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"I THE OMAHA 'DAILY ' BEE."I T2STA1JI/ISHED JUKE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY MOUNINGIjANUAllY 17 , 1800. SINGLE COLT FIVE OI2NT3. JO GIVE CAMPOS POINTERS Havana Papers Advise Oitizons to Oall on the Spanish General , WANT HIM TO KNOW PUBLIC SENTIMENT x In Itnve ( lie AVnr Conclnileit nil Ilnnoriililc Manner llelicln Continue to Move Hnplilly. ISM , by Vrvn rutillihlnc Company. ) HAVANA. Cuba , Jan. 18. ( New York > ' World Cablegram Special Telegram. } The Dlsro dc la Marina fays In an editorial today : "In our evening edition yesterday we re ferred to a dispatch from Madrid stating that news received from Cuba had caused the greatest anxiety there. If such la the case In Spain , where , owing to the fact that the dispatches had been received by way ot the United States , they could entertain hopes as to tficlr fjltfity or exaggeration , nnd where they could receive adequate coloring nt the hands of Iho premier , and , having reached there Just after the minister of war tind stataJ at a public banquet that the end of the war was near , owing to the position of the trocpa and the supposed exhaustion of the enemy's ammunition , what shall we , the loyal residents of this Island , say ? Wo who nro dally disappointed In our hopes of reading some decisive and fav'rable news , often re ceiving Instead not the news of a final blow , which Is utterly Impossible , but pomo un welcome news. ULTIMATE SUCCESS ASSURED. "In vain have wo advised , tlmo after time , confidence and serenity. In vain , be cause no ono can doubt ultimate success , but the families that have lost their all , be It great or small ; those who have witnessed the assassination of husband , father or brother ; the merchants who have scon their capital disappearing , cannot find consolation In con fidence nnd serenity. The final triumph Is sure. Who doubts It ? Are not we , the Cubans and Spaniards , willing to sacrifice our lives and fortunes to save the honor of our flag nnd the material and moral rights of Spain ? But the conviction of final triumph cannot prevent lamentations over the present state of affairs , and cause one to refrain from ap plying an efficient remedy. "The present condition , without being des perate , Is very critical , and this fact Is hid den only to these who do not want to see. Wherever our columns have succeeded In bringing about on engagement our triumph has been as complete as our enemy's resist ance would permit. But the latter , eluding bottles , disbanding only to unlto again , and availing themselves of the superiority of their cavalry , have managed lo put large distances between our columns and them- B61vcs , extending their ravages from one ox- trcmo end of the island to the other. The lines of defense have proven useless. Not withstanding them Maximo Gomez lias mltrcllcd from the east over ruins to the vi cinity of Havana. AS TO THE MATERIAL LOSS. "Tho material loss may bo placed at be tween $30.000,000 and $40,000.000. But far inciro precious are the lives which have been sacrificed In defense ot the country. "And after all this Is the nation to bo satisfied with the cry of confidence and serenity Just because wo uphold order and desire that our governor should bo Invested with oil the prestige due him and required to work a change In the present condition and because wo do not care to discuss our general Just when ho Is In the presence of nn enemy who has prolonged this war longer than It should have lasted. Wo wish to dissipate the dense atmosphere which It Is said on what authority wo know not surrounds the palace and prevents public opinion and a knowledge ot existing de ficiencies penetrating therein , as well as the measures that could be employed to render less unbearable the present state. "To reach n practical solution In this di rection wo believe that representative per sons should present themselves to the gen eral and lay before him the exact course In which public opinion is flowing , and state with all due respect all that they think could bo done to conduce to the ro-cstabllshment of peace. There Is no fear that this step could be considered out of place or Indiscreet. CAMPOS IS APPROACHABLE. "On the memorable night of December 21 last , General Campos , replying to that speech of Senor Gumanz , said : 'All I ask ot you Is If at any tlmo I lose your confidence , come and toll me. I am ! ) Ut a soldier , whoso per sonal pride Is entirely subordinated to the high Interest of his country. ' "Confidence In the general certainly Is not lost , but It could be weakened because of his Ignorance ot the truth of all the truth of what Is happening here. We point out an easy way to coma to a practical conclu sion , and that public .sentiment , anxious for a quick ending of this unaccountable condi tion , should assume a manly attitude and int-ot the consequences so unnecessarily brought Into existence. " . An tfilelal report IMS come from General Luquo stating that yesterday noon , at Palcnqiie , a place three miles north of Qulncs , ho received Information that a rebel column SOO strong was c'-untcrmarching toward Can- . * dolarla , following a southern line. General > ' . Luqun forced a march In that direction and ran against the rebel pickets , who wore made prisoners and offered to reveal the camp. General Luque reached the camp after the advance guard had loft the main body , and the rear guard was still thero. There was firing for ono hour. The rebels left seven killed on the field. The Spanish loss was twenty-two wounded. The rebels were under command of Nunez , Ilermudez and Alvarez. General Luquo MJ-B ho has no knowledge of the whereabouts ot Gomez. WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN. CnllliiK on Camp < > N lo IlexlKn. NEW YORK. Jan. 1C , A special to the Herald from Key West. Flu , , says ; Accord ing to private advices from Havana there was great excitement on the exchange yes terday ( Wednesday ) , where much seditious talk was Indulged In. Several colonels and olllccrs of volunteer companies who were picienl made speeches against Captain Gen eral Campos nnd a general protest was ex pressed against his military Inactivity and uur-huinano policy. One major of volun teers proposed that Campos bo either forced to resign or lynched , and the speech was met by cheers from various Spanish merchants of well known Intrnnslgonte principles. A delegation from the- volunteer corps officers was named to watt upon Campos and Insist that Panada be culled and given full mili tary command and that Campos either radi cally change his political policy or else resign the governorship. Mr. llnyiiril Iteturim TlinnUx. LONDON , Jan. 10. The foreign olllra has received n note from the United States am bassador , Mr. Thomatf F. Bayard , saylnir ho lius been Instructed by his government to tender tlmnks to Great Britain for the kind otllcuH of the latter towards Amcr'cjns ' In tha Transvaal. Axhunlee'i * Klnif COIIII-N to Time. LONDON , Jan. ! . A dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company frcm Capr Const Castle sayit that King Prompch of Ashantco has accepted the terms of the British. t.reeiMvnx Mnjorlty Nineteen. WINNIPEG , Man. , Jan. 1C. Complete returns - turns show the ? election yeitorday of twenty- nlr.u Grecnwa ) eiverumoiit supporters , five oppoiltlpii and five Independent , Queen Victoria WnnU 1'eiiee , CONSTANTINOPLE , Jan. 1C. The letter of Queen Victoria to the sultan of Turkey expressed the hone thit poico would soon be restored In Anatolia. 