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OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUiNJE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 7 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS , ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES Ecctetary Gage Snbmita Figures for Information of Oongiess. MONEY NECD-D TO RUN TH : GOVERNMENT UciiiirttnrnlN Cull for Thirty-Two jlfl- HUIIH In KxeeM oC tlu * Amount Atiproprlntfil for the Current Yenr. WASHINGTON , Dec. C. Seccrtary Gage todiy transmitted to congress the cstlmato of appropriations required for tbo service ot the fiscal year ending Juao 30 , 1S99 , as furnUhed by the several executive depart ments. The total amount called for by , , the estimates Is $472GI7S&5. which Is about $32- 000.000 In excess of the appropriations for 1898 , Including deficiencies and miscellaneous , und ab.out $11,000,000 more than the tfltl mutes ; tqr 1896. The recapitulation , by titles is u E follows , cents omitted : BMIni'atca for 1S99 : T pglMa'tove ' establishment $ 4.4fi3M Kxecurlvo iHtntillshnicai 23or > .4S Judicial establishment ( & 7.G3 Foreign tntorcourst- l.ir.O .V Military oHtnlills-hmcnt 2I.C2J.OI1 Navul citnb'.lshmcnt i9,92u.TJ ! Indian afTalrs , 7,375C1' I'enslons Hl,2T.7 , pO Public work ? 73,361,13 Postal service G,04S,1I2 MIscollanuouH 5i.lS7,4r- 1'ermnnmt nnnunl appropriation. . 117S3Go " Grand total flG2GI7.SS5 These amounts Include estimates fcr rivers nnd harbors , $48,728,160 , aivl fortlficatlcns and ohcr ; works of defense , $13,375,571 , the details tails of witch already have been published The following are some of the principal Items not of n permanent character , together with Important Increases or docrcasea from pres ent appropriations. The amount asked forte to pay expenses of United States mints and assay offices Is $348,300 , a dccrcass from t5ie present appropriation of over $114,000 , At Carson City , Nov. , a reduction Is made from $32,300 to $15r 00 , and at New Orleans from $81,950 to $15,500 , these -two mints to bo hereafter conducted as assay offices. The salary lot ! of employes at San Francisco Is rcJuced $20,000. An appropriation of $12,200 Is asked for on aseay office at Deadwood. For legislative expenses , terri tory of Arizona , an Increass from $2,009 to $25,000 Is asked fcr and $3,000 for a revision of the territorial records. An In- creiso from $2,000 > 'o 52C.C90 is asked for itho legislative expenses of Oklahoma. The salary and expense accounts of deputy col lectors of Inlc-fnal revenue are reduced about $1GO,000 and the salaries and ex penses of agents , fees and expenses of gaugers , sforekcopcrs , etc. , are Increased nbout $250,000. lie general land office asks for $1,800 for expenses of a aurvojor gen eral of Alaska. An Increase of $125.000 Is asked for the Bureau of Animal .Industry ; $20,000 Is asked to enable the government to participate In the Norway fisheries ex position in 1S9.S. INCREASE FOH ARMY. The secretary of war asks for an Increase over the present appropriation for army traneportatlon and supplies of $100,000. This Increase is made necessary by the sale of the Union Pacific railway. The total increase asked on behalf of the military establishment Is nearly $1,100,000. The total .amount asked for the support of the .navy proper Is $20,131.113 , or about $4,000,000 In CXCCES of the present appropria tions and for the Increase of the navy the Increase- about $5,400,000. The secretory of 'the Interior asks for $50,000 for the relief and civilization of the Chlppcwa Indians lit Minnesota , to be reim bursable ; $150,000 additional to carry out the treaty with the Blackfcct agency In Montana ; $245,000 additional to carry out the agree ment with the Fort Belknap Indians. The total amount asked for on account of In dians Is $7,375r,17. an Increase over the prcn- ent appropriations of over $355,000. The amount asked for en account of pensions 'is $141,257,750 , n decrease from the present ap propriations of about $0,000 In expenses. Under the head of public works the Treas ury department asks $100,000 for the erec tion of a court house , penitentiary , etc. , at Sltka , Alaska , also the following amounts for continuation or completion of puMlo buildings : Tlolse , Idaho , $32,352 ; Cheyenne , Vi'yo. . $ SSS52 ; Chicago , $1.000,000 ; Denver ( mint ) , $200.000 ; Ellis Island , N. Y. ( Immi gration station ) , $450.000 : Portland , Ore. , $50,000 ; San Francisco , $500.000. Appropria tions are asked for repairs and improvements at Marino hospitals ns follows : Chicago. $1C,725 ; Cleveland , $27.S50 ; Detroit. $13,000 ; Evarsvllle , Iml. , $10,000 ; San Francisco , $1S.- C25. An appropriation of $90,000 Is asked for the construction of a fixed order light station at or near Hlllsboro Inlet , Fla. , $65000 for the rebuilding of the Sand Island llgh't and for signal station , Alabama ; $32,000 for a light nnd fog signal station at Polnte Eaux Barques , Mich. ; $85,0-30 for a tender for the Ninth district , Lake Michigan. I , PAG'li'lO INDHIITEDXESS. Attorney fieiieral SulmiltM 1'lKuren In Illx 'Report. ' WASHINGTON , Doe. C. Attorney General McKenna | n , his annual report to congress publishes a report of ex-Governor Hoadlcy. special council of the United States In the Pacific railroad case , In which Is set forth a hUtnry of the foreclosure suits which re sulted In the sale of the Union Pacific to the reorganization committee and the post ponement of thn sale of the Kansa Pacific until December lf . Nothing of Importance which has not already been made public Is disclosed. 1 As , to the Central Pacific , the attorney general - oral says ; "Tho general features of the relations between the government and the Central Pacific railroad company ( which in cludes what was the Western Pacific Rail road company ) ara the sumo as these be tween fho government and Union Pacific , notwithstanding tlio Central Pacific was orlKtcially a California corporation. "ltd Indebtedness to the government on December 1 waa as follows , cents omitted ; Bonds loaned. Central Pacific , $ 'J5SS5.120 ; Wcstorn Pacific , $1D70GGO. Interest paid by the United States , Central Pacific , $14.010,220 ; Western Pacific , $3,313,919 ; accrued Interest , four montha unpaid. Central Pacific. $390,222 ; Western Pacific , $33,011 ; Interest repaid , by transportation. Central Pacltlc , $ S,057C99 ; by cash , Central Pacific , $058.283 ; by transporta tion , Western Pacific , $9,367 ; balance by In terest , not repaid , Central Pacific , $35,924- $ i'37 ; Western Pacltlc. $3,304,552 ; Indebtedness , Central Pacific , $ 5,709,35S ; Western Pacific , $2,375,115 ; urunil total payable by Central Pacific , $67,184,473 ; sinking fund , Central Pacific bonds , $437,000 ; ( jinking fund Central Pacific cash , $7,003,509 $ ; total sinking fund , J7.440.B09. . "Crediting the company with all possible which wia disputed , as well as admitted to bo duo it , there will bo duo on the 1st of January next $46,752OS7. ' "What Hteps may bo taken to meet this In debtedness in the meantime remain to be Been and the action of the department will depend upon tbo circumstances existing at that date , no action having thus far been taken In order to avoid any question arising out of the claim of the company that by reason ot the credits to which It la entitled it has not yet been In default. " ailxu llriullr > - to Clirlxten Ilnttlrxlilii. WASHINGTON , Dec. C. Secretary l eng today wrote MlM Christine Bradley asking her to do him the honor to christen the battleship "Kentucky. " Thli action wan taken with the consent ot Governor .Brad- Icy. i ConilltloiiB lu ( iiiuteiiiulii Iiiiir vlnu. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The hit mall brought rcuiurlng inews about Guatemala to lt > legation la Waehlagton , the letters received elating IGat peace prevails through , out tbo country , there bofcg no ladlcatlos whatever of future revolutionary movements. Oipital punishment has been applied to po litical prisoners. Business activity Is reviv ing. The currency will be re-cstabllehed oa a metallic tasls January 1. C.VI.irOllAI.Y DI2.MAXUS THU IM.AC13. Mnlilx thnt n Cnhlnrt 1'oiltloii Ix Due thr Slnte. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. C. The Chronicle publishes the following editorial : "The pubablc : elevation of Attorney Gen eral Jcscph McKenna to the United States supreme court has. raise J a number of can didates in. various parts of the country for ho cabinet place which will then become vacant. Most of these hall from eastern 'tales ' , the Interests of which are already well cared for In the higher posts of the ; ovcrnment. On this and other accounts they do rot present the clear claim upon the petition "that Is rcadc On behalf ot a. Calltcrnlan. Aa the richest and most repre sentative state of the west , California made a pica for a cabinet , pcaltlon at the outset of the McKlnley administration , the force of which was then conceded. Nothing has since happened to make the pica lets per suasive. Tall Intents and purposes the appointment of Judge McKenna was made for the full term of four years and would not have -been acceptable for a period' ' of months. Circumstances re about to make a vacancy In the office , but they" arc not of a character to warrant the president In de priving the west , and particularly this state , where so supreme a test of republican fealty was made In the national election , of the concluding Installments of Its reward. It Is no alternative compensation to this coaster or to California to have Mr. McKenna promoted meted to the supreme court , desirable as that promotion Is , Inasmuch as he will merely take the place there of another Call- fornlan , leaving our representation In high quarters as It was before wo had gained a cabinet position of vantage. Fair play de mands that the continuous benefits gained In 1S96 be not taken away In 1S97 , and , further more , that the west should have a consecu tive Influence upon , the great national poll- clcn that ao so vital to Its welfare , rather than an Intermittent 020. Briefly staled , Ritlternla earned a cabinet position for four years ; the debt was acknowledged and pay ment bosun. Now U but fair to ask that the obligation be met In full. OM > l.V THU' .MlSSOUllI RIVI3II. OnvrntloiiM I'rove Snecewsfiil AloiiK the Hi-mUvaterx. GRBAT FALLS , Blont. , Dec. ' 6. ( Special. ) The Great Fal ! Mining company has a drudge at work In the Missouri river and Its work Is successful. This dreJgo was sunk at ore time , but has been recovered and U In use. It ia r.ot gencr.illy known , but It Is a fact that washing for gold In the ' .Missouri river has been conducted successfully In a small way along the river for a number of years , but the gold. is so flue that Individuals have met -with Indifferent success , utlng the old rccker process , cud working only the surface of the bara , unable to go. below the water , or to bedrock where t'ae gold is found co.rser and In greater quantity. But the sums they have realized , while not considered worthy of pursuit ii one of "those undesira ble states" noted for high wages and en ormous profits , would be regarded as munifi cent rewards Dy tno wage-worKcrs 01 tne central and eastern states. That portion of the Missouri river extending from the upper end of the valley to the Gate of the Moun tains has forages been receiving dcpcslts of gold from some of the most extensive quartz lodes In the world. Tributary thereto , and contributing a largo portion ot their golden treasures to this natural receptacle , are the placer grounds ot Confederate , Avalanche , Last Chance , Oregon , Lump md New York gulches , Indian , Crow , Trout and other creeks. French and Eldorado bars , which within a generation have added In the neighborhood of $250,000,000 to the world'a supply of gold , and are still producing. At almost any point in the- valley lands traces of gold are obtainable , while all the bars In the river are goldbcarlng to a greater or lesser degree , so 'that It Is undoubtedly true that a gold-saving apparatus working In coi- Junctlon with a dredge capable of reaching bedrock will net Immense profits to Its projectors. It Is believed that the dredging apparatus In use here will lead to moro perfect machinery and a greater development of this industry. ( iOI.UK.V JUIIILUU FOR A. WEEK. Six UiiH of Celelirniluii of the Anni versary of ( iolil DlHeovery. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. C. ( Syeclal. ) It lias been decided by the committees lu charge of the proposed California golden jubilee that It shall last six days , commencing January 24 , just fifty years after the morning on which , Marshall picked up the pioneer nugget at Slitter's mill , and It will continue to the following Saturday night. During the week a series of parades will be given , for the committee has decided that the whole Idea : ould not bo adequately portrayed In one big parade. The committee will raise a fund rJ $50,000 for the pmiiose. In an address Issued to California people the committee says : "The discovery of gold by Marshall on the American river January 24 , 1S4S , virtually created the great and grand state of Cali fornia , and should bo honored to the full by all Callfornlaua for that reason. At the pres ent tlmo it is oarttcularly advisable that Calltornians should remiaA cue world that It still holds the record as the gold-producing state of America , with a product of $1,301)- 000,000 , ana give the world at large an op portunity to learn that the state contains mineral riches which will keep It lit the front rank for an Indefinite number of years. "California as a state and Sau Francisco as the metropolis have but to draw the eyes of the world upon them to bo accorded the com mercial supremacy that only Ignorance or rival Interest has ever denied them. A golden opportunity to do this , while affording enter tainment to our citizens , as well as to the thousands who will como from the country nnd sutroundkig towns. Is presented lu the golden jubilee , and the jubilee committee trusts 'that ' the enterprise of our merchants , prcverty owners and tradesmen will Immedi ately Insure a culcbiatXm wo.thy of San Fran cisco. " SUIUIDI2 OK 'X' SHOIIT-T.IJIIS GKOOM. SeinirnU'tl from 'HU Wife , lit- Taken IIU Life. NEW Y011K , .Dec . , 6. On Thanksgiving cvonlng Samuel G. Parkhlll , 74 years cf ago , of Brooklyn , married -Miss Annlo Kirk- laud of Brooklyn. , who was fifty years his junior. Today I\irkhHl committed suicide at bis b.ir.o in illrboklyn by shooting himself through the brain -with a revolver. When the couple were married the families of both parties objected' strongly to the tie on ac count of their eges. The couple was forced to separate , and. sln-ee that time Parkhlll has appeared somewhat doprosted. He lived -with his -married daughter and son , nd when the family woreat church tu- day he shot himself In his. room , Parkblll was a ticket qbopper on the Kings County Elevated railway ; Previous < o this he was superintendent of the Brooklyn City & New ton railroad , and became possessed lot con siderable property , 3'Kt rlou * Denth of YOIIIIK l''nriner. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 6. A special to the Re public from Cedar Falls , la. , says : Fred Six , a. young farmer , residing at Nlles Cor ner , was found , dead thin morning. There IAUO a bullet hole through Ills head and a revolver was found near by. It U not IH-- H''veU to bo u e. > nof suicide , us Six wan shortly to lie married and wns of happy din- position. Ho wad laul seen Saturday even ing , when he left home to maku a call. 1'rnlrle l < "lrp In OUIuhuiiia. GVTimiE. Okl. . c. 6.-l gt night a disastrous ) pralrlo fire- raged In D county , where it fed on tbeLhlgh and dry grans. It was an L-xcltlng nlsht among the farmers , who fought like ile-mons to preserve their crops , thu iomcn and children assisting Srrloua property loss waa entailed. Many talcs of narrow escapes are told RECEIVERS STILL CONTROL Overland SjB'.cra Not Yet Undr the Reorganized Kanagtnnnt , NO TRANSFER OF UNION PACIFIC MADE One * on Miioli nn It linn for Four Yonro Uoiitlm * Nccoximry to Co Thruiinh In I The property of the Union Pacific railway system was not turned over to the tempo rary committee of the reorganization com mittee , recently appointed to take charge of the property at the proper time , ytatcrday morning , doiplto a great number of rumors to that effect. The five receivers who bava been In control of the property for the last four years are still In charge of It. The report that the Union Pacific railway would be transferred from Ihe receivers tea a committee representing the syndicate that purchased It at the foreclosure sale In thla city on November 1 aroao from a statement alleged to have been made by Receiver S. II. H. Clark In St. Louis last week. At local headquarters It Is thought that Mr. Clark never said that the property would bo turned over on December G , but that he said the reorganization committee would make its last payment and be ready to make application to the court for the transfer of the property to It on December 6. U was pointed out to The Bco yesterday by a gentleman very familiar with Union Pa cific affnlra that the necessary legal steps In cidental to the transfer of the Union Pacific railway would require some time to complete. It V.MS a full year after thn foreclosure sale of the St. Joicph & Grand Island railroad before It ws turned over to Its purchasers by the court , It is not generally thought that 1 * . will require that mucli tlmo to com plete the transfer of the Union Pacific , but it Is conceded that It will take some con- E'derablo time , posalbly icveral montha. After the last payment for the grrat rail way shall have been made by the reorganiza tion committee representation will be made to the court that the purchasers are ready to receive Iho property. The court will thcr. ask for a showing on a number of questions , Including the names of the offlcers of the new company , the location of their offices , rotlco to the Interstate Commerce commis sion of the new company's Intention to dc business , traffic arrangements with other railroads , preparation of new tickets and forms , and various other Information con cerning a new railroad company usually sought by the court before It turns over a property. Still further the present receivers must bo disposed of , and after making theh showing to the court of their work they will probably bo discharged. There la nothing to lead one to believe that these matters will 1 not be cxpedltlously handled by the branch i of the federal court having Jurisdiction ovei r the Union Pacific sale. The court has shown i Its desire to expedite the other steps in con- iii'cuuii wiia iuo saiu unu reorganization OL the great transcontinental railway , but the fact remains that it will take time to ac complish the remaining legal steps , and the transfer of the property from the receivers to its recent purchasers cannot be made In. a day nor lu a night. nixcnn * IntiTchuiiKcnltle DETROIT , Dec. 6. Presidents of railroads which Intersect Michigan met here today in the office of President Ledyard of the Michi gan Central and discussed complain's concern ing the interchangeable mileage tickets. All the roads were represented except the Grand Trunk , which does not use the ticket , and the Watash. The prime question was whether action can .be secured by which the Inter changeable tickets can bo ir.adc good In Michi gan without the passenger having to go to stations to make tbo exchanges which the tickets require , the exchange rule to continue to apply outsldo of Michigan. Following this conference there was a meetIng - Ing of the Michigan Passenger association , the majority of the members of which fa-vor tli9 change. The Michigan .passenger agents will endeavor to argue the question before a neetlng of the Central