain as provided by existing SAVni'T AWAY IV A DAY. CciitrnI MlNNourl Pni-morn SulVci11 Very Hein > IOHM. JEFFERSON CITY , Mo , Dec. 23. The Oiagc , Gasconade and Moreau river floods are subsiding , and tonight the weather 1 ° clear. Communication was established with the Gasconade this evening It Is falling rapidly and no further danger Is qpprehended. The valley Is bare , but the loss will be small In comparison with that In the Osage valley , asf the former valley Is narrow and "tho river much shorter. The only point that can be communicated with on. the Osage , except at the mouth , Is Bagnell , ninety miles up. There the river has fallen twenty-ono Inches' ' , but Is receding very slowly , and tlwTFottonis will be under \ater for two or three dajs. A further rlw Is not anticipated. A large percentage of the corn crop was In the fields and all Is lost Ono estlmato places the corn loss at $2,500- 000 alone. This may be excssslve , but when the other IOSHES are determined , such as live slock , hay , fencing , damage to wheat , build ings , etc. , It Is possible they will exceed ? > i,000,000. Ths entire Osagc valley for 300 miles Is a scene of desolation and ruin , great suffering necessarily resulting , as hundreds of families have lost everything. Within the space of six days one of the richest vulleys In the stats has been transferred Into a scene of dis tress without a parallel In the history of the state. The Moreau valley h also a. scene of practical rnln , but the farmers In that sec tion will probably bo able to take care of themselves without much asjlstanc" . It will be rome days yet before the full story of the flood can \ > 3 told. > ST. LOUIS , Dec. 25. A special to the Re public from Llttlo Rock , Ark. , sayfc : The Arkansas river here nnd at all points heard from Is still rising. Communication lt > en tirely cut off from Perryvllle and points south of the river In that section. The ferry boats generally are Inoperative. From all parts of the state come reports of dam age by high water. The rivers arc approach- lug very near the disastrous stage of 1892. Slloam Springs Is cut off from the outer world and much of Newport Is Inundated. Houses are being carried away by the raging torrent near Red Bluff , but no casualties are reported. At Little- Rock the river Is still at the danger point' of twenty-three feet , but still five feet from the high water mark of May 21 , 1892. ST. LOWS , Dec. 25. A Republic special from Elder , Mo. , SHJS : To the fanners who live along the banks of the Dingo river In central Missouri , this Christinas brought only woe and gloom , The unprecedented rlso In the river of thirty-five feet In three days , has spread nil over this section , and many farm ers have lost everything they passesssd. Some of them had their corn In shocks , cars In crib ) . The flood has token all that lay In thelow lands , Not only have many cf thof armtrs lost their crcps , but thcli stock and buildings as well At Bagnell , the end of the Lebanon branch of the Missouri Pacific , the river Is this * mil's wide , and no train Viaa bosn able to get within a mlle and a half of the town foi tlircu days. That town I ; thus shut off en tirely from tclegiaphlc communication with the outside world. At Tuscombla , thec ounty seal of Miller , a terlrhle condition exists. Nearly tlm entire town Is partially undsr water. Only the roofs of many buildings , HID pottolllco among them , can bo seen. A larg ; Homing mill the printing olllce of the Eye Opjner nnd several Email stores and residences are en tirely submerged , Twenty cars , loaded with railroad ties , are standing on side tracks at Ilagnsll , Jill thtra aio thousands of ties floating In tlu river and backwater. The- less to property In thli Immediate section. Is estimated at ? 