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ESTABLISHED JTJ2TE 1J ) , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOKNUffO , DECEMBER JJJ , 1S)5. ! SING L13 COPV FIVE CENTS.
VALKYRIE HAS THE FLOOR
London Returns to Its Mutton and Takes
* " Dunn-won Instead of
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON COMING ROUND
Men AVlio WoreOpinmpil < ln
Ciniroc nf ( lii > Prolfxlant .Now
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( C p > rlKlit , 1S05 , liy l're Publishing Compnny. )
LONDON , Dec. SO. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) There Is Ihls
afternoon such a marked change of fueling
regarding Lord Dunraven nl Ihe Royal Yacht
squadron that It poems likely private cable
grams have been received from him , ac
counting for It. Men , who , from the be
ginning of the controversy , have taken Iho
strongest ground against the discretion of
Dunraven In making the charges , now ex
press an Inexplicable bllter resentmcnl
against the New York Yacht club , while giv
ing no reason for It , except that they say
"Dunraven was not given n fair show. " 1
give the fact for what It Is worth , but as
being , perhaps , significant , as well as the
following :
Some weeks ago I was told confidentially
by a New Yorker that Latham Smith would
testify that ho Insisted after the conclusion
of the first race that Dunraven should mike
pa written statement and sign U of his allp-
1 gallon lo Smllh aboard Ihe Valkyrie that
1 Defender was "sailing ut le.ist a foot bejond
her proper length , " but Dunraven declined ;
hence Smith refused to present the romphlnt
as formal lo Iho cup commlllcc , declaring lo
Dunraven lhal a man who could make such
an liiKiilling charge and not be willing to
back It up by his own slgmluro was not
worth serious attention. Today I have hoard
this same story twice publicly stated , so
that , If Iruc , II Is not n sccrcl In London.
Tl" papers Ihls morning have very meager
rcporls of Ihe Investigation , the only Im
portant point being Olennlo's remark , "It Is
a sad ending to all International sport. "
Tha only editorial comment In any paper Is
In Iho Wcslmlnsler Gazette Ill's ' uflcrnoon.
. _ ' , , iiiOllng | Lord Dunraven's statement that the
hearing was Impartial.
"If Iho man tlacs nol expect to win his
case , " pays lhe > Gaz9tte. "bcfor' a court which
ho admltj to 'have- ' - been Impartial , he must
mean tmrely that he has not made It go < I
Wo could have wished , If thai Is so , that
ho had refrained from bringing It , but we
hnpo Btlll more that ho nml his friends will
now let Iho mailer drop We cannot afford
to have both Venezuela and Valkyrie on our
v hands. "
, The I'all Mall Gazette's Now Yo-k cor-
4 respondent cublco thai Lord Dunraven saw
no r'poiter except himself. "I Tin In a pcsl-
tlon , " ho t'Jjy , "of the man who knows , but
can't talk" Ho sayi also : "I saw him
Saturday morning when he was In first rate
spirits and looked well for a man who , accord
ing to some New York papers , Ins b ° cn
. mercilessly excoriated He had. bo3ii on the
witness Blind several hours , hail answered
all questions put to him , nnd had made no
mistakes In his dates , uu hay been sug
gested. Having given his testimony , he saw
no reason for stopping here , particularly as
lui came away at a great inconvenience lo
hlm. elf , and is called home by mailers whlcn
will nol wait. Ho found the Investigating
committee had apparently not tak-u any
ovldcnc ; biforo hln arrival. I think ho Is
trarp-lsed al Ihe altitude of the cup commlt-
tc ? . lib inemb'rs do nol dk-play lee much
energy and let vvitne sei nil Ihclr o.vn sto-lea ,
much as everybody already knows Ihem ,
whllo no effort has been made to ssctiro any
new- light , " BALLARD SMITH.
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{ , OnliTH War Material nnil Sln-iiKtliviiN
MlN CoilHl ItffVllMCH.
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CAUACAS , Venezuela , Dec. SO ( New
York World Cablegram Special Telegram )
The Venezuelan government Is negotiating
In the United States for war supplies. Four
heavy guns have been sent from Caracas to
fortify the harbor at Maracaybo.
Spechl commissioners appointed to arrange
an alliance of South and Central American
republics against En.iand are ready to de
part.
part.A rumor comes from Colombia that the
Spanish minister to Bogota has boon cs > coi led
out of the country by a troop of soldiers , bi > -
, cause ho made u protest against the govern
ment giving to the Uritlsh iiilnl&tcr his pats-
ports.
General Hlchano goes to the Argentine He-
public. W NEPll KING.
YOUM : mifiinss SICK AT IMMII : .
Her Crnee of Miirlhoronuli Qallo 111
of Tj pholil I' * M T.
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LONDON , Dec. 30. ( Now York World
Cablsgram Special Telegram. ) The young
duchess of Marlborough Is qulto 111 In Rome
iwllh Uphold fever A prlvalo lellor received
from them today announces this The fever
was contracted while she was In Spain.
I'll ! llo ii Ihe llevoll.
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' KINGSTON , Jamaica , Dec. 30. ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram ) There
* wau u revolutionary outbreak nt Auxeayeu
I on Thursday , but It was premature , and It
1 was promptly suppressed A general upris
ing Is looked for and Iho troops are being
I & mobilized. An armed expcdltldn , prcp'aring
to sail from here , has bci-n betrayed , but no
'
'I arrest has been made. The munitions have
not been discovered.
\Vorlv on Ihe Canal lliiNheil.
" * ( CpilKht , 1S93 , foj 1'ri'ss 1'uMlHtttni ; Company )
COLON , Colombia , Dec 30. ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram ) The
i recent return from Trance of Director Vau-
' laid has stimulated Interest In canal affairs
, The work Is being vigorously pushed boulh
k from Culcbra , bul II Is feared lhal the
j scarcity of laborers may prove a serious Im
pediment.
| Situation Crllleal In Corea ,
ST , L'ETEKSIIURO. Dec. 30 , A dispatch to
( tho" N/voe Vremya frni Vladlvostock ea > s
I that the sltuallou of affairs In Corea. In mosl
twrlons , The king Is coiutantly surrounded
by Japanfso epics and ho fears ( hat ho will
'ilcio ' nemsslnated. The dispatch adds that his
anrtajssty In guarded nightly by the Amerloiu
juUulonarles.
r 'Sn > iTUnNMlii Will Shin ullli Vuele Sain.
VIENNA , Dec. 30. The St. I'olersbure
j corroipomlent of ( h ? Frolo I'ret'w announces
l'j' that rrancD and Rusoli luvo actually prom-
ifnr'SJ | < 1 diplomatic : support of Ihe United SUUa
V vn thn VenczucU trouble , and he adds that
A ussla Is prepared to facilitate the United
H , titiUfi loan with her gold reserve- ,
'
, r I'lililli'iil Arri'MlN In Yene/iieln ,
NEW YORK , Doe. 30. A dlipatch to ths
Herald from Caracas , Venezuela , bays : The
government has made several Important
political arrests. Including among others
Mnutlii 1'crez , a brother-in-law of Mates , His
.qvniiance minister.
* Ili'heuilfil a ( 'liliit > Hi > Iteiieifudf.