I'as&enger association at Chicago tcmorrow. Itnllronil Note * nnil I'erxonnlo. James E. Kelby , assistant general solicitor of the B , & M. , Is at Harrison , Nob. , on a legal errand. There was a regular monthly meeting of the local passenger association held yesterday morning. Nothing but routine business was transacted and ono firv2 for non-attcndnnce levied. Estimate ! gross earnings of the Flock Is land system for the month of November were $1,644,731 , an Increase over the- esti mated earnings of the e > imc month last year of $43,095. The Nebraska railroads have agreed on .1 rate of one and one-third regular faro for < he music festival at Lincoln , Dccmbcr 14 , the rate to apply from all points within 100 miles of Lincoln. Secretary Chambers of the local passenger ar-ssclatlon has returned from Chicago , where Chairman B. DCaldwell of the Western Pasfcager association met with all the local secretaries In the western territory for con ference refurdlng the rate situation. It was stuwn that the situation ) at this point was good. It Is believed that the Chlcago-St. Paul situation will bo speedily Improved after the meetings of the general association which are scheduled for this iweek. "Railroad men on this part of the Union Pacific regret exceedingly the retirement of S. H. H. Clark from the management of the reid , " says the Kearney Hub , "It Is learned .that a majority of the employes of the road would prefer General Manager Dickinson for the new president. The announcement that tie read Is to become a part of tli ? great Vunderbllt system Is not relished particularly by employes of the road , as it Is believed 1 that a reduction of salaries will soon follow cuch a change. " In connection with the three remarkably i fast ruiM across the state of Nebraska that have been made by the Union Pacific within a week , it is Interesting to observe that the record for the IIrat division , from Grand Island to Council IIIn ( In , which stood for seveu years without being approich d , was broken twice. That record was made by Engineer Theodore Livingstone In 1SUU and was 1G5 minutes for the ICC mines. Engi neer Dlckson on Monday last broke the rec ord 'by making the same run In 1C3 minutes. On Sunday Engineer Cunningham made the run In ICO minutes , a record that U likely to stand for come time. All of these rec ords Include the blow time necessarily made by all Union Pacific trains through South Omaha , the lower yards , Omaha and across the 'big ' 'bridge. ' The Loulsvlllo & N.isbvllle 'railroad has Just Introduced a now plan on that system by which It is expected to materially ad vance the education in railroad work cf the track foremen. A special inspection train with a perfectly equipped inspection car late to bo run annually or t > eml-annu < illy for the benefit of the tectlon "bsses , " Expert rail road engineers ani officials accompany 4 lie trackmen , and , nvbllo they are getting prac tical knowledge about the railroad on which they are employed , they also receive Ireo lectures on the fine points In mod rn nllroad building. There were about 100 section fcro- mcn on the special car which left East St. Louis last week for the Initial trip' over the St. Louis & Hudson division. Tjie party was In charge of Supervisor Julius C , Dew of the St. Louis division. Arnold's Hromo Celery cure * headaches , lOc. 25 ; and COc. All drucRltti. Aot of nil InitaiiiWoman. . NICKEHBON , Kan. . Dec. 6 , Whllo tem porarily Insane ( Mrs , .M , 13. rtosn , an cMeriy woman , today saturated her cjothing with kerosene and set It afire. She 'wasburned to a crisp. Her husband and daughter , In trying to extinguish the names , were seriously and perhu ? , * fatally burned. HAYTI UEAI1V TO tf'AY IJAMAOUS. Prospective KiulliiET at tlic Complica tion * with ( icrnuin- . BERLIN , Dec. 6. A dispatch to the Frankfurt Zeltunp from Washington today lays : The republic of 'Ha'ytl ' Is ready to pay Germany the Indemnity demanded for the alleged Illegal arrest and imprlronmcnt of Herr -Emll Lueders , a Ocrtnan'ubject , who was subsequently released ' 4nd fnahlcil to tc- turn to this country by -Intercession of the United States minister1nt Port nu Prince , William F. Pawill , 'who secured Lucdcr's release f rom. ' prison In order to avod ; uoublo of a more tortoiM mature which appeared to be brewlng on , aecount of the alleged arbitrary behavior qf the German minuter to Ilnytl , Coun-tBthwerz. IIUAIIU OK THAU J8 WII.ilKKIil' OUT. _ v 11 IK-cllticN to Interfere With n Thrent- eneil Ilillivii > < 1Slrtkc. LONDON , Dec. 6. lit. ' Hon. Charles T. Ritchie , president of the iloaro1 of Trade , do- cllnra on' behalf or tbo BoimTof Trade to nc- ccdo to the request of tlio'inen that it should Interfere In the present laoor dispute with a view of arranging a. confeicncu between the Amalgamated Society of hallway Men , and the railway companies as a whole , In order to avert a strike. Mr. Ritchie. In his rcyly , reminds the men , In substance , that they arc a specially privileged class , having special responsibilities , and that their present attl- tudo Is unjustifiable. START UK H ATK OX XAVAI. HIM * . German Clinncfllor State * tlic Need of Moro SliliiH. BERLIN , Dec. G. The Reichstag today be gan debate on the first reading of the gov- orrment's ravel bill. The chancellor , If Inco Hohenlohe , itado a statement saying that an efficient navy was absolutely required to maintain Germany's psttlon , and Admiral von Tlrpltz , the secretary of the navy , ex plained In detail the necessity for strength ening the navy. THOUIIl.i : IS IJIMlXliXT IX HAYTI. StrcetH rinenrded ivltli Aittl-Govcm- nient 1'osterx. KINGSTON , Jamaica. Dee. C. Advices re ceived here today frcm Port au Prince show that serious trouble Is Imminent In Hayli. The streets of the capital are placarded with "Down With the Government. " and the troops have been ordered Into the barracks. AiitI-Hcl rev Hlot.s In lloiiinanln. BUCHAREST , Dec G. An antl-Heb ew riot was started here yesterday by a mob of Roumanian students. The 'disturbance was caused by the circulation ot a rumor that a Roumanian had been murdered by > a mob of Hebrews. Many excesses were committed during ' the disturbance , which -was finally quelled 'by the police , who made 100 arrests. l-'reneli Honor Vindicated. PARIS , Dec. G. A duel was fought Sunday I between M. Mlllcrand , the well known so- clallst deputy and editor of the Petite Ue- publlquo Francalsc , and M. Joseph Itelcach , conservative deputy and -a well known Jour- nallst and author. TUe trouble grew out of ! hot words exchanged In the chamber yes- torday-dtclng the Dreyfus Bebate. Both men fired twice. Neither