1,000,000. The river Is higher oven than during th" famous flood of 18S4. The suffering of the peopl" , whosj land and property has brf'i devastated , will undoubtedly bo terrible Mils winter. Klllril III a Criip On in i' . STEUHENVILLH , O. . Deo. U Dining n quarrel over u ciap Kiimo among the c" > l- ored laborers at Illoomfleld tunnel on the P < in H.indlo railroad , James Klco fired u revolver live times In the crowd. One of the bullets pabsod through the heart of Joseph JockEon , Rlen ciiine from Tonne--- sec and has u bad leeonl. Last ntKlit In u quuiiol ho tdmt another licxro mimed James Hamilton In tlm uroln , InlllctliiK a bad wound. The munlei almost icnutot In n riot , and meat excitement prcvile tor a time _ Jim c-iiH'iilx of Oi'i'im Mriuurrx , I i'uli j At New York Arrived Kndcdvor , fror- nucnos Ayres ; Vlcllanclii , from Havana WukefHd. from PaJeima ; CVvIe , fium l.h etraol. Teutonicfion > I.lv'iipuol Billed Htcamerj Tordui k el' ' , Mouto'jro baF.ls ; . land , Atitui'ip , JJliiekheath , Capo Tiur Almu , Havel ; Paris , Boutliampton ; A'-ho Unman , Port MIIIUII At the Luuid Passed-StutlKuri , To-fit for llr men At Dunn 1 lltud P.idfed Steamer Veil tla , from Stettin for New Vork At Southampton-Arrived. 11 50 i > rn Aller. from New York for lJrim n. o proeue-ded At Sundciland Arrived-DuraiiKU. it ' Baltimore ) . SHOCK MAY KILL THE MOTHER Murder of Young Scott Leaves Other Trage dies in Its Wnko. HIS YOUNG BRIDE DANGEROUSLY ILL Some Hope nittcrtiilncd for Her He * CIIV ! > DlIM Kllll Sit III til I'ONNCHH A'ntmiltlc ii'i'r ' NVlilelt lie Will .Not Reveal. DES M01NES , la. , Dec. 25. ( Special Tele- gram. ) The prospects are that the , death of Waller Scott , nt t'ue ' hands uf his father-in- law , S. R. Daw son , was only the flrit trag edy In what promises to be a series marking the culmination of the sad romance of Walter Scott and Clara Daw son. Mrs. Scott , mother of the murdered groom , lies at the point ot death at her home , and at her bide Is her joung daughter-in-law , very little better , and her life nl o hanging lu ( lie bilancc. Scott's bereaved mother broke down completely late last night , fainting away , and being put to bed unconscious. An hour later Clara , who had been able , to Keep up , because she had bccu comforting her nsw mothcr-lti-law. broke down. The elder woman had , by this time , become dellrlou" , nnd called for the girl , and they were placed In bed side by Eldo , whcro they have been ever since. The older woman Is steadily falling , becom ing weaker Hiour by hour , and , It IB not believed , she will recover. Clara , who I * phjstcally strong , may recover , but It Is doubtful. Divvson Is still In the county Jill , and had been denied to all newspaper men during ; the daj. It Is stated that ho Is apparent ! ) ra tional , and the ln anlty theory , on which his defense Is to bo based , seems to have very little mounds. Public1 cplnlon Is stronger todiy than jcsterdny against him. Men who have known him for years , nnd liavo investigated his Inventions , say It Is 1m- poEsibla tint ho should have been Insane. The coroner today swore lu a Jury , nnd the inquest will bo held tomoirow after noon at the city hall. It will probably oc cupy two or three days at the least. The funeral of Scott will be held Sunday afternoon from the home of Ills parents. It will be ono of the largest ever held In the * city.Clara Clara sajs thl evening thu If she recov ers , she will make her homo with the Scott family , and her father-in-law sajb ho will not allow her to go elsewhere. POSSESSED OF A VALUAHLB SECRET. Mfcli speculation has been Indulged In a to what will oecom ? of Dawbon's Inventions If he Is hanged. It Is not believed ho will tell their s'crets , and there lo no doubt they are of Immense value. For many ) c.irt he- has been well known In the city. Ills un . cestors for generations have been English metal workers , and Daw son hay spent most cf hi3 life In the effort to discover the lost p oc'ss of making Damascus steel , In which theio Is no doubt he has succeeded. But the Bocrct Is still his , and there Is great concern lest It will die with him. If public sentiment in this communlty- counfp for anj thing , ho will pay on the scaf fold the extreme penalty of the law , and In view of his eccentricities , there is little doubt that he will carry with him to the gallows the sicret to which he has devoted the genlun and efforts of a life tlrne. After years or work en his procew he psrfectel It and set about enlisting capital to put his product on the marksts. With meager facilities and almost no money , he hiade camples ot his a eel which enabled him to organize