IIEULIN , Dec. 30. A dispatch received
here from Swatovv , provlnco of Quangha ,
Chlni , tay.i that the ringleader of the mcb
which plundfroil th ? German mission al
Mollln hao been beheade-J
Co in in u It'll SlinrllH * Senleiiee.
OTTAWA , Ont. , Dec. 30 , The government
haii pommutod the sentence of death passed
Vn Slnrtls , the Valleyfleld murdsrer , to Im-
Jtuulsonment for life.
i Fin * Molent Kurtluiunkf In Aimtrln.
\ VIENNA , D-'c. 30. A violent earthquake
\ ( hock was felt today at Wiener , NeustaJt ,
tblrtwn miles south cf this city.
MOHI : < ; imr roil joiiv urn , .
AITalm In South xfrlca Vint tlciiiniiil
INK Iinmeilliite Mtenllnn.
JOHANNESBURG. South Africa , Dec 30
The political crldlj here , brought about by
the effo-ts of the foreign population to ob
tain equil political righto with the Boers ,
has reached a most acute stag * * . The exodus
of women and children la increasing. All
train ? leaving this place are crowded and
the prices of food stuffs have rlsjn greatly.
All kinds of bellicose rumcrsr arc current ,
and the government has notified the burghera
to bo ready for active scr\lce In case of
emergency.
The Mercantile association has formed
Itself Into a town body guard for the purpose
of preserving order and protecting life and
property. They will not take part In n ,
mvolntlr.n or riot of any kind and have
a kcd the government tu supply them with
arms and ammunition. Several of the- lead
ing mines arc expected to close today.
President Kruger In an Interview with a
representative of the Associated press ex
pressed regret at the present agitation and
Fold"If the position Is aggravated imny
disastrous consequences are to be appre
hended , especially in mining and commercial
enterprises. The. present attitude of the
Ulttlandcrs does not conduce to calm con
sideration of their alleged grievances. The
government will give them nil opportunity
for frco speech on th ° lr grievance , such as
does not Incite to rebellion , but tbe govern
ment Is fully prepared to stop any move
ment aiming at a disturbance. "
LONDON. Dec 30 Prof. James llrjce ,
M. I' , for the south division of Aberdeen ,
has arrived In England from South Afrlci ,
and he was asked for his views on the situ
ation In the Transvaal. He s-ald "There
Is n pretty widespread feeling of dlMalls-
factlon with the existing condition of ulTalrt
In the Transvial. Much would depend upon
President Kruogsr's attitude. It Is hoped
that the Transvaal government will recog
nize that the Mtuallrn may b3come seriou *
The population cf Ultllanders Is Increasing
rapidly" Prof Hryco said when he was at
Capetown , In the Ilrltl h territory of Cipe
Colony , 1,000 perjons were leaving there
wekly for the Hand
IJOKH NOT SHI ! THIJ AIM'TlCATlOX
I'rof. Hi-jot' ANloiilxlieil nt ( lie Ainerl-
C'nii War Scare.
LONDON , Dec. 31. The Chronicle thla
morning publishes an Interview with Prof.
James Hrjce , who has Jtts't ' arilved In Eng
land from South Africa , ns reportr-l In an
earlier dispatch , and who hod only just heard
of the Vcii'yiitla war scare. He expressed
himself as being greatly astonished at the
nowji "I cannot believe , " he said , "that the
American people have seriouslytont'inpUtcd
war over n matter In which they have so
i light and remote an Interest. They aie
rightly Jealous of their honor , but their honor
i.i not Involved In this mat IT , and the Mon-
io- doctrine Is Imrrpllcablo to It.
"Tho real ruler In America Is not ccngrcss
or t > io president , but public opinion. I do
not bellevo public opinion would allow war
except for a CHIPS which th conscience of
tlit- American people could approve as a
Ighteous cause. "
The Chronicle , In the course of a compli
mentary editorial , tends a New Year gre2t-
Ing and good wishes to America and to
President Cleveland
A Melbourne dUpatch to the Tlmei sjys :
A binquct was held at Adelaide to celebrate
Foundation day , and many patriotic speeches
were made Hon. James Henry Young , the
minister of works for New South Wales , who
| j American born , ridiculed the idea of war
Mark Twain was also present , end echoed the
statement that tilk of war between blood
rditlons was absurd.
The duke of Somerset writes to the Pos
this morning protesting against Lord Salis
bury's dolnc anything1 to assist the Veil -
yuclan commission , which the duke say.i
ought to be Ignored. "If England yields In
the slightest to America , " he continued , "It
will be as ruinous to our prestige as when
Mr. Gladstone allowed our flags , to bo trodden
upon by the lloers. "
The newspapers this morning are large ! }
occupied with reviews of the year's cv nts ,
but Justlc Brewer's appointment to the
Vene/uelan commission Is approved by the
PICES The comments upon Vene u la fol
low much the bame lines as for several days
patt.
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trntl liKriKor ! linli ( I > > * I'mind.
LONDON , Dec 30 The prince of Wales
aiithorl/ss the publication of the following
acknowledgement rent last week by Mr. Jo-
3ph Pulitzer , proprietor of the New York
Woild , cf the mcEEago which his royal high
ness and the duke of York sent to the V/orld
through Sir Trancis Knollyz , private secie-
tary to the prince , hoping that the dlffer-
'ences between the United States aud Great
Britain on the Venezuelan question would b
imln.ihlv settled
N'I3\V YOHK , not : 23 , 1S91. To HI
HlKhmii , the Prince of Wales , Sandring-
linm. EiiKlnnd' Your Chilstmns mcosaj-e of
pence nml good will vvnp deeply nppio-
clutcd nnd liiul nn Important effect. Th °
ri'.ictlon Is almost complete. Conscience has
obtalnccl the masteiy over Impulbo. The
Woilil thanks jou for the WFP ! mul bold
wauls tpokPii ut so critical a time It Is
ulso becoming to iitKnowledgo with pro
found icspcct the eloquent ' " " 1 linprcpilvi'
muxsage of concoid iml nmlty iccclvcd b >
the World from Cardinal LOKIIO , prltnutn of
It eland ( who ( Milled fiom loinu ) . C'.ndlnal
Vnughnn , aiPhhlblioii of Westminster ; Up
Walsh , niolibl-bop of Dublin ; Lord Plutikett ,
nrchblthop of Dublin and Klldare , the aich-
blshop of Armagh , < hu nrphlilshop of Llvi-i-
pool nnd Mam > lir t < > r , Mi. Gladstone ami
Lord Ilosebcry It ls > hopfil hcio th.it thi'
loslo of the impieoulcnud esprcsblon of
klndllniss of the gie.itost dlqnltarli. of the
dim oh and .state may > ct lend to Hie nr-
bltrallon of a dispute HO lilvlal Hint It
could icmaln un tiled for H-vcnty > e.ui'
Surely anuniK all the Holiolui" , it ilrsnicn
, inil rulois ( if the vvorhl thun > mu t be ono
vvlm an arblli.ilor will nii.pl Uils miggcMlon
of Loid Sulldbnrj that ho Hhoiild be "com-
pcleiit and ft" ? fiom bliiH "
Thu MittfHt hopu of l.uiInK peace rcstH
upon the enllKhttncd moral vontlmoit vvhkli
ygu lm\o voli-pil , and vvhlcli wo fpi > l nhnpoi
111" course nf Koveinmcnt In Knji'aiid not
less than In Amuil a nml uuntliiuus tin-
progress of clvliuitlon
'
JOSI3PH I't'LITX.nH
ror the Wet Id.