was hit , and their seconds ends declared that honor was satisfied. I'IIMH Hill to 1'rolonff AtiHlelnli. LONDON , Dec , 6. A special dispatch from Buda-Peeta says that a bill was Introduced in the lower house cf the 'Hungarian , Parlia ment today by the government , prolonging for a year the'Auslelsh , or compact/between Hungary'and'Austria .prciicr. without rcfer- Ing to any action on iffme-BubJect upon the part of the -Austrian government. , ' Ituilliil to Ketnln rower. ROME , Dec. G. The cabinet this morning formally tendered Its resignation to King Humbert , who reserved "hls declsion. It Is expected that the Marquis , < JI Dudlnl , the present premier , will -entrusted with the task of reforming the ministry. I.lelc AfitroiionierNIleneli Ilomliay. BOMBAY , Dec. 6. The tick observatory ccllr.se expedition from San Francisco has arrived here and will proceed Inland to select an observing station. Two .Sleaiiiera Collide. HALIFAX , N. S. , Dec.'G. The steamship Oorean , from New York'/or Glasgow , has put In hero , having 'been. ' In collision with an unknown steamer. " f , SI.EIM'KUS AWAKKX1311 IIY PIIIE. One I'erxim Killed < tml Five Injured In it llnnilMKHotel. . MILWAUKEE , Dec. 6. Fire broke out in the Lake house , a four-story structure at ILiko and Ferry streeta , at 2:30 : this mcrn- | Ing. Sixty people were asleep lu the hos telry at that time. One life was lost and flvo pereons were Injured In their endeavor to escape. ' CHARLES PATTERSON. . dock laborer , lost his life , being overcome by smoke. The following were Injured in Jumping from the building : ' ' August Henrlchs , Jaw brolien , David Baker , heed cut. Thomas O'Brien , leg > pralned and head bruised. Robert Potter , head cut. Frank Melland , hands and legs sprained. Tbo pecuniar } ' IOKS Is.small. SUGCKSTIOXS FOH t'KACK SUNDAY. MliilxtcrH L'rKri'il to I'renoh Appropri ate .SermoiiH on that Day. CLEVELAND. O. , Deo. C. William G. Hubbard , president of Ibe Peace Association of Friends of America , today Issued his an nouncement to clergymen throughout the country : " lt has been decided b > ' the World's Pence copgre.49 nnd the great national peace ! societies on both sides , of the -Atlantic that the third Sunday In Deccjnbcr should bo "Peace Sunday ' nnd that ministers of ttio goppt'l shou'd be Invited to speak 0:1 : pence and arbitration on that day ; It IH now suggested that for ) the coming sermons their ueni snouiu DO firontr.y in ravor 01 aruura- tion treaties and thould be followed by resolutions asking President McKlnley and Secretary John Sherman to renew negotia tion ! ) i * 1th England In favor of an equitable treaty. i.L'1-rrnisitT WILL TAKE THE STAND. Will ( ilve HIM Verwloii f Illx Wlfe'x nixiippciirauce. CHICAGO , Dec. C. Adolph.L. . Luctgert will take the witness atind and tell his story regarding tbo disappearance of his wife on May 1. Attorney Harmon , for the defense , decided on thle course j'uit night. Luetgert was very desirous of ( ratifying at the first trial , and the refusal of 'his counsel to allow It , ivas probably the chief cause for the lat- ter'u withdrawal from ) tt\'o case. Defeat the IlkVvex Treat ) ' . ST. LOUIS , Dec. C , A special to the He-public from Guthrl , Oil. , says : At Sat urday's election in the Chlcknsaw nation the ratification of ' ? tbe Dawes-Choctuw treaty wan overwhelmingly defeated. The adopted and Intermarried citizens were not permitted to participate ? In the election. Knrirlnt ; Itallrnad Tlckctx. NEW YORK. Dec , O.-Harry Stewart , a Jeweler , was arorsteJ Saturday on the strength of a telegram ! from the chief of pollco of Cleveland , which mated that Stew art wan wonted far forging railroad tickets , Hnx'tIn lee. GIIKEN HAYVl3. . . Dec. 0 , The big strainer Lackawanna'o ! Buffalo hns been sighted fifteen miles oft shore lodged in the Ice. It Is not believed that It U in Imminent danger , Vletlmx of 'Wood Alooliol. EXBTEn. N , II. . Dec. 6.-Mr . Annlo Fltzslmmons and Edwin Q. Qulnby are drmd ft ? a- result of drinking wood alcohol last night. Mr , Qulnby U reported FEDERAL COURT'S ' DOCKETS Special Term May Eo Hold in Omaha During the Winter. JUDGE MONGER HOPcS TO.CLEAR TH-M ArrntmliiK HI * IMniiH ( < > the Unit Hint He May Comlilele Ciilenitnr ! > > ' IK-KlniitiiK of the Miiy Term. , ' The present terra of the federal court U likely to extend Into two terms , so great Is the press of legal 'iualness In this mill of Justice. Judge Mungor Is very anxious to got the dockets cleared up , and It Is for that reason that bo la endeavoring to figure out ways and means by which ho can squeeze In a special terra In this city between the terms at Lincoln next January and the April term at Norfolk. According to the plan that ho Is consider ing , Judge Munger proposes to devote his entire attention to the civil docket uatll the holliMy tcason. When court reconvenes In January he will take up the criminal end of the court and proceed with It as far as ho can until January 17 , when federal court la scheduled for Lincoln. 11 Is Just possible that the mass of crlmtaal business may de mand the calling of a grand Jury , but Judge Munger Is determined to put this off until the May term If ho can possibly do so. U Is estimate -that all the business that will como up at Lincoln can bo dlspwcd of by the middle of February. If the ses sion Is concluded by that time Judge Mun ger proposes to call a special session In this clly Immediately , to last for six or seven weeks. If It Is seen that the dockets cannot bo cleaned up by this special cITorl , Judge Munger may call In the assistance of some other federal Judge. The latter will look after the civil cases and Judge Mungor will attend to the criminal trials. In this way Judge Munger hopes to dlsp.osa of a big part of the milts on the dockets before .tho May term convenes In this city. Attorneys will find It dtnicult to call up any non-Jury matters before the court until the holidays , If they are likely to take any length of time. Judge Munger has taken the P03ltlon that no matters shall be allowed to Interfere with the work of the Jury while the members are drawing pay for service. Ho has thero.'oro determined to hear such extraneous matters during the holidays , when the Jury will , be excused. Ono of thfi Important matters to como up during the holiday Interim will be the hear ing on the exceptions ( lied to the answer ol Attorney General Smyth In the case of GreonleafV. . Simpson against the Union Stock Yards company. In this suit la at tacked the schedule of stock yards rates fixed by the last session of the legislature and It affecto all the stock yards In the state. This morning the attorneys