1'lueeil uii Uxiiorl llouuty ou Suiiar. DURNOS AYRES , Jan. 18. The Chamber of DE ini I It-a lias pairo ! a bill granting buu- tles for exports at tugir. i\OM.SM MOVIXO AVAR MATHUIAI. . Venertifln Mil ell I'xelleil Over Hroent I \ | > ei1ltloll | | | ( DlNlltltlMl Slrll. ( Copyrlshl , 1896 , by I-rcra Pul.llnhlns Company. ) CARACAS , Venezuela , Jan. 16. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) An other expedition , with two cannon , Is re ported to liavo left Georgetown , British Guiana , for Cuyunl station , on the Guiana frontier. It Is said to bo commanded by Colonel Nlclnnls. A cable dispatch from Trlnldado. taya this second force Is to go to the extreme- limit of the English claim , though the colonial ofllce at London denies that any force Is golnR there. The papers continue urging energetic action by the gov ernment and the construction of telegraphic lines to the frontier. Thn announcement that the reason nngland declined to accept Tope. Leo XIII. as an ar biter was because the Vatican possesses docu ments to prove that Venezuela Is In the right causes a sensation. The explanation of Minister Thomas In the World Interview gives satisfaction. A special meeting of the cabinet was held yesterday to decide upon come vigorous method of punishing revolutionists. The newspapers publish a letter from General Jose Manuel Hernadez , a revolutionary chief and a bitter enemy of Crespo , ottering to re turn to Venezuela to take a position In the army owing to the gravity of the' ' situation. The president answers In n public letter , thanking him for the patriotic offer , and ac cepting It. A committee Is studying methods of put ting Into practice n commercial war against England. The government has been asked to revoke the charter of the La Guiyra Breakwater - water company , an English concern. It Is complained that sand Is tilling the harbor. The last Hcd I ) steamer got aground along side n wharf. The rumor that the govern ment Is buying war supplies In Germany causes dissatisfaction and much talk. The pccplo say It Is unfair to the United States In the present crisis , and that the orders should bo placed with American companies. Santiago Rosa , a political prisoner , ar rested In the last revolution for furnishing money to the rebels , was released today. Simon Darcelon , an editor , an American citizen , and an enemy of Crespo , Is very 111 , but requests for his freedom have been re fused. W. NEPHEW KING. GUATEMALA'S MATI3IMAI , I'tlOGHESS. Ilalluny Development One of the FentiircH nf ( lie Day. ( CopyrlRht , HOS , by Tress Publishing CompiJiy. ) GUATEMALA , Jan. 16. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) A new municipal law Is published here , placing an exorbitant tax upon commerce. Representative's of a Scotch syndicate are hero with the proposition to purchasa the Central railway. The opening of the Gualan railway has been postponed on account of serious defects In Its construction. SALVADOR. Jan. 1C ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The crema tory for the disposition of dead animals , which has been Imported from the United States , has commenced operations. Three batteries of Gnnge cannon have been received hero from Franco and five French army officers have arrived and will act us army Instructors. The German olllccrs now occupying similar positions here , regarding this as a rellectlon upn them , have all re- elgnod. The now garrison of 1,200 men was reviewed by the president and the minister of war and cheered both of them on filing past the palace. MANAGUA , Nicaragua , Jan. 16. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) General Nicholas Valle , an army officer of great merit and much beloved throughout the country , has been accused of conspiracy against President Zclaya , and Imprisoned. General Indignation has been arouced , and It Is generally believed that the accusation Is absolutely groundless. A committee of respectable citizens of Granada has presented to the supreme court an accusation against the court of appeals of Granada , charging It with deciding cases In favor of those _ who iay ) the highest price , regardless of Justice. SAN SALVADOR , Jan. 16. ( Now Ycrk World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Min ister of War Perez hag been granted leave of absence. It Is understood that he will not return to his post , as lie Is net satisfied with President Gutierrez's policy. The place will be filledby / Castro , a personal friend of Gutierrez , who took an. Important part In the revolution against E eta. SAN JOSE , Costa Rlc , Jan. 1C. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The question of permitting Protestant mis sionaries to continue ! proselyting In "Tnlf. country Is engrossing every one's attention. The minister of the Interior has decided In their favor , but the clerical party , which every day Is growing more powerful , threat ens revolution It his decision Is sustained. President Iglestas' determination Is anxiously awaited by all. DKII.VTING TUB GHAI.V MOXOPOLY. MlnlNtrv Denleil There Wnx Any Gen eral DlHlreNH In Germany. BERLIN , Jan. 1C. In the Reichstag to day during the dliKUsalon of Count von Kanltz's proposal for the establishment of a government grain monopoly the count denied that It would ral j the price of bread. He also f < ald that the scheme was llberallstlc and that Its object was to benefit the people generally. Ho concluded with the remark : "The government may look on while the country Is being desolated , but wo want deeds , not words. " ( Prolonged upplaupc. ) Daron von Blcberstein , the minister for fotclgn affairs , replying to Count von KanlU , said that the latter motion had created ex pectations which could not