Ov i > rlooUi > il IIInlimi lli'ii ,
TAMPA BAY HOTKL , TAMPFla. . . Dee
30. This moinlng six Cubans who were In
a small sloop were arrested near the mouth
of the Hlllsboro river , charged with the theft
of the boat They v.cro taken before the
county authorities , but were later released
After the departure of the nfllcers eighteen
.Inbins escaped from the hold of the sloop
These men are a paity of filibusters , but
they moved without ciders. The ethocmer
J. W. I'OJiter. being impeded of Illibustcr-
Ing. and once arrested In the north , lies
lo\\n the bay It U presumed the Cubinn
ntendcd boarding her for Cubi ,
II ; inns llrotluinrrnlKiicd
TOHONTO , Ont , Dec. 30. The Ilyams
brothers appeared In police court today en
the charge of conspiracy to murder MIB
Ilarrj Hjanu. llofortht > trial on this
charge was finm'nccd ths prisoners were
also charge I v.ith foiglng the Elgnaturo to
sovrral I'lifcks lnlS3J. ono for ? 300 md two
cthei for J250 nnJ $200. The pr'soncrs
pleaded not guilty to all tli'te charges and
.ho caves wcro remanded to Jar.u.ny C at the
request of the COIIIUP !
TurUlNli TroniiN In 1'iiur Coinllllon.
LONDON , D c. 31 A illtpatch to the Dally
S'ows from Conitantlnrple SJJH- There are
fifty or fcl\ty daths dall > among the troops
areimc K'ltoun The cell Is Intense and the
ccnditl-n of the army uverywhore outslds the
capital la In th' last doRrce deplorable , tholr
ilothlng being In rags and their food poor
Tholr ranks are decimated by du as ? and
> y wholesale desertion owing to the non-
receipt of their pay ,
riiaiiuo lii I'cru'M 1'iiNiiil liiivv > > .
LIMA , Peiu , D = c. 30. ( Via Oalveston.- )
\ regulation has been made- that after JJIHI ,
11 ry 1 , Peru will charge for poitagu on foreign
natter. 22 centa alhcr for each fifteen
grammes of weight.
INSURGENTS HARD TO LOCATE
Ono Story Has Them in Full Retreat from
Matnnzis.
SEVERAL REPORTS OF ENGAGEMENTS
Verj K MV Ufdillx Rlirn mul Tele
Kriitililc CiiiiiiiiiinleiiUon Inlef-
rupleil < liu > en lU'Kctit Senile
'I'linnlvH to 1,11 } nl CulmiiN.
HAVANA , Dec. 30 There Is still much
uncertainty regarding the movements of the
Inmrgcntr. According to the official reports
they are In full retreat , and It has even
li'en Intimated that Gomez was linking for
CienfucKOS , with the Intention of capturing
that seaport. But the announcement made
today would seem to show that Gomez Is
still In the vicinity of Jagucy Grande , south
of Colon , and In the province of Mutanzns.
Lieutenant Colonel Plerra , commindlng tha
Navarro battalion , numbsrlng about kHO men ,
was engaged with Insurgents near Callma ,
not far from Jaguey Grande , yesterday. The
fighting Is said to have been very fierce , and
the Spanlaids are reported to tnvo sustained
the fire of vastly superior numbers of In-
rurgents , commanded by Gomez. The troops
are reported to have captured the Insurgent
positions and to have obliged the enemy to
divide his forces. The Insurgents are said
to have lost heavily , while on the govern
ment side only one olflcer and live soldiers
were killed and sixty uoundsd.
About an hour after this engagement the
sound of cannonading was heard In the di
rection cf the Maria plantation , about three
miles from Callmel , and It is supposed Gomez
hau he n engaged with the Spanish column
commanded by Ccloncl Molina. No details
of this engagement have reached here. Later
In the day It war stated that the troops
lost fifteen men killed In the fight with the
Insurgents near Clmareones.
A most uneasy feeling prevails now. It Is
believed that serious fighting has taken
place near Caliente , and that the meager
facts made public do not begin to tell the
tale. The telegraph lines connecting will
Guerlas and Macqulrjcs ( Coral Kalso ) , In th"
district where Gomez Is biipposed to be , ant
wlitre lighting is reported to have talc i
placs , are Interrupted. General Aldaceo Is ai
Colon , General Navarro Is at Manqullo , and
General Valde ? is at the Bore plantation.
The queen r gent of Spain , through the
inline minister , Senor Canovas del Castillo
has cabled her profound thanks to the ma > or
of Havana for the splendid manifestation of
sympathy with the Spanish cause which was
dl&plajed by citizens of all classes hero on
Saturday la t Her majesty said that she
thought the meeting was. a cartaln augury
of peace with honor , as all loyal cltl/ens
vrere perpetually united In hoping for the
national well being. In conclusion , the queen
regent warmly congratulated the mayor and
citizens of Havana upon their loyalty.
VRIIV MUCH IN EVIDENCE
News 1ms been received during the day
of movements by the Insurgents which uouU
Indicate tint their forces still overrun -pretty
much of the whole province of Matanzis am
th'y seem to have an uninterruptel line o ;
communication clear across the province ani
Into the southern part of Santa Clara to the
eastward of Clenfucgos. They1 have burnei
the village of Gavolan In the
ClenfuegOi district , southeast of Clen-
fuegos , near the ceast. The stations
at Caohas and Cabizas , which are In the
neighborhood of Matanzas . and to the south
have be ° n burned , as well as the cano flek
of the Joaquln plantation. Some htores havs
also been plundered. Camarlrca Is tha
farthest point north at which the insurgents
have been reported , and Canaras , which Is
almost on the Una of the provlncs of Havana
No further reports can bo had of the 0:1 : & > < , *
ment neir Caliente , as telegraph conununlca-
t'on Is still interrupted. It Is believed that
the operations b Ing conducted by the In
surgents in Matanzas are much more ex
tensive than they have yet bnen reported.
Word has been received from General
Valdez saylrg he over'ook the Insurgent Lands
of Gomez and Maceo at the Maria plan
tations , where they were found stationed In
advantago-us psltlonsAn engagement fol
lowed , the Cubans attacking with cavalry
The artillery fire of the Spinlrh proved
ffectlve , and the olllcial report , which Is now
iccslved , pays "Insurgents took flight In
two directions , having been divided by the
assault upon them They left seven killed anil
many arms and carried away many wojnded "
It IB report/'d that th Spinlsh force-j went
In pursuit of the Hying Insurgents ard over
took them at Caney plantation Hero the
nomy made a vigorous resistance for an
hour , but were finally compelled to retr.at
I'nvlnf , ' eight killed nnd carrying away their
wounded The troops. It la said , Icet seven
teen wounded.
It Is further repotted an engagsment is
now In progress at a point between the vll-
lagss of 'I\rlco , Cuevltas and Jovellanos , be
tween General Valdez and the insurgent
lore P.
In pplto of the official report , the bell'f IE
entertained here that the Spanlo1 ! fore's have
again sustained a serious reverse , and that
instead cf the Insurants being reputed and
routeJ die Spaniards arc rtrlng ! before their
advance. There ire manifestations of grave
uneasiness in olllcial circles , and the bell'f
Is prevalent that the Insurgents Intend
another c\tenelvo Incursion Into Matanzas
province and wsslward towaid Havana.