for the plaintiff filed an order calling up the matter today , the rule day of the month , or as soon thereafter ns the court can hear the arcu- mcnts. Judge Mungor will put off-tho hear ing until the holidays. The exceptions con tend that the answer Is Insufficient. A somewhat peculiar case was begun yesterday morning In the federal court. In which the Monti- cello bank of Montlcello , la. . Is plain tiff and Charles D. Bostwlck , a broker of this city , Is defendant. The action IB based on a goto which the broker sold to the bank n 1S93. It WES for $3,016 and purported to be-signed by a'half dozen farmers In Iowa. Later , It Is alleged. It was found that all ho signatures were forgeries and the bank waa therefore unable to recover. It Is seek- ng to. get Its 'money back from the broker llh Interest. The case of Ira Cook against the Union 'actflc ' , to recover some $12.000 on a contract : o furnish ballast , which was on trill without a Jury , has been completed , but will not bo decided until Judge Munger examines some briefs to bo presented. SUCH limit SIiitiBhtcr. Margaret L. Sabln , a physician of Lin coln , has begun In the federal court In this city a $20.000 damage- suit against Bradner D. Slaughter as receiver of the Lincoln Street Railway company for Injuries she al leges she sustained while traveling on the company's lines. In the complaint It Is sot out that the accident occurred en August 9 of this year. The plaintiff was alighting from a car at H and Tenth streets , when the car was started. She was thiown violently to the pavement , receiving serious Injuries to her left slJo and suffering a resultant nervous shock. The j I Injuries are talfi to be permanent , and , I therefore , the physician Is suing for $20,000 J I damages and for $250 she has already ex ' pended for nxdioal service and a nurse. It j ! is also alleged that the plalrrUft bis been a I resident physician of Lincoln , for nineteen I years and has built up a practice that Be- | cures her an Income of between $2000 and i { 3,000 annually. \VHII K 1'iiy for Water IMiic. The city of O'Neill , in this state , has ap parently failed to pay up entirely for Its water works system , for the Addyseon I'lpu j and Steel company of Ohio has filed In the federal court a suit against it to recover $2,239.03 for pipe It furnished for the malils. As evidence of Indebtedness the- plaintiff al leges that It holds twelve city warrants , which have not 'been ' paid for the want of funds. The system was built In 1801. Vlnlntfirx of 'Revenue ' I.mrn. Deputy United States Marshal Ackerman brings In from Pllger August Shollpepcr , who Is In the federal court charged with selling liquor -without attaching the gov ernment special tax. John T. Wright of Chadron has also been brought In by Deputy I'almor for selling whisky without the gov ernment stamp. Clllllll ColllIlllKHloil SllllH , NEW YORK , Dec. C. The NIcaraguan canal commission , appointed to examine Into the feasibility of constructing a cannl across Nicaragua , sailed from the Hrook- lyn navy ynrcl at 11 o'clock on the United Etntcs gunboat Newport direct for Grey- town , Help * . \nierleiiii Seenrltle * . FRANKFOIIT , Dec. 6. American securi ties were well supported on the bourro today owing to favorable forecasts of the message of President McKlnley. H Out of One Town. EUnEICA , S. D. , Dec. C. ( Spoclol.-'A ) ' lo cal newspaper furnishes a summing up of the 'buslneEs ' In shipping grain out of this town for the past season , and this shows that slnco January 1 last the Milwaukee Railroad company has received for shipment from Eureka to various points east 1,592 cars of wheat , 272 of flax. ICG of cattle , fifty-six , of hosts and eight of sheep. There has been taken in 'by the various elevators and grain houses 835,000 bushels of wheat and flax this year up to the present time , 'By ' care ful cstlmato this U not far from 65 to 70 per cent of the entire crop to bo marketed. This has placed In circulation In round num bers $962,920 among the farmers In this st-cUon. / I'.lfvi-ii Yt'iirn for Murder , RBDKIKLD. tS. D. , DCS , C. ( Special. ) In the circuit court hero Judge Campbell sen tenced Henry V , King to eleven yearn In the penitentiary for the murJer of "I'coria Slim" last summer. Kdward 'Collins ' and Grontley Sklllman wore each given sixteen months In tbo penitentiary for stealing wheat from a former. Fnfill Aeelilmt In Clay County , VEllillLION , 8. D. , Dec. C , ( Special. ) A young man named Carney wan shot by the accidental discharge of a gun In tbo hands of his brother. He received the full lu the back of bis head and will dlo. HAS Jt UIHIMCTMCV OVtilt IIAIITl.KY. ItiilKr Dlrltlnxnit lloliln Ho Mn > - ll < > Sued In IloiiKlnx County. The eult of the State of Nebraska against Iho bondsmen of Joseph S , n rtley , wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of moro than $500,000 from thb defendants , the amount that Hartley IB alleged to have cm- liezr.led while treasurer of the state , will bo tried In Douglas county. Judge Dickinson has decided that the courts of this Judicial district have Jurisdiction In ttio premises. Lot week the attorneys for tjic state and for the Bartley bondamen argued the case before Judge Dickinson , who rfaerved his de- cltlon uatll yesterday. The attorneys for the state maintained that a portion of the money of the otats was embezzled In this city , It be ing Illegally drawn from banks that had been designated as state depositories' . . The attor neys for the bomlamen contended thst ns Lincoln was the scat of the state government and that the state treasurer's ofllco was lo cated there , there could bo no embezzlement and that the case could not be triable In this district. In pasting upon the question , * > f Jurisdic tion , . Judge Dlcklnscu held th-it the allega tions In the petition filed by Attorney Gen eral Smyth showed -that the embezzle ment , so far as It related to $201,884.05 , occurred In this coun'.y , and that being true , the courts here had Judlsdlctlon over the entire matter. When We arguments on the question of Jurisdiction were heard last week , .1 motion filed by Iho attorney general , asking that the case ho advanced for trill , was made. This ruction das been granted by Judge Dickinson , who says that It is mandatory upon his part to advance tlio cause , live rc- qucflt coming from the legal representative of 4ho state. The defense Is given until Sat urday , December 11 , to file an answer , and the state until December 14 to file Its reply. The case is set for hearing on Thursday , December 1C. COXTIM'US THIS ICASTM2K. CASH. JiKlue linker Set * the Trial nf I In- Al