bo' realized and had aroused anxiety and distrust. The speaker denied the existence of universal dis tress and asserted that what distress exists nan not duo to the commercial treaties. lie classed Count von Kan It 7. ' piopasal for a gov ernment grain monopoly as being utterly Im practicable from a politico-commercial stand point , and added that It must be regarded with the gravest mistrust from a polltlro- soclal standpoint. llaron Marschal von Blebersteln. continu ing , said that Count von Kanltz's scheme would Involve not merely the revision , but the negotiations of the treaties- . Moreover , the empire could no more guarantee a nor mal price for grain than It could guarantee a noinul price of wages. The government's P-llcy In taking action wherever advisable would , In his opinion , gain less vote ? , but would bo morn certain of success than the. great remedies of the agrarians. The centrist leader , Herr von Galen , for mally announced that the center parly was In favor of the absolute rejection of Count von Kanltz'J rchcme. Csunt Herbert von Bismarck was listened to by a full house as ho arose to speak. Ha opposed the- measure as a makeshift , like a protective customs tariff. The agrarians' miner remedies , ho bald , were not worth much. There was a general tendency to ward protection , even In * Great Britain , The Idea prevailed , hr atserted , to unite Bcuth Africa mil the protected territories Into one economic region , and , with the other British colonies , to establish a protective tariff agilnrt the whola world. Ho con cluded the firmest foundation of the em pire Uy In a sUtlonary population. 1'olltli-iil How In Ciiloiiililu. ( Cop ) tight , 18SO , by I'ri-is Publishing Company , ) COLON , Colombia , Jan. 16. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The political atmosphere Is dlbturbed. It Is re ported ( bat Barranqullla has been declared In u state of sleee on account of trouble in Caiw > . It Is expected that a proa csnsor- ship will be established , Huter Fit ( her , Uxlt Sou. OTTAWA , Ont. , Jan , 10 , Sir Charles Tup- pcr , tr. , has entered the reorganized cabinet as secretary of state , His son , Sir Charles Tuppcr , today announced ' his permanent re tirement from the 'government. It It rumored that he will abandon * politics and take up the practice of low. fur South UiiUota , ROME , Jan. 10. Rev , Father O'Corman has been appointed bishop of Sioux Falls , S , D , HAS PROOF OF CONSPIRACY President Krueger of the Transvaal Prepared - pared to Oonvict the Eoformers. CECIL RHODES AND JAMESON IMPLICATED Colonial Olllee IMnceil III 11 Hellenic I'onltlon I ) } ' tlic lleio- lutloiiN of the Inut Nay or Tito. ( CoryrlRht , 1S50 , l > y 1'rcjs rubllshlnR Company. ) LONDON , Jan. 1C. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The tele gram from High Commissioner Sir Hercules Robinson today Is the first official confirma tion ot the rumors rife In London for the last week that President Krueger had se cured evidence In the field of the Kruegera dorp battle and elsewhere fully proving the complicity of Cecil Rhodes and other officials of the Chartered company In a well and long organized conspiracy to seize the Transvaal republic. Sir Hercules cables from Cape Town today : "It Is alleged that the government has doc umcntary evidence ot a widespread conspiracy to seize upon the government and make use of the wealth of the country to rehabilitate the finances of the British South Africa com pany. " If so and Colonial Secretary Chamberlain makes good his flno protestations , the trial of Cecil Rhodes and his associates must prove the mst momentous to England eluco War ren Hastings w-is arraigned In Westminster. The mystery of It Is , however , If the trial Is fair and conspiracy Is proved against Rhodes and Jameson , how Sir Hercules can explain his own astonishing Ignorance pf preparations on the Transvaal border , carried on for months under the certain knowledge cf his subordinate In Bechuanaland , and on the other hand , If ho did not fulfill his duty In Informing the colonial ofllco here of the facts , how Secretary Chamh3rlaln himself can excuse his failure to stop the raid until Interference was too lato. Whatever hi said in the .public press , there Is probably not a sensible man In England who bellevco that the English cabinet , or at least the colonial part cf It , could possibly have been In Ignorance of the preparations or that the raid would at least have been stepped It the government had not been forced Ly Oem Paul's strategy in acquainting the whole world at a critical moment with the fact. SAMPLES OF ENGLISH DUPLICITY. If Jameson had formed an effectual coali tion with the ultlanders of Johannesburg , it Is unquestionable that the government ot the Transvaal would have bsen ovcrthrdwn. In that event no Englishman doubts that Loril Salisbury's cabinet would have accepted the situation , and would have sustained Jameson. The queen's government solemnly pledged Lobengula , not a long time before this same Jameson seized his country , that his sovereignty should be scrupulously main tained , If he permitted Rhodes and and other English speculators to exploit gold mines in his country. H Is only 4 few months ago that the queen's government annexed Chltral , a royal viceroy having shortly before solemnly declared in proclamation that the Chltral expedition would retire after accomplishing its pur pose of rescue , and that the country would net bo annexed. That Is , Indeed , the his tory of British colonization from the be ginning , nnd It has resulted In the magnifi cent British empire. Wo admire the results , while we denounce the details. H has Its Usson to us , however. If there Is an effort to extend these methods to our hemisphere. Sir Hercules would doubtless have not sent the pregnant fact quoted above If his sup pression of it would not have heightened suspicion of his own Integrity In tlie mat- 'tcr. I have already cabled you how close Wfu his own connection with these South African speculators when High Commis sioner Loch was recalled and given the con solation of a peerage , and Sir Hsrculas , at Rhodes' request , was appointed his succes sor. Was that appointment the flrt't step In the ollegjd conspiracy ? Wo may know some day , if the hostile attitude of the Gsrman emperor , backed by the proper Jealousy of all Europe , can by moral force secure a really fair and thorough trial' of Jameson In England. GROWTH OF THE COMPANY. Meanwhile here Is n brief history of the British South African company's financial iccord , as illustrating this official communi cation of Sir Hercules. I am quoting Us main details from an