Vli-diry fur Ilio HiiHle llnllN.
LONDON , Dec 20. The proprietors of the
big music halls won n victory today before
City Magistrate Knilllch , In the test case In-
tituted against them last week for belling
beer and liquors during performances , The
magistrate holds that section 2.012 , ol the
consolidated act , under which the arrests of
Met > srs Kastcr , Ilammcrsteln and Kruus
wore made has been over since Its enactment
construed by all the blanches of the munici
pal government as not applying to the places
of amusement now made the subject of sud
den attack. To enforce the law now , the
magistrate continues , "seems almost a
crime. " The proprietors , he adds , were Jus
tified in relying on our affirmative silence.
If a crime had been committed every branch
of the city government Is partlclps crlmlnls.
Iillii'rulN ( iiilii a Scat.
MONTHKAL , Dec 30 A bye-election took
place In Jacques Cartler county today for
the vacancy In the Dominion Parliament ,
caused by ahe elevation of Mr. Glrouril , the
late member , to tha supreme court bench
Napoleon Charbonneau , liberal , was elected
by a majority of 574 over the conservatlvb
candidate. This Is a. loss of a seat to the
government.
In lainilon Neu H | > ilH < rN ,
LONDON , Dec SO. The Chronicle Isarns
that Edward Tyas Cook , M A , editor of the
Westminster Gazette , who resigned the
editorship of , the Pall Mall Gazetteon the
sale of that paper to Mr W. W Astor , U to
bcomo editor of the Dally News.
SI.ull Krneturril It } 11 rail ,
CLUAKMONT. Wo , , Dec. 30. ( Spsclal. )
II. II Jeter , employed on the 1) ) . & M. dump ,
fell from th ? dump to the ground and was
serlousl ) Injured on Wednesday. No one
saw the accident and Jeter lay unconscious
tor teveral hcurs , Ilia akull was fractured
jy the fall and his body badly bruised ,
I'lilleiCaptain ( > Hx a .Nevv Trial.
NEW YOHK Dec , 30. The general tcim
of the Miprcrne court 1ms reversed the Judg
ment nnd ordered iv new tilal In the cau of
Police Captain John L Slephencon , who
was convicted of accepting bilbes und icn-
fenced to n term cf Uireo years and nine
months Imprisonment and a line of $3,000.
dili'iiK" liiHiiraiu'it Coiniiuii )
CHICAGO , Dec. 30.-A receiver was today
appointed for the Western Manufac-tuiers
Mutual Insurance association on the appli
cation of M. H lieach , who holds a Judg
ment against It for fi.2GO. The company
has many rUks In the west and northwest.
itr.u'Aiti ) otTinir.n roil MM-IIKUS.
llrndle.v TnUeM the Itnltcr
In lliinil.
CINCINNATI , Dec. 30. Th6 Commercial
Gizctto's special from Frankfort , Ky , says-
Governor Bradley feels that the law hai been
greatly outraged and the state disgraced by
the brutal murder of William Devcres and
Mrs. T. J. West at the hands of a mob near
Lebanon yesterday. The governor dropped
work on his message , with which ho was
busy , and acquainted himself with all the
facts obtainable. He Is communicating with
tlf > local authorities. In his Inaugural ad-
dresj the governor condemned lynchlnga very
vigorously. Ho will offer n reward of | 503 ,
the limit of the law , for the arrert and con
viction of the unknown members of the mob
Governor Bradley tonight gixvo out the fol
lowing to the press. "I regard the work of
the mob at Lebanon the most outrageous
and barbiroua crlmo. ever committed In
Kentucky. I shall spare neither labor nor
force to bring Its prepctrators to the punlsh-
m nt which they so richly deserve. I bcllcvo
that the good pe.ple of Marlon county and
of the state at large both lobk with the same
huiror upcn thl crime , and will not be slow-
to give me their unflinching support. "
A rpcclal to the Commercial Gazette from
Lolnnon , Ky. , sa > s : Ktilly 1,000 peopb as
sembled at the court house In thla village
tninv In Inltn ar.tinn nn tlm linrnlnir to death
cf Mrs T. J. West and the killingof W. A.
Deveres by a band of men near this place
Saturday night. The rp.'eahes were al
vigorous In denunciation of the dlsgraca 01
Marlon ccunty nnd the trtate. Very tiong
resolutions were drawn up and signed by
Hon. L G EJroy , JudgeW. . HJevcs , Mayir
Leed Kay , Captain A. Offutt , Sheriff H. E
Young nnd Circuit Clerk D. J. Lancaster
These resolutions condemn th ? outrage .am
the violence of the mob In the strongest pos
plble terms , nnd they were adoptee
uuanlmousl > by the large Indignation meeting
A fund was lalsed by prompt and llbcra
Eilbscrlptlony to employ det ° 5lves ! to aid li
ferreting out the perpetrators of the crime
The county commissioners join the peopli
In offering a reword f.r tie ( detection am
conviction of the five men who are known to
he the guilty parties. Ahrii Deveres , aged
14 , wh-Eo father was killed by the mob. Is
recovering , and Is confident that sh ? will bo
able to Identify the Ijnchers. They threateneJ
to kill her ns well as her father. If t-he
should not centra begging for the life cf her
father. She told a detailed story of the
affair to the prosecuting attorney today
While he lynchers were strangers to her , she
In c nfid nt she can identify them. Tlio sen-
tlmont of the community seenr * to ge
stronger every hcur agilnst the lynchers am
thera Is llttlc > doubt now In the minds of the
authorities but that they can arrest and
convict them. I
Aiuiiinn KOU niSTIO
A HUM-loan Hcollonilc .ANMOclatlon
Taltt-N I | i I'liiniielal niHeiiHHloii.
INDIANAPOLIS , Iml. , Dec. 30. At the
morning bo sion of the American Economic
association toJay papeni were road as fol
lows :
"Ds Wo Want an Elastic Currency ? " b.v
Prof F. M. Taylor. Unlvers'lfy of Mlchlgai.
"Tho Drairablllty of a Permanent Census
Bureau , " by I'rof. Uichmuml Majo Smith of
Columbia college.
"Tho D-nslty of Population In the United
States In 1S90 , " by Prof. Walter F. Wllcox
Cornell university.
In a general way Prof. Taylor's paper was
an argument for the desirableness of an
clastic currency and was based chiefly upoi
a statistical study of pai'fcxpf-rtcnce. Dur
ing a time of grit Industrial tuid'SpeculatUo
activity Iho cobntry will , fp/ two dr"lhH.e
jcars , inalcb good yie of all the money avail
able. On the other hand , when a time o
dapresolon coin's , large amfaiints of cash are
out of employment and accumulate In Now
York to constitute a disturbing factor of cot- :
"cld'iabla moment.
Alter show-Ing the existence of decldet
variations In ths needs of money , th ? paper
went on to consider the evils which might be
expected to flow therefrom. The first effect
anoarently Is to cause- alterations of high
and low reserves. Trom thcs ? alterations of
high nnd low reserves follovy alterations of
east ) and strong energy In the loan mark : ! ,
and from these latter in turn flow- various
ovll consequences.
