THE OMAHA DAILY REE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , T1IU11SDAY MOHNIXGIEGEMBER ) 20 , IS05. SINGLE COPY FIVE CtiNTS.
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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 *
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