elaborately prepared statement In the London press , furnishing only a few corroborative facts with my own knowledge : Only a few years ago thd reports of gold deposits In the Zulu country of South Africa led to the formation of this company with Rhodes , then beginning his dictatorship In Cape Colony , and a member of the Diamond mend company of Klmberly , as one of Its chief promoters , and Its exploitation on the London market. They got a charter from the British government for certain sections of the Zulu country. They Issued shares at 1 par value , which. In tlmo , with varUus fluctuations then and since , have ap preciated to eomu 8 per share. Their first wcrklng for gold In their own districts proved unremuneratlvc , and they seized Lobengula's Ir.rd after an almost unmentionable- - Gccrc of Ills people and 'under clrcmntancw of frauJ and brutality not far bshlnd the Turk's cxplclts In Armenia , Gold did net pin out In Matabolcland up to expectations , but the discoveries In the Rand , within the limits of the Transvaal republic , through American mining tklll , by the way , hive In the last few years been the wonder of the world. LaK year It Is estimated that South Africa produced some $36,000,000 , or about one-fifth of the entire product of the world. The Chartered shares were de preciating , and the capture of Transvaal and the incorporation of the- country Into the Chartered company's area , as Bechuana land was Incorporated the other day , would make Rhodes and his associates richer than ever. POLITICS IN THE RAID. I have heretofore In this correspondence pointed out why Mr. Gladstons's colonial tpcrotary was frightened , against all pledge ? and traditions of the liberal party , Into con tenting i'j the overthrow of Lobengula , and the whitewashing of Its excesses. Tlia tra ditions of the try party are all for terri torial expansion of tbo empire , at whatever cost to national consistency. Hence Dictator Rhodes may have fancied ho had a free hand under Lord SallFhury'a government. Krueger's shrewdness and the kaiser's threat of German Intervention to the point cf war made Mr. Chamberlain's action Imperative. Exactly what could have made Rhcdes * plan so child ishly Ineffective IB really llio Inexplicable mystery , with our present lights of why Jameson's raid failed. Perhaps Rhodes IP a greatly overrated man ; perhaps , as gossip hero goes , ho Is not hlmi lf for certain periods , and his nerve and judgment failed him at a critical Juncture. Our own Immediate ! concern In all of this , apart from Its bearing upon the Venezuelan controversy , as Illustrating Brlt'sh methods , Is the fate of the Americans now In Jail at Pretoria , It has not been made clear here whether the laws In Transvaal cover their case , and what Is the punishment there for consp'racy against the state. Apparently the reform committee , of which the Im prisoned Americans were members , Invited Jameson's raid. It Is claimed that this In- vltat'on was only for protection to the wives and children of the ultlanders In Johannes burg , and had not In view the overthrow of the Boer republic. The present absolute lick of Information to explain why these English men and Americans allowed their kinsfolk under Jameson to be beleagured Into sur render almost within sight of Johannesburg would seemingly go to show that there was no concert of action. DEPENDS 0"N UNCLE PAUL. If , however , evidence Is In Oem Paul's possession showing- the complicity of the re form committee in a general conspiracy , It In difficult to see how tbo British govern- mcnt can Interfere In whatever punishment may bo decreed under Boer law's upon cither Englishmen or Americans proVed to have been engaged In It. Wet have committal the f to of our citizens In the Pretoria Jail to the kind offices of the Engllih , govern ment , but It must be remembered that Great Britain's extreme claim of suzerainty over the Transvaal stops at the prohibition of republics entering Into foreign relations agalnrt the protest of the queen's government. The republic's Internal government Is left absolutely to It self. If , under Transvaal laws , pun ishment of the proved crime of the Imprisoned members of the re form committee Is death , anil the accused have n fair 4rlal , It would stem that only armed Intervention of England , alone or with assistance or consent ot the United States , cctild save the convicted men. Armed Inter vention of England would unquestionably mean the annexation of the Transvaal , and It Is perfectly evident the whole nation Is ready today to go to war with Germany If the kaiser pushes his Interference. BALLARD SMITH. AMnitlOAXH MM-.ll XO IMtOTUCTtUX. TliONe In the TriiiiN\nnl Are lit \o UaiiKer from tlic liner Government. ( CopjrlRht , 1SW5 , liy I'rcss I'lilillslihiRCompviy. . ) NEW YORK , Jan. 1C. ( Special Telegram. ) In reply to a cablegram sjnt by the New York World atklns President | 'aul Krueger of the South African republic If American residents were In danger ot needed protec tion , the following cablegram It ) reply was received tonight : PRETORIA , Jan. 1C. Tp New York World , New York. Deep plot was laid to overthrow Iho Independence ot the re- pubjlc. The so-called grievances of the ultlanders nnd their need of protection were simply a pretext for the Invasion of .the country by freebooters of the ChurtPtdd company , whose nlm was to overthrow the Independ ence of the republic. The- freebooters nre Imprisoned and their officers will go to England for trial. American are In no danger whatever. They have no need of protection , but nro nble to take cure of themselves. Ten of them who Joined the i evolutionary po-called rcfdrm committee , will with the majority , mostly British sub jects , bo tried according to , law , and justice will bo done ulll withouj respect to nationality. | , GOVERNMENT INFORMATION DE PARTMENT. CAPE TOWN , South Africa , Jan. 1C.