Th general conclusion of the paper was
that though an elastic system could not b ; >
expected to revive the sanguine hopes of
some of Its advocates , still It would doubt
less bo a great improvement on the prcs nt
order. Among the papers that will bo read
this aft i moil are "Some Unpublished Letters
of David Rlcardo , " by J. H. Hollander , P
D , of Johns Hopkins university , and "Pawn
shops as Studl d in Cincinnati , " by II , A
Mills.
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IIISTIIAIMI > Tin : IIOAIID or THADI : .
SI. JoM-iih Cl-nln 111111 Alleges n IluKe
( ' < iiiNilriu-y | AKiiliiHl IIIiiiNcir.
CHICAGO , Dec. 30. William A. Michael
of St. Joseph. Mo. , has obtained an Injunc
tion from Judg _ Horton , restraining the
Board of Trade of the city of Chicago , the
Western Union company and' the Gold and
Stock company from cutting- the wires which
have ben giving general market Information
tD the complainant at bin business houses
In Missouri , or from removing the "tick r"
Instruments or appliances.
The complainant toys ho docs business
at Kansas City nnd St. Joseph , Mo. ; Topcki ,
Lawrence , Atchlson , Leavenworth and Kan
sas City , Kan. HE says thoi Board of Trade
and the two tel graph companies are about
to enter Into an arrangement by which the
latter shall collect the Information ay to the
state of the market * nnd connect their tfls-
Kri.phlc Instruments only with such circuits
as th Board of Trade shall 'designate. By
this agreement , It Is charged , a confedera
tion will bo made by which the thrfo de
fendants will establish a monopoly In the
tmfllc of grain throughout the United States
and a o en.lcavorlng to make arrangements
so that the Board of Trade can decide who
shall bo merchants In grain-at Chicago and
other points
Hitherto , the complainant says , the- two
teh graph companies made d'fondants have
transmitted information to him at his va-
rlcus places of business. Thin has been very
valuable to him , but he suye > tint th ? com
panies rcfus" to supply him any further re
ports and threaten to dlsirlmlnat * agaliibt
lilm In such refusal. Tor , thla reason he
seeks the Intervention of a court.
DAIU.M ; usr.vrn op > A Tiunr.
CulH lllniNi-lf lionii t - Ifl.iUHiiK
llaiiKfil Hint Ilium , luii > .
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 30. For aeveral we-ks
past n big burly negro had been stealing
all sorts of things from , the butchers and
liucksters at the union tmarXet house , but
lie always escaped arrest , and the tenants
of th ; market homo became exasperated over
their losses. This mcrnlng the negro was
caught while carrying off ti\o hort-e b'ankets ,
und the cry of "lynch him" went up. A
crowd of angry men seized hljn , bound his
wrists , put a rope around his neck and dining
tlm up by a block and tacHle' hanging In the
narket house. But the negro was a Mlow
of great nerve , and while' lilt ) tongue was
protruding from his mouth and hlo eyes
Jiilglng from tholr scckets , ho made u
vlolenj , struggle , broke the cor.1 which bound
Us arms , an3 before the mob realized what
10 wao doing , he whipped a biff knife fiom
hlJ pcket , cut the rope round hla neck ,
IroppcJ to the ground ami ran like a deer ,
lie was dialed bytbo mob and overtaken ,
but he turned nml with his b'g ' knife showed
such desperate fight that the crowd hailed
anil wavered , ana the negro d-dged Into ua
alley and escaped.
Two MlHHoiu-l CompiiiileM Hunki-upt.
ST. LOUIS. Dec SO-Stalo Bupervlsoi
Gra > , having deeluroJ thai the Trust i-'und
Loin oHtoclatlon and the National ( Juai-
inty und Investment company were Insol
vent , attoriioyu actlnc on liehdff of Hip
felate tioiiBUrer today Jllcd petitions for
the uppMntmenl of receivers for both i-un-
terns. Temporary injunctions vvero granted
( Htralnlne the companies fr ni c ntlnu nu
lUblliets. The luifets of thu llrkt nien-
: loned company ore glvtfn ut J3'jOuO and of
the latter company at J2COOOQ.
OPERATOR CAUSED A WRECK
Failed to Deliver Orders to the Orow of a
Passougor Train.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED
Several of tht * Woiinilril Vre I'.xiorei
lo Die VIctlniM 1'lneeil In ( lie
lloHiiltal at Clni'liitintl Aloxt
of The in Trainmen.
CINCINNATI , IX'C. M. Two pass nge
trcltis collided at T 30 tonight on the Baltl
more & Ohio Southwestern railway nsa
Ccal City , fourteen miles from Cincinnati
They were the Louisville express , whlo !
left this city nt 7 05 p. in , and the St. Louis
accommodation , due her ? at 7 0i. ! The lattc
was an hour lale. The first heard of the col
llslon hero was when the wrecking train wa
wnt out about S o'clock , nccompuit'd by
physicians , railway officials nnd others. 'Ihe
wildest rumors of the loss of life were teen
current. The hospitals were put In rcadl
ness and police quarters were promptlj
equipped for the care of the Injured. Wl.ei
Information was obtained from the scuit
It was found that there vvcio two kill d urn
a number of others Injured. Both engines
were totally wrecked. The combination car
of the Louisville express and the express car
on tin train from St. Louis wore ttlc
scoped.
Coal City li n coaling station on Iho roai
and has no telephone. When the engines
were wrecked they knocked out u telegraph
pole with such farce as to cut off all tele-
giaphlc communication. Passengers arriving
fiom the scene of the wreck report thai
eleven of th ? Injured have been rescue
and nro being cared for and that the elabo
rate preparations in this city for the Injured
will not bo needed.
The dead are :
FIREMAN WILSON of the Louisville ex
press.
AN UNKNOWN MAN , burled under the
w reck.
Injured :
Fireman Hiram Brunlng of the St. Louis
train , bruises and cuts on leg , skull and
shoulder ; very dangerously.
Jacob Bovver of Lawrcnceburg , Ind. , hip
dislocated ; Ictr , arm and head cut and
bruised.
Alozo Pruett , engineer of the Louisville
cxpre o ; Internally injured , left arm badlj
cut and gashed.
James Gabriel , engineer of the St. Louis
train ; back and side Injured.
Trad Blnekamp of Aurora , a passenger
severe : alp wounds.
T * M. Volght , express messonB3r on the St
Louis train ; Intel nnl Injuries , besides bac
cuts and bruises. He called deliriously for
his wife. He was left at Coal City.
Express Messenger George Welselborger of
the United States express , very slightly ; obis
to come home.
Of the Injure 1 nil are very sai-lously hur
except Blnokamp and Elsp nbcrn. It Is fenre <
that Brunlng , Bovver and Pruett arc fatally
hurt. A special train ai rived at mldnlgh
with the Injured , and they wore at once
taken to the Belts street hospital. The
caus of Ihe accldenl was the fajlure of the
operator at Storr'e station , wlthjp the cltj
Dmitri , to report to the Louisville train ai
injer , tOY.alt , at Delhi and let the St. Louis
train pass 'It there. \
COLLISION OX THE jai&VATRU.
_
Illeetric Cnrn .Iiinliaeil Together am
Three l't > f ( > iiH I nj nreil.
