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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING- , DECEMBER 14 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY ITS E CENTS ,
FLEE FROM FAMINE
Wild Rush to Qct Ont of the
Klondike ,
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND ON THE ROAD
Btatnpcdo from Dawson in Order to Escape
Starvation ,
ffORCIKG A WAY OVER THE MOUNTAIN
Twenty-Five For Cent of Them Will iJot
Survive the Trip ,
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TERRIBLE TALE OF FLIGHT FROM NORTH
Exit from the Alnnlcnn City
About tlic I'M rut of October
. , ProvlMlonn Were Short
liven Then.
VICTORIA , B. C. . Dec. 13. Dy the steamer
Topeka , from. Talya , news comes that more
than 1,000 Ill-provisioned men stampeded from
Dawson during the latter part of October ,
Hid , Impelled by tlio haunting fear of famine ,
nro now forcing their way over the ruojin
tains. Auk , the Indlcn mall carrier , who
brings this report , left the Yukon capita"
fully ten days after the Dalton ixirty. Ho
rays that the vanguard of the terror-stricken
army Is following less than n week behind
Jilra. Auk declares that fully 25 per cent o
( bo stampeding army will never llvo to rcclt
( ho terrors of their flight from the north.
The river steamers Bella and Ware , It now
appears , did not land more than 100 tons o
provisions on their arrival In Dawson In th
early part of October , owing to their bavin
been held up at Circle City.
It Is believed that the crossing or the pas
above Talya and Skagway has lately occn
Greatly Improved and within a month will b
In excellent condition. Talya parties headed
by George P. Ulmcr propose to go to th
relief of the hungry at Dawson. They wl
make the government an offer to deliver 50,00
jwunds of .provisions within fifty days aftc
the time of starting for Dawson for the sun
of $75,000. They already have 5,000 poundi
of provisions cached at Lake Bennett , ivhlc'
( hey will taken _ In over the Chllkoot pa *
Hi Is winter. Ulmer will go ssuth by th
next steamer to lay his preposition before th
secretary of v.ar by wire.
It Is stated that material for the oroposei
railroad over Taku pass has already been
shipped from the cast.
ALOER FURNISHES INFORMATION.
"WASHINGTON , Dec. 13. la answer to a
BPiiato resolution calling for such Informa
tion as the War department possesses rela
tive to the lack of food supplies on the Yu-
flcon river , Secretary Alger today submitted
R letter reciting his action In senJlng Captain
ERay , Eighteenth infantry , to tha country to
( investigate , and enclosing copies of that offi
cer's reports , the features of which have
Already been published.
Secretary Alger eays :
Prom these reports It mill bo seen as early
as Sdptombcr 1 , while enrouto up the Yukon ,
Captain liny was In receipt of Information
to the effect that unless some relief was
sent to the district starvation , or at least
great privation , would bo. Inevitable. From
other sources , Including1 dispatches from the
Chambers of Commerce at Portland and
.Tacoma , while unodlclal , the department be-
Jlcvca to bo thoroughly reliable , It Is as
certained that fclnca the 13th of August but
JC3 tons of provisions have reached Dawson
City by river and that the boats of the
two transportation companies , with 2,000
tons of supplies for that place , were ob-
Hcod to discharge their freight at Fort
.Yukon . , owingto the lowncss of the river
totwecn these tno points.
It Is also learned from three Independent
sources that the population of the town of
Da"/son and vicinity In October of this year
( was estimated to bo not less than 0,000 , ami
probably was much In excess of that num
ber , anil that among the population of Daw-
eon City and the country tributary thereto
n. largo number of American citizens are
reported to have Insufficient fooi to last
them through the in Inter and that many
arc absolutely destitute.
SOME LEAVM THE COUNTRY.
"When It was ascertained at Dawson by
special messenger tent from Fort Yukon
about September 13 that no moro supplies
could reach the mining districts before nex
Hummer via the Yukon 700 or SCO went 40C
anllos down the river In boats to Fort Yu-
Icon , in Journey requiting from twenty-three.
to tin enty-elght days' travel , where It Is es
timated there nre about 700 tona of orovU
Son * ) cached , and that at atlnook crock ,
about COO miles from Dais son City , and a
Port Hamlln , K3 miles ) from Dawson ilrvwn
the river , the trading companies upon -whon-
the miners depend wholly for their iv\lnter't
supply were compelled , owing to the low
ness of the river , to unload respectively
and 00 tons of ( provisions % from their sb
boats bound from St. Michaels for D.IW
iton.
iton.Tho last Information from the mining ills
trlct bears date of October 17 , when It wn
reported ( hero wcro not on salu In the store
of Dawson or Uioxo accessible to the mln
Ing region a single pound of bacon or bean
md thu nun found it Impossible to puruliau
tuppllos except In rare canes from friends ,
or from Individuals who thought they hn
l surplus , and the coat of food or the ban
necessities of llfo oven under tin HO clrcum
itanccs was exorbitant and almost prolilb
Itory , llfty-pound tacks of Hour sclilng a
1100 to $ i:5.
'Although there arc many tons of supplici
It Fort St. Michaels , about 1,770 miles fror
Daweon City down the Yukon , It will In
Impossible to got any food from there b
fore next summer. The only possible rou'
by which supplies can be transpoitcd Int
the. mining district at the present ccaso
would bo cither by the Chllkoot or Whit
pass through Lukes Llndeman and Bonnet
ind down the Lewes and Yukon rivers eve
the tco or through tha Chllkaot pass an
pver Dnlton's trail , approximately 700 mile
ipd reo iiilks respectively from Juncau , re
tulrlng from thirty to thirty-five day ;
Iravel from Juncau u most hazardous nn
perhaps Impossible trip , although It Is be
ilcved It can be accomplished.