- ( New York World Cablegram Sppclal Telegram. ) Ex-Premier Cfcll Ithodes has sailed from here for Englaud on Uio steam ship Moor. OFFICIAL armvs FROM VAVE TOWX. Iloerx Acting Within the I , i v In Ar- rextliig ; Coiixiiirntor'x. LONDON , Jan. 1C. The secretary of state for the colonies , Mr. Josaph Chamberlain , re ceived tcday a reply to his dispatch to the governor .of Qapo Colony , Sir ; ' . Hercules Rob inson , requesting details ccnc'ernmg the ar rest of British subjects and , , others In th < s Transvail as a result of the recent disturb ances. The governor cabled : "Replying lo your request for details of the arrest , between fifty and sixty have been arrcisted On charges of. treason andf seeking to rJbverC the state by Inviting the co-operation 2nd entrance of an armed force. The proceedings are bised , I undert't-and. ' en .sworn . informstloii and the trials will occur in the high cjurt. The ac cused arc all well treated and will be da- fended by able counsel. It , Is , * alleged that the government has documentary evidence of a widespread conspiracy tj $2lzfe"il bh GijT government and use the wcjlU ; of the' coun try to rehabilitate the financed of the Char tered company. I urged uppn President Krueger. moderation , so as net tp alienate the aympathy which he now enjoys. The ques tion of ball Is a matter entirely In the hands of the atUrney general. The ; government seems to be acting within Its legal right : ' . " Mr. Chamberlain's fecrctiry stated that conno : ! would bo employed to/ watch the trial ot prisoners on b3half cf the British govern ment and counsel would defend the Interests of the British , Americans and .Belgian pris oners. _ _ Reached nil Agreement Over Slain. PARIS , Jan. 1C. At a cabinet council hold th's morning M. Nethelot. tlfc { mln'ster for foreign affairs , announced tli.it the Anglo- French agreement regarding Sjam was signed yesterday , and that by Its'terfris the Mekong becomes the boundary and ) both powers agrcB to refrain from an nnned advance In the Menam valley , but th ? Siamese territory with land cast of it Is excluded from this clause. ' _ _ FIGHT FOIL .SICAMNG' r Government Ankx for nil Injunction AKaliiHt the Coniniereltil Company. NEW YORK , Jan. 1C. In ) beiiilf ot the United States , District Attorney McFarland , having made his argument ! and presented such evidence as he considered necessary to back the motlgn which ( iq made before Judge Wallace In the United States circuit curt for an Injunction restraining the- North American Commercial company from seallnc on the Islands of St. Paul and St. George , Alaska , today rested his ensi. > Then Lawyer James S. , Cirtsr began hie argument In opposition to Uie motion. He urged that the act cf 187J , which gives the right to the secretary of the treasury tp say what number ot fur seals shall hs taken on the North American Commercial company's Island each season , was not ap plicable bccauso the twenty years' lease had expired. * Next George Stanley Brown , at present agent of the North American Commercial company at San Francisco , Uho has charge during the scasn of tfiklng the seilu on the Islands of St. Paul end St. George. wa& called to the stand. Hp fjrot vliltcd the sealing Islands In Juno , 18fl , as a special agent of the Treasury department. He was alto at the killings which'/ / took place In the years 1S92 , 1894 and. 1805 , and In each of these scatom ) fur seaU to jho number of 10,000 were slaughtered on the two le-iands , St. Paul and St. George. Ho dcierlbcd In detail the breeding grounds and the habits of the seals. After a lengthy explanation of all points connected .wUh1 tlie taking of soils an adjournment wag takeu , Trof , Brown being still on the stand. \ " FOUKTBKN I'EIISO.VJJ FOISDMSI ) . Every Inilleiitlon to .Show tlmt Crime WIIH I'liiiine ! . GALLATIN , Tenn. , Jap , 16. Fourtcsn persons were poisoned at the house of F , J. Merrlman , a farmer living .tbreq miles from Dlxon Springs , Tenn. , last -week , Merrlman had Invited a lot of hlfj neighbors to assist * ' him In clearing some laiulv 'Twenty-eight * * assemble ! to help do the vfork and after eating dinner fourteen ' of tliejit , were takMi violently sick with 'all the symptoms of poisoning. Physicians \yere eummonej and by the USFof stomach pumpa acd poison anti dotes they succeeded In relieving th patients. Three of the sick are ttlll In a critical con dition. The physician * state every sympto.n of arsenic poisoning was 'exhibited. An In vestigation will be held , as there Is strong suspicion that the occurrence Was not acci dental. m'1 Illuwu to I'levvN In u Mine Explonion. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 16. A Star special from Webb City , Mo"- , says ; An explosion occurred In the W < "at 'Virginia , mine at this place this morning. J. Stafford was blown to pieces and another mlier | Injured , The explosion waa caused by fire dropping from a miner's lamp , exploding a box of caps and giant powder. Stafford leaves a wife and two children , Miulr HIM Trip 1'rodtiiule , BOSTON , Jan. 1C. George Leorard reached lore wjtli (198 in his pocket and. with numer ous credentials to prove that he had worked hla way across the continent from San Fran cisco a'nca December 2G , leaving there penni less. His experience , he clilmv , was on a wager of $2,600. 1 JU * ( . . _ DEMOCRATS CHOOSE CHICAGO Kequiroil Twonty-Nino Ballots to Sottlo-on n Convention City. DATE FIXED FOR JULY THE SEVENTH I'Vi-c Silver Men All Voteil for St. I.iMiln < in ( he I'lmil Ilnllot IVIu- iiliiKCt ! > - 11 ml Only n Small . Vote nt I'Mrnt. WASHINGTON , Jan. 10. The democratic national convention will be held at tho.city of Chicago on July 7. That was the- decision reached today by the national democratic committee , otter an Interesting and at times etching tcEslcn , which continued until 11 o'clock tonight. There was considerable difference of opinion as to the lime for hold ing the convention , one proposition advanced by Allen W. Thurman of Ohio , who held the proxy of the New Mexico member , being to hold It June 7 , two wcsks before the repub lican convention , and the other by Hugh Wallace of Washington state , to hold It July 7. The committee decided upon the latter date by1 n vote of 32 to 18. The main Interest seeincil to center In the choice of the convention city. For this honor there ware four applicants , Chicago , St. Louis , Cincinnati and New York. Thirty minutes was allowed each city In which to present Its claims. The speeches , made by distinguished citizens In each Instance , were of a high order of excellence , and , nt times , aroused the greatest enthusiasm. The bal loting began about C o'clock this evening and frcm the first a long and bitter struggle W B Indicated. The first ballot resulted : Chicago cage , G ; Cincinnati , II ; St. Louis , 19 ; New York , M. There was practically no change , except a plight fluctuatlon'of n vote or two , until the tenth ballot , when Chicago began gradually to Increase her vote at the expense of New Vrk. At the twentieth ballot Now York's- strength was rapidly disintegrating , her vote coing almost bodily to Chicago. But St. Louis , which had tenaciously clung to her nineteen votes , alsu captured several cf Cincinnati's votes , and on the ballet before the last led Chicago by one vote. On the last bil'nt. the twentj--nlnth , which was taken shortly before 11 o'clock , the four