CHICAGO , Dec. 30. A collision occurrc <
early this } inprnlng at the Lavvndale avenue
terminus cf the Metropolitan Elevated rall-
tvay , resulting In the partial derailment o
the fains , and Injuring more or less fcerlously
tlio following persons :
JOSIM'II ASinn , inDtormnn.
.1O1IN llfiSI : > AIjK , conluctor.
Ol TO WIJJSKOIT , n iwllce olllccr.
icil I > > TOIIH of lloelc.
NIAGARA FALLS , N. Y. , Dec. 30 Earlj
Sunday morning wvcral tons of rock brok.
away from the cllft of tie ! Niagara gorge
rear the battery elevator and fell with ful ;
force upon the building useJ as n photograph
gall ry aud walling room near Ihe water't
edge , 200 feet below. The building was
Eiiushcd to splinters and the tracks cf the
Gorge Trolley line were torn up for n shoit
ill-tance. Had the fall occurred later In the
day thcr ? IB Illlle dcubt but there would have
been lo * > s of life.
Coal I'leel UnasKrolllid. .
PITTSBUnG , QJC. 30. The tug boat Harry
Brown , while cnroute lo Ihe fouth with a
o fleet of coal , ran aground at Glasshouse
Riff ! , Grunot's Island , this morning. The
pilot attempted lo back Into deeper water
to release the lleet , when a heavy cable
parted , the ends striking Jonathan Wood
and a deckhand known as "Whlty. " The lat-
lei was Instnnlly killed nnd Wood was ser
iously , bul not fatallv Injured. The coal
lioats and ono barge , containing 00,000 bushels
of coal , are nl Ihe bottom of the river as a
rcnull of Iho accldenl and Iho channel Is
blockaded Th' sunken boats will bo blown
oiit with dynamite by Iho government to
day. The loss will bo very heavy.
Imutter Kli-ni AKNIIVIIN.
CHICAGO , Dec 30. The Furson & Llbby
company , dealers In lumber and manufac
ture of sash , doors and blinds , made an
nssluninenl loday to CharlcD E Pain. The
assets and liabilities are about $100,000 each.
The concern until n jenr ago , was known
ns the HlnUe & Baker company.
This nftcinoon tlneo of the lumber com
panies asfclgncMl In the county court , an a
insult of the fill I uro of the Furfon < Si Llbby
company. 'Ihey were-tho City SiiHh und
Door comimii ) , John L Johnson nnd C W
Hohe & Co No Htatcmont us lo II'MH ) ( or
liabilities VVOH Hied. All of them wore
lirari hes 01 fetdcra of the Fnrpon & Llbby
company ,
Shipping l.oeoinotlveH ( o ItiiNxla.
I'lIILADELPHIA , Dec. SO.-Thu British
HtenmMiip Turrel sailed from Porl Richmond
mend loday with a cirgo of twenty oll-
burnltifr locomotives , built by the Baldwin
Locomotive works for the Riibslun govern
ment The engines weigh ninety-mix en
lonn each , nnd lire built with npeclal lire-
boxes for burning petioleum InHteiid of
caul. The oil Is Mipplled from lenders
which entry n large oil lunk , with placed
foi water und coul They lire designed for
both frelglu nnd iian > enger pervlfo on Ihe
TruntcaiitMfcliin rallioud. Another cargo nf
the nnmo number of englnea will be bhlpped
in January The Hlenmer Tun l will hull
llroct to Glbiultur. nml thence through the
Mcditciinneuii and Black M'ti" to thu RUH-
slun poit of Novvosllslc. The vojagu Is
r > , COO mlles In lenglh. _
Italli-oailH I'nl In netv Turin' .
SlOt'X FALLS , S. D. Pec. -Special ( )
The new lutlff sheelH prescribing the
freight intes lo be given Sioux Ful'H here
after under the recenl Inlcistulo commeico
drclelon , have ai rived unl will KO Into
effccl on Wednesday The latcn from
Duliilli , Minneapolis und HI. Paul to Kloux
Fall ! ) rre the tmme us those fiom Kloux
Pity , whllo those from Chicago ure 3 per
cent hlb'her Railroad men Mute that this
will be followed In u few days by u tariff
from .Milwaukee clvlnt , ' thin city Iho same
ralisj as Hloux City , nnd Hint Unit will
iraotlcully force Ihu Chicago roads to mcel
I There IB general reJoleltiB among the
icoplc , und particularly Iho Jobber. ; .
lu\ fxtluriitlnu- * PI-IMI'M Coinpliilnt.
BAN FRANCISCO , Dec , 30 The exumlmi-
Jon of the ecundals growing out of the
ust ciulse of the revenue cutter Bear be-
Kan today The proceedings were In the
iiituru of u prellmlmry examination of the
chnrKCK recently made by the vessel's crew
uKulnct LleulenunlB Dory und Danlvlu in
ordtr to deteimlne whollii-r Ihe uccusntlonj
potsesscd merit to warrant n court of In-
qulry , The examination Is expected to bo
irocUictlvu of some very sensational utorles
as the crew of the Benr , unon whom the
nirJt'ti of [ iro-jf rests , promUea to funilHh
sulllclcnt evidence to support their charges.
roi.icr.
Porelurn llorlK \ilraiiM Itnletl Out
for " 'irCiyS ra\orl < e- < .
Within Ihe l viglv till-four hours the
fighl for the polldB.cAmlssloncr lilp to suc
ceed Major-elect U'V-ffJJ' ' hns taken several
Intorpftlng turns. VBftl't three new cin-
dldales have been s ffr upon members of
the appointing boiril and there Is merry
hades to pay among those who thoughl they
had a deid sure cinch The man who now
clalniii to be absolute ! ) c Main nf the place
Is C L Chaffee , with L D. Fowler second
and H. E Palmer third
All the candidates of foreign birth 1mo
been ruled out of the race by the Junior
Order Influence. This Includes at leist two
prominent German republicans , who have
claims upon the party and Its lenders. John
Grant and II. P Cady , who hid been running
neck and neck , have bo n pushed aMdo for
the benefit of the new favorites.
Land Commissioner Russell , who spent
Sunday night In Omaha , held a long confer
ence early yesterday morning with the pow
ers that be al Burlington hcidquarlers ,
where ha w s also Joined by John Clarke.
Broitch's left bower , and George W. Covell.
The outcome of that conference was an
other conference , In which J H Wlnrpeir ,
John Thompson and Lavvjer Covell were the
principal actor ? . The ulllmntum was Issued
Hint the man lo be appointed mini be n
member of Ihe A P. A. order. Preference
was expressed for Chuffcc , and Churchill
and Russell duly notified to govern them
selves accordingly.
IIi\VV h.\O\\ > i IN Tim 13AST.
Illinois n nil Iiiilliliia Covered Midi n
While lllmil.el.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 30. Dispatches from
southern Illinois mention the heaviest snow
storm for several years In that section. At
Shelbvlllo e'ght ' to ten Inches of snow has
fallen since lust midnight ; at Odin there Is
six to eight Inches on the ground , and at
Lebanon , Ind. , two feet nas fallen , blocking
rallrcails and Impeding all kinds of traffic
The storm has as ! prevailed in some pirts
of Missouri About four Inches of snow fel
hero last night , but the weather at noon
today Is clear and cold.