From the best' Information obtainable It
Vs believed that the use of rtlndeer will belie
) lie means by which these supplies can bo
rotten tbroimh If at all. It Is therefore
Recommended that rtlndeer bo purchased
in Lapland to the number of COO and per
mission granted to bring reindeer drivers
from that country , this upon the Informa
tion that It requites much skill to manage
( heno nnlmuls , It Is believed supplies taken
into that country need not to any great ex
tent bo furnished as a gratuity , but that
many of the miners will be ubla to pay the
„ lost of such supplies ,
I Aflnvlc llrltluli Ilunr Guard.
I SIMLA , Dec. 13. General Kempster's rear
guard , according to official dlipatchca from
* io front , wlille tranupori'us ' a number of
iwoundea , was cut off by the tribesmen on
Saturday near Sher-Khe ) , ana was obliged.
to entrench for the night. In the morning
thrro was ncvcro fighting , but the Ilrltlsh
finally rushed upon the village and dislodged
the enemy. The Highlanders Icet four killed
nnd fourteen wounded , and there wcro sev
eral casualties among the Sepoys before the
rear Kuard of the brigade was finally re
lieved.
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is Pi'siiius oo.nniiAiin. .
InnurRcnt I.enoVr Coiniirllcil to Take
to the Mountain * .
HAVANA , via Key West , Ha. . Dec. 13.
It Is officially announced -thit the Spanish
forces under the command of General Pando ,
In the province of Puerto Principe , have
been. pushing the Insurgent leader , General
Maximo Gomez , BO closely that ho was
obliged , with about 2,000 , men ot his escort
cert , to seek refuge In the woods and moun-
talna ot Las Delllclas.
The commissioners sent by General Pando
to different parts of the Island with In
structions to negotiate with the Insurgents
for their acceptance of the autonomous
feature of government proposed by Spain
have not returned In a single cose , which
seems to confirm the report that some of
them have been hanged by the Insurgents
and others hive elected to remain with
the enemy. It Is reported that Juan del
Gado , the Insurgent leader , has hanged the
two commissioners who wcro sent to him
with peace propositions.
A dispatch recently received here from
Madrid says that the autonomlc cabinet for
Cuba will not bo formed until the reform
ists and autonomists mil to In one party ,
an , ] It Is added that the reformist deputy ,
Amblard , who Is now In Madrid , will , on
his arrival In New York , offer to Manual
Rafael Angulo , a member of the Cuban
revolutionary Junta , a portfolio In the new
autonomle cabinet , in order to Induce him
to return to Cuba.
It Is announced Beml-offlclally < that Gen
eral Sangullly , the Insurgent leader , has
written to Marshal Blanco , tendering him his
services unconditionally.
Same ot the richest Spaniards of Cuba have
held further meetings hero , at CIcnfuegou and
Sagua to consider tlio advisability of send
ing a petition to President McKlnlcy asking
for the establishment of a United States
protectorate over Cuhi If within six months
the government's plans for the pacification of
the Island give no results.
Latest advices from Madrid seem to show
that Deputy Amblard will bo entrusted with
the task of making new proposals to the
Cuban Junta when ho reaches New York. He
Is said to have Informed the Spanish min
isters that ho counted on the adherence of
Senor Sangullly to the new order of things
and If It Is true that the latter has offered
his services to the captain general , the In-
lluonco of Amblard at. Madrid will bo greatly
Increased.
NEW YORK , Dec. 13. At the Cuban Junta [
hero and from other sources. It w > : s learned
that Sanguilly'a lojalty to the Cuban cause
hail been under suspicion for some time and
that his reported action In offering his serv
ices unconditionally to General Dlanco was
by no moans a surprise. Delegates Thomrs
Estrada Palma , however , epeaklng for publi
cation , said he could hardly believe that
Sangullly had capitulated , but that ho did
not attach much Importance to the report
even If true. A Cuban merchant prominent
among the revolutionists In this city said
that Sangullly was not likely to go over
again wlthlu the Insurants line ? , and that
whatever action he had taken would not have
any effect on the loaders still In the field.
General Saugullly . \ as In "Now York not a
vcck ago. It was said at the Junta that
Irnor Sangullly referred to in the dispatch
: as not a member of the bjdywhich consists
t only four members. Senor Angullly ,
iccordlng to the same authority , Is a Cuban
awyer ami a man of letters who Is one of
he eJltora of a Journal called Cuba puO-
Isbed In this city. fThls paper has been
lubllshed in Spanish for the last three
vceks. Today It appears In English. It Is
'Irected by ISenor Escovar , formerly of La
iscussion In Havana , and advocates the nc-
jptance of the autonomy offers. It has no
lotmectlor. with the Juuta.
MGIMUHV STHIKI3 COATI.MJliS.
fo Hurt III Ml Klit for UiiKlauil'H Grunt
Labor Trouble- .
LONDON , Dec. 13. The 'ballot taken by
, ho unions oj Uio Algamatc-d Society of En
gineers Is almost unanimous against acccpt-
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"ng the proposals of the employers.
The 'ballot ' grew out of the' formal confcr-
nce between the representatlvs of the strlk-
ng engineers and their employers , which
began on November 21 last , and after sev
eral sessions -was adjourned on December
until Dccenjber 14 , In order to allow the
delegates of the engineers to submit to the
various unions 'the ' terms of tbo masters
The employers , through their represtmta-
Ivcs at the conference , have declined to
recede * from tihelr position respecting free
dom In the management of their bunlne.s.1 ,
without the Interference of the unions , and
emphatically pronounce against a reduction
n the houis of labor , on the ground tha
such a * diminution would mean a smaller
output and Inability to meet with foreign
competitors. The general Impression when
the conference 'was adjourned to allow the
ballot was that unless the unions accepted
these terms there , would 'be ' a renewal o
the deadlock.
The strike began on July 13 last with a
lockout upon the part of someot the en
glnoera , followed by the engineers calling
out a largo number of men , until about 100 ,
000 engineers 'were ' thrown out of work. Thi
ostensible reason for the sttlko was th
question of payment for overtime and Incl
dentally for eight hours work per day. Th
cnglnccra have liulstcd upon eight hour :
work and that all overtime must count as
ono and a quarter time for the first t\v
hours and as tlmo and a half after that ,
The senior professors at Oxford unlverslt
liavo signed a protest against the attitude o
the employers.