iened MiiviU'ri-r * for Foliruury. The trial of the case against tne * Kast- ncrs , father and sons , charged with the murder of Officer Tledeman ami tbo wound ing of Ofilccr Glover , has gone over until the February term of court. Judge Maker having granted the motion of the attorney for the prisoners , made last Friday. Last Friday morning Attorney Ritchie , tor the Kastners , filed a motion for a continu ance , supported by an affidavit from E. D. Pratt , who swore that en the night of the shooting and Immediately after the shots had been fired he rushed out of his house and to the place whore Officer Glover was lying and that at 'that time Glover said that ho did not know whn ! she i him , as he could not see the person. The officers were shot whllo attempting to arrest some burglars who had entered a saloon at Thirtieth and Spauldltig streets. In speaking of the continuance of the case County Attorney Baldrige said that ho would admit that Pratt would testify to the matters set out In the affidavit , and aa there was no way to get him into court , owing to his crippled condition , there was nothing to do but t0 let the cajo go over the term. I'-HAXIC I1UUWKI.I , JS OX TIMAI. . Churned with the Murder Of Kuniion lliiycelntit AnirtiNt. The case cf the State against Frank llur- well In on trial before a Jury In Judge Baker's court , where tiie defendant- charged with manslaughter. In this , that he Wiled Kcsson Boyce , on Cut Off Island on August 22 , , last. The defense admits the killing , but wit nesses say that- the crime was-committed -while Burwcll wafe drunk oni during a 'free fight. Burwell told his story this morning , saying that on the morning of August 22 he arose , went out and took a drink of liquor and then started for the lake to fish. On his way he took several moro drinks , and that was the last that ho knew until the next day , when ho founl himself locked In jail. Boyco was shot and lived until September 13 , but was never able to give any Intelligent account of the shooting. The witnesses for the state say that both men were drunk and had a fight. During the trial yesterday Mrs. Bur wcll and her two c'alldren , a couple of bright llttlo girls , occupied seats in the court room. Note * from the Court. L. P. Crofcot has filed his report as re ceiver for the Omaha Fire Insupanee com pany. He shows that 1iy the rale of notes and accounts aggregating $35,000 he has realized the sum of $350. The Nebraska National bank has brought cult agaicst the sheriff , the Lee-Clark- AndreesC'n Hardware company. H. T. Clark a-ad the Merchants' National bsok to restrain the sheriff from celling fifty shares of the hardware company to satisfy a deficiency Judgment against Clark. The stock was levied on by tto Merchants' Na- tlonal bank. In the case of The Bee Publishing company - pany agalcrat the Fire and Police commlo- slon , the plaintiff has filed an amended peti tion in wnicii it la allegnl tlmt Herdman , Pcsbody and Gregory are acting in collusion with the "World Publishing company for the purpose of Injuring the business of the plaintiff and Inducing llqurr dealers to pub lish their notices in the World-Herald. It Is also alleged that the defendants heretofore named ore trying to coerce -tho liquor deal ers into patronizing the World-Herald. IJO XOT TIIL'-ST THIS MUSUUAICIHS. t cii ( heTiunu ItcNcrvatlim Warn * Iowa 1'eople AunliiMl Til fill , TAMA. la. , Dec. C. ( Special. ) Complaints have been so numerous about the failure of i the Miiftqiiakfc Indiana to pay their debts jthRt Horace M. Ilobolc , Indian agent on the jTsma reservation , has felt It necessary to is sue a warning to Iowa people about these Indians. They are In the habit of roaming all over thta part of Iowa , and , aa It In known the government supports them , they get credit at mcny places for purchases. Hundreds of letters have bscn received ask ing the csslstanco of the agent In collecting thc o accounts and some people seem to think the way to iruko sure of their claims Is to offer the agent a good round commis sion. To all such requests the agent Is com pelled to reply that the law forbids hU as sisting In tbo collections of any accounts against the Indians and creditors have no re course at law. Thsro Is no doubt that mer chants are Imposed upon. The Indians make many falsa representations to stccuro goody , eucli as representing thcmtolves to bo mem bers of the tribal council and pledging the honor of the tribe for the payment of the account. Others give orders on the agent In retain the amount of their account out of thr.lr next annuity , which Is contrary to law and which the agent cannot do , The band of objfctlonlslfl who refused to draw their pay last September are now traveling over the state trying to secure a living. The agent gays that It is Ill-directed churlty for the people of Iowa to assist this vagabond cle ment of the trlbo and they should bo forced by necessity to return to cjmp , draw their pay and earn a living. The trlbo has 3,000 acres of good land and experience has shown that thosi who work and stay at home get along quite well , while those who are con stantly traveling trying to secure assistance ore always hard up , It Is not improbable that the Indian department will take action In the matter and order all the Indians away from camp to return within the next thirty days. When in want of a good liniment buy Sal- \ailon Oil. which costs only 25 cents. ICffn L'onlrxHluii IN .Viitv Ili'iilc-il , AVATEHLOO , la. , Dec. G. ( Special. ) it Ic now denied that ( hero was any confession ofVYoung Kern of Waverly , In the murder ciio with which ho It connected , The sheriff of Bremer county telephoned hero a denial of the whole story and declared that If Kcra bad confessed It was not to him or any member of his family. , Tbo grind Jury Investigating the case has made no report and bag adjourned to await further evidence. 