remaining votes of New York were thrown to Chicago , and she obtilnsd the necessary plurality. Senator Brlce voted for Cincinnati to the lout. An examination of the vote by states shows tint St. Louis had practically tha slld support of the free silver states in the committee. The detailed vote en the final ballet by states was : Cincinnati Ohio , 1. Chicago Connecticut , Florida , Idaho , Illi nois , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Maine , Mary land , Massachusatls , Minnesota , Nebraska , New Hampshlrs. Now York , North Carolina , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Iitand , South Dakota , Tennessee , Vermont , West Virginia , Wlussnt'in , Alaska , District cf Columbia 2C. St. Louln Alabama , Arkansas , California , .CUorado , Delaware. cGorgla , Kansas , Louis iana * , Mississippi , Mlss-url , Montana , Nevada , New Jeroay. North Dakota. South Carolina , Texas , Virginia , Washington , Wyoming , Ari zona , New Mexico , Oklahoma , Utah , Indian Territory 24. FIXED THE DATE EASILY. The. democratic national commit- -f..u inetl ; > - behind closed doorscat * ( fie Arlington hotel. The" cammlttce promptly took Up 4ho question Of the date for hailing , the national convention and the Irruo was soon sharply defined by two mo tions , ono to hold It June 2 and another fixing the data for July 7. The motion car rying the latter date was agreed to. The qregtlon ot location Is yet to bo decided. Tlio vote on the date for holding the con vention resulted 32 to 18 In favor of July 7 , and was taken after a little discussion In which considerable difference cf opinion de veloped. The resolution of Patrick Collins of Massachusetts , offered In the convention of 1SU2 , that the next national convention be held behind closed doors , was reported ad versely by ( ho sub-conlmlttee to which It was referred and the report was adopted unanimously. It was decided to give each city thirty minuteIn which to present Its claims thlc afternoon , but a now departure was made by the adoption of a resolution requiring each city to put Its guarantee In writing ; this was to prevent any misunderstanding In the future. - Senator Morgan , who hold a proxy of Mr. Clayton of Alabama , talked for tome limp about a proposition to change the basis of representation In the convention to two dele gates for each democratic representative In congress and two for each democratic sena tor , and cnc each for each republican senator and representative , but ho offered no motion to thld effect. He may bring the question up at the convention. It was decided to allow each territory six delegates , after which the committee took a recess until 2 o'clock. PRESENTED THEIR CLAIMS. The committee reconvened at 3 o'clock In the parlors of the Arlington to listen to the claims of the rival aspirants for the honor of entertaining the convention. The rooms were decorated with flags , and there was a vast throng of visitors admitted , many of them among the meet distinguished demo crats In the country. Quito a number of democratic senators and almost half the dem- .ocratlc membership of the house were pres ent. A few ladles were In the parlors. Be fore the speeches began iboutonnlercs rf carnations were presented to the inombr of the press with the compliments of the city of Cincinnati. By the direction of Chairman Harrlty the roll of states was called and tha four cities , Chicago , Cin cinnati , New York and St. Louis , were pieced In nomination , amid the cheers of their respective partisans. Thlity minute ; were allowed each city In which to present Its claims. Chicago had but ono tpeaker , Judge Adam A. Goodrich , who made a very brief but strong , forcible preoentatlon for the city of the lakes , The arguments In favcr of Cincinnati were presented by M , E. Ingalls of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad and ex-Congressman Fol- lette. S. Waldo Smith of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation , P. Ford , rcpre- sertatlve of the hotels , T. C , Craln and Cclcnel John R. Fellows presented the claims of New York. Smith created much amuse ment by his statement of the advantages of Gotham , each ono of which , ho Mid , was the greatest , largest and best In theworld. . It was nearly C o'clock before St. Louis' claims had been presented by ex-Governor Francis , Governor Stcno , Mayor Walbrldge and Senator Vest. Balloting was then com menced. Three Killed In n family How. CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , Jan. 10. Joe P. Dove , wife and seven grown sons and daughters live on a farm near Jonesboro , Tenn. The man and wife bad lived to gether for thirty years peaceably , when divorce proceedings were- entered by the woman. The courtgranted the divorce , but ordered the property equally divided be tween them. All the family were present when the commlslonera arrived to divide the property. A fight started between two of the boya and all were engaged In It within a few minutes , revolvers being used. A young daughter was killed and the father and one ton named Will were fatally wounded , Nutionnl Ilnlry Union , CHICAGO , Jan , 1C. At today'u meeting jf the National Dairy union reports ot com mittees , election of officers and the selection of place of meeting of the next convention were all on the schedule , but were laid over for future consideration. John James Howes of Baltimore read an address giving the- his tory of butter Imitations and the effect of the various lawn which bad been enacted to "tntrol their manufacture and sale. in 1.1 , UOOI.IN i\Min i.v JAIL. IlepuljTllrtliinnii Ciiptureil Him lit n llnrlier Shop. GUTHRIR , Okl. . Jan. 10. Bill Doolln , Iho .notorious . train robber and outlaw , leader cf one of the worst gangs of desperadoes that ever Infested the territory , was brought hero from Eureka Springs , Ark. , today at noon by his captor , United States Deputy Man-hoi Bill Tilqhman , and Icxlgcd In the federal JalL Two thousand people assembled at the Santa Fo depot to sec the outlaw brought ! n and sent up cheer after cheer aj he was escorted to the Jail , surrounded by a number of deputies. The capture ot Doolln last night by Deputy Tllghman was done slnglohandud and the nervy otficer was enabled to get his Important catch out tif town without ever the persons who saw the captuto knowing who the man \\as. About the first m.ti ) the deputy marshal raw , when ho landed In Eureka Springs , was Doolln , KSlng to a hotel. Ho concluded ho would go to a barber shop before trailing him. When ho did ro , to his fjrprlso Doolln was sitting there reading a paper , but did not recognize him , The marshal slipped Into the bathroom