To I'li-iiil Vi'iioxiioln'H
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CARACAS , Venezuela , Dec , 13. ( New
York World Cablegram Special Telegram. )
Venezuela has not definitely determined who
shall plead Us cause before the arbitration
tribune to fix the Guiana boundary , but It
Is settled that It will be- ono of these six dis
tinguished Jurists of the United States ;
Joseph H. Choato of Now York City , Fred
eric II , Coudcrt of New York City , ex-
President Harrison of Indianapolis , United
States Senator J. D. Forakcr of Cincinnati ,
Judge William II. Day of Canton or ex-
Unltcd Statea Senator George F. Edmunds of
Vermont.
llliuHulllo ,
BERLIN , Doc. 13. Hcrr Wllhelm von
Kardorff , president of the Jllmclalllc league
of Germany , presided today at the meeting
of tbo league , at which It was resolv.'d to
take steps to promote the objects of tbo
league lu other countries , as though
England' * attitude might delay , It could not
( Continued on , Sccoui ) Pace. } , ,
MERCER WANTS MORE MONEY
Omaha's ' Hustling ; Congressman Hal Hla
City's Interests in Viow.
NEW POSFOFFICE SHOULD BE COMPLETED
Wilt Introduce a bill Providing
for IlullilltiK the PrnpOMcil Seven
teenth Street \VlnK Army
OIllccH Jinx "o There.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 13. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Congressman Mercer , chairman ot
'the ' house committee on public buildings aud
grounds , has called upon Supervising Archi
tect Taylor for an estimate us to the probable -
able cost ot completing the URW Omaha post-
ofllco building as originally planned. Forti
fied with this Information It la Mr. Mercer's
lntcmlcn : 'to Introduce a bill appropriating
amount which 'Ac officials in the archi
tect's office believe will be neccesary to erect
the wing on Seventeenth strecit. The buildIng -
Ing was originally designed to cost $2,000,000 ,
$1,300,000 , having been appropriated by sev
eral congresses and which Is being used to
complete .tho building as at present outlined.
It Is the belief of Mr. Mercer that between
$200,000 and $300,000 will bo sufficient to
erect the Seventeenth street side of the
building , and It his estimate should proVc
correct ho will endeavor to secure an appro
priation during his term as dialnnan ot the
public buildings and grounds committee.
There Is great objection , not only IQ army
circles but In tile Treasury department as
well , to appropriating a large sum of money
for the repair of the ol.l postofllco building
for the headquarters ot the Department of
the PiaUo and Mr. Mercer In Ills new bill
will In all probability provide for the occu
pancy of the Seventeenth Street side ot the
now postofllco building by the officials of the
Department of the Platte.
Representative Hager , In behalf of the
borrismen of Surveyor Whlttlessey of Coun
cil Bluffs , today visited the Treasury depart
meat for the purpose of having t'hc ' defaulter
apprehended. Whlttlcssoy has apparently
decamped with $2,100 of government funds.
An Inspector was ordered out after him and
tbo entire force from the Canadian line to
the 'Mexican border will be given a full de
scription.
ALLEN'S TWO DILLS.
Senator Allen today presented favorable
'reports ' on his bills upproprlatlng $50,000 for
the Indian congress at Omaha next year , and
. granting ito the Omaha Northern Railway
j company the right-of-way 'ISiroug1 ' ; ! the
I Omaha aod Wlunebago reservations In
Thuiaton county. Doth bills took a high
position on the calender and If the oppor
tunity presents Itself Mr. Allen will endeavor
to pass > thu former bill Rhls week. Ho suc
ceeded In passing through the senate a bill
for the relief of the heirs ot Jacob R. Davis
ot Nebraska. He also Introduced a bill lo
remove the o.arge of desertion from Piillo
Nowraan < f Pembrook , Neb.
At a. conference between Senator Thurs-
ton and Represnntu.tlvo Stark today It was
decided to Introduce bills Irt their respctlve
houses to provide for the revision and adjust
ment of sales < A the Otoo and 'Missouri res
ervation lands In the states of Nebraska and
and Kansas , and to confirm titles under salcl
sales. In the act of 1892 provision was made
that the Indian -must consent to the settle
ment through equity. In the bill which Rep
resentative Stark Introduced late this after
noon and which Senator .Thurstou
will Introduce tomorrow , i tha Indiau
fea-ture ot the 1893 act Is omitted ,
the design being to settle the whole
question through the Interior dcpUrt-
ment , and not trust to attorneys for the
Indians , Who have , on account of fees , stood
between the settlers of Gage county , Ne
braska , and the Indians In effecting fin ami
cable agreement. A number of settlers In
Gage countyj who purchased lands from the
Omaha and Missouri Indians , have been urg
ing upon the Nebraska delegation to support
the "Irco homes bill. " so-called , upon the
theory that tlio bill would give them meas
ure of relief.
Senators Allen * and Thurston and Repre
sentative Stark , when seen today on this
subject were unanimously of the opinion
that the Otoc land Missouri lands did not fall
within the provisions of the "fres homes
bill , " as they were solduti ! , public auction to
tbo highest bidder , while the lands covered
by the hill 'were purchased by the govern
ment of various Indian 'tribe. ? and were
hcrafler boinesteaded under the general
aws ot tha United States. Purchasers of
the Otoo and 'Missouri ' Indi'an ' lands did not
settle under the general homestead laws of
the United States , anil therefore thalr con
tracts of purchase wcro not covered by the
free homes bill. " If the Otoa and Mis
souri reservation lands should bo held to bo
within the terms of the "freo homes bill , "
fixing the price per acre under existing laws ,
settlers thereon might bo held to the amount
bid by them under this construction ,
DILL 'BY KYLE.