a com pany , with a nominal capital of $ fiOO,000 , a con- sldeiablo amount of It paid up. Leading : niEii of this city and Chicago are backing : the concern. The proce > s Is eno of casting , by putting Into the molten Iron , a preparation for which he alone holds the eecrct. Ho Is able to make the cay.lngs which have every property of the finest steel , ati well as a. icmarkable flexibility. Tests If his blades have shown that one of them can bo sub jected to the tests of the old I ) iiuawus awords , namely : they can bo Inserted Into a spiral Ecabbird , and drawn out again aa straight , found and fros from flaws as ever. Th y will take and hold nn edge superior to that of the finest steel made by the old procssse ? Daw son has also developed a secret pro cess for hardening copper , by which heIs able to produce rairor blades and the finest edged tools of all kinds from that metal cheaper than they can be nnde In steel. This also Is a process which was known to the an cients , hut lost. When this company was organized Dawson refused to turn over to It the secret of his processs , but It was agreed that when a certain amount of the capita ! was paid up , he to retain a controlling Inter est In the organization , he would make the secret known In such manner that It would lu perpetuated In the possession of the- com pany In caseof his death. This has not yet bjen done , and It Is very doubtful If It ever will be. Hero In DCS Molnes , where Investi gation has convinced a larg > number of people ple that there la no swindle about the pro cess , great Interest attaches to the tragedy in this account. CO.NSTITUTIOIV KIII S imi OUT. Prevent * JmlKf MGo > from Aeei-iit- liiK ( lie Iliillnn > ConiiiilMnloiMTMlilii. DES MOINES , Dec. 25 ( Sp clal Telo- Krnm. ) The discovery has besn made that the constitution of Iowa expressly forbids that a Judge of the district court shall hold any othnr ofllco under the state duringthe teun for which ho was elect d Judge. This means that Judge Ben McCoy , offered by Governor Jackson the appointment as rall- ro-ad commissioner , cannot qualify for the place. Governor Jackson , when asked about Mils development , sold today that wlill * Iho constitution teemed to bo explicit on the point , no had known several cases In which It was not allowed to Interfere with promo tions of district Judges , and he should not withdraw the offer to Judg McCoy unless ho was Informed hy the attorney general , of ficially , that the appointment could not bo made. It Is the opinion of many that Judge Mc Coy's appointment Is out of the question , and there are sev ral new candidates In Iho Held. O. II , Pray , treasurer of the repub lican state committee ; John W. Kemblo of Oikalooira , and several others are candidate. * , but are kc ping their woik very quiet. It Is also said that Chairman McMillan of Ibo state committee Is a candidate. Governor Jackson says ho will make a now appoint ment with as little delay as posilblo after ho Is convinced that McCoy cannot accept. Oiiiiiliu Woman Coiiiiiilln Sulcliln. ARCADIA , la. , Wee. 25. ( Special Tele gram , ) Early this morning Mrs. Gallant of On.aim , who was spending Iho holidays with hfr parents , Mr. and Mrs. M. Mclmtra of this place , was found dead In her room. Death was caused by an overdose of mor phine. The general opinion Is that It was i ciio of bulclde , but the facts of the case- are very hard to d tcrmlno. m\StTIONAL : 1101,1)1 l | % 'KUIbCO. Uiihlvi-il HoliherH Secure Tliri-n 'J'lio nu ll ml In itnlilliiHT u Nlrt-el Cur. SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 2B , Three masked roblrra held up a Mission street car tonight ind robbed Rlehard Clarke , an employe of ' the Pacific Coast Jockey club of the receipts * of the day , wld to aggregate $3,000 , Clarke Jiul two other men were shot by the men , 'jut It U bclli-ved none of the wound * wilt , rcve fatal , although Clarke will probably us eue of hit legs. Tolinri-o HIIXTN Seared , . Ky. . DC. 23.-Excitement > I f n f iu8d in thin elty by the receipt > f v tal cabk'Krurna from EnyllKh houeea . , \j \ i | 1 jii'lleiH advltliiK them not to buy u > ire ' i until further notice , It < i U' v i tli r ir.HHi tobacco men or * ' r V M./.J ha