INDIANAPOLIS , Dec. 30 One of the
heaviest snow storms In recent years s.t in
here last night and toflny a foot of snow
covers the ground. The storm continues , niu
all kinds of street tralllc Is much hampered.
The slreel car lines were cleared with dlfil-
culty , and the service throughout the diy
was very uncertain. Suburban cars were
gjuerally abandoned. The railroads are feelIng -
Ing the effects of the storm and most of the
incoming trains are late , though not enough
to jeopardize the connecllons
UHNVKIl , Dec 30-The wind stoun in
Denver today vvus one of the worst ever ex
perienced heie. At 0 n m the wind was
blowing nt the rate of fortj-live miles nn
hour. It Inci eased In velocity until ti 30 and
for live minutes blew nl the rate of u ml'e
H minute All the incuiitaln lines of HIL
Colorado Telephone company are down.
I'IIOTICTIO.N roil TIIIJMIUICA \ * .
I'llrfher Ailv Ices from Hit * Troiililes
111 TnrKe > In .Vwln.
ST. PAUL , Dec. 30. The parenlo of Miss
Frances C. Gage , principal of the American
girls' school al Marsovnn , Turkey , In Asia ,
and formeily a leacher In Ihe public schools
at St. Paul , have- received thre ? letters from
her since the date of Iho mas-acre , November
15. Wrlllng under dale of November 22 , uho
says : "At noon call tp prayers on last Til-
day a massacre began In thlti city In whlc'i
about 100 vvre killed ( perhaps more , but s
many we know ) and In the Armenian quarter
of the market about llOO shops with goody
valued at 35,000 lire , were rifled. Monday
wo sent a lelcgram lo Constantinople which
we asked to have repeat 1 to Boston , and
which wo suppos3 will be published In the
papers , and we have written to you Th's
salt ! that we are all nafe under the protection
of th ? local government. "
The t'c'icol bul dings belonging to tha Ameri
can bard vvcic not burned , though nn at
tempt was made to burn them In October
which was frustrated. By letters received
from Miss Gage It Is known that up to De
cembar 2 th" bojs' college and girls' ushool
were both running as usual at Mar .v.in
The distress of the Impoverished and home
less people Is , however , terrible ,
.imVIbll SOCIAL I.AIIOH I'VllTV.
Dele neH \ ( It-mi the SeHHloiiN from
All I'tirlM of tli < * C'ouiir > .
NEW YORK , Dec. 30. The second day'ti
sctslon of the annual convention of the Jew
ish speaking organlzallon of Urn socialist
labor parly was well attended today. Minj
delegates at Sunday's session strongly advo
cated the agitat'on of socialism among the
Jews. Delegates from the. United Hebrew
trades reporled ( julle an Increase In wages
by utrlkes and a large Increase In mem
bership. The general execullve committee of
the Soclallsllc Trade and Labor Alliance has
been Informed tli.it the painters assembly
of Plttsburg has withdrawn from the Knlghls
of Labor , and also Ibat the Knights of Labor
varnlhhers of New York had withdrawn
In order lo join and endorse Ihe- Socialistic
and Trade Alliance of Ihe Untied Stales and
Canada. The afternoon and evening Hffcslona
were devoted mosli . the discussion of the
eilltorialism of the | ! Alj3 which are > the
official organs of the party. All the delegates
reporled progress. Delegates are present
from all over the country.
I AIIUIST ,
ToiiiicNHi'i' .Indue l'i | oil ( In *
of ShooHiiK v\lh ( Intent lo Kill
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , Dec 30 Chief
Jut'tlce Snodgrass came lo Iho city Saturdaj
afternoon to spend Sunday with his family
Sunday afternoon John R. Bcasley , who wa *
Fhcl rec'iilly by the Judge , swore out a war
rant for his arrest , charging him wllh assault
with Intent to commit murder In the first
degree. The warrant was taken by a ccuntj
cont'tablo lo Judge Snodgraso' house , and
the arrest was mads whllo the Justice wat
it home with his family. Today Judge Snol
grass' atlornsy applied lo Juigo Moon of the
circuit court for a relcatx ] on a writ of
habeas corpus. On the trial cf the writ Ihe
circuit Judge held thai the chief Jusllce
lielng already before Ihe circuit court on a
bond to appear In a previous proceeding , the
irjscnt warrant was Improperly Issued and
he defendant chief Juytlcu was relented. He
Is already under a bond to appear at the
nexl lerm of Ihe clrcull court , on the charge
of pUtol carrying and malicious shooting.
Do Hi Wlxi-H ( ir | n Dltorer.
ROCHESTER. N Y. , Dec. 30-In Judge
liumeey'B clrcull court today the icfcrcc
handed up two uectalonu In the action
nplnst W. II , HurJItk. now In Jail on thr >
CI.OIKO of bigamy. The llrnt vvus un action
for ( Ivoico biought by Oroco 13 liurdklc
of Llvlnla ugHliiBt Huidlck , In which Ihe
irayer of the pel Utonei IH granted , ami
Maijorlc 8 Rodt-n Is named ns co-respond-
enl 'Ihe pcconil IH un action brought b >
Muijpi'o S Roden of Hau Franclsej aguhiht
llurdlck Ip annul n innirlugo on Die ground
; ml Iho dcfcmlunl hud u vvlfo living ul Ihr
" 'no 'Jho referee decides In favor of tht
'
) 'nlntlff M us Rodon Is In Rochester and
my Hhp will remain unlll the KOBH Ilurdlclc
Jclilnd tlm IKIIH In Aiibuin htiitc pi'hun , and
ii ; " Bho will go homo to her people In
California , _
One TlioiiKiinil Cat Me Drotvneil.
aUTIIRIE , Old. , Dee. SO.Huydcn. . vvh'
ms Immense pastures along the Orand
river , rcporls having had over 400 head of
calllo drowr.cd bv the Hoods of the pas
week , and says Jack Rllcy lost 2O ) head.
and Joel Bryan ax many more , nnd othprb
sn'all ' iiutnbcrB It Is belloveii that full >
, OW head or more pci-itticd In the Ojag.
ropiiHeil n MOIIIIIII > II ( for llr , Sinllli.
BOSTON , Dec. 31Tho Amer can M. II.
ulal uwoclutlon him put In shape for pub
1 11 presentation the movement for n natlunul
' .
. . "Of Ul ° mCnUIHC-H VV 1
m " iln.ln ,
? A" "r Wajhlnsioii. Thu chlilrf
ribut" " BcllooU w1'1 ' be usked to con
Resolution Passed in the Scnnto by a Ma
jority of Two ,
ONLY ONE OF THE POPULISTS VOTED
alor llnrrlN Stir * l' | > n Uutmlni ?