Senator Kyle today Introduced a bill to
appropriate$100,000 for the erection of a
branch United States mint at Deadwood ,
8. D.
The secretary of the treasury ilas neglected
to make aoy recommendation for an appro
priation for the expenses of the assay olllco
at Deadwood but 1he South Dakota delega
tion hopes to sccuro tine necessary funds
notwithstanding the estimate for clerk hire
under the surveyor general of South Dakota
is cut from $7,000 to $5,000 for the- next fiscal
year. Tills is duo to a falling off In business
of the ofllce.
Congressman ( Mercer Introduced a bill to
day granting the 1'lgbt-of-way to tbo Oma'Iia
Northern Railway company through the
Omaha and Wlnncbago reservations. He also
filed a petition of 200 citizens of lioyd county
asking for a passage of the free homes bill.
W. S. Strawn left for Omaha today , after
learning that the supreme court had IKJ
poned action on bis motion to dismiss or
affirm In the cage of Dull against Dlackman ,
deferring the same until the case came up
for bearing on Its merits. TUo case comes
from the Iowa supreme court , Judge Duffy
of Omulm being Interested in the suit as
well as Council Iluffs parties.
Congressman Stark Introduced a bill to
pension Joseph D. Krlc of Aurora at $30 per
month.
Captain W. A. Jlerccr , acting agent of
the Omaha and Wlnncbago reservations In
Nebraska , accompanied by Mrs. Mercer , Is at
tbo Ebbltt. Captuta Mercer Is In Welling
ton to make ( its report to the commissioner
of Indian affairs ,
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I'l-rlnlnliiK' t 1'OHtnl AfTnlrK ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. 13. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The following fourth-ekes pos mas
ten were appalnted toJay ;
Nobratka Bang , Dodge ccunty , Mcrli Ra
musscn. vice E. J. Schow , resigned ; Deus
, la . Otoc county , Walter D , Rogers , vice John
M. Hull , resigned ! Pearl , Cba o county , Mrs.
Ida B. Bard , vlco Ocorgo "ty. " Morris , rc-
elgncd : Tatnora , Sewa'rd county. Charles D.
Alexander , vlco Ross B. Marshall , removed.
Iowa Elgin , Fayotto couiJt Hans Kclser ;
Lima , Fayetto county , John i Wallace.
Representative Hagiir lias recommended the
appointment of J. D. taddoclc us postmaster
at Molvcrn.
First .Assistant Postmaster General Heath
has authorized the poatmaitcr ot Waterloo
to employ an additional clerk at $100 per an
num to ante from January 1.
IMMIGItATIUtf HILL IN JANUAIXY.
Sntiiifi > AirropK Unan n Inic ? for tlio
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'Plniil.'VcHe.
WASHINGTON , D * . 13. Mr. Ledge oT
Massachusetts ma'do an effort today to secure
an Immediate vote upon .his Immigration bill ,
which Is substantially .the same measure that
was p usscd by the Fitty-fourth. congress and
vetoed by 'President Cleveland. Mr. Allen of
Nebraska objected to an Immediate vote
and suggested that too final vote on the
amendments and the bill bo taken Monday ,
January 17 , at 3 p. rn. This suggestion * was
accepted by Mr. Ledge and tbo order for u
vote at that time was made.
Mr. Gorman , chairman of 'tho ' democratic
steering committee , presented an order which
was adopted rearranging tbo committee as
signments of eomo ot the democratic mem
bers , made necessary by the Incoming of
new members.
Mr. Davis , chairman of , the committee on
foreign relations , called up the bill prohib
iting the killing of fur seals In the North
Pacific ocean , but on the suggestion of Mr.
Pettlgrew of South Dakota , who said he de
sired to offer some amendments to it , it
went over until tomorrow.
Mr. Pottlgrow called up the 1)111 granting
to settlers the right to 'make second homestead -
stead entries ot ICO acres and It was passed.
An agreement has l > een reached by the
senate to vote on the Immigration bill Jan
uary 17 at 3 o'clock , and the senate has ad
journed.
Mr. Butler of North Carolina spoke at length
upon amendments ho had offered to the bill
which Jio had previously introduced , provld-
hiU for a postal savings bank system. Such ,
a syste u would , in his opl-nlon , Insure greater
comfort In flic homes of the plain people ot
the land , as a great -majority would certainly
become depositors lu euoh banks. This
would cultivate among them 'thrift ' and econ
omy and enable them to easily provide for
themselves In illness and Int old ago , which
was another argument la , favor of the sys
tem. Mr. Butler said1 If .thc Astern were es
tablished there would never pa another Issue
of bonds by this government In times of
peace. U would give raen. of small meuns an
opportunity to Increase 'their ' capital , would
place a greater amount at money In circula
tion , and would afford benefits-to all tha pco-
plo ot Inestimable value ,
A bill providing for the erection < of an ad
dition ito the public building at Las Angeles
was pjssed.
Mr. Gormaniof Maryland , of the democratic
steering committee , presented cu order mak
ing t'omo changes In the democratic repre-
sontatlca In standing committees. The order
provided 'that Mr. Joneis oS , AVkareas be ap
pointed chairman Cf ; the ctfmmlttee cm pri
vate Umd claims , Mr. Day chairman ot the
committee on corporations In the District
of Columbia , Mr. Turple chairman of the
comm'lttco to Investigate _ the condHlcul of
tha Potomac river front at Washington , Mr. "
Berry chalrmsol of the committee on woman
suffrage , Mr. Gray chairman of the com-
mltteo oni additional accommodations In the
library of congress , Mr. Pascoo of Florida
chalniao of the committee on the five civi
lized tribes of Indlano. Others were as
signed to committees as 'follows. Mr. Daniel
of Virginia to finance , Mr. Mills ofTexas to
commerce , Mr. Pettus of Alabama to Judic
iary , Mr. Gorman of Maryland to District
of Columbia , Mr. Mallory of Florida to pub
lic health and national guarantiee , Mr.