and reappearing , quickly covered the outlaw with his revolver and told him to hold up his hands. Doolln made a move for his gun , but recognizing Tllghman , knew It wao no uea anil held up his hands. The proprietor of the barber shop disarmed Doolln while Tllghman still held him covcrcvl with his revolver. He then shackled him and left the city. Doolln wag the leader In the famous Ingalls fight In which four deputy marshals were killed , for whoso murder he will bo chlelly tried. The mar ? vho captured him , Bill Tllghman , is probibly ono of the bravest men connected with the United States marshal's office. Tllghman was once marshal of Garden City. MTTLI3 1101'E KOll MJOISI.ATIOX. Comptroller KelcelN DneMot Look for Heller from UonnreKM. CHICAGO , Jan. 1C. Llttlo hope Is enter tained that any remedial financial legislation will be passed at the present session of con gress , said James H. Eckels , controller of the curtency , today. The house has passed the coin bond bill , but us unsatisfactory as It Is , there Is little hope of It passing the senate In any form that will bo satisfactory to the house. If passed at all by the- senate It will be with n free silver amendment attached. Under such circumstances It would net be necessary for President Cleveland to veto such a measure , because- the house , as at present constitute. ! , would not agree to the amendment and it would never reach the president. Speaking about the bond Issue , Mr. Eckels said : "It cannot be said that .tho public feeling over the general financial situation Is hopeless , desplto the failure of congress to enact the necessary remedial legislation. The opinion Is generally entertained that that problem will eventually work Itself cut and that In time our national finances will bo put upon a solid , permanent basis. The bond Issue is to afford temporary relief. No doubt Is entertained ot the sale being suc cessful or the whole Issue being taken. Of course , It Is an open question whether the gold to be paid for the bonds will not be withdrawn from the United States treasury to pay for them. Should that be done the relief afforded will be reduced Juct to the ex tent to which the gold Is withdrawn. So long as the greenbacks nro subject to re demption In gold Just so long will our na tional finances bo In an unsatisfactory condi tion. That U the root of the evil nnd so long as It Is allowed to continue so long will we reap Its fruit. " CRAZY FAHMER'S WILD WORK. Deliberately "Flrvil HI * - Home mill LANDER. Wyo. . Jan. 1 < S. ( Special Telo- , gram. ) Andrew Bowman , llvJns on a farm throD mllcu from : this city , became Inruno yesterday and burned his entire wheat crop , z largo amount cf oats , all his hay and a number of outbuildings , Including his farm tools and machinery. His .neighbors , seeing the fire , ran over to put. It out. On their approach he met them with a gun and or dered thorn off his premises ; saying that ho hod set the fires going himself In order ! o keep hlo relatives from getting his grain and hay. He evidently contemplated sulcldo as' he told one of his neighbors that ho had money enough on hand to pay for shipping his body hick east. Sheriff Qrlmmett , after two attempts , succeeded In capturing the lunatic and locked him up. In Jail. His men tal condition will be examined Into by a Jury. Bowman has been crazy once before , Eomcthlng like a dozen yeato ago , and at that tlmo tried to kill hlufathcr. Snlooil Men MnKliiK - " WEBSTER CITY , la. , Jan. 1C. ( Spe cial. ) For the1 second time since the mulct law was enacted In Iowa a move Is on foot to secure saloons for Hamilton county. The petition Is being circulated and the temper- ill ] co people are making a despjrate effort to defeat the saloon men. Over a year ago the trial wao made before to get the necessary number of signers , and the saloon men say It would have been successful then had It not been for an accident. One Foval , proprietor of a harness store , Imbldcd too freely Just as the petition was well under way , and he was arrested and placed In the city Jail. HP set the Jail on fire and waa bunned to death. This ended the circulation of the petition. It Is claimed now that a largo fund boa been ralwd by the saloon men , who ore acting In conjunction with the brewers , to bring back the ( saloon. I'eeiillnr Imiv I'olnt In Iowa. CRESTON. la. , Jan. 1C. ( Special Tele gram. ) Dr. Potter of Creston brought suit against J , N , James of Orient to recover for medical services. James refused to pay on tha ground that Potter had not filed his certificate of registration as required by the state at the time ho rendered the services to James' family. In deciding the cjto Judge Wilkinson tu'il that while a penalty might Le inflicted upon the doctor for not regis tering , ho still haJ the right to recover for medical tieatmcnt , If , whll practicing , he hud acquired the qualifications of u phy sician. H ( i ordered the jury to give the plaintiff Judgment for the full amount. James' attorneys appealed. Iloiinil Over for AInlni'lliiK' < > ( ilrl. JEFFERSON , , la. , Jan. 1C. ( Special Tele gram , ) Fred Hodges , who abducted Lllllo Ross , aged 14 , Tuesday afternoon , U In custody at Rlppey and the sheriff has gene to take him In chatgc. Ho drove the gill to a farmer's house near Dawpon and there Intioluccd her an his wife and they occupied a room together that night. Yesterday Hodges drove her to Angiih , where she re mained until nlglit , when her parents wrnt after her. She asserts that Hodgcu seduced her and he denies It. She Is the daughter of a reputable farmer and a girl who haj borne an excellent reputation. HodgP4 wan bound over to the grand Jury today. St. JoNeiili IIiuiKH Dill Xo ( Siilmui-llie. ST. JOSEPH , Jan. 1C. Among the sub- scilptlonu to the new bond U no published In eastern papers appc ru n bid from the St. Joseph clearing house banks for $500,000 ot the Iwue. The president of the Clearing House association , however , taya not a St. Joseph bank has made a bid , and so replied to a telegram of Inquiry from the Mew York World. Mnr ) Iiiuil'H HeiiNiitloniil Contend ANNAPOLIS , Md. , Jan. 1C. The fecond Joint ballot for United States senator by the Maryland legislature , taken at noon today , resulted : Wellington , republican , 2C ; Golds- borough , republican , 10 ; Weitcnt , republican , 18 ; Dryden , republican , 4 ; Mulllken , repub lican , 7 ; Dlxon , republican , 2 ; Smith , demo crat , 24 ; Page , democrat , 9. Klllril WliTlu Iliintlnir. CRESTON , la. , Jan. 10. ( Special Tele gram. ) While John and Ed Swanson were hunting near Woodburn , John \va fatuity Injured. He ran In front of his