tiiili * oil ( lie Itrpiilillciiu lloniuin-
NllillKj l.oiltsc | ) | I > IINMI-N ( In-
Monroe Doctrine ,
WASHINGTON , Doc. 30. The commute : *
of the senate today passed Into the control
of the republicans. The change In tho-
polltlcnl complexion of the committees was
effected by the adoption of a resolution or
ganising the conimlttc < 8 a agreed to by the
republican nnd democratic steering com
mittees. The popullits , with the exception
of Mr. K > le of South Dakota , declined to >
vote , and the republicans ! , having n plurality
of the s'tiate , were thus einbled to adopt
the icsoliitlon by a vote cf SO to 2S
Mr. K > le votctl with the democrats against
the rccrganlrntlon. A two hours' debate fol r
lowed the adoption of the resolution , the
purpose cf which was mainly political. The
d nuerats , under the leadeiahlp of Senator
Gorman , ably seconded by Scnitor llaril
attempted to show that the reorganization
was effected by nil alliance between the rc-
publlcins nml populists , contending that the-
tllence of th ? latter bj malting possible the
reorginlzatlon , In&Icitcd nc'iulcsccnce. Ho
n'isx ) Insisted that the repiibllciu accomplish
ment of control saddled thum with responsi
bility for legislation. Tlio pcpullfts , led by
Senator All n of Nebr.irka nnd Senator
Butler of North Carollm , denied that they
were In anj fashion responsible for the re
sult.
sult.Thu
Thu lepubllcans , under the leadership of
Semtor Mitchell , chairman of the republican
fleering committee , .mil assisted by Senators
Hoar , Hale , Alllyon and Chandler , combated
the argument of the democrats by asserting
mcst emphatically that the populists had evn
rofuyjj to make any suggestion as to their
committee alignments , and had as n mat
ter of fact , bEen left b > the icorganlzatlon
In the positions to which they had b ° cn
asy'gned under the democratic control of
Ihe senate. The republicans prolesled also
against being held responsible for leglsla-
lion.
lion.Beforo
Before Iho reorganlzillon , Henry
Cabot Lodg , who has undo ' a * l
brilliant reputation as nn historical ,
blograiiher , dellveied an address on
the Momoo flcctrlne. Although temperate In
language , he took the ground thai , unless
we Insisted tint Venczuela'si dispute with
Great Britain be submitted to friendly ar
bitration , we would surrender the eseence ,
spirit and vltil pilnciple of the Monoro
doctrine , which c-ntcndcd was as ewen-
tlal to the safety and welfare of the Ameri
cans ns Iho balance of power lo Iho siifely
and w ? Iflire of Eur-pean nations
Mr. I'eff'r. populist , of Kansas , pre-
sentrd i evolutions from several Grand Army
of the Republic posls In Kansas , offering
their services lo Ihe Unlle.l States In tlio .
avenl of war with Great Britain.
The clerk of the house announced Iho pas
sage of Ihe bond bill by lhal body.
Mr. Chandler , republican of New Hamp
shire , who had been waging war ajsalnsl tlm
Interstate Commerce commission for not
putting a stop to pooling arrangements1 , In
troduced a bill to enlarge the Interstate
Ccmmorcs commission and modify and Increase
crease- the scope of Us powers.
Mr Brlco offered resolutions Instrucllng ;
Ihe secretary of war to make an examlnalloji
of the physics and hjdrnullcj of
lake ? and to report on mfe
cost of raising Ihe level of Iho lalttj
ssries of dams
Mr. Chandler offered a resolution liuU _
oh the committee on navai .iifilrs lo Inquire-
, nto Hi" prices paid by Iho Unlled Stales for
armor plale , as to whether they were lea-
-.onable ; as to whether they were In excess
jf the prices charged foreign governments ;
as to whether the prlcpi had been Increased
by reason of now patent processes and
whether the Nnvy department could ex-
P"dllo the granting of those patents and
whether any otllce-rn of the United States
vcro Interested In tlinee patenl proce'ses.
LODGE ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Mr Lodge , republican of Masachusettn , then
took the lloor to deliver an address nn tha
.Monroe doctrine. Before he began Mr.
Mitchell , republican of Oregon , chairman of'
the republican caucus commlltee , gave notlce
that at the completion of Mr. Lodgf M
marks ho should ask the senale lo itjtts up"
Ihe question of reorganising Iheccvnfiilttcca. .
of the tenale. A resolullon offered by Mr.
Quay , republican of Pennsylvania , vvaa
adopted , directing the secretary of the navy
to Inform Ihe renate whethci In his opinion
It would be advantageous to Ihe naval
serv'ce ' to now contracl for six batllcshlpa
Instead of for the tmi at present authorized
on the basis of the bids now before thu Navy
department , modified as might bo lo Iho pub
lic interest.
Mr Lodge's address was listened to with
attention by the senate. Ho said :
Mr. Lod.go gave a very Interesting sketch
of the hlsloiy of the Monroe doclrlne and told
how It was vitally Involved In tha Venezuelan
boundary line controversy. II ? followed thl
with u bilef relation of the pandlng dispute
between Great Britain and Venezuela , which ,
he said had now reached a crla'.s ' affecting-
mcst gravely the honor , the Int rests , tliu.
rights and the well tattled policy of Iho
United States.
If England , with no authority but n din-
puled claim , has telzed tlio territory and de
clined aihllrallon upon It , her acllon , ho do-
clar d , did not differ from crl/lng and hold
ing new territory In Iho Americas by right
if conquest. If bho could t > el/o terrllory un
der a claim whlc.li had grown larger with
eacli succeeding ye.u , there was nothing to
provcnt her taking Indefinite regions In South
Ameilca. The senator referred ( b ibo claim
made on Venezuela by Grpal flrlufhfcr -
repnatlon on account of the nrresl by tlio
authorities of tin former country of British
subjects on the disputed territory But the-
question of reparation , ho declared , must not
get mixed up with the acquisition of lorrllory.
If Vcne/ucla pal'j the Indeninity fixed anil
d'manded by Great Britain , she acknowledged
In so doing that the dlbpulcd country IK Ilrll-
Iwli territory and thuB made tlio w-hnlo case *
void. Wo had , ho tonllnucd , neglected too
long our foreign policy and the great Inter
ests of the United State * which lay b'-yonu
her honlcrH. Wo wautol the malter ! of Iho
boundary dispute nettle 1 by arbitration because
causeIf II Is bellied olherwlte It wan H blow
to a vital principle to the welfare and dignity
of Iho United Stales. He did nol Iwllcve the
icoplo of England had the h-aei deslio to en-
; ago In hostilities with the United State ) any
nor o than wo sought or deslrej hoatllltlc *
with Ihem ,
NOT A RESULT OF ACCIDENT ,
"Wo have " said Sonalor ' "
, L'/dgo , "eeen
BrlllBh forces nt Corlnto. We know Iho al
titude they assume In Venezuela. They tir
attempting lo lake land on the Alaskan
joundary They have Juit denounced tha
nodiiu vlvendl and rcoponol In that way ( li
icrlloiu dliputo of the sea ( Iwlicrlca. It IF not
iy actldunt lhal Ihcuo evenlu have all oc
cur ! cd or all came to an acute tago within
in1pasl year. "
The senator closed by expressing the belief
that the < | iientons | bctwon England and the
Jnltfd States would bo peaceably tcttled ;
hut It was very clear thai such settlement
ould only bo reached by action on the part
jf congress and the president which slioiiia
jo as firm as It wan temperate und which
' 'lould maintain Iho Monroe doctrine ab o-
utely and at all hazards vvheiever II jUBJljr ;
ipplled ,
VOTED TO REORGANISE.
Mr LxJKO occupied the floor almoet twot
iMirs Wli n he finished Mr. Mitchell , re-
lubllcan of Oregon , prcirnt'-J ( he riuolutlor
or the reorginl/atlon of tin ecnate commjf
e H
HMr Gorman , democrat of Maryland ,
brcfp c U il > v lrpcl that the tactics