Wa'.thall ot Mltslrslppl to rules , Mr. Money
of Mississippi to agricultural and forestry ,
railroads , postofilces and postroails , public
buildings end grounds , and geological sur
veyc , Mr. Turley of Virginia to private land
claims , privileges and elections , transporta
tion routes to the seaboard , education and
labor , sod patents. The order was adopted
without debate.
The Immigration 'hill , the unfinished bus
iness of the senate , was called up by Mr.
Lodge of MaBsachuselts , the author
of tbo incamirc , and a' vote asked
for Immediately. An * objectlcn was
made by Sir. Allen , populist of
Nebraska , as ho desired time for further
consideration of some , of'the features of It.
Ho suggestedl that Monday , January 17 , bo
fixed as the date for JaklnB a final vote oa
the measure.
v
Mr. Chandler , republican , of New Hamp
shire , then , aaked unanimous consent that
the bill remain the unfinished bualaces until
3 p. in. January 17 , when a final vote on the
bill and Us ame > ndmcn { & Is to bo taken. This
was agreed to. ( ,
Mr. WllBonv republican ; of Washington ,
presented a. resolution' ' directing the civil
service commission to transmit to the een-
ate a statement by ( Jspall years since 1890
showing the total' ' number of persons exam
ined , the total numl > cr ( passed , and the total
tvumbcr appointed In the several branchco
ofthe government since , and the total num
ber of persons on the eligible listsof the
several 'branches of the civil service at the
beginning of each of those 'fiscal years. The
resolution' ' waa agreed to. '
At 2:40 : p. m , the senate ? adjourned ,
JORDAN I'l-EAIMVC iron- THIS SEAL.
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ICxpcrt THIH Why , Tolujrlc Sc-alliiK
Mioiilil lltt KtopjuMl.
WASHINGTON , Doe.13. . Prof. David
Starr Jordan , president qf the Stanford
University , who was the leading expert of
the United Statea government In the seal ne
gotiations last nutumn ! hauVglvon < ils verdict
strongly against any such proposition as that
'
presented In tbo bill to 't > o Introduced by
Representative Johnspn of North Dakota ,
looking to the Immediate killing of all the
seals on the Islands < as ' ( ho best manner In
which to prevent frlcjldn between the
United States and Canada. The report of
Prof. Jordan sh6ws , in U preliminary
way , the results ot his examinations In tbo
Bering sea during the latt season , and will
tdortly bo published , lii the meantime the
following extracts show &U opinion :
Wlthlr. the past two years It has been
several times proposed that wo settle the
seal once for all by the t-luughter of the
cntlro herd on Its breeding grounds , It la
scarcely necessary to oolnt out that this
course of action would Wt accomplish the
desired end. As the anlmalsnre _ never all
present at ona tlmo on- the Tslaiids a rem
nant would be left which In tlmo would
revive the herd und with It the TShole ques
tion ,
In the meantime cvemobjcctlonwhich has
been urged ngalim peago | | dealing would
be JuUly chargeable osjlnst cue , ) a uluush.
tpr. ItAculd be necessary to lie In wait
for the gravid females and kill them as
came ashore to give birth to
( Continued on Third Page. )
IGNORES ORDERS OF COURT
Board of Fire and Follco Oomtnisslonors
Becomes Defiant ,
SAYS KEY30R HAS NO JURISDICTION
Dmpcrnic Effort to Avoid Ilrfrnt In
Shofvliitr Up Ncvriipnpcr Circulation
Temporary Injunction
to lie Sinilc 1'crmiinrnt.
As n climax to the continual rpcctaelo
which the Board a ! Plro and Police Commls
sloncrq has miado ot lUolt since. It received
ts appointment as a reform board It last
night took the attitude of direct defiance to
the authority of the district court. U had
been cited to appear todiy before Judge
Kcysor In answer to an application for an In
junction by The Bee Publishing company
asking that the board should not grant Its
Indorsement without An Investigation to a
doubtful decision , of two years ago , regardIng -
Ing the circulation of Douglas county news
papers. The board decided that It would
Ignora the summons of the court. The play
Is ovldenUy. the dcspcxato rcsourcJs of the
paper favored by the board to avoid the cer
tain defeat of opening Its ; circulation books
before the district court. The expectation
seems to bo that the temporary Injunction
against the recognition ot the World-Herald
as the official paper for the publication o
liquor licenses will bo made permanent In
default of a contrary showing. An undefined
fined ground , however , even with the boarJ
and Us agents stripped of all authority lu
the matter , Is thought prefsrablc to the
known embarrassment of showlngi up an In
ferlor circulation. The purpose of the board
was embodied In the following resolution
affirmed by all members ciccpt Mayo
Moores und Commissioner Dullard , the lattc
being absent :
Whereas , The Bee Publishing compan *
has brought suit In the district court , Judg
Kcysor presiding , nnd under pretext o
seeking a restraining order has sought ti
put In Issue the present circulation of tlv
newspapers ot Douglas county In which th
notices of application for licenses may b
published ; and
Whereas , This board has answered by i
plea to the jurisdiction of the said cour
and has refused to take any Issue , upon th
circulation of the new openers published I
Douglas county In that this board has sol
primary Jurisdiction to try nnd detcrmln
the mutter and no Issue has yet bco
raised before this board upon which appea
can bo taken to the district court ;
therefore.
This lionril directs Its ? attorneys. Hall nm
McCullough. that they pioeecd no further
thoroln and In courtesy advise the court
1h.t iwo stand upon our p'.ea denying the
jurisdiction of the district court In the
matter.