1IICBY HAS HIS OWN TROUBLE Oity Olcrk SnfTora Thnugh Ignorance of Othsr People. FOREIGNERS CLAIM HIM FOR FATHER iKitnrnnep of tlio ImiiKiiiiKP Lcnd VnrliuiN Alleiix to Olnxxlfy thr Cllr Clerk IIM I'll re nl of Diver * i School Children. According to the records ot the local schools , City Clerk Hlgby Is the proud fattier of the biggest family In Omaha. By the same token his progeny Is not confined to any particular locality nor to any fixed nationality , 'but ' Is pretty well distributed , over several wards of the city , lllgby main tains that the record Is n mistake , but ha has been kept so busy explaining It for tlio last day or two that ho threatens to take a week oft atui stay out of town until the responsibility for the trouble Is located. The trouble results from a custom which prevails In the schools of sending out "cards , of Information , " which are to bo returned to the principal filled out with the names of the parents , the age of the pupil and such other Information as U considered de sirable for the use of the teachers. Thcso cards were sent out some time ago and most of them have been returned with the de sired Information. But It scums that there has been a gross error somewhere , for qulto a number of the cards have been re turned by Illiterate families , which bear tho. Inscription : "Name of Parent : llccchcr Hlgby. " Ono case Is that of an .Italian fam ily , from which half a dozen children attend the Come-nlus school. The parents In this case cinont read to any great extent , and they wore evidently up n stump when they re ceived the cir.ls. But the head of the fam ily had 'been In politics nnd retained a dis tinct recollection of the city clerk. So ho thought ho could make no mistake If hi Inscribed Hlgiby's name on the cards as a sort of reference , and thu principal was hor- rlfle.l a few days later to discover that at least six of her pupils claimed the city clerk as their father. Two or throe similar cases have occurred and the record up to date Indicates that Hlgby Is the father of six Italians , three or four Bohemians and a couple of woolly-nestled pickaninnies. What the result will 'bo ' when the full returns are In Is a matter of speculation. Plin.VIC IX I.OCAh LEGISLATION. Flfteen-Yciir-OIil Illnnder UrniiKht tn Olllelnl Attention. Ono of the freaks which occasionally creep InOo the deliberations of legislative bodies is contained in 'tho building ordinance of which section. 67 Is made the parent of ono of the most unmitigated nuisances that are cncouaiereu in tno uusmess uistrict. 'Una fectlon provides lu so many words that the flow from gutters and down pipes must be- carried across the sidewalks to the gutters. A practical illustration of the effect of the provision Is afforded by the south side ot F.xrnam street .between Fifteenth and Six teenth streets. 'Here the- flow from tna down epouts of the Rcdick building over flows the eldewalk , making It a mass of Ice when the thermometer Is below the freezing point , and an accumulation of slush during a thaw. How such a provision ever crept Into a municipal ordinance Is not apparent , but It has been thcro for ' the last fifteen' years. Building Inspector Butler ran afoul of the section yesterday when he proceeded to servo a notice on the owners of the building In question to abate the nuisance , and admits. Oral according to the ordinance they have done exactly right In allowing the water from the roof to flow across the sidewalk. City Engineer Rosewater says that tlio pro vision In- section 07 Is too ridiculous to beheld held biudlng and that numerous permits have been , granted by Iho engineering do- partmcnt In similar cases to make sewer connections. The plumbing ordinance pro vides that connections may bo made from down spouts with storm water sewers and is there la a storm water sewer on Farnam , street , the city engineer holds that in the city can. compel the connectl-ii to bo made , vllh Slush. The rapid thawing of the snow Is making It difficult for the email gang of men now cm- ployed by the street department to keep tbo crosswalks In passable condition. The men are kept moving constantly around the busi ness district , but half an hour after' a pasrago has been cleared it Is as bad aj before. Yes terday Superintendent Bovcily got out the grader and run ! t over some of the principal driving streets In order to level the hunimolB of snow in the gutters and along the street railway tracloi and thus Improve the sleigh ing for these who wished to uijoy it. ciKit icy MUST IIKRISTI3II TIME. llnnily Cloe.lc to Keen Trnelc < > C I'ont- olllee Kmiilii ) ex. Tlio clerks in the local roHofllce depart ment are somewhat disturbed and wrought up by an Innovation that Is belli ? put in In the shape of a Bundy clock , by which they will be callc-l upon to register the tlmo at which they go to work and quit. The np- i > aratus I * being fixed today and will bo resdj lor operation In < a day cr to. A similar clock has been used for { ho carriers for Komo months This was put into service , however , 'because ' under the clght-hcAir law the government has bcca : < -lled upon to pay carriers a great sum of money for working ovei time. Under tbo system the exact tlmo at which the carriers ccmmece work and leave Is registered and there is no chance for a dliputc. The clerks , however , arc inclined to resent the Introduction of the clock In > thclr depart ment. They claim that the eight-hour law docs not affect them , and that they are fre quently called 'to work overtime without extra compensation. Ju view of this condi tion of affairs they are Indignant over the apparent fear of the government that they will go to work a mlnuto or two la > to , but hope to even up matters by ringing up every minute of overtime they put In. The higher postofilco officials say that the plan Is em ployed simply to sco that all employes put In full time. The clock costs eevcral hundreds of doj- lare. It will occupy almost the entire tlmo of ono clerk to keep a record of the regl - tratlons. Polex Ueiiieiulier Their lleroed. The glxty-Hoventh anniversary of the Polish revolution of 1KM WOB appropriately celebrated by u. large- gathering of the I'o- llsh pcopln of Oinaha tit thu hull at Twenty , sixth and Arbor directs Sunday nftor- noon. The mt'otlng WIIH under the aus- pIccH of the 1'ollnli Utcrnry society. Holn- rlcli Slcnklewlcz , and was attended by all the more prominent PolCH of Omiihii. The principal addrcBs wudelivered by Father Kaliiiuii'ii < > t the I'olluh church , und Fpeechi-H were'ulno made by Anton Inda , John KowalewHkl and others. The pro gram wag varied by u number of patnotlo songs and by literary elections by the lady members of the society , Cllneli ItetnniK tlie ArtlnluM. In connection with the direct accident In which Mrs. M , C. Wilson wan knocked down by a parsing hack nmlAttoniey Fitch and P. K. Clinch sulMcquently had an al tercation over toinu urtlulcu dropped by Mrs. Wilson : Mr . Wllhon has made a Htutemcnt In writing that the article * have IK-HI returned to her In person by Mr , Clinch. The altercation referred to lea to the arrest of Clinch on a charge of QB- tuult preferred by the attorney , but It bail been stated that the articles yvnra taken from Clinch by Fitch and by him returned to Mrs , Wilson. Remember that there U no foreign matter In Oak's imperial Champagne , extra drjr , Pure Jul < * o of the griptu.