brother , who had his gun leveled at i rabbit , and received the ball In the right aide , Just under the heart. SHE COMPLETES THE TRAGEDY Anuio Roystor of Boone Commits Sulcida in Omaha. CHLOROFORMS HERSELF TO DEATH Her Knitter Shot Her I.over ninl tha Sorrow nnil Minnie nnil l.onoll- nrNM Were Too Ureitt to llenr. | Annlo Roystcr , a 20-year-old girl from Boonc , la , , committed suicide at the Midland hotel at 1 o'clock this morning by taking chloroform. The dead girl was fount ! In her bed at the time stated above by her roommate , Emma Allen. The two girls had retired at an early hour , Annie taking the bed anil Miss Allen for KOIIIO reason not explained , using a comforter on the floor for a couch. At 1 o'clock slio found , herself chilly , and had attempted to return to the boJ , when tipon feeling the arm of her friend she found It cold , She became alarmed after vainly at tempting to nrouso Mips Royster , and quickly went to the ofilct > nnd told the cleric that she feared her friend had killed herself. T. R. Mullen , a mcdloil studsnt sleeping In the next room , at once applied restoratives , but the girl was found to bo beyond alt medical aid , and the coroner was then , notified. Miss Roystcr arrived In the c'ty three days ago and registered nt the Midland hotel under the name of Morgan , and stated to the pro prietor that she came to Omaha In search ot work. She said little abcut herself , but Ecenicd to be of a rather despondent mood. It transpires that she is the daughter of S. R. Roystcr of Boone , la. , who figured last Thursday In a murder In which the lover ot the doul girl , Wally McFnrland , was killed. The father objected to the attentions Mc- Farland had been paying to his daughter. Details of this tragedy are still fresh In the public minds. The dead girl left the fol lowing note : WAS NOT AFRAID TO DIE. "I am going to take chloroform as soon aa I know Emma Is asleep. I am so tired ot this living I don't know what to do. I am going to get myself out of this world , so I will not cause my father or any one clsa any more sorrow or pain. I feel all alone , In this world slnco Wally has died and am going to Join him In some other world. I am not afraid of any hell , for I don't think thorn over was such , a place. I am not afraid to dlo and I am glad to know that there Is such a thing as death. I want to bo burled , I at Boone , la. Don't make It appear I am In sane , for I am not. I have made my mind , I up to die for some tlmo past. I think my father Is Justified In doing what he did. t know Wally would have killed mo some tlmo If ho had lived. I was afraid of him and. every ono knew that. "I wanted to go to Fort Dodge , but ho would not let me. He frequently drew hla pistol on me , and would have killed mo had J-not-obeyod him , Still-he.was very good toV me , and I liked him , and am lost without him. I know Wally a great deal longer than" pi-ople thought I did. I will 'not tell hov/ lorig , but it was years , and not months. My- clothes are up In his room , and a great manjr of them arc good. "Everybody has turned their backs upon mo and I don't care. I want'my uncle , Roscoe - coo R. Roystcr , of Boonc , la. , sent for , and my Undo .Lewis of the same place. I don't want Uncle R. P. "Royster to attend my funeral , and never to look upon my face. . I think he firfl started thetrouble. . Tell jf my mother not to como to my funeral , for I know that It would break her heart to. know what I am going to do this evening. I want everything I have to go to my mother. I changed my name while here , but will sign my own name to this letter. Hoping , in the name of God , they will not hang father , but will let him go free , I will retire , hoping to never awaken In this world alive. "ANNIE ROYSTER. " "P. S. My uncle , R. D. Royster , first gave * the Inside track away. " WHAT MISS ALLEN SAYS. The following note was left for her room mate , Ml 3 Emma Allen : "Emma : Take my money , that Is enough out of my pocketbook - book to go back home. " Both letters were enclosed In an envelope found on the dresser addiessed to the father of the dead girl at Boone. la. Miss Allen stated that Miss Roystcr had , been despondent over since they had been la Omaha , and that she had threatened several times to take her life. Yesterday afternoon she had stated that she believed that death by ; choloform was the least painful , and that unless her future brightened thati she would most assuredly take advantage of that means of ending her existence. Upon retiring at 8 o'clock Mlsu Royster had talked little , and had made no objection to I cr chum Bleeping : In the floor , but had observed that eho might take cold , Miss Allen said that Miss Roystor had pur * chafed the drug on the ufterncon of the IGth , but had said that eho hod u bad cold and had bought some cough medicine. The bottles tles , which were of two-ounce sizes , were bought at Porsytli'a and Schaelfer's drug stores and were both empty , A largo towel had been thoroughly soaked with the con tents of the two vials , and the desperate girl had deliberately lain upon her back and plarcd It over her nostrils. The remains were taken In charge by Coroner ner Burkett and taken to the morgue at a lalo hour to await the Inquest , which takes place today , The iclatlves of the girl at Fort Dodge , where die hud lived for a period , and leo these at Boonc , la. , were notified by vtlro of her death. One TlionNIInil Ohio Miner * Out. COLUMBUS , , O , , Jan , 1C. Ono thousand miners today at the Morris coal mines went out nn account ot tome trouble , said to bo local. Secretary Mcllrhln of the union saya the strike , as reported to him , Is onaccount , of Hie discharge of a man for producing dirty coal , but Mr , McBrlde believes the men would not have gone out on that account. Ha says some rule , no doubt , or agreement between miners and operators has , In the opinion of the men , been ylolatcd , The company's headquarters are at Cleveland. ( Jem-rat llnrrlNuii Dcnlc * Caller * . NEW YORK , Jan. 1C , "General Harrison been to bo excused , " was the reply to a card mil up to the cx-presldent'R room at the Fifth Avenue hotel this morning. Assisted by Mr , Tlbbetts , the general spent the morn ing looking over and replying to his volumin ous correspondence , H la thought lie will remain In town fet one or two dayii longer. Anierlitnii HrrltNlilru AnHocliitlon. SPRINGFIELD , III , , Jan , IC.-rThs annual aestilon of the American Berkshire associa tion today elected the following officers : President , N. H. Gentry , Sedalla , Mo , ; cc- tetary , rha-lcs ; I * . MillHprlngOcldj treai. urer , A. J , Lovejy , Ilctcoe , HI ,