The protest of the Bee Publishing company ,
submitted ono week ago , citing Instances In
which the board's action in attempting to
throw liquor licenses to the World-Herald
was In contradiction to certain rulings of
the state supreme court and presenting also
the sworn statement of seventy canvassers ,
who had demonstrated the superiority of the-
Bee's circulation by a personal Investigation ,
waa laid over for another week pending t'ao
action of the district court .today. '
A communication was received from the
city council authorizing the Nebraska Tele
phone company to place In service one addi
tional set of fire alarm Instruments for use
at the engine house at the exposition
grounds. The application of J. C. Vlzzard
for reinstatement on the detective force of
the city was referred to tno committee on
mco nnd discipline. Another quarrel be
tween firemen was referred to the board for
settlement , the parties being Firemen Ernest
NeWhouso nnd Joseph Hengcn of No. 1
engine house. The two men wcro repri
manded for quarreling in company quarters
and Vi ro suspended for thirty dayo each.
The following leaves were granted : Sergeant
King , ten days ; Patrolman G. B. Curry , five
days.
THY TO COl'K WITH STANDARD OIL.
n Ciorcriiinvitt AVreNtllni ?
itlic fJIfjiuitlo Trust.
LONDON , Deo. 14. The Berlin correspond
ent of the Dally Chronicle , In a dispatch to
day with reference to the petroleum ques
tion , says : "Tho German consumers every
where prefer American to Russian oil , and
the Government hones some method may bo
discovered of reducing the specific gravity of
the Russian product and cheapening and
facilitating transportation. The prospects ,
hownver , arc that the refiners at Baku will
find Oriental markets for all the oil they can
produce , nnd the saleof Russian oil In Ger
many Is diminishing.
"It Is believed that the Standard Oil trust
ivlll not succeed In getting the Baku refiners
nto Its ring. M. D , Wltte , Russian minister
ot finance , has the final word In that matter ,
and ts likely to forbid it. As the case now
stands , both the German government and the
German chambers of commerce seem power-
ess. "
OUTMXI3 DEFENSE OV LUETGEUT.
. \Horiu--H 'Will ChiuiKc TnctlcN In the *
.Sccuiiil Trial.
CHICAGO , Dec. 13. Attorneys Harmon and
Rlez In their defense of A. L. Luotgert have
decided to base a strong fight on tlio point of
the corpus delicti. They have been making
a fjpeclal study of the law covering thta point.
They will contend for tbo principle ot commcn
law enunciated years and years ago by Lord
Halo , that a man cannot bo convicted where
the corpus delicti and the offense are bath
proved by circumstantial evidence. Either
the body must bo produced or the murder
proved to have been committed , and proved
by direct testimony.
DUHHAXT WILL HE SICXTENCED.
HuliiiN to Pronounce tlie Mur-
iliTcr'w Doom ToniiUTiMv ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 13. Upon motion
of District Attorney Barnes , W. II. Durrant ,
itho murderer of 'Blanche ' Lament and Minnie
Williams , was today ordered by Judge Bahrs
to reappear for sentence on Wednesday morn.
Ing.
H1 Strike Avoided.
NEW YORK , Dec. 13-Prealdent Samuel
D. Donnelly of Typographical union No. C ,
at a meeting- the union held In this city
tonight , announced that sixty-five out of
the 120 publishers had granted the request
of the union for a nine-hour day. About
twenty book machine offices also consented
to an eight-hour day. President Donnelly
saja that the" other offices would undoubt
edly come Into the compic't "nnd that the
impending strike will probably lie averted.
Movement * of Oceuii Vomfl * Dec. lit.
At Gibraltar Arrived Fulda , from New
YnyJs for Naples and Genoa.
At Antwerp Arrived Westernland , from
New Yorr. !
At Quecnztown Arrived Sylvanla , from
Boston.
At Uambunf-Balled-Palatla , for New
York , . / , , . . .
THE BEE BOLLETtN.
Weather Portrait for Nebratks
Fair ; Slightly Warmer ; North Winds.
Pace.
I , Starving-Klnndlkcr * 1'lco tlio Country.
Mercer Iluitlcn for Onmlm.
Fallen llonrd Icnorm Judge ICejsor.
Don gins Count j' Aid for Imposition ,
3. ArrntigcmcntR for McKlnlcy Fniirrnl.
Meeting or Pnlr nnd Hpeod AMoclntlon ,
3. SinrUliiR Committee Short of Funds.
4. Kdttorlnl nnd Comment.
0. Ilecht Found Guilt ; of MnnMnuglitor.
Itcndrlcks Keeps III * Own Couuicl.
0 , Council lUnfTn Loral Matter * .
KtiRlUUVonmn After nn r.rrliiRHpotno.
7 , Outlook for Mining In Wyoming ,
Uoncrnl News of the 1'nrthor West.
8. Farewell Itnnqurt to Mol Uhl.
Woman' * Cluli on HuglUh History.
0 , Money for Foreign Mlmlona ,
Olinngo In Live Stock Iltites.
Knnins Clty'n Kxpnnltlon HullillnR.
Important Itmliiem for City Council.
10. Kchor * of tlio Antc-Ilouni.
II. Commercial nnd Flimticlnl NO\TB.
13. "An Hour In Unites. "
llcmnrknhlo Itulli * In Mexico.
Temiicrntiirc nt Oninhni
Hour. ! ) < ! Hour. lie jr.
( n. in. . . . i. ! t 1 ] > . in -
U n. in , -it U 11. in . .
7 n. in i4 : t p. in -it
H n. Ill UU 4 i > . Ill
0 n. Ill 122 R p. m. . . . . .
10 n. in : t n ii. in rs
1 n. lit --I 7 n. 111. . . . . . - . "
a in iM 8 ii. in
I ) i . m
2CKUI.S TALKS OF THU MESSAGE.
tlio PrcNliliMit Uocxii't Go Tnr
In Ills IlvooniniciiilntloiiN.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 13. Comptroller of the
iurrcocy James II. Eckles , when asked to-
ay If ho agreed with the recommendations
is to currency m.ido . by President McKlnlcy
n his recent message to congress , said ! "I
hin'c they arc very good as far as they go ,
lo docs not go far enough , 4n my opinion ,
vlien ho says certain things ought to bo
done If possible. Things that ttught to be
done should bo done , especially when they
; o vitally touch the -country's business life ,
The prcbldcnt admits that the $310,000,000 In
greenbacks und $12,000,000 In Sherman lega
cndcrs should be taken up , and would , '
dare say , like 'to ' sec It done ; but It was a
conditional problem with him. These notes
are simply a debt , and the only way to ge
rid of a debt ts to pay It. "
"How would you pay such a vast sum a
ono time ? "
"I would Issue long-term 2V4 per cent golc :
bends and cull those tenders In. Then th' '
Issues could bo made In gold certificates. "
"Will congress take any decisive action on
ho currency question ? "
"Sentiment In favor of 'its doing EO I
jrowlng at Washington , and I Uilnk the re
suit will bo some kind of action along th
line of the president's suggestions. "
'Will the. Dlngley bill produce enoug
revenue 'to ' ray curnnt cipcnscs ? "
"All tariff bllla are problematical. So fa
the bill has not been the success predlcte
for It. but us times Improve the revenue
will Increase and it may produce better re
sulia. " . , . _
KANSAS PAUIVIO POSTPOXEMI3XT
.Indue Sniiliorii Eitc-ndH the Time fo
Sixty Dayx.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 13. ( Arguments in favo
of the postponement ot the sale of the Kan
sas Pacific railroad begun today before Judgi
Sanhoru of the Unltcil States circuit court o
appeals. Ex-Govcruor Hoadley of Ohio , ac
companled by E. Ellcry Anderson , Oliver W
Mink , Charles C. Demlng , Edward W. She
don and Lewis H. Cornell of the reorganlza
tlon committee of the Union Pacific rallrca <
"
arrived hero today. At 430 : this nfternoo
ex-Governor Hoadley , on behalf of ifae gov
eminent , began Ills argument in favor of the
postponement.
Judge Sanborn , 1n 'tho ' court of appeals ,
has granted a postponement of the proposed
sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad for sixty
days.
IIEDUCL2 ClIICACiO-UUXVEH HATES.
I'roinlno l.v HnrlliiKtoii to Meet
Gulf ItrduclloilN.
CHICAGO , Dec. 13. The freight officials
of the Burlington road have announced that
In the a-cry near future they will reduce the
rates from Chicago to Denver to a point
lower than the present rates from Chicago
to the Missouri river. The reductions will
ho made because ot the low rates made to
Denver via thu Gulf of Mexico ports. The
long and short hauls clause of the Interstate
commerce law will 1)0 Ignored In this In-
'tance ' , as any road has a right to Ignore It
according to a recent decision of the supreme
premo court < whcn It Is meeting the rates
of any water route.
oii to Fin-dun Owncrx.
NEW YORK , Dec. 1. In response to 4Iio
demands of the foreign owners the directors
of tbo 'Missouri ' , Kansas & Texas tallroad
lave decided hereafter to publish full state
ments of the net earnings on the iCth of
each month nnd to cable the ut.ii : cm cut to
Loidon on the ICth R5 > is to Insure almul-
tnneons publication hero and abroad. Ac
cordingly the statement for October will bo
Issued on Thursday next. It will show a
surplus over oil charges ot about $300,000
for the monitb and $600,000 for the first nix
months of the fiscal year.
Hold IloMiery In A'orlli Dnlcotii.
PAIIGO , N. D. , Boo. 13. About 0 o'clock
last night tv > o masked men entered the
store of P. 1) . Puynent Argusvlllo and
commanded Mr. Pnyno and C. 11. Dill , u
traveling man of Pnrgo , to hold up their
hands. Both men wore Hcarchcd and a
cold watch and { 40 were taken from Dill.
Payne was forced to ( rlvo up the key to hlH
cash drawer and that to the poslolllcc , both
of which were rilled. Hero the men got
another watch nnd $1,000. The men then
went to the Htore of SI , U. Clancey. A
watch and } CO was taken from Clanecy and
from a school teacher. The two rob-
bcis tlicn disappeared In the darkness.
fin Id friini A u M ! rn I In.
NEW YORK , Doc. US.-Tho Evening Post
Bays : The receipts of $1,37-1,0X1 In gold at
Son Francisco front Australia , expected to
nrlrve on Thursday , wilt obvluto the neces
sity of transferring from this city to that
place. The treasury consented to accept
gold In this city n few days ngo and gave
u telegraphic transfer to Ban Francisco ,
but only one firm availed Itself of the priv
ilege nnd remitted $ SOO,000 , In that way and
that remittance seems to have nettled the
exchangemarket. . It was said that three
firms bid for parts of the exchange , liut
ono firm took It all.
StrlkerH Deiiiaml' Indemnity.
KANSAS CITY , Dee. 13-As n condition
preliminary to the removal of the- boycott
against flie Armour Packing company the
three labor unions Involved have demanded
nn Indemnity of J50.000 to be paid to the
union men who have been locked out
Other labor unions repudiate the demand
Cricket Mnloli.
SYDNEY. N. B. W. Den. 13-Tho firs
cricket match between the English rrlcko
team and an Australian eleven began here
today. At the close of play the EnglUhmer ,
baa scored 337 runs for vo vrlcUets down ,
COUNTY HELPS SOME
Appropriates $75,000 to A wist in th ?
Exposition Work.
COMMISSIONERS AGREE ON THE PLAN
Pleasing Result of a Conference Hold
Yesterday Afternoon ,
DIVIDE PROCEEDS OF THE BDND SALE
Epoifio Sums Bet Apart to Bo Used
According to Provisions.
EXT OF THE APPROPRIATION RESOLUFIOM
hnrc of tlic Local Public In the Grcnt
ShW IH Kullj- Sot KortH
In tliti Document
Irm > n Vii. . |
The members ot the 'Bo.inl ' of County
onimlss-loncrs spent all of jcstcrday In com-
ultteo of tha whole , considering the rcsolu-
ton offered by Chairman Stctiborg at tbo
ast meeting ot the board , providing for a
( vision ot .the . proceeds of the $100,000 In
ends , voted at tlio recent election In aid ot
he Transmlsslselppl .ml International R.tpo-
-Hlon to be iicld In this city ucNt summer.
'ho meeting \vas nn executive one , being at-
cnded only by the incmbcra of the board ,
ho county attorney and a committee from
ho Douglas County Agricultural society.
Couuty Attorney Haldrlgu passed upon iho
egallty of the right of the ccnimlsstoncra
o appropriate money for the purpose of
laklni ; an exhibit and assisting In
making an exhibit. Ho held 'that ' the com
missioners had that right and could olther
-lst lu .tho construction ot 1'ho ' bulldlciga or
D securing and placing exhibits. Some ot
ho members ot tlic committee from the
agricultural society \\cro opposed to a dl-
vlfclon of the money arising from Kihe Mlo of
ho bonds , contending that Douglas comity
should erect a building and ; make an exhibit
of Its'oun. The commissioners argued -that
such a policy uould bo an unwise ono and
hat It would be fir bettor to assist * the
exposition association than to attempt to
make a separate exhibit. Finally this view
was accepted by all of 'the member * ot the
lioard and whcu the committee aroto It was
: ho understanding that w.'icn the resolution
came before the board at 10 o'clock this
morning It would be adopted by a unanimous
vote.
APpnOPIlIATBS IT .ALL.
The resolution providing for the expendi
ture of the money follows :
"Whereas. The county of Douglas , by vote
of the people , has authorized the issuing of
bonds to ths' amount of $100,000 under the
provisions of un apt entitled "An act to-
authorize counties 'to participate in inter
state expositions- Issue bonds for such
purpose and to provide for a tux far the
payment of such , bonds ; nnd ,
Whereas , An Interstate exposition Is to
be held In the city of Omulm In tha ye.ir
ISflS. under the name of the "Tr.insmlssls-
clppl and International Exposition ; " and ,
Whereas , The suld Kxposltlou company ,
being a corporation Incorporated under Iho
laws of the state of Nebruskn , IMS secured
the grounds for und located the said expo
sition site ; nnd ,
Whereas , The said Exposition company
has tilrciuly contracted for und has In
course of construction largo buildings for
position purposes , unions which i'ro an
Agricultural bluldlng , n Manufactures
oulldlngn Liberal Arts liuIUHiii ; nnd a
I'inc ArtH building , nnd which Bald build
ings nre very commodious , attractive and
uni.imontal rd much moro deslivibla for
exhibition purposes than nny thr.t the
county of Douplas could hopeto eifct
within the limit of the amount realized
from the nalo of said bonda ; and ,
Whereas , Said Exposition company Is
about to construct and cit'ct certain other
largo buildings for fxposltlon purposes ,
among1 which uro n Horticultural building1 ,
a. Dairy building , an Apiary building and
Llvo Stock and Poultry buildings and pens ;
and ,
Wherenn , Suld Exposition company has
located the Bald buildings above mentioned
upon the most dcblrablo portion of said
exposition RI omuls , so that no * ? lto could
ba selected by the county of Dmiglnb for
the election of a separate building upon
the main portion of said exposition grounds ;
ntul.
AVhorcas , The rules ot the aald 15'cposl-
tlon company do not permit the erection of
state : and county buildings for the purpotto
of collective exhibit purposes ; and ,
Whereas , The said Expowltion company
liaa expended nnd contiacted to expend
considerable money by wny of Improving
and beautifying the groundH surrounding-
Enid buildings ; nnd ,
Whereas , The ? uld Exposition company
has manifested a v/lllliigncHa lo permit the
county of Douglas to make Itti exhibit In
thu Hald lespc'cllvo buildings , ncconllntr to
the rules Of claKslllcullon for said respective ,
buildings ; and ,
AVhereas , Snld hands heretofore referred
to have been offered for wile In purauanco
of law nnd sold so ns to realize the sum
or ono hundred nnd six thousand clglit
hundred and Jlfty dollnrn ( $100,850) ) ; there
fore , be It
KcHolvcd , That In consideration ot the
said Exposition company giving and grantIng -
Ing to tlio county of Douglas , for the pur
pose of milking a proper county exhibit , a
reusonubli ! unco In said building * herein
before described , to bo determined by the
Hoard of County Coimnlsblonorfl , Hint It Is
the ju < JiniciH of the Uoaid of County Com-
mlHlHoiKTB of Douglas county , State of Ne
braska , that thu proceeds nilslng- from the
Halo of Halt ! bonds to the amount of uovcnty-
( Ivo thousand dollnrx 075,000) ) , bo and the
same Is hereby directed to bo applied and
appropriated ns follows , to wit :
HOW IT IB DIVIDED.
That twvlvo thousands dollnrs (112,000) ( ) bo
nnd tha same IH hereby appropriate In part
payment of the cost of construction of the
Agricultural building. .
That ten thousand dollars (510,000) ( ) ha and
the same IH hereby appropriated to ho ap
plied In part payment of the cost of con
struction of the Manufactures building.
That llvo thousand dollars ( fS.CGO ) ba nnd
the same U hereby appropriated to bo ap
plied In part payment of the cost of con
struction of the Liberal Arts ; building1 ,
That flvo thousand dollarn ( { 5,000) ) be and
the same Is hereby appropriated to be ap
plied In part payment of tha cost of con
struction of the Fine Arts building ,
That ten thousand dollars (110,000) ( ) bo nnd
the same Is hereby appropriated In part
payment of the coat of construction of the
Horticultural building , ono half of said sura
to bo paid when the walls of said building
are up and tlio balance when the roof Is oa
said building ,
That two thousand five hundred dollars
( J2.MX ) ) be and the same Is hereby appro
priated to lie applied In part payment of
tlio cost of construction of the Dairy build-
in b' , ono half of suld sum to bo pulfl when
the walls of said building arc up tr'd the
balance of eald sum when the roof Is on
eald building.
That one thousand flvo